Wait, How Did My Digital Girlfriend Become a Sword Immortal? Chapter 824: Unfolding the Worldview

"Still no success? What exactly are you implying!?"

The Divine Joy Emperor's face remained unchanged.

Yet the toad under his seat fixed a raging stare upon him.

"During past cycles, you managed to deliver at least ten Celestial Essences to me. This round, though the harvest of Celestial Essence has decreased... you ought to have secured no fewer than five, isn't that so?"

Wu E felt a deep inner anguish.

Five? Hah!

Curse it, not even one was acquired.

"This cycle brought numerous unforeseen events," Wu E explained with care. "Certain disruptive elements emerged. They claimed a substantial portion of the Celestial Essence. On top of that, the forces from Kunlun Immortal Palace proved overwhelmingly strong. Chen Niu and I suffered grave wounds in clashes with those disruptors, leaving us unable to claim any Celestial Essence...

However... however, we retain an opportunity!"

Upon hearing Wu E reference the disruptors, the Divine Joy Emperor's gaze sharpened just a fraction.

Could it be that the elusive disruptors the Divine Lords sought had finally surfaced?

Wu E lacked insight into the Divine Lords' grand ambition.

Nevertheless, standing nearer to the Divine Lords, he grasped some key elements.

The Divine Lords kept resetting the cycles for one sole purpose: to attain true transcendence.

In this boundless Cosmos, Earth Star stood as merely one realm among many.

To elevate their power further and ascend as supreme beings, transcendence beyond the confines of the world was essential.

At present, the Divine Lords appeared confined within the hazy boundary separating the world from the universe.

They had surpassed the world yet fell short of surpassing the universe. Achieving transcendence over the universe would usher in a wholly novel realm, embodying far grander dominion.

Divine Immortals amounted to mere insects wielding the laws of heaven and earth.

The Divine Lords yearned to seize the laws of the universe itself, emerging as the paramount rulers over every form of life and society!

Oh! Such an awe-inspiring scheme.

The mere notion of his involvement in this scheme sent tremors through his mind!

Thus, the disruptors held paramount significance for the Divine Lords.

The Divine Lords had observed that beneath relentless suppression, civilizations harbored a minuscule chance of birthing aberrant individuals capable of steering their entire society's advancement.

However, for the Divine Lords, no such suppression lingered. Within the world's framework, they reigned as unchallenged powers.

Hence, they pursued endless cycles, repeatedly annihilating potent civilizations laden with vast karma, in hopes of provoking the rise of disruptors.

Subsequently, they would scrutinize these disruptors, drawing insights for their own evolutionary leaps.

Yet, despite the disruptors' value, the absence of superior Celestial Essence posed a severe issue.

To fabricate an intensely adverse setting, the Divine Lords had stripped away every resource.

Only through subservient pleas and fulfillment of the Divine Lords' directives could they procure scant allotments from the Divine Lords' reserves.

In essence, the immortals' very existence dangled at the Divine Lords' mercy.

As a result, resources within the Immortal Realm remained perilously sparse. Superior Celestial Essence stood as the vital cornerstone.

The core distinction between the Immortal Realm and the Mortal Realm boiled down to the density of Spiritual Energy and control over the world's laws.

In the Mortal Realm, the world's laws floated unbound, unclaimed.

Conversely, in the Immortal Realm, barring the untitled Wild Immortals, those bearing immortal titles commanded a 'Dao,' akin to wielding sway over specific world laws.

The Immortal Realm brimmed not solely with Immortal Qi; it teemed with Spiritual Energy too. Mortals, however, transmuted Spiritual Energy into True Essence through cultivation.

Immortals, by contrast, refined it into the superior Immortal Essence. This Immortal Essence embodied an immortal's mastery and insight into the Dao. Against mortal cultivators, it struck like an assault from a higher plane. Solely those at the Great Ascension Stage with profound Dao specialization could offer faint resistance.

And such figures invariably ranked as prime prospects for immortality.

Should his Four Great Demon Immortals fail to secure superior Celestial Essence, the ensuing progression would force every Demon Immortal in the Blissful Wasteland to depend on the faint Spiritual Energy emerging from the landscape for advancement.

