Chapter 85: The Goddess of Dance Strikes Back

The players nodded thoughtfully, seeming to agree with the reasoning. A woman dressed in blue asked, “Streamer, does that mean we shouldn’t learn at all?”

Le Xiaotian chuckled, “Of course not. It means we need to be discerning in our studies—discard the worthless, embrace the valuable. Especially in this era of information overload, knowing how to choose what benefits you is crucial.”

A young man challenged, “But how do we know what’s worthless and what’s valuable?”

Le Xiaotian gave him an approving glance. “Good question. That’s something you have to judge for yourself. As for how to learn, we can use the original 260-character text from the author Twelve Water Jade to unify all philosophical questions of living beings. No need to search—later in the full text, the Water Jade of Humanity will explain it all.”

“Water Jade of Humanity: Humans excel at learning, guided by imitation. First comes imitation, then learning. If you wish to become truly human, you must love to learn,” the players replied in unison. This was the foundation of humanity—their defining trait was their love of learning.

Le Xiaotian nodded. “Many don’t realize it. In truth, whether it’s clothing, food, shelter, entertainment, poetry, music, chess, calligraphy, painting, and so on, the ultimate goal is global unity. If you can’t understand or achieve this, you’ll be left behind.”

At this, his expression shifted. “Enough with academic matters. Let’s talk about the dance technique just now.”

He then made a gesture in the air, as if grasping at something invisible.

Instantly, a light screen appeared, displaying footage of Electro Music Demon and Dance Sprite dancing.

Enlarging the screen, he fast-forwarded through the saved game video, explaining, “Look, the intentions of Electro Music Demon and Dance Sprite are quite clear. Their movements are meant to create a sense of spatial layering.”

Dance Sprite stepped forward to supplement, “That’s right. Music and dance are not only temporal arts—they are spatial arts as well. Visual arts and sculpture work differently; they begin with the whole and move to the parts, but their limitations are great. Our purpose just now was to enhance this sense of spatial layering.”

Le Xiaotian laughed and then pulled up footage of himself and Chen Fang dancing.

He enlarged the frame, sped it up, and said, smiling, “The dance by the two streamers earlier was merely rudimentary three-dimensional movement—almost no sense of depth, and certainly not lively. But watch closely at the dance between me and Fang.”

After watching the video, the players were stunned. They finally understood the system’s judgment was correct.

Fang was tossed up and down, full of vitality and dramatic movement.

Crucially, as Dance Sprite had said, music and dance are abstract arts that start from the part and move toward the whole.

Now, seeing the whole picture, it was a revelation—astonishing beyond words.

The wandering Dance God spun like a gyroscope—not just randomly turning, but crafting a perfect sense of spatial layering.

Just as the dance move was named “Lotus Bloom,” Fang was the flower’s heart, and he was the petals.

The petals wrapped around the heart in layers, and this formation was achieved by reversing the unfolding of each petal.

Seeing this, many players suddenly understood, turning to look at Le Xiaotian as if gazing at a god of dance, worshipful without end.

Electro Music Demon and Dance Sprite, skeptical at first, watched again and again, only growing more shocked each time.

Likewise, the eighteen experts with foaming mouths and shining eyes recognized this as textbook-level video material.

Sweeping his gaze across the crowd, Le Xiaotian remained calm. “Let’s continue. If anyone can outdance me, I’ll share all my previous video materials with everyone.”

Silence.

A deathly hush.

The “Dance Across Heaven and Earth” videos had many uses: players could save them to improve their own skills, show them for hygiene purposes, or treat them as secret techniques—extremely precious.

Now, the wandering Dance God had put on a dazzling display. Even gleaning a fraction from him would mean a significant leap in one’s abilities.

So the players could scarcely believe it. He was actually willing to give away such priceless material.

At that moment, Chen Fang sent him a private voice message. “Xiaotian, since you intend to teach them your dance techniques, why not just give it to them? It’s impossible for them to beat you.”

Le Xiaotian replied privately, “Fang, if it’s too easy for them to obtain, they won’t value it properly. Then giving it away would be pointless.”

Chen Fang, clever as she was, immediately understood.

Having made up his mind and rested enough, Le Xiaotian stood up. “Don’t doubt it. If you want it, defeat me.”

Almost instantly, the players’ eyes changed, burning with fervor.

Classic Breeze now entered the stage.

At the same time, Butterfly Dance, the number one female dancer of Yunluo, appeared.

Seeing these two masters with power exceeding 200,000, the players began to howl skyward.

“We must win!”

“Go for it!”

“Do your best!”

Classic Breeze now felt immense pressure.

No matter what, today he had to defeat the wandering Dance God. And now, with the added responsibility of acquiring secret techniques.

Sensing their rising fighting spirit, Le Xiaotian smiled—the desired effect was achieved.

Through this dance battle, he had given himself a thorough physical upgrade. And the mindset of the players was shifting for the better.

After all, being embarrassed was a small matter; what really mattered was getting them to rethink music and dance, changing the entire environment of the Celestial Realm.

He walked to the imitation Thunder God’s demon stoat zither and began selecting songs, composing on the spot.

This time, fully rested, his speed was swift.

But just then, Butterfly Dance spoke. “Streamer, I’m grateful for your willingness to share your dance videos. But I have a request—if by some chance, some miracle, Brother Breeze and I defeat you, could you promise to quit the game?”

The players were instantly shocked—what was Butterfly Dance planning?

Le Xiaotian’s face darkened, but Butterfly Dance gave an apologetic smile. “Please don’t take offense. As you know, if you don’t change your name, when the global servers reopen, our faction will suffer unprecedented losses. I am unworthy, but my friends honor me—as Yunluo’s number one female dance god, I bear this responsibility.”

Buzzing messages erupted—over a hundred masters simultaneously messaged Butterfly Dance.

“Butterfly, the wandering Dance God is proud, but our relationship is improving. Isn’t this a bit much?”

“Can we even defeat him?”

“Is it really wise to offend him?”

To these concerns, Butterfly Dance replied collectively, “Everyone, don’t worry. Just now, he completed six thousand backflips in total, eight thousand floor moves with his back, and thirty thousand rotations using his head, hands, fingers, shoulders, elbows, and legs. His body’s reached the ultimate numbness, and he doesn’t realize it. Please, for the greater good, I won’t fail to bring him down.”