Chapter 1 Two Months Ago

2017, December 23rd. Southeast Zheng Country, Qingqiu Secret Realm, beside the interdimensional portal.

When the Yuanwang (Distant Hope) ship returned, laden with over two thousand Qingqiu foxes, bringing the dire news that 'Lord of War' (Bingzhu) might be unsealed and that Sky Demons were rampaging across the Qingqiu Star, the upper echelons of the Zheng Country's government were collectively shaken.

In truth, the higher-ups in Zheng Country had already anticipated discovering some less-than-optimistic events on Qingqiu Star when they dispatched the Yuanwang ship. After all, warnings from the Scarlet Firmament Sword (Chixiao Jian) were rare throughout history, and this occurrence undoubtedly signified a momentous event.

But even so, this news was a bit too bad.

"Arrange suitable residences for those Qingqiu people—but don't allow them to interact with the outside world… Yes, I know, many media outlets are eager for our first contact with the natives of the Qingqiu Secret Realm, but this news must be suppressed."

After a serious discussion with the elders of the Qingqiu people, the Wen Sheng (Sage of Culture) and Li Sheng (Sage of Rituals), having gained a general understanding of the current situation on Qingqiu Star, prepared to convene an emergency meeting of the Central Committee.

The old man's expression was solemn: "Lord of War and Sky Demons—spreading such news will only create chaos. Before we dispatch reinforcements and return, all this information must be sealed off, and we must adjust our production structure and prepare."

"That's not difficult, but the problem is that the current situation is still unclear to us—Su Zhou remained on Qingqiu Star. Lin Chengde, Liu Wuxin, and Tang Yuan all confirmed that he was still fighting a Overlord-level Sky Demon before the Yuanwang ship left Qingqiu Star's orbit. I'm not worried about his safety, but since an Overlord can appear on Qingqiu Star, is it possible that there will be more?"

The Li Sheng was also an old man, with long eyebrows and beard, and a worried expression: "The resurrection of Celestial Worthies, Sky Demons all over the planet, and the possible existence of multiple Earth Immortals—these are all things that require humanity as a whole to deal with. I think we must convene a joint international conference later; this matter is urgent."

"The messes left by immortals and gods are truly numerous…" At this point, the Wen Sheng couldn't help but sigh: "Tree of Life (Shengzhu), Lord of War, Sky Demons—it's only been three years, and two Celestial Worthies might be resurrected. Why don't other countries have these problems?"

"Maybe they just haven't said it. After all, not reporting it is the same as it not existing."

The Li Sheng told a cold joke: "Have you forgotten the Typhoon Realm a few days ago? And the three ancient secret realms that the American Federation urgently sealed off… Unless they say so, who knows what the specific situation is?"

"In the end, all the immortals and gods in the world are the same; they probably never thought about leaving."

Because the matter was indeed important, the meeting was quickly convened.

The specific details of the meeting need not be described. In short, whether within the Zheng Country's Central Committee or at the joint international conference, everyone reached a consensus based on the wealth of concrete evidence brought by the Yuanwang ship.

The combat footage against the Sky Demons and the activation of the Lord of War's true soul core fragments were enough to prove the truth of these events, not to mention the Qingqiu people testifying with their own lives, explaining their painful history of the past millennium—that was not something that could be easily fabricated.

Thus, in just a few days, the global situation instantly became tense.

On the surface, the Zheng Country's official announcement stated that the exploration of the Qingqiu Secret Realm was gradually becoming clear, and they were preparing to invest in a second exploration team to expand the scope of exploration.

In secret, major forces around the world were mobilizing resources, adjusting equipment, and even unsealing long-dormant divine artifacts as quickly as possible, preparing for the worst.

Fortunately, with the help of the Talin people and the gradual opening of the Kelo people, the construction of Earth's spaceships had not stopped. Recently, master craftsmen from various countries, in coordination with the fully operational industrial complex, had built many experimental prototype ships—but now, it was no time to worry about prototypes.

