Chapter 188: The God Who Responds 100%?

A remote star system far from the Empire's Core Area.

The light of the Star Language Court has long faded, giving way to Subspace whispers of a Chaos evil god.

The planet's surface is filled with all kinds of blasphemous rituals, mortals' wails accompanied by the prophets' missionary prayers, echoing in every corner of the planet.

At this moment, a Chaos altar at the world's core.

The altar towers majestically, and at the black, straight top of the altar hovers a Chaos Eight-Point Star, floating directly in midair.

The black iron Eight-Point Star, covered in dark red blood scabs, continuously absorbs Subspace evil energy, slowly pulsating amid the countless Asitat and Mortal Legion's devout prayers and blasphemous rites.

And in front of the Eight-Point Star, on the platform at the highest point of the altar, stands Aierbasi.

"False Emperor!"

"Not a god!"

"The true gods are in Subspace!"

Aierbasi's voice reverberates over the planet through Mechanical Church devices and the A-space Evil Method.

Asitat arriving from all directions, spurred by comrades who fell into Chaos early, come to listen to Aierbasi and the prophets' missionary preaching.

The prophets also rely on this method, crazily rallying troops for Helusu's great army.

But for some reason, the once vigorous Aierbasi is unusually absent‑minded in today's preaching.

Aierbasi's absent‑mindedness may have affected the believers below; the various followers who should be quietly listening now begin to whisper.

This scene makes Aierbasi, already displeased by the sudden appearance of a strange 'deity', even more upset.

His gaze silently scans the crowd below; the adeptly disguised Aierbasi shows no emotion at this moment.

His face still bears a look of compassion for humanity.

Aierbasi silently notes in his eyes this group of Asitat who do not heed his preaching.

Among the believers below, a clamor gradually rises.

Already extremely displeased, Aierbasi can no longer contain his emotions; the earlier whispers are one thing, but now people dare to shout outright during his preaching.

Aierbasi looks on, his eyes wild, ready to kill a few in the name of the gods, but the Asitat below begin to leave in groups right before his eyes.

"Leaving?"

"You no longer believe in the gods?"

Aierbasi feels a doubt deep within, and then, for some unknown reason, suddenly recalls the stranger he just saw in the projection, a person even bolder than himself, proclaiming outright that they are a god.

Soon, a prophet's attendant rushes up from behind the altar; his face already shows the mutation of falling into Chaos, forcing him to wear a helmet at all times.

Without waiting for Aierbasi to ask, the attendant hurriedly speaks:

"Many prophets from other worlds come here to recruit, claiming they have found the true god of humanity!"

"Moreover, compared to the Subspace gods, this true god responds to prayers..."

A strange expression flickers on the attendant's face, but under Aierbasi's displeased stare, he forces himself to speak despite the oddity:

"It can respond 100%!"

"Human true god?!"

"100% response?!"

Aierbasi is stunned; he instantly recalls a scene he saw on the Agricultural Planet.

Then he recollects the two crucial points of that sentence, feeling a sudden panic as if encountering an opponent in his familiar domain.

"This galaxy..."

"... has another who can fake divinity even better than me?"

Aierbasi is puzzled, but then recalling the scene of Xisi's arrival, his throat twitches with irritation.

"No, I truly do fake divinity, but that thing..."

"... is not!"

Xisi is certainly far less adept at conspiracies than Aierbasi, yet he still wields true divine power, and even when it comes to bewitching hearts, Xisi's basic ability may be inferior to Aierbasi's, but he cannot be restrained by Hundredfold!

"Is there any footage?"

Aierbasi cannot figure it out; at this moment he only feels the panic of meeting a worthy opponent in a chess game—no, a master opponent.

He cannot even attend to the steadfast believers below; Aierbasi gives a brief reply, then turns to the attendant to inquire about footage of Xisi's manifestation.

Since Xisi is also frantically recruiting prophets, this kind of recruitment‑friendly footage spreads widely.

The attendant immediately produces a dozen or so projectors, places them on the ground, and opens them for Aierbasi.

Then, before the projected images appear, a soaring Divine Light emanates from the projection.

It is also the attendant's first time seeing it; he was just busy informing Aierbasi, so he had no idea what the footage contained.

But now, staring at the uniform soaring Divine Light, the attendant's mutated face—twisted by his devotion to the evil god—flashes briefly with surprise and doubt toward Aierbasi, then quickly shows a hint of regret.

Aierbasi also stares blankly at the footage, waiting for the Divine Light to finally fade, then noticing that although the worlds differ, the content is largely the same.

In a normal world, under blue sky and white clouds, Xisi strolls among kneeling, bowing prophets, radiating Divine Light, continuously delivering missionary words.

Aierbasi originally dismissed Xisi's preaching, but after listening attentively, he suddenly widened his eyes, astonished by Xisi's continuously spoken holy words.

Needless to say, Xisi's holy words are unusually profound and compelling.

"This kid actually preaches better than I do?"

Aierbasi finally feels insecure about his own strength, undermined by Xisi.

But this is understandable; after all, Fanluosi behind Xisi looks as ashen as if his mother were dead.

Because the holy words Xisi speaks now are directly taken from the National Church aboard Aolake's ship, which retrieved the holy script compiled by the chief rebel Luo Jia herself, then extracted its essence, turning Xisi into a repeat machine.

Of course, a small amount of Hundredfold enchantment was added at the end.

In the footage Aierbasi watches now, Xisi is about to drive all the prophets below to an ecstatic climax with his preaching!

After Aierbasi finally forces himself to watch through to the end, he blanks stare at the few believers behind him who had been painstakingly coaxed into silence, then watches the footage where Xisi, after a single sermon, instantly packs up and removes all the local prophets with super efficiency.

Ai Ruibasi suddenly felt regret for having placed his trust in the wrong person.

But at this moment, Ai Ruibasi also knew fully that he was completely bound to the Great Rebellion, and the events on the agricultural planet also proved that Xisi could not possibly tolerate Ai Ruibasi's actions toward mortals.

And most importantly, looking at the image where Xisi, far more revered than himself, appeared, Ai Ruibasi's eyes held only boundless jealousy!

The scene halted instantly as Ai Ruibasi swung his Power Sword.

The attendant, who had been entranced by the scene and listening to Xisi's holy words as if hearing celestial music, was abruptly cut off.

The attendant glared at Ai Ruibasi with clear displeasure, but what met him was Ai Ruibasi's merciless sword.

He casually cleaved the subordinate who dared not revere him, and a hint of relief finally appeared on Ai Ruibasi's face. He then walked toward several terrified Star Realm Army Commanders on the other side, his expression cold, and began to speak slowly:

"Send a letter to that false god, saying I will discuss the Dao with him to prove divinity."

The Star Realm Army Commander trembled and nodded, and then Ai Ruibasi turned his gaze to several other word‑bearers who were completely controlled by the evil god.

"At the place of discussion, prepare the sacrificial rite to summon an A-space Demon; when that false god arrives, let the demons......"

"Charge forward and behead!"