Chapter 4: Guardians of the Galaxy

Stargazing Tower, Great Library.

Crystal chandeliers that hang from the vault emit a magical glow that illuminates the secluded reading room.

Alan sat alone at a desk.

On the table was a flask, a scroll, and a ring of pure gold that was blue and black.

Alan picked up the ring and looked at it in the light.

On the inside of the ring, his name and the seal of the arcane are engraved.

On the smooth face of the ring, two small golden stars appear.

This is the "Star Ring" awarded by Mr. Aardman after the ancestor worship ceremony.

Holding this ring indicates that he has officially become a Star Guardian and shoulders the responsibility of protecting the Bloodline Galaxy.

Galaxy Ring with its own storage space.

The wearer can also teleport within the range of the Ancestral Garden.

The star-shaped emblem on the ring represents the rank of the guard.

Newcomers who pass the test will be rated according to their ranks.

Sixth-order warlocks, including Allen, are rated as two stars.

Fifth-order warlock, rated as one star.

Shiva and Caroline, who have reached the seventh rank of cultivation, are the only two of all the newcomers to be rated as three-star Star Guardians.

The higher the star rating, the greater the authority and the better the treatment.

Purchasing cultivation resources such as potions and magic stones can get even better discounts.

After the newcomer is ranked, if you want to improve your star rating, in addition to improving your cultivation realm, you must also obtain a certain amount of merit.

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The black hole area in the middle of the bloodline galaxy is the burial ground where the first ancestors joined forces to seal the ancient gods.

Over time, the seal gradually loosened.

The fallen gods, ready to move, are trying to regain their freedom.

At present, the Old Gods are far from regaining their strength and cannot leave the Godfall Land.

However, their powerful spiritual power can radiate to the end of the universe and transform into a gravitational field, pulling each other's ruins of the kingdom of God together, and reshaping the wall of heresy!

When the wall of heresy is erected, the bloodline galaxy is ushered in periodic calamities.

Every once in a while, when the Wall of Heresy intersects with the trajectory of the bloodline galaxy, the big black hole in the center of the galaxy will radiate powerful divine power.

The ancestral spirits in the galaxy could not withstand the traction of divine power, and involuntarily broke away from the galaxy and floated to the center of the black hole, and finally were firmly attached to the wall of heresy and suffered the so-called divine punishment.

It is not until the Wall of Heresy detaches from the orbit of the Bloodline Galaxy that the gravitational pull of the black hole weakens and the soul tide subsides.

Every time the tide erupts, billions of ancestral spirits are devoured and hung on the walls of heresy, suffering eternal torment.

These ancestral spirits that have broken away from the bloodline galaxy can no longer be sensed by the warlock and used as the object of meditation fusion.

In the long run, the bloodline galaxy will be depleted.

The bloodline inheritance of the warlock world will also be severed.

Listening to Mr. Aardman's account of the dangers of the "soul tide", Allen had a guess.

When I was meditating, I found that the ancestral spirits of ancient creatures such as Titans and Beamon were very rare.

It stands to reason that the older the species, the greater the number of ancestral spirits it accumulates.

The reason why it defies common sense is that it is likely that the souls of these desolate species either failed to enter the bloodline galaxy, or were sucked away by the wall of heresy in the soul tide.

As a result, it is now difficult for Alan to find a suitable ancestral spirit, and his path to cultivation is becoming more and more difficult.

This is the intuitive harm caused by the revival of the old gods to the world of warlocks.

Allen's predicament is not unique.

Many warlocks in the world are also facing the distress of the depletion of ancestral spirits.

As a time-traveler, Eren has no good impression of either the Warlock class or the Church of the Old Gods.

Now that his vital interests have been harmed by the Wall of Heresy, it is only natural that his position is on the side of Origin City.

In fact, Allen, as a rookie galaxy guard, has too limited power.

Origin City didn't count on him and his companions to repel the increasingly violent soul tides.

That was the duty of the sect masters, and it was not his turn to interfere.

There are two main missions of Galaxy Guardians.

One is to fight against the minions of the ancient gods who rushed out of the black hole region during the Soul Tide Explosion.

Most of these monsters are native to the astral plane.

Lured by the spiritual fluctuations of the radiation of the ancient gods, he infiltrated the land of the gods, was brainwashed by the ancient gods, and became a fanatical believer.

There is also a type of monster that is the embodiment of the ancient gods' own will, which is equivalent to the incarnation of the gods, which is the so-called "extraterrestrial spirit".

