Observatory tower, large library.
The crystal chandelier hanging from the arch emits a magical glow, illuminating the quiet reading room.
Alan sat alone at a desk.
On the table was a potion bottle, a scroll, and a black and blue adamantine ring.
Alan picked up the ring and looked at it in the light.
On the inside of the ring, his name and secret mark are engraved.
Two small golden stars appeared on the smooth ring surface.
This is the "Galaxy Ring" awarded by Mr. Aardman after the ancestor worship ceremony.
Holding this ring means that he has officially become a Galaxy Guardian and is responsible for protecting the Bloodline Galaxy.
Galaxy Ring, with built-in storage space.
The wearer can also teleport anywhere within the ancestral temple.
The star-shaped emblem on the ring represents the rank of the guard.
Newcomers who pass the test will be rated according to their rank.
The sixth-level warlocks, including Allen, were rated two stars.
A fifth-level warlock, rated one star.
Shiva and Caroline, whose cultivation has reached the seventh level, are the only two galaxy guards rated as three stars among all the newcomers.
The higher the star rating, the greater the authority and the better the treatment.
You can get more favorable discounts when purchasing cultivation resources such as potions and magic stones.
After the newcomer rating, if you want to upgrade your star rating, in addition to improving your cultivation level, you must also obtain a certain amount of merit.
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The black hole area in the center of the Blood Galaxy is where the original ancestors joined forces to seal the tomb of the ancient gods.
As time went by, the seal gradually loosened.
The fallen gods are ready to make a move, trying to regain their freedom.
Currently, the ancient god is still far from recovering his strength and is unable to escape from the place where the gods fell.
However, their powerful mental power can radiate to the end of the universe, transform into a gravitational field, pulling each other's ruins of the kingdom of God together and rebuilding the wall of heresy!
When the Wall of Heresy is erected, the Bloodline Galaxy will face periodic disasters.
Every once in a while, when the trajectories of the Wall of Heresy and the Bloodline Galaxy intersect, the huge black hole in the center of the galaxy will radiate powerful divine power.
The ancestral spirits in the galaxy, unable to withstand the pull of divine power, involuntarily left the galaxy and drifted towards the center of the black hole, and were eventually firmly attached to the Wall of Heresy, suffering the so-called divine punishment.
Not until the Wall of Heresy breaks away from the orbit of the Blood Galaxy will the gravitational pull of the black hole weaken and the tide of souls subside.
Every time a tidal wave erupts, billions of ancestral souls are devoured and hung on the Wall of Heresy, suffering eternal torture.
These ancestral spirits that have separated from their bloodline galaxy can no longer be sensed by the warlock as objects of meditation and fusion.
If this continues, the bloodline galaxy will dry up.
The bloodline inheritance of the warlock world will also be cut off.
After listening to Mr. Aardman talk about the dangers of "Soul Tide", Alan came up with a guess.
When I was meditating, I found that the ancestral spirits of ancient creatures such as Titans and Behemoths were very rare.
Logically speaking, the older the species, the more ancestral spirits it should have accumulated.
The reason why it goes against common sense is probably that the souls of these primitive 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 of cultivation is becoming increasingly difficult.
This is the direct harm caused by the resurrection of the ancient gods to the warlock world.
The predicament Allen encountered was not special.
Many sorcerers in the world are also facing the distress of the depletion of ancestral spirits.
As a time traveler, Allen had no good impression of either the Warlock class or the Church of the Ancient Gods.
Now, his vital interests were damaged by the Wall of Heresy, so it was natural for him to lean towards the side of Origin City.
In fact, as a rookie Galaxy Guard, Allen's power is too limited.
The City of Origin did not expect him and his companions to repel the increasingly violent tide of souls.
That was the responsibility of the clan leaders, and it was not his turn to interfere.
The Galaxy Guard has two main missions.
One is to fight against the minions of the ancient gods rushing out of the black hole area during the Soul Tide outbreak.
Most of these monsters are native to the star realm.
He was lured by the spiritual fluctuations radiated by the ancient gods, sneaked into the place where the gods fell, was brainwashed by the ancient gods, and became a fanatic.
There is another type of monster that is the embodiment of the ancient god’s own will, equivalent to the incarnation of God, the so-called "Holy Spirit from Outer Space".
The Holy Spirit is the spokesperson for the ancient gods. They usually do not fight on the battlefield, but prefer to play tricks and schemes behind the scenes.
