Chapter 1017: Taking a Slice of the Pie (1/2)
Before Han Shuo had finished the briefing, an odd twist in the spacetime fabric manifested above Pandemonium where then Fernando emerged. He took a glance at Han Shuo and the others before smiling at him and invited, ”I believe we should travel to the skies of the Dominion of Destiny to take a look since you might not know how the Mirror of Destiny channels its power. Let me take you there.”
Bollands, Stratholme and the rest stared wide-eyed at Fernando when he appeared, their faces filled with doubt that morphed into terror and shock when Han Shuo told them who he was. One of the most mysterious existences on Elysium, the ancient God of Space, had personally come to Pandemonium of all places. That immediately implied that Han Shuo was now more or less on the same standing as the Quintessence overgods!
”Can you wait for a bit?” Han Shuo asked.
Fernando nodded with a warm smile. ”There's no rush. I'll wait.”
After hearing the conversation, most of those in the room stared at Han Shuo with worshipful expressions while some had their jaws dropped to the ground. Phoebe, Emily, and the other women looked at him hungrily as if they wanted to devour him. It was unimaginable to them that a Quintessence Overgod would wait for anyone. Han Shuo merely smiled and rushed through the rest of the matters before following Fernando into his spatial tunnel.
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In the airspace of the Dominion of Destiny, Han Shuo and Fernando stood above the clouds as they looked down on the vast area. There were many ant-like dots far below them, all of whom were gods of Elysium. They didn't just look like ants, they might as well be, given how easily Han Shuo and Fernando could crush them.
”Look there. The Mirror of Destiny is at the top of the shrine and the many fine lines connecting to the people below are their marks of fate.” Fernando explained the various aspects of the mirror that normal gods weren't able to perceive.
From Han Shuo and Fernando's point of view, they did see a large mirror in the sky that let out really fine threads. There were easily billions of them, many intersecting with one another, and a particular bunch pulsed with a strong life force. The gigantic mirror seemed to be reflecting the fates of most people on Elysium and absorbing some trace of energy from the gods below.
”The moving clumps of light represent Aethernia. Althea used them to mark the moving city. The closer Aethernia is, the more threads would be enveloped in the clump of light, resonating under the effect of Aethernia.” Fernando sighed and continued. ”However, that is not Aethernia's purpose. The gods below can’t even feel its influence on them. Only the twelve of us are able to feel its pull as our Quintessence grow more and more out of our control.”
”What does the mirror do to weaken the pull?” Han Shuo asked.
”Just watch. With each god down there that perished, the Mirror of Destiny will cause the energy in their divine soul to be unleashed. That way, their threads will grow thicker and the net will become tighter and denser. Althea can then move the threads of the dead gods to make a net that can mitigate the pull from Aethernia. The denser and larger the net, the better it works to stop the pull.”
Han Shuo started to make sense of what he was seeing. The net did indeed grow with the deaths of the gods below. ”I didn't think the mirror could be used this way. It's no wonder why everyone says that the most mystical of energies is that of destiny.”