Chapter 1 The Obvious Truth

It’s common knowledge that stars are spherical.

It’s also common knowledge that birds’ eggs are spherical too.

So, it shouldn’t be a surprise that a phoenix, which is both a star and a bird, is also a sphere, right?

"Ah, you don't understand, do you?"

Faced with Kastaralo's surprised gaze, Su Zhou smiled slightly and began to spout some seemingly truthful, yet deceptive logic: "So-called perfection is seamless unity. The source of the phoenix, that supreme existence, is a sphere!"

"And one I once saw, standing at the limit of the Returning Void and Combining Dao stage, a powerful phoenix who could probably break through to the Hongliu (Grand Tide) realm at any moment, was also a sphere!"

The Perfect World's Beginning Phoenix, a super-large Kerr black hole, even if you include the accretion disk, the main part is still a sphere no matter how you look at it.

Moreover, Perfect itself is a golden sphere pieced together from countless fragments, which is enough to prove that the spherical phoenix is the true orthodoxy!

With a clear conscience, Su Zhou didn't tell a single lie! He even felt that he had grasped the true essence of the phoenix and planned to transmit the image of the stellar phoenix back to Earth later, so that Bai Yingxue and the others could have a good look at what a truly powerful divine bird looked like!

As for how long Bai Yingxue and those divine bird cultivators would be dazed, he didn't care.

"Perfect will definitely be furious when it hears this," was Yala's simple comment, and the youth clicked his tongue. "Why do you assume Perfect will be furious? How can the phoenix be such an inconvenient being? It can still undergo Nirvana!"

[I didn't doubt that...]

Faced with Su Zhou's extremely Yala-esque information broadcast, which didn't contain a single lie but could still mislead people to death, Kastaralo was indeed confused for a while.

After staring at the pure-eyed stellar phoenix for a while, He even looked like he wanted to reach out and touch it.

But soon, the silver-haired god shook his head and returned to normal: [The main thing is that my own body... is a stream of light life generated during a supernova explosion. In a sense, it's very close to the divine bird lineage of the Nirvana Path.]

[But I really didn't expect... there to be this kind of, uh, divine bird with a divine body.]

During a supernova explosion, torrents of light also pour out. For hundreds of thousands of years to come, they will continue to radiate outward with high energy. In a world without spiritual energy, this would simply create nebulae, but in a high-magic world, this extremely large aggregation of spiritual energy, when it explodes, will naturally give birth to many lives.

Light stream life is one of them. Based on the many high-energy substances and spiritual energy carried by the supernova explosion, in the world of light speed, strands of light will give birth to intelligence and then be born from the star's corpse.

Most of these lives, born from the balance of destruction and creation, will fade away with the dissipation of the supernova's light stream. But Kastaralo was fortunate enough to be collected by Kara, the Lord of Balance of the then-Bureau of Balance, and was cultivated into her assistant, almost like half of her child.

No, for a powerhouse who has reached the Combining Dao realm, Kastaralo, who can inherit the path of balance, a successor who can inherit Her correctness and beliefs, is probably closer than Her bloodline descendants, who have not yet cultivated into machine gods.

Because he originated from a star, he paid special attention to the stellar phoenix, but soon, Kastaralo returned to normal.

Facing Su Zhou, who was walking out of the pool of spacetime, He took a step forward and stood in front of Su Zhou. Then, in the face of the youth's somewhat puzzled gaze, He gave Su Zhou a serious salute.

[I want to apologize for my initial distrust of you, Original Candle Dragon.]

He looked serious, without the slightest hesitation. This god almost knelt before Su Zhou and then saluted again: [The first time is an apology, and the second time is to thank you for everything you have done for our Bureau of Balance--you stopped the Starry Sky Grand Sacrifice of the radicals, defeated my former friend, the Executioner Zarnavia, and slowed down their plan. This is the supreme grace for me, for the Bureau of Balance, and also for all living beings in this universe.]

[Especially since you are a foreign creator god from another universe, you don't need to participate in this dangerous battle at all. This third salute, I offer it for your noble soul.]

After the third salute, Kastaralo still kept his eyes closed and looked serious.

Before Su Zhou crossed the pool of spacetime to arrive at the temple, He had used the power of the pool of spacetime to learn everything that Su Zhou had done to the radicals of the Bureau of Balance during the Starry Sky Grand Sacrifice.

Although he couldn't fully know the details, the battle between Su Zhou and those gods and creation machine gods was a fact.

Moreover, his fierce battle with the Executioner Zarnavia under the threat of the Combining Dao armament shocked and admired Him.

Kastaralo actually knew his own strength and abilities very well... That's why he felt decadent in the face of his duties.

He said that he would inherit the will of Lord Kara, balance the universe, and suppress the disasters, but as a result, after guarding the origin of the universe for tens of thousands of years, the entire god system was eroded and brainwashed by the will of the universe, turning into a completely different kind of Path practitioner, doing things that might harm the living beings of the universe. This was simply a betrayal.

