From the end of the world

Chapter 379: Conspiracy to Assassinate the Lord of the Divine Seal 3
The fate with the fragments of the divine seal should not be so easy to change.

If the fragment of the divine seal that I originally obtained actively designated Chang'an as my destined person, then in order to change this arrangement, it is likely that I would need power from the same dimension. Ma Zao's unlucky physique is incredible, but it is hard to imagine that even the arrangement based on the power of the divine seal can be disrupted.

But in the final analysis, Ma Zao's time travel was made possible by the power of the fragment of the divine seal exerted by Xiao Wan. Under the influence of this power, Ma Zao came to the modern world and changed my fate. This change may also make me qualified to disrupt the fate arranged by another fragment of the divine seal.

While speculating on my own experiences, I concealed the information about the characters and adapted them to present to Shenzhao as a "potentially useful method."

"With the help of the power of the divine seal fragments, I tampered with my own destiny and took the position of someone who was originally going to become an apostle of the Void Realm." I said simply and succinctly.

The reason why my connection with the Void Realm is more superficial than that of others is probably because I am "someone who was not originally going to become an Apostle of the Void Realm." Even if I occupy this position with external forces, the foundation of my fate with it is still unstable.

At the beginning, he couldn't even show his image in the virtual world. The next two times, it was difficult for him to even pass through the gray fog of the virtual world and enter the rock seat venue. It was probably for this reason.

After hearing what I said, Shenzhao showed a thoughtful expression, and then said: "...I see."

"Did my method work for you?" I asked.

"It helps, thank you." Shen Zhao said in an attitude that made it impossible to know the details, "This way, I will have a better chance of killing the Lord of the Divine Seal."

"I still can't believe it." Yuchi said in a skeptical tone, "That's the master of the Divine Seal! Since the other party is the master of the Divine Seal, he is no different from the omniscient and omnipotent ruler of heaven and earth.

"Even though he claims that he is in a dormant state that is no different from death and cannot interfere with the real world, we must first enter the virtual realm to contact him. The virtual realm is his home ground. Haven't you already attacked him there? Facts have also proved that even the power of the Great Impermanence can't do anything to him, right?"

I have similar thoughts. Although I don't know the specific depth of the Lord of the Divine Seal, the other party should at least be an existence beyond the Great Impermanence. I can't figure out where Shen Zhao's confidence in assassinating the other party comes from.

To put it bluntly, Shen Zhao's declaration of "I want to assassinate the Lord of the Divine Seal" sounds almost the same as Yuchi saying "I want to kill the old Fist God".

It is probably dangerous for me to participate in this conspiracy now. Shenzhao seems to have made preparations to prevent anyone from spying on our conspiracy, but he may not be able to prevent the Lord of the Divine Seal who "knows most of what happens in this world". Maybe the Lord of the Divine Seal is using the connection between us and the virtual world to secretly spy on our conversation. And if Shenzhao's assassination fails, Yuchi and I may not be able to escape the blame.

However, because I really couldn’t figure it out, I actually wanted to take a closer look at what Shen Zhao was planning to do.

I don't think Shen Zhao is the kind of person who would risk his life without a chance of winning. Unlike me and Yuchi, Shen Zhao probably knows something about the true background of the Lord of the Divine Seal. When he first entered the virtual realm to meet the Lord of the Divine Seal, he showed an attitude of knowing the Lord of the Divine Seal's details, and even the gray mist that could block supernatural powers was torn apart by his light.

“You all think too highly of the Lord of the Divine Seal. He is not as powerful as you imagine.” Shen Zhao said calmly.

I raised the issue: “Your claim doesn’t seem to align with what we’ve seen and heard.”

"You want to talk about the power he once displayed, right?" Shenzhao said, "Indeed, the Lord of the Divine Seal has very strong power... but what if it is not his own power?"

"...I understand what you mean." Yuchi said, "You want to argue that the Lord of the Divine Seal is actually nothing special. The reason why he is so powerful is because he is the owner of the Divine Seal, and his power comes from the Divine Seal, not from himself...

He paused, and then said, "...But even if this is true, so what? Regardless of whether his power comes from himself or from the divine seal, the fact that he possesses invincible power will not change, right?"

"No, there is a big difference between the two. 'The Divine Seal has the omniscience and omnipotence to fulfill all wishes' is different from 'The Lord of the Divine Seal is omniscience and omnipotence'." Shen Zhao said, "He accidentally exposed himself in front of us from the beginning. Do you still remember what he said when he just woke up?"

Yuchi frowned, and I recalled: "...he said that he could fulfill any wish, but he couldn't 'create a stone that he couldn't lift and lift it at the same time'."

