Chapter 23 Half of the Old Day



Even more abstract than the spiritual world, within the astral realm that seemed to encompass all the authority and symbols of the entire universe, all things were presented. However, the light that illuminated this place was not evenly distributed. Instead, it was mainly concentrated in a few places, overlapping layer upon layer, interweaving into patches like thick prisms.

There are three such patches, each of which seals a different imaginary kingdom.

Some of those countries are covered with bright flowers and have always bright skies; some seem to be made up of books that are either open or closed, with different figures shuttling between them, enjoying reading; and some are an endless sea shrouded in violent storms, with endless lightning and thunder.

The next second, drastic changes occurred simultaneously in these three different countries.

Where the sky was always bright, all the flowers glowed, as if they had turned into miniature, scorching suns.

These countless small suns intertwined and merged into the extremely dazzling golden sun that was rapidly rising in the depths of the country, causing it to emit a scorching light that could illuminate the entire world and the entire galaxy.

However, no matter how much energy this near-real sun exerted, or how many ultra-high-temperature flames it created, it could not break through the thick prism-like patches of light.

When it destroys one layer, the other side creates a new one, and the speed is no slower than its own.

Elsewhere in the astral world, on the surface of a wonderful kingdom composed of various books, on the same patches of light, a little bit of brass-colored light quickly moved around, outlining one mysterious symbol after another, as if looking for a structural key point or effective method that could destroy the barrier with one blow.

In this process, the glimmer forms a pair of illusory eyes, which can directly see the weak points and create the weak points.

And inside the patch of light, there is also a similar glimmer of light wandering around, reconstructing itself over and over again, changing the key points of the structure.

This made it seem as if the two sides were competing in computing ability, and it was difficult to tell the winner for a while.

In the depths of the boundless ocean shrouded by lightning, strong winds, and heavy rain, a ray of light suddenly appeared.

It carried some matter to a speed limit that created a violent "wave" that could destroy a planet.

Such "waves" together with that little bit of light continuously hit the thick prism-like patch of light, causing it to drop countless brilliance.

At some point, an illusory ocean that seemed to encompass all colors and possibilities appeared within the patch of light. This seemed to have caused the surrounding environment to solidify, causing the storm-carrying light spot to slow down uncontrollably. Then, the light spot accelerated, slowed down, accelerated, and slowed down again, repeating this process over and over again, refusing to give up.

With the "Chaos Sea" as the source and himself and the "True Creator" as the pillars, Adam "imagined" three uniquenesses and incorporated them into this system. It seems that he has surpassed the limitations of the sequence and became half of the Old Sun. With his own strength, he forcibly suppressed the "Eternal Dark Sun", "Lord of Storms" and "God of Knowledge and Wisdom", and trapped these three Sequence 0 true gods in their respective kingdoms of God!

At this moment, He seemed to have returned to His peak state, turning back into the ancient sun god who fought against one ancient god after another.

He chose the two paths of "Visionary" and "Hanged Man" as the foundation for his rebirth. In addition to the fact that they each have their own special features for resurrection, this is also because they are the ones He has researched and have the highest probability of becoming "God's" choice:

Becoming a true god through one of the two paths of "Dreamer" and "Hanged Man", and after initially mastering the "Chaos Sea", taking back the remaining uniqueness and Sequence 1 extraordinary characteristics in turn is the relatively easiest and lowest-risk path to becoming a "Lord of the Astral Realm".

And here, the "Dreamer" is a little more special than the "Hanged Man".

When the Visionary initially mastered the Sea of ​​Chaos and, to some extent, contained the second uniqueness and the corresponding Sequence 1 Beyonder characteristics, he could rely on the Vision to materialize the remaining, false symbols and authority, allowing himself to attain a level beyond the Sequence in a short period of time and possess half the strength of the Old Ones.

However, at the end of the Third Age, the Ancient Sun God's plan was: after being "assassinated", he would immediately resurrect at Sasriel's place in the "Giant King's Court", first reclaim the uniqueness of the "Hanged Man" and three copies of the Sequence 1 Beyonder characteristics, and become a Sequence 0 True God again, and then use the first "blasphemous slate" placed next to him to initially control the "Chaos Sea". With this foundation, he would then awaken the "Imaginary Angel" Adam, return to the main body, and form support.

Once such a system is established, the Ancient Sun God will use the herding ability of the "Hanged Man" and the method of separating the virtual personality of the "Dreamer" to control the uniqueness of the three paths of "Sun", "Reader" and "Sailor" and each of the Sequence 1 Beyonder characteristics, so that he can be infinitely close to the old days in terms of status and strength, while maintaining a minimum level of stability.

