Chapter 574 The World Changed by Su Zhou, Part 1 (First Update)

April 15, 2019, 11:15 AM.

Nanhang City, Jianlin Martial Arts Hall.

Founded jointly by several Xingyiquan masters from the Beast God Realm, Jianlin Martial Arts Hall, which mainly teaches simulated combat, welcomed the team from Tiandu Ruian Martial Arts Hall today, half a year after its opening.

But after waiting for more than an hour, and even exchanging dozens of rounds with the deputy curator of the martial arts hall, the grandmaster of Eight-Claw Xingyiquan, Qianhai Wang of the Octopus Clan, Guan Wanjing, the leader of the team, still had not received the welcome from An Tuo, the Water Kirin of the Beast God Realm, the nominal curator of the Jianlin Martial Arts Hall.

"I'm very sorry, Wang seems to have important matters to deal with and can't come today… I will be in charge of the martial arts competition today."

It wasn't until 1:00 PM, after Guan Wanjing and the others had already eaten in the martial arts hall, that Qianhai Wang arrived with a rather apologetic apology.

This Octopus Clan martial artist with six arms and no blind spots in his attack range was indeed not weak. With the strength of a commander-level, he could fight back and forth with Guan Wanjing, the strongest of the younger generation in Ruian Martial Arts Hall, who was likely to compete for the position of curator of Ruian Martial Arts Hall in the future. This was enough to show that he was skilled.

"It's nothing. This visit was originally just a friendly exchange. Ms. An Tuo is indeed busy with work, and we were prepared for her not being able to attend."

Guan Wanjing was not surprised by this. After all, as the representative of many spirit beasts and divine beasts in the Beast God Realm today, the Water Kirin could not possibly stay in the martial arts hall every day, even if this martial arts hall was an important window for the Beast God Realm to expand its influence on Earth and try to integrate into today's Earth civilization.

Smiling, the young martial artist stood up cheerfully and extended his hand, saying, "Rather than that, I would like to learn your clan's unique skill, the 'Six-Armed Divine Fist' - please enlighten me!"

"Alright!"

Qianhai Wang nodded slightly. This muscular octopus man with a face full of beard-like tentacles stood up heroically and replied, "Then as you wish."

Slowly walking towards the arena that had been strengthened by Daoist magic, Guan Wanjing was actually sighing in his heart at this moment.

——Why do I always feel a sense of crisis?

For the past two years, Guan Wanjing had been diligently cultivating, challenging martial arts experts from all over the world with his friend Feng Qiang, tempering his will and soul, and adjusting the optimal form of his extraordinary organs.

Finally, two months ago, in the Feichaz Trench near the hometown of the South Sea Dragon King, Jiu Ming, he successfully advanced to the commander level by relying on the water pressure of ten thousand meters deep and the battle with the extraordinary giant beasts in the sea, stepping into the realm of 'Human Immortal', becoming a top powerhouse on the entire Earth.

You must know that even the leaders of the world's major forces are at most high-level or peak commander level.

If you ask if he is strong, he is indeed strong.

To reach this realm at a young age is truly due to talent, luck, and chance. Guan Wanjing certainly deserves to be proud of this achievement.

But for some reason, he always had a vague sense of anxiety and worry.

A feeling of being left behind.

Why did he have this feeling? He was already cultivating very fast—of course, he couldn't compare to Professor Su Zhou, who was not human, but a monster—why was he still worried about being left behind?

"Recently, Professor Su Zhou went to Jupiter for closed-door cultivation, and Miss Jin Qiong is also in the Kunlun Secret Realm, comprehending the pure azure glaze bead left by the previous Golden-Winged Great Peng bird demon god."

"Three months ago, Li Yeyu represented the New World Exploration Department and joined forces with the Security Bureau's action team to go to a space-time domain codenamed 'Jiu Xuan' in Qingzhou to carry out a mission. There has been no news recently, but it should be going smoothly."

