Chapter 700 Changes in the Celestial Scale (6400)

A radiant sun of spiritual energy, almost a star itself, blazed into existence around Jupiter's orbit, illuminating the constellations. Even the storms on Jupiter's surface were lit by this light.

The turbulent spiritual energy on the gas giant subsided, like a cat cowering before a tiger.

But even more powerful was the grand will contained within the spiritual energy's fluctuations.

In the vacuum of space, terrifying mental waves spread in all directions, rolling outwards. Wherever they passed, everyone, regardless of their race, felt the same visions welling up in their hearts: insights into the power and essence of Zhuzhou rose from the depths of their being.

[This level of spiritual energy pressure… even a giant star cannot compare…]

As the spiritual energy swept through, Ning Hui, the ambassador of the Ascended Empire, who was waiting in the warship, shimmered with a cold, purplish light. [Hyperspace—the entire solar system's hyperspace has lit up!]

This spectrum represented astonishment and bewilderment. The ice crystal lifeform was very direct in expressing its attitude.

He stared at the blazing stream of spiritual energy in the starry sky.

How many years had it been?

Since the severing of spiritual energy, for how many years had the universe not witnessed the pressure of an Omega-level spiritual energy user, their light shining like a star in hyperspace?

How many years had it been?

Those powerhouses who could single-handedly lead civilizations to ascend, who, if benevolent, were the cornerstone of the universe's order, and if malevolent, were heralds of destruction and the end, beings who could not be ignored, had not revealed their faces in the starry sky?

Although, the grey-black dragon with a metallic luster before him had not yet reached that level.

But who could deny that it was only a matter of time?

Just as Ning Hui was in a daze,

Several seconds later, the vast and surging spiritual energy eruption ended, and the Judgment Death Star returned to its original form, coiled in the vacuum of space.

The black dragon's eyes were bright, and its cyan-purple spiritual light gazed at everyone present.

[This is my current strength.]

Then, after confirming that everyone present had calmed down, Su Zhou, who had returned from a distant otherworld, slowly said: [Now, we can continue the topic from earlier.]

Not long ago.

Upon his return, Su Zhou received an extremely warm welcome from Earth.

The Jupiter Port had received news from the Seresthaia, and naturally had made full preparations. After the grand welcoming ceremony ended, the two sides began personnel handover.

Su Zhou sent all the Earth fleet members within his body back to Jupiter Port, and then, a youth who had condensed a humanoid avatar, at the first possible moment, had a private exchange with Yu Sheng, who was in the Jupiter Observatory.

Yu Sheng, laughing heartily, hugged Su Zhou, welcomed him back to his hometown, and informed Su Zhou of the current situation on Earth.

"Currently, the situation on Earth is quite stable. Although major global powers have been preparing for war to prevent surprise attacks by the Nihilism Order's fleet, the truth is that Earth has not suffered any invasions in the past two years."

As Yu Sheng said this, he held Su Zhou's hand with excitement, he sincerely exclaimed, "Su Zhou… if you hadn't led the team to draw away the main force of the Nihilism Order, then the war would have likely broken out around the solar system."

"And the consequences of that would have been unimaginable!"

Through the galactic network, Yu Sheng clearly knew that even in this universe, not long after the revival of spiritual energy, the Galactic Overstates still had the power to easily destroy stars.

And the Nihilism Order definitely possessed such power.

Although it was said that the two sides might not use such power in remote areas far from their sphere of influence, and it was difficult to use it casually, even so, the situation facing Earth was extremely dangerous.

"This is my fault. They are chasing me because I carry a fragment of this universe's essence—the endless space-time cracks in the universe are born from their shattering."

Su Zhou was very clear that the Celestial Scale in his hands was truly the supreme treasure of this sealed universe, even this sealed multiverse.

As far as the Celestial Scale was concerned, it could travel through time and space at will, resist the pressure of great existences, allowing him to enter dangerous places that all civilizations found difficult to cross—not to mention, the Great Emptiness between the Twilight World Cluster and the normal multiverse was also a forbidden zone for civilizations that could navigate the void. Almost all void engines would fail there, unless near a Returning Void Dao, a peak Grand Heavenly Venerate Celestial Emperor powerhouse led the team, resisting the invasion of the Emptiness.

