Master Changsheng

Chapters 492 & 493: The Origin of the God System [Countdown to the End: 1012 seconds]

At this moment, Will gave Ankai a different feeling.

It felt like the other person had no intention of coming back alive.

Ankai guessed that Will was hiding something from him that he didn't know.

The reason I don't tell myself is because I'm afraid I'll worry.

Will is always like that.

Ankai's gaze was deep, and he pondered for less than a second before following Will's footsteps.

At this point, he no longer had much time to think.

Take a step and enter the passage.

A stream of iridescent light flashed past him.

Ankai clearly saw the flowing, iridescent light strike Will and then dissolve.

Will's body flickered slightly and dimmed somewhat to the naked eye.

Only at this moment did Ankai finally realize the reason for Will's change.

The Will of the past gave him a sense of real existence, a state of being like a real person.

At this moment, Will returned to his true spiritual state.

The change lies in the space between reality and illusion.

It's too late to get any answers now.

Suddenly, something bright appeared before my eyes.

The scene has changed dramatically.

The passage vanished, and An Kai found himself standing in a gray-black void.

Looking around, there wasn't a single thing in sight.

Every step a foot takes creates ripples on the ground.

"This is the very core of the divine realm!"

"The zone where divine consciousness exists."

"In the past, the true spirits of our True Spirit World all transited through here before being reborn in the Divine Realm."

Stepping into the gray-black world, Will only paid attention to the ripples at his feet for a second.

He immediately chose a direction and headed there.

His steps were firm, each step accompanied by a resounding thud.

Ankai followed behind, and Will, like a soldier in a suicide squad, stood boldly in front of Ankai, ready to take Ankai's place and face the first unknown danger.

The two walked in the empty world, and apart from the ripples of their footsteps, there was only Will's firm stride.

After walking for a long time, nothing had changed.

Will paused.

"Lord Ankai, sometimes I envy you."

"Envious?" An Kai didn't understand what this kid meant by suddenly stopping and saying something so abrupt.

Will didn't offer any explanation; instead, after speaking, he resumed walking forward.

"I envy that you can live your life without caring about what others think or worrying about their lives. You live your life only for yourself," Will Bucklin said ramblingly as he walked.

From envying Ankai's past to recalling the things he and Ankai did in the desert.

He talked a lot about his sister, Sally Buklin.

Most of them are memories shared by the three people, just like Ankai's.

Especially when they talked about the first time the siblings met Ankai, and how Ankai thought the siblings had tricked him and wanted to kill Sally Buklin, the two of them burst out laughing.

Will is the laughter of memories.

An Kai gave an awkward laugh.

Will's subsequent memories mostly revolve around the shared memories of the three of them, with Sally present.

This was done to deepen Sally's impression on Ankaina.

Or perhaps Will is using his own methods to solidify Sally's position with Ankai.

It's more like a deathbed entrustment.

An Kai isn't stupid; how could he not see it?

He understood Will's intention in doing so.

But I don't understand why Will died at this point?

His strength was clearly already at its peak.

Will was still reminiscing, recalling how he died for thousands of skeletons, and how Ankai hugged Sally Buklin in the final moments.

Ankai abruptly stopped in his tracks: "Will, what else are you hiding from me?"

Will paused.

Turning around, she said somewhat dejectedly, "You found out so quickly?"

"My tricks for lying to you still don't work."

Ankai remained unmoved. Before Ankai could urge him further, Will retorted, "Do you know why we can't get out?" He then stomped his foot, causing ripples to spread across the ground.

An Kai shook his head silently.

Will seemed to have anticipated this reply. He sighed, then put on a "I'm fine" smile and explained:

"Because this is not where the consciousness of the gods resides!"

An Kai's eyes widened suddenly, and his breathing quickened.

Will looked around at the uniform scenery and added, "This is the core of the divine realm, yet it is not the core of the divine realm."

"Without the consciousness of the divine realm, this place is just a dead space from which we can never leave. Only when we see the consciousness of the divine realm can we truly say we have left this place."

An Kai's question, "Then why did you even come here?" stuck in his throat; he didn't voice it.

Will guessed Ankai's question and continued, "Because this is the only way to see the consciousness of the gods."

"After I received the inheritance of the True Spirit World, I learned that long before the gods appeared, there were beings who had set foot here, but unfortunately they failed."

