Chapter 537 The One Who Craves Perfection (12,000 words, thanks to Alliance Leader Dan Zong's Left and Right Egg Blades!)

"You are a Reborn, aren't you?"

Su Zhou's words plunged the study into complete silence.

The study in the Imperial Palace of the New Dynasty wasn't particularly resplendent. At most, there were some exquisite phoenix drawings hanging on the sides of the bookshelves, painted spontaneously by numerous masters as a form of prayer. An unremarkable Everbright Lamp of True Flame burned with spiritual energy, suspended from the ceiling of the study, emitting a bright and steady light.

Ming Zhengde stood on the snow-patterned stone floor. The tall, well-proportioned man, draped in a phoenix robe, stared expressionlessly at Su Zhou, his eyes even faintly swirling with golden light, as if trying to see through the calm young man before him.

This was vastly different from his previous excited demeanor when he sensed the aura of the Divine Tree, even making his previous excitement seem like a simple 'disguise'.

And the handsome face that had always given an impression of dignity and composure now exuded an extreme sense of danger.

In an instant, the power of heaven and earth, coupled with immense spiritual energy, hung over Su Zhou's head. The Ying Tian Cheng Qi Great Formation was activated, transforming into an invisible force that surrounded Su Zhou, cutting off his connection to all spiritual energy in heaven and earth.

Su Zhou didn't care in the slightest.

The spiritual energy he possessed was already immense. He could fight freely for a long time even in a spirit-depleted zone. Moreover, he had a personal space where spiritual energy circulated endlessly, making him unafraid of any formation that sealed off spiritual energy.

He even remained seated on the guest chair, his hands crossed over his abdomen, without the slightest hint of combat or a response to Ming Zhengde's guarded stance.

"Don't pretend to be on the verge of a fight. You can't possibly attack me on your own initiative—I understand Reborns very well, I understand your mindset."

The young man said with a smile, "I even know you've been reborn many times, very many times, at least hundreds of times."

"Otherwise, there's no way you'd be so knowledgeable about these trivial matters."

"Similarly, you wouldn't really make all sorts of dangerous probes towards someone like me, who 'might not be reborn with you'."

If the previous remarks could be brushed aside as 'testing the waters', then now, Ming Zhengde could believe without a doubt that Zhuzhou truly understood the attributes of a Reborn very well.

So, the tense atmosphere dissipated.

But the study fell silent once again.

Su Zhou and Ming Zhengde's exchange was a private conversation between two people, but outside the study, the five Sect Leaders of the Five Virtues Sect were already waiting in the outer hall, and important figures among the New Dynasty's officials had also begun to gather. Everyone was nervously and eagerly awaiting the final result of the divine bird's exchange with the Holy Emperor.

After all, every time the divine bird visited in the past, it would bring great change and development to the New Dynasty.

At this time, a certain Cang Song, serving as the Minister and Ming Zhengde's close confidant since childhood, should have been able to participate in this discussion, but for some reason, Ming Zhengde had also instructed him to receive those spies from Zhengyang that Su Zhou had captured, so he was absent.

This was deliberately done by Ming Zhengde—because Zhuzhou was different from other divine birds. Many matters related to him were top secrets that no one could know, best kept to himself.

Whether it was the placement of the ge脈祭柱 (dìmài jìzhù, terrestrial vein sacrificial pillars) that were scattered throughout Central Continent, the Suppressing Devil Iron from the Prison, the current Vermilion Bird, or the related 'cooperation agreement', they were all matters that could only be revealed in private.

And he could also guess that Zhuzhou definitely had some hidden requests and matters he wanted to tell him.

However, the man had never imagined that what Zhuzhou wanted to say was actually this.

Reborn.

His greatest secret.

Due to shock, or simply not knowing how to answer, Ming Zhengde slowly moved after a long silence.

He paced back and forth in front of the table, then glanced at the calm and collected Su Zhou, before finally sighing and saying, "What you say is true."