But even so, wanting to cross the Great Emptiness Area was almost impossible, because the journey was so long that even the Celestial Scale needed several months to travel a one-way trip. For ordinary void fleets, that was a lonely voyage of millions of years.

In addition, the Celestial Scale could also record the auras of those great existences. Su Zhou could completely rely on these auras to travel to the original worlds of these great existences at will, or contact them.

Just as an amplifier for sacrifices, this token that could absolutely transmit information was also an absolute treasure.

This was just a part of the Celestial Scale's secrets. It was difficult for Su Zhou to explain how much of its power he had unleashed.

Just as the Seresthaia people could become a Galactic Overstate by only using a part of the power of the Galactic Star, the Earth civilization, which enjoyed the many space-time realms brought by the Celestial Scale, also became a hegemon in this universe (although a bit reclusive).

The Holy Serpent Spiritual Communion had collected this mysterious relic, but they had not figured out its essence, and instead wanted to sacrifice it to Yala…

Good heavens, wasn't that a prisoner meeting a jailer?

That was why Yala was almost sent back to its seal and could only make a covenant with him, and the power of the Celestial Scale was activated again.

The Nihilism Order wanted to seize the Celestial Scale. This was their only goal. Therefore, Su Zhou was confident that as long as he took the Celestial Scale to an alien region, the Nihilism Order would not be in the mood to attack Earth.

Especially since Earth was now being secretly protected by the major galactic civilizations working together.

"Those ambassadors are waiting for you."

Yu Sheng seemed to see through Su Zhou's thoughts, so this self-transformed Holy Seat reminded him, "After all, with Shao Shuangyue and Jiu Ming, we are relatively familiar with the Earth United Fleet's situation. But they are even more anxious to know the details about the Nihilism Order and the Celestial Scale."

"The second Galactic Star in the galaxy… one of the space-time shards fought over by ultra-ancient pioneer civilizations, they are definitely very 'curious'."

Yu Sheng's words had a deeper meaning, but Su Zhou didn't care.

"It's fine."

He turned around, waved his hand casually, and then walked towards the door: "Although I am very grateful for their help, they can only be 'curious'."

When Su Zhou arrived at the ecological dome, a hall specially used for communication with various ecological civilizations, he saw hundreds of ambassadors from civilizations that could be considered 'upstream' in the galaxy.

And the leaders among them were the ambassadors of the Ascended Empire, the Myriad Federation, the Hegemony Empire, and Seresthaia, the Galactic Overstates.

All kinds of beings, many of whom looked strange and bizarre, even not resembling life at all, appeared in Su Zhou's eyes.

The soul fluctuations of most of them carried speculation and curiosity, as well as some vigilance, a kind of wariness towards unfamiliar strongmen.

Su Zhou smiled at everyone and walked straight to the podium in the center.

"I know."

Without any opening remarks, without any self-introduction, Su Zhou directly opened his mouth: "You want to know where I went in the past two years, which world I went to, to learn the essence of the 'Twilight Evil God', and then directly persuade a Nihilism Order Annihilation Envoy, causing them to fall into slumber."

"I also know that you must be very curious about what effects the treasure in my hand, the second Galactic Star, named 'Celestial Scale', has, and you also want to know why it, like the Galactic Star, is coveted by the Nihilism Order."

"I also know that many civilizations present are actually very curious about my strength."

Saying so, Su Zhou looked around at everyone present. He said calmly, "So, do you have any other questions?"

Being preempted by the youth in this way, most of the ambassadors present immediately looked at each other—the questions they wanted to ask were indeed these.

They couldn't possibly repeat Su Zhou's words, right?

Therefore, after a few seconds, some movements gradually appeared in the silent hall.

[Ahem… Marshal Su Zhou, hello, I am the ambassador of the Gebner civilization.]

