Chapter 723 Cosmic Infernal Affairs (8000-word Super Chapter)

Although the Xenostian people often spoke bluntly and with a lack of emotional intelligence, upon careful consideration, Su Zhou had to admit that 'Entropy Shadow' did, in some ways, fit the Xenostian people's perception of Xenostians.

Because, from the very beginning, Xenostians referred to 'life born from the Galaxy Star.' Whether it was an activated volcano, an activated storm, or activated lightning, all were Xenostians.

In that case, activated divine powers and spiritual energy born from the Galaxy Star, i.e., the Entropy Shadow race…

That was naturally also them!

[I never expected you guys to also be Xenostians! (In a good way)]

[...]

Although he found the Pivot's discombobulated expression amusing, Su Zhou didn't continue to focus on the relationship between the Entropy Shadow and Xenostian races.

He was currently raising his head with interest, surveying the entire Veil Realm.

Surrounding the cosmic rift was a blank expanse of space, just as the Xenostians used the Twilight Starfield as a buffer zone, and a star fortress was used to suppress the broken boundaries of the sub-space.

The Entropy Shadow race's fortress was also located around this empty zone, preventing strong individuals from infiltrating the cosmic rift, and allowing them to concentrate their firepower in case of a large-scale invasion.

In Su Zhou's eyes, he could see one massive and dazzling spiritual energy structure after another, like layered, three-dimensional magic arrays.

They had long sensed Su Zhou's arrival and were now gathering strength, waiting for the right moment. Once the youth and his group revealed a weakness, they would be met with a thunderous strike.

But clearly, up until now, Su Zhou had been flawless.

Su Zhou advanced step by step, with the Xenostian Lord Group and the Pivot following behind him. He observed the details of this universe, sensing the Veil Realm's peculiarities with his own body.

"Interesting."

Extending his finger, Su Zhou removed some of the protection surrounding his body.

He could sense that the flesh and blood composing his body, the molecules, atoms, protons, neutrons, and even the quarks, were all being disintegrated in a gentle rhythm, converting into pure spiritual energy.

A special spiritual energy structure with extremely high density… a miniature 'Spiritual Source.'

Su Zhou's body, not counting the Death Star located near the star fortress, was already extremely powerful in its humanoid form.

After all, the only difference between the Death Star body and the humanoid body was the amount of spiritual energy. Throwing this finger into a Xianxia world, it could be given to a lower realm sect that hadn't yet achieved ascension to refine into a treasured immortal artifact, dominating an era.

Although it was far from the Xenostians' indestructible and unyielding bodies, Su Zhou's physical body could be said to be capable of traversing the void and remaining intact in many universes.

But in the Veil Realm, Su Zhou felt that the entire universe was like a giant alchemic furnace, 'refining' everything that wasn't pure spiritual energy.

In other words, it wasn't just the repulsion of the universal constants; the Veil Realm's greater universe itself was a 'magic treasure' in operation.

Su Zhou was powerful, but not to the point where he could contend against an entire universe. So, without protection, his body was being refined into pure spiritual energy.

Clearly, this was proof that the Veil Realm was actually part of a recovery terminal for the Great Seal.

And perhaps the Entropy Shadow could be regarded as the 'pill spirit' generated by the overflowing spiritual energy of the pills inside the alchemy furnace that had been left for too long.

Absorbing the spiritual energy and regenerating a new finger, Su Zhou stared straight ahead at the dark void and the massive spiritual energy fortresses.

"Everyone."

He said to the Entropy Shadows who were on high alert, ready to attack at any moment, "Everyone of the Entropy Shadow race, before we start fighting, I have a proposal—that is, please have your lords come over and chat with me."

"I think that perhaps we can come to a satisfactory result for both sides without further igniting the flames of war between our races."

In reality, it wasn't just that they were ready to attack at any moment.

In reality, because of Su Zhou's approach and words, some overly nervous fortress forces had already launched an attack on Su Zhou.

In an instant, a sky full of entropy streams and various strange spiritual energy beam fluctuations surged, covering all the space between the fortresses and Su Zhou.

However, all of this was meaningless.

Su Zhou merely blew a breath, and a surge of negentropy flow, like a solar storm, blew away and disintegrated all attacks.

