Light's Dawn of Azeroth

Chapter 655, Section 23: The Purified Ones Proclaim the Path to the Future—Bonus Chapter [25]

(Bonus chapter for the brother "Searching for books in the sea of ​​books" [2/5])
After being devoured in one gulp by the reckless Devourer of All Realms, Diakum struggled and fell into Dimensius's legendary stomach, which was connected to a black hole.

Sure enough, once he entered the stomach and was isolated from the outside world, unable to sense any other life force, the ancient rage that had locked his bloodline instantly dissipated. However, the endless devouring that followed put Diakum in a very dangerous and forced confrontation.

His light and heat were constantly being lost. After being swallowed by the Devourer of All Realms, that guy was putting in almost all his effort to continuously "absorb" the energy of the Vigilant.

Dimensius did two things at this time.

Block the stomach sac outlet to prevent Diakum from escaping, and then frantically suck, suck, suck.

Dick felt as if he had fallen into a terrifying centrifuge that was spinning at tens of thousands of revolutions per second. His light and heat were being stripped away as the Glutton exerted its power, and his already subdued state caused his radiance to dim rapidly.

Just as he was about to be transformed into the void form for the second time, the Vigilant, who had regained his senses after grimacing, hurriedly pulled out the Heart of Darkness.

This thing had absorbed a lot of energy when it executed those Void Lords who were eager to steal kills, and it can be used to buy Diakum some time.

Of course, given that the Devourer of All Realms is currently in a state of "devouring food" with all its might, a Dark Heart would probably only be able to buy Diakum time to write a "last will and testament".

It has already been verified.

His mastery of the gluttonous path is no match for Dimensius. He has only devoured one demon star, Mardon, at most, while Dimensius has tasted at least eight hundred, if not thousands, of worlds.

When the Devourer of All Realms appeared before, the undigested fragment of a world on its chest meant that this guy had even tasted a "top delicacy" like a Star Soul.

This is equivalent to a "restaurant-exploring influencer" competing against a true "state banquet connoisseur".

We don't have that capability.

In its void form, the Twin Light and Shadow need to draw enough light and heat to allow Diakum to turn into light. Now, trapped in Dimensius's stomach, there is absolutely no light or heat for him to draw. Even if he tries to draw energy in the opposite direction, he cannot withstand Dimensius's drawing power.

Even if the Devourer of All Realms lowered its defenses to let him eat, the energy Diakum absorbed would not keep up with the rate at which he lost it.

In other words, it's basically a dead end.

"I did say that I planned to go to the Shadowlands, but I didn't plan to go there this way."

Diakum was now "floating" in a weakened state within Dimensius's stomach, with the Dark Heart hovering over his shoulder, providing him with a precarious energy shield and buying him some time to prepare for the devouring of the Devourer of All Realms.

But to be honest, there wasn't much to prepare.

Faced with this "battle of paths," there is no other way but to stand firm.

Fortunately, since Diakum already knew he would face a "calamity" in Draenor, he couldn't have been completely unprepared.

He pulled out the final volume of his newly completed "The Canon of Light and Shadow" from his pocket. It was his ultimate deduction of the path he was walking. Although it was only a theoretical prototype at the moment, he had to take the risk and try it even if he was not ready.

He calmed himself down, returning to a state of perfect tranquility, and opened the last volume of the canon, examining his own deductions and designs within it.

"The twins of light and shadow seem to walk the path of light and shadow simultaneously, yet they remain distinct, just like 'day' and 'night,' transforming into each other without interfering with one another. Many experts have commented that this is merely a 'shortcut' to the path of power."

It is clearly impossible to maintain one's path in the realm of lesser gods by relying on this tightrope walking balance. Therefore, I must push the path of the twins of light and shadow to the next stage.

I named it 'Symbiosis of Light and Shadow'.

Or 'light and shadow as one'.

Diakum stroked the pages of the book, the constant pounding of the Dark Heart beside him a reminder that the protective energy was about to run out. He made one last mental summary:
“In the previous stage, I was obsessed with maintaining the balance between ‘light’ and ‘shadow’, but I ignored the fact that ‘shadow is part of light’, and there is no light without shadow.”

'Light' is clearly a complex concept.

Light can only be called 'light' when a shadow exists.

Hmm, this sounds like a truism, but it is indeed a truth about light and shadow, so why bother distinguishing it so clearly?
Why can't the two coexist?

Why can't I use the power from the void when I walk in the light, and why can't I suddenly throw out a beam of light to blind my opponent when I am shrouded in darkness?

I must break down the distinction between 'light and shadow' in my own mind; I must be able to embrace my own shadow even when I stand in the light.

Yes.

I have to do this.

He turned to the next page of the book.