The Holy Spirit is the spokesman of the Old Gods, and usually does not fight and kill on the battlefield, preferring to play intrigue behind the scenes.

For example, he plotted against the Galaxy Guardians, and even directly possessed the body and infiltrated the Holy Demon Ancestral Court as a spy.

Fengyue, who is on the line with Allen, is a typical example.

Or lurk in various planes, establish churches that worship the ancient gods, collect faith willingness, and accelerate the recovery of the ancient gods.

The second mission of the Galaxy Guardian is to go to you through the portal tower to destroy the Cult of the Evil God and destroy the Holy Spirit.

The Holy Spirit, incarnated by the Old Gods, will occasionally use his parasitic flesh and blood body to combine with angels, demons, titans, and other creatures with powerful bloodline talents.

In rare cases, hybrids are born who inherit the divinity.

This is called "divine iniquity."

In addition, the corpses of the ancient gods may also directly give birth to life and give birth to gods.

The gods are the most terrifying type of monsters in the camp of the ancient gods!

From the moment of birth, the gods possess great power.

With a little growth, you can step into the realm of legends.

A fully developed god with the power of a demigod.

Fortunately, the probability of the birth of a god is very low, otherwise the Holy Demon Ancestral Court would not be able to resist it.

The Guardians of the Galaxy are all elites selected from the warlock world.

But in the face of powerful gods, it still seems too vulnerable.

Every time the soul tide erupts, in the war against the minions of the gods, the Galactic Guardians always pay a heavy casualties.

Therefore, every once in a while, Origin City has to recruit new people from the Warlock World to replenish the battle damage.

Of course, Origin City will not let the Galaxy Guardians work in vain.

The Galactic Guardians who survive the war will receive meritorious service based on their performance, which will be automatically recorded on the Galactic Ring.

Meritorious points, in addition to being used to increase the level of the Galaxy Guardian, are also equivalent to the common currency of the Holy Demon Ancestral Court.

Spend Merit Points, which can be exchanged for Magic Stones, Magic Shells, Magic, Skills, and Training Time in the Riverside Hut.

The Great Library of the Stargazing Tower, where Eren is at the moment, is a place to exchange various potions and skills.

The library contains 1~9 ring magic, 1~9 martial arts and secret methods, and even "superlimited secret methods".

The so-called superlimit secret method is a skill that does not have a fixed rank and is improved along with the warlock's own rank.

For example, the "Tiger Emperor Shattered Star Fist" of the Silver Moon Monastery, and the "Red Moon Finger" of the Beast Sect.

It's a pity that Allen's current star rating is not enough, and he doesn't have the right to consult the super-limited secret skills of the collection.

Within his purview, there are also a lot of good things to buy.

Alan has just joined the Galaxy Guardian Regiment, and he has not made an inch, so he can only use magic stones or magic shells instead of meritorious shopping.

After some trade-offs, Alan spent all the magic stones he had on hand and bought a prescription, plus a 7-ring magic awakening potion.

In fact, it will be more cost-effective if you buy it with a magic shell.

However, Eren didn't want to reveal the fact that he owned the magic shell.

Most of the magic shells are produced in the bloodline galaxy.

Showing the magic shell is equivalent to admitting that you once walked out of the riverside hut and picked up the magic shell by the river.

With his current cultivation, he can't theoretically do this kind of thing.

Something unusual may have alarmed Mr. Aardman.

The Holy Demon Ancestral Court hides the dragon and crouching tiger, Alan doesn't want to attract attention, so he can fight for his own development space.

The 7-ring spell that Eren exchanged for was "Otherworldly Teleportation".

After casting, it can teleport across planes.

The accuracy of the teleportation depends on the caster's familiarity with the destination.

Awakening the "Otherworldly Teleportation", Eren can leave the astral plane and go home to visit relatives.

The prescription that Eren exchanged was the formula of the first-order "rejuvenation elixir".

Judging from the formula table, the principle of this agent is similar to that of the anti-aging agent, and it can also prolong the life.

It's just that the effect is more violent than that of the frozen age!

1st order rejuvenating agent, 10 years younger after injection.

Allen's current biological age is only eighteen years old.

Injected with a first-order rejuvenation agent, the flesh grows backwards, and the biological age becomes eight years old, which can be described as "rejuvenation" in the literal sense.

It's good to rejuvenate yourself, but it's too abstract to be a little kid.

Alan exchanged this prescription and planned to use it to practice his hands.