However, he was powerless because the enemy was so powerful, the entire universe, and most of the power of the former Bureau of Balance. He was so weak that he wasn't even at the Combining Dao stage.

In fact, apart from them, the plans of the other Ten Heavenly God Systems were not really for the sake of all living beings--whether it was the Creation Path or the Dark Abyss Path, their plans, whether it was to collect the power of the divine power network and create a single god, or to move all living beings away from the Creation Realm, would cause living beings to lose the source of creation, leave their home universe, and lose balance.

But, what could he do?

Suppressing the Ten Heavenly God Systems, the divine power of [Sky God Dueskar], the leader of all Combining Dao powerhouses, was enough to create galaxies and control the various constants and laws of the real universe.

The master of the Dark Abyss Path, [Overturning Time Serpent Yaggdrasil], who was vaguely hostile to Dueskar, only needed to open and close his eyes to manipulate the flow of time and turn the world upside down.

Moreover, [Lincoln Eldar], the jailer of the Infinite Hell, who was entrenched in the Myriad Manifestation Burial Ground, had an unparalleled record of killing other Combining Dao powerhouses. He was extremely ancient, and his power was unbelievable.

As well as the Bureau of Balance where he was located, [Lord Kara of Myriad Manifestations], the light of justice that weighed billions of galaxies, the supreme arbiter.

Lord Kara had been trapped in the origin of the universe for tens of thousands of years. Although even the will of the universe could not brainwash a Combining Dao powerhouse, it was not surprising to temporarily use the power of the Lord of Balance with the supreme authority of the Creation Realm by the will of the universe.

Going against these powerhouses and the cosmic gods under their command, hindering their plans? Just by himself? How could it be possible... It would be better to stay in the Bureau of Balance Holy Temple, leave the Creation Realm, save the futile efforts, and at least preserve the seeds.

However, Su Zhou showed him a path.

It could be called unbelievable, but he really completed it.

Facing Kastaralo, who was half-kneeling and saluting three times in a row, Su Zhou's previously joking expression also became serious.

"I am not a powerhouse from another world, Kastaralo."

The youth stepped forward and personally helped the other party up. He looked at the silver-haired god and said seriously: "You are a Celestial Venerable, a divine choice who has reached the peak of creation and Combined Dao. How can your gaze be confined to one universe? Even if the Creation Realm is vast and boundless, the universe where you are located and my hometown are located in the same multiverse--we are actually neighbors, and your every move is closely related to our future."

"The Creation Realm has lost its balance, and many Correctnesses are fighting fiercely. As a member of this multiverse, I have come to balance the forces of all parties and guide them to a better path. How can that be something worth thanking? It is just the destiny that 'Innovation' should do."

Elaborating on his own Path, Su Zhou's demeanor at this moment caused the gods to have hallucinations, as if they had returned to the time when they were still listening to the teachings of the Lord of Balance.

After helping Kastaralo up, Su Zhou put his hands behind his back. He smiled and said, "This time, I also obtained Zarnavia's inherited divine will, which also contains traces of their Dao rhythm being modified by the will of the universe. You can take a look at it and see if there is any way to restore them to normal."

[The balance of the multiverse...]

After being helped up by Su Zhou and hearing the other party's answer, Kastaralo couldn't help but be stunned.

First of all, he sensed Su Zhou's power--it was obviously not just a creation machine god, but a power that had begun to move towards the Combined Dao realm... This powerhouse from another world had actually begun to take the steps of Combined Dao in a universe that he was extremely unfamiliar with!

It should be known that the road to Combined Dao is extremely dangerous. Once you take a step, you either succeed or self-destruct. If you want a high success rate, you must at least be in a universe that you are familiar with. Only after understanding all the situations in the entire world will you begin to sublimate.

However, Su Zhou didn't care at all.

Just as he said--his heart is in the entire multiverse, not just the Creation Realm.

If he wants to Combined Dao, he must Combined Dao with the Correctness that runs through the entire multiverse, not just a galaxy, a world, or a universe's Path.

And such firm belief also affected others.

--If I can also become a Combined Dao powerhouse, then the current chaos and difficulties, although still difficult, are not impossible to eliminate.

At this moment, Kastaralo clenched his fists.

Although it may be a very simple matter for Su Zhou, it is extremely difficult for the gods of the Creation Realm, who believe that their universe is extremely special, and indeed it is extremely special, to open their eyes and look from the boundless universe and galaxy to the even more boundless void of the multiverse.

It's like the immortals and gods on Earth. Now that there are countless spacetime doors and countless worlds to explore and occupy, why waste time exploring the equally boundless sealed universe and galaxy?

However, this cognitive obstacle was broken by Su Zhou's casual words and his definite record.

The real balance is not the balance of a universe or a spacetime, but the balance of connecting infinite worlds and infinite spacetime!

And he is definitely not alone.

As long as he is firm enough, there will definitely be people like Su Zhou in the multiverse who will come to help him.

Help him do the 'right thing'!

