Do not engage in underworld operations in the human world!

Chapter 458: The Ancient God’s Perspective

Returning to the time when Nyarlathotep was sealed, Jiang Lu found that everything was back on track.

The gods have been rescued and are helping Nodens construct the magic circle needed for the seal. Zeus's clone has died and is now nowhere to be seen. Jiang Lu is talking to Nyarlathotep, engaging him in a battle of wits and courage.

Experiencing the same scene again gave Jiang Lu a strange feeling that things and people had changed. Especially when he heard Nyarlathotep mention the details of the battle in the underworld and the game among the heavens and all realms after that, he felt a little sad.

Although some of the things that were extremely shocking to him at the time were true, they now seem to be more than just the tip of the iceberg. They are even very misleading. This is because Nyarlathotep wanted to escape, so he deliberately deceived Jiang Lu, and most of the information he threw out was misleading in nature. It was only part of the truth and a wrong interpretation.

Nyarlathotep is like this. What he says in any situation is both true and false, making it hard to understand.

So it’s hard to believe that what he just said was true, Jiang Lu thought.

Soon, the sealing magic circle was ready.

In front of Jiang Lu during the [Kingdom Star Gate] period, Nodens connected with other Hyperborean gods who had been persecuted by Nyarlathotep, activated the magic circle, and after a series of tedious procedures, successfully sealed Nyarlathotep in the deepest part of the Great Abyss of Dreamland.

Jiang Lu from the [Kingdom Star Gate] period disappeared on the spot. At this time, he should have left the spiritual realm and returned home to count his gains.

Logically speaking, what happened after this should no longer appear in Jiang Lu's spiritual realm, because he was not there, he neither saw it with his own eyes nor experienced it personally, nor did he hear anyone mention it, so the picture should have disappeared.

But just as before when Kang Yool and Zeus drew power from the trident and headed for Nyarlathotep’s hideout, the story doesn’t end there.

As the great villain Nyarlathotep was sealed, all the gods present were overjoyed.

Nodens dismissed them and sent them back to where they belonged.

Soon, he and the magic circle that was sparkling with light were the only ones left in the huge abyss.

Nodens came to the top of the magic circle, crossed his legs, and sat upright in mid-air, ready to guard the formation alone.

The world suddenly became lonely, as if the entire dreamland was silent.

Suddenly, Nodens stretched out his hand forward, cut open the void from top to bottom, and a large black cocoon appeared.

He carefully held up the huge cocoon with both hands, which was more than ten meters in diameter, and then let it slowly sink until it was immersed in the magic circle.

At this moment, he spoke as if talking to himself.

"Fortunately, he was finally sealed."

Nodens looked down at the magic circle without looking away.

"I know you are watching. You must remember what I am going to say next. That is the key to dealing with the old days."

He fulfilled his promise to Jiang Lu and told him some unknown secrets:

“This black cocoon is not a manifestation of divine power, nor is it some magic created by Hades. It is an ancient artifact that has always existed in every world.

They are the origin of every world, and they have existed since the birth of any world.

Rather, it is more likely that each world was created for them. If they cannot be found in a certain world, it means that that world does not have the ability to nurture life.

They have many forms, some look like cocoons, some look like stones, and some may be a tree or a flower, but no matter what form they appear in, they all contain the same magical power.

By using this power to reshape oneself, one can gain supreme authority. Every ancient god is the luckiest and most fortunate person in their own world. By various coincidences, they come into contact with such ancient artifacts and establish connections with them. After absorbing the magical power buried in these ancient artifacts, they transform into ancient gods.

The ancient gods are above everyone in a world, including their supreme gods, but we never reveal our existence to the public, because we are too powerful, so powerful that the world we were born in cannot contain such power. If we show it, the world will collapse and be destroyed.

Thus, all the ancient gods who were successfully crowned through those antiquities and who had established a mysterious connection gathered together and worked together to create this dreamland that was large enough to accommodate our power.

From then on, they hid deep in the dreamland. Unless the world they were born in was threatened with life and death, they would never leave the dreamland easily, let alone participate in any disputes in the outside world.

But the good times did not last long. One day, the Old Ones appeared.

They have the same power as us. No, it should be said that they have stronger power than us.

No one knew where they came from, but once they appeared, they invaded various worlds like crazy, looking for ancient artifacts that had not yet been used to give birth to ancient gods.

Once the antiquities are taken away from their original world, that world will face the end of extinction. This is something we cannot accept, nor can we sit back and watch.

The war between the Ancient Gods and the Old Ones has begun.

We paid an extremely heavy price, with many ancient gods killed and injured, and finally managed to stop the Old Ones, making it impossible for them to gather for an invasion again in a short period of time.

The ancient gods killed by the Old Ones could no longer be resurrected, and those who were injured fell into a deep sleep after returning to the Dreamland, and have not awakened until today.

I became the only guardian of the Dreamland. Although the Old Ones were driven away, I knew that they would come back one day, and I have been preparing and guarding against that day.

Sure enough, Nyarlathotep appeared.

He is the best among the Old Ones and is more difficult to deal with than any Old One I have ever dealt with. He has countless incarnations, and I will never know when and how he will appear, and what kind of conspiracy he will plan.

The struggle between him and I alone lasted longer than the war between the Ancient Gods and the Old Ones.

