Your Lord Has A Screw Loose?

Chapter 740 -742: Seeking Refuge and Gathering Wind, Remnants of the Lower Realm

The news of Qin Muye going out to gather inspiration spread quickly, directly causing the Supreme Sect Master to miss him, and after an investigation, it was found that Qin Muye had gone to a certain Medium Thousand World under the Xuanzhen Realm. Although it revealed his whereabouts, it also made clear his intention not to intervene in this matter.

Therefore, the Supreme Sect Master did not go looking for him, since the other party had already made their stance clear, and pursuing the matter any further would not be advantageous.

He then gave up on trying to pull Qin Muye into discussing Divine Enthronement with the Heavenly Dao again.

Qin Muye felt relieved. He actually did not head to Huang Bi’s hometown world immediately, but to another, as being too obvious could arouse suspicion.

“The Xuanzhen Realm acts imperiously, simply eradicating the original Extraordinary System,” Qin Muye observed in a 7th tier world he was in. The original Extraordinary System seemed similar to superpower talents, but it had now completely disappeared, replaced by the Immortal System of the Xuanzhen Realm.

The reason for the eradication is simple, the world had been enslaved by the Xuanzhen Realm, and its rules were altered.

Without the corresponding rules, how could a corresponding Extraordinary System emerge? To create a steam engine, the rule of steam must exist. Without such a rule, everything would be but an illusion.

“Why not absorb it instead?”

Qin Muye was actually quite puzzled. The Immortal System was indeed excellent, but that didn’t mean it was perfect. Normally, one should take advantage of each to offset the weaknesses of the others.

Why would the Heavenly Dao choose to abandon it?

Just like Qin Muye had always enhanced his own system by integrating the strengths of various systems.

His own system was like a wall built from various systems as bricks, whereas the Immortal System of the Xuanzhen Realm was different; it smashed all systems to use them as nourishment, making this brick the size of an entire wall.

“Continuously growing itself, forming a singular system.”

“It’s not about who is better or worse, but the path the Xuanzhen Realm has taken is very challenging.”

Qin Muye had conquered several worlds and reached the 9th tier, but with so many worlds sustaining it, the Xuanzhen Realm had only produced four 9th tier entities, one of whom was the Xuanzhen Realm itself.

The Immortal System of the Xuanzhen Realm grows by using worlds as nourishment. Perhaps the initial limit of the Xuanzhen Realm was not the 9th tier, but it continuously expanded as it colonized and plundered to sustain itself.

“Diverse systems cannot coexist without conflict; a crisis is inevitable eventually.” Qin Muye felt that the Immortal System of the Xuanzhen Realm had reached its limits, but they had no way to transform.

Whether the Three Sects’ Sect Masters or the Xuanzhen Realm itself, all were confined within the Immortal System, which explains why Qin Muye’s introduction of the Divine Dao System was so readily accepted after he left.

For the Xuanzhen Realm, this was yet another method.

The reason they did not draw from their colonial worlds was simple: they looked down on them.

Since the systems were too weak, even if they wanted to promote them, they would be assimilated by the Immortal System and eventually become part of it.

Only the Divine Dao System from Qin Muye, who is also of the 9th tier and incredibly dominant, along with its alignment with the Heavenly Dao, could confront the entire Immortal System.

If it proved effective, the Heavenly Dao would not mind supporting the Divine Dao System to suppress the Immortal System. From the perspective of the Heavenly Dao, the Divine Dao System was more favorable, especially since the starting point of the Immortal System itself was similar to the depredation of locusts and would otherwise make the Heavenly Dao and cultivators mortal enemies.

Thinking of a breakthrough and expecting a reward? Wishful thinking indeed; they are met with Heavenly Tribulation instead, ensuring the cultivators perish and justice is returned to the world.

“If I hadn’t come, things would have continued in stalemate, until they encountered a world of equal strength for a breakthrough, or until they were defeated,” he thought.

As Qin Muye walked through this colonial world, he saw that the common people did not live well, constantly exploited to the bone by the Xuanzhen Realm. How good could their lives be?

The upper class had it slightly better, but even they were inferior to the Loose Cultivators of the Xuanzhen Realm.

“No wonder everyone wants to ascend, but with such scarce resources, ascension is not easily achieved.”

