Chapter 1178: Have You Passed the Test?

The Lord of Starborn was completely panicked, but it was understandable, because only he knew better how terrifying the Abyss Bridge was. Even from the perspective of a bystander, his realization was deeper than that of the Azure God Star.

It was he who personally imprisoned the consciousness of the Azure God Star inside, watching the other party change from a God Star who looked down on everything into a manic, sensitive, petty, bargaining, and suspicious thing.

What was the God Star like before? Ignoring everything, almost nothing would be placed in his eyes, even these Starborn clans of theirs were no exception.

The only thing the Azure God Star cared about was probably his life. The God Star was old and would soon die. If he didn't find a way to extend his life, he would only have a few hundred million years left to live.

"Pfft, dying soon, dying in a few hundred million years, why do I feel like it's another old tree?" Negris complained.

The Lord of Starborn didn't understand what it meant, thinking it was talking about the World Tree of Ten Thousand Realms, and subconsciously looked around, but there was no figure of a giant tree in the Consciousness Space.

"And then? What did he do?" Anthony asked. A God Star desperately looking for a way to extend his life because he was dying soon—this sounded both ridiculous and reasonable.

It was ridiculous because, could such a powerful existence actually die? Undead creatures never worried about this problem; they felt they were immortal.

Undead creatures were even less afraid of death. Monarchs always took life and death lightly; if they weren't convinced, they would fight. Compared to Monarchs, this God Star was a bit cowardly, but it was also reasonable—the longer a life lived, the more afraid of death it became.

The Lord of Starborn continued: "He started to eye the Eternal Divine Light, but the Eternal Divine Light was too powerful. God Stars also have levels. The Eternal Divine Light is that kind of first-class God Star, while the Azure God Star is at most fourth-class, and he was already old."

"I didn't understand many of his arrangements before, but now I understand. If he didn't consume the Eternal Divine Light, he wouldn't even be able to get close to it." The Lord of Starborn said.

The Lord of Starborn had only learned not long ago that two God Stars could not get close; their powers would consume each other. The gap between the Azure God Star and the Eternal Divine Light was too large; getting too close, the first to die would definitely be the Azure God Star.

Anthony frowned and asked: "Are you saying that the Azure God Star imprisoned the Eternal Divine Light in the Boundless Great Void to consume the Eternal Divine Light?"

"No, the Eternal Divine Light actually entered the Boundless Great Void by itself." The Lord of Starborn said.

"What?" Negris and Anthony exclaimed in unison: "It went in by itself?"

"Yes, or rather, someone saved it and sent it in. At that time, the Eternal Divine Light hadn't hatched consciousness yet, so it was easy to consume it. Throwing things inside to trigger light disasters could consume it. But someone protected it and sent it into the Boundless Great Void." The Lord of Starborn said.

"Who, who protected it? The World Tree of Ten Thousand Realms?" Negris asked.

The Lord of Starborn glanced at Ang's huge figure and said: "It should be the Time-Space Ancient Dragon."

"Should be? Why should be? Are these all your guesses?" Anthony frowned and said.

"Because I hadn't been born yet at that time. The Azure God Star was old and cherished any power, so he wouldn't easily give birth to a clan. I can only infer and guess through some clues." The Lord of Starborn said.

Anthony's brows furrowed even deeper: "You hadn't been born yet? Then aren't you of no value? Is there any way to verify what you've said?"

"I am trying to prove my value now. As long as you let me out, I have a way to verify it." The Lord of Starborn said.

Anthony looked him up and down. It seemed that when not panicked, the Lord of Starborn's IQ was quite online.

"Then you said the Azure God Star was old and wouldn't easily give birth to a clan, so why were you born?" Anthony turned to ask.

"The Eternal Divine Light fled into the Boundless Great Void, and the Azure God Star gave birth to me, letting me guard the Boundless Great Void. If the Eternal Divine Light came out from inside, it would definitely have hatched consciousness by then, so the Azure God Star gave me the Abyss Bridge that could imprison a God Star's consciousness." The Lord of Starborn said.

Anthony rubbed his forehead, suddenly feeling a bit glad that he had kept him, because the situation he described was completely opposite to his own train of thought. Following his own train of thought, the conclusion reached would only be completely opposite to his statement.

"There is a question. You said the Azure God Star let you guard the Boundless Great Void, but how did you guard it? The Boundless Great Void is so big, one can leave from any direction. You can only watch here, and you can't see other places. Aren't you afraid the Eternal Divine Light will leave from other directions?" Anthony asked.

The Lord of Starborn said: "Not afraid. The Eternal Divine Light entered from here, so it only dares to come out from here. Other directions are not only further away, but one doesn't know how far away they are."

Anthony nodded; he understood what the Lord of Starborn meant.

A circular desert—if the diameter is 1,000 kilometers and one walks 300 kilometers in, walking back is the fastest way to leave the desert.

However, for a traveler entering the desert, how many kilometers isn't the most terrifying thing; the most terrifying thing is the unknown. You don't know how many kilometers are left ahead; it could be 700 kilometers, or it could be 2,000 kilometers.

The road ahead is unknown, but the road back is known. The safest way is to walk back. Travelers in the desert will not entrust their lives to the favor of the Goddess of Luck, and God Stars even less so.

Anthony was very clear about one point: intelligent beings might risk their lives because of a momentary surge of blood to the head, at worst death. With a short lifespan of a few decades, death is just death.

But undead creatures (except Monarchs), ancient gods, demons, and void origins are often the most cowardly, because any irrationality means the loss of tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands of years of life. No one is willing to trade hundreds of thousands of years of life for a momentary impulse.

If the Eternal Divine Light hatched consciousness, it would only choose to return the same way, unless it knew the specific distance of other directions.

"Wrong, you said the Time-Space Ancient Dragon sent it in. How could the Time-Space Ancient Dragon move a huge God Star? The Eternal Divine Light hadn't hatched consciousness, so its size should be about the same as the sun of the Light Alliance, right? How did the Time-Space Ancient Dragon move it?" Anthony quickly thought of another loophole.

Unexpectedly, as soon as this question came out, the Lord of Starborn revealed an astonished expression. Anthony immediately realized he had asked a stupid question.

Sure enough, the Lord of Starborn said: "When a God Star has no consciousness, perhaps only the Time-Space Ancient Dragon can move it, because the Time-Space Ancient Dragon can move space and time, just move that piece of space over."

Anthony took a deep breath: "Alright, I have nothing else to ask."

The Lord of Starborn secretly breathed a sigh of relief. Had he passed the test? Could he be released? ===== CHAPTER 1179 =====