Chapter 1 Memories of Tartaros

Su Zhou's memories of the reincarnation world, Tartaros, were still very clear.

In that world, Su Zhou had left behind many 'first' memories.

For example, the first time he fought a powerful enemy of the ruling class, even a 'god', and the first time he achieved the ruling class himself.

Also, the first time he forged his true form and used a breath that fused multiple elements.

Here, Su Zhou achieved the feat of 'saving the world' for the first time, pulling the world of Tartaros out of the endless cycle of elements.

Moreover, it was here that Su Zhou truly encountered a 'great existence' other than Yala, who was sealed within.

Su Zhou's communication with the Silent Lord was also the first time he understood the concept of 'great existence', why the 'Silent Lord' was sealed, and why He believed He was right, as well as Their values.

As for the 'Tree of the Great Dao' in the Divine Wood World, although it was theoretically the first, Su Zhou was too weak at that time. In essence, that time was just Yala communicating with the Tree of the Great Dao, and he didn't actually have personal contact with that great existence.

On the other hand, in the reincarnation world, because of the opening of a new era, the Silent Lord noticed him and even took the initiative to descend to meet him... In other words, the Silent Lord was indeed the second great existence to favor him after Yala—and to a very high degree, otherwise, He wouldn't have tried to dig into Yala's foundation.

"Hmph."

Thinking of this, Su Zhou heard a cold snort from Yala in his ear. He chuckled and said in his heart with some emotion, "Speaking of which, my true form at that time didn't even have wings. Even the design of the spiritual power organs in my body could barely form a rudimentary turret."

"If Elias hadn't used the power of the elemental array, I would have undoubtedly lost that battle."

Recalling the past, the young man couldn't help but smile slightly, and the scene of joining hands with Elias to severely damage the Water God appeared in his mind.

And in the end, the two of them joined hands with the Wind God, and the three of them went to the bottom of the world labyrinth together, jointly found the elemental core, created the Heart of the Four Elements, created a new era, and shaped the world as it is today.

At this moment, Su Zhou could see Eamon paying his respects to him.

This gray-haired priest crossed storms and raging waves, persevering in the raging waves for several hours, just to see him, which could be said to be extremely pious.

"It might be a good choice to have someone like this lead me to understand this world."

Thinking like this, Su Zhou turned his head and looked around the world.

Now, the dark clouds in the sky above Joyful Sea had dissipated, and the sea was calm, as smooth as a mirror. The azure sea reflected the shadow of the sky, and the air was filled with the freshness after the rain and the smell of the sea breeze.

—Ah, this light! Ah, this water! Ah! This cloud and sea!

Even the Earth after the revival of spiritual energy couldn't compare to this azure sea and clear air. After all, environmental pollution wasn't something that could be restored immediately with the revival of spiritual energy.

"It's so beautiful, as expected of the new world I created!"

Although he boasted like this in his heart, Su Zhou still smiled calmly on the surface.

"Go, my apostle."

He said to Eamon, his spiritual power vibrating, and he spoke in both the spirit world and the real world, making his voice sound as if it came from a distant place, with heavy echoes, "Do not publicize, remain silent."

"Then, show me the appearance of this new era."

"Yes, this is my honor!"

Hearing Su Zhou's instructions, Eamon immediately responded with great excitement. The tall, middle-aged priest's heart was now filled with supreme glory.

Even now, Eamon still couldn't believe that his exploration of the place of divine descent had actually allowed him to meet the Lord after the divine descent!

You must know that he originally just wanted to come here to feel a little divine aura in the place of divine descent, and by the way, pray to see if he could get closer to God.

Although the Lord didn't descend in the common dragon form, but in the image of a somewhat unfamiliar black-haired young man, feeling the sacredness coming from in front of him, the same aura he felt when he prayed and used divine magic, and the throbbing in his blood... How could this be false?

It couldn't be more real.

Now, Eamon was 100% sure that this sea area would become the sacred prayer place of the Lord of Judgment in the future, just like the 'Sacred Fire Tower' where the Lord of Fire last descended. In the future, it would be full of Judgment believers who came to pray and praise, and even Twilight City would become a holy city.

