I Have an All-Knowing Mirror

Chapter 147: Pushing for War

"Congratulations on clearing the sixtieth layer of the labyrinth. Please choose one of the following three treasures as your reward."

The notification from the Myriad Labyrinths world chimed once again.

"Reward One: Level 30 Guardian!"

"Reward Two: Level 30 Bright God Armor!"

"Reward Three: Purple Heart World Flower!"

Su Yuan examined the three treasures floating before his eyes.

The Level 30 Guardian and the Level 30 Bright God Armor were both external aids.

The Level 30 Guardian was equivalent to a bodyguard at the Post-Realm Starry Sky Lifeform level.

As for the Level 30 Bright God Armor, it was an intelligent defensive suit, the latest technological creation of the Azure Surge Universal Human Empire.

It possessed both formidable defensive and offensive capabilities."I choose the Purple Heart World Flower."

Su Yuan made his choice without the slightest hesitation.

The Purple Heart World Flower was a Cosmic Wonder. It could help Post-Realm Starry Sky Lifeforms slightly stabilize their internal worlds when initially forging them.

The value of the Purple Heart World Flower was far inferior to a living World Tree seed.

However, for the vast majority of Post-Realm Starry Sky Lifeforms, it was an incredibly rare treasure, one that was practically impossible to buy on the open market.

'With my foundation, as long as everything goes smoothly, I won't need an auxiliary item like the Purple Heart World Flower to break through to a Stellar Life Form. I can simply sell it for Azure Surge Coins to purchase other resources.'

Su Yuan mused inwardly.

Because the Purple Heart World Flower was essentially unavailable on the market despite its high demand, as long as he was willing to sell it, countless Post-Realm Starry Sky Lifeforms would gladly bankrupt themselves to buy it.

A single stalk could easily fetch tens of billions of Azure Surge Coins.

Meanwhile, in the Myriad Labyrinths community world.

"The sixtieth layer."

The crowd watching Su Yuan challenge the labyrinths exchanged bewildered glances.

Even though they had long deduced that the Military Strategist known as Ming would clear the sixtieth layer without any suspense, witnessing it with their own eyes still left them profoundly shocked.

In their eyes, every single labyrinth layer demanded absolute caution and Deep Contemplation to find a way to break through.

Yet, for Mr. Ming, breezing through layer after layer seemed like nothing more than a casual game.

"Perhaps... our Azure Surge Universal Human Empire is about to witness the birth of a supreme strategist?"

No one could stop this thought from surfacing in their minds.

A supreme strategist was an existence that stood at the absolute pinnacle of the thirty-six great universal human empires.

The actions and decisions of such strategists dictated the very future of these empires. The current prosperity and standing of the universal human empires across the long river of time were the direct results of these supreme strategists meticulously pulling the strings.

Even peak evolutionary Life Forms could be easily manipulated by them, unknowingly becoming nothing more than sharp blades wielded by these masterminds.

Bluestar, the Imperial Capital.

Ye Kunlun sat cross-legged, his internal aura surging steadily.

"Level 10!"

He suddenly snapped his eyes open.

A look of utter exhilaration spread across his face.

"Congratulations, General Ye."

Director Zhou and several others had come to visit.

As the first publicly known Starry Sky Lifeform on Bluestar, Ye Kunlun naturally garnered massive attention.

'Ever since I entered the Infinite Bloodline world, I haven't stopped unearthing my own bloodline's potential for even a moment. I've finally reached the Starry Sky Lifeform tier.'

Ye Kunlun thought to himself silently.

As a bloodline cultivator and evolver, his early-stage progression speed far exceeded that of ordinary cultivators and evolvers.

For bloodline evolvers, there was only one thing they needed to do.

And that was to constantly excavate the latent power of the bloodline within their bodies.

Thanks to Su Yuan's guidance, Ye Kunlun had found the correct cultivation path within the Infinite Bloodline world. Coupled with his long-term contact with Feng Lingzhu, the Young Princess of the Phoenix Clan...

