On June 15, 837, the sound of a pen rustling across the paper rustled and the light of the fluorite lamp was projected onto the desk, glowing with a warm light golden light.

In the study on the second floor of the Lord's Mansion of Moldavia, there was a rare sound of writing, and the sound of steady and regular breathing came along with it, proving that the writer's thinking was clear and fluent.

It could be seen that it was a neat and snow-white letter paper, and a large hand was holding a fountain pen, on which a series of characters were written at a not fast, but very steady speed.

[The Most Holy Iger: On the Nature of the Soul's Extreme Will]

This is the beginning of the letter, and then there is a large expanse of text, because the first page has just been turned, so you can only look at the beginning of the second page.

"Based on the above conclusions, you should also understand my opinion and the words used to describe it."

The person who holds the pen does not have any fancy words, he writes as if it were a machine, every stroke is exactly the same as the standard font, even with a magnifying glass, he can not find the slightest difference, with this regular rhythm, he continues to write: "I can say this: the normal human brain is hardware, then the soul is an additional virtual processor, can optimize the operation of the hardware, self-consciousness through the operation of the brain hardware, load the memory and genetic instinct of the database, so that the whole body is active." ”

"However, there are limits to the hardware, and the fragile human brain cannot be overloaded...... Whether it is the breathing cycle of the fighting spirit or the operation of the runes of magic, it needs to occupy a lot of resources, and in subsonic and supersonic battles, the human brain can no longer handle this calculation speed, at this time, the soul will take over part of the work and process part of the information. ”

"During the training of the White Dragon Knights, I used the power of steel to detect every change that each of them had in the course of training and fighting, whether it was soul or life force...... In high-intensity training, the brain will be protected by life energy or magic to keep it overloaded, but when it comes to combat, the brain will not be overloaded, because then the soul will take over the body in place of the brain. ”

"It's a qualitative change...... Silver Yaoling, at this stage, the soul will be nourished by energy and develop rapidly, and when the warrior can release his fighting spirit, and the mage can control the energy outside the body, their souls will all mature, and the abilities such as 'Sixth Sense', 'Danger Prediction', 'Sincere Path' and 'Heart Eye' are basically developed at this stage. ”

At this point, the person holding the pen paused, as if he was thinking about the wording, and only resumed his pen after a moment: "The soul grows with the growth of supernatural power, and at the gold level, it does not optimize the algorithm of the brain, but takes over all the complex calculations, and when it comes to the Extreme Intention and even the Legend Advancement, even the brain is not a necessary existence, and can be discarded at any time." ”

"I have every reason to come to the conclusion that the soul is an organ evolved by human beings in order to master the extraordinary, it is not something that our species has since its birth, but has evolved in a high-concentration energy environment, and the soul is a part of the consciousness of ordinary people, but it is the entire existence of most transcendental beings, which is the embodiment of the 'supernatural power' and the 'initial fire' in the human beings created by the 'power of steel' and 'life force', the fusion of fire and steel power."

"The so-called extreme meaning of the soul is when the soul is completely free from all constraints and becomes an independent individual."

At this time, the writer's pen became heavy: "At that time, the original concept of 'human beings' has disappeared, and what has appeared is a brand-new, sublimated 'soul human being', who may still have **, but it is no longer the main body of life." ”

"That's my view of the 'soul' and the 'ultimate meaning of the soul'."

"Joshua Van Radcliffe."

The letter was finished, and the man with the pen, Joshua, placed it in the envelope. On the envelope, a brilliant magical glow flickered, and in an instant, the envelope was reduced to ashes in the changing magical light, and somewhere in the distance, a letter with exactly the same content was slowly emerging in a delicate crystal circle.

Eagle's recent time has been very busy, and the old pope has far more work than anyone else: whether it is the fortress of the Holy Mountain or the descent of the seven gods, all of this is his job, and because of this, Joshua, who used to often discuss and debate various supernatural power issues with each other, now chooses to use letters to communicate with each other and exchange ideas with each other.

Although the current communication circle has developed to the point of being extremely advanced, and can even cross continents, Joshua feels that it is not a bad thing to be nostalgic once in a while, anyway, there is a lot of time, and it is not bad to write, he put down the pen in his hand, and then got up from his seat, and the warrior sat down on the sofa in the corner of the study, and then closed his eyes.

Now, Joshua has received the answer to his own soul intent, but he is not ready to take this path.

