Chapter 1 Joyous Sea

The Samsara World, Tartadis.

The New Era, the Far East of the Sacred Flame Continent, the Joyous Sea.

The Joyous Sea, located between the Sacred Flame Continent and the New Continent, was the first ocean explored and discovered by the citizens of the Sacred Flame Country during the Age of Exploration three hundred years ago.

At that time, the people of the Sacred Flame Country saw the real ocean for the first time and learned what the ocean was. They were shocked by the seemingly endless blue waters and rejoiced in the vibrant scenery, so they named it the Joyous Sea.

The Joyous Sea is rich in fish and resources. There are also many islands scattered between the two continents, with all kinds of fruit trees, exotic beasts, and spices. Therefore, for a time, many adventurers made a living by exploring the thousands of islands in the Joyous Sea.

However, a hundred years ago, because of an unprecedented great 'rebellion' against the Lord of Fire and the Lord of Judgment, hundreds of thousands of people left the Sacred Flame Continent and became displaced overseas. Most of them became pirates and bandits, occupying the Joyous Sea area, using the many islands and pioneer camps as their strongholds, until today.

According to the teachings of the Sacred Flame Country, the official Central Temple will not leave the coastal waters and go to the 'Lost Lands' without divine protection, while the pirates only wander in the depths of the sea without divine punishment. It is difficult for the two sides to interfere with each other, and only occasionally will they engage in brief offensives and defenses in the coastal waters.

But now, in the depths of the Joyous Sea, in a sudden and turbulent offshore storm, a pirate ship is swaying in the high-swelling waves, and all the crew members are staring blankly at the sky, and then trembling in the violent howling storm.

Because they saw it—in the distant sky, a huge Undying Dragon Sacred Mark was slowly forming above the clouds.

"It's the Lord of Judgment!"

"He's coming, He's coming—is His divine domain going to expand to the sea?!"

"We can't escape... Wuwu, Lord of Judgment, I repent, I am guilty..."

This pirate ship is undergoing a huge storm, and the appearance of the dragon shadow has made the storm even more violent. The crew members should have stayed in the cabin to endure, or adjusted the sails to control the ship's mast, and hugged the surrounding things, whether it is the ship's side, the mast, or other people who can stand firmly.

These villains who lick blood from the knife's edge and are not afraid of anything are all staring at the dragon shadow in the sky in despair, kneeling on the ground with their hands folded—a big wave hits, causing the ship to shake violently, and several people are thrown directly into the sea, and the entire ship almost capsizes.

But even so, there are still people murmuring the Lord of Judgment's尊name, praying to Him.

"Immortal Ancient Dragon, Lord of Judgment, You are the teacher of all beings, the God of Godslayers, You are the pioneer of the era, the maintainer of the law, I should follow Your path and walk in..." The person who said this was a middle-aged man with some insect characteristics, with exoskeleton armor covering his arms and body. He was the boatswain on this pirate ship, fierce and ruthless. Even when he had a conflict with other pirates and was cut off his left hand, he did not change his face. He even stuffed his severed hand into the enemy's mouth and forcibly tore apart the opponent's jaw.

But at this time, even this real tough guy who is not afraid of death is crying in the storm—not to mention the other crew members.

"I repent, Lord, I should not have tried to escape your judgment and come to the chaotic sea..."

The one who said this was a young sailor. He was a new member who had just been absorbed into the pirate ship not long ago. He had not yet adapted to life at sea. At this moment, he subconsciously performed a complete set of formal prayer rituals. Whether it was the gestures, tone, or posture, they were so standard that the surrounding pirates followed suit.

Even the pirate captain, who should have reprimanded his sailors and advocated the true freedom of no gods, was trembling at this moment. This one-eyed man, as strong as an iron tower, was also panicked by the terrifying aura overflowing from the sky: "Could it be, will we really suffer divine punishment? Didn't they say that because the 'Source Water' is still hidden in the sea, the gods' perspective cannot be projected into the ocean?!"

"Could it be, the blasphemous plan of the Seven Seas Kings..."

The roaring lightning flashed in the storm, and the thunder and storm made the waves rise and fall, as if it were the divine voice of judgment—at this moment, even this old captain, who had been at sea for more than ten years, couldn't help but put his hands together and confess to the sacred mark.

