Chapter 642

Similarly, attacks on the Dragon Race receive completely different justifications depending on the cost incurred.

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With Bai Ze, the explanation is clear and straightforward.

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If the cost is too high, it's just a bloody loss, benefiting the Human Race, while for the Demon Court it's a loss not worth the gain.

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But if we could strike the Dragon Race without breaking a sweat, paying only a tiny price, we would smash the Dragon Race—this would rid the Human Race of internal troubles, giving them a small profit, but the Demon Court would profit even more.

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In terms of war potential and foundation alone, the Human Race falls short of the Demon Race—but when the Human Race adds the Dragon Race, it forms the Wu Clan's camp, standing equal to the Demon Race.

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Within the Wu Clan's camp, the Human Race holds the banner of orthodox righteousness, but the Dragon Race's demands cannot be ignored; as time passes, they are instead restrained and constrained—disliked yet indispensable, needing to scrape by to survive.

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If one must leave, the hope is that the Dragon Race will shine and heat up, strike a deal with the Demon Race, and then the Human Race will deal with the remaining Demon Court forces.

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The source of all these contradictions lies here.

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The Demon Court's goal of sowing discord, Fàngxūn's motive to contend for the Human Emperor, and the Flame Emperor's core aim of suppressing Dragon Race ambitions—all revolve around the above issues.

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"Before, His Majesty the Heavenly Emperor, thinking far ahead, distinguished the primary and secondary contradictions of this era's Lich Great Tribulation, determining that the Human Race was the opponent we needed to seriously confront and focus our attacks on; thus came the strategy of gradually attacking the Dragon Race, indirectly prompting the Human Race to enter the field." Bai Ze Yao Marshal said slowly, "But this doesn't mean the Dragon Race is no longer a contradiction—it's just somewhat secondary, a bone not worth gnawing at right now."

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"If we have an opportunity, we can pick it up cheaply… I think we can also slightly 'take care of' the Dragon Race a bit."

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Bai Ze looked around at his colleagues, smiling softly, "Especially, the so-called Fàngxūn has come over!"

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His existence certainly increases the difficulty of subduing the Dragon Race, but it also raises the profit of subduing it to the extreme—even if the Dragon Race's defenses were pierced or destroyed, as long as the Dragon Ancestor does not perish, the Dragon Race is not considered completely defeated; they will fight to the last moment.

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In my view, one Dragon Ancestor is worth half of the Dragon Race.

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Bai Ze lavished praise on the Dragon Ancestor Great Sage, thereby proving that his killing intent was not baseless.

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But right now, the Dragon Race's fortifications have been strengthened; they are at their strongest, yet this also plants the seed for their downfall to weakness—if we can operate properly, with minimal cost, we can bury Fàngxūn.

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His defeat's blow to the Dragon Ancestor is like the impact of Nüwa's death on the Nüwa Emperor—no, it's not just that!

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Bai Ze's eyes flashed bright as he declared, "It's similar to Houtu suffering, trapped in reincarnation!"

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As he spoke, the Yao Marshal's tone suddenly became profound.

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Gentlemen.

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The events that have befallen Houtu Ancestor Witch are still fresh in everyone's memory—her troubles have thus caused fluctuations and imbal

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output: 【44】 So…

No.

output: 【46】 Our old friend, the Dragon Ancestor Great Sage, progenitor of the Dragon Race—if something pleasant were to happen to him…

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output: 【48】 I think some hidden dangers currently existing in the Demon Race could perhaps be resolved.

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output: 【50】 You say… is that correct?

No.

output: 【52】 Bai Ze Yao Marshal lowered his voice, carrying a hint of a smile.

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output: 【54】 Many Ancient God Great Sages present listened, exchanged glances, and in silence a resonance arose.

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output: 【56】 This… indeed makes some sense.

No.

output: 【58】 Qīnyuán Yao Marshal cracked melon seeds, his eyes sparkling.

