I'm not just human!

Chapter 518 The Dark, Burning Day (Part Two)

boom-!

My body jolted violently, as if struck by a giant hammer or hit by a speeding train.

Xia Fa suddenly felt an incredibly powerful force being injected into his body as the [Primordial Secrets] were signed.

His whole body felt like an inflating balloon, about to burst again, just like when they signed the secret agreement ten times before.

But now things are different.

With a casual wave of his hand, Xia Fa instantly transported the three Paul brothers to the vicinity of the [Absolute Defense]. Xia Fa himself was engulfed in jet-black flames, and nine tentacles emerged from his back. With a flick of the tentacle, nine divine treasures resembling horse-slaying swords appeared.

He once again entered that godlike ultimate form, and his supreme majesty and indifferent aura of judgment emanated from him.

In this state, even a true god would be easily pulverized if he got close. That's why he sent the three Paul brothers to a distant place, so that their eldest brother, [Absolute Defense], could protect them.

In an instant, he absorbed all the immense power within the [Ancient Secrets] without his body exploding.

At the same time, Xia Fa suddenly felt many differences as his Celestial Venerable status truly began to ascend to the status of a True God.

Indeed, there was something emanating from his heart meridian and spine, radiating the fluctuations of a primordial-level eternal certificate, something he would soon be able to truly control as he ascended to godhood.

Throughout the entire universe, anyone who experiences a "critical hit" during battles, lotteries, or crafting secret treasures can control it according to their own will.

Not only that, but you can also control whether "errors" will occur when preparing medicines, conducting experiments, or researching the bizarre.

The rules governing the "error" authority are extremely broad; it can even discern whether a person has loved the wrong person.

In addition, there are the powers of "attack", as well as powers of "combat", "power", "speed", etc., which can be manipulated at will throughout the entire universe.

but----

"How can I tell a person's level of talent and their tendency to lose control?"

Xia Fa was slightly taken aback. He was just about to think about this sign when suddenly, the same mental storm that had torn his brain apart when he first signed the Silver Throne came back to him, so painful that he almost covered his head.

Even if he were to add up all the information in the entire universe and multiply it by trillions of times and stuff it into his brain, he wouldn't be disturbed in the slightest.

But just like that, a storm of thoughts arose, and in an instant, it became so huge that it was out of control. Suddenly, my head went "buzz," and my thoughts seemed to explode.

Xia Fa felt his vision go black, and his consciousness fell into endless darkness and chaos.

He never expected that after signing the [Primordial Secret Explanation] and withstanding the explosion of his body, there would still be the hurdle of his mind exploding—

"Third brother—will he be alright?"

The nine righteous gods gathered together, and the Moon Mother Goddess also emerged from the darkness. When she was guarding against someone trying to steal the [Ancient Secret], she and [Absolute Defense] were actually her true trump cards.

Not only that, but Dikto also came. As Xiafa's best brother, he had almost saved all the extraordinary beings in the universe. Now, his status is on par with the nine great gods.

Of course, on the other hand, it is also because He once possessed power far exceeding that of the true gods, which made it incredibly easy for Him to attempt to break through and ascend to the rank of a true god.

In a sense, after Xiafa, He is very likely the eleventh true god of the universe, which is why the nine true gods accepted Him ahead of time.

"I don't think it'll be a problem. Although the [Primordial Secrets] is extremely powerful, the person who signed it is Xia Fa, and that guy—"

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"Yes, Third Brother should be alright. However, this is, after all, the [Primordial Secret Manual], representing the authority of omniscience, the only supreme-level secret manual in the universe. We still need to be cautious. Fortunately, there shouldn't be any enemies."

[Absolute Defense] was already burly, but now that he had his arms crossed, he looked even more imposing. He spoke in a muffled voice, but his tone was quite reassured.

In these three days, the nine righteous gods first joined forces with the Moon Goddess to repair the City of Gold Pounds, and then they hunted down the Bronze Cleaners and Silver Cleaners everywhere.

