Ring of Fate

Chapter 1093 Pillar
The Magician seemed to understand the feelings of Lumian the Chariot and laughed.

“The original creator split himself up but also wanted to reunite and complete his resurrection. To do this, he left behind a barrier to protect the planet we live on.

"If there was no such barrier, those 'Old Ones' would have destroyed us and the entire world long ago. Oh, by the way, try not to mention the 'starry sky' to those who don't have angel status, or don't let them know the true situation of the 'starry sky'. The 'outer gods' come from the starry sky.

"Well, the will of the original creator is gradually fading over time, and without will, the spirit and power will become chaotic and full of problems. The barrier formed by this will become increasingly unable to resist the great beings, until it reaches a critical point and completely shatters under the oppression of terror.

"According to various prophecies and previous laws, this critical point will arrive in 1368. This is the essence of the end of the world.

"However, judging from the current situation, the end of the world may not wait until the critical point appears. Problems within the barrier may cause the passage to be opened prematurely."

"Chariot" Lumian nodded slightly, finally figuring out why there would be doomsday and what the main source of danger at doomsday was.

When the barrier is broken, even if Mr. Fool fully awakens and replaces "Fusheng Xuanhuang Tianzun" as the great being, there will only be one person on his planet who can fight against the "Old Days", and there are as many as ten "Outer Gods" in the starry sky!
As for the remaining nine, what can the true gods use to stop them?

Even if we count the high-ranking figures of the Western Continent such as the "Heavenly Master", and if everyone can really work together, there are only a dozen true gods within the barrier.

This is equivalent to a dozen Sequence 1 angels trying to stop nine Sequence 0 true gods. If you can stop two of them in a short period of time, it would be very, very good; the rest will be unstoppable.

"During the Whirlpool incident, the believer of the Aurora Society used the fact that Amon swallowed Thermiporos and the special arrangements of the Lamp God to severely damage the Uncertain Mist and kill all the Brokers. This is a good thing, because there is one less Old One entrenched on different planets in the solar system waiting for invasion, and the remaining ones can no longer effectively unite." The "Magician" lady suddenly smiled, "The bad news is that after so much painstaking planning and so much effort, there are only nine Outer Gods left."

Lumian already had some understanding of the final outcome and general development of the Whirlpool incident, but it was not very clear.

Now, he finally understood what those arrangements were for.

He was silent for a few seconds and then repeated a previous question:
"Besides the 'Fallen Mother Goddess' and the 'Mother Tree of Desire', what do the other seven 'Old Ones' want to achieve?"

Mr. Fool just said that it is impossible for Tianzun to contain multiple source substances. Although Tianzun did do so, it can be heard from the subsequent narration that Tianzun’s eventual fall seems to be related to this.

Ms. Magician glanced at the bronze table in front of Mr. Fool. Seeing that this great being had no objection, she considered for a moment and said,

“There are actually levels above the sequence.

"'The Mother Tree of Desire', 'The King of Decay' and other 'Old Ones' are on the first layer. In addition to them, there are some 'Outer Gods' deep in the starry sky, but they are weaker in strength or have no desire for the symbols of the source in the barrier, so they did not participate in this matter.

"The original creator is on the third level, representing the ultimate, chaos, beginning and end, and the unknowable and indisputable. There will be no existence beyond this level. There is only one being on this level, and it is very unstable because aggregation is its instinct, and so is division.

“There is another layer between the first and third layers, which is the second layer.

"The great beings of the second layer are not much stronger than the most powerful first layer 'Old Ones' such as 'The Mother Tree of Desire', 'Son of Chaos', 'Lord of Decay', but they have special symbols and are the foundation for the entire universe to maintain and develop. They each support a world and are called 'pillars'."

"Pillars..." Lumian thought of the "Ten Pillars" of the "Moss Ascetic Order".

Magician Fors couldn’t hide his smile and said:

"This is the kind of thing where people know the term 'pillar' but don't know its true symbolic meaning. They think it sounds high-end, so they use it indiscriminately. In the eyes of people who truly understand the importance of 'pillar', it's just nonsense."

At this point, the "magician" lady was stunned for a moment:
“From the establishment of the ‘Moss Ascetic Order’ to the initial awakening of Mr. Fool, two of the three pillars only existed at a symbolic level and had not yet been resurrected, and one could not enter the barrier. Therefore, the ‘Moss Ascetic Order’ was fine and alive and well. When Mr. Fool initially woke up and one of the pillars began to return, the ‘Moss Ascetic Order’ was completely destroyed…

"This is fate...

"When the title of senior management was defined as 'pillar', it was destined to have such a fate..."

Lumian the Chariot thought more deeply than Ms. Magician:
"It was the 'Mother Nest' that activated the 'Hidden Sage' and secretly contaminated him.

"If I'm not mistaken, the 'Fallen Mother Goddess' that split from the mother nest is one of the real pillars, right?"

"Ah, yes..." The "magician" Fors was stunned again, "Fate is really wonderful..."

