Chapter 544 Ziwei Star Lord (11,000 Words, a Big Chapter Seeking Monthly Tickets!)

Before answering Han Shiling's question, Su Zhou was actually pondering a rather serious matter.

That was, the God-Demon realm of the Perfect World wasn't quite the same as he had imagined for the Earth universe's equivalent 'Celestial' and 'Immortal' realms.

Hegemon Earth Immortal, Immortal Celestial, Creator Heavenly Lord. Corresponding to the True Person, God-Demon, and Heavenly Emperor realms here.

-- *Tian*, the peak, supreme, from one great being.

-- Immortality, endless, eternal, imperishable.

Supreme, eternal Immortals are Celestials.

Each Immortal Celestial is a unique, immortal existence, deserving of a specific term to describe them.

Even if similar powerhouses cultivate the same technique and have similar life experiences, due to various personal factors and differences in their true spirit origin, they will possess their own unique life form after becoming Celestials.

Like the Vermilion Bird Yan Chi Li, if her Xuanzhen Lihuo Dharma Body is completed, she can completely break free from the shackles of the 'Vermilion Bird' clan and create a new transcendent biological race, the 'Xuanzhen Lihuo Bird', becoming the ancestor of a clan.

Although, apart from herself, the newborn Xuanzhen Lihuo Birds are unlikely to be stronger than ordinary Vermilion Birds, it does add new possibilities to the Vermilion Bird clan.

If she further improves her strength, she can even evolve an entire world or even an ecosystem centered around her.

And this is the basic requirement of the 'Creator' 'Heavenly Lord' realm.

-- Even if only a drop of blood is dripped, this drop of blood can absorb the free energy in the world to perfect and strengthen itself, turning into a new life.

Even mere existence itself can permeate all things with its aura, causing all life in the world to spontaneously transform into dependents attached to it.

Hence the name Creator, Lord of Heaven and Earth.

In short.

Theoretically, there cannot be two identical Celestials in the world.

However, the Gods and Demons of the Perfect World give Su Zhou a feeling of 'minor differences within the same general type'.

Whether it was the Heavenly Demons who attacked in succession and were successively defeated, or the Heavenly Punishment strike of the Star Constellation, they didn't bring any essential difference to Su Zhou.

"Can't say they're exactly the same, but they're like they came out of the same mold, just with slight adjustments..."

Thinking like this, Su Zhou was actually quite confused. He murmured, "Moreover, the strength of the God Emperor and the Demon Lord is far too strong compared to ordinary Immortals and Heavenly Demons, it doesn't even seem like the difference between a 'Great Heavenly Lord' and a general 'Celestial'."

"Yala, what exactly is going on? Do you have any clues?"

"Haven't you already guessed most of it? Why are you still asking me?"

Faced with Su Zhou's routine inquiry to his external search engine, the Serpent Spirit sighed and replied, "Just like you thought before. Powerful existences can influence weaker existences, just like the existence of a Creator can influence a world, like the Panrong Undying Tree, that Grand Tree of Life in your Beast God Realm."

"However, the God Emperor and Demon Lord in this world are obviously so powerful that they can influence other Immortals, not just ordinary lives."

"Powerful enough to influence Immortal Celestials?"

Hearing this, even the flight trajectory of the divine bird shook slightly, almost deviating from its course, causing Han Shiling, who was being held underneath, to tremble violently, almost falling from its claws.

Although Su Zhou quickly returned to normal, it was enough to prove his shock: "They can actually influence even Celestials? Then how strong should the Heavenly Emperor of this place be?!"

"As far as I know, even a Great Heavenly Lord can't influence other Celestials! At most, when giving lectures, heavenly flowers will fall, allowing many Immortals to have insights!"

"Perhaps that is indeed the case in the Earth universe."

Yala didn't directly answer the question regarding Su Zhou's shock and confusion.

It simply followed Su Zhou's gaze, staring at the stars twinkling in the sky. The Serpent Spirit shook its head with a rather intriguing tone: "And in this Perfect World... Heh, you must know that the dependent structure of great existences is different."

