Star Forge Titan

But after actually confirming this, I was still surprised.

Through the virtual projection created by the magical machine, Ivan clearly saw a massive man-made structure in the distance, one that seemed capable of blocking out the sun. Countless silver metal plates, like wheat seedlings planted in a field, were densely and neatly arranged around the outer perimeter of the space city, practically occupying the Lagrangian hotspots, which possessed a unique gravitational environment.

As he watched, Alvin couldn't help but frown and fell into deep thought.

In other words, in a sense, not only is the essence of the Central Difference Engine like an 18th-century Apple phone connected to a 19th-century antique clock, but the entire Third Space City itself is also like this?

The Ancient Empire Space Station relies on a 'mobile phone' produced during the Giant Kingdom era to remotely connect to the 'solar panels' created by the Titans in ancient times for energy?

Is this fake?!?!

Chapter 231 King Soul Throne

Alvin suddenly understood why the Giant Kingdom sealed the Titan relics to reduce interference with subsequent civilizations.

As a Titan civilization that masters technology that is almost miraculous, even the simplest of its creations has an amazing influence like nuclear fuel, and native civilizations are easily disturbed, whether good or bad.

Prematurely acquiring the relics of an advanced civilization possessing advanced technology isn't necessarily a good thing for a nascent civilization whose self-control hasn't yet reached a high level. Judging from the outcome, the Giant Kingdom could be said to have been affected by the pure poison of the legacy, perishing alongside the forces of evil. The Ancient Empire, on the other hand, simply failed to control its technological development, leading it to extremes and ultimately to its own destruction.

In comparison, although several countries that have flourished in Palladio in the past thousand years have also explored and excavated relics, it is like sewage undergoing several rounds of filtration. As latecomers, they are ultimately less affected.

Without further hesitation, Ivan reached out and touched the crystal artifact embedded within the Difference Engine. Drawing on the knowledge he'd gained from the Giant Kingdom's learning devices, he quickly cleaned up and corrected the internal systems. Short-term issues like orbital deviation had been fully resolved. For at least a hundred years, this space city would be safe from major problems.

In addition, through the connection between this slate of wisdom and the real Titan creations on the outer seven layers, Alvin finally understood what those things that looked like solar panels were used for.

In reality, it suggests a special net used by ancient Titans to trap solar winds and collect certain rare substances. Absorbing solar energy and converting it into stored magical energy is merely a side effect, so the accumulated energy is actually used to power maintenance modules to ensure the long-term operation of the equipment. In other words, this is not a power generation device at all.

The rare materials collected by this solar wind array are the raw materials needed to perfect the outer shell of the 'Flawless Gem - Wind of Fantasy'. The binary road connecting Palladia to the alien planet is also a subsidiary product of the project serving this goal. Countless years have passed since the ancient Titans completed this system, and presumably, the last flawless gem has also been completed.

The remaining question is where to find this gem?

Well, leaving the final steps to an automated system isn't a big deal in itself, but does it seem like the Ancient Titan was in a hurry?

Why is there such a... hurry?

Once a question arises, it often leads to more. If the planet Palladia is a cradle used by the Titans to nurture newborns, then why is there a "venomous snake" like the Pure Color Relic in this cradle? After all, not every baby is named Hercules and can crush two venomous snakes with their bare hands at birth.

There is abnormal logic behind any contradictory thing. Alvin feels confused and puzzled about this, and has some vague guesses that are too bizarre.

This was the last gem, after all. Alvin suddenly realized that his long journey to collect gems for the Great Mystery Realm Foundation was almost coming to an end.

Once all four gems are collected, he will be able to activate the Great Mystery to perform the King Soul Awakening Ceremony, thereby awakening the true King Soul of Uranus and becoming the King Titan mentioned by the "Eye of Prophecy" Ishtarli, to face the pure-colored "horde" that is expected to arrive in the universe where the planet Palladio is located in a century, and the super beast itself that must exist behind it.

But, is this what I want to do and what I should do?

The sudden hesitation did not slow down Alvin's pace, but instead made him leave the third space city even faster.

A monster that can eat planets. When this sentence is no longer a simple description in a game or novel, just reading it out in full makes people feel extremely depressed.

Walking in the starry space, Alvin, wearing only a short-sleeved T-shirt and long pants, looks no different from an ordinary teenager, but the thoughts churning in his mind are heavy enough to make an entire civilization breathless.

Even for a Titan like me, survival is the most basic necessity. If even this cannot be guaranteed, then no one, unless they are a lunatic who wants to think about it, should hesitate for a moment. To do otherwise would be sheer folly.

Without even a second of wandering thoughts, Ivan went straight to the very center of the solar wind array, where his senses were strongest. Something was hidden in this seemingly empty space. Ivan extended his right hand forward. There was nothing in sight, yet he felt as if he had touched something.

[Found it.] Sound couldn't be transmitted in space, but Ivan instinctively opened and closed his lips, muttering something.

