Swallowing the Stars: Starting with the Battle of Geniuses

The Temple of Destiny—what kind of power is this? Ordinary people in the Luohe Realm are unaware of it, but how could a God-King not know it?

That is a power that is distinct from the ruling kingdom that was handed over to relatives, descendants, or subordinates, and is truly under the control of the God Lord of Luohe!

And this "Goddess of Destiny" has an extraordinary background!

Rumor has it that this woman is the only direct disciple that the Lord of the Luo River has ever personally taught throughout countless ages!

Even without this divine decree that seemed to represent the divine being himself, her face and her title alone represented the face of that divine being!

Those god-kings in history who dared to slap the faces of the twelve god-kings at the pinnacle of the Origin Continent, even those who were powerful enough to be called peak god-kings but were actually god-kings, have now turned into withered bones in tombs...

The Eagle God King swallowed hard.

Following the will of his heart, the Eagle God King instantly issued the order to terminate the great formation.

At the same time, I felt a little relieved.

Lysa's order was, in effect, giving him a way out.

In the end, halfway through his fierce battle with Hunzhen, the Eagle God King was filled with regret.

However, the God King's reputation and the Eagle Kingdom's consistently assertive style left him with no choice but to grit his teeth and continue to fight against Hunzhen head-on.

He wouldn't easily activate the Five Dragon Divine Eagle Incineration Array unless absolutely necessary, knowing that activating this array once consumes a considerable amount of resources.

If even activating the Five Dragon Divine Eagle Incineration Formation fails to resolve Hunzhen's situation, then the Eagle Kingdom's prestige will inevitably plummet...

"Your Highness, we will obey your command."

The Eagle God King instantly abandoned his previous arrogant demeanor and bowed respectfully: "After dealing with the troubles within the Eagle Kingdom, I will personally go to the Sovereign Kingdom to apologize and accept punishment."

With that, the Eagle God King suddenly looked at Hunzhen: "Boy, I misjudged you this time! I, the Eagle God King, declare you the strongest below the God King!"

After saying this, the Eagle God King vanished.

Despite his elegant demeanor, he appeared somewhat sullen to onlookers.

After all, anyone could see that this goddess of fate was on Hunzhen's side...

Then, as if they had secretly exchanged information, the gazes of the powerful figures from within the Eagle Kingdom and from neighboring countries quietly withdrew.

After being tortured by Hunzhen and the Eagle God King, the desolate spacetime suddenly returned to its desolate state. Only Hunzhen and Lysa stood silently facing each other in the void, with only the soft crackling sound of spacetime repairing itself.

After a long pause, Hunzhen finally spoke, chuckling softly, "Finally decided to show yourself? Goddess of Destiny, you certainly have quite the background. Tell me, why are you following me?"

Lysa calmly replied, "This is the will of His Holiness the God."

Honjin scoffed at Lysa's clever lie, but did not expose it.

On the other hand, Lysa maintained the composure befitting a goddess on her face, but her heart was in turmoil.

In fact, if the Eagle God King were to stop the Five Dragon Eagles Burning Array, she wouldn't need to produce the God Lord's Decree.

Once she reveals her whereabouts, the other party will naturally know her current title and, after confirming her identity, will naturally not think of disobeying her orders.

She took out the Divine Lord's Decree not to warn the Eagle God King, but to restrain Hunzhen!

Just after Lysa made the decision to appear, she saw in the countless tributaries of fate that she had glimpsed that she would be killed by Hunzhen without hesitation.

The so-called tributaries and branches of fate are the countless possibilities for the direction of fate.

Normally, for a single objective, the closer to the current time point, the fewer the diversions will occur.

Just like traveling from the southernmost city to the northernmost city in a country, there may be thousands of routes to choose from, but if you only choose the first transit city or the route you take, the number of routes can be calculated in a short time.

However, Lysa's observations of Hunzhen's fate completely contradicted this common sense.

In that instant, she seemed to see thousands of possibilities that would arise after she appeared and faced Hunzhen.

It was as if, in a mere instant, Hunzhen had generated so many thoughts about her that were completely identical in weight yet entirely different.

The tragic end of being murdered goes without saying.

Humiliating ending, ignored ending, mocked ending, friend ending...

Countless contradictory disagreements, seemingly arising from the same person at the same time, came into Lysa's view.

What surprised Ryza the most was this scene.

"I'm willing to do anything to follow you!"

These were the words she spoke while tugging at Hunzhen's trouser leg. Although she didn't know under what circumstances she could be so shameless, well... what she said was indeed true.

Even though she had already lowered her head and completely abandoned her self-respect, the other party's response showed absolutely no compassion.

"Willing to do anything? What kind of enlightenment do you have when you say something like that?"

