Chapter 379 Plotting to Assassinate the Lord of the Divine Seal 3
The connection between one and the fragments of the divine seal should not be so easily changed.
If the divine seal fragment I initially obtained was intentionally designating Chang'an as its destined one, then changing this arrangement would likely require power from the same dimension. While Asahi's jinxed nature is indeed incredible, it's hard to imagine that even an arrangement based on the power of a divine seal could be disrupted.
Ultimately, however, Asaho's time travel was made possible by the power of the divine seal fragment exerted by Kobo. Under the influence of this power, Asaho came to the modern world and changed my destiny. This change may also have given me the right to disrupt the destiny arranged by another divine seal fragment.
As I speculated about my own experiences, I concealed the details of the characters and adapted them to present to Shenzhao as a "potentially useful method."
"With the power of the fragments of the divine seal, I altered my own destiny and took the place of someone who would have become an apostle of the Void Realm," I said simply and concisely.
The reason my connection with the Void Realm is shallower than others is perhaps because I was "someone who would not have become a Void Realm apostle in the first place." Even though I occupied this position through external forces, the foundation of my connection with it is still unstable.
At first, it was even impossible to show its own image in the virtual realm. On the next two occasions, it was difficult to even cross the gray mist of the virtual realm to enter the rock seat area, probably for the same reason.
After listening to my words, Shenzhao showed a thoughtful expression, and then said, "...I see."
"Will my method work for you?" I asked.
“It helps, thank you.” Shenzhao said in an air of mystery, “This makes me even more confident in killing the Lord of the Divine Seal.”
“I still can’t believe it,” Yu Chi said in a skeptical tone. “That’s the master of the divine seal! If the other party is the master of the divine seal, then he is no different from the omniscient and omnipotent ruler of heaven and earth.”
“Even though he claims to be in a state of slumber, unable to interfere with the real world and no different from death, we still have to enter the Void Realm to contact him. And the Void Realm is his home turf. Didn’t you already attack him there? The facts have proven that even the power of the Great Impermanence couldn’t do anything to him, right?”
I had similar thoughts. Although I don't know the exact extent of the Divine Seal Master's power, the opponent should at least be a being surpassing the Great Impermanence. I can't understand where Shenzhao's confidence in assassinating the opponent comes from.
To put it bluntly, Shenzhao's claim that "I will assassinate the Lord of the Divine Seal" sounds much like Yuchi saying "I will kill the Old Fist God."
My involvement in this conspiracy is inherently dangerous. While Shenzhao seems to have made preparations to prevent anyone from spying on our plot, it's uncertain whether they can truly guard against the Lord of the Divine Seal, who "knows most things happening in this world." Perhaps the Lord of the Divine Seal is currently using our connection to the Void Realm to secretly observe our conversation. And if Shenzhao's assassination attempt fails, Yuchi and I might also be held responsible.
However, precisely because I couldn't understand it, I really wanted to see up close what Shenzhao was planning to do.
I don't believe Shenzhao is the kind of person who would risk his life without any chance of winning. Unlike me and Yuchi, Shenzhao likely has some knowledge of the true background of the Lord of the Divine Seal. When he first entered the Void Realm to meet the Lord of the Divine Seal, he acted as if he knew the Lord's secrets, and even the gray mist that could seal supernatural powers was torn apart by his light.
"You all overestimate the Lord of the Divine Seal. He is not as powerful as you imagine," Shenzhao said calmly.
I offered my opinion: "Your claims seem inconsistent with what we have seen and heard."
"You're trying to say he displayed power, right?" Shenzhao said. "Indeed, the Lord of the Divine Seal possesses immense power... but what if that power wasn't his own?"
“…I understand what you mean,” Yuchi said. “You’re trying to argue that the Lord of the Divine Seal isn’t actually that great. The reason he’s so powerful is because he’s the possessor of the Divine Seal; his power comes from the Divine Seal, not from himself…”
He paused for a moment, then said, "...But even if that's true, so what? Whether his power comes from himself or from the divine seal, the fact that 'he possesses invincible power' remains unchanged, doesn't it?"
"No, there is a big difference between the two. 'The Divine Seal has the omniscient and omnipotent power to grant all wishes' is not the same as 'The Lord of the Divine Seal is omniscient and omnipotent'," Shenzhao said. "He inadvertently revealed his true colors to us from the very beginning. Do you remember what he said when he first awoke?"
Yu Chi frowned, while I recalled: "...He said he could grant any wish, but he couldn't 'create a stone that he couldn't lift and lift it at the same time.'"