"You do know, you really know what rebirth is, and you've even seen other Reborns."

The Five Virtues Divine Light didn't react. Ming Zhengde was a man who had seen countless people. How could he not tell that the divine bird Zhuzhou before him was clearly the type to speak his mind, disdaining to lie or hide anything?

Just looking at his facial expressions was enough to know that if this guy wanted to curse someone, he would definitely act directly—the only reason he would just verbally abuse someone was because his hands couldn't reach. Zhuzhou's personality was that straightforward.

It was impossible for him to lie.

It was all true.

"Nonsense."

Regarding Ming Zhengde's certain tone, Su Zhou clicked his tongue, "What reason do I have to lie?"

"Clarifying our respective identities is the only way we can cooperate better."

"I understand… please allow me to think for a moment."

Ming Zhengde then sat back in his seat, pressing his fingers against his brow, closing his eyes to think.

Although he wanted to be shocked and show a little astonishment, for some reason, the man felt a sense of stability, a feeling of 'as expected', in his heart.

—As expected, Zhuzhou's existence is just an accident. He is a special existence from outside the Great World, which is why he can intervene in my rebirth.

He is not some special character that one would only encounter once every 30,000 rebirths, nor is he a sign of the end of my rebirth… of course, he is not an existence that can enter the next rebirth either. The changes he brings are 'extra power' that cannot be calculated into the plan.

No wonder I've never heard any news about Zhuzhou and Kunlun…

But even so, Zhuzhou's power is still indispensable for the 'perfect ending' I want to achieve.

Other than that, everything else doesn't matter.

After confirming this, Ming Zhengde opened his eyes.

This time, he had returned to his previous calm demeanor: "This is too sudden, Real Person Zhuzhou. If I had known you were going to say something of this magnitude, I wouldn't have had you and me talk in the study."

"I would have taken you to the core of the Ying Tian Cheng Qi Great Formation beneath the capital. There, even the God Emperors and Demon Lords wouldn't be able to detect the slightest thing."

Having experienced countless rebirths, Ming Zhengde naturally wouldn't waste time on 'shock'.

Regarding Ming Zhengde's response, Su Zhou shrugged slightly: "I know, I'm too direct, you might not be able to accept it—but that's just how it is."

"I don't know how many times you've been reborn, but you should understand everything else. After all, I've met people similar to you in other worlds before, and had in-depth exchanges with them—ah, speaking of which."

Speaking up to here, Su Zhou seemed to remember something.

He stretched out his hand, and layers of pale golden halos appeared on his palm, then gathered in his palm, turning into a ring of hazy light.

A distinct and obvious aura of 'perfection' was condensed within.

Holding up this ring of perfect aura extracted from the Celestial God Calibration, the young man lifted it up, showing it to Ming Zhengde, and seriously inquired, "Have you encountered a similar aura before?"

Ming Zhengde sensed the extraordinary nature of this wisp of golden aura. He observed it carefully, then pondered, "...This, it seems a bit like the 'Beginning Light' that can theoretically be condensed after cultivating the 'Celestial Human Beginning Five Virtues Divine Light' to the highest level?"

"I'm not too sure, because I only recently gathered all the Five Virtues Divine Light and cultivated it to Great Accomplishment. As for the highest level, it still requires further exploration."

"Gathered?" Su Zhou blinked, "Could it be..."

"Yes." Now that he knew Su Zhou understood his identity as a Reborn, Ming Zhengde also stopped hiding it. His expression seemed quite relaxed, as if he could finally say what he had been holding in his heart: "Among the various divine bird races, each holds a single-attribute Divine Light inheritance. If they are combined, it would be the prototype of the Five Virtues Divine Light."

"Each life, I need a large amount of resources to appease or prove my sincerity before the divine birds are willing to impart the Divine Light to me—and even if I unify the New Dynasty, the resources can't be gathered in one lifetime. Furthermore, there are divine bird races that have conflicting interests. Appeasing one side will cause the other to hide away, no longer appearing."

