There are many, many undead in this world.

Su Ziyu had just encountered one of them, and it was a relatively weak one at that. He definitely doesn't underestimate the power of the undead, because so many Lords of Cinder have been burned on the First Flame throughout history, proving many things. Since the start of the Fire Transmission Ceremony, the undead have never failed, and Su Ziyu wouldn't underestimate their power just because he easily defeated one undead.

Chaos Witch, White Dragon Heath, Tomb King Nite, all those strong beings who gained the power of the King's soul during the Age of First Fire, were burned on the First Flame by the undead all the same?

They've even burned the Divine Race of this world many times.

Right under Su Ziyu's gaze, Hawkwood's body gradually turned to ash and dust, his flesh and bones disintegrated into a haze of gray dust. It's said that the original King Soul bearers were also life forms birthed from the dark sludge. These entities known as 'Unkindled Ash' are very special, and Su Ziyu can feel that they are not regular flesh and blood life forms but more like unique life entities evolved from the Plane Law.

Documentation states they were once burnt in fire, but now even lack the qualification as kindling.

"Flame Greatsword (Curio): A special weapon used by Abyss Inspectors, composed of a greatsword and an unusual short sword, although the short sword part of this equipment has now been lost. The Undead Squad of Farron possesses the power of Wolf Blood, making it easy to disrupt enemies' attack rhythm when wielding the Flame Greatsword. Can be strengthened with special gemstones."

This is a relatively ordinary curio.

Su Ziyu picked it up and swung it, feeling the weight was alright but its quality couldn't compare to his Meteor Longsword. He wondered how it would be after being strengthened, though he wasn't well versed in this world's strengthening methods.

The monastery here has been almost completely explored.

Su Ziyu planned to leave without waiting for more undead to arrive. He paused briefly, then prepared to leave without a specific destination, just choosing a random direction to walk in and see if he could find a city inhabited by humans.

Because he became a Lord of Cinder locked by this world, Su Ziyu's initial objective changed too.

At the beginning.

Su Ziyu intended to enter this plane to see if he could trigger the main quest. He was quite strong now, and if he could trigger the main quest, he would try to help this world.

But now forget about it!

He's been recognized as a Lord of Cinder, with a bunch of undead trying to take his head back for burning; pursuing the main quest definitely isn't possible now. Su Ziyu's primary objective has shifted to 'survival and exploration,' seeking to hunt some Source Power values, collect some soul power, until the Hourglass of Time's stay concludes.

Fire Transmission is simply impossible.

Su Ziyu might risk his life to fight those terrifying giant beasts and mutants to help some worlds, but he would never participate in any ridiculous Fire Transmission Ceremony, sacrificing himself to burn in the First Flame.

This is completely different.

Upon leaving the monastery, Su Ziyu entered a vast wilderness.

This world is very different from other worlds; Su Ziyu barely sees any farmland, nor any traces of cultivation, meaning in the long past, possibly hundreds of years, the indigenous people of this world haven't planted crops much.

The significance behind this is very serious.

Farming implies food production, which is necessary for the continuation of life, but if even food is not much needed, the world's situation is extremely severe.

About half an hour later.

In Su Ziyu's vision, beyond the monotonous tombstones, he finally saw something different.

It was an iron cage hanging from a dead old tree, containing a large number of dried corpses that had almost all shrunk after enduring prolonged exposure to the sun. There seemed to be traces of violent struggle, with claw marks scratched out on the tree bark.

"They're all dead." Su Ziyu walked over.

He saw a faintly glowing soul, and upon reaching out to touch it, he immediately received a prompt.

——"A dissipating undead soul (Refinable): After refinement, gains 20 points of Energy Value."

These are undead locked inside.

They should be those who completely lost humanity and went insane. After the undead plague appeared, the kingdoms of this world had been troubled for a long time, with more and more undead turning into lunatics. Initially, they could be captured and locked away, but later, controlling them became utterly impossible. In the recent hundred years, to deal with these utterly lost-of-humanity undead, the people of the Abyssal Church straightforwardly fed them to Eldritch, the monster fond of eating humans, now known as the 'Abyssal Saint.'

Undead aren't completely immortal.

Their revivals are limited, losing a portion of humanity with each death, turning into mad wandering souls once it entirely dissipates, and with enough kills, they're roughly dealt with.

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