In the Silent Void, a 'hidden world' that cannot be observed in any way, it is almost completely assimilated into the darkness around it, and even when viewed closely, it feels like a larger wreckage of the world.

However, in this seemingly wreckage world, there is a power that ordinary people cannot imagine.

Many people often say that the stars are like beautiful gems that embellish the universe, releasing incomparable magnificence, so that the gems buried deep in the earth also have a divine nature, and the ancients gave them various meanings, praised their beauty and value, and even polished and carved them, and wore them on their hands, so that this brilliance will always accompany them.

This kind of emotion, even in the distant future compared to the ancients, has not changed at all.

Because, nowadays, people have finally set the magnificent gems that dot the universe into their own 'rings' cast among the stars.

Starfall 855, January 1, 5:52 p.m. Macron UTC, Silent Void Unnamed World, Aether Ring World.

Everything was silent darkness, like a calmer rest than a long sleep, artificially hollowed out of the world within, maintained by the power of the god-made runes—but, in the middle of this silence, a silent wind could be heard, the wind of the sun blowing, stirring the negative entropy in the darkness.

It was a golden gem, dazzling, containing incomparable vitality, I don't know how many life races in the multiverse were born after bathing in this brilliance, and in the abyss, how many races lost this brilliance, trying their best to kill and fight, just to get it again.

And there is a slightly rotating 'ring', but it is quietly rotating around this gem, as if it will continue until the end of eternity.

"The Ring of the World is about to be completed, Nostradamus."

In the eyes of ordinary people, this world with only one star and one ring can be said to be an incomparably dark fund, except for the little 'faint' spark in the center, everything else is a cold vacuum - but in the eyes of the transcendental, they can see more, for example, a splendid circle that surrounds the whole world and maintains the balance of everything, forming a world-scale aether circle. The purpose of the Aether Circle, named the 'Ethereal Sanctuary', is to turn the entire world's sense of existence into a cold nothingness like a silent void, as ordinary people can see, into an 'ethereal dust'.

And in this dark cycle, two points of light are communicating.

"Thanks to Radcliffe, we only had one-tenth of the time we planned to complete this project—God can't handle the quality of world-by-world transport, and that's too much work."

The golden point of light, located above the almost completed silver ring world, was communicating with the dark blue point of light, and his tone sighed: "Accommodate the Microf civilization? It is more than enough, and there have been countless gods who have claimed how beautiful, rich, and vast their kingdom is, but only our generation of gods has brought the kingdom of heaven to earth. ”

"yes."

The dark blue human form, which seemed to be looking at this place from a distant distance of time and space, seemed to be just an incarnation, but it did not hinder communication, and the old mage whispered: "Everything you and I have dreamed of is almost already realized—but a truly equal and free society needs to be built on a perfect and flawless state, and we used to find ways to build it, but now, the answer is simple. ”

"Since reality doesn't exist, then we can make it ourselves."

All human contradictions come from inequality and from the conflict of desires...... Everyone has an appeal to desire, and because of the narrow land and narrow space, different demands will always gather in one place, and then fight, which is not right or wrong, but only proves that there is still animal nature in human nature.

But now, can human desires still maintain their original posture in this circular world that is millions of times more ordinary than the ordinary world?

In the future, will the root of all conflicts still be under the care of the Seven Gods and the Legends at the same time, and will the spark called strife burn?

"I don't know. Even if the current empire, and even the entire Microf civilization, are almost crime-free, even if supernatural power has become almost universal, various academies and training institutions have sprung up like mushrooms after a rain, and even if the magic web connects countless civilizations in multiple galaxies to form an incomparably harmonious alliance, I am still not sure if the future can go in the direction we want. ”

The golden human form, burning with the brilliance of divine power, the tone of the new generation of gods of justice and power is the same as when he was still a human being, although he uses interrogative sentences, but it sounds unmistakably convinced: "But God does not corrupt—at least not until he dies." So before My God is destroyed, this path will continue until either the 'coming' or the 'distant' future. ”

"Isn't God corruptible......

Nostradamus chewed on the words, and he stared at the circular world in front of him—on the back of the huge world, there were runes representing the god of steel, a circle, representing completeness, perfection, eternity, and immobility, and a vertical line ran through it, splitting the circle in two.

What exactly does that mean?

