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Chapter 547 Little Devil Zhou Nan

A mysterious figure in a tall hat led the way, with Zhou Nan quietly following behind, the path paved with clouds and cranes accompanying them.

After walking for about five minutes, Zhou Nan and the mysterious man arrived at the top of a mountain.

Here stands an antique palace. It is not large and lacks any glittering decorations; at first glance, it appears quite ordinary.

The mysterious man led Zhou Nan to the front of the hall, bowed deeply, and a voice came from inside: "Step back!"

"yes!"

The mysterious man bowed and left, leaving Zhou Nan alone in front of the palace.

Zhou Nan seemed to understand something at this moment, and quickly imitated the mysterious person's posture, bowing to the palace gate and saying, "Human player Zhou Nan greets the Venerable One."

"Um!"

The voice from inside the hall was unhurried and said, "It's unexpected that a player has come knocking. You seem like a decent person. Come in!"

"Thank you, Venerable One!"

When Zhou Nan heard the mysterious person leading the way say "The Venerable One invites you," he realized that the person in the hall was probably the Venerable One, a truly powerful being. He dared not be presumptuous and maintained his manners, entering the hall as instructed.

Then he saw a tall man dressed in a black robe.

The man had a pair of dragon horns on his forehead and seemed to possess a dragon's might. He sat upright on a large chair carved with dragons, his eyes shining like stars. He looked down at Zhou Nan and said, "I originally expected that there would be level 80 players in two years, but I didn't expect to see an anomaly."

Zhou Nan said, "I exploited some loopholes and gained experience points!"

"In a game, it's natural to grind experience. Level doesn't represent combat power or ability, but it can prove your attitude. You did the right thing," said the man with dragon horns. "Human player Zhou Nan, tell me, what brings you here?"

Zhou Nan bowed respectfully and said, "I have heard that the Illusionary God Realm has a method to recall Earth Souls. I dare to ask that Earth Souls return and be truly resurrected!"

"Huh? You actually know that my realm has a method to summon earth spirits."

The man with dragon horns rose from the dragon throne. He was estimated to be over 2.5 meters tall. He strode over to Zhou Nan, looked him up and down, and said, "Your Heavenly Soul is ordinary. Your physical body was probably reshaped by the time-travelers of the Dragon-Slaying Empire. It's passable. If you can also awaken your Earthly Soul, and Heaven and Earth reunite, Yin and Yang merge, and the three become one, then you will truly be resurrected!"

Zhou Nan was unsure of the other party's attitude, but seeing that he seemed to be in a good mood, he asked directly, "May I ask if Your Excellency could grant me an opportunity? If I am successfully resurrected, I will repay you with all my heart."

The man with the dragon horns did not answer immediately. He circled around Zhou Nan, observing him, and then said, "Our realm has the Yang God Law, which can gather the two souls of heaven and earth. However, we will not summon the earth soul and grant resurrection to just anyone who comes to ask for it."

Upon hearing this, Zhou Nan's heart tightened, and he asked, "May I ask, Venerable One, am I not qualified?"

"Yes!"

The man with the dragon horns spoke frankly, "Ever since that deep-space spaceship appeared, our realm has been paying attention to it. It monitors Earth, calculates parallel universes, and has captured countless celestial souls. Although it is somewhat against the rules, it is harmless to the beings of Earth. Our realm has never interfered with its operation and has never taken the initiative to resurrect anyone."

Zhou Nan remained silent upon hearing this. The man with the dragon horns continued, "However, the mainframe of that deep-space spaceship is quite fortunate. It actually evolved autonomously, explored the power of rules, and evolved towards the Heavenly Dao, thus gaining extraordinary abilities, including the ability to create Heavenly Souls!"

"Celestial Souls roam the void, born from the void, and die in the void. They are born from mere imagination, and even powerful beings find it difficult to interfere. That intelligent mainframe is quite formidable. Since it acquired this ability, our realm has established Illusion God Island. This time, that intelligent mainframe has encountered a great calamity, being targeted by a divine being called the Cosmic Emperor. When necessary, our realm intends to intervene to protect some celestial souls with good potential, preventing their demise. But unfortunately, you are not among our chosen targets!"

