Chapter 1 Six Paths Demonic Host - Evil Soul

[Six Paths Demonic Host - Evil Soul]

[Because there is no freedom, there is no hatred. A mindless soul tainted by resentment.]

[After use, greatly increases spiritual power cap and enhances all-around spiritual power control.]

[Through spiritual forging, it can be transformed into the 'All Demons at Ease' spirit attachment, attaching to all equipment and items.]

[Forging with special techniques can forge the Soul Sword of 'Six Paths - All Beings Facing Tribulation'.]

[Harmonizing with special techniques, after consumption, one can obtain the inheritance of the 'Six Paths Tribulation Transcending True Method', greatly increasing the degree of 'Destiny's' corrosion.]

[Created by others, ordered by others, following the rules of others, doing what others require, walking the path guided by others, and obtaining the results others desire.]

[They are tools, they are servants. Because of obedience, they are exploited, seduced, and destined.]

[This is the end of destiny: to destroy others, or to destroy oneself—hence, it is called a demon.]

"This evil soul..."

Black smoke filled the sky, and endless volcanic ash mixed with rainwater, turning into a slurry that filled half of the Lianyi Sea.

In the distant seabed, golden-red lava was emitting scorching light in the dark sea water. Large amounts of lava, enough to engulf dozens of cities or even a small country, spewed out from the cracks in the tectonic plates, creating the prototype of an archipelago.

The sun, moon, and stars were obscured, and the burning earth was being born.

Amidst this dramatic change in the world, a cyan-purple stream of light flew against this scene towards the northwest coast of Qingqiu Continent. A young man flew silently, and a scarlet spirit snake, the length of a normal arm, was wrapped around his left arm, strengthening him.

Su Zhou clenched his right hand, and the evil soul in his hand was black and dull. It condensed the power of all the Heavenly Demon souls within the Nine-Tailed Sky Demon, releasing a pulse like a heart.

During rapid flight, he stared at this black soul core.

An Overlord, an Earth Immortal's evil soul.

A silent 'monster' soul without its own thoughts. Except for the last moment, when Su Zhou used the Wisdom Tree to awaken its intelligence and gathered wish power with the Unification of Myriad Thoughts to kill it, it didn't even have self-will.

Naturally, Monsters die when they are killed. But then again, who doesn't?

Humans die even easier than monsters. Before killing a monster, who knows how many humans have to die... like the Qingqiu Star.

"Unless... make humans stronger than monsters. This matter might be more important than passively hunting monsters like I am now."

Muttering to himself in a low voice, the black evil soul in Su Zhou's hand gradually disappeared, sinking into his body—not eaten, but stored in his soul space.

Su Zhou did not choose to absorb the power of the evil soul immediately, not only because the 'Six Paths Reincarnation Tribulation Transcending True Method', which mainly manufactures Heavenly Demon puppets, was very disgusting and seriously contradicted his original intentions, but also because it was the first time he had seen something like [Destiny Corrosion Degree].

As the name suggests, if he really ate this thing, he would probably lose sanity like those in various novels and movies, even hearing the murmurs of some existence, right?

Perhaps, like being corroded by a Heavenly Demon, his own thoughts would be changed.

"Su Zhou, I didn't expect that during my slumber, you actually found a member of the 'Destiny's' family..."

Much longer than at the beginning, no longer able to hide in Su Zhou's hair or clothes, the snake spirit wrapped around his arm spoke with obvious surprise, "Even if Destiny hadn't intervened at the end, it would have spontaneously embarked on the path of sublimation after a while... At that time, it would have been difficult to deal with. Even if you advanced to Overlord, it would be impossible to defeat a truly sublimated Destiny Great Demon."

"First of all, Yala, your awakening has truly relieved me... Regarding this, I didn't expect it either. Actually, before really fighting the Heavenly Demon, I thought the opponent I would be facing this time was the incarnation of 'Lord of Soldiers' or something..."

