Chapter 452 Modular Divine Power! (5600, Second Update)

The Heavenly Soul Karma Position is the result of Su Zhou sublimating his divine power and soul through the 'Path of Nature,' symbolizing both a 'Overlord' and a 'Terrestrial Immortal.'

This core of the soul is the condensation of all of Su Zhou's divine powers, all of his strength. In other systems, it might be called the Seed of the Great Dao, the Source Point of the True Spirit, the Heavenly Gate of the Soul, and so on. It is a testament to a cultivator's path at their current stage.

In theory, once it is born, it needs no correction. Simply cultivating it consistently is enough for a Terrestrial Immortal to reach the peak of their realm. Not to mention a Great Divine Power like the Evil Demon Overlord, comparable to a Celestial God. With its status, it would not be surprising if Su Zhou cultivated it to the Celestial Immortal realm.

Moreover, according to the future visions given by those Great Existences, Su Zhou can use it as a fundamental divine power to become a Celestial Venerable or even something beyond—the 'Heavenly Tribulation System' capable of encompassing a world or even multiple worlds is proof of this. They wouldn't fabricate things in this regard, but genuinely believe that Su Zhou has the potential to be their core affiliated clan.

But just because a divine power is powerful, does that mean it doesn't need correction or change?

Su Zhou doesn't think so.

Cultivating a fundamental divine power that goes against one's beliefs, merely because it is powerful, simply means being dishonest, cowardly, and lazy with oneself. Are dishonesty, cowardice, and laziness the foundation of strength?

Of course not.

Therefore, as a strong person, when Su Zhou rejected his past 'beliefs' on the Twilight City judgment platform, he felt that the Evil Demon Overlord divine power really needed a major overhaul.

"The path must be constantly corrected to reach the direction I want to go. Otherwise, I'll just walk with my eyes closed, and might find out at the end that it's not the result I wanted."

"Don't you agree, Yala?"

In the youth's dark soul space, the Wisdom Tree spirit is rooted in the center, and a scarlet snake spirit is coiled upon it, smiling as it answers Su Zhou's words.

"That is your decision, Su Zhou. I am merely a witness."

Above the snake spirit and the Wisdom Tree spirit, a cyan-purple, crystal-clear sphere of light illuminates the entire soul space like the sun.

The purple, corrosive light representing 'Curse' releases extremely aggressive brilliance, spreading through the atmosphere like ink.

The cyan, clear light representing 'Vow Power' has a jade-like texture, shimmering around the core of the light sphere.

Each time the cyan and purple lights touch, they stir up a corona-like halo, and within the halo, there are tens of millions of tiny rune structures churning and changing.

Su Zhou stares at his Heavenly Soul, knowing the source of his power.

"The power of the Evil Demon Overlord initially only fused the curses on the enemy, along with fragments of their soul, into an evil soul that I could absorb. By absorbing it, I could become stronger, essentially no different from absorbing incense vow power, finding dragon vein nodes, or drawing negative emotions."

"And its first evolution was in the Beast God Realm, when I condensed the wishes of many spirit beasts, mixed with the evil soul of the Beast God King, into a 'True Soul.' From then on, I could condense 'Vow Souls' by receiving prayers and absorbing vow power—but essentially, it was still passive acceptance."

With a thought, the youth extends a finger of his mind, pointing to a certain part of his Heavenly Soul, closer to the center.

Immediately, a rune crystal in the shape of a regular icosahedron emerges from the inside of the Heavenly Soul.

This is the divine power rune structure representing the 'Curse-Vow Power Conversion,' which Su Zhou has isolated. He thoughtfully watches the rune structure, then reaches out and begins to modify it, adding runes.

"Passively accepting prayers, when a god is powerful enough, like the Lord of Judgment in this world, 'hears the wishes,' and then accepts the vow power, turning it into a 'thunderous punishment'—in other words, if the 'Curse-Vow Power Conversion' structure is slightly sublimated, it is enough to serve as the core of a 'Heavenly Tribulation Divine Authority'."

"But I can try to integrate some of the structure of the 'Unification of Myriad Thoughts' divine power, turning passive reception into active. This way, I don't need to control the divine power, it will operate spontaneously."

"That is to say, it will become a phenomenon."

