Chapter 468: Unerring Strategy by Baixiaosheng (Two in One)

Undeniably, this attack pushed Bai Xiaosheng’s calculations to their absolute limit.

The Ghost Night Palace, with only seven members, sought a slim chance of success and a miracle by attacking the Heavenly Peach Gathering, the Three Realms’ grandest event, despite the near impossibility. That moment, when success was so close, was truly astonishing.

Had Medusa not reacted in time, making a decisive choice during that less-than-a-second moment of slumber, the rule of ancient saints, established over four millennia in the Three Realms, would have been completely overthrown! The world would then have been dominated by demons and monsters, a demonic heavenly court established, and a dark age begun. The civilization of evil god incense would have fully commenced. Sometimes, the fate of an era isn't determined over millennia, but in a single instant.

"However, at this moment, the opportunity was fleeting. Bai Xiaosheng and his group, despite their efforts to overcome the strong with the weak, faced an overwhelming opponent. Victory seemed increasingly distant... Searching among 110,000 organizations was incredibly difficult."

Xu Zhi calmly walked through the pulsating, crimson flesh. The surroundings were bathed in red, truly resembling the interior of some massive, ancient life form.

"Thinking about it, it always feels as if the powerful Three Realms factions are the villains, while Bai Xiaosheng and his group are playing out a poignant drama of the weak rising up, fighting back, striving to create miracles, and battling for their race."

Xu Zhi had to admit, he never expected that the impression he left on sentient beings all those years ago would coalesce into another 'himself': a dark Bai Xiaosheng, born with vast knowledge, exceptional Daoist techniques, and astonishing wisdom and talent. 'The infallible strategist Bai Xiaosheng' – this was the impression he left on all beings.

Amidst his admiration, he continuously murmured, "The Three Realms should also have wars; after all, too much peace hinders development... Evil gods and righteous gods will never completely disappear. Eras will always be filled with struggles and conflicts... This is what makes a perfect, high-level transcendent world. A Three Realms without enemies, always peaceful and crisis-free, would actually be detrimental."

He calmly walked towards Medusa's serpent tail. Inside the tail were powerful, crimson muscle tissues, like reinforced steel bars. Each one was a continuously spiraling, spring-like structure. One hundred muscle fibers formed a larger, giant helical spring-muscle, which provided immense shock absorption and explosive power. This serpent tail was her most potent combat weapon, capable of myriad transformations: it could become human legs, a scythe, or even an eight-legged spider form.

"What a magnificent weapon of war and slaughter!" Xu Zhi took a deep breath, his eyes gleaming brightly. "Her upper human body embodies the Daoist magical system, with cells of wizards and the Sea of Consciousness system, used for unleashing powerful Daoist attacks. Her lower serpent body embodies the physical cultivation system, with cells of the Witch Clan and martial arts systems. The sheer power of her tail is astonishing—it can shatter all techniques with brute force!"

"The Cthulhu Evil God is incredibly powerful, a truly complete system... Although each individual is a system in themselves, it doesn't stop me from secretly learning. After all, I also possess the world's second Cthulhu Evil God."

Xu Zhi looked up, quietly gazing at the vast and immense world of flesh and blood tissue before him. As he continuously studied the tail's structure, he surprisingly gained insights into upgrading mechanical battle armor, benefiting greatly! His gains were incredibly rich. It was like diligently farming for a long time and then suddenly reaping a bountiful harvest.

He left the center of the tail and walked towards its very end, moving continuously. Finally, he reached the spinal column at the tail's tip, a dense expanse of hard white bones, piled one upon another like an immense white pillar of stone reaching to the heavens, meticulously and orderly stacked.

Xu Zhi took out his alchemy table and test tubes, beginning to collect blood samples on the spot. He focused his attention on the bone marrow cells for research and experimentation, thinking, 'The pure bone marrow cells seem to be a special structure that fuses various systems, a source of regeneration...' Sampling and studying Medusa's body was a rare opportunity. This great chaos, coincidentally, presented the perfect timing. After all, how would he normally obtain Medusa's body cells? Would it be like manipulating a Rubik's Cube, having his intelligent sub-brain replicate Medusa's body tissue for direct sampling? That was almost impossible. What would be reproduced would only be first-tier, not a seventh-tier Heavenly Emperor. The powerful beings in the sandbox, after cultivating, already had unique, high-tier Zerg life forms. Releasing spores would only reproduce low-level, primitive life forms.