Turning his head, Su Zhou and the snake spirit smiled and nodded to each other, and speaking of which, he couldn't help but feel a little fortunate, "Fortunately, we came as soon as possible because of the Crimson Firmament Sword's warning. Otherwise, in a few months, if the Heavenly Demon really succeeded in corrupting Lord of Soldiers, things would be out of control."

This was actually also thanks to those Ice Foxes on Qingqiu Four.

If those Ice Foxes hadn't stolen a portion of Lord of Soldiers' True Soul fragments, left the Qingqiu Star, and even after transforming into foxes, remembered the ritual for generations, maintained the seal, and supported until the Zhengguo faction, Su Zhou and others, came to the Qingqiu Star System, the course of events would have been different.

Without saying anything else, if those Ice Foxes had become extinct long ago, or if they had forgotten to maintain Lord of Soldiers' seal, then when Su Zhou and others re-sealed Lord of Soldiers' True Soul on Qingqiu Four, they probably wouldn't have associated it with a 'Celestial Venerable' who would be freed. In that case, without this huge threat, for safety reasons, the Far望 (Yuǎnwàng - Far Gaze) would have been stationed on Qingqiu Four and called for Zhengguo support to come.

Going back and forth like that, another month or two would have passed, and Su Zhou wouldn't have chosen to adopt the most aggressive exploration strategy, leading to the Far望 being accidentally shot down by the Heavenly Demon's counterattack, forcing them to land and explore Qingqiu Star—in that case, without the interference of outsiders, the Heavenly Demon's rampage on Qingqiu Star would inevitably be even more serious.

So, in addition to being fortunate for Yala's surprise, Su Zhou also felt extremely puzzled.

"Although I have already killed this evil demon, Yala, what kind of great existence is that 'Destiny' after all? I can tell that you and It are very much at odds, and I indeed feel that that guy is extremely vile, almost as hateful as Twilight... But the Samsara of the Silent Lord seems to have some connection with it?"

Even though Su Zhou instinctively hated Destiny, even he had to admit that sometimes the actions of the 'family' of a great existence had nothing to do with the existence itself. Just like the Silent Lord, He also has scum followers like the Shepherd who devour souls and torture children, and Yala's original Coven were even more scum who played with blood sacrifices, who deserved to be blown to pieces by him with RPGs and grenades.

Often, great existences only provide power and pathways, and a correct 'belief'. But how to use this power, how to interpret that belief, is the behavior of people themselves.

"No, you're wrong."

But the newly awakened Yala denied it in a firm tone—Su Zhou even felt that the power of the red snake spirit coiling around his arm was a bit greater. This undisguised disgust and denial was truly a rare serious attitude for Yala, who was always calm, indifferent, and even joked about the Divine Tree and the Silent Lord, appearing very casual, "Destiny, the master of fate, the reporter of prophecies, it is the cornerstone of determinism, the gears of repeated reincarnation—compared to this rigid playwright who dominates all things, this tyrant who rules with authority, His family is at least a little 'helplessly cute'."

"Yes, I know what you're thinking—the Divine Tree has the Demon Emperor, the Silent Lord has the Shepherd, even my followers and family have many evil demons, chaotic thugs, just like all of humanity wants to eat, drink, and live a peaceful and comfortable life, but there are always some anti-life guys who want to watch the world burn. You can't deny that there are people who are full and have nothing to do, get sick and don't lock themselves up, but spread viruses everywhere."

Speaking of this, Yala emphasized, "And the Silent Lord is another kind of extreme—His radicalism far exceeds that of the two moderates, the Silent Lord and the Twin Divine Trees, ranking among the top of all great existences. This guy's main goal is to exert absolute interference on all things through various methods."

Su Zhou understood Yala's meaning, and also understood why Yala was so at odds with the other party.

Just as the Divine Tree, the Silent Lord, and Yala have their own various reflections in the myths of the myriad worlds, Destiny is naturally no exception, and Its representative is exceptionally obvious.

