Chapter 1 The Spirit of Panlong · The Evil Soul of the Demon Emperor

[Extracted by secret ritual and transformed from the essence of the Panrong Immortal Tree, it has become the evil soul of the demon dragon]

[A monster's soul entangled in countless curses and karmic consequences]

[Direct consumption will greatly increase all-around physical fitness, significantly increase affinity with wood-type spiritual materials, and increase a certain amount of authority over wood-type and dragon-type creatures]

[Spiritual calcination transforms it into the spirit enchantment of the 'Heavenly Calamity Wood Dragon', attached to all equipment and props]

[Forging with special techniques can create the soul weapon 'Hundred Devouring · Calamity Dragon Tail Whip']

[Since ancient times, immortality has been the desire of all life. Most people believe that they will obtain it at any cost, but only a few will truly pursue it at any cost]

[Bearing the disgrace of the nation, is called the Lord of the Altars of Soil and Grain; bearing the misfortune of the nation, is the King of All Under Heaven. A villain with a nature as cold as ice ascends to the highest throne, but brings the disasters he should have borne to this land. The tyrant, after taking actions completely opposite to those of a true king, obtained immortality]

[Therefore, a desolate ending is destined to arrive]

"What, so the Imperial Advisor was the final Boss... This Demon Emperor isn't even worthy of having a legacy?"

At the top of the Heavenly Palace, the entire Heavenly Palace was slowly withering and collapsing due to the death of the Demon Emperor. The living palace created by the Demon Emperor using the power of the Divine Tree spontaneously entered the path of destruction after losing its master.

Su Zhou, with a look of disgust, savored the taste of the Demon Emperor's evil soul. He shook his head and said, "Thinking about it carefully, the Demon Emperor's sense of oppression was far inferior to that of the Imperial Advisor... This Boss is subpar."

At this moment, Su Zhou, holding the divine saber in one hand and the nearly scrapped spirit iron spear and the Demon Emperor's dragon horn under his arm, stood in front of the jade pillar of the Heavenly Altar, which was gradually regaining its green color, and pondered: "The Heavenly Calamity Wood Dragon's enchantment allows me to control vegetation within a certain range and gives some special plants the ability to become animated, creating the kind of animated roots that the Demon Emperor used to attack me before—this isn't strong. Even if this attack implants parasitic seeds into the target, it's not very useful in modern society or in alien worlds with unknown ecological conditions."

Yala popped out from Su Zhou's ear at this moment: "You just think controlling plants isn't cool, right?"

Su Zhou paused for a moment, then continued to mutter to himself: "...And the Hundred Devouring · Calamity Dragon Tail Whip is even more useless. After the tail whip inflicts damage, it will devour part of the opponent's life essence and convert it into pure essence to heal the wielder—but this efficiency is not as fast as me biting off a piece of the enemy's flesh. For a super-regenerative being, it's a bit of icing on the cake, not very meaningful."

"The reason why you directly ate the evil soul was because you almost fainted. In order to avoid the Hundred Families Righteous Army seeing a comatose person lying there and being unable to show off, you had to eat the evil soul to restore some strength, so you didn't carefully examine the various abilities of the evil soul." The snake spirit's faint voice sounded again: "Isn't that right~"

"...Annoying!"

Su Zhou spat out two words through gritted teeth, enraged by shame. He reached out and poked Yala, pushing it back into his hair, then took a deep breath and continued sullenly: "Anyway, my analysis is correct! In the absence of a legacy, devouring the evil soul and obtaining attribute enhancements is the most reasonable choice for now!"

Yala, poked back into his hair, chuckled and also hinted in his hair—the Heavenly Wood Dragon, which is the true name of the Panrong Immortal Tree's眷族 (Juanzu - family), although mainly consists of the Divine Tree's bloodline, it does indeed possess a certain amount of dragon blood. That 'increasing a certain amount of authority over wood-type and dragon-type creatures' is essentially increasing the concentration of this part of the bloodline.

"This kind of thing is all the better for you," Yala said. "Your Perfect Body needs these power enhancements, as long as you want to become stronger."

Since that was the case, were there any other options? Naturally, it was to eat it in one bite.

It was not strange that the Demon Emperor had no legacy. He was not a seeker of the Dao, nor had he summarized his own power system, nor had he walked his own 'Dao'. Even his power was merely a先天 (Xiantian - innate) achievement piled up by the Divine Tree. In general, he could not be considered a 'strong person' at all.

