Devouring World Dragon

Chapter 101 The World Before Creation

What should the work of a creator be like?

From the Great Serpent's perspective, it was actually extremely boring.

Since perceiving the knowledge within the Great Serpent's memories and knowing all that would happen after he created the world, the illusory spirit, or rather God, the Supreme Being, the One, the Eternal One, the One Who Does Whatever He Wants, the Omniscient and Omnipotent One... fell into some kind of mysterious contemplation.

This kind of thinking is manifested in the stillness on the surface of this dark, abyss-like water.

For this illusory spirit, which has not yet created time, it does not operate within time. The past, future, and present are all a moment, and time does not exist. However, for the great serpent that has forcibly created a spacetime structure around itself with its own power, time, which does not exist in the eyes of the supreme spirit, is a real existence.

What was merely a fleeting moment in the eyes of the illusory spirit was, in the spacetime system constructed by the giant serpent itself, countless millennia had already passed. The time was so long that even the giant serpent, whose very sleep could cause the rise and fall of species on its body, had grown extremely impatient.

Even so, the giant snake remained unusually still, its vertical pupils filled with impatience, yet it patiently waited on.

There was no other reason than that the serpent sensed a power from the illusory spirit before it, a power that far surpassed even its own.

The giant serpent held an arrogant attitude of contempt and disregard towards all living beings, much like how humans view ants. Although it sees them, it seems as if it doesn't, because it subconsciously ignores them.

Only a very few individuals, such as Odin, Fenrir, and Thor, were worthy of his attention, but even then, they were merely worthy of his gaze. The illusory spirit before him was the only exception…

What the giant serpent sensed was an infinitely profound power.

If ordinary creatures are ants, and it is the vast ocean, then the ever-calm and ethereal spirit before it is the profound universe, empty and void, never displaying any power, yet far exceeding all imagination, because everything—whether it be the vast ocean, the brilliant stars, or the dazzling sun—is as insignificant as dust before it.

"An omnipotent...doer who can do whatever he wants?"

The upright snake eyes held a deep chill and interest.

The giant serpent was not afraid of the illusory spirit before it; such base emotions could not possibly exist within it. However, the illusory spirit before it found it extremely interesting, because it was an existence that it not only had to face but also had to look up to. Therefore, it was very curious about what kind of world this existence would create after it finished thinking.

Only after a very long time had passed in the serpent's senses did the illusory spirit before it speak.

“You are not an outsider created by me, yet you have actually waited here for forty million years. This is truly beyond my expectations.”

The calm voice remained.

The serpent, which has its own spacetime system, does not perceive time in the same way as God. No matter how much time has passed, it is only a moment in the eyes of the illusory spirit, because time has not yet been created by Him. So, for Him, He has only been thinking for a moment, but the serpent has been waiting for forty million years in His own time.

The only response He received was a low, inhuman laugh.

"Is there anything that an omniscient and omnipotent being does not know?"

The almost ethereal voice rang out again.

“I am an omniscient and omnipotent absolute god. I can know everything and I can achieve everything, but that doesn’t mean I like to know everything. Because once I know everything, everything loses its interest.” “Just like the world I created in your memory, I can know all those futures at any time, but once I know them, there is no suspense. It’s like a game of chess where you can see the outcome from the start. Wouldn’t that be too boring?”

His voice was neither hurried nor slow, always composed and unhurried.

Looking down at the illusory spirit beneath him, the giant serpent's vertical pupils opened slightly, revealing a deep interest within them.

Do you really know everything?

"For example... what about my future?"

The response it received was one of composure.

"I know everything about you, including your future, from the very beginning to the very end, but... are you sure you really want to know?"

As he spoke, the ethereal spirit's calm voice seemed to carry a hint of amusement.

Immediately afterward, the giant serpent submerged its head and body into the deep, dark water, ignoring the illusory spirit. Only a low, inhuman voice could be heard.

"Let's skip it, it's too boring."

Looking down at the abyss-like water below, the illusory spirit continued to leisurely linger on the surface.

Creating a world is not difficult. With His abilities, even creating a world that completely defies common logic and is composed of bizarre numbers would be a piece of cake, but such a world would be meaningless.

As Orochi remembered, He originally wanted to create a world about humans, but He unexpectedly learned about a future He did not intend to know, which meant that such a world had lost its value and that it was meaningless to walk a path whose ending He already knew.

However, He did not intend to completely go against His original ideas. After all, that world was created by Him and naturally conformed to some of His ideas, so there was no need to completely overturn and start over.

So, what should be done?

In that instant, or perhaps in the span of forty million years, He had already made up His mind.

It is "the one who can do whatever he wants," meaning there is nothing he cannot do, and all his thoughts and ideas will be realized as a result.

And it is precisely because of this that, with a single thought, His mind had already transcended the endless darkness of the world, broken through and surpassed the boundless void, and spread into the infinite spacetime...

Passing over the deity who lies slumbering in the sea of ​​the universe, with a lotus flower growing from his navel; passing over the giant who is divine in heaven and holy on earth, standing tall and upright; passing over the intangible deity with three heads—human, bull, and lion; passing over the primordial core of the universe, surrounded by the piercing sounds of countless musicians playing their flutes…

Countless sacred beings, countless manifestations, whether tangible or intangible, whether yet to be born or already extinct, were all swept over by a certain unseen will. The very few beings that could be perceived simply continued to slumber, leaving this omnipotent being to do as it pleased.

Ultimately, seven beings were dragged into this endless dark world by this "Do-Whatever-You-Want".

(End of this chapter)