Only by understanding human greed could one make better use of the human heart.
Those who thought themselves clever were the easiest pawns to manipulate.
So far, the Black Stele's plan in the Beast Cultivator World had gone smoothly—apart from being stabbed remotely by 'White,' the entire plan had remained within its grasp.
At that moment.
One pitch-black Spatial Passage after another emerged in the void. Five figures, their entire bodies wrapped in the black mist of Nine Nether Evil Energy, stepped out of the Spatial Passages and landed before the Black Stele.
All of them were experts from the Beast Cultivator World who had been infected by Nine Nether Evil Energy and corrupted into fiends.
The fallen Beast Cultivators had not reached the Ninth-Grade Tribulation Immortal Realm. They could use the pitch-black Spatial Passages for spatial travel only by borrowing the power of the Black Stele.
"Have all the Evil Artifact Rings been distributed?" the Black Stele asked.
A Beast Cultivator with lizard-like features nodded. "According to plan, this batch of Evil Artifact Rings has been completely distributed throughout the 'Northern Pavilion Realm' of the Beast Cultivator World. However, the Beast Cultivator World is now on guard against the Evil Artifact Rings. Once someone obtains one, it is quickly taken away and sealed. The number of infected people is getting smaller and smaller."
"No matter." The Black Stele calmly said, "For now, it is enough to distribute the Evil Artifact Rings. Infecting more living beings is no longer my primary objective at this stage. Everything is within my calculations."
"What should we do next?" asked another Beast Cultivator covered in black scales.
"Next, we need to wait patiently." The Black Stele slowly said, "Before entering the final step of the plan, I must first remove a troublesome thing within