Your Lord Has A Screw Loose?
Chapter 755 - 757: Brows and Eye Patterns, Great Demon Vies for the Way

Chapter 755: Chapter 757: Brows and Eye Patterns, Great Demon Vies for the Way

"Worthless, a bunch of worthless fools!"

Qin Muye’s expression was dark as he had not anticipated that these people from the great families would directly force the palace.

His original intention was for the people from the great families to use a more subtle method with the Spirit Emperor; these fools, on the other hand, went for a full-on confrontation.

Before this, the Spirit Emperor had the facade of a ruler, but now their actions of forcing the palace had stripped it away.

This caused the Spirit Emperor to use his own strength as a fulcrum for reform, embarking on changes to all systems of the Great Spirit Dynasty. Once successful, the entire dynasty would be transformed, creating an even more centralized power.

For Qin Muye, this was not good news.

"The Spirit Emperor hasn’t made a move for a long time, and you fools think the gap between the 8th and 9th Energy Levels is insignificant? Losing reverence really does make one lose their mind."

In the Spirit Realm, there was only one 9th Energy Level being, who even went to court, dealt with political affairs, and often engaged in discussions with the ministers, diluting issues. This led the Supreme Elders of the great families to believe that there wasn’t much to fear from a 9th Energy Level being, that they weren’t much different from them.

This led to the current tragedy.

But starting from today, everything would be different. The Spirit Emperor obliterated all the great families involved, leaving only the law-abiding ones.

More importantly, it was a warning to others, making everyone recognize again the true value and terror of a Primordial Daluo Golden Immortal.

"Forget it, it’s only a means to an end," Qin Muye quickly dismissed the deaths of those fools from his mind, instead focusing on how to meddle in the reformation of the Great Spirit Dynasty and sneak in his private agenda.

"The methods of Spirit Refining and Spirit-controlling are inherently in sharp conflict. The Spirit Emperor can suppress it for a moment but not forever, unless he decides to employ a high-pressure policy. However, this kind of policy can only be a temporary measure, and prolonged use would lead to chaos among the populace."

"No matter how strong the Spirit Emperor is, he cannot manipulate the hearts of people unless he directly twists everyone’s consciousness and ego."

"But he would never do such a thing."

With the Spirit Emperor’s power, distorting the consciousness of everyone in the Great Spirit Dynasty would be simple, but he had not done so.

After all, for him, the loss would outweigh the gain. With a population in the billions constantly growing with new births, it wouldn’t be feasible to continuously manipulate everyone’s consciousness.

He might be able to bear the burden, but what then?

The Great Spirit Dynasty was meant to sustain him, not solely for the desire to rule. Truly managing it would be troublesome for him.

That’s why he tolerated the existence of noble families, forming a collective power structure.

Seemingly compromising with the ministers and noble families might seem undignified, but with these people acting as the ruling class managing the entirety of the Great Spirit, he could sit back and enjoy the resources; why would he not be content with that?

However, the drawbacks have now exploded. Unfortunately, the explosion wasn’t loud enough, or worse, it was extinguished by the Spirit Emperor before it could fully ignite.

"Since noble families won’t do, then let’s use Great Demons instead. We need a hidden antagonist anyway, and it fits perfectly to cast a Great Demon for the role."

Qin Muye quickly settled on a new plan, looking at the black and white pupils in his hand, which were of no use to him otherwise; better to utilize them right away.

At a mere touch of his hand, flesh began to proliferate over the two eyeballs.

These had already become Spiritual Beasts for unknown reasons, and Qin Muye was forcibly transforming them through biotechnology.

No matter how mystical the concept of a Spiritual Beast might be, to Qin Muye, there wasn’t much mystery, since he didn’t follow the normal path of cultivation; he understood the ’how’ unlike the Spirit Emperor who only knew the ’what’.

A life form resembling a human grew under Qin Muye’s hands, eventually turning into a humanoid. If there was something peculiar, it was the black and white eye-shaped patterns at the center of the forehead.

The being’s eyes shone with no vitality; it was but an empty shell.

Of course, Qin Muye had no intention of allowing the being to develop randomly according to its wishes; what he needed was an empty vessel, merely an avatar.

Indeed, he planned to project a strand of his own consciousness to take the stage himself; otherwise, should he let someone else handle it, they might mess things up again.

If he succeeded this time, he would directly cut an entire Energy Level off the Spirit Realm, changing it from a 9th to an 8th Energy Level world, and the Energy Level he removed would become his own benefit, for he usually wouldn’t bother to personally get involved if there wasn’t some advantage.