"—But, is this real? Is the one in front of me the real Lord of Judgment, my God?"

But for some reason, such doubts suddenly arose in Eamon's heart.

But soon, this ethereal doubt was suppressed and regarded as a reaction of instinctively not daring to believe the facts because he was too surprised.

After all, the great power that calmed the storm and calmed the tide in an instant, and the divine power that allowed him to walk in the sea were undoubtedly miracles.

Who else could the existence in front of him be other than the Lord?

"But... how should I go back?"

After suppressing the excitement and a trace of confusion in his heart, Eamon, who began to think about reality, raised his head and looked around, and couldn't help but feel distressed.

He could see that the elemental boat he had driven before had stopped and was now floating quietly on the sea, like a fallen leaf on the river.

But without the gray-haired priest having to check it himself, he knew at a glance that this boat was unusable—the elemental furnace had been running at a high load for a long time. If it continued to run, it would be fine, but after stopping and cooling down, the furnace core couldn't be restarted.

Could it be that he not only had to let the Lord ride in such a small boat with him, but also had to row the oars himself and paddle back to Twilight City?

Disrespectful, this is great disrespect!

"I see."

Su Zhou naturally noticed the tangle in Eamon's heart at this time. He didn't even need the Mind of No Thought to understand what the other party was worried about.

Immediately, the young man shook his head, and then a large amount of mist-like Lan Seeds涌涌涌 from behind him, turning into a blue mist, and then quickly forming a rocket-like structure, wrapping himself and Eamon in it.

Since Su Zhou advanced to Overlord, with the Heavenly Soul Karma Position, all his divine powers have gone a step further, and the Lan Seed is naturally the same—now Su Zhou's Lan Seed is not only smaller in size, but also the number of Lan Seeds he can control has increased tenfold, and the rocket structure that used to take several seconds to construct can now be generated in an instant.

Of course, it may also be a matter of practice makes perfect. After all, the concept represented by Zhuzhou also has rockets, which is a universal truth verified by many world myths.

And for Eamon, in an instant, the blue divine light enveloped him, and the next moment, as a sonic boom cloud exploded, he realized that the golden sea around him was flying backwards, and the whole person was rushing rapidly towards the coast.

"So, so fast! Is this the power of the Lord?!" He couldn't help but exclaim.

—Of course, more than half of it is imitating the power of science, the power of rockets.

Eamon didn't know that Su Zhou could hear his inner voice, and even complain.

The priest heard the voice from God in the light wrapped in Lan Seeds.

"Eamon, tell me, what are the recent developments of the Lord of Fire and the Lord of Wind, and to what extent has this world generally developed?"

"According to your will."

Eamon wasn't surprised at all that Su Zhou knew his name—it would be strange if the Lord didn't know the name of his believers.

But it was precisely because of this that the gray-haired priest felt a little strange.

Why would the Lord, who theoretically knows everything, ask him about these things?

After all, he had worked in the Holy Church for decades, and was very familiar with both the work of the defender and the adjudicator. He was meticulous and extremely good at finding logical loopholes—could it be that the Lords are not together in the God Realm?

Or is it that the Lord doesn't actually know the situation in the world?

But if this is the case, then how does the Lord descend miracles and punish and judge all those who violate the covenant?

A trace of doubt arose in Eamon's heart again—but soon, he couldn't help but whisper to himself, repeating the holy words in the covenant.

"Only by questioning will we not forget. Questioning is an instinct, painful, and the most powerful means of maintaining memory."

"We must always have a questioning heart, so that we will not forget the way of justice!"

After finishing his self-talk, the priest suddenly had a look of enlightenment: "I see, this is the Lord's test for me. The Lord wants to examine my understanding of this world!"

He looked at Su Zhou, his face suddenly becoming more pious: "I actually forgot the holy words of the Lord of Judgment in the covenant, no wonder the Lord would use this method to remind me of my immaturity!"

Su Zhou: "?"

—This sentence is really good, who said it?

—Ah, it turns out it's me, then it's okay.

Suppressing these words in his heart, although he couldn't help but complain in his heart, Su Zhou had to admit that the principles expounded in those 'Holy Words of the Lord of Judgment' in the covenant of this world were indeed in line with his ideas.

