One pound of meat equals one attribute point.

Chapter 524 Lord of Humanity
Su Heng tilted his head and stared at Li Hongxiu.

Although Li Hongxiu didn't say anything, he already understood.

He held the remaining piece of meat on the plate in front of him and sniffed it gently, which made him more certain of his previous guess.

"Is this Henos!?"

Su Heng's first thought was that it tasted really good.

Then the second thought is that it is such a waste.

Henos's strength is quite strong, and coupled with the special talent that can block perception, he can't reverse the situation in such a war, but he is definitely more than enough to protect himself. He has already escaped from Su Heng's dragon pool and tiger's den, but when he returned to his home, he ended up like this. There must have been some twists and turns.

Li Hongxiu seemed to have seen through Su Heng's thoughts and immediately said, "It is said that he was betrayed by someone close to him and attacked by surprise, which led to his death.

The battle between the great patriarch of the Adventers and Tagadon also seems to be related to this matter."

"In that case, let's continue investigating this matter." Su Heng thought about it, gave the order, then carefully froze the remaining slices of meat with ice and placed them in the storage space.

Henos has the characteristic of being isolated from Changshengtian, and such bloodline may be of great use in the future.

Su Heng has always wanted to replicate this bloodline and preserve it.

Now Henos is dead.

With only a tiny bit of residue left, we can only try our best to save the situation.

After resolving this matter, Su Heng did not waste any time and immediately began to work on post-war reconstruction.

He first met with the remaining high-ranking members of the Dark Legion, and those who were willing to obey were mentally controlled, and those who had ulterior motives were executed without further ado. The Dark Legion was divided into different factions, some of which were good at airborne assaults, some liked high-speed raids, and some were best at attacking on the front battlefield.

In order to reduce the difficulty of command, Su Heng disrupted all the original camps, reorganized them into ten different battle groups, and conducted integration and training.

The Dark Legion has a nature of worshipping the strong, and Su Heng also has the blessing of Changshengtian, and he rewards his subordinates clearly.

It is not difficult to command such a legion.

Even in the not-so-long period of time that followed, the entire Dark Legion had been incorporated into Su Heng's private army.

After solving this most difficult problem, Su Heng began to establish a unified regime.

For thousands of years, the Western Continent and the Eastern Continent had been separated from each other, and few people knew of each other's existence. But now, with the mythical battlefield that fell in the deep sea being removed by Su Heng, the bridge between the two continents was reopened and they began to contact each other.

Such contact will inevitably be full of sharp contradictions at the beginning.

The people of the Western Continent spread a divine plague within the Zhou Dynasty. If Su Heng had not saved the situation, the country would have been destroyed.

The people on the Western Continent were also filled with resentment. Spreading the divine plague had nothing to do with the common people like them, but you rushed up and started slaughtering without saying a word. The people from the Dark Legion were not as ruthless as you guys. If Su Heng hadn't been high above and restrained everything, these people would definitely fight again.

This problem is very troublesome, but Su Heng's solution is very simple.

First, all physical evidence of the plague and the massacre was destroyed, and then a ban was issued, forcing no one to mention it.

If you break the rules for the first time, you are considered ignorant and fearless, so just cut off your tongue as a minor punishment. If you break the rules for the second time, chop off your hands. If you break the rules for the third time, it means you are deliberately challenging the majesty of the Demon Dragon, and your entire clan will be exterminated.

Of course, Su Heng could not issue such an order.

If Li Hongxiu suffers any more, she will have to bear the blame.

After this matter was dealt with, Su Heng summoned the remaining descenders at the central temple of the Western Continent.

The chieftain was dead, and the matter was settled anyway. And in a sense, the murderer of the chieftain died at the hands of Su Heng, who actually did them a favor.

These adventers chose to cooperate docilely, and none of them continued to resist. Su Heng did not make things difficult for them. In addition to their skills on the battlefield, these adventers were also scientists and bio-alchemists, and they mastered many taboo sciences in the Federation era. In the process of rebuilding the Western Continent and setting foot in the starry sea, they will play an important role.

The only one who was executed was Indra.

To the rest of the Adventists, Indra was the biggest traitor who indirectly caused the death of their leader.

For Su Heng, Indra was destroying his plans on the one hand, and on the other hand he was summoning people from the Dark Legion to do something evil.

Although the final impact is minimal, doing wrong must be punished.

Indra confessed his crime without arguing.