"It took three lifetimes to gather the basic materials for this Great Divine Power, then I spent another effort to integrate and master it to Lesser Accomplishment."

"Now that the Divine Power is at Great Accomplishment, and the Divine Light can be controlled freely, it took a considerable amount of time, and I experienced countless bitter battles during that period."

"It's funny to say, but after I cultivated the Five Virtues Divine Light, those divine birds that I used to have to spend a lot of resources and luck to appease became extremely fascinated, even worshipful, and took the initiative to get close to me… this reversal, only I understand…"

Ming Zhengde shook his head slightly, his expression seemingly wanting to laugh, but ultimately sighing softly: "How many times have I tried… how many times…"

"So that's how it is…" Ming Zhengde's words surprised Su Zhou quite a bit.

Of course, he could immediately tell that this 'Five Virtues Divine Light' inheritance, originating from the phoenix, or rather, from perfection, was actually a high-level inheritance technique that only a Reborn could gather the synthetic materials for after multiple rebirths—only through multiple rebirths, choosing different choices, could one obtain the key to a more perfect cultivation technique.

To put it simply, it was 'only multi-cycle players can collect all the perfect ending elements'.

As a perfect clan's cultivation technique, it was truly incredibly fitting!

Of course, what surprised Su Zhou the most was still Ming Zhengde's reaction to the golden light in his hand.

"He doesn't recognize the aura of perfection?"

"This guy, he really isn't a perfect clan member?"

This puzzled the young man quite a bit.

The inheritance of the Beginning Phoenix, belonging to perfection, was theoretically only slightly inferior to Yala's personally transmitted 'Sacred Geometry'.

After all, cultivation techniques only play a foundational role at the beginning of cultivation. In later development and cultivation, the strong will inevitably embark on their own unique paths—even the highest cultivation techniques are just a high-level starting point.

But no matter what, this wasn't an inheritance that ordinary core clan members could have… Just like Bai Yingxue, if Su Zhou hadn't stimulated her with the Celestial God Calibration, unless Bai Yingxue met the related advancement conditions, it would have been impossible for her to obtain this level of inheritance.

And ultimately, from the way Ming Zhengde himself speculated that the radiance condensed from cultivating the 'Celestial Human Beginning Five Virtues Divine Light' to Great Accomplishment was approximately equal to the aura of perfection… Perhaps, only by cultivating cultivation methods to this point could one be considered a perfect clan member?

"At least it wasn't like that in the beginning."

Regarding Su Zhou's soliloquy, Yala shook his head in the soul space and replied, "If it was really that strict, where would that guy get clan members from?"

"Although the Divine Bird lineage's requirements are indeed not low, unlike the Divine Tree lineage where any random creature can become a clan member, it's about the same as me, not too few."

"So that's how it is? Strange—this perfect world is indeed a bit strange. He's clearly not a clan member, yet he has the highest-level inheritance system even among clan members, and he also has rebirth blessings…"

Thinking in his heart, Su Zhou suddenly had an idea: "Or rather, Ming Zhengde is not an ordinary 'clan member' in the first place."

"Perhaps, he's like me…"

Thinking this way.

In reality, Su Zhou made a choice directly.

"Ming Zhengde, I admire your character and what you've done—I don't want to see the New Dynasty being destroyed by gods and demons."

Closing his five fingers, the young man retrieved the aura of perfection. Su Zhou stood up, placing his hands behind his back, his entire body's spiritual power began to rise.

He was clearly just standing in place, but a sudden, rising aura, like a towering mountain, like a blazing sun in the sky, vast and grand, pressed down, causing the atmosphere of the entire study to stagnate: "However, before we formally cooperate, there is still a most important step that needs to be passed."

"I want to know how strong you really are."

At this time, Ming Zhengde was silent for a moment, then chuckled.

He also stood up, five-colored halos twisting around his body, ultimately transforming into a halo that unfolded behind him, majestic and vast Divine Light concealing his face, making his expression unclear: "You're too easy to guess, Zhuzhou. From the moment you met me, you've had this eager-to-try idea."

