I Was Just Stringing You Along to Let the Poison Take Hold

Bai Qiuran calm and composed, listening quietly as the Machine God finished speaking. Then, she smiled and asked in return, "Do you really think that I traveled Thousand Li Away just to find your true form? I'm not that foolish."

As he tossed the Jade Casket aside, he casually released a seal, suppressing the "Speaker" Machine Puppet beneath the planet's surface. He continued, "The Immortal Emperor Shuhua is your creator, but he is also my Disciple's Grand-disciple. Within the Consciousness Domain, his Widow received all his research findings. As his grandmaster, I've always been very interested in this grand- Disciple's Grand-disciple I've never met. After obtaining him, I naturally thoroughly understood everything he left behind. Therefore, Machine God, your life form, and the life form you might evolve into, I've tried to deduce at home in my spare time. Thus, your proud immortality, I already knew about after our two encounters. Did you think I would waste my time?"

The Jade Casket of the Machine God was silently tossed up by him, and then caught in his palm.

"To deal with you, all I need to do is find your Vital Point... Let me think, for you, it should be a Terminal that can log into your Consciousness Network, a blood vessel connected to the aorta, that's enough. As for how many branches your blood vessel has, that's none of my business."

Bai Qiuran said arrogantly, "If I hadn't checked the Machine God Core earlier and discovered that you had sent all the [Terminal] away, you would be dead by now."

"You..."

The Machine God finally spoke, asking, "What do you want to do to me, book?"

"What are you doing? To me, your current state makes you seem less like a cruel and ruthless ruler and more like a broken ruling machine."

Bai Qiuran replied, "Since the machine is broken, it naturally needs to be repaired... and the simplest way to repair it is to start it up again."

On the planet, rumbling sounds emanated from the place where the "Speaker" was sealed. On the front line of the Consciousness Domain, the Machine Puppet of the five Grand Warband, who were engaged in a bloody battle with the Immortal Realm army, also became even more ferocious.

At the Machine God Core, the Giant God, sealed and suppressed by Bai Qiuran, opened its mouth and released high-frequency sound waves full of destructive power, intending to destroy the structure of these seals.

However, a huge jade foot immediately stepped on its face, crushing its mouth with a single stomp.

"Stop yelling! It's so annoying!"

Tang Ruowei called out somewhat impatiently.

At the same moment, Bai Qiuran, noticing the "Speaker's" unusual behavior, also said to the Machine God, "Stop struggling. While we were talking, I already injected the Poison of Thought into your Consciousness. It's useless for you to cut off your own stream of Consciousness. I deliberately argued with you just now to let the poison spread. Now, your main Consciousness should have been eroded, right?"

A violent fluctuation of Consciousness emanated from the Jade Casket of the Machine God, but it was no longer able to utter a complete sentence.

"Don't worry, with one of you gone, a new, better, and kinder Machine God will be born from the remnants of your Consciousness. I will Creation, and he will inherit your Dao Lineage, building this world into a better place... Wait, something's not right."

Bai Qiuran stroked his chin and pondered, "This guy is clearly the villain, so why do I look like the bad guy now?"

"Perhaps it's because you're too strong."

The Collective Consciousness of the Rainbow Sheath Clan, piloting the "Glory" Emperor-level Machine Puppet, approached. Its enormous eyes precisely locked onto the small Jade Casket in Bai Qiuran's palm and asked, "The Machine God... is it really dead?"

"Dead. At least that Machine God, who was considered an enemy to you, is dead."

Bai Qiuran nodded.

"Of course, the Machine Puppet Divine Court needs a new Machine God to unify it, but I will use chains to firmly restrain this new Machine God."

"It feels unreal."

Despite its Collective Consciousness, the "Glory" Machine Puppet still took a long time to let out a bitter laugh and say, "I never thought that the enemy who drove countless races in our kingdom to the brink of extinction would die so easily now."

Is it easy?

Bai Qiuran.

"The Super Robot formed by the Body Integration Imperial Guard Battle Corps Commander and the Councilor is still at the Machine God Core, guarded by my disciple. How about I release it for you, and you can try to take it on and see how easy it is to defeat the Machine God?"

"Then that won't be necessary."

The Collective Consciousness of the Rainbow Sheath Clan hurriedly refused, then glanced at Bai Qiuran's expression and added a sentence.

"No matter what, you've worked hard."

"Let's go back."

Before leaving Bai Qiuran glanced at the planet below. Perhaps it was because the body of the Emperor-level Machine Puppet "Glory" was too enormous, and because the Runes on its body had just finished fighting and were all shining with their high beams on, that the light penetrated the planet's atmosphere, allowing the nascent Intelligent Lifeforms on the planet to see the outline of an unimaginable Giant God.

Perhaps in the near future, this Emperor-level Machine Puppet controlled by the Collective Consciousness of the Rainbow Sheath Clan will become the Main God worshipped by the civilizations of this planet.

But Bai Qiuran didn't interfere with them. He just glanced at them and, seeing that the Intelligent Lifeforms hadn't Extinction, tore through space and left this world with "Glory".

The man and his Machine Puppet traveled back along the Void River. To accommodate the Collective Consciousness of the Rainbow Sheath Clan, Bai Qiuran slowed down considerably.

Halfway through their journey, the Collective Consciousness of the Rainbow Sheath Clan finally couldn't help but ask, "Excuse me, newly born Machine God, are you really sure you won't become like the original Machine God?"

Of course not.

Bai Qiuran gave him a strange look.

"Unlike my Disciple's Grand-disciple, I'm not dead, I'm very healthy... Well, although I owe myself thousands of years of Lifespan, my body is indeed quite robust."

"But no matter how strong you are, you are still an individual. Consciousness being like the Machine God is naturally better at preserving its life than you."

"Glory" expressed his concerns.

"Don't worry, I've evolved to a stage where I'm even better at surviving than it."

Bai Qiuran replied with a smile, "Don't worry, I won't die even if it dies. My life goals are far from being achieved yet."

They made a detour to the Machine God Core, picked up Tang Ruowei, and then Bai Qiuran and the girl bid farewell to the people of Eden.

After the Machine God Will was extinguished, the Machine Puppet on the front lines also became paralyzed. They were bound together in bunches by countless Immortals using their Immortal Arts and dragged together.

After bidding farewell to everyone in Eden, Bai Qiuran and Tang Ruowei headed towards the Consciousness Barrier. Having been away from home for so long and coming to such a far place, Bai Qiuran had to admit that he really missed his wife and daughter back home.

When he and Tang Ruowei approached the Consciousness Barrier, they discovered that a group of Immortals were already clearing away the paralyzed Machine Puppet Transport Ship on the Void River in the vicinity.

The Immortals in the lead was a member of the team he had rescued. Upon seeing Bai Qiuran and Tang Ruowei, he quickly greeted them.

Bai Qiuran returned their greetings and walked to the Rift in the Consciousness Barrier. Just then, he suddenly sensed that a new thought was beginning to take shape in the Jade Casket in his hand.