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"But unfortunately, I am very good at divination, and therefore also very good at seeing changes in people's hearts. So although I find it incredible, I still have to believe that Your Excellency has indeed experienced those unpleasant emotions because of me. For this, I feel sorry and also feel responsible for helping Your Excellency resolve these issues."

"You little rascal, it seems you're not only good at understanding people's hearts, but also at disrupting them."

Hearing Leon say this, Terena couldn't help but sigh:

"Perhaps you are right. Although I don't know why, I have indeed been unknowingly captivated by you. But you don't need to feel any unnecessary responsibility for this. I will solve my own problems. Let's go back to the original topic. How did you determine that my research on perfect life is still only one step away? Is it because my future self has failed to transform into a perfect life form?"

"At first, I was unsure whether Your Excellency in the future had already transformed into a perfect being."

Lyon said:

"After all, Your Majesty's strength ten thousand years from now is much weaker than it is now. You have even been suppressed by the Goddess of Origin into her divine kingdom, and most of the holy land you control has been suppressed into it. But considering Your Majesty's emotional state and the changes in your life force before and after, I can be sure that Your Majesty did not succeed in the future."

"Life force?"

Terenas looked thoughtful.

"That's right. By the way, after you became pregnant, your life force and even your very essence underwent subtle changes."

Lyon said:

"Your Excellency Cheng Erheli noticed this immediately upon seeing you. At first, I thought she was referring to the changes after having a child, that once the child was born, the life force would return to normal. But now I realize that this change is also a kind of essential change, that is, as long as Your Excellency is pregnant with this child, then the life force of your entire being is destined to change, and this is irreversible, and it is even the main reason why Your Excellency is being prevented from becoming a perfect life."

Why is it that pregnancy prevents a life from becoming a complete being?

Terena fell into deep thought:

"You are clearly the closest to perfect life, the initial sample for all my research. Why is it that my pregnancy with your child has become an obstacle?"

Lyon said, "Because our life origins and life codes are largely mutually exclusive, this allows for the birth of entirely new life codes in our offspring—life codes that are closer to perfection. But you, as the Lord of the Forbidden Zone..."

Upon hearing this, Terena immediately realized what was happening, and her expression turned strange:

"Yes, pregnancy is ultimately a natural process, bound by the laws of the world. So even if life codes are mutually exclusive, as long as conception is successful, the mutually exclusive life codes can be naturally merged. But a pregnant woman will only allow her own life essence to be tainted with impurities, and her life code to be interfered with by your life code! I didn't expect you to even consider such a thing."

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"Yes, unless Your Majesty can discern the subtle changes in every code, eliminate the interference from each segment of my life's code, and extract the essence while discarding the dross, it is impossible to bring Your Majesty closer to a perfect life. This obviously requires a great deal of time and effort to operate one by one, and the difficulty is worlds apart from relying on the nurturing power of the Palace of Life."

Lyon nodded.

In fact, Terena naturally understood these principles, and even knew them much better than Leon.

However, since she had never seen a goddess of the twelfth rank or higher become pregnant, and had no practical experience herself, she was not as perceptive as Leon when faced with a real-world scenario as she was in.

"Then tell me, what should I do?"

Terena herself didn't realize that her indifferent voice was no longer bland, and that she was becoming much more emotional when facing Leon.

"Your Excellency, do you see the Star Lord approaching from afar?"

Lyon pointed to the darkening night sky in the distance above the clouds, and to the massive flock of dragons flying in.

The work of removing the curse from the sacred tree by Terena was nearing completion. The entire area around the sacred tree was filled with the foul and murky aura of the curse. The sacred tree itself was gradually regaining its brilliance, but due to its long period of weakness, it would obviously take some time to return to its peak.

She glanced at the outer ring following Leon's finger: "Tagina, she's recovered so much too? What, are you saying you want to extract life essence from her? Don't even think about it. I've already extracted the life essence from your offspring with her before, there's no need to extract it again now."

When she mentioned the word 'descendants,' she emphasized it several octaves, and her pretty little cheeks puffed out.

"..."

Lyon knew that, according to Terena's previous statement, the other Lords of the Forbidden Zones should have already done it in earlier times, but Terena's repeated insistence through gritted teeth still left him feeling somewhat amused and exasperated.