This is not because they are mentally fragile or overreacting.

Because this is a world with true gods, miracles, divine descents, divine grace, and divine punishment.

That Sacred Mark representing the Lord of Judgment is the nightmare of the 'pirates' who try to escape the judgment of sin, so they enter the sea and choose to escape.

However, just when almost all the pirates on the ship began to pray and repent, suddenly, the giant dragon mark that had already taken shape in the sky suddenly disappeared. Whether it was the cyan-purple Eye of Judgment, or the white, immortal dragon sacred body high above the clouds, all disappeared in an instant, as if they had never existed.

Even the howling offshore storm gradually became gentle, no longer with the power to sweep the world, and the pirate ship, which was about to capsize, also regained its stability.

Suddenly, all the praying pirates were at a loss, not knowing what to do.

—Is the divine punishment over?

—Then, then do we still need to continue praying?

And the captain's actions gave them an answer.

Plop!

This one-eyed captain directly performed a tiger landing, he prostrated himself on the deck and began to shout loudly:

"Praise your divine power! Lord of Judgment! Forgive us sinners a way out!"

Inspired, all the pirates immediately prostrated themselves on the ground and began to repeat the captain's words at the same time, not very neatly.

"Praise your divine power! Lord of Judgment! Forgive us sinners a way out!"

While the crew was repeating, the pirate captain fell into deep anxiety in his heart.

—This won't work... The blasphemous plan of the Seven Seas Kings will inevitably lead to divine punishment, those crazy guys who try to find alien gods, and even become gods themselves... It's best not to be in league with them!

It's time to choose a direction. The miracle I saw today is God's revelation to them!

And before that, in the sky.

Su Zhou, who had just transmigrated here, was encountering a big trouble at this moment.

This time, the transmigration was not like the Divine Dragon World, because of the various changes made by the Vanguard, the process was twisted and turned, so that in the end, entering the world's interior had to rely on luck to run into Nidhogg's summoning spell. This time, the whole process was very smooth.

After all, in order to carry out his plan, the Vanguard chose to be sealed by the Great Seal again, and all the existences that were causing trouble disappeared, so naturally there were not many accidents.

But just as Su Zhou passed through the Ice凝Void without any surprises and came to the Samsara World, just as he was about to exhale, an accident happened—

For example, if the entire Samsara World is a bottle of cola full of bubbles, then Su Zhou is a mint candy. He had just entered this world for less than a second when he was shocked to see that within a radius of hundreds of miles, all the spiritual energy of heaven and earth began to riot crazily, rushing towards him, and even forming various visions!

"What's going on, Yala?!"

Faced with the spiritual energy of heaven and earth and the boundless power of wishes that he didn't know where it came from, Su Zhou was shocked on the spot: "Is this some special welcoming ceremony?"

And in the instant of speaking, Su Zhou had to mobilize his power, manifest his Heavenly Soul Karmic Throne, use his vast spiritual power to block the surrounding turbulent spiritual energy tide, and use his vast soul power to smooth out the tide one by one.

"The very existence of immortal god-level power will have a certain impact on the surrounding world—otherwise, why do you think some worlds have things like Heavenly Tribulation?"

Regarding Su Zhou's experience, Yala changed her usual indifference and laziness. At this time, her expression was solemn and her tone was serious. She had obviously noticed something wrong earlier than Su Zhou: "What's more, you are 'unusual' in this world itself—be careful."

"To be honest, that's right."

After Yala finished speaking, Su Zhou also noticed something was wrong. When he used his Heavenly Soul Karmic Throne to suppress the surrounding violent spiritual energy, the youth keenly noticed that mixed in with these spiritual energies was a large amount of extremely inclined power of wishes.

These powers of wishes were mixed with spiritual energy, as if they were roots, rushing towards him. They would not cause much damage, but they would form some kind of invisible chain, firmly binding him here.

"Huh?!"

Even the Tree of Wisdom located in Su Zhou's personal space exclaimed and made a 'strange!' sound. Hearing this sound, Su Zhou glanced into his personal space and was immediately equally surprised: "Strange!"

It was not because something bad happened like the destruction of earth, water, fire, and wind. On the contrary, it was a good thing that made people feel confused.

