My dream connects to three thousand years later.

Chapter 510 The Demigods of the Pre-Civilization Arrive! Pope: Mr. Chu, you and the ancient God of Memory...

"...Oh?" Chu Zhu became interested, and her attitude changed for the first time.

After scrutinizing Pope Fang for a moment, he said in a cryptic tone, "So it seems that guy... really isn't your alternate account? Or perhaps it's something formed from your dark thoughts, your opposite or something like that?"

"...Huh?!" Pope Fang was dumbfounded. After he understood what Chu Zhu was talking about, his old face turned green, his lips trembled, as if he wanted to say something, but he couldn't say anything.

Chu Zhu's feelings were somewhat complicated.

Even now... after all this, Pope Fang's attitude remained the same, which made Chu Zhu half-believing and half-doubting—yes, even now, Chu Zhu still didn't believe Pope Fang.

Who knows, if there really is a connection between the two, is this a way for Pope Fang to lessen his fear? Maybe he'll believe it all, and in a little while, this being in front of him will join forces with the First Apostle... or perhaps he'll learn from Aizen, wave his hair-glued hand, and say that they've always been the same person, and then deliver a ruthless blow—although if the other side really does act so unfairly and succeeds in killing him, what will be destroyed is just the fictional Memory Spirit.

With her mind racing, Chu Zhu said calmly, "...I agree to your proposal!"

If it really works out, it would be a double celebration.

After a brief silence, Pope Fang said softly, "How much do you know about that guy?"

"This?" Chu Zhu's expression was somewhat subtle. When he became the God of Nations and Conquest, he naturally "read" a large number of records about this land—

The First Apostle is undoubtedly extremely terrifying. To some extent, he can evade the gaze of the God of Nation and Conquest, preventing the god-turned Chu Zhu from accurately pinpointing his location. Of course, even so, the marks he left behind during his past life on this land cannot be erased.

Therefore, Chu Zhu learned two things. The first was that the First Apostle appeared decades ago, and its first appearance happened to be at the headquarters of the Western Church. Moreover, it was already an adult when it first appeared—and that day was also the day Pope Fang took over as Pope!
The second thing is that the power within the First Apostle seems to have a very close connection with light.

It was precisely because of these two things that Chu Zhu kept her eyes on Pope Fang from beginning to end, suspecting that the two might be two sides of the same coin.

After organizing his thoughts, Chu Zhu concealed information related to the divine position, revealing only what he could.

A brief silence.

"..." Pope Fang clenched his fists suddenly and said in a dry voice, "He...I'm sorry!"

Pope Fang closed his eyes wearily, and it took him a while to calm down before he opened them again, his face dry and bitter: "That guy was... the previous generation... and also my master... He had already died out of control, but I never expected that I only wanted him to spend his seventh day of mourning on this land... It was my fault, I did not follow the ancestral rules, I... So, this is what caused such a terrible disaster!"

Even after weathering countless storms and reaching his age, Pope Fang still suffered a rare loss of composure. This demonstrates just how profoundly this event affected him…

Chu Zhu: "!!!"

Huh? Is that even possible...? Okay! If it's about the multiverse, then it makes sense. That's why the information retrieved by the God of Nations and Conquest states that day was the day he first appeared...

"Don't offer your self-criticism to me!" Chu Zhu sighed. He could understand the other party's attitude. After all, although the Omnipotent lineage had a long history, it had never been able to gain a foothold due to the suppression by the God Worshipping Church. It wasn't until the emergence of that new generation's First Apostle decades ago... that they were able to accomplish many heaven-defying feats!

For example, the severe smog incident in Tianjing, and for example...

Chu Zhu and Pope Fang, through the overlapping of multiple timelines, became more familiar than one could imagine. If Pope Fang hadn't been deliberately concealing his true nature in the past and was truly a good person, then his grief was indeed understandable.

Chu Zhu looked directly into Pope Fang's eyes, her tone unwavering: "You just need to tell me... the location! Then, after I've dealt with him... you can exchange your memories for it."

Pope Fang pursed his lips and said softly, "Actually, I can't pinpoint his exact location either..."

"?" Chu Zhu crossed her arms and stared at Pope Fang with great interest.

However, this lifeless appearance made Pope Fang's eyelids twitch, and he inexplicably felt a sense of threat. He quickly spoke, no longer daring to keep them in suspense: "Of course, I can have him come... to me."

"Speak," Chu Zhu said succinctly.

Pope Fang lowered his eyes and said frankly, "Actually, my body... has long since reached its limit! The terrifying pollution almost completely crushed me."

"The reason I've persisted is because... I want to kill that guy!"

Pope Fang clenched his fists: "Since he did this because of me... then I must take him away before I die! I can't die now."

After closing his eyes, Pope Fang calmed himself down before continuing, "I know what that guy wants to do... He's been waiting for the moment I truly close my eyes! Perhaps he wants to turn me into one of his own kind... At the same time, he's killed many potential beings, not just one Holy Son and Holy Daughter... Perhaps he wants to completely destroy the God Worshipping Church and then allow the Almighty Lineage to thoroughly infiltrate it."