He just requested that he be sentenced to death by burning, as his lover Agni died in the atomic flames that were powerful enough to propel a starship. Su Heng nodded and fulfilled Indra's last wish. When the orange-yellow flames engulfed his body, Indra didn't even scream, but showed an expression of relief on his face.

With the full cooperation of the Adventers, the Western Continent, which had suffered from the trauma of war, was rebuilt at an astonishing speed.

Those huge industrial wonders also rose from the vast plains.

The intelligent industrial template left over from the Federation era can analyze and collect resources from primitive planets, and formulate development plans tailored to suit them. The Dark Legion warships that fell from outer space were repaired, and new warships were built by collecting a large amount of resources. In this process, an expeditionary fleet capable of crossing the starry sea gradually took shape.

And during this period of time.

Su Heng was either fighting with those incredibly ancient races in the depths of Changshengtian.

Or he could take the Dark Legion and the elite of the Zhou Dynasty, riding on the newly established expedition fleet, and gallop across the galaxy.

He burned prosperous life planets to ashes, plundered every inch of resources inside, imposed heavy taxes, and slaughtered and exterminated primitive races one after another. He did not really embark on the trial of Changshengtian, but the blessings he could obtain were increasing. Moreover, as a large amount of resources were absorbed and devoured by Su Heng, his life level was constantly improving.

Even though he has grown to a level capable of destroying a planet, Su Heng is still far from reaching the limit of his talent and is in a stage of rapid growth in strength.

It just got to this point.

Even in such a hellish galaxy, it would be difficult for him to encounter a real opponent.

Maybe there is... that is Changshengtian who is constantly eroding the real universe.

Finally, after a hundred years of fighting and plundering, Su Heng accumulated enough resources to transform the Eight-Nine Profound Art to its limit. He began to retreat, which lasted another hundred years. After walking out of the Purgatory Cave under Mount Tibora, looking at the brand new prosperous world in front of him, Su Heng felt a sense of vicissitudes in an instant.

At this time, his life level was incredibly powerful, even far exceeding the original framework when he created the Eight-Nine Profound Art.

His vitality is endless, his body is indestructible, and once he is completely freed from all restraints, his mere existence is enough to cause a devastating blow to a star system.

And the mental power is even more terrifying.

With his mind, Su Heng can extinguish the sun in the sky.

He took some time to adjust to his current situation and then visited people he was familiar with.

Su Heng's parents in this life did not choose to practice cultivation. They lived for more than a hundred years and died before he went into seclusion. His sister Su Li had good talent, and with a lot of resources, she successfully broke through to the Earthly Immortal Realm. However, she did not put her energy into cultivation, but went to the Western Continent and chose a descender as her mentor.

Her talent in this area is simply amazing. She completed the courses that normal people would need hundreds of years to master in just a few decades.

Now he is able to lead the team to conduct cutting-edge scientific research on his own, and even has achieved some good results.

She is quite famous in this circle, but few people know about her relationship with Su Heng.

Perhaps due to biological alchemy, Su Li's appearance has hardly changed, but her personality has become much more mature and stable. She is no longer the sister who called him "brother dog". Xiaoqing, the female ghost who followed Su Li at the beginning, has also regained her body, and seems to have a good cultivation level. She follows Su Li as an assistant who serves tea and water.

Su Heng spent half a day visiting Su Li's laboratory at the foot of the Holy Mountain in the Western Continent.

Su Li was also very happy. While introducing biological alchemy to Su Heng, she also showed the results of her research in recent years. Human beings have limits since their birth. The warriors in the Zhou Dynasty were able to surpass the limits of their physical bodies by relying on the flesh and blood of demons... Going a step further, it was actually the power of Changshengtian.

And the so-called biological alchemy.

It is to modify humans at the genetic level and raise the original threshold.

"Gene fluid" is the pinnacle of biological alchemy. After the human genes are optimized by "Gene fluid", even without cultivation, they can defeat ordinary destructive powers with their physical strength alone. Once you embark on the path of cultivation with such a foundation, just like Lilith and Bandara, you don't need to work hard at all to become a leader in the realm of the master.

Going further on this basis involves the transformation of the soul, and the specific result is the second-generation adventers like Indra.

The biggest problem with bioalchemy is “irreproducibility.”

Because of the large-scale fabrication of genes, even though they look human, they are actually two completely different species. Adventers cannot reproduce with each other. Lilith was born because Garuda attached his spirit to a human clone he created and experienced the life of a mortal.

Her talent actually comes more from "gene fluid".

