Chapter 1 Reincarnation World, Tartarus

New Era, Holy Fire Continent Far East, Jubilant Sea.

The Jubilant Sea, located between the Holy Fire Continent and the New World, was the first ocean explored and discovered by the people of the Holy Fire Nation during the Age of Exploration three hundred years ago.

At that time, the people of the Holy Fire Nation saw the real sea for the first time and learned what the ocean was. They were shocked by the seemingly endless blue waters and rejoiced at the vibrant scenery, hence the name Jubilant Sea.

The Jubilant Sea is rich in fish and resources. Between the two continents are numerous islands, dotted like stars in the sky, with all kinds of fruit trees, exotic beasts, and spices. For a time, many adventurers made a living by exploring the thousands of islands in the Jubilant Sea.

However, a hundred years ago, due to the unprecedented great ‘rebellion’ against the Lord of Fire and the Lord of Judgment, hundreds of thousands of people left the Holy Fire Continent and were scattered overseas. Most of them became pirates and bandits, occupying the waters of the Jubilant Sea, using the numerous islands and pioneer camps as their bases, and this continues to this day.

According to the doctrines of the Holy Fire Nation, the official Central Sanctuary will not leave the coastal waters and go to the ‘Lost Domain’ without the protection of the gods. The pirates merely wander in the depths of the sea where there is no divine punishment. It is difficult for the two sides to interfere with each other, and only occasionally will there be brief offensives and defenses in the coastal waters.

But now, in the depths of the Jubilant Sea, in the sudden, turbulent, open-sea storm, a pirate ship is swaying in the towering waves, and all the crew members are staring blankly at the high sky, and then shuddering in the fierce whistling storm.

Because they saw—in the distant sky, a huge Immortal Dragon Sacred Mark was slowly forming above the clouds.

"It's the Lord of Judgment!"

"He's coming, He's coming—is His Divine Realm expanding to the sea?!"

"We can't escape... Wuwu, Lord of Judgment, I repent, I am guilty..."

The pirate ship was undergoing a huge storm, and the appearance of the dragon shadow made the storm even more violent. The crew members should have stayed in the cabin to endure it, or endured the storm to adjust the sails, control the ship's masts, and hug the surrounding things, whether it was the ship's side, the mast, or other people who could stand firmly.

These bloodthirsty, fearless villains all stared despairingly at the dragon shadow in the sky, knelt on the ground, and put their hands together—a big wave slapped over, causing the ship to shake violently, and several people were thrown directly into the sea, and the entire ship almost capsized.

But even so, there were still people murmuring the revered name of the Lord of Judgment, praying to Him.

"Immortal Ancient Dragon, Ruler of Judgment, You are the teacher of all beings, the God of God-Slaying, You are the pioneer of the Era, the maintainer of the law, I should follow Your path and walk in..." The person who said this was a middle-aged man with some insect-like features, with exoskeleton armor covering his arms and body. He was the boatswain of this pirate ship, fierce and ruthless. Even when he had a conflict with other pirates and was slashed off his left hand, he remained calm. He even stuffed his severed hand into the enemy's mouth, tearing apart the other party's jaw.

But at this moment, such a true tough guy, who was not even afraid of death, was crying bitterly in the storm—not to mention the other crew members.

"I repent, Lord, I should not have tried to escape Your judgment and come to the chaotic sea..."

The person who said this was a young sailor, a new member who had only recently been absorbed into the pirate ship. He had not yet fully adapted to life at sea, and at this moment, he subconsciously performed a complete set of orthodox prayer rituals. Whether it was the gestures, the tone, or the posture, they were so standard that the surrounding pirates followed suit.

Even the pirate captain, who should have scolded his sailors and advocated the true freedom of no gods, was trembling at this moment. The one-eyed man, as sturdy as an iron tower, was also terrified by the terrifying aura emanating from the sky: "Could it be that we will really suffer divine punishment? Isn't it said that because the 'Source Water' is still hidden in the sea, the gods' vision cannot be projected into the ocean domain?!"

"Could it be that it's the blasphemous plan of the Seven Sea Kings..."