Master Shiva and Aunt Caroline may have a need for a child rejuvenation.

As for himself, he doesn't need this potion for the time being.

Slim shadows, obscuring the light, cast on the tabletop.

Eren looked up, only to realize that Yuan Tianguang was standing across the desk at some point, and his soft gaze fell on him.

Slightly stunned, Alan stood up and saluted.

"Your Highness Light, it's an honor to meet you here."

"You're welcome."

Yuan Tianguang waved his hand, pulled out a chair and sat opposite.

"I've come to you to talk about the past."

"About your past life?" Alan asked tentatively.

Yuan Tianguang nodded lightly, his eyes revealing a hint of loneliness.

"I try to remember the experiences of my previous life, but I can only remember a few fragments."

"In these memory fragments, you and Pamela will always appear."

"This may show that you two are the most important people in my previous life."

"Pamela was your lover in a past life, and frankly, he spent far more time with you than I did, and he knows you better."

Yuan Tianguang took off his mask, revealing a face that could be called beautiful for both men and women.

On this moving face, Alan can vaguely find Angels' charm.

"The memories of my past life, the remnants of my instincts, make me not want to deal with that woman very much, but I prefer to talk to you."

Yuan Tianguang smiled slightly, his eyes seemed to be glowing.

"Alan, tell me about that friend, maybe it will help me get more memories back."

Alan nodded, starting from the first meeting with Angel on the boat, and continuing to the last meeting between the two.

"I haven't seen Angel since he entered the secret realm of the academy, and I have no clue after searching for him in many ways."

"That's right......," Yuan Tianguang thought thoughtfully, "Have you ever looked for Pamela?" In the last period before I was reincarnated, I was supposed to be with her. ”

"I did, but she wouldn't tell me about you."

Alan stopped talking.

Pamela's stinky hooligan, instead of telling him Ingres's whereabouts, threatens him with the incident.

"Your Highness Light, I'm sorry, I've done some ...... I'm sorry for my friends. ”

The ugly things he has done, Alan doesn't want to escape.

As for the details, he really can't tell.

Yuan Tianguang had obviously heard the meaning of his words, and smiled calmly.

"The Holy Demon Clan, cursed by the gods, is destined to be unable to love people and die alone."

"If you marry Pamela and have children, it's also a comfort to me."

"It was as if seeing my own projection in her satisfied my imagination of happiness."

"Of course, if you don't like her, you don't have to force it."

Alan scratched his head and changed to a less awkward topic.

"Your Highness Light, I am very curious about the reincarnation of the Holy Demon, do you remember the details of the reincarnation?"

"I can't remember."

Yuan Tianguang bit his lip lightly, trying to remember.

"The last memory of my previous life seems to be in a hospital bed."

"That's right...... I fell seriously ill in the secret realm, and after awakening the Holy Demon bloodline, I was sent to Origin City by Dean Randolph, and after the bloodline was verified, I was accepted by the royal family. ”

"Since then, I've been practicing in the Astral Boundary."

"On weekdays, except for the butler Aardman, there is almost no contact with outsiders."

"My six brothers, or sisters, occasionally come to visit me."

"The youngest of them has lived for thousands of years, and they don't have any interests or topics in common with me."

"So I'm glad you're here."

"In my past and present lives, I need you as a friend."

Yuan Tianguang's sincere words made Alan couldn't help but be a little moved.

After weighing it for a long time, I finally made a decision.

"Your Highness Guang, this morning, did you ask Mr. Aardman to exempt me from the ancestor worship ceremony, is there any deep meaning?"

Yuan Tianguang nodded, and his gaze became solemn.

"Alan, there seems to be something abnormal in your soul, but you can't see the divine characteristics of the evil spirits outside the sky, which is strange."

"I'm sure you're not an undercover agent for the Holy Spirit Society, but it's hard to explain it to Mr. Aardman, especially in public."

"Just use my privilege and let you pass directly."

"Your Highness Light, in fact, I am also very puzzled, whether I am an evil spirit outside the heavens."

Alan took the initiative to reveal that the Holy Spirit Society had come to his door and said that he was an extraterrestrial evil spirit who failed to fuse the host.

But he himself had no impression.

Regarding the matter of Fengyue, Alan tried to avoid talking deeply.

He still has a good impression of Fengyue and doesn't want to betray her.

"In the past two days since I returned to Origin City, the evil spirit that looked for me before has not appeared again."

"I suspected that she possessed a trialist, but all of them passed the ancestor worship ceremony."

