Chapter 3915: The Undying

A pitch-black treasure chest with thick golden patterns appeared in Su Xiao's hand. This was the highest-tier Abyss Treasure Chest. Did it contain both risk and opportunity when opened? Not exactly; it contained both "Big Daddies" and supreme treasures.

If opened well, he would get rich immediately, and his foundation for ascending to the Absolute Strong level would be much thicker. But if he opened another "Big Daddy" level Sin Object, Su Xiao thought of the Collector, Necronomicon, Scarlet Scepter, Sun Mask, Nether Bone Ring, Soul Crown, World-Eater, and Empress of the Eternal Night in the "Book of Sin," and felt the situation was very pessimistic.

If he opened another "Big Daddy" level Sin Object, he would really die because of it. The eight pages of the "Book of Sin" were already full; there was no room left.

Putting away the 【Abyss Treasure Chest (★★★★★)】, Su Xiao opened the mission list. The main quest had reached the final stage. The font of the mission had changed from the usual gold of the main quest to dark gold. However, the current main quest progress showed:

【Main Quest · Final Link, needs to be activated after the Dark Moon Ritual starts. The Dark Moon Ritual is expected to start in 71 hours, 50 minutes, and 26 seconds.】

Su Xiao didn't care about this. Even if the final link of the main quest was activated, he had to finish a few things before dealing with it.

Bypassing the Moon Altar, Su Xiao came to the inner side of this independent space. The stalactites above seemed as if they could break at any moment and pierce the heads of passersby. The uneven stone walls around were covered with spikes formed after salt crystallization, as if to indicate that this place did not welcome outsiders.

A beheading platform was located in front. This beheading platform looked ancient, composed of a stone base and a thick wooden board that could be opened and closed. There was one large and two small holes on the wooden board.

Although the bloodstains on the beheading platform had dried, they still had the texture of fresh blood, as if someone had been beheaded here not long ago. It could be seen how powerful and special the life source blood of the last person beheaded in the First Era was.

Beside this blood-stained beheading platform was a lounge chair. The person on the lounge chair was wrapped tightly, wrapped in old cloth strips of various colors. This person looked very bloated. He held a long wooden stick that was thick at the top and thin at the bottom. The most special thing was those eyes—dark yellow, turbid, and covered with cracks. It was the Sun University Scholar, Rimans.

"Yes, it was right here that we executed the last Dark Moon descendant."

As the Sun University Scholar Rimans spoke, the long wooden stick in his hand pointed laboriously at the beheading platform. The red bloodstains above seemed to span time and space, reappearing the scene from back then. At that time, the Sun King, the Night Nun, and the Sun Great Sage—the three giants of the Sun faction—all watched the Dark Moon descendant on the execution platform, watching the bright execution sword rise, and that Dark Moon descendant, fearless of death, actually had a smile on his face before dying, saying to the three giants of the Sun faction:

"One day, you will regret defeating the Dark Moon."

As soon as the words fell, the sword slashed down, and the last Dark Moon descendant died. Obviously, the Dark Moon Eldest Prince, who had been wandering in nightmares during the same period and had become an Undying, could no longer be counted as a Dark Moon descendant.

The Sun University Scholar Rimans's eyes brightened slightly, and he said in a tone of reminiscing about the past:

"We defeated the Dark Moon royal family, conquered the nobles who believed in the Dark Moon, and made them crawl under the blazing sun. But then what? We killed the descendants who were best at sealing the Abyss in the First Era. Even the Moon Wolves were moved by the Dark Moon descendants' exquisite technique of sealing the Abyss and were willing to join the Dark Moon as a whole clan, bathing in the glory of the Dark Moon Queen."

There was a hint of regret in the Sun University Scholar Rimans's tone, and then he let out a dry laugh and said:

"Sure enough, there was a reason why I couldn't ascend to the throne back then. If it were the Sun King, he wouldn't regret his decision back then even at this moment. Yes, the sun has shone on this world for two eras, and there is nothing to regret. In the end, I am still the down-and-out noble from the old king city, full of gains and losses. I don't have the decisiveness and strength of the Sun King, nor the killing and darkness of the Nun. It seems that it was the Nun and I who were always following that king who was like blazing sun steel."

The brilliance in the Sun University Scholar Rimans's eyes began to dim, and he covered his mouth and coughed dryly continuously. Black blood splattered from between his fingers. When he stopped coughing, black blood began to flow from his mouth, nose, and ear holes, but he was very calm.

