Counterattack System appeared when I'm already At The Mahayana Realm

Imperial Palace, where the tribulation crossers and Immortals of the Nine States gathered.

Jiang Li, Bai Hongtu, Yu Yin, Immortal Elder Everlasting, Commander Liu, Sword Monarch, Li Er, and Old Dragon King.

The meeting was convened not by Jiang Li, but by Commander Liu.

Once everyone arrived, Liu dived right into the topic after a brief opening remark.

“We’ve been exploring the Ten Thousand Realms for exactly a year now. During this year, we’ve achieved a lot. We’ve connected with other worlds, uncovered the hidden schemes left by the Immortal Realm, suggested they establish order, and thanks to the combined efforts of the Brahma Tower and the Lord of Samsara, inter-realm space channels are no longer quantity-limited, and connection among the Ten Thousand Realms is growing stronger.”

“Worlds where technology coexists with the cultivation practice are becoming increasingly common, benefiting countless people.”

“The cultivators of the Nine States have also gained experience and grown through exploring the world. There are not a few who have had realizations and made breakthroughs.”

“This is the positive side.”

“However, we’ve also encountered many problems along the way, and the most significant problem is the cultivation world.”

“The world that Qin Luan and Daozi Seven Kills explored is called Xuanming World, which bears typical significance.”

“Xuanming World isn’t an exceptional case. There are many cultivation worlds with an insufficient amount of spiritual energy and problems relating to resource plundering.”

“When representatives from the Nine States tried to dissuade them, they boldly insisted that the strong should enjoy resources and the weak should contribute resources, claiming it to be the natural order.”

“As a cultivator, one should do everything possible to become stronger. Any hesitations should be obliterated.”

“Many cultivation worlds share the same underlying logic — if resources are not enough, then snatch.”

Others began perusing the information.

The order in those cultivation worlds was a complete mess as described in the documents, filled with murder, thievery, and wickedness. If the black tide comes, none of these worlds will escape.

“Familiar reports. History is repeating itself,” Immortal Elder Everlasting said.

“The Nine States was the same nine thousand years ago — focused solely on snatching.”

“If you don’t snatch, others will snatch from you. Once others get resources and become stronger, you’ll be the next one to die.”

“Under such circumstances, people behaved as if they were insane.”

“This is not limited to the Nine States; the Immortal Realm is the same. So, do Immortals have no desires or obsessions? Of course not. There are ranks among the Immortals.”

“To become stronger, you need more immortal power.”

“For example, the Immortal Emperor resides in Pure Sky, where the immortal power is abundant. Why? Because the amount of immortal power symbolizes status and rank.”

Elder Everlasting’s words left everyone silent. They had more or less an idea of what the previous Nine States was like, and it’s drastically different from the current state.

Why are the technological worlds always pursuing productivity? The higher the productivity, the more abundant the resources, the fewer societal conflicts which will be beneficial for the construction of a stable world.

The pursuit of stability is human nature. Only, resource scarcity forces people to regain stability via the pursuit of resources.

“With this in mind, it seems like Jiang, the Human Emperor, never plundered from anyone from the beginning until now.” Li Er muttered, thinking of Jiang Li, the oddball.

The former Emperor once told Li Er about Jiang Li, saying that Jiang Li was a peculiar boy. Despite his low background, with no powerful entities backing him up, Jiang Li had never worried about the lack of spiritual energy from the Qi Cultivation Stage all the way up to becoming the Human Emperor.

Jiang Li had always been a straightforward cultivator.

This was bizarre. It would be understandable if Jiang Li hailed from the Dao Sect, the Tianyuan Royal Family, or the Great Zhou Dynasty Family, as they were rich in resources.

But the problem is that Jiang Li was an ordinary person. How could it be possible that he never worried about resources?

Historically, all powerful persons from humble beginnings had stolen from others during their childhood. Nobody mentioned these past deeds when they grew up since they were considered stains.

No mentions didn’t imply nonexistence, but Jiang Li had no such history.

