[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-divine-path-system":3,"chapter-divine-path-system-divine-path-system-chapter-1756":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},1564928,2028,"Chapter 1753 1753: Varian vs God Emperor (1\u002F2)","divine-path-system-chapter-1756",1756,"\u003Cp>\"T-Thoren…God Emperor, why does it have to be this way?\" Varian suppressed the rising rage and asked in a muffled voice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It can only be this way.\" God Emperor smiled. \"Everything is as it should be.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Varian was sure he couldn't change the mind of his student who lived billions of years with that conviction.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But he couldn't help trying.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The Architect is our enemy. Once he is dead, you can try something else. You can create a new race like Asherah did and see if your vision is worth pursuing.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>God Emperor narrowed his eyes before letting out a soft laugh. Shaking his head, he said. \"It's not just the race, it's the world too. A perfect world needs a total change. That little girl of Genesis has no chance of reaching such perfection.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was becoming clearer that this ideal of a perfect world—one with peace, justice and harmony—was so deeply instilled that it couldn't be reasoned against.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I don't want to kill you.\" Varian muttered under his breath. \"I made you like this. And I want you to change. I wish you to change.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Change?\" God Emperor raised his hand and casually brushed against the empty space.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A lifeless satellite galaxy far away was hit by the careless strike and was sliced into pieces.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Why should I change? Why shouldn't you change? Maybe I am right. And maybe you are wrong. Why don't you try my way before calling it wrong?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Varian looked at his student and recalled the boy he taught. Such a bright boy with heroic ideals.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Back then, he saw traces of his own self in Thoren. A boy who genuinely wanted good for his people and the world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And now that same boy was the monster who's ready to kill everyone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He tried to save the universe from Architect. And he created the God Emperor who wanted to destroy it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I was trying to make you an ally, who wants to protect than destroy. But it turned into this.\" Varian sighed, his heart slowly hardening. \"This too was a move by Architect. What a shame.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Your motives might be impure, but your effort was sincere.\" God Emperor said in a soft voice, speaking straight from his heart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The ideal you shared was forged in your own heart. I inherited it, made it my own and now want to shape the world with it. You've discarded your own ideal for something else. I carry it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Varian exhaled deeply and stretched his hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The powers of space-time formed a sword body. Life and death surged in it, intertwining with each other as they filled it like electricity filling a wire.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The powers of Order and Chaos oversaw the four, while positioning themselves for an offense and defense.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lastly, Logos and Samsara poured their powers to the fullest, boosting the sword to an unprecedented degree.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I'll ask you one last time.\" Varian pointed the sword and his eyes showed no more emotions. \"We can deal with the Architect before settling this out. I don't like what you're doing, but I think I'll hate Architect's plan even more.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I need the slivers for my grand plan.\" God Emperor looked Varian in the eye. \"Even if you do give them, I can't leave you like this. I have lived for billions of years, but you are indeed the most monstrous person I know.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I have only two advantages over you. I am taught by you, I know how you think and how you fight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And I had billions of years to grow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You are going to lose. I hope you survive to witness my victory. And as my last act of respect, I will ensure our fight does not affect Eden.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>God Emperor vanished, so did Varian.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They appeared far away from Eden, in what the astronomers would call the Virgo cluster.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It's twice as wide as Eden, four times as spacious but hundreds of times dense as it housed over a thousand galaxies compared to only thirty galaxies of Eden.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A tiny spark of light emerged in the cluster and the next moment, tens of galaxies were split into two as a brilliant beam of sword light emerged.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The power of death spilled into these galaxies, preventing emergence of any life for the next hundred million years.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The powers of order and chaos scattered, throwing over a dozen galaxies in a disarray.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In these galaxies, planets no longer orbited around their home stars. And they also stopped rotating.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the planets, water was no longer boiling at the right temperature, gas was no longer liquefying with pressure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The physical laws of the world were distorted by these terrible powers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In response to that sword strike, a small palm emerged. Almost in an instant, it grew to cover a hundred galaxies and met with that brilliant sword strike.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The palm, forged from space and time itself, was dispersing the attack, by channeling the power into a different space and a distant time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The stalemate lasted for a moment before the palm grew brighter and clenched the sword beam.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Click!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The entire cluster, filled with so many stars and galaxies, turned dark in that moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, a shockwave swept through the whole cluster, destroying dozens of galaxies in its wake.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hundreds of galaxies were just pushed out by the sheer fluctuations of space-time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the center of it all stood the two.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>God Emperor looked at his bloodied palm and smiled lightly. \"You are strong, as I expected.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Varian looked at the broken sword in utter silence. There was no words he could manage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was his strongest strike. He didn't hold back even a bit against God Emperor. He didn't dare to.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He used everything he had. Even the slivers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And yet….\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Is this it?\" Varian muttered, unable to believe the reality.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And then, his hand clenched, the sword reappearing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>God Emperor narrowed his eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The cluster lit up again with hundreds and then thousands of sword beams. They poured out brilliantly, lighting up the entire expanse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As if a rainbow was crushed into pieces and dispersed in all directions to spread its brilliance, the beams flew out everywhere with brilliant lights.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This time, not a single galaxy was spared.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The thousand galaxies were all cut into pieces and then shattered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A few minutes later, only ruins remained.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the center of it, Varian panted heavily as he looked at God Emperor in absolute disbelief. \"Why am I….I have so many paths…all at the peak of rank 2…why am I defeated?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>God Emperor looked at the several palm. It was regenerating quickly, but this was the only injury he suffered for so, so long.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'To think someone so young could do this…'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He shook his head and looked into Varian's eyes. \"Do you want to try anything else? Anything. I will wait. As long as an year.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was a humiliating proposal. Something an opponent would reject, if only for the sake of honor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Varian gave him a deep look and vanished.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'As expected of him.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>God Emperor was not surprised. If anything, he knew Varian intimately. This teacher of his taught him a lot of things and he remembered them all, even if his teacher himself forgot.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Varian was wary as he left, but God Emperor waited, as promised. He didn't move an inch. He didn't use his perception. He didn't try to cheat in any way.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was both out of the bond and out of admiration. No matter what Varian thought, God Emperor had immense respect for him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Varian barely was a thousand years old while God Emperor lived for billions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It's a million times longer!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A million, with six zeroes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A thousand thousands.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If Varian had even a hundred more years, God Emperor was not confident of defeating him. Such was the terror of this monstrous prodigy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Since you're going to lose, I will let you lose at your best.\"\u003C\u002Fp>",1326,"2026-06-06T07:59:03.669Z",1,"novelbin.me","06f282a757193f19d1e5d4eb349317f7d305fe95c5c2990bb0083f994cc332af","divine-path-system-chapter-1757","divine-path-system-chapter-1755",1773,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fdivine-path-system-cover.jpg"]