Lord of Mysteries: Taiyi

Chapter 97 World Anchor

On Tuesday morning, Kurt got up very early to complete the update of his personal name. He felt uneasy using the previous name because it overlapped too much with Taiyin's.

He had previously wondered if he might be a backup plan of some mysterious being, or simply a "reincarnation" of his past self to avoid some insurmountable danger.

He devised a mystical method that could be used to confirm the hypothesis.

Of course, to prevent doing so from being completely reckless and causing that entity to revive prematurely, resulting in an irreparable disaster, we must take precautions.

Kurt directly prayed for the Mother Goddess's attention. Now he knew that he must possess something that Lilith was very interested in, or that becoming a Great Old One would bring Lilith great benefits.

That way, the Earth Mother wouldn't stand idly by. If he did something foolish, Lilith would probably stop him. Even risky attempts wouldn't be ignored.

This was the first time Kurt had seriously arranged a ritual to please Mother Earth. He prepared various herbs and metals that Mother Earth liked. After the prayer, Kurt immediately felt watched and his whole body became warm and comfortable.

He then began his experiment.

He took out a blank sheet of draft paper and began preparing for the work related to the dream interpretation. He wrote a line of Chinese characters on the paper with a high-end round-bellied fountain pen: "The Venerable Name of Taiyi".

Then he translated it into Hermes below, wanting Lilith to understand what he was writing. After waiting a while, he found that the Mother Goddess did not react. Well, then there was no big problem.

Kurt used Chinese because he thought he was a reincarnation.

One's past life must have been more sensitive to Chinese, which would make it more likely to awaken one's subconscious and thus obtain the answer.

In other words, traditional dream divination relies on the spirit world as a medium, while Kurt's current dream divination attempts to connect with his past self through himself.

It's about seeking answers inward, not in the spiritual realm.

If one truly receives a revelation, it means there's a high probability that it's a contingency plan left by their past self. In that case, the risks from within the body would be greatly reduced, because one generally wouldn't harm oneself.

In such cases, one must guard against the "other being" that forced "oneself" into this predicament.

Kurt leaned back slightly, silently reflecting on his own existence and trying to bring his spirit back into himself. He began to silently recite his ID number and other things strongly connected to him, then solemnly declared, "I! I'm asking myself a question!"

"What is Taiyi's honorific name?"

A gust of cold wind suddenly blew out from his body, directly engulfing his spirit, giving Kurt a suffocating feeling as if he were being directly enveloped by a slime.

Then his vision went dark, his gaze began to distort, and Kurt's emotions began to be stripped away—Kurt clearly saw his body moving further and further away, the surrounding scenery becoming abnormally distorted and blurry, furniture disintegrating into simple symbols, the air beginning to change, many strange starch sacs appearing and hanging in the sky, and then the air cellularizing and separating into small rooms—

Then the entire bedroom seemed to come alive, and various organelles made of chairs and benches began to function. Kurt's body was twisted into a cell nucleus, revealing an expression of extreme pain—and then the entire bedroom began to pulsate slowly.

But Kurt is no longer interested in these things —

His thoughts were fading, but finally a very pure life energy enveloped Kurt's spirit, causing Kurt to exit this state directly. The absurd scene before his eyes was instantly replaced by a blinding light, so bright that he wanted to close his eyes.

But he found himself with his eyes closed—then a spinning and falling sensation filled his body, exactly like the feeling he had in his previous dream—

The last few lines of neat Chinese text drifted into my mind.

Imprinted directly into Kurt's spiritual body:

Harmonizing the Heavenly Pivot, the Myriad Transformations, the Core, the Primordial Dao Source, the World Anchor Point: "The world is real because of you; you are the guide of all paths, ********, the Supreme Being who holds all possibilities!"

After receiving this information, Kurt woke up, quickly opened his eyes, looked around, and found the bedroom was still the same. He breathed a sigh of relief and inwardly praised Lilith. Then he began to process the information he had just received.

It actually responded! I asked myself a question and even got an answer. This basically confirms that I am very likely the resurrection plan left by "myself"!

These titles are likely alternative names for Taiyi, similar to titles such as Lord of Mysteries, King of Time and Space, Avatar of the Source Castle, Ruler of the Spirit Realm, and Beacon of Destiny.

Another piece of information is Taiyi's honorific name, which has been partially concealed by human intervention.

That's probably the safeguard I left myself; that honored name was probably the reason I was afraid and avoided it before.

Kurt had a vague idea of ​​which being the honored name referred to or contained, and his heart sank—he then forced himself to stop thinking about it and looked at the remaining honored names.

The world's anchor point, the world is real because of you—does this mean that my past existence directly determined whether the universe truly exists? With such power, it's impossible that it wouldn't cause historical changes; the current situation wouldn't be like this, or at least it would undergo significant changes.

It turns out I didn't cause any major disruptions to the world line before, so what does this honorific title mean?

The primordial Dao is the source of all paths. What does "Dao" mean here? And what about the word "source"? The core ability of the Clockmaker's Path is probably "nature." All things have nature. The Dao is the source of all things, and it should also be composed of a part of the authority of the Storyteller's Path.

Holding the power of possibility? The power of possibility? If this name is real, then I must have been terrifyingly powerful before, it's impossible for me to have disappeared from history. Even if I were hidden, there wouldn't only be the "Null Sect" and the "Truth Association" in the world, and everything else would be exactly the same as described in the book.

Or was this title something I came up with in the future? Kurt couldn't help but ponder this question, and found it did seem to make sense. In his previous life, he had been accidentally corrupted by the "original," then restarted and traveled to the past, wanting to change the current situation—

Even though Kurt knew that the "original" corruption was very likely the same as the corruption of the Fallen Mother Goddess, and that neither resurrection nor time travel could eliminate it, he didn't think about it any further.

He had only been thinking for a few minutes when his mind became somewhat disordered, and if he continued thinking, he might be on the verge of losing control.

I need to change the honorific name I used in my previous life. After thinking for a while, Kurt decided to translate some Chinese and try making one up himself.

"Anchor of the outside world, you are the giver of nature, you are the supreme one who governs harmony."

He imitated Klein and created a three-part title. The first part refers to himself, the second part refers to his abilities, and the third part refers to his source matter and the ancients. As for why he didn't use possibility as part of the title, it's because this authority is probably from the storyteller's path, and he will definitely have the ability to harmonize these properties later, so Kurt chose "harmony," which is more in line with his path.

Then why use Taiyi? Because he discovered that he seemed to have already contained the source matter, or rather, partially contained it, but the power of the source matter seemed to be sealed, which meant that Kurt could only "unlock" it step by step like Klein.

Kurt had good reason to suspect that this was a measure he had taken to protect himself. Otherwise, he felt he would be contaminated by the "original" moment as soon as he landed.

He dared not think too much about his past experiences, as he believed that he would need to reach a higher sequence to gain any insights from them.

Next, Kurt tried praying to himself using the new honorific name to gain knowledge about the storyteller's path, to see if there were any new spells or knowledge.

P.S.: By the way, should we let the protagonist take the "storyteller" route of receiving ordination? However, I don't know the specifics of the ordination system, but I've seen quite a few people recommend it.