The previous sentence was still full of accusation.

"Seriously, isn't that a bit too heavy-handed?"

The next sentence is like a scumbag's disdain for women who favor women.

Then he discarded her like worn-out shoes.

"A demon! This guy is the epitome of a demon!"

She couldn't understand how a saint who was well-versed in the path of destiny could have such a "pig brain overload" feeling.

"So what exactly is this precious item in front of us?"

Those countless tributaries of fate mean that all these actions are possible choices for Hunzhen.

The man before me is a monster who completely disregards order and law, acts solely on his whims, and whose choice between good and evil is a matter of a single thought!

Like a blank sheet of paper, yet possessing the ability to change the world, no one knows whether he will overturn the world because he is "interesting" or recreate the world in an instant.

What's even more terrifying is that there's no malice or goodwill involved. This is precisely the pure and terrifying nature of children.

The terror of a giant baby with the powerful ability to destroy you at will is self-evident.

So even after just a slight association, Lysa couldn't help but feel a chill run down her spine.

Even if the chance of being killed by Hunzhen is only one in ten thousand, Lysa should do everything she can to eliminate it.

However, what Ryza didn't know was that Hunzhen's values ​​didn't change as easily as Ryza had seen in the tributaries of fate.

A simulation that can be repeated is like a game, and the realism of the simulation is like a player experiencing a highly realistic game.

Players' morality is naturally chaotic, especially single-player game players, whose choices are not punished and who are more likely to reveal their "inherent evil" side in games.

However, once players leave the game, they revert to their normal values ​​and perceptions.

This is not a contradiction.

However, Hunzhen has his own bottom line. He would not treat ordinary people so "casually," even in a simulation.

He had only glimpsed Lysa's special abilities from the previous game of hide-and-seek, and knew that she possessed a certain ability to react to changes in her own simulation.

This move is simply a continuation of the previous game of hide-and-seek. It's like a gamer who doesn't actually play a role wanting to see different endings through different choices; it's not malicious.

Unaware of the hidden story, Lysa, with a resolute determination to die, moved closer to Hunzhen.

Those who seek the truth are not afraid of death. For Lysa, respect for her teacher and pursuit of her destiny's path outweighed her concern for her own life and personal dignity.

Therefore, it is not surprising that such a decision was made.

(PS: For readers who missed, skipped chapters, or didn't understand, here's a reminder: In the Cosmic Sea, Hunzhen's simulation ability has evolved to the point where he can perform an unlimited number of simulations with a single thought. Specifically, the total amount of simulation energy remains constant each day; for example, if he could previously simulate ten years, he can now divide it into over 30,000 simulations lasting only one day each. Of course, ten years is just a figure of speech and not Hunzhen's current limit.)

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"This is the will of the Lord God."

Hearing Lysa's calm response, Honjin naturally knew that this was not the truth.

Lysa following him might indeed be on the orders of the Lord of the Luo River, but the specific reasons are not that simple.

"Why did the God Lord order you to follow me?"

"Are you planning to extend an olive branch to me?"

"Or should we assess my risks and then decide whether to eliminate the infection?"

"You arrived near me as soon as I reached the Origin Continent. Does this mean you noticed my presence even earlier?"

"Why were you hiding before, and now you're suddenly willing to be open and honest?"

Even after countless simulations, even after Hunzhen used torture to interrogate or even killed Lysa, she never revealed the truth.

Hunzhen also knew that he could not uncover the secret for the time being.

Lysa held the Lord of the Luo River in utmost reverence, to the point of obsession.

These involve the secrets of the God of Luohe, and the other party would rather die than reveal them.

Perhaps only by truly facing the Lord of the Luo River directly can one obtain the truth from this mysterious deity.

However, apart from that, Lysa generally complies with all his requests.

In light of this, Hunzhen has already learned the secret behind Lysa's ability to circumvent her simulated precognition—the power of fate.

In one simulation, Ryza introduced herself to him like this: "My name is Ryza, and I have come to become your follower, guided by destiny."

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Thinking of this, and looking at Lysa who maintained a calm, doll-like expression, Junzhen suddenly had a different thought.

A smirk played on his lips, and he murmured like an opera singer, "You lost lamb, crowned with the name of the goddess of fate, do you believe in gravity?"

"What...did you say?" Beneath the veil, Lysa's lips parted slightly, but her eyes suddenly showed a look of childlike confusion.

Hunzhen completely ignored Lysa's doubts, gazing intently into her clear, azure eyes, and continued in a chant-like manner: "There is an attraction between people. Do you believe it's meaningful for you to be bound by my destiny?"

"Lord Hunzhen, what exactly are you talking about?"