Lumian the Chariot glanced at the top of the bronze table, then looked away and asked the Magician:
"There are only three pillars?"

Magician Fors nodded:
“From a realistic perspective, there are countless planets in the universe, and each planet is equivalent to a world. At the same time, there are also a large number of different dimensions, which are too numerous to count.

“But in occultism, there are only three levels of the world: the physical world, the spiritual world, and the astral world.

“Many schools of mysticism have different explanations for this, but the world that is ultimately divided still only has three layers.

"Back to the conventional concept, the 'Original God' is the ruler of the astral world, Mr. 'Fool' is the lord of the spiritual world, and the 'Fallen Mother Goddess' is the ruler of the real world. Well, although part of His essence was torn out, He still possesses the symbol and status of a pillar.

“You should know that, except for the ‘Fallen Mother Goddess’ herself, the ‘Mother Tree of Desire’ and the ‘Son of Chaos’ who were directly born by the original Creator, the rest of the ‘Old Ones’ were born from the union of the ‘Fallen Mother Goddess’ and the ‘Original Creator’. They were the first batch of creatures He created. He is the mother of the ‘Decay King’, the ‘Super Star Overlord’ and other ‘Old Ones’ in a real sense, the true mother of all things.

"Each of them controls a realm, but not completely. There is some overlap between their powers, which is the pillar.

"A complete pillar is on the second level above the sequence. Its status is higher than other Old Days, and its power is also stronger, but not to the point of being fundamentally different. A complete pillar can defeat an Old Day, but cannot really kill it, and can at most fight against two Old Days at the same time, probably..."

When she said the last half of the sentence, the "magician" lady was obviously unsure and cast her gaze towards the top of the long bronze table.

Mr. Fool, who was shrouded in gray mist, neither confirmed nor denied her statement.

The Magician retracted her gaze and said to Lumian:
“If a complete pillar contains one more source substance, it will lose control of its aggregation instinct and will actively swallow more source substances until it aggregates the original creator and resurrects Him.

"Once this process begins, it can only be interrupted by its own complete fall and disintegration.

"As for the 'Old Ones' at the first level above the sequence, they can also accommodate another source that is similar, close, or adjacent to their own symbol. This will make them equal to the pillars in terms of power. Of course, they still will not have the symbol of the pillar.

"In other words, this is the limit of its ability to exist stably and suppress its aggregation instinct."

"I see..." "Tank" Lumian said the most frequently said sentence at this small gathering.

The end of the world seems to be inevitable and cannot be avoided because the contradictions are irreconcilable!
Ms. Magician reminded:

“Don’t think that there will be no doomsday if you send the essence away.

"Let's not talk about whether the current owners of the Essence are willing or not. In order to accommodate the corresponding Essence, those 'Outer Gods' also need all the uniqueness of the corresponding pathways, and a Sequence 1 Beyonder characteristic for each pathway. Will they make those True Gods and Archangels commit suicide or find ways to downgrade themselves?"

Sequence 1 is often referred to as the Archangels.

After hearing what the "Magician" said, Lumian suddenly had some ideas.

Ms. Magician continued:
“If we can really reach a consensus on similar matters against all odds, and if the world does not destroy itself due to internal strife, the end will still come.

“You have to know that the basic tone of divinity is madness, chaos, and full of desire for destruction and creation. Those ‘outer gods’ have been waiting for thousands and tens of thousands of years, and they will not let go of our planet.

“Once the barrier is broken, even if They focus on the source essence, uniqueness, and Sequence 1 Beyonder characteristics, it will be unbearable for other Beyonders, ordinary people, and our planet. They are the embodiment of similar symbols.

“For example, the ‘Lord of Decay’ will naturally cause the entire planet and all living things to decay, and eventually they will either rot and die, or become disgusting creatures loyal to him. If there is no necessary resistance, the ‘Super Star Overlord’ will be torn apart just by its proximity.

"By then, all those above Sequence 2 will be targeted. Not many Beyonders below Sequence 2 have the ability to survive in the universe. Sequence 2 is the most likely to escape doomsday. However, it will be very difficult for most Sequence 2 angels to cross the universe, fight various dangers, and find a planet suitable for subsequent survival."

What the "Magician" lady meant by saying this was to tell Lumian that once the house collapsed, the people inside would basically die, and escaping would not solve the problem.

Lumian the Chariot said thoughtfully:

"Is it possible to find the common ground that multiple Outer Gods desire, throw the source essence that satisfies the needs of the most Outer Gods out of the barrier, provoke infighting among those Outer Gods, let them injure each other first, and let the injured hide back in the depths of the starry sky, so as to reduce the number of Outer Gods invading when the doomsday comes?"

As he spoke, Lumian frowned.

"But the victorious 'Outer God' will become more powerful. It is impossible to estimate whether this is equivalent to the 'Outer God' that was defeated..."

As he was talking to himself, Mr. Fool, who had been silent for a long time, suddenly spoke:
“In fact, there is a hidden fourth pillar.”

(End of this chapter)