Master of Strange Dao

Chapter 1575 - 422: The Second Layer World, Bridge Applications (5.5k)

Yu Ziqing circled around Freedom Heaven for a long time, then extended a finger, pointing at the center of Freedom Heaven's forehead, sensing carefully for a moment.It was absolutely unmistakable, it was the feeling of fragments of personality.

Similar to the fragments of personality scattered in the Extremely Cold Forbidden Land, only the power and nature were different.

Yu Ziqing recalled the last time when Freedom Heaven devoured the first clone without severing the connection, granting him the true qualification to succeed as the Devil King.

At that time, although he felt nothing, Freedom Heaven couldn't say clearly either, merely confirming the fact of the matter.

It could essentially be confirmed that back then, what was devoured indeed included a portion of the fragments of personality.

Having this as a foundation was what granted him the qualification to succeed as the Devil King.

This was the core of progress.

And the clone with the connection severed could at most gain a little information, which was unhelpful in advancing progress.

In other words, the rank of the Devil King itself can be split and merged at will.

Thinking about it like this, it really matched the previous behavior of the Devil King.

All of his abilities stemmed fundamentally from this.

"I remember the position of the Devil King had changed hands before, right?"

Before Freedom Heaven could speak, Yu Ziqing said on his own.

"I used to think that fragments of personality were a whole, and having even the fragments shattered was a very serious matter.

Just like the previous Yang Devil, whose fragments of personality shattered, forcibly dragging his steps.

He crossed over two eras, still half-dead.

If the characteristic of the Devil King inherently comes from the ability to freely split and merge fragments.

Then, is the current Devil King not just the previous Devil King.

Has this guy never really been killed?"

"Huh, what are you trying to say?" Yang seemed to ponder.

"What we did before was based on the assumption that the Devil King had a main body and clones.

Once the connection between the main body and the clones was severed, the clones would turn into ordinary Heavenly Demons.

Thus, we naturally assumed that the previous Devil King's main body was somehow killed.

The connection between the main body and clones naturally got cut off, and all former clones became common Heavenly Demons.

Then among the Heavenly Demons, a standout emerged, taking over the position, uniting the fragments, and became the new Devil King.

But once it was discovered that the fragments could be split and merged freely without any difficulty.

This core logic changed.

I also remembered, when the Devil King escaped, Cha Wang ended up badly, and he was terrified, splitting and fleeing thousands of ways.

How did he ensure, that after splitting thousands of ways, it was surely a clone that would serve as cannon fodder, while the main body could escape?

If at that time the enraged Mountain Lord casually grabbed, capturing a large portion of the clones, among which there happened to be a main body.

Wouldn't he fail to escape?

So to entirely ensure no issue, there's only one conclusion.

After splitting thousands of ways, there indeed was no distinction between main body and clones.

As long as one clone escaped, that clone was the main body.

The fragments, split into thousands, easily reunited on one clone, making the clone the main body.

After all, for such beings like them, fragments of personality are core.

And these beings, if something feels slightly off, would immediately sever the connection with the clones.

At that moment, a part of the clone's fragments disappears.

I guess, the Devil King has never truly died, just changed identities to start again.

I feel this is much more normal, after all, for someone of such position.

If they died, the Heavenly Demons below could just take over the position and become the new Devil King.

It always felt somewhat odd.

Changing identities to start again, the benefits are immense.

The previous Devil King charged too far ahead, attracting too much hatred.

This guy clearly isn't the type that loves the frontlines.

Feign death directly, change identities, hide in the back, shedding the hatred of the previous identity.

It would be best to publicly display the shattering of fragments and annihilation of the main body.

No matter how much grudge remains, it could largely be washed away."

As Yu Ziqing spoke, he himself felt that playing with identity switching was indeed very practical.

If played into a collapse or can't continue, let the previous identity die tragically, clear away the grudge points, and start a new identity anew.

It can also change strategy rightly and properly.

After all, it's too normal for the current and previous thinking to differ.

Yang listened to Yu Ziqing's words, turning to look at the bewildered Freedom Heaven, divine light sparkling in his eyes.

"The deduction seems believable, but viewing it from this deduction, it extends to another issue.

How exactly did the Heavenly Demon Clan come into being."

"Hmm?" Yu Ziqing was startled, grasping a trace of spirit light.

Yang's gaze flickered, as if capturing truth.

"Once the All Gods were overthrown, they were cast down, becoming Devil Kings.

According to deductions and scattered information, it can be roughly speculated that the core clan of subordinates that followed All Gods fell along with them.

That's how the current Heavenly Demon Clan came about.

This is the deduction based on previous information.

However, now it presents an issue.

How does a clan of subordinates have the qualification to succeed as the Devil King?

Freedom Heaven previously indeed didn't have the qualification to succeed.

The one qualified to succeed as the Devil King must surely be a Heavenly Demon with a trace of fragments on them, which aligns with your deduction."

As Yang said this, the trace of inspiration Yu Ziqing just grasped suddenly blossomed, smoothly deducing the subsequent components.

"The previous Devil King must have split into a large number of clones.

These clones are his existence insurance, he must always maintain a certain number of dispersed clones.