The first to speak was an envoy from a soft-bodied organism civilization. It was golden-orange in color, a bit like an orange balloon with tentacles growing out of it, floating in mid-air with its internal air cavity.

This alien, who made sounds through the resonance of its air cavity, spoke very pure Chinese: [I believe you should be able to answer the doubts brought about by the above questions for us, and we are all very clear that a hero who has been away from home for a long time should not attend this rather formalized meeting… but the Nihilism Order is truly the enemy of the galaxy, even the universe.]

[Speaking for myself, I am more curious about the revival of the Nihilism Order's powerhouses—most of these former Omega-level spiritual energy users have avoided the severing of spiritual energy through various methods. Having fought against them, when do you think they will roughly recover to the Omega level?]

This was a very practical question. Su Zhou slightly used the Samsara Seal and saw that this Gebner civilization had a rather deep connection with a Nihilism Order Annihilation Envoy. No wonder they were so concerned, after all, they were enemies from long ago.

So he nodded and answered seriously, "As we all know, the Star Devourer has been eliminated by me, and the End Ten Faces have returned to Twilight Eternal Sleep."

"As for the remaining ones, I once saw a Nihilism Order powerhouse attempting to cross the wormhole. That 'Flood Fiend' can probably initially recover to the Omega level within a year, and recover to its peak in five years."

"And the King of the Empty Prison and the Specter will probably be a little later than him, but we can't rule out the Nihilism Order having secret methods that can accelerate their recovery speed."

"In general, the trouble with the Nihilism Order lies in this. The powerhouses among them did not leave this universe like the powerhouses of many normal civilizations in the galaxy, but basically all stayed behind. This allows their high-level power to gain a greater advantage after the revival of spiritual energy than before the severing of spiritual energy."

The Immortal God civilizations of the solar system all left. Apart from those who were sealed, none remained. This was also the norm for most civilized powerhouses, after all, everyone didn't know if the severing of spiritual energy would end, and they were unwilling to gamble their eternal lives.

[So that's how it is…]

This golden-orange ambassador returned to its position with worry and frustration. Obviously, the Gebner civilization had no way to face a Celestial Venerate within a year.

After him, ambassadors rose one by one and asked Su Zhou questions.

These ambassadors' civilizations could be said to be all sorts of strange and bizarre. Some asked how many civilizations the Nihilism Order mobilized during the pursuit, and some asked how the Earth United Fleet maintained its fleet resources during the strategic transfer.

There was even a question about how much of the Twilight Fleet Su Zhou's physical body ate during the strategic transfer!

What the heck kind of question is that.jpg

Su Zhou naturally answered these questions patiently—these ambassadors who could reside on Earth had naturally established diplomatic relations with the Earth civilization and started trade and technological exchanges. In a sense, they were the most benevolent civilizations towards the Earth civilization.

Since that was the case, Su Zhou also reciprocated with kindness.

However, after this rather unique press conference entered a feverish stage, some rather discordant voices appeared.

[Marshal Su Zhou, the Earth United Fleet did delay the Nihilism Order for two years, thereby causing their strategic mission to fail.]

The speaker was an aquatic race that looked a bit like a sea lily. He was the ambassador of the Gorun civilization. Although this ambassador's tone sounded very friendly, there was an implicit aggressive tone: [But we are all very clear that the Earth United Fleet did not actually hinder the power of the Nihilism Order. It was completely relying on your strength, Marshal Su Zhou, to eke out an existence.]

[And the Earth civilization is indeed a civilization with extremely serious specialization. Until now, your civilization does not have a fully manned strategic fleet that can be dispatched.]

[Therefore, I want to ask,]

At this point, the soul fluctuation of this sea lily ambassador finally revealed his true intention: [Does the Earth civilization have the ability to protect the 'Celestial Scale'?]

[Can we take a look at what kind of treasure the 'Celestial Scale' actually is?]

[This is what we are more concerned about.]

The atmosphere suddenly became tense.

This straightforward questioning, and the ambition hidden behind it, was almost 'blinding' to spiritual energy users.

