Chapter 13 Soul Shard of the Twilight Direct Lineage?

Hearing the serpent spirit's surprised voice, Su Zhou walked over, bent down, and picked up the yellowish-brown light cluster.

The feeling of the light cluster in his hand was similar to that of an evil soul, but it was much heavier and more profound than any evil soul Su Zhou had obtained before.

If he had to say it, it was a difference in texture—both were silver metals, but the weight of aluminum alloy and chromium iron could not be compared.

"Even Star噬者 (Shixingzhe, Star Eaters) don't have such a high soul density..."

Su Zhou weighed it with some emotion, and rubbed it hard—it felt like a textured water ball, maybe with a little sugar added to make it more viscous: "Perhaps it's because the Star Eaters themselves are just beasts with not much intelligence, and they have been weakened a lot."

"But it's enough to prove that this Twilight's direct lineage should have the strength of a Celestial or even stronger."

"I wonder what rank that would be in this world."

After a moment of silence, Su Zhou didn't sense anything special from this fragment—it was an incredibly pure soul fragment, even purer than the soul of the Dawn.

It's just that the Twilight aura in this fragment was too strong, unprecedentedly thick.

Compared to it, whether it was the Twilight True Devil, the Silent Ones, or the Twilight dependents and Star Eaters in the Nine Xuan Realm, all were impure substances with low purity.

"Perhaps it's not quite what I thought... In this world, the battle between Twilight and the World Tree has come to an end."

"The World Tree lost, but Twilight probably didn't gain much advantage either."

Thinking so in his heart, Su Zhou frowned slightly.

According to his memory, the 'Soul Burning Secret Art' held by Earl Evindell was granted to him by the Emperor of the Empire, Asmodeus XIII, when he inherited the title more than ten years ago, when he was young.

"And the root of the World Tree in this guy's body... was also bestowed at that time."

Kneeling on one knee, Su Zhou reached out and dug around in Earl Evindell's tattered corpse, taking out the strand of 'World Tree Root' still full of sparks from the other party's heart.

He examined it for a while, confirming that it was indeed the root system of the Divine Tree, a genuine and very ancient Divine Tree.

"The dependents of two great beings at odds with each other are simultaneously in one person's body. Moreover, they were all bestowed by the 'Sun Emperor'."

Placing the Divine Tree root and the Twilight light cluster together, Su Zhou frowned and looked at the soul fragment. A ray of red light lit up in his eyes, as if he wanted to see the relationship between the two.

Su Zhou still remembered the endings of Gasha and Loya that he had seen in the perfect deduction of the Prajna Sutra.

They were both killed by the Sun Emperor, Asmodeus XIII, as sacrifices to ignite the Soul Burning Torch.

And the Soul Burning Torch was undoubtedly greatly related to the Soul Burning Art.

"Yala, what is a direct lineage dependent?"

After looking at it for a long time but not seeing anything, the pupils in Su Zhou's eyes gradually dimmed. He turned his head and looked at the serpent spirit, who was also趴 (pa, lying prone) on his shoulder, gazing at the light cluster: "You know, tell me?"

"You have to learn to analyze things yourself! If that doesn't work, isn't there still the Prajna Sutra?"

Yala wasn't a riddler—a contrarian definitely wasn't a riddler, so she wouldn't say anything that only those in the know would understand.

After complaining, she directly said: "The so-called direct lineage dependents are essentially fragments of our 'aspects'."

"Great beings are existences beyond infinity. Our essence can only be observed from one aspect by any limited existence, not the whole. This is true for both dependents and derived projections."

"Like me, I am both a dragon and a serpent, and also a devil, while concurrently being a world spirit, equilibrium, chaos, truth, and all kinds of messy 'aspects' that are the opposition to what's correct."

Speaking of this, Yala raised her head high, and she skillfully趴 (pa, lay prone) on Su Zhou's head, as if becoming a hat: "Do you still remember the Perfect World?"

"Of course I remember." Su Zhou nodded, a look of nostalgia on his face.

Not much time had passed, and he had a deep memory of the original world of perfection, and he also hoped to know whether Ming Zhengde had created the perfect world in his heart.

The severance of communication between heaven and earth only isolated the influence of immortals and gods... The road to building a world where no one cries in the human world is still very long.

His thoughts were interrupted.

"The Primordial True Dragon and the Beginning Phoenix are fragments of my and perfection's aspects."

Yala said concisely: "They are independent existences, but their existence itself confirms our Dao—they are only part of an aspect, a few fragments, so rather than saying they are projections and incarnations like the Lonely Master in the Reincarnation World, it is better to say they are our direct lineage dependents."

"Oh?"