Withdrawing its gaze, Yala hovered next to a spiritual plant seedling planted by evil souls, using its tail to flick the grass leaves. It said calmly, "Both Perfect and I like to choose individual entities to develop as dependents, and our dependents' usual mode of action is mostly close to a lone wolf, accustomed to fighting alone... Don't look around, I'm talking about you."

"And you also know the dependents of the Divine Tree, which must be calculated using worlds. Although each Divine Tree is their core dependent, what can completely explain the Dao of the Divine Tree is only the ecology of a world itself, not a single Divine Tree."

"As for other great existences, their dependents also have their own characteristics, and you will understand when you see them in the future."

At this point, the Serpent Spirit pondered for a while: "As for the Immortals of this world, they are indeed very strange. In my opinion, they are not a single great existence, but a group that has been influenced by multiple great existences."

"Therefore, I can't say which great existence influenced them, causing them to become the situation they are now -- and the factors that influence them, including me, are at least more than five."

"Is that so... Indeed, if there are great existences behind them, it wouldn't be strange to be able to influence Celestials."

Nodding slightly, acknowledging Yala's statement, Su Zhou couldn't help but ponder: "I do remember Ming Zhengde once told me that at the beginning of the God-Demon Era, it was the Primordial Heavenly Emperor who conferred the gods, which led to the prototype of today's Celestial Heavens and Divine Realm... Could it be that this conferring of gods is the method by which the Primordial Heavenly Emperor influenced the immortals?"

"What about the Heavenly Demons? All the Heavenly Demons use the thoughts of all beings to sublimate themselves, and each only controls a portion, not the whole -- theoretically speaking, this path should be more powerful if it is entirely controlled by one existence. Spreading it out creates flaws."

"What I know, the Gods and Demons can't possibly not know. Since that's the case, what is the purpose of them still deciding to do so?"

Everything has a purpose.

The three thousand years of the Warring States Period in the mortal world were due to the monarchs being controlled by the Gods and Demons, acting as agents of strife.

The mutual conquest between Gods and Demons is to determine the orthodoxy of heaven and earth and grasp the opportunities of the future.

And what is the purpose of the Heavenly Emperor and Demon Lord who control the Gods and Demons in taking such actions?

The human world is in chaos because of the Gods and Demons. If you want to achieve peace, you must understand the purpose of the Gods and Demons, and the purpose of the Heavenly Emperor and the Demon Lord.

"As expected of the Primordial World, the information of many great existences is intertwined, this situation is really complicated."

Thinking like this, Su Zhou let out a long breath and sighed: "I wonder how many great existences have influenced our Earth universe?"

"How many?"

The Serpent Spirit was slightly stunned, and then chuckled: "Su Zhou, are you underestimating Earth too much? That was the world where the former great seal was located. Its rank is no lower than the Primordial World. If it could be so easily influenced, we would have broken free from the seal and gained freedom long ago."

"In your world, great existences are just various illusory information projections. It is completely impossible for the situation of the Primordial World to occur, where the whole is influenced by the information of great existences -- and if it is to be influenced, then all great existences will influence it together, and there is no meaning in mutual entanglement."

This time, Yala's tone carried a trace of solemnity: "However, precisely because of this, you can walk your own path, instead of just becoming the shadow of a powerful existence."

"...Haha, that does sound like something 'Chaos' would say. Thank you."

Hearing this, the young man was stunned for a moment, and then thanked with a chuckle, causing the Serpent Spirit to snort lightly. Now, Su Zhou could be said to have roughly understood the current situation.

This Tianyuan World, seemingly the situation of the three realms of the congenital Nine Nether Mortal Realm, where Gods and Demons secretly fight with mortals as their agents.

But in reality, it is very likely just the result of a chess game between the 'Heavenly Emperor' and the 'Demon Lord', these two peak Great Heavenly Lords.