For example, inciting the Galaxy Guards to rebel, or even directly possessing another's body and sneaking into the Holy Demon Ancestral Court as a spy.
Feng Yue, who is in touch with Allen, is a typical example.
Or they can lurk in various planes, establish churches that worship the ancient gods, and collect the power of faith to accelerate the revival of the ancient gods.
The second mission of the Galaxy Guard is to travel to various dimensions through the teleportation tower, destroy the Church of the Evil God, and eliminate the Holy Spirit.
The Holy Spirit, the incarnation of the ancient god, occasionally uses his own parasitic flesh and blood to combine with angels, demons, Titans and other creatures with powerful blood talents.
In rare cases, hybrids are born who inherit divinity.
This is what is called "divine evil".
In addition, the corpses of ancient gods may also directly give birth to life and create evil gods.
Divine evil is the most terrifying type of monster in the ancient god’s camp!
The evil god possessed great power from the moment it was born.
With a little growth, you can enter the realm of legend.
A fully grown demon with the power of a demigod.
Fortunately, the probability of a divine evil being born is very low, otherwise the Holy Demon Ancestral Court would not be able to resist it.
The Galaxy Guardians are all elites selected from the warlock world.
But facing the powerful evil spirit, it still seems too fragile.
Every time the Soul Tide erupts, the Galaxy Guardians always suffer heavy casualties in the war with the minions of the gods.
Therefore, the City of Origin has to recruit new people from the Warlock World every once in a while to make up for the losses in battle.
Of course, Origin City would not let the Galaxy Guards work for nothing.
The Galaxy Guards who survive the war will be awarded merits based on their performance, which will be automatically recorded on the Galaxy Ring.
Merit points, in addition to being used to upgrade the level of Galaxy Guardians, are also equivalent to the universal currency of the Holy Demon Ancestral Court.
Merit points can be used to redeem magic stones, magic shells, magic, skills, and training time in the riverside hut.
The Observatory Tower Library where Alan is now is the place to exchange various potions and skills.
The library contains 1st to 9th level magic, 1st to 9th level martial arts and secret techniques, and even "super-limit secret techniques".
The so-called super-limit secret technique is a skill that has no fixed rank and improves with the warlock's own rank.
For example, the "Tiger King Star-Smashing Fist" of the Silver Moon Monastery and the "Red Moon Finger" of the Beast Worship Cult.
It’s a pity that Alan’s current star level is not high enough, so he has no right to access the collection of super-secret skills.
There are also many good things to buy within his authority.
Alan had just joined the Galaxy Guard and had not made any achievements, so he could only use magic stones or magic shells instead of merit shopping.
After weighing the pros and cons, Alan spent all his magic stones to buy a prescription and a 7th-ring magic awakening potion.
In fact, it would be more cost-effective if you buy it with Magic Shell.
However, Allen did not want to reveal that he owned the Magic Bay.
Most of the magic shells are produced in the Blood Galaxy.
Showing the magic shell is equivalent to admitting that you have walked out of the riverside hut and picked up magic shells on the riverside.
With his current level of cultivation, it is theoretically impossible to do this.
This is an unusual situation and may alert Mr. Aardman.
There are many hidden talents in the Holy Demon Ancestral Court. Alan doesn't want to attract attention, so he tries to hide as much as possible to buy space for himself to develop.
The 7th-level spell that Allen exchanged for was "Teleportation".
After casting the spell, you can teleport across planes.
The accuracy of the teleportation depends on the caster's familiarity with the destination.
By awakening the "Alternate World Teleportation", Allen can leave the star world and go home to visit his family.
The prescription that Allen exchanged is the formula for a level 1 "rejuvenating potion".
Judging from the formula, the principle of this medicine is similar to that of anti-aging agents and can also prolong life.
But the effect of the medicine is more powerful than the anti-aging agent!
Level 1 rejuvenation agent, makes you ten years younger after injection.
Alan's current biological age is only eighteen years old.
After being injected with a Level 1 rejuvenation agent, the body will reverse its growth and its biological age will become that of an eight-year-old, which can be described as "rejuvenation" in the literal sense.
Restoring youth is a good thing, but turning into a little kid is too abstract.
Alan exchanged the prescription and planned to use it to practice.
Master Shiva and Aunt Caroline may need a rejuvenation potion.