Su Li’s current research direction is “replicability”, looking for ways to pass on genetic modification intact.

She has already had some clues, and the source of this idea is the Dragon Guard created by Su Heng. Since the Dragon Guards can implant their gene glands into ordinary people to guide benign mutations, then they should be able to use the same method to create a degraded version of the "Adventer". It's just that the idea is good, but there will be various problems when it comes to specific implementation. However, Su Li, who is immersed in work, seems to be very fulfilled and has a very good life.

Su Heng stayed here for a while and gained a general understanding of biological alchemy.

I stopped disturbing him and left.

……

He took a step forward and crossed the entire ocean, returning to the East Continent.

The younger brother Su Shang’s talent is far inferior to that of his older brothers and sisters, and breaking through to the Tiangui level is already his limit.

Normally, Tiangui’s lifespan is three hundred years.

With the help of a large amount of drugs, although Su Shang is not a gray-haired, dying old man, his face has a few more wrinkles visible to the naked eye, and his hair on both sides of the temples is slightly gray, which is not much different from an ordinary person in his fifties, and his energy and blood are not at their peak.

We met again after more than a hundred years.

Su Shang's face was obviously more reserved. He called a few young juniors whom he valued and asked them to come over.

When the young men saw Su Heng, they first thought he looked familiar, but they just couldn't remember how to address him. When Su Shang respectfully called him "Second Brother", these young people showed expressions of surprise and joy. Su Shang's lineage was undoubtedly a big family, and its status was even higher than that of the royal family.

These young people were considered geniuses and noble ladies in the eyes of ordinary people, but now they seemed to be unable to speak, and just stood there rubbing their hands excitedly.

Still under Su Shan's scolding.

These people woke up as if from a dream, and knelt on the ground one by one and kowtowed, "Greetings to Granduncle, I wish you good health and a long life."

With Su Heng's current cultivation, saying that he would live forever would be considered a curse. However, Su Heng didn't care about these details. He spent most of his time in seclusion and cultivation, and his mentality was actually very young. At first glance, seeing these young people kowtow to him and call him the ancestor, it felt quite interesting.

Su Heng took out a few swords, jade pendants and other things from his arms and gave them as gifts.

Although these things were casually refined by Su Heng, the materials either came from the extremely mysterious innate spiritual roots in Changshengtian, or from some powerful destructive powers.

It is extremely beneficial for the practice of these young people.

Get a gift.

These younger generations had expressions of surprise that they could hardly contain themselves on their faces.

The value of these gifts themselves is secondary, what is important is their meaning... This is a gift from the legendary Northern Frontier Demon Dragon himself, even if it is just a piece of stone on the side of the road, it is enough for them to brag about it for the rest of their lives. These young people were extremely excited and couldn't wait to go back and show off to their parents, relatives and friends.

Su Shang waved his sleeves and asked them to leave, then he and Su Heng enjoyed the scenery and drank tea in the garden.

The afternoon passed peacefully.

Su Heng did not have his meal at Su Shang's residence. After leaving some life-extending medicine, he said goodbye and left.

He headed straight towards Zhongzhou. Over the years, all worldly affairs, big and small, were left to Ji Huaxi to handle, and some matters still needed to be dealt with individually.

But when Su Heng walked into a barren mountain in Zhongzhou, a surprised expression appeared on his face and his steps stopped.

"Shh!"

Su Heng raised his eyebrows.

A crack quietly appeared in the starry void before my eyes.

"The tide is rising in the Datang River. Today I know who I am." Following a hearty laugh, a burly figure over a meter tall with thick eyebrows like black ink walked out of the crack.

"After so many years, I, King Qingyang, have finally returned from Changshengtian!"

His voice was like thunder, even dispersing the few thin clouds in the sky, and he seemed extremely happy. However, his messy hair and torn robes looked like he had just been through a fierce battle.

He stepped in the air and laughed for a while.

After looking around and identifying the direction, he was surprised again when he saw Su Heng not far away.

He was already a Realm Master at this time, and he had been in Changshengtian for many years, and even killed a Destroyer himself. He thought he was not a weakling in this realm, and his vigilance was extremely strong. But that person was standing next to him within a kilometer, and he was unaware of it. King Qingyang was horrified.

After seeing Su Heng's face clearly under the starlight.

King Qingyang's mood instantly changed from surprise to joy, and he asked in disbelief, "But Brother Su Heng?"

"What's the matter? After so many years in Changshengtian, you can't even recognize my appearance?" Su Heng stepped forward and patted him on the shoulder, with a smile on his face as if he had met an old friend again.

