Playing a DPS Role with Absolute Defense - Chapter 365 - 363: Su Mo's Plan

Su Mo raised his head to gaze at the strand of morning sun shining on his face, squinting his eyes slightly. Perhaps it had been too long since he last saw the sunlight, making his eyes a bit uncomfortable.

Outside, Chu Tian and the others were constantly arranging for someone to keep an eye on the area, ready to report as soon as the door opened.

The moment Su Mo emerged, Chu Tian and the others received the news and rushed over at top speed.

The Beiji Celestial Venerable and the other five reluctant Daoist Venerables did the same.

“Greetings, Human Emperor!”

“Greetings, fellow Daoist!”

…

Su Mo nodded slightly: “How has the Human Race been recently?”

To Su Mo’s inquiry, those unfamiliar with him, even the Daoist Venerables, did not find anything questionable.

In their opinion, since Su Mo was the emperor of the Human Race, asking about the clan’s recent affairs was only natural.

However, Chu Tian, Gongsun Mu, and the others were taken aback and froze at the spot.

Others might not know, but they certainly understood!

When did Su Mo ever care about such matters!

At that moment, they were even questioning whether Su Mo had been possessed or if something was wrong with his mind, otherwise, why would he be asking such questions.

The Daoist Venerables did not speak because this matter was not something they should answer, so all remained silent.

After all, Su Mo was inquiring about the Human Race’s affairs, and they were not part of it, so naturally, they did not need to respond.

But the others were dumbfounded, suspecting that there was something wrong with Su Mo’s brain, so no one spoke up either.

For a moment, at the entrance of the Human Emperor Hall, after Su Mo’s inquiry, the scene fell into silence.

Seeing no one respond, Su Mo frowned slightly, thinking there might be something wrong with the Human Race: “What’s the matter, is there a problem?”

Su Mo’s question made Chu Tian, Gongsun Mu, and the others even more shocked, their hearts filled with bewilderment.

The Human Race indeed has no problems, but we suspect you do.

Is this something you can ask?

Or rather, is this something you would ask!

The scene was like a dead script, and no one spoke up.

Seeing this, Su Mo’s frown deepened, and he directly named someone to ask: “Alice, is there any problem with the Human Race recently?”

“Master, there are no problems with the people now. In the past two months, 327 of the younger generation have broken through to Divine Level.

With the help of the Beiji Celestial Venerable and Spirit Pearls, the once comatose Human Race has also recovered 80 million people. According to estimates, it only takes 8 years to fully recover everyone.”

At first, Su Mo did not notice anything wrong, but after a calculation, he suddenly realized something was off.

He then plainly asked: “You rescued 80 million people in two months, so by that timeline, 1.8 billion people would only require 5 years, why does it take 8 years?”

“Well, the initial healing speed was faster, due to a large amount of Spiritual Stone as assistance. In the later stages, the Spiritual Brightness Ore may run short due to various reasons, so we postponed it for another three years.

This is the result of tight calculations by us alongside the Beiji Daoist Palace and the people.”

Upon hearing this, Su Mo nodded: “If that’s the case, then just proceed as planned. I will talk to the Beiji Celestial Venerable, and when we’re done, we’ll have a meeting in the Human Emperor Hall.”

Su Mo then gestured toward the Beiji Celestial Venerable: “Beiji Celestial Venerable, let us talk.”

The Beiji Celestial Venerable was delighted: “Of course.”

Then the two of them took a step and disappeared from the spot, reappearing the next moment in the Beiji Celestial Venerable’s dwelling.

This was in the void outside the Nine Heavens. Normally, all Daoist Venerable-level experts were observing the development of the Nine Heavens in this void.

The Beiji Celestial Venerable originally intended to present some rare treasures as hospitality for Su Mo, but all were declined by Su Mo.

“No need for such formality, I just wish to ask some things.”

“Feel free to ask, Daoist of slaughter, I will answer all I know without reservation.”

Instead of beating around the bush, Su Mo directly asked: “Regarding the Nine Heavens Profound Lady, how much do you know?”

The Beiji Celestial Venerable’s brow furrowed slightly, unsure why Su Mo would ask this question.

However, he didn’t overthink it; since Su Mo wished to know, he would disclose it.

“The Nine Heavens Profound Lady was actually condensed by the will of the Nine Heavens, the first Celestial Venerable level expert responsible for managing the Nine Heavens’ affairs and maintaining its order.

In the heavens back then, except for her, there was no other real Celestial Venerable, everyone else could only be called a Daoist Venerable or Earth Venerable.

However, Daoist Venerable experts were unrestrained, leading to a collective attack, thus…”

Su Mo nodded, his master Tu Hongwu had already told him about this matter before.

Although it was just Tu Hongwu’s speculation, it was pretty much spot on with reality, even arguably the very truth.

Situations like this are understandable because, after all, Daoist Venerables were the actual pinnacle figures of this world.

Having reached the absolute peak of the world, how could they tolerate someone above them?

It was fine if you were strong, but it would not do if you tried to govern us.

Actually, Su Mo now is similar to the past Nine Heavens Profound Lady; he has the absolute power to suppress everyone, keeping all Daoist Venerables constantly on edge.

They once considered the likelihood of him becoming the second Nine Heavens Profound Lady, but since it hasn’t been long, they naturally hadn’t reacted yet, if enough time passed, perhaps a second…

Regarding these matters, Su Mo didn’t have a mental burden. With the power to crush all Nine Heavens, if these people behaved, he wouldn’t bother making a move. However, if they stepped out of line, he might strike down several with a single blow, and that wouldn’t be up to him.

On the matter of the Nine Heavens Profound Lady’s death, Su Mo did not have thoughts; dead was dead, and had she not died, he wouldn’t have his sister.

His reason for asking again was because these were the people involved back then who might know different details.

After all, his master’s previous insights were guesses and ancient textual records, which could be flawed.

That’s why he inquired again. Yet he had no opinion on the Daoist Venerables’ collective attack against the Nine Heavens Profound Lady.

“Why is Daoist Friend inquiring about the Nine Heavens Profound Lady?”

Su Mo shook his head, not answering, and continued asking: “I heard that the Nine Heavens Profound Lady can still be resurrected?”

“This, perhaps could have been possible before, but since the destruction of Profound Nether Heaven not long ago, the Nine Heavens Profound Lady might no longer be an option.

Even if another embodiment of the world’s will were to arise, it wouldn’t be the past Nine Heavens Profound Lady anymore.”

This time Su Mo did not speak, and instead fell into deep thought.