Chapter 349

This is... after being a righteous sage for so long, he finally switched to the villain's side?

Lin Six's underworld operation shocked Zhao Si as well! Although the plan to destroy the world was indeed his own idea, Lin Six's actual execution was still too extreme: he first brainwashed a group of followers, then had them carry weapons of mass destruction scriptures to "save all beings," resulting in death after death... What a terrorist attack!

I didn't tell you to do that...

Zhao Si scratched his head:

System, you said he couldn't possibly go against my active command, so why now...

The player overthought it; he indeed did not violate your command, your command remains his strategy.

However, he also added his own tactical supplements to the original strategy...

After hearing the system's explanation, Zhao Si seemed to grasp it: he understood the system's meaning, that the overall trend stays the same while minor aspects can be adjusted--a classic Honghuang saying! Lin Six's strategy remains to save the world, but he added some personal insight to it, making the strategy easier to execute.

According to my original idea, Lin Six should first use the Blood God Child to brainwash most people, then unify them for salvation, after clearing heaven and earth, then permanently retreat, using dream entry to anchor the Honghuang.

But... he perhaps felt this wasn't efficient enough, so he decided to adopt a more efficient method to achieve the goal... as long as the world is saved, details don't matter much...

After slightly analyzing Lin Six's logic, Zhao Si gradually came to understand.

But... still that saying, too extreme! Brainwashing is bad enough, why also engage in terrorist attacks?

All I can say is that the dharma form produced by the Blood God Child is a bit sinister; Lin Six being able to come up with such an extreme idea is surely related to it.

However, Zhao Si thought again and felt the problem shouldn't be too big; after all, no matter how evil his dharma form is, it can't be more evil than the fierce beings of Honghuang, and as long as the plan is carried out safely, the myriad saints have countless ways to help him solve the problem!

As long as he succeeds...

……

Facing the court's investigation, you made no preparations, because aside from giving scriptures to your followers, all your actions were online, making it impossible for the court to discover them.

Seeing that the court was obviously anxious, you merely gave a slight smile, then sent out more brainwashed followers to save all beings...

The extreme strategy provided by 'another self' still seems not extreme enough to you: after all, you are just one person, and the expansion speed of the Blood God Child is considerably limited; if you truly wanted to rely solely on the Blood God Child to accomplish the world-destruction plan, you'd likely need an unknown number of years.

Therefore, you chose to add some micro-operations on top of the Blood God Child's foundation...

And when a single Blood God Child follower can save dozens or even hundreds of ordinary mortals, your workload will be greatly reduced!

【……】

Report! Qingzhou has Deliverance World sect members causing chaos, with deaths in the thousands!

Report! Yangzhou has Deliverance World sect members causing chaos, with deaths in the tens of thousands!

Report! Liangzhou has Deliverance World sect members causing chaos, deaths...

One attack after another was reported to the Great Shun court, leaving all officials stunned, and a great doubt inevitably arose in each minister's mind:

Are those people of the Great Vehicle Deliverance World cult... mentally ill?

Normal cult uprisings involve nothing more than extorting money, killing officials, and rebellion--these basic methods, with clear objectives.

Yet up to now, we have never heard of a cult that is solely intent on killing people, seeking neither wealth nor rebellion, only murder...

Under the strange power of that heretical scripture, they can easily cause the deaths of over a hundred people.

To date, they have committed countless offenses, their footprints spread across all of Great Shun, causing hundreds of thousands of deaths, spreading panic throughout the nation and causing countless civilians to lose courage!

The ministers cannot help but ask:

What exactly are you after?

Also, where did you find this bunch of mad-dog-like followers? They're practically suicide bombers, needing to kill a large group and themselves in the process, all about madness! Surely they don't all actually believe that 'true/false theory' and 'save all beings' nonsense...

Idiot! Idiot! All idiots!

The old emperor, his face flushed with anger, slammed the table, frightening the ministers into silence.

Although the old emperor is debauched and lawless, a fool among fools, the emperor remains the emperor; after so many years, his authority is absolutely not something the ministers can challenge.

Once he gets angry, it's best for everyone to keep a low profile, lest they be caught as an example...

Just a bunch of cultists, and they can throw the whole country into chaos, making people panic--are you all useless? What good is it for me to keep you?

The old emperor, furious and exasperated, berated the officials; nobody dared to raise their heads, they just silently endured the scolding.

However, everyone knows in their hearts:

This foolish ruler isn't worried about the people or caring for his subjects; he's clearly afraid that cultists will storm the palace and drag him off to that 'Paradise'...

