Cultivation begins with separation.

Chapter 413 Conditions for the Establishment of an Empire

In Devil Square, Zhou Zun pondered the extra rewards he had received after this trial in his personal rest room.

"The Elixir for Mending Heaven".

Does it replenish deficiencies in spiritual roots?

No wonder, in my past life I had many opportunities, but I could never defeat a true disciple of a celestial sect at the same level.

Originally, I thought this was a difference in inheritance, so in this life, I sought to inherit the Heavenly Book.

Unexpectedly, the gap between us was not merely in inheritance, but also in the fundamental difference of our spiritual roots; the spiritual roots of our Starry Sky Race were actually incomplete.

He had no doubt about the information about the Heaven-Mending Elixir among the rewards. There were quite a few Dao-Merging True Immortals in the starry sky who had returned to the starry sky after ascending to the Immortal Realm.

Those who have attained the Dao and become true immortals will reveal some information, more or less.

For example, people in the lower realms are generally less capable than those in the upper realms. Due to incomplete information, some speculate that this is because the spiritual energy in the lower realms is not as nourishing as the celestial energy in the celestial realms.

The bloodlines of the celestial beings in the immortal realm, refined by the immortal energy, are already different from those of ordinary humans.

Zhou Zun already knew that there were differences between people. For example, in these peripheral star systems, spiritual energy is scarce, and even a top-grade spiritual root is considered a genius on a planet.

However, in the core area, spiritual energy is abundant. Even if a person has the best spiritual root, they cannot be considered a genius if they do not have a powerful spiritual body.

But Zhou Zun only realized now that the differences between people are so great.

It's not that the celestial energy nourishes people, but rather that the vast starry sky is quite special, containing so-called calamity energy within its spiritual energy, causing living beings to be inherently weak.

It is certain that the bloodline of the human race in the Immortal Realm is powerful. However, below the Immortal Realm, there is the Void Spirit Realm, and those humans who come from the Spirit Realm are not necessarily inferior to the humans in the Immortal Realm.

Over the years, as a disciple of the Demon Sect, he came into contact with many disciples of the Great Dream Immortal Sect and learned a lot from their soul memories.

For example, the Great Dream Immortal Sect of the Immortal Realm frequently invades the Spirit Realm, but it is extremely rare for them to be able to occupy a Spirit Realm for an extended period of time.

Even if there are no Dao-Merging True Immortals in the Spirit Realm, they can still resist the invasion of the major sects of the Immortal Realm by relying on a large number of Void Returning cultivators.

Clearly, there may be a difference between cultivators in the Spirit Realm and cultivators in the Immortal Realm, but it is not significant.

However, the numerous star systems in the vast universe are utterly powerless to resist the Immortal Realm.

In the vast starry sky, the gap between Void Returning and Dao Integration is not to say it is like a chasm, but at least, apart from Void Returning individuals from major immortal sects, he has never heard of anyone who could contend with a Dao Integration cultivator.

However, the gap between the Void Returner and the Dao Integration Realm in the Immortal Realm and the Spirit Realm is very small. At least, in the memories of the disciples of the Great Dream Immortal Sect, even a Void Returner who has just been promoted in the Spirit Realm can fight on equal terms with some of the lesser-known True Immortals in the sect in a short period of time.

The most troublesome aspect of the Great Dream Immortal Sect's invasion of the Spirit Realm is the extreme difficulty in killing the Void Returning Immortal cultivators of the Spirit Realm.

If a cultivator who has returned to the Void is determined to escape, even if several True Immortals who have merged with the Dao join forces to besiege him, it will be difficult to kill him.

There is no comparison between returning to the void and uniting with the Dao, unlike the vast starry sky.

"Indeed, although becoming a disciple of the demon is extremely dangerous, the secrets and treasures I have come into contact with during this period are more than I have encountered in my previous life over thousands of years."

I had never even heard of the Heaven-Mending Elixir in my previous life.