This didn't even require Xia Fa to intervene. [First History] was responsible for locating all the Bronze and Silver Cleaners in the universe, and then [Silver Universe] would teleport everyone there for targeted strikes.

However, Xia Fa still participated, since he was bored anyway.

The only problem is that the most mysterious "Imaginary House" in the physical world seems to have disappeared from the entire world. Even the First History cannot find it, and even the Silver Universe cannot perceive its location through the Eternal Space.

Not only that, the House of Imagination also disappeared along with the offspring of those false gods.

This is ultimately a scourge, since the offspring of false gods still possess the status of Celestial Venerables and may even become true gods. If we are not careful, they might fight to the death, destroying most of the real world or a small part of a certain star system in an instant.

In addition, the House of Imagination also took away those entities that had previously joined the Cleaners' camp, namely the "Wall of Flesh" and the "Endless Void," which is also a problem. We can find them and kill them as well.

And now, Xia Fa is finally about to successfully sign the [Ancient Secret Explanation] contract —

"Speaking of which, I'm quite curious about what the ceremony was like after Xia Fa became a true god. However, it was definitely more grand than your [Absolute Defense] ceremony back then."

The Moon Goddess smiled gently, her gaze fixed intently on Xia Fa in the distance, even showing a hint of admiration.

"Have you witnessed our initiation ceremony?"

"Absolute Defense" was something he was curious about, and blurted it out.

The Moon Goddess nodded: "Of course, when the nine of you became gods, except for the [Error Rule] who was relatively reserved and didn't have any godhood ceremony, the others all made a huge impact that affected the entire universe. Although I was recuperating at the time, it would have been difficult for me not to know about it."

Upon hearing this, the nine righteous gods immediately showed a nostalgic expression, recalling the time when they each became righteous gods.

If someone completes the orthodox path to godhood and becomes a deity, there is usually an ascension ceremony, which consists of two parts.

The first part involves doing certain things based on spiritual intuition; this is a necessary ritual before becoming a true god.

For example, the ascension ceremony of the Silver Universe involved moving hundreds of millions of lifeless planets to locations where they could receive normal illumination from their corresponding stars and develop ecological environments. It also cleaned up many dangerous asteroid belts along the way.

The "Temporary Reality" ascension ritual involves manually creating tens of thousands of realities in the Protoss Realm to lure people into believing them to be real.

Only after completing this godhood ritual can one truly begin the process of breaking through and ascending to higher levels.

Then comes the second half: the "ritual" held by the entire universe to commemorate the birth of such a great being after he became a true god.

This is also where the origin of the universe is complex. On one hand, it creates the Golden Cleanser, attempting to cleanse all extraordinary beings and reclaim the power that was spilled out 30,000 years ago.

On the other hand, when extraordinary beings become gods, there will be a real reaction, revealing corresponding grand phenomena that illuminate the entire universe.

Therefore, the nine righteous gods also understand that the origin of the universe is actually only instinct, and everything is determined by instinct.

"Speaking of which, my ascension ceremony was quite a fun one. Everyone in the universe was randomly teleported to other planets or the True Realm, causing countless chaos, hehe~"

[Silver Universe] smiled playfully and continued, "Fortunately, as soon as I became a true god, I used [Eternal Space] to reset everyone, so there were no casualties. Then, in all the places that exist in the space, everyone can vaguely see my figure, although only for a few seconds."

[Absolute Defense] exclaimed, "Mine is a bit better. When I became a true god, the defensive capabilities of all living beings in the universe were raised to an incredible level. In a way, it saved a lot of people. Of course, it also delayed a lot of people from hunting strange and supernatural creatures, haha."

[Paradox Clown] said, "Back then, your phenomenon was a towering figure holding a giant shield appearing throughout the entire universe, right? That was quite impressive. Unlike me, mine was just causing many circus members to temporarily grow clown masks on their faces."

