"Founding a nation?!"
That was something this Black Dragon King had never even dared to imagine.
"Yes. I have technology that accelerates the awakening of soul beasts' intelligence."
Some debts must eventually be repaid.
The man nodded and offered another form of compensation,an insight he had gained while studying the spiritual soul-body of Tian Meng. Soul beasts normally need ten thousand years just to reach the intelligence level of a small child, and Chen Fu found this completely abnormal. With such a developmental pattern, calling them idiots was practically high praise.
Tian Meng's hundreds of thousands of years spent as a useless lump gave Chen Fu immense inspiration,and only Tian Meng could have provided that inspiration.
Because Tian Meng's evolution was so… pure. His growth was like a blank sheet of paper, with almost no external mutational factors. So from within the hundreds of terabytes of garbage information in Tian Meng's memories, Chen Fu was able to extract a graph depicting the evolution of Tian Meng's intelligence.
It was a perfectly regular stair-step pattern,up a bit, then flat; up a bit, then flat.
But intelligence doesn't appear out of thin air. It is a blossom that blooms only after countless cycles of accumulation, summarization, and failure.
The fact that Tian Meng's pattern was a simple "climb one step, rest one step" type of pure model meant only one thing: his intelligence was restricted by some kind of limiter that loosened as his cultivation increased.
As for how to remove this limiter, Chen Fu had seen a possible method in Huo Yuhao,but it still needed verification.
"Intelligence-awakening technology?!"
The Black Dragon King was shaken. Things they had failed to understand for hundreds of thousands of years,and had already accepted as unchangeable,you're telling him now can be changed?
Chen Fu glanced at Di Tian with an inexplicable expression. This was another one who had lived hundreds of thousands of years yet had grown muscle, not brain. Then he nodded.
Perhaps when it came to cultivating soul power, Di Tian had deep insight and could explain things thoroughly. But Chen Fu was already moving past the narrow concept of soul power into the broader domain of energy itself. Maybe your soul power cultivation is refined, but my energy can feed you till you're stuffed.
He had discovered a flaw in this world: increasing cultivation broadened wisdom but did not raise its height.
In simple terms, they could easily calculate the infinite digits after 1, but when faced with everything between 0 and 1, they were clueless. For example, when Chen Fu explained the logic behind some technical achievement to Mu En or Di Tian, they could quickly deduce whether it had future potential. This was why the stronger the expert, the more easily they were drawn to him.
"Really?"
Di Tian was silent for a moment, then activated his external brain. After receiving the signal, he cautiously asked:
"...Really. And it just so happens to align with the new cultivation system."
"Your new cultivation system still sucks blood from soul beasts!" Di Tian finally said what he had long wanted to say. At this moment he held a bit of initiative, so he allowed himself to be somewhat impolite.
"Energy rings, which represent spell cultivation, are still needed for now. But fusion rings, which represent body cultivation, are no longer necessary."
Energy rings required strong skills to be useful. As for body cultivation, it didn't require skills at all. Giving more soul power was just a waste. So when shopping, they could just pick up a random ten-year soul beast from the roadside, use the Awakening Soul Array to attach a temporary ring, and make do.
"...Then how would soul beasts found a nation?"
Soul beasts believe in survival of the fittest. They are nearly impossible to restrict.
"Let them first live under the radiance of 'U-Blue,' and then gradually awaken their intelligence."
Di Tian looked at the indescribable data-lifeform attached behind Chen Fu, living within the halo of U-Blue, possessing immense spiritual power and an inherently infectious presence from birth. U-Blue's corruptive nature was determined by the logic of its birth and growth.
You had better mean radiation in the positive sense.
"Honorable Di Tian and unknown entity, U-Blue is delighted to serve you."
A sudden spiritual message appeared within Di Tian and Gu Yuena's encrypted divine-sense communication channel.
"...I am Gu Yuena."
The divine sense vanished immediately.
"Yes, Lady Gu Yuena."