No wonder, when I was cultivating the "Tian Yuan Dao Jing", every time I reached the peak of my realm, I always felt a sense of unfinished business. In fact, I could never perfectly control my natal magic weapon, and the supernatural powers within the Dao Jing were not very powerful. The most core supernatural power, summoning the illusory image of the Creation Jade Butterfly, which relied on the power of the supreme treasure, could not be mastered at all.

It turns out that my own spiritual root was incomplete, and I had not truly mastered the Heavenly Book.

Unfortunately, if I were still in the Nascent Soul stage, refining the Heaven-Mending Immortal Pill for the Nascent Soul level wouldn't have been so troublesome.

Now that he has reached the Divine Transformation stage, he wants to replenish his deficient spiritual root, and he actually needs legendary rare items such as human dragon energy, true spirit blood, and myriad spirits' spiritual energy as medicinal guides.

Fortunately, he didn't enter the Void Returning stage; otherwise, with the Great Dao refining the soul, there would have been no chance of redemption.

The dragon energy of humanity is formed from the changes in the fortune of humanity.

So, the next step is to establish an interstellar empire?

An ordinary disciple might find this task extremely difficult.

However, Zhou Zun does have memories of his past life.

He knew that the war between the many gods and immortals and the demon overlord was about to subside for a while.

After the first war of the gods, the Demon Lord will seize control of the surrounding star systems and drive out all other divine forces.

"However, after the first war of gods in his previous life, the Demon Lord did not immediately establish an interstellar empire. Instead, he divided many star systems into thirteen major regions, and in each region, he let the Demon Disciples compete for the position of regional governor."

The thirteen regions are in conflict with each other.

It seems that three thousand years later, we heard that the thirteen regions under the Demon Lord's command would be integrated to form an interstellar empire, and then slowly advance towards the core area.

Was the process of nation-building also accelerated?

When Zhou Zun first discovered that the future had changed, he was somewhat uneasy because he was unsure whether the opportunities he knew about would still come at the specific time after the future changed.

However, now he is no longer worried. Because after changing the course of the future, for some reason, the Demon Lord still did not reclaim the Heavenly Book's inheritance after the "Demon Codex" was published.

During these centuries of brutal trials, the surviving demon disciples endured countless dangers, accumulated a large number of points, and many of them obtained the Heavenly Book inheritance.

This means that the overall quality of the demon disciples has improved significantly. In the future, the competition with the many immortal sect disciples in the core area may be better than he knew.

Of course, he didn't want to consider whether the enemies he encountered after the Demon Lord's power became stronger than those in his previous life.

Pulling himself out of his thoughts, Zhou Zun began to ponder how to establish an interstellar empire and then become its first emperor.

Only emperors can better utilize the dragon's energy of humanity.

"Interstellar empires are not uncommon in the starry sky, especially in their core regions."

It is said that the human destiny contains the thoughts of many living beings, and is full of impurities. It needs to be transformed into national destiny. National destiny is filled with the thoughts of the people. As long as the people are guided to live in peace and prosperity, national destiny can be gradually purified.

As long as the Abyss Temple intends to establish an interstellar empire, Zhou Zun is confident that he can achieve great things and become the empire's first emperor.

After all, Zhou Zun was someone who single-handedly changed the future course of the Demon Temple, and the sheer amount of points he accumulated was no joke.

"There are three things that the empire needs most."

One method is the Ascension Ladder or the Investiture of the Gods List, which allows immortals and gods to be blessed by the empire's fortune while also being subject to constraints.

Secondly, there are national guardian beasts. A being like the Abyss Overlord, who is capable of waging war against the Great Dream Immortal Sect, would certainly not use any mixed-blood demon beast as a national guardian beast. At the very least, it would be a True Spirit.

