Magic Industrial Age.

Chapter 617-615: Child of Destiny, Baptism of the Origin
At this moment, Luo Yi was as if bewitched, all her spirit and focus were drawn to the king's crown.

His vision was almost distorted, and his senses seemed to be hallucinating.

Thus, what appeared before his eyes seemed to bear the marks of time, the truth of space, the composition of matter, and the flow of energy...

These elements collide with each other, giving rise to life, death, cause and effect, destiny, chaos, rules...

At that moment, Luo Yi had a strong intuition that as long as he put on this crown, he would have everything.

Everything he wanted was right before his eyes, within reach.

At this moment, deep within my heart, Deep Blue has issued a severe warning, the buzzing sound threatening to shatter my eardrums. The 'health monitoring module' and 'emergency medical module' are activated, and various hormones that suppress emotions are being secreted frantically.

But it still couldn't bring Luo Yi back to her senses!

The endless, pitch-black void was desolate and silent, with no sound whatsoever except for the flapping of the wings of the red dragon Virgil, which carried Loy faster and faster, like a moth drawn to a flame.

At this moment, the ancient god of death, Yego, finally lowered his proud head, waved his hand, and the scroll and quill pen containing the records were sent aside.

And He solemnly held the crown of the Abyss King in both hands, as if He had placed it on Loy's head just as Loy was about to arrive.

Just as He said, He came here to crown Roy.

On the unfurled scroll, the quill pen wrote automatically, the crimson ink spreading as if to write a predetermined history.

The most powerful mortal hero in the multiverse, a being comparable to gods, is about to be corrupted by the abyss!
But at that very moment, a dazzling light shone forth!

An elderly paladin appeared in the void at some unknown time.

His eyes were weathered, and his forehead was deeply wrinkled, like mountains and ravines, yet he was imposing and gave people a feeling of warmth and trust.

He walked slowly, but the void rippled where He stepped, and a visible divine light radiated from His body, like ribbons spreading outwards.

The darkness and deathly silence in the void were dispelled by the light.

In just a moment, when the old paladin reached the same height as Jego, the void was clearly divided into black and white, as if day and night, yin and yang, had been separated.

A flicker of emotion crossed Yego's eyes, and his usually calm tone carried a hint of anger: "You want to stop me?"

The Sun God spoke: "Now that I'm here, it means I've already made my choice."

"Hehe, the sun god, what a high position! But I've seen at least eighty, if not a hundred, sun gods."

"You think you can stop me?"

Jecob spoke a great deal, which was unusual for him, but the sun god remained calm. He expressed his reasoning: "First of all, if Jecob himself were here, I would be inferior to him, but you are only an avatar."

Secondly, I am now in a saintly state, and I can die, but if I am not afraid to die, everyone will be afraid of me.

Finally, and most importantly…

"what?"

“I don’t need to fight you. I’m here only to awaken him.”

Jehovah was startled, as if he had finally remembered something, and he suddenly looked down.

Through the royal crown in his hand, He met a pair of clear, deep eyes.

Luo Yi actually woke up?!
His reaction was extremely quick; he pressed down with both hands, as if to place the crown on Roy's head.
But at that very moment, Luo Yi raised her right hand and grabbed the crown.

The sharp edges seemed to cut through the palm of her hand, and golden blood seeped out. The delicate crown, though seemingly light, weighed a thousand pounds and threatened to crush Luo Yi.

With Loy's right hand as the core, the two sides clashed, and ripples spread outwards, shattering time, space, rules, and elements in concentric circles.

At this moment, Luo Yi was perfectly clear-headed. He stood up slowly, bearing an immense pressure.

Then, amidst the muffled roars and flapping wings of the red dragon Virgil, it straightened its back.

He and Jehovah looked at each other, and his loud voice resounded through the void: "I am not powerful because I have the throne; rather, I am powerful enough to seize this position."

Therefore, no one has ever been qualified to put a crown on my head.

If there is one, it's myself!

Before the words were even finished, a tremendous heartbeat, like the pounding of a drum, rang out, accompanied by a sudden explosion of battle qi, a surge of dragon power, the bulging of muscles all over the body with a regular rhythm, the cracking of bones, and the sudden tension of fascia...

It's hard to imagine the terrifying power that erupted and converged in the right hand.

With just a little bit of pulling, Luo Yi managed to snatch the king's crown from the hands of the ancient god of death, Yego.

At that moment, the abyssal fire burning on the crown suddenly intensified, like a torch rising out of nowhere.

Even more frenzied and tyrannical will surged into Loy's consciousness, like a million demons howling, shaking, roaring, and raging...

This is the wrath of the will of the abyss, enough to overwhelm and destroy the heart of the true god.

