Not an illusion, not an illusion.

There is no way that Joshua's perception can be wrong.

As an existence that had fought against the Extreme Sublimation Aggregate and defeated it, Joshua had gained a lot in that fierce battle, whether it was the degree of use of various transcendent powers, or the deduction of timing and future possibilities, all of which were sharpened to a complete state in high-intensity confrontations, and everything was perfected.

Nowadays, no matter what the power, whether it is psionic energy, magic power, life energy, elemental, ether or holy light and shadow, but all the extraordinary power that exists is in the hands of today's warrior - he most often uses the power of steel born from life energy, which is true, but this does not mean that he will only use the power of steel, and now Joshua can be said to be a master of all the systems, whether it is spell casting or holy light, it is at his fingertips.

Even if it is divine power, this is true, and the power of shadows is naturally among them, and his sensitivity to the perception of these forces can definitely rank in the top ten in the entire multiverse.

As the individual who benefited the most from the battle with the Near Sage, Joshua was able to control the power of the Steelpython in that battle, was supported by the absolute data of the Triple Veil, received the assistance of many lives and civilizations in the entire multi-star galaxy, and even received the information given by the Extreme Sublimation Aggregate at the end - if there is such a thing as 'experience' in this world, then this battle in the world of stars is undoubtedly one of the largest experience packs in the entire multiverse, probably only inferior to the Abundance Evil God.

With so much tempering and assistance, it is impossible for anyone not to progress, even if it is a bacterium, it should become the prototype of the Extreme Sublimation Aggregate at this time, Joshua is naturally no exception, he feels that he has taken a big step forward on the path of the Legendary Limit compared to before he came to the Star World, although it is not yet to the point of approaching the Sage, but at least, he has cleared a lot of fog.

In particular, he is still in the world of stars, spreading his own emotional power system, and by collecting this kind of information similar to the sage's act of creating a new transcendent power, the previously hazy path to advancement has become much clearer, and he can even touch the threshold of the sage.

"Near the saints, I can do it too."

This is a fact, what Joshua is missing now is only accumulation and time, he can be 100% sure, and in the near future, he can quickly catch up with the realm of extreme sublimation aggregates and become a new generation of near saints.

"And the life forms like the Silver Fairy and the First One are similar to the existence of the Extreme Life and the Extreme Sublimation Aggregate, but the extraordinary power they correspond to is the 'Power of Steel', and the Extreme Sublimation Aggregate is unique to itself, and I am afraid that it is the power to create a world of absolute self by simulating the initial fire......"

To be honest, the help that the Extreme Sublimation Aggregate brings to Joshua is simply as great as the threat it brings, not to mention anything else, this new way of sage alone is a great gain, and as a 'world lifeform' that is extremely similar to the other party, Joshua can naturally continue the path of the Extreme Sublimation Aggregate - as long as he can condense something similar to the Initial Fire in his body like the other party, then he can become a near saint on the ground.

This path is the exact opposite of the 'sage' who created memes and concepts to cover the multiverse with new supernatural powers and constants...... Just looking at it this way, these are actually two completely different sage-level systems.

Joshua's recent silence is to deduce relevant information and absorb useful knowledge and information from it.

But for now, I'm afraid that this thinking will have to be paused for a while.

Because in the distance, the power of endless shadows, the immense momentum that ordinary people of justice cannot imagine, against the torrent of the great demon tide of the multiverse, backtracked upward.

It is only a moment of thought, there is no time to hesitate, there is no time to analyze, there is no time to deduce and consider, He has already come.

The shadow has arrived.

The world of stars, and the endless void around it, were wrapped in deep shadows in an instant, and the entire world of stars silently broke away from the void and immersed itself in another strange and abnormal space-time region, and for a while, Joshua found that everything around him had disappeared, leaving only a dark black phantom, dancing with the light emitted by him.

It's like immersing yourself in the depths of the ocean, wrapped in a strange medium that is completely different from the void.

"It's strange that you're not a member of that world, so why are you standing in the way of this world...... Seems to want to protect it? ”

In the endless shadows, there is pure information, which manifests in the minds of others, that is, sounds, smells, fluctuations, and everything that can be perceived, and that feeling is like communicating from all angles, the sense of touch can see, the sight is talking, and each transcendent power has a different way of perceiving and understanding.

