He is a pure-blooded dragon in the miniature garden.

Chapter 278 Microcosm? No, it's macrocosm!
"Really?"

Su Nian lowered her hand and looked at the girl in front of her who was puffing out her cheeks in anger with a half-smile.

"of course……"

Sasha was prepared to admit it, but looking at Su Nian's eyes, she ultimately chose to tell the truth.

"Okay, she gave up herself and chose to fulfill my wishes."

Sasha said somewhat dejectedly.

After all, in the process of accepting the Spirit and becoming the real Athena, she finally encountered the real Athena and just wanted to exchange a few words with her, but the other party gave up on herself.

A person who was both her past life and like her mother had vanished completely, while she had inherited everything from that person.

This made her feel like a thief, with nothing belonging to her.

But Sasha also understood her. From ancient times to the present, the holy war, the struggle with the gods, the creation of the original souls of the Saints... she was just too tired.

This is why Athena chooses to reincarnate and restart in each Holy War; each reincarnation of Athena is a different person.

Although they are one person in a spiritual sense, their preferences, encounters, experiences... have shaped different selves.

Hearing Sasha say this, Su Nian also withdrew the power of [Memory] from her hand.

"To be honest, I was just about to step in to stabilize your memories and prevent your sense of self from being overwhelmed by Athena's vast memories."

As an immortal star god, and even concurrently the star god of memories, Su Nian has stable control over memories, and consciousness is also one of the many powers he wields.

For Su Nian, it didn't matter whether Sasha had regained her former power or how strong she had become; what mattered was Sasha herself.

He didn't want the gift he prepared for Sasha to end up becoming her death warrant.

However, Sasha seems to be in exceptionally good condition right now.

She not only reincarnated from Athena and became the real Athena, but also remained unaffected in terms of her own personality.

The earliest, long memories of Athena seem to have been buried in her subconscious after Athena's self-sacrifice.

At that moment, Sasha suddenly spoke up.

"Wait, Su Nian, can I see your power one more time?"

"what happened?"

Su Nian was somewhat puzzled, but she still reserved a small portion of her own microcosm.

"It seems... Su Nian, what you're cultivating isn't the Small Universe, is it?"

Sasha hesitated for a moment, then said with an expression she didn't know how to describe.

"???? Not the microcosm?"

Su Nian blinked in confusion, then exclaimed in shock.

"No way? I've been playing with my Cosmo for so long, and you're telling me I haven't been playing with my Cosmo?"

Upon hearing this, Sasha nodded slightly.

"Although I don't know how to describe it, what you used was definitely not the cosmos."

As she spoke, Sasha stretched out her hand, and a golden light formed countless galaxies in her palm, slowly burning and exploding.

This formed a stark contrast to the power in Su Nian's palm, which, despite having left her body, was still slowly growing and expanding.

"The essence of the microcosm is the cosmic energy hidden in the human body. It is the energy that has remained in the body since the beginning of the universe explosion, and is then released by crushing atoms."

"This is the cosmos of a Saint Seiya."

"The difference between the divine cosmos that we gods possess and the cosmos of the Saints lies in the fact that our cosmos is stronger, as it contains the will of the gods."

"When the Saints cultivate their Cosmo to the Eighth Sense, they are no different from second-level gods, and the Saints with the Ninth Sense are even comparable to the chief gods who have not yet put on their God Cloths."

"They can become gods as long as they collect enough of the will of the gods."

At this point, Sasha paused, then said with a feeling that was hard to describe.

"In essence, the power of the microcosm is the remnant of the ultimate power, a product of its deterioration."

"Ultimate power is the power possessed by the ancient gods who created the world; it is the chaotic power that creates and destroys everything."

"Our cosmos, whether those of the gods or the Saints, are all inclined toward destruction."

"But yours gives me a completely different, even opposite, feeling. Even the power you separated is expanding."

"Ah this..."

Upon hearing this, Su Nian made a face as if she had a toothache.

"I don't know either. You gave me the seed that awakened my inner universe. I always thought it was my inner universe."

