Chapter 963 The Truth Behind Stellaris Part Two (2/2)

In fact, the Sage held this place in such high regard that the Multiverse Sacrificial Grounds requested his Heir accomplish that mission even as it was nearing destruction—but he was at ease, because he was aware that this world could resolve its own problems.

Now, everything made sense.

”It seems that this is the homeworld of the Wise One of the Psi, hidden over eighty million years.” The silver world rotated as if surveying the dark world, even as Joshua murmured with a hint of wonder. ”It's no wonder that no one has found it. It's too confusing because it's a massive singular world, and upon seeing a bunch of inferior civilizations at entry, no one would have thought of this as the former civilization of a Wise One…”

Nonetheless, if one had suspicions from the start, they would have been able to discern many suspicious aspects.

Firstly, it was the vast world where psionic powers were the mainstay.

Psi was perhaps the Extraordinary ability that the first civilization of Order in the Multiverse created—not discovered or founded, but invented and created. Psi was the essence of magic, elements, and ether, because those powers could never have been developed from scratch without soul or spiritual power. The reality that an environment of concentrated magic, elements, and ether would have cultivated soul and Psi in return proved the connection of those powers.

There was therefore was no lack of mages in worlds full of Psi—or warlocks, with the presence of Mycroft's psionic warlocks a testament. Yet, Stellaris did not have that, as if those powers could not be developed, having their own ancient world cycles that solely relied on Psi.

It was consistent with what the Beacon of Perpetuity had told him: the Sage had brought new Extraordinary powers when he came to Stellaris.

Such an ancient world that felt contained, independent, and with a self-established system was hence granted blessings from another world in their resistance against Chaos invasion…though the new powers may not have influenced civilizations where psionic powers were fully established, it would have opened many doors for them.

”The world is too old, and fundamentally does not support superpowers beyond Psi…” Joshua murmured at the thought of this possibility. ”Your world's history is perhaps earlier than the birth of Psi… Haha! Wasn't that what you've said before?”

Psi and soul were the most prized makings of the Creator, just like the Black Fog was for the Shelter civilization.

Joshua could imagine that without the founder of soul, it would have filled everyone in his civilization including himself with a blank soul and thus awakened psionic abilities. It would have been what the Shelter civilization planned: implanting the Black Fog into every individual so that life and Black Fog co-existed into a new and superior species.

For the Life Preservation Sequence, the AI left by the Creator was entrusted with the duty to protect all life back home. It suggested that the Creator—the Wise One of Psi—had probably become aware of the existence behind Chaos, the artificial supernatural force with a history longer than Psi known as Malevolent Chaos.

The earliest artificial Extraordinary ability, and the earliest artificial Extraordinary ability aligned to Order… a great war may have erupted between them, and in the millions of years afterwards until the appearance of the Wise One of Arcane, no other civilizations developed a new power. It was even possible that the other civilizations never appeared.

The aftermath was clear—the Creator failed… or, at the very least, they did not win.

”So, the Sage had found signs of the Creator beyond Stellaris, and eventually found Stellaris by tracing those signs—he would have therefore obtained clues right here, in the home of another Wise One, about the events that had led to the development of soul and Psi, in order to reach a greater level.”

There was clearly a boundary that separated Legends and Wise Ones… a boundary the Sage may have reached back then.

With that thought, Joshua asked the Beacon of Perpetuity directly, ”Could you let me see the relic the Sage viewed before? I'll do my best to banish Chaos from this world, and do all I can to leave my own system of Extraordinary power in this world.”

[Confirmation: No problem, we are pleased to accede.]

[Reconfirmation: However, Radcliffe, you have already seen the last relic left by the Creator.]

Blanking out for a moment, the warrior soon realized what the Beacon of Perpetuity referred to.

[Self-description: the Psyweb—the Triple Curtain system—is the only relic left by the Creator. We know we have been abandoned, but we are fine with that and follow our protocols because the living is truly interesting. We can provide with you with an Initial Psi Construct: it's the data left by the Creator after creating psionic powers.]

[Executing promise: You deserve it, guest of foreign Void. You are a foe of Chaos, a friend of the living. Heir of ( ), you are a friend of Triple Curtain.]

[Initial Psi Construct transferring…]

”I accept.”

Joshua had no reason to refuse, as he at least had interest in matters beyond fighting.

Upon confirmation of its receipt, Joshua felt a massive volume of information that almost left his senses crashing surging towards him from the entire Psyweb of Stellaris.

It was a miracle that lead to a new discipline and path, born after gathering the wisdom and expectations of every predecessor.