Chapter 1048

Lin Yan, who had some knowledge of the Morning Star Divine System, knew that this star map was precisely the Morning Star Divine System!

Of course, within the entire Morning Star Divine System, there was only one deity—the Goddess of Eternal Night—while the other nineteen were the divine realms of fallen deities.

"This is the Morning Star Divine System!"

The Goddess of Eternal Night whispered softly.

Lin Yan looked at her but said nothing.

The Goddess of Eternal Night continued: "One thousand five hundred years ago, when I first arrived in the Heavenly Realm, in the tenth year of my arrival, I was still searching for resources to condense my divine body. By chance, I reached the Morning Star Divine System. At that time, it was obscure and remote within the Heavenly Realm, with no holy spirits coming here—almost no deities visited except me."

She swept her hand again, and beneath the star map appeared the landscape of the Morning Star Divine Domain.

"Look, this place is barren, utterly empty. There's a city here, but within it, only a few holy spirits belonging to the Morning Star Divine System remain!"

The Goddess of Eternal Night added.

After this prolonged battle, Lin Yan had come to understand the Goddess of Eternal Night's situation fairly well.

Yet, Lin Yan knew very little about the Morning Star Divine System; from her words, it seemed that when she first arrived, the Morning Star Divine System had actually had deities present?

The Goddess of Eternal Night continued: "I came here seeking a dark-element substance. In the Heavenly Realm, few deities mastered the Dark Principle. I read in the star map that the Morning Star Divine System's divine energy was inclined toward darkness, so I came here. But on the very day I arrived, an accident occurred."

Even now, as a fourth-tier deity, a flicker of shock crossed her face as she spoke of it!

Clearly, what had happened back then had stunned the former Goddess of Eternal Night profoundly, leaving a deep impression.

Her words piqued Lin Yan's interest.

Yet Lin Yan still said nothing.

Because Lin Yan knew the Goddess of Eternal Night would continue.

Divine energy surged from her fingers.

Beneath the star map, the city rapidly expanded.

Within the city, some holy spirits appeared—though their number was small.

At this moment, these holy spirits were motionless.

With a flick of her finger, Lin Yan saw all the holy spirits come to life.

Yet the star map above remained unchanged.

The holy spirits all stirred to life, and Lin Yan could even see the Goddess of Eternal Night's figure among them.

She was asking something of one holy spirit.

Suddenly, all the holy spirits froze.

Then, they vanished instantly!

Yes—without warning, they simply vanished!

This disappearance left not even a trace behind—it was complete and instantaneous!

Unlike when the Demon Soul Sovereign had drained the holy spirits from his divine realm, where they exploded and died.

In explosion deaths, the entire process could be seen; after the explosion, residual energy fluctuations remained.

But these holy spirits vanished without any sign or trace—completely gone, leaving not a single ripple!

After the holy spirits vanished, Lin Yan saw the miniature Goddess of Eternal Night's face twist with fear.

At that time, the Goddess of Eternal Night had been merely a new deity.

And this scene was now reconstructed by the present-day Goddess of Eternal Night through divine energy.

More than a thousand years had passed, yet the Goddess of Eternal Night still remembered the scene vividly—imagine how great her shock had been back then.

Moreover, Lin Yan noticed that when all the holy spirits vanished, every star in the star map suddenly flickered!

It was as if every star had blinked its eye at once!

This phenomenon had also been observed by the former Mist Void Divine Lord; it was precisely because of this that the Mist Void Divine Lord deduced the Goddess of Eternal Night's true nature, convinced the other divine sovereigns, and initiated a probe, foiling her disguise plan!

But the Mist Void Divine Lord never imagined that the blinking of all the stars was not caused by the Goddess of Eternal Night!

"At that time, these holy spirits vanished right before my eyes. I could feel they weren't recalled—there was no trace of any portal. Nor were they attacked—no energy fluctuation reached me. They simply vanished. And at the moment they disappeared, every star in the Morning Star Divine Domain flickered."

The Goddess of Eternal Night recalled the scene.

"After the holy spirits vanished, I soon found a faint but discernible trace, and I dared to enter a deity's divine realm. But within that realm, not a single living being remained—not a holy spirit, not even a deity—everything had vanished!"

"Isn't that bizarre?"

The Goddess of Eternal Night asked Lin Yan again.

Lin Yan nodded. "Indeed bizarre."

The Goddess of Eternal Night continued: "But I'm certain that just minutes before, the deity in that realm had truly existed, and the holy spirits had been there for sure. I feel the situation in that realm matched exactly the sudden disappearance of the holy spirits."

Lin Yan nodded slightly.

He agreed with this view.

The Goddess of Eternal Night added: "After this blinking of the stars, for some reason, numerous divine realms within the Morning Star Divine System developed fissures. I entered them one after another—but in all of them, whether holy spirits or deities, none remained. All had vanished as if evaporated!"

Lin Yan's gaze sharpened!

He had never heard of such a thing before.

He wondered what level of power the deities of the Morning Star Divine System had been back then.

From the Goddess of Eternal Night's words, the Morning Star Divine System had clearly existed as a system—so it must have been led by at least a peak third-tier divine sovereign?

A peak third-tier divine sovereign vanished without a trace.

Not just one deity.

All deities within the entire divine system vanished!

And considering the two drops of fourth-tier divine energy the Goddess of Eternal Night possessed, the deities of the Morning Star Divine System were more likely fourth-tier Tianlan Zunzhu.

But if they were fourth-tier Tianlan Zunzhu, that didn't quite make sense.

Because no fourth-tier Tianlan Zunzhu was ever unknown.

The Goddess of Eternal Night seemed to know Lin Yan's doubt and said:

"I don't know the realm of the Lord of the Morning Star Pantheon, but within His divine realm, there are a few drops of divine power that have reached the Fourth Level. Moreover, the Morning Star Pantheon is extremely reclusive; in the Heavenly Realm, it has remained silent for tens of thousands of years, and even its deities never communicate with other gods of the Heavenly Realm."

Here, she pointed to the star map: "These nineteen stars are not all part of the Morning Star Pantheon. Several of them originally belonged to long-dead deities. In truth, only eleven stars belong to the Morning Star Pantheon."

Lin Yan softly hummed in acknowledgment.

The Goddess of Eternal Night said: "Though I don't know why, I knew my chance had come. I left marks in every divine realm I could enter, then used the mountainous resources piled within them to grow rapidly. Fearing discovery by other gods, I never communicated with any of them."

"Tina was already Second Rank in the Sacred Domain back then. She originally intended to become a deity, but after speaking with me, she decided to stay. Together, we devised a bold plan. The plan went smoothly—this is exactly how it looks now. I concealed my identity for a very long time. In fact, the move I made a thousand years ago was intentional."

"Tina came to the northern, relatively barren region of the Continent of Gods and single-handedly founded the Eternal Night Empire. I expended tremendous power to help the Eternal Night Empire grow continuously. Unfortunately, the final step of this plan nearly failed. Without you, I would have been doomed this time!"