One could see that in this personal space, based on the New World Crystal nurtured during the transition of eras in the Samsara World, there was originally a thick black earth and a clear flow of pure elemental water. In the sky, there was a dazzling light of fire and a whirl of wind.

The small world that gathered the blessings of the four elements, and had the Tree of Wisdom rooted and organized, already possessed a complete ecological cycle. Under the branches of the central cyan-white divine tree, there were numerous souls of Heavenly Demons hanging on it like silkworm cocoons, dazzling and like a harvest of fruit.

But now, the entire world was getting bigger.

That's right, it was getting bigger.

If one wanted to improve the cultivation method of the personal space, one needed mysterious materials related to the world, such as the New World Crystal, the Subspace Crystal Iron, the Epoch Divine Stone, and the Ruins World Ember. Even the most common Subspace Crystal Iron required going to some universes with subspaces to collect, so Su Zhou's plan to upgrade his personal space had been delayed. In addition, the Tree of Wisdom had not grown that big yet, so his motivation to search was not very strong.

But now, without any mysterious materials, and without Su Zhou himself urging the secret method to expand, Su Zhou's personal space was expanding and getting bigger in all directions at a speed visible to the naked eye—as if it were a balloon being blown up, expanding in all directions!

"Clang clang!"

The Blade of Annihilation, sensing the mutation in its residence, immediately unsheathed itself excitedly and flew up. It transformed into a fiery red phantom, rushing around in the small world where the spiritual energy was becoming more and more concentrated and the four elements were also becoming more and more cohesive, igniting many flowers and plants, causing the Tree of Wisdom to make an annoyed sound. Immediately, the blade and the tree began to argue with 'clang!' and 'bad blade!'

The World Tree Spear was quietly inserted on the side, without any reaction.

"Okay, okay, stop arguing—what's going on?!"

At this time, Su Zhou frowned tightly. He did feel that the personal space, which could only be considered a small ecosystem, had become larger than before.

Around the entire small world, there was a strong water element gathering, turning into magic water, surrounding the black earth, like an island; and half of the fire element in the sky was also separated. It fell into the sea, sank into the earth, and then arched up volcanic vents, releasing power at the bottom of the magic sea, and creating ocean currents with the wind.

In just a few minutes, Su Zhou's small world had changed from 'seemingly possessing the four elements on the surface' to a true 'four elements rotating endlessly'... In fact, there was even a vague shadow of the former Tartadis world's fire in the wind, water in the wind set of elemental reincarnation!

And its size had expanded more than twice, and it was still slowly getting bigger. It was estimated that when it stopped, it would have become a vast space of more than three cubic kilometers!

But similarly, Su Zhou, who was uneasy in his heart, finally noticed the source of his unease.

"This thing, locked me here?!"

At this time, the visions between heaven and earth had gradually disappeared, and the large amount of spiritual energy and the power of wishes that had been rushing in crazily had dissipated—they seemed to be the source of the expansion of Su Zhou's personal space—the dragon-shaped phantom and the storm in the sky had disappeared, and Su Zhou had also withdrawn his Heavenly Soul Karmic Throne, which was like a dragon ball.

At this time, the youth was staring in shock, reaching out his hand and touching himself, seemingly looking for some kind of shackles. He said in shock: "Damn it, really! I'm locked up!"

The lock here is not really saying that it is locked in place.

Su Zhou's so-called lock is the meaning of 'he is bound in the Samsara World'.

He felt that if he could not fix the sudden mutation of his personal space and the huge power of wishes suddenly added to him, then he would be equivalent to being hit by a perpetual space anchor. Not to mention going back to Earth, he couldn't even use teleportation!

Of course, this was not absolute. Su Zhou also sensed that if he gave up his personal space and forcibly cut off the source of this biggest chain, then he could still use the Heavenly God Scale to return to Earth...

But who would do that!

Although the current situation was very strange, and it was impossible to say whether it was a good thing or a bad thing for a while, through such a series of inexplicable things, and the previous wooing of great existences such as Destiny and the Vanguard, Su Zhou instead had some rather shameless guesses.

"This world is planning to keep me. Sure enough, it is..."

Before Su Zhou could finish speaking, Yala was the first to get angry.

"Jizu, what do you mean by this?!"