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output: 【60】 Our ruled Demon Race is also not perfect—the Human Race's current predicament, with the Dragon Master's significant influence therein, serves as a warning bell for us.

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output: 【62】 Some hidden dangers—it's time to consider dealing with them.

No.

output: 【64】 Her words reflect the feelings of many Demon Gods.

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output: 【66】 Correct.

No.

output: 【68】 The Demon Race now has hidden dangers.

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output: 【70】 Everyone has their own difficulties.

No.

output: 【72】 Given the current state of the world, it seems that everything essentially belongs to the Wu and the Demon.

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output: 【74】 But if examined closely, there is actually the Dragon maneuvering behind the scenes, thriving everywhere.

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output: 【76】 That Dragon Race is exceedingly slippery, so many Ancient God Great Sages behind the scenes mutter, rating them as loaches, slippery as ever.

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output: 【78】 Only because under the Dragon Ancestor's command, with the accumulated foundation and determined path of the past, they are truly able to leap left and right!

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output: 【80】 Within the Wu Clan, they are affiliates, influencing the Human Race ideologically.

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output: 【82】 Within the Demon Race, they are also sly troublemakers—perhaps because it's clear that the Demon Race's upper echelons are wary of the Dragon Race, so they are discreet, not openly proselytizing, but transmitting culture.

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output: 【84】 But this doesn't mean the Dragon Race lacks corresponding arrangements within the Demon Race!

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output: 【86】 —Generous!

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output: 【88】 The Dragon Race is very generous!

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output: 【90】 How generous is it?

No.

output: 【92】 They recklessly loosen control over the evolution and transformation of their own clan's bloodline, feigning negligence and carelessness, allowing the Dragon Race's techniques and the theory of becoming a dragon to often be easily snatched by outsiders—ordinary Demon Race.

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output: 【94】 Do these techniques and these ideas have any problems?

No.

output: 【96】 Not at all.

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output: 【98】 They are entirely genuine cultivation essences, with no admixture of selfish motives—such as preaching nonsense like 'Dragon Ancestor created the world' or 'Dragon Ancestor is invincible under heaven and earth,' which would cause fortunate recipients of scriptures among the Demon Race to believe in the Dragon Race.

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output: 【100】 Genuine techniques teach all water tribes in heaven and earth—indeed not only water tribes, but any sentient beings—on how to strengthen their bodies, transform their essence, until they embody true dragons!

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output: 【102】 In this matter, the Dragon Ancestor shows even more the selflessness of a saint than the most radical, all-embracing Lingbao Tianzun, this saint of the Jie Sect.

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output: 【104】 Within the Jie Sect, Lingbao Tianzun takes in students; even though he teaches without discrimination, there are also implicit moral requirements—for instance, in unity, the sect's disciples generally value righteousness, supporting each other when one is in trouble… Although sometimes it's pure charity, like the Calabash Brothers saving their grandfather.

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output: 【106】 What about the Dragon Race?

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output: 【108】 They don't care about these at all.

No.

output: 【110】 They do not pursue outsiders who steal the Dragon Race's techniques, do not care whether the learners are heretical, do not mind if it's used for evil, and do not restrict the secondary dissemination and infinite copying of the techniques…

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output: 【112】 The Dragon Race has taken freeness to the extreme.

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output: 【114】 To say they are selfless saints is not an exaggeration in this regard.

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output: 【116】 Thus…

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output: 【118】 Selfless saints, therefore able to achieve their own ends!

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In the endless ages, the Dragon Race's selfless generosity instead let them take the deepest root in the Demon Race, thus confirming a saying —

Free, that's the most expensive!

The Demon Race's highest divine court—the Yao Court—suffered a secret loss because of this; the Yao Emperor, Yao Marshal, and Yao God all bear a grudge.

After all, looking up and down the Yao Court, from top to bottom, as long as a clan's rank isn't high enough, who hasn't secretly 'borrowed' a bit of the Dragon Race's techniques?