"Perhaps something unusual happened when you awakened?"

Sasha paused for a moment, then said in a rather complicated tone.

She was certain that what she gave Su Nian was a seed created from a portion of her divine universe.

Essentially, it's the same technology Athena used to create the original souls of the Gold Saints after each Holy War, using the cosmos she had accumulated over many years.

To ensure that Su Nian could use her inner universe to cultivate and improve even in the outside world, she even separated a portion of her divine will.

At this point, Sasha seemed to remember something, paused, and continued.

“I remember now, I seem to have sensed this power of yours when the Saints released Athena’s Exclamation before.”

Athena's Exclamation, abbreviated as A·E, also known as Shadow Technique, is an extremely powerful combat skill.

It combines the cosmos of three Saints and concentrates them into a single point of attack, making its power comparable to the Big Bang within a limited range.

Because its destructive power was so terrifying, this move was banned by Athena since the age of mythology, and the user would be stripped of their Saint status.

"Athena's Astounding Exclamation?"

Su Nian seemed to have thought of something and said with a hint of surprise.

"A fragment of Ω..."

"Ω? The End? It's this kind of power? You actually know about it?"

Sasha looked at Su Nian with some surprise. This was a power that even she didn't know much about, and you actually knew about it?

Are you the deity who has lived in this world since ancient times, or is she the deity who has lived in this world since ancient times?
Su Nian didn't seem to care much about Sasha's accident; he only had a vague understanding of it.

In fact, he is not a Saint Seiya fan. As a veteran anime fan of the new era, Saint Seiya is still a bit too old-fashioned for him. His limited knowledge of it is only from occasional glimpses he has seen.

"More or less, I can only say I know a little bit. You can call this power the universe."

Su Nian said with a hint of emotion in her voice.

Omega, or the power of the universe, is a new concept that appeared in Saint Seiya Omega. It can also be said to be another orthodox path of the Cosmo. After all, when the Cosmo reaches the Ninth Sense, it severs its own good and evil thoughts and self, embraces the senses of nothingness, and enters an incredible realm. However, this is not the right path, but only an incomplete deterioration of the ultimate power.

Therefore, those who attain the Ninth Sense often meet with a bad end; at best, they become nothing more than a void being, neither god nor demon, wandering outside the multiverse.

However, Ω does not have this consequence; in fact, Ω, or rather the macrocosm, is a more powerful force than the microcosm.

However, the macrocosm is not like the microcosm, which has a clear hierarchy. All Su Nian knows is that in the end, Saint Seiya Omega seems to have relied on the awakening of Super Omega to once contend with and even suppress Super God Saturn.

Saturn and Chronos are one entity, meaning that Ω, or the power of the universe, has the potential to rival the super gods.

It can only be said that this is a power with greater potential and a broader future than the microcosm.

At the end of the microcosm, the tenth sense can at most become an "absolute consciousness" that transcends everything, and it can only be achieved through revelation from an absolute god.

"The universe? It's a fitting name."

Sasha said with a touch of emotion, she was now somewhat impressed by Su Nian's luck, this was a power that even the gods had never mastered.

Even if she knew about it, she could only say that she had heard of it, but she had no idea about the deeper core of this power.

"But how can one cultivate and strengthen this vast universe?"

Su Nian scratched her head in pain, indicating that she was completely baffled.

One of the reasons he came to Sasha was to learn how to cultivate one's inner universe, since Su Nian had tried to cultivate it but it didn't grow as fast as when he slept.

He finally understood why his sister Kurima had been sleeping day after day; the characteristics of a pure-blooded dragon meant that lying down and sleeping was far better than diligently cultivating.

Su Nian usually trains her control over her strength.

As a result, he's now somewhat of a muggle. The universe is great, but the only problem is that there's no way to cultivate, so he can only lie down and do nothing.

"Forget about these issues. Come on, Sasha, let's talk about your two cheap brothers."