"But indeed, although I can roughly determine your strength, I need to personally spar with you to be even clearer."

No need for further words.

Even in the narrow and fragile study, in this important area of the New Dynasty's Imperial Palace, neither side cared in the slightest.

Because true experts, if they want to test each other, can exchange blows even in the smallest space.

As the two stood up, their hidden auras subtly clashed.

In an instant, spiritual energy began to spontaneously fluctuate in a spherical area centered on the Imperial Palace study, covering half of the capital.

Just from the tentative confrontation, the moment the two began to seriously stare at each other, the entire sky above the Imperial Palace welcomed celestial phenomena.

Boom!

Thunder rumbled.

In an instant, lightning flashed like a forest in the sky. Two gusts of wind, seemingly transformed into divine bird forms, urged on the flowing clouds, intersecting and colliding with each other. While generating tornadoes, they also caused lightning to surge within, illuminating the capital that had already entered the night.

Outside the study.

Because the two sides who started sparring controlled their strength, their power, which was enough to change the surface structure, did not affect the outer hall that was only a short distance away. However, the turmoil in the sky could be seen by everyone. The two towering spiritual energy streams that rose into the sky, like bridges between heaven and earth, had already taken over the control of all the spiritual energy in the surrounding heaven and earth.

All the civil and military officials of the New Dynasty noticed that they had lost control over the heaven and earth's vital energy.

It should be known that those who could serve as core officials of the New Dynasty were mostly Heavenly Realm, and there were also quite a few Real Persons among them—but even the five Sect Leaders of the Five Virtues Sect, who were also Real Person First Order, were now stunned to realize that, except for their respective best Five Elements spiritual power that they could slightly use, all the other spiritual power had been imprisoned.

And even the Five Elements power they were best at was now running as if swimming in a paste, extremely difficult.

"Is it the divine bird Zhuzhou and His Majesty?!"

"Probably, they're sparring… otherwise, we would probably only be able to escape as quickly as possible and protect the people around the Imperial Palace…"

Although the officials were very clear that this was probably the inevitable sparring session after the two powerhouses met… but this time the commotion was different from the previous situation where the Holy Emperor would suppress the other party silently.

It was very obvious that this time, the always-victorious, almost one-shot-killing Holy Emperor was not in an advantageous position!

Winds rose and clouds surged, and the capital shook.

Although the rainstorm and thunder that had temporarily subsided due to Zhuzhou had now reappeared, accompanied by even more violent and rapid hurricanes, most of the capital's residents didn't pay particular attention to it due to the daily invasion of baleful aura, only thinking it was a routine baleful aura backlash.

Only a few sensitive people noticed that something was wrong, sensing the two Divine Senses that were colliding and condensing in this abnormal celestial phenomenon.

And Sara and Cang Song, who were at the edge of the capital, were among them.

At this moment, the two were dealing with those Zhengyang remnants brought over by Su Zhou, registering them one by one, and then throwing them into the Kyoto Prison under strict guard.

Although Sara was a little girl with weak strength, only at the Human Realm level, and she didn't speak the language, she was treated with great courtesy by the Kyoto constables who took over the prisoners and by Cang Song himself, who represented Ming Zhengde, as the representative of the divine bird Zhuzhou.

After all, with soul communication, language wasn't that important.

However, just as the thunder resounded in the distance, and the lightning that continuously lit up in the sky turned the capital as bright as day, the two turned their heads and looked at the Imperial Palace.

Even more consistent was the attitude of neither side having the slightest worry.

"As expected of His Majesty the Holy Emperor, just sparring…"

"As expected of His Majesty the Lord of Judgment, just a casual shot…"

The two had just started a sentence subconsciously, and were about to continue to praise, but found that the other seemed to be saying the same thing, so they smiled awkwardly and fell silent together.

At this moment, in the center of the two's aura collision.

