Comprehension Ability: I Forge a Villainous Longevity Family

Chapter 830 577: Mining the Stars (Part 2)

Yimiao spoke with a tone as if telling a joke, though the topic was anything but funny.

"The Emperor Venerable didn't stop it?"

"It was leading the charge itself."

"..."

Suddenly, it felt quite speechless; the Flood Dragon Race of the East Sea really died in vain!

"Similar events repeatedly occurred with the Imperial Court; in the end, it was overthrown by the Three Great Sacred Lands. But rather than saying it was the Imperial Court that was overthrown, it would be more accurate to call it a Corpse Ghost Royal Court. Because of this, we Three Great Sacred Lands have no shame in the matter, and we even openly displayed it for the entire Celestial Profound to see. We can accept any accusations because we have a clear conscience."

"So, during the fall of the Celestial Court, when you all eliminated it, were there only a bunch of corpse ghosts left?"

"Indeed." Yimiao nodded and said, "Corpses are toxic, so naturally we eradicated them from the root. Those alive didn't make any mistakes, they were our comrades, so why should we target our own people?"

"You talk as if you really have a point."

Chen Zhixing responded somewhat helplessly.

The answer to the demise of the Imperial Court has nearly been fully unveiled today, and Chen Zhixing doesn't think there will be any other version in the future.

It wasn't the Imperial Court that was overthrown by the Three Great Sacred Lands, but a cleanout of corpse ghosts by the living due to political disagreements.

This doesn't count as a coup, but rather a simple internal reform and cleanup.

"It's truly reasonable." Yimiao smiled and said, "Since the chaos of the Imperial Court, cultivators have discovered that if we wish to continue employing corpse ghosts, we cannot govern them through other corpse ghosts, nor should power come from the same system, as such methods are detrimental to updates and iterations. This led us to establish the rule of joint governance by the Three Great Sacred Lands, forming the pattern that has lasted for twenty thousand years."

Chen Zhixing: "..."

What else could he say?

Say that dying wasn't unjust for that Emperor Venerable?

Well, the person wasn't actually dead; what was removed was just a shell. The true form is likely enjoying itself somewhere in the Star Sea!

"Forget it, let's not talk about this. Chen Zhixing, weren't you going to extract the Spirit Vein? Why wait?"

While speaking, Yimiao pointed to the massive gap bitten by the Celestial Hound in the Floating World, indicating to Chen Zhixing to stop procrastinating.

Chen Zhixing nodded and then unfolded the Ziwei Emperor Venerable Dharma Aspect in the starry sky,

Actually, the remaining Spirit Vein in the Floating World was already quite limited.

The most crucial Star Core had been dug up by the Daluo Taoist Lands twenty thousand years ago, and the remaining various Spirit Veins were also diminished greatly over the two thousand years. By the time Chen Zhixing began extracting them, only roughly a hundred or so Spirit Veins of various sizes were left in the Floating World, comparable to just one province in the Celestial Profound.

And since the easily mined veins had long been exhausted, extracting at this point was troublesome for Chen Zhixing.

After wasting an entire afternoon, he managed to extract one medium-sized Spirit Vein, and afterward, he stood unhappily in the starry sky, then summoned a completely manifested Ziwei Dharma Aspect towering over twenty thousand feet high.

After the Dharma Aspect appeared, Chen Zhixing greeted Yimiao.

"Since this Floating Realm is on the verge of destruction, I'll disassemble it directly."

Chen Zhixing, tired of continued hassle, decided to directly refine the entire planet.

Upon hearing this, Yimiao's eyes lit up as well.

"If you're going to act, do it quickly. I've yet to see the marvel of a world truly being destroyed. By the way, when the Daluo Taoist Lands extracted the Star Core, they also didn't find any Celestial Immortal corpses; since you intend to destroy this Floating Realm, why not look for it?"

Chen Zhixing, hearing this, also felt quite intrigued.