For a time, almost all spaceship prototypes, whether they were replicas based on the wreckage of ships on the far side of the moon, exploration ships of the same model as the Yuanwang ship, or other kinds of strange vessels, were all activated and sent to Qingqiu Five in the Qingqiu Secret Realm, setting off together.

Multiple countries, multiple spaceships—this was perhaps the first multinational joint fleet operation in human history.

"Overlord Earth Immortal, huh…"

In a Zheng Country's spaceship, Liu Li, the leader of the Weiwu lineage, was in the same cabin as the jade bead that sealed the Sundering Sun Bow (Luori Gong), suppressing the divine weapon's hostility.

This Zhenguo Envoy (Envoy of the Nation), who possessed the divine weapon of the nation, had muscles as developed as bronze armor. He stared at the porthole, which displayed the cosmic starry sky, and couldn't help but sigh: "I never thought that only three years after the Spiritual Energy Revival, a Celestial Immortal would appear in the Secret Realm."

Earth Immortal, Overlord, Demon God… These titles all described the power and rarity of this realm. Even in the ancient immortal and god civilizations that had lasted for hundreds of thousands of years, Earth Immortals could not be said to be common. They were the mainstay of maintaining the divine court, the strong who truly governed and ruled a territory.

Although Sky Demons were different from human cultivators, Earth Immortals were Earth Immortals. Even the worst Sky Demon Earth Immortal was still an Earth Immortal.

Holding the Sundering Sun Bow, Liu Li was confident that he could resist an Earth Immortal. If he had the chance to unleash the full power of the divine weapon, killing an Earth Immortal would not be difficult.

But he was also clear that Su Zhou, who was still on Qingqiu Star, also possessed a wisp of Scarlet Firmament Sword Qi, which could also unleash power equivalent to a divine weapon strike.

The power of a divine weapon was closely related to the strength of the attacker. Although it was embarrassing to say, Liu Li knew that his realm was far below Su Zhou, who was probably already at the peak of the Commander stage. They both wielded divine weapons, but the power Su Zhou unleashed would definitely be greater than his, this old codger.

But if that Sky Demon Earth Immortal was so powerful that even Su Zhou couldn't kill it, then even if he held the divine weapon itself, he probably couldn't do any better.

--I hope Su Zhou is still alive. If that's the case, I'll hand over the Sundering Sun Bow to him, and he can activate the power of the divine weapon's true form. That way, as long as the enemy hasn't reached the High-Rank Overlord stage, there's a chance to kill them.

As he pondered his plans for fighting on Qingqiu Star, Liu Li didn't consider the possibility of 'Lord of War successfully unsealing' at all.

In fact, the officials of countries around the world, and all the forces of humanity, had not considered this possibility.

Because there was no need.

If a Great Celestial Worthy successfully unsealed, humanity would either be wiped out or submit. Of course, it was also possible that the Lord of War was magnanimous and, seeing that the Jiuli people were still living well, and realizing that the immortals and gods had left this universe, wouldn't bother with these mortals.

But in any case, the current human civilization had no room to resist a Great Celestial Worthy.

On the other hand, Earth Immortals, even multiple Earth Immortals, could be dealt with if the current human world went all out.

For example, Zheng Country, not to mention the Wen Sheng and Yan Sheng, who needed to guard the Zheng Country and held the Scarlet Firmament Sword and the Luotu River Chart (Luotu He Shu), the Weiwu lineage, who held the Sundering Sun Bow, and another Envoy of the Nation, who held the Mountain-Driving Whip (Ganshan Bian), were all in the multinational fleet, heading to Qingqiu Star to provide support.

In addition, seven of the Thirty-Six Sages were also dispatched, with the Dao Sheng (Sage of Dao) and the Li Sheng leading the way.

This number was not small. After all, the Sages themselves had their own work, and the Sages did not necessarily represent cultivation strength. Only these seven Sages could be spared and were powerful enough; there could be no more.

Other major forces also sent their divine artifact-wielding successors—about half of humanity's high-end military force and divine artifacts were here, while the other half remained on Earth. If bad news came from the Qingqiu Realm, they would close the interdimensional portal and defend Earth directly.