Inside and outside the palace hall, halos of defensive formations bloomed one after another, rippling. Su Zhou and Ming Zhengde stood on both sides of the study. The two sides didn't really fight, but just looked at each other, colliding with their Divine Sense and aura.

But even so, it was extremely dangerous for ordinary Real Persons.

In Ming Zhengde's eyes, five-colored halos twisted, and his Divine Sense gathered, as if shaping a small world, wanting to capture Su Zhou's Divine Sense.

Rivers, mountains, fish, insects, birds, beasts, sun, moon, stars, animal husbandry, farming… the Five Virtues Divine Light contained everything, encompassing everything. It transformed into a cage, possessing all kinds of extremely meticulous and ingenious laws, like circles of gears embedded together. As long as one touched it slightly, it would trigger a trap, causing the cage to close and seal off Divine Sense.

But Su Zhou's will didn't care about any traps or cages. His Divine Sense was like an incomparably brilliant, soaring lightning, meteorite, rocket, using the fastest speed and the strongest force to penetrate the layers of Divine Light barriers in an instant, wanting to pierce into Ming Zhengde's mind and decide the outcome of this sparring.

—As long as I charge fast enough, no trap or cage can catch up with me!

Bang bang bang bang!

In just an instant, the sound of hundreds and thousands of barriers being penetrated sounded.

The sound of Divine Sense colliding was muffled and powerful, resounding through the Spirit Realm.

Su Zhou's Divine Sense was indeed unstoppable, but Ming Zhengde also had layers of Divine Sense barriers to block it, blocking Su Zhou's every attack.

The entire Imperial Palace shook and swayed. If it weren't for the officials present stabilizing the foundation of the Imperial Palace, it wouldn't be strange for a few small buildings to collapse after this confrontation.

Just the aftermath of the two's Divine Sense collision was enough to affect reality and transform into spells, impacting.

This was the realm of 'one thought transforms into myriad laws'… At this point, a cultivator's every action and thought was Taoist magic, was Divine Power.

"You guy, your skills are very good, you've mastered Divine Power very skillfully, and you've done much better than me in many aspects of spell details."

At this moment, Su Zhou, who was breaking through Ming Zhengde's defenses, was quite surprised. He couldn't help but praise: "My skills are also considered good, but compared to you, they're as crude as primitive people."

"Is this the advantage of a Reborn many times? Amazing!"

In response, Ming Zhengde was even more surprised, his eyes grave: "Good Zhuzhou, this rich and profound power, your foundation is truly deep and unfathomable. I dare say that even in the Celestial Heavens and Nine Hells, the basic qualities of those gods and demons are definitely not as deep as yours!"

"Perhaps, only existences at the level of the God Emperor and the Heavenly Demon King can compare with you!"

After roughly testing the other party's real strength, both sides tacitly stopped at the same time.

Although Su Zhou's Divine Sense didn't break through Ming Zhengde's defense until the end, Ming Zhengde, from beginning to end, was also unable to find an opportunity to counterattack against Su Zhou's incomparably tyrannical Divine Sense attacks that didn't seem to be affected by any consumption.

This was certainly not a full-force effort, but it could basically simulate some situations of both sides fighting.

"...The merit on your body is very thick, the power of the Five Virtues Divine Light will be greatly reduced for you."

Slowly withdrawing his hand, Ming Zhengde let out a long breath before sitting back in his seat. He raised his head and praised: "This is the massive merit that can't be condensed in the Tianyuan Mortal World. I believe you are an existence from outside the world."

"Indeed."

Su Zhou didn't have the slightest intention of being humble about this. He nodded slightly and admitted: "Because every time I go to other worlds, I will take the initiative to help the local residents and save the world, so I do indeed have a lot of merit."

"If one day, you can go to the outside world, perhaps you can hear my name in other worlds, which can confirm this."

"Is that so."

In response, Ming Zhengde's expression moved slightly. He heard a trace of pride in Su Zhou's tone—pride in helping many worlds escape disaster, saving countless people, and allowing them to obtain a new future.