Chu Zhu's pupils contracted slightly, and a sense of understanding dawned on her. Many of her past doubts were resolved at this moment.

"So, you... don't actually have a designated candidate for the next pope?" Chu Zhu asked.

"To be precise, they made quite a few contributions! But they're all dead." Pope Fang smiled bitterly. Chu Zhu knew without a doubt that these were probably the promising individuals Pope Fang had mentioned before.

Creating a gap in the leadership of the God Worshipping Society is a brilliant strategy to perfectly infiltrate and secretly control the society after Pope Fang's death.
"Wait, according to this... could it be that Bishop Hu!" Chu Zhu's expression suddenly became extremely interesting. Although Old Hu did this because of the Fifth Apostle... but considering that the First Apostle obviously has the authority to command the Fifth Apostle, it's possible that this was also part of the First Apostle's scheme.

"...If he hadn't been 'replaced' for so long, and had grown a bit more, perhaps he could have been considered a successor! Now, he's too weak." Pope Fang shook his head with a wry smile. At the mere fifth level, he had no chance of shouldering the power of the God Worshipping Society: "The God Worshipping Society may seem to be thriving, but in reality, it's on the verge of collapse! If I die, the collapse of the God Worshipping Society... might only be a moment away."

"..." Chu Zhu roughly understood the underlying logic of the Pope Fang, and sighed, "According to what you said before, you wanted to use your own death... to lure that guy out! But if you die... then the God Worshipping Society..."

"It's alright." Pope Fang lowered his eyes: "Even if the God Worshipping Society collapses and falls, it can't be completely wiped out... Besides, we are ultimately just a Western faction; there are also Eastern factions!"

"...However, it's not because I'm carefree! It's because I have no other choice. That's just how things are... My life goal is simply to take that guy with me before I die..."

Chu Zhu finally understood, his expression turning strange, and he really wanted to complain. No wonder Pope Fang said that if he could kill that guy… he would be willing to give up all his memories! In the current situation, he'd even give his life… the only problem is…!
"Good heavens, are you kidding me..." Chu Zhu rubbed his temples, his head aching. "You're dead, so what's the point of me collecting your memories!"

“I can give you a portion of your memories first, and then…”

Chu Zhu made a pause gesture. His eyes flickered for a moment, and countless thoughts raced through his mind before he gradually made a decision.

"Old Fang," Chu Zhu said softly, "I have an idea that can allow you... to survive to a certain extent! At the same time, it can remove all the pollution."

"?" Pope Fang glanced at Chu Zhu with a subtle expression: "Are you going to erase all my memories and eliminate the energy within me...? The purification of light can actually do that! However, I'm already so old... If I were to become a mortal now, I'd probably die of old age instantly... So!"

"No, no, no." After much deliberation, Chu Zhu finally made up her mind: "Do you know that there was a God of Memory in the past?"

Pope Fang fell into thought: "...I think I've heard of him? I'm not sure...I can only say I seem to have seen him mentioned in some text! If you need to look up information about this god...I will now!"

"No!" Chu Zhu interrupted, "This deity has a special ability! That is, to be able to condense all memories... into a peculiar life form called a Memory Spirit!"

"...You mean...wait, you have this ability?" Realizing something, Pope Fang's heart was filled with turbulent waves. If he really did...what was the relationship between this Regent and the God of Memory...?

Without responding, Chu Zhu gazed intently at Pope Fang's face and said earnestly, "Let's give it a try!" A spirit resurrected from the memories of a deceased person, though a close brother, doesn't mean a living person can't be transformed into a spirit... It's just that close brothers generally wouldn't do that! After all, it's pointless...

Yi Ling, it's uncertain whether she's alive or dead...

This forced transformation, if the memory spirit cannot unite the soul to transform the living person, is equivalent to killing that living person... Of course, this transformation of the living person also has its benefits. This direct transformation does not require the memory to be honed, and the memory can be directly transformed into the memory spirit!
But given Pope Fang's situation... well! He's going to die anyway... might as well take a gamble!
Moreover, in a sense... memory spirits are a highly controllable supernatural power.

For example, in the case of Pope Fang, Chu Zhu thought that after collecting all the information in Pope Fang's mind, he could selectively delete and erase high-risk information. However, he would still retain 99% of Pope Fang's memories that were not tainted!

Then, it is aggregated into a Memory Spirit. In this state, the Memory Spirit retains the personality of Pope Fang, but the corruption within it has been washed away—

After listening to Chu Zhu's detailed explanation, Pope Fang fell into a brief silence, then nodded solemnly and uttered a single word: "Good!"

“Okay, then from now on… you’ll be with me! Oh, right,” Chu Zhu suddenly remembered something, “If you’re outside… I mean, outside the sect’s headquarters! How long can you maintain normal operations…”

Pope Fang stared silently at Chu Zhu, sighing as he repeated the words he had said countless times before: "I cannot go out!"

"...Not even a little bit?" Chu Zhu frowned. He had originally thought that if Pope Fang could maintain a normal time outside for a day, he would bring him to the Imperial Ancestral Temple.

