Chapter 1091

Mr. Fool cast His gaze toward "Magician" Fors.

"Magician" Fors habitually cleared her throat and said to "Chariot" Lu Mian:

"You should have guessed long ago that there is another level above Sequence 0, right?"

"Those Great Old Ones?" Lu Mian asked back, not surprised at all.

"Yes, the Great Old Ones above the Sequences." Lady Magician nodded. "They have accommodated a Source Quality and all the Uniquenesses corresponding to the Source Quality, as well as one Sequence 1 Beyonder characteristic of each corresponding path. They are also known as 'Great Old Ones' and 'Outer Deities,' and their spirit is eternal and never-extinguishing."

"'Great Old Ones'... 'Outer Deities'..." Lu Mian chewed on these two terms.

Lady Magician said with a smile:

"I personally understand it this way: all current Great Old Ones above the Sequences are true gods as defined by Mr. Fool. They are either personalities split from the original Creator or children directly born of Him, or they are the first batch of living beings born of the 'Great Mother.' Before the original Creator woke up and completely self-destructed, they had already substantially appeared in this universe, and their status originated from the old era.

"This is a condition that subsequent advancers can never achieve. Even if they truly become Great Old Ones, they are only newly born beings above the Sequences..."

As she spoke, Lady Magician felt as if she were discussing Mr. Fool to His face, and her voice gradually became smaller.

She paused for a moment and said:

"Therefore, those Great Old Ones like to call themselves 'Great Old Ones,' while some true gods call them 'Old Ones.'

"And the 'Great Old Ones' who are still alive today are all outside the barrier. Some want to invade our world, so they are also known as 'Outer Deities.'"

"So that's how it is... Uniqueness corresponds to Sequence 0 true gods, Source Quality corresponds to above the Sequences..." Lu Mian summarized in his own way.

Lady Magician quickly glanced at Mr. Fool. Seeing that this Great Old One had no other reaction, she continued:

"A Source Quality is a collection of symbols, the source of authority, and the origin of power.

"Back then, when the original Creator woke up and caused the destruction of the old era, He split into a total of six types of Source Qualities, sixteen Uniquenesses, and all the Beyonder characteristics of sixteen paths of gods."

The destruction of the old era? Mr. Fool, Aurore, Franca, and the other transmigrators came from the old era that was destroyed because the original Creator woke up? Lu Mian nodded imperceptibly.

"Magician" Fors deliberated and said:

"But at present, there are not just six types of Source Qualities in our world; there are nine."

Nine types? Lu Mian asked in astonishment:

"Were they there originally?"

Besides "Sefirah Castle," "Chaos Sea," "City of Calamity," "River of Eternal Darkness," "Knowledge Moor," and "Key of Light," there are three other types of Source Qualities?

Lady Magician shook her head:

"No, they are from the outside.

"The awakening and self-destruction of the original Creator were a disaster for the entire universe. During this process, the three children He directly gave birth to—the 'Fallen Mother Goddess,' hmm, that 'Great Mother,' as well as the 'Mother Tree of Desire' and the 'Son of Chaos'—were the most affected. Their own Source Qualities were all torn in half. Half, along with the corresponding Uniquenesses and Beyonder characteristics, were attracted to the place where the 'original Creator' self-destructed—that is, our world, or rather, planet.

"Since then, there have been a total of nine types of Source Qualities, twenty-two Uniquenesses, and twenty-two paths of gods within the barrier.

"Why is it finally nine and twenty-two? Perhaps it must be explained using the 'Rose School of Thought's' theory that all things are numbers and numbers have spirituality. Nine and twenty-two have special occult significance."

Hearing Lady Magician mention terms like "Fallen Mother Goddess," Lu Mian suddenly felt as if a large number of gazes were cast upon him, but they could not penetrate the gray-white fog.

At this time, Mr. Fool tapped the edge of the long bronze table and added:

"Normally, Source Qualities, like Uniquenesses, are indivisible, cannot be copied, and are never destroyed. There is only one situation that can cause them to be torn: encountering the original Creator.

"He is the 'exception,' the 'unimaginable,' the 'incomprehensible,' and the 'indescribable.' All things that would not happen can happen when encountering Him. He is unknowable, undiscussable, and unspeakable.

"And it was this one-time tearing of Source Qualities that allowed the 'Great Old Ones' to discover that torn Source Qualities can self-complete:

"The Source Quality of the 'Fallen Mother Goddess' torn to our planet self-completed into the 'Brood Hive.' The 'Mother Tree of Desire' lost honorific names like 'Father of Devils, Source of Curses,' and they perfected into the 'Shadow World.'

"Among them, the encounter of the 'Son of Chaos' was relatively different. It is unknown whether His main consciousness was on the torn Source Quality and followed it into the barrier, or if He subsequently used His special symbol to project His main consciousness in, attempting to retrieve the torn Source Quality. In any case, His main consciousness was defeated or deceived by the Celestial Worthy and sealed into a magic lamp formed by a 'Miracle Invoker' Beyonder characteristic. This is the origin of the '0-05' Grade 0 Sealed Artifact.

"The main consciousness of the 'Son of Chaos' became the 'Lamp God.' The Source Quality torn into the barrier self-completed into the 'Nation of Disorder,' while what remained outside the barrier is called the 'Indefinite Mist'—that is, the one worshipped by the 'Brokers.' The 'Indefinite Mist' has a certain degree of consciousness."