The so-called Jiu Xuan is Jiu Tian (Nine Heavens). Ancient books say: "Cannot soar high with the wind, shining brightly in the Nine Heavens." Xuan is used to represent Tian (Heaven). Xuan bird (Dark Bird) is the same, originally meaning the bird of the sky, the representative of the high sky.

The Jiu Xuan domain was a rather important secret realm in the former Central Divine Court. Several Celestial Venerables and Great Celestial Venerables had palaces located in that world. Although the inheritances of the Celestial Venerables were recorded in the Myriad Wonders Dao Transmission Tower, there must be some extremely important information or other rare resources left in their palaces.

The Zheng Nation official attaches great importance to this. It is very lucky for Li Yeyu to participate in this mission with the qualifications of the younger generation. Guan Wanjing is also quite envious.

"And Miss Serros, the Europa friend who has always been inseparable from Jin Qiong and Li Yeyu, also returned to Europe some time ago and is conducting research on space-time doors with her grandfather, Raphael—recently, it may be because the spiritual energy recovery has completely reached the bottom line of the former era of immortals and gods, so global space-time domains and sealed secret realms are about to open, which is indeed a major topic."

This is all normal. Guan Wanjing knows that everyone has their own opportunities. In the absence of important tasks, it is most efficient for everyone to cultivate and act separately—just like himself, he was able to challenge martial arts masters everywhere with the reputation of Ruian Martial Arts Hall, and use the fists of many strong people to temper his body and soul, and finally surpass other young geniuses with a hundred times more practical experience than ordinary peers.

Even Shao Qiming, the only seemingly idle person in the entire team, the young martial artist knows very well that he is the behind-the-scenes leader of global competitive variety shows recently. Over the past year, his Zhuzhao Group has made a lot of money, and even if he uses resources to pile up, he can pile up a commander-level Human Immortal.

"But the strange thing is that Li Hanshan also went into closed-door cultivation—it is said that his bloodline has mutated and awakened for the second time… It's really strange. The Chongming bird (Double-pupiled bird) is already a very high-level divine bird bloodline. If he awakens again, could it be that the divine chicken turns into a phoenix?"

"Impossible, right?"

At this moment, Guan Wanjing stepped onto the arena. He began to stop his divergent thoughts and focus his attention on the six-armed martial artist from the Beast God Realm in front of him. He gently exhaled a breath: "Everyone has their own path, I just need to do my own thing."

"Just like Professor Su Zhou, although his martial arts are less than third-rate, the most exquisite technique is Wholehearted Cut - to put it bluntly, it is to use a terrifying momentum to impact the enemy's soul, then grip the knife tightly, and cut down hard—but being able to train one's strength to be so great and temper one's momentum to be so terrifying is also a kind of talent. Skill and strength are a powerful profound meaning."

"I wonder what level Professor Su Zhou's strength will break through after this closed-door cultivation."

——Forget it, focus on boxing.

Closing his eyes, Guan Wanjing restrained his momentum on the arena. And the next second, when the martial artist opened his eyes again, his eyes had become incomparably clear.

He slowly raised his palms to his chest, posing a starting stance.

"—Please!"

And just as Guan Wanjing and Qianhai Wang were engaging in a martial arts duel at the Jianlin Martial Arts Hall.

The nominal curator of the Jianlin Martial Arts Hall, the king of the Beast God Realm, the Water Kirin An Tuo, was frowning and watching the news in her mansion in the Beast God Realm.

The blue-haired Kirin lady has a beautiful appearance, worthy of being a first-class beauty. When she wears formal attire on weekdays, even a blink of an eye seems to shine, and even women will be captivated by her charm—but now, An Tuo, with a face full of unbelievable expression, has no charm at all. One can only feel an uncontrollable doubt from her face.

One can see that on the computer screen opposite that doubtful face, there is a rather clear photo of the moon base hanging brightly in the center of the webpage.

And in the photo, a rather strange divine tree is stretching its branches and leaves, releasing unparalleled power.

"Su Zhou… is back!"

