Star Gate
Chapter 1157: The Wisdom of Monster Spirits (III)

Chapter 1157: The Wisdom of Monster Spirits (III)

“It seems to me that the commander is inclined to organize this raggedy-mess of a great dao. Why not borrow the great dao’s strength to set up a tight encirclement that cannot be escaped from? Have the opening be in one of these sectors, so you can call upon the power of the great dao at any time to kill your foes!”

Capsize Sea pointed one of its hooves at the sector of the five elements and then at other sectors. “Take that fire sector, for example. If you set the opening there, the enemy will plunge headfirst into flames if it barges in. Or you can turn it into an obstacle course, making them pass through fire, then metal, wood, water, and the sword...

‘You can even take these sectors and arrange them into a circular passageway. Those who take that passageway will be attacked by the great dao at any given time! Don’t let your future visitors be able to identify the shape of your dao universe with a single glance from now on, turn it into a maze!

“Those who come to this dao universe will only be able to walk the path you set. Putting one foot wrong will result in a thunderous blow!”

“Ah...” Li Hao couldn’t help but sigh with appreciation.

“What is it?”

“Nothing, just that the senior shows great foresight...” The young man was surprised by the major monster spirit’s breadth of knowledge. Capsize Sea was unmoved by the praise—so what of these ideas? Its family had studied dao universes in considerable detail. They did so in order to... defend against the Green Emperor!

The Green Emperor had always sought to grill and roast the Sea Pacification Envoy because it wanted to eat beef!

It wasn’t just its grandfather, but also their forefather Water Strength that’d lost great swathes of flesh and blood to the exalted emperor. Their forefather nearly met its doom on the grill. Afterwards, the two family ancestors studied dao universes in detail to avoid the Green Emperor.

New inspiration blew through Li Hao. Setting traps in the dao universe!

Why hadn’t he thought of this before? Well, it was mostly because the dao universe could prevent others from entering. Only those he brought in were permitted.

“Then... senior... I will make a trip back to Skystar Town first. Please wait for me to come back before going to Battle Heaven together. We’ll convene there with Battle Heaven powerhouses and head to where the traitors are...”

“Sounds good!” It didn’t matter to Capsize Sea. “It’s been a while since I’ve seen old friends, I can go meet them!”

“Then, I thank the senior for your support!”

“Don’t be so polite, we’re both getting what we want out of this.”

Li Hao said nothing further and showed the way out of the great dao universe.

Seeing that the young man was about to leave, Capsize Sea offered, “It would be best if you could hide us within the dao universe first before ambushing the Empyrean King.”

“The problem that occurs with that is that the openings I create in the dao universe are random!” Li Hao answered with a rueful look. “Once I make another opening in the outside world, it might not appear in the same spot within the Hao Cosmos. The two positions might be very far away! If I was part of the group, I could pinpoint our location through certain items. But now that Stellaris is broken, it’s hard for me to do so with exact precision.

“And without me also present, the seniors might be attacked or expelled by the great dao if you are left alone within the dao universe...”

Capsize Sea nodded, that would indeed be troublesome.

“Then, you need to fix the egress in one place first!” it added. “As for finding it difficult to determine your location due to Stellaris being broken, it’s best if you forge another weapon that can be the passageway between the two worlds.

“I also saw that you seem to be repairing Stellaris—I see its pieces in the dao universe.”

Li Hao nodded.

“The key of a sword lies in its keen edge! You possess such an advantage, but do not utilize it to its fullest limits. I see that you’re nurturing the fragments, but only put them in the sector where sword qi abounds.

“There’s no need to do that! A sword simply has to be sharp! It can be nurtured or adapted to any environment through all dao strength. You can place a fragment in each sector—that will make its recovery faster. Since the two great daos are of the same origin, they will not repel each other. Such is the true sword of a myriad daos!”

Li Hao started again, then jerked with enlightenment! He looked at Capsize Sea with a different look from before. This monster spirit... was widely learned. It was different from those of his imagination. There wasn’t much similarity between Capsize Sea and those. The golden cow wasn’t a rash brute at all!

The Sea Pacification Envoy that he’d expected was a bull that only knew how to barge around in a china shop. [1] It shouldn’t have been one that understood something of everything.

The young man rather regretted not having visited earlier.

“Thank you for your advice, senior!”

“I am just sharing some of my experiences. It may not be a good thing to tell you all this ahead of time. There is much joy and interesting experiences to be had in exploring the great dao by yourself. Being told all of it beforehand makes the process much less memorable. It’s just that you are in a hurry to fight a strong enemy, so I had to tell you that it will greatly impact your battle strength if you lack a useful weapon.”

“I understand!” Li Hao nodded. “Then, I take my leave senior...”

Capsize Sea nodded; the young man hesitated when he took a step and turned back to say, “Senior, we go against an Empyrean King in this campaign—and they may not be a regular Empyrean King. There is great danger involved in our endeavor. Is the senior really not worried?”

“Whether it is human or monster spirit, don’t we have to fight for the chance to become lord of all?” A smile twinkled in the cow’s eyes. “Although my family background is illustrious and has been for several generations, I was trapped at the bottom of the sea for one hundred thousand years all the same!

