Sha … sha …
The sound of footsteps could be heard.
The Eternal Thought Snatcher controlled its steps to make as much noise as possible.
There was only one reason for doing so for an entity of its caliber.
— — to express goodwill.
It appeared in a primordial forest.
Behind it was a man and a woman.
「 An especially powerful energy fluctuation … it seems that the legendary venerable one is here 」
The Eternal Thought Snatcher said.
There was no response from the forest.
The Eternal Thought Snatcher cleared its throat and continued: 「 Deity of the Underworld, King of the [Chaotic World] Faction, I'm here to surrender 」
A figure leapt down from the tree.
The Underworld King.
He stared at the Eternal Thought Snatcher as if he was looking at merchandise and spoke in a low voice: 「 There's only one outcome for a weak newcomer like you to waste my time 」
The Eternal Thought Snatcher smiled and replied: 「 Why are you so angry, Underworld King? Of course I came with gifts, I wouldn't have come empty-handed 」
「 The believer behind you exudes a disgusting stench that can be smelled from far away 」 the Underworld King spoke with a disgusted expression.
「 Indeed, that's because I have an ability that none of you possess 」 the Eternal Thought Snatcher replied.
It waved its hand behind itself.
Two believers stepped forward.
"Praise the God of Life" the male believer said.
"Praise the God of Justice" the female believer said.
The Underworld King coldly chuckled: 「 Are you trying to tell the Deities of Order where I am? 」
「 No, in truth, the Deities cannot see what they see 」
While speaking, the Eternal Thought Snatcher raised its arm.
The two believers opened their mouths.
A golden beetle flew out from their mouths and landed in the Eternal Thought Snatcher's hand.
At the same time, the two followers' eyes lost their light, and they stood still like wooden statues.
The Underworld King's expression changed and narrowed his eyes:
「 … They're not dead, but their souls are no longer here 」
「 Do you like my work, venerable one? To be honest, it took me quite a bit of effort 」 the Eternal Thought Snatcher bowed.
He sent the beetle back into the believers' mouths.
Not long after.
The two of them came back to life.
「 — — With your abilities, you could devour all believers of the [Order] Faction in this world and destroy their foundation 」 the Underworld King pondered.
This way, the faith of the entire world would collapse.
War.
— — the scales of victory and defeat would tip.
Hades stared at the Eternal Thought Snatcher, and the look in his eyes gradually changed.
"As expected of the Pluto King, you're sharp indeed," the Eternal Thought Snatcher remarked.
"What do you want?" The Nether King asked.
The Eternal Thought Snatcher said slowly, "There have been countless divine wars in your history, but the Faction of Troubled Times has never won. Do you know why, Pluto?"
"Speak," the Nether King said.
"Because if you win, a true war will break out in the mortal realm, and the number of living beings will be greatly reduced. That will only bring harm to the entire world," the Eternal Thought Snatcher said.
The Nether King was silent for several breaths before he said, "You're saying that someone is manipulating everything from behind the scenes?"
「 That's right — — I'm guessing that you already knew that, 」 the Eternal Thought Snatcher replied.
The Netherworld King stared at it and suddenly grinned. "Yes, no matter how we, the awakened gods, resist, this world is always orderly. It always has a way to defeat us."
"Chaotic times —"
"At the end of the day, our goal is not the chaotic world, but to understand the truth behind this world."
"We want to be free."
"It's just that for countless years, we've never been able to do this."
The Eternal Thought Snatcher silently listened, then said with a cheerful tone: 「 It seems that we share the same goal. 」
"You want to know the secrets of this world as well?" the Nether King asked.
"I will end this divine war with the Faction of Troubled Times as the final outcome," the Eternal Thought Snatcher said.
"I recall that you arrived in our world because of a deathmatch?" the Nether King asked.
The Eternal Thought Snatcher looked up at the sky, a slight ripple appearing in his eyes.
"To tell you the truth, I was once tricked by someone — — at the time, I almost died in a world called Huang Quan."
"After that — —"
"I used all of my power to investigate that mortal."
"So he had a secret that I didn't know about."
"Speaking of which, I've lived for countless years, and there are very few secrets in the Void that I don't know about."
"That's why it's very obvious."
"The secret that he carried could very well be the truth that I desire."
"For example, this place of yours — — the Land of the Gods that no one has ever been able to find."
"In his past, at a certain point in his life — — he actually crossed paths with your Land of the Gods."
The Nether King asked, "You mean the Great Earth God?"
"Yes, I don't know how he became the Great Earth God. Perhaps he was born with the Earth Element? But that's not important anymore — — "
The Eternal Thought Snatcher's expression turned serious as he said solemnly, "Your Excellency, I just want to help you win this battle and see what happens to this world next."
