The poorest member of the Imperial Guard, the Empress begged me to embezzle.

Chu Xiu's priority now is to compromise and settle the nearly one hundred powerful experts who have regained their freedom.

Only those who have reached the pinnacle of the Void Breaking Realm can pass through the Upper Realm teleportation array.

Needless to say, it was Tu Shanwan who first taught Chu Xiu the concept of breaking through the void.

Murong Si has now received the martial arts cultivation inheritance from Liu Feibai, the master of the Immortal Martial Pavilion, and has become a top-level expert. It is believed that with Chu Xiu's help, she will soon be able to comprehend the Dao of Breaking Through the Void.

"Your Majesty, are you the only member of the Murong clan who went to the Upper Realm?"

Chu Xiu looked at Murong Si, who was walking towards him, and asked.

Murong Si's gaze was fixed on Tu Shanwan's hand holding Chu Xiu's arm, her brows furrowed slightly, seemingly somewhat displeased, and she didn't hear Chu Xiu's question for a moment.

"His Majesty?"

"Huh?" Murong Si came to her senses and replied with a slightly flustered expression, "That's right, it's just me."

"My Murong clan is, after all, a clan banished by the current Immortal Emperor of the Upper Realm. We should not swagger into the Upper Realm. As for the future development of the Great Zhou, with the return of the founding emperor, he will compromise and make arrangements with Palace Master Murong."

“I… have heard from Pavilion Master Liu that you are now the Lord of Heaven and Earth, your status far above that of my mere ruler. If you wish, then call me… A-Si.”

"A-Si?"

Chu Xiu scratched his head and looked at Tu Shanling beside him, "Then I'll call you A-Ling from now on!"

Tu Shanling smiled gently: "It's up to you."

Before he could finish speaking, a disgruntled sneer came from Murong Si's side.

Seeing the two women's inexplicable hostility, Chu Xiu felt a headache coming on. He casually made up an excuse to leave, leaving the task of arranging compromises and making arrangements for those powerful experts to the two empresses.

These people were all legendary heroes who had dominated the mortal realm throughout history. Chu Xiu was unaware of their backgrounds, so he kept a close eye on each of them.

If anyone dares to rely on their supreme cultivation to wreak havoc on the lower realms, he only needs a single thought to completely annihilate that person!

This is Chu Xiu's power and responsibility as the ruler of the lower realm!

The previous ruler of heaven and earth was a human being like Chu Xiu, and over millions of years, only Chu Xiu became his successor.

This is not only the choice of the previous ruler of heaven and earth, but also the choice of the will of heaven and earth here!

Now that Chu Xiu has taken on this responsibility, he will be responsible for all living beings in the lower realm, so that they will no longer be oppressed by the powerful beings in the upper realm!

But to achieve this, Chu Xiu's most urgent task is to go to the Upper Realm and strive to become stronger!

Might makes right!

With his journey to the Upper Realm imminent, Chu Xiu decided to first refine the Heaven-Suppressing Ruler for his own use.

As a divine artifact from the lower realm, the Taiqing Zhenyue Blade was no longer sufficient to support his current cultivation level and could not provide him with any boost to his combat power. Therefore, he returned the Taiqing Zhenyue Blade to its original owner, Gai Wushuang.

Although the Zhen Tian Ruler closely resembled the ancient divine weapon Shennong Ruler that Chu Xiu had seen in an ancient book, it hardly seemed like a suitable weapon.

However, it is, after all, a man-made immortal artifact modeled after the Celestial Emperor's Celestial Ruler, and its power far surpasses that of the Taiqing Zhenyue Blade.

Chu Xiu returned to his Marquis of Champion's mansion after a long absence, without disturbing the rest of the other people in the mansion. Although he was about to leave, he was still a little unaccustomed to some interpersonal interactions and would avoid them if possible.

He returned to his bedroom and set up a protective barrier. Without his permission, no one could enter this barrier, and no matter how much noise was generated inside, it would not affect the area outside the barrier.

Chu Xiu sat cross-legged, and with a flick of his wrist, the Heaven-Suppressing Ruler, which was as white as purple jade, about three feet long, and had a long handle without a blade or edge, appeared in his hand.

Along with the Heaven-Suppressing Ruler, there also appeared the small, unawakened spirit within the artifact.

The moment it saw Chu Xiu, the little spirit transformed into a streak of light and flew out from within the Heaven-Suppressing Ruler, taking the form of a young white fox, and acted cute towards Chu Xiu.

Why did you transform into a white fox?

"Could it be that they saw how I treated Aunt Wan and thought I liked the nine-tailed white fox, and that's why they did this?"

Chu Xiu looked at the little white fox spirit that had jumped into his arms, feeling both amused and exasperated.

