Chapter 1 The Heart

My uncle conjured a sharp dagger from the void and tossed it casually to his nephew with the languid air of someone about to commit seppuku. This dagger, a tool of the Scout profession, was incomparably sharp but lacked the ability to cause bleeding, perfect for slicing open the tough skin of a Night Wanderer without causing lasting damage!

"Uncle, can I have this dagger?" Zhang Yuanqing fondled the Sovereign-quality dagger, clearly enamored.

"If you're planning to give it to Fu Qingyang, he won't look twice at it. If you're thinking of Guan Ya, I'll give you something better when she reaches the Sovereign stage. Right now, she can't afford the price of using this dagger. As for you, it's useless!"

His uncle didn't agree.

*So stingy with so many treasures in the Myriad Treasures Tree*, Zhang Yuanqing grumbled inwardly. He gripped the dagger in reverse and stabbed it into his chest, cutting open his flesh to hold the black, pulsing heart connected to blood vessels in his palm!

His uncle leaned forward and placed his palm above the heart, causing tight, interlocking Void runes to appear on the surface of the black heart!

With a gentle twist of the family disgrace's wrist, Zhang Yuanqing watched the Void runes rapidly dissipate, thinning out.

He immediately shoved the heart back into his chest!

The next second, intense negative energy surged like an overturned river!

Zhang Yuanqing collapsed to the ground in agony, a solar mark appearing on his forehead, twisting into an inwardly collapsing black hole mark, then back into a solar mark.

The aura around him was sometimes evil and empty, sometimes pure and bright!

After repeated alternations, the power of the Day finally gained the upper hand, suppressing the Illusion God's heart and successfully taming it!

Zhang Yuanqing lay sprawled on the ground, gasping for breath. Compared to the initial, nearly uncontrollable fusion, this time the risk was much lower.

With the overbearing power of the Day suppressing the spiritual energy, he only needed to peel back the layers and remove the seal to avoid losing control of the Illusion God's heart. Once he became the Lord of the Sun, he could completely control the Illusion God's heart and become a dual-class demigod.

Zhang Yuanqing lay on the ground, panting and acclimating to his new skills.

[Void] is the core skill of Illusionists at the Sovereign stage. A Voidwalker at level 7 can nullify energy, an level 8 can nullify matter, and a level 9 can nullify rules. At the demigod stage, the ability to nullify can reduce conceptual things to nothingness.

Zhang Yuanqing's [Void] skill corresponds to level 7, but the Illusion God's heart is a demigod-level item, inherently possessing the characteristics of voiding rules!

There are two types of rules he can nullify: rules on the level of reality, such as apples falling down after ripening, fire burning, the sun rising in the east and setting in the west, and humans snapping off when they shit; and rules in the Lingjing (Spirit Realm) domain, referring to rule-based items and rule-based skills.

Zhang Yuanqing's current level couldn't nullify the rules that support the operation of the world, and his domain range wasn't large. In combat, he could nullify the rules that cause powerful kinetic energy in high-speed collisions, exhibiting an effect similar to an Alcoholic, but the Alcoholic's abilities are [Distortion], [Chaos], [Reversal], and [Erasure], which are more widely and flexibly applicable.

When dealing with rule-based items and skills, he can nullify rules below level 7, including level 7!

The limitation is that this skill can only be used three times a day. If it's used to nullify energy and spiritual power, there's no limit!

A level 9 Voidwalker can erase rules. *Tsk*, the sense of urgency only increased after advancing to Sovereign. Not to mention the demigod peak, even Sovereigns could manipulate and control rules. The boss's skills, which were nearly divine at the Saint stage, were less effective at the Sovereign stage.

Somewhat fatigued, Zhang Yuanqing got up and slumped onto the sofa, saying, "Uncle, another Coke, please."

His uncle immediately conjured a bottle of ice-cold Coke and tossed it over. "Adapt to the power of the Sovereign stage. Return to China as soon as possible to build your own force. I'm going back to be with your aunt. Oh, right, your mother is in New York County. She's very safe. Do you want to see her?"

Zhang Yuanqing remained silent.

"Huang Taiji," the Jian'ge (Sword Pavilion) Elder's eyes flashed as he looked at the Great Wilderness Old Emperor, Di Hong, and smiled, "It seems he has successfully advanced to Sovereign. Saints aren't qualified to participate in meetings at this level. If there is important information, Huang Taiji's correct course of action is to relay it to the meeting secretary instead of requesting to connect."

"The fact that he's requesting to connect indicates that he has the right to report his work at the meeting!"

"Let him in." Di Hong's serious face revealed a hint of a smile!

The meeting secretary immediately picked up his notebook and began tapping away, projecting a beam of azure light from the projector on the ceiling. Huang Taiji's figure appeared in the beam of light.

