Chapter 379: Another Title Added: Lord of Long Chao

Li Yu himself found it hard to describe his current state.

To put it simply: he had unlocked it.

One could even say that the Demon Star Order had unlocked it for him of its own accord.

As the only current candidate for Demon Star Master, it was only reasonable to have some small perks at this special moment when the functionality was about to be fully opened.

Having caught a glimpse of the backend, Li Yu immediately planned to take action.

But before that, he first had to eliminate a hidden danger he had brought upon himself.

The Lord of Judgment!

Currently, outside every human planet in the Long Chao star system, there hung a rust-red sun.

It was precisely these "suns" that completely suppressed the combat power of the Long Chao Empire's massive ruling class.

Now that the dust had settled, even without the suppression of the Lord of Judgment, those archbishops, generals, and viceroys were being controlled one after another by the Demon Star Order, making choices that defied their nature, or even turning over a new leaf; this was a sign of the Demon Star Order invading from the origin of the world, and it was irreversible.

Since that was the case, it was time for Li Yu to send back this avatar of a Sovereign-level deity.

Although, up until now, he still hadn't been exposed.

But for every day he delayed, the risk of something going wrong increased by a fraction.

It is easy to invite a god, but hard to send one away!

The sooner he sent it away, the better.

And when Li Yu transformed, appearing once again as "Lady Ba" to request that the Lord of Judgment withdraw its avatar from here.

An accident, as expected, occurred.

The avatar sent by the Lord of Judgment indeed lacked intelligence and allowed Li Yu to arrange things after he had finished playing his part, but when withdrawing the avatar, the Lord of Judgment could incidentally perceive the Long Chao star system.

This was, after all, a special Sovereign-level deity!

If It didn't care, then naturally everything would be fine.

But as it happened, It was obsessed with this place.

A spiritual response, mixed with confusion and anger, suddenly surged from those rust-red suns:

"The aura of many evil gods remains; why must you leave?"

"Judgment... destruction... is your mission."

When this spiritual response arrived.

Li Yu also heard the "croak, croak, croak" of a toad in the void.

The Toad God was watching the show, laughing at the signs that he had overplayed his hand.

Fortunately, Li Yu had long anticipated this scene, and he sighed in his heart: "There is no such thing as a free lunch in this world; as expected, I cannot avoid paying a heavy favor."

With that thought, he did not hesitate and played both sides.

First, he replied with a spiritual response:

"My Great Lord!"

"The evil gods here have already been judged and will soon vanish."

"It is just that your devout followers have sensed that someone here is summoning the Lord of the Furnace, who burns all things..."

While this spiritual response was still being transmitted, Li Yu's avatar had already begun to communicate with the Furnace.

Likewise, following his previous promise, he said it again.

"Great Furnace!"

"Perhaps you could descend with a projection... after scaring away the avatar of the Lord of Judgment... I will, at some point in the future, let you crush the Lord of All Changes once again."

"I swear it in the name of the [Spirit Venerable]."

When Li Yu gave this spiritual response and promise.

In the void, the croaking sounds came again; the Toad God had started laughing once more.

Only this time, the laughter, which only he could hear, clearly carried a tone of mockery and admiration.

Li Yu understood the Toad God's subtext instantly.

It was laughing at Li Yu for deceiving both sides, using the Lord of All Changes as a smokescreen and writing a bad check.

Swearing by the Spirit Venerable was even more ridiculous, because the Toad God, having observed Li Yu many times, knew this fellow was a faithless person, not to mention that the Spirit Venerable was a deity who had fallen many years ago.

Li Yu's methods!

Shameless, but effective.

Although the Furnace also wanted to beat up the Lord of Judgment, by comparison, It preferred to mess with the Lord of All Changes.

So It provided a projection with great readiness.

And when that terrifying "True Sun" appeared at the edge of the Long Chao star system.

The Lord of Judgment also decisively gave up on holding its chosen devotee accountable and, without a word, recalled its avatar.

When those rust-red suns vanished!

The ruling class, which had been on the verge of madness and weakened to the extreme, finally gained a moment to breathe.

The trend of the Demon Star Order taking over the star system had not changed in the slightest!

But the progress had indeed become slow.

For the sake of rewards!

For the sake of benefits!

Li Yu, having already paid the favor, did not delay at all and immediately began to take action.

One hidden special side quest after another!

Was triggered by him without any effort.

They were all things like [Exploration], [Origin], [Collection], [Subjugation], and the like.

The purpose of these side quests was probably to allow the Demon Star Order to understand this Long Chao star system more deeply, so as to control it in a targeted manner.

And that was indeed the case!

Every time Li Yu completed a side quest, the acceptance progress surged by a large margin, and in the blink of an eye, it had already exceeded fifty percent.

As a reward, the number of merit points Li Yu possessed was also expanding rapidly.

He had already begun to imagine how many benefits he could exchange for after returning to the Demon Star space.

Others might still be unknown!

But the secret medicine formula and promotion ritual for Sequence 3 of the Spirit Venerable path were definitely within reach.

If he was lucky, perhaps even the main spiritual materials could be exchanged directly.