If one seeks a better way to suppress the flow of fortune, one needs the auspicious combination of a true dragon and a heavenly phoenix, followed by the combination of the four celestial spirits: Azure Dragon, White Tiger, Vermilion Bird, and Black Tortoise. Ideally, one would use a combination involving a true dragon, such as the five dragons rotating in a cycle: Yellow Dragon, Azure Dragon, Black Dragon, White Dragon, and Red Dragon.

If it weren't for the special national destiny that required the transformation of fortune into the dragon energy of humanity, which necessitates the presence of a true dragon, or perhaps even more combinations of true spirits, then the national destiny would be much more secure.

Thirdly, there is the altar for worshipping Heaven and Earth.

The Altar of Heaven and Earth requires the power of Heaven and Earth to synthesize. The power of Heaven and Earth can only be "dropped" by the lords of the Immortal and Divine factions on the battlefield of the God War. As a disciple, it is basically impossible for Zhou Zun to kill the avatar of the Immortal faction lord in the God War.

The two most crucial tasks he can accomplish are the Ascension Ladder and the Guardian Beast.

Even if the mission isn't perfect, collecting some materials for the Ascension Ladder and inviting a True Spirit makes for an achievement that virtually no disciple can match.

In the starry sky, the human race and the demon race are the two powerful forces, but there are also many other races.

Those alien races that were able to survive in the gap between humans and demons mostly relied on the protection of true spirits.

In the vast starry sky, there are quite a few true spirits such as true dragons and heavenly phoenixes.

Humans and demons are generally reluctant to provoke these kinds of true spirits, because they usually exist in groups. There are many of their own kind in the outer void and even in the immortal realm. Defeating one might provoke a whole group.

Moreover, each interstellar empire of the human and demon races needs many true spirits as guardian beasts.

Zhou Zun previously did not understand why the interstellar empire needed a national guardian beast. While a true spirit might be very strong in individual combat, it was not important compared to the countless true immortals within the powerful interstellar empire. The idea of ​​it being a national guardian beast made no sense.

Now I know that all living beings in the world are imperfect, and only the true spirit is the most perfect being in the world.

As a national guardian beast, the True Spirit, while unable to grant the empire's human race the True Spirit bloodline, can, to a certain extent, subtly influence the human race to evolve towards "perfection".

With that thought in mind, Zhou Zun began to take action.

Zhou Zun, however, was unaware that nearly a hundred powerful demon disciples, including himself, were being watched by the spirit of the Dragon Spring Sword at all times.

After some time, the spirit of the Longquan Sword became very satisfied with these demon disciples, especially Zhou Zun.

The materials needed for the Ascension Ladder are not important, because the Dragon Spring Sword can be obtained through stealing.

However, the national guardian beast is more important.

The power of the True Spirit is beyond doubt. The Thirteen True Spirit Longswords could defeat a younger True Spirit with a single strike, but being able to defeat it does not mean that it can kill or subdue it.

Let alone the True Spirit Longsword, even if all the Causal Puppets controlled the Floating Pagoda, they might be able to defeat a group of True Spirits or even kill one or two, but it would be impossible to subdue them.

It's unrealistic to ask Yi Dong to invite the True Spirits, since Yi Dong doesn't show his face anymore. If he were asked to invite the True Spirits, his first thought would probably be that the True Spirit swords want to harm him, causing a lot of trouble.

Their True Spirit Swords are not even considered living beings, let alone valued by True Spirits.

Only the disciples of the demons have a chance to gain the friendship of the true spirit and have the true spirit take up a seat in the interstellar empire.

Now, Zhou Zun has begun to make contact with a Azure Dragon located in a peripheral star system.

Of course, inviting Qinglong would probably require decades or even centuries of effort.

However, this amount of time is nothing to the Longquan sword.

Just as Longquan Sword was considering whether to offer Zhou Zun some assistance, Yi Dong used an array to send it over.

"Huh? Why are we going over there with the Causal Puppet and the Great Awakening Puppet? Has something happened?"

(End of this chapter)