An Tuo murmured in a low voice, her expression extremely solemn and very shocked: "And, he already has the strength of a Celestial Immortal!"

"No, is this reasonable?!"

To be honest, An Tuo, who was attending a meeting in Tiandu, Earth, a few days ago, already knew the news of Su Zhou's return, but she, whose security clearance was not at the highest level, did not know other details immediately.

But even so, even with the naked eye, the Water Kirin lady could observe the spiritual light swaying in the starry sky, and the huge aura radiation field that was so huge that it was clearly visible even on Earth.

At that time, An Tuo had already suspected something, but now there is news to confirm it.

But, compared to the unreasonable thing of advancing to the Celestial Immortal in five years, what really surprised An Tuo was an even more unreasonable thing.

"Why did Su Zhou become a divine tree?"

"What kind of monster is Zhuzhou (Torch Dragon)?!"

"Ancestors above, is this reasonable?!"

Sitting at the table, An Tuo's face was full of disbelief. She murmured in shock, while also typing on the keyboard, typing her sincere confusion below the news.

【Who Doesn't Like Fluffy Things】: 【Friends, what kind of mythical creature is Zhuzhou? How can he turn into a dragon and a divine tree?!】

【Nintendo is Number One in the World】: 【The answer is Ditto!】

【Coast Wizard Return My Mage】: 【The answer is Polymorph!】

【Su Zhou Fan Club 0】: 【The answer is Winter Dragon Summer Grass! Mr. Su Zhou, you have also learned to mimic divine trees!】

【Who Doesn't Like Fluffy Things】: 【But, but there are obviously traces of the Phoenix on it—look at those leaves, they are clearly shaped like phoenix wings!】

【Su Zhou Fan Club 014】: 【I see, I understand everything!】

【Su Zhou Fan Club 014】: 【As expected of Su Zhou, he can come up with such a genius hunting method… Obviously, this is a kind of bait and mimicry. As we all know, carnivorous plants secrete extremely sweet dewdrops to attract prey, and if Zhuzhou wants to prey on divine birds, he naturally has to simulate the shape of his branches and leaves into a shape similar to divine birds—Dragon Snake, is very powerful!】

No, no, no, this obviously has nothing to do with Dragon Snake anymore, right? That is obviously a divine tree, don't say Dragon Snake anymore!

And why must he hunt divine birds?

An Tuo, who was frantically complaining in her heart, took a deep breath at this time. She stroked her soft and smooth hair, and then slowly calmed down and replied: 【But, why does the divine tree simulated by Zhuzhou… look so much like a warship?】

【Su Zhou Fan Club 014】: 【Ah, this is not surprising—in Zheng Nation's legends, didn't the former Central Divine Court leave Xiantian (Immortal Realm) by taking the 'Jianmu Divine Boat' made of Jianmu (Building Tree)?】

【Su Zhou Fan Club 014】: 【So, the history of divine trees being warships has been around since ancient times. Since Zhuzhou can simulate divine trees, it is not uncommon to be able to simulate warships.】

【Who Doesn't Like Fluffy Things】: 【?】

【I Understand Everything!】: 【?】

Not to mention An Tuo, the Water Kirin who had a face full of question marks and could not understand how these Su Zhou fans' minds were jumping.

Tiandu, Zhuzhao Group Building, top floor office, behind the computer screen, Shao Qiming's expression also became solemn.

Lowering his head and staring at his Fusang Divine Tree body, the young man could not help but fall into deep thought.

"Divine tree, is a warship?"

Touching his wooden long hair, he muttered to himself, tilting his head to look at another screen, a clearer version of the Zhuzhou Divine Tree photo at the lunar crater.

Shao Qiming's tone was a little uncertain: "Then, am I also a warship?"

It was because he knew that behind Su Zhou Fan Club 014 was Crosell, the leader of the Holy Serpent Spirit Litany Society, the organization that worshipped Yala and the Holy Serpent Spirit, that Shao Qiming felt that the other party might understand Zhuzhou a little better than him.

—But seriously, is Crosell serious?