Too many!

And when a race's origin begins to lean toward the Dragon Race, its body's perception and cognition of the world start to draw near and converge with the Dragon Race… the hidden danger has already been planted.

When a duck talks to a chicken, going on and on about swimming problems, the chicken finds it hard to understand, because there's no common ground in this regard, causing their worldviews to evolve differently.

Likewise, when a normal person talks to a blind person, the physical disability prevents the blind person from ever comprehending the colorful world as seen by the normal person.

When worldviews differ, attempts at brainwashing and manipulation are fraught with difficulty.

But the Dragon Race's unremitting efforts have artificially created commonality, silently cultivating at least a partially matching worldview, the same perception and cognition of the world, and then planting this 'thunder' into the Demon Race!

It's not acting up now.

But when the right moment arrives, perhaps it will be the time to turn the tides within the Demon Race!

And what most nauseates the high-ranking officials of the Yao Court is…… these sentient beings, they're not easy to handle.

After all, although they've 'borrowed' the Dragon Race's techniques, and some have even cultivated traces of Dragon true blood in their bodies… frankly, they remain loyal to the Heavenly Court, with no thought of colluding with the Dragon Race.

Slaughter them at will?

Then the demon hearts scatter.

Especially, part of the Yao Court's foundational principle emphasizes the survival of the fittest and stresses superiority and inferiority among clans.

Given fixed innate aptitudes, the Dragon Race's path of transformation is the easiest to obtain and easiest to learn method of changing one's fate… if this path to advancement is forcibly blocked, the entire lower strata of the Demon Race would likely be in an uproar, erupting in the fiercest resistance.

Therefore, the ancient god sages of the Yao Court can only look on coldly, with some tacit understanding in secret, suppressing their promotions, while also covertly spreading rumors about the Dragon Race.

But these methods treat symptoms, not the root… as long as the Dragon Ancestor remains for even a day, still that powerful, this hidden danger persists!

Unless……

Beat them to death or cripple them!

——When the dragons are leaderless, all under heaven is auspicious!

Without such a supreme righteous orthodoxy as the Dragon Ancestor, perhaps the Yao Court could instead unite those 'dragons' inclined toward the Demon Race, gather them together, ignite their ambitions, then turn to challenge the Dragon Race's orthodox ancestral court, causing an actual split, after which they would consume each other in internal conflict.

The strongest fortresses are often breached from within.

The heaviest losses often come not from the enemy, but from internal strife caused by our own side's division, thus resulting in!

The Yao Emperor and Yao Marshal exchanged glances, each harboring a very subtle thought.

Of course, thoughts are just thoughts.

In reality, it's still quite difficult.

The Dragon Ancestor isn't weak either; you can't just say 'let's knock them around' and do it.

Especially with the human race as the main contradiction looming, fearing to do the humans' bidding, no one wants to risk heavy losses to deal with the Dragon Race and achieve a leaderless dragon situation.

They haven't even gotten started, let alone what comes after.

"What is thought of is beautiful, but putting it into practice is hard."

The Heavenly Emperor Di Jun gave a summary evaluation.

"However, the idea is indeed original, opening a new path…… we ourselves can't quite wrap our heads around it, let alone the Dragon Race side."

"They will think they have gained a breathing space, with hope to watch the tigers fight from the mountain, and can nurture the bandits to strengthen themselves."

"In terms of consciousness, if we truly want to do something, we can use this to gain a slight initiative and advantage."

The Heavenly Emperor slightly lowered his head, his gaze piercing the cosmos of Honghuang, the vast mountains and rivers all within his sight.

While he spoke of difficulty with his mouth, his mind momentarily drifted and wandered.

Báizé emphasized the threat from the Dragon Ancestor Great Sage: among humans there are Dragon Masters, among the Demon Race there are 'Sowing the World' and 'Teaching Myriad Clans', each having become a force, undoubtedly with hope to contend for this era's Pangu position, albeit somewhat slim.