As for himself, he cannot use this medicine for the time being.
A slim shadow, blocking the light, is cast on the tabletop.
Alan looked up and realized that Yuan Tianguang had been standing opposite the desk, his gentle eyes falling on him.
After a slight pause, Alan stood up and saluted.
"Your Highness, it's an honor to meet you here."
"You're welcome."
Yuan Tianguang waved his hand, pulled out a chair and sat opposite.
"I came to you specially to talk about the past."
"About your past life?" Alan asked tentatively.
Yuan Tianguang nodded slightly, with a hint of loneliness in his eyes.
"I tried hard to recall my past life experiences, but I could only remember fragments."
"In these memory fragments, you and Pamela always appear."
"This may prove that you two are the most important people in my previous life."
"Pamela is your lover in your previous life. Frankly speaking, she has spent much more time with you than I have and knows you better."
Yuan Tianguang took off his mask, revealing a face that could be considered absolutely beautiful for both men and women.
In this moving face, Allen could vaguely find the charm of Ingres.
"My memories from my past life and my remaining instincts make me not want to deal with that woman. Instead, I'd rather have a heart-to-heart talk with you."
Yuan Tianguang smiled slightly, his eyes seemed to be glowing.
"Alan, tell me about your friend. Maybe it can help me recover more memories."
Alan nodded and talked about the first time he met Angel on the ship, all the way to the last time they saw each other.
"I haven't seen Angell since he entered the secret realm of the academy. I have been looking for him everywhere, but I still have no clue."
"I see..." Yuan Tianguang seemed to be thinking, "Have you ever looked for Pamela? I should have been with her during the last period of time before reincarnation."
"I did, but she refused to tell me anything about you."
Alan hesitated to speak.
Pamela, that scumbag, not only did she not tell him Angel's whereabouts, she also used this incident to threaten him into having sex.
"Your Highness, I'm sorry. I've done some things that... were not good for my friends."
Alan didn't want to escape from the ugly things he had done.
As for the details, he really found it difficult to talk about them.
Yuan Tianguang had obviously heard the hidden meaning of his words and smiled calmly.
"The Holy Demon Clan is cursed by the gods. They are destined to never fall in love and live out their lives in loneliness."
"It would be a comfort to me if you and Pamela got married and had children."
"It was as if I saw my own reflection in her, satisfying 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 the subject to a less awkward one.
"Your Highness, I am very curious about the reincarnation of the Holy Demon. Do you still remember the details of the reincarnation?"
“I can’t remember.”
Yuan Tianguang bit his lips lightly and tried hard to recall.
"My last memory from my previous life seemed to be on a hospital bed."
"That's right... I fell seriously ill in the secret realm, and then I awakened my holy demon bloodline. I was sent to Origin City by Dean Randolph. After my bloodline was verified, I was accepted by the royal family."
"Since then, I have been practicing in the astral realm."
"On weekdays, he hardly interacts with outsiders except for his butler Aardman."
"My six brothers, or sisters, come to visit me occasionally."
"The youngest among them has lived for thousands of years and has no common interests or topics with me."
“So I’m glad you’re here.”
"No matter in this life or the past, I need you as a friend."
Yuan Tianguang's sincere words made Allen feel moved.
After weighing the matter for a long time, I finally made a decision.
"Your Highness, this morning, you asked Mr. Aardman to exempt me from the ancestor worship ceremony. Is there any hidden meaning behind this?"
Yuan Tianguang nodded and his eyes became solemn.
“Alan, your soul seems to be a little abnormal, but I can’t see the divine characteristics of the evil spirit from outer space. This is very strange.”
"I believe you are not an undercover agent of the Holy Spirit Society, but it is difficult to explain to Mr. Adelman, especially in public."
"I'll just use my privilege to let you pass."
"Your Highness, I am actually confused as to whether I am an evil spirit from outer space or not."
Alan took the initiative to reveal that the Holy Spirit Society had come to him and said that he was an evil spirit from outer space who had failed to fuse with a host.
But he himself had no recollection of it.
Alan tried his best to avoid talking about romantic matters.
He still had feelings for Fengyue and didn't want to betray her.
"In the two days since I returned to Origin City, the evil spirit that came looking for me has not appeared again."
"I suspected that she possessed a certain trial participant, but all the trial participants passed the ancestor worship ceremony."
"This seems to indicate that the evil spirit did not enter the astral plane."