He didn't care and didn't think of it as an attack. He remained standing with his hands behind his back, waiting for the Entropy Shadow race's response.

Thus, the entire battlefield fell into a strange silence.

Until, after a short while, two immense auras emerged.

[…Alien, thank you for sparing the Pivot.]

A stream of information flowed out. He realized that the Pivot had only been beaten badly and hadn't suffered any extreme harm, so his emotions calmed.

However, he was still somewhat puzzled by the current situation, and his words carried a confused tone: [Who exactly are you, and why are you interfering in the feud between us and the Xenostians?]

And another stream of information surged, carrying a burst of anger: [Back off, don't interfere, this is a dispute between our two races!]

Entropy Shadow, Extreme Soul, Ω-Level Lords.

[Balance Point] and [Asia Point].

In silence, the two lords had already transformed into two dim black shadows, drifting in the Veil Realm's dim background.

Of course, to Su Zhou, these two were still as conspicuous as disco balls in a dark room, their spiritual energy fluctuations, no matter how concealed, were still dazzling.

Currently, they and the Pivot were the only three lords who were still relatively active in the Veil Realm.

Su Zhou sized up Balance Point and then carefully looked at Asia Point.

He seemed to realize something, then nodded gently and chuckled, "I see."

Three lords.

It sounded like a small number, and it actually was.

In its heyday, the Entropy Shadow race was a super-race that could fight the Xenostian civilization head-on without falling behind. They had over thirty lords, countless experts, and were a civilization capable of launching cross-universe wars.

However, because the Xenostians had blockaded the cosmic rift, and the Veil Realm itself was gradually evolving towards heat death, the Entropy Shadow race encountered great trouble after that rift war.

It wasn't the severance of spiritual energy, but something even worse.

As everyone knew, Ω-Level Lords could ignore the severance of spiritual energy. Their own spiritual energy could be used to supply their kin and convert stellar energy into spiritual energy—but they couldn't maintain the cultivation of many lower-level cultivators.

The larger the race, the harder it was to take care of everyone.

And in the Veil Realm, this was even more so, because all Entropy Shadows were essentially cultivators, and regardless of their level, even Ω-Level Lords, they would cause a terrifying increase in entropy.

So, in other universes where spiritual energy was severed, void demons were dormant, and the Veil Realm received few contracts or world-whale falls, in order to prolong the Veil Realm's lifespan, most Entropy Shadow lords went into slumber, leaving only a few to awaken in shifts, guarding the world and maintaining the Entropy Shadow race's inheritance and order.

Of course, some were truly severely injured and fell into an eternal sleep, and that was another matter entirely.

If the current Entropy Shadow race was willing to pay any price, extinguishing spiritual sources and sacrificing a large number of Entropy Shadows as offerings, they could awaken nearly ten lords.

This number would probably be an unstoppable force for the current Xenostians, but after Su Zhou awakened the undying imprint in the Galaxy Star, this force wasn't so powerful. At the very least, they could hold their ground without any problems.

But the cost was too great. They wouldn't want to do so unless they were facing extermination.

"Balance Point, Asia Point."

Su Zhou raised his hand. He stopped the Xenostian lords behind him from refuting and calmly replied, "You ask me why I'm interfering in your races' feud? Good question."

"Then I'll ask you, why did you interfere in our race's feud with the Void Cult?"

No lord could be foolish.

As soon as this question was asked, Balance Point and Asia Point both felt troubled.

They were also well aware that the major forces in the universe were all interconnected. They might seem to be only bothering the Xenostians, but in reality, they were bothering all races related to the Xenostian civilization.

Especially the Void Cult, the force they had signed a contract with, was not a reputable faction.

Having joined forces with them, the Entropy Shadows naturally had no right to accuse others of this.

[…We can understand your thoughts, but what is your purpose? If you just want us to stay in the Veil Realm and wait for death, that is absolutely impossible.]

Balance Point was clearly the leader of the three Entropy Shadow lords, including the Pivot. He spoke calmly and forcefully: [As you can see, the Veil Realm needs negentropy. We need to devour the matter and energy of your universe to maintain our world's existence, which is probably unacceptable to you. I think that given the contradictions between our sides, we can only resort to war.]