"That seems to indicate that the demon didn't enter the astral plane."

After listening to his speculation, Yuan Tianguang smiled slightly: "If she doesn't come, she is quite self-aware...... Alan, do you agree with the idea of the Holy Spirit Society? ”

"I don't agree, but I can understand it."

Alan told the truth.

"I cannot accept that the Holy Spirit will try to reshape the walls of heresy, restore theocracy, and imprison the freedom of belief in the world."

"However, the society ruled by the warlock family divided people into high and low castes according to their blood, and distributed power and resources according to caste."

"The children of a family who boast of noble blood don't treat ordinary people as human beings and wantonly humiliate them, and I can't get used to it."

"Fengyue said that he wanted to overthrow the tyrannical rule of the Warlock family and change this unjust world, I can't argue with it."

"Your Highness Guang, in your previous life, you were a genius born as a commoner, and you have also personally experienced the bullying of the wealthy family."

"If you still have memories of this, you must be able to empathize with it."

Alan looked deeply into the eyes of the deep sky.

However, there are no mood swings.

Yuan Tianguang was silent for a while, and asked him a sharp question:

"Alan, you are disgusted with the status quo of society and do not agree with the path of change of the Holy Spirit Society, so can you propose a better way out?"

"I haven't found it yet, but one day, I believe that a third way will be found that is different from blood and religion."

Allen didn't just say this to Yuan Tianguang, but also set a goal for himself, and he didn't go through it in vain.

The corners of Yuan Tianguang's lips rose, and a touch of relief overflowed in his eyes.

"If you can find a way out, Alan, I will do everything in my power to help you achieve your ideals."

He stood up and held out his hand across the table.

Alan held his hand, inexplicably confused.

From this moment on, everything about Ingres has become a memory.

"Alan, remember to find Pamela in the time."

Yuan Tianguang said with a serious face.

"In my previous life, I asked her to pass you a letter."

"I don't know what she thinks, I haven't given it to you yet."

"After I was reincarnated, I couldn't remember the contents of the letter, but I only had one impression - the letter was very important!"

"Since it's important, wouldn't it be better if I returned the letter to you?" Alan asked.

"Don't!"

Yuan Tianguang hurriedly waved his hand.

"That letter was given to you by me in my previous life, and now I have a different thinking and position from my previous life."

"If you show me the letter from your previous life to me in this life, you may miss a major event."

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"I knew you were going to come to me."

Pamela seemed to have just woken up, and before she could get dressed, her face looked a little haggard.

Compared with the usual domineering appearance, it has a little more feminine temperament.

Alan sat at the table, sipping Pamela's own tea.

Quietly admiring her sitting at the dresser with her back to her, tying her thick and silky blonde hair into a high ponytail.

While dressing up, Pamela reminisced about the past.

Finally, without concealment, he told the truth that Eren had been pursuing for a long time.

At the beginning, she and Angel entered the secret realm to practice together.

With sufficient cultivation resources, Angell's terrifying talent was immediately fully displayed.

The cultivation has advanced by leaps and bounds, surpassing Pamela in less than half a year.

However, the good times did not last long, and a serious illness changed his fate.

Ingre's condition deteriorated dramatically, showing signs of blood collapse.

Dean Randolph himself came to the secret realm to visit Ingres.

Afterwards, he privately hinted to his granddaughter that Angel was afraid that she would not be saved.

Let Pamela hurry up and marry Angel, strive to conceive before he dies, and maybe give birth to an heir with a talent comparable to Ingres.

Pamela, of course, knew that her grandfather didn't value Ingres as a person, but only his extraordinary talent.

If he can leave his genius bloodline behind, it doesn't matter whether Ingres lives or dies.

In fact, Pamela once harbored this attitude.

Calling and drinking to his fiancé is purely a tool to pass on the lineage.

However, seeing Ingres on the hospital bed getting haggard day by day, she was a little unbearable.

He told Ingres what his grandfather meant, and said that he would do everything in his power to help him heal.

"At that time, Ingres had already begun to recover his ancestral memory, and his personality had become very different from before, and even his body and appearance had gradually changed......

Pamela reflected on the past, and her voice was low.

"This is called the reincarnation of the Holy Demon."

"At that time, I didn't understand this, and when I looked at Ingre, who was gradually becoming stranger on the hospital bed, I thought it was a loss of phase caused by illness."

However, Ingres is well aware of the changes that are taking place in him.

"He told me privately that he was a descendant of the Holy Demon and could not have children."

