From the end of the world

Chapter 538: Tai Sui, the Lord of the Divine Seal

The hint given by Xiaowan flashed through my mind like a bolt of lightning.

Tai Sui is a human god, a great impermanence, and the existence farthest away from ordinary people. No matter how much information is combined, this conclusion will not change. However, Xiao Wan said that Tai Sui might just be an ordinary person who accidentally got the seal of God. Such a thing...

It's not impossible.

As long as the divine seal is in hand, then no matter whether it is the first door, the second door, or the third door, it will surely be easy to push open. Even though Tai Sui, the seal holder, was just an ordinary person when he obtained the divine seal, it did not prevent him from using the power of the divine seal to give himself the power of a god in the future.

"Brother Zhuang Cheng, do you still remember the divination of Master Gua Tianshi?" Xiaowan gave the second hint.

The reason why Shen Zhao believed that "the Lord of the Divine Seal is an ordinary person" was not only because he observed that the Lord of the Divine Seal was unfamiliar with manipulating the power of the virtual realm, but also because he once commissioned the Gua Tianshi to divine the origin of the Lord of the Divine Seal.

The hexagram master told Shen Zhao his divination conclusion - before obtaining the divine seal, the owner of the divine seal was just a complete mortal. This mortal went deep into a certain "forbidden place for living beings", where he found the intact divine seal and made his wish to it.

Because Shen Zhao's method failed on the Lord of the Divine Seal, I subconsciously thought that Gua Tianshi's divination was wrong. However, the "Lord of the Divine Seal" described in Gua Tianshi's divination should actually refer to the "Master of the Seal", not the Lord of the Divine Seal in the Void Realm who killed Shen Zhao.

What if the divination of the hexagram master is actually correct?

Recalling this divination again may even lead to new discoveries. I initially thought that the "forbidden land" described in the divination was the barren North Pole, but what if it actually refers to the apocalyptic era I am currently living in?
In the apocalypse, not only is there no grass, but all animals and plants cannot survive here. Even the maggots growing on corpses are not living things in essence, but a strange phenomenon. You know, there are polar bears even in the Arctic, but in the apocalypse, even these cannot be found.

Of course, Gua Tianshi also mentioned that the land where no living creatures are allowed to live is a place where no human has ever reached, and at least there are still human survivors in the doomsday era... However, the concept of "the land where no living creatures are allowed to live" should not be so general that it refers to the entire doomsday era, but rather "a specific place in the doomsday era."

Xiaowan sorted out the reasoning so far.

"I guess that Tai Sui was originally an ordinary survivor in the apocalyptic era. He accidentally obtained the seal of God, and then gave himself the power of God, and became the human god of Gospel Court." She said, "Later, perhaps to snatch the seal of God, or for other reasons, the head of Gospel Court, Yama, killed Tai Sui.

“However, Tai Sui did not really die, and the divine seal was not snatched away by Yama. Instead, it was somehow broken into countless fragments, which traveled across time and space and scattered to places where the enemy could not reach them—that is, the era where Brother Zhuang Cheng was.

"Something unexpected may have happened during this process, and some of the fragments remained in the Doomsday Era. Two of them were obtained by Ms. No. 7 and me, and one even flew to the 'Fifteenth Floor Basement' in the void and was obtained by Brother Zhuang Cheng.

"Afterwards, in order to restore the divine seal to its original state and to allow himself to be resurrected, Tai Sui established the Void Realm and summoned seven Void Realm apostles to serve as his pioneers. He also asked Lady No. 7, who was his subordinate, to intervene, planning to play an appropriate role at the appropriate time.

"But there are unexpected events. Even Tai Sui, the seal holder, cannot predict things. For example, the alien brother Zhuang Cheng who invaded the virtual world beyond his plan, and the number six Shen Zhao and number four Xuan Ming who rebelled against him one after another...

"The virtual world was shattered, and the plan to revive the seal holder Tai Sui was forced to come to a halt."

At first glance, Xiaowan's speculation seems to lack actual material evidence and contains many assumptions made to fill in the causal logic, but it can explain a lot of things.

If Tai Sui obtained the omniscience and omnipotence as an ordinary person, it would explain why he lost this all-pervading power, because this is not a power that ordinary people can control... No, can it really explain it this way? Since he is already omniscience and omnipotence, it shouldn't make any difference whether he was an ordinary person or the Great Impermanence before? But it feels more reasonable than the serious Great Impermanence accidentally letting it break after obtaining the divine seal.