With preparations, he used the complete Ziwei Dharma Aspect to start dismantling.

In theory, planets containing Spirit Veins have Earth Veins formed by Immortals' Spirit Veins; if a world is truly destroyed, it's possible to excavate the corpse of the Immortal from within.

Of course, the probability is low.

Because over countless years, the Immortal's body has completely dispersed into the planetary Earth Vein as a whole. Thus, if the world's Spirit Vein is entirely depleted, the so-called Immortal corpse naturally ceases to exist.

But this does not diminish their excitement.

Destroying a small world, wow!

Not only had Chen Zhixing never seen it, even Yimiao hadn't truly witnessed it!

This kind of world-destructive record seemingly only exists in writings. Given the chance to observe up close, how could Yimiao not be curious?

However, what happened next was somewhat disappointing for the two.

The massive fully-formed Ziwei Dharma Aspect wielded an equally enormous Immortal Sword, and it sliced a cracked watermelon-like planet. Although there were some scattered 'juices', nothing particularly odd occurred during the slicing process.

Everything was so mundane that it didn't evoke any sense of expectation.

Once Chen Zhixing had dismembered the whole planet into a cluster of meteorites, draining this small world of its Spirit Veins, he looked at the large expanse of magma-laden meteorites scattered around and felt discontent.

"Really, nothing thrilling happened. This world has been dead so long that no Immortal emerged. No so-called Celestial Mandate savior appeared either."

Well, no matter how disappointing, they did manage to collect about a hundred various Spirit Veins.

Though only two were large size, over ten were medium-sized, around thirty small-sized, and the rest were micro Spirit Veins. Even these Spirit Veins were very depleted energetically; combined, they barely amounted to five complete large Spirit Veins. But it meant some gain.

"Indeed, quite a pity."

While speaking, Yimiao, somewhat reluctantly, split a nearby floating large land mass but didn't find trace of any Immortal.

Instead, in these land masses remnants, insect-like creatures swarmed fearfully through the sky.

Somewhat annoying.

Inconsequential.

The two didn't even glance at these Floating Realm natives, treating them like they didn't exist.

No other reason than their ugly appearance truly being an original sin.

"Since there's none, just forget it, let's move to the next one."

"Uh... there's more?"

"Nonsense, there are about a hundred similar worlds around Celestial Profound. How do you think the Celestial Profound Realm sustains billions of cultivators constantly mining Spirit Stone Veins?"

They paid no mind to how these bug-like beings would survive after losing their world; they simply left through a space rift torn open by Yimiao.

Only to say, being ugly is truly the original sin.

.....

Three days later, beside another small world's star ring.

This time the encountered small world differed from the prior Floating Realm, simply because this one was intact, even bearing traces of green.

A complete planet.

Ideally, such intact planets usually don't fall within the destructive mining scope of the Three Great Sacred Lands, as it seems somewhat wasteful.

But this small world, named 'Flying Star', stands as an exception.

"Stop staring; this small world was discovered by our Three Great Sacred Lands three thousand years ago. At that time, it was timely ripped partially apart by the nearby passing Sun, and now its restoration to a spherical form is likely due to its own gravitational completion."

With the words, Yimiao gestured to the Flying Star world ahead, indicating Chen Zhixing could make his move.

Chen Zhiyu didn't act hastily but instead circled the surrounding starry sky, ultimately arriving at a somewhat shocking conclusion.

This Flying Star world originally possessed a volume roughly a hundred times its current size.

Due to proximity to the Sun Star, countless times it has been captured by Sun Star's gravity, leading to repeated crustal tears, and finally shrunk to its present size.

Calculated down, perhaps the next go near the Sun will see its body completely pulled into the Sun.

If only this were the case, Chen Zhixing wouldn't feel shocked.

The problem is.

Amid Chen Zhixing's subtle perception, he detected that the 'Flying Star' ahead still seems 'alive'.....