For the vast majority of people in this world, the reason why the soul grows with the growth of strength is because the brain, as a hardware, cannot process all kinds of information faster and faster, and as a vital point, the brain is often targeted by the enemy, so it is right to abandon the brain and choose the soul...... But this is not always the case.

Joshua's hardware, for example, is harder than everyone else combined, and even the 'divinity' of the virus, which is capable of assimilating consciousness algorithms, is difficult to erode even if it is a virus.

The head is harder than the head of a warrior, perhaps only the steel python, the body of this great will is actually the whole world, the world as the purest steel creation, and its soul is naturally the purest condensation of fire, the same is the fusion of fire and steel. It's just a pity that the 'world' can't be used as a thinking organ, so the Cybora still uses the soul to think.

Joshua is different from the Steel Python and other ordinary people, at this time, his body is completely composed of degenerate substances, no matter what overload it is, it is impossible to cause any damage to this substance, he does not need to use this substance, he only needs to use a special inferior transcendent alloy to assemble a supercomputer for himself to carry his own meaning and soul, then his pure computing speed will surpass most legends, if the soul assists, it can even reach the level of 'unpredictable prophet'.

But through the soul, Joshua, who has no vital points for the time being, does not intend to recreate a vital point and weakness for himself, his plan is to make every part of his body have independent computing power, have independent survivability: even a drop of blood, a little crumb, a trace of dust can be calculated, reorganized, and self-replicated...... Sound familiar? A drop of blood can reproduce a race, a little crumb can transform most of the world, even if it has been dead for thousands of years, the thought particles left behind can still form a mist of divine misfortune, and can preserve most of the thoughts and memories

This is the 'perfect body' of the ancient dragon and the 'immortal soul' of the gods, both of which are almost at the top of life, both of which possess almost immortal power, and are praised and worshipped by everyone in the world.

With the representative abilities of the two as a reference, supplemented by the sage Faina's 'Qualitative Spirit Transformation Equation', Joshua is also ready to create his own, unique immortal power, and when this power comes true, then even if the warrior is killed, he can be reborn from the debris of his body anytime and anywhere, his soul is his body, and his body can also be converted into his soul.

At that time, unless there is not even a single material left to completely annihilate Joshua's entire person and soul in one go, then it will not be possible to kill him, at most seal him, and wait for the day when he will make a comeback.

After clarifying his thoughts again, Joshua nodded, and then opened his eyes, he had already set the next development goals and paths for himself, and when he reached 100% steel power assimilation and advanced to the legendary intermediate level, he would begin to perfect his 'immortal power'.

At that time, what awaited him was a legendary high level that was endless, advancing towards infinity.

"The time has come."

Standing up from the couch, the warrior walked out of the study, Joshua came to the top floor of the lord's mansion, the magnetic field surging around him, he slowly rose, and then accelerated in a safe area, the wind was blowing around him, and in an instant it surpassed the clouds.

Today, it is a day that has been agreed for a long time, after the Boundless Celestial Realm was completely merged into the world of Mycrof and became a stable subspace above the West Mountain, one of the seven gods of the human race, the god of power and justice, sent an invitation to the three legends of the Northern Empire, and the gods invited everyone to meet in the middle of the dazed sea in the northernmost part of the world in an equal tone to discuss some questions about the future of this world.

Joshua doesn't care about the future of this world, in his opinion, the current world of McCrove is good enough, and deliberately interfering will cause bad results, and the gods and legends only need to maintain order and stability to ensure the normal progress of the world...... But he was interested in the Seven Gods, and to be precise, Joshua was interested in the 'Gods'.

He wanted to know what kind of life form these gods were, and what they were. Why is it so powerful? What is the mystery of the cycle of order created by divinity that allows them to maintain self-awareness under the erosion of the great source of the multiverse?

If God were his opponent, how far would He be now?

Because of this curiosity, Joshua simply agreed, and set off at this time, heading towards the northernmost part of the world.

The dim silver light streaked across the sky, over the Nissière Snow Mountains, over the Far North Ice Field, over the Great Ajax Mountains, the silver light was inconspicuous, but the light around it was slightly distorted, and in a silent moment, he had already come to the shore of the frozen white sea [Blank Sea] covered by eternal ice and snow.

The chill from the end of the world crosses the entire ice ocean belt, blowing on the frozen soil along the coast, the continuous cold wind makes the glacier as solid as iron, it is summer at this time, but there is still no trend of warming around the Blank Sea, a tall iceberg towering on the sea surface, the ice cliffs are full of time marks This is the mountains piled up by the blizzard day after day, their existence itself means the collection of all the snowfall in the Blank Sea for thousands of years.