Perhaps, the chess players should also include 'Ming Zhengde', who obviously has the 'Perfect Mark' and has been reborn three times, and myself, who, relying on the Heavenly God's Scale, is an interloper from another universe who can't stand injustice.

Although Ming Zhengde and the pawns he can control are only themselves, at least they can see through the truth behind the complex situation.

-- The vast world is just a chessboard, the chess players play against each other, and the Gods, Demons, and the common people are all chess pieces.

And among them, the only ones who truly care about the survival of the world's living beings... are probably only myself and Ming Zhengde.

Thinking of this, Su Zhou couldn't help but lower his head.

He looked at this land.

Nanze Prefecture is primitive and barren. Except for a few cities on the edge as a starting point for human expansion, other areas are full of mountains and forests.

And the wilderness where Su Zhou was, was surrounded by various powerful demons that he had previously killed, so even ordinary villages were not there.

Therefore, although the Heavenly Punishment just now was extremely powerful and affected thousands of miles of land, creating many permanent changes and destruction to the terrain, it did not affect any ordinary people.

"Speaking of which, Han Shiling, that Heavenly Punishment strike just now would have killed you too, right?"

At this moment, Su Zhou focused his attention on Han Shiling, whom he had 'hijacked' under his claws in his divine bird form: "I can actually guarantee your safety, such as putting you in a personal space before the Heavenly Punishment arrives. As long as I don't die, you can't die -- but Nan Zhengkai doesn't know this."

The young man said this not to deliberately provoke discord, but simply to state the facts.

Nan Zhengkai did indeed launch the attack extremely decisively, completely disregarding the safety of Han Shiling, who was still sending him information.

So ruthless, as expected of a leader's decision.

However, unexpectedly, Han Shiling's reaction was far calmer than Su Zhou had imagined.

"There's nothing strange about it."

At this moment, this middle-aged man had already broken away from the shock of Su Zhou's defeat of the Heavenly Punishment. This somewhat tired-looking intelligence worker smiled bitterly and sat cross-legged, simply on Su Zhou's claws: "Candle Sun True Person, your strength has reached the limit of this world. Beyond that, there are Gods and Demons, and you also hold a prototype of a Dao Weapon in your hand."

"Such an existence as an enemy is very terrifying. Even if I were making the decision myself, if it were to eliminate you, even at my expense, it would be completely acceptable."

Speaking of this, this middle-aged intelligence chief even laughed: "Speaking of which, Candle Sun True Person, do you know what you defeated just now?"

"That was the Heavenly Punishment guided by the 'Heaven and Earth Star Disc', one of the most powerful magic weapons bestowed upon the Chief. In the distant past, it was one of the ultimate means used by the Immortals to eliminate the incarnations of other Heavenly Demons who descended into the world, or to oppose the rebellious True Persons who violated the will of the Immortals."

"Originally, the Chief planned to use this Heaven and Earth Star Disc on His Majesty the Holy Emperor... But later, the Immortals switched to supporting the New Dynasty. Even if he borrowed the power of the stars with the Heaven and Earth Star Disc, there would be no reaction, and the magic weapons bestowed by other Immortals were also the same."

"But Candle Sun True Person, you are different -- you are not a member of the New Dynasty, you are an independent individual, a variable in the world... Therefore, they will use all these powerful weapons on you, right?"

The so-called variable is an existence with powerful strength, unknown motives, and enough to change the situation and plan changes.

Such a variable is the biggest threat to any leader with a precise plan and arrangement. Either recruit it or eliminate it.

Ming Zhengde and Nan Zhengkai made different choices.

"But in the final analysis, you are still regarded as a sacrificial target."

Listening to Han Shiling's calm and somewhat ruthless analysis, Su Zhou also replied indifferently.

The divine bird broke through the atmosphere. He used the spiritual seed to open up a vacuum orbit, leaving behind a very obvious cloud track that even mortals could easily track, and then flew towards his goal at super high speed: "If Nan Zhengkai really has the charm to make you willing to sacrifice yourself, why did you choose to turn to Ming Zhengde?"