"For those beings who follow the [True God's Gift], whether they are strong or weak depends entirely on the will of the god; if they encounter a generous and doting one, they can be elevated to the demigod level in a short time, such as that Mad King Ilya."

"But for transcendents who follow the path of ascending to godhood, it is far more troublesome; normally, it would consume an extremely long period of time, and most would die halfway."

"But it is different with the Demon Star Order and the Reincarnation Order."

"Acceleration, cheating... everything is available."

"Take me, for example!"

"If I hadn't become a Calamity Star Order Master and had stayed in [Wanfu City], it would have been almost impossible to promote to a Food-Offering True Lord; if I were lucky, I might have just become a Daoist Physician."

"Eh?"

"So that is why these two divine artifacts have never given transcendent Order Masters outside the present world their qualifications?"

"Is this also a scheme?"

"To give transcendents who cultivate the path of ascending to godhood some first-mover advantage?"

While Li Yu pondered, he quickly raised the acceptance rate to eighty percent.

But the last part simply would not budge.

Li Yu immediately understood the reason and returned directly to Dragon Emperor Planet.

Sure enough!

The Mad King, the Warmaster, and the Pope, these three demigods, were still fighting each other.

It was unknown how much hatred had accumulated over the past, but after entangling for several days, the injuries of all three were worsening, yet there was still no sign of it ending.

It would have ended faster, but Li Yu letting the Lord of Judgment's avatar leave allowed the three to recover quite a bit of strength.

And then, with great tacit understanding, they all stabbed the other two in the back at the same time!

Alas, they were all old rivals who had fought for years; knowing each other so well, they couldn't break each other's moves.

And so, they remained trapped.

However, one could also see the arrogance of these three here.

"Clearly, all three can sense the rebellion currently taking place outside, which has already swept through the entire star system, but none of them care."

"It is clearly arrogance, believing that everything is irrelevant; as long as the three of them are alive and can resolve the opponent or the dispute, then no matter how serious the rebellion is, it will not shake the empire's rule."

"Judging from the [Historical Materials] I have peeked at, this is indeed true."

"The strict design of this empire across the political, religious, and military lines almost eliminates any possibility of a successful rebellion."

"Even if the population were to expand several times over, it would be the same."

"Especially when these three lines are connected to the three terrifying deities: the [Lord of All Changes], the [Blood God], and the [Wicked God], it is even more impregnable."

"The three believe that even if the empire has truly fallen, they have the ability to turn back time and reverse the situation."

"However, this is limited to internal or grassroots rebellions."

"If an external invasion were to break out, such as by the Chaos Zerg, Green-skinned Orcs, or Mechanical Necrons, then these three would probably shake hands and make peace immediately to face the enemy together."

"It is a pity, but this time it is very different."

"Although I am not as powerful as those heaven-defying races, I also belong to the external enemies."

Li Yu muttered to himself as he walked toward the headquarters of the Holy See.

However, there was not a shred of fighting spirit on him.

The reason was simple!

He had no intention of attacking the three, suppressing them, or ambushing them.

After all, there were three demigods inside.

Even if they were weakened versions of demigods, they were still not something the current Li Yu could deal with.

In fact, let alone three of them.

Even if one were taken out alone, whether Li Yu fought them head-on or ambushed them, he could not kill the opponent at all.

Of course, it would not be difficult for Li Yu to save his life; he could just run.

However, now that he had mastered more than half of the Star Order, there were plenty of ways to make these three demigods fall or leave in the coming period by influencing the "Origin of the World" and "Fate."

It was just that it would be too slow.

Li Yu wanted to do it quickly and obtain these benefits.

Because there was a special side quest on the three of them whose difficulty level was almost on par with, or even higher than, the main quest: [Master of Long Chao].

The Star Order had already leaked the requirements and part of the rewards for this quest to Li Yu in advance.

"There is no need to kill any demigod ruler; you only need to make them leave. No matter what method is used, as long as they leave the Long Chao star system, the quest is considered complete."

"Afterward, the Order Master will receive rewards including a large amount of merit points, the new title 'Master of Long Chao', and so on."

Li Yu grasped the key point without any effort.

No need to kill!

Making them leave was enough.

And there was a reward that made Li Yu incredibly tempted.

Master of Long Chao!

After equipping this title, the Order Master would become the ruler of the Long Chao star system and could exert influence over the star system through the Star Order.

When he saw this note, Li Yu could not suppress his desire for possession at all.

Therefore, he immediately made up his mind.

The next moment, he took action.

Li Yu saw the void behind him ripple suddenly, and an extremely special divine artifact emerged.

This was a divine artifact that almost all powerful transcendents in the boundless spirit realm recognized; there were quite a few in existence, and it was related to games and gambling.

That’s right, it was exactly the Chaos Box that Li Yu had previously won from "Joseph the God-Chosen of Myriad Changes."

When this box appeared.

The Toad God's croaking, filled with joy, came again.

He was truly a very qualified God of Amusement.

He loved watching the excitement, and he loved watching card games too.

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(End of this chapter)