As the gods talked, they all became curious. It seemed that Xia Fa didn't need to go through the first half of the godhood ritual. So, how would the universe react to the second half of his ritual?

Or, what kind of anomalies will first appear in the universe, and then what kind of strange phenomena will appear?

As for the three Paul brothers, they listened with great envy, their faces full of admiration. After all, none of the three of them had become true gods, so there was no question of any unusual movements or phenomena.

Dick Tudor, on the other hand, began to imagine what kind of strange phenomena and unusual occurrences would occur after he broke through and ascended to become a true god.

"Wait, look, that's—"

Suddenly, the Lord of Nature pointed in a certain direction, and the gods looked in that direction and were all startled.

There it was, Xia Fa's place.

Behind Xia Fa, a figure engulfed in jet-black flames, with nine tentacles on its back wielding nine swords, slowly emerged.

The moment the figure appeared, it had already reached a height of 100,000 zhang, towering to the heavens and the earth. Moreover, it was constantly growing taller and larger, giving people the feeling that it was about to break through the starry sky.

"this----"

The nine righteous gods were immediately stunned. In fact, three of the righteous gods had experienced the phenomenon of such an extremely tall figure appearing in the latter half of the ascension ceremony.

The first is naturally the [Absolute Defense], the phenomenon of which is a towering figure holding a giant shield. Although it only appears in the Protoss Natural Starfield, everyone in the universe at that time could see it just by looking up.

The second is [Temporary Reality]. His vision is a figure painting, but it is only a few hundred feet tall. Although it is tall enough, it is naturally far inferior to [Absolute Defense].

The third is [First History], whose strange phenomenon is the figure of an old man flipping through a book, only about a hundred feet tall.

Although no other righteous gods exhibited this phenomenon, people deduced some patterns from it. It seemed that whenever this phenomenon appeared during a godhood ritual, it represented the corresponding righteous god's strength.

Therefore, [Absolute Defense] is ten thousand feet long, while [Brief Reality] is only a few hundred feet long, and [First History] is only one hundred feet long.

Now, the phantom that appeared during Xia Fa's godhood ceremony was an astonishing 100,000 zhang tall right from the start.

Moreover, in the blink of an eye, it has already broken through to a million feet and is still growing, at a speed much faster than before.

"Three million zhang, five million zhang, ten million zhang, fifty million zhang, one hundred million zhang, three hundred million zhang—Heavens, heavens!"

Although the [Nature Monarch] is only at the fifth level of the True God realm, perhaps that is why he values ​​strength the most.

Seeing the extraordinary phenomenon of Xia Fa's ascension ceremony instantly soar to hundreds of millions of feet, far exceeding the ten-thousand-foot figure of [Absolute Defense] back then, He was so shocked that He was speechless.

How much stronger is this than [Absolute Defense]?

Without a doubt, His catchphrase will change from "Lord" to "Absolute Attack," just as "Absolute Defense" was used before.

The other gods were also deeply shocked, staring blankly at the figure that was still growing larger.

In the blink of an eye, the figure had already reached hundreds of billions of feet in length and was approaching trillions of feet, with its speed increasing even further.

All living beings in the universe witnessed this unimaginably enormous figure and were all utterly astonished.

"It's Lord [Absolute Attack]!"

"Lord, is this the ascension ritual of Lord [Absolute Attack]? He's so powerful, yet he's still not a true god?"

"A ritual to become a god? What does that mean?"

"You children don't understand. I am an Outer God who has lived for over 30,000 years. I personally witnessed the ascension ceremonies of eight of the nine True Gods. The most powerful one was Lord [Absolute Defense], whose figure was ten thousand feet tall. At the time, everyone said that this was a concrete manifestation of the strength after becoming a True God."

"That figure of Lord [Absolute Attack] has already reached trillions of feet in length—!"

"Unthinkable, utterly unthinkable! Praise be to Lord Absolute Attack!"

