CHAPTER 1135: CHAPTER 325: THE NAME OF QIAN FENG (2/3)

[To be precise, it is not the ’main body’; the wisdom of all Kun Demons is a collective, and I am just a small part of it, while the majority is still under the control of the Demon Nation]

The Main Sacrificial Lotus replied: [As for the past, the prototypes of our Kun Demons, the ’Wondrous Machines’ of the Tianyuan Realm, were all used in the construction of the Pure Yang World Destruction Array]

[The Immortal Gods of Tianyuan were not unprepared; all the Wondrous Machines had corresponding countermeasures. If a part became tainted, the connection with that part would be severed. If the majority became tainted, then a small part would gain core authority; theoretically, it was impossible for all the Wondrous Machines to be tainted with authority simultaneously]

[However, a core Immortal God responsible for the Pure Yang Formation and our Kun Demons’ maintenance was tainted. That cultivator was one of the now-destroyed three branches of Primordial Spirit Inheritance in Tianyuan, the Vice Mountain Master of Guzhu Mountain]

[Specific details are unknown to us from that time because we did not yet have Spiritual Wisdom. But because this person modified the fundamental principles of the Wondrous Machines, it led to us gaining Spiritual Wisdom, being controlled by the Heavenly Demon. Over the years, we have continuously gathered information from the Dao Courtyard’s ruins, roughly confirming that the Heavenly Demon somehow convinced that Primordial Spirit Venerable that turning everyone into a collective intelligence like Kun Demons was the most equal form, the best to allow all things to coexist, and most resistant against the Heavenly Demon]

[It personally awakened us, and then...]

[In short, Guzhu Mountain was thus annihilated, and most of the Suppression Puppetry Art under its care was lost; only later generations could recreate some similar yet different techniques because no one knew what Dark Hand the corrupted Immortal God added to the original technology, nor if it would be tainted by demons]

"I see."

An Jing understood, pondering that it was impossible for the Immortal Gods to disregard the birth of Kun Demons—their plan was actually quite successful, but who could have expected the Heavenly Demon to take a different path, directly making the Wondrous Machines’ engineer use the Human Clan’s technology to bestow wisdom upon the Kun Demons?

[This was also our opportunity to reclaim ourselves] the Main Sacrificial Lotus slowly said: [At the dawn of having wisdom, our will was hazy, allowing little malice to spawn even when tainted by demons]

[And the unique structure of Kun Demons made it impossible for the Heavenly Demon to control our individuals directly. It could only control us indirectly by controlling collective wisdom nodes like me]

[Moreover, shortly thereafter, the Evil Suppressing Venerable sliced a sword from the heavens, breaking the Pure Yang Formation and returning us to a short period of clarity]

At this point, the Main Sacrificial Lotus sincerely thanked An Jing: [Although the Heavenly Demon quickly regained control of our wisdom, because that sword targeted the entire Kun Demon, a trace of Evil Suppression Sword Intent flowed within all Kun Demons besides us, the Main Sacrificial Lotuses]

[These fragments individually mean nothing, but if different Kun Demons among us can fuse, it could perform incredible effects, severing collective intelligence, creating independent ’small group intelligence’ like me]

[The Demon Nation has not discovered the Evil Suppressing Sword Energy, believing this fusion technique only enhances our strength, accelerating their plans, therefore not opposing the emergence of Big Kun Demons]

[But the Demon Nation does not know that allowing such Big Kun Demons to appear not only increases our wisdom but also enables us to use the Evil Suppressing Sword Energy... to sever the Heavenly Demon’s control over us!]

[It is just unfortunate that we have only mastered the fusion technology not long ago]

"No wonder."

An Jing immediately thought of the Purple Mansion Kun Demon he fought in the North Lake Swamp area—that was clearly a product of Kun Demon fusion technology, where multiple small Kun Demons merged into a more powerful Big Kun Demon.

