Chapter 1068
Doomsday Twilight
At this moment, Eivass’s eyes were incomparably bright.
To this day, Eivass finally clearly realized—why the Ring Heavenly Envoy wanted to seize multiple Origin Rivers.
This should have been a very simple question, but because of Eivass’s overly humble personality, he found it difficult to understand why another version of himself was so greedy, willing to completely abandon this World for the sake of returning home; for his own power, he even disregarded this World’s life and death.
Now he finally understood—
In other words, the Ring Heavenly Envoy believed that the power preventing the fusion of Origin Rivers was related to this World itself—it was the constraint of Zero and Ten that made the Sacred Number impossible to be Eleven. If Eleven could be reached, it would mean transcending the limit of “Ten.”
The Path of Love and the Twilight Path had both undergone severe distortions and were gradually moving towards the Void over time. The Path of Balance in the middle was inherited the best, followed by the Path of Wisdom of the Fourth Origin River and the Path of Adaptation of the Sixth Origin River. Devotion and Power—or rather, Authority—were already somewhat ill. Beauty and Transcendence were even more severely ill…
From a pattern perspective, the closer the Paths were to the sides, the earlier and more severely they were distorted.
—This was likely due to the Void’s influence on the Origin Rivers.
If this continued, the Origin Rivers at both ends might be the first to be devoured, and the powers of Love and Twilight would both dissipate.
…What would happen then?
Perhaps people would no longer have love or desire in their hearts, and things would lose their day of ending; perhaps people would no longer be born, nor would they die. It was also possible that all Extraordinary beings and Path-bound lives on the Path of Love and the Twilight Path would turn into monsters… That was why Amber was the most powerful Pillar God; she controlled the power of time reversal.
So, when the sky falls, there are truly tall people holding it up.
It’s just that the sky had already fallen long ago, and the tall people were on the verge of collapse.
“Is this how the end of the World manifests? That’s why… the Sacred Number of the Void is Zero, or Ten… simultaneously devouring the Paths on both sides…
“So, the Ring Heavenly Envoy wanted to seize the Paths of Devotion and Transcendence, perhaps to…”
Eivass suddenly had such a thought: “To go out and combine them into Sacred Number Eleven, and then return?”
“You finally understand.”
The voice of the Lord of Scales and Feathers echoed slowly in Eivass’s heart, “It is the fragmentation of the Origin Rivers that leads to the balance of power, thus limiting the abilities of the Pillar Gods and creating mutual checks and constraints.”
“Boss!”
The voice, unheard for a long time, brought Eivass a bit of surprise, “You’ve been quiet ever since I returned to the Material Realm.”
“Because I was afraid of interfering with your thoughts…”
The Lord of Scales and Feathers sighed, and Eivass could even imagine his actions at this moment, “Some things cannot be rushed. If you don’t understand this principle from the bottom of your heart, it’s just cramming. How can the ‘heart’ formed that way be firm and reliable enough to withstand trials and tribulations?”
“So, my guess was correct? The end of the World really comes from the corrosion of the Origin Rivers?”
Eivass asked in his heart, “The Ring Heavenly Envoy wanted to take away two Origin Rivers, probably because he believed that as long as he left this World, the Origin Rivers could merge?”
“—Therefore, he became the backup plan.
“You guessed correctly, Eivass… this is likely from the Ring Heavenly Envoy’s memories. The corrosion from the Void is like this.
“It is a world-ending catastrophe known as ‘Twilight,’ which is also one of the origins of the Twilight Path’s name. One meaning of the Twilight Path’s name lies in ‘solidification’; its other meaning lies in ‘termination.’ All things die, and the death of our World is called Twilight. Thus, the Path representing death became known as Twilight.”
The Lord of Scales and Feathers finally revealed the answer to the question that Eivass had always found perplexing—since the Ring Heavenly Envoy wanted to remove the Origin Rivers and abandon this World, why were there still Gods who sided with him, or why were there still trials for Eivass?
The reason was simple: they also didn’t know if the Ring Heavenly Envoy was reliable.
“Twilight…”
Eivass murmured, “Twilight of the Gods?”
“That’s right, this name comes from here. They are calamities born from the remains of other Worlds, carrying the wails and despair of an entire World. Each individual Twilight is different… They use their own methods to devour other Worlds, thereby bringing equal destruction and despair to other Worlds. If they could achieve this, then the way our World is destroyed would be the same… we would merge into one, becoming a part of them.
“And if under the pressure of Twilight, our World is destroyed in another way, we will become the new Twilight.”
“Death of the World… Egg of Twilight…”
Eivass whispered, “Then… what is the Twilight of our World?”
“It is called ‘Whisper of the Void,’ just one individual of this Twilight… but even so, we have tried our best and could not defeat it.
“It can corrupt people’s hearts and wills, subtly change their minds, yet make them believe those are their own thoughts. Therefore, it is fatal to our World, which ‘gains power through thought’… Gods, being bodiless Phantom Demons, cannot resist it. Perhaps even some Gods have already been corrupted.”
The Lord of Scales and Feathers said sarcastically.
“Pillar Gods… will they too?”
“Of course.”
The Lord of Scales and Feathers said, “Otherwise, do you think the vanguard of the Candlemaster is dealing with what? When Whisper of the Void descended upon our World, it locked down the birth of the only thought that could defeat it—【Hope】. Originally, Origin Rivers were constantly increasing, and since it occupied the position of Sacred Number Ten, no new Origin Rivers would be born. This is why… Ai Shiping has been pursuing the ‘impossible Sacred Number Eleven’.”
Eivass finally understood—
It was like a group of people trapped in a mountain, and one person intended to take all the supplies. He could at least survive with these supplies. He claimed that he would go out to find rescue and then return with it.
—The problem now was whether this person was trustworthy. And how long this World could last.
If they had no other choice, they could only choose this in the end.
But they had a new choice—to believe in Eivass.
If they believed in Eivass, Eivass would lead them directly out of the mountain.
But could they do it? If they couldn’t, it would also mean death.
The reason the Candlemaster didn’t have much malice towards the Ring Heavenly Envoy was probably because he felt… it was better for someone to survive and pass on the power of this World than for everyone to die together here.
Perhaps this plan was even proposed by the Candlemaster in the first place.
“Do you think,” the Lord of Scales and Feathers asked, “that guy will come back?”
“I…”
Eivass was about to say no, but he fell silent.
…It was hard to say.
After all, he was once Eivass. An Eivass who had abandoned all devotion…
Thinking of this, Eivass shook his head, dispelling the momentary strange thought—he could not entrust his fate to others.
“I will not believe him.”
Eivass closed his eyes, “I will save the World.”
However, Eivass now felt a sense of courage—
The most terrifying thing was the unfathomable unknown.
And with a clear understanding of the opponent’s form, there was a possibility of defeating them.
“I thought it was something serious… it’s just a tangible BOSS anyway,”
Eivass said slowly, “Since it has a health bar—I can kill it.”
