Chapter 156: Destroying the World Would Be Fine

"I didn't see anything at all, hey!" Jiang Xuan self-destructed right from the start, arguing sophistry while Xuanhuang power circulated in his hand, gripping the Scythe of Death tightly.

The scythe emanated a bizarre Death Power; a thread of force actually pierced through the Xuanhuang Mother Qi.

Jiang Xuan switched from gripping to slapping, slapping the Scythe of Death along the momentum to the side, brushing past his body's boundary.

Looking at his palm again, there was actually a tiny black scratch, but it was absorbed by the Black Furnace Fire inside his body in just one second; the furnace fire that had absorbed the Underground Pollution was now the ancestor of all negative pollution.

The Goddess of Night didn't stop; the black scythe turned back, her body emanating endless War Character intent affecting the surrounding Space, weakening Jiang Xuan's state; behind her a bright moon faintly emerged, and the entire Space was shrouded in Darkness.

Jiang Xuan's whole person vanished from the original spot in an instant; didn't dare provoke her! Really didn't dare provoke her!

It wasn't that he couldn't beat her, just that this woman seemed prepared to fight to the death; from a single simple attack he saw the Authorities of Night, Death, Moon, and part of War God.

Wait... do you think you're an Old One? Fusing this many Characteristics, aren't you afraid of Madness?

Whether Source Quality or Sequence Rule Characteristics, all were split from the Original Creator; while gaining control of Rules and Beyonder power, one inevitably suffers the Original Creator's Spiritual Influence.

This isn't obvious at low Sequences, but at True God it becomes very obvious; very easy to be affected by the Creator's spirit and go Mad.

True Gods have numerous Believers as Anchors to stabilize their Spirit Will, but that's limited!

Like the Goddess of Night grasping so many high-Sequence Characteristics — it's like dancing on a knife's edge; if a large batch of Believers has an incident at any time, it could drive her directly into Madness.

Seeing the Goddess of Night withdraw the scythe in her hand, Jiang Xuan emerged again on the spot.

He merely created a non-existent Space on the spot; thus outside attacks couldn't possibly hit him; only by using vast Rule Power to shatter this Space would this non-existent Space, lacking a foundation in Reality, shatter.

"I really didn't see anything!" Jiang Xuan argued.

The Goddess of Night looked coldly at Jiang Xuan; if gazes could kill, Jiang Xuan would already have eight hundred knives stuck in him.

She was so angry even her Anchors became unstable!

"Looks like you've already got what you want!" The Goddess of Night's voice was clear and pleasant, but hid a chill hard to suppress.

"Seems like it! But there are still some issues I want to consult you about."

"Coincidentally, I have a few doubts too." The Goddess of Night said opportunely.

As if to make up for the earlier carelessness, Jiang Xuan waved a hand magnanimously: "Then you ask first!"

"Do you still need that Bloodthirsty armor?"

Jiang Xuan shook his head; since the first time he went to Backlund, he hadn't returned to Tingen; now he no longer needed to research Ancient God blood; the Knowledge he grasped was even higher-end than Ancient Gods.

The Goddess of Night wasn't surprised at all; or perhaps she dragged it out until now to ask precisely to not give it to Jiang Xuan.

"How did you break through to True God and fuse Source Quality without any Believers? You didn't even gather all Sequence 1 Beyonder Characteristics yet could break through to True God!"

This question baffled the Goddess of Night; normal breakthrough: digest Sequence 1, then with two other Sequence 1 Characteristics and the Sequence 0 Uniqueness, break through to Sequence 0 after the Ritual, become a True God!

And the higher the Sequence, the more Anchors needed to stabilize thoughts, to avoid Madness or direct Yin Jie; she now holds four different Sequences, already the limit her Believers can stabilize; she really wants to know how Jiang Xuan keeps his true heart without Believers.

"My Road is different from all of yours!" Jiang Xuan spread his hands, Rule Flame blazing in his palm, smiling: "People should master power, not be influenced by power!"

"Likewise, as long as you understand power through channels, there won't be any messy Spiritual Influence affecting you!"

No matter what Sequence, he only understands the Rule Essence within; he doesn't absorb any energy from Spirituality Materials, whether for physique strengthening or Soul growth.

These physique-strengthening powers can't compare to Xuanhuang Mother Qi; not to mention these powers aren't cultivated step by step, but like grafting — grafting part of the Original Creator's energy onto an individual.

This crude grafting inevitably produces "Rejection Reactions"; though with methods Advancement speed isn't slow, the risks borne grow larger.

