"Survivor camp?"

"Sorry, I haven’t seen other survivors."

"At least in this area, I haven’t heard of any."

"But I can ask around more, see if we can bring them over."

"Now let me introduce you to how we live in the Deceit Realm."

Ye Bai was quite interested in this.

"Let’s go."

Ye Bai headed toward the survivor camp, where he would see how these people transformed inedible things into food.

After all, in the town raised within the Deceit Realm, the ghosts absorb the Yin Qi from the food, allowing humans to eat various foods.

But out here, food becomes exceedingly precious.

If not handled properly, it could turn into a deadly poison.

"We planted vegetable greenhouses here."

"And we have a water system converter that can turn contaminated water sources into clean water."

"I only managed to create a water purifier by finding someone with engineering talent, but this purifier requires a Holy Object for purification."

"So, if the survivor camp is to expand, we need to find more Holy Objects."

"There are only two ways to obtain Holy Objects: firstly, find one newly born, and secondly, kill a Red-Clothed Ghost and take its heart, which becomes a new Holy Object."

Ivy showed Ye Bai around their plantation, where many fruit trees were planted.

The ground had turned from barren to fertile.

"We hunted many ghosts with bones, ground their bones into powder, and buried it in the soil, which makes the plants more vigorous due to the organic phosphate powder."

"The ghosts, suppressed by Holy Objects, also absorb the Yin Qi from the plantation, and we will absorb the Yin Qi from the ghosts, thus constantly increasing their strength."

After seeing the entire processing system, Ye Bai pondered.

He now wanted to support a faction in the Deceit Realm, to eventually take it under his control. Initially, he thought the Netherworld Hell Wolf was the ideal choice, but now he had changed his mind.

The clone of the Ten Thousand Changes Silkworm seemed very suitable for controlling the Deceit Realm.

Ye Bai thought the Netherworld Hell Wolf was better suited to manage the realm of Hell.

Ye Bai’s plan was to continue killing High Tier ghosts, and if possible, hunt one or two ghost gods, though this was a long-term task.

"I think we should leave a space coordinate here. Killing ghost gods recklessly might have certain consequences for us."

Seizing the Deceit Realm must be done gradually.

It might be best to leave the Ten Thousand Changes Silkworm here, letting it constantly kill ghosts to strengthen itself.

"Ten Thousand Changes Silkworm, Demon Bear Priest, you two stay here and keep killing ghosts."

"I want you to secretly turn other humans against the ghosts."

Ye Bai felt pressed for time and had to return to Blue Star to report his plans.

"Oh, and keep an eye on the Heaven and Earth Association folks, they might want to take over the Deceit Realm."

As a medium-sized world and one merging with Blue Star, the Deceit Realm holds significant importance.

Ye Bai aimed to control this world, but the ghost gods were not easily dealt with, and he needed to break through to Tier Nine.

Thus, Ye Bai planned to return to Blue Star and find a way for the Ten Thousand Changes Saint Butterfly to reach Tier Nine.

Blue Star is the plane where the Ten Thousand Changes Saint Butterfly belongs, and only here can it achieve its final breakthrough.

Ye Bai still didn’t have the strength to directly confront the ghost gods of the Deceit Realm.

At the Heaven and Earth Association.

The Celestial Guardian noticed that the soul lamps of the Celestial Secret Star and Celestial Minor Star had suddenly extinguished.

The Thirty-Six Celestial Generals had lost another two, the two he relied on the most.

"How could a mere Deceit Realm cause the deaths of the Celestial Secret Star and Celestial Minor Star? What on earth happened?"

The Celestial Guardian stroked his whitening beard, speaking with a hint of helplessness.

The Celestial Secret Star and Celestial Minor Star were skilled in divination and risk assessment; if they were dead, it meant the Deceit Realm posed enormous risks, and the Celestial Guardian could not foresee what might happen.

"Should we really accept the olive branch offered by external gods?"

"If the original awakens, would he spare me?"

The Celestial Guardian hesitated. He and the Earth Guardian were parts of the leader’s clone, each with different responsibilities.

Should he decide to accept the olive branch from the external gods, he might be cleansed as a traitor by the original. 𝐟𝚛𝕖𝚎𝕨𝗲𝐛𝚗𝐨𝐯𝐞𝕝.𝐜𝗼𝗺

He knew that the original was willingly sealed by the External Sect Leader of the Celestial Gate and didn’t exert full power.

But the original is the original, and he is him. The original can sleep for a long time, but he could only be sealed in a palace, passing day after day, year after year, for thousands of years.

"But the original hates traitors the most."

"If I become a traitor, the original will spare no effort to kill me here."

The Celestial Guardian was thoroughly indecisive.

"In that case, there’s no other way."

"I shall bet on the original not waking up so soon. Rather than being slowly killed, it’s better to fight!"

"It’s decided, I’ll join forces with the external gods to fight against the Flame Country."

"I want to use external gods to eliminate the people of the Flame Country, then deal with the external gods myself. That way, I won’t be at fault."

The Celestial Guardian picked up the feather left behind by Glory Angels.