"Any more questions?" Chen Fu asked, inviting everyone to rest and reassuring them that there was no danger.
"You want soul beasts to help you withstand the pressure of the entire world's soul masters?"
While soul beasts had accumulated wealth and were currently strong, they could not endure consumption on that scale.
"'Ark,' 'Awakening Soul Array,' 'Pandora,' 'Exile,' and the two cultivation systems,do you really think I'm trying to play a defensive game?"
With four major forces,the two continents, the soul beasts, and Chen Fu,whichever side he joined could overturn the remaining three.
"Soul beasts have never founded a nation. How can such a massive entity even be established?" Di Tian raised a very real concern.
"Aren't I bringing you management talent?" Chen Fu pointed to the confused Nine Treasures City members behind him.
Because of their unique martial spirit, the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Sect had always excelled in business management. They were a natural administrative team.
Perhaps this was fate. From the moment Ning Yi saw Chen Fu, some higher-dimensional concept called causality had already begun to move.
"Then what about us soul beasts?"
Di Tian's brow furrowed. He felt something was off.
"You will be the governed at first. Then you will learn. Eventually, you will govern yourselves."
Chen Fu's calm voice crashed in Di Tian's ears like thunder.
Good heavens. Truly good heavens. Was this the newest form of fraud?
We contribute people, strength, and territory… only to bring in a group of administrators who will end up making us work for them,and we have to thank them?
And you Nine Treasure Glazed Tile types,what kind of "starting a business from scratch" is this? What kind of "self-made" nonsense? Even cuckoos don't steal nests this blatantly!
"To transition from disorder to order, sacrifices must be made. Soul beasts lack civilization, so you must temporarily cede some authority to give yourselves the chance to learn."
"Transforming leadership from brute strength to intellectual governance requires a shift in power. You can refuse me,you can refuse the framework our organization brings,but surely you don't intend to let the soul beast race destroy itself?"
His tone was flat. His words were simply facts.
"Don't get any foolish ideas. The fact that I dared to come proves I have you fully under control, even if you think you're all united."
Deep in the forest, every spiritual frequency had already been marked by U-Blue, which had absorbed Tian Meng's ninth-layer soul source.
"You cannot defeat Mu En. His half-god body is strange."
During the journey, Chen Fu had used U-Blue to check Mu En's condition. He discovered Mu En's incomplete divine body had been polluted by god-power, granting him overwhelming regenerative ability and pushing him toward the unknown.
"As for Lady Gu Yuena…"
He paused, staring at the black-robed woman across from him. Her expression was thunderous. A faint, cold smile tugged at his lips.
"As my research into soul beasts deepens, I have discovered that soul-beast development must rely heavily on humans. You understand what I mean, don't you, my lady?"
"We agree to form an empire with you humans."
A transmitted voice, equal in strength to U-Blue's spirit, attempted to bypass U-Blue's suppression and reached Chen Fu's ears.
A soft laugh.
Chen Fu looked up toward the sky. The vast star-river and the dense barrier between worlds seemed to lose their distance. His gaze seemed to align with certain beings far above.
The soul beasts had already begun to split.
So perhaps that unknown God Realm had already begun to split as well?
The Divine Craftsman's divine trial information packet,yet another great karmic link.
Tang San, I have shown my value.
Your turn.
"Shura, I have my eyes on you."
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Brothers, I've updated the synopsis and added "Beast Lives Matter," haha.
Hundreds of thousands of years of suppression have already pushed the soul beasts toward hesitation,adapt and survive, or resist to the death?
The protagonist provides them with a step down, easing conflict while building bonds.
A successful example of soul-beast division will inspire the God Realm as well. This is the protagonist showing his value, attempting to divide the upper ranks of the God Realm.
No blind resistance. No indiscriminate condemnation. Divide the enemy, strengthen oneself, rise through both action and restraint.
Chen Fu: Just showing value. I'm used to it.
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