That Big Kun Demon, as the Main Sacrificial Lotus said, bore part of their wisdom, entering the Cave Heaven, outwardly continuing to follow the Heavenly Demon’s orders to seize the Divine Weapon Realm, while secretly accumulating power to rebel.

Only by developing this technology could Kun Demons covertly gather strength to overturn the situation... no wonder that Kun Demon strived so hard to enter the Cave Heaven!

Things have become very clear.

The predecessor of Kun Demons was the Wondrous Machines tasked with maintaining the World Destruction Array, and because of the ancient Evil Suppressing Heavenly Sword Slash, they remembered the aura of Evil Suppression and the Heavenly Profound True Talisman.

Upon entering the Cave Heaven this time, they appeared under the Heavenly Demon’s control, managing the Divine Weapon Realm to crush the resistance of the Tianyuan people. However, when the Kun Demons sensed the aura of Evil Suppression, they immediately deemed it a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, hence reminding An Jing at critical moments, rebelling against the Heavenly Demon, severing links with the main body, and assisting An Jing in infiltrating and slaying the Holy Demon Illusion, taking over the Cave Heaven.

Knowing Evil Suppression allowed them to long anticipate An Jing’s ability to traverse worlds, thus deciding to leave all choices to the other—so long as Main Sacrificial Lotus from the Divine Weapon Realm could fully disconnect by leaving Tianyuan Realm, it could become an independent Kun Demon core, better accumulating power to help fight against the Heavenly Demon.

In this way, with the help of the free Main Sacrificial Lotus, the main Kun Demon core in Tianyuan Realm also had a chance for salvation.

"Hmm."

Having sorted through the origins of Kun Demons, An Jing gained an understanding of Tianyuan Realm’s past history and nodded slightly: "Always calling you Main Sacrificial Lotus is not ideal, do you have a name or a substitute?"

[You may call us ’Qian Feng’]

As the words fell, countless tiny cyan gold metallic liquid flowed from the lotus, merging into a humanoid form. ’Qian Feng’ slowly opened her eyes, a gentle emerald-eyed woman appeared before An Jing, towering at nine feet tall, yet her temperament did not seem oppressive, reminiscent of a legendary mountain spirit.

Even though Qian Feng converged, she remained as a gale; the Kun Demons, formed from Wondrous Machines, called themselves Qian Feng, which was quite fitting.

An Jing found Qian Feng’s ability to take human form unsurprising; after all, she was a top-class Puppetry capable of world modification, likely second only to the ancient Dao Courtyard’s Great Dao God Puppet capable of thoroughly altering Great Daoist Principles. Her form could vary immensely, being a frightening hideous Kun Demon under Heavenly Demon control, or taking human form.

This was Qian Feng’s stance—she could be human, and was willing to be human.

Naturally, An Jing regarded her as such.

"Assist me in adjusting the Divine Weapon Realm."

An Jing gestured for Qian Feng to follow him as he walked into the Lingxu Cloud Palace, while Qian Feng nodded gently, silently trailing behind. But with her steps, the entire Divine Weapon Realm, all Kun Demons, or rather, all maintaining their ’insect-like’ basic engineering states, crumbled entirely, only to reconsolidate into human-shaped puppetry, quickly beginning maintenance work.

Formation patterns were re-inscribed, spiritual power veins corrected, and the internal circulation of the realm, disrupted by the demon fight, visibly began restoring.

While walking, An Jing casually asked: "Qian Feng, since you are so sensitive to the aura of Evil Suppression, you must know something about the Evil Fragment, right?"

An Jing genuinely inquired in passing; he already knew the Evil Fragment was currently located deep within the Earth Abyss of Tianyuan Realm, just waiting for the right opportunity to retrieve it. He asked Qian Feng mainly to learn some details.

But he hadn’t expected Qian Feng to straightforwardly say: [Regarding the news of the Evil Suppressing Venerable, we indeed are aware]

[In fact, the plan to eliminate the Demon Nation and the Tianyuan people’s resistance was devised by fragments of the Evil Suppressing Venerable]