"Radcliffe, isn't it God?"

The old mage mage muttered to himself as if he was emotional: "The 'Pan-Diverse Galactic Civilization United Council' established three years ago was built on the Mycrof civilization—strictly speaking, on the strength of Joshua van Radcliffe. There are many lower civilizations that worship his battle incarnation, and there are countless higher civilizations that awe divide him as 'god'. Sometimes, I can't tell whether the Great Source is called God, or whether the individual who meets all the conditions and has great power is God? ”

"You know, judging from the recent information from the magic net, he is still the same Joshua, and he has never been corrupted, so I have always wondered if he will be some god descended from the Great Source, just born in the body of our human beings."

"That's a good question, teacher."

Hearing this, the golden divine light vibrated for a moment, as if laughing: "I often feel that I am not a god compared to him. I've even thought about this question carefully, for example, whether Joshua really secretly obtained some divine power directly infused by the Great Source, so that he could progress so quickly - but to answer this question, we must first say what God is. ”

"When I was still a human being, I suffered many injustices, I felt absolute evil in a ruined empire, and I saw the tears of countless people who wept because of this evil. I deny that this 'evil' is the fate of a country or even a society. ”

"So, I burned with anger to reform it, to destroy it, to make it what I wanted it to be—I tried to fight against fate, but it came to nothing. You know, how many years have I sat on the throne half-dead. ”

"If you are an ordinary person, at this time, you should fail, and then you will be depressed for the rest of your life, until you accept the reality, or die."

The god of power pointed to the world in front of him, his tone was calm, but he could hear a hint of joy and firmness: "But I didn't, maybe it was a coincidence, or it was inevitable, I overcame fate, and the kingdom I wanted, at least partly in reality." ”

Looking at the face of the old mage, who seemed to want to say something thoughtfully, the golden god form shook his head: "Do you think I want to say that those who can overcome fate are called gods?" Wrong, it's not like that. I didn't overcome fate, I just echoed the thirst of all beings and let the power of hope be added to me. ”

"Teacher Nostradamus, God, is the one who responds to the wishes of all beings."

Saying this, the God of Justice raised his head and looked at the end of the dark world, and he said in a solemn tone: "People echo wishes, pray for the future, they want better changes, but they are trapped in the absence of power—and God holds the power, echoes the wishes, creates the future, and turns change into reality." ”

"Is Radcliffe a god? There is no doubt that he is, he holds the power, he creates the future, he changes this multifaceted galaxy, he changes the destiny of you and me - if this is not God, then what is? ”

"The only question is, if Radcliffe is God, what kind of desire did he respond to to be born?"

This question was not answered.

Because suddenly, the god of justice and power, who was gossiping with his teacher and old friend, suddenly and obviously in a daze, he listened attentively, and the back was solemn.

He seemed to hear something.

Starfall 855, January 2, 7:52 a.m. Macron UTC, the starting point of the multi-galactic galaxy, the Jetrum Field, the Stargate Void Base.

There are a large number of small Void settlements surrounding the Great Stargate Void Base, most of which are the areas where the relevant Stargate maintainers are stationed on weekdays, but some of the surplus settlements have been sold to some wealthy and powerful people to return construction funds.

That being said, after all, it is a settlement located around the Stargate Void Base, if you have to use an analogy, it is probably the seaside villa built next to the Seven Sacred Mountains at the beginning, this is not a place where you can live only if you have money and power, you must have the corresponding strong strength to be qualified to settle here.

And the legendary swordsman, Brandon Kaos, and the contemporary head of the Kaos family, naturally has this qualification.

Walking through the quaintly decorated Void Settlement anchor, past the private Void Shuttle that has been locked in time and space, and opening the thick rune gate, you can see that this settlement is very warm, the walls that seem to be made of solid wood, the white marble decoration, and the light gold crystal lamp hanging on the top, all indicate that the owner of this settlement is undoubtedly taking care of it as a 'home'.

But at this moment, in the settlement, whether it is the wide hall, or the backyard where you can directly look at the void, there is no one in the bedroom, only the sound of what seems to be a communication circle is heard in the study.