Hearing this, Su Zhou couldn't help but narrow his eyes, and he said thoughtfully: "So... in the Aean World, there is a Twilight aspect incarnation of the Beginning Phoenix or the Primordial True Dragon level?"

"Hahahaha, how could that be? If that were the case, I would have told you to run already, at the fastest speed!"

With a laugh, saying the most cowardly words in the most cheerful tone, Yala's tone didn't have the slightest shame: "The level of the Primordial True Dragon and the Beginning Phoenix... well, what you call the 'Returning Void and Merging with the Dao' realm."

"Returning Void and Merging with the Dao is rare even in the multiverse. It is the point where one has truly walked to the point where the Great Dao returns to one's life, and the past and future are in one's grasp. If it were before the War of Correctness, they wouldn't have needed to make a black hole time machine at all, and could directly control the timeline of that universe to achieve rebirth in a substantial sense."

"Their strength, if they go further, can barely reach the lowest standard of 'Transcendent' in the Lonely Master's heart, and can be called a saint, great, or supreme in the myriad worlds. Reaching this realm, one has truly found one's own supreme way to 'infinity'."

"Even stronger, that is the real transcendent. Even great beings have to take it seriously, an existence that can observe endless reincarnation with the Lonely Master until the end of eternity!"

Speaking of this, Yala's meaning was only one.

That is, there can be no existence of the Returning Void and Merging with the Dao level in the Aean World.

If there really was that level, she could see it from outside the world, and wouldn't let Su Zhou in, because entering the universe where the 'Dao One Realm' is located, they can directly sense any 'outsiders'.

In fact, the Primordial True Dragon and the Beginning Phoenix also noticed Su Zhou at the beginning, but they didn't care.

The two powerful beings were focused on their own correctness, and Su Zhou's actions could instead be used as confirmation of their endless years of debate.

"And, you see, this is a fragment."

Saying so, Yala stretched out her tail and patted the yellowish-brown light ball, her tone relaxed: "Obviously, that direct lineage was defeated by the natives of this world—don't look at me with strange eyes, this is normal. The World Tree's direct lineages have been gnawed off by black dragons, so it's normal for the Twilight's direct lineage to be overthrown by the local natives working together."

"Rather, due to survivor bias, the Twilight dependents will be defeated in any world where life and civilization still exist."

Su Zhou originally wanted to ask Yala if she could figure out what form this Twilight direct lineage actually took.

But this question was soon answered by another old friend who appeared unexpectedly.

[The, the mark of the Twilight Dragon?!]

Accompanied by a gust of wind, the figure of Master Suiguang cut through the air and rushed to Su Zhou's side.

He was probably here to help—Su Zhou saw that Master Suiguang was carrying a shield and a long knife, which were weapons that matched Su Zhou's height and size, and he himself had barely applied a layer of biomimetic flesh to cover up the mechanical skeleton.

It could be seen that all of this was prepared in a short period of time. Master Suiguang was probably afraid that Su Zhou would suffer a loss if he rushed into Earl Evindell's mansion alone and empty-handed, so he rushed over to deliver weapons as soon as possible.

But obviously, this fastest speed was still a little slow.

[...This, I, you?]

At this moment, Master Suiguang was more shocked than anything else, and even felt absurd and unreal.

Svetley alone returned to Evindell City, obviously to find trouble with the Earl. Everyone could see this.

Professor Svetley valued his children the most, and his children were coveted by Earl Evindell, which led to many children being oppressed recently, and several almost lost their lives due to illness... Just because of this, Suiguang understood why Professor Svetley would do this.

It was impossible to stop him. So, after protecting the children into the First Light Ship, and waiting for the First Light Ship to leave the range of Evindell City and accelerate away, he brought a set of weapons that Su Zhou had previously made himself with his metal ability, and prepared to bring them to the other party.

Suiguang felt that his speed was already very fast—according to the normal strength of a High-Level Mind Light user, he felt that Su Zhou should still be attacking the gates of the upper and lower cities, and fighting fiercely with the city guards and the Earl's guards.

But who knew...

He rushed all the way, and didn't even have time to see the last scene of Su Zhou blasting Earl Evindell to death.

The speed at which he sprinted with all his strength was not as fast as Su Zhou killing as he walked!

Even his mechanical hands trembled a little. After Su Zhou reached out, took the sword and shield that Master Suiguang had brought, and thanked him, he still looked in a daze at the devastated Earl's Mansion, and Earl Evindell, who had become a corpse: [Earl Evindell actually has the mark of the Twilight Dragon...]

"You can recognize it?"

Su Zhou looked at Master Suiguang with interest—although he was an enemy in the ruins before, he had seen that Master Suiguang was indeed a 'good person' after spending so many days together on the First Light Ship.