"These people, they have a pretty good grasp of my character. If I didn't know I didn't say it, I might have actually believed it."

In short, after a round of suspicion and self-justification, Eamon, who had regained his confidence, frankly stated everything he knew to Su Zhou.

Because he defaulted that his God knew everything, the priest didn't talk about those trivial things, but started with some major events.

"Since the opening of the new era and the establishment of the Elemental Calendar, the Lords have gradually reduced the number of descents. Even the Lord of Fire only descended once at the Tower of the Holy Fire in the Holy Fire City during the centenary of the Elemental Calendar."

"After that, the Lord of Fire descended several times, but did not make a big splash, but briefly appeared in some places several times. The Holy Church cannot guarantee the authenticity of this matter, but at least miracles have occurred in those places, and there are still memorial halls today."

"The Lord of Wind and most of the Wind People are on the new continent opposite Joyful Sea, but I am ashamed to say that because there are a large number of pirates and rebels blocking us, we don't know much about it... But I think it should be the same as the Lord of Fire."

Speaking of this, Eamon raised his head nervously. He looked at Su Zhou and bowed slightly: "Lord, although your miracles were frequent in the past, this is the first time you have descended. The Holy Church is definitely not prepared to welcome you... Please don't blame us."

"Why worry?"

Su Zhou responded lightly: "I have not issued a divine decree, how can you predict the future?"

And because his tone was learned from Elias at the beginning, so for Eamon, a person of later generations, it was indeed a tone full of ancient style used by the gods, and his heart suddenly became more respectful.

Afterwards, Eamon said some major events in the Elemental Calendar, and some important content in the covenant, such as how the Fire People of the past pioneered the various parts of the continent and built major city strongholds.

But soon, at Su Zhou's suggestion, he stopped talking.

Because in just a few minutes, the Lan Seed rocket had crossed a long distance and arrived at the coastal area—Su Zhou could now see the mainland coast, as well as the cities and towns built along the coast.

"Interesting, after I left, the Wind God separated from Elias and took His people to the new continent?"

The young man thought to himself: "That's right, although He looks like a human, He is essentially a mimic insect, and most of the Wind People are also insect people. Living with those humans under Elias is indeed a bit troublesome."

"Instead of waiting for the conflict to happen and then leaving with hatred, it's better to separate from the beginning, so that both sides can still have the friendship of fighting together."

—But what's going on with the mixed blood of the Fire People and the Wind People? Not to mention reproductive isolation, why are there Fire People who can attack insect people?

Or did the Wind People attack humans?

Just thinking about it, Su Zhou's mind was filled with a lot of unsightly content, causing him to shake his head straight...

But thinking about it carefully, if the Wind People can mimic like the Wind God, it doesn't seem unacceptable? Although it's just imitation, at least the shell looks like a human.

"After all, they are humans. Even paper people are acceptable, and it's probably not surprising that they can accept mimic insect people."

In short, apart from these strange thoughts, most of Su Zhou's heart was filled with relief.

More than 300 years have passed in the Elemental Calendar. If you count the time before the Elemental Calendar, it may be even longer.

The relative time speed of the reincarnation world is even faster than that of the Divine Wood World... And in these more than 300 years, both Elias and the Wind God are alive, and even passed down as gods to this day. This is much better than the Divine Wood World.

At least, the people Su Zhou was familiar with didn't die. Unlike the Divine Wood World, when he went back, only Zhou Buyi was still alive, and everyone else had disappeared into the time.

Even he didn't want to always see partings.

At this moment, he could already see Twilight City. Just as he was about to approach the coast, Su Zhou released the Lan Seed rocket.

He didn't intend to be high-profile and contact the current reincarnation world civilization as a god. Su Zhou had also told this to Eamon.

He knew very well that this world should have its own derivative existence. Although they could be called one, and even the cause and effect of wish power could be inherited from each other, they were ultimately different existences, just like Yala and the Initial Dragon.

If this kind of reason caused confusion, then it would not be a good thing for the ordinary people of this world.

"Moreover, starting from the bottom to investigate the faith problem is closer to the truth—no investigation, no right to speak. If I don't figure out this world's faith problem to me, I can't cut off the shackles of wish power on me."