——Traveling alone for thousands of miles, walking through the worlds. Seeing injustice on the road, drawing his sword to help.

Nodding slightly, the man, who vaguely understood Su Zhou's essence, couldn't help but sigh: "In this world, there is actually such a powerful existence full of kindness as you."

After this test, he no longer had any doubts about Su Zhou.

He simply couldn't imagine how, without relying on rebirth, in this Tianyuan Mortal World that had been deprived of longevity substances, he could have cultivated this foundation comparable to the God Emperor and Heavenly Emperor of the same rank, and obtained this merit shell that was so thick that it could build the Great Wall.

It could only be said that outside the world, there were still worlds.

Being able to accept rebirth, Ming Zhengde could of course accept this point.

At this point, both sides had a general understanding of each other's strength.

Su Zhou was slightly inferior in terms of skills, while Ming Zhengde was slightly inferior in terms of pure power and foundation.

"Alright, Real Person Zhuzhou, your strength and merit allow me to believe you."

At this point, Ming Zhengde didn't hesitate in the slightest.

Like Su Zhou, he frankly confessed: "Then I will tell you—the number of times I have been reborn in this world is nearly 30,000."

"Having experienced 30,000 rebirths, I have been trying to break the rule and threat of the gods and demons against the mortal world, intending to bring peace to all living beings… but I have failed time and time again, and until now, I can't even find a glimmer of success."

Speaking up to here, Ming Zhengde's tone was slightly low, but soon, he smiled again, his gaze towards Su Zhou full of confidence: "But now, your appearance has allowed me to find a glimmer of possibility."

"A glimmer of breaking the situation!"

And at this moment.

"What?"

Su Zhou's eyes widened when he heard the number 30,000.

Even he couldn't help but be shocked.

"30,000 times?! That many?!"

Ten thousand.

A hundred hundreds.

Ordinary people reading a book, once or twice might still be acceptable, even enjoyable.

But asking to read it repeatedly for the tenth or twentieth time begins to be torture, even torment.

This was why Su Zhou had previously guessed that Ming Zhengde had only been reborn a few hundred times at most—because that number was already very high, and judging from Ming Zhengde's current state of mental health, it shouldn't be too much.

But the truth was 30,000.

30,000 times…

Even if Ming Zhengde could live a hundred years each time, that would be three million years.

Counting a little less, that would still be one or two million, at least one million years of life!

Such a long time… no wonder the other party's skills were so masterful, almost completely defeating himself, who had the guidance of a great existence and a perfect foundation!

Su Zhou didn't have the slightest doubt about this.

In the Central Divine Court of Earth in the past, the immortals and gods had a well-known joke—with hundreds of thousands of years, even a pig could become an immortal.

Accumulating through long periods of time, cultivating quietly, no matter how poor the aptitude, with hundreds of thousands of years, anything could indeed become an immortal.

But this joke had a prerequisite—that was, one must continue to improve and self-correct mistakes for hundreds of thousands of years.

Repeating everything that already exists cannot improve, but only by changing and innovating can one make progress in cultivation.

"So… you were very likely just an ordinary person at the beginning…"

Saying this, although he had suppressed the shock, Su Zhou's expression still had a hint of solemnity: "Everything you have achieved today is the result of your constant self-correction and self-improvement over these 30,000 times!"

Ming Zhengde didn't answer.

But that was tacit acknowledgement.

"Amazing!"

Knowing this, Su Zhou couldn't help but sincerely praise, but then, he shook his head: "But even so, because the gods and demons are too powerful, even if you are reborn 30,000 times, you can't defeat them, right?"

At this moment, Ming Zhengde nodded helplessly: "Indeed."

He stood in front of the desk and paced slowly, his tone heavy: "I have indeed long found a way to advance to the level of immortals and gods by relying on the power of the earth veins, but that is meaningless… As long as they notice the appearance of immortals and gods in the human world, both the Celestial Heavens and the Nine Hells will try to recruit them, and those who are unwilling to be recruited will be completely wiped out by both sides. So, in order to complete my plan, I can't ascend and become a god until the final moment."