The Goddess of Night's brow lowered slightly, seriously pondering Jiang Xuan's words; the bright moon behind her flickered bright and dim.

"Whether Seven Gods, Old Ones, even Heavenly Venerates and God — this portion of power doesn't belong to you! To make this power yours, you must discard a portion of power not belonging to you, understand and absorb the Rule Power within, turn it into your own!"

Jiang Xuan shook his head lightly, a trace of regret on his face: "Regrettable — from the start the Road stepped onto is rootless duckweed; whether Seven Gods or future you grasping multi-Sequence even Source Quality to become Old Ones, you're just a thread of shadow under the Original Creator, forever unable to break out of this circle."

The Goddess of Night's fist clenched tight!

Though she knew the other party's words were all correct, for some reason Jiang Xuan's tone was infuriating, making her unable to suppress an urge to beat him.

Pity she can't beat the other party anymore!

This is the sorrow of being entirely inside this circle!

Forever impossible to jump out of the circle; one side pursuing stronger power, one side maintaining stability under the Original Creator's Spiritual Influence, drawing ever closer to the Original Creator.

Perhaps the one who gathers all Characteristics and Source Quality will ultimately, in Madness, welcome the Original Creator's descent into his body, devoutly offering up his own body.

"Any way?" The Goddess of Night rebelled against the Fool, rebelled against the Ancient Sun God; she herself is an existence unwilling to accept Fate; right now it's the same!

Jiang Xuan's gaze traversed Space, landing on the cross-legged Klein, still smiling: "How to do it, didn't you know long ago?"

He brought something not belonging to this world — the Refining Spirit Cultivation Method!

Refining Spirit Cultivation Method can condense Consciousness, cultivate Divine Sense to slowly understand the Knowledge behind the Primordial Qi; only when truly digesting all Knowledge, discarding the Original Creator's enhanced energy, can one truly Shed Mortal Body Exchange Bones, achieve a new Self!

Just depends on whether the Goddess of Night has the resolve to do it!

Because Refining Spirit Re-cultivation, to avoid Original Creator's influence, must discard a great deal of bodily power; for her this contains no small Danger.

"You mean that strange meditation method Klein cultivates?" The Goddess of Night looked at Jiang Xuan doubtfully.

She once cast her gaze on Klein; naturally she knows the meditation method spread through the whole Tarot Club; it made Tarot Club members develop very fast; in such short time most became Sages, some even started plotting to become Angels.

But she felt this meditation method was just to let them absorb Potions faster; if proficient in Acting Method, could achieve the same effect.

Now Jiang Xuan tells her that meditation method is the key; this makes her more or less suspicious.

But she didn't refute, just planted a seed in her heart — when to try Klein's strange meditation method.

The two had quite a few intersections before, and Jiang Xuan didn't forbid Klein from keeping secrets, so giving the Goddess of Night a copy isn't a problem.

"What's your strength now? Compared to Old Ones how?" The Goddess of Night sized Jiang Xuan up and down.

The other's aura was restrained, completely like an ordinary person with decent temperament, but just now he easily took her angry strike; strength already completely crushes her; only with Concealment Authority's blessing she can't see the other's true strength.

"A bit stronger than you."

Only a bit stronger than herself?

The Goddess of Night couldn't help some disappointment; Old Ones entrenched in the Star Sky each are quite a bit stronger than the Goddess of Night; the other fused Source Castle and Chaos Sea, yet only a bit stronger than her?

Jiang Xuan said indifferently: "I don't know the Three Pillars' strength, but I estimate I should count as one and a half Pillars' strength."

The Goddess of Night's phoenix eyes instantly widened round.

Jiang Xuan looked at the other's eyes in puzzlement, not understanding how Danfeng eyes could stare this wide!

"One and a half Pillars, and you tell me you're only a little stronger than me??" The Night Goddess had veins faintly bulging on her forehead, clearly suppressing no small amount of anger.

"You just say whether you're a little stronger than me or not!" Jiang Xuan looked at the other innocently.

"Yes!" The Goddess squeezed out a single word from between her teeth, black qi swirling around her, looking like she would fall into madness the next second.

"Next it's my turn to ask you!" Jiang Xuan's gaze turned serious: "How strong are the Old Ones of the Star Sky? What state are you in right now."

The Night Goddess forcibly endured the anger in her heart; she could not be careless with this question, darkness beginning to surround the two of them.

"Need to keep it secret? I can!"

A book with golden silk patterns appeared in Jiang Xuan's hand, faint golden light circulating in his eyes: "This place permits no information or matter to transmit outward!"

