Chapter 314: Barbaric Celestial Calamity Fierce Beast

After annihilating the Sun Family, the Taiping Celestial King's faction enjoyed about three days of peace before launching another war.

And this time, the pace was even more relentless than before.

They not only waged external wars but also secretly contacted various Mage Families presided over by Mages of the upper three grades to form alliances.

The content was basically a scam message along the lines of, "I am the Taiping Celestial King. Venmo me 50, and I'll make you a Grand General."

Of course, it wasn't that blatant. They would first paint a pretty picture with grand promises, offer a little taste of the benefits, and then wait until their targets were on the hook before closing the trap.

With the AI Brain coordinating the grand strategy, Qi Suian used the Taiping Celestial King's power to start gathering the resources he needed.

These unscrupulous measures created a foul and corrupt atmosphere within the Taiping Celestial King's faction.

The Mage Families that had been lured into the scheme certainly weren't going to be convinced by a PowerPoint presentation and the silver tongue of a representative alone.

So, most of them sent their own people to take up positions within the faction.

The AI Brain welcomed all comers, even delegating significant authority to them.

The faction was already riddled with hidden problems; a few more didn't matter.

After all, from the very beginning, the so-called Taiping Celestial King faction existed solely for Qi Suian to amass wealth.

It wouldn't matter if it all imploded in the end. As long as the people and resources belonged to the Melting Furnace, nothing else mattered.

This led to the Taiping Celestial King faction having a highly polarized reputation among the common people.

Those who benefited became its most staunch supporters, while those whose interests were harmed undoubtedly harbored immense hatred.

The total value of productivity hadn't changed. It had merely been redistributed, which inevitably meant some rejoiced while others mourned.

In the eyes of the truly powerful factions and great Warlords, the Taiping Celestial King's group was nothing but a disorderly mob. Even if their reputation had grown recently, that's all it was.

Anyone with a discerning eye could see the internal problems.

It was precisely because of these problems that the Mage Families were willing to believe the bullshit their dispatched agents were telling them.

If the faction were truly a monolithic entity, how would they be able to profit from it?

The next step was to make the pie bigger, and then it was a matter of who could grab the biggest slice.

It was with this mindset that they chose to invest in the Taiping Celestial King's faction.

No one was a fool. They weren't thinking about long-term returns; they were all just in it to make a quick buck and leave.

However, as the pie grew larger and larger, the profits swelled, making everyone want more.

Not everyone was like the Sun Family Ancestor, who, having barely escaped with his life after learning a harsh lesson in the big city, could see things more clearly when faced with greed.

And so, the Sun Family was annihilated.

If they had continued to be greedy, the AI Brain would have naturally continued to fatten up the Sun Family, waiting for the right moment to slaughter them.

It just goes to show—as expected of someone who rose from a mere commoner to become the ancestor of a Mage Family, he knew what was acceptable to covet and what was not.

The other leaders of Mage Families with Mages of the upper three grades, whom the AI Brain contacted, had not risen from commoner status; they had inherited their positions from their fathers.

To a certain extent, they looked down on the people of the Taiping Celestial King's faction.

Of course, this was also related to the structure and mentality the Taiping Celestial King's faction projected to the outside world.

Out of ten people, nine had ulterior motives, and the last one was just dragged along, ready to run at the first opportunity.

Even a dog would turn its nose up at such a disorderly mob, let alone the leaders of those prominent Mage Families.

Regarding this, Qi Suian could only admit that the AI Brain was truly incredible. 'It's really walking a tightrope,' he thought. 'The entire faction could disintegrate at the slightest misstep.'

In reality, as long as the interest groups didn't collapse, the entire faction was as solid as a mountain, capable of providing a continuous stream of massive resources to Qi Suian.

The price, of course, was that the lives of the lower and middle classes were becoming increasingly miserable.

Hyperinflation, currency devaluation... while it hadn't reached the point of a loaf of bread costing half a million, if things continued on this path, it probably wasn't far off.

Qi Suian was getting a little worried someone might start giving speeches in a tavern.

However, after some consideration, he put these thoughts to the back of his mind.

As long as the Taiping Celestial King "pie" wasn't big enough for the Mage Families to carve up, any resistance would first have to get past the Families themselves.

The Taiping Celestial King's faction had now become a stock fund for the Mage Families; it could only go up, it couldn't drop even a little.

It would only be allowed to fall after they had finished reaping their profits.

'Aside from the Nine Extremes Body for expanding capacity, the next step is to increase affinity... no, it should be the Origin Spirit Body to reduce rejection.'

'And then...'

Qi Suian continuously extracted Spiritual Root gene fragments, then used these fragments to begin splicing together new special constitution fragments.

Synthesizing these fragments would then create a special constitution.

The raw materials were Qi Suian's own flesh and blood, supplemented by the Mad Cathedral's ability to cultivate the Abyssal Virus.

By implanting and modifying them with Spiritual Root gene fragments and finally assimilating them, he could create the foundation for the special constitution Qi Suian required.

The subsequent step was naturally to cultivate it further, which would take care of the hardware.

As for the Spiritual Root required for the software, Qi Suian couldn't be bothered with it for the time being.

'If I don't even have the foundation, there's no point in thinking about the later transformations. That's not something I need to consider right now.'

Qi Suian meticulously selected several thousand types of constitution fragments for splicing, and naturally, he failed many times.

