The azure bird that dared fly freely between the castle and the outside world, faster even than a Hover Train, was Qing'er.
The Azure Sky Mirror had left the Chaotian Continent, and of course she had come along.
The question was, what did Zhao Layue mean by that?
Zhao Layue had deduced some possibilities from the scroll the Star Gate Priestess had given her. Today's conversation with that person had made this idea clearer.
"All things have spirits" was a famous lie, but that heavenly treasures necessarily had true spirits was something the Chaotian Continent had proven many times.
Qing'er was the artifact spirit of the Azure Sky Mirror, and Ping Yongjia was the artifact spirit of the Oneness of All Things. If the Chaotian Continent was that god's laboratory, and Snow Ji was its artifact spirit, could it then be understood this way-that the girl who called herself "Fei" was the artifact spirit of this world?
Understanding human civilization's central computer, a great artificial intelligence life-form, as an artifact spirit of the cultivation world sounded a little strange, but was not so difficult to accept.
Possession meant having Qing'er invade and ultimately destroy that girl's consciousness, replacing her as this world's central computer and controlling this world. If it really succeeded, those threadlike Space Elevators, those Space Stations glittering like jewels, those Hover Trains, those Warships, and this unfamiliar world beyond the window would all be under their control.
Yes, Zhao Layue's idea was that direct and overbearing-after that fellow ascended, she had cultivated in seclusion at Fruitful Accomplishment Temple for three years, gaining some understanding of Buddhist Dharma. She had roughly understood True Person Taiping's methods against the Previous Divine Emperor, and why he had failed. Unfortunately, Qing'er gave a negative answer.
"She... she's too big..."
Qing'er did