The Curtain Falls

"That Strategist Merlin's plan was still a bit too cautious."

Blue Star, Su Yuan began to comment in his mind.

Strategist Merlin was a strategist in the high-level strategist group of the Canglan Galactic Human Empire, mainly responsible for weakening the power of the alien races surrounding the empire.

The alien races here are truly different from Human Race. Races like the Multi-Eye Race and the Wise Race are still branches of the vast Human Race.

As for truly alien races? They might even have life forms that are vastly different from Human Race.

This localized war between the Canglan Empire and the Source Spirit Race was orchestrated by Strategist Merlin.

Even without the appearance of Source Sand Planet, the Human Empire would have had "another treasure or opportunity that would be extremely attractive to the Source Spirit Race."

The ultimate goal of all this was to try to eliminate a Saint of the Source Spirit Race.

Saint are Cosmic Lifeform who have comprehended a supreme power. Their every move contains the might of the universe. Such terrifying beings are extremely difficult to kill completely.

Strategist Merlin's plan failed this time, and the Saint of the Source Spirit Race escaped.

"The human Saint who was lying in ambush was too hasty. He should have waited a while longer, until the Source Spirit Race Saint absorbed Source Sand Planet into his Inner World, before making his move. That way, he could have severely injured the opponent and prevented him from escaping in the end."

Using the Grey Mirror, Su Yuan surveyed the entire situation, lost in thought.

Of course, it can't be said that Strategist Merlin too cautious, or that the human Saint was too hasty.

Will the other party allow the Source Sand Planet to be absorbed into their Inner World?

What if there's an ambush inside the other person's Inner World?

Neither Merlin nor that human Saint possessed Su Yuan's Omniscience perspective. In addition to achieving their goals, their plans also included leaving themselves a way out.

The plan may fail, but humanity absolutely cannot afford to lose a Saint as well. Even if it's a one-for-one exchange with the Source Spirit Race, it would still be a loss for the Canglan Empire.

"With that Saint of the Source Spirit Race having escaped, this localized war is about to end."

After realizing that all of this was a conspiracy by the Human Empire, the Source Spirit Race, no matter how unwilling they were, dared not continue. At most, they would only continue to station troops on the border for a period of time.

As for actually starting a war, that's something we will absolutely never do.

If the Saint of the Source Spirit Race successfully obtains Source Sand Planet and is about to escape the territory of the Human Empire, he will be stopped again.

The Source Spirit Race will launch a small-scale war to cover the retreat of their own Saint.

However, the Source Spirit Race's Saint hadn't even touched Source Sand Planet, so the Source Spirit Race had no reason to continue the war.

Near Source Sand Planet.

Countless layers of space collided, shattered, and entangled like a swamp.

An Illusion figure suddenly broke free, its voice filled with intense resentment. "Humans, you cannot kill me."

Before the words were even finished, the Illusion figure suddenly exploded, and countless Illusion star points fell in all directions towards the spatial layer.

"Gather!"

A calm voice rang out, and the space, like a fishing net, began to close inwards.

Within the space, countless Illusion star points, like fish, were all scooped up.

Unfortunately, at the last moment, dozens of Illusion star points managed to escape from the fishing net and disappear.

"They escaped?"

The calm voice watched silently in the direction where the dozens of Illusion star-like points disappeared, without any intention of chasing after them.

Because they are very difficult to catch, the Illusion star points are condensed from the spiritual will of the Source Spirit Race, and their escape speed is unbelievably fast, disappearing in an instant.

The Virtual Network World is a magnificent personal space.

"Strategist Merlin."

A figure materialized and spoke to Merlin, who was sitting in the center of his personal space.

"How?"

Strategist Merlin was a woman with gentle features and an incomprehensible mark between her brows, exuding an aura of tranquility and serenity.

"Nothing was left."

The figure shook his head slightly, "That Source Spirit Race Saint, in the end, did not hesitate to abandon his physical body, splitting his mental will into billions of parts, and finally dozens of mental wills escaped..."

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"Although the opponent wasn't killed, it would be impossible for it to recover in less than hundreds of thousands or even millions of years."

The figure spoke.

Physical energy recovery isn't difficult; it simply requires accumulating resources.

But what about mental will? With 99% of their mental will lost, the other party probably wouldn't even be able to maintain consciousness. The only way to recover would be through a long period of slumber.

"I see."

Strategist Merlin nodded slightly, his expression remaining calm, showing no sign of disappointment.

"This plan did not achieve its intended goal, but it was not without its gains. At least it prevented one of the Source Spirit Race's Saint from taking action for hundreds of thousands, even millions of years."

