Chapter 843 The Final Stretch of the Nether River (1/2)

The turbid toxic sea parted, while Joshua crashed like a meteor down to the deepest depths of the Dead Sea Abyss. But apart from the steaming vapors, the expected tidal wave that engulfed the world never formed, nor was there the imagine destruction that could affect the tremendous mass of the realm.

As Joshua descended upright, eight complex energy patterns intertwined around him as he raised his lower left arm. The silver armor that was the warrior's body melted, extending and morphed into pieces of white crystals carved with beautiful runes, covering the joints of his fingers, arm, and elbow.

Meanwhile, gravity beams that were almost visible to the naked eye took shape around Joshua's hand, dominating the tons of Dead Sea waters so that they would not cause apocalyptic tides because of his landing.Find authorized novels in Webnovel，faster updates, better experience，Please click visiting.

Even if the Dead Sea Abyss that been empty without even the smallest of bacteria, unrestrained dismantling of the world's constitution was a bottomline that Joshua set for himself.

Gravity advanced along the trail set by silver luminous mist, with the sea parting before it in terror, revealing the path towards the Nether River. The divine light of the Seven Gods followed right behind him, their signs swirling and illuminating the dark depths.

When Joshua met Yana Milo and learned about the truth of the Abyssal Paradise, the Seven Gods themselves had sought him out when he headed to keep the peace in other worlds. At the time, the Seven Gods revealed their own point stance that they would help uproot the threat in the Abyss, before heading to the Abyssal Paradise to get rid of the calamity that came out of nowhere.

”We don't have any related memories.”

The God of Wisdom and Choice spoke rather emotionally, ”But we know that there is a large seal in that place.”

The God of Conservation and Reformation nodded then, before adding with a dull voice, ”Yes, all that we know is that the seal would bless mankind in several thousand years—twenty-five hundred years, to be precise. However, we know not that such terrible Chaos lurks within, and that a single mishap would birth such a powerful Evil God.”

The existence of the Glorious Era had kept the Seven Gods in the shelters. Their making perhaps aided them, but they were uninformed about the truth.

It was a rare humanlike moment for the deities who complained for a while about the era that kept their memories incomplete, before they requested that they follow him to the Abyssal Paradise.

”We now know about the circumstances in that place: Chaos was piling, an Evil God was growing—if we do not purge it at once and suppress the growing Chaotic force in that place, this entire galaxy might not survive.”

The God of Law and Freedom spoke then, before raising a possible suggestion. He was a human-form deity, and yet His followers were mostly elves and dwarves or humans in isolated regions.

”Now, without the Evil God of Wither, Project Rebirth could not continue. Moreover, there is only one way to destroy the Evil God before its form completes.”

”Breaking the seal.”

Seal was as much a suppression as it was a protection. According to the Seven Gods, the massive seal that covered all of the Abyssal Paradise was basically a gathering of all Chaotic force and world remains, an artificially grown Evil God and a circle that was cleansed by Wither into a 'world'. Now, with the power of Wither having been consumed by Joshua and with the lack of a way to purify it, the Project Rebirth seal became an artificial Evil God maker.

The only solution hence is breaking the seal and dispersing the artificially gathered Chaotic force, cleansing every single bit of it.

And only Joshua could do that.

They were approaching the Nether River. Joshua could see the tide of negative energy that slowly flowed over the ocean depths: ink-black water moved quietly along the long river, and though there were raging tides stirring over the seas above, it was unaffected at all.

To reach the Abyssal Paradise as soon as possible, the Nether River which connects all Abysses was the only choice.

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The corruption of Chaos and the power of Order were correlated. Order was toxic to Chaos when powerful—any form of Evil God power would be purified by Order power stronger than its own, whether it was mana, aura, lifeforce or Steel Strength. Vice versa, when Chaos power was of sufficient level, even divine power could not withstand its Chaos.

A single god's power would have been able to counter the dangers of outer seals, but it would never withstand the Chaos corruption at the core anchor point of the seal. Furthermore, the gods could not bless each other to strengthen their divine abilities—they were mutually unaccommodating, and could only bless other champions.