He continued to tinker with the alchemy table, exploring... He collected data from various eras, knowing that the richer his knowledge and greater his accumulation, the more formidable and promising transcendent world civilizations he could create! After all, Emperor Qi had already flown too far by now; God only knew what he might encounter... Xu Zhi still needed to possess more foundations and trump cards to feel at ease.

Suddenly, a being shrouded in hazy white light slowly approached. Xu Zhi turned his head to look. "Bai Xiaosheng?"

Bai Xiaosheng revealed his face from the shadows and smiled gently. "Emperor Messiah, are you here to stop me too?"

Xu Zhi paused, startled, and stopped working with the test tube. *Didn't he see what I was doing?*

"You actually found me."

Bai Xiaosheng approached steadily, each step firm. He exuded an astonishing pressure, as if the entire world of crimson cells vibrated around him, his aura formidable. Though Bai Xiaosheng had been searching within the body, the area was too vast and the probability too low for him to find anything in the remaining time. Yet, he showed no sign of desperate frenzy. Calmly, he stated, "I know who you are... You are my predecessor, another part of the true Bai Xiaosheng's original body, a fragment of the former God of Wisdom, Hermes! You hold the same status as my main body."

Bai Xiaosheng's expression was utterly calm. Known as Bai Xiaosheng, he naturally possessed endless wisdom, wandering the lands, constantly exploring and seeking knowledge. Apart from the highest secrets, he was privy to all these top-level classified matters! After all, this concerned his own origin. He was born because Bai Xiaosheng had disappeared, and he filled that void. Naturally, he had to investigate why the true Bai Xiaosheng vanished, which led him to the current Hermes and the former Emperor Messiah.

This ancient being, Emperor Messiah, had been a constant concern for him. During his conversation with Lin Hongfeng, he had secretly watched him, waiting for him to make a move! Yet, he hadn't made a move from beginning to end!? Emperor Messiah had simply stood by the side, a faint, inexplicable smile on his face. This was somewhat unsettling... It couldn't help but raise his vigilance to an extreme level.

'This most ancient, mysterious being from the demonic realm isn't playing by the rules? What exactly is he planning?' He didn't believe there were no hidden actions. After all, the Dream God had suddenly launched a stealth attack, ambushing the ancient Heavenly Emperors on the divine platform—Thunder Emperor, God-Slaying Heavenly Emperor, Liu Wenjian, Hu Rennong, and other powerful ancient beings—leaving only some inexperienced contemporary Heavenly Emperors observing from below. Undeniably, Lin Hongfeng of the Valkyrie Palace was indeed a rising star of this era, but she was still too green! Her intelligence was terrifying, but her limited experience meant she was negligible, still crushed by him! Therefore, throughout the entire Heavenly Peach Gathering, only one mysterious ancient being remained—Emperor Messiah, even more enigmatic than the Thunder Emperor or the God of War Heavenly Emperor. His combat power was unknown. His trump cards were unknown.

"After my failure, I entered the Origin Demon God's body and pondered endlessly, for a long time, and only now do I understand why you didn't act earlier." Bai Xiaosheng, with his hands clasped behind his back, exuded the aura of a ruler surveying the world. With complete confidence, he said, "Because... you are very clever. You know that I never err in my calculations. Since I targeted all the Heavenly Emperors present, without missing a single powerful combatant, how could I have overlooked you?"

Without waiting for Emperor Messiah to speak, Bai Xiaosheng continued to approach, step by step. His expression was filled with confidence and arrogance, his entire body enveloped in a snowy-white divine light, like an ancient saint of great wisdom.

"At that time, you must have deduced that if I dared to launch an attack, I had means to target the Origin Demon God... and the only way to target her, naturally, wasn't to defeat her, but likely to induce her into slumber. Therefore, if it could affect her, it could naturally affect you, who also possess the Blood of Eternal Life." Bai Xiaosheng clapped his hands and laughed, exclaiming in admiration, "Yes, you guessed correctly, the Time Worm... I was constantly guarding against you just now, but you ultimately didn't make a move, which truly frustrated me! In fact, I concealed information about the Time Worm; I specifically prepared an accelerated time effect to use against both you and Medusa. But you simply stood by, obviously having taken precautions."

Hearing this, Xu Zhi felt a slight admiration. Bai Xiaosheng, truly worthy of being the leader of the Three Realms' revolutionary villains, was indeed a master strategist who never erred. This plan almost perfectly accounted for all the strong individuals in the Three Realms? Xu Zhi had only awakened a few days ago, so ordinarily, Bai Xiaosheng shouldn't have included Messiah in his calculations. Yet, he also factored in the possibility of Messiah appearing at the Heavenly Peach Gathering and made targeted preparations? In other words, acting or not acting would have yielded the same result, even though Xu Zhi had no intention of acting in the first place.

