Chapter 1528: First Meeting with the Scarlet Lord! Narrow Escape from Death!

Chapter 1528: First Encounter with the Crimson Sovereign! A Near-Death Experience!

"Primordial Sacred Heart?"

"Can this artifact grant a being of Supreme Will a second life?"

"What an incalculable treasure!"

"Even a being of Supreme Will might go mad for this artifact!"

Zhou Zhan stared at the relic, his heart pounding with a sense of dread.

How lucky that Beke was, to stumble upon such a divine treasure in the Ultimate Void.

Without hesitation, he immediately stored it within his first-tier treasury.

He had decided to keep this artifact for himself.

Though he was currently only a First-Class Supreme God, far from the realm of Supreme Will, he believed—deeply, firmly—that one day he would reach that pinnacle.

At that moment, this treasure could become his very life-saving relic.

"The Beki said her luck was good—indeed, it was good."

"Yet she also said her luck was bad—indeed, it was bad."

"Despite possessing a relic capable of resurrection, only one who reached the realm of Supreme Will could wield it."

"Thus, she died clutching the relic in her hands."

Zhou Zhan shook his head.

Such a tragic end—how utterly humiliating.

Then He produced the second most precious prize found upon Beki's body.

It was the Blood Sovereign's Demon Scythe.

With his own willpower, He claimed it as his own, and then activated the half-saint artifact's power.

The next instant.

A thin veil of blood mist, radiating from the Blood Sovereign's Magician Scythe, engulfing the battlefield within a radius of one hundred thousand light years, was swallowed whole—like a great whale devouring its prey—by the scythe itself.

In less than a moment.

The blood mist throughout the entire battlefield vanished completely.

And the blood god legion soldiers, whose strength had been temporarily amplified by the scythe's blood mist domain, saw their power rapidly recede—further weakened than before.

"It seems that the temporary boost in strength gained by using the Blood Sovereign's Magician Scythe's blood mist does come at a cost," said Zhou Zhan, smiling at this.

What followed did not surprise him at all.

Without Becki, their leader, and without the strength-enhancing effect of the scythe's blood mist domain, the morale and combat power of these blood god legion soldiers were shattered.

Already inferior in strength to the divine armies of the Prajyā Realm, they were now mercilessly crushed by the combined forces of the Prajyā Realm's divine armies and the Universal Evil Legion.

Less than an hour.

Beck's Blood God Army had been utterly annihilated.

Even the Blood God, possessing near-superior willpower, was personally slain by the Supreme Evil Demon Master.

"Good fight!"

The Supreme Evil Demon Master dragged the corpse to Zhou Zhan's side, grinning with satisfaction:

"It's been a long time since I've had such a satisfying battle."

Then, he handed the body over to Zhou Zhan.

"Your prize. Give it back to me."

Zhou Zhan bowed his hand.

"Hehe, not giving it all to you for free, brother. Brother, can I trade this nearly transcendent will-body for a few supreme artifacts?"

"I already have quite a number of Supreme Deities under my command, but supreme artifacts are still too scarce—some even still use their primary artifacts as their main weapons."

The Ten Thousand Evil Demon Lord groaned in complaint.

Zhou Zhan: "...

Something feels like he's loosened up in certain ways after finally realizing his 'younger brother' status.

"Did you just find out about the Supreme Will Master receiving supreme artifacts?"

Zhou Zhan suddenly asked.

"I only just heard the news—supposedly, the battlefield of Heaven's Punishment God King has improved significantly thanks to the supreme artifacts you gave Him."

The Ten Thousand Evil Demon Lord chuckled.

A full hundred thousand supreme artifacts—there was simply no way to hide such a fact.

Even without the Ten Thousand Evil Master deliberately inquiring, the news had already reached His ears.

Otherwise, He would not have suddenly proposed such a deal to Zhou Zhan.

"How many Supreme Sacred Artifacts would you like to exchange?"

Zhou Zhan nodded, then asked.

"Sixty pieces?"

The Ten Thousand Evil Master cautiously inquired.

His offered price had already been quite reasonable.