He did not directly embrace the "Chaos Sea" and accommodate the uniqueness of the other three paths and the Beyonder characteristics of Sequence 1 because he did not want to be promoted to the Old Ones and become a pillar at that time. That would inevitably lead to the revival of "God" and the loss of His self.

His plan was to control the situation and materials, wait until the end of the world, and then complete the last few steps to become a self-aware pillar in one fell swoop.

At that time, He was not prepared to use "Dreamer" as the cornerstone because He did not get the "Pen of Al-Suhod" and lacked a main material. After the angel kings betrayed Him and the plan failed miserably, and He was resurrected in Adam, He decided to take the opportunity brought by this disaster and take the best path.

At this moment, Adam turned into a huge shadow of light and stood on the chaotic black water surface, reflecting the starry sky in his eyes, making it difficult for the three true gods to break through the restrictions.

All around Him, rays of light with tails of flames kept falling from great heights, illuminating the entire God-forsaken Land and making the northern and southern continents simultaneously immersed in midday daylight.

In the remaining bell tower of Bayam, Amon, who was sitting on the railing, pushed his crystal monocle, supported himself with both hands, suddenly jumped up, and directly entered the astral world.

During this process, an ancient, mottled stone slab appeared in his left hand at some point.

The first "blasphemous slate"!

Amon once used it to block the gap caused by Mr. "Door"'s return ceremony and prevented the invasion of the "Fallen Mother Goddess".

When the return ceremony was over, the Gate of Flesh and Blood completely collapsed and there was no passage left, so He took back the "blasphemous slate".

At this moment, Amon threw the ancient, mottled stone slab casually, causing it to fall from the astral realm and land somewhere in the Misty Sea.

It was a mountain that pierced through endless black fog.

There is no end in sight at its bottom, and it seems as if there is a continent all around it.

After the first "blasphemous slate" fell, it was accurately inserted into the top of the mountain, transforming into an illusory sea that contained all colors.

At the same time, Amon entered the astral world and saw the main peak of the Honachis Mountains that was "grafted" here, and the ancient and dilapidated palace on the top of the peak.

Wearing a pointed hat and a classical black robe, his body rapidly grew larger, instantly becoming the size of a mountain.

His mouth opened, as if he wanted to swallow Antigonus's magnificent but ruined palace into his mouth.

Suddenly, He saw a vague figure.

The figure was wearing a layered yet simple black dress dotted with countless stars.

He was as huge as Amon now, with a pair of arms covered with dark short hair growing between his ribs and waist, but he had a beautiful and gentle face covered with a thin black veil.

His eyes seemed to condense the starry night sky, which made people feel peaceful and yet uncontrollably terrified.

Two of his hands were dragging a long sickle, one was holding a bird-shaped golden ornament, and the remaining hand was empty, as if he was holding up something invisible.

"Goddess of the Night"!

The next second, Amon, who was wearing a monocle on his right eye, was quickly erased by an eraser like a sketch.

The "Goddess of Night" raised her two empty arms, holding up a ball of almost invisible mist.

On the surface of the fog, "doors" of different shapes opened rapidly at different positions one after another, but were blocked in an instant, leaving no loopholes.

The "Goddess of Night" floated on the top of the main peak of the Honachis Mountains within the astral realm, concentrating on controlling the "fog world" in her hands to prevent Amon's real body from escaping.

As more and more "doors" appeared and opened faster and faster, the goddess could no longer cope with it on her own. She could only raise her other two arms and hold up her long sickle.

The dark giant sickle quickly faded away, as if it had turned into a non-physical coffin made of thick black fog.

The nearly invisible "fog world" was stuffed into the coffin. All movement and sounds stopped instantly, as if they had died at the same time.

But such silence only lasted for a second, and on the surface of the thick black fog that made up the coffin, one "door" after another took shape and opened.

The "Goddess of Night" blocked these "doors" while raising her arm holding a bird-shaped golden ornament.

The orange-red evening light faded dimly, giving the dark coffin a sense of decay and extinction.

The formation and opening of the "door" slowed down, and the two sides entered a stalemate stage.

At this moment, under the feet of the "Goddess of Night", the main peak of the Honachis Mountains collapsed.

It's like the end of the world has come early.

At the same time, one after another python-like black tentacles extended from somewhere in the astral realm.

Each of these tentacles has an eye at the tip, which may be closed or open. Anything they see will instantly turn into gray stone, while anything directly touched by the tentacles will twist and stretch out their limbs and head, turning into women of varying sizes, some very good-looking.

As the gray and white rapidly spread, these tentacles madly rushed towards the ancient and dilapidated palace, and towards Klein who was about to accommodate the uniqueness of "The Fool".

"The Original Witch", Chick!


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