Chapter 513 Not a Dragon's Torchlight, Part Two (8200)

Divine light pierced heaven and earth.

Bai Yingxue knelt on the ground, looking up.

The girl stared blankly at the golden light emanating from her body, the incredibly powerful aura that even she, in her previous life, would have struggled to comprehend.

At this moment, she roughly realized what was happening.

"It must be this power that has…"

As a powerhouse who had once achieved immortality, Bai Yingxue could deduce with a simple guess that these lights residing within her, this overwhelmingly powerful force that seemed almost fused with her, yet remained undetectable in ordinary times, was definitely closely related to her rebirth.

It was even the force that orchestrated her rebirth.

Now, these powers were being guided out like a tidal wave – the vast majority of which transformed into the supreme inheritance of the 'Pishi Five Virtues Primordial Innate Phoenix True Body' that hung high in the sky and was etched in her mind.

And a small part, but the most quintessential segment of that magnificent aura… was completely sealed by the silver pocket watch in Su Zhou's hand, that seemingly unremarkable metal disc that seemed to be able to suppress everything, and even completely 'absorbed'.

"What will happen to me?"

Bai Yingxue didn't ask, 'What's happening?' or 'What's going on?'

Having already figured it out, the girl calmly turned her head to look at Su Zhou, who seemed to be deep in thought on the other side. She repeated calmly, "Su Zhou, what will happen to me?"

"You will lose some things and gain some things."

Facing the girl's question, Su Zhou reached out and pulled Bai Yingxue up from the ground.

Hearing her question, he replied calmly and patiently, "Although this may be my subjective opinion, the world will be safer because of this."

Then, the young man frowned slightly, looking at the dial in his hand with some confusion, "Only… 'perfection'."

"This is the only thing I can't quite understand."

Turning his head, Su Zhou continued to ask the scarlet serpent spirit coiled on his shoulder.

"【Perfection】is not 'perfection'… Yala, what does this mean?"

He asked, somewhat bewildered and perplexed.

In the young man's heart, he had always believed that all great beings became symbols of a path because they walked it.

Just as the Lord of Silence created the path of reincarnation and achieved greatness through it, so He represented reincarnation… In other words, He was the symbol of a certain concept.

However, Yala's words earlier fundamentally shattered Su Zhou's view.

"If perfection is not achieved by the path of perfection, then why can He represent perfection…"

Although he didn't finish his sentence, the meaning was clear.

For some reason, Su Zhou suddenly recalled the harmonious sphere of light composed of countless irregular fragments that he had seen in that instant.

--Although it was a golden sphere of light representing perfection and harmony, it was composed of countless irregular fragments…

"What are you thinking about?"

To Su Zhou's question, the scarlet serpent spirit simply chuckled and shook its head slightly.

At this moment, it was staring at the golden pillar of light in front of it, and the golden mist that was gathering before the Celestial God's imprint.

Despite facing the existence known as 'nemesis', Yala answered calmly, "Su Zhou, are you saying that because we walk a certain path, we are great beings who represent that path and concept?"

"What a joke, it sounds like we are appendages of the path."

Raising its voice, the serpent spirit said somewhat sarcastically, even arrogantly, "We chose this path because we were strong enough after becoming great beings – so this path is imprinted with our mark."

"It is only a part of us, just as Chaos is a part of me, the Dragon-Serpent is a part of me, but I am not merely Chaos and the Dragon-Serpent."

"I am Yala, and only Yala."

"It is because we chose this path that this path can become the Great Dao, and not the Great Dao that made us and chose us."

"Perfection is not achieved through perfection? That's normal. Precisely because 'Perfection' has an obsession with it, hoping that all things can reach the ultimate state of perfection, He created this path – just like the person who paves the way, plants trees, and builds houses for all later comers does not necessarily need to walk the smooth road, enjoy the cool shade of the trees, or live in a solid and clean house. If Perfection wants, He can continue to build other roads and houses, but He is devoted to this, devoted to this path."

Speaking of this, Yala's tone even carried a hint of anticipation, "And if one day, Perfection abandons His correctness and chooses another path – such as Chaos, or Reincarnation, or the annoying Destiny."