Speaking of resources, the supply is certainly not barren. However, most resources are requisitioned by the three great sects, leaving very little at hand to be used for cultivation nourishment or even as a circulating resource.

“Because of the influence of the Xuanzhen Realm, all the colonial worlds are inferior in everything, with cultivation being the only exception,” he said.

“This mentality itself exacerbates the burden on the colonial worlds.”

It was a practice of draining the pond to get the fish, where wrong attitudes led to numerous problems.

“It is only because the Xuanzhen Realm is powerful and has many colonial worlds that there are no issues now, but if it ever loses power, the consequences would be very severe,” he added.

If Qin Muye were here, he definitely would not reveal even a trace of the transcendent existence and would instead guide towards logistical aspects.

In doing so, sustainable harvesting would not only yield more benefits but last longer.

However, there are disadvantages as well, as personnel must be arranged for protection. A logistical world surely does not produce military power, which leads to low defenses.

“Well, maybe I’m overthinking it. If there were problems, the Xuanzhen Realm could simply exterminate that world,” Qin Muye thought of the wealthy Three Sects.

Unless it hurts, they definitely won’t think of these things, and even if they do, they won’t care too much, unlike Qin Muye, who is always meticulous.

“Too bad, there’s only some remnants left, I wonder if they can be assembled,” Qin Muye sighed.

He then discovered a new form of wealth—the transcendent system of the Xuanzhen Realm’s original colonial worlds… the remnants.

The Xuanzhen Realm might disregard it, but Qin Muye did not. Every transcendent system that could be cultivated had its own strengths, whether adapted to the environment or directed by civilization, it represented a development.

“It should be usable, the world has been enslaved, but it still retains a bit of its spark,” Qin Muye quickly found some remnants.

“Even the Heavenly Dao falls short, no wonder they promote the Divine Dao System. From the current situation, it seems likely that not all worlds have completely eradicated their transcendent systems.”

“It’s not that they don’t want to, but that they can’t. The Heavenly Dao doesn’t have enough power, unlike the Three Sects’ Sect Masters, who seem to want to preserve these residual rules,” he realized.

The reason for their preservation was simple: these residual rules could collide with the Immortal System and produce miraculous things, such as Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures, or certain special forms of life, which become the unique produce of the world. 𝒇𝒓𝒆𝒆𝙬𝒆𝒃𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝙡.𝒄𝓸𝒎

In Qin Muye’s world, for example, a primary component required for an elixir that could purify one’s mana was produced by leveraging the residual rules to form a special plant.

Of course, that wasn’t all. There were also some Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures that, when consumed, could grant Talent Abilities similar to superpowers during breakthroughs. However, such items were extremely rare; the main produce of this world remained the primary ingredients for mana-purifying elixirs. The Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures that granted Talent Abilities were just a bonus.

Of course, if Qin Muye wanted, he could also manually condense them by stimulating the residual rules, but that would be an exploitation of this colonial world.

Qin Muye had no intention of doing so because it was meaningless.

Not to say that he would benefit from it himself, but even feeding them to Spirit Monsters was useless—as their strength increased, many things no longer affected them.

Moreover, it was just superpowers—Qin Muye wasn’t particularly interested.

“I’ll stay here for three to five days before switching to another world,” Qin Muye figured he could complete the restoration of this colonial world’s rule system and optimization back to the Superpower System in just one day, but he was officially there to ‘gather inspiration’, so it wouldn’t do to just leave after finishing.

So, staying three to five days was actually considered short. Fortunately, he wasn’t planning to go directly to Huang Bi’s home world, but aimed to visit several other worlds, to cast a wider net and avoid drawing too much attention.

He actually wanted to stay for ten days to a half month, but he couldn’t sit still. These colonial worlds weren’t exactly appetizing, looking at them just made him crave.

Since that was the case, it was better to avoid seeing them to spare himself the trouble. He always liked worlds but restrained himself because they were challenging to consume.

‘No worries, once I reach the New World, I can wreak havoc as I like,’ Qin Muye certainly wouldn’t jeopardize the bigger picture over mere cravings.

How could he spoil his grander schemes with minor greed? If he was going to indulge, it had to be a substantial feast, not these petty, scrappy worlds.

‘A 9-tier world, I haven’t tasted that yet.’ Qin Muye just let his thoughts wander; he didn’t dare to actually act. As a 9-tier world, it surely wouldn’t be as easy to manipulate as an 8-tier one.