The message had a singular tone, and it was impossible to tell whether it was curious or indifferent.

"Are you not afraid of this surging shadow? and even took the initiative to show up and appear here. ”

Joshua looked around at the shadow that surrounded him, and he didn't answer. Because, it's not a question of why not why - in the world of stars, the triple curtain has been battered, the steel python will sleep for ten thousand years, and the patriarch is in the ring of the four gods, studying how to continue himself, and the other beings are not even aware of the arrival of the shadows.

At this moment, only he can act.

So here he is.

It's as simple as that.

And the source of the information did not continue to ask this question, he seemed to look at Joshua in some way, and then said with some surprise: "Wait, you have so much information entangled in your body?" ”

"What do I see? The creation of psionic energy (the Triple Veil), the inheritance of magic (the receiver of knowledge), and you yourself are the representative of life energy, a world of lifeforms that transcend the ancient dragons and the Void Behemoths - the Elemental and Aether are not there, but the Holy Light (the Legacy of the Sages) and the Shadow (Shadow Demon King) are also there! You've actually been recognized by an abyss world, signed a contract with it, and come into contact with a new shadow demon? ”

The expression of the information is very complicated, he seems to be directly interpreting all the information records carried by Joshua, the same message, can express two almost the same meaning, but this does not affect the tone of surprise: "Even, the breath of the beast before, you actually have it—I see, it is the guardian of this world and you who destroy it?" ”

It was supposed to be passing by, but on the road that had always been empty, he saw that there was a huge world reef and a special life on the side of the road and stopped slightly, this time he was really attracted to attention, and he began to gather his 'gaze' and began to stare at Joshua.

"What are you? It's like the entire multiverse and all the sages are looking at you. ”

And in between the transmission of information, an observable image begins to manifest in the shadows.

"This taste—"

At that moment, Joshua frowned, because he smelled a unique, abyssal aura, something that no longer resembles in the entire multiverse, born from a long dead world, belonging to ashes, and before it was born, it was already 'dead'.

That's the smell of 'demons'.

And just as Joshua pondered what this aura represented, the image from the shadows manifested completely.

— like a silhouette.

How so? It was a very strange image, if I had to describe it, like a strange shadow puppet play—a light from nowhere, shining on a demon with long curved horns, huge wings, and a long tail of thorns, the light was eternal, but the silhouette of the demon changed, revealing various postures.

This heterogeneous shape is an indescribable change, the shade of the shadow is always changing, as if the infinite change itself contains some kind of mystery.

At the eyes of the demon silhouette, there were two deep black dots, leading to the endless distance, he stared at Joshua, and seemed to pass him, looking directly at the world of stars, and the information fluctuated: "I see, this is the hometown of the psionic sage, where the prototype of the will of countless worlds is located...... Ah, and the prototype of the psionic bug, I've seen it, full of such a kind design......"

In that fluctuating message, it may not represent a 'sage' in the usual sense, but Joshua knew that this demonic silhouette was trying to convey this is what it meant—beyond the Near Sage, enough to influence the transcendent individuals of the multiverse.

"You are, Sage of Shadows."

Joshua looked at the demon silhouette and muttered, "True sage...... So powerful, so ......"

Originally, the warrior felt that if one day, he could really meet the sage, and when he saw the existence of the 'sage', he might lose his temper, be excited, curious, and even bold and want to challenge - but now, when he actually saw the other party, Joshua found that he was more calm than ever, as if everything was supposed to be like this.

He is here.

This infinite existence.

This kind of will and power that seems to envelop the entire multiverse, time and space are meaningless, and everything that is limited is creation.

If he wanted to be able to cross the world of stars in a moment, perhaps the reason why he stopped was because the world of stars was the home of the psionic sages, and my existence.

But even this existence, generations of sages, have been fighting against the darkness behind the curtain for endless years, until now.

Knowing all this, Joshua took a step forward instead, he looked at the silhouette of the demon that exuded an abyssal aura and seemed to be proud of it, and then said in the clearest tone: "Sage, are you going there too?" ”

Needless to say, everyone knows that there is only one place that 'there' refers to, and that is the source of the Demon Tide, the direction of the Initial Fire.

"There is the beginning of everything and the end of everything."