As his voice fell, Dream, Hidden, Error, Space Authority simultaneously appeared around them intertwining and circulating, condensing into a completely hidden Realm.

The Night gradually withdrew her Divine Light; the Night Goddess looked deeply at Jiang Xuan once, explaining seriously.

The so-called Old Ones are those who, on the foundation of a True God, accommodate the Uniqueness of all adjacent Sequences, and also fuse the Corresponding Source Quality.

There are quite a few Old Ones in the Outer Regions; the strongest is the Fallen Mother Goddess, one of the Three Pillars, and there are also the Chained God Mother Tree of Desire, Lamp God Child of Chaos, Primordial Hunger, Ring of Destiny, Decaying King, High-Dimensional Observer, and so on.

However, right now the Source Qualities of these Old Ones are all sealed by the Heavenly Venerate in that Gray Fog within the God-Abandoned Land, and after Jiang Xuan accommodated the Source Castle and Chaos Sea, now only he can open that Gray Fog wall.

So right now the Old Ones of the Outer Regions are actually just some Old Ones without Source Quality; their strength is greatly discounted compared to true Old Ones.

But after all they have wielded the Corresponding complete Authorities, and simultaneously accommodated all Corresponding Uniquenesses; their strength is quite a bit stronger than the Seven Gods including the Night Goddess.

After cracks appeared in the Barrier used to block the Star Sky, the Seven Gods had no choice but to move their Divine Kingdoms to the Sky, guarding that Barrier against infiltration of Star Sky power.

However the Barrier will ultimately dissipate completely; when that day comes, it may be the time of the Seven Gods' great war, and also the time of the entire society's destruction.

Actually, whether in strength or numbers, the Old Ones crush the Seven Gods; if they truly invaded the Main World regardless of cost, the Seven Gods simply could not stop those Old Ones.

The reason the Old Ones are unwilling to force an attack, only insisting on infiltrating Main World power and waiting for that Curtain of the Heavens to shatter, is because the Old Ones don't want to push the Seven Gods too hard, forcing them to revive the Heavenly Venerate and God at any cost — at that time they would never be able to recover their Source Qualities in this lifetime!

Only the Fallen Mother Goddess can resist slightly, but because of the loss of the Corresponding "Mother" and "Moon" Authorities, the Source Quality Mother Nest was also torn apart in part; now she also has no qualification to challenge the Heavenly Venerate and God, completely no chance to re-fuse her own Source Quality.

So they can only boil the frog in warm water; the Seven Gods including the entire Main World are the frog.

The moment the Curtain of the Heavens shatters is the carnival moment for the Old Ones in the Star Sky!

Jiang Xuan looked thoughtfully at the Star Sky beyond the Curtain of the Heavens; faintly, pairs of eyes were staring dead at this place, those pairs of eyes full of greed and madness.

"You say if I send them all to meet God, would they be grateful to me!"

The Night Goddess's eyes contracted; she was also someone the Source Castle delivered a few hundred years ago, she would not fail to understand the meaning of these words.

"Although there are contradictions among Old Ones, they also won't let you kill them one by one; it's very likely they would join forces against you!" The Night Goddess said worriedly: "Although the Fallen Mother Goddess now only counts as half a Pillar, with other Old Ones' help, it's very possible they could keep you in the Outer Regions!"

"You're worrying about me?" Jiang Xuan said with a beaming smile.

The Night Goddess only felt she was about to go mad again, gritting her teeth: "I'm just afraid you'll leave the Chaos Sea and Source Castle lost outside the Star Sky; then we'll have no hope at all!"

"If you really want to go out and send yourself to death, then open that Gray Fog wall, let us Seven Gods divide the Source Quality inside; when you die we can also put up a fight!"

Jiang Xuan turned his head to look at the other: "Why? If I absorb all those Source Qualities, wouldn't I one hundred percent be able to wipe out those Outer Gods from the Star Sky?"

"You've already fused two parts of Source Quality from the Three Pillars; those Old Ones' Source Qualities are of no use to you whatsoever, they might even disturb Authorities! The only thing possibly useful to you is the other Pillar: a complete Mother Nest!"

Hearing this, Jiang Xuan nodded thoughtfully: "Wasn't it said that fusing the Evernight River and City of Calamity afterwards also counts as a Pillar?"

"Unless this universe perishes, they will not fuse!"

"Then I'll just let this universe perish, won't I?" Jiang Xuan's face carried a smile.

The Night Goddess's gaze instantly tensed, her body also turning rigid.

Jiang Xuan laughed lightly: "Just telling a joke! Relax!"

(Chapter End)