Chapter 1 What is It?

Somewhat perplexed, Su Zhou replied, genuinely not understanding at first. In his view, a person's life was a constant surge of wishes, fulfilling wishes, whether petitioning others or oneself—it was all the same.

However, as soon as he spoke, Su Zhou immediately recalled what the God of Wind had told him… that god who deeply loathed reincarnation, yet would carry it out time and time again for the sake of his people's wishes.

Gods… are wishes.

"An existence that equally and without limit fulfills the wishes of others, no matter what they take as a price, will be respectfully called 'god' by all intelligent life, with both reverence and fear."

Yala spoke thus, not interfering with any of Su Zhou's choices, but explaining these concepts to him: "Choosing such a path means either you control the 'wishes' of all living beings, or you are devoured by the 'wishes' of all living beings… Of course, you can also, like demons, devils, or even demon gods, deceive this 'wish' through various methods."

"This is the path to becoming a god or a saint," the serpent spirit summarized.

"What's wrong with that?"

Su Zhou smiled, lifting his head to look at the empty ceiling, replying calmly, "This is the path I have chosen."

"Indeed, there's nothing wrong with it, and I should even be happy for you. Because, among the little fellows who cultivate Sacred Geometry and awaken divine powers, very few choose to walk this path."

Yala also smiled, nodding slightly before disappearing.

The next time it appeared, the red little serpent held in its mouth an odd, almost projected, unreal papyrus, appearing before Su Zhou.

[Sacred Geometry · Third Stage]

[Cube]

If Sacred Geometry · Sacred Triangle represents 'perfection', 'power', and 'stability', and is the simplest sacred figure, the most solid fundamental cultivation method,

Then Sacred Geometry · Pentagram represents 'flawlessness', representing the prototype of life, the five innate senses, the perception of the five spiritual qualities. From this stage onward, cultivators gradually begin to get on the right track, perfectly developing all the potential within their bodies.

But the third stage, Cube, is an endless sea of ​​infinite variety.

Stellated tetrahedron, regular tetrahedron, regular hexahedron, regular octahedron, regular dodecahedron, regular icosahedron… and many, many more kinds.

Whether it is a Platonic solid or a Metatron's Cube, everything falls within the scope of the Cube, and the meaning it represents, like every Transcendent-stage cultivator advancing to the Dominion stage after condensing their unique divine power, always varies from person to person.

However, for Su Zhou, after reading the inheritance of Sacred Geometry · Cube, what he understood was a kind of sublimation.

It was like a sublimation from a flat figure to a three-dimensional one.

It was like a sublimation from a cultivator pursuing transcendence to a truly super lifeform.

It was like… from a person, becoming a 'human immortal', becoming 'near god', becoming a 'Tiangang Martial God', a sublimation that transcended the original level of life in this instant.

Within the inheritance of Sacred Geometry · Cube, there are no complex or redundant spells. It only records one kind of cultivation method, which is a technique that can mutually convert souls, matter, and spiritual power.

Some people can see from it the Thirty-Six Transformations of Tiangang and the Seventy-Two Transformations of Disha, comprehending countless abilities to change and avoid disasters out of thin air.

Some people can see from it the Dharma Body Heaven and Earth, creating a huge true form, and the supernatural power to cover the sky with one hand.

Some people can see from it countless clones, and the divine method of transforming countless heavenly soldiers and generals from a handful of hairs.

And Su Zhou saw from it the power of the changing human heart.

[Sincere heart for wish, bewildered heart for prayer, joyful heart for blessing, fearful heart for request, resolute heart for oath, resentful heart for curse, angry heart for struggle—various hearts in turmoil, only the wish remains unchanged.]

[Soul Materialization]

Comprehending this technique, Su Zhou's mind moved, summoning the spirit of the Wisdom Tree. Amidst the Wisdom Tree's slightly bewildered 'Eh?', his hand began to flicker with strands of overflowing cyan soul light.

In the instant this cyan soul light flickered, it began to condense, tiny rays of light coalescing into roots, leaves sprouting in the void. As this aura spread, all the original wooden furniture in the office began to naturally re-sprout, and even within the entire Security Bureau, all intelligent life with souls vaguely felt that their thinking had become more swift and clear!

[Good and Evil · Divine Wisdom Scepter]

A wooden staff-spear that looked exceptionally heavy, and it was hard to tell if it was a scepter or a spear, appeared in Su Zhou's hand, its terrifying aura overflowing, as if to force all the surrounding creatures into a state of enlightenment—as for whether they would comprehend useless life trivia, the four ways to write the character 'hui', or genuinely beneficial cultivation insights, that would depend on luck.

"So… this is this kind of power?"

Su Zhou stared at the scepter in his hand, transformed from the Wisdom Tree's spirit. It looked heavy, but actually had no weight, a soul weapon purely condensed from soul. He nodded thoughtfully: "Although I've never tried it before, this feeling is very similar to a 'soul weapon'!"

Transforming the soul into a material form… Perhaps this is, in a sense, the process of changing from a flat figure to a cube?

But conversely—if he could transform his body into a soul, and then transform the soul into matter at will, wouldn't that mean he could transform into any kind of true form?