The main reason for choosing to meet in this place is to avoid other people watching, plus the gods and legendary powers resonate with each other a little, which may lead to terrifying natural disasters, so it is best to choose an uninhabited place to minimize all possible hidden dangers.

It didn't take much time to find the other party's location, Joshua looked around ahead, and a restrained but still terrifying energy fluctuation appeared in front of his eyes, it took on a complex form in the energy vision, like a dark gray kaleidoscope that was constantly rotating and never repeating its shape, and as Joshua approached, this complex energy kaleidoscope began to condense, and finally formed a round of rotating black rings.

It was the center of the Blank Sea, but unlike the storms that raged along the coast, it was unexpectedly calm, and Joshua slowly landed here, a plain of white frost, without any towering obstacles around, and a slightly dim sunlight shining through the clouds, and after the warrior landed, he walked straight ahead: an inconspicuous gray-haired knight was standing there, waiting for Joshua's arrival.

"They're not here yet?"

Joshua slowly approached the knight with his long gray hair and a stiff face, but the lines of his face were slightly softer, the god was clad in a sturdy and heavy armor with delicate reliefs carved into it, and the black cloak fluttered silently behind him without making a sound.

"No, Joshua, they've all been here."

The gray-haired knight, the god of power and justice, the embodiment of the punishment in the world, replied in a majestic voice, but not as serious as before, and the warrior could even hear a hint of relief in it: "I have made an appointment with the three of you at three points in time, and Israel and Nostradamus have already met and talked with me and left, and you are the last one." ”

"That's right."

Joshua was not surprised by this result, or rather, he didn't care, the warrior was staring at the incarnation of the god in the human world in front of him at this time, it was different from meeting in the void, and now under the shell of this gray-haired knight, it was the essence of the existence of the gods, the condensation of their divine patterns, divinity, and divine power, and Joshua could even hear the faint prayers coming from the other party's body at this time, making this silent land shrouded in a sacred atmosphere.

The two were separated by more than ten meters at this time, standing face to face, both sides were looking at each other seriously, observing the slightest trace of each other, this silence lasted for nearly five minutes, and after five minutes, Joshua said slowly: "Legends are the most powerful existence in the world, and it is normal for the gods to want to know about them after they go to the lower realm...... But I don't think you want to see us for such superficial reasons, Your Majesty, what is your purpose? ”

"Ask some questions, get some answers, determine something, and, Joshua, you're a lot stronger."

Nodding, Xing Zheng replied patiently, and nodded in admiration: "The last time I met you, the divinity in your body was still about to move, and now, your will is integrated with your body, and you are about to cross the biggest threshold of the legend...... To say that I am gratified is to think too highly of myself, but I am indeed very happy, because there is a strong man like you in the human race. ”

"Haha." Hearing a god praise himself so bluntly, even Joshua couldn't help but be stunned for a moment, and then laughed, he shook his head and said, "Your Majesty, there are many legends, everyone pays to protect this world, and I am just one of them. ”

"You deserve this compliment, Rekindler of the Flame." Xing Zheng waved his hand disappreciatively, ending the topic, and the god stood in place, then looked up at the sky, a landscape that had never been seen in the Boundless Heavens: "You ask me about my purpose, and my purpose is very simple. When the Seven Gods were together in the Boundless Heavenly Realm, we were far away from the human world, just fulfilling our duty to protect civilization and the world, but these days, I have traveled half the continent with my hidden identity, and I have understood many things and many questions. ”

Lowering his gaze from the sky, Xing Zheng stared into Joshua's eyes, his eyes flashed with a cold and hard metallic luster, which was a dark gray divine power brilliance, this divine power alone overflowed, it could dominate the atmosphere and dust, the reason why there was no wind in the middle of the dazed sea, perhaps because of the effect of this trace of divine power, the god of power said in an extremely serious tone: "Our gods are born to protect their own people and maintain order and civilization...... The seven gods have joined forces to maintain order in the human world, and the gods of other races will also protect their people, so we can live together peacefully and work together before the threat of the evil gods, but this situation cannot last forever, because even the seven gods have conflicts with each other, but they have not broken out for various reasons. ”

"What contradiction?"