At this moment, Luo Yi remained as still as ice, her gaze fixed on what seemed like a dying ant.

Sure enough, just seconds later, this restless and frantic will, like water without a source, quickly receded and eventually disappeared.

In Luo Yi's hand, the crown of kings had completely lost its abyssal fire, and its rippling aura had become deep and pure, vast and ethereal, as if connected to some mysterious place.

However, Luo Yi didn't pay much attention at the moment. There was still an ancient death god in front of him, and he had to concentrate on dealing with him.

However, just as Luo Yi looked up, her strength reaching its limit, as if she could explode at any moment, she saw Death God Yego actually let out a stiff smile.

The smile contained no malice, but because it had been so long since he had shown any expression, it appeared quite distorted, to the point of being somewhat eerie.

At that moment, His voice rang out: "Is this your choice?"

"Yes!"

"That's settled then! If you have the chance, you can visit the Crystal Tower."

As He said this, He raised His hand and waved it, and boundless power of death surged back, instantly engulfing Him and disappearing into the depths of chaos.

This left Loyton feeling empty, as his pent-up energy suddenly seemed to have nowhere to go.

He blinked, watching the ancient Grim Reaper depart into the distance, somewhat bewildered.

"No, He's...gone?"

Luo Yi turned her head and looked at the elderly paladin who was slowly approaching. The paladin gazed in the direction Yego had gone and said softly, "This is all a choice of fate!"

"A choice of fate?"

Luo Yi looked at the old paladin with a puzzled expression, full of questions: "What does this have to do with fate?"

"Yeg is calm and peaceful by nature, and has strong principles. If you are not ambitious, you will be bound by the abyss."

But when you truly break free from the trap and forge your own path, He will follow suit.

Therefore, His invitation to the Crystal Tower in the Underworld is a genuine invitation;
After you refused to give in, He didn't attack.

Seeing that Luo Yi still seemed somewhat skeptical, the Sun God continued, "In other words, if it were the Demon Mother Cangye who came, what do you think the outcome would be?"

Upon hearing this, Luo Yi was speechless. He thought about the rumors about the Demon Mother Cangye and felt that if she really came, it would definitely be a great battle.

However, Luo Yi still felt somewhat uncomfortable: "He schemed against me, and I should thank him?"

"It's not that He schemed against you, but that the will of the abyss wants to corrupt you. What you're doing now is trying to seize the throne of the abyss king with a mortal body, without being tainted by any abyssal power. It's no wonder the will of the abyss is going mad!"
The hardships you've encountered are, in a sense, self-inflicted, but you are a chosen one, always able to find a way out of seemingly hopeless situations.

fate?

Is it fate again?
Luo Yi was quite unhappy with what he said!

Because his current achievements are all the result of his hard work and dedication. How can the pain he endured, the sweat he shed, and the life-or-death choices he faced be attributed to fate?

However, the sun god has a different view: "The multiverse has its own rules of operation. Fate is never absolute, but at crucial moments, it will subtly and unexpectedly give us a nudge."

It might not seem like much at the time, but in the long run, at the moment of collapse, it becomes the decisive factor in determining victory or defeat.

"The Silver Top of the Nesseril civilization has crossed distant astral planes and arrived in the Herka plane."

Their attempt to overturn the existing order, to rebuild the rules belonging to Netheril amidst the suffering and death of countless lives, will inevitably provoke a backlash from the plane's pan-consciousness.

"The dimensional consciousness cannot directly intervene, nor can it manipulate everything, but at a certain point in time, at a small fork in the road, it creates some unexpected events, and thus the child of destiny is born."

In the future, when the time is right, it will be the time for the chosen one to seize power and turn the tide.

"You may not believe it, but the arrival of Jergod was destiny, and my birth was also destiny. The Magic Energy Industry has taken a different path in your hands, even comparable to the glory of Netheril. That too is destiny!"

Once, Mother Earth told me that I belonged to the destiny of that era, while you belong to this era.

To be honest, Luo Yi couldn't smile at this moment.

Because when he looked back on the past following the line of thought of the sun god, he began to have doubts.

Was my time travel an arrangement of fate?
Compared to others, besides being a gene manager, his greatest advantage is actually his familiarity with the trajectory of technological development, allowing him to make the right choices at crucial moments.

It's even a coincidence that it completely distorted the development path of the Magic Energy Industry.
His path of accumulating sacred skills and forging his own cultivation path, even to the point of being extremely resistant to becoming a god, seems somewhat abnormal.

And then there was Hohenzollern III's 'possession', the battle of the seven divine projections and the hidden dangers of the sacred technique, which made him the final winner!

It seems that at crucial moments, there is always an invisible hand guiding him, leading him along a predetermined path.

