Chapter 190: 「Light Cocoon」

At the end of the first year of the Fifth Epoch, Chumen finally walked out of "Fantasy Land".

Of course, this was not the "Supreme Dream", but the "Dream Angel", much like the Night Pontiff who had just walked out of the "Dark Kingdom" in the Second Epoch.

Besides this, his "Hermit" and "Sun" avatars were both hanging in the Astral World, paying little attention to the affairs of this Fifth Epoch.

"Knock, knock." In a gloomy church, Chumen knocked on a coffin stored beneath a crucifix.

Crack!

The coffin lid opened a small gap, and a pair of eyes opened, observing the outside world through the slit.

These eyes carried immense restraint, and one could vaguely see infinite desires surging within them, yet they were all suppressed by the owner of these eyes.

"Dream... Your Excellency." The coffin lid opened completely, and a mummy walked out from within.

"Long time no see." Chumen looked the mummy over; there was no change from when he had pulled him out of that autistic world back then.

"I heard you finally want to become a god?" Chumen had received the news from Ouroboros and Medici.

During the previous imperial wars, Tuorzina had still stood on the side of the Solomon Empire, blocking many attacks from Angels of the Trensost Empire and the Balam Empire.

It was just that the God War that broke out afterward was no longer something they could intervene in.

"Desire... Mother Tree..." Tuorzina uttered two words.

Chumen immediately understood; both the "Bound" and "Abyss" pathways were torn from that "Mother Tree of Desire" and were heavily influenced by Her.

"So, you want to set your sights on this?" Chumen rubbed his chin, feeling quite interested in this.

"Yes!" At this moment, the entire mummy seemed to release the desires and cravings he had suppressed for thousands of years, appearing overly impulsive and even audacious!

"Good." Chumen was very optimistic about this, and he had always been supportive of plans that could strike at Outer Gods.

"Thank you!" Tuorzina bowed in salute.

"But you must also understand that this path is very difficult; if you fail, you will have to sacrifice yourself." Chumen warned.

"I... understand." Tuorzina was already prepared for this.

"Then... I have a very good idea..." Chumen flicked a Dream Symbol, which landed on the mummy and merged into His body.

"Thank you!" Tuorzina thanked him again.

Afterward, He left directly, intending to spend over a thousand years to complete His ritual.

The length of time held no meaning for Him; it was just that the approach of the Doomsday in over a thousand years would be the best timing.

Many Angels and even True Gods were also waiting for that opportunity.

"I am waiting too." Chumen sighed softly and looked toward the grey fog above the Spirit World.

……

The Fourth Epoch ended naturally after the gods ascended to the Astral World, transitioning peacefully into the Fifth Epoch.

The major Churches reached a consensus, tacitly leaving certain things in the memories of the Fourth Epoch and renegotiating the rules for this Fifth Epoch.

The Fifth Epoch would be an era without deities walking upon the earth; Angels would be the highest combat power, and the Churches would be the strongest organizations, which also allowed the Churches to reach the peak of their control over the secular world.

Among them, after the "Black Emperor" of the Solomon Empire also moved God's Kingdom to the Astral World, the throne was inherited by His descendants, which directly gave certain Angel Families some different ideas.

Some Angel Families of the Solomon Empire had Kings of Angels, while the strongest of the Solomon Family was only a Sequence 2...

Furthermore, in the agreement of all Churches, the Emperor could not be a Demigod or an Angel.

After the deities ascended to the Astral World, certain contradictions that had been suppressed by the deities began to erupt in the world.

Not to mention the wars between various countries, the Solomon Empire, which had originally been more hopeful of ruling the world than in the Fourth Epoch, fell into a strange cycle, with certain Angel Families and the imperial family already at odds.

It seemed it was time to take another path...

The Fifth Epoch was the era of humanity, and the Holy War between Churches regarding faith was also conducted relying on human nations.

And such wars were unable to attract the attention of Chumen, who was in a semi-slumbering state in "Fantasy Land".

It was approximately the year 1143 of the Fifth Epoch, and the "Dream Angel" Chumen was silently preparing his own ritual.

At a certain moment, he raised his head and looked above the Spirit World.

"It's finally here!" Fate was completely obscured, yet there were still some subtle ripples.

Clearly, knowing that Chumen was watching Him, the "Mysteries" had also made certain responses.

"Huang Tao?" The corners of Chumen's mouth curled up, and thinking of the various diaries, he felt that he had pulled the "rope" back quite a bit in that tug-of-war.

There were very few things that could make him feel this way, and it just so happened that there were at least two such things in these two hundred years approaching the Doomsday.

His gaze was fixed on the grey fog surging above the Spirit World.

And besides him, the only ones who could barely sense this grey fog were likely the "Evernight Goddess" born from Sefirah Castle and those three Kings of Angels.

Hum!

Chumen reached out and pulled a Causality Thread, connecting it to Amanises.

"'Sefirah Castle' seems to have unusual movements." Amanises's voice came from the other end of the Causality Thread.

Now that Amanises no longer had the "Half-Fool" in hand, Her sensing of "Sefirah Castle" could only rely on the already extremely weak connection She possessed to glimpse the state of "Sefirah Castle".

"The second one is probably about to come down." Chumen said softly, and the Causality Thread trembled slightly; the mood of Amanises on the other side was not calm.

"Will it be like me?" Amanises asked after a moment of silence.

"You were already the result of interference; it is highly probable that it was that 'God'." Chumen explained.

Amanises descended into the Demon Wolf clan that controlled the "Fool" pathway and the "Night" pathway.

In the arrangements of the "Mysteries", She should have inherited the "Fool" Characteristic, but the result was interfered with, and She inherited the "Night Pathway" Characteristic, directly precluding the possibility of the "Mysteries" awakening from Amanises.

Such a layout could perhaps only be achieved by the "Omniscient and Omnipotent" "God".

But this time, there were many more variables.

Because of Chumen's interference, the "Mysteries" must have adjusted His arrangements for these resurrection back-ups this time, so the descent of "Huang Tao" would likely not be as it was originally.

Hum!

Just as Amanises and Chumen were each on guard, "Sefirah Castle" suddenly opened a gap in the fog of history.

The entire aperture was too minuscule and still situated within history; if Chumen had not been staring with total concentration, he truly might have missed it.

And by borrowing this aperture, Chumen finally saw the interior of Sefirah Castle.

It was a cyan-black light gate, with countless bizarre and mysterious patterns flowing upon it, connecting layers upon layers of light orbs composed of Distortion worms.

Above the light gate, strips of black threads hung down, suspending one light cocoon after another.