Chapter 437: Peace Under Heaven

"I shall take you all as my teachers; I ask that you all accept my bow."

While the crowd of Celestial players was contemplating how to break the deadlock, Lin Bai's various incarnations had already returned to the safe zone with the resurrected Butterfly Demons.

Then, all the incarnations bowed their heads toward the crowd in the sky and spoke a sentence that took everyone by surprise.

Lin Bai used a Skill that doubled his decibel level, and the sentence echoed between heaven and earth, clearly heard by every single person.

The crowd was in an uproar.

They knelt down in a flurry, trembling and not daring to lift their heads.

No one dared to accept Lin Bai's gesture of respect.

"With the King of Gods above, please retract your words; we cannot bear this."

"How could we dare to be the teachers of the King of Gods?"

"Alliance Leader, you are shaming us."

"What could we possibly have to teach the King of Gods?"

"Among any three people, there must be one who can be my teacher. Today, I take you all as my teachers in order to draw upon the strengths of all, to comprehend the Heavenly Dao, and to help everyone survive this catastrophe," Lin Bai said with utmost sincerity. "After this apprenticeship, everyone is my teacher, and I am also the teacher of everyone. Once the apprenticeship ceremony is complete, I will lead you all in sounding the horn of counterattack. Do not decline."

"We dare not." Hearing Lin Bai explain his reasoning, the crowd had no further objections; one by one, they straightened up and accepted Lin Bai's apprenticeship gesture.

Lin Bai had saved the world; now, his words were holy scripture, and no one dared to disobey.

Moreover, he had granted everyone a new life and bestowed upon them an Undying Body. At this very moment, in everyone's hearts, there was no other Faith; Lin Bai was the only god.

Under the halo of an idol, everything Lin Bai did was right.

【Only one who treats everyone as a teacher can become a teacher to the world; take everyone as a teacher, become the teacher of the people of the world (Completed); Reward: Master's Heart (You may take anyone as a disciple, and the other party cannot refuse)】

The Celestial players had brought about the catastrophe, nearly killing everyone in both worlds, and those saved by Lin Bai were now gathered together by him.

As for those who had died and were not resurrected, they naturally could no longer be counted as members of the people of the world.

Taking the people of the world as his teachers—this seemingly impossible task was completed by Lin Bai through a twist of fate.

Master's Heart, the strongest support Skill.

All this time, Lin Bai's Skills could only be bestowed upon his thirty-six Disciples. Now, the Master's Path System had lifted the restrictions; he could take everyone as a disciple, which meant everyone could be bestowed with Skills.

Thus, the disadvantage of the reborn Butterfly Demons—having magic power but no Skills—would be compensated for, and coupled with the Undying Body, the Celestials' Divine Artifacts would no longer have any use.

Having completed the Master's Heart task, Lin Bai looked around at the crowd, his incarnations using a unified language to broadcast to the whole world: "I will bestow my divine abilities and laws upon you, allowing you to use them to deal with the players. And the Undying Body I have granted you comes from the players; as long as you do not die, they will not die either. Therefore, the only task I give you next is to use my divine abilities to seize the Divine Artifacts in the hands of the players with all your might."

"We obey the King of Gods' command."

The uneven voices of the crowd were like rolling thunder, resounding through the sky.

"After you have seized their Divine Artifacts, I will cancel your Undying Body. You may die, but by then, you will also possess the ability to kill the players. Our ultimate goal is to kill all the players down to level zero, make them our prisoners, use their Undying Bodies to create wealth for us, and turn them into our slaves. Do you wish to live such a life, and are you willing to fight for it?"

Lin Bai's voice carried a sense of Dihua, full of penetrating power.

"We are willing."

"We are willing."

The morale of the more than one billion people was as high as a rainbow, and they waved their arms toward the sky.

Lin Bai smiled heartily and used Bestowal, distributing the most combat-appropriate Skills like Provocation, Absolute Suppression, Wedding Domain, and Moon-Chasing.

With the Skill bestowal complete, Lin Bai waved his hand: "Good, set off. Bairuisi, Lalondo, you are responsible for teleporting them to the battlefield."

The Goddess of Earth and the Lord of the Abyss accepted the order; they had long admired Lin Bai to the point of prostration. Lin Bai's abilities had clearly transcended this world; at this moment, he was the true Jiusheng, he was the Heavenly Dao.

Hundreds of millions of people with Undying Bodies and System Skills flooded back into the battlefield; the Celestials' nightmare had finally arrived.

All this time.

They had acted recklessly, relying entirely on the fact that Lin Bai had few Disciples and that Lin Bai could not precisely control all his incarnations.

