Counterattack System appeared when I m already At The Mahayana Realm

Chapter 608: Chapter 607 In the Immortal Apricot Forest

In the Immortal Realm, within the Immortal Apricot Forest, an Immortal was teaching, the atmosphere serene and peaceful.

This place was once sacred, where Confucian saints imparted Confucian teachings. In the past, it was filled with Immortals. Seventy-two Golden Immortals even came here to listen to the saints’ instructions.

The Confucian saints are no longer here, but if one calms their mind, they could still hear teachings from countless ages ago – an extraordinary occurrence.

Now, the Immortal Realm used it for other purposes.

Under the Immortal Apricot Tree, Du Ye was teaching.

“Today we will learn how to safely destroy worlds.”

“The unified will of all living beings could possibly create a new Heavenly Dao. This is a death sentence, an absolute taboo. That’s why we need to approach the destruction of worlds from various angles.”

“There are three key points in world destruction: secrecy, gradual progression, and uniqueness.”

“Secrecy means keeping all living beings oblivious to our actions. This is fairly simple. As Heavenly Immortals, we have ways to prevent ordinary people from noticing us. There’s no need to dwell on this. Let’s focus on gradual progression and uniqueness instead.”

“Gradual progression suggests stability. Destroying a world is a slow process requiring patience. If we rush, we might end up like the White Night Immortal, creating a prototype of the Heavenly Dao that requires intervention from Golden Immortals.”

Mention of the White Night Immortal sent shivers down the spines of all the Immortals. The White Night Immortal, who was executed at the South Heaven Gate, served as a negative example to all.

“I think that the destruction process should ideally take between a thousand to ten thousand years. If it’s too quick, a prototype of the Heavenly Dao would easily form. If it’s too slow, unforeseen events might occur.”

“Now, let’s talk about uniqueness. Each world has its own independent culture. For example, there’s a vast difference between cultivation and technological civilizations.”

“That being said, cultivation civilizations are easier to handle. In such worlds where power is concentrated in a single entity, it’s easy for upper-level cultivators to oppress those beneath them in their quest for power. Only the upper-level cultivators benefit from this.”

“‘A single success at the cost of thousands of lives,’ this saying aptly describes cultivation civilizations. A cultivator’s rise to power is soaked in the blood of countless others. As they strive for more power, they will kill even more people.”

“What we need to do is merely give some hints to these upper-level cultivators. They’ll destroy their world to gain power, and by the time the population is reduced to a point where a Heavenly Dao prototype can’t form, we can take direct action to destroy the world.”

“Technological civilizations, however, are a little trickier.”

Upon hearing this, the gathered immortals sat upright and listened earnestly. Indeed, technological civilizations were exceptionally challenging to destroy. It required numerous attempts to discover their weaknesses.

Du Ye had not destroyed many worlds. But his qualification to teach in the Immortal Apricot Forest was due to his responsibility over mostly technological worlds.

Among all the Heavenly Immortals, he was in charge of the most numerous and diverse technological worlds, and his results were the best.

“Technological civilizations also follow the law of the survival of the fittest, but it’s less noticeable because individuals are weaker.”

“However, technological civilizations have another problem. Their offensive and defensive capabilities are seriously imbalanced.”

“May I ask, Du Ye, what does that mean?”

“Let me give you an example. All of us are Heavenly Immortals. If two of us were to fight, how long would it take to decide the winner, if there could even be one?”

“Our offensive and defensive capabilities are roughly similar. I attack, you defend; you attack, I defend. There’s lots of back-and-forth action, but the actual damage is minimal.”

“Technological civilizations are different. Though weak, unable to outfight even wild beasts, they can produce firearms, cannons, and even more dramatically, nuclear bombs and plasma cannons.”

“Can they defend against these weapons? Air raid shelters? Fortresses? Can these structures protect everyone?”

At this point, Du Ye sneered coldly. The answer was glaringly obvious. Ordinary people simply can’t fend off these exaggerated attacks.

“In my opinion, technological civilizations are like little children wielding deadly weapons. When two such children meet, they’re likely to use their weapons and perish together.”

“What we need to do is merely give the children even more powerful weapons.”

“If the technological civilization is heavily armed and divided into multiple factions, we can assist them in weapon development, incite internal strife, and encourage them to exercise independent governance. Soon enough, they’ll attack each other and the population will decrease substantially.”

“We don’t have to worry about the formation of a Heavenly Dao prototype in this case, as they do have some semblance of a defense system, giving people hope of survival.”

“Once a large-scale war breaks out, it will last for several years or even decades. They will fall from a flourishing civilization to a wasteland, which should make it much easier for us to act.”

“I’ve destroyed many civilizations using this method.”

“So that’s how it is.” Upon hearing Du Ye’s lecture, the Heavenly Immortals had enlightening moments, developing new ideas on how to destroy worlds.

Their previous methods were indeed too crude.

Minghuo contacted Du Ye via a secret voice message: “Du Ye, that is all for now. The Immortal Emperor has called for an emergency meeting of the Golden Immortals. As my deputy and a quasi-Golden Immortal, you need to be present.”

“Yes.”

Du Ye concluded his lecture briefly and left the Apricot Forest.

“You did well. Choosing you to be in charge of technological worlds was indeed a correct decision.” Minghuo said indifferently.

“Thanks to your mentoring.”

“You’ve been in charge of Hong’s worlds for a while now. How do you find it?”

“Not bad. Hong did a good job. I’ve learned a lot from his methods of world destruction.” Even though Du Ye didn’t like Hong, he knew better than to let it show in front of Minghuo.

“That’s good to hear. Hong was too eager for success. He ventured into the Underworld alone and perished. Don’t make his mistake.”

Du Ye acknowledged his agreement.

The death of a Heavenly Immortal had a significant impact in the Immortal Realm. After all, who else could kill a Heavenly Immortal, except for the Immortal Realm itself?

There was a traitor in the Immortal Realm.

The Immortal Realm began investigating the matter. When questioned, Du Ye was lost in his grief over Hong’s death. He said that Hong was a good Immortal, dedicated to the Immortal Realm. Privately, Hong had expressed his discontent over the Realm’s passive posture toward the Underworld, and had been determined to fight on the Realm’s behalf. However, Du Ye claimed he did not know where Hong went after their conversation.

When other Immortals were questioned, none knew of Hong’s whereabouts before his death.

Therefore, the Immortal Realm concluded that Hong had ventured into the Underworld alone, where he was killed by the Ten Halls of Yama.

“Though you qualify to be my deputy, you have destroyed too few worlds to command respect.”

“Assigning you Hong’s worlds was also a way to give you more achievements. I plan to ask the Immortal Emperor to credit all the worlds destroyed by Hong to your record. You should seize this opportunity and destroy all the worlds that Hong failed to.”

When Du Ye heard this, he put on a grateful smile, but deep inside, he was cursing Minghuo. Hong was in charge of the Observers civilization, a formidable challenge.

Visit and read more novel to help us update chapter quickly. Thank you so much!