Chapter 1604 - The Three Crucial Crystals (2/2)

Hao Ren coughed.

He quickly shifted the topic. “Then let’s put the issue of the Throne of Destiny on the backburner. The most important thing for us now is to solve the problem of the rebel forces around the Heart. General Salaman, you asked for Amantir to be set free in the last battle. Can you give us an explanation now?”

Salaman glanced at Vivian and nodded. “The planetary fortress and the freaks in the fortress are not important, but the Amantir crystal must be protected at all cost because the crystal is the lead to the whereabouts of the Star of Creation.”

Hao Ren was wide-eyed. “What?”

“The Amantir crystal, the Agodal crystal, and the Naqdal crystal currently in your hands are the navigation core of the three planetary fortresses. But they have another function, that is when the three crystals are synchronized, they will become a road sign.” Salaman’s voice was calm, but it struck Hao Ren as if lightning. “Mother has sensed the activities of the Mad Lord and the changes in the universe under its influence many years ago. The fundamental information of the world is shifting. As the Mad Lord is the cornerstone of this universe, the world itself will resist any forces that could destroy the Mad Lord—even if the forces are actually saving it.”

Salaman pause, giving Hao Ren’s time to digest the information. He then continued. “This will of resistance will not manifest itself directly, but the subtle influence it produces through the connection between cause and effect is greater than any other type of resistance. The resistance of the world would stifle the plan to destroy the Mad Lord.”

“What was the ‘accident’ and prevention that the goddess of creation had postulated all about?” Vivian could not help but interject, “Was it related to the Star of Creation?”

“Yes. The most important part of Mother’s plan was to use the power of the Creation’s Engine to delete everything divine and divinelike. It was because the Mad Lord might be able to bounce back by tracing the link of cause and effect from the slightest traces. And the accident at this particular point was the disappearance of the Star of Creation. The Creation’s Engine, even after activation, could not completely erase traces of the goddess. Years later, when the remnants of the Star of Creation and the goddess reemerged in the main material world, the power of the Mad Lord would rekindle on these residues.”

Hao Ren and Vivian looked at each other, as the accident that happened during the deicidal war 10,000 years ago came to mind.

A violent energy shock led to the explosion of the divine realm. The power released at the point of death of the goddess had pulled the Star of Creation and most of the galaxies in the vicinity into the dimensional distortion. Eventually, the divine realm disappeared from the main material world and fell into the mysterious Umbral Realm.

Hao Ren had once sent drones and probes to search for the lost divine realm but to no avail. The Gate of Solenne, the closest place to the divine realm, showed no signs of it.

This was the accident that the goddess of creation postulated. The plunging of the Star of Creation and her remains into the Umbral Realm had accidentally saved them from the purging program of the Creation’s Engine. This also unintentionally made it possible for the Mad Lord to survive.

It showed the power of the cause and effect and fate.

“So, the goddess has left a sign by which we can find the Star of Creation,” Vivian said slowly. “There is only one purpose to it; it is to ensure the complete destruction of the Star of Creation and her divine remains.”

Salaman nodded with a heavy heart. “It is precisely the case.”

Hao Ren felt it incredible. “You guys accepted this arrangement without questions?”

“It was the will of Mother and her lifelong pursuit to destroy the Mad Lord, the divine rule, and to free the world from all shackles and ushered in true everlasting freedom and tranquility,” Salaman said in a low voice. “For this vision, we are willing to accept any mission. The guardians like us were specially nurtured since birth and knew the ultimate destiny of our mother. So, we accepted it a long time ago. But our brothers who we have never met before may not so readily receptible to this reality.”

“Holy moly…” Hao Ren buried his face in his hand. For a moment, he was unsure what reaction he should have. “I suddenly have a feeling that the goddess of creation was also a tyrant.”