Number Seven's actions also became understandable. She was not just making empty promises to the Tai Sui Army under her command, lying to them that "Tai Sui might return in the future", but she was really working to resurrect Tai Sui.

The reason why the Gospel Institute is so persistent in hunting down the Tai Sui Army and is suspected of secretly manipulating the great demon Xuanwu to launch the hunt may be because the head of the Gospel Institute, Yama, himself, is still uncertain about the "death of Tai Sui".

It can even explain the attitude that Tai Sui showed towards his believers during his lifetime - according to Youhun, Tai Sui always told his believers during his lifetime that "he is just a human being" and "he just happens to possess extremely powerful powers." I originally thought that these were just hypocritical performances, but now that I think about it, could it be that he was telling the truth, and he really felt that he was just an ordinary person who accidentally obtained the power of the divine seal?

In addition, many of the things that were previously puzzling seem to be easily solved under Xiaowan’s hypothesis.

There are some contradictions, mainly in two points. First, according to our speculation, the end of the world will come because the seal holder made an unknown wish to the seal. If the seal holder obtained the seal by chance after the end of the world, it will become a logical paradox of which came first, the chicken or the egg.

Secondly, if Tai Sui obtained the power of a human god by making a wish to the Divine Seal, it is actually difficult to explain why he is so unfamiliar with the manipulation of power - the Divine Seal should be able to give the wisher not only the power itself, but also the "proficiency in manipulating power."

Even if Tai Sui didn't think clearly at first and only asked for the former, he has been active as the human-god Tai Sui for a long time, and he has come into contact with other gods and goddesses in the Gospel House more than once during this period. It is not too late for him to make a wish and ask for the latter.

However, I don’t think these two contradictions can be used to overturn Xiaowan’s speculation. Because Xiaowan’s speculation can explain too many parts that make sense, and it is too persuasive. I believe Xiaowan himself has noticed some parts that don’t make sense, but even so, it cannot be considered a decisive basis for negation, but can only be regarded as "there is something else hidden."

“Just wait until we confront No. 7 next,” I said.

"Perhaps the truth is something else. Even if the truth is this, I believe Ms. Seven will not admit it honestly." Xiaowan glanced in the direction of the door, "and her journey home may not be so smooth."

"Do you think she will encounter an accident on her way back and we won't be able to find her to confirm the truth?" I asked.

"There must be a chance to confirm the truth. Even if she really encountered an accident, she would most likely involve us. This is determined by the power that Sister Ma Zao left in Brother Zhuang Cheng." Xiao Wan said, "We did not see her immediately in Tai Sui Army, but arrived here before her. If we regard it as a kind of 'arrangement of luck', then it can be completely understood as a kind of foreshadowing based on the premise of complications.

"What I'm really worried about is that she doesn't encounter any accidents on the way and really meets us. Because that might mean that this arrangement and foreshadowing has been invalidated by my strong luck.

"This kind of ineffectiveness is temporary at best, just like a spring that accumulates strength in secret when it encounters pressure. A moment of luck may only be the calm before the storm."

As he spoke, a cloud of gloom appeared on Xiaowan's face.

Although she is a lucky child of God, she still easily falls into anxiety. I think this may be because her brain is too smart. She can see the possibility of tragedy that others cannot notice. The wiser people are, the easier it is for them to find problems, and the easier it is for them to be troubled by problems. On the contrary, confused people are more likely to be carefree.

"If an enemy comes, we will fight him; if a flood comes, we will block it with earth... There is no need to worry too much. No matter what happens, I will stand in front of you." I said, "So, there is no need to worry about anything."

Hearing this, Xiao Wan was slightly startled, then showed a somewhat relieved expression, and said with a smile: "Brother Zhuang Cheng, although your words are very cliché, they score very well."

I said calmly, "Thanks for the compliment."

"But if you want to give me extra points, it shouldn't be given to me. I'm only ten years old, at least my body is like this. Your destined partner should be Sister Ma Zao." Xiaowan said.

I asked back, "If that's the case, isn't your sister Ma Zao only thirteen or fourteen years old?"

"Should you, Brother Zhuang Cheng, point this out?"

Xiao Wan complained first, then said, "Come to think of it, I haven't asked you how you and Sister Ma Zao are getting along recently... I used to talk about it every time we met in the virtual world, but now that we're actually meeting, I forgot to ask for a moment."

"That's right. So, where do you want to start?" I asked.

"Well, well..."

Xiaowan looked into my eyes and paused for a long moment before speaking again.

"Brother Zhuang Cheng, you don't want to go back to your original era, right?" she asked.

(End of this chapter)