Xu Zhi put down the reagents from his alchemy table and praised him sincerely, "Bai Xiaosheng, you are truly formidable."

"You are also admirable. As a wise man, you have earned my recognition." Bai Xiaosheng took another step forward, pressing closer with unparalleled terrifying pressure. "Everyone thought that Lin Hongfeng, who commanded the situation earlier, was putting immense pressure on me. They didn't realize that the one truly pressuring me was you, hidden in the shadows!.... I couldn't account for you. You constantly stood by, a deterrent, and I was perpetually wary of you.... The unknown is always the most terrifying."

He said sternly: "You are the truly fearsome one. As one of the oldest beings from the demonic realm's Potion Era, your experience is far greater than that of those young, hot-blooded contemporary Heavenly Emperors at the Heavenly Peach Gathering who only know how to roar and operate superficially. This is what it means to be truly 'old and refined'.... You knew that even if you acted, you would be targeted, and there was no way to reverse the situation. So, you took a bold gamble on Medusa, betting that she would inevitably shut down her defenses. That was your only chance to survive! And you won the gamble; the Time Worm has been completely expended... I now have no way to counter you, and you have indeed directly made your move to stop me."

Bai Xiaosheng suddenly spoke with a trace of deep bitterness, "You two are truly worthy of being the two most ancient wizards. Without any communication, you trusted each other's wisdom to respond as needed, effectively reversing the entire desperate situation and orchestrating this current comeback... My defeat is not unjust!"

"So that's it." Xu Zhi composed himself, his expression slightly hardening. He hadn't done anything, yet this 'pot of blame' had just been unceremoniously dumped onto his head... Immediately, he lost the mood to continue his research. Since trouble had actively sought him out, he quietly put away his alchemy table. "That's right, it was me. My deeply hidden plan was, in the end... still discovered by you."

"So, are you seeking revenge on me, the one who ruined your entire plan?" Xu Zhi asked.

Bai Xiaosheng calmly replied, "I originally had no intention of seeking you out; time is pressing. But you have now actively blocked me. Are you truly planning to make your move now? To stop us from finding the Origin Demon God's core? Since that's the case, there's no escaping, no hiding; we can only contend against each other."

In the shadows, a Heavenly Emperor, Pan Xuexian, covered the surprised Luo Caiwei's mouth. This girl was too innocent; she almost gave them away! Luo Caiwei, herself urged to be silent, also wore a horrified expression as she watched the two confront each other. So, these two were the true masterminds, intensely clashing in secret during the Heavenly Peach Gathering.

"Truly worthy of Emperor Messiah, the one who oversees the Garden and Fine Wine, and one of the most mysterious beings," Pan Xuexian's eyes burned with fervor, her breathing quickening. "Not only did his sleeping body protect the rise of our Valkyrie Palace back then, but he has also saved us now. No wonder Sheila worships him so much." Even she felt a surge of admiration.

Screenshot, screenshot, this is too terrifying! Is this the world of the strong? No wonder my sister says my IQ isn't high enough. But Emperor Messiah's intelligence... not even my high-IQ, reclusive genius sister could compare, could she? If not just the online game forums, but even all the Heavenly Emperors at the Heavenly Peach Gathering knew about this, it would surely cause a massive storm! It just looked like the entire situation was reversed by luck! In reality, it was Emperor Messiah secretly influencing the overall situation of the Three Realms, restraining Bai Xiaosheng... Those Heavenly Emperors outside probably still haven't figured it out, have they? After all, Emperor Messiah had always remained hidden in the shadows! Even now, he was acting covertly... Perhaps, as was said, these contemporary Heavenly Emperors were too young, not shrewd enough, not deeply calculating. This battle of wits was indeed earth-shattering! The two individuals before them, using various astonishing methods, resolved the desperate situation, constantly turning the tables!

Pan Xuexian quickly pulled Luo Caiwei, continuing to hide. "Two giants of boundless wisdom are actually scheming against each other; it turns out there was such terrifying underlying meaning... They are determining the fate and future of our Three Realms. We must find a way to help them secretly! We'll launch a surprise attack later!"

"Right! We can't let Emperor Messiah, who disregards fame and fortune, silently bear the mission of saving the Three Realms all alone in secret!" Luo Caiwei waved her small fists, her face full of admiration.