Yet that meager trickle of Spiritual Energy proved woefully inadequate.

Upon the full activation of all nine Wells of Heaven, the released Spiritual Energy would predominantly flow to the Immortal Realm. The Mortal Realm of Earth Star would claim only a fraction. At that juncture, the Immortal Realm would truly embody its exalted status.

Even so, the Immortal Realm's Spiritual Energy density would barely suffice for the Wild Immortals' sustenance.

Once realms exceeded Earth Immortal, purer forms of Spiritual Energy became imperative for any headway.

For cultivators of the Mortal Realm, Celestial Essence functioned akin to a vein of Spiritual Energy. But for immortals surpassing Earth Immortal, it served like the core energy source in a Spirit Gathering Formation.

No need existed to cultivate Celestial Essence into veins—their purity fell short for that.

Rather, immortals directly absorbed the faint, pristine Spiritual Energy that naturally emanated from intact Celestial Essence.

Thus! Devoid of superior Celestial Essence, the Blissful Wasteland faced oblivion and stood no chance against Lingxiao's assembled immortals!

"What opportunity do you speak of? Speak up."

The Divine Joy Emperor barely restrained the urge to obliterate Wu E with a single strike.

Viable Demon Immortals already numbered few. Chen Niu lay ruined by Wu E's hand. Slaying another would diminish their ranks further.

"Alliance with the disruptors!" Wu E's declaration stunned.

So profoundly that the Divine Joy Emperor stood dumbfounded for an extended moment.

Only after a prolonged silence did he murmur, "Are you aware of your words?"

Alliance between predator and quarry?

The Divine Joy Emperor nearly burst into furious laughter.

"Your Majesty, consider this," Wu E laid out his reasoning step by step. "True One Hua Jin has claimed five or six superior Celestial Essences, while we harvested zero. As they wax in power and we wane, Lingxiao's immortals will surely dominate utterly.

With such a vast edge, what course will they pursue? They'll encroach upon the territories of our Blissful Wasteland and the Buddhist Kingdom. Massive hunts and captures targeting the disruptors will ensue. Should they seize the disruptors and deliver them to the Divine Lords, our position beside the Divine Lords will crumble entirely!

Hence, they pursue the disruptors.

We shall offer the disruptors shelter. In doing so, we earn their favor and, in the end, deliver the disruptors to the Divine Lords ourselves!

Meanwhile, Lingxiao's immortals reap no rewards!

Indeed, regarding these disruptors, they may even be compelled to relinquish the superior Celestial Essences already in their grasp! Hehehehe!"

The Divine Joy Emperor had anticipated some foolish retort from Wu E.

This response, too, rang foolish upon initial hearing.

They aided the Divine Lords in pursuing the disruptors. How could alliance with the disruptors even be conceivable?

It resembled predators like jackals and wolves scheming with livestock against mankind.

Yet, absorbing the full explanation amid the Blissful Wasteland's lack of superior Celestial Essence—and potential rift with the Buddhist Kingdom over it...

It appeared... viable?!

Should they join Lingxiao and the Buddhist Kingdom in hunting disruptors, they'd face unbeatable rivals.

But by provisionally aiding and harboring the disruptors, they could maneuver against Lingxiao's immortals and extract gains.

The fury churning in the Divine Joy Emperor's chest eased by a third.

He squinted, fixing Wu E with a gaze, marveling with a tsk. "I wouldn't have guessed that after consuming Chen Niu, you didn't merely boost your cultivation, but also sprouted a sliver of intellect."

Wu E chuckled awkwardly, too timid to respond.

Rivalry among Demon Immortals grew savage, yet he had dreaded reprisal from the Divine Joy Emperor. Evidently, even eradicating Chen Niu entirely carried little weight.

"Excellent! Circumstances outpace schemes now. Given our precarious state, we'll follow your proposal!

However... are you certain of those disruptors' prowess?"

"On that front, fear not!" Wu E discerned the Divine Joy Emperor's concern over rearing a future menace. He sneered, "Within the disruptors' ranks, let alone immortals, not one has reached Feathered Transformation Realm! Subduing them will pose no challenge for us!"

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