"...I can only say that, at least in the beginning, the Chief did indeed have the common people in mind."

Han Shiling was silent for a while. He sat on the divine bird's claws, closed his eyes, and said softly: "His dream was to become like the ancestor who created the Azure Sky Righteous Sun Ruler, a Tianyuan Human Emperor who valued humanity, and even above the high heavens, the 'Ziwei Star Lord' responsible for leading all living beings in this mortal world."

"That was an extremely lofty and almost impossible wish, but even so, in that chaotic world, we were willing to follow him."

"But he changed. After contacting the Gods and Demons, the Chief I followed changed..."

Opening his eyes, staring at the green world passing by, this Righteous Yang Country intelligence leader murmured with a complex tone: "I don't regret it. Whether it's betraying the Chief and turning to support the Holy Emperor, or being treated as a sacrificial lamb by the Chief. This is the path I chose myself."

"If I had died under the Heavenly Punishment before, at least I would have a reputation for loyalty and would not have become a traitor to Righteous Yang. But now, I am alive, but at least I can contribute to the Holy Emperor and True Person you."

The cyan-golden meteor flew across the sky and earth.

After a long silence, the distant coast could already be seen.

The ever-questioning divine bird asked the last question.

"So, you think this kind of change is not correct."

"Oh, divine bird of reform... Many times, change is not for progress, but compromise."

In response, Han Shiling sighed and replied: "In the face of more powerful existences, few people can maintain their original appearance... Therefore, they 'change'."

"Oh, divine bird of change, aren't you the one who understands these things best?"

Hearing this, Su Zhou nodded thoughtfully.

He didn't reply.

The divine bird flew like a meteor.

According to the information Han Shiling had given him earlier, Su Zhou had already arrived at his original destination via the nearest path.

The coast of Nanze Prefecture, the edge of the Southern Prison Sea.

The secret realm that nurtures the Prison Suppressing Devil Subduing Iron, the place of the 'Prison Sea Despair'.

There, endless black-gray mist wandered on the earth. The steep valleys and raised sharp scars were so rugged, like lingering shadows from ancient times, scars washed out by the sorrow and tears of countless living beings.

At the same time.

New Year's Day, October 21st.

Southern Continent, the border of the Righteous Yang Country's New Dynasty.

The cold wind blew through the roar of the waves, and heavy rain swept across the sea and sky with rolling gray haze.

This was the most common weather in the Southern Prison Sea. Since the submersion of the continent 400,000 years ago, there has been an eternal cold wind lingering here, and the wailing of the dead living beings of heaven and earth has turned into thunder, endless in the clouds and rain.

Even the divine bird was unwilling to come here, lest its soul be eroded by the cold and desperate thoughts.

However, in this heavy rain, there was a man with blue hair and red eyes standing in mid-air, looking up at the sky, his eyes glowing, but showing no emotion.

The man was wearing a set of armor that looked somewhat old, and his waist was adorned with various magic weapons and divine weapons exuding strange radiance. Even on the armor, there were many newly engraved divine runes.

He held his helmet in one hand and a cyan-based, red-patterned long ruler that looked ordinary in the other. On it, there were crystal-clear streams of light flowing, and one could vaguely hear chanting like the prayers of all people.

Under his feet, the sea surged, and seven True Persons also wearing armor, but looking confused and unsure of what to say, stood behind the man with blue hair and red eyes. They all bore the Righteous Yang Country's insignia, and were leaders of corresponding departments or generals in the army, the confidants of a nation.

The rain was pouring, but it was silent. No one dared to, or rather, no one knew what to say at this time.

Until the end, behind the man with blue hair and red eyes, a True Person who seemed to be the leader finally couldn't help but speak.

"Chief..."

This True Person had a righteous face, his appearance was in his prime, but his hair and beard were all white, looking very old.

He took a step forward and said in an extremely puzzled tone, "Are you really... planning to go alone to crusade against Candle Sun?"

The True Person's voice broke through the rain. Even if there was thunder roaring in the dark clouds, it didn't affect the clarity of his voice.

