Chapter 907 Eternal Power (5800)

Su Zhou's voice echoed throughout the Epoch, and the gods of the heavens were silent under his interrogation. Even the God-Kings could only lower their heads, ashamed to look him in the eye.

But this wasn't admiration between one right and another, but the purest resentment born from insufficient power.

Anyone knows that sometimes, when a person is caught making a mistake, the thought in their mind isn't 'I was wrong.' What they're truly ashamed of is 'I was actually caught' – and now, that's the thought in the gods' minds. They never thought they had made any mistakes, but resented that an Original Candle Dragon busybody had discovered their plans.

So, if there was even the slightest chance, they would never give up on going back on their word, stubbornly refusing to admit defeat.

Just like the God-King Deus now.

[Original Candle Dragon…]

The cloud-mist giant stood in his own era, facing the divine dragon and bird who already occupied the past and future and were watching him with cold eyes. After taking a deep breath, he gritted his teeth and said, [You are indeed powerful, and have even touched the edge of eternity… You are even powerful enough to negate infinity.]

[But your denial doesn't change the facts – we gods have indeed found the path to infinity. We only need to obtain the power of eternity to make the Ring of Eternity spin endlessly, completely becoming true infinity.]

At this moment, Deus calmed down.

Before becoming gods, the gods were the most outstanding people in the mortal world. Even though they had been deliberately suppressing mortals and the progress of civilization to ensure they could sit eternally on their thrones, they were still the most outstanding beings.

Su Zhou's questioning did initially rob the gods of their momentum, and for a time, even the God-Kings felt despair, as if there was no way to face such a powerful enemy who could cut through space and time, and possibility, enveloping the past and future… But Deus calmed down, carefully observing Su Zhou's current situation.

After confirming that Su Zhou hadn't yet achieved 'Eternity,' or the 'Torrent' as it was known outside, he resolved to fight one last time.

[I have a way to fight you.]

Facing the youth with the sword, the cloud-mist giant said in a deep voice: [Although this will undo the accumulation of our seven Epochs, if we don't defeat you, everything we've accumulated in the past will be meaningless.]

[How could this endless desire be ended by a sudden outsider like you!]

Saying this, the God-King of the Azure Sky raised his hand high.

He looked around at the other three Epoch God-Kings and roared: [What are you still hesitating for? We've been forced to the final moment!]

[Even if everything is in vain, we must never let the Candle Dragon win!]

Deus's voice echoed thunderously in the heavens and earth, but in the long silence, no God-King or god responded to him. The gods were at a loss, feeling that they had already lost and could not defeat the Candle Dragon at all. The God-Kings were still hesitant, Time and Light-Dark were silent, and even the Starry Sky seemed to have secretly shifted its trend.

[Starry Sky?!]

Deus turned his head to look at the place where the Starry Sky God-King was, and his expression immediately changed, because in that instant, even he couldn't remember the Starry Sky God-King's original 'name'… This was an incredible thing, because the Starry Sky God-King was one of the four pillars anchoring the rotation of this Epochal Era, and also the core promoter of their plan.

The Starry Sky's current disappearance and silence only represented one thing.

"He sleeps."

And Su Zhou opened his mouth at just the right moment, calmly reaching out and pointing to the silver hazy mist where the Starry Sky God-King had been: "The current Starry Sky is not the dark, distant unknown, an obstacle preventing all beings from exploring the distance."

"The essence of the current Starry Sky is the stars that guide the future direction of all beings, when the courage of infinite heroes rises to infinite space-time."

It could be seen that in the hazy, flickering silver light, luminous human figures lit up one by one, their figures shining brightly, almost transparent, overlapping each other to form a majestic and vast giant god phantom.

This phantom wasn't yet solid, because it wasn't connected with the past and present. Even with the support of the Candle Dragon and the power of many heroes, it couldn't completely achieve the God-King's status… But so what? As long as time progressed, as long as people still had the courage to seize the future and the desire to explore the unknown, then this God-King would eternally grow stronger.

That was a correct path.

But this scene was chilling to the gods.

[Starry Sky… is dead?!]

The Time God-King Aptu took a step back, his expression more than just stunned, it was simply unbelievable – the God-Kings were the anchors of the Epoch, existences destined to be born by fate.

But now, although the Starry Sky still existed, it wasn't the original Starry Sky… What did this mean? It meant that the Candle Dragon could cross space-time and directly replace fate, causing the Starry Sky that was supposed to inevitably appear to disappear!