[If you don't want war, you must grant us the right to strip the mass from your universe to fill the Veil Realm—can you allow that? Can you allow it?]

Although his words were gentle, the underlying question was mocking Su Zhou's hubris.

And Asia Point's tone was even more direct and full of hostility: [Alien, the Void Cult deceived us, and is indeed a hateful force, but the Xenostians are ten thousand times more hateful than those liars. Do you think your few words can cover up tens of thousands of years of blood feud? Let us 'peace'?]

[If you want to fight, then fight!]

The lord imprints behind Su Zhou also spoke up in rebuttal, equally full of hostility: [Asia Point, I remember you being beaten so badly that your spiritual body shattered and you could only reside in a spiritual source to recover. But this time, I don't think you'll have such a good opportunity.]

[You died, but I didn't.]

[But my race is thriving, while your race is so pitiful that it can only huddle in this dark and cold Veil Realm.]

[You…]

For a time, a childish squabble broke out on the field.

Su Zhou clicked his tongue and shook his head, "I knew it wouldn't be so easy to achieve peace…"

In reality, trying to reconcile two sides was always a thankless task.

It was impossible to expect two forces with a deep blood feud to put aside their hatred because of the intervention of a third or even fourth party.

Balance Point was alright. Although he was sarcastic and mocking, he could at least respond rationally. It wasn't that he didn't want peace, but that he couldn't find a reason to accept it.

And Asia Point clearly had a deep hatred for the Xenostians and hadn't considered any possibility of peace.

Regardless of the reason, he was determined to fight the Xenostians and vent the hatred that was ancient to the people of Earth but felt like yesterday to them.

Asia Point might attack at any moment.

"I must tell you a fact."

So, after thinking about it, Su Zhou decided to tell them everything he knew about the Veil Realm's essence, the Galaxy Star's influence within it, and the Void Cult's purpose in everything.

He explained the existence of the Great Seal and even described the Great Existence to some extent, causing the Xenostians, who had always thought of the Great Existence as 'evil gods from another realm,' to emit hesitant soul fluctuations and express great dissatisfaction.

But Su Zhou never cared about these things. He was just stating what he knew.

"…So."

After finishing these speculations, Su Zhou made a summary: "If we restore the Galaxy Star to its original position, it will not only allow the seal to become complete again, but it will also allow you Entropy Shadows to be reborn."

"Whether you use the Galaxy Star's teleportation to go to other normal universes or just wait here, using the spiritual energy from the fragments of other universes to sustain your civilization, it won't be as difficult as it is now."

"And the essence of the Galaxy Star is ubiquitous. The Xenostians have held the Galaxy Star for so many years and can also use its power to continue creating living planets and using their strength to conquer… although you have never done so."

The youth glanced at the two Entropy Shadows before him and chuckled, "And, most importantly, I can almost certainly say that the large-scale void demon attacks that the Xenostians and you Entropy Shadows encountered in the past were definitely instigated by the Void Cult."

"Where else in the multiverse void would there be such a dense concentration of void demons? They mostly drift around small worlds and never linger near large universes like sealed universes, because they can't get much benefit. Even if a large universe develops a crack, it takes a very long time for these demons to come and invade."

"Coincidentally, the Void Cult is the only force in both universes that has stable connections with forces from the outer universe—they can even connect with the Twilight forces of the Primordial World and can drive void demons. It's not surprising at all."

This deduction was actually very far-fetched, and there was no real evidence to prove that Su Zhou's claim was correct.

But Su Zhou's purpose in saying this was to give the Entropy Shadow side a choice, a possibility.

And… to draw out some lurking people.

[Ridiculous!]

At this moment, just as the Pivot, Balance Point, and many of the Xenostian Lord Group were deep in thought, considering the value of Su Zhou's suggestion.

Asia Point, who had been on the side, seemingly listening quietly, suddenly smiled coldly, his tone forever carrying an indelible anger: [Beating around the bush, you just want us to give up the right to revenge and pursue some bullshit peace!]

[Su Zhou… Lord of the Earth civilization, no matter what your purpose is or what you're thinking, as long as you dare to stand between us and the Xenostians, you are the enemy of our Entropy Shadows!]

Before his soul fluctuations had even subsided, Asia Point had already taken action, preparing to attack.