Therefore, the man who was called the Chief, the leader of the Righteous Yang Country, the emperor who didn't call himself emperor, Nan Zhengkai turned his head and looked calmly at the seven leaders of the Righteous Yang Country's relevant departments behind him.

"Of course."

He said lightly, gently waving the Azure Sky Righteous Sun Ruler in his hand: "Otherwise, wait until I fight with that Candle Sun to a critical point, and give you a chance to betray me?"

Boom!

Another thunderclap exploded.

The seven True Persons' faces froze. They suddenly felt their scalps go numb, and the powerful pressure from the 'Dao Weapon' and the peak True Person rushed towards them, causing a near-death chill to rise from their tailbones and rush to the top of their heads.

But after all, they were all True Persons. They quickly calmed down, and the white-haired general, who was the leader, was about to speak again to explain, but was interrupted by the man in advance.

"No need to explain, Luo Nan, I know you are loyal, but your family may not be... You want to say you don't know? That's wrong, you are just the descendant of the Azure Crane bloodline, you are not really over a thousand years old. You can't be so blind, can you?"

Laughing lightly, Nan Zhengkai shook his head and said: "You may indeed not have instructed them to contact the New Dynasty, but you definitely like to see it happen."

"You don't want to betray me, betray the foundation of Righteous Yang for hundreds of years, but you don't want your descendants to fall into the quagmire -- it's human nature, I won't blame you."

"This, can... Alas..."

Immediately, the white-haired general who was called Luo Nan opened his mouth to say something, seemingly wanting to defend himself.

But in the end, he could only stammer and remain silent.

"Of course I know that not everyone has betrayed Righteous Yang."

Not paying attention to the atmosphere that had become very subtle, the man said: "And I also know that even if you have betrayed, you are just exchanging some information to plan a way out for the future... I understand your thoughts."

Nan Zhengkai's tone was extremely calm, without any anger: "Facing the New Dynasty, we don't need to resist... Actually, I think the same as you, just the target is different."

Turning his head, the man was not afraid that someone among the seven True Persons behind him, whose auras had changed drastically, would attack him.

He even closed his eyes.

"Go, go back, work hard."

"In the name of Azure Sky Righteous Sun, I won't pursue it."

He said so.

There was another long silence.

Rain fell, waves rose, thunder rumbled, clouds surged.

"Chief, I admit that I have indeed been secretly communicating with the New Dynasty. I admit that you can punish me now if you go back, but now... Don't force it!"

"There is no need to forcibly annihilate that Candle Sun. How powerful is such a variable? We can ask the Gods and Demons for instructions and wait for them to send down their divine thoughts before discussing how to deal with it!"

"Chief... Alas, I..."

For a time, voices of persuasion sounded.

But Nan Zhengkai did not turn around or open his eyes.

His attitude was already very clear.

At this point, there was no need to say more.

"Then Chief... Take care."

So, the seven True Persons bowed to Nan Zhengkai silently, saluting.

Then they turned into streams of light and escaped towards the Righteous Yang Country behind them.

Everyone was gone.

The wind howled, and in the rain, Nan Zhengkai opened his eyes, letting the rain fall from the gaps in his armor.

In his eyes, there was no anger, sadness, or any emotion that could be called fluctuation from being betrayed.

The man knew very well that the thoughts of these subordinates and friends of his were actually very simple.

-- They were just afraid.

Because they were afraid of the power of the New Dynasty, afraid of Ming Zhengde, who was enough to contend against the innate formation with his own strength, contend against eight peak True Persons and a Dao Weapon, afraid of the orthodox name recognized by the Immortals.

Because they were afraid of the power of Candle Sun, afraid of the incredible power that was enough to easily resist the Heavenly Punishment, and even reverse the light of the Heavenly Punishment, turning it into a scattered rain of light.

Because they wanted to exist, wanted to live, wanted to continue 'life'.

So, they feared, were afraid, didn't want to face it, didn't want to face their own weakness.