"[Absolute Attack] Master, from now on I will be your most devout follower!"

"Haha, me too!"

"Praise be to Lord [Absolute Attack]!"

The nine righteous gods could naturally hear the discussion among the extraordinary beings, but in terms of sheer awe, they far surpassed any other being in the entire universe.

After all, only by reaching the level of a true god can one realize how difficult it is to improve one's strength, and only then can one understand just how incredible Xia Fa's current figure, which has grown to trillions of feet, truly is.

This means that Xia Fa's strength has reached a level beyond everyone's imagination, so powerful that it is incomparable. Even [Absolute Defense] cannot fathom just how strong Xia Fa is.

Even after growing to trillions of feet, the figure, engulfed in jet-black flames and with nine tentacles entwined around nine horse-slaying swords, continued to grow exponentially—

「嗬

Xia Fa suddenly took a deep breath, like someone who had been holding their breath and was suffocating from underwater, and his mind immediately cleared up.

Looking around, he realized he had returned to the Promised Land where he had seen the shell of [Absolute Defense] many times before.

The difference this time is that books, newspapers, and even television sets displaying images are floating everywhere in this promised land.

Whether it's books, newspapers, or television sets, their quantity is countless, truly endless, beyond the reach of even billions, trillions, or countless grains of sand in the Ganges River.

But as his gaze shifted, he was suddenly startled.

Amidst the countless books, newspapers, and television sets, there was actually a person.

A tall young man with black hair and black eyes, wearing a white linen shirt, light brown work pants and black leather work shoes.

The young man was incredibly handsome, the kind of handsome that exuded a strong masculine aura, like a hero from ancient Greece or Rome, extremely masculine, even the angles on his face looked like they were carved by a knife.

But a warm smile played on his lips, a smile that softened his sharp edges and gave him a unique and fatal attraction.

Xia Fa had never seen such a handsome person before, and luckily, that person was himself.

Yes, this young man looks exactly like me; he is completely me.

But if that person is myself, then who am I?

"Who are you----?"

"I am you, and you are me." The young man smiled.

"What do you mean?" Xia Fa asked, somewhat puzzled.

"To be precise, I am a part of your spirit, currently undergoing the final fusion with the [Ancient Secrets]. Once the fusion is complete, I will return to your body, and then we will be inseparable, because I was originally you," the young man patiently explained.

"I see—" Xia Fa felt a sense of relief, then asked, "So where are we now?"

"The Promised Land in the Gray Fog of Time, the Place Where Geniuses Gather, is also where my elder brother's body, the Absolute Defense, once resided," the young man replied with a smile.

Seeing that it was indeed here, Xia Fa felt even more relieved, because he could leave whenever he wanted.

But soon, a difficult problem emerged.

Currently, a portion of my spirit has actively separated to merge with the [Ancient Secrets], which means that I have not yet truly grasped the authority of "omniscience".

Xia Fa suspected that this was the effect of signing the [Primordial Secrets], just like how the body would turn into bubbles of various sizes when signing the [Mysterious Singularity], and how the body would turn into stars and planets when signing the [Gate of Stars].

The problem is, he really wants to know the mystery that has been bothering him for more than a month and a half, and he can't wait any longer.

This integration looks like it will take at least a few more days.

The books, newspapers, and television sets were merging into the "self" on the other side, at a rather slow pace.

"Aren't you curious about what happened 30,000 years ago? And what is your origin—or rather—what is our origin?"

Just then, the young man spoke with a smile, his expression quite amiable.

Xia Fa thought to himself that it was indeed a part of his spirit, completely identical to his own thoughts and ideas.

"Yes."

The young man laughed and said, "Ask away, I can tell you."

Xia Fa smiled and said, "Isn't there a more efficient way? Like using spiritual intuition to transmit thoughts or something."

The young man smiled and said, "That works too."

Xia Fa nodded, then adopted an extremely serious tone: "Then tell me first, what exactly happened 30,000 years ago?"