"My grandfather's calculations are doomed to be in vain."

"After reincarnation, Ingres's memories of this life will be integrated into countless past lives."

"It's like a piece of sugar melted into the sea, the joys and sorrows of this life are diluted, and there is no ripple in his heart."

Pamela tied her hair and turned slowly.

Sapphire eyes, staring deeply at Alan.

In her eyes, Eren saw the same fiery love and hate.

"Angel told me that after his rebirth, he was afraid that he would forget me and you."

"He can't rest assured of me, because he is afraid that I will cause trouble and invite calamity."

"He said that I am a person with little ability and a good temper, and I can't be wronged by nature."

"My talent and talent are not enough to support my arrogant and domineering style, and sooner or later I will have to suffer."

"I was very angry when I heard what he said, but I had to admit that what he said made sense."

"Sometimes I hate my bad temper, but unfortunately, I can't bear to wronged myself, maybe I am destined to be a villain and a bad woman."

Pamela sighed, then said to Alan:

"Ingres fears that I will be made to death sooner or later."

"Take the initiative to extract my own bloodline essence, let me inject it, strengthen my warlock talent, and if I offend a force that I can't afford in the future, I can also have more self-protection ability."

"Angel told me that to fuse his bloodline essence, you have to accept a trace of his holy demon origin, which is quite dangerous."

"If I fail, my personality will change dramatically, and I will even have schizophrenia."

"To be honest, people often say that I am crazy, and I suspect that I am mentally abnormal, so why worry about the sequelae of blood fusion?"

Pamela smiled self-deprecatingly.

"Looking back now, Angels gave me the essence of the bloodline, and I'm afraid it wasn't all kind."

"What do you mean by that?" Alan frowned.

"I suspect that he wishes that in the process of merging the bloodline, I would lose my nature, be assimilated by his soul, and become a copy of him on the spiritual level."

"Because, compared to my fiancée, the person Angel misses the most in this life is you."

"He was worried that after he was reincarnated, he would lose his former feelings and forget you as a friend, so he specially wrote a letter for me to pass it on to you personally."

"Angel gave me the bloodline essence of the Holy Demon Inheritance, on the condition that I swear to get along with you well, as if I had become his stand-in and maintained my friendship with you in his place."

"Frankly, it hurt my pride, but I couldn't bear to refuse Angels' request."

"After his reincarnation, I hesitated for a long time, and finally made up my mind to fulfill Ingres's request."

"I'm writing to you to come to the mushroom garden to meet, and I originally planned to give you Angels's letter as soon as we meet."

"When I actually saw you, for some reason, I lost my peace of mind...... Jealousy and lust overwhelmed my reason. ”

Pamela sighed.

Out of reserve, he did not elaborate on the changes in his heart.

After that, she developed an indescribably twisted emotion for Alan.

didn't mention Ingres's entrustment, just used Ingres to coerce him into submission.

She wanted to torture Eren to be angry, and at the same time she was torturing herself.

As the two got along for a long time, she couldn't help but be moved by her true feelings.

Unconsciously changed himself, ingratiated himself with the other party, and even knitted a towel for him, feeling ashamed and self-reproachful afterwards.

This is a delicate mental activity, she is embarrassed to speak.

However, it is not difficult for Alan to relate to it.

With all that had to be said, Pamela opened the storage bag and pulled out a crumpled letter.

She wanted to tear up the letter.

Later, however, I picked up the scraps of paper that had been thrown into the trash and picked them up piece by piece...... Reglue together.

Alan took the troubled letter and opened it to read.

There is nothing special about the content of the letter.

In addition to the daily greetings, it is the entrustment that Ingres gave when he was seriously ill.

He wants Ellen to get along well with Pamela.

In case Pamela gets into trouble in the future, ask Alan to come to the rescue for the sake of his old friend.

Alan secretly wondered.

When Ingres wrote this letter, he was just a nobody, and his cultivation was far inferior to Pamela's.

How can Angel conclude that he will have a great future and have the ability to help Pamela solve her problems?

Alan couldn't be sure if Ingres really had vision, or if he had gained some kind of ability to foresee the future after his reincarnation.

He read the letter again from the beginning, but he didn't see anything out of the ordinary.

But he was sure that the letter was not as innocent as it seemed.

If there is no magic fluctuation, it radiates through the letter paper.

With his current realm, he can't understand the mystery yet.

You can only put the letter away first, first improve your cultivation to the realm, and then try to decipher the mystery in the letter.

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(End of chapter)