After all, if in that situation, Pope Fang really had an accident or went mad... Chu Zhu could use the backup plan left by his good brother—those stone sculptures of the Time Club and members of the Golden Dawn that resembled giant terracotta warriors.

Now...

“I can handle a few seconds of action, no problem… a long time!” Pope Fang spread his palms, his meaning clear: “Or, let me sit here in the sect headquarters and act remotely… I’m quite confident in that!”

He didn't want you to do that kind of thing! After a brief silence, Chu Zhu let out a relieved sigh: "...Alright then."

If something unexpected really happens, then let's reset it! Chu Zhu made the decision.

"You, open your mind... if you find memory interference, do not resist."

"?" Pope Fang frowned, realizing something, and nodded.

The next instant, Chu Zhu's true form jumped out from in front of Pope Fang's forehead.

"Wait a minute!" Pope Fang's pupils suddenly contracted as he scrutinized the two of them, then abruptly exclaimed, "You were communicating with me using a clone the whole time... How could this be...!"

Even now, burdened by pollution, I sometimes feel dazed and confused...

However, most of the time, Pope Fang remained conscious and retained his demigod-like power. Under these circumstances, the fact that he couldn't discern the difference between a supernatural being's avatar and true form... this was beyond absurd!

He's a demigod who underwent his second metamorphosis as a celestial being... something like that.

Chu Zhu didn't explain, or rather, he couldn't explain. He guessed it might be related to the divine light in his mind, but how could he put it? The secrets involved were too profound... He could only continue discussing what they had talked about before.

"Next, I will replicate all your memories... and then, condense them into a memory spirit. The condensation of the memory spirit... will cause you to lose your life! Well... or rather... it will cause your life form to condense into memories, transforming into a memory spirit..."

Chu Zhu paused briefly, feeling somewhat uneasy, because he hadn't actually mastered the supernatural power yet... To be precise, he was using Pope Fang as a test subject to continuously learn the sixth supernatural power—such a top-tier demigod was of immense help to his learning!

Of course, you'll fail quite a few times in the beginning... but that's okay, just reset! Let's tough it out, Pope...

"...Are you hiding something from me?" Pope Fang frowned, inexplicably sensing a sense of crisis. He scrutinized Chu Zhu repeatedly.

"This..." Chu Zhu's eyelids twitched. Naturally, he couldn't explain that he hadn't actually mastered supernatural powers yet. After a moment's thought, seeing that the Pope's expression had shifted from suspicion to certainty, and gradually turned sharp, he had no choice but to offer another explanation: "Alright, there are indeed some issues, and I need to explain these issues to you... This shift is a shift at the level of life itself..."

Chu Zhu explained while recalling. The description of this transformation of life level in his good brother's records... was somewhat similar to humanity transforming into one of the myriad races...

“You will leave your body behind... In a sense, you should be considered dead! Because I cannot confirm the existence of a soul, I am not sure whether you truly lived a lifetime, or whether another life form with all your memories has emerged... So…”

"I see... wait a moment." Pope Fang gestured for a pause, then suddenly remembered something terrifying, his lips twitching. "I don't care about any of that..."

For him, even death wouldn't matter! The key point is...

"Right now, I only want to know one thing! How can you ensure that after I die, once that guy is lured here... you can kill him?"

"Or perhaps, this transformation of yours... would allow me to retain the power of my current demigod state?"

"...That won't do! Because of my strength, I can only keep you at the sixth level." Chu Zhu's expression was somewhat complicated. This was something his good brother had clearly stated... After all, supernatural powers still have to follow basic rules.

Of course, it's not impossible to exploit a bug. If He had merged with the divine position, He could naturally retain the power of Pope Fang as a deity... But now, isn't it that the divine position can't be found?

Anyway, this is just an experiment for now. Let's focus on developing his supernatural powers first... If all else fails, we can just not turn Pope Fang into a memory spirit during the final reset, and wait until he becomes the God of Nations and Conquest in the next timeline before doing this again...

Although Chu Zhu had a clear goal, in the eyes of Pope Fang...

"...So," Pope Fang looked at Chu Zhu speechlessly, "you want to lure that guy over here, and then we'll both die together?"

Chu Zhu glanced at Pope Fang with a subtle expression: "...Ah? Hmm? It seems that in this respect..."

"???" Seeing that the Chu Clan seemed genuinely unprepared, Pope Fang was completely stunned. He blushed and said, "Don't tell me... you didn't even consider this aspect from beginning to end!"

"Not really..." Chu Zhu's words suddenly stopped. He suddenly sensed something, looked towards the sky, listened for a moment, breathed a sigh of relief, and smiled as he looked at Pope Fang again: "Alright, originally I was actually planning to find Master Fu and Jia Yanyu to come over!"

"But now... there are new 'thugs'!"

"?" Pope Fang was puzzled for a moment, then his expression suddenly changed drastically as he sensed a deadly threat.

Before he could even launch a counterattack, he heard a thud as someone knelt down, followed by a series of respectful voices.

“…It really is you! When Kevin came before, I was a little…it’s been so long, so long that I almost forgot about it…this kind of thing! This is actually…”

"Your Majesty!"

"Your Excellency, Secretary General."

"That's great...that's really great!"

(End of this chapter)