It showed that from the outset, Jiang Li’s thoughts were different from others, which was also what the old Emperor admired about Jiang Li.

What Li Er pondered was, could the Jiang Family of Qingcheng have nurtured such a mindset?

Or was Jiang Li a natural-born Saint?

Li Er usually dismissed this question after contemplating it, but this time he tried to think more deeply.

“If there aren’t enough resources, why don’t we give these worlds some spiritual energy?” Sword Monarch suggested, as the Nine States were rich in spiritual energy.

Yu Yin shook his head, “Do you know how many worlds this involves? To stop these worlds from disputing over the spiritual energy, we’d have to drain more than half of the Nine States’ spiritual energy. Do you still want the cultivators of the Nine States to practice cultivation?”

Sword Monarch, realizing that was a terrible idea, kept quiet.

He didn’t have the brain to solve significant problems and decided to stay quiet.

“What about the Hall Master? What do you think ?” Commander Liu noticed that from the moment he saw the report, Jiang Li looked concerned and hadn’t said a word.

Jiang Li lifted his head and asked in a puzzled tone, “Why would the scramble for spiritual energy occur? Don’t they all believe that spiritual energy can be created from nothing?”

Everyone burst into laughter at his comment, especially Bai Hongtu, who laughed heartily, “Jiang Li, do you think everyone is like you, capable of producing spiritual energy on their own?”

“Isn’t it?” Jiang Li still frowned.

The rowdy meeting suddenly fell silent. Everyone looked at each other, realizing something wasn’t right with Jiang Li.

Jiang Li didn’t seem to be lying. He genuinely believed that everyone could create something from nothing.

Li Er suddenly asked, “Jiang, the Human Emperor, there’s something I’ve always been curious about.”

“Go ahead.”

“The old Emperor told me that you’ve never worried about the lack of spiritual energy since you started from Jiang Family of Qingcheng. Why is that?”

Without hesitation, Jiang Li replied, “Why worry about spiritual energy? I believe spiritual energy can be created.”

Li Er paused briefly, failing to grasp Jiang Li’s meaning.

Yu Yin faintly began to understand the root cause of their divergence in perspectives with Jiang Li and continued asking, “So how can we exactly break through the Mahayana Realm?”

Again, Jiang Li replied, “By using infinite spiritual energy to impact the realm, triggering the Mahayana Realm naturally.”

“Impossible!” Each time Bai Hongtu heard Jiang Li describe how to break through the Mahayana Realm, he was bewildered. This time, he got angry and slammed his hand on the table.

Bai Hongtu assumed that the Mahayana Realm was like the Transcendence Tribulation Stage, unspeakable. If mentioned, one would never break through the Mahayana Realm. Therefore, he had always thought Jiang Li was joking. Now, he realized that Jiang Li was serious.

There was a significant problem here!

Bai Hongtu stopped bottling up his doubts and asked directly, “How can we possibly achieve infinite spiritual energy?! There’s a rule of energy conservation in the nine rules!”

Jiang Li counter-questioned, “If energy truly conserves, where did the destructive energy of the black tide go? How were parallel worlds born?”

This stumped Bai Hongtu. Indeed, if energy conserved, the black tide wouldn’t be able to destroy the world.

If energy conserved, where did the energy to create parallel worlds come from? The emergence of parallel worlds was equivalent to doubling the energy directly.

“That’s not right, you didn’t know about the black tide and parallel worlds before, why would you think that energy does not conserve?”

Jiang Li was taken aback, “Wait, have you always believed that energy does conserve?”

Bai Hongtu finally understood where their divergence lay. Jiang Li had always believed that energy doesn’t conserve, and he thought others shared his belief.

Even a child knew the common knowledge that energy conserves.

In the past, they never discussed this issue because they both considered it a common sense, just like one plus one equals two. Who would waste time discussing such a matter?

But Jiang Li’s common sense was different from everyone else’s from the very beginning!

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