...he was able to break through to Level 10 and become a Starry Sky Lifeform in such a short amount of time.

'With the concentration of the Phoenix Bloodline in my body, becoming a Starry Sky Lifeform was simple. But breaking through to a Stellar Life Form will be difficult...'

Ye Kunlun mused inwardly.

'Right, I need to pay my respects to the Lord.'

Ye Kunlun jolted to alertness. Su Yuan had once told him to seek him out immediately upon reaching the Starry Sky Lifeform realm.

Soon after.

Ye Kunlun logged into the Virtual Network and requested access to Su Yuan's Personal Space.

It was the same manor as before, and the Lord was still sitting with his back to him, fully engrossed in his painting.

Ye Kunlun steadied his nerves, bowed respectfully to Su Yuan, and reported, "Lord, I have become a Starry Sky Lifeform."

"Mhm, very good."

Su Yuan replied casually, keeping his back to Ye Kunlun as he stared intently at the canvas before him.

Su Yuan naturally knew about Ye Kunlun's advancement beforehand. The only reason he had asked him to visit was to issue a few specific instructions.

With someone like Ye Kunlun, certain tasks needed to be assigned step by step. That way, he wouldn't overthink things.

Dumping everything on him at once would only be detrimental to the execution of the plan.

Hearing this, Ye Kunlun mustered the courage to look at Su Yuan, catching a glimpse of a corner of the canvas from the corner of his eye.

'The Lord is painting again?' Ye Kunlun felt rather curious. The last time he visited, Su Yuan had been painting as well.

However, back then, Ye Kunlun was merely a Planetary Lifeform. No matter how closely he observed, he couldn't decipher what was being painted. All he could sense was an overwhelming expanse of yin and yang energy.

But now?

Having become a Starry Sky Lifeform, his perception had drastically improved. Furthermore, at this tier, he had finally begun to truly wield the Phoenix Bloodline within his body.

Observing with such intensity, Ye Kunlun's mind was instantly drawn into that visible corner of the painting.

Rumble—

The world plunged into darkness. Ye Kunlun felt as though he had been cast into a realm of absolute chaos, surrounded by endless gray in every direction. Vaguely, he seemed to witness the twisting forces of yin and yang, along with the explosive collision of the Five Elements Power—metal, wood, water, fire, and earth. "Ah?!"

Unable to help himself, Ye Kunlun stumbled backward several steps, feeling a violent tremor shake his Mental Will.

"Do not stare directly at my painting."

Seeing this, Su Yuan finally spoke up to warn him.

The painting contained his comprehension of Ultimate Yin and Ultimate Yang, permeated by the Five Elements Power. Anyone below the level of a Mid-stage Starry Sky Lifeform who forced themselves to look at it could easily be injured by the Cosmic Force infused within the artwork.

And this was merely the fusion of Ultimate Yang, Ultimate Yin, and the Five Elements.

If Su Yuan had condensed his understanding of Supreme Yang and Supreme Yin onto the canvas while painting just now, Ye Kunlun wouldn't have merely stumbled back a few steps.

His mind and soul would have suffered severe damage instantly.

"Thank you for the warning, Lord... Just now, I..."

Ye Kunlun's heart was reeling with shock. Even as a majestic Starry Sky Lifeform, he couldn't even look directly at the Lord's painting?

As unbelievable as it sounded, thinking back to the sensation of being dragged into the artwork, he knew Su Yuan's advice was absolutely correct.

If he had continued staring, he genuinely would have been injured.

'Just a single painting is enough to injure me. Just how terrifying is the Lord's strength?' All the pride and joy Ye Kunlun had felt upon becoming a Starry Sky Lifeform vanished into thin air.

Did a so-called Starry Sky Lifeform amount to nothing more than an ant in front of Su Yuan? If a mere painting could hurt him, then even ten or a hundred Starry Sky Lifeforms wouldn't be able to withstand a real attack from him.