The next moment, half of the boy's outstretched arm suddenly vanished. Then, he pulled out a circular base made of pure gold from nothingness.

The baseplate's surface was bare, looking like a crude artifact crafted by a primitive civilization using outdated methods. Yet, Ivan sensed countless invisible connections extending outward from it, connecting the golden baseplate to the billions of surrounding silver metal plates, continuously transporting stellar matter collected by the latter into the former through hyperspace.

In this way, the location of the fourth flawless gem is clear.

The Creator of Light, Destruction is coming!

Without hesitation, Ivan used his soul power to control all the stellar light flowing through the surrounding environment, then gave it the physical properties of fire and gathered it between his hands. At this moment, even if there was no fuel or oxygen in the universe, it could not stop this dark golden flame driven by the power of the Titan soul.

Just like ordinary gold, the circular base quickly reached the melting point of the material and then melted into a pool of liquid gold without any resistance.

A flawless emerald green gem emerged from it, as if it embodied the spring breeze.

Without any movement, Alvin stared quietly at the gem lying in his palm.

After an indeterminate amount of time, he let out a soft breath, and the hidden bracelet on his wrist materialized. This gift, commissioned by Ishtarri millennia ago, had exactly four grooves on its surface, its purpose obvious. Within the spirit subspace, the three flawless gems that had been steadily rotating spontaneously emerged, floating around the final emerald, Fantasy Wind.

The four gems began to resonate, and the crisp sound like the sound of a spring came into Alvin's mind.

Listen to the sounds of the world not through hearing, but with consciousness.

This kind of enlightenment suddenly arose in my heart for no reason.

Ivan let go and let the four gems chase and rotate with each other. The golden bracelet made of the divine metal - Oliha also turned into two concentric rings and flowed in opposite directions.

Ding!

The bright red flame is forever embedded in the wristband.

Ding!

The azure sea of ​​miracles is embedded in the wristband.

Ding!

The golden echo of the earth is embedded in the bracelet.

Ding!

The verdant wind of fantasy is embedded in the bracelet.

There was no loud noise, no bright light, nothing happened, and the Great Mystery itself did not immediately begin.

But when the world comes to an end, it's not with a bang, but with a whoosh.

A certain silence enveloped the world, as if everything had returned to nothingness at this moment, and even the self had dissolved into silence.

In this 'dark room' that isolated everything, Alvin closed his eyes slightly and thought quietly. Gradually, his consciousness involuntarily returned to the eternal stagnation of tranquility and peace.

Then he 'saw' it.

See something higher than the world.

It was a throne, an empty throne without an owner.

Its name is Uranus.

Ouranos - Throne of King Soul!

Chapter 232: Simplifying the Complex

Depth unknown, elemental realm.

The four giants raised their heads at the same time, their gazes piercing through the dimensional barriers, gazing at the shallow world far away at a depth of only 4.

In the center surrounded by them, the ancient throne shining with golden light was empty, revealing a lonely and ancient atmosphere.

At this moment, Alvin had gathered all four gems and was ready to initiate the final ritual of the Great Mystery, the Foundation of the Origin. But he suddenly stopped, not instinctively initiating the ritual. Instead, he stared at the golden bracelet inlaid with four gems for a long, silent moment.

"The Principle of Creation", this was the first time Alvin knew the full name of this bracelet.

Activate the foundation of the original world and fully awaken the soul of King Uranus. This is necessary to fight against pure-colored super beasts.

Ultimately, the goal of the ritual is to awaken the power of the King's Soul, to allow a person to become a so-called 'King Titan' and gain the qualifications to conquer the universe.

But can this qualification only be obtained through a ritual? Or, in other words, relying on the so-called ritual, can one become such a great and powerful being?

A sudden realization washed over him, and Ivan slowly grasped the golden bracelet, eager to try it out. Gazing upon the four radiant, flawless gems, he seemed to see four distant gazes. The metal ring, forged in the name of "Creation," hummed as the four flawless gems connecting to the deep elemental realm converged upon it, easily unleashing a powerful magical force capable of affecting the entire planet.

But Alvin did not activate this power, nor did he use it to activate the great mystery - the foundation of the original world.

Because he felt the breath of 'destiny' from it.

That made Alvin unhappy, made him feel uncomfortable, and made him want to refuse and say "no".

Moving the wristband bit by bit, the young Titan heir took off the treasure that had been entrusted to him thousands of years ago with an irresistible force.

"I'll get the King's Soul Power myself."

The moment he made up his mind, his awareness reached an unprecedented high, and the Titan's powerful body turned into pieces on the spot.

But this is not the end. In the seemingly destructive void, an ultimate power that transcends the material universe is quietly born.

The golden light continued to gather, and Alvin's self-consciousness did not disappear with the shattering of the Titan's body. Instead, he felt unprecedented freedom.

Not far away, the light of a star suddenly dimmed. This vast celestial body, existing from eternity, was not amiss; instead, all the light within the vast surrounding universe was drawn to a single point. Beyond the void, a power born from the depths of the self issued a command, imbuing the light of the once formless substance with a new definition.

