Chapter 1 The Inauguration of a God and His Irritations

—The divine might that governs thousands of worlds, the supreme尊of Zhuzhou, using a sincere heart towards the Dao as a bridge, and the souls of twenty sinners as a sacrificial offering, we call upon your mighty power to descend and judge our enemies...

—Oh, eternal Zhuzhou Divine尊, please strike my foolish superior with a divine thunderbolt! He doesn't understand the profession at all, and he interferes with our work by proposing various idiotic KPI requirements. He is the biggest malignant tumor hindering innovation!

—Thus have I heard: if, in the era of spiritual Qi revival, the heavens unite with the Dao and manifest from the Void Sea, then a giant乘Zhuzhou immeasurable and supremely auspicious Buddha will appear in the world, judging all evil. Eight thousand lights follow, wielding the power of ten thousand aether giant dragons, with Void Beasts as Mao Jian water, and Zhuzhou as the ocean...

[Through me, enter the City of Judgment]

There are sincere voices of prayer and worship.

—How can one continuously improve? Can I really be considered innovative now? Lord, please tell me the answer... Please tell me if I am qualified now, if I am...

—Must innovation continue eternally? We spent thirty years pacifying the world; shouldn't we be able to enjoy it now? After all, this is the goal. We have suffered for so many years for the sake of peace. Now that we have finally won, shouldn't we be able to pause for a moment?

—Zhuzhou, I hate you! The damned path of innovation has harmed so many people. The great purges and upheavals that could have ended long ago have been prolonged for more than twenty years because of you... Those people are all crazy, crazy!! Killing so many people is not enough; to what extent do they have to purify to end this?!

[Through me, enter the Pit of Eternal Wandering]

Voices of confusion, bewilderment, and even despairing curses ring out.

—Zhuzhou Evil God, huh... Although I don't know where this outer domain belief comes from, it's better than the damned gods of the demonic domain. I hope this alien Evil God really has some power, enough not to be frightened by that group of demon gods and dare not give us any power, and can help us refugees a little...

—The world is broken, the nation is destroyed, and the people are enslaved. None of the past ideologies and cultures, none of the historical experiences, can contribute to our victory over the enemies from beyond the world. Among the gods of the void, only this path of Zhuzhou accepts all comers.

—I have nowhere else to go. Zhuzhou, if you are truly a god of judgment, a devourer of evil, a dragon of endless greed, if my life has any value, then take it. Give me everything that can change this dark world; give me the power of revenge!

[Through me, enter the Multitude of the Doomed and Fallen]

Voices of despair, exhaustion, and resignation echo.

The path of Zhuzhou has its own rightness, and it also has its own wrongness.

There are devout followers, and there are desperate opportunists.

For some, innovation is their goal; for some, it is their means; for some, it is their excuse; for some, it is their sentiment.

The same things happened countless ages ago, and such things will be repeated again and again countless ages later.

All beings with blood and Qi are unavoidable, even when the Great Dao is before them, they will hesitate and even go astray.

[Praise Zhuzhou, eternal innovation, the Dragon that devours evil!]

In the void of the multiverse, such a voice rings out, stirring up waves of waves.

In the myriad worlds of the heavens, endless information converges with the ceaseless torrents of time and space in the void, transforming into a vast tide of information, washing back and forth throughout the entire multiverse, and then surging toward the true target of it all.

If one were to gaze from the perspective of information, one would see—in this vast and endless torrent sweeping through the multiverse, a figure stands firm, like a rock that has not moved since the beginning of time, remaining unfazed in the face of all impacts.

'Su Zhou · Main Body' stands in the void of the multiverse with his eyes closed, accepting all the information from the myriad worlds, extracting the meaningful and necessary replies, and responding to them one by one.

Unlike the incarnations that are currently deterring many合道(He Dao, Harmony with the Dao) and other powerful individuals in the myriad worlds, the main body of Su Zhou appears particularly approachable and full of vitality due to a frustrated expression as if he had eaten bullfrog stewed with Banlangen, and is also more tired.

"Hoo..."

Opening his eyes, lowering his cyan-purple gaze, Su Zhou exhales, as if enduring something unspeakable.

But in the end, he couldn't hold back and burst out angrily: "Wow, this bunch of good-for-nothings, having seven daughters and no sons, are here cursing me for not protecting him, and saying they're going to cut off my incense offerings. Leaving aside the fact that I can't even receive the incense offerings from your backwater world, this is fundamentally because you lack male virtue, right? You should cultivate more on weekdays, and also see a doctor to see if there's a problem with your endocrine system. What does this have to do with my innovation? I am the Dragon of Eternal Innovation, not a Goddess of Fertility!"