Now, mind-boggling instant-cast Skills were everywhere. Although the Celestials possessed Divine Artifacts, they had no way to deal with such a group of people who could not be killed.

At first, the opposition was disorganized, and they could still trade blows, but the battlefield was a great teacher, especially for a group of people who could not die.

Soon, the Butterfly Demons, having accumulated experience, figured out the correct way to use the laws:

Want to run? A Provocation, and they would involuntarily kill their way back;

Once in close quarters, they would be touched by several pairs of hands, all their Spiritual Power would be sealed, and no matter how strong their Divine Artifacts were, they would be swiped away...

The worst was the Wedding Domain.

A solemn wedding became a tool for these stupid NPCs to probe their secrets; often, just as the wedding ended.

A combo of Provocation, Absolute Suppression, and so on would land on them.

And then.

After coming out of the Resurrection Point, they would sadly discover that the Divine Artifacts they had worked so hard to snatch had been swiped...

Also suffering from this unprovoked disaster were the new generation of players from the Real World.

Relying on the System's benefits, they had thought they could play a game happily in the chaotic world.

But Lin Bai was still the same Lin Bai; he would never give them a chance to be happy.

After nightmare-like Skills landed on them, they were likewise stripped clean...

The most terrifying thing was.

The NPCs of Shenmo Dalu would really turn their in-game bodies into food without killing them.

The bodies were provided by the Game Company, but the internal Spirit was them.

That was an experience like an ultimate nightmare.

Even the most fanatical players in the real world who hated Lin Bai the most, after experiencing the nightmare of Absolute Suppression, would not dare to step into a Game Capsule a second time for anything.

They were afraid.

This time, they were truly afraid.

After all.

Lin Bai possessed the Magpie Bridge; if they continued to anger him and let this group of madmen break into the Real World, then they would be the sinners of the entire world.

The Game Company promised that they had reinforced the Game Capsules.

But Lin Bai had too many methods; heaven knows if the Game Company was reliable. What if the Game Capsules were breached by Lin Bai?

He had casually created so many Undying Bodies and even bestowed upon them Fazhe Zhidao Skills...

Could it be that Lin Bai had truly attained the Heavenly Dao!

Therefore.

After the most crazy and chaotic fierce battle in history, the players in the Real World withdrew from the game completely, one after another, and logged onto the forums to declare that they were permanently quitting the game, that they would be law-abiding citizens of the new world, and that they were Lin Bai's most die-hard fans...

After the players in the Real World withdrew, the Celestial players lost their source of Divine Artifacts. After being surrounded and intercepted by the butterfly spirits for half a month, the figures of Celestial players no longer appeared in Shenmo Dalu.

Relying on unparalleled madness, the natives of Shenmo Dalu reclaimed their homeland.

From the captured Divine Artifacts, they found Dharma Treasures like the Gan Kun Jing and Reincarnation Stone that could resurrect deceased loved ones. They resurrected the dead children and those without partners, then told them of Lin Bai's greatness and found partners for them at the first opportunity.

Even for newborn children, the adults would pair them with suitable Dao companions and teach them the Dao of love from a young age.

The Undying Body is temporary.

Only the Dao of love is eternal.

"Crazy, who exactly did the Game Company provoke? How can Lin Bai possess such terrifying Skills? This time, we don't even have Divine Artifacts anymore; what the hell are we supposed to fight with!"

"Who said we could ambush Lin Bai by relying on Divine Artifacts? He doesn't even give you a chance, okay?"

"Just like the Game Company, Lin Bai no longer needs to do things himself. He can create countless subordinates to drive for him; he is already invincible under heaven."

"The key is what do we do? We can't complete the Game Company's missions, and we can't beat Lin Bai. Where should we go from here?"

"It is said that Lin Bai's arrangement for us is to be slaves for those natives, helping them rebuild their homes..."

"How is that possible? I would rather die than be a slave for them."

"The key is that we can't die!"

"Perhaps we can change our perspective and treat the world as a life-simulation game. Building cities, farming, and so on—just treat them as tasks given to us by NPCs. Wouldn't that make us feel much better? There are all kinds of games, not just war-themed ones."

"You certainly are optimistic."

"If it were like that, I would rather lose my memories again; it would save me some pain."

"This is our punishment, right? After all, we really did destroy a world once. This time, if it weren't for Lin Bai, there would have been three worlds destroyed by our hands."