This kind of method was not only unheard of, they hadn't even imagined such a possibility!

"Destined to be born, but it wasn't said that they wouldn't die after being born."

Su Zhou felt that these God-Kings really needed to be educated with this simple way of thinking… Yes, fate was destined to give birth to the Starry Sky God-King, but it wasn't said that they couldn't be beaten to death after being born, nor was it said that it had to be the original Starry Sky God-King who was born. It could be a different existence with the same title and position.

There were ten thousand and one ways to bypass blind fate that only cared about the result and achieve the result you wanted.

People who aren't used to arguing probably wouldn't think about this kind of thing.

This fact not only struck the Time and Light-Dark God-Kings, but also turned Deus's face black after the initial shock. The replacement of the Starry Sky greatly changed his original plan, but there was no way to fix it now. Even if it might be useless, they had to continue to act if they wanted to fight against this Original Candle Dragon.

[Don't be dazed!]

Roaring again, Deus said loudly: [What are you still hesitating about! The Original Candle Dragon can even obliterate the God-King's status. If you don't make up your minds now, our future will end up the same!]

[The last chance, give all the 'Eternity' to me!]

[Indeed.] [We have already been defeated…] [There's no choice but to do this, even if the accumulation of seven Epochs turns into nothingness.]

In the Cadence Macrocosm, a true Epoch could only be counted when the four eras of the Four Pillar Gods had rotated once. What ordinary mortals called an Epoch was only one era of the Four Pillar Gods' rotation.

And the plan of the God-Kings and gods was to gradually weaken the seven Epochs, seize the power of the 'Eternal Daughter' Eve, and use the relationship of the 'Changing Aran' to guide Eve to give up her life and power, gradually stripping away the elements of eternity.

This was the final Epoch. As long as the gods of this Epoch succeeded, Eve would lose her eternal divine power, and the Four God-Kings, and even the gods, would gain eternity, becoming eternal God-Kings, immortal and indestructible, enjoying true eternity.

That was a path different from the infinite torrent, focused on eternity.

The Four Great God-Kings separately preserved the power of eternity that they had stolen from Eve in past Epochs, using it to achieve eternity in the future… But now, they could barely protect themselves, so how could they think about the eternity of the future?

Therefore, Deus called on the gods to give their power to him to fight against Su Zhou.

For a time, as the gods all raised their hands together, various streams of light rose into the sky, converging toward the cloud-mist giant. For a time, it was as if a bright and eternal sun had appeared in the Cadence Macrocosm.

This sun was gray-blue, just like the endless sky illuminated by twilight in the afternoon. Vast and abundant divine power condensed.

Incredible power shook space-time in an instant, and various anomalies appeared in many eras as a result – things that had already happened reappeared again and again, the River of Time surged, light and darkness intertwined and shrouded many space-times, so that even the Azure Sky became high and ethereal, as if it could never be reached.

However, just as these anomalies swept through the entire Cadence Macrocosm, Su Zhou and the future Epoch behind him remained unmoved.

The new 'Starry Sky God-King', the new god formed by the spirits of countless time-traveling rebels, and Eve, who ruled this power, didn't send out their 'Eternity' like the other God-Kings.

Nonsense, Eve herself was the Eternal Note, how could she give her power to the thieves who stole her power?

"In order to deal with me, a group of evil villainous gods have started to merge into a Spirit Bomb…"

Looking at Deus like this, Su Zhou couldn't help but shake his head and sigh: "If you guys had thought about relying on yourselves, instead of stealing other people's power and manipulating other people's destinies to make yourselves stronger, and had this kind of courage, why would you need to do this kind of thing?"

"There will be future troubles if you take this shortcut, even if you don't feel like there are any aftereffects, there will be people like me as an aftereffect of your choice."

--So why did you appear?

Not answering Su Zhou's emotions, Deus was now gathering power… Achieving Eternity, this was a position that no God-King had been able to achieve for countless years, and they didn't know how to achieve it, but as the power of eternity gradually gathered, this God-King of the Azure Sky truly felt that his existence was gradually being solidified.

This feeling was like a castle on the beach, gradually being replaced by reefs, steel, and even all indestructible existences. The power that would be worn away by time, Epochs, and existence began to exist eternally without the need for the construction of a 'Ring.' It could exist eternally without the support of any other elements.