Does he really understand Zhuzhou?

The young man was half-believing and half-doubting about this, temporarily kept in the dark, but also tentatively kept it in mind.

Then, he looked at the Su Zhou fan group that had completely exploded now.

At this moment, corresponding news and information were circulating in Su Zhou's official and unofficial fan groups, mixed with a large number of fake news and confusing information that were true and false, and the speed of news spreading was very fast, far exceeding the speed of normal news dissemination.

This is not surprising.

Because as the source of news and information, most of the official administrators of the Su Zhou Fan Club were spies and intelligence agency members from various countries.

As the official fan group of the world's strongest, a place where first-hand news often occurred, the fan club administrator group should have been completely controlled by the Zheng Nation official to ensure that all news about Su Zhou was true, to prevent all fake news and rumors, and to prevent Su Zhou's truly important information from being leaked.

However, because Su Zhou was too strong, his intelligence, whether true or false, was extremely unimportant, so much so that this behavior seemed quite unnecessary, and the Zheng Nation official slightly relaxed its control in this area, freeing up a large number of places.

And Shao Qiming, based on the spirit of not wasting, simply filled all the remaining places with his own alts, and each alt received a salary from all the intelligence departments in the world.

Counting these scattered things, the money received from the intelligence departments alone every year provided a lot of help for the Zhuzhao Group's early working capital.

Making money is not shameful, it is just self-selling one's own intelligence to create revenue, why not take the money if you have it?

At least Su Zhou himself praised this idea in the beginning, and now he can rely on this relationship to quickly spread information about Su Zhou to every corner of the world.

For example, the news that Su Zhou has advanced to the Celestial Immortal, which is enough to pacify all restless movers with ulterior motives, can be spread to every corner of the world at the fastest speed.

"What exactly did A Zhou encounter in another world this time? Not to mention advancing to the Celestial Immortal, he was actually so seriously injured…"

Shao Qiming slowly pressed down his confused mood, raised his head, as if his gaze could penetrate the wall and see the starry sky above: "It seems that this time, I have to go to the moon to take a look."

At this moment.

The changes caused by Su Zhou were far more than these.

Kunlun Secret Realm, the blond girl who was in closed-door cultivation, suddenly changed her face. She pressed her hands on both sides of her head and cried out: "It hurts, it hurts, it hurts—what is this?! Why are so much information suddenly being transmitted over?!"

Opening her eyes, countless words and pictures seemed to flash in her golden eyes. Jin Qiong's expression at this time was simply like a college student who had been playing games continuously for half a month, and had to try her best to squeeze out the last drop of brainpower to breathe in advanced mathematics near the end of the term. She was on the verge of collapse and said: "Additional data on the Formless Dharma Body?! I knew there was a problem with Su Zhou's inheritance! Does he think this is an update to some garbage game? Why is the update file bigger than the original body!"

Although, Jin Qiong is making a fuss now, as if she is in great pain.

But soon, the Divine Bird Girl, who realized what the updated information in the Formless Dharma Body was, suddenly stopped her flamboyant movements and expressions, and froze in place.

"Eh, wait… that's not right."

"Aren't these all… about the extraordinary organs and core inheritances of various divine birds, even the Phoenix?!"

"Hiss (gasps), it's not even single-color single-virtue, but the core inheritance of the Five-Color Five-Virtue Phoenix?!"

As a descendant of the Phoenix, although the inheritance of the Great Peng has taken a unique path, which is not inferior to the divine bird path of ordinary Phoenix, even so, Jin Qiong is very clear that if she can draw a little essence from the Phoenix inheritance, then it will be enough for her to enrich her background and take a unique Great Peng bird path that is no less inferior to her predecessors!

The large amount of information that Su Zhou is currently updating in the material library shared by the Formless Dharma Body practitioners is really like a pillow when you are sleepy for her now.

But, even so, Jin Qiong's heart is still full of confusion and disbelief.

"Where did Su Zhou… get these materials?"

"Did he rob the Phoenix nest of another world?!"

