Chapter 1857: 506: Descent Into Corruption, Headache (5k)

Amidst the chaos, the altered things intertwined, tangled into a mess like random mutations. To find something extremely beneficial in such random mutations is purely a gamble of luck.

The Ancient Sea God had no desire to do this before, simply because betting on rare events was good, but exceptionally good things were completely uncontrollable.

And the bad side was simply everywhere he looked.

Recently, after his indiscriminate alterations, or rather messing around, it became a complete mess.

Many things that were successfully altered before were also destroyed.

Moreover, because of the mutual entanglement and confusion, it became like climbing up to the heavens for him to reinstall the alterations or change a single thing again later.

He found himself caught between unrest and reason, shifting back and forth without a consistent core principle.

Even though he knew it wasn't good this way, he couldn't help it.

Now, by some fortunate accident, he actually managed to bring about an opportunity.

To not proclaim the mandate of heaven is already considered very restrained.

In the past, the Ancient Sea God indeed wanted to exploit the Old Emperor Qian, but unfortunately, he misjudged one thing.

That is, when a person like the Old Emperor Qian is cornered and driven mad, his will becomes increasingly firm, and he uses his own logic to convince himself.

As long as he can achieve his objective, any cost is acceptable to him.

Moreover, this person is a prodigy, and the situation spiraled completely out of control, with no one able to influence his thoughts.

Last time, when the fallen world descended, the Ancient Sea God was powerless, and he somewhat regretted pushing the Old Emperor Qian into this state.

Since then, he truly didn't dare to mess with such genius people casually.

Having let go of his bottom line and given up everything; a madman willing to pay any price, even the enemies dare not engage recklessly.

But now, the Ancient Sea God felt that it fitted quite well.

Not excelling in intelligence, nor the best in cultivation talent, but compared to most people, considered to have both talent and beauty.

Most importantly, with a high enough status and backing.

For such a character, wanting to accomplish things might not happen.

But if they were to ruin something, they'd certainly be strong.

The Ancient Sea God grasped the breakthrough point of this newly appointed Empress Qian.

From a powerful family, her relationships within the family, like the majority of big families, are only close with siblings of the same mother or a couple of close relatives.

This Empress Qian cares most about her younger brother, as she practically raised him herself and is the closest to him.

Now, with rebellions rising within Daqian, the situation is unstable, and she doesn't want her younger brother to command the army.

It seems like an opportunity for merit, but the rebellions led by big powers have complex connections, and the final outcome is uncertain.

Being the first to emerge at this time, coupled with the uncertainties within their family, might not end well.

Those who become the first to stand out in such situations often don't meet a good end.

She managed to settle it with great effort the other day, only to find things changed again after a night's sleep.

She was momentarily lost and wanted to find someone to talk to.

But then, the words of that person involuntarily appeared in her mind, saying she could tell anyone and didn't need to keep it a secret.

However, whether others believe it or what changes it brings, that was uncertain.

In the end, Empress Qian restrained herself and didn't dare to talk about her strange dreams, only chatting a bit with her personal maid.

Upon hearing her maid say that her younger brother never studied at the major power of a rebel army's location, her mindset began to crumble.

That was her previous excuse to stop her younger brother from going to the front line.

But then her maid comforted her, saying although the front line is fiercely intense, with rebels ferociously killing three court generals, her younger brother most likely wouldn't have to be the vanguard.

She couldn't hold back and asked around for more, discovering many things, not just current events, differed from her memories.

Among the maids she kept, there was one she felt unfamiliar with.

Moreover, a familiar maid was gone, with everyone clueless about her.

For this person had never appeared by her side at all.

She was now experiencing the feelings of the young Old Emperor Qian, waking up to find the world distorted, filled with awkward strangeness, severely disconnected from her understanding.

Even the most familiar people vanished as if they never appeared at all.

This silent and invisible alteration was more terrifying and despair-inducing than direct harm, a profound sense of helplessness flooding her heart.

She began envisioning her younger brother dying outside this time.

She understood it was a terrifying existence she couldn't resist, manipulating her, but she was helpless.

She also dared not gamble, fearing to lose.

Night fell, and she found it difficult to sleep for a long time, at her Realm, not sleeping for months was normal.

Yet today, she actively took Spiritual Medicine and fell asleep.

The next day, she slowly sat up, her eyes a bit vacant.

Then, she saw the maid whom everyone didn't remember yesterday, quietly standing by her side.

As if nothing had happened.

Not long after, her younger brother visited, dejected, saying his pursuit of military merit on the front line was off the table.