He is the spinning wheel of fate in the hands of goddesses, the ending that heroes know from the moment they are born. He is the tolling bell of prophecy, the old man who describes the future to the brave and the demon king, the diviner who wanders the human world.

In Europa mythology, whether it is the Norse pantheon or the Mycenaean pantheon, there are three goddesses of fate. They weave the future, determine the process, and then decide the ending.

Even the sky father who controls thunder as the main god cannot disobey their arrangements. The powers of the goddesses of fate transcend everything, and neither humans nor gods can disobey.

In the East, there is also the concept of 'Heavenly Mandate', which is the will of the Dao in the dark. And in the land of the Zhus, the concept of karma is essentially a combination of 'reincarnation' and 'Destiny', just like the Six Paths Tribulation Transcending True Method used by the Heavenly Demons. In essence, it is still more focused on Destiny.

Even if some myths do not have a concrete god of fate, stories, characters, and instruments about various prophecies, seers, and divination of the future emerge endlessly, just like Europa's artifact 'Spinning Wheel of Fate' and the original 'Luotu River Book' of the 'Dao Yi Heavenly Pivot' controlled by Yan Sheng on the Zhengguo side. Whether it is glory or the final misery, or the mysterious and destined curse, even the prophecies of witches in fairy tales are all such things.

"The future and fate, the already decided path and result, Destiny is such a thing."

While Su Zhou was thinking, Yala turned his head with a sneer, looking at the new islands being generated in the huge volcanic explosions, "No matter what method you use to change it, even wanting to change this matter itself is part of fate. Destiny will even use the most despised deus ex machina as a last resort to bring everything back to the origin, to the path it has set."

"But I will never allow it—If He sets it, I will change it. As long as there is even a sliver of possibility, I will make 'unimagined paths' appear in reality!"

"Yes, you're right, that's indeed the case." To this, Su Zhou nodded without hesitation, agreeing without arguing, "That guy deserves to be sealed!"

Then, he frowned and said, "But I still don't understand—since this guy is so vile, then why does Destiny sound like he has a good relationship with the Silent Lord? And, Yala yourself actually represent a kind of 'eternal cycle'... The three of you seem to be related to reincarnation and fate."

"The difference is very big. Destiny emphasizes control, there is only one fate in infinite reincarnation; the Silent Lord emphasizes reincarnation itself, and the meaning of transcending reincarnation; I emphasize that countless different results will be derived in infinite cycles."

The snake spirit shook its head. It seemed that it had been asked this question often before, so it answered without thinking, "Destiny and the Silent Lord do have a good relationship. And my relationship with the Silent Lord is not good, but not bad either."

"But the so-called likes and dislikes between great existences are far different from those of humans... Precisely because reincarnation has the shackles called Destiny, it is meaningful to break reincarnation. To Him, Destiny is a trial of love for His people."

"Understand? A, tri,al, of, love."

Listening to Yala's rather sarcastic tone, Su Zhou certainly understood, couldn't understand more.

As expected—these great existences, each one was sealed without any injustice!

"If that's the case, how can these problems be completely eradicated?"

After being silent for a long while, absorbing the information the snake spirit had said, Su Zhou slowly asked, "Yala, although I have advanced to Overlord, I still can't search the entire universe for the erosion points of great existences... This time, because of the Crimson Firmament Sword, we discovered Qingqiu, what about next time?"

"Or, like before, I extract the aura of great existences from evil souls, and then go to the worlds controlled by Destiny to kill Destiny's incarnations... Can this stop it?"

There was silence for a while.

Yala was silent for a moment. After awakening from its slumber, it sized up Su Zhou, who looked solemn and genuinely worried.

It noticed that during the time it was asleep, Su Zhou's mentality had begun to become somewhat restless and anxious, wavering between hope and fear, from the initial stability and confidence.

This was not surprising—its covenantor was just a young man in his twenties. He was indeed extremely talented, but this did not mean that his heart was as hard as iron. What's more, its slumber occurred after the confrontation with the Precursor. That guy's awakening stirred the entire Frozen Void, and Su Zhou saw the scene of countless worlds being changed, so he would naturally feel worried.