If I can't figure it out, I'll stop thinking about it. Sasha doesn't know, but maybe other gods do. I'll just ask them when the time comes.

As for now, Sasha's upcoming holy war is the most important thing.

"Aaron and Pegasus?"

At this point, Sasha suddenly remembered something and said with a hint of helplessness.

"Brother Aaron is the reincarnation of Hades!!"

"I remembered?"

Su Nian looked at Sasha with amusement, his expression twisted as if he had seen a useless teammate.

Although he hadn't watched other Saint Seiya series, only had some knowledge of them, he had watched Saint Seiya LC and The Lost Canvas.

"I remembered."

Sasha said in a complicated tone.

"The reason I didn't descend to the Sanctuary this time, but was born in a small village in Rome, is because I discovered Hades' reincarnation."

“My initial thought was to live my life as an ordinary brother and sister with Aaron in the secular world, so that we could safely get through this holy war.”

She never imagined that she would be taken back to Sanctuary by the passing Sagittarius Saint Sisyphus, and ultimately become Athena.

In a sense, this was the optimal solution that "she" could think of.

But who could have predicted this change?

The key point is that she can't say Sisyphus is wrong; finding and protecting Athena is their mission.

"But it's not too late now."

Upon hearing this, Sasha's lips curled into a slight smile, as if she understood what Su Nian meant.

"Su Nian, do you mean... we can suppress Aaron now?"

Upon hearing this, Su Nian rolled her eyes and couldn't help but tap Sasha on the head.

"Can't you be a little bolder, Sasha?"

"Ok?"

"Be bolder?" Sasha looked at Su Nian with some curiosity, her expression gradually becoming serious.

"Elaborate."

Su Nian laughed and said in a relaxed manner.

“We can make Aaron a true Hades.”

"But Hypnos and Thanatos are not fools."

Sasha's tone was filled with worry.

Although she didn't have many memories of the Twin Gods that she had awakened, judging from Sage and Hakurei's reactions, the Twin Gods were no pushovers.

In the last Holy War, Sanctuary fought to the very end and still had more than ten Saints left. Although it was a Pyrrhic victory, it was still a pretty good result compared to previous Holy Wars.

Moreover, the last Holy War started like hell, with Pope Libra betraying the Holy War and joining Hades, and more than half of the Gold Saints rebelling.

In that situation, the previous generation Aquarius Cress, along with Sage and Hakurei, fought a decisive battle with the Pope, restored order, and even defeated Hades' army. In the end, more than a dozen Saints were still left, which can be described as a great victory among great victories.

However, due to the Gemini Gods' sneak attack, only the brothers Sage and Hakurei survived among the Saints.

After a hard-fought battle, he finally managed to survive with his brothers, only to die before dawn. No wonder Sage and Hakurei hate the Twin Gods so much, and for 243 years, they have been thinking day and night about how to deal with them.

Knowing this news, Su Nian naturally had her own tricks up her sleeve regarding Sasha's advice.

"Trust my methods. As long as Aaron's acting is solid, it won't be bad."

“Suppressing Hades’s inner self is not difficult for me, and Sasha, don’t underestimate Aaron’s will.”

If Su Nian remembers correctly, Hades never truly awakened in the Hades myth; Aaron always suppressed Hades' will on his own.

From beginning to end, Aaron has always been Aaron.

Unfortunately, his understanding was still inevitably influenced by Hades, who believed that only death was true salvation. He planned to complete the Lost Paradise before Hades truly awakened, thus achieving salvation for everyone.

If that fails, he intends to perish together with Hades.

In a sense, Aaron's will is no less than that of any Saint Seiya.

Pegasus has not yet arrived in the Sanctuary, which means that Hades' army has not yet found Aaron and discovered that he is the reincarnation of Hades.

It's not too late to salvage the situation now.

Upon hearing this, Sasha understood Su Nian's meaning to some extent, and a hint of attraction appeared on her face.

Aaron was, after all, her brother whom she had grown up with since childhood, and she did not want her loved one to be possessed by Hades no matter what.

(End of this chapter)