Chapter 2045: Something from Nothing, Favor

Having understood the correct "way to open" Divine Envoy Taide, Xia Duo felt more confident about many things to come. Of course, he certainly wouldn't use the pretext of investigating Demon Descendants for everything just to drag Taide over to support him.

But a Divine Envoy is not a fool; if he did this once or twice, he would likely lose Taide's friendship (Holy Seal).

……

"By the way, Divine Envoy Taide, there is one more thing I would like to ask your advice on."

"Mage Xia Duo, what other questions do you have?"

Taide had originally prepared to return to the Kingdom of Radiance. After all, time in the Heavenly Realm and the Mortal Plane is not the same; if he missed his attendance check, his trip would have been in vain, and there would be no promotion quota for him in the next batch.

But upon hearing Xia Duo's inquiry, Taide stayed for the time being. However, he let his subordinates return first, so that even if he missed the attendance check, with his subordinates present, the punishment would be slightly lighter.

Xia Duo was naturally completely unaware of Taide's thoughts. He still threw out his question according to his established plan: "I wonder if Divine Envoy Taide has ever heard of the concept of a Time Line?"

"A Time Line?"

"It is a certain possibility of reality. For example, the purification ritual just now—we see that it succeeded, so could there exist a world where it failed?"

"You mean a branching of the future? Time Line is indeed a very vivid description!"

After saying this, Taide entered a state of silence, as if recalling past experiences or weighing his words. The Holy Flame in his eyes flickered uncertainly. Only after thinking for a moment did he tell Xia Duo:

"There does not exist such a world where the ritual failed, because the past is already determined and the ritual has already succeeded. This is a reality that cannot be changed!"

"What if it did exist?"

"If it existed, then there would be no clear boundary between the past, present, and future. The past could change at any time, and this world would fall into chaos."

Taide wanted to continue saying something, but suddenly stopped. His expression became extremely solemn, the Holy Light on his body almost entirely retracted, and Xia Duo, who was opposite him, felt an invisible pressure emanating from Taide at this moment.

This familiar feeling was exactly like—

The Lord of Radiance!

Xia Duo quietly lowered his head, not daring to look at Taide again. This situation lasted for about three to five seconds. Only when Xia Duo felt the pressure disappear did he raise his head to look at Taide again.

At this moment, Taide was also looking at Xia Duo with a surprised expression, "Mage Xia Duo, your question actually alarmed My Lord. This, this is simply incredible!"

"Does the great Lord of Radiance have any Indication?" Xia Duo flattered him without hesitation. If he could get the Lord of Radiance to solve the Demon Descendant problem, that would be best.

But unfortunately, Taide shook his head, "My Lord rarely gives an Oracle, and this time is no exception. Let's continue talking about the Time Line from just now!"

"The real world is clearly a determined Reality; there is no need to question this. So, the so-called other Time Line, even if it really exists, is no different from not existing for us."

"Then is it possible that a powerful existence from another Time Line could cross the Time Line into our real world and then transform this Time Line into the appearance of the other one?"

"Impossible!"

Taide answered without hesitation, "Even if there is a powerful existence in another Time Line, to our real world, he is still Void. Could such a powerhouse appear out of thin air to change reality?"

"If that were truly the case, why wouldn't the powerhouses of reality suppress everything?"

Taide's two rhetorical questions caused the urge Xia Duo had to keep arguing to gradually subside, and he began to seriously consider the possibility of the real existence of so-called parallel universes.

He had actually thought about these things before, but the information about parallel universes obtained from interrogating the consciousness of a high-level Mage of the Long-lived Family in the Projection Plane had left too deep an impression on him.

Or rather, he cared too much about that information!

Now that a Divine Envoy from the Kingdom of God like Taide was so convinced of the uniqueness of the real world, Xia Duo used this authoritative statement as an opportunity to re-examine the information from the Projection Plane.

Everything looked so real, certain, and unbreakable, but there was indeed no direct evidence to prove the existence of parallel universes.

In other words, even if they existed, wanting to come to reality was almost no different from Psionic Creation from the Void.

This is different from energy creation; Psionic Creation is the birth of "existence" from a "void," rather than the transformation of energy or material forms, which still belong to the category of "existence" and do not involve "non-existence."

"Are the Demon Descendants of parallel universes really that strong?"

Xia Duo couldn't help but have this doubt. If there really were parallel universes, and the Demon Descendants there were already capable of "creating something from nothing," then why would they come to this "real world" where Xia Duo is?

If they could "create something from nothing," then turning the originally illusory essence into reality shouldn't be difficult either!

For a moment, Xia Duo associated many things, giving him more guesses about the origin of the Illuminati. Perhaps it was just an echo of a parallel universe, or some kind of concept projected onto the Main Plane.

Rather than visitors from a parallel universe, and it was even less likely to be an organized crossing to subvert reality.

Of course, one could put it another way: the Illuminati might just be local Demon Descendants who accidentally learned some information about the possibility of Demon Descendants unifying the Main Plane through some means.

The "some means" could be Prophecy, or it could really be an echo of another possibility of the Main Plane, with the concept projected onto a Demon Descendant in reality.

If that were truly the case, then the Illuminati would no longer be a terrifying cross-dimensional organization, but merely lucky people who accidentally obtained black technology.

As long as their main bodies were eliminated, even if there were residual thoughts, they would not be a threat later.

……

Next, Xia Duo continued to ask Taide for advice on the issues of parallel universes and Time Lines, and Taide gave his own answers to each one.

It's just that for questions involving the essence of the world, even Taide found it difficult to give a very definitive answer.

In the end, it was very likely another form of "appeal to authority," but Xia Duo was not without gains; it should be said that the gains were great.

In addition to the new judgment regarding parallel universes and the possibility of future reality subversion, before leaving, Taide gave Xia Duo a reassurance—

He said that the Lord of Radiance favors Netheril, and even if there were a possibility of reality being subverted, Netheril would still exist.

Taide's words were as good as saying that unless the Lord of Radiance is gone, Netheril will never perish.

Of course, this was Xia Duo's wishful thinking. In fact, the Lord of Radiance might not care at all whether Netheril perishes or not. If it were an internal dispute of the Main Plane, what reason would the Lord of Radiance have to intervene?

It is truly only when it involves parallel universes that it might attract the intervention of the Lord of Radiance.

As for whether the Lord of Radiance favors Netheril, that is a matter of opinion.