[I... understand a little]

At this moment, even Su Zhou could sense that Kastaralo's aura was gradually becoming clear. The original depression and despair were gradually dissipating.

It was also because of this that the youth could smile and watch as this powerhouse, who was also at the peak of creation machine gods and only one step away from the Combined Dao realm, gradually picked up his former glory... and may even go further in the future.

The Holy Temple of the Bureau of Balance, which was originally dark like the space of the universe, began to gradually brighten up.

The main hall gradually brightened because endless brilliance flowed out from Kastaralo's body.

Even the stellar phoenix looked around in surprise at this inexplicable light, which was much larger than a star but extremely gentle, silently nourishing the world.

[Please leave it to me]

Raising his head, this time, the silver-haired god's handsome face showed determination: [Please hand over those heretical divine wills to me. I will try to analyze where they were bewitched... If I can find the source of the influence, I should be able to try to find a way to dispel it.]

"Here you are."

Seeing Kastaralo cheer up a little, Su Zhou naturally wouldn't waste any words. He took out Zarnavia's Thunderous Divine Will from his arms and handed it to the other party.

As a powerhouse who has gradually begun to Combined Dao, the youth can naturally see Kastaralo's attainments on the path of balance. The other party is really only one step away from Combined Dao, just needing an opportunity.

This is not surprising, after all, he is a powerhouse who was personally appointed by the Bureau of Balance's Combined Dao powerhouse as the heir to the inheritance, and has remained safe and sound after tens of thousands of years of pursuit by heretics.

If He can see through the demons in his heart and further understand the balance of the multiverse, I am afraid that he would have already achieved the Combined Dao powerhouse and began to fight against the heretics of the Bureau of Balance who hold the Combined Dao armament, delaying the other party's plan for the perpetual motion star god, right?

Su Zhou suspects that he doesn't even need himself. As long as Kastaralo goes to the Pioneer Space and witnesses the vastness of the multiverse and the deeper 'balance' contained in it, he will wake up on his own and then return to the Creation Realm to achieve Combined Dao.

He is just accelerating the process.

"If I can have another Combined Dao powerhouse as a helper, then my actions in the Creation Realm will be even easier."

Thinking like this, Su Zhou couldn't help but feel a little happy: "Moreover, although I said to start the steps of Combined Dao first, as a direct dependent of a great existence, Kastaralo will definitely Combined Dao faster than me--after all, my Path of Innovation is still being improved. In this regard, I might be able to use Him to cross the river and find out some steps that need to be paid attention to and pitfalls in the Combined Dao steps."

At this moment, just as Su Zhou was looking forward to it.

On the other side.

The silver-haired god took it without saying a word. He immediately concentrated his mind to explore the former companions' current Path.

Su Zhou originally thought that nothing unexpected would happen, after all, he had also roughly checked it once himself. Although he didn't patrol too deeply, there were indeed no abnormalities.

He really couldn't sense any danger.

However, the youth never thought that just because he had no problems, it didn't mean that others had no problems.

Especially Kastaralo, who was originally a member of the eroded Bureau of Balance.

The moment he deeply explored Zarnavia's divine will, the silver-haired god sensed a great terror.

It was a torrent from the depths of his soul, or even from the higher mind. Endless information and murmurs were sweeping in like a tide, as if to drown his mind.

[The will of the universe--how could it be?!]

The moment he sensed this torrent from the Bureau of Balance's real enemy, Kastaralo's expression froze. He mobilized his power at the fastest speed, but the speed was still not fast enough to prevent this power from crossing the divine power barrier and penetrating deep into his soul.

From the outside, the light in the Bureau of Balance Holy Temple suddenly dimmed, just like dark clouds covering the sun, adding a stifling aura.

However, just as Kastaralo thought that he might be in trouble.

A hand, faster than the information torrent of the will of the universe, landed on Kastaralo's shoulder.

"Fragments of the will of the universe? So it only reacts to powerhouses of the Bureau of Balance? My dereliction of duty!"

In an instant, the brilliance in the Bureau of Balance Holy Temple suddenly skyrocketed after dimming, just like a scorching sun suddenly lit up under dark clouds. Although the dark clouds had not dissipated, they could not stop the brilliance.

At this moment, Su Zhou directly went all out, pouring his spiritual power and Dao rhythm into Kastaralo's divine body, using it as a battlefield to fight against the fragments of the will of the universe that had somehow merged into the divine will.

It could be seen that between Kastaralo's soul and divine will, there was a fragment of a mirror that was dark but studded with stars, and endless starlight and black torrents were gushing out from it.

It was the fragment of the will of the universe hidden in the divine will.

Faced with this mysterious and profound source of endless information torrents, Su Zhou unhesitatingly faced it head-on and then used his heart to transform into the Dao and used the Dao as a knife to slash out!

In an instant, a blazing golden knife light, like the sun reversing the flow, erupted with endless brilliance and swept up towards the black torrent!

The knife of Innovation, the sheath of Newness...

This is the knife of the Path of Innovation!