C2372 Reversing the Knowledge

"How can this be?"

"Is this really possible?"

"Is this the truth?"

Hovering above the Time Book, Yu Yuan's revelation left everyone bewildered, struggling to grasp the so-called truth.

This truth shattered their conventional beliefs about the Origin Realm, the Abyss, and the Desolate Realm, as well as the Time God Heesters' understanding of their world.

Whoosh!

The star, instinctively steered by Paxton, journeyed into the void behind them after their departure.

Once the star entered the void, it could no longer consume the vast spatial energies and came to a standstill.

Paxton, who had been frantically navigating the star, became eerily silent upon entering this place. His incessant muttering ceased, his incomprehensible speech faded, and his body no longer moved.

His small form was riddled with holes, his forehead sliced open, revealing an empty skull.

Heesters inhaled deeply, turning to gaze at Paxton's lifeless shell and the motionless star that had carried them through the howling void. "My old friend must have uncovered the truth. He likely stumbled into the Origin Realm without knowing its precise location," he mused.

"He must have scoured the Origin Realm, the Desolate Realm, and the Abyss for ages, only to discover that all three worlds reside within the Creation Star River, deep within the Origin Domain!"

"He perished because of this discovery!" Heesters exclaimed.

"It seems so," a soothing voice chimed in from the Creation Star River beyond the void, drawing everyone's attention.

The God of Destiny, Stephanie, long absent, reemerged before their eyes, standing atop the battered skull of a small Origin Beast.

The fierce little Origin Beast bowed its head, as if tending to its wounds, ignoring Yu Yuan's somber gaze.

Its body, encased in a viscous purple sea resembling a ragged purple tapestry, hung over its formidable, monstrous frame.

"Lady Stephanie!" Heesters, lost in his reverie, was overcome with excitement at the sight of her return. He made to approach her, but Yu Yuan extended a hand to his shoulder, urging him to remain by the Time Book.

Heesters was taken aback and turned to ask, "What's the matter?"

Yu Yuan gently shook his head, signaling Heesters to be patient, and turned his attention back to the small Origin Beast. "This little Origin Beast, brought into being by Zhiya of the Demon Phoenix, it received your assistance, didn't it?"

In the infinite expanse of nothingness, his soul could communicate, and he naturally knew that the revelation granted to the Demon Phoenix originated from Stephanie, the God of Destiny.

He pondered the possibility of an issue with the spiritual foundation that supported all the Origin Gods and Origin Beasts in the foreign realm.

"I suppose you could say that," Stephanie said with a slight smile, openly acknowledging it.

...

On the other side of the void.

The Great Demon God Beilstein, the Oblivion God Harris, along with Lin Daoke and Jee Ningshuang, observed the fierce battle among the three extraordinary women atop the Dragon Slash Platform.

The women's divine arts were on full display, with dazzling laws of lightning mixed with world-shattering energy wreaking havoc in all directions.

They were so immersed in their combat that they had lost themselves.

The radiant divine power they wielded and the shockwaves from their collisions were powerful enough to shatter stars.

Suddenly, Yu Yuan, with his colossal multicolored form, bellowed at them, "Stop."

His deep, blood-red eyes, vast as the Origin Blood Continent, stared coldly ahead.

Whoosh! Whoosh!

Two beams of dazzling divine light burst forth from his eyes, cleaving a path between the battling women.

The three combatants—The Secular Bird Queen, Zhiya, and the Death God Kurkova—continued their relentless fight, deftly avoiding the beams of divine light and pressing on with their battle.

As Yu Yuan's massive form shifted, the battlefield morphed continuously around them.

Just beyond the battling trio roared Creation Peak.

After Yu Yuan commanded them to stop and realized the three women were too engrossed in their fight to heed him, he opened his world-devouring maw. A massive scarlet storm erupted, detonating amidst the forest of Wraith Trees.

The towering Wraith Trees, each thousands of meters high, burst one after another. No matter how much Kurkova exerted her power, her death essence could not mend the Wraith Trees.

Yu Yuan's mastery of the law of life now far surpassed her law of death.

In a dynamic where one force greatly outstrips the other, absolute suppression is inevitable.

Thus, numerous Wraith Trees were obliterated, their ashen remains drifting like smoke through the depths of the void.

A sphere of light, embodying the supreme laws of life, hovered like a star of life above Zhiya's head at the Phoenix Shrine. The shrine's walls, lined with dense, crystalline veins, dimmed and went dark under the light's overwhelming presence. Zhiya, transformed into her purple phoenix form, let out an anguished cry of fury before reverting to her human shape and landing at the hall's entrance. Her attire was disheveled; her purple gown, adorned with golden patterns, was torn in several places, revealing more than intended. Beneath the fabric, her luminous, fair skin peeked through.

