[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-divine-path-system":3,"chapter-divine-path-system-divine-path-system-chapter-1761":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},1564933,2028,"Chapter 1759: Letter from Logos","divine-path-system-chapter-1761",1761,"\u003Cp>[When I first met you, you were a stubborn, impulsive teenager in deep depression.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You hated the world. But you hated yourself more.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After knowing 'I' was responsible for your mother's death, at least in a way, you were furious. If you could've killed me then, you would have.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What a bad, bad master.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I helped you so much, yet you almost killed me on our first meeting.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her voice was not mechanical. It was a little cold, a little coquettish and a little arrogant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Varian was smiling without realizing it and he kept going.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Slivers have a different world view than people. It should've been difficult to understand before, but as a peak rank 2, you should know.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>We don't see the world as a mortal does. We see it through our paths.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I see the world as a play between order and chaos, will and circumstance, plans and fate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That's why I chose you.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You've wondered a lot of times about this. 'Why me?'. Was it just a lottery? I'm the sliver that can see fate, I don't believe in lottery.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But in your case, I tried to. Because the fate I saw showed me only a terrible end.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As this letter reaches you, I assume the battle with God Emperor ended.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And you lost.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If you won, I'd have shattered this letter myself and celebrated with you.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It wasn't supposed to happen that way. The fate was clear. If you changed it, I'd have been as surprised as joyful.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But could fate be so easily defied?]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At those words, Varian thought of the abyssal Cyris. Her 'fate' didn't allow her survival, much less the revival of abyssal race. Didn't she defy fate?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[I used to wonder, universe is all there is, with six fundamental rules. Fate is the estimate from these rules.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How can anyone even defy fate?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If a precise machine can measure every little thing and calculate, it can indeed predict the future.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Civilizations couldn't build a thing like that due to natural limitations imposed. But the universe could. And it did. I call it fate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Perhaps the real fate was different from what I understand. Maybe it's not so determinate and was perhaps more relaxed, with more flexibility.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Maybe.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But even then, it has a strict set of outcomes. A range of possibilities. Beyond that, nothing should be possible. That's what the entire calculation tells you.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There were times when things went even beyond my calculation. But I believe it's because I couldn't see the full fate than because that fate itself being defied.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I know this all the well because I am the sliver of order and chaos.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fate was absolute.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet, I hoped to defy fate.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Varian exhaled. Fate was a heavy word. He always tried to think it's his own will. But now, he was a little shaken.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[I saw two futures, no matter what I did. I've been seeing them for a long time now. But they got more and more concrete with each passing day.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Both futures only showed darkness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One was chaotic darkness, with nothingness. The unending night of hell.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The other was a despairing darkness that devoured everything. The eternal purgatory.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You should be able to guess what they represent now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The victory of God Emperor would create extreme order, a world where the living are mere puppets to fulfill his vision of peace. A rigid world without any dynamism.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The victory of Architect would result in extreme chaos. All of the universe would be broken down. There'd be nothing left to salvage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So, I sought you, the variable. Someone who could defy fate. You can achieve what's not even supposed to happen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You're the one with a chance to go beyond chance all together!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>God Emperor has been planning for so long. No matter what plans I make, what advice I give, he'll come for you when he senses it's time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He's not so stupid to let you surpass him. Unfortunately, this was inevitable. God Emperor defeating you was always a certainty in my mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You always thought your destined battle was with the God Emperor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No, Varian. It never was. You couldn't win against him. He wouldn't wait.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Varian exhaled deeply, mind unsettled. Logos talked a lot about his so-called destined battle, his destiny and the future.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If he's supposed to be defeated by the God Emperor anyway, then what's the point? What even was that destined battle?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[The destined battle is not with God Emperor, but against this fate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You will be dying after the defeat.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How did she know?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[To help you have multiple divine paths, I influenced your origin. Once the God Emperor separates us, your origin will suffer. The backlash is fatal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I don't know how origin can be healed. Well, not until you healed Aurora.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But even then, I'm not sure you could heal yourself that way. It's going to be way more dangerous. And you wouldn't have the slivers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So….then what?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then you'd despair.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Whatever plan God Emperor was planning would've succeeded and he should be making his final moves.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You, having lost at your highest and dying, would be despairing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And I don't want you to despair.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Varian, it's not over until it's truly over.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I don't know how you can do it. But I truly believe you can defy this fate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Do not accept what the world threw at you. Bend your fate to your own will.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I know you've lost everything.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The slivers are gone, your divine paths must've started falling and your own life is about to extinguish.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But do not give up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You were not special because you had the slivers. You had the slivers because you were special.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I chose you from countless others.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You and only you.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Varian, I trust you. So, trust yourself.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even though he enjoyed life, the last spark of hope had long gone, leaving only darkness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now, in that darkness, a spark was born.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A small, defiant spark of hope that by its own self fought against the vast darkness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You're right. I am a warrior. I cannot die giving up.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As he stood up and turned to the workshop, he noticed a small addition at the bottom of the letter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(Samsara here~\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sorry for not discussing this with you in advance. I was afraid it'd affect your state of mind and make things worse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Anyway.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Var, I believe in you! No matter what, you can do it! I just know it!)\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Samsara's cheerful voice rang and Varian chuckled, a little amused but mostly thankful.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(+1 for all useful things Logos said. It's too long for me, hehe~\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I don't usually agree with her stupid and arrogant words. But hey, even a broken clock is right twice a day. She's worse than a broken clock. She's right only once.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And that's this time.)\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Varian sighed in exasperation, these two absolutely got along 'well'.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(Anyway, anyway, the main point.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You better, no, no, she's corrupting me. What I mean is that you're going to win.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And after you win, Logos will wear that maid uniform.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She just promised now. Hey, speak up!)\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Y-Yeah…as long as you win.] Logos' voice was filled with absolute shame.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(See!) Samsara exclaimed. (This stupid sliver that mocked you all the time will soon be your maid.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You can whip her when you're happy to increase your happiness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You can whip her when you're sad to decrease your sadness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You can whip her when you're excited to be more excited.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You can whip her when you're bored to get rid of boredom.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Think about it. A cold and aloof maid calling you master with a pitiful face while you whip her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ahhh~\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course~ If you don't want to do it yourself, I can do it for you.)\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[You little….Varian, whip her with me. As long as you do that, I'm happy to be whipped everyday.] Logos said seriously.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'…When did I agree for this stupid whipping?' Varian rolled his eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The picture Samsara painted wasn't so bad. But why this whipping? And Logos, had she also gone crazy to ask for whipping?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But Logos, you better keep your word. I am so petty that I'd want revenge for all our conversations.\" Varian burst into laughter, startling Isadora who arrived. A smile broke out on her face and she clenched her hands behind her back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Finally, he's happy from the bottom of his heart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She gently held him and said. \"The surprise is ready.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Varian pulled her into his arms and said . \"I want to do some research. I'm already at the worst anyway. I don't want to go down without even trying.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There's something magnetic about his words and the way he spoke them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Was it his confidence? Was it the hope in his eyes? Was it the fighting spirit brimming from his very soul?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Isadora didn't know. But she felt herself falling for him once more, even harder.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes!\" Her eyes were sparking.\u003C\u002Fp>",1501,"2026-06-06T07:59:03.669Z",1,"novelbin.me","443e8f8c29c7d8883e3ce38339b9910d8b683da077d3391b59fb32da0777ea97","divine-path-system-chapter-1762","divine-path-system-chapter-1760",1773,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fdivine-path-system-cover.jpg"]