Joshua couldn't help but ask, his brows furrowed, and the warrior was quite puzzled: "You have cooperated for thousands of years, and you have joined forces to resist all kinds of foreign enemies, the god of orcs, the five-colored dragon god, so that the will of the world is suppressed by you together, and the abyss lord does not dare to make a second because of you...... How can you have a conflict with each other? ”

"It's not a mortal contradiction like grudges...... Joshua is the most fundamental problem: we have different views of order. ”

Xingzheng's voice was calm, and he had long understood this, so he didn't have any emotions: "Therefore, we can't join hands forever, each of us wants to implement our own order, this is the biggest contradiction." ”

Hearing this, Joshua couldn't help frowning slightly, he understood what kind of conceptual differences the so-called 'different orders' would bring, that is, the overall difference in world view, outlook on life and values, but the three views of people could not be completely different, and the order of the seven gods would never go against each other If this were the case, they would have already started because of the civil war.

"Order can coexist, it is not the relationship between order and chaos, it has to be divided into life and death." Thinking so, Joshua said, "Your beliefs are not in the same region, and there is not much contradiction. ”

“…… Perhaps, but different orders will cause the division of civilizations, and if we do not unify everyone under the same order and current, we will never reach the same level of glory as the Glorious Age. ”

Regarding Joshua's understanding, Xing Zheng nodded, and shook his head again, knowing that what the other party said was right, but for various reasons, it was impossible to follow this statement.

"Order is a good society that is organized and organized, which is stable, and has continuity and consistency even if it changes...... And great power is the root of order. ”

As he said this, the god of justice and power began to take a step in the direction where Joshua was, walking slowly, and at the same time said to the warrior in a calm tone: "Justice is my definition of order, without it, society would be chaotic, degenerate and decaying, and power is the root of my justice, without it, justice is fragile, and children can scorn and laugh at it. ”

"Only with the power that dominates everything can we have the qualification to regulate the world, and without power, who can judge the good and evil in the world, and who can calm the chaos of society? Justice is powerless, only strength can defend it. ”

"Order is power, and power is justice."

By the time he said this, Xingzheng had already walked in front of Joshua, the god and the warrior were face to face, the distance between the two was less than half a meter, and the cloak behind the gray-haired knight began to flutter slowly, which was a symbol of the warrior's own gravitational pull beginning to fluctuate, and fell silent, no more.

The eyes of the god of power can no longer be seen, burning in the eyes, only the dark gray light of divine power, at this time, there is no speech, but everything is silent is better than sound, no matter who it is, they all know what the silence is for at this time, and what the gods are waiting for.

Joshua, what is your view of order?

Faced with this silent question, Joshua did not answer immediately, he first raised his head, looked at the sky, and then lowered his gaze again, returning to the body of Xingzheng The god of power was silent, still staring at the warrior, and the two looked at each other for a while, and then Joshua said slowly: "Your Majesty." ”

"Are you going to pick an heir?"

Looking at the form of the God of Might, which suddenly froze for a moment, Joshua confirmed this, he sighed, and then said softly: "I saw just now that the aura on your body is much stronger than what I saw in the void before...... And in just a few minutes, you're a moment stronger at a speed I can observe, and you're ......"

Joshua didn't speak, as the torturer was shaking his head, and he shook his head with a smile, interrupting the warrior's next words.

"There's no need to guess, it's an inevitable outcome."

The god said in an indifferent tone, "We have been looking for the Divine Awakened for a long time, and we have been consciously selecting objects since hundreds of years ago, just to guard against the current outcome...... Hmph, the work of fusing the two worlds while suppressing the world consciousness, and then purifying the souls of the dead all over the world, is indeed a bit too much. ”

Joshua was silent.

Because of the nature priests, because of the secret traditions of the descendants of the goddess of the earth, because of all kinds of knowledge, the warriors knew very well the wonderful qualities of the gods...... For example, the stronger it is, the closer it is to extinction.

The reason why the gods are lives is because they can rely on divinity to extract endless power from the great source of the multiverse, and they are extremely powerful from the beginning, immortal, immortal and incorruptible, but it is precisely because of this too powerful power that the divinity will slowly assimilate the soul and will of the gods, and the more powerful the gods, the more violent the assimilation will be.

The gods form a cycle of order with other corresponding divinities and logic, suppressing this assimilation, and the ten thousand currents of thought brought by faith can also help them alleviate the assimilation brought about by divinity, if they want to become stronger, they must maintain this cycle of becoming stronger, which is equivalent to dancing with shackles, this speed is extremely slow, but it doesn't matter if they are injured, but it can better allow the gods to maintain their own existence, but there will be no such reason why the gods who weaken themselves in order to ensure themselves want to become gods, isn't it because of this power that is so powerful that it exceeds almost all legends?