Strategist Merlin's gaze was profound. "And there are also nine Source Spirit Race Stellar Lifeform who have infiltrated..."

She already knew the exact location of the nine Stellar Lifeform who had infiltrated the Source Spirit Race, but she did not use Saint combat power to surround and eliminate them; she merely ordered the various Lineage forces to defend against them.

The purpose was precisely to deceive that Saint of the Source Spirit Race— the Canglan Galactic Human Empire did not take the matter of Source Sand Planet very seriously.

This is to lure the other party into making a move.

Now that the Source Spirit Race Saint have escaped, there is no longer any need to let those Stellar Lifeform run rampant.

"Leave it to me."

The figure spoke.

Of the nine Stellar Lifeform that the Source Spirit Race infiltrated, six have already died, leaving two still hiding.

These two Stellar Lifeform are extremely skilled at stealth and concealment; Stellar Lifeform of the same level would not be able to detect them, let alone hunt them down.

But this is naturally not difficult for human Saint.

The reason they didn't intervene earlier, allowing these alien Stellar Lifeform to escape and wreak havoc, was to lure in a bigger fish.

There's no need to endure it any longer.

A dark, starry sky.

The Source Spirit Race, Stellar Lifeform with two horns on their heads, lurk here.

The Source Spirit Race is different from the Human Race. They were born in a Secret Realm World and are the life nurtured by this Secret Realm World.

Therefore, the standard for judging whether someone belongs to the Source Spirit Race is not their life form, but whether they originated from this Secret Realm World.

"With my stealth methods, as long as I don't frequently travel through space, human Stellar Lifeform won't be able to detect me."

The Source Spirit Race Stellar Lifeform with two horns on its head thought to itself.

Space travel can certainly traverse large distances.

However, the spatial fluctuations caused by spatial travel are also difficult to conceal.

Stellar Lifeform with two horns on their heads only travel through space periodically, causing far less disturbance, and have remained undiscovered until now.

"Although it's slower this way, it's safer."

The Stellar Lifeform with two horns on its head thought to itself, "What's the use of speed? The important thing is to reach Source Sand Planet alive."

Whew~

Just then...

Hidden deep within space, the gaze of the Stellar Lifeform with two horns on its head suddenly changed.

He suddenly felt that the space around him, which had been like flowing water, had abruptly frozen.

I felt like a fish in water, able to swim freely, but now, with the space frozen, I was unable to move.

"This?"

The Stellar Lifeform with two horns on its head vaguely saw its own spatial region being continuously compressed through space, eventually forming a solid crystal ball along with itself. It was then imprisoned in the center of the crystal ball, landing on a slender hand.

"There's one more."

The image zooms in, revealing a blurry human figure who puts away the crystal ball, takes a step, and disappears.

The Source Spirit Race, Secret Realm World.

The figure shrouded in gray mist sat silently atop the highest point.

An Illusion star appeared out of thin air, forming an Illusion figure. However, compared to when it left the Secret Realm World, this Illusion figure was much more blurred, almost showing signs of disintegration.

"It failed. This was a trap set by the Human Empire. On that Source Sand Planet... human Saint were already lying in ambush, specifically human Saint who could counter me..."

The Illusion figure gritted its teeth and said.

How badly are you injured?

The figure shrouded in gray mist immediately asked.

"I won't die."

The Illusion figure shook its head, "However, I need to sleep for a while, during which time I will be unable to make a move."

"Go."

The figure in the gray mist nodded.

Buzz— the Illusion figure vanished.

"Why...

The figure shrouded in gray mist sat on the throne and sighed.

He had long suspected that all of this might be a scheme orchestrated by the Human Empire, but he still couldn't resist and decided to take action.

The gray mist figure originally thought that even if it couldn't take the Source Sand Planet, it should be able to escape unscathed using its Illusion abilities.

The supreme power wielded by the Illusion figure lies in its ability to preserve its life; even if Saint of the same level join forces to surround and kill it, they cannot harm it in the slightest.

However, the powerful Human Empire dispatched a Saint could restrain the Illusion figure, which was completely unexpected by the gray mist figure.

"That's enough."

The figure in the gray mist shook his head slightly, having no longer harbored any interest in Source Sand Planet.

To govern a race, one cannot act impulsively; one must weigh the benefits. While the Source Sand Planet is important, it is possible that for the sake of that Source Sand Planet, several of the race's Saint would have to sacrifice their lives, or even go to war with the Canglan Galactic Human Empire.

Then there's absolutely no need for that.

"Mr. Ming, my father rewarded me with many resources, and I'm giving you some of them, roughly equivalent to two billion Canglan Coin."