"Then, with the support of multiple great beings, the paths belonging to Chaos, Reincarnation, or other great beings will expand."

"It will be even more correct, even more complete."

"The battles of correctness in the past were such battles… We are not trying to obliterate each other, but to make the other acknowledge us… But this is even more difficult than obliteration, because in this world, even persuading wrong with correct is impossible, so how can persuading correct with correct be possible?"

"But if that's the case, isn't that a good thing?" Su Zhou stared at the warm light in the sky. He lowered his head again, feeling the aura belonging to the great being 'Perfection' in his palm, the incomparably gentle aura that had no intention of harming anyone, but was purely composed of kindness and anticipation.

The young man said with some confusion, "Even the Lord of Silence and the Divine Tree don't have such goodwill, do they?"

"Why do you think He is a nemesis, Yala?"

Of course.

In Su Zhou's heart, he already had a relevant answer.

Even, relying on the Heart of No Thought he had used just now to listen to Bai Yingxue's inner voice, he could vaguely feel the indifference and cruelty behind the words 'Nirvana' and 'Rebirth' in the serpent spirit's mouth.

However, he still hoped that Yala could say it herself.

The serpent spirit knew this, so it chuckled and said seriously, "Because goodwill is poison when it hopes to kill people."

"Overly indulgent parents are merely murderers who strangle their children with their own hands."

"Perfection is always just a pseudo-proposition."

Although, it was saying so.

However, the scarlet serpent spirit turned its head and looked at Su Zhou, who was lost in thought.

Yala smiled as it gazed at its covenantor.

"So… the guy who claims to acknowledge everything correct."

"Can you understand the correctness of Perfection?"

It asked expectantly.

"Perhaps."

To this, Su Zhou pondered for a moment.

But then, he shook his head slightly, not answering immediately.

At this moment, the golden pillar of light that surged out of Bai Yingxue's body was gradually dimming.

And the golden, water-like light mist was completely captured by the Celestial God's imprint and incorporated into its body as a reserve of 'tickets' for the future.

When Su Zhou relies on this to go to the world behind it in the future, and contact the great being behind it, a permanent imprint will be added to the Celestial God's imprint as an eternal portal for traversing time and space.

And at this moment, staring at all of this, Su Zhou softly said, "Although I have heard a lot from your mouth, and seen a lot from Bai Yingxue – but these are just other people's experiences, other people's words, I have not experienced them myself, so I have no right to seriously evaluate them."

"And what is the point of casual impressions?"

"Not bad!"

Although the young man did not answer directly, it could only be regarded as perfunctorily glossing over the topic.

But the scarlet serpent spirit did not get angry, but laughed instead.

It laughed and said, "That's how it should be!"

"Questioning and acknowledgment both require witnessing… In this respect, you and I are truly incredibly similar."

After saying this, Yala didn't say much.

In a faint flash of light, the scarlet serpent spirit disappeared and returned to Su Zhou's soul space.

At the same time, the young man turned his body again and looked at Bai Yingxue, who was closing her eyes and sensing the inheritance that had suddenly appeared in her body.

"Ms. Bai Yingxue."

Taking back the Celestial God's imprint into his arms, Su Zhou stood in front of her.

He said in a serious tone, "Just as you guessed – the golden light and aura that I extracted just now were the source of your 'rebirth'."

"I'm sorry, because I can't guarantee whether the existence behind this power will take unpredictable actions, and I can't guarantee whether the other party will invade this universe with you as the base point, so I can only seal the relevant aura with the Celestial God's imprint."

Now, Su Zhou didn't bother to conceal the existence of the Celestial God's imprint and Yala at all.

What was there to conceal?

His strength was enough to make all lurking peeping vanish. For a powerhouse who could destroy the Earth's ecosystem at any time, the peeping of non-equal powerhouses, once discovered, would even be severely injured by the backlash caused by a single thought.

Therefore, facing Bai Yingxue, who obviously didn't know her identity as a Perfect Great Clan member, Su Zhou clearly and explicitly informed the other party of the current situation, "I took this aura away and sealed it, which has naturally allowed you to obtain the relevant inheritance contained within this power in advance."