Thinking like this, Su Zhou took Eamon and quietly turned into an inconspicuous streamer, flying towards an uninhabited coast on the side of Twilight City.

Elemental Calendar, 307, June 23, morning.

Twilight City Port.

A dark, dense crowd was gathering here. At the pier, ships returned from afar from time to time, and the sailors who had experienced storms and were soaked to the bone would be surrounded by many excited people as soon as they got off the ship.

"Old Frank, what happened just now?! Why did those dark clouds suddenly dissipate?"

"Yes, wasn't there already a storm before? We saw it clearly at the pier, but in an instant, the rain stopped and the clouds dissipated!"

"Did you arrive at the place of divine descent?! Was that a miracle just now?!"

As long as the sailors on each ship landed, they would be surrounded by an enthusiastic crowd ten times their number in an instant, and then asked a lot of questions by relatives and friends.

"Glory to the Lords!"

And a captain who was the first to disembark seemed to have already thought about how to answer these questions. He first put his hands together and solemnly recited a prayer.

Immediately, the entire pier became quiet, and everyone put their hands together and repeated in unison: "Glory to the Lords!"

Then, the captain began to slowly answer the questions with a hint of excitement and regret: "I am sorry, compatriots, we were unable to approach the place of divine descent. The previous wind and waves were too great. Even the largest sailing ship could not move forward, and it might even be overturned in the sea by the big waves."

Recalling the storm at that time, the captain, who was quite old and obviously extremely prestigious, said with a slightly fearful, but more pious expression and tone: "At that time, the 'White Fish' was already flooded—look, here, there is a piece missing, and the flooding was very serious at that time. We had to give up continuing to move forward and start to return."

"But even so, because the wind and waves were too great, we couldn't even plug the gap. Even if we chose to return, I'm afraid we wouldn't be able to hold on until we returned to the port."

"But just when we were about to despair, suddenly, the sky cleared up, and the waves calmed down in an instant. Taking advantage of this opportunity, I and the good young men on the ship drained most of the water and repaired the gap, and returned to Twilight Port unscathed. It's like a miracle."

"No, it's a miracle!"

Saying this, the captain looked pious, his beard full of sea water trembling, and said in a fanatical tone: "There is no doubt that we were able to return safely thanks to the Lord of Judgment's blessing! There are indeed miracles in the place of divine descent, but unfortunately, we were unable to arrive in the first time."

"It's a pity, that storm must have been the Lord's test for us. It's just a pity that we didn't persevere, otherwise we might have been able to get the Lord's blessing!"

"Yes, what a pity!" Most of the people who listened to his words believed it, and they showed regretful expressions.

After all, in the Holy Fire Country, almost no one would lie, let alone lie on matters related to the gods? And in addition to this captain, other returning sailors and captains also said similar things, adding to the credibility.

At the edge of the crowd, in an inconspicuous corner, the gray-haired priest Eamon listened to the regretful and self-blaming voices of the returning sailors, and couldn't help but feel proud.

After all, only he persisted until the end and finally met God! There is no doubt that this is enough to prove that his piety is the best in the world!

Behind Eamon, hiding his sense of existence and using his powerful soul power to make everyone subconsciously ignore him, Su Zhou was a little puzzled.

"That storm was indeed a little strange."

Contrary to what everyone imagined, that sudden storm was really not a trial that Su Zhou used to test others.

If you think about it carefully, you will know that when will Su Zhou put ordinary people in danger because of such unimportant shit as 'trials'?

When he was still thinking on the sea about how to find a suitable person to take him into the local city to slowly understand the faith situation of this world, the sea storm appeared by itself.

"After all, it's summer now, and it's not surprising that there are storms and typhoons in summer. It should just be a natural change in the weather—but even so, that storm was a bit too big. If I hadn't caught up with it, it would have continued to grow, and the coastal cities would have been damaged."

Thinking of this, Su Zhou looked at the dense crowd on the dock, and the hundreds of large and small ships that had gone out to sea before, and couldn't help but feel a little emotional: "I didn't expect that the shipping industry in this world is so developed—if it is attacked, the damage will definitely be very serious."