As soon as his entropy stream moved, the space of the Veil Realm could be heard vibrating, emitting cracking sounds.

*Crack!*

Like a thunderclap, a series of sub-space rifts slashed down, blasting through layers of spiritual energy barriers, and falling head-on towards Su Zhou, who was just a few feet away.

Ordinary spiritual energy divine abilities and spells required the urging of spiritual energy. Even if they attacked and defended at the speed of light, they ultimately needed 'the thought to arise and the intention to move' to urge the spiritual energy.

So, to Heavenly Venerates, thousands of miles was close range, and a few dozen meters was also close range. As long as they were mindful, even light couldn't hit their bodies.

But Asia Point's power was different. His divine ability could use his own entropy as a foundation to create strange space-time curvatures, affecting spiritual energy perception and easily tearing apart sub-space, creating space rifts and shattering all enemies.

This power didn't require urging any external spiritual energy. As long as Asia Point's own cultivation was in place, he could distort the surrounding space, create endless divine abilities, and defend against them was almost impossible, and his transformations were as he wished.

However, this sneak attack had no effect.

Because a larger, wider space rift appeared in front of Su Zhou, blocking the attack.

In an instant, heaven and earth shook, and endless spiritual energy erupted from the collision of the two space rifts, causing a light brighter than a star to rise in the entire Veil Realm. It shot out light streams thousands of miles long in all directions, like fireworks blooming in the starry sky.

And the materialized spiritual energy fluctuations, mixed with the tidal wave-like spatial vibrations, spread in all directions, shaking even the Entropy Shadow fortresses around them, causing countless Entropy Shadows to exclaim in alarm.

"As expected."

Asia Point's space rift had already dissipated, but the personal space rift that Su Zhou had erected was still stable.

It could be seen that the world in the personal space was still stable. The massive Divine Tree, the burning Divine Blade, and the small world formed by the harmonious and complete cycle of spiritual energy easily offset the vibrations caused by Asia Point's attack.

The many bee people and nature spirits living in this world didn't even sense that they had been attacked.

Slowly retracting his personal space, the youth lowered his eyes and said calmly, "Actually, Lord Asia Point, your thinking is really not wrong. If we Earth humans also had ten thousand years of blood feud, and a third party said they wanted to reconcile us, I definitely wouldn't care about the big picture and would definitely start a war, seek revenge, and then think about the consequences."

"Whoever prevents us from taking revenge is our enemy, even if they are good to us."

As he said this, Su Zhou could hear the Pivot and Balance Point loudly scolding, 'Asia Point, what are you doing?!' 'Are you crazy? We're still discussing!' and the Xenostian Lord Group roaring, 'As expected, these Entropy Shadows have no good intentions! Start the war!'

He listened, then reached out and took out the Blade of Annihilation from his personal space.

Grasping the blade tightly, he said calmly, "But this premise is based on the condition that 'I am very strong.'"

"That is to say, I think I can beat everyone else and have that confidence—at that time, I will choose to ignore the big picture, because I am the big picture."

"If others advise me to be peaceful, they are advising me to be generous, and I will naturally hit back hard at those who advise me to be generous."

"If I can't beat everyone, I will endure humiliation."

"Very simple logic."

At this moment, a layer of crystal-clear light faintly lit up on the golden-red blade of the Blade of Annihilation. Lord Pan Jing was originally urging Su Zhou to immediately start fighting and crush this group of Entropy Shadows who didn't know what was good for them and were overestimating their own strength.

But when he noticed this, the lord's expression immediately turned solemn.

[Inert Matter…]

He stared at the Blade of Annihilation, which had begun to crystallize, with semi-transparent crystal materials appearing on the blade, and couldn't help but murmur in a low voice: [Although the completion is very low, and it's still on a weapon, but in such a short time, he's actually grasped the essence…]

Su Zhou could naturally hear this evaluation, but he didn't care.

If he couldn't grasp the essence after using similar divine abilities a dozen times, how could he have the nerve to call himself a genius?

As for Asia Point, Su Zhou merely lowered his eyes, gripping the hilt with his five fingers, with a smile that was not a smile.

"You want war, you can—but can you defeat me?"

[What?]

