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Chapter 1036 The truth of the world

"I haven't heard anyone call me Remus in a long time."

The short man, dressed in simple clothes, spoke with a touch of emotion, his eyes revealing wisdom and a sense of vicissitude, "So, powerful human, what is your purpose in ignoring the great war in the First Demon Realm and coming specifically to find me?"

"Actually, I didn't have any particular purpose. I just wanted to see what kind of person you are."

Lu Li said expressionlessly.

"If I were like the Omni-King, would you be planning to kill me?"

Remus spoke frankly, but his eyes remained calm.

"That is indeed my plan. The matter of the First Demon Realm is just a farce to me. Goma is nothing but a clown, and can be dealt with at any time."

Lu Li said, "But you are different. You are on par with the Omni-King. I must confirm your position."

"Ugh……"

Remus sighed, "It seems that the Omni-King and the High Priest really left you with quite a psychological scar. Don't worry, I'm different from them. I've long since stopped caring about worldly affairs."

"It does seem to be true. Living in seclusion in this ordinary village, selling the legendary Demon King's Eye, is indeed a unique hermit's life."

Lu Li shook the bottle in his hand. "By the way, why did you make something so dangerous?"

"Danger?"

Remus looked at the third eyes in Lu Li's hand and said, "You misunderstood. I made these things just because the villagers like them. The kids are really good at playing marbles with them."

"That is the source of the Demon King's magical power..."

Lu Li's expression was strange. "Is this an added effect?"

"Not entirely. It's just that the Demon Lords initially discovered the power of the Third Eye, and it was passed down. Because of this power, the things I make have some special functions."

Remus said, "Moreover, as the ruler of a world, having some great power can sometimes make it easier to govern."

Lu Li seemed to be thinking about what he heard. He could tell that Remus was indeed a ninth-order being, but he was weaker than the High Priest, with a total attribute of only 281 points, and he didn't seem to be good at fighting.

Moreover, Remus's power feels very gentle, as if it has no destructive power.

"I've heard some legends, that the first Great Demon King sent you to create the world, which is why you created eighteen universes. Is that true?"

Lu Li asked curiously, "What exactly is the relationship between you and the Demon King?"

Remus turned around and gestured for Lu Li to follow him to his residence, because no one dared to step onto the street when Lu Li was standing there.

Once inside, Remus began to explain, "That's a long story. Actually, like the Omni-King, I am a creation, but I was created much earlier."

"Appreciate further details."

Lu Li sat down cross-legged in the room and listened patiently. This was a good opportunity to gain exploration points, which would also help him understand the origin and essence of this world.

Through Remus's narration, Lu Li finally learned what had happened in ancient times. The Dragon God should also know about these things, but he had just escaped and entered the great war, so he had no chance to explain them to Lu Li and the others.

Before the creation of the world, there was no stable world, but in that turbid world, there were already many innate races.

At that time, the Angels and Dragons were among the most powerful races. In addition, there was another relatively powerful race, the Demons.

However, the meaning of "demon" in this context is somewhat different from that in human language. It does not refer to any evil or terrifying things; it is simply the name of a race.

Therefore, the Demon King of the Demon Realm does not mean the evil demon king in fairy tales, but actually means the greatest ruler of this realm.

Because the world was in chaos and development was difficult, many races fought each other due to the scarcity of resources. The Dragon God and the First Great Demon King joined forces to create a world. Since the Dragon God did not care about empty fame, the first stable world was named the Demon Realm.

At that time, various races such as angels and dragons had come to live in the Demon Realm. However, the Demon Realm was still limited in size, and many races began to fight for land in the Demon Realm.

Furthermore, since the Demon Realm is named after demons, the demon race is quite unhappy that all races live there.

To avoid conflict between races, the first Great Demon King, referencing the way the Dragon God created the world, wanted to create a device that could open up new worlds.

So the Great Demon King began his research, eventually combining the wisdom of top magicians with the power of all the demons to create a device capable of opening up a new world. However, because the device was infused with too much magic, it unexpectedly developed a mind and became a new magical life, namely Remus.