Is this a good thing?
Even though Luo Yi was the so-called chosen one, she still felt uncomfortable and always felt that she was being manipulated.

This made his face grow increasingly grim, and even his right hand, which was gripping the royal crown, tightened, making a cracking sound.

He suddenly looked up and said, "Great Sun God, after all you've said, aren't you just asking me to send troops?"
I've said it before, I will definitely go after I become king!

"Whether it's fate or my own choice, that's my homeland, and I will never let the arcane mages of Netheril do as they please."

The elderly paladin was silent for a moment, then slightly raised his head, the wrinkles on his forehead deepening: "I spoke to you about fate because I wanted you to take responsibility for yourself, but you seem to dislike the feeling of being manipulated by fate? That's not important anymore. What's important is that all your choices are based on your conscience, and you have nothing to be ashamed of yourself."

As he said this, He took a step back and bowed slightly in greeting.

In her capacity as the uncrowned queen of the gods, Helka made her most sincere plea to Loy: "Please, whatever you do, save your homeland?"

Luo Yi also took a step back, and said in the most impeccable posture, "Thank you for your help just now. Whether it was fate or your choice, it saved my life. I owe you one."

As for sending troops, lead me to become a king, let's set off immediately!

This is my promise to you, the great Sun God.

"Throughout my life in Herka, I had many names, until everyone forgot my name."

But my original name was actually Yar, the mortal Yar.

You can call me by that name.

The sun god Yar said, "I will stay with you until Herka's crisis is resolved."

This is my promise to my friends!

"Then should I become a king first?"

"I will protect you in the abyss."

Without a word, the sun god Yar took a step and fell into the abyss.

The vast power of the sun god receded until it was almost like an ordinary person, and then disappeared into the dimensional barrier.

Luo Yi pondered for a moment, his mind churning with complex thoughts that he couldn't quite make sense of.

But in the end, he shook his head, trying to clear his mind of the chaotic thoughts.

Stroking the horns of the red dragon Virgil, he said, "In any case, our goal has been achieved."

Virgil, my old friend, are you ready?

Virgil the Red Dragon's rough voice rang out: "We have even faced Jehovah, the god of death."

The sun god Ardu treats us like brothers and asks us for favors, so what is there to prepare?!

Just do it!

"That makes a lot of sense!"

Taking a deep breath, Luo Yi finally solemnly placed the crown in front of him. There were too many complicated details, and only now did he have time to examine the crown carefully.

But after only a few breaths, he shook his head, used the holy technique [Heart of the Dragon] to deepen his connection with the red dragon Virgil, and put the crown back on his head.

This was a self-coronation, with no one watching, but it was incredibly important.

As the crown fell, Luo Yi felt her soul being sucked in, passing through a deep tunnel, and finally disappearing into the boundless ocean.

The elemental energy here is vast and boundless; even a casual fluctuation can create towering waves.

This is a place where rules have not yet taken shape, like a tangled mess, endlessly intertwined and difficult to unravel.

But here, you can even see the most fundamental shape of the rules with your own eyes, and with a casual touch, an indescribable enlightenment will rise in your mind.

There is no concept of time here, as if it were immortal and eternal; there is also no concept of space, existing anywhere in the multiverse, yet above all else.

The sky here is full of stars, some shining brightly, some dim and lifeless, but those who can leave their mark here are the greatest beings in the multiverse.

Many gods are not qualified!

This is the origin of the multiverse, the foundation and core of the entire universe.

In fact, the sincerity with which the Church of the Sun invited Loy was truly enough!

From Cardinal Saint John to the current Pope, and then to the sun god Arles himself...

This is what they mean by "three visits to the thatched cottage," showing him absolute respect!

It's important to understand that for other legends and calamities within the plane, regardless of their status, the Church simply issued a notification.

You don't have to come!

However, if you remain indifferent to such a disaster, then you really shouldn't be living in this world.

Legends may be able to hide outside the planes, but what about the family? What about the relatives? What about the offspring?
Such a reckoning, based on matters of principle, shows no mercy and will only result in being scorned by millions.

Even so, Luo Yi insisted on her choice, stating that she would only send troops after the Abyss King had been made.
Ultimately, it's because he wasn't absolutely certain of victory!
The archmages of the Silver Top, in terms of individual strength, should not be comparable to the gods.

However, with the Silver Top's massive magic circuits and the Nether Core's magical energy supply, what they can do is truly terrifying!
Most importantly, you don't even know what other cards they have up their sleeve?
We have no idea what kind of amazing arcane magic they can come up with.

Therefore, Luo Yi was unwilling to send troops without being fully prepared.