Simply put, the original 'Evil Demon Overlord' was like a task. Only by completing the task could one absorb curses and vow power, condensing them into evil souls and vow souls. In other words, it was scavenging corpses.

But Su Zhou's modification allows the Evil Demon Overlord to become a skill that actively collects. Su Zhou can actively collect curses and vow power that meet the requirements in a certain area. The targets of collection are not only the evil people and the corpses themselves, but even an entire region, a race—if Su Zhou becomes powerful enough in the future, he can even use a world as a unit and then condense evil souls.

Of course, this also has requirements. Because of the characteristics of the divine power, the curses and vow power that Su Zhou can collect must be in line with the standards in his heart.

"Now I can start modifying the divine power, but the specific types of curses and vow power, I only have a vague idea in my mind, and I still need to think carefully."

After all, this is a major event related to the future path, so Su Zhou doesn't want to make a hasty decision. However, adjusting the structure of the divine power in advance is never wrong.

At his will, Su Zhou's Heavenly Soul begins to quickly modularize. One by one, extremely regular, geometrically shaped rune groups are disassembled and peeled away from his Heavenly Soul by the youth, and then reassembled like building blocks.

"How convenient—not as difficult as I imagined!"

"Wait, these rune structures are so regularly modularized… Aren't they all the techniques that Yala taught me before?"

Only now does Su Zhou realize how fortunate it is to have a Great Existence-level powerhouse like Yala providing him with the highest level of cultivation classics and experience for reference.

For example, the Sacred Geometry cultivation method that Su Zhou used when he first started cultivating made his foundation extremely solid. In his cultivation and divine powers, every divine power rune is as neat as a modernly planned city. The relationship between them is as simple and clear as the various areas and departments in an industrialized city.

How to say it? The divine powers of most people are like robot models with many different parts. Although they can form a very exquisite model, if you want to exchange parts with other models and modify them into a brand-new divine power, it may not be so easy to use. Moreover, the modified model may not be handsome and easy to use, it can only be said to be凑合(còu hé - passable).

But Su Zhou is different—because of his good cultivation foundation, he can freely assemble his divine powers like freely assembling his true body. It's as simple as playing with Lego bricks. As long as there are enough parts, Su Zhou can easily modify a tall building into a Godzilla beast, a spaceship, or a Death Star model.

Can ordinary people do that?!

Su Zhou can do it!

What is modular divine power? (Leaning back)

"The important thing is that simply distinguishing between good and evil is useless. I can kill an 'evil,' but I can't prevent another evil from being born."

"Just like in the past, I could kill a Water God and create a new era, but there are still many shortcomings in the newly born era."

——If it were Yala and the Lord of Silence, they would definitely be satisfied, right?

Su Zhou assembled his divine powers, while lightly sighing, as he drastically corrected the core structure of his Heavenly Soul: "After all, I brought change and surpassed reincarnation. Even if the final result is not perfect, that is enough."

"But I am not satisfied with just that."

"I want better, better—only a better future and ending can satisfy me."

In reality.

Su Zhou opened his eyes.

Immediately, the surrounding spiritual energy began to surge, intending to turn into a raging torrent, sweeping across the surrounding world—but the youth stretched out his hand, stopping this celestial phenomenon caused by the change in the core of his divine power, locking the power that could instantly turn the surrounding celestial phenomena into cloudy and stormy weather within an inch of his body.

But even so, the terrifying aura that Su Zhou displayed the moment he opened his eyes made Sara and Aimon tremble slightly.

Even though it was already dark, and the sunset had fallen, they felt a vast, scorching aura like the sun, as if something bright was rising before their eyes, illuminating the heavens and earth.

"Sorry, I just spaced out for a moment… Miss Sara, I have a question I want to ask you."

Facing Sara and Aimon, who were showing astonishment and reverence, Su Zhou simply smiled.

"Y-you, you ask…"

But this smile made Sara, who was being asked, feel a little uneasy—not a feeling of unease about danger, but a feeling of 'what if I can't answer the other party's question?'

Aimon, however, wasn't surprised by this.

——After all, he is my Lord, it is only natural for him to have such majesty and charm.

Worthy of being my Lord! he thought to himself, then nodded slightly.

Su Zhou simply asked: "Why did you end up near here, captured by Twilight City? And do you know the current movements of the pirates?"

At this time, after a brief moment of confusion, Sara had roughly understood the current situation.

