Chapter 389: The Plan to Cultivate the Boundless Saint of Thieves

Because there was a sufficient information gap, sufficiently secretive methods, and an inside man like the Zuo Ci puppet.

Only then did Li Yu dare to think about secretly hooking a few "Children of the World" onto his own fishing line, a form of "stealing a chicken" while the two major camps were bombarding each other.

But now!

Li Yu’s appetite had suddenly grown by an unknown amount.

He wanted it all.

Fortunately, this crazy idea was quickly suppressed by him for the time being.

At present, not even a single "Child of the World" had come over yet; where was the logic in hoping to swallow everything when not even one big fish had been caught?

The most critical point was that if he really did this, not to mention whether he could succeed, even if he were lucky enough to pull it off, he would be regarded as a mortal enemy by the Ancient Saint afterwards and would inevitably be hunted to the death.

"I have already offended the Ancient Saint; the reason I am fine now is because the authority of the Master of the Veil is shielding me."

"If I steal all the Children of the World he has refined, even if the Master of the Veil comes to help me personally in the future, it will definitely be discovered."

"This old thing, even among Sovereign-level gods, belongs to a very high-ranking one... If I truly offend him to death, it will indeed be very difficult to handle, especially according to what the Spirit Venerable said—the two sides have had a blood feud since the primordial era, and the Spirit Venerable fought the Ancient Saint many times, winning more than losing. It is hard to guarantee that the old thing won't vent his anger on a junior like me."

"What kind of moral integrity can an Ancient God who is keen on creating distorted prosperity have?"

"Let’s not be in a hurry to take action; let's wait and see."

Out of respect for the Ancient Saint’s strength and status, Li Yu quickly conceded.

He was just about to speak again to say something to the Buddha.

But he did not expect that the Buddha would first throw out a well-intentioned warning:

"Little friend, are you thinking of using this 'commotion' to perfect your realm of the True Lord of Food?"

"It is truly too risky; if you do not have great certainty, it is better to leave Wanfu City as soon as possible."

"The various plane universes of the Boundless Spirit Realm are mostly places of madness."

"But there are also some peaceful places. If you have any needs, little friend, you may state them, and we can take action to send you away."

"You can go to a slightly more distant territory, which will guarantee you thousands of years of peace. Once you advance to Sequence 2 or 1, you will possess the power and qualifications to play the game with the gods."

"At that time, you may come back to join in the fun."

These few spiritual responses were full of goodwill and also contained some secrets.

Clearly, the name Li Yu was already registered among the True Gods.

The Buddha said "we," meaning the True Gods.

Saying that Li Yu would have the qualifications to step onto the chessboard once he advanced to Sequence 2 and 1.

This was equivalent to acknowledging Li Yu’s previous speculation:

"The Spirit Venerable path is vastly different from most other paths to godhood."

"At Sequence 2 and 1, one can resist strong divinity, and even when facing Sovereign-level existences, one has a bit of self-preservation power."

"Furthermore, the True Gods are not as fragile as they appear on the surface."

"Both sides have their own methods."

Li Yu pondered while also providing a reply.

He did not agree immediately, nor did he refuse.

He only said he would consider it before making a decision.

Immediately after, he somewhat presumptuously asked the Buddha if there were any Chaos Eggs in the Buddhist Pure Land, or if other True Gods had them.

The result was an answer: Chaos Eggs are actually "gods not yet born." There were some among the True Gods, but they were all future True Gods and could not be given to Li Yu to let him advance to a True Immortal of Creation.

Li Yu had already known this answer, so he was not surprised.

Among the gods!

Li Yu could be considered to have "quite a lot of connections."

After the Demon Star Order came out, the reason he didn't go to ask the Toad God, Vortex God, Furnace, Earth Mother, and other powerful True Gods who were on good terms with him was precisely because he knew this fact.

What’s more, what Li Yu needed was not an ordinary Chaos Egg.

Only the help provided by the Demon Star Order could allow Li Yu to achieve a "top-tier advancement."

After suppressing all sorts of thoughts.

Li Yu returned to the Ancient God camp, the Immortal Fortress.

Who would have thought that upon returning, he would see "Little Endless" coming up to him with great enthusiasm.

While circling around him, it projected scene after scene.

Ever since this little robot was possessed by its creator—that is, the Mechanical Undead demigod known as the number one collector in the Boundless Spirit Realm, the Endless One—its potential seemed to have been activated.

Its temperament became increasingly unbridled, and the Qi it emitted became more and more powerful.