"Hey, can you hear me? Daddy, Mommy? ”

In the study, in the suppressed breathing, accompanied by the sudden louder sizzle, a mature-sounding woman's voice sounded: "I'm sorry, the signal here is not very good, and the connection time is a bit long." ”

You can see that in the spacious study, the tall blonde swordsman is holding his breath, holding his wife with long violet hair, quietly facing a light curtain - and behind the light curtain, a blonde woman with a bright smile is making a V-shaped gesture and greeting them: "My work has been going well recently, and under the guidance of the knowledge receiver, we have unearthed several large civilization relics before and after the 'Demon Age' era!" Now that we have found this civilization relic in the Biros galaxy, it can be regarded as a 'pioneer'! ”

Due to the high video delay, the sound and picture were still a little out of sync, but Brandon and Verdany, who were present, didn't care about this, and the blonde swordsman opened his mouth, as if he wanted to say something, but the purple-haired mage took the lead, and her tone was a little cautious: "Then, Fran, how long will it take for you to come back?" ”

"Probably...... Four or five years? After the light curtain, the blonde woman thought for a while, and finally gave a vague answer: "Alas, after all, this is a pioneer-level large ruin, and it is said that there are still some complete documents of the 'Demon Sage' era in it, if it can be excavated, it must be a big discovery that shakes the galaxy, and I can't leave it for the time being." ”

"And I'm the leader of a professional heritage expedition, and I can't leave for the time being at the beginning of the excavation."

"Your sister is now running around with the diplomatic fleet in the galaxy, saying that she is studying some 'multi-civilization culture', and she also said that she wants to write a 'multi-civilization experience', and she will not be able to ......come back for several years" At this time, Brandon couldn't help but open his mouth and complained in a low voice: "In the past ten years, you have not been home more than ten times...... Now it's been another four or five years, and your mother and I ......."

“…… Daddy, I'm not the little girl I need you to take care of all the time. Interrupting Brandon's words, the blonde woman couldn't laugh a little, her face was unnatural: "There are real-time communication, there are also teleportation circles, and I occasionally send some local specialties back...... What's more, it's not interesting to go home, everyone sees me always saying that I'm the 'daughter of a legendary powerhouse', or treating me as a little girl, I hate that attitude......"

"Although I know that you extraordinary and strong people have a long lifespan, and I am really a little girl at my age, I still want to be treated and respected as an independent 'person'."

"Oh...... Got it, then you come on......"

The legendary powerhouse Brandon once cut off the corona with a sword, and even killed several super-dangerous extreme creatures in the follow-up extreme crisis, and even killed a crazy void beast for some reason alone three years ago.

But now, facing the daughter who is becoming more and more independent behind the light curtain, she looks aggrieved, uncomfortable, speechless, and like an abandoned old father: "It's just that if there is any difficulty, remember to tell the family, we will always be your pillars......"

"Well, I know, love you, daddy, and mom, MUA~" showed a big smile cheerfully, the woman behind the light curtain made a kissing motion to the screen, Veldani glanced at her disheartened husband proudly, and then made a kissing action that was also quite unskillful: "MUA~ Mom loves you too, by the way, do you want me to send some supplies to your sister and you......"

Smack.

Suddenly, the call dropped.

Rumble!

Originally, the current Brandon looked like just an old man who was disgusted and didn't know how to say anything, but at the moment after the video was interrupted, he suddenly burst out with an incomparably terrifying power all over his body, shaking the surrounding void and releasing unparalleled brilliance - just like a divine sword that can slash the stars and break immortality just by pulling it out.

The blonde-haired swordsman stood up and looked at the communication light curtain in front of him with a solemn gaze, while the purple-haired mage on the side still didn't react.

"What's wrong, dear?"

Although it was a little unclear, Verdani was a high-level transcendent nobleman after all, and she reacted quickly: "The communication is interrupted...... Is something wrong with Fran!? ”

“…… Well. ”

Brandon's tone was unprecedentedly heavy, he narrowed his eyes, and the clothes on his body began to change, turning into light particles that flew and condensed, and finally turned into a battle light armor: "I feel that before the video was interrupted, there seemed to be a 'chaos' aura coming from the place where Fran was. ”

With that, he mobilized the light curtain to turn the communication screen, which had become pitch black, into a simulated star map of multiple galaxies.

There, one can see that the Biros galaxy is located at the edge of the multi-galactic galaxy, just like the starting galaxies, clinging to the silent void.

He seemed to understand something.

"I'm leaving, dear."

