Secret: The undead do not die in the fire

Chapter 403 Rational Selfishness
Deep in the God-forsaken Land, on the top of a mountain, stood a huge cross between reality and illusion.

There was a blurry figure hanging upside down, with several ancient wooden stakes piercing through His body, nailed to the rack, stained with blood that was still flowing but not dripping.

At the bottom of the cross, Ouroboros, the 'Angel of Destiny', wearing a simple linen robe and with silver waist-length hair, sat there with his eyes closed and a gentle and pious look, praying.

After an unknown amount of time, the upside-down figure on the huge cross suddenly faded and spread into a shadow curtain connecting the sky above and the earth below. Behind the curtain seemed to be a pair of cold eyes gazing at the entire world.

If someone could see this scene, they would be frightened by the gaze of those cold eyes and ignore what is really important - in that shadow curtain, there is a strange stone, its vaguely exposed surface is mottled and weathered, and engraved with some words that the individual has never learned but can understand at a glance.

This writing appears to be the source of all current languages, including but not limited to Giant, Hermetic, Ancient Feysak, and Southland Dutan.

That was the first blasphemous slate!
Under the shadow, a sticky but illusory black liquid surged and spread out, and a boundless ocean that seemed to embrace all colors and all possibilities emerged. It seemed to be within reach, and the illusory sound of the tide was faintly echoing.

This means that the 'True Creator' has completed the initial control over the first blasphemous slate and the Chaos Sea.

Although it is still a long way from completely containing the Chaos Sea, it is enough for the 'True Creator' to possess power that surpasses the True God of the Two Paths with the blessing of the first blasphemous slate.

This kind of strength was enough for Him to compete with Adam.

In addition, He possesses the natural advantage of source quality, which is enough to suppress Adam in the competition.

If they want to merge, both he and Adam must make sacrifices:

Either the ego of one party disappears completely, or both parties give up some of their ego.

Therefore, all along, both Adam and the true Creator have been competing for who will gain the dominant position after the "fusion".

Adam hopes to use the 'Sea of ​​Chaos' as the source and himself as the pillar to 'imagine' three uniquenesses and incorporate them into this system!

Under this premise, the newly born "They" will transcend the limitations of the sequence and become half of the old day. At that time, they will be able to crush gods such as the "Lord of Storms" with their own strength and take back their authority one by one.

The pie is well drawn, but the 'real creator' doesn't eat it.

Because He does not need to rely on 'fantasy' as a pillar, He can also achieve it by relying on 'Hanged Man' as a pillar.

Rather, using the 'Hanged Man' as the 'pillar' is the best solution.

Because the old days corresponding to the 'Sea of ​​Chaos' are God, the Creator, the All-Knowing and All-Powerful, and the Lord of the Star Realm.

The key point here is 'omniscience and omnipotence'. Only the omniscience and omnipotence is God, the Creator, the Lord of the Creator and the Lord of the Star Realm!

In other words, it was destined from the beginning that 'omniscience and omnipotence' was the best foundation - 'White Tower' corresponds to omniscience, while 'Hanged Man' corresponds to omnipotence. And these two paths have a certain correspondence, omniscience comes from omniscience, and omnipotence comes from omnipotence.

And whether it is the 'Sun', the 'Tyrant' or the 'Deviator', they are just supplements to omniscience and omnipotence!
Just like the 'God' of the past, He is based on 'omniscience' and supplemented by 'omnipotence'.

So when the Ancient Sun God fell, his plan was to use the Dark Angel Sasriel as the cornerstone to accommodate other paths. In comparison, although the Fantasy Angel Adam was also part of the resurrection plan, he was just a chess move arranged by the Ancient Sun God in the present world.

For thousands of years, the focus of the struggle between the 'True Creator' and Adam has always been on the first 'blasphemous stone tablet'. Whoever can obtain the first 'blasphemous stone tablet' can use it to control the 'Sea of ​​Chaos' and gain the initiative.

In other words, when the 'True Creator' obtained the first blasphemous slate, this competition was actually over.

Because the initiative is in the hands of the 'True Creator', it is undoubtedly most appropriate for Him to gain the dominant position in the fusion.