It may not seem strange that this wish cannot be fulfilled. Many atheists like to cite this classic paradox to try to prove that the omniscient and omnipotent God does not really exist.

But the Lord of the Divine Seal cannot realize this wish, which is actually not right after careful consideration. The Divine Seal is the ultimate artifact that can even surpass logic. It can be in a paradoxical state of "both fragmented and intact". It is unreasonable to refute its omniscience and omnipotence with just such a paradox without any novelty. I can only think of two explanations for this: First, the Divine Seal is not omniscient and omnipotent. Perhaps it can realize paradoxical phenomena, but only in part. There are also some paradoxes that cannot be realized no matter what. "Creating a stone that you cannot lift and lifting it at the same time" belongs to the unrealizable part, which has nothing to do with whether the paradox itself is novel;

Second, the Divine Seal is truly omniscient and omnipotent, and no paradox can prevent it from exerting its divine power. However, because the Divine Seal is ultimately just a prop, it is limited by the user's ability to express his or her own thoughts. If the user cannot describe the realization of a paradoxical phenomenon, the Divine Seal will not accept it.

You cannot make a wish to a wishing machine if you can't even express it clearly.

The second explanation also seems to be a downgrading of the Divine Seal. Just because the user can't express it clearly, his wish cannot be fulfilled. Isn't this "defect" too inconvenient for the omniscient and omnipotent Divine Seal?
However, from another perspective, if the divine seal fulfills even the part that the user did not express in the wish, it is undoubtedly a self-assertion. It is more powerful, but as a tool, it has a greater flaw. It reminds people of the demon in the fairy tale who "over-interprets the user's request and fulfills the wish in a form that the user does not expect."

In a sense, the power of the divine seal may be similar to our magic power.

Although it also possesses the power to transcend logic in essence, if the user does not have the spirit to transcend logic, he will not be able to realize its full potential.

“Long before we first entered the virtual realm, our Great Wuchang had already realized the possible existence of the Lord of the Divine Seal, and I once privately sought out the diviner Tianshi, hoping that he could divine whether the Lord of the Divine Seal really exists. And - if the Lord of the Divine Seal really exists, then who is he, where is he, what is his origin, and what is his purpose..." Shenzhao said in a deep voice.

Shenzhao and Gua Tianshi actually did such a thing... No, they definitely had to do it. It would be strange if they didn't do it.

Yuchi's expression also changed, and he asked hurriedly: "If you want to divine an unfathomable object like the Lord of the Divine Seal, you must at least have some clues about him first... What clues did you use as a medium for divination? And, did you succeed?"

"We have only succeeded in a small part, but this is also a very crucial part." Shen Zhao said, "As for the medium used for divination... it is naturally the fragment of the divine seal.

“The Lord of the Divine Seal is closely related to the Divine Seal, and naturally has a great relationship with the fragments of the Divine Seal. As long as we have enough fragments of the Divine Seal, we may even be able to lock on to the real identity and real location of the Lord of the Divine Seal.

"It's a pity that the Great Impermanence are not communicating with each other on the progress of collecting the fragments of the Divine Seal, and not everyone is willing to lend their fragments of the Divine Seal to Gua Tianshi for use, so no consensus can be reached for the time being."

Although the Great Impermanence collected the fragments of the Divine Seal based on the consensus of fighting the doomsday, the person who obtained the complete Divine Seal could become the master of the world with its power. Shen Zhao said that he could accept Fa Zheng and Gua Tianshi as the users of the complete Divine Seal, but he probably accepted it only under the premise of no other choice.

What happens among the great impermanence is likely to be another form of "fragment competition".

I then asked, "So, which part did you succeed in?"

"The origin of the Lord of the Divine Seal." Shen Zhao said, "According to the conclusion of divination, the Lord of the Divine Seal may be just a mortal."

Yuchi was stunned: "——Mortal? You said he is actually a...powerless...ordinary person!?"

"At least before he obtained the Divine Seal, he was just a complete mortal." Shen Zhao said slowly, "This mortal went deep into a forbidden place where no human had ever been before, and found the intact Divine Seal there. He brought it to the outside world and made a wish to change the world.

“We don’t know when this incident happened, nor do we know where the forbidden place is, let alone what wish he made… In short, this lucky mortal became the master of the Divine Seal, and even relied on the power of the Divine Seal to surpass us, the Great Impermanence.

“As to whether the divination result is correct and whether the Lord of the Divine Seal really exists, Gua Tianshi has always been skeptical.

“I didn’t believe it at first either.

"Until I actually saw the thing that claimed to be the Lord of the Divine Seal and played tricks on us."

(End of this chapter)