Black Bear General came over in surprise, touching each of the motionless bodies as he asked in his coarse voice, "Queen, what kind of monsters are these?"
White Crane smiled faintly. "This thing is called a 'Puppet Star.'"
"What's the use of making these things?" Black Bear General asked, scratching his head in confusion.
White Crane's expression turned grave as she lowered her voice. "Find ten frustrated, ambitious humans, then combine their names and birth details with these Puppet Stars."
"They'll be the ones to incite turmoil in the five countries."
Black Bear General was dumbfounded, gazing at her expectantly for more.
"Then," White Crane continued, "take the Puppet Stars into the master's dream and have the master recognize the Puppet Stars as the mother body."
Seeing that Black Bear General still looked confused, White Crane patiently explained, "Once this step is complete, you can use the Karma Calculation Instrument to rewrite the Karma Value of the Blood Puppets and make the master act according to your wishes. By then, the Heavenly Dao will punish only the Puppet Stars and won't harm you in the slightest."
Black Bear General tried hard to digest her words before asking hesitantly, "This Karma Value... what exactly is it?"
White Crane pondered for a moment. "The Karma Value is the Spiritual Energy possession value used by Great Brahma to control mortals' fortunes, life, and death."
Seeing Black Bear General scratch his head in bewilderment again, she shook her head helplessly. "Calculating the Karma Value is indeed complicated. How about I use a mortal's life as an example? You'll understand at a glance, General."
She lightly raised her slender hand, and a blood man slowly rose from the blood pool. "This Puppet Star will be called Little Bear."
A sign displaying "One Hundred Forty" appeared above Little Bear's head.
"When each mortal is born, their Karma Value is one hundred forty. It decreases by one each year they grow older." As White Crane spoke, she waved her hand again. Another blood man appeared behind Little Bear, with "Plus One Hundred" marked above his head.
"This is the accumulated hidden virtue of Little Bear's blood-related ancestors. It will be passed on to him."
As the blood man behind him vanished, the number above Little Bear's head changed to "Two Hundred Forty."
"If he does good deeds every day, his Karma Value will increase. For example, saving a person's life adds one hundred."
The number immediately changed to "Three Hundred Forty."
White Crane summoned six more blood men, each marked "Plus Ten" above the head. "If his close relatives do good deeds, his Karma Value will increase as well."
After the six blood men disappeared, the number above Little Bear's head settled at "Four Hundred."
White Crane breathed slightly harder. "What I described just now were all ways to increase the Karma Value. As for how to decrease it..." She paused. Clearly, the demonstration had consumed a great deal of her Spiritual Energy, and her face was gradually paling.
Black Bear General pressed her anxiously. "Queen, then what would reduce the Karma Value?"
"I'm a little tired. I'll tell you next time." White Crane waved her hand and walked to the stone table, where she sat down and took out a square metal box. "This is the Karma Calculation Instrument. It can calculate the Karma Values of countries, cities, and all living things. So long as the total Karma Value before and after remains unchanged, it won't violate the Heavenly Dao. But if someone forcibly changes too much, the one who rewrites it will be punished by heavenly lightning!"
She gently shook the box in her hand, while Black Bear General stared at it without blinking.
"General, I'll give this treasure to you." White Crane handed the box over.
Black Bear General knelt and accepted it with both hands, thanking her profusely. Then he asked curiously, "Queen, where did this treasure come from?"
White Crane's expression suddenly turned icy, and Black Bear General hurriedly covered his mouth in fright.
Black Bear General opened the metal box. A beam of light projected into the air, displaying mountains, rivers, cities, and all the sights of the mortal world. White Crane took the jade pen from inside the box and wrote the three words "Southern Expedition Country" in midair.
The image in the air immediately switched to the capital of Southern Expedition Country. Rows of numbers appeared above the heads of the country, cities, and people, constantly jumping as countless threads connected them.
"Southern Expedition Country's Karma Value has a deficit of ten thousand. Regime reconstruction: one hundred days!" A crisp notification sounded.
