Chapter 273

Could it be that "God" is going to reveal the secrets of divinity here? To tell mortals how to become beings possessing divinity?

"God" did not play coy, nor did "God" act like a riddle-monger; "God" spoke in a flat tone:

"First, all things in the world have their origin, just like tracing a river upstream, one will eventually find the place of its source."

"This principle applies to all things in the world, to every living creature and substance within the universe."

"Researchers in this world call this source the 'Imaginary Tree'."

"'Imaginary Tree', He is the sum of all dimensions and reality, the origin of all things; all creations and ancient gods were born from here."

……

Sure enough, the Foundation has conducted research on the "Imaginary Tree" and knows it to be the origin of all things in the universe... Was this knowledge told directly by divinity, by supreme divinity, or was it discovered by the Foundation's researchers...

Welt Yang's fingers tapped rapidly on the keyboard, creating a new entry in the database, adding his own research results and those from another universe regarding the "Imaginary Tree."

His brown eyes reflected the dense text, and after several reviews, he was certain that the content he had added was richer and more detailed than what the Foundation had described.

A strange sense of competitiveness grew.

I hope the Foundation's research doesn't stop here... Welt Yang thought calmly.

When he left, the Honkai civilization hadn't even managed to leave the solar system, yet they had already stepped into the realm of the "Imaginary Tree." A hegemonic civilization like the Foundation, spanning galaxies or even the universe, shouldn't have such a superficial understanding.

At the very least, they should have some understanding of the more essential parts of the "Imaginary Tree."

……

"'Imaginary Tree'... is it the 'Tree of Existence'?"

Himeko chewed on the words of "God," feeling that there might be a certain connection between the two.

The Aeon of "Trailblaze," Akivili, left the isolated world of Pegana, constantly exploring the unknown boundaries of the universe, attempting to find the end of the Tree of Existence; His destiny ended due to an accident.

The Lord of "Elation" climbed the high branches of the "Tree of Existence"; He glimpsed the cold and indifferent vacuum, the mechanical operation of stars, and the meaning of all things yielding to Nihility.

Are these two the same tree?

Or perhaps, does the "Imaginary Tree" contain the "Tree of Existence"?

……

The words of "God" continued:

"And above that, there is an even greater tree."

"Its name is the 'Tree of Knowledge,' and all civilizations were born from Him."

"But the 'Tree of Knowledge' is not the origin; He was planted by two conceptual existences of higher status..."

"The first is the fire before creation, the embodiment of kindness and benevolence, one of the supreme divinities, the 'Primordial Fire'."

"He created all things in the universe from the primordial void, including all time and space;"

"He is a god who is close to humanity, wielding power at the opposite pole to the 'Evil Beast'."

He dragged the thoughts of those who knew such secrets of the world out, threw them on the ground, and then shattered them with even more secret knowledge.

……

"What?!"

"Wait, I couldn't even imagine the 'Imaginary Tree,' so what are the 'Tree of Knowledge' and the 'Primordial Fire'?"

"What is the 'Evil Beast'? And what is the power of the two poles?"

"The fire before creation, the embodiment of kindness and benevolence... who can understand such a description? What is the difference between the fire before creation and the fire now?"

"There must be a difference; fire is plasma, but how the hell could plasma exist before creation!"

"I thought the 'Imaginary Tree' was already the truth of the universe, but I didn't expect there to be experts, and experts beyond the 'Tree of Knowledge'—two existences at once. Are there experts beyond these two existences too?"

"Refuse the nesting dolls, thank you."

"Did you notice? 'God' called the two who planted the tree 'conceptual existences.' Could this be the difference between supreme divinity and divinity? Divinity still has a physical form, but supreme divinity has already turned into an abstract concept, and concepts are eternal and indestructible."

……

The plain and simple words fell into Welt Yang's mind like a bolt from the blue.

Welt Yang seemed to see an incomparably magnificent tree, born from the most primordial void, growing and strengthening.

Now, he knew everything about the universe, yet he felt the insignificance of humanity even more.

This tree had nothing to do with humanity, nor was it a natural existence; it was planted by supreme divinity.

They were concepts that existed before the universe existed, conceptual existences that exceeded the limits of human imagination, innate existences, not like Aeons, which are gods promoted from acquired existences.

Welt Yang's heart surged for a moment; he couldn't help but wonder if it would be better if he didn't know all this.

"Ha... the difference between facts and truth told by others versus discovered by oneself is truly great."

Welt Yang leaned back in his chair, comforted himself with a few words, and his mood returned to calm and ease.

He pushed up his glasses, put away his weak expression, and became resolute and rational again.

Since "God" had already revealed the truth, the path ahead was clear, and he could walk forward without obstruction.

……

Clara's eyes widened.

It was not that she had never come into contact with mysterious powers.

In fact, the series of disasters and strange phenomena brought by the "Stellaron" were all related to the mysterious.

For the residents living in the dire straits of the Underworld, this was common knowledge they were all too familiar with.

But she had never truly seen, let alone systematically understood, knowledge related to Aeons.

Mr. Svarog had told her that the Lord Ravagers under the command of "Destruction" could burn galaxies.

After that, the impression of Lord Ravagers in Clara's heart became an existence more terrifying than the cold wave.

—The cold wave might take nearly a thousand years to destroy the civilization on Jarilo-VI, but a Lord Ravager only needed a single thought.

The Aeon of "Destruction" was even more powerful than a Lord Ravager.

As for how much, she didn't know.

Therefore.

When "God" told Clara "common sense" at a higher level, she only felt that the universe was very wonderful, with many very powerful existences, perhaps even more powerful than the Aeon of "Destruction."

She still couldn't understand what kind of cosmic mysteries, as well as secrets beyond the universe, were hidden in the simple words.

In occult research, the truth of the world is incomparably precious, something that countless scholars spend their whole lives unable to reach.

For the young girl now, it was a novel story, a creation myth told to her by a kind old grandfather with white eyebrows and a white beard.

"And the other one?"

"God" spoke in a gentle tone, just like a true elder, slowly saying:

"The other one, precisely the direct superior of the 'Primordial Fire,' they are the supreme gods in charge of death, supreme divinity, the existences who truly planted the tree."

"They are the 'Three Brothers of Death'—'Total Annihilation' (Total Annihilation), 'Calamity Annihilation' (Calamity Annihilation), and 'Mourning Annihilation' (Mourning Annihilation), also known as the 'Three Yama'."

"They are the darkness after the void and at the time of creation, the end and death of all things, controlling the yin and yang that cover all beginnings and ends, creating the concept of 'Creation' itself, and can return 'Nothingness' itself to nothing."

"They rooted the 'Tree of Knowledge'—including all its secret paths; all creations originate from this tree, and only after this did the multiverse come into being with the logic of the universe." ===== CHAPTER 275 =====