"He never saw the consciousness of the gods and is forever trapped here."

"However, he did not give up. Relying on his immense strength, he survived even after death and went on to create a world connected to this one!"

"That was—the precursor to the True Spirit World!"

"And the name of that being is 'True Spirit'."

An Kai's eyes widened; he never expected the True Spirit World to appear in this way.

No wonder this place was once used as a transit point for true spirits to enter the divine realm.

When Will first learned of it, he was no less surprised than Ankai. Seeing Ankai's astonished expression, he secretly chuckled to himself: "So you can be shocked too, huh?"

Then, Will pressed his advantage and continued:

"The emergence of the True Spirit World provides a final resting place for the beings of the God Realm after death. Because the 'True Spirit' created the True Spirit World using materials readily available in this space, the True Spirit World has become an inseparable part of the God Realm since its emergence."

"Though the 'True Spirit' is dead, its physical body remains here, undestroyed!"

Will paused deliberately at this point, looking at Ankai, who exclaimed in surprise, "A god?!"

Will nodded, then continued, "At that time, the consciousness of the divine realm had just emerged. He didn't know what he should do until he met the 'True Spirit,' trapped it here for tens of thousands of years, witnessed its entire death, and the entire process of its creation of the True Spirit world."

"At that time, a seed took root and sprouted in the mind of the divine consciousness. He wanted to be as free as the 'True Spirit,' but he did not want to be burdened by a short life like the 'True Spirit.'"

"After another ten thousand years, the consciousness of the divine realm has found a suitable way to fulfill its wish: the gods!"

"A race called gods was born at that time. Upon birth, they became the darlings of the divine realm, possessing infinite lifespans, extraordinary talents, and the characteristic of constantly evolving."

"Newborn gods are always stronger than gods who are born earlier."

"No one knows where they came from, no one knows why they were born."

"I only know one thing: the gods are the darlings of the divine realm, the new masters of the divine realm!"

"Only the 'True Spirit' discovered the anomalies of these deities."

"The birth of gods is born from the essence of the divine realm."

"His lifespan is the same as that of the gods, practically limitless!"

"At the same time, this depletion of resources also includes the true spirits of the True Spirit World!"

"After creating the True Spirit World, the 'True Spirit' has long since become one with the True Spirit World. The True Spirit World's essence was absorbed by the Divine Realm, which is equivalent to absorbing the essence of the 'True Spirit'."

"A major war is inevitable."

"But in this war, the 'True Spirit' suffered a crushing defeat. The evolution of the divine consciousness far exceeded his imagination. By simply nurturing gods and giving birth to the first 'Supreme God,' the 'True Spirit' was easily defeated."

"They fled in disarray to the spirit world to await their death."

An Kai was taken aback, not expecting that the [God of Light] had such a past. When Will said that, he remembered something.

The condition for the God of Light to become the Supreme God is indeed to defeat an enemy.

The enemy is a fictitious entity that does not exist in the description.

An Kai had guessed that the other party was a true spirit, but he never expected that the other party had such a powerful background.

"However, he did gain something from this great battle. He discovered why he couldn't see the consciousness of the gods before: his strength hadn't broken through the upper limit of the gods!"

"If he increases his strength here when he first enters, breaking through the limit, then he will meet the consciousness of the God Realm, defeat the opponent, and allow the God Realm to return to the right track of evolution."

An Kai's brows furrowed visibly upon hearing this.

A breakthrough here?

This is not good news.

His strength has already reached its limit, and it will be very difficult for him to break through!

Will didn't linger on this heavy topic. Instead, he looked at Ankai with amusement and said, "Actually, you've already seen the face of the 'True Spirit'."

"This is why the divine race created by the consciousness of the divine realm takes the form of 'humans'."

"The Divine Court God is formed based on the appearance of the 'True Spirit'!"

"It is also a manifestation of the consciousness of the divine realm!"

An Kai understood; he finally understood why gods were in human form.

So it turns out they were influenced by the "true spirit".

At that moment, Will's body began to slowly dissipate.

It's like a handful of quicksand about to disappear.

An Kai rushed forward and reached out to grab it, but he grabbed nothing.

Will waved his hand reassuringly, "Don't try to save me, there's nothing you can do."

