The Mother of Mold Spirits sighed again, her tone turning appreciative. "However, Elina did indeed demonstrate extraordinary strength, which truly impressed me. Especially her ability to undergo a phoenix-like rebirth after forced disintegration was quite eye-opening. If I could harness that ability and pass it on to the children, it would certainly accelerate the development of our Abyssal Space!"
"Isn't the ability to survive by disintegrating and then opportunistically reforming something every Mold Spirit energy possesses?" Dao Lao asked disdainfully.
"Children have this ability, but they cannot unleash more potential after reforming and thus gain stronger power," replied the Mother of Mold Spirits.
"What do you mean by that?" Dream Jia asked, puzzled.
The Mother of Mold Spirits adjusted her reclining posture and explained, "What I mean is that Father knows how to make Mold Spirit energy stronger after disintegration and reform, not weaker. Forced disintegration isn't just a way for Mold Spirit energy to survive but also a method for them to undergo a complete new growth cycle from a stronger foundation. Even as a mother, I didn't know the children had such potential. As a result, Elina was very fortunate to gain this ability, which makes me quite envious!"
The Mother of Mold Spirits pursed her lips in anger and continued, "It was precisely because Elina grasped this ability from Father's blessing that she was forced to disintegrate during the great war, and eventually unexpectedly merged with the divine form of Elina. Little did she know, all the coincidences Elina encountered along the way were actually carefully designed by Father."
"So, Elina didn't disintegrate and flee everywhere because we defeated her; she did it intentionally to be able to undergo a rebirth and gain more powerful strength?" Dao Lao suddenly realized.
"I'm afraid so. Ah, not only you, but even I didn't anticipate Elina's deliberate defeat-seeking strategy in the Divine War, aimed at enabling her to transform and gain stronger power someday," sighed the Mother of Mold Spirits.
The Mother of Mold Spirits took a cup of hot coffee from her maid and then continued, "Lastly, regarding that Divine War. Actually, the three Lords shouldn't solely blame all the responsibilities of that Divine War on our Mold Spirit energies. Just as I have been collaborating with the Balance Circle in secret to ensure the smooth operation of our respective worlds, that Divine War actually erupted under our tacit approval."
"What did you say?!" Hearing the Mother of Mold Spirits say this, Haoyun and the others almost simultaneously sprayed the coffee they had just drunk.
As they wiped the coffee from their mouths and clothes in embarrassment, they looked at the Mother of Mold Spirits with astonished eyes, hoping she would further explain her statement. The Mother of Mold Spirits calmly finished her coffee, ate a small piece of cake, and then lay back on her chair before slowly speaking again, "To be more precise, it wasn't a joint decision between us to start that Divine War; rather, it was the Balance Circle that proposed we initiate it."
"This, this is impossible?! Are you saying that the real mastermind behind starting that Divine War wasn't you but the Balance Circle?!" Dao Lao asked incredulously.
The Mother of Mold Spirits nodded emphatically in response, "Exactly. My dear sister, the Balance Circle, was the true planner of that Divine War. Our Abyssal Space only cooperated with her in launching that war. That's why the Mold Spirit energies, who had been hiding their identities in the Divine Realm for so long, suddenly exposed themselves. The purpose of the children's actions was to allow you to prepare for war in advance."
"Because, I had to cooperate with the Balance Circle to portray Mold Spirit energies as extremely evil enemies, so that the Divine Realm could better unite against our army. That Divine War was a crucial battle to establish the supreme leadership of the Divine Realm and to create an incomparably glorious and sacred image for the Divine Realm in both the Upper and Lower Realms."
"But, why did the Balance Circle do this? Isn't she afraid that doing so will disrupt the balance and stability of the Divine Realm? Moreover, that Divine War caused great trauma to the Divine Realm and thus seriously weakened it. Why would the Balance Circle harm her own interests like this? It makes no sense at all?!" Dao Lao asked stutteringly once again.
Although Dao Lao's belief in the Divine Realm had been completely overturned since he learned about many shady things behind the scenes, hearing this news from the Mother of Mold Spirits made him feel like his faith had been overturned again, causing his spirit to blur.
"Alas! I can only say that the world is vast and full of wonders. Many things that are thought to be impossible often happen in extremely bizarre ways around us. Many seemingly bright and upright gentlemen often turn out to be the villains who frequently engage in disgraceful activities behind closed doors. Although all this may seem incredible and shocking, only by constantly staging these ugly events can a burgeoning world continue to grow and thrive," said the Mother of Mold Spirits.
How could Haoyun and the others not hear that the Mother of Mold Spirits was mocking the establishment of the surface and dark systems of the Divine Realm? However, for a while, the three of them didn't know how to argue. Because that supposedly pure and virtuous Upper Realm priests and saints, who were supposed to possess supreme moral standards, were actually just puppets kept to maintain stable control by the Divine Realm, allowing them to manipulate at will. Therefore, faced with such irrefutable truth,
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Even though Haoyun and the others were unwilling, they could only endure countless grievances in their hearts and reluctantly accept this bitter reality.