Huang Taiji had just finished the cleanup work and returned home, originally planning to call his grandfather to report information about Yuan Shi Tianzun, but was told that his grandfather, Di Hong, was in a meeting, so he simply connected directly!

This was also to inform the high-level members of the Five Elements Alliance that he had advanced to Sovereign!

Di Hong examined his grandson with satisfaction, the gloom in his heart dissipating a bit, and smiled, "You're here. We didn't enter the Lingjing to watch the Slaughter Instance. Report on the circumstances of your advancement to Sovereign!"

Everyone suppressed their shock and looked at Huang Taiji, waiting for him to announce the list of those who had advanced. Huang Taiji nodded slightly, "Yin Ji, Jiang Ju, Xiahou Aotian, Xiao Yuan."

"What are you talking about?" The Grand Elder of the Red Fire Gang interrupted him, puzzled, "Aren't there only three Sovereign slots?"

The others also looked confused!

Huang Taiji explained, "Because of Ling Tu, the Slaughter Instances in the First District and Second District merged, so there were six slots."

The nine power holders were shocked, then delighted. "Compared to six slots, we in the First District occupied four."

Ling Tu was stirring up trouble in the Lingjing, affecting the operating mechanism of the Lingjing, causing the fusion of the Slaughter Instances of the two districts. The aftereffects of this incident didn't need much dwelling on. Compared to that, the fact that the Slaughter Instance yielded four slots made these power holders sincerely happy and excited!

"You're rejoicing too early." Fu Qingyang glanced at the nine elders, whose faces were brimming with joy, and deliberately asked, "What about the last two slots?"

Huang Taiji thought for a moment, and under the gaze of the nine elders, he said each word clearly:

"Yuan Shi Tianzun."

A bolt from the blue!

The old men who had been beaming with joy a second ago now had stiff expressions, their smiles frozen on their faces. The Grand Elder of the Red Fire Gang suddenly stood up, his eyes wide as saucers. "Who did you say?"

His expression was even more shocked than when the Devil Lord had revived. Huang Taiji swept across the nine elders' shocked expressions, feeling a strange sense of pleasure in his heart, but his face remained steady:

"Yuan Shi Tianzun! He's not dead. We were able to clear this Slaughter Instance entirely because of him!"

He immediately told everyone in detail what had happened in the Slaughter Instance after his advancement to Sovereign.

The conference room fell into an eerie silence, and an indescribable stiff atmosphere enveloped the nine peak Sovereigns who held power, their faces strangely silent!

After an unknown amount of time, the Myriad Flowers Association's Wonderful Elder looked at Fu Qingyang and said in a deep voice, "So, the Gou Mang (God of Spring) in New York County is him. You knew all along that Yuan Shi Tianzun wasn't dead. How did he revive? The Mother Goddess's womb?"

Fu Qingyang's expression was indifferent, but his tone was cheerful. "I don't know what you're talking about. I was also surprised that Yuan Shi wasn't dead!"

He would never admit to colluding with the Demon Eye to save Yuan Shi Tianzun. Whether it was colluding with the Heavenly King of the Soldiers Sect or reviving the murderer of Elder Cai, it would become ammunition for his political enemies.

The nine elders exchanged glances, Yuan Shi Tianzun was actually not dead and had even become a Sovereign, and had assisted the Five Elements Alliance's Saints in advancing in the Slaughter Instance. Their hearts were filled with mixed feelings, and for a moment they couldn't tell whether it was regret or joy, fear or relief!

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Fu Qingyang continued, "Instead of caring about Yuan Shi Tianzun's revival, I'm more concerned about the Devil Lord's resurrection and what relationship he has to it!"

The nine elders shook off the emotion that the kid was actually still alive and looked at Huang Taiji.

Huang Taiji then informed the nine elders of Yuan Shi Tianzun's abnormalities in the Slaughter Instance. There was no need to hide these things, nor could they be hidden, since there were many people present at the time.

"The Devil Lord is a centipede that won't die." The Great Elder Di Hong frowned and pondered, "But if he isn't dead, Yuan Shi Tianzun couldn't have inherited the character card."

The Wonderful Elder also expressed her opinion, "If the Devil Lord wasn't dead, the response from the Taiyi Sect Leader wouldn't have been so lukewarm, and the Alliance Leaders would have informed us long ago..."

"Since Yuan Shi Tianzun isn't dead, then just ask him directly." At this point, everyone turned their attention to Fu Qingyang.

Young Master Qian said lightly,

"He is no longer a member of the Five Elements Alliance." This was to point out that you can no longer use identity and position to demand that he do anything.

In the ears of the nine elders, it sounded like Fu Qingyang was demanding power and position for Yuan Shi Tianzun!