The Nether King was a little moved, but he did not say anything.
The Eternal Thought Snatcher said, "Don't worry, once I get to the bottom of this, I'll kill that mortal and leave. This place will still belong to you."
The Nether King said, "We'll need a contract."
"No problem." The Eternal Thought Snatcher smiled.
"Apart from that, you'll have to wait for me."
"Hm?"
"… I need to return to the Underworld to take care of some personal matters. I'll be right back."
"That's no problem. I'll wait for Your Excellency here."
The Eternal Thought Snatcher smiled.
The Nether King nodded, and a dark metal gate appeared behind him. The gate was engraved with many legends of death.
The gate opened.
The Nether King walked in and disappeared along with the dark gate.
The next instant.
Something strange happened — —
In the entire forest, fairies had appeared as far as the eye could see.
"Ah!"
"Wah!"
"It's daybreak, no — —"
"We're out of danger!"
"That Deity's stomach has left us."
"No, we've probably left the Deity's stomach."
"I'm almost at the end of the line. This isn't fair!"
The pixies shouted at the same time.
They quickly disappeared from sight and hid, never to be seen again.
The Eternal Thought Snatcher's eyes were wide open, unable to react.
Several breaths later.
It was only then that it realized what had happened. Its expression changed drastically, and it quickly turned to look.
The two believers were convulsing, gradually losing control of their bodies as they shrieked in agony.
"No … It shouldn't be like this …"
The Eternal Thought Snatcher rubbed its forehead and groaned.
Mystical beings like the Pixies could appear in any world, and even the Underworld would not stop them from going there.
If the Nether King had really devoured these Pixies.
Then the Pixies should have followed the Nether King to the Underworld.
— — but they did not.
They remained in the Realm of Life, in the primordial forest.
This proved an unexpected truth — —
There was no Underworld.
There was no such world.
Even the Nether King might not have truly existed!
The Nether King had always been fighting against the [Order] Faction, always searching for the secrets of this world.
— — -but the Nether King did not know that he himself was a part of this secret and had always been manipulated by it.
The two believers collapsed to the ground, their bodies slowly growing larger and more ferocious.
They cut open their flesh and grew new limbs. Their bodies were covered in dense divine runes.
"You stole my bug? And using Divine Script to catalyze them? "
"Such a thing …"
There was a cautious look on the Eternal Thought Snatcher's face as he slowly retreated.
He suddenly disappeared from the forest.
…
On the other side.
A dark, narrow room.
White mist rose.
Gu Qing Shan came out and looked out the window.
There was nothing out of the ordinary at the rest stop.
The Deities naturally did not know where he went either.
In the darkness, only the notifications from the battle just now continued to appear:
[You've achieved the standards of Tranquility, Focus, Passion, and Anticipation]
[You've unleashed Spirit Skill: Song-And-Dance Performer]
[You've unleashed Fog Realm Descent]
All of a sudden, all the text vanished, replaced by a new notification:
[Attention!]
[The will of the world has awakened, preparing to face some sort of crisis]
[Following this, a new world mode will be entered]
Gu Qing Shan scowled.
Killing an angel had led to so much trouble?
No.
The Deities coming to kill me was already a reaction.
If nothing else happened, the situation of the world wouldn't have changed.
Perhaps — —
What did the Eternal Thought Snatcher do?
Gu Qing Shan thought for a bit, then took out a black-covered book from her chest pocket.
"When I killed the angel just now, you saw that book, right?" he asked.
[Yes] the Book of Seabed replied.
"What was it?"
[It was an extremely ancient book, called the World Ruler]
The Book of Seabed continued: [As you've shown me the Ten Thousand Life Technique, I can tell you these things — — -]
[That book was actually in the hands of Water God at the time, it was the weapon of Water God of the Four Saint Pillars]
"You're not Water God's weapon?" Gu Qing Shan asked in confusion.
[I am a manifestation of the Saint Pillar, with a unique mission — — - all manifestations of the Four Saint Pillars are the same, we are not weapons] the Book of Seabed explained.
"What about Water God?" Gu Qing Shan asked.
[I don't know] the Book of Seabed replied.
It seemed to be a bit confused and muttered: [Too many things have happened … the four Deities of the void have all disappeared, then the Reality Gate opened and the Awaitings entered …]
Gu Qing Shan pondered a bit, then drew the Chao Yin sword from the void of space on her back.
[This sword is a crucial condition for me to reach the Land of the Deities]
[I heard that it was forged by the Deities of the past]
[— — -could it be that it was forged by the four Deities?]
The Book of Seabed was surprised: [What? You just found out about this?]
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