Who would believe in that 'Paradise' anyway? This absurd, abstract worldview is obviously something the cult leader made up; whoever believes it is an idiot! The old emperor ranted for a while, and in the end could only reissue the edict to exterminate the cults, since he couldn't do anything else--after all, these shady figures come and go without trace

The Great Shun court is clearly useless.

But the court's uselessness doesn't guarantee smooth sailing—spontaneous resistance from the people still poses significant obstacles.

Many city residents are too scared to leave their homes; aside from buying daily necessities, the streets are nearly deserted, and any unusual sound sends passersby clapping their hands over their ears and fleeing like frightened birds.

Thus your plan is forced to slow down, but you aren't overly discouraged—you seize this wave of nationwide panic to spread your faith!

Although they fear you, many will also follow you, hoping to escape disaster.

After this wave, you won't even need to actively proselytize—you'll attract a huge number of followers!

These followers aren't exactly high‑caliber, but their sheer numbers are enough; built on that massive foundation, your already profound cultivation deepens further, drawing you ever nearer to true godhood.

The next year, since you only accumulate without using, and the loyalty of the Blood God Child's followers is extraordinarily high—making the incense quality far surpass the ordinary—you, at just eighteen, finally achieve consummate cultivation, with boundless incense gathering solely upon you.

Sensing that the moment of corpse‑release is near, you withdraw into seclusion to concentrate on breaking through.

After a few days, you successfully cast off your mortal form and cultivate the Dharma‑image immortal divine body.

Seeing your youthful self before the discarded husk, you can't help but reflect: you wasted far too much time in your previous life.

Your previous life required a full century to become a true god, but this time you did it in just over ten years—a tremendous improvement.

Naturally, this progress isn't cause for excessive pride—you felt pleased for a moment, then gradually steadied your thoughts.

You still have more important matters to handle.

The heavenly messenger, Taibai Star Lord Li Ziliang, arrived quietly bearing an edict from the Heavenly Emperor.

……

Li Ziliang furrowed his brow, carefully scrutinizing the young true god before him…

"The world's turmoil, is it all your doing?"

He suddenly spoke up and asked.

And this question is actually not a normal doubt; it's more like a reasoned, evidence-based inquiry.

He knew that the cult leader launching attacks everywhere was the young true god before him!

The reasoning is simple: because Lin Liu has become a god, he is the only true god in the mortal realm...

And Lin Liu did not deny it, merely nodding his head calmly:

"It's me."

Li Ziliang fell silent for a moment, then said: "Just this once, not to be repeated as a precedent."

"The Heavenly Emperor is displeased with your wanton killing; although those who achieve great things need not worry about minor details, your indiscriminate slaughter of innocents is still too offensive..."

"Indiscriminate slaughter of innocents?"

You smiled in your heart but said nothing.

After a moment, Li Ziliang, having finished his briefing, moved on to the main topic:

"The Heavenly Emperor sent me here to take you up to heaven… Once you go up, you may never return to the mortal realm, understood?"

Lin Liu nodded, seeming very obedient:

"Then let's go."

【Facing the Heavenly Emperor's invitation, you neither refused like in your past life nor followed Li Ziliang's example by choosing to remain in the mortal realm for a while; instead, you unhesitatingly accepted ascending to heaven.】

【Li Ziliang also didn't think anything was wrong, after all, in his eyes you have always been a cold-blooded animal, and cold-blooded animals don't care about mortal life and death—that's right!】

【But this time your ascent to heaven obviously has impure motives…】

【That day, you followed Li Ziliang into the Heavenly Realm; in this domain formed of incense, you reverently bowed before the Heavenly Emperor.】

【The black-clad youth Heavenly Emperor showed little interest in you, merely offering a casual word of encouragement before granting you a symbolic title, allowing you to move about freely as you wished.】

【You naturally felt nothing special about this title; all you needed was to be able to move freely among the Heavenly Realm's gods, which actually already met your requirements…】

【Thus you joined the gods' retirement life; each day, aside from drinking and making merry with them, you wandered and enjoyed scenery.】

【In short, you got along very well with them.】

【However, it was precisely in this ordinary true god's retirement life that you gradually gained their trust; occasionally putting an arm around shoulders and such became commonplace.】

【Meanwhile, you, having prepared for years, seized this opportunity to silently plant Blood God Sons on each of the gods…】

【One, ten, a hundred, a thousand…】

【The Heavenly Realm has only a little over a thousand true gods, and you effortlessly took them all secretly.】

【The entire Heavenly Court has quietly changed hands; the only survivors are the Heavenly Emperor and Li Ziliang…】

【Thus, a confrontation between true gods is now inevitable…】

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(End of chapter)