If Yelena and Hart hadn't planned to check his armor after they returned, he would probably have pretended to be dead until the end, instead of getting up to fight and kill.

Moreover, the other party was indeed knowledgeable.

Suiguang's original body was an existence whose skills were enough to be called a grandmaster even among the alchemists of the Light Chasing Order.

He knew more information than many powerhouses and nobles.

Just like now.

[Of course I can recognize it!]

Regarding Su Zhou's question, Master Suiguang couldn't help but shake his head, his tone filled with uncontrollable astonishment, and his gaze towards Earl Evindell's corpse was even more disdainful: [Haha, it has always been rumored in the southern noble circle that Earl Evindell has a relationship with the Dusk Tribe—many of the exquisite creations in his factory have unclear origins for their raw materials, but everyone knows that they are obviously specialties from the Northern Manchu.]

[Originally, everyone just thought he had unique trade channels, but now it seems that he really has a very deep connection with the Dusk Tribe, and even gave him the 'Twilight Mark' that only their core priests would have, which already counts as a core member!]

Saying this, Master Suiguang didn't find it strange.

As the saying goes, make friends with distant states and attack nearby ones. Earl Evindell, who was located in the south, was not a good person in the first place. He was powerful and had many opponents. If he wanted to break the deadlock and develop further, it would not be wrong to turn his attention to the northern barbarians and try to borrow strength.

He needed rare industrial raw materials and additives from the north, and the barbarians needed his industrial products, each getting what they needed.

But the Twilight Mark was not the same thing.

[He has been corroded.]

Walking to Earl Evindell's corpse, Master Suiguang crouched down and reached out to stir the flesh, as if trying to check the ingredients: [Let me see the degree of corrosion of his body, so that I can roughly judge when Earl Evindell accepted this Twilight Mark... Professor Svetley?!]

While speaking, Master Suiguang prepared to raise his head and communicate with Su Zhou.

However, he saw a scene that shocked him into speechlessness.

Su Zhou held this 'Twilight Mark', and thought for a while.

Then, he ate it.

Chewing.

Crunch.

"Um, the taste is a bit like a slightly hard corn banana soft candy? Speaking of which, why is it corn banana flavored?"

"Could it be because it's yellow?"

After complaining a few words casually, Su Zhou closed his eyes.

With the essence of the 'Demon Lord of Devouring Evil' and the method of 'Other Transformation at Will', Su Zhou began to fully mobilize his supernatural powers, attempting to 'digest' this soul light cluster, which was very likely a fragment of the Twilight Dragon.

Since it wasn't Returning Void and Merging with the Dao, then everyone was a Celestial—the Celestial Emperor was also a Celestial—who was afraid of whom?

——You are a fragment, I only have a soul, aren't we all similar!

Soon, Su Zhou's source energy fluctuations began to vibrate and expand.

Clusters of silver-cyan light, mixed with the aura of the Divine Tree, began to spread in all directions, centered on the white-haired man. Countless branches and buds began to grow wildly, forcing Master Suiguang to retreat, and the entire courtyard of Earl Evindell's mansion was occupied by the spreading vegetation.

Even Earl Evindell's corpse was covered with mushrooms and weeds, and the flesh quickly withered, turning into nutrients.

[Professor Svetley!]

At this moment, Master Suiguang really didn't know what to do—who would voluntarily eat the Twilight Mark? That thing was a secret treasure that was integrated into the soul through a specific ritual, not some kind of food!

Who knew what madness Professor Svetley had fallen into, to actually do such a thing!

However, just as Master Suiguang was at a loss.

"So that's it, I understand!"

With a low murmur, Su Zhou opened his eyes.

At this moment, in addition to the original crimson, a cluster of dim yellowish light lit up in his eyes!

It was like the light of dusk rising on the edge of the horizon when the sun had already fallen!

"Although it's only a part... but I understand part of the secret of Twilight!"

At the same time.

The other end of the multiverse.

The Earth Universe, the Milky Way, in a fleet that was constantly fleeing into the distance.

On a 'Cosmic Giant Dragon' that looked almost spherical, covered in cannons, armor, giant particle beam accelerators, and gravity modulation gun emitters, a twilight dim light suddenly lit up.

Then, the giant dragon raised its head, and let out a roar in the vacuum of space, its sound shaking the spirit world and resounding for trillions upon trillions of miles.

"What happened?!"

In the Earth fleet, Tang Yuan, with a tired and mentally exhausted face, was awakened by the anomaly of Su Zhou's remaining body. He hurriedly stood up and looked at the mutation of the Zhuzhou body.

The young man, who had seen Su Zhou's cultivation process and the transformation process of his true form, couldn't help but open his mouth wide and stare blankly at this scene.

"This is..."

"This is an upgrade?!"