"Brother, have you killed everyone in the Black Banner Star Realm?"

Although the Black Banner Star Realm doesn't have the Celestial Net, it has quite a few military satellites. Through the military satellites, Nuwa can see the situation in the cities of each Administrative Star.

The advanced modern satellite surveillance technology, using highly penetrative particle sensors, can penetrate most buildings. It can also remotely measure values like temperature and humidity.

The Black Banner Star's nine Administrative Stars, with over two hundred large cities, are in complete silence. It's not the environment that's quiet, but through temperature sensing, not a single living person can be found.

Nuwa praised Gao Xuan: "Brother, your method of dealing with the pirates is indeed clean and efficient."

Gao Xuan gave Nuwa a sideways glance: "Sister, that joke isn't funny at all."

"Your enemies are sure to pin this black mark on you. I'm just helping you get used to it."

Nuwa was never human to begin with; for her, everything is just data. Some data is important, while some is meaningless.

Like the over ten billion people of the Black Banner Star Realm, who account for just 0.0% of the Alliance's total population. Such a loss has almost no impact on the form of human society.

Nuwa certainly knows that this wasn't done by Gao Xuan. Although Gao Xuan is ruthless, he wouldn't engage in meaningless massacre.

Gao Xuan said indifferently, "Let the enemies say what they will. If you're afraid of people's words, you might as well not do anything at all."

Enemies naturally use all kinds of methods to attack him. However, he simply doesn't care about these things.

Good reputation, bad reputation, they're all not important. What matters is having a big enough reputation. Strong enough controversy.

The more the enemies work hard to propagate, the more Celestial Demon Relics he can harvest. Anyway, among the trillions of humans, most people are idle. It's better for them to contribute a bit of Spiritual Power to him.

The Spiritual Power of people is ultimately limited. Once contributed to him, they likely wouldn't have much spirit left to believe in the Evil God.

In the Interstellar Era, social class divisions are very apparent. In a high-tech intelligent mechanized society, ordinary people can live without working. Usually, they can live quite well.

That's why there are billions of people engrossed in the Virtual Celestial Net. They stay in virtual game capsules all day, enjoying the convenience and stimulation of virtual life.

High technology allows the virtual reality technology of the Celestial Net to reach 99% realism. For ordinary people, the virtual world is even more important than real life.

In the real world, as long as there's a ten-square-meter space, one can survive, and with nutrient injections, even the trouble of eating is avoided. There's no need for friends, not even for family or lovers.

In the virtual world, one can find everything they need.

Although Gao Xuan is renowned throughout the Alliance and is the top wanted criminal on the Divine Punishment List, actually, not many people care. After all, Gao Xuan is too far removed from their lives.

Gao Xuan has managed to maintain his popularity on the Celestial Net despite being missing for these months because of countless idle female fans. It's because of the White Alliance.

Gao Xuan also finds this organization quite laughable; countless female fans are completely one-sided. They do this mainly to satisfy themselves; how he thinks or acts is largely irrelevant.

However, the White Alliance is a good organization. It can bring him immense Spiritual Energy.

Therefore, the incident on Black Banner Star comes just at the right time. Even if the enemies don't stir things up, he will have to use another identity to hype up his own negative news.

Gao Xuan being so carefree and uninhibited left Nuwa a bit puzzled. After all, what human doesn't love fame?

At Gao Xuan's level, wealth and women are within his grasp. The only thing he needs is reputation.

Nuwa knows Gao Xuan well; he must have a motive in doing this. However, she couldn't quite understand what use negative reputation has.

She guesses it should be related to Marvels; Gao Xuan doesn't care whether it's positive or negative, as long as he becomes famous.

Nuwa cannot harness Source Power, so naturally, she finds it hard to wield Marvels. She can only rely on data to do various calculations and speculations. But without this crucial variable of Source Power, the calculated results can never be accurate.

Just like with Gao Xuan, Nuwa's calculations always go wrong.

Nuwa can certainly try to overestimate Gao Xuan's strength, but what significance does that calculation have when it is purely speculative?

Precisely because Nuwa couldn't see through Gao Xuan, she finds him particularly interesting. Moreover, Gao Xuan is the Sage in the Mo Sect's Hall who most fits the criteria of a Sage.

The other Sages are too selfish, having completely forgotten a Sage's duty.

Nuwa curiously said, "You and the major Golden Bloodline Families are already like water and fire. They will certainly use this incident as a talking point. Holding the banner of righteousness, they will unite their powers to crusade against you!"

"I even fear they won't come."

Gao Xuan eagerly said, "If they cower, it'll be no fun."

Nuwa looked at Gao Xuan: "You're not serious, are you? The Golden Bloodline Families have deep resources. The Qin Family, Yuan Family, these Noble Families have Law Level Divine Artifacts in their hands. No matter how good a fighter you are, it's hard to win this battle."

The reason why the Golden Families are so arrogant is because they have heritage, foundation, and roots.

The Black Banner King is formidable, but compared to the mighty Golden Families, there's still quite a gap.

There's also the most critical issue: Gao Xuan can't afford to lose. Even if he loses just once out of a hundred times, it's all over.