Then, they compromised, changed, and 'betrayed' the existing path.

Just like himself... Because he knew, he was afraid.

Because he knew the power of the Gods and Demons, he finally made a decision completely different from his past self.

-- The way of reform is not just a simple good change, but also compromise for the sake of 'better', and destruction for the sake of 'better'.

As for what is better...

Isn't that something that can be certified freely?

"Azure Sky Righteous Sun..."

Holding the divine ruler, sensing the endless majestic divine power within.

Nan Zhengkai raised his head, his gaze seemed to be able to penetrate the dark clouds and fog, directly looking at the three thousand stars above the high heavens, outside the void.

The man murmured to himself: "How can the stars in the sky be compared to the man-made stars on the ground?"

"My Dao is correct, I firmly believe this... But if I am wrong, will these tens of billions of Righteous Yang refugees be destroyed with my mistake?"

That was absolutely impossible.

If he could make such a decisive choice, he would not make compromising measures.

"So, you cowards who are more cowardly than me, don't come with me to crusade against that Candle Sun divine bird... Even if an accident happens, at least you can maintain the human inheritance of Righteous Yang... so that it won't be cut off."

Letting out a long sigh, Nan Zhengkai put on his helmet, covering his face.

On his left hand, the star disc condensed from starlight appeared again.

Using the star disc as a guide, he looked into the distance, towards the direction where Su Zhou was now, his gaze becoming firm: "The Heavenly Punishment of the Heaven and Earth Star Disc is useless. No wonder this Candle Sun divine bird was jointly ordered by the Gods and Demons to be annihilated -- if the great tribulation is coming, then this Candle Sun must be one of the omens of doomsday!"

"In the past, in the Southeast continents, the inauspiciousness of the great tribulation arrived together. If the Central continent also suffers this disaster..."

Letting out a long breath, he couldn't help but look dim.

And at this time, Nan Zhengkai could still see the guidance information refreshed by Han Shiling again.

After hearing the information reported by the other party, his face became complicated again.

"Shiling... Is he still reporting?"

He is really... very loyal.

Even if he chose to sacrifice him, is he still like this?

The man sighed. He couldn't help but recall the past.

-- At that time, he was a young man full of vigor.

A young man with a born vision, who believed that he was the reincarnation of a great power, recruited a group of equally bold and fearless Warring States warriors along the way in order to explore the legendary Southern Mountain Underground Palace. In this way, laughing and roaring, they galloped towards the vast and unknown goal, not even knowing if it was true or false.

At that time, they would not despair, hesitate, fear difficulties, or be afraid of risks and costs. Naturally, even if they encountered difficulties and dangers, they would try their best to overcome them. They would support each other and could travel thousands of miles in the wind and rain, just for a promise.

Therefore, they crossed cold pools, cleared mountain paths, killed demons, passed heavenly barriers, and then went deep into the ancient tombs of hundreds of thousands of years ago, passed through multiple tests, and obtained a Dao Weapon that was unique in the world, which could dominate the world.

Then... they raised troops, conquered, established a country, quelled the chaos, and brought peace.

This was an incomparably heroic story.

Until the final end -- these warriors knew the truth of this world.

And at that time, those heroes who were fearless of death in the past had all changed greatly.

Some became cautious and careful, some became sophisticated, and some became majestic and indifferent.

Even, some became cowardly, timid, and even inferior.

But the same was true, they could no longer put in all their efforts and fight for the "vague future" and the "unknown goal", like they used to.

They were all worried about their actions. There were families, subordinates, and people who didn't care or cared about following behind them.

Therefore, they rarely smiled.

"Why, Ming Zhengde, why can you still move forward without hesitation after becoming the Human Dao Holy Emperor..."

"Is there really someone who knows everything from birth? Is there really someone who can see the way forward and never be confused?!"

Thinking of this, Nan Zhengkai came back to his senses.

He couldn't help but clench the hilt of the Dao Weapon in his hand and gritted his teeth: "Why do I always recall these things... Is this the feeling of guilt?"

