<h4>Chapter 5588 How To Maximize Yields</h4>


    Even Ves had to pause when he heard the term ''demonic cultivator''.


    It did not evoke any pleasant associations in his mind.


    A lot of cultivators tended to be crazy and extreme due to practicing weird methods.


    The more oundish and subversive the cultivation approach, the more they distorted its practitioners!


    Even cultivators had their limits. Anything that crossed the line and offended a lot of other beings probably got stuck with this undesirablebel.


    "What are demonic cultivators, exactly?" Ves asked his mother.


    "The definition of demonic cultivation is not absolute." Cynthia calmly responded. "It has changed frequently over the ages as cultures and environmental circumstances undergo major shifts. It is often associated with evil, but I personally do not agree with this sentiment. Is it evil for wolves to prey after sheep? Does the cat bear any guilt when it catches a mouse?"


    "Meow...!"


    Naturally, Lucky strongly disagreed with thatst sentiment!


    Irene crossed her arms. [The examples you have mentioned are part of the natural cycle of life. I presume that demonic cultivation goes beyond that. You are talking about disrupting and destroying entire ecosystems for selfish gains. Such deeds will not go unpunished.]


    "So what, Irene?" Cynthia sneered at the god pilot. "You are aspiring to be the Greater God King of Destruction. It is impossible for an innocent soul to upy this throne. You should know as well as I do that the best way to progress your cultivation is to give in to your true nature. Your domain is centered around the concept of destruction. Even if you do not employ special cultivation techniques, I can promise you that you can speed up your growth and deepen your understanding of destruction by shattering arge amount ofs. The more lives you destroy, the more you will resonate with this universal rule."


    Ves found it rather perplexing that a destructive god pilot like Irene was so reluctant to employ her greatest power.


    Then again, all of the battles and scuffles that she fought in the past were rtively small in scale. Humanity during the Age of Mechs had paused the massive conquests of the past in order to rebuild and consolidate all of its gains.


    Now, red humans needed to go back to the more aggressive and ruthless approach that their predecessors had embraced in the past.


    The Destroyer of Worlds needed to adapt to a different set of rules!


    [So if I want to save red humanity, I must ept the identity of a demon, is that what you are trying to convey?]


    Cynthia nodded. "People shall fear you. The aliens will hate you beyond measure. Perhaps one day, much of red humanity shall turn against you, fearing that you have be so corrupted that you may eventually turn your god mech''s powerful weapons against your own people. No matter how much you try to defend yourself, your frightening record will render any persuasion ineffective. This is the fate of a true demonic cultivator. Are you willing to bear this injustice in order to fulfill your ultimate goal?"


    At this point, it would be stupid for Irene to remain obstinate. [The missiones first. I am capable of setting aside my personal concerns in order to advance the greater good. Tell me what I must do in order to gain the strength to dominate the Red Ocean.]


    That was exactly what Cynthia was waiting for. She gestured towards the image of the dwarf gxy past the illusionary window of the starshippartment.


    A view shifted as therge proportion of space upied by the native alien races lit up. This was the base of faith that the Destroyer of Worlds must target.


    "Faith is the power that separates True Gods from foundation builders and domain shapers. Any True God that aspires to be a God King must practice a form of cultivation that maximizes their intake of faith energy. You can make a good start by destroyings upied by millions if not billions of nunsers, orvens and other intelligent aliens. Many of these beings are weak. Killing trillions of them is far from enough. You need to keep destroying more and mores to the point where you have depopted entire zones."


    The alien territories started to darken and dim. The amount of stars that had lost all life grew to such a frightening scale that Ves could not imagine how many souls would have perished at Irene''s hands!


    [We cannot engage in total annihtion. The other leaders of red humanity will not tolerate this scale of destruction.] Irene remarked with a frown. [All of the major human groups desire to expand their territories and increase their living space in order to support arger poption base. It is eptable for me to destroy a modest number of highly fortified alien strongholds, but once I go too far, I will interfere with too many ns.]


    Cynthia did not look too surprised. "Then you must go deeper and be more selective with your targets. The risks are greater, but you will be able to make every alien fear for their lives."


    The image of the Red Ocean changed. Entire territories no longer descended into total darkness. Instead, they only dimmed to a modest degree, showing that they still preserved enough pockets of life.


    The difference now was that the spread of darkness became more pervasive. The Destroyer of Worlds needed to destroy the keys and poption centers across the entire Red Ocean in order to harvest the immense quantity of faith needed to fuel her cultivation!


    [This is more eptable, but is it truly enough to elevate me to a God King?]