Who was the Sun University Scholar Rimans? Was he the Sun Great Sage among the three giants of the Sun faction? Yes and no. The source of everything had to be attributed to the significance symbolized by each of the three giants of the Sun faction.

The first-generation Sun King, needless to say, symbolized the most scorching sun in the sky, supreme majesty, iron-like order, and terrible anger when provoked.

The Nun symbolized the full moon in the dark night, cold and existing only in the dark night. Once the laws of the Sun City were violated, even if one escaped the judgment of the Tribunal, one could not escape the sickle blade of the magic sickle in the dark night. To a certain extent, the dark department power controlled by the Nun was not much worse than the Sun Warrior Legion.

With these two in the same faction, the final result must be a mutual split, erupting into a world-shaking bloody battle, leading to the Sun faction's premature decline in this bloody battle. And the Sun Great Sage was the reconciliation between the first-generation Sun King and the Magic Sickle Nun.

The Sun Great Sage was both the morning, connecting from the Nun's darkness to the first-generation Sun King's blazing sun, and the dusk, successfully handing over from the first-generation Sun King's blazing sun to the dark night controlled by the Nun.

During the peak of the Sun faction, many members of noble families only respected the Sun Great Sage on the surface, and their respect in their hearts was far less than that for the Sun King and the Nun. In addition, the Sun Great Sage had always been low-key and didn't care about this.

When the Sun faction began to decline, the Sun Great Sage let people know that each of the three giants of the Sun faction back then was a supreme chosen one of this world.

In the early days of the Sun faction's decline, the sun in the sky began to be eroded by Abyss power. Come to think of it, this was the drawback of destroying the Dark Moon faction. Back then, it was the Dark Moon faction that had been sealing those Abyss passages in this world that could not be closed.

This was also why, to this day, the Arcane Eternal Star still had confidence in the "Dark Moon Star Ring." The Dark Moon faction had indeed sealed those Abyss passages in the Blazing Sun Star that could not be closed for many years.

After the sun was eroded by the Abyss to a certain extent, the Sun Great Sage knew that if this continued, all living creatures in this world would face a catastrophe. So he used the Nun's secondary weapon, "Splitting," to cut his own soul, which he had pulled out, into two segments.

A complete soul, even if very powerful, could not exist independently after being split in two. The Sun Great Sage gave his two souls their own meanings: the soul representing the sun was given "Morning," and the soul representing the sage was given "Dusk."

Alas, even so, his two souls still had huge flaws. The soul representing "Morning" could not exist for long because morning itself was short, and the soul symbolizing "Dusk" could no longer see, and dusk would inevitably lead to darkness.

The Sun Great Sage's solution was to let the soul representing "Morning" be infected with Undying. From then on, the Sun University Scholar Rimans appeared in the world.

Since the soul symbolizing "Dusk" could no longer see, it was filled with darkness and fell deeper into the Abyss. From then on, the old monster of the Dusk City Great Library faction, the Eyeless Sage, appeared.

Regarding why the Sun Great Sage spared no effort to cut his soul and become two individuals from a single individual, a single individual could not complete absorption and sealing. Even if barely completed, problems would soon arise.

The Eyeless Sage was the one who absorbed Abyss erosion. He initially absorbed the Abyss erosion of the entire Southern Continent of the Blazing Sun Star. Or rather, being shone upon by the distorted sun in the sky for one day would result in corresponding Abyss erosion. Although the degree of erosion was very low, it couldn't withstand the accumulation over time. Ordinary people would become dark-fied or beast-fied after being shone upon for a few days.

The Abyss erosion absorbed by the Eyeless Sage was transmitted to the Sun University Scholar Rimans through closely connected causal chains, and the Sun University Scholar Rimans sealed it.

Facts proved that the Sun Great Sage's practice of splitting his soul in two was very prescient. If he both absorbed and stored it, he would be completely eroded within a few years. Conversely, the Sun University Scholar Rimans and the Eyeless Sage had persisted for more than half an era, from the beginning of the Sun faction's decline until this moment.

All living creatures could not leave the sun, but the sun in this world had long been distorted. The Sun God race maintained the sun in the sky so it wouldn't fall, and the Sun University Scholar and the Eyeless Sage ensured that living creatures were not eroded by the Abyss.

At first, the Eyeless Sage could protect the entire Southern Continent. As years passed, he gradually couldn't protect the Holy Heart City on the southernmost side, followed by the Land of Banishment, and then the Spirit Crown City.