Brandon said this, not impassioned, but the father's 'naturalness' when he was ready to go to the rescue of his daughter: "You go and inform the Seven Gods, and say that the 'sign' has appeared. ”

"The coming year has come."

Starfall 855, January 3, 2:38 a.m. Macro-UTC, Lost Galaxy McCrove World, around the Ten Thousand Worlds Sacrifice Ground, Holy Mountain Fortress.

In the past, on the top of the Holy Mountain, the Great Temple engraved with 'Lonely Sun, Double Moon, Endless Stars, Millennial Plain, Only Light Lasts Forever', and now in the control center of the Holy Mountain Fortress, the white-haired and golden-eyed old man sat on his seat, and he talked to a paladin who looked very young in the empty hall.

"I don't want to inherit your crown."

The knight who still looks young, if you look closely, you can be surprised to find that it is actually a legendary powerhouse, the surging holy light turned into a materialized armor, wrapped in its body, behind the seemingly rough armor, is so fine that it takes several days to analyze the complex holy pattern with the computing array, and at this time, this legendary powerhouse, is shaking his head at the calm old man in front of him, refused: "The Holy Silver Crown of the Pope, it's time to put it down, Iger, my adoptive father, In this age when the gods are walking on earth, in this time of unprecedented tranquility in the world, I don't think the church can exist. ”

"You're right, Loranda."

The old Pope smiled and clapped his hands, he was not angry at the other party's slightly direct words, he just tilted his head slightly, looking at the Ten Thousand Worlds Sacrifice Ground facing the Holy Mountain Fortress, the old man's gaze could penetrate the end of the void: "Actually, I also feel that 'religion' itself is meaningless. ”

His tone was calm, as if to state the facts: "On this point, I agree with you. ”

"God is the embodiment of wishes, and people pray for power and justice to come, so even if His Majesty Xingzheng leaves, a new god will be born, but that is only in the age of pain and darkness - and the more calm and peaceful the age, the more beautiful and hopeful the age, the more there is no need for God to exist, and it can even be said that God and religion are only in the season of suffering, and people's unwillingness and powerlessness to resist themselves are still the weakest and powerless ones."

"In a time when all people are fed and clothed, and to fulfill their desires and meanings, there is no longer a call to God—and it stands to reason that the church should not exist as a substitute for earthly desires."

"That ......" Hearing this, the paladin Lolanda was a little incomprehensible for a while, and his tone was confused: "Your Majesty, why do you still name me as the next pope?" ”

Could it be that he doesn't want the name of the church's inheritance to fall on him? He thought of a rather cheesy possibility, but immediately shook his head away—it was too childish to look like an old man would do it.

At this time, Eagle turned his head, he looked at the successor in front of him, his adopted son, and then said lightly: "However, who said that the main body of our 'Church of the Seven Gods' is the belief in the Seven Gods? Lolanda, you grew up in the church, and it's normal to have this kind of wrong seriousness, but I'm going to tell you, it's not. ”

"Even the weakest of resistances, no matter how much we cry and cry, no matter how humble our desires, God will respond, and in the same way, the church will respond." It is true that religion can be cut off, but the heart of 'goodness' and 'love' cannot be broken, and this is our foundation. ”

Speaking of this, the old pope took off the holy silver crown on his head, he held it in his hand, and the invisible holy light levitated it, releasing a brilliant silver light, and Igor did not have the slightest nostalgia for this: "The authority of the pope - what a great power. But so what? If the pope has no power, he is just a puppet played by the nations - but the church that has lost its faith is not like a pope who has lost its power, because our core is not worldly interests. ”

"It is true that the 'Church of the Seven' no longer makes sense—but the 'Church of the Light,' or 'the assembly place of the clergy,' is meaningful."

