Lord: Sequence Overlord

Chapter 406 The Old Fisherman and the True Face of the Universe (Happy New Year)
Chapter 405

At the summit of Mount Pantheon, unfathomable darkness obscured the sunlight.

Passing through this darkness will allow us to return to the old world, and this darkness is now gradually shrinking.

This is partly due to the gradual disconnect between the new and old worlds, and also because the Ancient Tree of Origin and the Three Thousand Celestial Kingdoms' exploitation of the old world is getting closer and closer to the bottom line of the world's will. The weakening of the old world has led to the gradual weakening of this darkness as well.

Rosen stepped out of the mysterious study and used the eternal source of information to condense a time-space fishing rod.

While information, unlike mimicry, cannot be perfectly transformed into other origins, its plasticity far surpasses that of mimicry. It is impossible to edit an eternal spacetime origin from an eternal information origin, but it is not difficult to edit a weaker order immortal spacetime origin to form a spacetime fishing rod.

The fishing hook dangled towards the ground, and ripples of spacetime appeared on the ground, forming a spacetime pool.

The surface of the water revealed a scene from the depths of the void beyond the new world. Soon, a group of void worms appeared within the area covered by the time-space pool. The hook of the time-space fishing rod burrowed into the body of a true god void worm as if it were a living thing, and suddenly pulled the rod back, fishing the void worm out of the time-space pool.

The time worm that Rosen once searched for so painstakingly can now be caught with ease.

The Void Worm was still resisting on the hook, but the layers of sealing traps silenced it.

The commotion caused during the resistance unsurprisingly alerted the immortal gods and demons hidden behind the Pantheon Mountain sea area.

Rosen was not in his true form; the one fishing on the mountaintop was merely a clone of the bronze dragon.

His clone is already one step away from becoming a true god. He only needs enough extraordinary materials with time and space attributes to prepare a magic potion to advance. The True God Void Worm is the most suitable space material, but time materials are a bit hard to find.

After catching the Void Worm, Rosen turned to fishing in the real sense.

This time, we caught the legendary Soul Bone Fish, a fish that exists only in the deep sea. This fish appears to be nothing but bones, while its flesh is a transparent soul. The bones can strengthen bones, and the flesh can repair the soul. The effects can even work on great gods.

The Bonefish is extremely rare; Lawson only managed to find a few in the deep sea through the God Network.

As a myriad-spirit bone fish took the bait, Lawson unleashed his temporal divine fire to roast it.

After a light roasting process dissolved the divinity of the All-Spirit Bone Fish, the ingredients were sent to the Glorious Kingdom.

Li Shiqing quickly sliced ​​the soul into fish fillets and boiled the bones into soup. With the help of the legendary ingredient, the Myriad Spirit Bone Fish, she directly took the magic potion she had prepared beforehand and began to advance towards Sequence 0. With the power of the Myriad Spirit Bone Fish, she was enough to become an immortal sequence with a source growth of 14 points.

Seeing that the All-Spirit Bone Fish had disappeared, and after waiting for a long time, no food was served.

The immortal gods and demons hidden in the shadows could no longer remain concealed, and they appeared on the other side of the time-space pool, staring at the water's surface.

Rosen cast his line again and caught a bony fish. This time, he planned to cook it into a delicious meal himself.

Although the Creator Scholar's mastery of the Gourmet Sequence is far inferior to Li Shiqing's in terms of creativity, the dishes made by the True God Gourmet Sequence, simply by following recipes, will definitely surpass Li Shiqing's.

The fish slices and fish bone soup were divided in two, with one portion floating towards the immortal god and demon opposite.

"Knowing that my favorite food is the All-Spirit Bone Fish, it seems you've almost collected all the Eternal Omniscient Source Species."

The immortal god-demon, who looked like an old fisherman, sighed as he smelled the aroma of the fish bone soup.

"I don't know much either, at least not about your background."

Rosen said modestly.

“I was once the progenitor of the Longbo giants of the Old World. You can just call me the Old Fisherman.”

The old fisherman casually said, "You come with good intentions, your purpose is nothing more than to form an alliance or to gather information. If it is to form an alliance, there is no need. The truth of the world is simpler than you imagine. If it is to gather information, then fish for the fish I need as I request."

"Then it's settled."

Rosen nodded after weighing the options.

The old fisherman bluntly described all sorts of legendary catches, none of which were of lower quality than the Spirit Bone Fish. They were the ultimate catches of anglers, found in every corner of the New World and extremely rare.

With each fish delivery, Rosen would receive some information he wanted to know.