In response, Su Zhou did not look at the ambassador who asked the question, but turned his head and glanced at the ambassador of the Myriad Federation next to him, a high-level spiritual energy user with wings, similar to a shelled bird.

The other party showed gentle spiritual energy fluctuations.

Although it seemed that he had no relationship with the Gorun civilization ambassador who spoke, he could directly see karma, and easily know who was testing behind this matter.

In fact, not only them, but whether it was the Ascended Empire, the Hegemony Empire, or the Seresthaia civilization, they basically all acquiesced to this test.

——It's already very cautious and restrained.

Su Zhou believed that this was already an extraordinary favor and respect given by the many Galactic Overstates in view of the fact that he had eliminated a Nihilism Annihilation Envoy.

Otherwise, these hegemonic civilizations, which had dominated the galaxy for hundreds of thousands of years, when faced with a Galactic Star-level relic in the hands of a civilization that did not even have a strategic fleet, directly confiscating it by force would be the normal choice.

And even if the Earth civilization had the strength to resist, it would have to pay a great price, need to hide in the space-time realm to resist stubbornly, and also be forced to interrupt the high-speed development period of the spiritual energy era.

Compared to that possible future, Su Zhou even felt that this ambassador's question was quite gentle and lovely.

So he turned his head, looked at the Gorun civilization's ambassador, and smiled.

"This question is actually very easy to answer."

Saying so, Su Zhou raised his head and looked at his main body, which was still located in outer space.

He said lightly, "I will show the strength sufficient to protect the Celestial Scale."

The things that happened next, there was no need to say much.

After the sun-like light dimmed, there was no sound in the entire hall.

Under the astonished and shocked gazes of the many civilization ambassadors, Su Zhou, who had demonstrated absolute strength, easily controlled the situation.

Then, in the silence, Su Zhou, in the gaze of everyone's unexpected gazes, took out the Celestial Scale.

"There is nothing to hide."

He took out the unremarkable silver pocket watch from his personal space, and showed it around to the ambassadors of all the civilizations.

One could hear the hair standing on end, heavy breathing, and even the trembling of spiritual energy from many people.

Although there was nothing extraordinary about it on the surface, the inability to sense any information itself was the greatest extraordinariness!

Su Zhou's words contained absolute confidence: "You are curious—and should be curious—what kind of image and power this strange object that created the current state of our universe possesses."

"And I will show it to you."

Silver radiance lit up in the youth's hand.

The partial authority originating from the 'Pioneers', and the power of the seal creators, those victorious great existences, manifested under Su Zhou's power, catalyzing. Visible space-time distortions appeared in the center of the entire hall.

In that instant, the ambassadors present even felt that they were about to fall into a black hole.

But all of this was just an illusion.

Because the silver rune veins, those light patterns that stretched and spread in the atmosphere, had silently enveloped all of them.

That seemingly ordinary pocket watch, which did not have much extraordinariness, was now flashing with a brilliance that surpassed everything, the holy, grand and solemn aura spreading, sweeping towards the entire solar system.

With Su Zhou's current strength, he could completely carry hundreds of thousands of people to other worlds—as long as he was willing to do his best, hundreds of thousands of people would probably not be a problem.

Of course, he could also abandon these tourists in the middle of the void journey, as another means of killing.

But this time, Su Zhou was just showing his strength.

So soon, these runes and light patterns all converged.

No one would think that Su Zhou could only control it for such a short time. Everyone knew that Su Zhou was controlling the Celestial Scale with ease.

After recovering their normal space-time perception, the ambassadors all calmed down for a while using their respective races' methods, and then looked at the Celestial Scale in Su Zhou's hand with awe.

Although it did not look as dazzling and massive as the Galactic Star sacrificed by the Seresthaia people, there was no doubt that the power essence of the Celestial Scale was not inferior to the Galactic Star. They were indeed cosmic strange objects of the same level!

And…

[Those, those scales…]

The ambassador of the Seresthaia civilization, an animated ocean current who had replaced Tain the Seer, raised his solid water arm at this moment. He pointed in shock at the scales on the Celestial Scale that were flashing with various colors of brilliance. Both his pupils and his arm were trembling: [Those, are…]

[Are the auras of the Otherworld Evil Gods!]