Of course, some people had a pessimistic and serious attitude, while others were quite optimistic.

For example, Tang Yuan, who was still on the Yuanwang ship and had set off with the multinational fleet as a guide, had a relaxed expression and didn't show a trace of worry.

And this ease of his even provoked the dissatisfaction of a golden-haired beauty beside him.

"Secretary Tang, why aren't you worried at all?"

Jin Qiong, who had already started interning in the New World Exploration Department, inexplicably joined the joint fleet operation and couldn't understand why Tang Yuan could hum a little tune and record his work, completely out of sync with the solemn atmosphere of the entire fleet, even though his direct superior was alone on an alien planet, fighting the Sky Demons of the entire planet. "Demon King Su… I mean, Su Zhou is very likely to die there! Then, not to mention that humanity will face a major crisis, your future prospects will definitely be bleak!"

Although, because of personal grudges, Jin Qiong often imagined herself stepping on Su Zhou, who had transformed into a dragon-snake, in a true body duel after advancing to the Commander stage—but the current crisis of all mankind was another matter. She couldn't gloat over Su Zhou, who was alone on a Sky Demon planet.

Of course, this wasn't because she was worried about him, but simply because she wanted to defeat Su Zhou herself, so she couldn't let him die inexplicably on an alien planet!

After all, the Six Paths Sky Demon was a monster that was also recorded in the texts left by the immortals and gods. It had once erupted in a realm under the rule of the Hindu god system, causing a certain country to be reduced to a wasteland, with Sky Demons running rampant, almost completely destroying the country.

In the age of immortals and gods, most countries represented a realm or a life-bearing planet… What did this mean? It meant that even without considering the resurrection of Lord of War, the Six Paths Sky Demon itself was a planetary-level disaster in a sense!

If things really came to that, then Earth could only choose to seal off the realm and defend the space-time gate—after all, no matter how strong the Sky Demons were, it would be very difficult for them to cross the void and fight the Earthlings who were waiting in formation at Qingqiu Five.

Even she felt anxious about this terrible disaster, so Jin Qiong couldn't understand why Tang Yuan was so optimistic.

"As for the Minister, I don't think he'll lose."

In response, Tang Yuan directly replied simply: "To be honest, the Minister was only one step away from the Overlord stage at that time—I'm almost certain that he can directly advance to the Overlord during the battle."

"Even in the Commander stage, the Minister can fight back and forth with that Sky Demon Overlord. If he also advances to the Overlord, then I think the Minister can hang that Sky Demon Overlord up and beat him."

Although the Yuanwang ship directly withdrew after dropping the nuclear bomb, without continuing to observe the subsequent battle—after all, whether Su Zhou won or lost, they had to inform Earth as quickly as possible—Tang Yuan was very confident in Su Zhou's strength.

Even Lin Chengde and Liu Wuxin wouldn't have this trust… After all, the matter of breaking through before the battle was something that even fantasy novelists didn't dare to use easily, let alone in a battle of Overlord against Commander. Could the Sky Demons give Su Zhou time to advance?

Even Su Zhou couldn't break through to Overlord in an instant!

Therefore, apart from Tang Yuan, most people had a pessimistic attitude about this.

However, whether pessimistic or optimistic, the fleet was sailing.

Silver-blue spiritual energy currents created a sea-like mist of light behind the fleet, rising and falling, flowing and spreading in the dark space of the universe.

During the tense and solemn voyage, the fleet also saw Qingqiu Four, which had been half-transformed by the immortals and gods—the obvious traces of artificial transformation stunned all the cultivators who didn't have a clear understanding of the power of the immortals and gods, rendering them speechless. This kind of world-changing feat, which the current human civilization could not achieve, made them even more cautious about the Lord of War sealed on Qingqiu Star and the Sky Demon Overlord.

After another period of time, the extremely cautious multinational joint fleet arrived in Qingqiu Star's orbit.

"Strange, strange."

