For the star seeker, the soul and body are separate. They believe that the body is only a physical being, while the soul comes from a star projection in the universe. When the body is destroyed, the soul can still exist independently, the difference is that it has existed for a different length of time.

Powerful souls, such as prophets, advisors, and other individual powerful star seekers, souls can exist for a long time in the form of energy. Some of the weaker Star Seeker souls will exist for days or months before dissipating on their own, which they call regression. And the returnees are convinced that as long as the stars are not extinguished, they will wake up again.

A pure soul, like a brilliant star, is considered holy and immaculate.

For example, Nestra in front of him, and the Prophetic Soul in the Secret of the Stars, their common feature is that they represent a pure and soft white light.

Corrupted souls will change color accordingly, such as the green ghost encountered in the shelter.

Therefore, Hadilis dared to judge that Nestra's soul had not been corrupted by Candusosretta, and still retained her wisdom and reason as a starhunter.

The way to prove it is simple - the secret of the stars.

As an artifact of origin for the Star Seekers, the Star Secret naturally has the ability to contain pure souls, and with the power of the Prophet's Heroic Soul, it can purify corrupted or polluted souls.

"Trust me. Hadilith clasped the ring in both hands, "If it can be proven that he is still sane, then the degenerate may no longer be the enemy who stands in our way." ”

Esrena and Iluri nodded in agreement, "Go ahead and do what you want." ”

The Rune Messenger knelt on the ground, the hatch armor opened, and Hadilis deftly jumped out, holding the secret of the stars in her hand and coming to Nestra.

Nestra's soul looked at her calmly, unconcerned about the ruined body, in a sense, it was a relief to break free from the corrupted body.

"I felt the power of the heroic soul of the Great Forerunner Kaladir. Nestra's gaze converged on Hadilis, and her tone was steady and light: "The origin of civilization has returned to its rightful place. The power of evil is coming to an end, and the Scepter of the Morning Star will be reborn. ”

Then, she made a gesture of please, pointing to the Morning Star Scepter stuck in the corpse.

"Wait a minute. Hadilith was noncommittal, and reluctantly spoke in a star-seeking voice: "Nestra, I still have many questions. ”

Nestra smiled: "All the answers are in the scepter." Please open the Soul Ring of the Star Secret and allow me to return to the Father's radiance. ”

Hadilith nodded, activating the ring of Star Secret.

In a soft beam of light, Nestra fluttered, her face glowing with relief, turning into a beam of light that merged into the secret of the stars.

The Bright Courtyard remained silent, and in the midst of countless gazes, Hadilis came to Nestra's body, took a deep breath, and reached out to hold the scepter.

The Scepter of the Morning Star, held by the Prophet for generations, symbolizes the supremacy of the Star Seekers and contains the pure power of the stars.

Its power defends Nestra's pure soul, entrusting her wisdom and memories.

The moment she held it, Hadilis entered a wonderful state, and the images flashed quickly in her mind, answering all her doubts.

Nestra, heir to the Prophet Nosardiel, is tasked with the great secret of the Star Seekers' continuation.

It all started when Noshadil carried the Morning Star Scepter and led his apprentices to the Fallen Lands. In the Fallen Lands, the Prophet discovered in despair that the power of Candusreta's evil power was so powerful that it could even cause the flesh of the body to continue fissing, forming a terrifying evil deformity.

According to the divination of the prophets, all the remaining power of the star seeker cannot be completely cleansed. What's even more terrifying is that the evil energy will continue to corrode Lodir, and all star seekers will inevitably be corrupted until the continent is completely turned into its new body.

For the sake of the continuation of the Star Seeker civilization, the Prophet Noshadir sacrificed his body to temporarily seal the growth core of the bloated flesh. At the same time, a method was thought of to ensure the continuation of the star seeker.

The process is broadly divided into four phases:

In the first stage, soul stripping, Nestra uses the power of the Morning Star's Scepter, combined with her own magic, to strip the pure part of the souls of the rest of the Star Seekers and store them in the scepter.

The second stage is the decay of the body. Starseekers who have stripped their souls continue to devour pieces of flesh, causing evil energy to corrupt their bodies, becoming degenerate beings with a small amount of remnant soul control.

The third stage is soul imprinting. Nestra builds a rune circle to impress souls between the corrupted and the pure souls in the scepter, establishing a soul link, thereby driving the souls in the scepter and indirectly controlling the degenerate race.

In the final stage, civilization continues.

The first ritual that a newborn degenerate baby goes through is soul stripping. When their newborn souls are at their purest, utilize specific runic devices and transfer them to the Morning Star Scepter. After that, their bodies are placed in an evil solution, and the power of the evil energy is used to keep them alive.