And He replied, "Latecomers, one day you too will walk this way." ”

"Why, exactly? What happened to this multiverse? I have doubts in my heart, sage, and I hope to be answered. ”

Without any fear, even if he didn't know good and evil, he didn't know what kind of existence it was, even if the other party had the aura of the abyss and demons, the warrior still asked, seeking answers to the doubts in his heart.

The shadow was still spreading, towards the endless distance, but the silhouette stopped in place, and the ancient demon stared at the human beings in front of him—he had seen beings who were not afraid of the abyss and demonic breath, and he had seen beings who wanted to help the abyss and demons, and he had benefited from a light, in fact, all living beings, everything that existed, and from generation to generation, again and again, and it was because of this that He was here and now.

And the life in front of us is the individual who leaves behind the light and also moves towards the distant side.

So He spoke, just as the old past had been told to Him by another being who had passed away.

"To answer this question, we need to start with the oldest history of the multiverse."

The silhouette of the two horns danced, and a calm message flowed out: "Latecomer, do you know the meaning of 'transcendent power'? ”

"I know."

Joshua replied, standing in the center of the endless shadows, his own glow, reflecting the shadows around him, and his voice was firm: "That is inheritance, continuation, and existence, and it is precisely because of these many transcendent powers that the multiverse and beings exist today. ”

"yes, that's right."

The message that bordered on sighing was stirring in the hard: "Sage—that's what you call us, and you know that the sage's presence will bring change to the multiverse, and that is our inheritance and continuation. But did you know that it's not just the presence of a sage that brings about change, but also the death of a sage? ”

"......" Joshua opened his mouth, he wanted to say something, but the leader was silent again, he couldn't be sure of this, and the warrior didn't want to say what he thought for the first time.

But the shadow answered him calmly.

"Psionic energy, the earliest transcendent power in known history, the power of the mind, the change brought about by its existence, created the prototype of the multiverse of heavens and worlds, the will of all worlds, the Anaconda of Steel. And the changes caused by the passing of the 'psionic sage' have led to the emergence of endless psionic worms, which are the remnants of the sage, feeding on the unwilling and evil thoughts in the minds of all beings, especially the sadness and despair of the collapse of civilization. ”

"If there is no psionic power, the power of the mind cannot be revealed, and the birth of life in the world will be more difficult because of the lack of the will of the world, and the existence of psionic worms has curbed the spread of evil gods, so that the evil gods that should have been 'born 100 percent' when civilization perishes have become an anomaly that is now rare in the destruction of thousands of worlds, and it even curbs the side effects of madness hidden in spiritual energy involving the duality of the mind."

Uttering a message that would have stunned countless civilizations, the silhouette of the giant demon was still fluctuating: "All things benefit from Him, you and I are the same—and then, magic." ”

"It is the power of creation and will democratize the transcendental, dramatically increasing the number of transcendents and transcendent beings in the multiverse. Because of the soul nourishment brought by magic, beasts can also have wisdom and be promoted to civilization, and the extraordinary effect brought by magic has greatly accelerated the development of civilization. And the death of the 'Demon Sage' has led to the emergence of the Great Demon Tide, which has swept through all worlds, slamming the streets of extraordinary power faster than ever before, in order to give birth to more civilizations and more powerful people, and it is even a bridge to guide all aspiring beings to the place of origin. ”

"If there is no magic power, the number of intelligent life in the multiverse will be reduced by ninety percent, any creature with the soul as the main body will disappear, and the fluctuations caused by the great demon tide have created countless amazing and talented individuals, and the subsequent sages, and even other close saints, and the strong, have benefited countless people, even if you are a latecomer, aren't you also reaching the current realm in this period of the demon tide?"

That's true. Joshua nodded silently, he did grow in this period of the Demon Tide, and even the entire Starfall Era rose because of this, you can imagine how many civilizations and individuals in the multiverse have grown because of this.

The shadow continues: "And then there is the life energy. ”

"Its existence makes the change of matter simple, the human will begins to be linked to matter, and the creation of things becomes simple, and even inorganic matter can appear in life, and even the soul is not needed, only the structure needs to be suitable. And the Sage of Life - even if I don't know this, He may exist, but his name has been dissipated in the current multiverse, and His birth is even earlier than we know history, but it is certain that there are changes similar to the death of the Sage, that is, the Ancient Dragon and the Void Behemoth, which constitute the multiverse, the self-circulation system within many multiple galaxies, helping many galaxies to continue life. ”

"If there is no life energy, there will be fewer possibilities for intelligent life, the cycle of the multiverse will come to an end early, the material world will be more difficult to change, and the environment will be ten thousand times worse than now."