To this day, we are still in this tug-of-war.

I don't know when my companions will wake up, and I don't know when Nyarlathotep will break through the defenses we left behind, allowing the covetous Old Ones to invade again.

There is no other way. I can only find a way to train new ancient gods as companions.

This giant cocoon is an ancient artifact from the underworld. When he left the underworld and came to the dreamland, the underworld was equivalent to destruction. From now on, no life will be born in the underworld, and the ancient artifact will soon perish because it has left the world where it was born."

At this point, Nodens' tone became somewhat melancholy and regretful. After a pause, he continued:
"But Hades has not completely failed, because Zeus is still here. Although Zeus and I have never met before today, we have established trust in each other through correspondence.

He is helping Hades maintain the last bit of life in the underworld. As long as he stays in the underworld for one more day, Hades will be able to survive. What we are waiting for is just such an opportunity, an opportunity that Nyarlathotep himself brings to our door!
This magic circle is actually just a cover. It does not have a sealing function. It is an energy conversion circle. What can truly seal Nyarlathotep is actually this giant cocoon.

There is a strange relationship between antiquities and the Old Ones. The Old Ones cannot absorb the power in antiquities, but antiquities can affect the Old Ones. Not only can they absorb power in reverse, but they can also make the Old Ones fall into a passive sleep.

Although there is only an incarnation of Nyarlathotep in the magic circle now, the old power contained in it will not change. As long as time is given, Hades may still have a chance.

And that's why we were able to drive them away in the first war, because we took advantage of this characteristic.

This might be a natural restraint, the world's immune mechanism against foreign invaders such as the Old Ones. I think they were frantically searching for these antiquities in order to make themselves invulnerable.

Therefore, you can go looking for such ancient artifacts. If you find them, it will not only help you go one step further and have enough power to confront the Old Ones head-on, but you can also use it to restrain the opponent and let you take the initiative.

But unfortunately, I can't help you with this matter. My every move is watched by Nyarlathotep. He may be one step ahead of me in doing anything and will set up many obstacles for me. It was under my guidance that Hades found the ancient artifacts from the underworld alone.

It took us a lot of effort to find him, but since you have the ability to enter the spiritual realm, it will be much easier for you.

There are no complicated steps. You just need to observe the world from the perspective of the spiritual realm and find the most conspicuous things in it, which are the antiquities.

As for what you mean by the most conspicuous, I can't tell you, but I am sure that if you really see it, you will definitely notice something unusual. It will definitely be the strangest thing you have ever seen in your life."

The voice stopped abruptly, and then there was no follow-up to this memory.

"He doesn't seem to know that only the Old Ones can enter the spiritual realm." Lucifer always felt something was odd: "Does he really not doubt you at all?"

But Jiang Lu didn't say anything, because he was frantically analyzing all the clues at hand.

The more he thought about it, the more shocked he was.

"What's wrong with you?" Lucifer asked in confusion when he saw that he ignored him.

At this time, Jiang Lu took a deep breath: "Of course he doesn't know that only the Old Ones can enter the spiritual realm. Because he has the ability to counterattack, or rather, the ability to discover that someone is spying on him through the spiritual realm, so it's not incomprehensible that he thinks the spiritual realm is worthless."

"It makes sense."

Lucifer was about to put aside his doubts, but suddenly, he realized something and was shocked: "Isn't that right? Now that you said that, I just realized that only the Old Ones can enter the spiritual realm. How come he is a little bit..."

"Yeah, I was originally planning to treat Nyarlathotep's words as bullshit, but who knew that he would jump out and confirm it indirectly the next second." Jiang Lu smiled bitterly.

"What do you mean?"

Lucifer asked subconsciously at first, then immediately came to his senses:
"You mean those ancient artifacts that Nodens mentioned?"

Jiang Lu nodded: "Maybe these ancient objects are the old compatriots that Nyarlathotep mentioned but have not yet successfully hatched and born."

He sighed, "Isn't this all right? The Old Ones created the various worlds, and then placed the unhatched Old Ones there. As a result, before the Old Ones hatched, their power was absorbed by the creatures born in the world by chance, and they became Ancient Gods. Of course, the Old Ones whose power was absorbed could not hatch, and they became the so-called magical relics in the eyes of the Ancient Gods.

In the eyes of the old gods, isn't this pure human trafficking? Of course, they would go crazy to retrieve the seedlings that were released at the beginning, and such actions were equivalent to invaders digging the roots of various worlds in the eyes of the ancient gods, so they united to stop it.

In this process, the ancient gods paid a heavy price, because they stole the power of the Old Ones, their bloodline was impure, and their hard power was definitely not as good as the Old Ones, but the Old Ones were not much better, because the young Old Ones were like vampire parasites, greedily sucking back the power that had been lost over the years from them.

As a result, many of the Old Ones fell into a deep sleep and were forced to withdraw from the heavens and worlds that they had created.

Until Nyarlathotep awakened, or was born, anyway, he inherited the hatred and returned to the heavens and myriad worlds, and then traveled to various worlds, while dealing with the ancient gods, which he saw as a group of human traffickers. "

Jiang Lu shook his head:
"Looking at it this way, it seems that no one is at fault. It is just a tragedy caused by different perspectives and a series of coincidences."

Good night
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(End of this chapter)