"But also because of this, you may never be able to continue to be reborn, and only have this one life to live."

"This matter is very important, so I think I need to tell you."

"Ah?"

However, to this, Bai Yingxue's reaction was quite shocked.

She opened her eyes wide, looked at Su Zhou, and her expression was sluggish, "What what? I can actually be reborn again?"

But soon, realizing her gaffe, the girl quickly shook her head and restored her expression to normal. She said solemnly, "I mean, the previous me could continue to be reborn? And now, I can't?"

"Only possibly, I can't be sure either, but it's highly likely."

Su Zhou nodded slightly. Although he relied on the Celestial God's Scale, just like how the Celestial God's Scale automatically sealed Yala back then, he sealed Perfection's aura with it, but as a Great Clan member, there was still a part of the power in Bai Yingxue's body that could not be removed, ensuring that she was still a Clan member.

It was just, whether that little bit of power could still carry out rebirth or dream premonitions…

Who knew?

Su Zhou originally thought that after learning this, Bai Yingxue would feel dissatisfied or even hateful towards him – he didn't care, after all, having one's trump card taken away was something that no one could accept. Hating oneself was the norm.

Su Zhou didn't mind such hatred, after all, the things that needed to be done still had to be done, and all he could do was to bear the responsibility.

"Is that so…."

However, for some reason, after understanding that she could no longer be reborn, Bai Yingxue's face actually became somewhat relieved.

It was like she had relaxed from the bottom of her heart, and like she had finally escaped from some kind of inexplicable anxiety, fleeing from an invisible terror. The girl's eyebrows, and even her entire state of mind, had changed from the original tension and anxiety to relief and peace.

"Already, can't start over again?"

Lowering her head and muttering to herself like this, when Bai Yingxue raised her head again, what appeared on her face was a smile from the bottom of her heart, "In that case… it's not a bad thing."

"In that case, I can finally… finally put my mind at ease, and try my best to live out my second life seriously!"

And at the moment these words were spoken.

As the vast, sea-like fluctuations gradually subsided, the golden pillar of light also slowly shrank, becoming thinner, until it disappeared.

The huge divine bird phantom then also turned into light particles and dissipated.

In the Southern Ridge Base, the other members of the New World Exploration Department, who had been shocked by the anomaly and suppressed by the terrifying aura so that they could not move, also let out exclamations one after another.

"What is that?!"

"The one that appeared just now… is a phoenix?!"

"Could it be that the young girl just now…"

In this noisy wave of sound, Bai Yingxue's reaction was obviously beyond Su Zhou's expectations.

Therefore, when Bai Yingxue was respectfully invited by the subsequently arriving members of the Security Bureau and the Dao Discipline Bureau to conduct a bloodline test, and to further, and in more detail, elaborate on her identity as a 'reborn', Su Zhou still found it difficult to understand Bai Yingxue's relieved expression at that time.

"Why is she happy?"

An hour had already passed. In the office, Su Zhou frowned and asked Tang Yuan, who was applying for a long vacation form on the side.

The young man was obviously still somewhat unable to let this go, "Rebirth is a trump card, and it is truly an unsolvable power. Although I don't know her rebirth principle, according to the power's strength, Nirvana and resurrection a dozen times are easy enough—"

"So much power was suppressed and sealed by me, why does Bai Yingxue seem relieved?"

"If you ask me, Minister, I can only say I don't know."

Tang Yuan was quite helpless towards his Minister's attitude of obviously not looking for someone to discuss the issue, but just casually asking someone.

However, as the 'Spirit King' in Bai Yingxue's mouth, the young secretary slowly spoke after thinking for a while from her perspective, "But, how should I say it?"

"If I were to be reborn once, to make up for the regrets of my parents in my childhood… then of course I would feel happy, and maybe I could also make up for the regrets of Leng Xiaxia's parents, and give her a complete family and childhood."

"That's indeed quite good, one time to make up for regrets is very good – but if I were to be reborn several times, it would be the same thing, even I… I'm afraid I would be a little annoyed, right? After all, there is no best in people's hearts, there will only be better, since you can be reborn so many times, then everyone must always look forward to the next time!"