His 'thorough preparation' was a one-day journey within the origin of the universe.

To achieve legendary status amidst natural disasters, one must not only break through limits but also take a journey through the origin of the plane.

They will leave their mark here, gain the recognition of the plane, and at the same time, receive the baptism of the origin, the erosion of the elements, and the fusion of the rules.

The final result is transformation, a leap forward, a qualitative change in life.

The legendary aspect is that it's more like a natural disaster, and its greatest strength lies in the fact that you can experience it firsthand.

However, most legends are achieved within a plane, and at most, they only take a trip to the origin of that plane.

Kroy's situation is special; he didn't follow the path of a legend, and to this day, he hasn't reached his limit.

The conventional methods to reach the source are simply not enough.

More importantly, his size is limited; although the plane is large, it really cannot accommodate him.

Therefore, Luo Yi had no choice but to find another way: to unify the 138 layers of the abyss, achieve the position of king, obtain the king's crown, and then use the crown as a bridge to communicate with the origin of the universe.

He knew from many esoteric sources that when those Abyss Kings achieved their power, they could re-enter the Origin and their strength would increase dramatically.

However, while his idea was good, the will of the abyss was not happy about it.

How could the will of the abyss allow him to snatch food from its jaws?
Therefore, the war between kings becomes increasingly difficult in the end.
When it seemed impossible to stop them, they even summoned the ancient god of death, Yego.

If Luo Yi were to wear that Abyss Crown, she would not be heading to the origin of the universe, but rather to the origin of the bottomless abyss.

At that point, even if Luo Yi was unwilling, she would have no choice but to reluctantly undergo the Abyss transformation.

At that point, it would be difficult for Luo Yi to maintain her individuality, and it would be hard to say that she wouldn't be assimilated by the brutality, murderous intent, and rage of the Abyss's will.

The bottomless abyss, the sanctuary of demons, the burial ground of the prime material plane—it's no joke.

In any case, as far as Luo Yi had seen, apart from the ancient god of death Yego, the dragon god Galix, and the dark girl Iristris, he had hardly seen any normal people.

From this perspective, it seems to confirm the saying about the chosen one, giving a sense of "when the time is right, heaven and earth lend their strength".

Luo Yi's thoughts raced, and he considered many things, but the next second, he banished all these complicated ideas from his mind.

Instead, focus on understanding the benefits of the fundamental nature of the plane!
At that very moment, the outside world also underwent tremendous changes.

In the void, a giant funnel seemed to appear, with Luo Yi and the red dragon at its core, and energy as vast as mountains and as deep as the sea surging down.

At this moment, Luo Yi and the Red Dragon's bodies were like greedy sponges, absorbing as much energy as possible.

Deep Blue immediately began to operate, using the system of sacred techniques to sort out and transform the elemental power within his body.

At this moment, with the blessing of the king's throne, he and the red dragon Virgil underwent another transformation.

But that wasn't the end of it. Some of the sky-like energy that was poured out fell into the abyss and onto the legions of the Flower Territory.

Then, their auras became deep and their power increased, and they roared excitedly.

Whether soldiers, natural disasters, or legends, they all felt as if they were ascending to power under the influence of the source.

The soldiers of the Flower Territory have a high level of teamwork, excellent coordination, and rich combat experience; however, in terms of individual strength, they are still somewhat lacking.

They practiced breathing techniques and were proficient in meditation. Their physique and spirit were not weak, but neither could be considered outstanding.

But at this moment, as if lighting lamps in the night, clusters of colorful battle qi exploded, achieving extraordinary feats.

Some even stared blankly at the sky as if they were in a daze, their souls following Luo Yi and entering the origin.

In the eyes of some legendary powerhouses, the power of the rules seemed almost within reach, as if they could be kneaded at will.

Beneath the Abyss King, there must naturally be Demon Lords, and Lesser Demon Lords comparable to legends.

These are not empty positions!
These are all positions recognized by the Abyss, which in themselves represent a reward.

At this moment, Luo Yi's ascension to the position of Abyss King also signifies that they, too, have risen to prominence.

This scene left Cardinal Saint John, who was merely leading the way, utterly shocked. He never imagined he would witness such a grand spectacle.

Most incredibly, a portion of the source actually fell upon him, transforming into specks of starlight that merged into his body and soul.

As the leader of the holy war legion sent by the church to the abyss, he was clearly among the recognized members.

"What... what is this?"

The sun god Yar seemed to be speaking to an outsider, yet also murmured to himself: "Fate, fate, it really is fate!"

Who would have thought that the great sun god, the uncrowned king among the gods of Herka, was actually a believer in fate?!

Regardless, at this moment, Yar felt that Herka's situation was stable!
(End of this chapter)