The fate of the Holy Heart City and the Land of Banishment was obvious to all. The Spirit Crown City was better, but since losing the protection of the Eyeless Sage, it had entered a stage of decay, with a large amount of resources used to set up barriers to filter out the trace Abyss erosion brought by the sun's reflection as much as possible.

To this day, the area protected by the Eyeless Sage only remained in the Dusk City and the Dawn Light City. This was also why the Dawn Light City, as an orderly faction, had always disliked the Dusk City but respected the Great Library, because the Great Library was truly a super big daddy.

At this moment, the reason why black blood flowed from the Sun University Scholar Rimans's mouth, nose, and ear holes was that he had reached his limit. Sealing massive amounts of distorted sun energy all year round made his whole body ulcerate, but as an Undying, his ulcerated skin healed in a withered way, then ulcerated again. This was how he had the appearance of being wrapped in various cloth strips all over his body.

Originally, the Sun University Scholar Rimans was in the Death Port on the far west side of the Land of Banishment, being taken care of by the alien Sea Race there. Alas, the distorted sun power sealed by the Sun University Scholar Rimans was too huge. He was like a radiation source, causing the alien Sea Race who took care of him to start showing severe erosion.

When the Sun University Scholar Rimans could still walk a little, he tried to drive these alien Sea Race away. But these alien Sea Race from the Wind Sea Continent had been banished and spurned by the traditional Sea Race. After coming to this world and being nearly exterminated, they were taken in and cared for by the three giants—the Sun Great Sage. They also opened a fishing port on the coast of the Southern Continent, allowing the alien Sea Race to obtain enough income for living expenses through salt production and trading by planting marine plants in the near sea.

Until the last alien Sea Race died of a malignant serious illness, the alien Sea Race never gave up taking care of the Sun University Scholar Rimans, who could no longer move. In fact, these ugly and fierce-looking alien Sea Race were not as rumored, intending to steal the Sea Race royal family's treasures; they just wanted a simple and ordinary life. It could only be said that being born in the Transcendental World was their misfortune.

*Tick, tick—*

Black blood dripped along the tip of the slender wooden stick. The Sun University Scholar Rimans's eyes were already turbid to the extreme. He asked laboriously:

"Law-Breaker, have you... obtained... the Moon Blood."

"Hmm."

"That's great. You also need to obtain... the initial core of this world."

"..."

The World Core appeared in Su Xiao's hand. Seeing this, the Sun University Scholar Rimans's already dim eyes brightened again.

"Then, have you found... the Blazing Sun Great Sword."

"Hmm."

"Very good, very good. Did you give it to the God race?"

"Yes."

"Then you are qualified to obtain the Sun Fragment. Remember one thing, Law-Breaker, make the choice you want to make. You... are qualified!"

The last sentence, the Sun University Scholar Rimans said a little louder, which made him cough dryly again and again.

"Alright, I have reached the end of my destiny. Bai Ye, use that sword of yours that can slash all Undying, and send me away. I, this Undying, have already... reached the absolute limit."

The Sun University Scholar Rimans slowly let go of the long wooden stick in his hand. The wooden stick fell to the ground with a *bang*, then shattered into wood chips, as if experiencing the scouring of time, the wood chips turned into ash.

The non-characteristic domain of the 【Ring of the World】 unfolded. Only within this domain could one slash an Undying. Su Xiao grasped the hilt of the Zhan Long Shan. The long blade gradually left its sheath. He knew the Sun University Scholar Rimans's purpose. If Rimans, as an Undying, was slashed, the 90% Abyss erosion he sealed would dissipate with him, and as for the remaining 10%, Rimans was powerless. Or rather, being able to do this step was already trying his best.

After drawing the long blade, Su Xiao took out an ancient book whose cover had been burned to carbonization. This was what the old monster, the Eyeless Sage, had handed to him earlier. The other party's original words were:

"Hand it to him for me. So many years have passed, the Sun God race is about to reach the end of the road, and we should also reconcile."

If he guessed correctly, the Sun University Scholar Rimans and the Eyeless Sage, who had already become two separate individuals, had contradictions in their concepts, so the two hadn't met for half an era.

The Sun University Scholar Rimans didn't speak, as if he had been relieved of this. Seeing this, Su Xiao stepped forward.

*Zheng! *

The sharp blade slashed through, black blood splattered. The next second, the Sun University Scholar Rimans's body exploded into scattered embers. Almost simultaneously, in the Dusk City far away in the Southern Continent, black clouds shrouded the sky.