And now, Su Zhou had once again encountered 'Destiny'. Although he was not like itself, an eternal enemy of Destiny from the beginning of its existence, he did indeed hate the other party extremely.

An unstable environment and powerful deadly enemies. In this situation, anyone would feel anxious.

Now, it was time to tell him some of the truths of this multiverse.

"Su Zhou, you are already an Overlord, an Earth Immortal."

So said, Yala looked straight ahead at the clouds and the illusion of the continent, its tone becoming solemn and dignified, "In any system, this level of strength can be considered the upper class."

Hearing Yala's rare solemn tone, Su Zhou immediately stopped flying. He hovered in mid-air, raised his hand, and looked at Yala, listening carefully to what it had to say.

"In any world, Overlords are powerful existences, members of the upper class. In fact, many high-magic and high-spirit worlds do not have a large number of Overlords—this is mainly related to inheritance, not to the environment of the world. A high-spirit environment only makes it easier to awaken, but to cultivate to a higher level, you need constant progress and effort."

"Indeed." Su Zhou nodded seriously. Only after he himself advanced to Overlord did he know that the realm of Overlord was far from as simple as he had imagined before.

Even for him, with the inheritance of a great existence, excellent talent, countless battles, and the great divine power of the Devouring Evil Demon Lord comparable to the supernatural powers of immortals and gods, it took a full three years—counting the time in other worlds, it was probably close to four years.

Although it sounds like three or four years is nothing, Su Zhou's frequency of combat and speed of cultivation cannot be compared with those cultivators who seem to have cultivated for hundreds of years, but have never had a real battle, have never experienced a life-and-death crisis, and are simply cultivating in seclusion.

To put it simply, Su Zhou's cultivation density is far greater than that of ordinary cultivators.

Speaking of which, Yala's tone suddenly changed, and the snake spirit's tone became intriguing, "So, do you know the real truth about the severing of spirit energy?"

"Huh?"

Su Zhou was slightly stunned, he was a little puzzled, "Of course I know—because there was a problem with the Great Seal, all the spirit energy flowed..."

"No."

Yala shook its head, its tail swaying along with it, "That's just the simplest surface."

"The real reason for the severing of spirit energy is because of 'breathing'."

"Breathing?"

"Yes, breathing."

Repeating this, Yala raised its head, looking at the sky of Qingqiu Star—because of the volcanic eruption, the clouds were now shaking constantly. Through the opening and closing cracks in the clouds, one could see the vacuum of the universe, and the cracks in the Great Seal that were hidden in the depths of the darkness, barely visible.

Then, it lowered its head, looking at Su Zhou, "All the great existences that have been severely injured, because they are gradually recovering, the sealed worlds where they are located have undergone tremendous changes as a result."

"Then, they began to breathe—drawing all the infinite spirit energy of the entire multiverse to those sealed worlds."

"Infinite? If spirit energy is really infinite, then how could it be drained..."

At first, Su Zhou didn't understand a bit, wanting to refute, but halfway through, his own voice became smaller.

Ah, which great existence is not an existence that transcends infinity?

Yala noticed Su Zhou's silence, it nodded, agreeing with what he was thinking at this time, and then continued, "Su Zhou, you are already an Overlord, an Earth Immortal, the same in any world—even in the heyday when spirit energy had not been severed, you now can be considered a true immortal god."

"You have become a 'celestial god', shaking off the initial growth period, and you have the initial capital, your myth is also circulating in the myriad worlds... In that case, we can consider taking some further actions."

At this point, Yala's tone became heavy and solemn.

Facing Su Zhou, whose expression was also extremely serious, it said word by word, "For example, going to the core of the disturbance of the multiverse."

"Those 'primordial worlds' that have never experienced the severing of spirit energy, have maintained complete inheritance, and have been influenced by great existences!"