In a Zheng Country spaceship, the Dao Sheng, whose white hair had turned black, stood at the very front of the bridge. The dignified old man looked at the beautiful planet, half sea blue and half emerald green, and his tone couldn't help but carry a hint of bewilderment: "This is different from the information given by the Yuanwang ship…"

With the vision of a cultivator, the Dao Sheng could see that Qingqiu Star wasn't surrounded by thick clouds as the Yuanwang ship had reported, like a hazelnut ball wrapped in chocolate.

In fact, the planet looked very normal. Although there were indeed many clouds, they were probably just normal weather phenomena, at most a bit more frequent typhoons.

"In the central ocean, there is an unnatural phenomenon of dust spreading…"

At this time, the Li Sheng had already taken out the analysis report from the warship. The old man, nearly a hundred years old, had come to the front line with the idea of sacrificing himself for the country, but now he was a little confused: "Looking at the structure of these feathery dust—it's volcanic ash. A large-scale volcanic eruption occurred in that area, and its momentum is almost comparable to the eruption of the super volcano belt on Kyushu Island, Yingzhou."

"But the strange thing is that it wouldn't be strange for this dust to spread across the globe, but according to the analysis report, this dust was directly erased by some force when it reached the coast of the Qingqiu Continent—just like erasing it with an eraser, directly erasing it, without leaving any trace."

This was indeed a strange phenomenon. Apart from Zheng Country, other forces in the joint fleet had also discovered this, and communication began to increase frequently on the channel.

In response, the Dao Sheng thought for a while and then ordered.

"Attempt to conduct long-wave detection."

So said, the old man ordered the entire fleet to activate their spiritual energy shields, and then activate their spiritual energy radar to scan Qingqiu Star—he knew that this might trigger the enemy's orbital strikes, but compared to enduring attacks, intelligence was still the most important: "Multiple ships intersect, conducting uninterrupted scans, don't miss a single detail."

Upon receiving the instructions, the fleet, which had already undergone joint training during the two months of sailing, began to act. Immediately, orderly detection reports came in sequence on the public channel.

The spiritual energy radar waves swept across the entire Qingqiu Star, without missing anything, and all the warships of the joint fleet supported their maximum power spiritual energy shields, preparing to face the incoming orbital spiritual energy arrow attacks.

But the strange thing was that none of this happened.

No spiritual arrows, no attacks, and not even hostile reactions on the planet.

The planet rotated, and a rich life force came from the emerald green Qingqiu Continent. Apart from the volcanic smoke and dust that hadn't yet dispersed in the central ocean, the entire planet was as beautiful as an artwork.

"...Is it a trap?"

For a time, apart from the Dao Sheng, the other command echelons in the multinational fleet also fell into silence and doubt. Even Lin Chengde, Liu Wuxin, and other members of the Yuanwang ship felt confused: "That's not right. When we conducted a spiritual energy scan, the spiritual arrow attack came almost immediately!"

"Yes, if it hadn't been so fast, we might not have been shot down!"

But whether it was a trap or not, the operation wouldn't stop. Since the enemy wasn't counterattacking, then they would strive not to show any flaws and carry out the plan.

"Conduct an orderly descent!"

So said, immediately, below all the spaceships suspended in Qingqiu Star's orbit, as the metal valves slowly opened, streamlined, shuttle-shaped landing crafts appeared, and all the cultivators in the first batch who were preparing to carry out landing operations were inside, preparing to execute the fastest possible landing operation!

"Begin!"

At an order, countless meteors fell.

Hundreds of landing crafts sped out, entered the atmosphere, and with flame tails like meteors, hurtled toward the several safe landing points that the Yuanwang ship had determined in the past.

Hundreds of dazzling lights lit up in the sky, triggering roaring thunder, vibrating the heavens and earth.

If viewed from Qingqiu Star's perspective, it would be a series of huge meteors speeding from afar, reaching the top of the sky, and then they would split into hundreds of small meteors, causing light to fall like rain.