Such a stake led the Heavenly Emperor to idly speculate——

Could it be that this Dragon Ancestor, like him, once purchased business from Xihuang Insurance, being Huangdi, or perhaps…… the Black Emperor?

Bold hypothesis, careful verification.

First, slap a suspect's label on it, then talk.

Di Jun was arbitrarily labeling in his heart.

After finishing putting on the hat, he secretly calculated his various hands and hole cards, inexplicably feeling pleased.

——Perhaps in the past, he indeed had no good way to deal with the Dragon Ancestor.

But now……

Faxun went out for a stroll, arriving at the front lines!

And……

Chonghua is going to 'assist' Faxun!

Most crucially……

Because the secrecy work was done well, Faxun is in the open, Chonghua in the shadows!

There's also a camouflage——the arrangement of the Human Emperor Yandi, which can easily manipulate some true‑false, false‑true misunderstandings, giving the involved dragon some mistaken associations.

Until……

The moment the plot is exhausted and the dagger appears, the Absolute Kill backstab!

Don't say.

If the operation is proper.

Indeed there is hope—either to kill or imprison Faxun, with inside‑outside cooperation, to utterly defeat the Dragon Masters!

And the price paid is very small, very small.

This is a move not in past plans, but it indeed has a chance of success.

"If the human race were to undergo some unexpected change, with certain people meddling and causing my plans to fall short..."

"Perhaps, seeking to make up in the dragon clan, carrying out damage control and compensation, is also not a bad choice."

"Di Jun's gaze grew deep."

"At this moment, the Heavenly Emperor was persuaded by the Báizé Yao Marshal."

"His posture was so proper."

"It's hard to say there isn't an impulse to casually stab twice."

"The Heavenly Emperor's eyelids drooped slightly, concealing his thoughts—this sort of thing needs to be kept secret; many in the hall are not wholly trustworthy."

The Heavenly Emperor's eyelids drooped slightly, concealing their inner thoughts—such matters must be kept secret; many in the hall are not worthy of complete trust.

"Of course, true and false, false and true."

"When putting on a show, you must go all the way."

"Thus, the Heavenly Emperor outwardly praised the Báizé Yao Marshal's wisdom and cleverness, arranging for many ministers to discuss on the council—not seeking to utterly crush the dragon clan, but such a damage‑control shift in thinking is worth learning."

"We need to expand some contingency plans, so that if our main force in scheming against the human race fails, we can swiftly shift to the dragon clan's side, using our calculations against their unawareness to achieve damage control."

"We need to expand some contingency plans, so that if the main force scheming against humanity fails, we can swiftly shift to the dragon side, using calculation against the unprepared to minimize loss."

"After all, the focus must ultimately lie on the human race… we have invested too much there, needing a resounding victory to repay all our past efforts."

"Obey the Heavenly Emperor's command!" the Yao Gods shouted in unison, their voices echoing through the ages, causing ripples across the years.

"I obey the Heavenly Emperor's order!" the demon gods shouted in unison, reverberating through myriad ages, causing the ages to stir.

"A supremely noble and divine being, nonchalantly drew a hand from the river of time, slightly shook their head, and wore a faint, inexplicable smile."

"Yao imprisoned, Shun perished in the wild… hey, each led the fashion!"

"However, the one who laughs last ought to be my scheme!"

"He strolled through the ages, and in an instant passed through endless spacetime… the Underworld, Kunlun, and Buzhou lay beneath his feet, yet he startled no one."

"Fengdu shall be completed, and the literary fate shall return…"

"Souls! Souls!"

"Return!"

"The barrier between life and death shattered silently!"

"In the Underworld, that sword which had followed Qingjia and gradually inscribed the Dao of Fengdu vanished silently, heralding a world‑shaking change."

In the netherworld, the sword that had followed Qing Jia, gradually inscribing the Dao of Fengdu, vanished silently, heralding a shocking great change!

(End of chapter)