"Damn it, do I, a butcher with blood on my hands, deserve to feel guilty?"

Shaking his head, Nan Zhengkai took a deep breath to calm his thoughts.

He looked at the information sent by Han Shiling again.

Then frowned.

"This is... Prison Sea Despair? The Heavenly Forbidden Zone formed by the nameless True Person who is about to become the Ziwei Star Lord, suppressing many demons in the Southern Prison Sea?"

"Could it be that the purpose of this Candle Sun Divine Bird is the spiritual object nurtured in this Prison Sea Despair?"

-- In the past, when the Southern Continent was submerged, demons appeared in the world, and the coastal areas of the Central continent turned into a hell. Even in the daytime, bones would rise, and resentful souls would cross the sky, making people feel like they were in hell.

However, at that time, the Central continent was also suffering a great disaster, and no one cared about the disaster that seemed to be happening in just one place.

Only a nameless True Person saw this, knowing that if he did not subdue and suppress these billions of resentful souls, then the south of the Central continent would become a real cursed land in the future.

Therefore, he subdued the prison with his own body.

Hundreds of thousands of years have passed, and his legend has long been forgotten, but there are still relevant records in the ancient history books, and even called him the incarnation of a certain "Ziwei Star Lord" who descended into the mortal world in the past, or a True Person who was about to ascend to heaven, but gave up becoming a god because of this disaster, and stayed in the world.

And the place where he once transformed into a formation to subdue evil and suppress demons has now become a forbidden area covered in black mist, feared by the world.

But no matter who it is, they all know that there must be divine objects nurtured within the forbidden area.

Not only Ming Zhengde and Nan Zhengkai.

As the intelligence leader of the Righteous Yang Country, Han Shiling naturally knew this very well.

However, he expressed his confusion about the 'Prison Suppressing Devil Subduing Iron' mentioned by Su Zhou.

"Could it be that the divine object nurtured in this Prison Sea Despair is a divine iron?"

At this moment, under the full flight of the divine bird, Su Zhou and Han Shiling had arrived at the end of Nanze Prefecture, the coast of the Southern Prison Sea, the edge of the forbidden area called Prison Sea Despair.

-- Nanze Prefecture, the edge of the Prison Sea Despair --

Standing in the sky nearly 100,000 meters high, the two people solemnly watched below, a part of the huge circular array that could only see an invisible arc.

Hundreds of thousands of years have passed, and no matter how huge the array is, it has been buried by dust and sand at this moment. Looking down from the high sky above, you can only roughly see the outline of a shape.

And within this outline, there are endless distorted shadows.

That is the surging black tide in the earth and ocean.

With the sea level as the base point, the entire area about 420 meters high and thousands of miles long is filled with flowing gray-black mist.

The place covered by this mist is rippling at all times. The black mist is surging like waves, and the visible aura fluctuations stir the air, spreading like ink in the atmosphere.

The gray-black mist sea is surging violently, and it seems that countless demons are rampant inside.

But no matter how intense the movement is, these gray-black mists will never exceed that seemingly non-existent arc. It is always confined within that range and cannot go out to cause chaos.

Staring at the black mist sea below, Su Zhou could even see and hear that there were hundreds of millions of confused and resentful souls wandering in the mist sea...

Hundreds of thousands of years have passed, and they are still wailing in it.

Because their obsessions have not disappeared, and also because of the ancient Evil Subduing Array, it has indeed confined all these resentful souls that have not been completely purified within itself, but has maintained their long-term existence, so that they will not be annihilated due to the passage of time.

"This is the Prison Sea Despair."

Murmuring to himself in this way, he muttered, "The place where the Prison Suppressing Devil Subduing Iron is nurtured?"

"Yes..."

Also staring at the forbidden area covered by countless gray-black mists below, Han Shiling couldn't help but say confusedly: "Divine iron... That's not strange either."

But after thinking about Su Zhou's recent movements, this middle-aged man suddenly realized: "So that's it, Candle Sun True Person, you want to forge a Dao Weapon, so you want to use this divine iron as the main material!"