Black Bear General was delighted after seeing this. He picked up a wine jar and drained it in one gulp, then gazed at White Crane through drunken, hazy eyes. "White Crane Queen, you're incredible! We have to celebrate!" As he spoke, he moved forward to embrace her.
White Crane nimbly sidestepped him, her expression darkening. "Insolent! I'll overlook your drunken slip of the tongue and won't pursue the matter!"
Black Bear General retreated dejectedly.
Suddenly, loud laughter came from the entrance to the cave's steps. White Deer and Chen Renfeng appeared, the effects of their invisibility already gone.
White Crane turned pale with shock. Before she could react, Black Bear General had already roared and pounced at White Deer and Chen Renfeng. As he ran, he transformed into his beast form and slammed down with his massive palm.
White Deer moved like lightning and kicked through the air, starlight flickering at the tip of her foot. Black Bear seemed to be pinned in midair. He took the kick squarely in the face and was sent flying backward, plunging into the blood pool with a splash and sending blood spraying into the sky. He struggled to his feet, wiped the blood from his face, and glared viciously at them.
Chen Renfeng was secretly alarmed. White Deer Immortal is this powerful? That Black Bear could probably tear me apart with one palm.
White Crane forced down her panic and asked in a trembling voice, "White Deer Supreme Immortal, why have you come here?"
"Hmph. I'm too lazy to concern myself with the Witch-Demon Clan's rotten affairs." White Deer sneered. "But you're the dignified White Crane Queen, and you've actually sunk so low as to fool around with a Black Bear monster, even embracing each other... How laughable!"
White Crane's face flushed red with anger. "Stop spouting nonsense!" In her fury, she transformed into a crane. Her wings spread wide, and hundreds of feather arrows shot through the air. Black Bear also summoned the Mountain Splitting Axe. As his figure blurred, a huge axe shadow came crashing down from above.
White Deer pulled Chen Renfeng into a rapid dash to the left and placed him beside the wall. The spot where they had been standing had already been smashed into a deep pit.
White Deer let out an angry shout. Green light burst from her eyes as she transformed into a white divine deer. Lowering her antlers, she put force into all four hooves and charged violently at White Crane. White Crane had no time to dodge and could only shield herself with both wings, unfolding a golden halo shield. With a thunderous boom, White Crane was sent flying backward and landed right in Black Bear's arms as he had just regained his footing.
White Deer returned to her immortal form and clapped as she laughed. "Black Bear monster, you've got the beauty in your arms now. Aren't you going to thank me, Supreme Immortal?"
White Crane was both humiliated and furious. She shoved away Black Bear's hand as he tried to support her, then spread her wings with a shake of her shoulders and rose into the air. In a cold voice, she said, "White Deer, since you and Immortal Elder have stumbled upon my clan's secret, today we can only fight to the death!"
Black Bear also tightened his grip on the Mountain Splitting Axe, his expression solemn.
The battle was about to erupt. Chen Renfeng had only just arrived in this world and truly did not want to be dragged into such a conflict. Even more alarming was the result he had obtained earlier with the Karma Calculation Instrument: White Deer Immortal had a Karma Value of nine million, White Crane had eight million, Black Bear monster had one million one hundred thousand, while he himself had only nine hundred ninety thousand. Could the cultivators' realms be related to their Karma Values? The discovery left him deeply uneasy.
"Supreme Immortal, White Crane, please stop!" Chen Renfeng hurriedly tried to mediate. "If any one of you is injured, I'll be heartbroken."
White Deer and White Crane looked at him simultaneously. Chen Renfeng seized the opportunity to continue, "Everything that happened today is recorded in the Chart of Heavenly Karma. If you continue fighting and trigger fluctuations in the mortal world's Spiritual Energy, violating the Heavenly Dao and bringing down heavenly lightning, then it truly will be impossible to undo!"
White Deer raised her brows in displeasure. "Chen Tuan, did you know that White Crane intends to revive Witch-Demon King Hong Sheng?"
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