Soon, because all the landing crafts were landing at an angle of nearly ninety degrees, the time it took them to crash into the earth was much faster than real meteorites—accompanied by a loud boom, the first landing craft had already landed on the earth. It crashed into a plain, blasting out a small crater in the smooth grassland, causing earth and rocks to splash.

The landing craft was nearly ten meters high and several meters wide, like a small container. After landing, it stuck in the ground, like a silver watchtower.

And that wasn't the end of it. After the first landing craft landed, other landing crafts crashed into the earth one after another—it was as if a huge steel forest had descended from the sky, and for a time, the entire plain was filled with towering silver watchtowers.

Bang! Crack——

The sound of metal valves opening came, and huge iron gates fell, resting on the ground like stairs, and a series of fully armed cultivators, wearing exoskeleton armor, walked out of them in a coordinated manner, gathering into an elite team.

These cultivators were wearing the most advanced generation of exoskeleton armor. The cultivators in each landing craft were a complete combat squad—the general configuration was one firepower specialist, one assault specialist, one engineer, one defender, and one scout. They were equipped with heavy firepower weapons that had been modified with Taoist magic and enchantments, and engraved with talismans, and they also carried various cold weapons. After simple modifications, the landing crafts could also be modified into engineering vehicles for rapid movement.

Among these squads, each squad had multiple Transcendence-stage cultivators. Only the strength requirements for the engineers were not high, but there were also Transcendence-stage engineers. They were the most elite troops that humanity could possess today.

In an instant, hundreds of independent combat squads appeared on this plain. According to plan, they would be guided by the orbital spacecraft to areas where Qingqiu people's shelters might exist, communicate with the locals, and try to fight against the Sky Demon forces. Of course, finding Su Zhou's whereabouts was also a top priority.

They had a series of extremely precise and complete plans that could cope with most unexpected situations.

However, at the beginning of the operation, the biggest accident happened.

Buzz——!!!!

For a time, all the spiritual energy reconnaissance instruments in all the combat squads emitted the most urgent warning sounds! A huge spiritual energy fluctuation suddenly appeared in one place on the plain, and it was very close to where they had landed!

"E-enemy attack?!"

Without even needing instruments, simply by relying on the instinctual spiritual energy perception of all the cultivators, everyone was shocked to discover that a powerful spiritual energy source that had surpassed the Commander stage and directly reached the Overlord stage, reaching the realm of Earth Immortal, had appeared around them!

In an instant, everyone turned their heads in shock and looked in the direction from which the spiritual energy fluctuation came.

Then, they saw in that direction a figure who had been sitting on the ground and was now slowly rising.

That figure wasn't peculiar, but for some reason, it attracted the attention of those present, as if he was the center of the world.

Whether it was attention or the wandering spiritual energy, when he released the restraints on his own power, it was like a vortex, guiding everything toward him.

And that face, needless to say.

Everyone, or at least most of the cultivators present, were very familiar with him.

Because on Earth, news and information about him appeared almost every day, and even when performing missions in other worlds, his online popularity hadn't decreased by half. There were constant and inconclusive debates about him, whether about his strength or personality, about his talent or supernatural powers, or even his bloodline origins, or even comparing him to ancient immortals and gods…

Su Zhou.

It was Su Zhou's figure.

For some reason, Su Zhou, who had been waiting here, slowly got up and gently released his Overlord-stage spiritual energy and aura, clearly spreading his spiritual energy fluctuations across the entire plain without causing any weather changes.

In an instant, the world dimmed, and then returned to brightness—this was an illusion caused by the eyes due to the release of too much spiritual energy.

But even so, on his body, there were several young Qingqiu children who had transformed into little foxes, either lying on his shoulders or being held in his arms, sleeping soundly, very comfortably.

These Qingqiu children who had been taken out by Su Zhou for a trip were now having their daily nap. The noise from the landing crafts earlier was shielded by the huge spiritual energy, and now there was no sign of them being awakened by the youth releasing his spiritual energy fluctuations.

Perfectly harmonious, meticulously controlled.

