I'm Back

"Us?"

The Sower white robes did not hesitate at all.

"Naturally, it's to put the Yaoshi's philosophy into practice, to transform all those who have achieved immortality on the continent into Mara-Struck, thus helping them transcend their physical bodies!"

"Humanity will face the Mara transformation that will allow them to transcend the mortal realm in hundreds of years. What we, the Disciples of Sanctus Medicus, aim to do is to help the Yaoshi Master trigger their Mara transformation ahead of time, allowing them to achieve transcendence sooner!"

"At that time, everyone will thank us, and the name of the Yaoshi will be known throughout the continent!"

Hahahaha!

"..."

"Let me think about it."

Xu Tianran touched his forehead and slumped into a chair.

My father's courtiers have all returned to their youth, and everyone is immortal. I have absolutely no chance of ascending the throne.

Cooperating with the Holy Spirit Cult and then making them the state religion isn't difficult. But the Disciples of Sanctus Medicus... it involves turning everyone on the continent into Mara-Struck... In the end, will I also be transformed into one of those monsters?

Is this monster truly controllable?

But relying solely on the Holy Spirit Cult, my chances of successfully seizing the throne are slim...

Xu Tianran was torn between two choices.

The next second, he made a snap decision.

"Very well, I agree to cooperate with you."

"Very good, as expected of His Highness the Crown Prince, we were right about him."

Upon hearing Xu Tianran's words, the Holy Spirit Cult immediately beamed with joy.

Xu Tianran stood up and slowly walked to their side. "Tell me your plan. How do you intend to transform those people into Mara-Struck? Or are you going to extract their souls and torture them, like you just did? If so, that would be far too inefficient."

"Your Highness, you can rest assured on this point. The reason we came to you is naturally because we possess a simple method to transform a person into Mara."

As he spoke, the white-robed Sower took out a bottle of pills from his robes and handed it over.

"Your Highness, this product is called the Cloudfeast Dewdrop Pill. Just a few pills are needed to directly activate their Mara-Struck without any other means."

"All you need to do is deliver this bottle of pills to the old emperor, and his Mara-Struck will be activated... Hehe... then the throne will be yours for the taking."

Xu Tianran was shocked upon hearing this. "Are you crazy? Let alone my father taking this medicine, do you think he wouldn't have any suspicions if this bottle of pills of unknown origin and unknown effects were handed to him?"

"Your Highness, rest assured, this elixir will not cause any adverse effects upon first use. It will only greatly increase the user's physical strength and make them feel mentally excited and incredibly wonderful."

"If anyone has ever taken this pill, they will only think of it as some kind of highly nutritious medicine, and that just one pill is enough to cause addiction."

"Within three days of taking this medicine, he will feel as if the world is a paradise. After three days, the pill will begin to catalyze the still peaceful Abundance Power within his body, causing it to erupt violently, giving rise to anger and delusion, and resulting in constant nightmares and irritability for ten days."

"This is the initial sign of the Mara-Struck; the body begins to faintly resemble the lush branches and foliage of plants."

"And ten days later... hehe, that's when the Abundance Power within the immortal's body will completely erupt, directly subjecting them to the trial of the Mara transformation, causing their emotions to completely collapse, their bodies to mutate, and transforming them into the monster that the Abundance Cult calls the Abominations of Abundance."

"When the old emperor turns into this kind of thing, do you think he can still continue to be the emperor of this empire?"

Seeing the bottle of pills held up in front of him by the white-robed Sower, Xu Tianran trembled as he reached out and picked it up, putting it away.

"Phew~"

He let out a long sigh.

Boom!

With a loud bang, Xu Tianran's attack landed on his trusted confidant.

The confidant was terrified and, before he could react, was blown up, only to be resurrected due to his immortality.

"Your Highness, you..."

Before he could finish speaking, the Holy Spirit Cult had already flashed in front of him and killed him with a single blow, extracting his soul before he could even resurrect.

"His Highness the Crown Prince is indeed ruthless; he kills his trusted confidants without hesitation. But I like it!"

Xu Tianran's intention to attack his confidant was quite obvious.

This matter must be kept strictly secret from anyone other than the two religions that are cooperating with him, not even his trusted confidants!

"Then... it'll be a pleasure to work with you."

After a three-day journey, Yao Shi returned to the Sun Moon Empire once again.

"It's been a year. Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineer Academy, I'm back."

Looking at Mingdu so close by, Yao Shi couldn't help but smile slightly, because all the people he cared about were here.

During his three-day journey, Yao Shi also witnessed many of the effects of the Jianmu he had planted.

In places inhabited only by ordinary people, the appearance of the Jianmu had no impact on them, and they continued to live their lives as usual.

In those places where Soul Master gathered, they gained the ability to Immortal Regeneration after being transformed by the Abundance Power. Although they did not use this to do anything immoral, they became more violent than before when Soul Master fought each other.

Relying on their immortal bodies, they no longer fear death. In the past, they were always worried about being seriously injured in battle, but now they kill their opponents time and time again, or are killed by their opponents time and time again.

A single bouquet of flowers blooms profusely, while countless branches wither and die; the bones lie unheard, for Abundance.

Life is fleeting, and people should cherish it, but now, because of the existence of Immortal Regeneration, they have begun to squander it recklessly.

The Abundance Power should be peaceful, gradually becoming chaotic and violent over time. But these people, relying on their immortality, wantonly kill others or allow others to kill them.

The repeated deaths will prematurely cause ripples to appear on the once calm and Abundance lake.

All suffering and calamities will be triggered in advance...

One year... five years... ten years... or even a hundred years, war may begin to ravage the entire continent.

Or perhaps... it's not just mainland China...

Standing in front of the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineer Academy, Yao Shi was filled with mixed emotions. At that moment, he saw a somewhat familiar figure at the entrance.

"Teacher Bi Yang, it's you! You've finally broken through to level 50 in Soul Power after a year?"

Just like when Yao Shi first came here, Bi Yang was fiddling with something on the table with his head down. Hearing this, he looked up with a puzzled expression.

"Who are you..."

He was stunned for a moment, then, after seeing who it was, he suddenly cried out a few seconds later.

"Holy crap... Holy crap, you're Yao Shi?"

"You're not dead, are you?"

Bi Yang stared in disbelief Yao Shi.

"Do you know how frantically Dean Jing has been looking for you this past year?"

Yao Shi first entered the academy, he was taught by Bi Yang. Although he only stayed in the first year for a few days before jumping to the second year, Bi Yang had a particularly deep impression of Yao Shi, who had given him a series of setbacks.

"Oh, how did you know? Is everyone in the school already aware of my disappearance?"

"No, not at all. But within the past year, Dean Jing first came to me to inquire, then his grandchildren came to me again to inquire, and then countless other times, Dean Jing sent countless people to me to inquire."

"Then I didn't see you at the academy again, so I assumed you had disappeared."

"Oh, I see. I thought I became famous throughout the school after I disappeared."

Yao Shi nodded after hearing this.

"Then, Professor Bi, you continue with your work. I'll be going now."