The Peerless Emperor

"Plunder?" Upon hearing these words, Wei Wushuang's eyes revealed a trace of gravity.

Lin Qian nodded and carefully inquired to Wei Wushuang: "After past encounters with the Netherworld Clan, does not anyone experience regression in their realm?"

"Indeed there have been cases, but upon diagnosis, it was found that the regression was due to serious injuries, not plunder." Wei Wushuang furrowed his brows, pondering, "Could it be that the Netherworld Clan intentionally injures us, aiming to lull us into negligence?"

Wei Wushuang then slowly waved his hand: "No, if cultivation realm were plundered, one wouldn't be able to restore their cultivation to its peak state within a month but would need to cultivate anew. I fear my disciple, you have misunderstood, it isn't so."

To this, Lin Qian sighed lightly and then spoke: "Then, Master, let me ask one more thing, those who survive encounters with the Netherworld Clan, are their achievements limited? For instance, someone deemed to break through their realm in three to five years, yet it takes seven or eight years?"

"Or, someone with high alchemy skills, who could achieve nine successful batches from ten of Pills, only gets eight afterward?"

"Disciple also has a more important question; across millions of years of war with the Netherworld Clan, did they delay fighting with you or were they conquering territories?"

After Lin Qian finished speaking, Wei Wushuang fell into deep thought, recalling the past, pondering carefully.

Gradually, he suddenly realized, the matter perfectly matched what his disciple was saying.

"Three million years ago, the Netherworld Clan suddenly invaded, appearing strangely from unknown origins. They attacked all the realms with thunderous momentum, occupying over half the territories in a blink of an eye."

"At that time, forces across all the realms understood that the moment of life and death had arrived, unity was crucial to confront the enemy."

"Later, after everyone united and advanced together, they battled for a full hundred-thousand-year period before finally repelling the enemy."

After Wei Wushuang's description, Lin Qian asked again: "Master, according to records, did the Netherworld Clan exhibit any odd behavior during battles?"

To this, Wei Wushuang carefully recalled.

Most of the powerful beings from the initial battle have ascended towards the Upper Realm, and only the stories they left behind can clarify the events of that initial battle.

"It seems they would not allow their clan members' corpses to remain on the battlefield; they would definitely retrieve intact bodies."

Upon hearing this, Lin Qian's heart roughly understood the actions of the Netherworld Clan and their talent.

"Talent might be influenced by cultivation technique or some specific functions of the technique might be mistaken as talent." Lin Qian rubbed his hands, contemplated briefly, and then spoke, looking at his master. "Master should be clear about the situation of the Saint Rune Clan and Wood Realm Clan; your attendants have notably progressed in talent due to the prime minister's alteration of cultivation techniques."

"This proves that bloodline talent can evolve and strengthen towards guided directions. The Netherworld Clan's talent capability is also guided by their unique cultivation technique, which contains the power of Heaven and Earth Laws, a kind of Dao!"

"Their talent is not innate but formed through systematic cultivation techniques, a Dao in itself."

Lin Qian's words struck like thunder in Wei Wushuang's ears, leaving him dumbfounded.

Discussing heavenly principles, narrating paths, even Wei Wushuang's realm isn't qualified to describe them. Not even the unparalleled warriors across all realms who have ascended to the Upper Realm have merely touched the threshold.

Intuition rather than articulation!

Such matters cannot be spoken; forcing oneself to speak would result in soul collapse and death by the power of the Dao.

But his disciple could easily discuss the Dao without being affected, and he could even comprehend the talk.

Strange!

However, Wei Wushuang couldn't dwell much on these thoughts; he was drawn by his disciple's statement.

The Netherworld Clan's not a matter of talent capabilities, but a capability formed after cultivating techniques, astonishingly related to the Dao and originating from Heaven and Earth Laws?

"The person who created this cultivation technique is likely on par with my disciple's prime minister." Lin Qian furrowed his brow, his expression incredibly grave.

Lin Qian knew the prime minister's actual strength and realm very well.

In his previous life, those like Zhuge Ming were peak battle power, at full level within the game.

Likewise, arriving in this world, their actual strength is full level, not the full level of this mortal realm, but of the Upper Realm.

The Netherworld Clan might have a human of such a level behind them, thought-provoking.

"Disciple... you... are you suggesting your prime minister's... cultivation technique also has..." Wei Wushuang couldn't continue, his head ached intensely; he knew, lacking strength to provide an explanation.

"Precisely, the cultivation technique bestowed upon my disciple contains Dao. The Imperial Dao; whoever cultivates the technique receives the Huaxia Empire's favor. As their realm improves and strength grows, the empire receives blessings and gifts from Heaven and Earth."

"As such, national fortune flourishes; spiritual energy is abundant, resources are ample, with countless benefits."

"Mutual benefit; the receiver of cultivation technique gifts becomes stronger, strengthening the empire, presenting countless benefits without harm, explained in the final pages of the bestowed cultivation technique, known by all who cultivate it."

"However, the premise is to harbor goodwill toward the empire, with no intent to harm it. Otherwise, they would suffer from backlash."

After Lin Qian finished speaking, Wei Wushuang privately nodded, still curious: "If so, then the Netherworld Clan's talent..."

"What they plundered was not cultivation realm, but aptitude." Lin Qian's words were earth-shattering, causing Wei Wushuang's pupils to contract and his hands to instinctively clench.

Plunder aptitude.

At this moment, Wei Wushuang understood the questions Lin Qian previously posed about the survivors and their significance.

If the survivors' performance were explained by plundered aptitude, everything made perfect sense.

They originally believed post-battle internal injuries; that was causing such situations.

But Lin Qian's assertion was far more credible.

"Netherworld Clan, with skin dark green, appears as one race but is not so." Lin Qian's next words, like a thunderclap, echoed endlessly in Wei Wushuang's mind, "From the autopsy and genetic analysis of this time's Netherworld Clan vanguard squad, there were a total of twenty-nine different races."

"This means the Netherworld Clan is not a single race; rather a large-scale multi-racial alliance."