But Adam did not want to give in so easily, so after becoming a 'Dreamer', he did not immediately seek to merge with the 'True Creator', but went to hunt the 'Eternal Blazing Sun' privately, seizing His authority to become a dual-path true God.

In this way, Adam will have enough strength to continue to compete with the real Creator, instead of actively offering himself to "fusion".

Because Adam represents the pure divinity of the Ancient Sun God, while the True Creator is the embodiment of negative personality and extreme emotions. Although this also makes the True Creator inherit human nature, in Adam's eyes, this is the fact that the True Creator has gone crazy.

Divinity often means absolute rationality. Under this rational thinking, Adam actually does not care about his own survival. So He does not care who will be the leader after the fusion, even if the fusion of 'Adam' dies.

However, Adam's rationality kept telling Him: The real Creator has gone mad, and letting a mad 'real Creator' take the lead is definitely not a good thing. In the fusion of the two sides, only letting the absolutely rational Him take the lead is the most perfect choice.

That is why He still insisted that the best solution was to use the "Dreamer" as the foundation, even though He knew that the "Omniscience" was the best foundation. Because the "Omniscience" was not in their hands, and the "Omnipotence" was already crazy, only the absolutely rational "Dreamer" was qualified to inherit everything.

From the perspective of the true Creator, Adam’s behavior was somewhat like a failure, and He was unwilling to admit His failure.

But in Adam's eyes, He has not failed yet. The way to obtain the 'Sun' is the best proof - He is still competitive enough.

But the more He did this, the more the True Creator felt that He could not afford to lose.

The ancient sun god had already figured out one thing:

That is to become the Old One without ritual, because no ritual can change the awakening of the original will.

But accommodating order can, to some extent, improve self-awareness and increase the success rate of things!
The optimal order is to first become the sequence 0 of a path, then control and integrate the source material, and finally accommodate the other uniqueness.

Becoming a dual-path true god, controlling and fusing the source essence, and then accommodating the remaining uniqueness is an order that is neither good nor bad.

Waiting until the last step to fuse the source essence is the worst option.

The True Creator is the optimal solution. He is the Sequence 0 of the Hanged Man pathway, and has also completed the control of the source. Under this premise, he can easily integrate the Visionary pathway and return to the Old Days.

But 'Adam' is already a dual-path true God, he can only take the second path.

Even because neither He nor the True Creator is willing to give in, He is likely to choose the third path - first find a way to accommodate the 'tyrant' path, and then use the power of the True God of the Three Paths to force the True Creator to compromise.

However, the real Creator represents human nature, even the human form that Adam considers to be ‘degenerate’ and ‘crazy’. Therefore, He cannot think rationally like Adam, nor can He give up His ego and take the initiative to help Adam when He is in an advantageous position. Therefore, the more ‘rational’ Adam is, the angrier the real Creator becomes, and the more He cannot accept Adam as the leader.

That is why He ignored the ‘initial’ erosion and strengthened His control over the source time and time again, so as to completely overwhelm Adam in the future.

This is an endless cycle with no solution.

And Adam, He certainly knew this.

And He knew very well that although he was lucky enough to obtain the 'Sun' path, it was because the 'Eternal Sun' was too stupid. He didn't even know which side he should stand on - the God of War and the Lord of Steam stood on the same front because Adam was the matchmaker.

Adam promised to help the 'God of War' hunt the 'Goddess of Night' and help the 'Lord of Steam' hunt the 'Hidden Sage'.

No matter whether He did it or not, at least He fulfilled His promise, and the God of War and the Lord of Steam also believed in His promise.

The only exception was the Eternal Blazing Sun, who naively believed that he had the upper hand in the war between gods and that the Lord of Steam would help him hunt the God of Knowledge and Wisdom. But he never thought that the one he thought was his ally was actually his enemy, which was why he fell at the hands of Adam.

Compared with the 'Eternal Blazing Sun', both the 'God of Knowledge and Wisdom' and the 'Lord of Storms' have a common backer. And this backer is too strong. Even if Adam merges with the True Creator, there is no absolute certainty that he can kill the 'Lord of Storms' under the protection of that backer, even though they have corresponding allies.

