Chapter 189: Tug-of-War

The atmosphere in the Dream Palace was somewhat heavy.

"I am the true 'Pure One', harboring a certain longing of the 'Original'. He will not awaken within me."

This was something Chumen could be certain of.

"As for the 'Seeker', that is certain to happen; perhaps 'God' and the 'Lord of the Mysteries' are both parts of it."

"It is good that you have a plan in mind," Sasriel nodded gently.

They had no solutions or suggestions for Chumen's state, and could only offer a word of warning.

"Alright, let's stop here for now."

Chumen took the initiative to end this meeting, his consciousness returning to his body.

"Tsk," Chumen reached out and took three symbols from the Dream Book.

These were precisely the symbols representing the Authorities of "Twilight", "Life", and "Fallen", coming from Amanises, Lilith, and Sasriel.

Before long, a patch of twilight and a patch of wisdom-light drifted over the Forsaken Land of the Gods.

Clearly, Badehaier and Herabogen had both chosen to submit.

"Hmph! You two are sensible." Chumen stored these symbols into the Dream Book one by one.

Afterwards, he personally set off and arrived at Solomon's imperial palace.

"I need the Authority of every True God." Chumen stated his purpose directly to Solomon, even showing him the Authorities of the eleven True Gods he had already collected.

A full eleven symbols flickered above the Dream Sea; that power left the "Black Emperor" Solomon feeling shocked.

There was nothing that could better embody the current might of "Dream" than these individual symbols.

This seemed even more overbearing than the Creator of the Third Epoch.

"Very well." As a former ally, although Solomon was somewhat resistant to this, he clearly knew that if he did not give them, he would inevitably be at odds with all the True Gods.

We have all paid the "protection fee", and you are the only one who hasn't?!

The consequences of that would surely be very grave.

"Very well." After weighing the options, Solomon allowed Chumen to replicate the Authority of the "Black Emperor".

"Thanks." Chumen expressed his gratitude and added an explanation, "This is related to my current state."

Afterwards, Chumen roamed directly to the "Perfect Land" and, using the same phrasing, obtained the Authority of the "Perfecter" from the "Craftsman".

"Thirteen True God Authorities in total."

Looking at the thirteen symbols representing True God Authorities floating before him, Chumen sighed; this was truly moving closer to the "Original Creator"!

But in this way, the ritual effect of the "Myriad Phenomena" Unique would reach its peak, and these Authorities would all become the sturdiest anchors for Chumen's will.

"Let's start directly." Chumen's current state truly could not be delayed; the Dream Sea was constantly surging, and his self-will was being continuously washed away and shaken.

At this moment, Chumen's body bloomed with a ray of light, and his body began to turn transparent, revealing the "Myriad Phenomena" Unique within him.

After detaching from the Dream Book, the external appearance of the "Myriad Phenomena" Unique was a strange mirror.

It was as gentle as the moon, the mirror light reflecting everything in the entire world; it was like the reflection of the world, intending to imprint everything that existed.

This was the characteristic of the "Myriad Phenomena" Unique.

Perhaps without Chumen's control, this mirror would become an illusory yet real world.

Hum!

The divine Authorities floating in the air seemed to have received a summons; they began to move toward the periphery of "Myriad Phenomena", circling it and beginning to resonate.

To hold the corresponding containment ritual after accommodating the Unique.

Under the "Dream" Authority, Chumen was capable of such an act of reversing cause and effect.

This was also the sublimation and manifestation of "Causality" within the "Dream" Authority.

A full thirteen divine Authorities could almost cover half of the "Original Creator's" Authority at the True God level.

This also fit the inherent characteristics of "Myriad Phenomena".

Under normal circumstances, if there truly existed an Angel of the "Myriad Phenomena" Pathway, they would need over half of the Pathway's Angel-level Authorities to accommodate the "Myriad Phenomena" Unique.

But now Chumen's status was too high; only True God Authorities could meet his requirements.

"'Myriad Phenomena'." Chumen tapped lightly, and the round mirror formed by the "Myriad Phenomena" Unique flashed with a Dream Phosphor.

Under the blessing of this Dream Phosphor, all the symbols representing True God Authorities crashed into the mirror surface one by one.

The mirror surface rippled like water, accommodating each symbol.

At this moment, Chumen clearly felt his connection to the entire world significantly strengthen.

The Dream Sea and his own anchors were like two extremes, and his self-will was in the middle.

The current situation was that the two extremes were engaged in an extremely dangerous tug-of-war, in which the Dream Sea had too great an advantage, and he was inevitably leaning toward that initial state of "Dream".

And the completion of the "Myriad Phenomena" ritual was like adding a dozen "burly men" to the side of his anchors, slightly halting the disadvantage in this tug-of-war.

"Adding the believers of all the Churches in the North and South Continents, a balance can roughly be formed."

He did not ask to pull the "rope" back; as long as he could stabilize it, it would count as his victory.

"It would be best to raise the other few rituals to the highest level as well."

Artificially increasing the difficulty of the Unique accommodation rituals could provide Chumen with greater bargaining chips.

And while Chumen was making various efforts to stabilize his state, this world would not stop running.

Within a few days, gods such as the "True Creator", the "Black Emperor", and the "Craftsman God" also moved their God's Kingdoms to the Astral World one by one, blocking the weak points of the cracks.

Resisting the Outer Gods and preserving Earth could be considered the absolute common interest among the gods.

During this period, under the actions of the "Fallen Mother Goddess" on the Moon, the other Outer Gods were also launching continuous attacks on the Barrier, hoping to shatter the Barrier prematurely through such attacks.

The True Gods naturally needed to stabilize the Barrier.

And in the Real World, with no True Gods walking the earth, and under Adam's deliberate guidance, only Solomon remained independent; after all, "there is a god above".

But the Trensost Empire and the Balam Empire were not so lucky.

The two empires were rapidly split by the Angel Families within their borders, becoming individual kingdoms one after another.

At the same time, all the True God Churches, including the Scripture within the Solomon Empire, began to feature extensive mythological records regarding the "Dream Angel."

Regarding this, all the high-ranking members of the Churches maintained a tacit understanding.

And all believers also accepted such a special "Dream Angel" in the shortest possible time.

And in almost all the myths and legends, the Dream Angel is the protector of humanity, the King of Angels who guided the human race from ignorance toward glory.

This led to an extremely bizarre situation.

As long as your believers are pious enough toward me, they can also receive the blessing of the Dream...

Yes, your believers and their piety toward me can coexist.

Even in the Church of the "Lord of Storms" and the Church of the "God of Knowledge and Wisdom," while ordinary followers might fight to the death, those who believe in the "Dream Angel" are as close as family.

Of course, sometimes there are also disputes over the orthodoxy of the "Dream Angel."

In this regard, the Evernight Church has the greatest say.