At this moment, facing Asia Point, who had sensed Su Zhou's suddenly rising aura and sensed the danger, and was nervously retreating and solemnly on guard, Su Zhou stared at the hand holding the blade tightly.

But he still didn't show weakness: [Do you still want to make enemies of us Entropy Shadows in the Veil Realm?]

Having failed in his sneak attack, Asia Point knew that his ambush had completely failed.

But if he could continue to provoke a war between the Entropy Shadows and the Xenostians, as well as the Earth civilization, then the plan would also be a great success!

But Su Zhou's words made his entire shadowy form congeal.

"I never expected that there would actually be a lord of the Entropy Shadow race who is an informant for the Void Cult."

At this moment, the situation was solemn and severe. Su Zhou was surrounded by three Entropy Shadow lords. Although he had the undying imprints of the Xenostian Lord Group as support, he couldn't trust the Pivot, a 'captive,' to stand idly by.

However, whether it was Asia Point or Balance Point, or even the Pivot, who was hesitating whether to attack, they all sensed a heat almost equivalent to the 'infinite' spiritual energy radiation they would feel when facing a spiritual source.

As if facing an entire star.

And Su Zhou, gripping the hilt of the Blade of Annihilation, chuckled softly, "Asia Point, you should have sent the message to the Void Cult that the Xenostian lords have all been revived, the Pivot has been defeated, and I have come to support, right?"

"Presumably, the Void Cult's army will soon come here at all costs, even dragging a large number of void demons with them, re-enacting the bloody battle between the Xenostian civilization and the Entropy Shadow civilization of the past."

"It's not surprising—after all, a world with heat death is the best breeding ground for Twilight believers!"

*Boom! Boom!*

Before the words had even finished.

Endless heat flow, spiritual energy, and negentropy began to spread in all directions with Su Zhou as the center.

The spiritual energy surged and condensed entirely on the Blade of Annihilation.

Inert Matter can accumulate energy without limit until it explodes, instantly releasing destructive power tens of millions of times greater than usual. Even the Entropy Shadow race's imperishable bodies would be shattered and then annihilated.

And Su Zhou's Inert Matter had obviously not been cultivated to perfection. All the abnormal phenomena were aftershocks that leaked out when he was pouring spiritual energy into the Blade of Annihilation and had not been completely sealed by the divine blade.

But…

Su Zhou's spiritual energy and soul power far exceeded that of ordinary lords.

Facing his imposing stance, gripping the Dao weapon, intending to strike, Asia Point even had the illusion for a moment that he was facing not only Su Zhou and a group of undying imprints, but the twenty-plus lords who were truly standing in front of him, with the fierce momentum of destroying everything.

He wanted to retreat.

But he didn't!

[How dare you!]

With a roar, even Balance Point was unable to stop him. Asia Point's soul sound vibrated, and a massive space-time distortion, almost like a black hole, appeared around his shadow form, blooming with countless black sub-space rifts that tore through space and time!

These rifts crisscrossed and overlapped, and even contained a large amount of space-time curvature distortions. The places hit even felt time differently, sometimes faster, sometimes slower, sometimes still, sometimes moving. One careless move and you could fall into a time trap.

This was an extremely precise space-time divine ability, enough to distort the universe.

But Su Zhou just drew his blade and slashed down.

Principle?

The hardest substance, the most energy, the strongest power, the most unwavering will, and the most steadfast soul.

Of course, there was also the best mentor and the best luck.

And being able to cultivate these things and obtain them was the greatest wisdom and the greatest divine ability!

*Buzz!*

The long blade shone, tearing through the starry sky like the light of a supernova. The torrent of spiritual energy howled as it condensed into a cold light, instantly shattering layers of sub-space rifts.

Inert Matter does not erode with the passage of time, and when matter is unchanged, the so-called space-time curvature is just a ridiculous illusion.

Every time a sub-space rift was cut open, it would feed back a huge spatial shock. Even Su Zhou now had difficulty enduring it with his physical body alone, equivalent to resisting the aftershocks of both sides' battles with his own body.

But Yala's supreme inheritance, the prerequisite for the Scales of the World, Su Zhou's personal space easily blocked all the fluctuations in this regard, without the slightest tremor.