Speaking of this, Tang Yuan shrugged his shoulders, and his smile was very sincere at this moment, "Life is not a game, there is a definite perfect ending – even if there is, after trying so many times, the passion for the game, the passion for life will fade away, and the pursuit of better and better, in the end, even the original motivation and thoughts will be forgotten… If I were you, I wouldn't want to forget the feelings of spending so much time with you."

"Oh, right, here – Minister, this is where you need to sign."

After saying this, he handed the already applied leave form to Su Zhou.

"You guy, you're quite good at talking – and you don't need to add the penultimate sentence, I will approve your leave."

Tang Yuan's words obviously brought some ideas to Su Zhou.

The thoughtful young man signed his name, gave Tang Yuan a month's leave, and then raised his hand and made a gesture of driving him away, "Go, go, enjoy your vacation."

"As for now, let me think about it alone."

"Yay!" After cheering, Tang Yuan, who was finally able to take a vacation and had recently been squeezed into Tang residue, left the Minister's office after saying goodbye.

Behind the desk, Su Zhou at this moment did indeed roughly understand why Bai Yingxue would show a relieved expression after learning that she could not be reborn.

"It's empathy and consensus."

The young man murmured, "In the final analysis, Bai Yingxue is still not a lifeform that transcends time and space, she is a creature that walks in the direction of the flow of the river of time."

"When a person can be reborn again and again, even if the world is still the original world, and people are still the original people… but emotions will not return to the original state."

"People who can be reborn multiple times will completely lose the consensus with those who 'cannot preserve the memories of rebirth' – some people may have fewer times, some people may have more times, but as long as they have been reborn once, they will all, more or less, find it difficult to regard those who cannot be reborn as their true 'kind'."

"Like a player who saves, looks at an NPC. Maybe once or twice, they may still treat each other sincerely, and rewind to save an NPC's survival… but after many times, it is impossible to maintain the original intention."

"Whether they live or die… it's all the same. Anyway, as long as the Clan does not recognize perfection, everything will start over."

Thinking to this point, Su Zhou finally understood.

'Nirvana' and 'Rebirth' are indeed the paths to perfectly making up for regrets.

But behind this, the indifference and cruelty that transcend time and space, and the sadness of 'it's all the same', are unsolvable problems.

If one cannot awaken to true suchness, possess the great wisdom to see through all of this, and achieve a transcendent being who can firmly move forward even after experiencing hundreds of millions of tribulations.

The path of perfection will always be a dead end that repeats the same things.

This is probably why Yala hates perfection.

How can Chaos, which is tired of 'the same', accept such repetition?

"Forget it, don't think about this."

Temporarily abandoning the thoughts on the path of perfection, Su Zhou sighed, "Anyway, I'm not Yala, I'm not as stubborn as He – although there is no perfection in this world, it is a good thing if it can make some existences happy."

Reaching out, he took out the Celestial God's Scale from his arms.

The golden aura belonging to perfection was still very strong.

That was a force that was even more vast than any aura obtained from any Clan member before.

"This is too thick…"

Saying this, Su Zhou muttered in a low voice, "If this aura is used as a key to open the path to the 'Perfect World'… what kind of world will it lead to?"

"That will definitely open a path directly to the 【Primordial World】."

Facing Su Zhou's murmur to himself, the serpent spirit's voice directly rang out.

"To be honest, this harvest is indeed very surprising to me."

Yala's solemn tone flashed in Su Zhou's heart, "Originally, I was still thinking about whether to let you hunt down some similar types of demons and Clans around the world, collect the corresponding aura, and pile up similar specifications of power as a key to the 【Primordial World】."

"But now, just relying on the aura from that little phoenix just now is directly enough."

"Is that so?"

Su Zhou wasn't surprised by this, after all, the power on Bai Yingxue's body was indeed vast. He said thoughtfully, "So, it will lead to a Primordial World belonging to 【Perfection】?"

"No, it's not just a world belonging to Perfection."

