You are all my wings!

"But unfortunately, I am very good at divination, and therefore also very good at seeing changes in people's hearts. So, although it seems unbelievable, I still have to believe that you did have those unpleasant emotions because of me. For this, I feel sorry and also feel responsible for helping you solve these problems."

"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 captivated by you without realizing it. But you don't need to feel any extra 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 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 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 combined with your emotional state before and after, as well as the changes in your life aura, I can be sure that you did not succeed in the future."

"Life force?"

Terenas looked thoughtful.

"That's right. By the way, since you became pregnant, your life force and even your life essence have undergone subtle changes."

Lyon said:

"Lord Chengerheli noticed this immediately upon meeting 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, once you conceive this child, your life force will inevitably change, and this is irreversible. It is even the main reason why it prevents you from becoming a perfect life."

Why is it that pregnancy prevents a life from becoming a perfect 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 my life origins and life codes, as well as those of the Lords of the Forbidden Zones, contain a large number of mutually exclusive parts, this allows for the birth of entirely new life codes in the offspring of both parties—a life code that is closer to perfection. But you, as the Lord of the Forbidden Zones..."

Upon hearing this, Terena immediately realized what was happening, and her expression changed.

"That's right. Pregnancy is ultimately a natural process, governed 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 integrated. But a pregnant woman will only impurity her own life essence and have her life code interfered with by your life code! I didn't expect you to even consider something like this."

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"Yes, unless you can meticulously examine every change in the code, eliminate the interference from each segment of my life code, and extract the essence while discarding the dross, it is impossible to bring you 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 Life Palace."

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 above become pregnant, and she herself had no practical experience, she was not as perceptive as Leon in the face of the hidden problems when she encountered a real-world scenario.

"Then tell me, what should I do?"

Terena herself didn't realize that her cold voice was no longer bland, and that she had become much more emotional when facing Lyon.

"Your Excellency, have you seen the Star Lord approaching from afar?"

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

Terena was nearing completion of removing the curse from the sacred tree. The entire area around the sacred tree was filled with the foul and cursed aura. 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 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 times, and her pretty little cheeks puffed out.

"..."

Lyon knew that, according to Therina's previous statement, the other masters of the penalty area should have already done it in earlier times, but Therina'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 divine palace of life that can fully nurture these life essences!"

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

"And the best choice for this container is naturally 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? Why am I inferior to her?"

Chapter 543 Terena: What reward do you want?

"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 Zones, shouldn't he?"

Terena scoffed, "This difference alone doesn't prove that her Life Palace is superior to mine! Besides life force, there are other factors we can compare on our own."

"Your Excellency, look at you, you're getting emotional again."

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

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

"Your Excellency, a strong physique is the most crucial factor in nurturing a perfect life. If the physique is not strong enough, it will certainly be unable 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 Divine Palace of Life, and thus being unable 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 conception!"

Terenas immediately retorted.

"Your Excellency, the powerful vitality is not only influenced by this aspect, but also related to the characteristics of the Life God Palace. Only with sufficiently strong vitality can the Life God Palace receive enough constraints from the world's laws, thereby successfully nurturing 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 immortal beings of each Forbidden Zone Lord are formed by relying on the characteristics of the Forbidden Zone's authority. For instance, your immortal being of civilization will become stronger the more 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. The same goes for your Life Palace, which is more suitable for nurturing offspring with intelligent endowments than for nurturing perfect life as a Star Lord."

The same applies to the other players in the restricted area.

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

But if no new undead 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 need undead, except that one has exclusive access to god-level undead, while the River Styx shares the undead from the mortal realm, each having its own control.

Besides this, the Time Freeze Prison, although similar in name to Purgatory, relies on the ever-flowing time to condense time extremes and transform power.

Of course, as the lords of forbidden zones, 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.

What Lyon discussed were secrets known only to those at the level of the Lord of the Forbidden Zone. Other levels often only knew that the Lord of the Forbidden Zone possessed limitless power and endless life, but they were unaware that the long-term changes in the world would also interfere with them.

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

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

Lyon laughed:

"That is why I know that there are great differences within your Palace of Life, which is greatly influenced by the characteristics of your forbidden zones. And combining my divination with what I know about the characteristics of the Lords of the Forbidden Zones, the Palace of Life of the Lord of the Star Realm is undoubtedly the most suitable."

To conceive a perfect life, the three lords of forbidden zones related to the dead must first be eliminated.

Although the three of them can also give birth to powerful offspring, they are still somewhat lacking in their ability to create perfect life by combining the eight life codes, due to the correlation between forbidden zones and the undead.

Meanwhile, the other seven Lords of the Forbidden Zones are 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, the Disaster Domain, the Infinite, and the Concept are all clearly flawed. They take an extreme approach, with their immortal bodies being even more extreme. They excel in specialization but are not comprehensive enough.

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

In conclusion, although Leon was only half-deceiving Terena and lacked some investigation, he genuinely believed that the Lord of the Stars was currently the most suitable and perfect vessel for the incubation of life.

"So, you brought up Taginia with me because you want me to capture 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 Lord of the Star Realm's intervention may help you successfully alleviate some of the Origin Goddess's suppression of the Holy Land, this will not solve the fundamental problem. In my opinion, you should still focus on the Perfect Life Project! 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 is only a few hundred kilometers away from the outer edge of the Holy Land, extremely close, it wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that they are about to be surrounded by fire.

But Lyon seemed oblivious to 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, Your Excellency can secretly use the Lord of the Stars' power to complete the experiment, thus transforming Your Excellency's divine body into a perfect immortal body! In this way, Your Excellency can truly cross the boundaries and truly possess the ability to contend with the two supreme beings in the future, right?"

Terena initially disagreed with Leon's statement.

But as her affection for him grew, she gradually began to find some of his analysis quite reasonable.

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

Terena's eyes flashed with divine light, clearly indicating that she had activated her supernatural organ to observe whether Leon was lying next.

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

"can!"

He said firmly:

"Absolutely!"

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

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

"It smells like a lie."

"Your Excellency, I am not lying."

Lyon calmly shook his head:

“I am convinced from the bottom of my heart that 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."

Chapter 544 Anemi: No wonder I couldn't see through him

"To become your wife?"

Terena paused for a moment.

"Yes."

"I don't like joking."

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

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

Lyon said, “If you are not interested, I can accept it. But if you are interested but refuse because of other concerns, then I will only make this request and have no other thoughts.”

Terena was silent for a moment, then said, "Very well, I'll agree to your request."

She spoke with a blank expression, 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."

He was actually just trying it out casually at first. If Terena really didn't agree, he could settle for one or two other elemental level 12 treasures.