After all, He was giving Zhou Zhan the corpse of a nearly Supreme Will-level enemy.

If luck favored him, it was entirely possible to extract a treasure or even a lineage of nearly Supreme Will from this corpse.

Compared to such rare gains of nearly Supreme Will level, the value of Supreme Sacred Artifacts was vastly inferior.

Sixty pieces of Supreme Sacred Artifacts—still a reasonable price.

Zhou Zhan knew this truth well, so he said nothing, simply tossing a World Ring into the other's hands.

The Supreme Demon Master immediately grasped it, then poured his will into the ring to inspect its contents. Instantly, his eyes widened in shock.

Inside the ring, there lay no less than six hundred Supreme Artifacts!

Though all were below the third-tier level of Supreme Artifacts, the sheer number still left the Supreme Demon Master utterly stunned.

He stared at Zhou Zhan, his gaze filled with awe.

Is this the brother he just formally adopted?

No wonder the Celestial Sovereign, who wields such immense power, casually offers a hundred thousand Supreme Artifacts upon his first move!

This is beyond extravagant—unparalleled in extravagance!

"Thank you, Brother Zhou!"

The Supreme Demon Lord was overjoyed.

Zhou Zhan shook his head indifferently.

At that very moment,

a crimson eye suddenly appeared in the sky.

As soon as it emerged, the entire battlefield—no, the entire Ultimate Void Battlefield—turned into a vast expanse of crimson. Boundless crimson mist surged into existence, swiftly engulfing vast war territories.

Zhou Zhan and the Supreme Demon Lord exchanged a glance, then bowed respectfully:

"May I have the honor of addressing the Crimson Lord!"

Even Zhou Zhou, far away within the Palace of Cycles, rose to his feet and bowed with due reverence.

The Crimson Lord said nothing, merely fixating on Zhou Zhan with the gaze of a mad, chaotic beast.

The next second—

A streak of red light flared from His crimson eye.

At that instant, the consciousnesses of Zhou Zhan, Zhou Zhou, and all of Zhou Zhou's manifestations simultaneously slipped into a state of unconsciousness.

Unknown how long had passed.

Only then did Zhou Zhan open his eyes.

And there before him stood the face of the Supreme Demon Lord.

Not far away, the form of the Supreme Will.

"Brother Zhou, you've finally woken up," said the Supreme Demon Lord, relief washing over his face as if he had just breathed a sigh of relief.

"What happened just now?" Zhou Zhan asked.

At the same time, this was a question about the Primordial Self.

At that very moment, the Primordial Self and all of Its manifestations awakened within the Palace of Cycles, the Supreme Continent, and across the myriad realms.

Each of Them sought to understand what had just transpired.

"You were just attacked by the Red Sovereign."

"Thankfully, you possessed a treasure, and the Supreme Will intervened to save your life."

"Otherwise, you might have perished."

The Universal Demon Sovereign said.

Having said this, He offered the treasure to the One.

Among them was a Lower-Rank Artifact of Will—The Resolute Seal.

At this moment, it had already shattered completely.

The other was the Sacred Instrument of Will—the *Sutra of the Heart*.

The *Sutra of the Heart*, as a sacred instrument of will, had not shattered completely, but a crack had appeared upon its surface.

Zhou Zhan exhaled in relief.

Good—it hadn’t completely broken.

"You were reckless," spoke the Supreme Will.

"It was He who first broke the rules."

"I couldn't bring myself to kill Beki. My inner peace remains unsteady, and my path to attaining the Supreme Will State will be made more difficult as a result."

"And besides, I didn't kill Him completely. The Red Sovereign would hardly be unable to resurrect Him, would he?"

Zhou Zhan said.

He had indeed held back.

Otherwise, with His current capabilities, He could have completely prevented Beki from even resurfacing.

The Supreme Will remained silent.

The Lord of All Evil chuckled, "Brother, you're right—Beki has indeed been resurrected by the Master of Crimson, but He has also been stripped of his status as the heir to the Crimson Sovereign. Now, only three individuals remain as heirs to the Crimson Sovereign."

"Brother, you've literally eliminated one of the Crimson Sovereign's reserve heirs!"