In the lower level of the Great Library, the candle on the desk suddenly dimmed to the point of almost extinguishing. The Eyeless Sage, who was wiping an ancient book in front of the bookshelf, paused in his action of picking up the book. After his hand stopped in mid-air for a small while, he continued to pick up the book.

In the royal palace of the central city, on the huge bed in the bedroom, the Blazing Sun King Ashlot's eyes suddenly opened. He sat up from the bed with some difficulty, and with the support of several Undying maids, came to the large window and looked at the darkness in the sky.

"Gray Snake."

The Blazing Sun King Ashlot spoke in a somewhat weak voice. Gray Snake, an old man with green pupils and scale scars all over his body left by the recovery from Dragon Scale Disease, stepped forward quickly, bowing his head to wait for the Blazing Sun King's order.

"Gray Snake, I want to know, will you disobey my royal order?"

Although the Blazing Sun King Ashlot's voice was a bit weak, it was full of majesty. As soon as his words fell, Gray Snake immediately knelt on the ground, answering with a firm tone: "Never."

"Is that so? You have served me loyally for many years, and you should be rewarded. Take all your blood relatives and go to the Void."

The Blazing Sun King Ashlot threw a teleportation array lock plate on the ground. After hearing his words, Gray Snake looked up in astonishment. Just as he was about to say something, he found that the Blazing Sun King was looking at the sunset in the distance. In that scorching gaze, where was there any sign of weak fatigue?

Although his figure was thin from illness, the large frame left from his peak made Ashlot still burly. With a *whoosh*, the "Blazing Sun Great Sword" inserted in the sword base of the bedroom ignited with golden sun flames. Against this background, Ashlot, with dark golden ring pupils appearing in his eyes, was actually gradually recovering his former strength.

In the deepest part of the Lightless Zone, in the independent space carrying the Moon Altar, Su Xiao shook off the dark bloodstains on his blade and sheathed the long blade.

【You have killed the Sun University Scholar Rimans.】

There was only this kill hint, with no subsequent reward content. It could be seen that whether it was for this world or the judgment of the Void Tree, the Sun University Scholar Rimans was an important and special ancient existence.

Although there was no kill reward, Su Xiao successfully slashed the fourth Undying. In total, there were:

1. Land of Banishment: Distorted Beast God.

2. Dusk City: Magic Sickle · Nun.

3. Dead City: Ancient Flying Dragon.

4. Lightless Zone: Sun University Scholar Rimans.

This meant that Su Xiao's "Hunting List · Blood Pact" bounty 4 · Undying had been achieved.

【You have completed Bounty 4 · Undying: Eliminate three or more Undying.】

【Due to the multiple bounty + bounty correction of "Hunting List · Blood Pact," you will receive a bounty with a total value of 11,000 ounces of Space-Time Power.】

【You have applied for notarization in advance. This bounty will be more inclined toward "Space-Time Stone Fragments."】

【Hint: Because it meets the revenue rules, this notarization application has been successfully passed.】

【You have obtained Space-Time Stone Fragment × 800 (This is an equivalent, which can be sold to the Reincarnation Paradise at any time to obtain 8,000 ounces of Space-Time Power).】

【You have obtained Star Gem Box (After opening, you can obtain 2–5 Star Gems. This item is equivalent to the value of 2,000 ounces of Space-Time Power in this judgment).】

【You have obtained Secret Treasure Box × 2 (This item is equivalent to the value of 1,000 ounces of Space-Time Power in this judgment).】

When Su Xiao walked out of the independent space, the Abyss seal behind gradually healed. For him, this was a good thing; there was no need to worry about anyone destroying the Moon Altar inside later.

"Woof."

Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang detached from the environment, holding a letter in his mouth. After Su Xiao took it, he found it was left by Gillian. Opening the letter, what caught his eye was handwriting like that of an elementary school student. The general content was that she was preparing to leave this world. Because she didn't help much as a remnant soul in dealing with the Empress of the Eternal Night this time, she was very 'ashamed,' so she specially prepared a gift for Su Xiao.

At first glance, it seemed that Gillian suddenly found her conscience. The problem was, where was this gift left? The main content of the whole letter was praising how rare and scarce this gift was, but it didn't say where exactly this gift was located.

Marvin Waltz's evaluation of Gillian was still quite pertinent: Gillian was as reliable as she was unreliable when dealing with Abyss erosion. So the content of this letter wasn't being mysterious; it was just that Gillian got excited while writing and forgot about this.