"Your Excellency, the reason you have failed despite gathering so many high-quality, complementary life essences is because you lack an excellent vessel, a life palace capable of fully nurturing these life essences!"

He coughed lightly and said, half-jokingly and half-truthfully:

"And the best choice for this container is naturally the life palace of the two supreme beings, and the next best is the life palace of the Star Lord."

Terena narrowed her eyes slightly: "I can understand that the first two are stronger than me, but why is Taginia the best among them? What makes me inferior to her?"

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"Your Excellency, in terms of wisdom, you are undoubtedly the strongest."

Lyon said:

"But in terms of vitality and physique, the Lord of the Star Realm should be number one among the Lords of the Forbidden Zone, shouldn't he?"

Terena scoffed, "But this difference doesn't mean her life palace is superior to mine! Besides life force, there are other things we can compare on our own."

“Your Excellency, look at you, you’re getting emotional again.”

Leon chuckled, "If you were absolutely rational, you should be able to face this difference, right?"

Terena choked for a moment, then said, "And then, what you should explain is, besides physical strength and vitality, what other reasons make her more suitable to nurture that truly perfect life!"

"Your Majesty, a strong physique is the most crucial factor in nurturing a perfect life. If the physique is not strong enough, it will certainly not be able to withstand such a large-scale nurturing process. It will easily explode due to some external interference in the middle of the nurturing process, causing damage to the life palace and making it impossible to continue nurturing a perfect life."

Lyon said.

“I know all that you’re saying, but even if Taginia is slightly stronger than me, she’s still not a suitable vessel for pregnancy!”

Terenas immediately retorted.

"Your Excellency, your strong vitality is not only due to this aspect, but also related to the characteristics of the Palace of Life. Only with sufficiently strong vitality can the Palace of Life receive enough constraints from the laws of the world, and thus successfully nurture perfect life."

Why?

Terena wanted to argue a bit more.

But after thinking about it, I realized that I did have some emotional issues at the beginning, so I softened my tone.

“Your Excellency, you seem to have overlooked a fact: the life palaces of the eight lords of the forbidden zones are fundamentally different.”

Lyon explained:

"For example, although you are all immortal beings, according to my observation, the immortality of each Lord of the Forbidden Zone is formed by relying on the characteristics of the Forbidden Zone's authority. For instance, your immortal being, which is a civilization, becomes stronger the more the civilization is passed down and developed. Conversely, if there is no more civilization to pass down in the world, your immortal being will likely gradually weaken. Similarly, your Palace of Life is more suitable for nurturing offspring with the gift of wisdom, but not as suitable as the Lord of the Star Realm for nurturing perfect life."

The same applies to the lords of other forbidden zones.

For example, the Lord of the Styx needs the Styx to support enough spirits of the dead in order to become increasingly powerful.

But if no new spirits are born in the world, then the Lord of the Styx, Tikos, will continue to weaken.

As for the other lords of forbidden zones, the Hell of Life and Death also require undead, except that one exclusively possesses god-level undead, while the Styx shares the undead of the mortal realm, each having its own control.

In addition to the Time Hell, although the name is similar to that of the Purgatory, it relies on the ever-flowing time to condense the extreme points of time and transform them into power.

Of course, as the lords of the forbidden zone, although they are affected by these factors, their power will not fluctuate wildly. It will take a long period of world evolution for their power to increase or decrease.

The secrets that Leon was talking about were originally known only to those at the level of the Lord of the Forbidden Zone. Other levels usually only knew that the Lord of the Forbidden Zone had infinite power and endless life, but they did not know that the long-term changes in the world would also affect them.

Terena looked at Leon in surprise: "How do you know so much about the Lord of the Forbidden Zone at such a young age?"

"It seems you've forgotten that before I met you, I had already had in-depth contact with Aurahande, the Lord of the Cold Hell, and Shitikos, the Lord of the Styx."

Lyon laughed:

"That's why I know that your Life Palaces are very different internally, and are greatly influenced by the characteristics of your Forbidden Zones. Combining my divination with what I've learned about the characteristics of the various Forbidden Zone Lords, the Life Palace of the Star Lord is undoubtedly the most suitable."

To conceive a perfect life, one must first eliminate the three lords of the forbidden zone who are associated with the dead.