A classic hand-drawn "yin-yang fish" comes into view, but it is a fusion of black and gold, with the two coexisting in a graceful curve, and each containing the symbol of the other.

They are no longer clearly distinct, but rather form a unified whole.

Diakum has never dared to show this to the Pandaren monk masters, fearing that they might develop some incredible thing that goes straight to the core of the Force of Life.

But upon closer examination, the principle of balance is reflected in every element of the Force, not just the Holy Light and the Void.

Diakum stared at the yin-yang symbol, which he saw even rotating, creating a dynamic balance between the holy light and the power of the void.

When the holy light shines brightly, some of it fades and turns into shadow, while when the night is dark, shadows ignite to support the light.

They serve as each other's "fuel," burning together to achieve true "perpetual motion of light and shadow."

It sounds simple, but it's actually quite difficult to do.

Because Diakum's first requirement for achieving this perfect coexistence of light and shadow was to ignite the "sorrow of eclipse" he carried, making it the fuel for Anser's radiant brilliance.

He wants to ignite his own darkness and make it part of his light.

How difficult is that?
Anser's followers have been trying in the sea of ​​stars since the sun god fell into the eclipse, and even when the last follower, Ordos, died, they still couldn't come up with a way to ignite the darkness of the eclipse.

It can only be said that if there are problems similar to verifying "1+1=2" in the physical universe and the six realms, then the difficulty of igniting a solar eclipse to make it fuel for the sun is definitely among them.

"Or should I activate my 'Follow the Way of Nature' mythical talent now and jump ship to Lady Elune's side?"

Just as Diakum was closing the scriptures and preparing to embark on his adventure, a very exciting idea suddenly popped into his head.

Thinking about it carefully, wasn't Dimensius's insistence on eating him precisely because he wanted to seize the "power of eclipse"?

If he were to abandon the great undertaking of igniting the sun at this moment, and let the sun and the eclipse both move away from him, then all that would remain between Dimensius and himself would be the struggle for the path of the Glutton.

After Lady Elune bestowed upon him a series of powerful talents and paths of life force, he might just be able to instantly transform into an "Eridan Moonlit War God," wielding the power of the Black Moon to obliterate this dog-donkey devourer of all realms.

Hmm, it sounds quite appealing, but it's just a thought.

I've already traveled halfway down this scorching road; how can I turn back now?
"buzz"

The moment the last bit of energy from the Dark Heart was forcefully extracted and taken away by the Devourer of All Realms, that terrifying sucking force was applied to Diakum's body.

The Watcher bared its teeth and let out a whimper, but then it mobilized the suffering of the Anser eclipse that it had been enduring, allowing the void energy from the eclipse to flow into its body in its light form.

The clash of light and shadow erupted in the very first second.

Blinding sparks of energy erupted around Diakum. The clash between holy light and the void put him under external pressure, while his body felt as if it had been punched hard, almost causing him to spit out blood.

This is why Anser's sun god body was strong enough to allow Diakum to make such a "suicidal" attempt.

If a mere mortal were to come along, the moment they actively introduced light and shadow in an attempt to merge them, they would deliver a deadly "don't try" message to their peers in a cool "self-destruction" manner.

Diakum was also in a lot of pain. The feeling of the conflict between light and shadow was like swallowing a bomb and then having it explode in his mouth, but he had to try and persevere. The first person to try something new has to go through so many trials before they can forge their own path.

What's more, this is a life-or-death situation!

Keep it up, Uncle Di!
Whether you can survive inside Dimensius's stomach depends on whether you can complete this "divine enlightenment"!

Just as Diakum was about to try a second time, Dimensius's stomach suddenly trembled, as if he had swallowed a piece of red-hot coal, which must have made the Devourer of All Realms very uncomfortable.

Its "black hole stomach" twitched at this moment, which reduced the pressure of being devoured by Diakum for a moment.

When Dick looked up, he saw the Mother of Light, Zera, crash headfirst into the floating rubble in front of Diakum in a disheveled manner.

It made a loud bang, and it sounded really painful.

Well, here I need to explain the structure of Dimensius's stomach.

This place truly resembles a "starry wasteland" left after devouring everything. In the darkness, there are only fragments of the world left after they have been digested, and nothing more than the "stars" shining in the darkness.

Each star represents a world devoured by the Devourers of All Realms.
This is hell.

A true "devourer's hell".

Diakum knew without a doubt why Zera had "rushed" into Dimensius's stomach. He sighed, enduring the increasingly strong suction force around him, and moved his broken rock closer to where Zera had fallen.

他 说:

"Why do you bother?"

"Fate has led me this way, and I accept it willingly. Please help me get my broken 'leg,' thank you."

