"I'm sure you can guess what happened next," Baiyi said. "A war broke out. It was a war between the gods. You can imagine how terrifying it would be to have such power, to have control over the Laws, and to use the Arbiter's Authority as a weapon."
"That dazzling civilization that had gone through hundreds of thousands of years had perished in an instant. The rules had been destroyed beyond recognition due to the competition between each other. Even the basic rules that built the world no longer existed. The Age of Gods could be said to have been completely erased from the concept … Although I tried my best to find records related to the war in the past, because the rules of time had been greatly modified, only a few fragments were left for me to imagine …"
"The annihilation of a life only required a little bit of interference with the Law of Life; the stars were just a giant toy that could be manipulated by anyone; the earth could be shattered with just a thought … That kind of war was so terrifying that it could destroy everything as easily as turning one's hand over. It was not a battle of strength or weapons at all. The horror of that war was beyond human comprehension. If any of the warriors from that era were to come to our era, they could easily annihilate us without us even realizing it. Be it the Gods or the Voidwalkers, they were just like ants in the face of the power of that era …" Baiyi recounted the horrifying history with a lingering fear in his voice.
"After that brief war, the world became what we are now. All that was left were the wreckage of the realms we call the Void, and the Void, which is forever shrouded in darkness …"
"Wait! Something's not right! " The Scholar Walker raised her doubts. "If the people of that era had really developed a civilization of that level, they would not have fought a war, would they? Let's not talk about their thoughts, demands, desires, and the like. Don't they know how terrible the outcome of a war would be? "
"They knew it. They knew it better than anyone else. That so-called war was more like suicide than anything else," Baiyi lamented, his heart filled with regret.
"Were they insane?" The Archmage asked, shaking his head.
"Probably," Baiyi said, a bitter smile on his face. A bitter smile appeared on Baiyi's visor. "Judging from the records of those time fragments, they are indeed gradually going crazy because this world is too small for people with such power. They are like a group of whales trapped in a pool, and after realizing that they can't break out of this narrow pool, they fell into madness …"
"It was a mad suicide, but from another perspective, maybe it was a way for them to find a new path? Perhaps they are trying to find a new path through the destruction of their own laws. But the price they have to pay is a little too heavy … "Baiyi continued to say.
"This reminds me of the theory that some people on Earth have about the development of civilization. Some people think that when a civilization loses its drive to pursue and move forward, it will eventually be destroyed. At first, I thought it was nonsense, but now, it seems like it makes sense …" The Soul Armature Practitioner chimed in. "Without destruction, there can be no construction. Perhaps this is a new path and a new direction. But forgive me, I cannot understand their choice … "
"Go on, then. What happened after that? What allowed us, the weak mortals, to exist? "The Archmage asked.
"I'm sure you can guess what happened next. Just as the Soul Armature Practitioner said, not everyone could accept such a choice. Therefore, there were a handful of people who did not choose to perish. Instead, they tried to find a way to survive. They tried to understand the Laws that had been altered by the war, and they tried to stabilize the world. They isolated and protected what was left of it, and they built the realms that we are in now. It was like a sanctuary after the apocalypse," Baiyi said. "These people were the Gods of Heaven …"
"Although they were worshipped as gods, they could not be compared to the real gods of the past. Even if they came from that era and had some understanding of the Laws, and they knew how terrifying this power was, it was impossible for the few of them to understand the Laws that had been destroyed and restore the glory of the past. Not only that, but a greater danger awaits them and us. Of course, this is not what I saw in the past, but what Nehemiah, who can see the future, told me."
"Nehemiah? The Fourth Walker? "The Archmage asked.
"Strictly speaking, the two are not completely equal. The real Nehemiah, the one who lived through the Age of Gods, has already fallen. The scammer in the Void is only a fragment of his consciousness, and it is no longer as powerful as it used to be. In fact, it might even be affected by my memories and experiences. Still, he is the last remnant of Nehemiah in this world, and he can use some of Nehemiah's powers, although they are not as powerful as before. If Nehemiah were to use his powers, I would not even need to lift a finger to kill the angels." Baiyi explained. "Using the Arbiter's powers does not require mana or combat chi, but it does deplete one's consciousness. If I use too much of it, my entire being will disappear! Fortunately, my consciousness is quite large, so I can afford to waste some of it … "
"Let's get back to Nehemiah. Even in the Age of Gods, he was one of a kind. Even during the Age of Gods, the art of prophecy and future interpretation was not completed. Many people, like Nehemiah, who studied the Law of Prophecy and Future, came to a very dark conclusion. Perhaps this was one of the reasons that led to their demise. However, Nehemiah was different. He believed that the Law of the Future could never be fully interpreted, and that the future must be filled with unforeseeable possibilities. Thus, he chose to live on, searching for that possibility in this new Sanctuary.
"He pondered for a very long time in the rebuilt Divine Realm. Many things happened in the process. The new world was rebuilt, and humans once again walked the earth. Even some of the gods had ended their war against each other. Still, Nehemiah could not find the answer to his question. So, he used his power to predict the future, and all he saw was a very dark future. The last remaining Sanctuary would be completely destroyed by the Void, and everything would return to darkness and chaos …"
"This result was unacceptable to the other gods. They had given up on their past glory and pride and chose to live on because they wanted to see if these ant-like newborn humans could discover something different. However, the result of the prophecy was so inauspicious … Soon, the prophecy seemed to have come true. A small realm was destroyed, and the reason was the collapse of the laws, just like the collapse of Gouve that we experienced before. These were the remnants of that war. The laws were destroyed too thoroughly, and it was difficult to stabilize the new laws that were forcibly established on such a foundation. This kind of collapse was irreversible, and no matter how hard the new gods tried, they could not completely eliminate it. In the end, the entire realm would perish, and the last survivors would not be able to escape …" "This result is absolutely unacceptable to the other gods.
"This result was obviously unacceptable, so the gods began to think of a solution. On one hand, they did not casually touch the Laws, including only using their pawns during the Divine War, which were the later angels. On the other hand, they no longer allowed the new humans to touch the Laws. When the humans grew to the level of Demigods, awakened their territory, and had the ability to touch the Laws, they would completely destroy them, which is to say, banish them to the Void … Later, the Church banned the use of Void Energy, and confiscated all weapons that touched the Laws like the Caudillo Butterfly. These were all methods they came up with to mend the pen after the sheep were lost.
"But these little tricks were a drop in the bucket when it came to solving this huge problem. They were still struggling on their last legs, until Nehemiah set his sights on the endless Void … The Void is actually the ruins of the original world. The Laws here have completely collapsed, and everything is in a state of darkness and chaos. Nothing can survive here. It is an absolute forbidden zone.
"Nehemiah planned to build a brand new world in such a place and rewrite the Laws of the world … This idea was undoubtedly crazy and impractical in the eyes of the other gods because it exceeded the limits of their abilities and was impossible to accomplish. Only Bella, who controlled space, supported his idea. After some thought, the two of them made a particularly crazy and bold decision. Nehemiah would use his own existence as the price to use his Authority to interfere with Bella's power to the greatest extent, so that his Authority of Space could break through the limits of the world and see the outside world …
"Such an attempt had actually been carried out in the ancient Era of the Gods, but nothing was achieved. Those who broke through the world found that the outside world was actually a realm that they could not understand or control at all, which led them to the wrong conclusion that there was no other world outside … But this time, Nehemiah's gamble had an unexpected effect. Bella found me, who had just died, brought my soul and consciousness back, and placed them in the Void …
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