Even if he was a great villain, this kind of vulgar evil was different from the Imperial Advisor—Su Zhou had a faint feeling that if the Imperial Advisor advanced to先天 (Xiantian - innate), the 'evil' he could do would be far greater than that of the Demon Emperor, this 'emperor'. He could even completely change the customs and thoughts of a civilization and spread a fixed 'order of evil'.

"But more important than these is to destroy the Divine Tree... But how to destroy it?"

Muttering to himself, Su Zhou stared at the huge cyan jade pillar in front of him, frowning and sighing: "Just the tip of a branch is already so big—the entire Divine Tree has grown to span thousands of miles, covering a state. How can I destroy it?"

"Physical destruction is beyond your current power," Yala, protruding from the top of Su Zhou's head like a cowlick, observed and then shook, "The roots of this guy have already grown into the mantle—this world probably doesn't have the ability to physically destroy the Divine Tree within three hundred years."

"Physical level—so I can destroy it from a non-physical level?" Su Zhou keenly noticed the meaning hidden in Yala's words. He blinked his one eye—his left eye was still regenerating—thoughtfully, "Relying on the Wisdom Tree spirit in my soul?"

"Huh? You guessed quite accurately." The snake spirit was a little surprised, but it didn't care: "That's right, after all, this is the only thing on you that can be linked to the Divine Tree. But in essence, this doesn't count as destroying it."

"Su Zhou, with the spirit of the Wisdom Tree, you can consider signing a 'contract' with this Immortal Tree."

"Contract?" Su Zhou repeated the word, his tone somewhat puzzled: "Let me, with this Divine Tree, which is suspected to be a clone of a Great Existence? Yala, are you mentally deranged? You clearly said not to get involved with other Great Existences!"

"Of course not." Yala was not annoyed by Su Zhou's words. It just twitched its tail, as if shaking its finger: "I did say that, but the Great Dao Tree is different... Su Zhou, think carefully, you have been connected to Him from the very beginning."

"The branches of the Wisdom Tree, the little Wisdom Tree, the first邪魔 (Xié mó - fiend) encountered was also a wood centipede, and the first world you traveled to was the Divine Tree world—and just now, you killed a guy who called himself the 'King of the Divine Tree'."

Speaking like this, Yala continued as Su Zhou frowned: "Su Zhou, if this otherworld travel could be scored, you could get close to a perfect score. Even if you leave right now, the time for the Great Dao Tree to break free from the seal will be delayed by at least a few hundred years—but now is the time to see if you can really get a perfect score."

"...Tch, now that I'm here, it would be inexcusable not to get a perfect score."

After struggling for a while, Su Zhou couldn't resist the temptation of getting a perfect score. Plus, what Yala said was true. He had undoubtedly formed a connection with the Divine Tree along the way... No, it was more than just a connection. He had a Wisdom Tree spirit living in his soul!

Since that was the case, he might as well go all the way. He gritted his teeth, stamped his foot, and said: "What do I need to do?"

The snake spirit's tone became cheerful: "It's very simple, since the Divine Tree King who was spontaneously born in this world has been killed by you."

"Then, you will be the King of the Divine Tree."

It must be said that Yala's bewitchment was still somewhat skillful. In addition, what it said was indeed reasonable: there could only be one Divine Tree眷属 (Juanzu - family) who could mobilize the power of the Divine Tree at the same time, so even the Imperial Advisor did not become the second Divine Tree Dragon. Of course, there might also be the reason that the Imperial Advisor wanted to cultivate his own先天 (Xiantian - innate) Thunder Spirit Dao, but there was no doubt that there was only one position at the top of the眷族 (Juanzu - family), and that one had just been personally beheaded by Su Zhou.

The Divine Tree itself rarely reacted to the outside world, and the Divine Tree King, as the top of its眷属 (Juanzu - family), was responsible for protecting the Divine Tree from external harm during its growth. To this end, the Divine Tree would grant the other party a certain degree of authority over power, and it was precisely because of this that the Demon Emperor was able to grant the Undying Root to the court officials and the demon army after he obtained the power of the Divine Tree.

"As long as you communicate with the Divine Tree through the magic circle and obtain the authority of this Divine Tree King, no one else will be able to surpass you and obtain the power of the Divine Tree—and no one will be able to obtain such terrible sources of immortality as the Undying Root, harming this world."

Su Zhou listened silently to Yala's analysis, thought for a while, and then nodded slowly: "I understand... Since there's no way to physically cut off the source of immortality, then I'll start from the other side."

Taking a deep breath, he said in a deep voice: "Then, Yala, let's begin."

So, after a moment, after Su Zhou learned the process of the ritual, he began to prepare for the contract.

Above the constantly withering Heavenly Palace Heavenly Altar, there was a spread of cyan-green light.