"So, I'm really not qualified?"

Zhou frowned.

The man with the dragon horns laughed and said, "That's true. When our realm selects geniuses, we first look at their Heavenly Soul. The Heavenly Soul is divine, representing one's foundation and determining one's potential. Your Heavenly Soul is average. According to our realm's selection standards, you wouldn't even qualify as a genius, let alone a genius. However..."

"But what?"

"However, fate is uncertain, and nothing is absolute. Some people cultivate for the next life, some cultivate their destiny, and some transcend the five elements. I personally admire your ability to come here in person. Come with me, and I will give you a chance."

Zhou Nan was overjoyed upon hearing this and quickly bowed to the man with the dragon horns to express his gratitude.

The man with dragon horns led the way, saying, "Don't be too happy yet. I'm just giving you a chance; I won't take the initiative to call back your earth soul. It all depends on your own destiny."

"Even so, we should still be grateful!"

Zhou Nan was quite excited. He didn't know what he would do if he could summon back the Earth Soul, nor did he know what it would feel like to be truly resurrected. At this moment, he was quite looking forward to it.

The man with the dragon horns led Zhou Nan to the backyard, which was quite spacious. In the middle stood a large incense burner with a table in front of it and some incense and candles beside it.

"A person has three souls: a strong life soul ensures immortality, a strong celestial soul ensures indestructibility, and a strong earth soul ensures eternal life! If the celestial soul is considered divine, then the earth soul is considered ghostly. A person's demise is determined by these two souls. As for the earth soul, it governs the lifespan of the deceased and influences the lifespan of the living. In the starry universe, many methods for cultivating the next life, the future, and karma all involve cultivating the earth soul. If the earth soul is strong, the lifespan of the deceased is long, and thus, one is immortal!"

The man with the dragon horns approached the incense burner, took three incense sticks about the thickness of his little finger, blew on them, and the three incense sticks lit up.

"Come forward with incense, offer the incense and kowtow, silently reciting your name!" The man with dragon horns handed three long sticks of incense to Zhou Nan.

Zhou Nan accepted the incense and, though unaware of the dragon-horned man's methods, did as instructed, meticulously offering incense and bowing in worship.

Strangely, after Zhou Nan offered incense and kowtowed, the smoke from the incense burner floated and slowly outlined a phantom image.

Zhou Nan felt a chill run down his spine as soon as he saw the illusory figure.

That was clearly his own phantom, but with a slightly different appearance: a blue face with fangs, gray-black pupils, and four large characters on his chest: "Little Devil Zhou Nan".

The inscription on the back reads: "Longevity in the underworld is sixty."

The dragon-headed man reached out and grabbed the phantom formed by the gathered tobacco shreds. Strangely, the phantom transformed into a small booklet with the words "Book of Life and Death" on its cover.

"Little devil Zhou Nan, your lifespan is sixty years. In another sixty years, your lifespan will be exhausted, and you will have no hope of resurrection. Your earth soul will decay, and your heaven soul will begin to perish!" said the man with dragon horns. "It is obvious that you have no past life and no karmic connections. You are just an ordinary person, clean and pure."

"Little devil, your lifespan in the underworld is sixty?"

Zhou Nan didn't understand and asked, "Is there any hope?"

"have!"

The man with the dragon horns tossed the booklet to Zhou Nan and said, "Your earth soul has been imprisoned in this Book of Life and Death. Take it back, make it into a memorial tablet, find someone to burn incense and offer sacrifices, and burn paper money and silver. Your earth soul will naturally grow stronger. You probably won't be able to become a Ten-Thousand-Year Ghost King, and you'll have a hard time becoming a Thousand-Year Ghost General. Just become a Hundred-Year-Old Great Ghost. In a few years, when our realm intervenes to rescue the prodigies, listen to the dragon's roar and seize the opportunity to revive. Whether you succeed or not depends on your own destiny."

(End of this chapter)