Seeing Hǎo Yùn and the others hanging their heads in silence, Mother Mould continued with an air of triumph, her elegant neck held high like a victorious rooster. "In fact, my Shadow Realm and the Realm of the Balance must maintain not only independence but also interdependence. These two worlds must exist in opposition to each other, balancing each other out, to ensure stable and orderly development for all. Although things went smoothly at first, it was precisely because both worlds developed too smoothly that they entered bottleneck phases early on."
"I must admit, the potential of the Balance is indeed much greater than mine. Coupled with their eagerness for higher and stronger realms, whereas I am relatively indifferent, preferring to be content with the status quo. Therefore, while breaking through bottlenecks was not difficult, it was our different mindsets that eventually led to multiple bottleneck encounters, allowing the Realm of the Spirits to gradually surpass the Shadow Realm in development."
"However, as the Realm of the Spirits grew stronger, it began to reveal more problems. For example, to accelerate their development, they expanded their territories rapidly to accommodate more beings and spirits. As for the core method of expanding their territory, we have to talk about the purification operations the Realm of the Spirits conducted in the Dark Link Plane."
"There was a time when the purpose of purifying figures in the Realm of the Spirits was to compensate for the gaps left by unstable worlds' destruction. But as the Realm of the Spirits expanded, they began to change their strategy, intensifying purification missions in the Dark Link Plane to quickly stabilize the newly expanded territories and integrate them into the system, providing the necessary energy sources for the Realm of the Spirits."
"As the Realm of the Spirits expanded its reach, they had to speed up the construction of new worlds. This led them to forcefully integrate these worlds into the new territories of the Realm of the Spirits from the Dark Link Plane before they reached their optimal state. The Balance initially thought these worlds could be gradually optimized while running normally, integrating them into the standard of the Realm of the Spirits."
"However, over time, she discovered that even though these worlds prematurely integrated into the Realm of the Spirits could be optimized during operation, they would still leave irreversible flaws at their core. It was the existence of these flaws that caused serious variability in the quality of life bred in these worlds."
Mother Mould extinguished the butt of her cigarette, drew in the last wisp of smoke into her nostrils, and continued, "You see, the inferior beings bred from these worlds are a completely different concept from the inferior beings bred in other high-quality worlds. From the moment they appeared, these inferior beings inherently possessed serious flaws: they lacked the minimal awe and respect for life and exhibited serious biases in their ideological consciousness formed by beliefs. As a result, they were unable to provide sufficient high-quality energy sources for the Realm of the Spirits. Moreover, although these low-quality beings were numerous, they could not provide enough benefits to the Realm of the Spirits, becoming nothing but a waste of resources."
"You must understand that new expanded territories not only need to establish sufficient lower worlds but also require vast upper-class worlds and a sufficient number of saints and priests to ensure the stable operation of these newly established territories. Therefore, the Realm of the Spirits had to select as many as possible promising beings from the existing lower beings to be promoted as saints to ensure the stability of the newly established territories."
"Although the talent promoted in this way could still maintain the operation of the upper realms, the significant gap in their grade compared to other saints indirectly caused a serious decline in the quality of saints and priests in many upper worlds established by the Realm of the Spirits, thereby making them weaker."
"What's more serious is that as the number of forcibly promoted saints and priests increased, they began to cause more and more trouble for the Realm of the Spirits. They disobeyed discipline, openly questioned the system of the Realm of the Spirits, formed various small groups in secret, colluded with lower beings for personal gain, and returned to the lower realms due to remaining remnants, causing turmoil in the Realm of the Spirits. Therefore, the Realm of the Spirits had to spend extra effort to strictly restrain those problematic priests and saints. The Realm of the Spirits' plan for external expansion was also forced to slow down, seriously affecting the growth of the Balance, thereby giving the Shadow Realm a chance to catch up."
Mother Mould sighed, "Ah, what the Balance hated most were two things: the impact on her growth and the Shadow Realm's surpassing of the Realm of the Spirits' development. As a result, the part of the world she rushed to build to avoid these two situations became an accelerated realization of everything she least wanted to see, a situation that the Balance naturally could not accept."
"Therefore, the stubborn Balance realized the reality, recognized that her more radical development strategy was not only unsuitable for the long-term development of the Realm of the Spirits but also brought many burdens to the Realm of the Spirits. For this reason, the Realm of the Spirits promptly introduced a series of measures to alleviate the impact of those flawed worlds on the Realm of the Spirits. However, faced with the flawed territories that existed from the root, all the improvement measures implemented by the Realm of the Spirits could only address the immediate concerns without addressing the fundamental issues."
Mother Mould paused for a moment, then continued, "At this point, the Balance finally realized that if she did not find a way to solve the fundamental defects in those worlds, the development speed of the Realm of the Spirits would inevitably be affected, and even the framework she designed for the entire Realm of the Spirits would become loose. Therefore, the Balance slowed down the expansion speed of the Realm of the Spirits, began to find ways to repair the flaws in the Realm of the Spirits, and specifically conducted a comprehensive review of the territories she had previously created to clearly identify those flawed worlds."