[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-divine-path-system":3,"chapter-divine-path-system-divine-path-system-chapter-1752":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},1564924,2028,"Chapter 1752: An Unexpected Reunion","divine-path-system-chapter-1752",1752,"\u003Cp>Varian opened his eyes in the present. He read the experiences of the consciousness and it pushed him to the brink.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Thoren, don’t do it!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His angry, helpless voice reverberated across God’s Eye.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[V-Varian...what happened?]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(Calm down! Var, calm down!)\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The slivers started panicking. Since he reached this strength, Varian never lost his cool.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He flew from one edge to another of the region, eyes wandering, hands clenching and loosening. His chest was heaving violently and his eyes were bloodshot.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He looked like he survived the worst nightmare.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I shouldn’t have...\" He muttered in a daze as he flew around like a headless fly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Shouldn’t have what?]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I shouldn’t have tried to change the past.\" Varian paused, his body freezing as if time itself had stopped.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Samsara was worried sick watching his condition. (Var, you did what you believed was best. I don’t know what happened, but you didn’t intend for any harm.)\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Varian blinked at her words, the guilt in his eyes slowly decreasing. \"No matter what it led to, I was trying to solve a big problem.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[So, what exactly happened?] Logos asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"See for yourself.\" Varian snapped and his experiences were fed directly to the slivers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even the vastly experienced slivers were shocked at such an event.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[History has not been changed. It’s only followed.] Logos sighed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I was too eager about God Emperor that I didn’t think about the implications at all.\" Varian said with a wry chuckle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If I can time travel, even as a consciousness, why can’t I just go back to my past self and help him out?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I can’t give much help, but I can still change plenty of things. And just do it again and again and again.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[So the time travel shouldn’t have been possible?]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Varian nodded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A peak rank 2 still shouldn’t be able to travel to the past. The river of time was supposed to reject his consciousness from going back altogether.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But a power intervened and made it happen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(Architect allowed you to travel back.) Samsara muttered, astonished. (Like God Emperor, he also wants the slivers fused.)\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They both had different goals, but they both agreed that the universe must be destroyed. And for that, the slivers must be fused.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Am I going to lead to this catastrophic destruction?\" Varian looked down at the gaping hole that kept expanding.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His new clone was working hard to keep it under control, but the void was relentless. It kept growing stronger and stronger.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The clone, a newbie peak rank 2, was visibly dying.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What’s done is done. I will have to do what I must do.\" Varian muttered, the guilt in his eyes turning into determination.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>God Emperor was relatively young when he made the decision to tamper with Varian’s fate. Now, billions of years passed. It’s impossible to change his mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The only thing the could do was grow stronger.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Strong enough to close this void tear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Strong enough to beat down Architect.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>*** *** ***\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Varian threw himself into research.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The bottleneck to rank 3 wasn’t loosening. The research on origin hit a wall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The only thing that showed promise of immediate improvement was the research on the forbidden regions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His understanding of their workings increased day by day.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The regions in Hortus helped him understand their cosmic counterparts and that new understanding helped him progress further in Hortus regions, forming a positive feedback loop.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His wives were also working hard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Aurora and Isadora were researching on origin. Sarah, Enigma and Sia were helping with the forbidden regions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A few months later, one fine evening, Sarah said. \"You’re running back and forth. It’d be great if you brought the forbidden regions into Hortus.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You know what? You’re kinda right.\" Varian was delighted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That opened up a new direction in research he knew but didn’t pay much attention to.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hortus, as the cosmic seed, was designed to devour the universe and replace it one day.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even when he was just a celestial ranker, he was able to place the solar system’s planets inside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He could place a lot more inside now. But it’s not just adding things that he wanted .\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had to find a way for Hortus to devour the whole cosmos. Since he’s the ruler of Hortus, he’d have the natural authority over this new universe.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sheer power would be enough to fight the Architect and hopefully, win.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It’s the ultimate goal. But he was also realistic about the next step.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It can’t devour the universe. I don’t know why. Even the primordial gods didn’t know. There is something to be solved. But I can try make it devour the cosmic forbidden regions. That is very likely to work.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was all coming together.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The forbidden regions of both the cosmos and Hortus were created by the same primordial gods. So was Hortus.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With slivers acting as the channels, Varian realized he could indeed fuse these two.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It’s no longer just ’bringing’ these regions and putting them in space somewhere.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It’s integrating the cosmic version with the hortus version!