Rumbling lightning flashed in the storm. Thunder and storms stirred the waves, as if it were the divine voice of judgment—in this instant, the old captain, who had been at sea for more than ten years, could not help but put his hands together and repent to the sacred trace.

This was not because they were mentally weak or overreacting.

Because this was a world with true gods, miracles, divine descents, divine grace, and divine punishment.

The sacred mark representing the Lord of Judgment was the nightmare of all the ‘pirates’ who tried to escape judgment and therefore entered the sea and chose to evade.

But, just as almost all the pirates on the ship began to pray and repent, suddenly, the giant dragon mark that had already taken shape in the sky suddenly disappeared. Whether it was the cyan-purple Eye of Judgment, or the white, immortal dragon's holy body high in the clouds, all disappeared in an instant, as if they had never existed.

Even the whistling ocean storm gradually became gentle, no longer with the power to sweep the world, and the pirate ship, which was about to capsize, returned to stability.

Suddenly, all the pirates who were praying were at a loss, not knowing what to do.

—Has the divine punishment ended?

—Then, do we still need to continue praying?

The captain's actions gave them an answer.

Thump!

The one-eyed captain directly performed a fierce tiger landing. He prostrated himself on the deck and began to shout loudly:

"Praise Your divine power! Lord of Judgment! Forgive us, the sinners, a way out!"

Inspired, all the pirates immediately prostrated themselves on the ground and began to repeat the captain's words, albeit not very uniformly.

And while the crew was repeating, the pirate captain fell into deep worry in his heart.

—This won't do... the blasphemous plan of the Seven Sea Kings will inevitably lead to divine punishment, those crazy guys who try to find gods from other worlds, or even become gods themselves... it's best not to associate with them!

It's time to choose a direction. The miracle seen today is God's revelation to them!

And before that, in the sky.

Su Zhou, who had just transmigrated, was now encountering a big trouble.

This transmigration was not like the Divine Dragon World, where the process was twisted and turned due to the various changes of the Pioneers, so that in the end, entering the world required relying on luck to touch Nidhogg's summoning incantation. The process was very smooth.

After all, the Pioneers had chosen to be sealed by the Great Seal again for their own plans, and all the troublemakers had disappeared, so naturally there were not many accidents.

But just as Su Zhou passed through the Ice-Condensing Void without any surprises and came to the Reincarnation World, ready to exhale, an accident happened—

For example, if the entire Reincarnation World was a bottle of soda full of bubbles, then Su Zhou was a mint candy. He had only entered this world for less than a second when he saw in shock that within a radius of hundreds of miles, all the spiritual energy of heaven and earth began to riot frantically, surging towards him, even forming various visions!

"What's going on, Yala?!"

Faced with the spiritual energy of heaven and earth surging towards him, as well as the majestic power of faith that he didn't know where it came from, Su Zhou was shocked on the spot: "Is this some kind of special welcoming ceremony?"

While speaking, Su Zhou had to mobilize his power, manifest his Heavenly Soul Position, use his vast spiritual power to block the surrounding rioting spiritual energy tide, and use his vast soul power to smooth out the tide one by one.

"The existence of immortal god-level power will have a certain impact on the surrounding world—otherwise, why do you think some worlds have things like Heavenly Tribulations?"

Regarding Su Zhou's encounter, Yala changed his usual carelessness and laziness. At this time, his face was solemn, and his tone was serious, as if he had noticed something wrong earlier than Su Zhou: "What's more, you are ‘unusual’ in this world—be careful."

"To be fair, yes."

Yala finished speaking, and Su Zhou also noticed a trace of something wrong. When he used his Heavenly Soul Position to suppress the surrounding violent spiritual energy, the young man keenly noticed that mixed in with these spiritual energies was a large amount of highly biased power of faith.

This power of faith was mixed with spiritual energy, as if it were roots, surging towards him. It would not cause much harm, but it would form some kind of invisible chain, firmly binding him to this place.

"Eh?!"

Even the Wisdom Tree located in Su Zhou's personal space exclaimed, making a 'weird!' sound. Hearing this sound, Su Zhou looked at the interior of his personal space and was immediately surprised: "Weird!"