And the more he gained this power, the more annoyed Deus became – if it wasn't for Su Zhou, they wouldn't need to expend this hard-won power of eternity to fight the Candle Dragon. They could have enjoyed this power alone after Eve chose to self-destruct, and then achieved true eternity.

Therefore, facing Su Zhou's words, there wasn't a trace of remorse in his heart.

He just hated, hated Su Zhou's 'appearance.'

--If Su Zhou wasn't there, if Su Zhou didn't appear, if Su Zhou could turn a blind eye to all of this… then they wouldn't need the slightest bit of trouble.

They had no remorse, pain, or repentance, and didn't think they were wrong.

So even Su Zhou, who always loved to comment, found it difficult to evaluate the God-Kings' reactions for a while.

His fists clenched.

"…You can't be called monsters."

After a long time, he just shook his head: "Because you don't have enough madness and viciousness, no actions to burn the entire world for your own amusement, just because you can."

"You are not right either, because you are pursuing a boring result, and only when the result is achieved can you be happy."

Watching Deus, who was gathering the power of eternity and becoming stronger, Su Zhou's expression became uninterested.

Strong? Could he be as strong as him? It was just a matter of changing from needing to spend a little effort to solve the problem to needing to give a few serious punches.

Su Zhou firmly believed in his victory, but just as no one would feel happy because they had defeated a slime, and no one would feel very satisfied because they had personally crushed a cockroach.

He was just purely disgusted.

So, he attacked, stepped forward, and punched the Time God-King, who was blocking the way in the front.

Su Zhou's fist wasn't like before, carrying various wills and beliefs, but just pure power, carrying the full spirit and energy of his concentration. He stepped outside of space-time, and with one punch, he shattered the Time God-King's time trap and infinite time, directly hitting the other party's face.

Immediately, the Time God-King didn't even have time to block, and his head, full of pale hair and beard, was sent spinning a few times… Just looking at this scene, there was a feeling that the young man Candle Dragon was beating up the old man Time, punching the Nursing Home of the Southern Mountain.

Although the Time God-King wouldn't lose his combat power because of this minor injury, he was still at a disadvantage and completely suppressed.

Fighting, the youth sighed: "You don't feel happy when you do evil, you don't feel joy when you hurt others, you don't feel heartfelt pleasure when you destroy the world and order, and you don't have the slightest joy when you fight with others, because these are all tools for you to reach eternity. You always want to get a result, and without that result, everything you do is meaningless."

Then, Su Zhou drew his sword again and slashed at the Light-Dark Twin God-Kings.

Unlike Time, who was shocked by the death of Starry Sky, the Light-Dark God-Kings had always been wary of the Candle Dragon. They raised their weapons and fought with Su Zhou.

But the result was extremely unbelievable – the sword skills Su Zhou used at this moment were full of eerie magic, containing great destruction and great terror – that was the pure viciousness of wanting to eliminate all means of longevity in order to solve the scourge of longevity, even if it meant abolishing all the worlds. That was the means of a demon king who wanted to slaughter one side in order to separate good from evil, without leaving any possibility of survival.

"You can't even be a good villain, you can't become a demon king or a monster. You are the purest guys who don't even have your own desires and paths. You are not even as good as mortals, just purely rotten."

The purity of power, the purity of good and evil, the God-Kings couldn't match Su Zhou – they weren't as good as Su Zhou in doing good, their power wasn't as strong as Su Zhou, and even if they were to be villains, they didn't have Su Zhou's great determination and courage, no true path of the demon gods, no form of a Heavenly Demon who found joy in everything and questioned everything.

A mistake could at least be called a mistake, and needed to be severely criticized, because it was tempting, and if you weren't careful, it would make people feel that the mistake was right, and they would go astray.

And rotten… couldn't even be called a mistake.

Because anyone who looked at them with their eyes open would lose!

That was how Su Zhou felt now.

"Correct things can wait."

"They are things that can make people happy in the process."

"Correct things allow others to fall behind, and don't need a result."

"Because the process itself is 'correct'."

"Thank you." Putting down his fists and swords stained with divine blood, Su Zhou looked at the several God-Kings in front of him, who were seriously injured and retreated in horror, and couldn't help but sigh: "Let me know that in this multiverse, in addition to people who stick to their own paths, there are purely trash existences."

"What have you been doing all your lives? Just wasting away?"

[What do you know!]

At this moment, Deus, who hadn't been attacked by Su Zhou thanks to the protection of his several God-King comrades, gritted his teeth and said.