"This side is also outrageous, really thinking that Zhuzhou, as the name suggests, manages sunrise? Although it's okay to worship me and ask for sunny days and I can bestow divine power, this is really not my area of expertise. Why don't you consider using the souls of sinners as sacrifices? Don't worship me as a sun god... Tsk, forget it. I think I know why there are so many aliases for the strong in the multiverse. They are all picked up for nothing. This sun god incarnation really came confused and inexplicably."

"And this guy, he worships me quite diligently. He can recite my teachings in this world backwards every morning and evening, but he doesn't practice at all, only engages in lip service and formalism, and becomes a big capitalist and slave owner running sweatshops on southern plantations, suppressing progressive thought—I'm saying, if you really understood half a word of my teachings, you should at least know to love all your compatriots, love the future of this world and lead it to progress. You're going against the tide and still hoping to buy peace of mind with money and formalism? Are you believing in me, the true and righteous god?!"

"No, I really have to strike him with lightning and kill him. This kind of person is completely a parasite in my church, and will lead a bunch of people astray!"

Unable to bear it any longer, Su Zhou turned his head and looked intently at a certain direction in the multiverse.

Immediately, accompanied by a heart-palpitating crack of thunder, a beam of light burst from his eyes, traversing the endless void and striking toward one world.

Yanming World, Intan Duchy, Shatar County, Shatar IV, who had always believed in the God of Retribution and Progress, was struck and killed by a sudden blue thunderbolt in the fields while inspecting his manor. This beam of light ignored all magical props, divine blessings, and even the rune arrays around the manor. Even the Archmage and the chief priests of various temples who arrived later could not see any clue, and could only sense an extremely pure and holy aura of justice, releasing simple messages.

[—This is Divine Retribution from Zhuzhou—]

For a time, not only the county but even the gods of this world were alarmed.

[Seal, seal the divine kingdom!]

As the saying goes, laymen watch the excitement, while experts watch the doorway. Mortals were only surprised by the inconspicuous beam of light, but they were frightened and trembling, not even daring to breathe—precisely because they were immortal gods, they could understand that no matter which of them, whether powerful or weak, would be killed on the spot if struck by that lightning, and it would take hundreds or thousands of years to return from faith.

The God of Retribution and Progress is a false god belief. This ‘false’ does not mean fake, but means that the true body is not in this world, and is a god of the void that rarely exerts divine power... For a great world like Yanming World, the number of false god beliefs is not small, because there are indeed benefits from believing, but there are very few restrictions. Although the rewards are not as much as the gods of this world, there are also far fewer constraints, and there are no immediate supervisors.

But now, it is different...

After the divine punishment, there was a rumor that the 'God of Retribution and Progress' could not stand the old earl's perverse actions and manifested his divine power, giving him immediate retribution... For a time, the Church of Retribution, which could truly display divine power, became the mainstream here. Although some people still had doubts about this church because of the old earl's actions, to be honest, the church members who saw the old earl's ending and were almost frightened into immediately committing suicide basically swore to act according to the teachings for the rest of their lives, and never dared to have any blasphemous or decadent thoughts.

It is one thing to deceive a false god who is not in this world, but it is another thing to be devout to a true god who can bring down retribution and exert divine power.

After confirming that the guy who had been fooling him, setting a bad example for many believers to follow, and had done a lot of evil on weekdays had been punished by heaven, Su Zhou nodded and continued to accept the information in the void of the multiverse.

Then, he was angered again: "Wow, this is endless, isn't it?"

"I am indeed the God of Retribution, but I don't manage revenge. Your father killed too many people and was finally killed by someone seeking revenge, that is retribution. You want to seek revenge for your father's murder, doesn't this mean that retribution will never end? Can you properly admit your mistakes, innovate, and progress? Your father is a bad person, understand? Retribution means that good is rewarded with good, and evil is rewarded with evil. I don't care about evil people being killed by revenge seekers; I even encourage it! Study language properly before learning to pray and worship!"

"Hoo, this one is even more heavyweight. He over-innovated and collapsed the state and society. Now he's here cursing that my path is wrong. Are you kidding me? I encourage reform but not encouraging being overly ambitious, encouraging forcibly promoting innovation and development beyond the times, encouraging falsifying and deceiving superiors with big numbers—what the hell does this have to do with me? Isn't it all because you are greedy and trying to swallow an elephant, insisting on playing with big numbers and collapsing yourself!"

The multiverse is infinite, and the number of idiotic and bizarre messages in it is naturally infinite.

Even one in a billion is enough to ignite a person's anger.

Generally speaking, He Dao experts, when they reach the realm of 'thought arising is sensed,' will choose to make their own automatic answering equipment, or create an incarnation to handle these messages, so that they can enjoy peace on weekdays. But perhaps Su Zhou is still young, and also a newly promoted He Dao, so he naturally wants to try listening to the calls and prayers of those who follow the path of Zhuzhou in the myriad worlds.

