Chapter 41: The Invading Heavenly Dao
After the class monitor was chosen, Yu Beixuan sat down in satisfaction and began sending a message to his father.
There was no helping it—what Si Er had just been thinking about was critically important to the entire Ten Thousand Beasts Continent.
Although City Lord Yu had never met Si Er and had no idea how extraordinary he was, a necessary warning still had to be given.
Si Xu also wanted to secretly send a message to City Lord Si, but Si Er was sitting right beside him. Afraid of exposing something while messaging, he had no choice but to hold back for now.
It seemed that being desk mates with Si Er had its pros and cons. While it allowed him to grow closer to his younger brother, many things became inconvenient to do.
On the platform, Instructor Wu He had already changed the next lesson into self-study. While messaging his superiors, he silently hoped Si Er would reveal more.
Si Er did not disappoint. As he flipped through his textbook, he continued pondering the current situation of the Ten Thousand Beasts Continent.
After all, this was the place he now lived in—a world he had grown quite fond of. He hoped it could remain safe.
He felt he should sort through all the dangerous events that would occur in the original novel, commit them firmly to memory, and then find opportunities to discreetly reveal them to those capable of handling them.
Besides the unresolved baleful energy crisis and the Cang Beast Continent eyeing us covetously, the Ten Thousand Beasts Continent faces another terrifying threat.
Instructor Wu He’s ears perked up instantly. What other crisis could there possibly be? The previous two already sounded deadly enough.
Outside the classroom, several furtive shadows had appeared—academy elders who had rushed over immediately after receiving Wu He’s message, hoping to gather more information.
After all, hearing things secondhand was never as reliable as listening in person.
Si Er was fully immersed in the original plot and didn’t notice the sneaky figures outside the window.
Stripping away the overly sweet romance subplot, he felt that everything else was critical—either Si Ran’s harmful schemes or the many crises facing the continent.
For now, Si Er set aside Si Ran’s manipulations, planning to organize those next time.
The Ten Thousand Beasts Continent is in danger. Truly in danger.
Although it formed an independent world with the help of the Four Divine Beasts, it has yet to develop a complete Heavenly Dao.
The current Heavenly Dao consciousness is vague and weak—and it has been invaded by another Heavenly Dao.
Everyone’s eyes widened in shock. Their Heavenly Dao had been invaded?
This was far too serious.
If the invading Heavenly Dao were benevolent, perhaps it wouldn’t be so bad.
But every Heavenly Dao usually corresponded to its own world. How could an invading one possibly have good intentions? It might very well aid another race in devouring them.
The worst part is—the invading Heavenly Dao is a bug enthusiast!
It originally belonged to an interstellar world. It should have helped the interstellar humans resist the insect race and thrive.
The listeners were confused. They didn’t understand what an interstellar world was, but they grasped the idea of insect races.
Were the insects in that world truly so terrifying that even the Heavenly Dao had to help resist them? Could they be as dangerous as baleful beasts?
But as that Heavenly Dao’s consciousness matured, it developed personal preferences!
Under normal circumstances, even if a Heavenly Dao developed preferences, it would still generally favor the world it protected.
But this foreign Heavenly Dao is outrageous. It doesn’t love its interstellar citizens or the interstellar realm—it only loves those grotesque, spine-chilling insects.
It thinks they’re the cutest creatures in that world, brimming with vitality, perfectly aligned with its aesthetic taste.
So under its favoritism, the insect race defeated humanity and occupied the entire interstellar world.
Those insects could eat endlessly. They devoured humanity, consumed all life on the planets, and eventually hollowed out the planets themselves.
Thus the world was destroyed. The Heavenly Dao didn’t try to save it—instead, it brought its beloved insects to invade other worlds.
It often grew sullen because it hadn’t saved enough insects. It wanted to help them multiply and cultivate the perfect world for their growth.
And unfortunately, it chose the Ten Thousand Beasts Continent.
First, because this world’s Heavenly Dao consciousness is relatively weak—easy to invade.
Second, because this world’s environment is actually quite suitable for insect growth.
Though we humans might not think so, insects have very different preferences and required substances than we do.
To us, baleful energy is an extremely terrifying substance that can destroy our bodies and damage our minds.
But to the insect race, it strengthens them.
Of course, too much is still bad—it can turn them into baleful insects similar to baleful beasts, making them extremely difficult to deal with.
Everything has two sides. The insect race is no exception.
Maybe we could lure some insects to Fiend God Mountain first. Once they absorb a certain amount of baleful energy, we could eliminate them all.
Of course, the degree would have to be carefully controlled—kept within manageable limits.
But many of these insects have perfectly integrated themselves among exotic beasts. People can’t tell them apart.
I remember Si Ran’s Red Butterfly is one of the insect race. It can manipulate others’ minds—quite terrifying.
Besides the Red Butterfly, Si Ran also has a Red Spider—also an insect.
In the early stages, Si Ran kept the Red Spider well hidden and often used it to eliminate rivals.
But no one knew he had contracted a spider. Even when people were poisoned, since they couldn’t find the source, they could only chalk it up to bad luck. No one suspected him.
The Red Butterfly helped Si Ran dominate in the early stages, but mental-type insects are extremely dangerous.
Its ultimate goal was to invade Si Ran’s soul, seize his body, and successfully integrate into this world.
The Red Spider was a backup plan. If the Red Butterfly failed, the Red Spider would immediately turn on Si Ran, bite him, and devour him.
But who is Si Ran? He’s the protagonist of this novel!
Protagonists always turn danger into opportunity. In the end, Si Ran fused with the Red Butterfly’s mental power and became even stronger.
He also killed the Red Spider, forged its body into a hard, sharp weapon, and extracted all its venom to continue slaughtering enemies.
Ah, terrifying.
Of course, even more terrifying is that anyone who contracts an insect-type beast might accidentally contract one of the insect race!
And they’re not easy to screen for. Even if I want to report this, I don’t know where to start.
Si Er began racking his brain for identifiable insect traits—preferably something easy to test.
It seems the easiest method is using baleful energy, right?
Other exotic beasts feel uncomfortable in areas dense with baleful energy. Only the insect race acts like they’ve taken stimulants—completely exhilarated.
The people outside the window: Understood. We’ll arrange it immediately.