"They are gone, in the ancient past, but we are still blessed to live in the aftermath."

Even the shadow sage, the message was with respect, the depth of the demon's silhouette changed, and he made a gesture similar to a salute, and he said softly: "And the sage of the elements and ether seems to still exist, at least, I have not observed a similar change. ”

"The elements divide the world and create a balance between the elements, and you must know its effect, and I will only say change - if the world of the past is destroyed, it is complete destruction, but because of the existence of the elements, the elements in the void will enter the world that has fallen into silence and slowly nurture it."

"The ether is more gentle, as the manifestation of direction and force, it can create and support all kinds of strange worlds that are not normal, such as the round sky, the plane, the concave and even the hollow world, it allows the small world to exist, so that the small places can also give birth to greatness. It even joins the elements to divide the abyss from the normal world, and even creates the cycle of the 'Maelstrom of Creation'. ”

At this point, the message began to soften and emotional, and Joshua, who had listened carefully, heard familiar words.

"Holy Light." The Sage of the Shadows said, "The Light made me. ”

"Holy Light...... What made you? ”

Joshua was slightly stunned, he looked at the shadow sage, stared into the endless and deep silhouette eyes, and then exhaled: "Abyss, demon...... Ah, I see! ”

Ignoring the warrior who seemed to recall something, the ancient shadow demon said calmly: "As you can see, I am a demon who has fallen into the world galaxy of silence and survived in the abyss, and this has not changed even now, and I don't want to change it. ”

"I was born in a world that has died, and before I was 'born', I began to experience 'death' - the multiverse time trap, latecomers, you should know this. And what I want to say is that the time speed of the world galaxy in which I live is hundreds of thousands of times faster than that of the ordinary world galaxy, and that is the silence of the most marginal part of the multiverse, in the abyss world of decay that is almost shattered, I and my people rely on the radiation energy of the black hole to survive, because all the stars are extinguished, the white dwarfs are blackened, and the universe is only the embers of the entropy increase and the last thin particle mist. ”

Everything is close to extinction, the universe of extinction.

"To exist, just to live—this is the most subtle, the humblest wish of life, and I have painstakingly studied all the transcendent powers, I want to call out the power from nothing, or I want to take my race to other shining galaxies...... But it was too far away, whether it was a difference in the time system or because of the location at the very edge of the multiverse, everything was impossible, I couldn't see anything. ”

- Until that day, a dazzling light connected the multiverse.

"You can't imagine my shock at that time."

Looking at Joshua with a shocked face, the silhouette of the demon said seriously: "The latecomer is far more shocked than you are now. I sensed that something was calling me, calling all the 'abysses' in the multiverse - of course, this call was too weak, I am afraid that only the abyss closer to the source could really echo, but I am different, my strength is very strong, I see the light, as long as there is light, no matter how weak the coordinates, I can also sense it. ”

"So, I came out, from the loneliness of eternity, from the galaxy abandoned by the primordial fire. I have achieved it, just like the existence of divine power, so there is the birth of spiritual energy, with the creation of magic power, there will be a change of life energy, there will be the differentiation of the elements, and there will be the maintenance of ether - it is precisely because of the light that there is the continuation of the shadow, and it is because of the pure goodwill that I want to help everything in the world and redeem all suffering, that I can be here. ”

"But the latecomers, the inheritors of the Holy Light Sages, all of this I am talking about is not the original change of the multiverse—it was not me, nor was it the work of other sages who came before me."

“…… It's behind it. Staring at the shadows, Joshua said solemnly: "'Chaos' and 'Evil Gods', that is the earliest 'change' in the multiverse. ”

"Yes." "That's why we're on this backtrack, the truth about what happened to this multiverse—because the original changer, [He] influenced the Initial Fire.

- The Initial Fire is the origin of our existing multiverse, the origin of all existence.

The infinite world was created by it and existed because of it.

Only where the light of the initial fire shines can there be existence, and the concept of finite infinity is thus divided.