"I was probably brought out of the Twilight City's judgment hall by these two people."

"That gray-haired old priest is an Illuminator, and this black-haired young man, whom he respects so much, is at least a Chosen-level High Priest, or even… a God-Blessed one, it wouldn't be strange! Only someone of that level can easily fish a Sea Folk like me out of the judgment hall."

"In that case, I have nothing to hide, so I'll just tell you."

Calming herself, Sara began to answer Su Zhou's question.

"Recently, the Seven Sea Kings—that is, the seven most powerful pirate kings occupying the Seven Seas area—are gathering towards the Meditative Sea, to explore the dead center of the Meditative Sea. They occupied our clan's island as an exploration outpost, driving us away."

"And our clan became displaced, chased and plundered all the way by other ordinary pirates, and had no choice but to come to the territory of the Jubilant Sea."

Sara's account was very clear.

In the entire newly born Tartarus world, there are a total of seven seas.

[The Jubilant Sea, located between the Land of Fire and the Land of Wind.]

[The Wrathful Sea, located north of the Land of Wind, around the volcanic belt.]

[The Terrified Sea, located between the Wrathful Sea and the Jubilant Sea, with active currents and raging waves.]

[The Troubled Sea, located south of the Jubilant Sea, full of reefs, whirlpools, and tides.]

[The Meditative Sea, located south of the Troubled Sea, without any currents or monsoons, as silent as death.]

And the [Wandering Sea] is the polar ice sea located at the southernmost part of the world, and the [Lost Sea] is the vast Arctic Ocean located at the northernmost part of the world.

Sara originally lived in the Troubled Sea, which is full of whirlpools and powerful sea beasts, and was self-sufficient.

Around the large island they lived on, there were even Sea Demon Whale groups comparable to transcendents, so even the Seven Sea Kings were unwilling to provoke them when they had nothing to do. Therefore, they could live normally without worrying about pirate intrusions.

But who knew that this time the Seven Sea Kings would actually join forces, and one of the Four Emperors, whose strength was comparable to a God-Blessed one through collecting fragments of the Source Water Soul to perform ritual transformations, would strike, defeating the Sea Demon Whale group.

In fact, that 'Four Emperors' who was comparable to a God-Blessed one, even killed the Chosen-peak Sea Demon Whale King, and then easily occupied the island where Sara's clan originally lived, as a vanguard for exploring the Meditative Sea for many pirates.

And what was strange this time was that these pirates, who were usually bloodthirsty and reckless, didn't kill many people this time, but simply drove Sara and the others away, so Sara and her group stumbled along the way, finally struggling to run to the Jubilant Sea.

And then…

"Then, we were captured when we accidentally failed while robbing a fishing boat… I don't know why, but there were so many ships at sea during that time. When we just started robbing, seven or eight other ships surrounded us…"

Saying this, noticing the rather strange expressions on Su Zhou and Aimon's faces, Sara immediately stretched out her hand, waving it randomly, hurriedly explaining: "Wait, we didn't plan to rob at first! We wanted to pay, whether it was gold, silver, or gems, but they just wouldn't sell it to us. We really had no choice, and we were starving to death, so that's why…"

——This guy, must have run into those believers who wanted to explore the God-Descended Sea area, right? That's really bad luck.

"I roughly understand, in the final analysis, it's still because of prejudice."

Su Zhou didn't really care about this. After all, because of prejudice, if you can't buy something even if you have money, you will naturally become desperate. If you want to punish her for this matter, Sara was caught and almost publicly tried to death, so it can be considered a punishment. He didn't want to get tangled up in such trivial matters.

Moreover, Sara is so young, even if she wants to rob, her heart is willing but her strength is insufficient.

"Who said I'm young?!"

However, just as Su Zhou casually expressed his opinion to Aimon, he inexplicably angered Sara.

This Wind Folk girl forcefully slapped her chest, making a clanging sound like metal colliding, an exoskeleton impacting. She said angrily: "Am I a little girl?"

"I'm already four years old, and I've been an adult for more than half a year!"

Aimon: "?"

Su Zhou: "?"

——Right, right!

Thinking about it carefully, that's indeed the case!