    "No." Cynthia admitted. "You need to warm up your subjects before you harvest their lives. It is best not to blow up thes in an instant without warning. You need to... put on a performance. The more your impending victims be aware of you and your threat towards them, the more they shall pray for your mercy and forgiveness. Denying their requests will evoke such strong emotions that their faith will be more intense and rewarding to you. The greater the suffering, the sweeter the rewards."


    Ves couldn''t help but shudder when he heard that. Howe he had the feeling that his mother was speaking from personal experience when she exined her n?


    Cynthia grew confident enough to create a small image of a generic alien. It looked like a typical military and industrial hub of the orven race.


    "Let us say that this can produce too units of faith energy if you blow it up right away."


    The promptly got struck by an explosive shell blessed by Emma before blowing up in a ruinous fashion!


    "This is an enormous waste." The more traditional True God said in clear disapproval. "You have not only given the aliens too little time to say their prayers, but also prevented them from directing their faith to you. If you want to increase your yield, you must let them know who is responsible for dooming their lives."


    The image changed to depict an orven city that had be gripped by despair.


    The tall humanoid aliens somehow learned of what wasing. Many of them panicked andshed out against their own kind.


    Others went back to their homes and embraced their family for a final time before they met their end.


    Theplete and total helplessness of the orvens produced remarkably strong reactions, all of which caused the''s output of faith energy to spike!


    "Do you see, Irene? How manys have you blown up where the alien residents knew what wasing? Even if you did not take the initiative to absorb their faith, you should be able to tell the difference. If the base ie is too units of faith energy, then announcing your arrival and letting the aliens stew for an hour may increase your yield by as much as 500 or 1000 units of faith energy."


    Irene found the sight of all of this chaos and suffering to be distasteful.


    [I understand. I do not like it, but I shall adopt this strategy if I can satisfy my goal with fewers destroyed at my hand.]


    m not finished yet, Irene. If you truly want to amplify the gains you can obtain from a single, then you must be more proactive in spreading your faith. It is best to form a new church based on a religion of destruction. Cultivate alien priests through whatever means necessary and dispatch them to all of the densely popteds that you deem as eligible targets. The more your church captures the poption, the more faith you will gain from harvesting their lives. You can im the sweetest rewards when they willingly devote all of their faith to you at the moment your power deprive them of their lives."


    The image changed to show an example of this shockingyout.


    It showed snapshots of captured aliens getting brainwashed and indoctrinated by the subordinates of the Destroyer of Worlds.


    Once these orvens and nunsers hadpleted their ''training'', they secretly got shipped back to alien space where they promptly ''returned'' to their native societies.


    Once they took root on differents, the returnees began to form various local cults.


    Through the well-established maniption methods taught by the human race, many of these cult leaders started to build up arger andrger following.


    No matter if the alien rulers attempted to suppress the subversive religion that imed that their doomsday wasing, the beliefs could never be entirely eradicated!


    It did not matter if the alien believers were sincere about their faith or not. They just needed to be familiar enough with the supposed Goddess of Destruction that would ostensiblye and annihte them all one day!


    All of this was preparation work for the real deal. Once the alien heralds had done their jobs, all the Destroyer of Worlds needed to do wase and reap an extremely ripe and abundant harvest!


    The image showed how that would look. The skies darkened as the Ragnarok arrived in high orbit of the.


    Irene''s god kingdom spread out to such a powerful extent that it blocked out the light of the local star and engulfed the lit side of the in an eclipse!


    This was the signal that the Cult of Destruction had warned about!


    When all of the weak and defenseless aliens realized that the doomsday prophecy spread by the new cult wasing true, all of them would gopletely mad!


    Millions of orvens destroyed the idols that represented their own native gods and fell to their knees in order to beg for forgiveness from the cruel foreign goddess!


    Cultists who had prayed to the Goddess of Destruction for months and years would celebrate her arrival by egging on the masses and spreading their self-destructive gospel even further!


    Once the Ragnarok fired the ultimate shell that destroyed the and every alien that resided on the surface, the cultists as well as the other aliens that had be influenced by the new beliefs all dedicated an enormous amount of faith to the True God that had reaped their lives!


    "How much... how much faith energy can Irene harvest in this scenario?" Ves asked.


    His mother smirked back at him. "The upper limit is high. There is arge amount of room for expansion depending on how extensively the cult has prated the and how many converts have turned into fanatical believers. A good operation should easily increase the expected yield by as much as 100,000 units of faith energy!"


    Both Ves and Irene looked shocked when they heard this response!


    That was a massive increasepared to a base ie of just 100 faith energy.


    Ves never knew that prepping the target by causing them to convert to a religion that foretold their own doom could make such a massive difference!


    His mother... was a genius!