Monsters Die When Killed

And so, the Immortal Ancient Dragon departed... but one day, it will return.

It will return to once again gaze upon this world.

"I’m leaving, Elias."

Without turning around, Su Zhou already knew who had appeared behind him. He spoke in a lighthearted tone, like a selfless hero who never sought recognition, "I’m leaving the burdens of the New Era and the New World to you all. Ah, I’m good at most things, but taking care of others just isn’t my forte."

Elias Naisel, the Master of Humans who had received the Fire Soul and witnessed the birth of the New Era, silently gazed at Su Zhou’s back. This was the man who had saved Naisel City, saved the world, and even saved him—a figure who was both a teacher and a friend.

The young man opened his mouth, as if to say something.

But whether asking him to stay or offering thanks, both felt too selfish, too distant...

So, he could only let out a sigh. "Then... a safe journey to you, Mr. Su."

This all happened after the day Su Zhou activated the colossal Heart of the Four Elements, ushering in the New Era.

Endless light rose from the depths of the earth, pierced through all the Mazes, and illuminated the entire world.

And then, just as it had at the dawn of every Era, from within the endless Gray Mist, the very first living creatures were conjured and born out of the Mazes... birds of the air and beasts of the field, fish in the water and the smallest of insects, grasses, trees, flowers, and plants, even the soil and sand itself—in that dazzling light, every facet of the New World was forged into existence.

Within this colossal light that illuminated the entire world, the pure white Heart of the Four Elements was completely consumed, leaving behind only a massive Essence Soul.

Just as every Era left behind a portion of its primordial elements, the pure Heart of the Four Elements bequeathed an Elemental Essence, a power far surpassing the elements of past creations.

Faced with Su Zhou holding this Essence Soul, even the Wind God and Elias could not help but bow their heads slightly. For if he so wished, he could use this Essence Soul to become the Master of the New World, the one and only god of the New Era.

But Su Zhou was unwilling.

"You... you really don’t want to become a god?"

Su Zhou could still recall the astonishment in the Wind God’s voice when he had asked. He could also remember the look in Elias’s eyes—one of utter disbelief, as if he wanted to urge him to reconsider.

But Su Zhou remembered his own reply even more clearly.

"Here, you all can have it."

He had casually tossed the Elemental Essence aside as if he couldn’t care less. "If I take this thing, I’ll be bound to this world, and I won’t be able to go home."

’In truth, Su Zhou felt it was a great shame, a huge shame. But besides being tied down to the Tartadis World, the real reason he gave it up was Yara’s fury.’

"Silent Lord, you bastard! You dare try to steal my Contractor?! Trying to buy him off with a single Elemental Essence? You think my Contractor can be poached that easily?!"

To appease Yara, Su Zhou naturally had to put on a more disdainful act.

But as the Elemental Essence left Su Zhou’s hand, it unexpectedly split into the Four Great King Souls.

And the result was just as the songs of the Scale People tell—they, the former residents of Naisel City, now claim to carry on the legacy of the Immortal. The Wind God received the Wind Soul, and Elias received the Fire Soul.

As for Su Zhou, he split the Earth Soul, transforming it into a sky of starlight and sharing it among all the living beings of the New World, granting everyone the potential to become a god.

The last of them, the Water Soul, was placed in the depths of the ocean at Su Zhou’s suggestion, to await a destined successor.

"But why?"

Elias was young, after all, and he voiced his confusion on the spot. Su Zhou thought for a moment, then decided to just tell him the truth. "Well, how do I put this..."

"This way, I get to leave behind a legendary line: ’You want to become a god? Then go to the sea! I have left everything there!’"

Su Zhou didn’t want these Elemental Essences, firstly because he didn’t want to be shackled by Cause and Effect to the Tartadis World, and secondly because he had, in fact, already obtained the most precious material of all.

If Subspace Crystal Iron was a secondary by-product of space created at the birth of the world...

...then the Crystal of the New World that Su Zhou found at the dawn of the New Era—in the very place where the Heart of the Four Elements had been—was something far more precious to him, its value surpassing even the Four Great King Souls.

For it was the core element that had condensed during the gestation of the New World.

After all, the Four Great King Souls could only guarantee one’s successful advancement to the Overlord Realm. The Crystal of the New World, however, was the most precious space-aspected material Su Zhou could find. In the hands of the Immortal Gods of old, this treasure would have been enough to open the prototype of a Grotto Heaven, one that could be gradually nurtured and expanded over time.

And Yara’s ’Personal Space’ was in dire need of just such a precious spatial material.

At this, Elias said no more. He slowly walked up to Su Zhou and handed him a long blade sheathed in a Rock Iron Blade Scabbard.

Carved upon the scabbard was an incredibly complex and intricate, overlapping pattern of Dragon Scales. On closer inspection, these scales were identical to the Immortal Dragon Scales of Su Zhou’s True Body. The refined gold hilt was shaped like a Wingless Great Dragon, looking both majestic and fearsome.

Su Zhou accepted the long blade. He gripped the refined gold hilt and drew it—the black body of the Blade of Annihilation was still as smooth as a mirror. Its edge radiated an uncanny sharpness, as if it could slice through space itself. After all, this was a blade that had twice drunk Divine Blood and had been worshipped day and night by the millions of people in Naisel City, making it all the more miraculous.

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