Chapter 1286 - Trouble Ensues (2/2)

“No…”

But to his surprise, the younger sister shook her head.

“It isn’t entirely safe, after all. Besides, back then we were just born, so we didn’t understand our world too well. In that case, how would we dare to head to other places? What if that place is more dangerous than here? What if we can’t adapt to the environment?”

“That’s true…”

Upon hearing the younger sister’s response, Rhode nodded. Back then, the five Creator Dragons weren’t exactly the Gods of creation. They were merely essences born within Order. They were still inhabitants of this world, after all. It was like when mankind faced extinction, they wouldn’t leave Earth unless it was essential. And it was apparent that back then, the Creator Dragons didn’t reach the stage of ‘essential’.

“At that time, we had the Order Star. You’re aware of its capabilities now, Big Brother. It can convert Chaos into Order and provide us with the power we need. That was also why in our earlier plan, the others hoped that you could find and retrieve the Order Star. It can endlessly convert the power of Chaos into Order and resist the infiltration of Chaos. As long as we have it in our hands, it will be as though we have an invincible barrier over us.”

“Yes.”

Rhode nodded in agreement. Back then when he returned to Earth, the other Creator Dragons did tell him that. In order for Rhode’s plan to succeed, the Order Star was vital. That was why they repeatedly urged him to find the Order Star. Without it, no one was sure whether his plan would work.

“But the truth is otherwise.”

The younger sister continued and at that moment, Rhode felt her body tightening. Upon detecting his gaze, she gnashed her teeth. After a while, as though she made up her mind, she bit her teeth and confessed.

“We didn’t lose the Order Star. I was the one who destroyed it.”

“What?”

Upon hearing her words, Rhode was stupefied. He widened his eyes and stared at his younger sister in disbelief. He didn’t expect this to happen at all. That was the Order Star. According to the other Creator Dragons, wasn’t it the source of Order? In that case, why did his younger sister destroy it? What problem did it have?

“Our initial thought was that since we own the Order Star, we might as well convert this world entirely; we wanted to make Chaos disappear and turn this world into a world dominated by Order. Perhaps that was a little challenging for us, but it wasn’t entirely impossible. As I possess the power of space, as long as I control the Order Star and convert Chaos into Order endlessly, one day, we will be able to change this world entirely.”

“That…”

Rhode was flabbergasted. He could imagine how massive of a project that was. Chaos was infinite and his younger sister actually decided to rely upon the Order Star and change the unlimited Chaos. One couldn’t imagine how much determination and patience one needed to achieve that. But Rhode had to admit that this was indeed a great solution. Since she couldn’t change herself, she could still change the world. Since she had the Order Star, a heavenly artifact that existed since the start of the world, it wasn’t surprising that she had this ambition.

But… It seemed like the result wasn’t as wonderful as she expected.

Indeed. Shortly after, his younger sister continued.

“Back then, the other four Creator Dragons were in charge of defense, while I was responsible for driving the conversion ritual of the Order Star. At the start, the conversion ritual went really well. We once thought we could change the world completely. But…” The young lady lowered her head all of a sudden. Her long eyelashes trembled unceasingly, while her dark pupils glinted with sadness and helplessness. “… We failed. Because I found out the true secret of the Order Star!”

“Secret?”

This piqued Rhode’s curiosity. His younger sister nodded firmly, clenched her fists, and her voice shook.

“We weren’t controlling the Order Star at all because it wasn’t an Order Star, in the first place! We mistook it for an artifact that could convert Chaos to Order. But as a matter of fact, it was the reason why we got into this situation! Big Brother, you should know that cars on Earth burn gasoline and diesel for power before emitting exhaust fumes, right? If you compare the ‘Order Star’ to a car, Chaos would be its power source, while we, inhabitants of Order, are its emissions!”

“… Really?”

Rhode couldn’t stay calm any longer.

“Yes, Chaos is a shattered form of Order, but it isn’t nothingness. Big Brother, it is a really smart choice to defy Chaos using the void storm; it’s even better than our decision back then. But for that reason, Order isn’t needed for Chaos. But shattered, incomplete Order is what drives Chaos. If you compare Order to a slate, Chaos will need to smash the slate in order to gain existence. But every slate fragment will form a new presence of Order, which is why the process is repetitive until the slate is crushed into fine powder. And we, the individual embodiment of Order, are the manifestation of those fine powder.”

The younger sister paused, lifted her head, and her eyes glinted in bright flashes.

“All that we’re doing is nothing more than a cycle. The more I try to drive the Order Star, the more I’m getting food ready for Chaos. We thought the space of Order was slowly expanding, but didn’t expect that Chaos was waiting for us to use the Order Star and reintegrate the Order fragments that they no longer had any ‘nutritional value’, so as to re-shatter, twist, and destroy it to gain its power!”

‘So that’s why…”

Rhode’s heart sank. He imagined how cruel it was. It was like a group of children trying their best to build sandcastles by the beach. Meanwhile, an adult standing beside them was admiring their work. However, the adult wasn’t only admiring, but was also waiting for the children to finish building the sandcastle to destroy it in a single stomp.

“That’s right. When I realized that, the entire space of Order was almost completed. The instant we were about to fully reintegrate the shattered Order fragments, the Order Star in my possession suddenly turned into a presence of Chaos, letting all our efforts go to waste. That was why I destroyed the Order Star at the final moment and sent out my dependents to defy Chaos. Later, I used my ‘space’ attribute and fused the remaining space of Order that was almost complete, making the Dragon Soul Continent.”

The younger sister forced a bitter laugh before looking at Rhode again.

“So, Big Brother… We don’t have the Order Star to complete our plan… Because it was destroyed by me.”

“But you still have other ways, right?”

Facing the younger sister’s confession, Rhode didn’t seem all that agitated. He was aware that since his younger sister admitted to all of this during this critical moment, she surely wouldn’t let his efforts go to waste.

And indeed, upon hearing his question, the younger sister revealed a gentle smile.

“That’s right, Big Brother. I have a solution… As long as you gather all the holy sword cards, we will have a way to replace the Order Star and protect this continent.”