The last fragment of the Eternal Omniscient Source Species will, unsurprisingly, fall into the hands of the World Will.

The world's will and several immortal gods and demons have actually reached a temporary cooperative relationship.

As expected, outside the edge of the new world lies the Dark Sea of ​​the Universe. It is known that in addition to the Dark Sea of ​​the Universe, there is also the Void of the Universe. Going to the Dark Sea of ​​the Origin is a dead end, while going to the Void of the Universe requires a ship of the level of the Doomsday Ark, and the dangers involved are not much less than those in the Dark Sea of ​​the Origin.

Finally, Rosen learned one more thing: one could never ascend to immortality as a god or demon in either the old or new world.

Only in the Origin Dark Sea is there a chance to ascend to immortal godhood or demonhood.

All the immortal gods and demons currently in existence, except for the immortal evil god, come from the void of the universe. Normally, it wouldn't be so easy for immortal gods and demons to return to the new world. This time, it was the world's will that took the initiative to help some immortal gods and demons return to the new world.

Rosen wanted to know more about the Primal Dark Sea and the Void of the Universe, but the old fisherman remained silent on the matter.

It's not that I'm unwilling to speak out, but the price I'd have to pay for speaking out is too high.

The fact that the immortal gods and demons, who have already gained their freedom, can return to the new world suggests that the world's will must have a certain degree of confidence to dare to betray the ancient gods and persuade the immortal gods and demons to cooperate with it. Whether it is because they covet the power and treasures of the ancient gods or because the world's will promises them irresistible benefits, it shows that the world's will has a certain degree of confidence to dare to betray the ancient gods and persuade the immortal gods and demons to cooperate with it.

Finally, Rosen asked the question that was currently on his mind.

"Why don't you just take action and compete for the source seed of the eternal game's origin?"

Rosen asked, puzzled.

"There are many reasons, but simply put, they boil down to these few..."

The old fisherman smiled and replied, "The more source seeds you have, the harder they are to cultivate. Unless they happen to match the eternal source seeds you have mastered, it's not a matter of the more eternal source seeds you have. Moreover, source seeds are formed from the divine origin of immortal gods and demons. As long as source seeds are extinguished, immortal gods and demons will never die."

Therefore, the source species have certain hidden dangers, and the more source species one has, the stronger the power needed to suppress them.

It's clear you have a lot of source seeds. I suggest you integrate them into your treasures to control them indirectly.

The reason we old folks didn't directly fight for the Eternal Game Source Seed is because if the Immortal Gods and Demons went all out, it would only provoke the sleeping Ancient Gods. With your current strength, you're already qualified to ask the World Will for benefits.

There are many things we cannot say in order not to disturb the ancient gods, but the will of the world has ways to do so without disturbing them.

After the transaction was completed, the old fisherman disappeared without a trace.

Rosen achieved half of his goal; although the alliance failed, he obtained the information he needed.

He, who was monitoring the new world via the main god's network, soon discovered that the world government had withdrawn its internal bounty on him.

It is clear that the old fisherman has communicated with the immortal gods and demons behind the World Government. Those three mysterious immortal gods and demons know that he possesses power equivalent to that of immortal gods and demons, so they regard him as an equal and believe that he is qualified to join their and the World Will's plans.

The moment Rosen entered the spirit world, the immortal god-demon possessed by the will of the world had already discovered him.

It is clear that although the World Will does not have absolute control over the deep sea of ​​the Spirit Realm, it has absolute control over the surface of the Spirit Realm.

"The old fisherman told me."

The World Will appeared and handed Rosen a chip without any emotion.

Rosen took the chip, connected it to the God Network, and read the information, but he kept forgetting what he read as he read it.

It seems there is still a gap between him and immortal gods and demons. The old fisherman simply cannot speak of it; he can't even remember it.

The hidden brass book within the sea of ​​consciousness was opened, and the information from the chip was recorded on it.

Rosen then realized what the world's will was really up to.

Those civilizations that endured ten tribulations were indeed thrown into the Dark Sea of ​​Origin by the World Will.

However, this was not the World Will intentionally sabotaging the Ten Tribulations Civilization. Rather, the forbidden gods and demons needed to rely on the power of the Primordial Dark Sea to become immortal gods and demons. Moreover, the World Will was omnipotent in the New World, but it was nothing outside the New World and could not send people into the void of the universe at all.

There are very few civilizations that have undergone ten tribulations in history, but there are quite a few forbidden gods and demons that have been born.

