[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-divine-path-system":3,"chapter-divine-path-system-divine-path-system-chapter-1744":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},1565089,2028,"Chapter 1744: Hypothesis about Architect & Origin","divine-path-system-chapter-1744",1744,"\u003Cp>Ten years.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>An instant for the universe, a blink for a long race, a considerable time for a celestial ranker and a full decade for a mortal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was the longest period of Varian’s life.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Again?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Varian looked at his status with irritation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Creator Avenue: 1000\u002F1000\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ruler Avenue: 1000\u002F1000\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sage Avenue: 1000\u002F1000]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was stuck at peak rank 2 for ten goddamn years. The bottleneck hadn’t moved an inch.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Don’t stress it too much. The primordial gods are rank 3. Even the slivers can’t help beyond a point.] Logos said in an uncharacteristically soft tone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Varian shook his head, rolling his eyes and breathing out. \"Screw that bullshit. I’d be happier if you had a specific answer.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[I don’t.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Well.\"..\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Neither does she.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(Shut up, Logos! Why are you dragging me into this?) Samsara almost screamed, like a cat whose tail was stepped on.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, she addressed Varian, her voice turning gentle, as if she wasn’t the one yelling at her fellow sliver.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(Var, you now view avenues instead of paths. Your understanding has touched rank 3. You should breakthrough under any logic. Unless...)\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I don’t know how to break that bastard’s seal.\" Varian focused on his soul.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The eyes imprinted remained as always, looking at him with amusement.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Samsara eventually brought up his strange behavior and Varian told them about the eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To his surprise, they accepted it without much doubt. It seemed the slivers also realized Architect was playing a game with them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[We can’t see him. And any attempt to help you might backfire. I don’t know if he can do it directly, but he can definitely influence us indirectly. Or our source of power.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(I have checked my avenue. I can’t sense any trace in the avenue of life and death. I just don’t understand how he’s able to influence me and prevent me from noticing the ban on you. Heck, I can’t even see the eyes.)\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Is it through our divine paths? Is it through origin?] Logos brought up a good point.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Varian had a hunch that it involved origin. It might not be the whole answer, but origin was definitely involved.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But how? Just origin wasn’t enough.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For any individual, origin was the source of their three divine avenues.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even the universe itself is built from these three avenues. They’re the framework of it all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had been pondering over a thought for a while now. Out of the million thoughts he’d get during the grinding sessions, this one stood out and never left.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Does the universe has an origin?\" Varian asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[...Strange question.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(But dead things don’t have one, do they? Does a sword have origin?)\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Varian waved his index finger and the world around him shifted. He appeared in a treasury, holding thousands of weapons.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a flick, they all activated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Some were glowing with life, others were flaring with chaos and many were vibrating space.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had this doubt too. This place solved that.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"A sword doesn’t have an origin, but it does has affinities for divine avenues. Some are more inclined for life power, few for space and others for chaos. There is a similar model playing out here.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since there is a difference in affinities, there must be something that determines it. Origin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I can’t see it, because only a living being can unlock the view. Doesn’t mean a sword might not have one.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[So, the universe has an origin? Or something similar?]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It sounds crazy. But if my origin is where my understanding of divine paths and source of divine power exists...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(Then where exactly is it?)\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It cannot be in the same space-time field. It is beyond reach, cannot be touched, cannot be seen by non-owner.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(Very, very interesting hypothesis you have there, Var.) Samsara’s usually cheerful voice grew solemn.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Wait a minute...] Logos seemed to draw in a breath. As a sliver, she couldn’t. But maybe she was just that nervous.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Architect holds the origin of the universe. Through it, he’s controlling us, controlling you? It makes perfect sense! Varian, you are brilliant!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In all these years he’d been with her, Logos never praised him so sincerely. If she had a physical body, he was damn sure he could see her sparkling, admiring eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Varian shook his head, throwing those thoughts out. These days, thoughts kept coming. Damn seclusion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"He is after something. That’s why he keeps intervening. He is also afraid of some things. Or he wouldn’t have stopped the Heaven tribe’s research on origin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I suspect he isn’t as strong as we think him to be. At least not omnipotent and omniscient level strong. Or why wait? He can just do whatever he wants.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He has the origin, but I doubt he has it full. Maybe just a fragment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But through it, he has the leverage.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It’s a very reasonable deduction. Samsara and Logos fell silent at the theory.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[T-That....might be a chance....a chance!] Logos muttered in excitement. She seemed to be on the verge of choking.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Varian wondered what the hell happened with this aloof sliver? Was it about the futures again?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Varian! There might be a chance. The two futures I saw—]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I know, I know.\" Varian wanted to leave right away as he had heard this too many times.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Samsara imitated her voice and said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(When I see the future, I see darkness. But two types of darkness. One is the darkness that never changes. Eternal Hell.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Another is a darkness that is ever twisting. It will spare nothing in its path. All things will be devoured and assimilated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It’s either one or the other. The futures are both doomed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The only difference is the type of doom.)\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Varian.] Logos didn’t care about the imitation joke and continued earnestly. [Please, please, never give up. There is hope. As long as there is hope, you’ll figure out a solution.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Logos, go back to your cold self.\" Varian clicked his tongue, giving a cheeky smile. \"I want to train a cold maid, not a nice one.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(Tsk, tsk, tsk) Samsara made sure to voice her jealousy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I don’t want to train you, Samsara. You are perfect the way you are.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(Var~)\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Watching him say those lines so smoothly, Logos wanted to slap his face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[This is important!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I know. But I can’t think beyond this now. He has a fragment of origin, a version of it or whatever.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Maybe he also has something else other than origin. I’m not sure if he can do all that he does with just a fragmented origin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Or maybe he can. I really don’t know.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>We’ll see.\"\u003C\u002Fp>",1100,"2026-06-06T07:59:03.344Z",1,"novelbin.me","038a3803b514296c19d582d2ba602f772f03189d3552d8cb3430e85504d13176","divine-path-system-chapter-1745","divine-path-system-chapter-1743",1773,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fdivine-path-system-cover.jpg"]