"If I don't die, you won't see the consciousness of the gods."

"When I truly received the 'True Spirit's' inheritance, I understood that he created the 'True Spirit World' in order to one day strengthen himself within the True Spirit World and then resolve the consciousness of the divine realm."

"Doing that would destroy the true foundation of the divine realm, but unfortunately, without doing so, we cannot defeat the consciousness of the divine realm."

"The True Spirit once said: 'No destruction, no construction.' Only after a great catastrophe will the divine realm usher in a true rebirth."

"These methods were originally intended for me, the inheritor, but after thinking about it, I realized that my strength is insufficient to deal with the consciousness of the gods."

"How about I transfer it to you? Your strength is the strongest I've ever seen. I believe in you, Lord Ankai; you can defeat the consciousness of the divine realm!"

"Perfect timing! I can take a rest and atone for my sins to those departed, sleeping souls!"

"Ugh, I'm so tired, Ankai."

Will Bucklin slowly closed his eyes.

His figure has become a complete illusion.

An Kai never expected that there would be such a secret before the final battle with the consciousness of the God Realm.

Will must choose to sacrifice himself in his final moments.

"Don't worry, I will fulfill all your last wishes!"

He reached out and placed his hand in front of Will's vanishing figure, the quicksand-like body slipping through his grasp.

But no matter how hard I tried, I couldn't hold on to it.

The figure vanished, leaving only one sentence echoing in An Kai's ears: "Treat my sister well!"

Even in his final moments, Will thought of his sister, not himself.

Putting himself in Will's shoes, he admitted he couldn't do that.

Faced with Will's selfless nature, Ankai felt ashamed for the first time.

Will had one more piece of news he didn't mention.

He was chosen to be the "Successor of the True Spirit World" because of his former profession: a wanderer.

Being a vagrant is not a divinely ordained profession, but a profession of the "true spirit"!

Even when he became a professional vagrant, Will had already put his life last.

If death is for salvation, then he died without regret.

Will Will be weaker than Ankai after receiving the full inheritance?

He was unaware of the risks and unwilling to take them.

If it were someone else, they might have to take the risk.

This is the fundamental difference between Will and others.

Will is dead.

It turned into a handful of quicksand and vanished.

Not even a ripple was made.

After his death, countless fragments of his true spirit gathered into points of light and rushed toward Ankai.

Ankai seemed to have experienced the lives of thousands of people in a single thought.

The light condensed Ankai into a giant cocoon.

The world, which was originally dark, was illuminated by the existence of this cocoon.

The world was shaken.

The same applies to the realm of gods.

The divine realm, which was originally filled with blood and resembled the end of the world, has now returned to a clear sky.

The joyful songs of countless creatures resounded throughout the world.

An Kai's figure slowly emerged between heaven and earth.

His impending final battle with the consciousness of the divine realm was broadcast live by the divine realm.

As the chaotic sea returned to silence, the creatures of the suddenly relaxed and benevolent home immediately raised their heads to look at the sky.

A cry of alarm echoed across the chaotic sea.

Chris covered her mouth, her eyes already filled with tears. This was the first time she had seen Ankai's figure not in a dream since Ankai disappeared so long ago.

Those familiar with Ankai cheered, and those unfamiliar with Ankai cheered as well.

Because they could clearly see that above Ankai's figure were the calamities that were enough to destroy the divine realm!

It was Ankai who single-handedly saved those natural disasters!

Inside the cocoon, An Kai clearly felt his strength improving rapidly.

However, this upgrade is different from the previous ones!

Ankai's upgrade did not trigger any system notification!

Finally, Ankai's strength began to break free from the "system".

At this moment, An Kai also understood what the so-called "system" was.

It was a self-salvation from the divine realm.

The emergence of consciousness in the divine realm dealt the greatest blow to it.

Therefore, he had to save himself and create a "golden finger" that Ankai could accept, guiding Ankai to keep moving forward.

His strength increased rapidly, and the light spots around his body quickly disappeared.

The cocoon is about to break.

Ankai's image became increasingly real in the realm of gods.

Faced with the reality that natural disasters have culminated in destruction, Ankai became the spiritual faith of the divine realm.

When Ankai finally absorbed all the light points and stood up from the cocoon, the entire divine realm was in an uproar!

(End of this chapter)