In comparison, Lu Li felt that the relationship between Remus and the Great Demon King was like that between the Omni-King and the High Priest—both were creations, and both were crystallizations of the wisdom and power of the same race.

However, the Omni-King is driven by the power of angels, while Remus is driven by the magic of demons. Interestingly, the demons' creations are responsible for creation, while the angels' creations are responsible for destruction, or elimination.

This symmetry is not just a simple coincidence, because the Omni-King was a later being. Rather, it was because the Angels saw the actions of the Demon Race that they thought of creating the Omni-King.

Because of the symmetry between the Omni-King and Remus, symmetry also appeared in later pantheons.

Strictly speaking, all the Supreme Kais originated from the Demon World, and they are primarily responsible for creation, while the Gods of Destruction all come from the Angel faction, and they are responsible for destruction. This creates a balanced symmetry.

This is not only a symmetry in the balance of the universe, but also a symmetry in the scales of power, at least in the very beginning of creation. The elite Grindelwalds of the Demon Realm are selected, and the best and kindest Grindelwalds become Supreme Kais, thus occupying half of the power in the universe.

In other words, initially, the world was shared and governed by the power system of the demon race and the angel race, and the Supreme Kai would never have been so humble in front of the God of Destruction.

However, the first Great Demon King quickly discovered a problem within this system. He realized that the Grindelwalds were not good at fighting, and that when the angels selected Gods of Destruction, they often did not test their character, but simply pursued the strength of the Gods of Destruction.

This resulted in the Supreme Kai being on par with the God of Destruction in terms of divine authority, but in reality, he was no match for the God of Destruction. Soon, some imbalances appeared in the universe. The God of Destruction would not listen to the Supreme Kai at all, and there were even cases where the Supreme Kai and the God of Destruction had a conflict, and the God of Destruction killed the Supreme Kai.

The Great Demon King was furious about this, so he went to the High Priest for advice.

At that time, the High Priest was still in the early stages of creation and was fascinated by managing the world. He also wanted to manage the universe well and make it more prosperous so that he could have enough of the satisfaction of being the supreme god.

So the High Priest and the Great Demon King conspired to reform the divine system. They established an eternal pact between angels and demons, a tangle of divine and magical power that was both a rule and a curse. From then on, all Gods of Destruction would be bound to the life of the Supreme Kai of the same universe.

In other words, the idea that if the Supreme Kai dies, the God of Destruction will also die is a result of what happened at that time.

Everything was fine at first. After Remus created the eighteen universes, there was enough space in the world for many races to live in. Many races that were originally fighting for territory in the Demon Realm moved into the eighteen universes.

However, this period of peace was short-lived. Due to the struggle for power, the conflict between the angels and dragons intensified, and various races began to take sides in the heavens, eventually leading to the War of the Gods.

The Great Demon King chose to stand on the side of the Dragon God, since the original Demon Realm was created by the Dragon God and him together, and the birth of Remus was also inspired by the Dragon God.

Initially, there were few people who supported the Angel race. In terms of strength, the Dragon God and the Great Demon King were stronger in terms of top combat power. Lu Li didn't know from the description whether the Great Demon King had the strength of the ninth rank, but according to Remus, the Great Demon King was the second strongest person after the High Priest and the Dragon God at that time.

With the Great Demon King and the Dragon God joining forces, Remus naturally sided with them. Moreover, Remus possessed the ability to create worlds, and many races felt that following them would be more rewarding, since the universe itself was a resource.

Although the angel race led by the High Priest has extraordinary overall strength and can achieve overwhelming victories in direct battles, the Dragon God will revive the fallen warriors with the Dragon Balls afterward, and this fighting will never end.

The High Priest sensed something was wrong, so he followed the example of the demons and used the power of the angels to create the Omni-King. Therefore, the Omni-King was a weapon of destruction created for war from the very beginning.

The roles of the God of Destruction and the Supreme Kai correspond even before the birth of the Omni-King.