In a sense, Jin Qiong was not wrong—and on the other side of the world, Li Hanshan, who was in closed-door cultivation in his hometown, also ushered in something similar to Jin Qiong.

【Actually, there are so many Phoenix inheritance essences?!】

At this moment, Li Hanshan's face, who had written three months of drafts in advance before having time to go into closed-door cultivation, was no less shocked than Jin Qiong's.

As another side branch descendant of the Phoenix, unlike the Great Peng, the bloodline of the Chongming bird can be directly transformed into a Phoenix.

However, compared to the Great Peng Bird Girl whose eyes were focused on the 'Phoenix' inheritance, the young cultivator noticed some more unique 'new things' that he had never seen before.

【Great Five Elements Extinction Divine Light Generator… By transforming the ribs into spirit power collection membrane layers, and then transforming the spine and oral cavity into spirit gathering chambers and fusion reaction ports, gathering the five elements of spirit power to spray out, it can be transformed into an indestructible and indestructible Great Five Elements Extinction Divine Light…】

【Prerequisites: Possess 'Five Elements Attributes', possess 'Five Elements Eight Trigrams Reactor (Heart)' or 'Yin Yang Cycle Secret Treasure'. If not, you can also use an external spirit power generator instead.】

【Inheritance Source… Zhuzhou · Universe Battle Form. Universal battle form can also be used.】

【Wait, what the hell is the universe battle form?】

The front was all good, Li Hanshan could understand, even the more strange 'Five Elements Eight Trigrams Reactor', if it was changed into a vocabulary he could understand, it would be nothing more than 'Five Elements Spiritual Root', although it is difficult to cultivate, but compared to the supernatural power described in this inheritance, it is completely worth cultivating.

But the subsequent universe battle form made him stunned: 【Could it be that there are also naval battle, air battle, and land battle forms?】

【What form is my Chongming Bird true form considered?】

Now, Li Hanshan, as a practitioner of the Formless Dharma Body, has not yet grasped the wonders and essence of multiple versions of Zhuzhou.

But it is clear that as the Formless Dharma Body becomes more and more refined, the day is not far away when the practitioner comprehends the Chongming Bird · Melee Form and the Chongming Bird · Turret Form.

Even Bai Yingxue, who initially taught Su Zhou the relevant Phoenix inheritance and helped Su Zhou determine the basis of the Zhuzhou · Divine Bird Form, also received a lot of information feedback about the Phoenix inheritance because she practiced a part of the Formless Dharma Body.

The reborn girl was naturally surprised and delighted by this. She was surprised that Su Zhou's mastery of the Phoenix inheritance and the Five Virtues Divine Light was simply tragic—God knows how Zhuzhou, as a Dragon Snake, mastered so many divine bird cultivation methods, but presumably it has something to do with the fact that he is now seriously injured and recuperating on the moon.

What was delightful was that, as the former Divine Phoenix, her mastery of these inheritances was much faster than others… and, precisely because Bai Yingxue's strength is not strong now, she can even reverse her foundation and directly use the Five Virtues Phoenix as the basis of her cultivation, instead of a single-attribute single-virtue Phoenix!

Su Zhou did not think that his actions were generous and selfless—he used to get almost gratuitous help from Jin Qiong, Li Hanshan, and Bai Yingxue, and got a lot of divine bird components, which allowed him to hide his identity and act freely in the Perfect World. Now, he is just giving back the harvest to everyone.

Moreover, people's energy is limited after all. Just like Su Zhou focuses on cultivation, so his martial arts, even if he learns from Nan Zhengkai, will only change from an unranked martial artist to second-rate, occasionally being able to cut out an entry-level knife. He, who focuses on exploring Zhuzhou's new possibilities, will naturally not invest too much energy in the divine bird branch form to deeply explore its potential.

In that case, it would be better to share these materials with other cultivators of the Formless Dharma Body, and let them help him deduce the potential in these inheritances and materials.

This is a real win-win—that is, the original meaning of civilization and social cooperation.