However, there was a process for the creation of the multiverse by the Initial Flame - I don't know exactly what the steps were, but there is no doubt that the multiverse we are in should still be in its very early stages. ”

After a moment's thought, the demon's silhouette continued, "It's like a baby in swaddling clothes. ”

"Originally, if the multiverse had been allowed to develop naturally, then now, all worlds are probably still in the primitive period of the universe, and no life can be born.

However, due to an accident, or rather, the special mechanics of our multiverse, because of the natural 'movement' of the Initial Fire, the initial time trap appeared, and in those worlds that were thrown by the Initial Fire and accelerated relative to time, many 'Initial Civilizations' and [Him] beings were born.

What is Him? What is the purpose? I didn't know anything about it, and I could even say that it was because I didn't know anything about it that I had to go to the place where the Initial Fire was...... It may be a trap, a prison for [Him] to prepare, but it is a place I must go.

But even so, there is still something to analyze. ”

After a pause, the Shadow Sage said, "First of all, the growth of the multiverse has actually been accelerated by us sages - our power has enriched the possibilities of the multiverse and made countless lives colorful, but all of this is contrary to [Him]'s purpose.

[He] does not seem to be able to directly influence the Initial Fire, but it has severed the connection between the multiverse and the Initial Fire, causing the galaxy where I used to be, as well as many other world galaxies, to die out.

[He] does not want any civilization to develop and grow, but any civilization that has the potential to exist forever will be wiped out by the cluster of evil gods, and such a cycle is an entire 'civilization era'.

We are now at the end of such a cycle. ”

Saying this, the message from the Shadow Sage was unprecedentedly serious: "I suspect that [His] purpose is to remove everything except the Initial Flame and re-incarnate the multiverse—by [His] method. Only this can be explained. ”

"And the evil gods, as solidified eternity, may be a way for [Him] to preserve the many civilizations of the multiverse...... After all, if there were no sages of the past generations, all the civilizations that have existed would have ended up as evil gods. ”

Joshua listened carefully, all of this was similar to what he had guessed and what the Extreme Sublimation Aggregate had thought, but it was more detailed, and when he heard it at the end, he couldn't help but feel ridiculous: "So, [He] hasn't broken down yet?" Do you plan to use this method to preserve samples of civilization? ”

"You've said the sample—can't you still feel the malice?"

The demon's silhouette shook his head, and his tone was heavy: "Arbitrarily decide the future of the multiverse, treat us as nothing, and treat civilization and life as samples—we could have lived and developed in peace, as long as everything is as normal as the initial fire, countless multi-galaxies that have died, and even countless worlds that have now been reduced to the abyss, are probably still bathed in warm light." ”

"[He] has done all this, how can it be considered 'not bad to the house'? [He] doesn't treat us as human beings at all, and since that's the case, we naturally have to fight against what [He] wants to do! ”

This is the first spirit of resistance, from the multiverse's unknown past to the present, like a burning will.

"I'm leaving, latecomer, the Holy Light Sage still needs me, and the Elemental and Aether Sages may still exist, waiting for my arrival."

The silhouette of the demon gradually began to revert to a surging shadow, and pure information flowed: "This time, perhaps for the first time in history, there are two sage-level beings born almost simultaneously on the time scale of the multiverse - and there were two sages before, who have not changed by the past, and they are either stalemate with [Him] or waiting for us. ”

"My participation in the war with the Light may be able to break the deadlock."

"Are you leaving?" Joshua knew that this moment was coming. Everything is much better than the worst-case scenario, although he is an abyssal demon, but the shadow sage has good intentions and answers his questions in detail - perhaps because his identity as a sage inheritor has once again played a role, he who originally stood before the shadow with the will to die, is now not only alive, but also knows a lot of information.

But the warrior still felt stunned - because at this time, he was not able to keep up with the pace of the sage, coupled with what the Extreme Sublimation Aggregate had said before, this era was the last hope, and he didn't know if he would be able to catch the last train in the future.

Joshua voiced his doubts, and asked the departing Shadow Sage when his last chance would disappear and when the end of the epoch would come.

But he got a surprising answer.

"Don't worry about that."

The infinite shadows, both departing into the distance and also existing here, in the shadows swaying around the god of steel, a disturbing message came: "The essence of the Great Demon Tide is to forcibly bind the Initial Fire and the severed multiverse again through infinite energy, so that the latecomers, just like you and me, can go up and down through this surging tide to the origin of all things."