"And rebirth is limited. Wanting to surpass the God Emperor in just a few decades is almost impossible for this world."

"...Indeed."

In response, Su Zhou couldn't help but nod slightly.

He remembered the thousands of eyes that opened in the sky when he first came to this world. That was the power enough to cleanse the surface and destroy the world. Even a little bit of it could sweep across thousands of miles, making everyone in the Northern Ridge District feel threatened.

The God Emperor's power and realm are indeed not something that can be surpassed or even reached by cultivating for a mere few decades—the gap between ordinary immortals and gods and Heavenly Sovereigns is indeed worlds apart.

In the process of 30,000 rebirths, Ming Zhengde must have chosen to become an immortal and god many times, but none of them succeeded, right?

Thinking of this, Su Zhou suddenly felt that he understood Ming Zhengde even better.

But there was still one thing that puzzled him.

"There is one thing I still don't understand."

The young man's tone was filled with doubt: "Since you have been reborn 30,000 times, wouldn't you know everything about the identities, thoughts, personalities, and achievements of most of the hidden enemies?"

"Since that's the case, why don't you kill those threatening existences in advance? You didn't even kill some people after you caught them, like that Yan Changfeng, and the many Zhengyang remnants that I captured… Why not kill them all?"

This was what puzzled Su Zhou very much.

Since he already knew where the enemy's threat lay, why not deal with all the threats early?

Knowing everything so clearly, but not doing anything, this was too strange.

"Can killing solve the problem?"

In response, Ming Zhengde's answer was also very concise.

He was currently standing in the correct position in the study, shaking his head slightly: "It is precisely because the gods and demons are so powerful that we should gather all our strength to fight against the gods and demons."

"Only by making more friends and fewer enemies can we make our path smoother—when necessary, we even need to temporarily ally with one side of the gods and demons in order to move towards a more perfect future."

"Temporary cooperation doesn't matter, as long as we are confident."

Su Zhou stroked his chin, quite puzzled: "But what about other people, such as those remnants of the Zhengyang Kingdom? Aren't they your enemies? And they have already committed evil."

Hearing this, Ming Zhengde frowned. He slowly shook his head: "It's only in this lifetime… and haven't they been captured by you, and haven't started committing evil yet?"

"Since they haven't, that means there is still hope."

The Human Emperor's addition caused Su Zhou to frown as well.

At this time, he vaguely felt that Ming Zhengde had given him a strange sense of contradiction from the beginning.

It was a… logical contradiction that was somewhat different from ordinary people.

——Indeed.

Ming Zhengde, who had undergone rebirths again and again for millions of years in 30,000 lifetimes, his logical thinking could indeed not be the same as that of normal people.

He would indeed fight for all living beings, and fight against gods and demons for the sake of all people in this world.

And this all living beings…

"I'm afraid it also includes the Zhengyang Kingdom, and even other human factions?"

Thinking of this, Su Zhou couldn't help but continue to ask: "But don't forget, Ming Zhengde, those accomplices of the Zhengyang remnants killed more than 100 million people directly and indirectly before!"

"They committed mistakes and should be punished!"

One hundred million.

Ten thousand ten thousands.

A person's daily social life can only know and be familiar with about two hundred people.

A whole school of thousands of people is enough to make people unable to recognize everyone. Even if a cultivator's memory is outstanding, the circle of daily social life is so big.

Once the number reaches ten thousand, people will be unable to understand and lose empathy, turning human lives into a string of numbers.

But even if it is a string of numbers.

The unit of one hundred million is too large.

For Su Zhou, just as he roamed the ten states of the New Dynasty with his avatar body, looking for the Zhengyang remnants everywhere, he saw the city ruins caused by the remnants' surprise attacks again and again.

Underneath it were countless corpses stained with blood, endless resentment and wronged souls.

And before that, they all had peaceful and happy lives.

