Chapter 676: Chapter676-The Secret That Awaited Him

Half a month later.

Within the spacetime domain, several hundred thousand years had already passed in full.

At last, Aurek stepped out of the meditation chamber.

In terms of his true rank, he had already touched the threshold of Divine Revelant, yet he still had not managed to cross it.

Even after cultivating and comprehending within the spacetime domain for several hundred thousand years, he still could not truly advance.

The primal profundities were the highest interpretation of all things, of fate and fortune alike.

They transcended the limits of all rules and order.

Only by drawing close to the primal profundities could one grasp a fragment of them—and perhaps even go beyond the endless profundities themselves.

Growth of the heart and mind on that level was absolutely not something that could be fully comprehended in a short span of time.

And so, Aurek’s spiritual realization and true rank remained stalled just outside the gates of Divine Revelant.

Yet in terms of raw strength, after consuming a vast quantity of Emperor Points, he was already infinitely close to becoming an Authority Wielder.

By now, Aurek also more or less understood that the so-called Truth Universe was most likely the multiverse itself.

According to the rank classifications he was familiar with, the three realms within the Authority Wielder stage—Initial Origin, Returning Origin, and Eternal Extremity—

were in fact more finely divided into four levels: Initial Origin God, Returning Origin God, Origin God, and Eternal God!

The latter system was merely a more detailed subdivision.

But in truth, Divine Revelant, Godtouched, Authority Wielder, and finally Lord of the Divine Throne were the most ancient and most fundamental classifications of all.

The core around which they revolved was fate, fortune, and the primal profundities.

Supreme Sage Rank and Eternal Sage Rank could only窥探 the Fate River.

Divine Revelants, however, could already pluck at the strings of the Fate River. They were no longer dust swept along helplessly by destiny, but travelers capable of steering their own paths.

The authority they held in their hands was enough to rewrite the page of fate that belonged to them.

Godtouched went a step further still. Not only did they govern their own fate, they could also look through the destinies of others—to guide, to manipulate, to reshape the trajectories of other lives.

They were like invisible weavers, winding the threads of all beings around their fingertips and knitting entirely new webs of causality.

As for Authority Wielders, the realms of Initial Origin, Returning Origin, and Eternal Extremity represented the deepest mysteries within the Fate River.

Bit by bit, they stripped away and erased every trace they had ever left within the Fate River, like a drop of water dissolving into the sea.

From then on, no one could trace them. No one could harm them.

In the end, they became one with the supreme profundities themselves, sharing the lifespan of fate and shining alongside the Star Sea.

And the Lord of the Divine Throne...

That was a realm beyond the reach of words.

Omnipresent. Omnipotent. Omniscient.

It was the beginning, and also the end. Any definition was no more than a glimpse of the leopard through a bamboo tube.

Thus, the division of Authority Wielders into the three realms of Initial Origin, Returning Origin, and Eternal Extremity was the most fitting interpretation of the process of exploring the cosmic profundities. It was a transformation of the very essence of life.

No matter what rank one stood in, the deeper one’s understanding of fate and profundity, the more powerful one became.

And that kind of understanding could never be gained through secluded cultivation behind closed doors.

It required walking among living beings and feeling their laughter and tears.

It required gazing upon the rise and fall of the countless worlds beneath the stars and listening to the heartbeat of the universe.

It required witnessing the birth and destruction of the Star Sea, touching the primal pulse of chaos, and across endless spacetime, conversing with the profundities again and again, dancing together with fate.

Such a path required endless accumulation and endless seeking.

...

Crystal Moonshine Hall.

Aurek arrived beside the cocoon of light.

The Beyoncé inside had already grown up. The cocoon had become like transparent crystal, making the contours of her face clearly visible.

At that moment, Beyoncé suddenly opened her eyes.

"Your Majesty!"

A drifting, ethereal voice rang out.

"Should I call you Stellar Saint-Emperor, or Beyoncé?" Aurek asked calmly.

"Beyoncé is me, and Stellar Saint-Emperor is also me," the ethereal voice replied.

Aurek nodded and asked directly, "Now that you have awakened from your long slumber, you should know what exactly has been sealed in the depths of this Divine Sanctuary, shouldn’t you?"

"I do."

Beyoncé answered, "That supreme existence commanded me to build this Divine Sanctuary for the sole purpose of guarding that secret and awaiting your arrival."

"But as for what it actually is, even I do not know. I only know that the key was sealed deep within my soul. On the day I break out of this cocoon, I will naturally sense its summons."

"Waiting for me?"

Aurek’s brows tightened slightly, and a flicker of surprise flashed through his eyes.

So his earlier suspicions had not merely been self-important imagination.

What secret had that supreme existence hidden away?

And what connection did all of this have with him?

No wonder he had exhausted every effort and still failed to detect even the slightest clue. The key had been hidden in another’s soul all along.

After pondering for a moment, Aurek asked again, "And how much do you know about the Dark Abyss?"

That Dark Abyss was likewise a prison left behind by that same supreme existence.

Beyoncé gently shook her head. "That, I do not know. I have only heard... that it was the work of another terrifying existence."

Aurek asked no further.

He fell into silence.

From the descent of the twenty-four principal angels, he had already guessed a few things.

Since it was a secret left behind by that supreme existence, Aurek did not feel the need to rush.

The day Beyoncé broke out of the cocoon was already close at hand. When that time came, every hidden mystery would be dispelled like morning light scattering fog, with nothing left concealed.

No longer dwelling on it, he turned and returned to the Sacred Hall of State.

...

Inside the great hall, the assembled ministers stood in full attendance, quietly awaiting the arrival of the sovereign.

Winston, Heimerdinger, Chuck, Gaia... all the pillars of the empire were present.

Pippin, Cole, Lucio, Philip, Otto, and the others also stood there in solemn ranks.

The Crusader Goddess Venus and Eternal Apollo Sunblaze attended on either side.

Golden Armor and Cyriel had also returned from afar, still travel-worn from the journey.

Only the Dragon Emperor, Cursefont Star God, Suggwoth, Ares, Tina, Harry, War Bear, Overthunder, Alvin, and the others remained outside the Standarin Universe.

They were leading their armies at full speed toward Endless Starlight Island while closely monitoring every disturbance within Primordial River Cosmos and Truth Universe.

The Children of Commandment and that host of angels might have fled in panic, but everyone knew perfectly well that they would never simply let the matter rest.

After all, this was the Truth Universe, not some ordinary place.

"Your Majesty."

Winston stepped forward and reported, "Chaos Origin, Primordial Age, Primordial Era, Age of Savagery, the Land Without Beginning, Endless Starlight Island..."

"All of these territories have now been incorporated into the dominion of the Divine Court and submitted beneath the Holy Law. However, the starfields are vast beyond measure, and the officials of the Divine Court currently lack the strength to garrison them one by one. Shall we permit them a degree of self-governance?"

Golden Armor and Cyriel had returned this time precisely because of this matter.

Even if they stationed just one Godtouched-level void warlock or Doomsday Warrior in each starfield, even an army of several billion would still be far from enough.

The endless Star Sea was simply too vast...

Though it was only a mid-tier universe, its prosperity far exceeded imagination.

And precisely because of that, even Heaven coveted this place, wishing to spread its holy hymns across every corner.

If they were to disperse all those armies now to garrison the territories, then when the Divine Court’s powerful enemies descended again, they would no longer be able to gather quickly and meet them in battle!