The most important thing for gods is not to use their power that 'transcends boundaries': for ordinary gods, divine power is almost infinite, but that doesn't mean they can use it. The size of the faucet is one thing, and the boundary is another, if the gods use the divine power beyond their control, then they will be assimilated by the suddenly stronger divinity, and when the time comes, the divinity will become stronger and stronger, and the cycle of order will become weaker and weaker, until finally, the god will be completely assimilated and disappear into the source of the multiverse, which is the so-called divine annihilation.

Now, Xingzheng is getting stronger at a speed that Joshua can observe, which is undoubtedly beyond the normal speed of God's progress, and there is only one explanation for this situation, and that is that the God of Power has used power beyond his own boundaries in his previous actions...... is being assimilated by the Divinity.

"It's not surprising, Joshua, the divine power is extremely powerful, if it is used to the extreme, it can even reverse the logic of reality, and can make two plus two equal five, how can this power be easily controlled?"

Xing Zheng himself did not have any sorrow, his expression was calm, and his tone even had a hint of lightheartedness: "Looking for the Divine Awakener...... If I don't want to be assimilated by the Divine Will, become an unconscious machine of order, and let this power disappear in vain in the Great Source of the Multiverse, then this is the only option, and I must find a successor. ”

So, can you answer me that question? Joshua, what is order to you? ”

At this point, there was silence in which he waited, full of hope, even if the answer was not satisfactory, then it didn't matter, the god of power just wanted to know the answer of Radcliffe and his people, he just wanted to know this, and there was no other request.

But did not wait for the answer.

Joshua was still silent, he looked at Xing Zheng, his eyes were undisguised, but he still didn't speak, the warrior didn't bother to say an answer that he couldn't understand, he didn't want to give an answer that he couldn't be sure of, so at this time, he could only be silent.

Eventually, the gray-haired knight sighed, and Xingzheng slowly turned around, and said in a flat and unheaving tone, "Joshua, we, the Seven Gods, all have high expectations for you. ”

"You are the fastest, strongest, and most perfect transcendent in the history of the Microf world."

"Your power is second only to the sages in the entire history of the Age of Radiance and the Starfall Age, second only to the Sage who even gods can only look up to and cannot understand their realm, and you are the only one who approaches him, who approaches this being who imposes the same order on the entire Mycrof world."

"We can't estimate your future, and we don't need to...... Your presence makes us very satisfied, happy, and pleasant, and you can help us and protect the world in our place. ”

"But you haven't found your order yet."

Standing in the windless snow, Xing Zheng turned around completely, looked at the endless snow scene, shook his head slowly, and said softly: "Israel and Nostradamus have done a better job than you at this point, they both have a firm belief not that you don't, but they have the world they want to achieve in their hearts, and they have the order they want to achieve. ”

As soon as he finished speaking, Xingzheng's body disintegrated, and the gray-haired knight turned into countless dark gray fragments, which swirled and condensed in mid-air like nebulae, and finally turned into a pure black floating ring, which spun in mid-air, and a majestic voice came out of it.

"You are the one closest to the sages...... I want to know your answer, and the purpose is as simple as that. ”

With an almost imperceptible streamer, the black ring disappeared into the ice in the middle of the dazed sea, and as the diffuse divine power dissipated, the noisy north wind began to blow again, and the piercing wind could be heard tearing the atmosphere, with a sharp whistling, Joshua stood in the middle of this snow field that had regained its voice, still bowing his head and frowning, silent.

"My Order ......"

After a long time, the warrior whispered to himself, and countless fragments flashed through his mind, about battles, about pioneering, about distant seas of stars, about the infinite world in the void...... Joshua couldn't help but smile lightly, but then sighed slightly.

He understood the purpose of the punishment...... But he still could not give an answer.

Joshua has seen too much, done too much, the warrior's gaze spans countless worlds, he has seen the atrium people's peculiar view of time and fertility, he has seen the unique magic energy technology of the migratory elves, Joshua's gaze does not stay in Moldavia, or even in the Mycrof continent, his gaze runs through the multiverse.

With such a broad perspective, how could he come up with an answer that could cover all 'order'?

Having said that, Joshua was not clueless, and several shadows flashed in his mind: the Imperial Foreign Development Department, the Ten Thousand Realms Sacrifice Ground, and Xiaoguang...... He thought of a lot, becoming stronger, fighting, and constantly exploring, these were all beliefs that had supported him Joshua, and if he was to arrive at an order that belonged to him, then these keys must not be missing.

"My Order."

Repeating the word again, Joshua couldn't help but shake his head again.

"That's a good question."