However, each failure provided him with corresponding data. With a bit of luck, success wouldn't take much time.

The real cost was resources, with test subjects being the largest expenditure.

Each of his experiments required the cooperation of the native inhabitants of the Spirit Root World.

However, due to his experimental methods, combined with the Taiping Celestial King's recent extravagance, consumption was extremely fast.

Fortunately, the Taiping Celestial King's faction was expanding fast enough. There were rebels everywhere—whether they resisted stealthily in the shadows or openly in the light, anyone caught was sent to Qi Suian as a test subject.

There were undoubtedly innocent people framed among them, but Qi Suian didn't care. He just wanted test subjects.

'It doesn't matter who they are.'

Such high consumption was bound to cause dissatisfaction, but since Qi Suian was the core of the "Taiping Celestial King stock fund," the beneficiaries simply turned a blind eye.

As for those whose interests were violated, they were sent by the beneficiaries to become test subjects. This not only eliminated dissidents but also served as a transfer of benefits—killing two birds with one stone.

"Done."

"Next is to wait for it to develop."

"If it develops smoothly and the data is correct, I can proceed with the devouring."

Qi Suian looked at the squirming mass of flesh in his hand. It resembled a parasite, only much thicker.

This was because his flesh and blood and the Abyssal Virus were using their strong adaptability to slowly absorb the advantages of the Spiritual Root gene fragments.

It was a form of bio-engineered "Devour and Evolve."

Of course, in terms of devouring and evolving, it couldn't compare to a true SSS-rank "Devour and Evolve" talent; it leaned more towards fusion.

"The next step is the screening and modification of Spiritual Roots."

"This is also a huge project. The main issue is collecting different types of Spiritual Roots."

His gaze then fell upon a notification the AI Brain had sent him earlier.

"Oh? The Tai Sui God has completed its evolution," Qi Suian said, a hint of surprise in his expression.

"Currently, one hundred Top-Grade Spiritual Roots can grant the Tai Sui God 1 point of armor."

"As for Middle-Grade Spiritual Roots, it takes five thousand to achieve 1 point."

"Adding up all the bits and pieces, the Tai Sui God isn't far from its next evolution." Qi Suian glanced at the armor value; it had reached 107 points.

He hadn't thrown all the Spiritual Roots into the Melting Furnace as fuel; he had previously set aside a portion of each type for propagation.

After some thought, Qi Suian first cut off his Divine Will Fierce Beast Fei and installed it directly onto the Tai Sui God.

[SSS·Barbaric Celestial Calamity Fierce Beast]

Just as Qi Suian had envisioned, after the Fei was installed, feedback confirmed it had directly fused with the Martial Arts Will: Evil Dragon and Evil Tiger. It didn't form a new Fei; instead, it reversed the process through the viral bloodline armor, directly enhancing Qi Suian's own Divine Will Fierce Beast Fei.

Now, his Fei had evolved, transforming from an externalized spiritual body into a tangible summon. Furthermore, after devouring enemies, it could transfer their essence as evolution energy to the Tai Sui God.

It also gained the empowerment of numerous modules, such as armor penetration and true damage. Passive abilities like the Fei's original ones could also be used.

If he found the thing to be an artificial idiot, besides letting the AI Brain control it, he could also fuse it directly with the Mad Cathedral or the Tai Sui God.

He could even fuse the Mad Cathedral, the Fei, and the Tai Sui God all into a single entity to grant Qi Suian even greater power.

Yes, not the Tai Sui God, but Qi Suian.

After all, this Barbaric Celestial Calamity Fierce Beast module was ultimately just a special module used to evolve and strengthen Qi Suian's Divine Will Fei.

It could be used as a summon, an area-of-effect aura attack, or as a material for buffing and strengthening.

In short, its functions had suddenly become much more comprehensive.

"If I jam another module from the Spiritual Root system into the Tai Sui God, it'll probably get even more insane." Qi Suian tried fusing the Fei with the Mad Cathedral.

The Fei's body immediately swelled to an enormous size. The fur on its back transformed into countless Priests and Cultivators, writhing like swaying tentacles.

Simultaneously, its Aura Domain expanded directly. The evolutionary path of the Abyssal Virus skewed towards slaughter, and the Fei gained the ability to generate and control highly infectious, high-strength zombies possessing multiple abilities.

The zombies' abilities were standardized: Robust Physique, Sharp Bone Claws, Enhanced Healing, Enhanced Regeneration, and Life Sense.

These were the basic abilities for now; they could be further enhanced and expanded later.

The drawback, however, was quite obvious: the zombies could not leave the range of the Aura Domain.

But it was no problem. The fused Fei inherited the Mad Cathedral's ability to absorb zombies to enhance itself.

"The unit-swarming capability is weakened, but I've gained an enhancement effect instead."

"Now I have a way to deal with large-scale enemies." Qi Suian knew that this effect of absorbing zombies to enhance itself had a limit.

The absorption wasn't unlimited; it depended on Qi Suian's own strength as well as the Tai Sui God's evolution count and armor value.

However, with the help of other modules, it wouldn't be easy for Qi Suian to determine this upper limit.

"If it really reaches its upper limit, the Fei's power probably wouldn't be inferior to an ICBM."

"The only issue is that it can't be sustained. The absorbed zombies are digested by the Fei and don't last long."