Chapter 1467

In the Dark Abyss, all movement fell silent.

That sea of darkness also gradually returned to stillness.

Only in the void remained residual energy.

In the Heavenly Realm, Lin Yan's gaze sharpened.

The Dark Archon's power was unexpectedly strong.

It might… be stronger than the current Life Goddess and Ocean Goddess!

After ten thousand years, the Heavenly Realm had become extremely prosperous, and both the Life Goddess and Ocean Goddess had greatly increased in power.

Yet even so, the power this Dark Archon just revealed was far stronger than both of them!

It might even rival Lin Yan's divine form!

Just now, the entity beneath the Sea of Darkness had been reviving its power rapidly, catching up to Lin Yan's divine form in a short time; if it continued reviving like this, it could reach a terrifying level.

But it was slapped back down by the Dark Archon in one blow.

Her power was exceedingly formidable!

Lin Yan turned his gaze toward the Dark Archon, estimating her origins in his mind.

He hadn't expected the Dark Abyss to conceal two such major bosses.

She was shrouded in mysteries.

For instance, why was such a powerful being continuously losing power?

And why did she sit motionless beside the Sea of Darkness?

In a short time, many thoughts flashed through Lin Yan's mind.

The thing beneath the Sea of Darkness seemed to have been stirred by him.

And this Dark Archon had remained stationed beside the Sea of Darkness, seemingly to suppress the entity beneath it.

Lin Yan hesitated, suppressing the urge to rush into the Dark Abyss and investigate.

The fact that the Light Archon and others had not emerged was already highly unusual.

What was happening in the Dark Abyss now was also strange.

Lin Yan involuntarily linked the two events, wondering if they might be connected.

"Could it be… they're waiting for me to awaken some forbidden entity?"

Lin Yan thought.

He felt his guess was likely close to the truth.

If the Light Archon and others don't emerge now, they will never again have a chance to turn the tide—they will forever lag behind Lin Yan.

But when dealing with enemies, direct confrontation is one method; another is to wait until the enemy provokes a stronger foe and brings about their own destruction!

The Light Archon and others likely intend precisely this strategy.

Lin Yan withdrew his gaze from the Dark Archon.

"Wait a while."

Lin Yan thought.

If his guess was correct, the entity beneath the Sea of Darkness was likely an extraordinarily powerful being.

Since it was currently suppressed, it would surely remain dormant for a while.

So Lin Yan decided to wait until he further strengthened himself and gathered more information before acting.

Plan thoroughly, then act.

Of course, Lin Yan decided to wait partly because he was close to locating the source of that light.

And the Void Beast he had nurtured was nearly reaching the level of a Void Archon.

After making his decision, Lin Yan invited the Mother of Earth into his divine realm and consulted her on several matters.

The Mother of Earth had become an Archon earlier than the Life Goddess and Ocean Goddess, but later than the Light Archon.

"When I was still a High God, the Light Archon was fully devoted to developing the Heavenly Realm; back then, the Heavenly Realm was no weaker than now—aside from fewer Archons, it was even more prosperous."

In his divine realm, the Mother of Earth said.

In ancient times, a High God was equivalent to today's fourth-tier deity.

"More prosperous?"

The Life Goddess asked involuntarily.

The Mother of Earth nodded. "Yes. The Light Archon spent nearly a million years developing the Heavenly Realm—nations spread across the entire Continent of Gods, thriving immensely."

The Life Goddess and Ocean Goddess exchanged glances.

In the past, only she and the Ocean Goddess frequently interacted; the Mother of Earth, being neutral and an earlier Archon, had little contact with them.

So they had never imagined the Heavenly Realm had such a history.

The Light Archon had once actively fostered the Heavenly Realm!

"What happened afterward?"

The Ocean Goddess asked.

Although the Light Archon's development of the Heavenly Realm may not have been as rapid as Lin Yan's,

he could have simply relied on time.

Had the Light Archon continued developing the Heavenly Realm, he might have aspired to the pinnacle of power countless eons ago!

But later, the Light Archon changed his philosophy and deliberately suppressed the Heavenly Realm's growth.

There must be a story behind it.

The Mother of Earth's account made Lin Yan and the Ocean Goddess feel that the Light Archon and others' suppression of the Heavenly Realm likely concealed deeper motives.

It was not merely a matter of ideological conflict.

The Mother of Earth showed a hint of memory and said, "Back then, I was still very weak and could not reach higher levels. I don't know exactly what happened, but I know there was a great war among Primordial Deities—countless gods were dragged into it and fell, and the Continent of Gods was shattered."

As she spoke, she swept her hand, and a scene appeared.

Terrifying energy raged wildly; the gods of the Heavenly Realm scattered in flight, but none could escape—they were all caught in the crossfire and fell like rain, while the Continent of Gods continuously broke apart amid the battle of the gods.

The Mother of Earth said, "Since then, the Primordial God of Light has rarely appeared. I always felt he was injured during that time. It was also during that period that Primordial Deities began emerging in greater numbers. After the Primordial God of Light made one public appearance, the Ancient Gods started ambushing the Lords of Law in the Heavenly Realm, and the Abyss began attacking the Heavenly Realm every ten thousand years. The Primordial God of Light's ideological shift must have been influenced by that war."

The Goddess of the Sea nodded slightly.

She and the Goddess of Life became Primordial Deities only after that war; at the time, the remaining Ancient Gods were still hiding, too terrified to emerge.

Without ambushes, the time to become a Primordial Deity wasn't excessively long.

The Mother of Earth departed.

"It seems this world truly conceals some forbidden existence."

Lin Yan thought.

Perhaps the Primordial God of Light had been preparing to break through beyond the Primordial Deity level.

But he was attacked by some forbidden existence and suffered a heavy blow!

After that war, the Primordial God of Light must have sustained serious injuries.

Otherwise, at that time, the Primordial God of Light should have stopped the birth of new Primordial Deities in the Heavenly Realm to prevent its continued prosperity.

Later, after healing his wounds, the Primordial God of Light discovered that several new Primordial Deities had suddenly emerged.

Fearing further attention from the forbidden existence, and knowing that more Primordial Deities meant fewer ordinary gods, the Primordial God of Light allied with the Abyss to continuously harvest ordinary gods.

"It must be like this."

Lin Yan thought.

It seems the Primordial God of Light never told the other Primordial Deities in the Heavenly Realm the truth.

Considering how much information he now had, it was perfectly normal to think so.

The Primordial God of Light, as the first Primordial Deity of the Heavenly Realm, had led the war against the Ancient Gods and ended the Ancient Era—a being of immense power—impossible not to have thoughts about the realm beyond Primordial Deity.

Calculating by the Heavenly Realm's existence, such an immense span of time had passed, yet the highest power remained at the Primordial Deity level, with no Supreme One ever emerging—this was equally abnormal.

Even if becoming a Primordial Deity is difficult, without ambushes, it generally takes no more than a few million years.

Becoming a Supreme God is even harder, but even so, tens of millions of years should suffice; if not, hundreds of millions should be enough.

But the Heavenly Realm has now existed for far longer than hundreds of millions of years!

So it's far too abnormal!

The real cause of this abnormality is likely external interference!

"Is it the entity beneath the Dark Sea, or the potential threat deep within the Void Lands?"

Lin Yan thought.

Based on Lin Yan's current understanding of this world, the two most likely places are: one is the entity beneath the Dark Sea where Angesite now resides.