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And as a result, his own power would greatly increase.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Would it touch rank 3? Varian was pretty sure it wouldn’t.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But perhaps it could help in gradually breaking the bottleneck?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Or maybe he could see what’s preventing Hortus from devouring the universe.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The fusion can happen in minutes or days.\" Varian gathered everyone. \"I might not be available. So, if there is any task to deal with, tell me now.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sarah shook her head gently while Sia thought hard and shrugged. Enigma and Isadora said nothing. Aurora looked around, as if she wanted to pretend she wasn’t here.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Boo, who was called back from a cosmic trip, looked conflicted for a moment before saying. \"Master, Primula has been acting crazy these days.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Varian raised a brow. \"About her mother?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes! Yes!\" Boo nodded fervently. \"She was frequently traveling across Eden and asked me for help. I was with her for a few days. Suddenly, she starts crying and calling her name.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I see, thank you Boo.\" Varian patted the little ghost. \"Continue your adventure. If you need any help, invoke the power I stationed in the ship.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hehehe~\" The ghost chuckled before vanishing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Varian glanced at his wives and they nodded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a twist of space, he appeared outside the former Nexus region. Today, it’s split into multiple administrative blocks and ruled rather peacefully.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But while 95% were peaceful, the 5% of this region were the worst rebels of Eden. Primula had to frequently visit the place to deal with them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even now, she’s in a palace, discussing the rebellion affairs with a few overseers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Primula.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As he uttered those words, she looked up in confusion before a smile broke on her face. The officers were stunned at their stern leader smiling.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She turned to them and her smile vanished as if it never appeared. \"Focus on the I’ll see you later.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With that, Primula appeared in front of Varian and asked with a grin. \"What’s up, brother? Did you finally remember you have a sister?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Varian pinched her cheek. \"What about you? Shouldn’t you tell me when something happens?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Noshing shwappend.\" She tried to reply.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Primula.\" Varian ruffled her hair affectionally but his tone grew serious. \"Some things shouldn’t be hidden.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But.\" Primula lowered her head. \"I thought I was getting over her. I never saw her anyway, why was I even like this?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I should be able to get over her. I did get over, for some time. But then...then...I start hearing her voice again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I see her smile. I feel her soul. It’s as if she’s still there.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It’s my racial connection—it allows me to feel the people of my race, especially my close ones.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was supposed to be only for the living. But I can feel her existence. I know it’s false, but I feel it. I don’t know why.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It’s as if...a part of her is still there somewhere.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Varian frowned. If the whole affair was not about emotions but a soul connection due to racial talent, then he should be able to detect what’s going on.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Focus on that feeling.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He placed a hand over her head and sank his consciousness into her soul.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It’s different from most beings. There were multiple special patterns that manifested as talents.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One of those talents was this soul connection. In a corner, beyond the senses of even the sharpest rank 1 was a thread, a manifestation of that connection.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Soon, he noticed many such threads.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Each thread was leading to someone of Primula’s race.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But only one thread, a very faint one which even most high rank 2s would miss, was pointing towards something else.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And that aura was familiar.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Why is it still there?\" Varian was shocked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was Eshala Starlight’s aura, no doubt about it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It wasn’t just her remnant aura. He could also sense her soul. Bits and pieces of her spiritual power.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was impossible!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She was killed by God Emperor himself, long long ago.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Primula, stay here. I’ll check.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Varian jumped through space and landed in the borders of Eden.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And it was indeed as he saw. A faint trace of Eshala’s soul.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ah.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She wasn’t alive. But a part of her soul was preserved here, like a shard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was spinning in the darkness as it gave out purple light. And with them, hundreds of thousands of such shards, glowing with their own light.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Some of them are familiar...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Varian raised a finger to tap Eshala’s shard and hopefully figure out what’s going on.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As he was about to, a voice rang from behind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You’re early.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Varian turned around swiftly, his heart racing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>God Emperor stood there, in full glory.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No more a clone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No more a body covered by silver light.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His true self. With that same face he saw not long ago.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With vitality on the verge of depletion but strength at the very peak.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Long time no see, Varian...no, teacher.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was a reunion Varian didn’t anticipate.\u003C\u002Fp>",1676,"2026-06-06T07:59:03.669Z",1,"novelbin.me","f4b79d905eb862b499090840f0a0ae9aa3f0f325e51db4273e7633c48ee6572a","divine-path-system-chapter-1753","divine-path-system-chapter-1751",1773,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fdivine-path-system-cover.jpg"]