"No, four. Our own world was destroyed too. Was destroying the world really our original intention? I can't even remember what it was like living with my wife and children before the Game Company. But I still remember that at that time, I was very happy and satisfied. However, after I started playing the game, it was as if everything changed. If I were given a chance to go back to the past, I think I would definitely not touch the game..."

After this voice emerged, all the players fell into silence.

"Screw the Game Company. Everyone, let's go negotiate with Lin Bai. We should atone for our sins. Perhaps only Lin Bai can give us a good ending."

"If possible, I would rather help Lin Bai now to defeat the damn Game Company; only then can I vent the evil anger in my heart..."

【... Trample all visible enemies underfoot (Completed); Reward: Undying Soul (Issued)】

【Under the whole heaven, is there any land that is not the king's... (Completed); Reward: Advent (Issued)】

【Let your name of benevolence spread throughout the world (Completed); Reward: Heart of Merit (Issued)】

Real World.

A series of mission completion notifications rang in Lin Bai's mind.

That's right.

Lin Bai had been hiding in the Real World these days. The ones going out to act and stir up trouble were his divine projections. The Divine Artifacts created by the Game Company were too many and too messy; he did not want to risk his true body going out. If he were to die, all the efforts he had made would vanish into thin air.

Therefore, he would rather let time drag on than take risks at the final moment.

Fortunately, those natives who had been bullied severely by the players were very capable; they actually managed to turn the tables and even scared the Celestial players.

After all.

Both the Advent and Undying Soul Skills had been issued, which was enough to prove that the Celestial players no longer had the heart to oppose him.

Thinking about it, that made sense.

Now that he could turn his hands to create clouds and rain, and had also obtained a large batch of Divine Artifacts contributed by the Game Company, opposing him was purely asking for abuse.

Xu Longyun asked, "Husband, what are you thinking about?"

Lin Bai turned his head to look at Xu Longyun and said, "We have won. From now on, unless we initiate it, there will be no more war in this world."

"Have we won?" Xu Longyun asked doubtfully, "The players in the Real World indeed dare not enter the game anymore, but we haven't counterattacked the Immortal World to kill all the Celestial players back to level zero, and the Game Company won't just let it go, right?"

"There's no need for that. Everyone knows the Fazhe Zhidao, and their courage has been scared out of them." Lin Bai shook his head, gave a scoffing laugh, and said, "Let's go, to the Meng Tianwang Dian."

Saying this.

Lin Bai used Shadow-Following, appeared behind the Heavenly King, and then threw out the Magpie Bridge to bring Xu Longyun and the others over.

The Heavenly King and others were discussing the future of the Immortal World with the leaders of the Four Great Guilds.

Lin Bai's sudden appearance gave everyone a fright.

Thump!

Thump!

Sui Liang and the others stood up abruptly when they saw Lin Bai, even knocking over the chairs behind them. They didn't even intend to run away.

After being tormented by the Provocation and the Wedding Domain, every Celestial player knew that it was impossible to escape on the battlefield.

The Heavenly King and others sighed, swept a glance at them, stood up, and bowed to Lin Bai: "Greetings, Alliance Leader."

"Hmm." Lin Bai nodded, sat in the head seat, and looked around at everyone, "Are you all convinced?"

"We submit, we submit," Sui Liang and the others echoed tremblingly.

"Alliance Leader Lin, we came to find Heavenly King Meng this time to represent the Celestials in surrendering to the Alliance Leader," the president of the Fire Phoenix Guild gathered her courage and said, "We are willing to assist the people of the Xianxia World and Shenmo Dalu in rebuilding their homes, and we are also willing to assist Alliance Leader Lin in opposing the Game Company. We know the sins we have committed are unforgivable, but we only ask that Alliance Leader Lin can give us a place to settle down."

"Are you willing to lose your cultivation?" Lin Bai swept his gaze over them and asked.

The group looked at each other, sighed, and lowered their heads: "We are willing."

What other choice did they have if they weren't willing? The situation was already beyond their control; if Lin Bai wanted to absorb their cultivation, he didn't need their consent at all. Asking them was already a sign of respect.

"Good, gather the Celestials from every town, and I will arrange for people to absorb your Spiritual Power. After you reach level zero, someone will arrange work for you," Lin Bai smiled, "Go back and prepare! Disperse, disperse!"

"Does the Alliance Leader have no other arrangements?" Sui Liang seemed not to have expected Lin Bai to be so easy to talk to; he swallowed a mouthful of saliva and asked with a fawning smile.

"What other arrangements do you want? With your meager skills, do you really expect to deal with the Game Company?" Lin Bai waved his hand again and sighed, "When it comes down to it, you are nothing more than a bunch of tool people!"

(End of this chapter)