Although it is true that the maintenance brought by the Great Demon Tide is about to be severed, I will add to it.

"It's not just me, the Holy Light Sage, that is, the Sage in your heart, who does the same, the Holy Light can also be used as a kind of coordinate - behold, in the multiverse, all the natural light sources are changing, and they will all have certain Holy Light characteristics, and the Light of the Demon Tide will be the same, as long as the Holy Light is studied, then even if the path of magic is cut off, it can still rely on the path of the Holy Light to move forward.

And I, the Sage of Shadows, the 'shadow space' I have created, even if the multiverse falls into silence, can exist by relying on the existence of the void itself. As long as the Initial Fire exists, no matter how far it has gone, no matter how dark this multiverse is, the shadow space will always be its shadow, and it will always be a derivative of its power.

It is true that this era is over, but you still have a future, because I have created this future and given it to you. ”

The infinite shadow is gradually disappearing.

No, it's not gone, it's transformed into another form, another peculiar 'space'!

Joshua's eyes widened, and with his near-Sage-level observation methods, he could see that there was a hyperspace network composed of shadow space, which was emerging within the entire multiverse!

It was a spider's web, connecting one galaxy after another, one shadow after another, and it connected all the shadows, just as all the lights were connected by the holy light, and a new path to the source of the demon tide and the initial fire appeared on the inside of the blazing white torrent of the great demon tide.

This means of connecting all worlds, the Shadow Subspace, is the 'wish' of the Shadow Sage, and it is also the embodiment of his power, he has re-continued the path of the demon tide that is about to be cut off, and connects all the multiple galaxies with the most direct means.

"The forerunners left the way for those who came after, and we were blessed by them to exist."

"Latecomers, leaving a way for the latter, I give you the future, but I need no thanks."

"Because I believe, the latecomers, you will do the same thing—all these favors, the gifts and the continuations, before and after, often restored, are the embodiment of eternal order and civilization!"

Finally, when the sage of the shadows actually departed for the place of origin, Joshua could hear the gentle voice of the other man, full of kindness, just as he had experienced in those days.

"You have a power that surpasses almost all civilizations and lives, but to this day, you still seek the truth and fight for it...... Is it because you can't bear to hold back? Go on, there are many enemies, your path is long, go as far as you can—and I, and the other sages, will be waiting for you at the front, at the end of eternity, for the 'battle' (you) to come. ”

"Remember, O latecomers, our lives and civilizations do not exist for the sake of the world! On the contrary, it is the future of the world, and indeed the multiverse, that extends in front of us because of our existence! ”

The Shadow is gone, disappearing into the seemingly never-ending path of the Tide, leaving only the equally endless Path of Shadow to stretch through the torrent.

From beginning to end, He never asked for Joshua's name, and Joshua didn't know His name.

But it doesn't matter, because their identities are the first and the last, the former who expects the latter, and the latter who chases the former.

The normal void, as well as the world of stars, once again appeared behind the warrior.

But Joshua's heart could not be calmed for a long time, he closed his eyes and breathed deeply.

“…… Wisdom is immortal, order is eternal, and it has been passed down to the present day. ”

It turns out that this is the real meaning contained in the ancient inscription.

One sage after another has stepped forward, even if they are gone, to make changes, to seize even the slightest hope for the future of this multiverse.

But this is not enough—even the death of several sages can only be said to forcibly delay a little bit of the inevitable end of the future.

But there's nothing to be afraid of.

Because, from yesterday to today, from today to tomorrow, from tomorrow to the next tomorrow, generation after generation, one pioneer after another have done this, they have done everything they can, but also for the next generation, to compete for more possibilities, to add some ethereal opportunities for the future to win.

"Even if tomorrow is an abyss, an endless Naraku, I will not stop."

Opening his eyes, Joshua calmly raised his hand, staring at the source of the demon tide, looking at the distant other side of time and space, just like the extinct extreme sublimation aggregate not long ago.

He clenched his fists, as if trying to catch the illusory light.

- Because, the yesterday of countless people, this is what made me today.

- And my today will surely exist for the sake of countless people's tomorrow.

—Volume XVIII, The End of the Abyss of Tomorrow

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