Su Zhou suddenly remembered that the Wind Folk are essentially insect people—and this race of insect people does indeed grow extremely fast. If they are four years old…

Uh, theoretically, they are indeed adults…

"I didn't expect that in addition to elves, who are considered minors even after living for more than a hundred years, insect people, who become adults in a few years, could give me such a shock…"

Suppressing his thoughts, Su Zhou spoke, smoothing out Sara's dissatisfaction at being underestimated.

Afterwards, he frowned and said: "So, you were driven away from your hometown—and those who drove you away were the Seven Sea Kings in the Seven Seas, among whom there are even powerhouses comparable to God-Blessed ones?"

"Their purpose is unknown. Are they preparing to go to the Meditative Sea to explore something?"

"Yes!"

Sara nodded repeatedly. She turned her head to look at Aimon, who had a worried expression because of this news, and said with dissatisfaction: "These pirates must have some big plans recently. You fire gods, priests, and priestesses don't go find trouble with them, but you always attack us ordinary Sea Folk!"

"Heh, little girl, in the final analysis, you are all disbelievers who have abandoned the path of God. It is merciful of us not to capture you. It is righteous to judge you when we catch you."

"It's because you are so rigid that we run to the sea!"

Su Zhou didn't pay attention to the argument between his priest and the Wind Folk girl.

He raised his head and looked at the ocean.

At night, the sea was surging, and the tide was rising. You could see many fishing boats returning from their original locations, and many cargo ships arriving at the dock from afar.

The ocean is a land without gods.

According to Aimon and the other residents of Twilight City, the God of Judgment once sent down divine punishment on the first pirates, that is, that group of betrayers. But when the betrayers came to the sea, the divine punishment disappeared for some reason.

There is no doubt that the ocean in the Reincarnation World also possesses some extraordinary power.

And according to what Su Zhou knew, the only thing related to divine power in the ocean designed by Reincarnation was the 'Source Water Soul' left behind when creating the new era.

"Could it be really that Water Soul? Do those Pirate Kings want to find the Water Soul and then become their own 'Water God'?"

Su Zhou thought to himself. He was a little unsure, but besides this possibility, there was no other.

Four elemental souls can give rise to four more gods who can achieve the Overlord level, just like the Water God and Wind God in the past, leading an era.

And among the elemental souls of this era, the Fire Soul was given to Elias; the Wind Soul was given to the Wind God; the Earth Soul was distributed by Su Zhou to all the Fire Folk and Wind Folk.

As for the God of Judgment, Su Zhou is not sure what is going on, and he doesn't know where the other party came from. But the Water Soul must have mutated. Otherwise, it would be impossible to create the strange phenomenon that the sea can suppress divine power.

"The situation is really complicated."

Muttering to himself, Su Zhou smiled.

——If the situation isn't complicated, then there's no need for him to show up.

At this time, Aimon, who had already made Sara dizzy by chanting the holy words in the covenant, turned around. He put his hands together, and asked Su Zhou respectfully: "My Lord, what should we do next?"

"The information about the God's Descent, the Twilight City Temple must have already passed on to the Central Sanctuary. At that time, many clergy will definitely come to pay their respects to you…"

"As for me, I also plan to meet the Lord of Fire."

Su Zhou withdrew his gaze from the sea. He turned around and looked at the center of the Sacred Fire Continent, which was also the location of the mountain where he left the Reincarnation World.

The youth said calmly: "Several hundred years have passed, and I don't know what my student has become to create the current order…"

"But no matter what, in fact, he has done a good job. It's just not as good as I wanted—I plan to reminisce about the old days and give him some advice, hoping he can listen."

Just then, suddenly, Sara, who was sitting on the ground, suddenly sat up. She looked at the distant ocean in astonishment, then raised her hand and pointed to a certain spot.

"P-pirates!?"

Immediately, this sentence attracted the attention of Su Zhou and Aimon.

The two of them raised their heads together and looked at the sea area pointed by Sara. Aimon also immediately exclaimed: "It is indeed a pirate!"

"What pirates?"

Su Zhou himself didn't know what pirate ships looked like. He glanced at it and found that he had just seen the ship.

——So that's a pirate ship? It doesn't look any different from ordinary ships…

Just as Su Zhou was puzzled about how Sara and Aimon could distinguish pirate ships, he also noticed a detail on the ship.

That is, in the distance, on that pirate ship that was constantly approaching the coastline, there was a person at the bow, waving a flag forcefully.

"White…"

"A white flag?"

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