My Bottle Cosmos

Chapter 743 688: The Mastermind Behind the Scenes

Both sides paused, like statues frozen in time.

A few seconds later, two new wills were reborn, and the newly born souls felt a vast influx of inherited knowledge pouring into them.

"Hahahahaha!" The Ancient Tree suddenly laughed, "You are doomed, after humiliating us throughout history, the Abyss World! Abyss Demon! Single-cell evolution?? Savage battles in the Abyss, survival of the fittest? How cruel!"

The newly born Ancient Tree also quickly took over all consciousness, feeling utterly at a loss, yelling, "Those previous Celestial Humans betrayed me! I cannot coexist with them!"

Why was he born only to be beaten up??

He felt miserable, deeply sorrowful.

Clearly the strongest Celestial Dao in the Cosmos, why should he pay for the predecessors' mistakes.

At this time, the Origin Ancient Tree waved its terrifying branches and said, "After today, only the Angel Species will remain in the Cosmos, the great Creators, no evolved species, only the merciful Holy Father in our church!"

The vast will of the Origin Ancient Tree's Celestial Dao was as majestic as heavenly might, a terrifying woven authority of information that no individual being could control.

"Tremble! Abyss Demon! Pray before the Father of Light, or you will have the burden of sin crush your spine!"

"Rebel!! Beg before the God of Light!" With a cold and dignified shout, as if the supreme Celestial Dao were judging an unforgivable sinner.

And the Light Ancient God and the surrounding Great Angels silently watched this scene, their expressions becoming strange.

Though each generation of Celestial Human had a completely new soul and different personality, they did not expect this generation of Celestial Dao to be so flattering, currying favor with the Light Ancient God.

Perhaps he hoped that after his reincarnation, he would fare better in the Celestial Human organization?

Yet for a generation's supreme Celestial Dao to fawn like this over the current Divine King was indeed absurd.

"..."

The expression of the Light Ancient God also became strange.

He hadn't even split the Celestial Dao and eliminated the two major Celestial Daos, and yet the other side was already this obsequious?

Li Qing thought that only after he exposed his true intentions, took care of the Ancient Dragon and Ancient Tree, and rebuilt the Celestial Dao, turning it into his lapdog, would it grovel like this.

But experiencing it prematurely was fine too.

Because after this wave today, the Ancient Dragon and Ancient Tree would both perish!

After all, this was a plan he had prepared for a long time, and he even had Atabia help design the new Celestial Dao and methods to control the new Celestial Dao.

Ultimately, this narrative was quite reasonable, wasn't it?

A wise and majestic sage king, yearning for Longevity in his later years, gradually indulging in various Immortal Techniques, neglecting governance, even committing irreconcilable deeds, becoming a Tyrant, seeking the way of Longevity.

"Sinner!" the Origin Ancient Tree roared, "About to face the Holy Father, why not pay homage!"

The surrounding angelic attackers were increasingly astonished.

They thought to themselves, if we had been this shameless back then, we wouldn't have been chosen as Combat Angels.

The Combat Angels, tens of thousands strong, seemed supreme.

In reality, which Celestial Human would want this role? Becoming Ninth Layer Ancient Gods, with resources tilted in their favor across the Cosmos, seemed to give supreme combat power but was a path to death.

The Celestial Humans paled at this thought, but someone had to form a guard unit to protect them, requiring elections and votes.

"If only I had such means back then, I wouldn't have joined the Angel Legion," thought a silent Ten-winged Angel among the besiegers.

Another angel felt turmoil, "This Celestial Dao is shrewd. He knows that after attacking the Ancient Dragon, in this great battle, our hundred thousand troops will inevitably suffer losses, prompting a new selection from the Celestial Humans, to secure his own reincarnation."

He seemed like a bootlicker aiming for immortality, not what he seemed, sucking up to others as idiots while being the fool himself.

Boom!

The sides clashed for several seconds, soon leading to another bizarre scene where both sides were about to switch again.

Some distant Mortal Ancient Gods watched, their expressions slightly changing.

Li Qing shook his head at the sight of this. "It's such inefficiency that makes this Celestial Phenomena appear so powerful yet so incompetent."

After all, one moment he wanted to go east, the next he was heading west.

Next to him, Atabia smiled slightly, "Your majesty's strategic brilliance will naturally rectify this Celestial Dao's inefficiency. After this battle, you've paved the way for the fourth Mythical Era after the Celestial Human Reincarnation and the Starlit Heavens, the Gods Star Words Era."

"Indeed, for you are someone seeking to forge a second life in your later years, aligning the Celestial Dao for yourself, channeling the power of heaven and earth to attempt this miracle."

Li Qing glanced at Atabia.

If he didn't know his true nature, he'd think of him as a wise and brave Assistant of God.

To think of Atabia as merely a pure research scholar, but he was too clever, performing whatever role was necessary.

After all, his other identity was the Emperor of Sicily in the Dark Matter Dynasty.

Trapped in a cage outside heaven, he endured for countless years, personally ushering in the era of half-extraordinary zombie seedlings.

One can only say every hero reveals little emotion, while Black Star's caliber, without someone to guide him, would have long been eliminated.

In the next moment, a new Ancient Dragon awakened: "Damn it, I'm out of here!"

"Hahaha, who would have thought I'd emerge at this legendary moment, to slay my mortal enemy!"

The will of the Ancient Tree also fully awakened.

Amid his wild laughter, he accessed the memories of past generations only to find the last generation was a sycophant, so disgraceful and filthy.

Yet he reconsidered and secretly thought: "Wait, I must also curry favor! The times have changed, previous Celestial Dao didn't need to pander, after all, the hundred thousand strong Angel Legion was full."

"Previous Celestial Human reincarnations, once on the tree, lived in peace, directly attaining immortality; now after a war, many Celestial Humans will be drafted to replenish the Legion, avoiding selection is unlikely."

"While the prior generation didn't need to curry favor, they did it anyway. If I keep a cold face, the contrast would be stark, inevitably giving me a hard time."

Thinking this, the Celestial Dao began a wild pandering path, showering praise and exaggeration.

Gods of Light: "....."

They were somewhat bewildered.

Li Qing shook his head, understanding the Celestial Dao's intentions.

As expected of these entities, each only existed for a few seconds, all wanting to flee swiftly and secure blessings for themselves.

"Your Majesty, is it time to act?" Atabia deliberately asked.

Li Qing shook his head, "Let this Ancient Tree Celestial Dao continue pandering, both sides should keep fighting, weakening their strength, making it easier for us to step in."

Atabia sighed inside.

If these two Celestial Dao had normal intelligence, how could humans hope to best the heavens?

By all logic, such beings of any normalcy wouldn't fight each other to near-death.

Normal strong beings fear that battle would let a third-party benefit.

But these two Celestial Dao were just absurd.

Each existing for mere seconds, some even sold off their Ancient Tree to curry favor with the Light Ancient God, hoping for benefits in the lower realm reincarnation.

"It seems these two major Celestial Dao entities are almost certain to be doomed today."

Atabia looked toward the Light Ancient God before him, gaining a newfound apprehension,

"And this one here is about to tear away his mask of benevolent aloofness, revealing himself as the universe's greatest behind-the-scenes manipulator."

But Li Qing had no particular thoughts on this.

To him, it was perfectly normal.

What is a Light Ancient God?

One who openly becomes the behind-the-scenes mastermind, shepherding the universe's lambs.

Previously, he dared not show his true form, fearing a beating; now he could finally be his true self, scheming madly, as the world sees him as the hidden evil boss behind the scenes.