Zhou Bai nodded, "Now is the moment of life and death for humanity. Let's take care of those who look good first; the good-looking will lead the less attractive in the future."

'Anyway, I'm not ugly.'

As for the nine types of Daoist arts from the Ugly Diagram, he didn't give the ugly disaster to Zuo Dao and the others because this Daoist art is too dangerous to be taught lightly. However, the other eight types can enhance a person's qualifications comprehensively from wisdom, and physical body to appearance pressure.

It could be said that after cultivation, even a fool could become a genius.

Zhou Bai asked again, "What about the problem with Greed Steel?"

Zuo Dao said, "We can't crack the principles of Greed Steel, we can only have people cultivate Star Points and still rely on the daoist art of Star Points to produce Greed Steel. But this daoist art is not difficult to cultivate, after daily practice, having them take a stroll can produce a large amount of Greed Steel. However, Qian Wangsun proposed a more efficient method, saying he wants a large batch of people to cultivate the Greed Steel Daoist art while becoming... idols or something."

"He said idols are particularly easy to gather greed, allowing for very efficient production of Greed Steel, aiming for us all to use 4th-level Greed Steel for armor, all comparable to Immortal Artifacts in material..."

Zhou Bai patted Zuo Dao's shoulder and nodded, "Qian Wangsun is right, just work towards that goal."

Zuo Dao then added with some confusion, "Zhou Bai, the appearance pressure of the Ugly Diagram and the Longevity Dao Fruit is very similar, is this Yuanshi Tianzun's daoist art also from beyond the heavens?"

Zhou Bai feigned ignorance, "Maybe."

Zuo Dao continued, "And the Heavenly Human Nine Disasters system also uses Daoization degrees and god diagrams to divide realms, wasn't this method only created by us a hundred years ago? Could it be that the predecessors a hundred years ago also received technical guidance from the Spiritual People beyond the heavens?"

Zuo Dao thought about it, unable to figure it out, and Zhou Bai naturally couldn't answer him.

Zhou Bai shook his head, "I've had similar doubts, but these questions can't be answered just by thinking, let's continue researching."

Reviewing everything, Zhou Bai found so many things to do, each filled with various complex, troublesome problems and details. If it was just him alone, the development speed might not even be one-tenth of what it is now.

But as more hands become available and resources become more plentiful, more people can take over the things he wants to do but doesn't have time to do, and even tackle things he hasn't thought of. Overall, the development speed will become faster and faster.

...

The next moment, Zhou Bai and Zheng Wentian returned to Qian Wangsun's remote lab.

Before they could speak, Qian Wangsun said, "Don't ask me, there's too little information on the Spiritual People beyond the heavens; I can't foresee much."

Zhou Bai opened his mouth, "Then..."

Qian Wangsun added, "That idol matter was your idea, I was just keeping them informed."

Zhou Bai opened his mouth again, "But..."

Qian Wangsun interrupted directly, "If anyone is provocative, it's you. You suggested female idols; I suggest any kind of idol will do."

Zhou Bai, unconvinced, said, "I..."

Qian Wangsun, "In three days, you should take a trip to Mars."

Zhou Bai, puzzled, asked, "Why?"

Qian Wangsun said, "The Heavenly Demon Queen seems intent on lighting up the entire Earth just to provoke you into using Time Reverse to hurry to Mars. You might as well bring Primitive Dao Collection 09 back; once you reach the ninth realm, our combat strength will be much more sufficient."

"But I must remind you that within the Heavenly Demon technology, there's a lot of biochemical tech involving cloning, genetic modification, and mutation. They can even easily replace organs and cultivate human spies.

This kind of technology wasn't nearly as perfected at the end of the Sapient Age. If you say they're doing all this just to create spies, that's impossible."

Zhou Bai's eyes widened, "The Heavenly Demons are cultivating humans on Mars too?"

Qian Wangsun sighed, "You'll know when you see it for yourself."

Then Qian Wangsun looked at Zheng Wentian, seeing innumerable future choices and scenarios, knowing that what he was about to say would have an extremely important impact on the world's future.

Though in his memory, he had said it countless times, this time was the most crucial.

He thought in his heart: 'One conversation, one answer, even one unintended decision, can lead to changes in historical trends; that's the randomness of history.'

In his sea of consciousness, there seemed to be countless paths, each leading to an unclear future.

'But all randomness is built on necessity. Whether it's Zhou Bai or the humans now, their future has long been determined by their nature. What I need to do... is just to reduce the twists and turns in the future.'

Qian Wangsun said, "Is there anything you'd like to ask me?"

Zheng Wentian furrowed his brow, recalling what he'd seen throughout the day, and slowly said, "You're entering the realm of gods."

Qian Wangsun smiled, "Since the first demon-human war, mortals have never given up entering the realm of immortals and gods."

"Towards the end of the first demon-human war, under Qing Yun's leadership, sapients began learning Daoist arts. Qing Yun himself obtained the Heavenly Daoist arts of the Five Divine Skills and spread them in the form of sects, giving humans the little bit of power to resist immortals and gods for the first time."

"At the end of the Sapient Age, people attempted to analyze Daoist techniques and martial arts, tried to integrate their own technology with Daoist arts, attempting to popularize Immortal Dao, hoping humanity could all master the power of Immortal Dao, lifting a slight veil off its mystery for the first time."

"In the Great Xia Dynasty, humanity unified all secular nations and hid the fortune model within swordsmanship, still secretly attempting to combine the power of all beings to reach the realm of Gods and Immortals."

"In the second demon-human war, Li Zhengdao and other sapient traitors seized the opportunity, infiltrating the upper echelons of the Heavenly Court, becoming righteous gods, truly obtaining divine power for the first time, but they too transformed from humans into thorough gods, tainting their success."

"After Heavenly Dao twisted, our mixed-blood ancestors also created the Primitive Dao Collection. These collections, god diagrams, originally with the potential to popularize Immortal Dao technology, were mostly erased, sealed, or seized by immortals, stealing most of the progress of this revolution..."

"Later, Dr. Zhuang attempted to abolish the void and Immortal Dao with the Primitive Dao Collection, while the first-generation Sect Hierarch of the Sky Flipping Sect, Li Xiuzhu, aimed to rely on the power of demons and monstrous weapon technology stolen from the immortals and gods to fight back against them..."

"In fact... history does not lack smart people like us, they came one after another, using various methods to surpass immortals and gods, trying to popularize Immortal Dao, yet generation after generation were suppressed or assimilated by the immortals."

Following behind Zhou Bai, Zheng Wentian couldn't help asking, "If our attempts, already tried and failed by generations in history, then on what grounds can we win?"

"Though generation after generation met failure, they left behind a precious legacy and experience."

Qian Wangsun sighed, "The technology we now utilize was hard-won by generations of sages, gathering the five divine skills left by Qing Yun's generation, the immeasurable Dharma body of Sumeru, and the Heavenly Demon technology of the sapients, the fortune model of Great Xia, and the Dao Collections created by the mixed-bloods..."

"Especially since we have Zhou Bai, who obtained the Heavenly Human Nine Disasters from the Spiritual People beyond, allowing us to seize the opportunity to change the world several hundred or even thousands of years ahead of schedule."

"In my eyes, the conflict between sapients and mixed-bloods is significant, but not as significant as the class conflict. And the world's greatest class conflict is that between mortals and immortals."

"Linking the mortal class across the world, breaking the rule of the immortals and gods, establishing a world without the oppression of immortals and gods, where everyone is an immortal and god, and everyone possesses an abundance of material wealth."

"We have gathered the achievements of countless generations and finally have that sliver of hope."