Heaven's Envy's Inheritance

I'm not good at bragging.

Faced with Bai Qiuran's questioning, the Heavenly Dao Consciousness Demon Clone avatar remained expressionless and said calmly.

"Hey, if you're capable of lying, then what can't you do to brag?"

Bai Qiuran looked her up and down.

"You little rascal, aren't you supposed to be good at everything?"

"Everything I'm saying is true, believe it or not is up to you, and whether you want to talk about serious matters or not is also up to you."

The Heavenly Dao's Consciousness Demon Clone ignored Bai Qiuran's outrageous words.

"Alright, let's get down to business."

Bai Qiuran said, "According to you, the Insect Race are probably afraid of the race used as material for the Heaven's Envy. But the corpse of the First-Generation Heaven's Envy should have turned to ashes in the Return Ruins by now, right? Will my aura, which is of unknown Heaven's Envy, also [inherit] the aura of that race?"

"Theoretically, it's absolutely possible."

The Heavenly Dao's Consciousness Demon Clone replied, "Because when I created the Heaven's Envy Human Race, I didn't simply use the race's body as a basic template like Eastern Emperor Taiyi did. Instead, I directly disassembled that body into energy and concepts, and then, based on these special energies and concepts, I improved and created individual Heaven's Envy Du Human Race. Although I cannot replicate those unimaginably powerful concepts, I can use them to create rules for inheritance. The inheritance of Heaven's Envy does not rely on bloodlines. After the death of the Previous Generation Heaven's Envy, those concepts will enter Reincarnation and automatically possess someone in the next era... This is also why Heaven's Envy cannot be inherited by blood, and there can only be one in each era, because there is only one of those concepts."

"So that concept is now embodied in me?"

Bai Qiuran stroked his chin thoughtfully.

"Um."

The Heavenly Dao Consciousness Demon Clone nodded.

"Those monsters that devour worlds and feed on them are what I call [World Devourer]. Their stomachs have almost unlimited capacity, especially the one I killed by sheer luck. Its stomach might even be able to hold the entire Void. However, I feel that using such unlimited capacity simply as a digestive organ is a bit of a waste, so I transformed that unlimited capacity stomach into an organ for storing, converting, and releasing energy—that's the Human Race's Purple Mansion... Your Purple Mansion is unlimited, which means you've inherited the concept of this monster."

"So... it's all your fault that I haven't been able to reach Foundation Establishment for so long, right?"

Bai Qiuran suddenly changed the subject and asked.

"..."

This time, the Heavenly Dao Consciousness Demon Clone was wiser. She didn't speak immediately, but after thinking for a moment, she replied, "It's because you didn't find the right method... Okay, I admit I bear some responsibility, but if you had known from the beginning how to use external force to compress the Purple Mansion to condense True Essence, you would have been able to Foundation Establishment long ago."

What you said makes sense.

Bai Qiuran nodded solemnly.

"Right? You can't blame me entirely."

The Heavenly Dao Consciousness Demon Clone also nodded.

After a moment's thought, Bai Qiuran suddenly punched the face of the cold and beautiful Consciousness Demon Clone of the Heavenly Dao Will.

"Do you think I'm stupid?! Eat shit, you idiot!"

In the end, Bai Qiuran managed to beat up Heavenly Dao's Consciousness Demon Clone.

Before this, the avatars it condensed, although they looked humanoid, did not have the nerves of Human Race. Therefore, no matter how much Bai Qiuran beat those avatars, in the eyes of the Heavenly Dao Will, it was just beating its inflatable dolls.

Bai Qiuran's actions of severing the Great Dao Laws that permeate the Void and cutting off its "network" are the real dangers. As for beating its avatar, at most it will only lose some face. Moreover, Bai Qiuran usually beats it up in the Void, and apart from Wisdom Immortal, there is probably no other being in the world who has witnessed that scene. Therefore, the Heavenly Dao Will is actually somewhat indifferent.

This time, however, Bai Qiuran started attacking its Consciousness Demon Clone. You see, in order to thoroughly understand this unfamiliar system of Consciousness Demon, the Heavenly Dao Will preserved the most complete structure in its Consciousness Demon Clone, and it also separated many thoughts into it.

Since the Consciousness Demon Clone is Consciousness entity, it is sometimes even more sensitive than the physical body. Therefore, when Bai Qiuran beat up his Consciousness Demon Clone, the Heavenly Dao Will tasted "pain" for the first time since the beginning of time.

After defeating the Consciousness Demon Clone of the Heavenly Dao Will, Bai Qiuran left it there and took Jiang Lan, Li Jinyao, and Wisdom Immortal with him to the front lines of Eden.

Upon arriving at the front lines, Bai Qiuran saw that the Immortal Realm and the Eden Regime were organizing their troops. Large arrays were being set up in the Void by the Immortals using Void nodes to defend against attacks from the insects. Some Immortals were also teaching some humanoid races how to operate those arrays.

So he used his Spiritual Sense to scan the area and, following his perception, found the Collective Consciousness of the Rainbow Sheath Clan, who served as the leader of Eden.

"This time, I will represent the Immortal Realm to provide assistance to you."

That's wonderful.

The Rainbow Sheath Clan's Collective Consciousness was overjoyed upon hearing this.

"There's one more thing."

Bai Qiuran asked, "I heard that several races here cultivate Cultivation, and those races are also involved in the war. Where are their troops located?"

"You mean those humanoid races...? Their forces are more dispersed because we need them to maintain the Killing Array left behind by the Immortal Realm."

The Rainbow Sheath Clan's Collective Consciousness spoke of this matter with considerable dissatisfaction.

"I don't know what's going on with Immortal Emperor Le Zhentian and the Machine God. They had agreed with me before that they would send troops to support us, but now they've moved their troops behind our lines to build a second line of defense. It's like their troops are human, but our troops aren't..."

Hearing the complaints from the Rainbow Sheath Clan's Collective Consciousness, Jiang Lan and Li Jinyao couldn't help but glance at Bai Qiuran.

"Snort."

The Little Demoness sneered and replied, "It's already quite generous of us to send troops to help you. Otherwise, now that we've mastered the power of Consciousness, we could simply seal the Rift in the Consciousness Barrier and retreat inside. Even if your entire Eden is devoured by insects, we'd be perfectly safe."

"Jinyao."

Jiang Lan coughed lightly and scolded Li Jinyao.

"They're just telling the truth."

Li Jinyao stuck out her tongue at Jiang Lan.

"In our Demon Sect's world, such a weak force can only be swallowed up by others in the end."

"... I misspoke. I'm sorry, Immortal Ancestor, and my two ladies. I apologize for my behavior."

The Rainbow Sheath Clan's Collective Consciousness softened, and they decisively admitted their mistake.

Although it was harsh, what Li Jinyao said was true. At present, the Eden Regime could only survive by clinging to the coattails of the Immortal Realm in the face of the Void Insect Race.

Moreover, regardless of the circumstances, the Immortal Realm had constructed a second line of defense behind them. No matter what happened to their army, at least the people in the rear would be safe.