Chapter 184: Kingdom of God

Salinger looked at Chumen's slightly childish, or even overly naive, behavior, and expressionlessly drove his power using his own Symbol.

A "Eternal Darkness" that could destroy the world and collapse the universe spread like a tide.

It was very much like the scene when the "River of Eternal Darkness" surged, though what surged within it was not just "Death" and "Eternal Sleep," but also "War" and "Calamity."

These two powers, belonging respectively to the "Death" and "Red Priest" pathways, were governed by an even more powerful force, becoming a terror capable of destroying everything.

"Truly powerful, I almost couldn't beat it!"

Chumen snapped his fingers lightly, and all the Dream tentacles vanished in that instant; then, he flipped open the first page of the Dream Book.

This time, it was the Kingdom of God.

This city, which Chumen had spent the most effort on and built directly from the origin of the Dream Book, was absolutely something that could embody the "Dream" characteristic better than the Dream Sea.

What is the characteristic of "Dream"?

Naturally, it is immortality; ever since intelligence was born, no life has ever given up the pursuit of beauty.

"Doomsday" is the end of the Oldest One and the universe, but no one can stop life from praying and saving itself at the final moment of the end.

That perfect city, which only existed in fantasy, descended upon this world, like a reef standing firm amidst towering waves, eternal and unique.

"Dream..."

Chumen stood atop the highest palace of the Kingdom of God, looking down at Salinger; at this moment, countless Dream Phosphor bloomed around Salinger's body.

Wishes were granted.

At this moment, a powerful repulsive force suddenly appeared within the Beyonder Characteristics inside Salinger's body.

All that is separated shall be united, and all that is united shall be separated.

Chumen simply used the "Dream" Authority to turn this rule of Beyonder Characteristics into "Reality," increasing the separation force within it to a certain degree.

Hiss!

In this instant, Salinger's very existence became unstable, and a streak of iron-and-blood red light gradually appeared within his black-robed body.

The "Red Priest" pathway he accommodated relied on the water of the "River of Eternal Darkness," and perhaps it also carried some aura of the "City of Calamity."

This kind of forcibly united characteristic was easier to separate.

And once separated, all the Authorities and Symbols he possessed would be lost.

"Hiss!"

Salinger's expression changed drastically; he stomped his foot, and the water of the "River of Eternal Darkness" directly covered his body, forcibly gluing the characteristics within him together; subsequently, he even abandoned his human form, revealing a mythical feathered serpent form.

But the feathered serpent before him was very special; because of the water of the "River of Eternal Darkness," his body was largely dark black, and even the white feathers were stained with the aura of collapse.

His eyes, however, were pure blood-red; equally blood-red was the spine, which looked like red-hot iron, extending from the back of the feathered serpent's head to its tail.

Under the influence of the "River of Eternal Darkness" water, the two characteristics were forcibly fused together, resisting the "Dream" wish-granting for a moment.

"Quite good-looking." Chumen gave a high evaluation of this.

"But do you know how the 'Blood Emperor' died?" Chumen asked with a slightly neurotic smile.

Salinger, who had transformed into a feathered serpent, had his blood-red eyes freeze, and he crashed toward the Kingdom of God with the Symbol of "Doomsday."

Boom!

At this moment, not only this space but the entire Underworld shook violently, and a terrifying crack almost split the entire Underworld in two.

This terrifying commotion caused the Spirit World, the Real World, and the Astral World to fall into a terrifying turmoil; the Balam Empire, which had a deep connection with the Underworld, even fell into a doomsday where the sky collapsed and the earth sank.

Two powers that surpassed True Gods and stood above the world leaked out from that Underworld crack.

"Is this the reappearance of the Creator?" Some Angels who had lived from the Third Epoch to the present were shocked beyond words, sensing power like that of the Creator of the Third Epoch.

Vast and infinite, difficult to fathom, and impossible to look at directly!

Even the Original Barrier had some tremors at this moment; the barrier of the Fourth Epoch was not as stable as before.

Several indescribable giant faces were pressed directly against the Original Barrier, constantly trying to squeeze in.

The aura of "Dream" intoxicated them, even making them develop a desire higher than that for similar Source Quality!

The True Gods and Angels on Earth dared not have any thoughts because of that power, but these Oldest Ones only felt the infinite deliciousness of "Dream"!

"Salinger..." Even the True Gods were shocked; they might find the state of Dream easier to accept, after all, they had never been able to beat it.

But could the "Death" Salinger actually fight against "Dream" now?!

"Half-Old One..." Many True Gods coveted this power beyond words, but they were also the most rational and the most insane True Gods.

"So 'Dream' is in the Underworld!" The "Night Emperor" Trensost withdrew his eyes that had been staring fixedly at the Underworld crack.

The imperial war had actually begun, and the Angels had each set out, but the "Night Emperor" Trensost had not made a move against the "Black Emperor" Solomon even after the "Storm" and the "God of War" had successively acted, precisely because he was wary of "Dream," who had never appeared.

But now...

Trensost seized the opportunity to extend the rules he had formulated to the domain of the "Black Emperor"!

A silent contest began, with its battlefield on the level of rules that could not be sensed by ordinary people.

Among them, Trensost belonged to the attacking side, while Solomon belonged to the defending side.

Chaos breeds order, and order carries its own shadow.

In an instant, the underlying rules of the land of the Solomon Empire had been changed hundreds of times, but all were distorted by the shadow of order.

"Trensost!" Solomon's voice echoed throughout the world.

"Do you see? The shattering of the empire, the extinction of the shadow..."

Trensost and Solomon, the two emperors, looked at each other across half of the Northern Continent; their struggle had already begun long ago.

"Nothing but the ramblings of a traitor."

Solomon looked down at Trensost haughtily; this emperor who had established the First Empire had enough qualifications to look down on all latecomers who founded nations and proclaimed themselves emperors.

Especially since Trensost had once served as an administrator under him for hundreds of years.

"No, this is the will of the gods." Trensost was unimpressed, stating it plainly instead.

"How can an emperor reside beneath the gods?!" Solomon said in a deep voice; the Trensost Empire's acquisition of the country was not legitimate, and compared to Solomon, it was constrained far too much by the gods.

"..." Trensost's eyes dimmed; because of this reason, he fell into a disadvantage in his struggle with Solomon, and the Rule was distorted into Shadow.

Within the Gods Alliance, it was not entirely peaceful; the price Trensost had to pay for ascending to the divine throne because of the Evernight Goddess was that half of the empire's faith was seized by the Evernight Church.

Coupled with the proselytizing of other True Gods, Trensost's situation was far inferior to Solomon's.

For this reason, Trensost introduced the Blood Clan, but he was still unable to resist the will of the gods.

"Only a Living Being has the opportunity to discuss status."