"Very well... Since you're willing to please me, it means you're willing to let me become your master."

"In this way, there should be no further obstacles to refining this Heaven-Suppressing Ruler."

Chu Xiuping raised his right hand and forced a drop of blood from his fingertip onto the body of the Heaven-Suppressing Ruler.

He could have tried to brand the little white fox spirit with a slave mark, thus subduing the Heaven-Suppressing Ruler for his own use, but he was unwilling.

He was willing to respond to anyone who showed him kindness, even if it was just a little elf with newly awakened intelligence.

Only when the essence and blood recognize the master can it demonstrate his recognition of the Heavenly Ruler!

"Ok?"

The moment the essence blood on the surface of the Heavenly Ruler was absorbed, a question appeared in Chu Xiu's mind, instantly sending chills down his spine.

Someone was able to transmit their divine thoughts into his mind without him even noticing!

"who!"

"get out!"

Chu Xiu became extremely wary, and he maximized the power of heaven and earth and the aura of the Void Breaking Realm within himself, just in case.

"Heh, an interesting young man..."

"I was merely amazed that you were able to obtain the Heaven-Suppressing Ruler in such a short time, so why did you go to such lengths..."

The voice resounded from within his mind. Chu Xiu did not relax at all, but even after examining himself countless times, he could not find the source of the voice.

"No need to look anymore. This is just a wisp of divine thought with its own consciousness that I left inside the Heaven-Suppressing Ruler."

"With your current cultivation level, you are not yet able to find the location of the divine sense."

"Don't worry, once I've finished chatting with you, my divine sense will dissipate on its own."

The middle-aged male voice rang out again. Chu Xiu couldn't figure out its origin, nor did he sense any hostility from the other party. He had no choice but to accept his fate and lay down on the bed, communicating with that divine thought through his mind.

"Senior, are you... the former owner of the Heaven-Suppressing Ruler?"

"You're clever, but I wonder if you guessed it? The person who asked you the question when Heaven and Earth questioned your conscience that day was also me?"

Chu Xiu sat up abruptly, surprised, and said, "The one who can interfere with the actions of the Heavenly Dao in the Great Thousand World is actually you?"

"Hehe, when I met you that day, I knew that your future was bound to be limitless. I just didn't expect that you would be able to take the gift that I left for those who would rise to power in the lower realm in such a short time!"

The original owner of the Heaven-Suppressing Ruler seemed to know what Chu Xiu wanted to ask, and before he could speak, he explained himself:

"When I left the Heaven-Suppressing Ruler in the lower realm, there was only a spirit within it that had just begun to develop intelligence. I never expected that the spirit would develop a desire to replace the will of this realm. This was not something I instructed."

Chu Xiu asked, "Then why did you come to the lower realm back then, and why did you leave behind a celestial artifact from the upper realm, the Heaven-Suppressing Ruler?"

The original owner of the Heavenly Ruler explained, "Since you have already advanced to the Void Breaking Realm, you must have already defeated the Heavenly Soldiers of the Upper Realm and know the restrictions the Upper Realm places on the cultivation realm of cultivators in the Lower Realm."

"I came here to investigate and see what kind of magic this world possesses that makes even a Celestial Emperor of a great world so wary of a mere cultivator born in the lower realm, and forbid any cultivator above the Void Breaking Realm from appearing in the lower realm."

"That day, I found the answer I was looking for, and your appearance is the best proof of that answer in my heart!"

"Leaving behind the Heaven-Suppressing Ruler is a gift I left for the Lord of Heaven and Earth in the lower realm. The previous Lord of Heaven and Earth was too weak, but you are different."

"You possess righteousness in your heart, and you are also blessed by the Heavenly Dao of this vast world from an unknown source..."

"Perhaps in the future, only you will be able to fulfill the long-cherished wish that we old folks have cherished for countless years..."

"A long-cherished wish?" Chu Xiu was full of questions, but he forgot the previous sentence spoken by the Lord of the Heavenly Ruler in the next second.

"Hehe, we've gone off on a tangent..."

"From this day forward, you are the master of the Heaven-Suppressing Ruler... It was created by me in imitation of the ancient immortal artifact, the Heaven-Regulating Ruler, which was once held by the Immortal Emperor. Its full power can only be unleashed in the Upper Realm. You will learn about it for yourself after you go to the Upper Realm..."

Sensing that the man's divine sense was about to dissipate, Chu Xiu hurriedly asked, "Senior, what have I done to deserve such kindness from you?"

“Goodwill…yes, it’s just a little goodwill, a small gesture of goodwill toward the successors. You don’t need to worry about it, just accept it.”

"Chu Xiu, I will be waiting for your arrival in the Upper Realm!"