Li Yu first looked at those images, which were of powerful creations and divine artifacts, such as the newly appeared Ancient God train in the camp, and a certain component of the spectacle arena changing above Wanfu City. Little Endless also very thoughtfully attached notes and introductions:

"This is the new [Pioneer]. The main body is an Ancient God named 'Hunter.' Half a year ago, it was dug out of a forbidden area by the City Lord's Mansion and modified and upgraded into the current new Pioneer."

"Its divinity level and the luxurious configuration inside are much better than the train my father took away."

"It already possesses the power to cruise the starry sky completely, and can even be activated to transform back into an Ancient God; its defense and combat power are no different from when it was alive..."

Although it was a mechanical voice.

Li Yu could clearly hear the undisguised excitement and restlessness in Little Endless.

It wanted to steal this new Pioneer!

In the depths of his heart, Li Yu suddenly became certain.

At the same time, he also guessed the reason.

"Previously, that [Endless One] descended through a backdoor left on the little robot, trying to intervene, but was finally persuaded by Hong Dou to help the Aberrant Daoist and the newly born Aberrant Mechanical Race escape."

"As a reward, it could take away that Aberrant Ancient God transformed from the Pioneer."

"In addition, it had to give Little Endless complete freedom and simultaneously release all of its potential."

"The Endless One did indeed do as requested."

"It’s just that it did a bit too much."

"Not only did it give Little Endless complete freedom and potential, it gave too much; it’s equivalent to sending a miniature version of the Endless One to me?"

"After all, Little Endless’s collecting hobby was quite singular before, only loving those shiny things."

"Now, it has become broad-minded."

"Precious, rare things... it wants them all?"

"Now it has even set its sights on the new Pioneer, which is even more precious and powerful than the old one. Since it was forged from a famous Ancient God, and at this juncture, how could the City Lord's Mansion allow it to be lost? Even if the Endless One came personally, it couldn't steal it."

Just as Li Yu was feeling helpless about how to deal with the little robot becoming so greedy.

He soon realized that he had worried too much.

The mechanical voice in the note suddenly took a turn:

"That Hunter Ancient God has two divine artifacts inside its body, the [God-Hunting Bow] and the [God-Slaying Arrow], which have been made into dozens of attack modules by the City Lord's Mansion. Once triggered, it can summon the Hunter Ancient God and the replicated projections of the two divine artifacts, releasing attacks capable of killing legendary-level beings."

"Master, we can use a stasis field to steal one set during those few minutes when we leave the present world."

Hearing this, Li Yu suddenly breathed a sigh of relief.

Although this behavior still looked like courting death, it was better than stealing the entire new Pioneer.

At this time, Li Yu had also reacted.

It should be said that Little Endless was worthy of being the creation of that "Number One Collector of the Boundless," finally having its nature of never leaving empty-handed completely ignited.

It was still immersed in Li Yu’s previous order to wander the Boundless Spirit Realm, and believed that it would likely never return to the present world again.

So it planned to make a good haul before leaving. The new Pioneer!

It was just an appetizer.

Next, before Li Yu, the pre-ordered collections that Little Endless had its eyes on could be described as dazzling.

The gods and all major forces were all victims.

Li Yu couldn't help but suspect: if Little Endless really succeeded in everything, could he still leave the present world safely and quietly?

I am afraid that even with the Buddha’s help to send him off, it would be very difficult.

Especially soon, Li Yu saw a heavyweight collection, a very familiar component of the "Boundless Grand Arena" that was taking shape.

"Master!"

"For the past year, Wanfu City has been forging a transcendent arena that can accommodate geniuses from multiple planes to fight. Most of the components have reached the standard of divine artifacts, making the arena infinitely large. Even if true divine entities fight inside, it will not cause the arena to collapse."

"One of the components is called the [Space-Time Secret Key], which is a wonder that can touch the essence of space and time."

"If this object is loaded onto a warship or space machine, it can allow them to obtain space-time jumping or the ability to escape into parallel universes."

"There are a total of nine secret keys assembled in that arena."

"I have analyzed it with supercomputing; stealing one secretly will not affect the operation of the arena, and it can delay things for a few seconds."

"Although it is unavoidable that it will be discovered quickly, it is enough for me to load the secret key into the fortress and escape to another plane universe."

"This is my perfect theft plan... does Master decide whether to implement it?"

When Little Endless’s mechanical voice fell.

Li Yu also fell into silence.

As of now!

In Li Yu’s "gang," he himself and Hong Dou had both done some incredible things, causing great disasters, and the influence was still continuing.

By comparison, Little Endless could be considered very honest.

Even the previous petty theft was under Li Yu’s orders, to repair and upgrade the Immortal Fortress, so as to prepare for running away afterwards.

