Why would his intelligence decline? Of course, it was the result of the intelligence-reducing halo technique employed by the pseudo-eleventh-tier True Spirit lifeform, the pseudo-narrative layer!
This also made Fang Ming feel a deep sense of dread towards the world of the extreme deep sea, the so-called Heavenly Realm's world of works.
The techniques used by beings of the pseudo-narrative layer could be so powerful.
How strong would a true eleventh-tier True Spirit lifeform of the narrative layer be?
Fumeng's intelligence-reducing halo had limitations and still followed some logic.
Although the logic was not very reliable, it ultimately required Lu Ya's core memory to be that of a child to be amplified, so it had some basis.
This was using certain inherent qualities of a transmigrator to deal with native ancient saints. Their core memories were not of Earthly experiences, so naturally, they wouldn't suddenly throw a childish tantrum.
For Fumeng to exploit Lu Ya Daojun's personality weakness, it also required that such a hidden weakness actually existed; it couldn't be conjured out of thin air.
To deal with native ancient saints who were not Earth transmigrators, other uses of the intelligence-reducing halo would naturally be employed.
But with the current intelligence-reducing method... it could only be described as terrifying.
A limited intelligence-reducing halo could achieve this.
A true eleventh-tier True Spirit lifeform in its full glory would not bother with logical content or limitations. It would be a being on the level of an author, and only those with extraordinary power could resist it.
"Does the Heavenly Realm civilization still exist now?"
Fang Ming leaned towards the Heavenly Realm, a world that possessed eleventh-tier True Spirit lifeforms, twelfth-tier initial-level lifeforms, and thirteenth-tier definition-level lifeforms, possibly having been annihilated.
Because when Fang Ming brought this up, Fumeng was very reluctant to answer.
Once this attitude was revealed, Fang Ming naturally stopped pressing, but he could almost guess that the Heavenly Realm civilization was likely a powerful world that resisted the Myriad Worlds Building, but it had likely been conquered by the Myriad Worlds Building in the past or future.
Unlike the original Dao Fruit realm and the experts above the original Sacrificial Dao, the Heavenly Realm civilization might have had its very existence, past, present, and future, across numerous narrative layers, erased by the Myriad Worlds Building.
The narrative layers, numbering in the millions, had been erased and subsequently collapsed.
"Heavenly Realm, True Spirit Elixir, Narrative Layer lifeforms..."
"Too many mysteries... This Fumeng system has intersections with the Heavenly Realm civilization, the Myriad Worlds Building, and Ye Tiandi from the original Sacred Ruins world..."
"Promoted to the narrative layer in the Heavenly Realm, looted goods from the Myriad Worlds Building, and once received teachings from the original Ye Tiandi..."
"Should I say she has rich experiences, or that she has been used as a pawn by powerful beings from multiple factions? And she is unaware of it?"
Why, on the eve of a great battle, would Fang Ming not want Lu Ya Daojun, but rather the intelligence-reducing method of an eleventh-tier True Spirit lifeform...
Of course, it was because compared to the terrifying and irresistible eleventh-tier True Spirit lifeform, Lu Ya Daojun was too easy to deal with.
So easy to deal with that Fang Ming felt he had a ten-tenths chance of winning.
Lu Ya Daojun might have an arrogant personality, but under normal circumstances, he would never spend ten years approaching the Heavenly Court step by step, wanting to make all the humans of the Great Desolation despair and enjoy their helplessness.
The wicked whims of the strong, to arbitrarily toy with all beings, were only dared when facing the weak who could not resist.
But to dare to do so when facing an equal, could only be described by saying that an eleventh-tier True Spirit lifeform was stronger.
He was actually manipulated to the point where the power systems, weaknesses, and characteristics of his Immortal Slaying Gourd, his Top-Seven Arrow Book, and his Nine Dragon Chariot were all collected by the Human Heavenly Court!
A full ten years!
The Human Heavenly Court, with its characteristic of immortality, launched countless probes against Lu Ya Daojun.
They used human lives to madly pile up, with numerous legions, Da Luo Golden Immortals, and Quasi-Saints falling one after another.
The Three Thousand Emperors also used their lives to test the abilities, power systems, and weaknesses of the Nail-Head Seven Arrows Book, and after resurrecting in their soul cores, they informed Fang Ming.
Fang Ming, through the entire human race launching suicidal attacks, suicidal attacks as simple as eating and drinking, finally learned about the various weaknesses of Lu Ya Daojun's Innate Li Fire Body.
Lu Ya Daojun, having cultivated for eighteen chaotic epochs, was comparable to a peak Immortal King in terms of power.
Fang Ming was merely an ordinary Immortal King.
Naturally, there was a gap between the two, and under normal circumstances, Fang Ming's winning probability would be less than one-tenth.
However, after collecting data for ten years, he had a clear understanding of the Innate Li Fire Body, the Immortal Slaying Gourd, and the Nail-Head Seven Arrows Book.
While Lu Ya had no understanding of Fang Ming's weaknesses, in this situation of Fang Ming being completely transparent...
Fang Ming's possibility of defeating Lu Ya Daojun directly rose from less than one-tenth to ninety-nine percent!
When the gap in strength and realm is not large, skill and tactics are still useful!
Moreover, even if Lu Ya Daojun could defeat him with a one percent chance, what of it... Fang Ming could revive infinitely anyway.
The soul core, as a life-saving item, was not just for show!
"Ancient Saint... Lu Ya Daojun..."
Fang Ming's eyes flashed with the information Fumeng had given him back then, and he had some understanding of the existence of Ancient Saints.
The so-called Ancient Saints were actually no longer the transmigrators of the past. They were native beings created in the next chaotic epoch after the extraterrestrial demons were devoured by the world will of the Great Desolation.
This native being did not possess the true protagonist's destiny, protagonist's luck, or even a system.
Without these things.
But he would possess the memories of Earth transmigrators, believe himself to be the destined protagonist, and have memories of using systems in his mind.
In plain terms, it was a native being created by the world will of the Great Desolation after devouring the true protagonist, possessing the protagonist's memories but being a puppet.
These seemingly transmigrator Ancient Saints were, in essence, the same as those native Ancient Saints, being native beings.
But because they were copies, these Ancient Saints possessed the memories of Earth transmigrators and considered themselves transmigrators and protagonists.
With this false cognition, they not only distinguished themselves from other Ancient Saints but also carried the weaknesses of Earth transmigrators.
As copies, they naturally copied the weaknesses as well.
Therefore, Fumeng dealt with Lu Ya Daojun, an Ancient Saint whose core memory was that of a true primary school student before transmigration, by directly amplifying his childish nature.
The true will of the Great Desolation world, that is, the fourteen-star world will.
This world will was actually the true ruler of this Great Desolation world, and the ultimate enemy that Fang Ming and Fumeng faced.
As for the large number of Ancient Saints, they were merely tools of this world will.