Having stabilized his Overlord Earth Immortal realm, possessed of a Heavenly Soul Authority, and able to control spiritual energy with a sense of time that was dozens of times greater than that of ordinary cultivators, Su Zhou could easily do such things.

At the same time, in orbit.

"Report! Suddenly detected Overlord-stage spiritual energy fluctuations on the ground!"

"Emergency! It's an ambush! That Overlord-stage person was already waiting at the landing site!"

"What's the situation now?!"

At this moment, the atmosphere in the multinational joint fleet's channel was very tense, and the situation was extremely serious. High-level commanders, including the Dao Sheng, were calling the ground troops with great solemnity, wanting to know the situation—and in all the warships, strategic weapons were ready, and the Commander-stage powerhouses wielding divine weapons were also ready at any time. As long as the time was right, the largest joint attack that humanity could launch would erupt on the surface of Qingqiu Star.

But soon, a voice that was a little stammering due to excessive surprise, but generally smooth, rang out in the channel.

"Re-report! All is well!"

"We've found Minister Su!"

……

When the Dao Sheng, the Li Sheng, Liu Li, the two Sages and one Zhenguo Envoy, landed on the surface of Qingqiu Star with incredulous expressions and met Su Zhou, the youth was still stroking a white little fox in his hand.

Qingqiu children, before they could live independently (8 years old), would spend most of their time in Celestial Fox form to reduce consumption and to facilitate hiding and living. But unlike the Ice Fox clan on Qingqiu Four, they would still consume normal human food to ensure the healthy growth of their human bodies, and would not cause malnutrition.

After expelling most of the Sky Demons, the Qingqiu people's lives began to gradually shift from shelters to the surface, and in the busy process of rebuilding their homes, there were fewer people to take care of the many Qingqiu children.

In response, Su Zhou volunteered to take care of these cute little fellows—but how could the Qingqiu people dare to let a Celestial Immortal take care of children?

They would rather allocate a group of people to take care of the children specifically, slowing down the pace of reconstruction, than waste this adult's time by having Su Zhou do it.

"I really don't mind at all... Okay, okay."

Even so, Su Zhou, feeling somewhat regretful in the face of the Qingqiu people's somewhat apprehensive refusal, would still occasionally take a group of lucky little fellows to fly around Qingqiu Star, to see the scenery all over the planet—he wouldn't allow anyone else to refuse this.

"These little guys, who should be wandering in the sunlight, were born in the dark underground. At this time, I'm just letting them roam freely in this vast world, just like their ancestors."

It had to be said that this reason was really reasonable and well-founded.

But for the Earthlings, the situation was a bit strange.

Su Zhou, whom they had thought was fighting hard against the Sky Demons, and even needed to flee all over the planet, waiting for their support, was actually waiting at the landing site as if he had known they were coming—not to mention waiting, he was actually leisurely stroking a fox!

And even more terrifying was his obvious realm, which was almost written on his face!

Overlord! Earth Immortal!

Far beyond the Commander stage, the range of perception of his spiritual energy fluctuations, which almost enveloped half of the plain, completely covering hundreds of combat squads… this realm was undoubtedly a true 'immortal god's position'!

After a long silence, although they already had an answer in their hearts, the Dao Sheng still opened his mouth with some difficulty when he met Su Zhou's smiling face and said, "Professor Su, it's good to see you're okay... But... where are the enemies? Those Sky Demons that the Yuanwang ship reported?"

"You mean the Sky Demons? They're all dead."

Su Zhou replied happily. Several little foxes had woken up and were now circling around him, and several Celestial Foxes had transformed back into human form. Cute little boys and girls with fox ears and fox tails were hiding behind Su Zhou, looking a little timidly at these strange humans in 'Taoist armor' without ears.

"All dead?!"

Noticing the gazes of those Qingqiu children, even the Dao Sheng's gaze softened a lot.

His little granddaughter was exactly this age, and when he thought of how many Qingqiu people had been chased by the Sky Demons in the past millennium, and had almost been wiped out, he felt even more pity for these Qingqiu children.