But now, it was different.

Little Endless had received the blessing and unsealing of that number one collector, and it was clearly going to catch up.

Or even, attempting to surpass it.

Take a look at this perfect theft plan.

Every single pre-ordered treasure, in Li Yu’s view, was extremely perilous; although they were all suppressed to a limit of safety as much as possible, once each was obtained, it could cause the level of the [Immortal Fortress] to skyrocket, and when combined for an escape, it would undoubtedly be a powerful divine artifact.

But once the quantity increased, and they accumulated even slightly, the tiniest mistake could trigger a chain reaction of heaven-collapsing and earth-shattering proportions.

Li Yu felt it was highly troublesome halfway through hearing it, and felt it would be very difficult to safely gather everything and escape.

Who could have expected?

The final link appeared, and all the loopholes were filled by Little Endless.

"If we can truly steal that [Space-Time Secret Key] in the end, the probability of an extreme escape is as high as fifty percent."

"Especially with me at the helm; with the power of the Demon Dog I wield, combined with the Space-Time Demon Luo Pan, the success rate can increase by another ten percent."

"Tsk tsk, stealing a pile of inconspicuous divine artifact components, and then swaggering away under the gaze of the gods... it’s too thrilling."

"If we do it well and max out the hatred of those evil gods, we might even be able to add some legendary status."

"Sometimes!"

"Hatred is fame, and fame is legend."

"The more spectators there are, and the more prestigious they are, the greater the benefits I will gain after success."

If it were a more rational master, there would be almost no hesitation in directly vetoing Little Endless’s dangerous plan.

Are you kidding?

Even the Endless One, who has the reputation of "Saint of Thieves" in the Boundless Spirit Realm, would not court death like this.

The Endless One indeed has no awe for the gods and often curses them publicly, but he fears death.

So he generally does not provoke too many enemies at once, and he always uses avatars for thefts.

This kind of extreme operation, he almost never plays.

Thrilling is thrilling, but once a mistake is made, everything is gone.

But Li Yu, the more he pondered, the more excited he became.

He even couldn't help but have the thought to help Little Endless further complete the plan:

"The Toad God wouldn't miss such a thrilling bit of fun... if informed, he would definitely be willing to take action and grant me a lucky blessing, which would increase the success rate by another ten percent."

"Plus, with the Zuo Ci puppet as an inside agent, the success rate can increase by another ten percent."

"That’s eighty percent; how is that any different from certain success?"

"When the time comes to actually run, should I go all out and give it a go?"

"Once successful, the Immortal Fortress will instantly become a super divine artifact for home travel and killing to seize goods; it is simply the most cost-effective deal."

Just as Li Yu was incredibly tempted and couldn't help but want to polish the details with the little robot.

Suddenly, both he and Little Endless sensed something, and they both looked toward the direction of Wanfu City.

The next second!

A shocking scene suddenly appeared:

A huge rift suddenly appeared in the sky above Wanfu City.

Accompanied by the flashing of shocking brilliance, a space pillar that reached the sky and the earth, surging with the Qi of the void, slammed into the city.

The other end of that void pillar was actually composed purely of plane crystal walls, constantly reflecting projections of numerous worlds and planes, as if it were traversing the multiverse, bringing over a "mysterious existence" from some unknown world at the other end.

Not long after, a loud "boom" was heard.

This territory, which already had the prototype of a Kingdom of Ten Thousand Gods, began to tremble violently.

Then, one could see a huge figure that seemed to be sleeping inside the void pillar.

This was a giant!

A giant of light!

He was like a white star incarnate, releasing an unbelievable divine pressure that swept through Wanfu City and its surroundings like a storm.

Uproar and restlessness erupted simultaneously.

Because everyone at this moment had the same perception: if it weren't for that void pillar that seemed capable of infinite folding and containment, the radiation surging from within this giant of light would have killed countless people in a short time.

Fortunately, very quickly, a notification sound rang out through the city, soothing the emotions of the citizens.

At the same time, it also announced the origin of this giant of light.

Li Yu was far away, but Little Endless could broadcast on his behalf:

"Citizens, there is no need to panic!"

"Starting today, the heaven-gifted geniuses from the multiverse will descend into the city one by one to participate in the first Boundless Spirit Realm Grand Tournament."

"This first one is called [Morning Star], a heaven-gifted powerhouse of the Golden Race."

"Relevant information about him, as well as the odds for victory or defeat, have already been released; you may now proceed to the City Lord's Mansion and the casinos in each district to place your bets."

(End of this chapter)