Chapter 1340 (1/2)
Chapter 1340: 437. ‘1’ is the limit_2
The Scroll Angel spoke while using white fumes to construct a three-dimensional image, restoring the likeness of the Star God of that time.
This was a humanoid creature, around two and a half meters tall, with four limbs and a brain, its body proportions similar to that of a normal human.
Compared to ordinary people, his distinct features were his skin color and the diamond-shaped crystal on his forehead.
The Scroll Angel introduced:
“The original name of the Star God was Gionax, from the Bephata Star System, which is also located at the boundary between Outer Space and the Barren Universe. The Bephata People living in the Bephata Star System have skin as white as paint. The diamond-shaped crystals on their foreheads are their brain’s cortex exposed, which helps them dissipate heat from their brains during rapid thought processes.
“The thinking and technological levels of the Bephata People were much higher than that of my planet at the time. Back then, they could already pilot ships traveling through space.
“According to the Star God, before coming to aid my planetosphere, their own had been fighting the Night Spirits for half a year. Upon discovering the invasion of my planetosphere by the Night Spirits, they immediately dispatched a fleet for reinforcement, or to evacuate the survivors, in order to preserve the seed of our civilization.”
The Scroll Angel paused, laughed lightly, and said:
“Guess what energy the Bephata Fleet that came to rescue me and my family used to fight the Night Spirits?”
Noland Lee pondered for a little while and ventured a guess:
“Could it be Pure Light energy?”
“Hmm, you guessed right.” The Scroll Angel replied:
“When the Star God came to my rescue, he was only 8 years old, yes, just 8 years old, an age that would be considered a minor in any humanoid species. Yet in the Bephata Starfleet, he held the position of Fleet Commander. His significant achievements at such a young age were because he used his own time-traveling abilities to go back to an era where ‘Pure Light’ commanded Sacred Fire, and he sought the ‘Pure Light’ Plane Core as his ally.”
The Scroll Angel continued:
“The Star God surrendered the Pure Light energy he controlled from his temporal journeys to the Bephata Federation and always tightly controlled the output of this energy. Within the entire Bephata Federation, he was the only one who could produce Pure Light energy.
“However, as you know, the ambitions and greed of mankind are never restrained. Even when facing external enemies, the Bephata Federation was rife with internal strife because the Star God controlled the Pure Light energy and was unwilling to relinquish the source of that power.
“After a series of internal splits and struggles, the Star God was ultimately forced to flee. After evacuating us, the Star God ordered the fleet to jump away from the Bephata Federation to a distant star system. From then on, he separated from the Bephata Federation.”
The Scroll Angel paused, then changed the topic:
“What happened later would take a long time to tell. I could talk with you for ten days to half a month just to make clear how the Star God led us in establishing the Supreme Star Palace, and yet, this part of the story is not the focus.”
The Scroll Angel stated:
“The real key point is that every Plane Core that controls the Sacred Fire develops a method for distinguishing Extraterrestrial Eternity. During the era of the Supreme Star Palace, to prevent any Extraterrestrial Eternity from infiltrating the Star Palace, the Star God developed a verification method using himself as the anchor point. Suppose a Deity or an Angel was suspected of being Extraterrestrial Eternity. The Star God would take matters into his own hands and traverse to the past of the entity in question, meticulously searching for clues of their consumption by Extraterrestrial Eternity.”
Noland Lee nodded thoughtfully, echoing:
“That sounds like a very reliable method. The Star God’s abilities are indeed useful, not only for replicating deities but also for tracing origins and investigating the past. No wonder you all recognized His rule.”
“Yes, but there’s one thing I’ve always been puzzled about.” The tone of the Scroll Angel became somewhat elusive as if recalling something.
Noland Lee asked:
“What’s baffling you?”
The Scroll Angel replied:
“I don’t know why the Star God suddenly changed his mind and decided to actively hand over Sacred Fire to the Extraterrestrial Eternity.”
“Hmm, that is indeed puzzling.” Noland Lee mused and then suddenly had a brainwave:
“Hey, could it be that the Star God traveled back and saw the process by which Sacred Fire was born?”
The Scroll Angel did not immediately respond, falling into contemplation instead.
After nearly half a minute, he finally said:
“When the Supreme Star Palace was established, all of us, myself included, witnessed the Star God engage his traversing ability toward the Sacred Fire. Just like when he traversed to the past of other Life Creatures, the Star God’s body disappeared from our space-time. Normally, his traversals would make him vanish for less than a second, but that time, the traversal lasted half an hour before he reappeared in front of us, his expression one of disbelief. He said that he couldn’t trace the origins of Sacred Fire at all because no matter how far back he traveled, Sacred Fire always existed.”
Noland Lee furrowed his brows, somewhat puzzled, and asked:
“Does the Star God know how far back he traveled that time? Or, during the traversal, how did He ascertain the year after he had traveled?”
The Scroll Angel replied:
“The Star God once told us that during his traversals, a sequence of numbers would appear in his mind. He regarded this row of numbers as the years of the Universe. If he went back to last year, the number would decrease by one. In his pursuit to track the origin of Sacred Fire, he traveled back hastily to the year when the sequence of numbers turned to ‘1’, yet he still encountered Sacred Fire.”