So, this is almost the limit now.

Adam’s own limit is the dual-path true God, and it is impossible for him to go any further.

Therefore, if He wants to gain an advantage in the future competition with the 'True Creator', He must start from other directions.

For example--

flame.

Under the huge cross, Ouroboros suddenly raised his head and looked into the distance.

Due to the war between gods that had once broken out, the Forsaken Land of Gods had almost turned into a scorched earth, shrouded in darkness all day long, with only the occasional lightning across the sky bringing a little light to this world. And the time when lightning was frequent was considered daytime by the people of the Forsaken Land of Gods.

In such a situation, not to mention Ouroboros, even the real Creator cannot solve it.

It’s not that I don’t want to, but that I can’t.

For the true Creator who was rejected by the Seven Gods, the number of believers is crucial.

The vast area of ​​the God-Forsaken Land is undoubtedly a blue ocean for developing believers, but the prerequisite is to transform the God-Forsaken Land back to the 'Eastern Continent' first.

However, the current situation in the Forsaken Land of the Gods was entirely caused by the joint efforts of six of the Seven Gods. Therefore, if they want to solve the dilemma here, they must personally take action.

But since the Seven Gods joined forces to seal the true Creator in the God-forsaken Land, how could they leave Him a prosperous Eastern Continent?

A continent like this, shrouded in the pollution of the power of the six gods, has no value for development no matter how vast its area is. There are even fewer living people in it, with only tens of thousands of people in Silver City and Moon City combined.

The real creator looked down upon such a small number of people. Instead of developing such a small number of believers in Kanzaki, it was better to let the Aurora Society and other organizations to preach secretly in the northern continent. Moreover, if there was an opportunity, he could also reap a large population dividend through the Painting World - for example, during the war, He used various unknown means to increase the permanent population of the Painting World by more than 100,000.

But now, things have changed.

Because Ouroboros saw the 'sun'!
A 'sun' slowly rose in the God-forsaken Land, and its blazing light almost completely illuminated the entire magical land.

The thick, dark color that could not be blurred was also burned and evaporated invisibly. Countless monsters bred in the darkness died miserably under the light of the 'sun'!
"host!"

Ouroboros looked indifferent, but his eyes were serious.

The 'Sun' path has already been obtained by Adam, could it be that He has attacked us?
"That's not the sun, that's fire."

The same indifferent voice sounded in Ouroboros' mind, and the tall shadow staring at the cross also looked up at the sky. But he saw more than Ouroboros, that "sun" was actually a ball of "flame" emitting light.

That was not an ember, but the 'first fire' that worked with Adam.

The question is, what does He want to do in this God-forsaken land?
It can't be that they are specifically here to help him purify the pollution in the God-forsaken Land, right?

This is of course of great benefit to the True Creator. As long as the pollution in the East Continent is eliminated, He can use this to develop hundreds of millions of believers, and the status quo will be further stabilized.

However, the true Creator did not think Adam was so kind.

'First Fire' must have another purpose for coming here...

Suddenly, the eyes under the shadow curtain seemed to think of something, and their eyelids drooped slightly:

"Western Continent!"

The direction where the First Fire was located was the easternmost part of the continent, where there was an area covered by gray fog. Both the sky and the ground were covered by the thick gray fog that could not be dissolved. Even when He was at His peak, He could not break through the barrier of the gray fog.

Just like the barrier outside the world was set up by ‘The Original’ for his own resurrection, the gray fog covering the ‘Western Continent’ was also set up by ‘Tian Zun’ for his own resurrection.

'In the Beginning' attracted the nine elements to the earth, hoping to use these nine elements to return to oneness.

To eliminate the influence, He excluded the other Old Ones from the earth.

In order to not affect his own resurrection, Tianzun sealed the other source substances in the western continent, leaving only Sefirah Castle and Chaos Sea. The former is the cornerstone of Tianzun's resurrection, and the latter is because Chaos Sea is also one of the symbols of the Pillar, which Tianzun cannot seal.

The purpose of the First Fire appearing there is obvious - He wants to release the sealed essence!
(End of this chapter)