Raising his head and glancing at the thoughtful Lolanda, Eagle handed the crown in his hand to the other party, and the paladin subconsciously took it, and he heard the calm voice of his adoptive father: "Do you think that whether it is doing good deeds or helping others, the power of one person is greater, or the power of a group of people is greater?" Is it the power of a group of ordinary people, or is it the power of a group of priests, a group of transcendentals? ”

"Loranda, if you think about it, an organization that believes in the Light is a well-meaning community, and even if it loses its religious element, it will not be dismantled—we are the ones who were born in response to the wishes of all beings and hold power, and the Seven Gods are just our leaders, even if we don't believe in them, or even if they disappear, so what? Is it that when God is gone, we don't love our relatives and friends and help those who should be helped? ”

"The church is the backing of all those who want to do good and help others, so why should we ban it completely? As long as the original religion is slowly reformed, it can be transformed into a society that has no aspirations. Remember, don't forget the 'original purpose of love', if you forget this core and instead pursue power, pursue your own desires, you will degenerate into the same evil as those people and things you hate. ”

"I ...... I understand. ”

Loranda is a genius, he is a legendary powerhouse, a paladin who has walked in the human world for many years, he can easily understand this...... It's just that, as the old pope said, he grew up in the temple and it took a little time for him to separate the names of the seven gods from the church.

Holding the crown in his hand, the paladin was silent for a long time, and then let out a long breath: "I see, I understand...... Yes, it is not that we are transcendent beings who believe in the Seven Gods and the Light, so we do good, but because we want to help other people, we naturally come together, and we naturally hold the Light, and the creation of nature, or rather, echoes the Seven Gods. ”

The old pope nodded slightly, his gaze pleased.

Saying this, Lolanda solemnly raised the crown in her hand and put it on her head under the gaze of her adoptive father and mentor—and this simple ceremony meant the transfer of the supreme power of the Church of the Seven Gods and the opening of a new page in history.

But suddenly, both of them frowned, and their paused movements interrupted the ritual.

In the spirit terminal, there is news spreading.

It is like the call of a bird of death that will eventually come, and in the long passage of time, 'will' come here.

At this moment.

Boundless Heaven, the place of the Seven Gods.

[Something unexpected happened.] 】

What happened? I sensed a lot of panic. 】

[In the direction of the Biros Galaxy, there was a chaotic disturbance, the subspace information was almost interrupted, and we lost contact with the surrounding Void civilization. 】

[I saw the curtain on the other side of darkness...... The amount of chaos is extraordinary. 】

[Obviously, they're coming...... Tsk, it hasn't come yet, and it's made such a big fluctuation, but fortunately we have been prepared]

[It's about to begin.] 】

[So, are you looking for Joshua?] 】

Seven massive wills communicated with each other, but when the last one sent its message, the entire Boundless Heavens fell silent for a moment.

[No...... Forget it now. 】

[Not yet.] 】

[He is in a critical period, far from the point where he can come out. 】

And do you think he doesn't know about it? Will he not be able to perceive the fluctuations of chaos? 】

[Don't underestimate that man, you see, there is an anomalous mass reaction in the Maelstrom of Creation, and the speed of the world cycle slows down again...... He began to speed up his experiments. 】

[In short, let's take a look at the situation first, this is not just a matter of our one realm and one civilization, but a major event of the entire multi-galaxy. 】

[Convening the 'Fifth Joint Conference of Diverse Galactic Civilizations' - No one can stay out of the face of evil gods and world eaters.] 】

Soon, with the fluctuation of divine power, the invisible information began to spread towards the heavens and all worlds through the magic net of multiple galaxies, and the dark fluctuations and chaos invading had descended on the edge of the galaxy, which was a catastrophe that no one could avoid.

No one is immune to this battle, for justice cannot save those who do good, nor evil can save those who do evil.

- The cowardly have nowhere to hide, only the brave can survive

At this moment, it is the time when the storm is coming.

And the world of Karlis, the steel python Karlis sensed the endless fluctuations coming from the vicinity of the world of McCrove not far away, as well as the huge pulse that was like a heart, stirring in the middle of the galaxy of the entire world, it closed its eyes and sighed silently.

"The day of your prophecy and vigilance is near...... The catastrophe I experienced is about to return...... Joshua, that is the darkness that even the sages have not been able to stop, the terror that all the will of the world has voiced, and you who have always regarded it as an imaginary enemy, are you really ready? ”

There was no answer.

Because the one who should have answered has long since left.

No answer is required.

Because anyone knows what kind of answer that man will give.

Therefore, even the steel python, the will of the world, can only sigh.

"This year marks the fifth year that you have left the normal multi-galaxy and headed for the Maelstrom of Creation."

This year marks the fifth year of Joshua van Radcliffe's journey into the maelstrom of creation.

The time is coming, it is coming.