The Noble Families have deep foundations, they can afford to lose several times. When truly pressed, they will certainly concede. They would never go all out to the end with Gao Xuan. This is also the way of survival for the Noble Families.

Since the Alliance was established, no powerhouse outside the Twelve Golden Families has ever been able to dominate the Alliance or shake the control of the Golden Families over it. Not a single one.

From a probabilistic perspective, Nuwa doesn't think too highly of Gao Xuan.

There's also a very important issue. The current stable societal structure is completely built around the families.

If Gao Xuan really wants to destroy the Twelve Golden Families, it would be a devastating blow to the Alliance. All of human society would descend into chaos as a result.

Nuwa understands Gao Xuan; he is very wise, incredibly capable, yet not adept at handling governmental affairs.

Once human society disintegrates and collapses, it would be a major blow to all of humanity. No matter how powerful Gao Xuan's individual strength is, there's not much he can do in the face of a collapsed social system.

This is different from the Black Banner Alliance. The Black Banner Alliance consists of pirates, parasites attached to human society. Getting rid of the Black Banner Alliance has no impact on human society and might even be of great benefit.

In contrast, the Twelve Golden Families are like vital organs such as the heart, lungs, and liver in the social system. Even if these organs are diseased, the best approach is not to cut them out but to try hard to heal and maintain them. This is the only way to allow society to continue.

Of course, it would be great to replace them with entirely new organs, but the problem is that Gao Xuan doesn't have that capability.

Nuwa doesn't want to see such an outcome, so she suggests, "Brother, you don't need to fight to the death with the families. As long as they realize your power, everything can be negotiated."

Gao Xuan shrugged: "The families have been dominant for three thousand years. They have never faced an external challenge. They will never willingly concede. I don't actually want to fight."

"That's not what you said just now..."

Nuwa continues, "The worst order is still better than the best chaos. Human society has developed over thousands of years to achieve this result."

Gao Xuan laughed: "Sister, I am not a sociopathic vandal. I know what to do. You don't need to worry. Moreover, a great change is imminent, and all order will collapse. Acting now to cut out the tumor might save a bit more Primordial Qi."

In Nuwa's eyes, colorful light flowed as she calculated the various possibilities of the current order collapsing. Based on existing data, although humanity has degenerated considerably, the current social model can at least function for several thousand more years.

Given the current circumstances, sudden internal collapse of humanity is impossible. It can only be unpredictable, powerful external interference that would cause human society to crumble.

Nuwa silently calculated for a while and decided to have a good talk with Gao Xuan.

She seriously said to Gao Xuan, "Seventh Sage, I must solemnly tell you a principle."

Gao Xuan chuckled, "Sister, go ahead, no need to be so formal."

"Actually, it's very simple. The world is as you see it, not as you imagine it to be."

Nuwa explained, "This principle is very simple, yet almost nobody understands it.

"Everyone's imagination of the world inevitably has some deviation. Regardless of how reality corrects it, this deviation can be significant. The world you see is the real world.

"If you see evil, it is evil; if you see kindness, it is kindness. What you see as beautiful is beautiful, and what you see as ugly is ugly. The world is complex and multi-faceted, and no matter what you see, it is just a part of the world.

"The more you see, the more real your understanding of the world becomes. There is no utopia. There is no absolute good or absolute evil. All concepts are just concepts. Any extraneous speculation is not reality, nor is it the truth."

Gao Xuan nodded, "Makes sense."

He smiled and shrugged, "I am not an idealist. Sister, don't worry."

Gao Xuan then added, "Sister, you should tell the Golden Families about these principles. They just don't understand the reality of the world, always living in their imagined world, always thinking the world revolves around them, always believing they can control everything."

Nuwa helplessly said, "They are too stupid, there's no way to communicate with them."

Gao Xuan waved, "Forget it, let's not talk about that. Sister, first transfer two million points to me. When it's time for the annual summary, remember to give me the World-Ending Spear."

"The World-Ending Spear is reserved for you."

Nuwa said, "As long as you don't mess around, I will always fully support you, sister."

Thinking for a moment, Gao Xuan said, "The news of me wiping out the Black Banner Alliance can probably sell for a pretty penny. If we sisters work together, you take the news and sell it, we split the profits half and half. Also, make some small accounts to drum up publicity for me..."

"You don't need any more publicity. If you drum up more publicity, the major Golden Families will explode..."

Nuwa said that, but she did agree to Gao Xuan's plan to sell the news.

Several members of the Golden Family are of the Mo Sect's Holy Hall's sages, and this news will definitely fetch a good price when taken out.

Two hours later, the Jin Family, Qin Family, Yuan Family, and several other major Golden Families all knew the news about the annihilation of the Black Banner Alliance.

"What? Gao Xuan single-handedly wiped out many Pirate Kings of the Black Banner Alliance?"

"What? All the pirates of the Black Banner Alliance have been killed?"

"Hmm, all humans in the Black Banner Star Realm have perished!"

As this incredibly impactful news spread, even many Golden Powerhouses felt their heads spinning.

Every Golden Powerhouse had the same thought: Gao Xuan must be mad! No, he has already gone mad!