"How are things going between you and Lingzhu?"

Su Yuan set down his brush and turned to face Ye Kunlun.

Lingzhu was the Young Princess of the Phoenix Clan, her full name being Feng Lingzhu.

"We're getting along very well. I feel like she might be interested in me too."

Ye Kunlun thought for a moment before answering hesitantly.

He had no idea of her true identity, merely assuming she was just another cultivator or evolver who possessed the Phoenix Bloodline.

"Mhm."

Su Yuan nodded.

In truth, if Ye Kunlun actually knew who Feng Lingzhu was, he never would have been able to win her heart.

The emotions of living beings were strange like that. Because Ye Kunlun treated her with absolutely no fear or undue reverence, she viewed him in a different light, which eventually sparked romantic feelings between them.

"For the next few days, do not enter the Infinite Bloodline world. Cut off all contact with Lingzhu as well."

"We will discuss it again in four days."

Su Yuan instructed.

"Four days?"

Ye Kunlun asked, his tone laced with confusion.

"The Phoenix Bloodline within your body needs time to stabilize."

Su Yuan looked at him calmly.

Naturally, this was just an excuse. By forbidding Ye Kunlun from entering the Infinite Bloodline world for four days, Su Yuan intended to act as a catalyst for Feng Lingzhu's feelings toward him.

Over the past few months of interacting with Ye Kunlun, Feng Lingzhu only knew that she had a favorable impression of him.

But as for how deep those feelings actually ran? Even she wasn't sure.

A four-day period of complete silence would force the issue to the surface.

It would make Feng Lingzhu realize her true feelings, thus producing the exact result Su Yuan desired.

"Understood."

Ye Kunlun nodded.

He didn't doubt the reasoning for a second.

Ever since he first came into contact with Su Yuan, he had learned that as long as he followed his instructions to the letter, everything would become exceptionally smooth and simple.

After offering a few more words of advice, Su Yuan double-checked through his gray mirror to ensure there wouldn't be any unexpected variables.

Satisfied, he dismissed Ye Kunlun to resume his cultivation.

"Next..."

Su Yuan sat back in his chair in the manor, his dark eyes shimmering with a peculiar, unfathomable light.

Thanks to the gray mirror, he knew that in exactly one hour, a new resource planet would be discovered in an uncharted star sector near the borders of the Azure Surge Universal Human Empire.

This resource planet, named Source Sand Star, was incredibly rich in Source Sand Crystals.

And Source Sand Crystals were divine items essential for the evolution of the Source Spirit Clan.

The Source Spirit Clan was a powerful faction among the myriad races in the cosmic starry sky. While they couldn't quite compare to the universal human empires, they were still a force to be reckoned with.

The discovery of a resource planet teeming with Source Sand Crystals right on the empire's border was guaranteed to draw the covetous eyes of the Source Spirit Clan.

This would inevitably spark a localized war between them and the Azure Surge Universal Human Empire.

Among the myriad races of the universe, almost all conflicts boiled down to the struggle for resources.

Source Sand Star was vitally important to the Source Spirit Clan, but the Azure Surge Universal Human Empire would never just hand it over on a silver platter.

A violent clash between the two was unavoidable. War was the most natural outcome.

Of course, this would merely be a localized skirmish, with the intensity maintained at a mutually acceptable level.

Neither the Azure Surge Universal Human Empire nor the Source Spirit Clan would rashly escalate to an all-out war. The price would simply be too devastating.

"War, huh?"

A faint smile tugged at the corners of Su Yuan's lips.

He had zero interest in the Source Sand Crystals; such resources were practically useless to human practitioners.

What Su Yuan truly wanted was the localized war itself, initiated by the Source Spirit Clan against the empire.

By pushing for this war, he could accomplish a multitude of his own goals.

For example, acquiring massive amounts of wealth.

And completely annihilating the power of the Multieye Civilization.