Chapter 516

Chapter 516: World-Class Spiritual Law

Yun Ye’s control spread like a virus.

The weaving of fate was something weaker opponents could hardly even comprehend. Even those wielding Dao Qi could not detect it unless specific rules were set.

However, why could high-level cultivators resist the power of Dao Qi?

Naturally, the power of Dao Qi has its limits. As cultivation levels rise and more secrets are mastered, cultivators get closer to understanding the rules.

Underpowered Dao Qi cannot bind these high-tier cultivators.

The weaving of fate is nearly a power akin to rules, something all Dao Qi must take seriously, requiring a massive amount of echoes to resist.

At present, the Qian Yuan Dynasty could not even suppress the Godly Thunder Demon King, let alone wield the power gained from Opening Heaven and Earth.

Thus, Yun Ye began with small families, manipulating one after another, gathering intelligence, and seeking out slightly stronger families. This cycle was exceedingly careful, and the energy consumed by the weaving of fate was significant; it took Yun Ye a year to completely infiltrate the Qian Yuan Dynasty.

In some respects, the efficiency of using fate weaving lagged behind simply launching a direct attack, but it excelled in safety and the ability to obtain numerous puppets.

These puppets were completely unaware of their manipulation. In their daily lives, they acted as usual and could even utilize Dao Qi.

Once Yun Ye issued a command, they would respond as if called by a deity, instinctively following orders, losing their self-identity as they escalated towards total obedience, even at the cost of their own lives. However, in such a circumstance, Dao Qi would become ineffective.

Now, Yun Ye had woven a vast net within the Qian Yuan Dynasty, enabling all possible futures to be realized under his control.

After all, the entire cultivation class within the Qian Yuan Dynasty was already being manipulated. Even a slight influence could unleash massive energy through the power of intertwining destinies, allowing Yun Ye to exhibit a level of fate interference beyond what one person could typically show.

With his control, Yun Ye could easily absorb the power of cultivators who died in battle, and combined with the Heavenly Dry Universe, it was both terrifying and eerie.

If such power fell into another’s hands, it might very well lead to a scenario of one person ruling the world.

As long as no large-scale fate interference occurred, this method incurred no burden; in fact, the more people he manipulated, the greater his influence became.

“A super-enhanced version of a world-class religion, or perhaps the Alaya consciousness…”

This was Yun Ye’s definition of fate weaving.

Although once it spread to the world, even the Heavenly Dry Universe could not conduct large-scale fate interference, subtle influences from the shadows were feasible, functioning like a widespread religion or ideology, subtly making people accept the rules he constructed.

Such influence reached a level that could be termed the collective unconscious of humanity, also known as Alaya consciousness, becoming the very foundation of humanity itself.

In Earth’s mythology, a similar existence was known as Tathagata.

And the Red Heaven realm should correspond to the Red Heaven; she was the first to utilize the collective consciousness of humanity to create a Dao Qi that represented the Supreme Ruler, possessing a similar method of rule integration.

“The setup is complete; the fate of the Godly Thunder Demon King is about to unfold.”

Before Yun Ye lay a world chessboard, playing chess with Tomorrow, interfering with everything in the Qian Yuan Dynasty, maximizing the benefits and guiding the future towards the outcome he desired.

On this chessboard, all humans seemed to lose their individual desires, entirely serving the collective, moving towards the best outcome after countless calculations by Yun Ye and Tomorrow. Cultivators continued to die, guiding the Godly Thunder Demon King into a trap through their sacrifices.

Real cultivators cherished their lives.

Ordinarily, it was impossible for them to self-destruct just to kill the Godly Thunder Demon King.

Yet, Yun Ye could influence these powerful figures through fate, awakening their realization to fight for the greater good. In just one year, the Qian Yuan Dynasty had become an unbreakable whole… or rather, an unbreakable whole in Yun Ye’s eyes. Although real factions still bickered, Yun Ye could manipulate them to produce the effect of unity.

Following the start of Yun Ye’s manipulation, the war against the demon king began to turn in their favor. The three major powerful figures no longer hesitated to share their knowledge, setting up top-tier Mystic Arrays to encircle the Godly Thunder Demon King. With the aid of Dao Qi, they achieved a balance of power and even began to apply pressure.

Once humanity’s potential was fully unleashed, it proved to be boundless.

Especially since, because Yun Ye revealed his bloodline, many geniuses among the commoners possessed Extreme Spiritual Law bloodlines, which were finally unearthed. When equipped with knowledge, resources, and talents, humanity had no bottleneck—energy could even increase faster than enhancing one’s physical condition.

The rules of slaughter dictated a diminishing return; when "quality" reached a certain level, one could only challenge higher-ranked opponents; otherwise, the gains from slaughter would dwindle.

But with varying cultivation levels, the quantity increased without changing the quality, resulting in far less decay than merely forcing a physical boost. The only significant difficulty encountered was a lack of methods, leading to a bottleneck at higher realms.

As the cultivators of the Qian Yuan Dynasty united, this obstacle was broken, and humanity’s potential began to explode. A large number of cultivators marched alongside the military, leaping from ordinary people to law realms in a year, growing with astonishing speed. Some cultivators in the law realms advanced to Mystic Realm through the rules of slaughter, essentially forcefully leveling up.

“Boom!”

“Boom, boom, boom!”

Godly Thunder swept across, claiming countless lives among humans and monsters alike, as the massive Killing Power surged toward the sky like a thunder god, the Godly Thunder Demon King.

Its aura had reached a peak, just a step away from the realm of the king of the Manifest Realm.

“The quality of the recent human foot soldiers has significantly improved, hahahaha, it feels great! I’m almost there; this king can finally step into the realm of the Manifest!”

The Godly Thunder Demon King swung its claws, battling three powerful figures in a fierce storm, night being torn apart by the clash, a grand and powerful spectacle.

The three powerful figures utilized their Mystical Treasures and Dao Qi in turn to suppress the Godly Thunder Demon King.

Unfortunately, ruling Dao proved extremely effective against humans, but the opposite fate applied to the demon king, making it difficult to gain any advantage.

Suddenly, the Godly Thunder Demon King roared, using its True Form Divine Ability, and grew sky-blocking thunder wings, shaking its wings to leap thousands of miles and injure one powerful figure, making him spit blood.

The injured powerful figure was terrified, retreating while fighting, adopting a much more conservative approach, which yielded the demon king even greater advantages, consecutively injuring all three powerful figures.

The momentum of the Godly Thunder Demon King was like breaking bamboo, laughing heartily as it fought, aware that its stored strength far surpassed that of humans—even multiple powerful figures could not compare. Its strength could not be exhausted ahead of time; even after slaying many within the Qian Yuan Dynasty’s territory, they were helpless against it.

Then, an unexpected turn occurred.

A pitch-black barrier suddenly rose, sealing the surroundings and preventing the Godly Thunder Demon King from escaping.

However, rather than being startled, the Godly Thunder Demon King felt joy, its red eyes radiating with ample malevolent energy, its form still bearing the traces of a bat.

“Finally! I was wondering how to make you stop fleeing; come, let the slaughter begin!”

“Ascension of the Heavenly Path, Thunder Emperor’s True Form!”