After hearing Mr. Fool's account of the encounter of the "Son of Chaos," Lu Mian suddenly felt that the matter of the "Brokers" of the "School of Truth" searching for the "0-05" Sealed Artifact was somewhat ridiculous:

It was like saying, "Our god's brain is lost, please help us find it."

Beyond the amusement, Lu Mian was more concerned about another matter:

"'Brood Hive'... is it in the Western Continent?

"The thing you didn't explicitly state before, Mr. Fool, is that what activated the 'Hidden Sage' was likely the 'Brood Hive'?"

"Yes, these things are dangerous and polluting to those without angel status, and difficult to bear." Mr. Fool nodded gently. "In the mid-to-late First Epoch, before the Celestial Worthy fell, He sealed seven Source Qualities—the 'Brood Hive,' 'Nation of Disorder,' 'Shadow World,' 'City of Calamity,' 'River of Eternal Darkness,' 'Knowledge Moor,' and 'Key of Light'—into the Western Continent, guarded by Bovar Penglai.

"In this way, facing the approach of the apocalypse, all true gods who want to break through the Sequence limitations to deal with the invasion of Outer Deities have only one choice: to support a 'Lord of the Mysteries' to emerge, so as to lift the seal. And the Celestial Worthy could then be resurrected within the new 'Lord of the Mysteries'."

So Mr. Fool and I have the same encounter... He was "forced" to be cultivated by the gods by the Celestial Worthy in order to resurrect Himself, and I was forcibly created by the "Blood Emperor" in order to resurrect and by the one worshipped by the "Aurora Order" to achieve a certain goal... Lu Mian felt some sighing and emotion for a moment.

Mr. Fool continued:

"The fall of the Celestial Worthy came from that 'Original God' who also accommodated multiple Source Qualities. They nearly perished together.

"Some of the arrangements left behind by the Celestial Worthy were to resurrect Himself, and some were to interfere with the resurrection of the 'Original God.' That one was the same.

"In short, there are many reasons why the Celestial Worthy was suppressed by me this time. First, the help of the 'Original God.' Second, the 'Fallen Mother Goddess' had other plans and did not exert force. Third, the arrangement where the Celestial Worthy sealed most of the Source Qualities in the Western Continent had developments beyond His prophecy.

"The Beyonders of the Western Continent, relying on the sacrifices of generations, actually explored a new path without a potion system and many Beyonder characteristics, and grew up. For example, the 'Celestial Master,' for example, the 'Nether Daoist.' They all have status and power close to gods. If they fight desperately without regard for themselves, they can be even stronger. Bovar Penglai is hidden because of this.

"How could such high-position beings watch the Celestial Worthy resurrect and let Bovar Penglai play its role?"

So that's how it is. The Celestial Worthy's backup plan was suppressed by the "Celestial Master" and the others? The Celestial Worthy's arrangement to force everyone to cultivate a "Lord of the Mysteries" actually destroyed His resurrection? Fate is truly wonderful... Also, everyone only wants a "Lord of the Mysteries." Whether the "Lord of the Mysteries" is the "Fu Sheng Xuan Huang Celestial Worthy" is not important... Lu Mian looked at the long bronze table in front of Mr. Fool, knowing that this Great Old One's words were not yet finished.

Mr. Fool looked at him and "Magician" Fors and said:

"After I initially woke up, although I could not yet lift the seal of the Western Continent, I could already communicate with the 'Celestial Master' through the seal.

"'Celestial Master' told me that the ancestral court of their sect had been broken and occupied by the Luo Sect, and among the generations of 'Celestial Masters,' many had emotional entanglements with the Saintess of the Luo Sect and had children."

"Luo Sect..." Both "Chariot" Lu Mian and "Magician" Fors were a bit dazed.

Mr. Fool smiled:

"The Luo Sect has a saying: 'The Unborn Venerable Mother, the Vacuum Hometown.'"

"'The Unborn Venerable Mother, the Vacuum Hometown'..." Vacuum Hometown... Other Shore World? Lu Mian suddenly understood:

"Is this a sect that worships the 'Brood Hive'? Is 'The Unborn Venerable Mother' a title for the 'Brood Hive'?"

Mr. Fool nodded:

"Combined with the things the 'Celestial Master' recounted, there is reason to believe that the 'Knowledge Moor' was polluted and influenced by the 'Brood Hive' at some point in the past.

"Perhaps the 'Hidden Sage' was activated because of this."

So that's how it is... "Chariot" Lu Mian finally connected the whole thing.

He raised the question again:

"'Fallen Mother Goddess,' 'Mother Tree of Desire,' and 'Indefinite Mist' want to invade our world to retrieve the torn Source Qualities?

"What other 'Great Old Ones' are outside the barrier? What are their purposes?"

Lady Magician said with a slight headache:

"Besides those three, those who want to invade our world include the 'King of Decay' originally worshipped by the Disease Sect, the 'Primordial Hunger' that Ludwig once served, the 'Unquenchable Babble' worshipped by the 'First Philosophy,' the original owner of the spaceship in the Prayer Sea ritual, the 'Supernova Dominator,' the 'Circle of Inevitability' you are most familiar with, the 'High-Dimensional Overseer' of the 'Painter' path, and the 'Goddess of Fate' worshipped by General Philip."

This... is this too many? They are all more numerous than the true gods within the barrier, and they are a level higher, transcending the Sequences themselves... Lu Mian was a bit shocked, fear emerging briefly before being suppressed by courage.

(End of Chapter)