The Corrupt feed on proliferating pieces of meat, which can not only meet the nutritional needs of life reproduction, but also continuously consume proliferating pieces of meat, slowing down the rate of growth.

The pure soul preserved in the Scepter of the Morning Star is the spark for the continuation of civilization. Once conditions permit, such as when the evil energy is completely purified and the soul imprint circle is reversed, the soul can be re-injected into their original body.

In order to ensure the success of the plan, the followers of Nosardir, led by their heir Nestra, have been on the front lines of the Fallen Lands, building circles and related devices, and becoming the first Soul Strippers.

The stronger the soul, the stronger the remnant soul power, and the stronger the soul brand link, the more you can avoid soul corrosion and the stronger your ability to manipulate the body. On the contrary, the soul energy of the newborn Star Seeker is very weak, and can only perform simple manipulation and accept simple commands.

Since then, the degenerate have gradually formed a social structure similar to a beehive, and Nestra, who controls the Morning Star's scepter, has become the master mother of the entire race.

But this control is not permanent, and Nestra knows the horrors of Candusreta, and in the endless years, her soul will one day be at risk of corruption. Therefore, she chose to seal her body and only give the attendants simple instructions to stay alive.

i.e. soul stripping rituals, eating, reproducing, resting, and guarding the Star Seeking Temple. It consists of offering sacrifices to the aggregate of grievances that wander in the glittering courtyard.

The Resentment Aggregate is dependent on the Evil Energy, and when the Evil Energy is insufficient, it will actively approach the Core of the Evil Energy Growth. And if you get close, you have the possibility of merging and becoming a new powerful monster.

In order to satisfy the basic needs of the Resentment Aggregate for evil energy and to keep it in the courtyard, the attendants will command a small number of degenerate people to perform tragic self-sacrifice in the courtyard for the continuation of civilization.

The mountain of corpses in the courtyard is a wall that blocks the growth of the resentment aggregate.

Questions about the populations of degraded people are solved one by one. The only feeling left for Hadilis was shock.

In order to continue the star-seeking civilization, from prophets, craftsmen, apprentices to degenerates, without exception, they have all paid unimaginable sacrifices.

The dignity of a race, the wisdom of a civilization, and the great faith.

As Hadilis broke away from the scepter's memory, twelve robed attendants fell to their knees respectfully, raising a pair of green eyes and staring at her.

In the depths of their eyes, there was still a glimmer of blue starlight.

That is the spark of hope.

Hadilith unraveled the doubts in her mind, and understood the great sacrifice made by the degenerate for the continuation of civilization.

In an instant, Hadilith made a decision.

Save the degenerate people who are all over the mountains, let their pure souls return to their pure bodies again, and rebuild the splendid star seeker civilization.

The scepter was slowly raised, and a soft and brilliant point of light burst out, straight into the sky, which was a starry sky composed of pure soul points of light.

In the depths of Hadilith's eyes, there seemed to be a bright starlight.

"Hadilith, what's going on? Your scepter ......"

When Hadilis boarded the Runebringer again, a curious Illuri immediately gathered around.

It's just that Hadilith didn't answer, restarted the rune messenger, looked at the straight avenue in the center of the bright courtyard, and took a firm step.

The star-seeking attendants led the degenerate to separate a path, their hands on their chests, and a respectful salute.

Surrounded by the degenerate.

Target, Soul Crucible.

......

"Qin, isn't it a bit hasty to go on the expedition tomorrow?"

On the beach in the afternoon, Qin Song and Alice walked side by side, and the vast sea set off white waves, tirelessly washing on the beach.

"There's no time left. ”

Qin Song had worry on his face, regarding Hadilis's dream, the danger was basically eliminated, including the final soul furnace, it was just in a sealed state, and there was nothing to worry about.

However, Arabe's situation is not good.

Last night, the Elder Mages responded by summoning a meteorite to temporarily defuse the sea monster's onslaught. But as Galia said, the archmage who performed this feat didn't have enough mental power to perform it a second time.

What worries him the most is that the so-called Council of Six Elders, in fact, three of them are about to reach the end of their lives, and the other three are also in their last years. If you are optimistic, the remaining two elder mages may be able to drag on for a while.

But Qin Song couldn't afford to take a huge risk.

Having acquired the Scepter of the Morning Star and the Secret of the Stars, Hadirith has not only mastered the valuable rune knowledge of the Star Seekers, but also gained the dominion power of the Degenerate.

In addition, there is an artifact that will be combined into the Morning Star Scepter and the Star Secret, which will be released soon. Although I don't know what it does, the word artifact shows how powerful it is.

Although the preparation was not sufficient, it was only a struggle.