“Senior Anzu, to be honest… I was guided by someone to come here to inquire about my identity.” Lin Qiye’s expression was more serious than ever before.

"Guided by someone? Who?"

Lin Qiye hesitated for a moment, but still told Anzu about the existence of the little boy. After hearing it, Anzu's brows furrowed even more.

"So, if you know anything about me, please let me know."

"It's not that I don't want to tell you, but...we don't really know your current situation."

Hearing this answer, Lin Qiye stood there in a daze.

Anzu thought for a moment and asked, "Let me ask you this... How much do you know about the Ancestral God?"

"After the birth of living beings, their fear and worship of nature turned into faith, from which the existence of 'God' was born. These oldest and most primitive gods are called 'ancestor gods'." Lin Qiye replied, recalling the description of Lingbao Tianzun.

"That's right." Anzu nodded slightly, "Then do you know how faith gave birth to 'God'?"

Lin Qiye shook his head.

"Faith is illusory, but gods like us are real... From illusion to reality, from nothing to something, this process that most people ignore is the true origin of all gods, and our ancestor god is no exception."

"You mean this process is not a natural evolution?"

"Of course not." Anzu paused for a moment, "In this process, there is a being that played a crucial role."

"What?"

Anzu stretched out his finger and pointed at the sky above his head.

"This world itself... or rather, the will of this universe."

Lin Qiye was stunned for a long time, then he frowned and repeated, "The will of this universe?"

“The existence of gods relies on laws, and laws are the order of this universe… It is driven by the will of this universe that we are born from faith, relying on the origin or laws to forge our bodies and divine power.

In other words, the reason why this world has gods is because this universe wants 'gods' to exist..."

Ignoring the stunned expressions of Lin Qiye and Ji Nian, An Zu stretched out his hand and pointed to the empty altar in the center of the platform.

"Remember that?"

“I remember… I placed the [King’s Star Coin] on the groove of the altar and then opened the Ancestral God Stone Array.”

"What was originally enshrined on that altar was the will of this universe, and that star coin was the tool we used to materialize that will of the universe." A look of reminiscence emerged in the eyes of the Dark Ancestor.

"Later, we encountered the gods of the Ksitigarbha system who invaded this universe. They tried to pollute this universe, so we fought them with all our might... After that battle, we were severely damaged and fell into a deep sleep. Most of the ancestral temple was destroyed, and the star coins were taken away by explorers who mistakenly entered here."

After listening to Anzu's narration, Lin Qiye came back to his senses after a long time and asked:

"Gods are born out of the will of the universe, but Cthulhu Mythos is not included in this?"

"They don't belong to this universe, and they are not myths at all. They are foreign invaders."

Lin Qiye nodded thoughtfully. This was consistent with Merlin's previous inference...

"But what do these things you said have to do with my identity?" Lin Qiye still asked the most crucial question.

Anzu looked at him meaningfully.

"You are the will of this universe."

These words sounded like thunder to Lin Qiye's ears.

He stood there in a daze for a long time before pointing at himself in disbelief, "Me? The will of this universe? How is this possible?"

"Everyone in the world may admit their mistake, but we will never... We have worshipped you for countless years, and no one is more familiar with your aura than us." Dark Ancestor said firmly, "You are the will of this universe, or... a part of it."

Lin Qiye stood there in a daze.

In his mind, the scene described by Zuo Qing suddenly emerged: after being taken away from the hospital, he "violently beat up" [Chaos].

[…I don’t really understand what happened. You crushed an attack that could have destroyed the entire heaven with one palm, tore Chaos’ eyeball apart with your bare hands, and casually summoned countless white chains of laws to pierce through him. The space plane was like a toy in your hands…]

He summoned countless laws at will...the space and planes were like toys...From Zuo Qing's description, it seemed that these abilities of his at the time could only be explained by the existence of "the will of the universe"?

No...it should be that little boy who was in control of my body at that time!

At this moment, a thought flashed through his mind like lightning!

"I am not the will of this universe... but he is?" Lin Qiye muttered to himself, "But if that's the case, why did he say... that the answer to my identity can be found here? Or... he is the will of this universe, and I am a part of him?"

"If I am really a part of him, why did I appear in the hospital... and why did I suddenly come to Earth? And become Lin Qiye?"

“No… He said he was Lin Qiye… Then who am I? That’s still not right… It makes sense that he should be the will of the universe…”

Chaotic thoughts kept popping up in Lin Qiye's mind. He felt his head was swollen and everything seemed extremely confusing.

"You are the will of this universe. This is the only thing we can be sure of." Anzu said slowly, "As for the relationship between you and the little boy you mentioned... we don't know. Your existence is not something we can easily understand."

"No... this doesn't make sense?" Lin Qiye frowned and said, "Look... how vast is the universe? The earth is not even a speck of dust in the universe. Even if I am really the will of this universe, why do I appear on Earth?

And...if we follow this logic, why did gods only appear on Earth? Why did Cthulhu Mythos choose Earth as its final target when invading this universe?

The Earth is not the center of the universe... Why is this happening?"

The more he thought about it, the more Lin Qiye felt that everything was so absurd. His understanding of the world seemed to be overturned.

Anzu looked up, exchanged glances with the other stone statues of the ancestral gods, and spoke again:

"Perhaps you can only know this if you go to the depths of the universe yourself..."

Lin Qiye stood there with a frown on his face, like a sculpture in deep thought, and did not move for a long time.