[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-divine-path-system":3,"chapter-divine-path-system-divine-path-system-chapter-1580":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Divine Path System",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1564975,2028,"Chapter 1580  Speak","divine-path-system-chapter-1580",1580,"\u003Cp>When Varian stepped into Hortus, it was beyond recognition.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Human Empire had just spent 20 years developing rapidly after the end of a century-long war.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was prosperous, hopeful and joyful.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The old were spending the last phase of their life in peace, knowing that their descendants wouldn't have to face the horrors of war.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The ones in their prime heaved a sigh of relief whenever they remembered their scary childhood, thankful they wouldn't have to be conscripted one day and die in a distant planetoid.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The young, however, dismissed the concerns of their elders as exaggerations.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>While they still held awe for the wars from the footages they experienced in 5D format, they did could not grasp the degree of danger.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, how could they?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now a days, even some geniuses in academy reached the Sovereign state. To think it's this level that decided the fate of humanity?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Come on, give it a break!'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was a sweet naivety.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One that Varian hoped the kids eventually come out of but didn't mind as much.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was a sweet naivety.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One that Varian hoped the kids eventually come out of but didn't mind as much.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, if the children of a race were naive and oblivious to the horrors of war, wouldn't that mean that they lived in such blissful peace?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Varian was happy for creating that peace.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was hap—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Boom!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>An explosion in the sky scattered the clouds and engulfed a floating urban town.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Debris shot out in all directions. Bits of wood and metal, coated with blood and containing bits of flesh fell in front of him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Varian bent down and picked up a splinter of wood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A single splinter of wood with a drop of blood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was heavy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Heavier than a thousand suns he could throw for baseball.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was cold.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Colder than the near absolute zero he could survive.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was bloody.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bloodier than the ocean of blood he witnessed until now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Varian trembled, like he was shivering in bone-chilling cold. A lump seemed to be struck in his throat. And his eyes turned red.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But it all lasted for a brieft moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Boom! Boom! Boom!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The supreme senses of a pseudo divine captured the explosions ringing far away in the vast world of Hortus.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And he also sensed the lives that were cut off at every single second, every single attack and every single field.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Haaa~\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Varian's fists loosened and his shoulders slumped.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Remaining completely invisible to the detection systems and patrolling soldiers, Varian moved toward the nearest city.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The outskirts of the city were desolate. To make the matters worse, they were infested with mutated monsters whose life code seemed to be severely tampered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Youngsters and adults, forming teams based on their own criterion, hunted in the outskirts, collecting herbs, ores and monster meat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And they paid the 'tax' to the soldiers at the gate with a reluctant expression before returning in.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The city, which looked vastly different from its distant past, was somehow less majestic and grand than it was 20,000 years ago.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Instead of evolving, it devolved.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Varian's lips twitched and he felt a pang of pain as the pitch black walls exuding aura of oppression stood tall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was his mistake. He assumed humanity's progress to be inevitable, treated it to be a linear affair.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And this was the result.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Halt! Resident tax has risen by 25%! Pay up!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"B-But there was an increase l-last quar—\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If you don't want to pay, you can get out!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I…I…\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Absconding tax is a capital crime.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"…Fine!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unlike the previous free spirit between cities which promoted trade and technology, these cities were isolated, oppressive and violent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Varian watched the cruel reality with calm eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'It's been 20,000 years for them.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, his eyes turned in one direction. All the calmness he tried to exhibit melted away and his breathing turned ragged.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A wave of panic struck Varian and he gritted his teeth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a tap of his foot, the scenery around him changed and he landed in front of a range of snow mountains.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They seem to be perfectly natural and impossibly cold. Even a pseudo divine ranker could barely hold himself from freezing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'1,000 years.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But these were not normal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their power had evolved a lot. And the way they used their divine power had also matured over time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Perhaps for the first time in a long while, the difference in their power widened in their favor. And this gulf was the largest it had ever been.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even if a thousand people equivalent to his power attacked, they wouldn't be able to win.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Such was the disparity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Naturally, there should be no way for him to even recognize their power or the traces of its application when it's so skillfully hidden.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And yet…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"A-Are you okay?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The power of synergy remained the same. It was a bond that transcended even the disparity created by divine ranks themselves!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So, Varian knew.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The cold wind howled and the snow swirled in the air. Everything in front of him was a heartless white.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But he knew.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was the place where they were at.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Are you fine?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He stepped forward, going past the complex soul formation that was supposed to decieve people's perception to step away from here.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A strong barrier touched his skin and as it did, began to engulf him in a very dangerous power of light. It was quickly followed by a flood of darkness which drowned him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Varian closed his eyes and felt the powers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Familiar powers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Varian's heart which turned cold from the events at God's Eye began throbbing again and he yelled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Sarah!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Sia!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Enigma!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Isadora!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was an eerie silence in response.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And then, a force pulled him in a direction he couldn't even notice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thud!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Varian flew through the wind and crashed onto his knees due to the force.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Speak.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A cold voice rang in front of him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Varian raised his head holding his breath and saw her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A cold beauty in pure white clothes like an angel, looked at him with a sharp gaze. Her soft blonde hair gently fluttered in the wind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She reached out her hand to cup his cheek and bent down. Her cold breath hit his face and the calm blue eyes looked at him steadily.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"How dare you ask if we are fine, Mr. Husband?\"\u003C\u002Fp>",1067,"2026-06-06T07:58:57.757Z",1,"novelbin.me","d8a434e0e58dda04ea63e6625c6788cf78de729b52add4488b629ab612ba9ab9","divine-path-system-chapter-1581","divine-path-system-chapter-1579",1773,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fdivine-path-system-cover.jpg"]