Furthermore, if he converted all his spiritual power into soul, and then converted it into matter, wouldn't people with extremely powerful spiritual energy be able to transform into towering giants? And if this power were divided, wouldn't countless clones be created?

This kind of unpredictable, mutually rotating form should be the pure sublimation of the essence of life… The legendary human immortal martial arts, with its infinite transformations, is perhaps a lateral proof of this ability.

Of course, this ability is still in a very initial state. Su Zhou could sense that Yala had not given him the complete Sacred Geometry · Cube cultivation method this time. It only gave him the most basic seed, and what kind of fruit this seed would bear would depend on Su Zhou's own development and research.

And that was exactly what Su Zhou hoped for.

Soon, he revoked this soul materialization ability, restoring the Wisdom Tree spirit, which still hadn't figured out what was going on, back to its spirit state and stuffing it back into his soul space: "Thank you for your sincere assistance, I'll give you more water next time."

Wisdom Tree: "???"

Where was my sincere assistance?

Oh, you'll give me more water, then it's alright.

Simply put, Su Zhou could now directly materialize the grudges (before they are converted) into soul weapons to use, and after converting them into soul weapons, he could convert them back and continue to devour them—this was a complement and enhancement to Su Zhou's divine powers.

The Wisdom Tree spirit was nurtured and born by Su Zhou, residing in his soul, and was essentially a part of his power, so it could also be converted.

Of course, Su Zhou could also extract emotions such as fear, anger, awakening, resentment, sincerity, bewilderment, and terror from his soul, and convert them into soul weapons of various strengths depending on the emotion at the time… But the impact of that was too great. After all, the shattering of a soul weapon would mean the shattering of a certain emotion that forged its form, that is, a part of the soul. Even if Su Zhou possessed true spirit immortality and the soul's regenerative ability was not bad, it would still require several years of recuperation.

Therefore, it's best to use the souls of evil people, or grudges, because you won't feel bad if you lose them.

"But if that's the case, I feel like I'm becoming more and more like a villain…"

Vaguely, Su Zhou could see that above the 'Sacred Triangle' as the foundation and his 'Pentagram', there was a constantly changing cube phantom rotating in various forms.

And above these three, in the endless dark mist, a 'crossed cross'-like geometric phantom, releasing an uncertain, unknown color of light, vaguely emerged.

At this moment, Su Zhou had completely advanced to the Dominion stage.

Having completed the upgrade, Su Zhou couldn't wait to open the door to his office, wanting to try out his new divine powers.

The divine power of the Evil-Devouring Demon Lord was activated, and this time, what he saw was not just the grudges, but also the power of wishes on everyone!

He could see that the amount of grudges on everyone in the Security Bureau was quite high—after all, as an official organization, even if they did nothing, they would be hated for no reason. Moreover, the existence of the Security Bureau shattered the ideas of how many Transcendent families attempted to secretly develop their power with the revival of spiritual energy? And how many criminals who wanted to do evil did they capture? This power of grudges from evildoers was truly enormous.

But in Su Zhou's eyes, these people had nothing to do with grudges. After all, whether something is a grudge or not mainly depends on his own thoughts, and how great the effect of a grudge is will depend on the amount of grudge power.

Moreover, everyone in the Security Bureau was shrouded in a layer of moist white light… and that was the radiance of the power of wishes!

That was the gratitude of all the ordinary people whose safety was protected by the Security Bureau, who received help in various Transcendent crimes, or the special cultivators who lived normal lives through the Security Bureau, condensed into the power of wishes.

——Those who spend their time for everyone to live normally in the era of spiritual energy revival, who are in dangerous situations, and who work hard to move forward, deserve to have blessings that surpass curses.

"Let me see, who in the Security Bureau has the most power of wishes…"

Su Zhou wandered around the Security Bureau with great interest, searching for the person in the bureau with the brightest radiance of the power of wishes.

Soon, he encountered them.

"Tang Yuan?"

Turning around and around, turning to the stationed area of his First Special Operations Team, Su Zhou saw that familiar pale youth, whose body was surrounded by the brightest radiance of the power of wishes, and was quietly writing a report. He was immediately a little surprised.

In the Security Bureau, there were powerful Transcendent-stage cultivators, the latest generation of inheritors of ancient heritages, pure-blooded members of the Nidao family whose bloodlines were closest to their ancestors, and genius cultivators from all over the country. It could be said to be a gathering place for all kinds of protagonists.

But in the end, it was actually this unremarkable agent whose body had the most concentrated power of wishes?

"Interesting, where did the power of wishes on his body come from?"

Thinking so, Su Zhou didn't hide himself. He strode forward, preparing to greet Tang Yuan properly—and Tang Yuan was also a cultivator after all. He cleverly raised his head, saw Su Zhou, and then stood up with a happy expression.

"Ah, Captain Su, long time no see," he said, shyly handing out the leave slip in his hand: "But it's a bit unfortunate, I happen to have something to do today, and I want to take half a day off… I was going to send it to the relevant department later, but since you're here, can you…"

Tang Yuan didn't finish his words, but everyone knew what he was thinking.

Yes, he wanted to ask for leave.