As for whether it is possible that the storm was not a natural phenomenon... Su Zhou could not completely guarantee it. After all, the reincarnation world has gods, and if there is a strong person of the overlord level who wants to secretly influence the world's weather, then it is not impossible.

What's more...

Thinking of this, Su Zhou couldn't help but recall the 'Soul of Water' that he had put in the sea at the beginning of the era: "I don't know if these people have discovered the Soul of Water—I left a lot of clues at the beginning, just to give them the motivation to explore the sea, instead of sticking to the land."

"If someone gets the Soul of Water, then with his power, not to mention creating a storm, even creating a tsunami would not be difficult."

The related thoughts did not last too long.

Soon, Su Zhou's attention was attracted by Eamon's words.

"Look, my Lord!"

Holding the huge iron-skinned covenant, the gray-haired priest reached out his hand to point to the crowd, and said proudly to Su Zhou: "These people at the port are all your most pious people—they all have the thickest blood of judgment, and are your most loyal believers!"

"Oh?"

Drawing his thoughts from the memories, Su Zhou also concentrated again and looked at the bustling crowd at the dock.

Indeed, Eamon was right.

The humans in the reincarnation world are essentially no different from the humans on Earth. It is the result of information disturbance... But the current Fire People are different.

Because at the end of the past era, in order to make all humans adapt to the environment of elemental decline and the end of the world, Su Zhou used his blood to refine a blood alchemy potion and gave it to all the residents of Nether City at that time, making them the dragon descendants with immortal scales.

This matter is obviously evolved into a myth in the myth, 'the Lord bestows the blood of judgment on all living beings'.

And now, hundreds of years later, most of the bloodline infused with the dragon blood potion has declined. After all, the blood of the potion can only be maintained for one generation at most. Otherwise, just drinking a bottle of potion can be passed down for generations, and dragon blood warlocks would not be so rare.

But now, a small number of people still retain some traces of dragon blood.

Su Zhou could see that many of the most enthusiastic people at the dock indeed had obvious traces of white dragon scales, and the wish power on them was also the strongest. They were indeed his most loyal believers.

Even... in addition to this, Su Zhou also sensed a trace of 'blood connection'!

"Strange!"

At the moment when he sensed that trace of blood connection, Su Zhou couldn't help but curse in his heart, and almost changed his face suddenly, ruining his character in front of Eamon.

Because, for him, the source of blood, these Fire People who hold a little immortal dragon blood, one by one, gave him a feeling of 'descendants'.

No, even stronger than descendants... After all, hundreds of years have passed, generations of intermarriage with outsiders, the family bloodline must have been very thin, but Su Zhou's blood is not the case, because everyone essentially holds a part of dragon blood, it is just a matter of manifestation and concealment, so after generations of reproduction, the blood concentration on the Fire People is still the same as in the past.

Even, some are more concentrated because of returning to the ancestors!

What is this feeling?

This is the feeling of discovering in an instant that the so-called 'people' are really 'people'!

"This, I didn't expect that I would have such a day!"

At this time, Su Zhou's heart was extremely tangled. He felt like he had become the ice silver elder of the ice fox clan. He was obviously only in his twenties, but he found that his great-granddaughter already had children...

No, he is even worse than Bingyin! Because he is not only not married yet, but the Fire People have been breeding for hundreds of years, and the seniority can't be counted even with great-grandparents!

And at this moment, Su Zhou also sensed that the wish power transmitted from the heavens and the earth was becoming more and more intense.

Just the nearly a thousand people at this port provided a very considerable wish power to converge towards his personal space, causing the wish power chains wrapped around the personal space to vibrate slightly, becoming thicker and stronger.

"It seems that the longer I stay in this world, the deeper the connection of wish power will be? Then I really have to deal with this matter as soon as possible, otherwise I will have to give up the personal space at that time."

Confirming this, although a trace of worry arose in Su Zhou's heart, a smile still appeared on his face.

He looked at Eamon and said calmly: "Very good, I am very pleased to see that the Fire People are still so pious."

"Continue, Eamon, continue to take me to see."