After all, in any case, they were a derivative of the Shenzhou civilization. They weren't immortals and gods, but remnants of immortals and gods left on Earth… In a sense, they and the Qingqiu people were truly compatriots, only one was lucky and received the inheritance, and one was unlucky and encountered the Sky Demons.

But precisely because of this, he urgently wanted to figure out what was happening on Qingqiu Star now, and Su Zhou's words made the old man feel even more unbelievable: "What do you mean all dead?!"

"Just the Sky Demons—those evil things, the Six Paths Sky Demons, were all killed by me."

Finally waiting for reinforcements, but feeling a bit reluctant to leave, Su Zhou stretched out his hand and stroked the head of a Qingqiu little girl who was hugging his leg, signaling her to go play on her own. The youth said in a cheerful tone, "I killed them for five months, almost half a year, and finally wiped out all the Suppression Spirit Towers more than half a month ago—although I'm not sure if there are any Sky Demon bases at the bottom of the sea or at the poles, all the Suppression Spirit Towers on the entire Qingqiu Continent have been wiped out by me."

"Five percent, according to my estimation, there are only a little bit of scattered Sky Demons left at most, the main force has been completely wiped out, and I've been looking for a long time but haven't found any... Look, here's the Qingqiu people's Spirit Crystal transcript. There's no record of the beginning, but I recorded the battle process later."

As he said this, Su Zhou took out a shiny white crystal from his pocket. It was a recording crystal used to record light and shadow, a spiritual energy version of a video recorder. He handed it to the Dao Sheng, and the latter subconsciously took it.

Silence.

Whether it was the Dao Sheng, who lowered his head and looked at the Spirit Crystal in his hand, or the other high-level officials from other countries who had landed on Qingqiu Star, or the command personnel in the spaceships still in orbit, they all fell silent after hearing Su Zhou's answer.

All dead?

The disaster of the Six Paths Sky Demons, which had spread across the entire planet and was rumored to have nearly destroyed a country, was actually all dead?

The disaster that had made the entire Earth stand ready, and had even unprecedentedly formed a joint fleet, inviting many divine artifacts and divine weapons to guard the formation, had disappeared like this?

This…

After a long time, the Dao Sheng silently put the Spirit Crystal into his pocket, stroked his beard, coughed, and then looked at Su Zhou and opened his mouth: "Professor Su, you…"

"Yes, I've advanced to Overlord, and I'm now in the Earth Immortal realm!"

And with the Mind of No Thought, Su Zhou, who could directly know what the Dao Sheng was thinking, replied directly at the moment when the other party's thoughts surged—after possessing the Heavenly Soul Authority, his supernatural powers had increased in all aspects, and his thoughts would manifest into laws. These divine channels and Taoist methods had become his instinct.

Answering crisply, Su Zhou's tone carried a hint of emotion: "Otherwise, I wouldn't have been able to defeat that Sky Demon Overlord—it was really not weak, and it took me a lot of effort. If it hadn't been for borrowing the power of the volcanic eruption, I wouldn't even have been able to grind it to ashes."

As he said this, Su Zhou啧啧 sighed for a while.

Then there was another long, slightly awkward silence.

At this moment, facing Su Zhou, who was exuding a sunny and cheerful aura all over his body, whether it was the Dao Sheng, the Li Sheng, or Liu Li, a big question mark appeared in their hearts.

So, that super volcanic eruption dust cloud you saw in outer space orbit was the trace of your battle with the Sky Demons?

Were you the one who blocked the volcanic ash outside the continent?

And although it had been confirmed before, it was another matter when Su Zhou admitted it himself.

Overlord, Earth Immortal… a true immortal god… this was too fast, wasn't it?!

You had to know that even they, who had cultivated for decades before the Spiritual Energy Revival, had extremely deep foundations and inheritances, and had long known the correct path of cultivation, were now only in the early stages of the Commander stage!

Even so, they were considered the first echelon of Earth's superhumans! Most of the powerhouses in the Saint Seats and the highest levels of superhuman organizations in other countries were basically at this level. They were existences who had accumulated decades of foundation and had almost directly risen to the high ranks of Transcendence at the beginning of the Spiritual Energy Revival. Three years of honing their foundations was enough for them to take another step and enter the realm of Human Immortals.