As for the shame of him, a 9th Energy Level being, personally scheming behind the scenes, he did not care at all. If the Three Sects’ Sect Masters encountered such benefits, they wouldn’t hesitate to act personally either.

After some simple adjustments, the newly created avatar opened its eyes, and the black and white pattern in its eyebrows gradually faded away.

Then, its strength continuously improved, from the first level to the third level, the fifth level... and finally stopped at the eighth level, just one step away from becoming a ninth level.

Of course, the last step was not omitted because Qin Muye chose not to push it forward; rather, this step was as wide as a chasm, which he currently lacked the capability to cross.

After all, he was only at level nine himself; he couldn’t even successfully create a level nine Spirit Monster, let alone an avatar.

Therefore, the limit was only at level eight.

"Shielding Heavenly Mechanism, peerless destiny manipulation, affinity with space."

These were the abilities inherited from the black and white eyes of the avatar. Although they sounded impressive, in reality, it was an empty shell that needed to be further filled.

Just as possessing talent without corresponding skills to match would prevent one from exhibiting their full potential,

one needed adequate means to fully utilize the talent of this particular avatar.

Naturally, Qin Muye chose the system of a Spirit Master, as this avatar inherently belonged to that category.

The idea was simple: to compete with the Spirit Emperor for the favor of the Spirit Realm.

"So the power is a bit too conspicuous."

"However, you can’t trim it down because it’s the security of the avatar, but it does need to be refined."

Soon, Qin Muye bestowed upon this avatar another Main Character Aura and then chose a location to deploy it.

"The avatar will follow the orthodox path of a Spirit Master, and by leveraging the favor of the Spirit Realm, it will break through this vast divide to become a ninth level, ultimately acting as an insider."

Whether it is the Spirit Realm or the Xuanzhen Realm, they are incomplete at level nine, with an actual ceiling of only level eight. To become a ninth level, one must be chosen and favored by the world, just like the characters Greed, Hatred, and Delusion from the Warlock Dynasty server, and Emperor Shen You back in the day.

It isn’t that they aren’t capable, but there aren’t enough slots available.

If Qin Muye wanted to exploit the weakened Energy Levels of the Spirit Realm, then the best way naturally was to infiltrate and backstab.

Originally, relying on the betrayal of major families could work too; even though it might mean a slight decrease in corresponding benefits, there would be no risk without having to do it personally, so he could accept getting less than perfect. After all, things cannot always be flawless.

Now that wouldn’t do, after the major families made foolish errors, the Spirit Emperor overturned the table. This might prompt the other party to notice that within a year, the Energy Level of the Spirit Realm was set to fall, a continuous process that was happening every moment, draining the essence of the Spirit Realm. Although it was a trivial amount, barely noticeable, once it accumulated over time, it would undoubtedly attract attention.

After the Spirit Emperor flipped the table, he would divert quite a bit of his energy to this matter. So if he were to conduct an in-depth investigation into this area, there was a very high chance he would discover the hazards of the Spirit Refining Method.

Then, the methods employed would not just be ruthless but bloody.

He would undoubtedly massacre all Spirit Masters of the Refining Spirit Sect and also destroy everything related to Spirit Refining.

When it came to his own path of cultivation, how could the Spirit Emperor possibly be lenient? He would annihilate them without so much as a frown.

Don’t be fooled by his claims of growing soft with age; his so-called softness was merely a matter of weighing benefits. If the scale of interests tilted one way, his thoughts would shift accordingly.

All ninth levels are essentially born out of seas of corpses and plots. Even Qin Muye’s current status is propped up by countless skeletons; there’s no way he could actually be soft-hearted.

Therefore, Qin Muye needed an avatar to reap the harvest while also drawing the attention of the Spirit Emperor, to fight over the Dao!

"Next up, I can... The Supreme Elder is looking for me? What’s the situation?" Qin Muye had been planning to wait for good news from the avatar while researching time, but unexpectedly, the Supreme Elder from the Xuanzhen Realm came to him.

Given the situation of the Three Sects’ Sect Masters, a visit without cause was as rare as a visit to the Hall of Light without a purpose.

But how could they suddenly come to visit so soon? It should mean there’s nothing pressing, right?

Whether it’s Divine Dao training or any other matter, it’s all pretty normal with few discrepancies.

Even if there were any issues, they wouldn’t come looking for Qin Muye; such trivial matters could be discussed with the Spirit Monsters trained in the past, there was no need for a personal visit, just sending a high-level figure or disciple from the core teachings would suffice.