Tega Chayun excitedly found Su Yuan and began to speak.

Thank you.

Su Yuan did not refuse and accepted it readily.

On the surface, Tega Chayun has already given Su Yuan a reward of 1 billion Canglan Coin.

However, the benefits that Tega Chayun gained far exceeded the rewards he paid, so it was only natural for him to give some tokens of appreciation afterward.

Of course, Tega Chayun doesn't have to replenish it, but if he wants to maintain a good relationship with Su Yuan, he certainly can't be greedy for any small gains.

In fact, when the patriarch of the Chiyun Family gave Tega Chayun a reward, he specifically instructed him to share some with Su Yuan.

"Mr. Ming, my father wishes to meet you..." Tega Chayun said tentatively.

"It's not time for me to meet your father yet," Su Yuan said, shaking his head.

The purpose of the Chiyun Family patriarch's desire to meet him was to find out Su Yuan's true identity and which faction he came from.

This is meaningless to Su Yuan and brings him no benefit, which is why he's too lazy to meet her.

Of course, Su Yuan will still choose to meet with the patriarch of the Chiyun Family someday.

At that time, the Chiyun Family needed his help, and their meeting was to obtain payment.

"Tega Chayun." Su Yuan looked at the red-eyed man in front of him and said, "Are you interested in the position of patriarch of the Chiyun Family?"

"The position of clan leader?"

Tega Chayun was somewhat bewildered; of course, he had considered becoming the patriarch of the Chiyun Family.

But that's just a thought. Who hasn't fantasized about it? Many ordinary Empire Citizen even dreamed of becoming the emperor.

But fantasy is fantasy, and reality is reality.

The Chiyun Family has too many outstanding talents, especially his older brothers. What makes him think he can compete with them?

As for gaining the father's favor? The position of clan chief is not important to the current clan chief.

Otherwise, over the long course of history, the position of patriarch of the Chiyun Family would not have been able to rotate among the major branches.

"The most important thing in anything is whether you want to or not. As long as you want to, there is hope."

Su Yuan looked at Tega Chayun with great interest.

His original intention was to support Tega Chayun to the position of patriarch of the Chiyun Family.

After all, Tega Chayun was easy to control and obeyed his orders.

In addition, the background is clean and will not be affected by other factors.

If they chose to support Tega Chayun's several outstanding older brothers, it would be easier, but also more troublesome.

Those popular candidates for clan leader have countless powerful forces behind them. If Su Yuan were to interfere, he would definitely face rejection.

"Mr. Ming, I want to be the clan chief. I want to be the clan chief so badly, I dream about it all the time."

Tega Chayun immediately expressed his feelings, saying that before he met Su Yuan, his biggest dream was to become a high-ranking member of the Lineage.

That's all.

As for the Lineage patriarch?

It's highly unlikely.

However, after meeting Su Yuan, the latter's advice and suggestions not only helped him smoothly enter the upper echelons of the Lineage, but also won the favor of his father, the patriarch.

Under these circumstances, and after Su Yuan's reminder, Tega Chayun actually began to believe that he might truly become the next patriarch of the Chiyun Family?

"Mr. Ming, as long as I can become the patriarch of the Chiyun Family, I... I will do whatever you say."

Tega Chayun knew very well that he had no reward for Su Yuan's help in becoming the clan leader; he could only promise him the future.

"Everything is up to me..."

Su Yuan remained calm, inquired again about the future of the Grey Mirror Tega Chayun, and after confirming that the other party would keep its promise, nodded and said, "Okay."

Supporting Tega Chayun to become the clan leader, and then using this to control the Chiyun Family, was one of the plans Su Yuan had devised long ago.

On Blue Star, Su Yuan sat cross-legged in the warship's control room.

"These past month or two..."

Su Yuan's thoughts wandered. During this period, he had devoted most of his energy to his cultivation, and his understanding of the Power of Five Elements had fully met his requirements.

Thinking of this, Su Yuan looked at the Grey Mirror deep within his sea of consciousness.

The Gray Mirror churned and blurred, revealing Su Yuan's latest detailed physical data.

[Power of Metal: 95%]

[Power of Wood: 95%]

[Power of Water: 96%]

[Power of Fire: 97%]

[Power of Earth: 95%]

[Power of Ultimate Yang: 1%]

[Power of Ultimate Yin: 1%]

[Combat Bonus: 29321%]

"My comprehension of the Five Elements has exceeded 95%. It's time to study the Shattering Grade Martial Arts Manual and thoroughly understand these five Power of Five Elements..."

Su Yuan thought to himself leisurely.