Apotheosis

The first time that Zen had heard of the Finale Hero, it was from Fuxi's mouth.

Fuxi had been in his lunatic phase at the time and Zen had had no idea what it had meant. No. 9527 hadn't explained it to him either.

It was not until Athemar had told him about the Finale Way while in the Mountain Viewing Province, that he had finally understood what it was about.

But there were things in the world that he'd find difficult to take on as goals even if he understood what they were.

There had been a number of civilizations that had pursued the Finale Way in the past. But it was a goal that even a whole civilization had failed to achieve despite summoning all their powers. Zen had never dreamed that his strength could be on par with that of a whole civilization.

At this moment, a soul fluctuation emanated from the sclerite in Zen's chest.

No. 9527 had suddenly turned into a human figure and was now standing beside Zen.

Fuxi and the Snake Goddess didn't flinch when the human-shaped soul appeared so suddenly.

The Snake Goddess had already sensed its existence, and Fuxi had communicated with No. 9527 at the bottom of the chaos.

No. 9527 folded its hands in respect towards Fuxi and the Snake Goddess.

No. 9527 was usually pretty casual when communicating with Zen. But it regarded the top masters in the Source World as its peers. It hadn't cared about its manners even when it had met Chiyou in the divine land.

"We meet again," said Fuxi as he returned No. 9527's salute. "I didn't expect you to still be in this man's body."

"I will accompany and assist him as he grows in his strength. I won't leave until he becomes strong enough," No. 9527 answered.

When a soul fragment was separated from the main soul for too long, the connection between it and its master grew more distant with time.

In the beginning, No. 9527 had only assisted Zen when it thought it was necessary.

But as they began to communicate more deeply with each other, No. 9527 gradually formed its own self-consciousness and began to have its own characters. It began to care more about Zen.

"It looks like you've done a good job of assisting him," Fuxi said, voice dripping with jealousy. He had attributed Zen's rapid progress in cultivation to No. 9527's assistance.

"My help didn't really matter. Zen was able to achieve all of this with his own efforts," No. 9527 said, shaking its head. "I actually wanted

y thirty million years. Another thirty million years later, the tree would bear a fruit. And another thirty million years later, the fruit would mature. This fruit would have a Six-Pattern Blood-storing Seed within it.

To perfectly pass down bloodlines was just one of the functions of the Six-Pattern Blood-storing Seeds.

What made the Six-Pattern Blood-storing Seeds really important were the things that were hidden inside them.

The Snake Goddess had discovered the Grand World Cultivation Method from one of the Six-Pattern Blood-storing Seeds.

The crystals produced by the Chaotic Source Spirits after they came to the Source World could help the warriors at the Other Shore Realm step into the Chaotic Source Realm. This secret had also been carried by a Six-Pattern Blood-storing Seed.

The Snake Goddess believed that this Six-Pattern Blood-storing Tree was a method the human race on the Other Shore used to communicate with her. They sealed what they needed her to know into the tree and in this way, passed it to her.

This was why the Six-Pattern Blood-storing Seeds were never given to outsiders.

At the time, a Six-Pattern Blood-storing Seed that had been placed in Yan's body had copied the bloodline of the Snake Goddess. And then an Energy Shaft formed in her body.

"Don't you know how many Six-Pattern Blood-storing Seeds we have devoured over the years?" Fuxi shook his head and said, "The information that some of the seeds contained is ridiculous. Apart from the one that Yan inherited, all others are basically useless. And you're still expecting the last one to produce a miracle?"