After hearing his speculation, Yuan Tianguang sneered: "If she doesn't come, she is quite self-aware... Allen, do you agree with the philosophy of the Holy Spirit Society?"
“I don’t agree, but I can understand.”
Alan told the truth.
"The Holy Spirit will try to rebuild the wall of heresy, restore theocracy, and restrict people's freedom of belief. This is something I cannot accept."
"However, in a society ruled by a warlock family, people are divided into high and low castes based on their bloodlines, and power and resources are distributed according to caste."
"I cannot stand seeing the children of aristocratic families who claim to have noble bloodlines not treating common people as human beings and wantonly insulting them."
"Feng Yue said that she wanted to overthrow the brutal rule of the Warlock family and change this unjust world. I have no way of refutation."
"Your Highness, you were a genius born from a commoner family in your previous life, and you also experienced the bullying of the aristocratic families firsthand."
"If you still have memories of this, you can probably relate to this."
Alan looked deeply into Yuan Tianguang's eyes.
However, there was no sign of any emotion.
Yuan Tianguang was silent for a while, then asked him a sharp question:
"Alan, you hate the current state of society, and you don't agree with the Holy Spirit Society's path of change. So can you suggest a better way out?"
“I haven’t found it yet, but one day, I believe I will find a third way that is different from bloodline and religion.”
Allen said this not only to Yuan Tianguang, but also to set a goal for himself so that his journey would be worthwhile.
Yuan Tianguang raised the corners of his lips, with a hint of relief in his eyes.
"If you can find a way out, Alan, I will do everything in my power to help you realize your dream."
He stood up and held out his hand across the table.
Alan held his hand, feeling inexplicably melancholy.
From this moment on, everything about Ingres has become a memory.
"Alan, remember to find Pamela some time."
Yuan Tianguang gave the instructions seriously.
"In my previous life, I asked her to pass a letter to you."
"I don't know what she was thinking. She hasn't given it to you yet."
"After reincarnation, I can no longer remember the contents of the letter. The only impression left is that the letter was very important!"
"Since it is so important, would it not be better if I brought the letter back to you?" Alan asked.
"Don't do that!"
Yuan Tianguang waved his hands quickly.
"That letter was given to you by me in my previous life. My thoughts and stances now are completely different from those in my previous life."
"If you show the letter from your past life to me in this life, you might end up missing something important."
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"I knew you would come to me."
Pamela seemed to have just woken up and had not had time to dress up, so she looked a little haggard.
Compared to her usual domineering appearance, she has a more gentle temperament.
Alan sat at the table, sipping the tea that Pamela had made herself.
He quietly admired her as she sat in front of the dressing table with her back to him, tying her thick, smooth blonde hair into a high ponytail.
While dressing up, Pamela reminisced about the past.
Finally, without any concealment, he told the truth that Alan had been pursuing for a long time.
At that time, she and Angel entered the secret realm to practice together.
With sufficient training resources, Angel's terrifying talent was immediately fully demonstrated.
His cultivation improved by leaps and bounds, and within half a year he surpassed Pamela.
However, the good times did not last long, as a serious illness changed his fate.
Angel's condition worsened rapidly and he showed signs of blood collapse.
Dean Randolph came to the secret realm in person to visit Angel.
Afterwards, he privately hinted to his granddaughter that Ingres might not be saved.
Let Pamela marry Angel as soon as possible and try to get pregnant before he dies. Maybe she can give birth to an heir whose talent is comparable to Angel's.
Of course Pamela knew that what her grandfather valued was not Ingres as a person, but his extraordinary talent.
As long as his genius bloodline can be preserved, Ingres' life or death is not important.
In fact, Pamela once held this attitude.
She ordered her fiancé around and treated him simply as a tool to carry on the family line.
However, she felt somewhat sorry for Ingres as she saw him becoming increasingly haggard on the hospital bed.
He told Ingres what his grandfather meant and said he would do his best to cure him.
"At that time, Angel had already begun to recover the memories of his ancestor. His personality had become very different from before, and even his body and appearance had gradually changed..."
Pamela's tone was low as she recalled the past.
"This is what is called the reincarnation of the holy devil."
"I didn't understand this at the time. Looking at the gradually unfamiliar Angel on the hospital bed, I thought it was due to illness that he was no longer recognizable."
"But Angel was very aware of the changes that were 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 plan is doomed to be in vain."