Almost all the civilizations of the Ten Tribulations were able to escape the Origin Dark Sea. The chances of ordinary forbidden gods and demons escaping the Origin Dark Sea were actually about 30%. The three forbidden gods and demons who capsized during the Doomsday Ark were deliberately killed by the world's will.

Because the Doomsday Ark was very important to the world's will, and they stole the Doomsday Ark from the world's will.

Although only a 30% survival rate exists, those who survive become immortal gods and demons. To date, at least fifteen immortal gods and demons have survived in the void of the universe.

However, it wasn't just fifteen who escaped the Origin Dark Sea and became immortal gods and demons; the rest mostly died in the void of the universe.

If the Primordial Dark Sea is a world of eternal life and primordial behemoths, then the cosmic void is a world belonging to intelligent civilizations.

There are not only two eternal beings in the universe, the Ancient God and the World Tree; they are merely two of the oldest eternal beings.

Within the understanding of all eternal life in the universe, the ancient gods and the World Tree are undoubtedly historical negative examples.

However, there is a very true saying: the only lesson that humanity has learned from history is that humanity has learned nothing from history.

The same applies to eternal life; it knows that fighting to the death with other eternal life forms will only result in mutual destruction.

However, as time went by, more and more eternal beings died in struggle.

Some eternal beings want to become stronger and try to transcend the universe; some eternal beings are simply bored from living for too long and looking for fun; and some eternal beings are tired of living and want to experience the feeling of death. All sorts of reasons lead eternal beings to repeat the same mistakes.

In today's universe, there is no longer any active, eternal life.

They are either half-dead like the World Tree, or they have fallen into a deep sleep with injuries, like the ancient gods.

Therefore, the overlords of the cosmic void are the immortal gods and demons, and each immortal god and demon can occupy a supercluster.

Each supercluster contains as many stars as the sands of the Ganges, and the new world would be the size of a speck of dust in the vastness of space.

However, even ten thousand superclusters might not have a mass greater than that of a single new world.

Because the void of the universe is mainly void, and stars are just embellishments, and almost all of them are ordinary stars without extraordinary power. Stars that can give birth to extraordinary life are very rare. Not to mention immortal gods and demons, even true gods are hard to be born from the extraordinary resources in the void of the universe.

Immortal gods and demons who wish to obtain cultivation resources must venture deep into the Origin Dark Sea to hunt Origin Beasts.

Of course, the void of the universe is not without its benefits. Although extraordinary life is difficult to be born, ordinary life can be sustained by ordinary life-bearing stars. Therefore, every supercluster occupied by immortal gods and demons has endless believers providing faith power.

Although believers have weak spirituality and their faith is vastly different from that of the intelligent life in the new world, enough drops of water can still form an ocean.

Why would the old fishermen risk returning to the new world when they were living peacefully in the void of the universe?
The answer, of course, is their covetousness of the power of the Ancient Gods and the World Tree. As two of the oldest eternal beings, the Ancient Gods' eternal plunder and the World Tree's eternal compatibility far surpass the eternal origin of most eternal beings at the level of their status.

As long as one can seize even a small amount of the plunder source seed and the compatible source seed, one can use this to plunder and fuse with the original source seed of other eternal life.

Only then will there be a chance to inherit the body of eternal life and gain the opportunity to ascend to eternal life.

The resources required to ascend from immortal gods and demons to eternal life are terrifyingly vast.

Using the old and new worlds as the standard, even if all the resources in the old and new worlds were exhausted and the sleeping ancient gods were drained, at most only three eternal beings could be born. Basically, it can be understood that the number of eternal beings in the universe will only be less, not more.

Only from the corpse of a dead eternal life can a new eternal life be born.

However, even if eternal life dies, immortal gods and demons still cannot harm the corpse of the deceased eternal life.

The old world that Rosen wantonly destroyed was, at best, nothing more than the remnants of an eternal life.

Even so, it is very difficult to destroy; the truly intact body of eternal life is simply unshakeable.

The great true God can easily destroy the continents of the new world, but is utterly helpless against the new world itself.

The destructive power of immortal gods and demons is a hundred times greater, but compared to the entire new world, it can only cause some minor wounds at most.

The speed of destruction is probably not even as fast as the self-healing speed of the new world.

Therefore, although there are many corpses of eternal life in the universe, immortal gods and demons can only obtain a little bit of benefit at most.

To claim the power of a corpse and ascend to eternal life through one's own strength would likely be impossible, even if one lived to the point of exhaustion. However, intelligent beings always have aspirations, which is why immortal gods and demons have tried every means to return to the world of ancient gods.