"It's really you!"

King Qingyang smiled, and first gave him a hug, then held his arm and said, "Although some accidents occurred during my adventure in Changsheng Heaven this time, I also gained a lot. Not only did I successfully inherit the dojo left by King Changsheng, but I also had a great adventure. If you encounter any strong enemies again, just give me your orders, and I will never refuse!"

Su Heng nodded slowly, without telling King Qingyang what had happened in the past few years. He just smiled evilly and said, "Of course."

As the two were talking, a clear female voice came from a distance, "Congratulations to the Heavenly King for successfully breaking through the natural barriers and achieving the Great Dao. However, the world is now unified and things are changing with each passing day. If the Heavenly King knows something about the current situation, he should not be frightened."

The person who came was wearing a blood-red long dress, had a graceful temperament, and eyes like stars. She was none other than the female emperor Ji Hua Xi, whose cultivation was becoming increasingly profound.

"Greetings, Queen." King Qingyang bowed and saluted.

He set out for Changshengtian after Ji Huaxi ascended the throne. Before leaving, Ji Huaxi was already one of the most powerful men in the empire.

Although King Qingyang's realm was lower at that time, he could sense the gap between the two and there was still a possibility of catching up. However, he thought that he had gained a lot from Changshengtian in the past two hundred years. After returning, he found that as the masters of the same realm, the gap between him and Ji Huaxi had widened further.

He couldn't even sense the other party's current state of mind. If this happened to Su Heng, it would be fine, he would have been used to it... But now, coupled with the fact that Ji Huaxi and Su Heng both had a half-smile on their faces, King Qingyang suddenly had a bad feeling in his heart.

He asked cautiously, "I don't know what your majesty means, I hope you can tell me."

Ji Huaxi did not say much, but just slightly turned his body. Under his long sleeves fluttering in the wind, he could see the thousands of lights of Zhongzhou King City. In the past two hundred years, the size of the King City has expanded several times, and high-rise buildings have sprung up. The desolation after the war in the past is no longer seen. What made King Qingyang feel incredible was that in the entire city, there were no less than ten Realm Master-level strongmen that he could detect.

There are probably even more people hiding in the dark, unable to be detected due to the huge gap in strength.

King Qingyang widened his eyes.

For a moment, I felt like I was abandoned by this version.

……

Farewell Queen Qingyang.

Su Heng and Ji Huaxi returned to the Hall of Supreme Harmony in the imperial palace together.

After entering the hall, Su Heng walked straight to the high platform above and sat on the large and majestic dragon throne with his horse and sword in hand.

Ji Huaxi was already familiar with such things, and stood aside very respectfully. But besides her, there was another person in the hall. This person had long emerald hair, long and pointed ears like an elf, and was very handsome. He was the new leader of the Adventers, Fayou.

Ji Huaxi and Fayou are the rulers of the Eastern and Western continents respectively.

At this time, everyone gathered here to report their work one after another.

After reading through the items in their hands in detail, Su Heng nodded slightly in silence to show his approval, and then they both breathed a sigh of relief.

After the report was over, Fayou had a hesitant look on his face, as if he had something else he wanted to say.

Seeing the searching look in Su Heng's eyes.

Vayu took a step forward and said solemnly, "Over the years, in addition to the unification of the two continents, some lost colonies in Changshengtian and Xinghe have also sent people to contact us. They all want to be unified under your command. Although the Federation has long been destroyed, the flame of human civilization has survived under your protection.

Now we have enough weapons and food. Although a hundred hands cannot point at everything, and a hundred eyes cannot see everything, I wonder if you are willing to lead us to reshape the world. "

After saying this, Vayu took a deep breath, put his whole body on the ground, and knelt on the ground for a long time.

Ji Huaxi also raised her head, held her breath, and looked into Su Heng's eyes.

Su Heng stood up from the throne, his footsteps passed by Fayou, and he came to the door of the bronze hall. At this time, the sky was high and the air was clear. There was not a single cloud above the sky, and the stars were like the Milky Way across the night sky. Su Heng felt his heart open up, and a bit of pride was also stirred up. He stretched out his hand towards the sky, as if he wanted to hold the vast Milky Way in his palm.

"Of course." Su Heng's voice was heard, "This galaxy originally belongs to us, and conquering the starry sky is our mission. One race, one empire, one will. From today on... I am the master of mankind!"

(December 2024, , the book is finished)
(End of this chapter)