"After reincarnation, Angel's memories of this life will be integrated into countless past lives."
"Like a piece of sugar melting into the sea, all the joys and sorrows of this life are diluted, and cannot stir up a ripple in his heart."
Pamela tied her hair and turned slowly.
Those sapphire eyes stared deeply at Alan.
In her eyes, Alan saw the same burning love and hatred.
"Angel told me that after reincarnation, he was afraid that he would forget you and me."
"He is worried about me because he is afraid that I will get into trouble and bring disaster upon myself."
"He said that I have little ability but a bad temper, and I cannot stand being wronged."
"My talent and ability are not enough to support my arrogant and overbearing style. Sooner or later, I will suffer."
"I was very angry when I heard what he said, but I have to admit that he made sense."
"Sometimes I hate my bad temper, but unfortunately, I can't stand being wronged. Maybe I am destined to be a villain and a bad woman."
Pamela sighed and then said to Alan:
"Angel is worried that I will do something unruly and eventually get myself killed."
"Take the initiative to extract your own blood essence and let me inject it to strengthen my warlock talent. If I offend a force I can't afford to offend in the future, I will have more self-protection capabilities."
"Angel told me that if I want to fuse his blood essence, I have to accept a trace of his holy devil origin, which is quite dangerous."
"If I fail, my personality will change drastically, even to the point of schizophrenia."
"To be honest, people often say that I'm crazy. I even suspect that I'm mentally ill. Why should I worry about the sequelae of blood fusion?"
Pamela smiled self-deprecatingly.
"Now that I think about it, I'm afraid that Angel didn't give me the blood essence out of kindness."
"What do you mean?" Alan frowned.
"I suspect that he hopes that I will lose my nature in the process of blood fusion, be assimilated by his soul, and become a copy of him on the spiritual level."
"Because, compared to me, your fiancée, you are the person Angel misses most in his life."
"He was worried that after reincarnation, he would lose his former feelings and forget about you, his good friend, so he wrote a letter and asked me to hand it to you personally."
"Angel gave me the blood essence of the Holy Demon inheritance, on the condition that I swear to get along well with you, as if I became his substitute, maintaining his friendship with you on his behalf."
"Frankly speaking, this hurt my pride, but I couldn't bear to refuse Angel's request."
"After he was reincarnated, I hesitated for a long time, and finally made up my mind to complete Angel's request."
"I wrote to you and asked you to meet me at the Mushroom Garden. I originally planned to give you Ingres' letter as soon as we met."
"When I really saw you, for some reason, I lost my peace of mind... Jealousy and desire overwhelmed my rationality."
Pamela sighed .
Out of modesty, he did not elaborate on the changes in his heart.
After that, she developed an indescribable twisted feeling for Allen.
He did not mention Ingres's instructions at all, but only used Ingres to force him to submit.
She wanted to torture Alan to vent her anger, but she was also torturing herself at the same time.
As the two of them spent more time together, she couldn't help but fall in love with them.
I actually changed myself unconsciously to please the other person and even knitted a towel for him. I felt ashamed and blamed myself afterwards.
She was too embarrassed to speak out this subtle psychological activity.
But it wasn't hard for Allen to understand.
Having said everything that needed to be said, Pamela opened her storage bag and took out a crumpled letter.
She wanted to tear up the letter.
But later, I picked up the scraps of paper that were thrown into the trash can, piece by piece... and glued them together again.
Alan took the ill-fated letter, opened it and read.
There was nothing special about the content of the letter.
In addition to daily greetings, there are also instructions given by Ingres when he was seriously ill.
He hopes that Alan and Pamela get along well.
If Pamela gets into trouble in the future, please ask Alan to rescue her for the sake of his old friend.
Alan wondered to himself.
When Ingres wrote this letter, he was still a nobody and his accomplishments were far inferior to Pamela's.
How could Ingres be so sure that he would have a bright future and be able to help Pamela solve her problems?
Alan couldn't be sure whether Angel really had foresight or had gained some ability to foresee the future after reincarnation.
He read the letter again from the beginning, but could not see anything special in it.
But he was sure that the letter was not as innocent as it seemed.
The faint fluctuations of magical power radiated through the letter paper.
At my current level, I am still unable to comprehend the mystery.
He could only put the letter away first, improve his cultivation level, and then try to decipher the secret in the letter.