Seeing the smile on Su Zhou's face, Eamon was also very happy—this proved that the Lord of Judgment was very satisfied with this world, and the god's approval was undoubtedly the greatest praise for the believers.

The priest bowed slightly, suppressing his joy, and said in a voice as calm as possible: "Yes, my Lord, please allow me to take you to tour the pride of the Fire People on the east coast, the largest port city in the Holy Fire Country, Twilight City!"

……

Far East, deep in the Joyful Sea.

Nameless Pirate, Deep Cavern.

"...You mean, the typhoon that should have hit Twilight City just formed and dissipated naturally?!"

In a dark, natural large sea island cave, a sailing pirate ship emitting a faint blue light was stationed in it. The ship was about seventy meters long, and even with magic technology, it appeared unusually large. Its armor was covered with various runes, and even the deck had several magic circles that were constantly rotating and glowing.

At the bow and stern of the ship, blue magic crystals were inlaid into rings. They used the magic circle as a base and formed a huge cycle, automatically absorbing the free energy in the surrounding world to provide energy supply for the entire magic ship.

If a adjudicator priest familiar with pirates was here, he would definitely be able to recognize in an instant that this ship was the mount of 'Gloomlight' Yalber, one of the great pirates who roamed the seven seas, the magic ship 'Deep Diver'!

"What the hell?!"

And now, on the Deep Diver, a low and angry male voice was echoing: "Not to mention other people, just us, have been collecting more than 30 fragments of the Soul of the Source Water according to your words, and spent several years hunting thousands of giant sea beasts. This is how we gathered the basic materials for the ritual—and you tell me that it just started and dissipated naturally?!"

Captain Yalber's voice was full of anger and incomprehension. He seemed to be questioning a certain existence at the other end, but he still maintained basic sanity.

But suddenly, his tone suddenly raised: "Divine descent?! How can there be a divine descent?!"

The sea island cave was not wide. Hiding a large pirate ship like the Deep Diver was already narrow enough. Yalber's voice echoed rumblingly in the cave, and even collapsed a few rocks. This signal immediately made his voice lower, so that it sounded a bit gnashing his teeth: "The last time the Lord of Fire descended was more than a hundred years ago. We have intelligence that the Lord of Fire has not issued a divine decree for decades. He is asleep!"

But soon, his tone quickly became cold, even with a hint of fear: "...Lord of Judgment?"

Then, there was a long silence.

And in this silent silence, one could vaguely hear the extremely weak voice coming from the communication magic circle from the distant other side.

"The great pirate who tried to become a god is afraid when he hears the name of the god?"

"...Don't use aggressive tactics, it's useless."

Letting out a long breath, 'Gloomlight' Yalber glared at the sailors on the ship who were trembling and stopped their work because they heard his roar. The red-haired and red-bearded great pirate with a cold and ferocious face snorted coldly at the communication magic circle and said: "If I am not afraid of the Lord's punishment, how can I betray the oath, escape from the land, and come to this sea?"

"If I am not afraid of the Lord's power, how can we cooperate with a monster of unknown origin like you, just to get a chance of freedom?"

"Stop talking nonsense, tell me what's going on!"

"...We don't know either."

Faced with Yalber's questioning, the voice on the other end of the magic circle also paused for a moment, and then slowly said: "But at least according to our intelligence sources, it should be a miracle that is too coincidental. The Lord of Judgment is definitely still sleeping now. Without stimulation, it is basically impossible to wake up."

"Yalber, it doesn't matter if your ritual fails. The 'Changing the Weather' rituals in other places of the Holy Fire Continent and even the new continent have been completed. If you can succeed, it is naturally a good thing. It doesn't matter if you don't succeed. It doesn't affect our plan."

After saying these words, the voice on the other end of the communication magic circle ended the call, leaving Yalber silently standing in place. His expression appeared uncertain under the dim blue magic light of the Deep Diver.

"Everyone else succeeded, and I failed... Then how can I still have the face to compete for that opportunity?"

The great pirate's red beard trembled, and his face gradually became ferocious: "Is the Lord of Judgment still sleeping... At least their information has never been wrong before."

"I have to go and see what happened in Twilight City that caused my ritual to fail."