It wasn't a big problem. After the Goddess of Fate woke up later, he could just let her divine where the gift was.

Su Xiao didn't leave the depths of the Lightless Zone immediately. He pressed one hand on the ground, and his perception spread. Because of the appearance of the Empress of the Eternal Night, the dark creatures in the Lightless Zone had all fled or hidden, making it very convenient to perceive. A few hours later, he perceived the subtle fluctuations of extraordinary artifacts. Coming near, it was a rock-fied Dark Angry Beast.

*Bang! *

Su Xiao swept his hand, shattering nearly half of the stone sculpture. A black iron ring was revealed at the fracture.

【You have obtained City Lord Iron Ring.】

【Dawn Light City · Side Quest · Dark Invasion (Completed).】

Su Xiao had accepted many "Dawn Light City · Side Quests," but he could only complete a few. Failure of such missions didn't matter much; it would only deduct Void Tree reputation. With his -??? points of Void Tree reputation, it seemed that no space was deducted.

Except for the "Dawn Light City · Side Quests," there were only three missions left in Su Xiao's mission list:

1. Abyss Mission · Death Granting.

2. Special Mission · Dudu Gugu's Secret Mission.

3. Main Quest · Final Link (Pending activation).

The Abyss Mission had no time limit and was a major mission that could be performed in any world. Coupled with its cumulative characteristics, there was no rush to complete it. As for the Special Mission · Dudu Gugu's Secret Mission, there was no clue for now, and with a mission deadline of more than 140 days, it didn't limit which world one was in.

As such, Su Xiao actually only had the Main Quest · Final Link and the "Hunting List · Blood Pact" Bounty · 5 · Old Days left to complete. Thinking of the many things since he first came to this world, looking at the large pile of completed missions in the mission list now, it felt very cumulative.

Taking Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang and walking out of the Lightless Zone, there wasn't even a ghost in the Lightless Zone now. Even if he returned the same way, it didn't matter; there was no need to worry about this attracting a siege of a large number of dark creatures.

Just as Su Xiao walked out of the Lightless Zone, he found that the sun in the sky was different. It wasn't dim, but the color was too deep, even with a hint of dark red. While the epic feeling was full, combined with the faintly black sky background, a feeling that a catastrophe was coming struck.

Just then, the communicator in his arms vibrated. He took it out and connected, and Caesar's voice came through. After chatting for a few sentences, he hung up the communication.

The good news was that Caesar had successfully restored that ancient parchment, that is, restored the "Sun Source Stone Manufacturing Secret Method" to completeness. The bad news was that Su Xiao, who learned the structure of this secret method, judged that the current Blazing Sun Star definitely couldn't manufacture the original version of the "Sun Source Stone."

It seemed that the plan to manufacture the "Sun Source Stone" had failed, but as long as the thinking was broad enough, manufacturing an Abyss-eroded version of the "Sun Source Stone" was also feasible. If used properly later, this "special Sun Source Stone" would be no different from a normal "Sun Source Stone." No, it might even have a stronger effect.

What needed to be done now was to collect the materials needed to manufacture the "Sun Source Stone" as soon as possible. Su Xiao looked at the "Dawn Light City · Side Quest · Dark Invasion" in the mission list, and his thinking became clearer.

Dawn Light City, evening, South District · Tower Sand Port, residential area of Pier 5, track bus station. The track bus stopped, and Secretary Yuyuna, who had just finished a day's work and particularly disliked driving herself, got off.

Facts proved that life without an orange sack was incomparably beautiful. Yuyuna hummed a song in a low voice and walked into the alley. This was a shortcut home. If she walked on the main street, it would take at least 5 minutes longer. If it were a few years ago, Yuyuna wouldn't walk here, but now the South District was the third-best district in terms of public security among the 26 districts of Dawn Light City. Walking in this four-meter-wide alley, except for the food aroma brought by the fireworks, there would be no risk.

Yuyuna, who was thinking about whether there were any omissions in her work today, suddenly saw a person, a dog, and a magic eagle sitting on the steps beside a house ten meters ahead, which made her stop immediately.

Because she wasn't wearing glasses, Yuyuna stared at them. After seeing clearly, she turned around to leave immediately. But as soon as she turned around, she saw the Iron-Blooded Bull standing behind, blocking the way, holding an orange sack. Yuyuna, who was about to be kidnapped twice in three days, began to put on a mask of pain. ===== CHAPTER 3916 =====