He was now surrounded by a hazy halo of divine power.

Around him, the River of Time condensed and froze, turning into armor, and the strings of light and darkness turned into a crown and diadem, worn on his head.

The distant Azure Sky flowed around him, the compressed entity formed by endless space-time. The phantoms of one world and future after another spread out under the God-King's feet, as if they were to extend to an infinite distance.

This was already a preliminary torrent characteristic. If it was in the outer multiverse void, this infinite phantom would affect the surrounding world groups, gradually spreading and covering the fate of the Azure Sky, extending eternally – the long song played by this incredible power sounded at the same time in the past and the future. If you couldn't see all the space-time of the past and the future, you couldn't hear the full picture of this song at all.

And Deus, who held such divine power, almost glared at Su Zhou with hatred: [In this world, what else is worth pursuing other than eternity? This is the true correct!]

[Eve was born with the divine power of eternity, why? Why was she born with the seed of eternity? This is not fair at all!]

[We all have to endure the fear of being destined to die and eventually disappear. It would be fine if everyone was the same, but why can someone be born with something that all of us don't have? Moreover, she doesn't cherish it, so why don't we use it!]

Oh my god. Even Su Zhou, with his talkative personality, was really speechless at this moment.

Everyone in the Cadence Macrocosm was a note that was naturally in harmony with the Dao. The entire multiverse probably didn't have a more superior 'natural talent' than them… Although it was more difficult to cultivate other methods due to the elements of the multiverse base, if they could make up their minds, abandon the temptation of easily harmonizing with the Dao, and go to other universes with their own Dao imprints, they would also be top-notch existences in the entire multiverse who were close to the Dao.

It might be a little difficult for everyone to become a true god, but becoming an overlord coexisting with the world was probably just a matter of effort.

This group of God-Kings didn't even have the courage to leave home, and they were talking about fairness and unfairness here… Although Su Zhou, this guy with the natural Yinglong bloodline, shouldn't say anything about fairness, even he felt that this was too outrageous.

"Cultivating fate but not cultivating nature is the first disease of cultivation… Is this the result of having great power without tempering one's Dao heart and sublimating one's soul?"

Su Zhou thought to himself: "No wonder even the Great Existences never directly bestow power to elevate a person to become eternal. This is not elevation at all, it's simply a waste manufacturing machine, a rotten people popularizing field."

At the same time, he also thought of fate: "The birth of a hero… naturally has to have a hero's journey. In a sense, fate is indeed not wrong…"

But at this moment, Deus didn't think so much.

Su Zhou's disgusted expression was regarded by him as 'fear' and 'vigilance', and Su Zhou's previous actions of attacking the several God-Kings were regarded as anxiety, an urgent move to prevent him from gaining power.

Therefore, the God-King of the Azure Sky, who had become even stronger by merging with the power of eternity obtained by the other God-Kings, finally couldn't help but attack: [Original Candle Dragon!]

He raised his right hand high, and the lightning of thunder, which could shatter time, gathered in his palm. Deus, who had once again become solemn and sacred, made a vow: [This is your final battle with the gods!]

[Either you devour our future and become the torrent, or we will rely on your external principles and the power of the Eternal Daughter to achieve true eternity!]

Even now, he still thought that Su Zhou had come to the Cadence Macrocosm in order to become the torrent, and like them, seize Eve's power of eternity.

"I don't need your power."

Su Zhou shook his head slightly, staring indifferently at the Azure Sky in front of him, who was raising thunder and lightning, as if to judge him: "Moreover, when did you get the illusion that the 'final battle' is only starting now?"

The Original Candle Dragon raised his divine sword, pointing to the land of the 'Melodic Epoch', the vast Ilothar Continent.

The youth sneered: "You have never looked at the earth with your eyes, have you never looked at those mortals with your eyes, right?"

"So."

Under the Azure Sky God-King's puzzled gaze, Su Zhou folded his arms around his chest and smiled expectantly: "You evil gods who manipulate the fate of mortals should be defeated by the mortals themselves!"

At this moment.

--Melodic Epoch · Ilothar Continent--

As the altar for summoning the heroic spirit of the Candle Dragon activated, as the silver light that ran through the endless space-time of the heavens and worlds surged.

The white-haired girl and the pioneers of the silver space-time descended into the world together.

--The brilliance of the pioneers and the Candle Dragon is spreading in the world of fate.