“I lacked a chance to fight for my destiny all these years. Since that chance has come, I will take it!”

“But... many of New Martial do not seem to think this way. Why is that?” Li Hao considered the monster spirit with curiosity. This was his first time meeting a Saint powerhouse who said that it wanted to take a stand. This seemed more in line with the New Martial style written about in books.

“Because most of the New Martial citizens that you’ve met thus far have not... experienced how it feels to live under another’s roof and be of lower status. They do not depend on another for their existence!” Capsize Sea responded faintly. “These people were born to New Martial and were the strongest force to begin with. They were under the protection of the strongest Human King and Supreme Zhang!

“They look strong, but they lack the courage to fight. Monster spirits are different. We have to fight for our lot no matter the age! The smarter the monster spirit, the more we chafe at our situation in life. Thus, the more willing we are to fight for a chance to improve our destiny...”

Li Hao was suddenly reminded of another monster spirit—the bramble rose!

That had been a major plant spirit of the Saint level. It’d known that attacking the mine was certain to end in failure, but it had been willing to take the risk! Even in death, it felt its actions and outcome was worthy!

“Senior should know of the supreme’s grandson, Zhang An. He’s weathered that kind of experience...”

“It’s not the same, he has too many people looking after him.”

“But senior... your family has produced numerous exalted emperors...”

“But I am a monster spirit!” laughed the golden cow.

Li Hao looked around blankly—but I am a monster spirit.

Although my family has produced many exalted emperors, I still must fight for my lot in life because I am a monster spirit! Those of New Martial are too strong. If I wish to obtain greater accomplishments when New Martial citizens are unparalleled, then I must put forth more effort than humans.

“Doesn’t the Human King treat monster spirits... well enough?”

“Well enough, but we are not humans at the end of the day! There are many exalted emperors out there, but most of them are human. How many come from monster spirits? The Green Emperor doesn’t care about us and doesn’t consider itself a monster spirit. The Exalted Heavenly Dog Emperor doesn’t look out for monster spirits. It runs around freely and cares only about its own wishes!

“The two exalted emperors from my family did not possess high status in the world. There were some monster spirit powerhouses back in the day, but after the Human King conquered the world and didn’t resurrect some monster spirits that opposed him, the truly powerful monster spirits view humanity as the enemy. Therefore, the monster spirits continued to weaken!”

Capsize Sea didn’t harbor any resentment about the situation since the Human King would be a fool to resurrect his enemies. At the same time, monster spirits were indeed heavily suppressed. The Human King didn’t pay attention to that, but some of the human exalted emperors naturally suppressed heavyweights of other races.

That was only to be expected, and nothing could be done about that!

“So the senior is willing to fight for a chance and your future?”

“Yes.” Capsize Sea did not hide his intentions. “It’s all the same, to be honest! If humanity had been kept down all this time, they would fight for a chance as well. The key lies in a natural desire from the weak to grow stronger!

“If it was a monster spirit ruling the world instead of humanity, then New Martial humans would fight for their destiny as well!

“As of now, it is humans who are still the strongest. Therefore, the New Martial citizens you meet might be thinking that the traitors are still of the human race at the end of the day. They’re part of the eight families, so there’s not much motivation from the rest of New Martial to take out the traitors!”

Li Hao understood! Capsize Sea voiced more sensational words next.

“If this world really comes under the traitors’ rule, or anyone else for that matter, they may well contact the main world! Once contact is established and New Martial powerhouses summoned, then the chance is at hand!”

“A chance for what?”

“To return!” Capsize Sea laughed. “You’ve broken Stellaris and taken control of the world, but can you open the Star Gate? Not necessarily! You also don’t have absolute control over the world. Meanwhile, the traitors’ leader must be an Empyrean King or even half step emperor. They stand a much bigger chance to exercise mastery over the world.

“As for your concern of them being killed, they’re not concerned about that at all.”

“They’re not?” Li Hao blinked, then looked around with understanding. “The senior means that they’re thinking once someone controls the world and contacts the main world, the dao of yin and yang in the main world will be complete when Silver Moon minor world returns. The Human King can resurrect them then, can’t he?”

“That’s correct!” The cow’s large head nodded. “So you started off from the wrong premise to begin with. For humans uninterested in accomplishing great deeds, it doesn’t matter if they fight or not!

“In this age, only the ambitious will have the burning desire to rebel, the absolute desire to resist! Even for someone like Zhang An who hates the traitors, he may not be thinking of fighting them. They firmly believe that once someone controls the world, that person will contact the main world.

“When the Human King and supreme arrive, all troubles will fade away and those who have died can come back to life. In that case, why must they go to the trouble and effort of stopping the traitors?

“I’m familiar with Zhang An, he doesn’t have much ambition. If he did and wished to become the tyrant of this age or master of this world, he would not be as peaceful as he is now. He endured the turmoil of war in New Martial and thus possesses strength, experience, and courage. He only lacks ambition, which is hard to say if that’s good or not.”

Li Hao hummed thoughtfully. So this was the case! He looked back at the golden cow—did this one have great ambitions, then?

1. The original Chinese was ‘a monster that only knew how to fight and kill. The English idiom of ‘bull in a china shop’ doesn’t exist in Chinese, but I thought it would fit perfectly here. ☜

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