However, Yala denied this sentence. He emphasized, "In any Primordial World, there can never be only the influence of one 'Great Being'. At most, the path of a certain Great Being is dominant – those are the 'core sealed worlds' generated by the intersection of the forces of many Great Beings who seal and fight each other. The power of the Great Being residing inside. There can't be only one."

"Although the main body is definitely Perfection, I and other Great Beings may have corresponding influence within it… However, Su Zhou."

Speaking to this point, Yala's tone carried a hint of subtlety, "Could it be that you plan to go to Perfection's 【Primordial World】, and don't plan to go to mine, or the Lord of Silence, the Divine Tree?"

"I was originally thinking of letting you go to the Divine Tree's Primordial World, to communicate with that blockhead, and by the way, ask where the other wooden head ran off to… I must state that Perfection's Primordial World will definitely restrain my bloodline, which is the Dragon-Serpent bloodline!"

Although the tone was seductive, and carried a hint of warning, Yala did not forcibly warn Su Zhou 'not to go' to Perfection's place, nor did he forcibly promote the Primordial World of other existences.

Just like what He said when He made a covenant with Su Zhou a long time ago, the serpent spirit would not interfere with Su Zhou's choice. The direction he moves forward can be guided by Yala, but in general, it is still controlled by himself.

"Yala, your Primordial World, the Lord of Silence's Primordial World, and the Divine Tree's Primordial World, it's not that I can't go, it's just…"

Smiling softly, Su Zhou recited the Primordial Worlds that Yala had said.

Then, he turned his head and looked in another direction of the Minister's office.

The mountain, the walls, and the spiritual vein defense formation of the New World Exploration Department could not block the young man's gaze.

So he saw that Bai Yingxue, who had preliminarily finished the bloodline detection, and was indeed proven to be the heir to the long-lost 'Phoenix Blood', was now sitting in a separate secret room, receiving the most meticulous hospitality from the relevant departments.

Unlike the mass-produced spiritual food in the cafeteria, most of what was prepared for Bai Yingxue in the secret room was the spiritual food that even Su Zhou couldn't eat without opening his stomach – although the reason was mainly because there was too little, not because the level was not enough – without a doubt, those extremely delicate snacks were obviously an unusually shocking scene for the young girl with little experience.

However, Bai Yingxue, who was staring at these delicacies, did not cheer.

Sitting in front of such a table of delicacies. Although she didn't shed tears again, her eyes were somewhat red, obviously her mood was agitated.

No longer continuing to watch this scene, Su Zhou turned his head.

He didn't have any sadness. On the contrary, he laughed, and then calmly said, "Yala, your correctness, and your mistakes, I already deeply understand. Even if I go to your world, I can't understand you better."

"The Lord of Silence and the Divine Tree are the same. I am already very clear about their paths."

"But Perfection… Perhaps going to your nemesis' world will allow me to understand more deeply what you hate?"

The young man seemed to be answering quite seriously and sincerely.

"Haha, you guy, you can't even lie."

But the scarlet serpent spirit laughed quite unceremoniously. Yala swung his tail in the soul space, and teased, "Tell me, what is the real reason?"

To this, Su Zhou was silent for a while.

After a few seconds, he chuckled, shook his head slightly and said, "A path that makes people cry, why does it call itself perfection?"

"Such a strange paradox, I have to go and see it myself, witness it, and then let Him explain it."

Su Zhou's words were firm.

And Yala's voice also seemed to cheer.

"Not bad! You have to go with such a troublemaking mentality!"

The serpent spirit encouraged so, it was simply like adding fuel to the fire, "So, when are you going to set off?"

"Could it be now?"

"No." Su Zhou closed his eyes. After pondering his recent actions, he slowly said, "First of all, I have to communicate with Tain the Prophet to see if I can obtain some of the Senosian's colonization technology – it would be even better if there was warship colonization, this can enrich my true body material library, and prepare for my 'Cosmic War 3.0' form, and 'Warship Form 1.0'."

"And Tang Yuan is resting now, and I have to prepare the affairs of the New World Exploration Department myself. After all, I am not a devil, and some things must be handled by me to have authority."

Speaking to this point, the young man opened his eyes, and he said in a low voice, "There's also Qiming and Shuangyue… I have something I want to talk to them about after a while."