Therefore, the blade of the Blade of Annihilation did not slow down at all and still slashed towards Asia Point's body at the fastest speed!

*Buzz! Buzz!*

*Buzz!*

Asia Point was retreating at this moment, retreating madly, but the blade light of the Blade of Annihilation followed closely like a maggot clinging to a bone.

The power of a Dao weapon was almost equivalent to the Weapon Lord's personal presence. Although Su Zhou had not had time to upgrade this Dao weapon to an Imperial weapon after advancing to Heavenly Venerate, Inert Matter could temporarily make it strong enough.

Adding Su Zhou's power, it was enough to instantly cut through the defenses of a lord!

[Damn it!!!]

In the end, having nowhere to retreat, Asia Point, who thought that the other Entropy Shadow lords would help him delay, was still struck by the Blade of Annihilation.

In an instant, endless divine light poured out from the divine blade.

Even the sub-space rifts that Asia Point himself had twisted and bloomed lit up with bright golden-red halos.

Endless spiritual energy burst out from his body, piercing and tearing apart his Entropy Shadow body, turning it into an image like a broken plastic bag—but this was not the end, and there was still a huge amount of energy contracting in his body, on the verge of explosion.

"If you can't beat me, don't think about war."

After one strike, Su Zhou smoothly sheathed his blade and turned around. He didn't look at the magnificent fireworks behind him, which had exploded again, almost completely tearing apart Asia Point's entire body, like the collision of stars.

At this moment, the youth calmly said to Balance Point and the Pivot, who were on high alert and ready to take action, "As I said, Asia Point is a member of the Void Cult. Perhaps only you can't smell the aura of the Twilight dependents on him."

"Asia Point is not dead, and I will not continue to attack. You can go and ask him yourselves."

Standing in front of Balance Point, Su Zhou looked sincere, "Then go and believe him, or believe me."

"I have been very sincere, and everyone can testify that Asia Point attacked first."

"Moreover." He turned his head and said to the Xenostian Lord Group on the side, "We should now start preparing to guard against the Void Cult's imminent raid."

"Not only the Entropy Shadows, but I suspect that there are also informants from the Void Cult among the Xenostians."

"Otherwise, this Asia Point wouldn't have such a bad impression of me and would attack me immediately—you see, the Pivot, until the very end, always felt that you Xenostians were the main body and that I was just an accessory."

"There must be an informant among you Xenostians who told him that this Entropy Shadow lord would default to me being the spokesperson."

[Indeed…]

Having said this, even the two Entropy Shadow lords, Balance Point and the Pivot, noticed something was wrong—Balance Point didn't think Su Zhou was the spokesperson either, and just thought he was a peacemaker who had come to help mediate.

Even if they couldn't restrain their hatred, they should be attacking the enemy, not attacking the peacemaker who hadn't said anything excessive or taken sides.

Asia Point's behavior was indeed strange.

The two Entropy Shadow lords looked at Asia Point, who was shattered and ragged on the side, struggling to recover his original form, with complex expressions.

Seeing this, Su Zhou originally planned to stop while he was ahead. Since the Void Cult was about to attack, the most important thing to do was to defend the rift between the two worlds.

The Entropy Shadow race's offensive was estimated to be canceled. They would at least wait for some time before launching another attack after the Void Cult didn't appear… but was it possible that the Void Cult wouldn't come?

However, just as Su Zhou was about to call on the Xenostian lords to leave, he heard a laugh.

[No need to rush, Lord Su Zhou.]

The one who spoke was Lord Radiance. This Ω-level expert raised his head and looked at the cosmic rift on the side. He said loudly: [We have long known that the Void Cult is insidious and has spies and agents in every race.]

[There are indeed traitors among us… but who says there aren't any among them?]

Having said this, he lowered his head, and this giant of light looked at Su Zhou, revealing a smile: [We also tried to do the same thing as early as tens of thousands of years ago.]

[If it's a small-scale force that's acting, it may not be possible to know, but if it's a large-scale operation, there's no need to worry.]

[Wait a moment, and we will soon know the Void Cult's movements!]

Su Zhou was slightly stunned.

Then he was greatly surprised.

—You aliens, are you acting out Infernal Affairs here?!

Seeking a monthly ticket!