Su Zhou still remembered that when he learned of this news, Ming Zhengde's indignation and shock were not false. He even couldn't care about himself, but left in a hurry and returned to Kyoto to deal with relevant matters.

He should hate or even resent that group of Zhengyang Kingdom remnants.

But, the next moment.

Su Zhou heard a response that made him feel unbelievably absurd.

"That's all my fault."

The moment the other party's voice sounded, the young man raised his head and looked at the other party with an unbelievable gaze.

However, Ming Zhengde didn't notice at all.

The dignified middle-aged man was closing his eyes at this time, extremely sincere, and sincerely blaming himself: "I was too concerned about your appearance, Real Person Zhuzhou, and forgot to arrange relevant matters, disrupting the next steps of action, so I gave them the opportunity to commit evil."

"It's all my…"

"Wait, what does this have to do with you?" Su Zhou couldn't help but interrupt, but Ming Zhengde shook his head, signaling the young man to stop temporarily, and then continued: "It's all my fault, if I was more careful and cautious, they (the people) wouldn't have to die, and they (the Zhengyang Kingdom) wouldn't have to commit evil."

"I have long known that the Nine Hells have been looking for opportunities to create conflicts in the mortal world, so that they can fish in troubled waters and prepare to enter Tianyuan and infect the demonic soil."

"I have never given them a chance, but I let my guard down that day."

Open your eyes, the man looked at the astonished Su Zhou with an extremely serious gaze, he said solemnly: "In fact, you don't catch those Zhengyang remnants, my subordinates and dark guards have already been dispatched, and they will all be captured in the first time."

"But Real Person, your actions are even faster than my dark guards, even faster and stronger than I imagined. You deserve to be the most phoenix-like Divine Bird with virtue!"

Although he was flattered by Ming Zhengde secretly.

But at this moment, Su Zhou's heart didn't have the slightest pleasure and joy of being praised by other powerhouses in the past.

Because now, his heart was only filled with unbelievable feelings.

"Why?"

Clenching his fists, Su Zhou said incredulously: "Since you have known for a long time, and the dark guards have been prepared for a long time… then why don't you just catch them all and avoid this kind of accident?"

"Since you are a Reborn, you should know that dealing with it early and preparing early will reduce the harm even more!"

"Some, I do plan to deal with them immediately, because they are hopeless, corrupted to the extreme, and irreversible."

Regarding Su Zhou's doubts, Ming Zhengde nodded lightly, he said calmly: "But most people are different."

"Zhuzhou, the Reborns you have seen in other worlds in the past must be different from me."

Saying this, the man's tone was a bit emotional: "They want to reverse fate, change the future, and what they pursue may be the perfection of themselves and the people around them, right?"

"Live a lifetime again, to recover all regrets and live a happy and joyful life."

"I thought so too at the beginning."

Speaking up to here, Ming Zhengde even laughed cheerfully: "If it was just like this, I could have reversed it long ago—reversed my own destiny, the destiny of the people around me, and lived a happy, joyful, and carefree life."

"But that was the past. A very, very distant past—the current me doesn't think so anymore."

"So, what do you want to do now?"

Breathing out, Su Zhou's expression also became extremely solemn.

He suddenly felt that his estimate of the goal of this 'Reborn Holy Emperor' had a big mistake.

And after the young man's voice fell, Ming Zhengde replied softly: "Of course it's perfection."

"Zhuzhou, you say you understand Reborns? How can you understand? You only understand one life at most, but you don't know what I have experienced in the previous 30,000 lifetimes."

"I have seen countless ugly people repent, and I have also seen countless bright people fall."

"Reborn time and time again, I know the nature and hearts of many people, and I know the true faces behind their masks."

"I know their glory and joy, and I know their tragedy and pain."

"I know every person, every person, they all have a chance, they all have the possibility of achieving a perfect life, a glorious life!"

"I know, I know everything! Their fate should not be so tragic, everyone should be happy!"

At the beginning, the tone was still very