The power of the Omni-King, created by the Angels, is clearly superior to that of Remus. The world created by Remus can be erased by the Omni-King at will, mainly because the creator of Remus is not as strong as the Dragon God.

Moreover, destruction is always easier than creation, and even if Remus could create a new universe, life in the old universe would have already been eliminated or killed, so it wouldn't make much of a difference.

At the time, the Dragon God was focused on improving the Dragon Balls, hoping that the Super Dragon Balls could restore the universe that had been erased by Zeno, but too many races had already turned to the Angels out of fear.

Finally, the Dragon God was betrayed by those he trusted. In that battle, the Dragon God was sealed away, the First Great Demon King was killed by the High Priest, and the era of the Creator Gods came to an end.

Remus was disheartened and blamed himself for his power not being good at fighting, and in the end he failed to protect anyone, so he returned to the Demon Realm and found a place to live in seclusion.

He is not allowed to appear in public, because although the Dragon God and the Great Demon King are dead, and he is theoretically just a creation similar to the Omni-King, he is still a threatening being to the High Priest.

Therefore, once he appears, he may face a devastating attack from the Omni-King and the Grand Priest, and since his power is inferior to the Omni-King's, he has no chance of winning.

So he went into seclusion in the demon realm, where he remains to this day.

After listening to Remus's account of the ancient tales, Lu Li was filled with emotion. He then asked the question that concerned him, "Since you are the creator of the universe, can you restore a destroyed universe?"

Remus shook his head. "I'm sorry to disappoint you. I can only create new universes, but I cannot revive destroyed universes. That's something only the Dragon Balls can do. But the Dragon God has fallen, and there are no more Dragon Balls in this world."

Lu Li was not disappointed upon hearing this, and asked again, "Then what about the other parallel worlds?"

When the Dragon God and the High Priest first met, the Dragon God roared angrily, saying that the High Priest had disturbed the source of the world, and was very angry.

The Dragon God also said that the birth of parallel worlds would block the upper limit of the world's development, creating more chaos and entanglements, and that the source of the world cannot be diverted!
At the time, Lu Li didn't quite understand what the Dragon God meant, but Aizen had analyzed it for him. He thought that a world that could create parallel worlds at will and had countless time-space selves was probably abnormal.

According to the Dragon God, once the so-called source of the world is unlocked in some way, it can continuously branch out, giving birth to parallel worlds and creating entirely new selves that are both the same and different.

Lu Li didn't know what the explanation was for this kind of world split, but he felt that the people in the parallel worlds that split off along with the world were probably no different in nature from the Zamasu split.

If uniqueness is necessary for a life to reach its peak, then the infinite splitting of the world and the chaotic world with multiple timelines and parallel worlds are indeed not conducive to long-term development, because it would be impossible to give birth to more ninth-order life forms, and life forms that are already at the ninth order would also be unable to advance.

From this perspective, Lu Li might be glad that the Grand Priest disturbed the source of the world; otherwise, who knows how powerful the Grand Priest and the Omni-King would have become after those billions of years of sealing the Dragon God.

This was actually a question that Lu Li had been puzzled by before: the High Priest race was inherently powerful and their talents were absolutely top-notch, otherwise he wouldn't have become a ninth-tier being as a martial arts expert.

Judging from both the Dragon God's tone and Remus's narration, the High Priest's strength seems to have remained unchanged for over ten billion years since creation.

Is this normal?

Lu Li knew that it would be even more difficult for ninth-order beings to progress, but he had also learned about what the ninth-order Great World was like from the elders. For ninth-order beings, ten thousand years was indeed a short time, and it might not necessarily improve their cultivation.

However, one hundred million years is a long time for a ninth-order being. The fact that the High Priest has not improved his strength in more than ten billion years suggests that this may not be a matter of the High Priest's own talent or whether he is lazy, but rather a problem with the existence of the world.

Lu Li suspected that, with the world splitting apart and multiple selves existing in the timeline, the High Priest's true spirit had been infinitely diluted, causing him to lose the possibility of progress.

(End of this chapter)