Chapter 425: The Origin of the Anti-Entropyist

The divine temple’s gates slowly opened.

Lin Qing stepped inside and was immediately sucked into the temple’s internal spacetime.

Around him was nothing but a primordial chaos.

In the center of this chaos stood a human statue, roughly the height of an ordinary person, motionless.

“A human statue?”

Lin Qing took a closer look and realized the statue was none other than the “End Universe God” carved on the temple’s entrance.

The instant he laid eyes on the End Universe God statue—

【All things tend toward chaos; only order is eternal】

【When you hold order, the future becomes clear—you may reverse cause and effect, harvest results, and prepay the future】

At that moment, the Anti-Entropyist activated on its own.

“Hm?”

Lin Qing carefully observed the Anti-Entropyist’s reaction and found this time was different from the previous two—it did not display the prompt 【Discoverable Source Available for Absorption】.

At that moment, a low sigh suddenly echoed—

“Finally… finally, a new inheritor has arrived here…”

Lin Qing snapped his head up.

A vast, illusory face slowly materialized above him, studying him with quiet curiosity.

“You are…” Lin Qing began.

“Like the two divine generals outside the gate, I am merely a guardian spirit formed from the accumulated power within this End Universe Temple,” the vast illusory face said.

Lin Qing understood and said, “You just said I’m a new inheritor?”

The vast illusory face said, “You entered this End Universe Temple before becoming a God-Nation Lord, and you comprehended the Three Spacetime Rules—you naturally qualify as an inheritor.”

It paused, smiling faintly at Lin Qing, and added, “Besides… you possess the Anti-Entropyist.”

“Hm?” Lin Qing’s pupils sharply contracted.

“Surprised?”

The vast illusory face chuckled. “I noticed the Anti-Entropyist fused with you the moment you entered this spacetime last time. Didn’t you ever wonder where the Anti-Entropyist came from?”

Lin Qing took a deep breath and said, “Could it be connected to the End Universe God?”

The vast illusory face said, “The Primordial Universe God forged the main universe—a celestial body of the highest possible tier within infinite chaos—making it the supreme entity of infinite chaos, wielding the three authorities of Nature, Dominance, and Destruction. Nature is the source of all life; Dominance establishes rules; Destruction returns all things to unity. It occupies half the present and all of the past.”

“The End Universe God, by contrast, is the opposite counterpart to the Primordial, wielding the three authorities of Life, Order, and Chaos. Order and Chaos are the developmental laws of the main universe; the essence of life is anti-entropy, capable of regulating Order and Chaos. Thus, the End Universe God occupies half the present and all of the future.”

Lin Qing began to understand.

No wonder the Anti-Entropyist activated with the words 【All things tend toward chaos; only order is eternal】—that was its meaning…

And life itself is the Anti-Entropyist.

“The Anti-Entropyist originated from the End Universe Temple.”

The vast illusory face said, “It is the End Universe God’s ultimate application of spacetime—the more potential futures there are, the more future lines it can seize.”

Lin Qing understood its meaning.

He himself could only observe the seven hundred and sixty most probable future lines; the less likely ones were beyond his perception.

But the Anti-Entropyist was different—it didn’t care how many future lines existed. As long as a future held even the slightest possibility—even infinitesimally close to zero—so long as it wasn’t zero, it could prepay and realize it!

In a sense, Transforming the Illusory into the Real could bring any physical object from the future into the present, while Prepaying brought future abilities into the present.

“But… how could it be so coincidental that the Anti-Entropyist chose me?” Lin Qing suddenly asked.

The vast face smiled. “You think it’s coincidence because the Anti-Entropyist chose you. But it chose you precisely because you are the most suitable being in the entire universe for it.”

Lin Qing frowned. “I’m suitable for the Anti-Entropyist?”

“You made it here—that’s proof enough,” the vast illusory face said. “In all the endless ages since its creation, the Anti-Entropyist has been claimed by six hundred and fifty-one beings—but only a handful ever reached this point.”

“So many beings have possessed the Anti-Entropyist?” Lin Qing exclaimed.

“The Anti-Entropyist can only prepay futures that are possible. If a future doesn’t exist, even the Anti-Entropyist cannot achieve it.”

The vast illusory face said, “Even with warnings of Order’s shifts, some dangers are unavoidable. If you’re not careful, you can still die—and many situations simply cannot be prepaid.”

Lin Qing nodded slightly, understanding its meaning.

He had reached this point largely thanks to the Anti-Entropyist, but some techniques and lineages were beyond his comprehension—he could not prepay them.

Without sufficient insight or fortune, he could never have reached here.

Especially the path of Spacetime Rules—there was no way to prepay that at all.

“But where is the End Universe God? Why release the Anti-Entropyist?”

Lin Qing couldn’t help asking.

The giant face smiled. “The End Universe God does not exist—or rather, it has not yet been born. Unlike the Primordial, which was born from the rules of infinite chaos to forge this main universe, all systems within the universe tend toward chaos, eventually leading to universal destruction.”

It whispered, “The End Universe God exists to balance the universe’s chaos, preserve order, and prolong the main universe’s existence—that is the very purpose of life.”

Lin Qing pondered.

Wasn’t that exactly the Anti-Entropyist’s core function?

“If you pass the Universe God’s trial, you will become the true inheritor of the End Universe God.”

The vast illusory face said, “But if you fail, the Anti-Entropyist will return to this End Universe Temple.”

"A heritage trial?" Lin Qing asked.

“The trial has only one requirement,” the vast illusory face said. “Collect the six authorities—Nature, Life, Order, Dominance, Destruction, and Chaos—before the main universe enters its decline.”

Lin Qing was stunned.

Collect six authorities?

He couldn’t help asking, “Do you know where these six authorities reside?”

“Universe Gods?” The vast illusory face laughed. “Those six are only half-gods. Still… to erase you now, they’d merely need to flick a finger.”

Lin Qing sighed. “Then how do I collect the six authorities?”

“As the inheritor, you simply kill those six, and reclaim the authorities,” the vast illusory face said.

“Kill?” Lin Qing was taken aback. “What level of power is needed?”

“I don’t know,” the vast illusory face said. “But within infinite chaos, all possibilities exist—there is always hope to be found.”

Lin Qing shook his head slightly and asked, “As the inheritor, do I gain any special advantages?”

“Isn’t the Anti-Entropyist the greatest advantage?” the vast illusory face countered.