Then, just like rising to the surface from the deep sea, Alvin felt the existence of his body again.

At first, the body was weaker than that of a mortal child, but as light poured into the body like flowing water, power began to fill, matter began to solidify, and even the illusory concepts were overwritten and strengthened.

I don’t know how much time has passed, maybe a hundred years, maybe a femtosecond, or maybe even time has been rewritten and reset.

A seemingly nondescript young man of average height and slender limbs stood at the center of the universe. Whether the universe ever had a center, Ivan had no idea, but some irrational self-awareness inexplicably determined it was.

From this moment on, this is the midpoint of the universe.

What? I’m not Fat Tiger.

The thoughts of complaining about himself subsided, and Alvin felt extremely calm at this moment.

The Great Mystery was not activated, nor was the power of the golden wristband 'Principle of Creation' used.

So, did he obtain the power of the king's soul?

Ivan wasn't sure.

But the fifth level, it’s done.

There is no so-called ceremony for any fifth-level perfect person, and even the name of the job is mostly decided by oneself, because it is a comprehensive summary and sublimation of a person's own path to transcendence.

For Ivan, the single word "light" was enough. Of course, if he followed the Palladian naming style, he could also be called "Emperor of Light" or "Emperor of Glory," something more grandiose.

In terms of abilities, all the original skills and even knowledge have been fully assimilated, making their use more flexible. The soul's ability to manipulate light and impart various physical properties has been fully elaborated.

Its essence is an observation initiated from a higher dimension, or in other words, it is a gaze lowered by the self-soul looking down.

If you can observe, you can influence and even define it.

Is this too exaggerated?

Muttering to himself, Ivan casually pinched the arms and legs of this mortal being, who looked almost identical to his previous life. He surprisingly felt a sense of strangeness and discomfort. Then, realizing he was still in space, he remembered that humans need to breathe. A feeling of suffocation washed over him, only to be dismissed the next second by his conscious mind, which looked at him like he was idiot.

Forget it, let’s go back first.

After putting away the golden bracelet, Alvin shook his head and disappeared on the spot.

"It's so slow. I wonder what that guy is doing?" Afrediya, who was lying on the surface of the planet in her ancient dragon form and waiting boredly, suddenly caught a glimpse of a figure.

This startled her. Even with the ancient dragon's powerful perception, how could he not have noticed the other party approaching? After taking in the other party's appearance, the Demon King immediately relaxed. A golden light flashed, and the huge dragon body transformed back into its usual dragon lady form.

"Hey, why have you become smaller?" Afrediya pretended to be surprised and compared the heights of both parties, and then a mocking expression appeared on her face.

"What do you mean by getting smaller? I'm obviously getting back to my original appearance." Alvin rolled his eyes and pointed at Afrediya. The latter immediately became shorter than him and returned to the appearance of a ten-year-old. Even the pair of ancient dragon horns on her head changed from the mature golden and black gradient color to small, blunt pure white curled horns.

"How is this possible? No, how did you do it?" Afrediya, who was turned into a little loli, was horrified, but only for half a second. Then she ran around Ivan excitedly, asking about the theory and method.

This look is really impressive. As expected of a mage, his curiosity about new things can easily overwhelm ordinary emotions like 'surprise'.

In short, when Diana drove the magic weapon closer, what she saw was Afrediya, who still looked like a ten-year-old child. She hung directly on Ivan's neck without caring about her image. She grabbed the latter, who looked like an ordinary person at the moment, with her right hand and made a funny expression on the corner of his mouth.

"..." The heroic silver-haired girl had a blank expression on her face, not sure whether she should smile at this moment?

"Okay, okay, stop it." After turning Afrediya back into her original mature and beautiful big sister, Alvin briefly explained the changes that had taken place in himself.

"I've reached level five."

"Oh." Afrediya nodded casually, then stood there in a daze.

"Huh!?!" Diana could no longer maintain her composure and revealed an expression as if she had seen a ghost.

"Ah!" After a pause, the Demon King let out a strange cry and pounced on Ivan like a mature older sister.

Although he looked like an ordinary person, the latter was not pushed down. He just sighed helplessly from under the heavy restraints.

"Fleur, I can't breathe."

Chapter 233: Echoes

A perfect fifth-order person's body evolves and sublimates to always maintain its peak state, and his soul is strong enough to survive for a period of time without the body. In addition, there is an almost endless flow of magic power, and no one can invade the soul realm that separates himself from the world. Relying on the subjective consciousness's in-depth understanding of the observable world, he has the ultimate authority to rewrite reality and cause miracles.

All of these combined together form the existence at the end of the extraordinary road - the fifth-level perfector.

At least, that's how powerful the Perfectors I once knew were. However, even in the latest version, most players encountered incomplete fifth-level classes like the Giant Hand. The key point was that they took some shortcuts, and therefore were not perfect.