Lysa's tone was still slightly confused, as if she were possessed by the word "Deaf" from the holy letter D, and seemed not to understand what Konjin was saying.

But when Hunzhen uttered the words "fate" and "tripping," her heart trembled violently, and she even forgot to hide the turmoil in her eyes.

The gray light in Hunzhen's eyes moved rapidly, and his magnificent and transcendent aura almost emanated from him, making the space and time in which the two of them were located seem mysterious and unpredictable.

Don't you think that encounters between people are what's called attraction?

"I don't know what impression you have of me, but... considering our 'fate,' let me give you a gift!"

puff--.

Hunzhen suddenly thrust one hand downwards into the empty space between the two, and golden, shimmering threads suddenly appeared.

Having opened up a superdimensional vision, Hunzhen finally caught a real glimpse of the thread of fate at such close range.

The so-called "closeness" is not only the physical distance in space and time, but also the degree to which the fates of the two are linked after the other party takes the initiative to appear.

At this moment, the thick, rope-like thread of fate between the two began to float and move in Hunzhen's hands like rice noodles soaking in soup.

"The Spiral Staircase"

Golden silk threads were woven into the steps of a cloud ladder.

"Rhinoceros Beetle"

It then transformed into a lifelike rhinoceros beetle.

"Ruined Streets"

The next moment, the two found themselves in a street that looked just like a real ruin.

Whenever Hunzhen utters a word, the golden threads of fate rapidly stir and transform into the thing that the word points to.

"Fig Tart"

rhinoceros beetle

'The Road to Mother Teresa'

Singularity

rhinoceros beetle

Giotto

"Angel"

'Hydrangea'

rhinoceros beetle

"Singularity"

Whenever Hunzhen mentions a special "singularity," the threads of fate that continuously transform into corresponding things do not form specific things, but instantly become turbulent and terrifying, as if some unknown thing is rapidly growing and expanding.

When the singularity was mentioned for the second time, Hunzhen paused involuntarily before continuing to speak.

"The Secret Emperor!"

As this last secret was uttered, twisted and chaotic threads of fate danced around Hunzhen's body, forming an invisible armor that gave him a terrifying majesty as deep as an abyss and as supreme as the only emperor in heaven and earth.

The next moment, the endless armor faded away, and the threads of fate that bound the two of them together were re-formed.

Lysa was incredulous that Hunzhen could do such a thing.

Although she couldn't understand the significance of Hunzhen's actions at all, the mere fact that a practitioner who wasn't on the path of destiny was interfering with the changes in the threads of destiny was beyond her comprehension and understanding.

Moreover, even she couldn't have caused such a drastic change in such a thick thread of fate!

"etc!?"

Lysa looked at the thick threads of fate and was shocked to discover that the false and unreal fate originally fabricated by the Lord of Luohe had gradually solidified and transformed into a real and true fate after Hunzhen "intervened"!

"What exactly is going on?"

While Ryza was in shock, Honjin was also somewhat surprised.

He simply felt instinctively that he could do something with these threads, and naturally, he achieved what he was seeing.

In reality, even if one could see the threads of fate through a hyperdimensional perspective, Hunzhen would still be unable to do anything about it.

Because he possesses neither the Supreme Divine Heart of Destiny nor the Chaotic Space of Destiny after its transformation.

Even though he could use the ultimate power of the void as easily as his own arm, he still couldn't control the power of fate; he didn't have that foundation.

At this moment, Hunzhen felt that through his manipulation just now, he had established an incredibly clear connection with Lysa.

However, Hunzhen was not alarmed by this.

Hyperdimensional vision is a higher level of ability than omniscient vision. Even without the ability to use the power of fate, in this state, he still gains a special kind of sixth sense-like cognition, knowing that his actions will only bring positive effects to himself.

Otherwise, he wouldn't have so easily interfered with the threads of fate.

After briefly sensing the current situation, Hunzhen realized that after establishing a connection of fate with Lysa, he had gained the ability to unilaterally interfere with and distort Lysa's fate.

Moreover, this is a completely top-down system of oppression and power exerted by those in higher positions over those in lower positions.

The special method that Ryza had previously used to conceal her fate from him and become invisible would no longer be effective.

Furthermore, he can control Lysa's state at any time through the connection of fate.

It was as if he had obtained the ultimate power of destiny specifically for Lysa.

"No, I still do not possess the power of destiny."

Hunzhen quickly discerned the essence of the ability under the vision of the superdimensional world: "I simply achieved this by taking advantage of Lyza's power of fate through a dominant state under the connection of fate."

What is this? Not only are you shearing the sheep's wool, but you're also going to braid it into a whip to drive the sheep, right?

A mischievous smile crept across Hunzhen's face. (End of Chapter)