Chapter 1300
Whispers of the Void
Hra’sal’s complete rebirth simultaneously signified the complete death of the Abyss Heavenly Envoy.
The notification sound that the Hourglass had previously triggered once again echoed through the Material Realm and the Dream Realm:
[The Twilight Path has transcended its limit, the Material Realm is about to be elevated—]
[The Power of Twilight is fully boiling, the Nine Rivers of the Path are becoming more turbulent—]
[From today onwards, the lifespan of all living beings in the Material Realm will double, and all undead will ascend by up to two Energy Levels.]
[The barrier between the Dream Realm and the Material Realm has become extremely thin, and souls sent to the Dream Realm through funerals now have a possibility of returning to the Material Realm and becoming undead.]
[—The Law of Equilibrium has been updated, and a new equilibrium point has been established.]
The notifications became briefer, indicating that the rules of the old World were becoming increasingly precarious. Even the fall of a Heavenly Envoy was beginning to have a less dramatic impact on the Material Realm. As Heavenly Envoys fell one by one, the great equilibrium curtain formed by countless stars was also being thinned layer by layer. If night fell, the stars in the sky would become incredibly dim, leaving only the Endless Night besides the Moon.
However, this did not mean the stars had disappeared.
—Now, the myriad stars have already descended into the Material Realm.
As Heavenly Envoys fell one after another, the rules of the Material Realm had undergone earth-shattering changes—
The difficulty of becoming an Extraordinary had greatly decreased, and one could suddenly gain Extraordinary Power even without mastering Extraordinary knowledge. The probability of low-level Extraordinaries losing control had significantly dropped, and their upgrade speed had tripled… Coupled with the widespread applicability of Healing Ability, the enhancement of Life force, increased resistance to diseases and toxins, and doubled learning speed…
An era where everyone was like a Dragon was imminent.
“…It’s just like a spiritual energy revival.”
Hra’sal had this thought in his mind. Undoubtedly… with the significant increase in the number of Extraordinaries, and the enhancement of mortal Life force and lifespan, the population of the Material Realm would experience explosive growth.
Healing Ability was no longer exclusive to the Church; all Extraordinaries could heal minor illnesses and injuries. And doubled learning speed meant improved intelligence. The enhancement of Life force meant that diseases and injuries that could have killed a person might now only severely injure them. Doubled lifespan was the biggest factor—even if the mortality rate didn’t decrease, a conservative estimate of doubled lifespan would lead to a doubling of the population. Not to mention that the mortality rate would clearly continue to decline…
This would lead to a significant decrease in the number of souls returning to the Origin River. The materials used to construct the soul quality of newborns would also decrease, coupled with the explosive population growth… This might dilute the soul of each newborn, weakening their talents and traits, and could roughly achieve a new equilibrium with the return of Heavenly Envoy power to the Material Realm. However, once the population stabilized again, the soul quality in the Origin River would be replenished.
The increase in population, combined with the lowered threshold for Extraordinary abilities and the increased speed of advancing Extraordinary levels, would lead to a geometric increase in the efficiency of drawing power from the Origin River… If this were the beginning of this World’s revival by the Candlemaster, and the Origin River had just been created, this might have drained the “low water level” Origin River. But now, almost all Nine Rivers were boiling, and the Origin River was exceptionally turbulent… In such circumstances, drawing more water, on the contrary, could reduce the impact of Origin River power on the minds of Extraordinaries, greatly lowering the rate of losing control.
From this perspective, the new Hrasal was indeed built in the right place.
As Extraordinary Power broke the monopoly of knowledge and gradually spread to the common people, the current fixed and popular feudal imperial system was bound to collapse. And after the Amber Heavenly Envoy died, the lifespan of Elves would also begin to decrease… Coupled with the widespread application of Healing Ability, the Church might also gradually become unsustainable.
As for Anxi—the top Lordes had mostly all died in Holy Spring City, and the only surviving “Brave” leaned more towards a radical faction. The prophecies of “Anxi” had all been fulfilled, which also signified the arrival of a new era… Coupled with Hra’sal himself being a Lorde, an Abyss Heavenly Envoy, and possessing the power of an Earthly Heavenly Envoy… With his support and promotion, the deserts of Anxi would be transformed, and slavery would be dismantled.
After both the Eternal Holy Kingdom and the Ancient Kingdom of Anxi underwent changes, other countries would follow suit.
Hra’sal did not have the complete memories of the Nine-fold Reincarnation.
But he could be sure—in the past nine reincarnations, the World must not have ultimately ended up like this.
The entire World would break free from eternal and unchanging traditions, the solidification of the Nine-fold Reincarnation, and completely enter a new era!
This was the best way to dissipate “Voi” and the greatest threat to “Voi”!
Thinking of this, Hra’sal suddenly understood the true meaning of the Ouroboros Ring Ritual—
The essence of the Void is “meaninglessness.”
Because the entire World was destined to be destroyed, any creation, the life of everyone, the grievances and affections, joys and sorrows in this World were all meaningless… That’s why this World gradually solidified.
“When the World changes and reincarnates, worldly affairs remain eternally unchanged. The righteous will remain righteous, and the filthy will remain filthy. Kings will always be kings, and slaves will always be slaves.
“No one rises, no one falls, all things will never change. The universe has already solidified, like an Amber Egg…”
—And the variables brought by the Ouroboros Ring endowed the World with the possibility of miracles arriving and breaking the Void.
Just as the Flame Heavenly Envoy turned snowy mountains into volcanoes, the Abyss Heavenly Envoy would turn deserts into oases.
The old World had already begun to change, and the current Hra’sal was becoming stronger and stronger… The Void could not stand idly by. But it had no entity, and could not physically destroy Hra’sal.
Therefore, the “Whisper of the Void” had the possibility of abandoning its formless, intangible, colorless, and tasteless informational body and completely integrating into the rules of this World, descending into the Material Realm!
This was the ultimate open scheme—leaving the outcome to the Void itself to decide.
Would it abandon its “invincible” body and choose to personally intervene to prematurely extinguish Hra’sal, the Son of Miracles? Or would it remain inactive, postpone the original invasion date, and watch Hra’sal continue to grow, seeing if he could find a way to defeat it…
The former meant that the Void would have a health bar, a possibility of being defeated; the latter meant that the Void could only remain invincible, and the possibility of achieving “victory” would become increasingly slim.
—Whichever choice it made, it meant that this World would survive the inevitable Doomsday.
And clearly.
The Void chose the former.
It could not help itself—
At this moment, in the Dream Realm.
Calamity Red roared, its scales all over its body contorting ferociously.
Beneath each scale, a tiny cannon barrel extended.
Countless crimson light beams shot out in all directions. Anything illuminated by the red light was instantly blown to smithereens!
Even the Silver Crown Dragon let out a mournful cry, its flesh and blood exploding. If not for the remaining Pillar God power protecting it, this strike would have shattered it to pieces!
—This was the principle of “Destruction” derived from the concept of “War”!
It was the out-of-control fire that returned all things to their end, destroying all civilizations!
(End of this chapter)