However, even if the ancient gods are asleep, it is extremely difficult for them to steal, plunder, and be compatible with the fragments of the source species.

Without the help of the world's will, there is almost no possibility of success.

In particular, the dangers hidden in the world of ancient gods are far more complex than just the sleeping ancient gods themselves.

If a mere group of immortal gods and demons have set their sights on the sleeping ancient gods, then those eternal beings who were once active in the universe are no exception.

Some who coveted the ancient gods were killed by the awakened ancient gods, while others were severely injured and hid in the world of the ancient gods.

Eternal mimicry, eternal evolution, and eternal miracles all originate from the eternal life that died in the world of the ancient gods.

This is only what the World Will knows; there are countless other things that the World Will doesn't know.

Because the world's will is reset when the ancient gods awaken, it has no idea what happened during the ancient gods' awakening. Therefore, the world's will does not know where the ancient gods placed the corpses of those eternal beings.

But one thing is certain: these eternal beings, like the World Tree, are not dead but still alive.

The information provided by the world's will is of immeasurable value to Rosen.

He is not afraid of a difficult road ahead; what he worries about most is not being able to see the road ahead and being left to wander aimlessly.

The road ahead is now laid out before us. As long as the world's will is not lying, once we embark on this path, as long as we overcome all obstacles, we will eventually reach the end and achieve our goals. It's just a matter of how they will obtain the fragments of the source seed that will plunder the eternal origin.
You have to understand that this was like pulling teeth from the jaws of an ancient god; it would be almost impossible to do so without alerting the ancient god.

Once the ancient god awakens, even if he is still injured, he can roam the universe and reclaim the fragments of the Origin Seed.

So, not only do they have to steal the fragments of the Source Seed, but they also have to use the power of the Source Seed to seize the corpses of other eternal beings before the ancient gods awaken. Then they also have to return the fragments of the Source Seed to the ancient gods. The whole process sounds simple, but in reality, every step is a gamble on the edge of a cliff.

Rosen wanted to know what the World Will was going to do, but the World Will refused to tell him no matter what.

Because he possesses the combat power of an immortal god or demon, but he does not possess the eternal will of an immortal god or demon at all.

If a great true god possesses an immortal will, then immortal gods and demons should naturally possess an eternal will.

At the level of will, immortal gods and demons are not qualitatively different from eternal life, only quantitatively.

Because eternal life is inherently powerful, while immortal gods and demons grow step by step through countless life and death experiences.

At the fundamental level, immortal gods and demons are far inferior to eternal life, but at the level of will, the difference is not so great.

Without an eternal will, one is not even qualified to know some of the arrangements made by the world's will.

So although Rosen has been accepted by the World Will and several immortal gods and demons, he is not yet qualified to truly participate. It's just that the World Will believes he can become an immortal god or demon before the plan unfolds, so it leaked some information to give him some pressure to grow.

This was also to appease him, as he was worried that he might unintentionally cause trouble by using the power of immortal gods and demons.

Although the follow-up plans are unknown, Rosen did not come away empty-handed.

The fragments of the Eternal Omniscient Source Species in the hands of the World Will have been used as a gift to win him over.

After Rosen obtained it, he immediately integrated it into the Omniscient Eye. After the Source Seed was completed, his ability to discern all things became completely flawless. He wouldn't dare say that he could see through everything, but at least things below the Eternal level couldn't hide many secrets from him.

They had originally planned to fight the four major powers, but it seems unlikely that a fight will break out.

Without Rosen even having to say a word, the four major powers directly ceded some of their territory to him.

Although the combined area occupied by the four major powers is less than half of the area each of the four major powers occupies, it is enough for Rosen to settle the Celestial Race. Now, the thing that is troubling him the most is whether or not to use the Virtual Source Realm to poach people.

After careful consideration, Rosen decided to postpone the project and shift his focus to the Star-Shooting Crossbow.

Of the at least fifteen immortal gods and demons who escaped, only a few returned to the ancient god world. Others may not have wanted to take the risk. Of course, it cannot be ruled out that someone was secretly plotting to reap the benefits. The entity behind the Star-Shooting Crossbow is most likely the latter.

Moreover, Rosen wouldn't completely trust the world's will or the old fisherman; he could only feel at ease if he prepared his own escape route.

Otherwise, he wouldn't even know if he was being scammed; he would only take a risk if he had a backup plan.

P.S.: Happy New Year! Wishing everyone good health and all the best in the new year!

(End of this chapter)