The Grand Elder of the Red Fire Gang immediately said, "Since he's not dead, then he should return to the Five Elements Alliance. We can use his reputation to boost morale. The Lingjing has been malfunctioning one after another recently, making the members at the middle and lower levels uneasy."

The Great Elder of the Water God Palace said coldly, "Posts discussing the Moral Value incident are constantly appearing in the forum. If they know that it is related to Yuan Shi Tianzun, his prestige will be unmatched. Have you forgotten his past attitude of leveraging merit for self-importance? He was difficult to control when he was a Saint, how will we suppress him now that he has become a Sovereign?"

The Wonderful Elder thought for a moment and said, "The Elder position in Songhai is not lacking, we can consider transferring him to a poverty-stricken province. Young people need experience, and then let him do whatever he wants!"

If Yuan Shi Tianzun had extremely high workplace EQ, that would be one thing, but he's a troublemaker!

The best way is to send him to a poverty-stricken province to reclaim wasteland. With Yuan Shi Tianzun's personality, which can't tolerate sand in his eyes, he can just clean up the evil professions in the impoverished areas, killing two birds with one stone!

The nine elders began to discuss and deliberate on what position to give Yuan Shi Tianzun, and how to use his return to boost the morale of official members.

Before long, the nine elders reached a consensus to transfer Yuan Shi to the Qinghe branch, and let him guard the border of the Eight Gui Province.

Di Hong looked at Fu Qingyang, "Elder Fu, if there are no objections, you will be responsible for contacting Yuan Shi Tianzun."

"No problem!" Fu Qingyang smiled, as arrogant as ever. *These old guys*.

New York County, Queens District, a villa far from the prime location!

Just after coming out of the basement, and sitting at the dining table cutting the chef's cooked rare steak and pan-fried cod, the lights outside the villa were bright, and police cars and ambulances were driving in and out of the neighborhood.

The neighborhood property management had contacted a construction team to repair the cracked roads and damaged public facilities.

A few hours ago, the neighborhood was attacked by evil professions. A transport vehicle violently crashed through the neighborhood gate, killing the gatekeeper and the property staff who tried to stop the violence.

Then, these evil professions broke into villas from house to house, loading valuables such as safes, jewelry, cash, and antiques onto transport vehicles.

Villa owners who resisted were killed directly, and beautiful women were either raped on the spot or taken away along with the property.

Fortunately, most of the owners were at work during the day and escaped the disaster. After several hours of revelry, the evil professions left with their loot, leaving behind a scene of devastation.

Chen Shu had long since hidden in the basement, leaving only a bodyguard to guard the villa. That bodyguard was a Sovereign-level wind mage profession member of the Jishi Society (World Saving Society).

Chen Shu's villa was lucky enough not to be looted, because she didn't know whether the Moral Value would be restored or not. That Overseer had not intervened in the revelry of the evil professions from beginning to end. If these evil professions backed by organizations died here, it was very likely to attract Sovereigns from the evil camp. If a Sovereign-level battle broke out in the villa, Chen Shu in the basement would surely die!

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In addition, thick purple fog enveloped the entire New York County. The fluctuations propagated by the demigod-level battle frightened even the Sovereigns.

In this situation, low-key hiding was the way to survive. Chen Shu swallowed the steak and looked at the Overseer opposite her, saying, "The Chairman just sent a message that the Moral Value will not disappear again, at least not in the short term!"

That Overseer was a Caucasian woman with three-dimensional features and sentiment, Lingjing ID Sophia, taken from a character by a famous Japanese animator.

Sophia had sharp brown eyes, flowing black hair, wearing a white OL suit, and glasses with a female frame, dressed as an intellectual mature woman with a restrained look!

As the bodyguard of the Chairman of the Jishi Society, she first breathed a sigh of relief, but as her bodyguard, her mood was still heavy.

The evil camp's attacks were becoming more and more frequent and more and more intense. The camp was limited to a small camp in New York County, hunting a large number of Saints and several Sovereigns!

"Compared to official organizations, the power of our Jishi Society is still too weak. Faced with the rolling tide, we can only drift with the current. This sense of powerlessness makes people very uneasy!" Having been with Chen Shu for a long time, she occasionally used idioms.

Chen Shu said in a calm tone, "Wait, when our Lord of the Sun grows up, the Jishi Society will also become a behemoth in the orderly camp."

A hint of curiosity appeared on Sophia's delicate and three-dimensional face. "Chairman, who exactly is the Lord of the Sun we are supporting?"

Suddenly, her expression changed. The flowing wind told her that someone had suddenly appeared in the yard!

Sophia stood up abruptly. "Someone broke in, it's..."

Before she could finish speaking, a starlight lit up in the wide and bright dining room, and a handsome, tall, and expressionless young man appeared in the rising starlight.