The second echelon was a group of veteran cultivators, Saint Seats who hadn't focused on superhuman cultivation, and the most outstanding geniuses among the new era cultivators with inheritances before and after the Spiritual Energy Revival. They had strength around the peak of Transcendence. For example, Liu Wuxin, Lin Chengde, and Jin Qiong, a divine bird by birth, were in this echelon.

The third echelon was the normal geniuses who had appeared after the Spiritual Energy Revival. Those who had cultivated to the Transcendence stage within three years were considered to be in this echelon. Whether they were in junior high, middle school, or high school, as long as they reached the peak of Transcendence, they were considered to be in this stage. Shao Qiming, Guan Wanjing, Li Yeyu, and Li Hanshan, Su Zhou's peers, were the most typical representatives.

As for the fourth and fifth echelons, they were just outstanding people among ordinary people and ordinary people. Some had just entered Transcendence, but most were in the Awakening stage… And this was the normal speed of cultivation. You had to know that even after three years of universalizing cultivation for all people in the world, there were still many people who were still stuck in the Opening Spirit stage, after all, not everyone had time to sit in meditation and cultivate every day.

And Su Zhou was different… From the very beginning, he was an exception among exceptions!

This guy broke through to the Transcendence stage directly the first time he appeared, and then, he broke through a small stage, or even a big stage, almost every mission—breaking through to Commander on the Beast God Realm mission, and breaking through to Earth Immortal on this Qingqiu Star mission.

Wouldn't he break through to an undying Celestial Immortal if he had another mission next time?!

This had already surpassed the first echelon by a whole big realm!

How was this possible?

"Maybe it's because I'm more talented."

Regarding the turbulent waves in the Dao Sheng's heart and the slightly trembling fingers, Su Zhou subconsciously said modestly, and then sighed and began to complain incessantly: "Alas, although the Sky Demons were already insignificant after I advanced to Overlord, to be honest, those monsters were really as difficult to deal with as cockroaches, and there could be a group of them hidden almost anywhere…"

"During these five months, I've been sweeping around with the Qingqiu people almost every day. In addition to the Suppression Spirit Towers, wiping out those scattered Sky Demons is also a top priority. After all, most of the Qingqiu shelters aren't strong, and if I let the Sky Demon remnants destroy a few shelters after I've wiped out most of the Sky Demons, wouldn't that be the shame of all shames? I can't afford to lose face…"

To Su Zhou's obvious logorrhea, which had been pent up for five months and had been caused by not communicating with the Earthlings for too long, the Dao Sheng and his party could only respond with嗯嗯啊啊, looking very dazed.

--Five months?

What was there to complain about!

That was an entire planet!

He had almost wiped out the Sky Demons on the entire planet in five months. Was this the power of an Earth Immortal?!

"...In short, that's roughly the situation. The Qingqiu people's situation is still not bad, but it can't be said to be good. They are in urgent need of many basic resources, and their lives are very difficult after returning to the surface. Many children are still unable to fill their stomachs."

So said, Su Zhou's expression returned to seriousness. He picked up a Qingqiu child who was obviously very thin. Everyone could see that the face of this somewhat nervous fox-eared little girl was indeed yellow and her cheeks were a little sunken, showing obvious signs of malnutrition.

No longer exchanging pleasantries, after all, these fragmentary trivial matters could be discussed in detail later, since the Sky Demons had already been wiped out by him, bragging could be postponed.

Now, since the reinforcements from Earth had arrived, they should talk about some more important things: "Some time ago, according to the ancient books of Qingqiu Star, I found the ruins of the former capital of the Qingqiu Kingdom."

As for the gazes of the crowd gathering on him, Su Zhou directly revealed his big discovery on Qingqiu Star in the past five months: "There, I discovered the base site of a broken large-scale teleportation array."

"I think that array can still be used with a little repair!"