Still, even Legendary champions would have trouble embodying the blessing of multiple gods. Even Igor, Pope of the Seven Gods Church would have to make every preparation possible to at once employ all Seven Gods' power, and could only use one or two within a limited timeframe.

Only Joshua was different.

Though he called himself human, he essentially was a world, and a world could accommodate ten gods and billions of lives to flourish in its body. Mere blessings of seven deities were nothing for him.

He was the only beings who might be enough to resist the Chaos corruption at the core of the seal.

Joshua touched the Nether River. The Dead Sea Abyss was unusually vast, with its widest frame reaching eight thousand meters. The Nether River, which permeates all of the world, would have been a distinct wonder visible from beyond the atmosphere if the surface was not drowned in the Dead Sea.

Without any hesitation, he dived deep within it at once. The Giant Steel God that was ten thousand meters tall even after shrinking hence instantly sunk into the Nether River that was no more than a thousand meters deep.

Thus, Joshua saw darkness.

All was negative energy that reflected no light. Joshua had clearly just entered the Nether River a second before, but it already appears that he had entered the boundless depths of the oceans, as if there was no concept of borders. Meanwhile, negative energy corruption that was comparable to the Black Dragon King's Nether Sea Blast washed over Joshua's body at once.

It was the most profound of negative energy. Kanor the Nether Sea Dragon and King of the Black Dragons only learned that power from the Nether River itself, and no object could survive such corruption. All would be reduced to ashes, leaving the purest of Steel remains, a corruption that not even Supreme Champions could withstand.

For it was a river that formed, gathering the soul cycles and corpses of Steel Pythons after worlds had perished.

Joshua was no demon nor Abyssal creature, and could not stay immune from the Nether River's natural corrupting nature—it was precisely why, as a simple interloper who triggered his Steel Strength vision, he could clearly feel the vast and surging Nether River contained Steel Particles from countless different worlds.

The Abyssses were long dead worlds. Unlike those realms which had been destroyed by champions or Void fleets, they probably were realms which were dying a slow death or were punished indefinitely. Even so, the Abyss was would never stop breaking apart, collapsing, and unlike the Void Vortex, it would not become a great swirl of Steel Particles like what happened to the thousands of worlds that had been destroyed in the battle between the Shelter civilization and the Evil Gods.

That was because the Nether River would form in the Abyss. It was a silently running river that steadily draws out the disintegrating Steel Particles of that world, sending them all to the bottom of the Abyss and the former Vortex of Creation, become raw materials for new worlds.

Where Nether River existed, even dead worlds would not leak their Authority and fragments so that they catalyzed into Steel Particles that awakens supernatural powers in the Great Mana Tide—only worlds instantly destroyed could have the blessing of such tragedy.

The Nether River was hence a part of the Multiverse's nature, a post-destruction cycle. It breaks own all matter with the purest of negative energy, turning worlds into nothing and granting it new life.

While it did not appear deep or wide, Joshua felt that he had seemed to enter another world after diving into the Nether River. If he must make a comparison, it would be the World Inner where Steel Pythons live: The Nether River was a realm of its own, independent yet connecting all Abysses. Like a gigantic network and the branching of small capillaries, they branch away and connected, finally integrating into the real, true network.

Joshua could sense that his back was illuminated by the divine power of the seven gods. Their light was a rare illumination within the lightless Nether River.

”The original form of the Nether River inspired the Multiverse Sacrificial Grounds. The form in which it connected countless dead worlds gave the Sage and the gods the idea to create the Multiverse Sacrificial Grounds itself, linking countless worlds of Order.”

The God of Might and Justice's message flowed to him. Joshua nodded in return—being one who often used the Multiverse Sacrificial Grounds to move around, he sensed a partial likeness between it and the hub from the start. The only difference was that the Multiverse Sacrificial Grounds allows him to select a position and move there immediately, while they had to follow the Nether River's flow towards the depths.

Moving along the Nether River by following the endless Steel Particles washing out, Joshua and the Seven Gods advanced along the stream, moving to the Abyssal Paradise.

Negative energy without light cascaded without rest, with a silver luster flashing within. Seven dazzling dots of light followed, and like flying stars that streaked through the silent night, Dargin past the Nether River with might that stirs the seas.