It wasn't because something bad like the destruction of earth, water, fire, and wind had occurred. On the contrary, it was something good that made people feel confused.

It could be seen that in this personal space, which was based on the new World Crystal that was conceived when the Reincarnation World transitioned between eras, there was originally a thick black earth and a clear stream of pure elemental water. In the sky, there was dazzling firelight and swirling wind.

The small world, which gathered the blessings of the four elements, also had a divine tree rooted to organize it, and already had a complete ecological cycle. Under the branches of the central cyan-white divine tree, there were also numerous Heavenly Demon Souls hanging on it like cocoons, full of beautiful things, like fruits of harvest.

But now, the entire world was getting bigger.

That's right, it was getting bigger.

If one wanted to improve the cultivation method of personal space, one needed mysterious materials related to the world, such as new World Crystals, subspace crystal iron, Era God Stones, Ruins World embers, etc. Even the most common subspace crystal iron required going to some universes with subspaces to collect, so Su Zhou's plan to upgrade his personal space had been delayed. In addition, the Wisdom Tree had not yet grown that big, and his motivation was not very strong.

But now, without any mysterious materials, and without Su Zhou himself urging the secret technique to expand, Su Zhou's personal space was expanding and getting bigger at a speed visible to the naked eye—as if it were inflating like a balloon, expanding in all directions!

"Clang!"

The Blade of Extinction, sensing the change in its residence, immediately unsheathed itself excitedly and flew up. It turned into a fiery red phantom, scurrying around in the small world where the spiritual energy was becoming more and more concentrated and the four elements were becoming more and more condensed, causing the Wisdom Tree to make an angry sound. Immediately, a sword and a tree began to argue, with the sound of "clang" and "bad sword!"

The World Tree Spear stood quietly aside, without any reaction.

"Okay, okay, stop arguing—what's going on?!"

At this time, Su Zhou frowned tightly. He did feel that the personal space, which could only be regarded as a small ecosystem, had become larger than before.

Around the entire small world, dense water elements were condensing, turning into magic water, surrounding the black earth, like an island; and half of the fire element in the sky also separated. It fell into the sea, sank into the earth, and then arched up volcanic vents, releasing power at the bottom of the magic sea, creating ocean currents with the wind.

In just a few minutes, Su Zhou's small world went from 'superficially possessing the four elements' to a true 'four elements rotating endlessly'... and even vaguely had a hint of the elemental reincarnation of the old Tartarus world's fire in the wind, water in the wind!

And its size had expanded more than twice, and it was still slowly growing. It was estimated that when it stopped, it would have become a vast space of over three cubic kilometers!

But at the same time, Su Zhou, who was uneasy in his heart, finally realized the source of the unease in his heart.

"This thing, locked me here?!"

At this time, the visions between heaven and earth had gradually disappeared, and the massive amounts of spiritual energy and power of faith that had been pouring in had dissipated—they seemed to be the source of the expansion of Su Zhou's personal space—the dragon-shaped phantom and the storm in the sky had disappeared, and Su Zhou had also withdrawn his Heavenly Soul Position, which was like a dragon ball.

At this time, the young man was reaching out in shock, touching himself, seemingly looking for some shackles. He said in shock: "Damn, really! I'm locked up!"

The lock here didn't really mean being locked in place.

Su Zhou's so-called locking meant that ‘he was bound to the Reincarnation World.’

He felt that if he couldn't deal with the sudden change in his personal space and the massive power of faith that was suddenly added to him, then he would be equivalent to being hit by a perpetual space anchor. Not to mention returning to Earth, he couldn't even use teleportation!

Of course, this was not absolute. Su Zhou also sensed that if he gave up his personal space and forcibly cut off the source of this biggest chain, then using the Heavenly God Scale to return to Earth would still be possible...

But who would do that!

Although the current situation was strange, and it was difficult to say whether it was good or bad for a while, through such a series of inexplicable things, and the wooing of great existences such as Destiny and the Pioneers before, Su Zhou instead had some rather shameless guesses.

"This world is planning to keep me, as expected, it is..."

Before Su Zhou could finish speaking, Yala was furious first.

"Lord of Silence, what do you mean by this?!"