The result is that he is angered.

"Are these people annoying or what... You have to learn to solve these things yourself. What's the point of calling on gods for everything? God is a wish indeed, but heaven helps those who help themselves. I'm not a nanny!"

Although Su Zhou knows that it is impossible for everyone in the myriad worlds to be reasonable, and not all innovative followers are normal people—or rather, this is the meaning of his journey.

But he will still listen carefully, even while complaining and frowning.

Not only will he listen, but he will also listen carefully and respond carefully.

Even if some outrageous wishes and requests need to be rejected, Su Zhou will reject them seriously.

Because he is not like Divine尊Qingsong or Divine Emperor Tianyi, who deliberately do not listen in order to reduce the erosion of He Dao, and even use various methods to avoid these voices.

Su Zhou listens to the calls of everyone, listens to the prayers of every world.

Honestly, it is really tiring.

But this is He Dao.

The changes He Dao makes to the universe, and the changes the universe makes to the strong, are mutual.

How should I put it? It's like the difference between the ruling party and the opposition party.

The current Zhuzhou is the will of many worlds, the anger, scolding, and prayers of many worlds to the heavens. Su Zhou can hear and respond.

And he should respond.

In this multiverse, the system of extraordinary power, which allows all beings to surpass the world itself with their own strength, exists so that after the strong achieve something, they can respond to all beings on behalf of the unspoken universe.

After achieving He Dao, one must be detached and disregard worldly affairs?

After successful cultivation, one must be separated from the world and not set foot in the mortal world?

Humanity has built such a large society, a civilization, but there is no place left for the transcendent; when discussing social systems and the process of civilization, one must isolate the transcendent for separate discussion?

Please, then what's the point of cultivation? It would be easier to sever the connection between heaven and earth and have everyone be mortals. Why add the ultimate variable of transcendent cultivators?

After becoming a He Dao expert, one cannot simply improve oneself, or only think about one's own cultivation—since one has already begun to transform the power of the universe itself into one's own cultivation, then one should naturally be like the universe itself, bearing all beings and civilizations, bearing all joys and sorrows, good and evil, becoming the cornerstone and origin of all things, and even the final end.

He Dao experts should listen and respond.

Otherwise, they will become like the guys on the verge of transformation like Divine尊Qingsong, or like the guys who are ignorant of the world and cause suffering to all beings like Holy尊 Taishi.

"They took the wrong path—from the very beginning of achieving He Dao, avoiding their responsibilities, and only enjoying rights and power, the path of the Flood has nothing to do with them."

"Thinking about it, if I want many universes to wholeheartedly want me to achieve He Dao, then I must be a 'fool' who works hard and doesn't slack off, and fulfills all his responsibilities."

Do things that others won't do, things that smart people think are foolish, and fulfill all your responsibilities honestly, without trying to evade any responsibility.

In this way, the 'Fool' can bear the weight of the 'World'.

Su Zhou · Main Body turns his head and looks at 'Su Zhou · Innovation Dao Incarnation' who is holding the Zhuzhou Heavenly Multiverse Police Bureau meeting next to his hometown's sealed universe.

As the most important part of his plan for the future, Su Zhou naturally pays close attention to it.

Since exchanging some hometown intelligence with Shao Qiming for a while, Su Zhou has divided out many incarnations to go to the myriad worlds, responsible for various aspects of retribution,降神(Jiang Shen, Divine Descent), miracle performance, and evangelism.

The combat power of the Innovation Incarnation, which is responsible for fighting many He Dao experts, is basically equivalent to the main body.

However, whether in terms of his way of dealing with people or his mode of action, he is divinely majestic and calm. In other words, he is very much a religious charlatan.

But precisely because of this, the Innovation Incarnation can easily deter the He Dao experts present, and recruit these strong individuals who theoretically would never submit to anyone, and make them abide by his rules.

"These guys are all old foxes."

Looking in that direction, Su Zhou couldn't help but shake his head slightly: "Although I'm almost thirty now, I sincerely feel that I'm still a teenager. As for these He Dao, they are really all old, oily, and shameless examples!"

"They only feel that they can't beat me now, and they do think that what I said makes a little sense, so they reluctantly bow their heads... But if I show even the slightest bit of timidity, they will definitely make a comeback."

However, even the most courageous He Dao experts understand.

Expecting another He Dao to make mistakes and show timidity? You might as well wait until the end of the multiverse.

"Yala..." Gazing at all this, Su Zhou couldn't help but chuckle softly, then shook his head and murmured: "Am I doing the right thing?"

"No... I shouldn't think about my thoughts anymore."

"This is my path to the Flood."