Old days in the box

Chapter 506: The source of all magic, the magic network is coming!

"Great old days, we welcome you."

Loki and Sharon both answered at the same time, happy that the Lord God had come.

"Before I tell you about my plan, I first need to apologize to you two: Jörmungandr and Hela. I know you have just been reunited with your family for a while. Now you are being brought here immediately. It is really forced by the situation. I hope you can understand."

"You are too kind, Your Highness. If it weren't for your great help, my family and I would not have the opportunity to meet again. This is already a blessing."

Jörmungandr replied politely. Zhou Xiao noticed that although he used respectful words, he called himself "Your Highness the Outer God", which clearly showed that he was still holding back.

"This is worth discussing, because I hope you can understand one thing: Midgard has never thought of using favors or gifts to bind you and ask you to fight for Midgard. Our alliance has always been based on a common enemy. We all want to overthrow the God's Domain and destroy the Cross God King Odin."

“The Divine Realm violated the blood alliance and murdered my blood brothers. I will never forget this great hatred.” Hela said gritting her teeth.

"In that case, let's get started."

A point of starlight fell from above their heads, and then blossomed into the shape of a giant tree, depicting an endless universe entangled with thousands of nebulae.

That was a moment that Zhou Xiao captured by freezing the overview of the world tree at that moment, and after making it into a small model, he projected it in front of them.

"Ever since Odin established the new laws of nature deep within the World Tree, tremendous changes have quietly taken place among the stars. I think everyone here has more or less noticed it from different perspectives, right?"

"The era of the gods of authority is coming to an end. The authority of all gods is naturally fading, and extraordinary divine power is being replaced by the power of faith." Loki answered first based on what he had seen and heard in the various realms.

“The thoughts and ideas of all things can actually form godhood, which in turn can seize the power of authority.” Hela thought of the “Buddha” masters who attacked her in Helheim.

"The void is no longer lonely. It is washed in by a large amount of power of faith and becomes unprecedentedly lively." Jörmungandr, who has been in the boundless sea for a long time, gave his insights from the perspective of the void.

"What you said is not wrong, but it is only one aspect of the change, like seeing a leopard through a tube, not seeing the whole picture. In fact, the core of the new law of nature established by Odin has always been only one."

Zhou Xiao paused, then continued:

"That is mortals, or rather, all mortal life."

“Before the new natural law, although mortal life accounted for more than 99% of the total population of the universe, it was insignificant and had no influence on the direction of history.” The quantum state of “loyalty” immediately gave its own analysis.

"That's right. In the theocracy era, all divine powers came from authority. Mortals were nothing more than pastimes for the gods, a paradise of extravagance and debauchery, like birds in a cage, flashy but without substance. At that time, no god would properly manage their own beliefs. The gods allowed mortals to erect statues and pray to them only out of self-satisfaction, without realizing the importance of faith."

"But now, in the age of faith, talent is the foundation of everything."

As the old words slowly fell, Sharon and "Loyalty" were also quickly digesting this information and carrying out logical reasoning.

"The New Heaven has lifted the restrictions on mortal life, allowing their faith to generate divine power, which then flows into the void to form new gods. The new gods' strength leads to the decline of the old gods, and eventually all authority and the old gods will be replaced by the new gods." In a short while, Sharon had come up with this simple chain of logic. "So what you mean is that whoever wins the mortals wins the world?" Jörmungandr asked.

"To be precise, whoever possesses magic possesses the world." The old voice hummed, "How much faith power mortals' faith can produce depends on their individual strength. The more authority falls and the more magic is revived, the stronger the souls of mortals will become and the more faith power they can generate. In other words, quality is more important than quantity."

"But magic has always been just a trick of mortals. In the era of theocracy, magic power was considered to be a distorted inferior form of extraordinary divine power, a product of mortal life with insufficient bloodline forcibly occupying extraordinary divinity. We have never taken this kind of thing seriously." Loki shook his head.

"Because at that time the restrictions on mortal life had not yet been lifted, and the authority of God still encapsulated most of the concepts in this world, but now, everything is different." The Old Day replied.

On the tree of light model cast by Zhou Xiao, "Loyalty" further amplified its own data stream, lighting up the world of billions of planets in it.

"Since the establishment of the New Law, more than twenty divine powers have fallen in the universe, and more than thirty types of magic have been revived. The overall magic response has increased by 750%. In the atrium alone, the proportion of people with high magic talent has reached one-tenth, which is one hundred times that of the previous era. There is no doubt that the next era will be the era of magic."

In the data stream displayed by "Loyalty", one can clearly see the magic power erupting in the galaxies of every realm, pushing the individual power of mortals to unprecedented heights.

"You want to control magic and gain more power of faith from mortals." Jörmungandr finally understood what the Old One meant.

"Odin is doing the same thing, so He attacked Helheim." The Old One did not deny it, but said slowly.

"Magic is a spiritual power that is naturally associated with mysticism. It is a system that emphasizes symbolism and spirituality. Now the void has naturally occupied the symbol of the 'astral world', and Helheim, as the kingdom of the dead, is the symbol of the 'spiritual world'. Together with the 'material world' of the other eight realms, the trinity can complete a complete mystical system and unify the source of all magic."

After hearing the old stories, everyone finally understood why the army of the divine realm suddenly descended on Helheim. It turned out that they wanted to take over this future spiritual world as soon as possible and master one of the sources of mysticism.

“So, I was supposed to be the future master of the spirit world?” Hela finally realized.

"In that case, we should immediately gather our forces and head to Helheim to regain control of the Kingdom of the Dead for Hela! If you need us, my son and I can also go with the army!" Loki said immediately and anxiously.

At this point, anyone can hear that the current situation is critical. If the Gods really take control of the spiritual world of Helheim, and add the astral world of the void where Odin himself is, then the Gods will suddenly control two planes of the Trinity, and the consequences will be disastrous.

But unexpectedly, Old Man did not seem to be anxious about the crisis at hand, but continued to speak in a gentle and calm voice:

"I have no doubt about your loyalty, Loki, but I already have other plans for this matter."

"As 'Loyalty' said, the authority of gods frequently falls in the universe today, releasing a large number of magic types back into this world. But so far, all magic is chaotic and disordered. There are rune magic, ritual magic, astrology magic, alchemical magic, etc., which are intertwined and complex, and each is independent and has no rules at all."

"I was thinking, if I can compile and integrate all existing magic into the quantum magic network to form a unified code program, then I can delegate usage rights at any time in the area covered by the network, allowing mortals to summon specified magic effects according to specific codes. In this way, another magic system independent of mysticism can be formed."

"You mean a magic program that ordinary people can use at any time?" Sharon asked half-knowingly.

"To be precise, it is an omnipresent network, a magic web." Old Time replied with a smile.

(End of this chapter)