Although the three of them can give birth to powerful offspring, they are still somewhat lacking in their ability to combine and integrate the eight life codes due to the correlation between the forbidden zone and the dead.

Meanwhile, the other seven Lords of the Forbidden Zones were generally inferior in vitality to the sole progenitor of the strongest race in the Star Lord's world.

Of course, in their respective fields, the master of their respective forbidden zone is naturally the strongest.

For example, the goddesses Lingyuan, Zaiyu, Wuxian, and Quanti are all clearly flawed, belonging to the extreme route. Their immortal bodies are even more extreme, strong in specialization but not comprehensive enough.

The core of a perfect life is being comprehensive enough to be flawless.

In conclusion, although Leon was only half-deceiving Trena and still lacked some investigation, he did believe in his heart that the Lord of the Stars was currently the most suitable and perfect vessel for the incubation of life.

"So, you brought up Tagina with me because you want me to kidnap her for you to have sex with, and get her pregnant beforehand?"

Terena thought for a moment, then squinted and asked.

“I have no desire for such a thing. My goal has always been to help you complete your perfect life plan. Therefore, I suggest that you take action before she arrives, or negotiate with her.”

Lyon added:

"Although the intervention of the Lord of the Stars may help you successfully alleviate some of the pressure the Goddess of Origin is exerting on the Holy Land, this will not solve the fundamental problem. In my opinion, you should still focus on the Perfect Life Plan! This is the only leverage that will allow you to surpass the level of the Lord of the Forbidden Zone and truly stand shoulder to shoulder with the two supreme beings!"

Terena's eyes flickered: "Go on."

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At this moment, the dragon horde in the distance was only a few hundred kilometers away from the outer perimeter of the Holy Land, extremely close, and it wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that they were about to be surrounded by fire.

But Lyon seemed to ignore this, nodding and saying:

"Therefore, Your Excellency should temporarily abandon short-term gains! First, unite with the Lord of the Stars and avoid open confrontation with the Goddess of Origin to prevent her from settling scores later. Then, secretly utilize the Lord of the Stars' power to complete the experiment, thus transforming Your Excellency's divine body into a perfect, immortal one! In this way, Your Excellency can truly transcend boundaries and possess the ability to truly contend with the two supreme beings in the future, wouldn't you agree?"

Terena initially disagreed with Leon's statement.

But as her favorability towards him grew, she gradually began to find some of Leon's analysis to be true.

"That seems to make some sense, but can you guarantee that if Tagina and I team up, we can truly pull off this perfect life plan?"

Terena's eyes gleamed, clearly indicating that she had activated her supernatural senses, preparing to observe whether Leon was lying next.

Lyon was also prepared to lie, activating the four modes of Purification, Immaculate, Divine Wisdom, and Superbrain.

"can!"

He cut the nail to the edge of the iron and said:

"Absolutely!"

Terena stared at Leon for a while, then suddenly smiled, her small, pink lips curving upwards.

She reached out her slender hand and gently stroked Leon's face, smiling slightly:

"It smells like lying."

“Your Excellency, I am not lying.”

Lyon calmly shook his head:

“I wholeheartedly believe this is a viable strategy, and my divination results also tell me that this is the closest you have ever come to the success of your perfect life plan, and you should not miss it.”

Terena pondered for a moment, then said instead of asking further, "If we succeed, what reward do you want? This time I'll allow you to ask for anything you desire."

"Anything is fine?"

"As long as I can do it."

Terena said calmly.

Lyon said, "Then, Your Excellency, I want you to be my wife."

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"To become your wife?"

Terena paused for a moment.

"Yes."

"I don't like jokes."

"So, do you think I'm someone who likes to joke around?"

"...No, you can only offer other rewards."

Lyon said, “If Your Excellency is not interested, I can accept it. But if Your Excellency is interested but refuses due to other concerns, then I will only make this request and have no other thoughts.”

Terena was silent for a moment, then said, "Fine, I agree."

She spoke expressionlessly, but the corners of her delicate pink lips lifted slightly at the last word, making her look very beautiful.

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Leon noticed the change in Terena's expression and his eyes lit up: "Your Excellency is truly decisive."

In fact, he just gave it a try casually at the beginning. If Therena really didn't agree, it would be good to retreat and ask for one or two twelfth-level secret treasures from other elemental systems.