"In short, after about a month, after I solve the various complicated matters on Earth, I can set off and try to see the situation in the 'Perfect Primordial World' – coincidentally, I can also use this time of more than a month to prepare for going to the Primordial World."

"Although my strength is already very strong, but in the Primordial World, it is still better to be a little more careful and cautious."

Su Zhou wasn't stupid, he remembered very clearly.

The so-called Primordial World is the world closest to the core of the Great Seal, and those sealed Great Beings – even these worlds themselves are the core of the seal.

These worlds have never experienced the severing of spiritual energy. In them, there will be all kinds of extremely powerful transcendent organizations, completely different from the many worlds he had experienced in the past.

Rulers are inferior to dogs, transcendent are everywhere, and there are overlord land immortals everywhere… If that happened, Su Zhou wouldn't be surprised at all.

If the goal is such a world, one should indeed be careful and careful.

Especially since Perfection is Yala's nemesis, there will definitely be related elements that restrain the Dragon-Serpent in His Primordial World.

But…

"I'm not always a long strip."

Su Zhou didn't care about this, "And, I thought of a brilliant solution."

"Oh?"

Hearing this, Yala couldn't help but shake his tail slightly, patting the Seeds of Evil on the ground.

In the serpent spirit's heart, a ominous premonition couldn't help but emerge, "What… is the solution?"

"You'll know in a while!"

And the young man smiled mysteriously, and didn't reply.

July 7, 2018.

A week had passed, and several times had already been held for the relevant reports and meetings about Bai Yingxue.

The research on the memory of the reborn is even more systematically analyzed by more than five corresponding large think tank teams.

Although most of the disasters in Bai Yingxue's memory were completely solved by Su Zhou, this inexplicable intruder, in their initial budding stage, there were still many hidden dangers existing in areas that the powers of various countries had not paid attention to before.

This time, with Bai Yingxue's memory, even these hidden dangers are being gradually pulled out.

And just as the incident about the reborn gradually came to an end, Tain the Prophet, the ambassador belonging to the Senosian civilization, also gradually woke up from the warship colonization sleep.

The relevant diplomatic exchanges were about to begin.

However, Su Zhou did not go to see this alien ambassador in the first place… At this moment, he returned to the New World Exploration Department and met with Bai Yingxue.

"Eh? Formless Dharma Body… Constructible True Body?"

Seeing the true body cultivation method provided by Su Zhou, which she had never seen before, but could tell at a glance was extremely high-level, the girl, who was trying to practice according to the Five Virtues Phoenix inheritance in her bloodline, couldn't help but react, "This cultivation method can indeed coexist with all true body cultivation methods, Minister Su, do you want to invite me to practice this?"

Because Bai Yingxue officially joined the New World Exploration Department a few days ago, she now calls Su Zhou Minister Su, just like Tang Yuan.

"Yes, the Formless Dharma Body is a true body that becomes stronger the more cultivators there are, and the more components there are. I believe that even the Five Virtues Phoenix True Body is not perfect. You can completely use this cultivation method to carry out various transformations and transformations according to various needs, such as cosmic warfare, land warfare, and underwater combat."

Su Zhou replied calmly, "Of course, the main reason is still because my new true body form needs some divine bird-related components."

"Some time ago, I obtained some Chongming Bird components from Han Shan, but sure enough, it would be best if there was a phoenix."

"No problem."

With the words said to this point, Bai Yingxue naturally had no reason to refuse. She nodded happily, and then asked with some doubt, "But, Minister… aren't you a dragon?"

"Dragon?"

To this question, Su Zhou just laughed.

At this time, the serpent spirit, who finally knew what the young man was going to do, belatedly issued a scolding sound like 'Su Zhou! You traitor!', He reached out his hand, and his thumb pointed at himself, and said quite heroically, "I am Zhuzhou!" (Torchlight)

"I'm not a dragon!"

"…Ah, um." And hearing a representative cultivator of a proper country, the former Conqueror Dragon, say such strange words, Bai Yingxue's face was completely sluggish.

At this moment, she was just a little frightened, nodding mechanically, "Torchlight… is not a dragon!"

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