Even, it is very likely that several cultivators of the Formless Dharma Body will be inspired by these materials inadvertently, abandon their original inheritance paths, and embark on the path of drawing on the strengths of all, self-revolutionizing 'Zhuzhou', and become a new, self-transforming 'New Zhuzhou'!

In that case, Su Zhou would be more than happy to have one more fellow traveler.

As for whether this counts as dependents or眷族 (kenzoku - family/tribe/followers)...

To be honest, it is not yet.

Now Su Zhou, although he has advanced to the Celestial Immortal, is indeed qualified to create or cultivate his dependents, but it is still a bit early to turn other cultivators into his kenzoku.

After all, as a new super lifeform, the young man has not even completely completed his super lifeform path, so it is impossible to easily affect the form of other lives.

It can only be said that Zhuzhou is a name, a name of a concept and form. As long as it meets the requirements of self-revolution and continuous progress by drawing on the strengths of all, then there is no need to stick to bloodlines and forms.

As long as it meets this requirement, then whether it is a dragon or a bird, a tree or a human, an insect or a beast.

All life, is Zhuzhou.

However, it is not to say that Su Zhou has no dependents of his own.

In fact, in the personal space, a brand new life that was born because of Su Zhou and also exists because of Su Zhou does indeed exist.

"…Yala, speaking of which, it is indeed a bit strange… Although I can't be considered a pure Dragon Snake bloodline, but, my dependents are not dragons, nor birds, but rather plant elves…"

At this moment, in the personal space, in the plain next to the Tree of Wisdom, countless hideous plants full of thorns and barbs are slowly wriggling, and one can vaguely see blurred elf figures shuttling among them, making innocent laughter.

Su Zhou's will is projected to this place. He stares at those terrifying plants with sharp thorns and hideous mouthparts that seem to be able to pierce the outer shell and devour flesh and blood at any time, as well as many little sprites that shuttle through these plants like sprites, and says with a hint of subtlety: "Sure enough, it's a bit strange."

"Damn it, the Great Dao Tree, does nothing and just influences things imperceptibly…"

Even Yala could not help but click her tongue, her tone with a hint of depression: "As expected of 'existence is reasonable, continuation is correct', it can be so silent!"

At this moment, the Snake Spirit overlooks those lush and strange plants from the Tree of Wisdom, and she shakes her head slightly: "Probably the cause and effect was already planted when the Tree of Wisdom was bored and planted evil souls for you… But in the end, it is not a bad thing."

It is indeed not bad.

With the projection of the immortal-level Celestial Soul, Su Zhou casually selected a strange plant sprouted from an evil soul, and then saw through its essence.

This plant, which is highly likely to be bred by the evil soul of the Qingqiu Celestial Demon, has extremely high spirituality. It looks like a cannon barrel with barbs on its surface. It can take root in any region and has a strong sense of territory—if any creature approaches it, then it will not hesitate to gather spirit power and fire a small-scale Four Poles Spirit Gathering Cannon at that creature, directly blasting it into scattered spirit power, and then being absorbed by its dense root system.

If this dangerous spirit plant is stronger, I am afraid that the Great Five Elements Extinction Divine Light can be sprayed out—after all, it is Zhuzhou's dependents, and it has this ability.

However, this is just the appearance. This strange and powerful plant is just one of the many 'Calamity Trees'.

It is a rather peculiar one among the many new lives bred by Su Zhou's 'Devouring Evil Demon Lord' supernatural power, with many 'evil souls' as its foundation.

And what is truly important are the 'plant elves' who are instinctively cultivating these Calamity Trees and using these Calamity Trees as their homes.

Su Zhou stares at those blurred faces, like fireflies scurrying around, but vaguely having human-like little elves.

"Interesting." He said to himself in a low voice.

The creatures, temporarily named Calamity Tree and Prayer Spirit, are the kenzoku that Su Zhou accidentally harvested after advancing to the Celestial Immortal.

First update, 7200 characters, is considered yesterday's update, there will be another update in the afternoon or evening.