It's not surprising that this wish cannot be fulfilled; many atheists like to invoke this classic paradox in an attempt to prove that an omniscient and omnipotent God does not actually exist.
However, the fact that the Lord of the Divine Seal could not fulfill this wish is actually quite wrong upon closer examination. The Divine Seal is an ultimate artifact that can even transcend logic; it can exist in a paradoxical state of being "both fragmented and intact." It is simply unreasonable to refute its omniscience and omnipotence with just such a trivial paradox.
I can only think of two explanations for this: First, the divine seal is not omniscient and omnipotent. Perhaps it can realize paradoxical phenomena, but only to a part of them. There are also some paradoxes that are impossible to realize no matter what. "Creating a stone that one cannot lift and lifting it at the same time" belongs to the part that cannot be realized. This has nothing to do with whether the paradox itself is new.
Second, the divine seal is truly omniscient and omnipotent; no paradox can hinder it from exerting its divine power. However, because the divine seal is ultimately just a tool, it is limited by the user's ability to express their thoughts. If the user cannot describe the realization of paradoxical events, the divine seal will not process them.
You can't make a wish on a wishing machine if you can't even explain it yourself.
The second explanation also seems to be a downgrade of the divine seal. It's simply that because the user can't explain it clearly, their wishes cannot be fulfilled. Isn't this "flaw" too inconvenient for an omniscient and omnipotent divine seal?
However, from another perspective, if the divine seal were to fulfill even the parts of the user's wish that weren't explicitly expressed, it would undoubtedly be an act of arbitrariness. While it might be more powerful, as a tool, it would be a far greater flaw. It evokes the image of a demon in a fairy tale who "over-interprets the user's requests, fulfilling the wish in a way the user doesn't expect."
In a sense, the power of divine seals may be similar to our magical powers.
Although it also possesses the power to transcend logic in its essence, it cannot unleash its full potential if the user does not have a spirit that transcends logic.
“Even before we first entered the Void Realm, we, the Great Impermanence, were already aware of the possible existence of the Lord of the Divine Seal. I once privately sought out the Divination Master, hoping he could divine whether the Lord of the Divine Seal truly existed. And—if the Lord of the Divine Seal truly exists, then who exactly is he, where is he, what is his origin, and what is his purpose…” Shenzhao said in a deep voice.
Shenzhao and the Divination Master actually did such a thing... No, they definitely would have done it; it would be strange if they hadn't.
Yu Chi's expression changed, and he quickly asked, "To divine the fate of such an unfathomable figure as the Lord of the Divine Seal, one must at least have some clues related to him... What clues did you use as a medium for divination? Also, did you succeed?"
“We only succeeded in a small part, but it was a very crucial part,” Shenzhao said. “As for the medium used for divination… it was naturally a fragment of the divine seal.”
"The Lord of the Divine Seal is closely related to the Divine Seal, and naturally also to the fragments of the Divine Seal. With enough fragments of the Divine Seal, we might even be able to pinpoint the Lord of the Divine Seal's real identity and location."
"Unfortunately, the progress of collecting the Divine Seal Fragments among the Great Impermanences is not shared, and not everyone is willing to lend their Divine Seal Fragments to the Divination Master. A consensus cannot be reached for the time being."
Although the Great Impermanences collected the fragments of the Divine Seal based on a shared understanding of resisting the apocalypse, the one who obtains the complete Divine Seal can become the master of the world through its power. Shenzhao's statement that he could accept Fazheng and Gua Tianshi as users of the complete Divine Seal is probably only an acceptance made as a last resort.
What is happening amidst the great impermanence is likely another form of "fragment competition".
I then asked, "So, which part of it did you succeed?"
"The origin of the Lord of the Divine Seal," Shenzhao said. "According to the divination, the Lord of the Divine Seal may have been just a mortal."
Yu Chi stared in disbelief: "—A mortal? You're saying he's actually just...an ordinary person with no magical powers!?"
“At least before he obtained the divine seal, he was just a complete mortal,” Shenzhao said slowly. “This mortal went deep into a forbidden land where no human had ever been before, where he found the intact divine seal, brought it to the outside world, and made a wish to change the world.”
"We don't know when this event happened, nor do we know the location of that forbidden land, nor what wish he made... In short, this lucky mortal became the master of the divine seal, and even rose above us, the Great Impermanence, through the power of the divine seal."
"The divination master has always been skeptical about whether the divination result is correct and whether the Lord of the Divine Seal truly exists."
"I didn't believe it at first either."
"Until I actually met that thing who called himself the Lord of the Divine Seal and was putting on a show for us."
(End of this chapter)
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