The first half of the Mother of Light's statement was very assertive, but the second half became helpless.

Her fall this time was truly "shattered".

In terms of absolute strength, Zera is inferior to Diakum. Even the Vigilant were tormented by this damned devouring power, so one can only imagine the pain Zera is experiencing as it is suppressed and having its energy drained.

Diakum leaped over, enduring the pain of countless needles, to gather Zera's shattered crystal body back together, and then looked at the "Heart of Holy Light" floating in front of him.

He said very seriously:

"Sacrificing yourself now and giving me your energy won't change reality. Dimensius's tight security makes it impossible for me to escape from here."

To be honest, I didn't plan to escape.

Even after my light fades, the Devourer of Realms will still need to extract the Antheric suffering I endured from the shadows. It must bear the pain of the eclipse in order to gain the power of the eclipse.

Only after all this pain has been completely swallowed up and diverted will I truly 'fall'.

The moment the light goes out, my soul will leave my body and travel to the realm of shadows.

It was a journey I had to take. Most importantly, even if Anser's divine body was ultimately destroyed by Dimensius's devouring, I could be 'reborn' as a Loa through the faith of the Lightforgers and Shadowchas.

他 说:

“I have a plan; I didn’t just impulsively come here to be a martyr. But what about you?”

"I also have plans."

Zera made his divine fragments revolve around the Heart of Light, and then suspended the eclipse fragment that had followed him here in the storm of light from that fragment.

She said to Dick:
"You asked me to ignite this fragment of the eclipse, and I have found a way."

Actually, igniting her is simpler than you think. Naaru need enough energy and light to return to the light when they fall into the void, and if a Naaru falls completely into the void, you have to give it something much heavier to bring it back.

sacrifice
Or to put it another way, the kind of 'fuel' you've been searching for to ignite the sun is us, Diakum, we Naaru born from Anser's divine body and existing in the sea of ​​stars.

Our bodies and existence come from our Sun Father, and when the Father is consumed by darkness, His faithful children will inevitably 'return' with the great power He has bestowed upon them.

It's just like.
so!"

Under Dick's gaze, Zera's sacred crystal began to "melt" in this dark place, her existence and energy were sacrificed, and transformed into the most primordial light that poured into the eclipse fragment where Xalatas was located.

The psionic spirit born from the eclipse screamed as her entropy demonic body was being "light-forged" bit by bit.

Zera's divine energy takes shape in the form of pulses and blood vessels within her dark body.

It was like a "return of holy light".

Zera chose to sacrifice herself, but not to strengthen Diakum, the agent of the Radiant Sun. Instead, she wanted to bring the first dark life form that Anser had created in his Eclipse form back into the light.

Just as Diakum had once told her.

If they claim they want to ignite the sun, they must find a way, and they must inform all the followers of the holy light and the sun in the starry sky of this method.

That wasn't the sun of Diakum or Zera; it was the sun of all the stars and all things.

“Anser has given us holy bodies, and we will return this holiness to our father, turning it into firewood so that the brilliance of ten thousand suns may return to the starry world. This is the enlightenment that fate has given me!”

In the ever-brighter light, Zera responded loudly:

“The Naru are the kindling you need, Diakum, and our innate desire for sacrifice and dedication is precisely for this great moment.”

Our sacrifice is not the end!
The highest heavens have already risen above the hearts of millions of people of light; our sacrifice in the sea of ​​stars will open the way for us to 'return home.'

"what!"

Xalatas's screams accompanied the transformation of the dim eclipse fragment in the golden light. Zera's aura continued to weaken, while her holy light was continuously poured in in the form of "rebirth".

Ultimately, under Diakum's watchful eye, through a noble sacrifice, this dark ghost was completely transformed into a "Lightforged Entropy Demon".

She did not become a fully-fledged being of holy light.

This process will obviously take some time, but the psionic energy within her body is being ignited and sparked under the guidance of the primordial holy light.

In the burst of new life seen by the Watchers, Xalatas, the first fragment of the eclipse, embarked on its journey back to the Holy Light.

She may need some time to truly return to Anser's blazing sun, but this scene has already proven the feasibility of Diakum's desire to ignite the sun.

If Xal'atath can be ignited, then Anther, who is currently suffering in the Void, can also be ignited.

However, using Naru as "firewood" would be too cruel.

Even if, as Zera said, all the Naaru would embrace such a sacred sacrifice with great enthusiasm and take pride in it.

Alas, if only we could find a graveyard of light where many dead Naaru remains could be collected and used as "sun fuel"!

Diakum blinked.

Such a strange place... wow, it seems there really is one!
And it just so happens to be not far from where I'm going. Hey, isn't that a coincidence?

(End of this chapter)