[Why are there even more than last time?]

As the main force that once resisted the眷属眷族 (juàn shǔ juàn zú - dependents and clans) of many great existences, or rather, resisted the invasion of 'demons', the civilization known as the guardians of the holy land paid too much a terrible price, and the result was that the Seresthaia people's understanding of the evil gods could be called the first in the sealed universe.

In Earth civilization, only Su Zhou dared to say that he understood great existences more than the Seresthaia people.

The Seresthaia had long known the relationship between the Celestial Scale and the Otherworld Evil Gods, so this ambassador was not particularly surprised.

What surprised him was that the original '3' scales he knew had actually increased by a few more!

Regarding the Seresthaia ambassador's identification and the tense atmosphere that had risen again in the hall, Su Zhou just smiled: "No need to worry."

He raised his hand and touched the halos on those scales: "The existence of these scales means how many ancient lords I have already understood and obtained their initial recognition."

The cyan Tree of the Great Path, the gray Lonely Master, the black Yala, the golden Perfection.

Inheritance is endless, reincarnation is endless, there is no conclusion, the oath is complete.

However, Su Zhou also felt a trace of something wrong at this moment.

He looked at the Celestial Scale in his hand.

Then, the youth was also stunned in place.

Because, two more 'scales' had appeared on the Celestial Scale in his hand!

The deep cyan scale released the aura of 'survival foundation, enduring and long-lasting'.

The twilight-colored scale released the aura of 'myriad worlds and myriad phenomena, void and nothingness'.

The World Tree… and the aura scale of Twilight?!

Su Zhou was really stunned.

It was okay for the World Tree, after all, Su Zhou had rescued it from the Twilight World Cluster, and the Twin Divine Wood were always one, so it was normal for its scale to be engraved on the Celestial Scale.

But… what was going on with Twilight?

Why was His aura also engraved on it?

One had to know that Twilight was not bound by any great seal at all!

"What's going on?"

Confused by this, but hiding it well on the surface, Su Zhou shifted his gaze from the Celestial Scale.

However, at the same time, he also keenly noticed that the aura of Twilight was not stable, it was very illusory, and seemed to be only temporarily placed on the Celestial Scale.

After thinking for a while, Su Zhou activated the Samsara Seal and probed the source of this trace of aura.

He was not afraid.

——Anyway, Twilight has autism, so there definitely won't be any reaction to being discovered spying on him.jpg

The result was just as Su Zhou thought, Twilight did not react.

Then, the youth discovered that the source of this aura… originated from the 'End Ten Faces' who were dormant in Twilight Eternal Sleep!

"Could it be… Twilight's last 'entrustment'?"

After realizing this, Su Zhou suddenly had a trace of understanding in his heart.

He recalled that at the end of the Aeon World, in the void, Twilight had said to him before returning to wait.

He said that some of his dependents did not wait… and dealing with them was all the correct duty.

It seemed that this trace of Twilight's aura meant that as long as Su Zhou brought those Twilight dependents who had fallen into abnormality back to normal, or eliminated them, he could incorporate them into the meaning of the Celestial Scale.

And the Celestial Scale, which had incorporated Twilight's aura, could allow Su Zhou to go to the Twilight World Cluster in an instant, without that long traversal time.

"It seems… as long as I eliminate the Nihilism Order, I can completely engrave Twilight's aura in the Celestial Scale."

Realizing this, the thoughts in Su Zhou's heart instantly became active.

He noticed that there were twelve scale positions on the Celestial Scale, and now, half of them had been filled.

Although he didn't know what would happen after filling them, at least it should be regarded as a goal.

In addition to this…

From the auras of the World Tree and the Tree of the Great Path, Su Zhou also detected a hidden power.

Presumably, that was the 'blessing' that the World Tree and the Tree of the Great Path gave him in the void!

The author is indeed a profession that needs to pay attention to health…

Feeling much better after resting.