Thump! Thump! Thump! Her heart raced, causing her ample chest to heave as she gasped for air, glaring at Yu Yuan with indignation. "Why are you solely constraining my bloodline?"

Yu Yuan, towering like a colossal deity, filled her view, his presence oppressive. He let out a dismissive snort, ignoring her protest.

Whoosh! A majestic Divine Bird, its green feathers fluttering, hung in the air above Chen Qinghuang. With each beat of its splendid wings, it gathered the scattered emerald feathers from the void.

Chen Qinghuang withdrew her divine form, resuming her characteristic aloof demeanor. She furrowed her brow and turned to Yu Yuan, "What's the matter?"

"I need to discuss something," Yu Yuan declared. His booming voice resonated throughout the Emptiness Land, echoing as if from every direction.

Astonishment was etched on the faces of Beilstein, the Oblivion God Harris, Lin Daoke, and Jee Ningshuang as they gazed upon Yu Yuan's true form atop the Dragon Slash Platform. They observed his true body, seated in meditation, suddenly shift in expression before closing his eyes in contemplation, seemingly integrating memories.

Yu Yuan's colossal, multicolored form exerted its power to quell the agitation of the three women, as his true self required time to reflect.

"What's the issue?" inquired the Great Demon God, unable to contain his curiosity.

Equally baffled, the Oblivion God Harris added, "They won't be able to decide a victor or a matter of life and death in such a short time. There's no need to rush to intervene."

Yu Yuan's true form abruptly opened his eyes, fixing his gaze on the Great Demon God Beilstein. "Have you ever heard of the enigmatic Creation Star River within the Origin Domain?" he inquired.

"The God of Destiny, Stephanie, has mentioned it," the Old Demon responded.

With a wry smile, the Old Demon cast a glance at the Creation Pool beneath him and remarked, "The world is vast, with many things sharing the same name. Surely you're not drawing connections from the Creation Pool and the Creation Continent? Haha, the Creation Pool is simply that, and the Creation Star River is another entity entirely. There's no need to conflate the two."

Whoosh!

As Zhiya and the Secular Bird Queen remained locked in a standoff in the void, the Death God Kurkova was the first to return, alighting once more upon the Dragon Slash Platform.

"We are currently in the Origin Domain, deep within the Creation Star River," Yu Yuan declared, delivering the astounding revelation.

"What?!" Beilstein leapt to his feet on the Dragon Slash Platform, brandishing his Dragon Bone Staff as he exclaimed, "Impossible! How could this be?"

Upon hearing the news, Lin Daoke, who had been seated atop the Dragon Slash Platform for some time, stood up involuntarily.

Jee Ningshuang's bright eyes shimmered, and her full lips quivered as she whispered in a voice as faint as a fly's, "My goodness!"

Crack!

Harris, the Oblivion God, slammed his bone-spear-like legs down onto the Dragon Slash Platform.

He too began to rant wildly, "Impossible! The Creation Star River of the Origin Domain is said to be the cradle of all life and spirits! We haven't even entered the Origin Domain; how could we possibly be at the Creation Star River?"

Yu Yuan's inscrutable gaze swept over them, yet he did not rush to explain.

He understood that everyone present needed time to process this earth-shattering news.

Not just them, Yu Yuan himself was still coming to terms with the revelation, repeatedly seeking confirmation from his Yang God.

Nevertheless, the connection he felt with the Yang God was real, and the burst of memory that had just ignited in his brain confirmed that the tubular Star River lay within the infinite expanse of the void.

This wondrous star river, encasing the Origin Realm and the Desolate Realm in its tubular embrace, surely wasn't the entirety of the void.

The Origin Spirit and the Origin Soul that departed from the vast expanse must also reside within this infinite emptiness, in some enchanted place.

Suddenly, he noticed Creation Peak soaring through the sky!

Within Creation Peak dwelled Mother Earth, the Light Origin Spirit, and the spirits of vegetation and thunder—all four Origin Spirits seemed to be responding to a mysterious summons.

Who was calling out to them?

Yu Yuan's expression shifted as he surmised that the flight path of Creation Peak might very well lead to the Origin Spirit's abode!

It could also be another wondrous location deep within the boundless void!

This revelation, upending everyone's beliefs, momentarily dissolved the animosity between Zhiya and Chen Qinghuang, leaving them both astounded.

Zhiya had retrieved the Phoenix Shrine, descending from the heavens to alight upon the Dragon Slash Platform.

Chen Qinghuang absorbed the green Divine Bird, an avatar of the Yang God, into herself before descending to the Creation Pool.

All eyes, filled with a thirst for knowledge, were fixed on Yu Yuan's true form, anticipating his further elucidation.

Yu Yuan then proceeded to weave his tale.

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