"Well, you don't know?"

The body flashed with light, and the aura fluctuated violently. Su Zhou canceled his true body and transformed into a human form.

Standing in front of Han Shiling, the young man was a bit puzzled at first, but after thinking about it carefully in his heart, he felt that it was normal: "Yes, the Prison Suppressing Devil Subduing Iron has not been born yet. Ming Zhengde is a reborn person, so he naturally knows that the Prison Suppressing Devil Subduing Iron will appear here, and it is normal for others not to know."

At this moment, Han Shiling was pointing at the mist sea below, and began to explain.

"As you can see, Candle Sun True Person, this is the Prison Sea Despair, a forbidden area filled with endless Nether Death Mist."

"As long as you enter, you will be dragged into the illusion composed of the soul thoughts of hundreds of millions of demons and ghosts, walking in the boundary between the Nether and reality."

"So far, no one has been able to return after entering the core, even True Persons."

Emphasizing 'anyone' heavily, Han Shiling's tone was solemn at this time: "Even in the heyday of the Righteous Yang Country, we would not rashly explore this place -- in the past, even with the Azure Sky Righteous Sun Ruler, the Chief did not enter the core area, but wandered around the periphery for a while, and then shook his head and returned."

"I am not scaring you, True Person, I am just stating a fact."

"Well, I understand."

In response, Su Zhou naturally would not think that Han Shiling was trying to persuade him to give up. He was just telling him the risks.

And these risks had not yet reached the point where he would be discouraged.

Even if there were hundreds of millions of demons, plus a peak True Person, and even a strong man who could ascend to the position of Ziwei Star Lord, so what?

He could beat these people when they were all alive, so what was there to fear when they were dead.

In fact, his interest in the term Ziwei Star Lord was far greater than his interest in this endless resentful soul.

Therefore, Su Zhou curiously asked: "Ziwei Star Lord... I always hear this term."

"Nan Zhengkai's Azure Sky Righteous Sun Ruler originated from a Ziwei Star Lord, and his own goal is to become the new generation of Ziwei Star Lord."

"And according to what Ming Zhengde said, the condition set by the Immortals for him was also for him to become the Ziwei Star Lord... What kind of position is this?"

"Ziwei Star Lord..."

In response, Han Shiling also withdrew his gaze. He stood respectfully on Su Zhou's side, and then said with some nostalgia in his eyes: "That is, the representative of 'humanity' in this world."

"Each Ziwei Star Lord is the representative of the human emperor of an era, the person who is most likely, or even has already unified the world."

"He represents the end of chaos, the elimination of disasters, and the arrival of peace... Whenever a Ziwei Star Lord appears, the human world will be peaceful for thousands or even tens of thousands of years, and all living beings will be happy and worry-free."

"This is the position that the Chief has always yearned for... But I think that is a position that is more in line with the Holy Emperor."

"...So that's it."

Nodding slightly, Su Zhou raised his eyes and his eyes flickered: "It seems that it is 'recruitment'?"

Not paying attention to Han Shiling, who was stunned, seemingly wanting to understand what 'recruitment' meant, the young man slowly landed from the high altitude, and said calmly: "It seems that whether it is Immortals or Heavenly Demons, they actually care a lot about 'mortals'."

"Not necessarily an individual, but a representative, a symbol... It doesn't matter whether they live well or are happy, but Immortals and Heavenly Demons need many mortals to produce some value for their use."

And the Ziwei Star Lord, perhaps... is the dog who manages the flock of sheep, the pig who takes care of the pigsty.

Su Zhou didn't say the last sentence.

All of this was just speculation, just because before coming to the Perfect World, he happened to recruit a group of Heavenly God dependents and all kinds of inexplicable chaos makers on Earth, so he was a bit sensitive.

However, in any case, regardless of whose mouth it was, the fact that the Ziwei Star Lord was updated and replaced very quickly was true.

Landing below the clouds, standing on the ground,