Mystery: Starting with the Night Pope.

Chapter 191 "Cocoon of Light"

At the end of the first year of the Fifth Era, Truman finally left Gensokyo.

Of course, this is not the "Supreme Dream," but the "Dream Angel," like the Night Pope who had just emerged from the "Dark Kingdom" in the Second Age.

Apart from that, his "Hermit" and "Sun" avatars are both hanging in the Astral Plane and don't pay much attention to the affairs of the Fifth Age.

"Knock knock." In a dark church, Truman knocked on a coffin placed under the cross.

click!

The coffin lid opened slightly, revealing a pair of eyes that peered out at the outside world.

These eyes were filled with restraint, and one could vaguely see the boundless desire surging within them, but it was all suppressed by the owner of these eyes.

"Dream... Your Excellency." The coffin lid was fully opened, and a mummy emerged from it.

"Long time no see." Truman looked the mummy over and saw that it hadn't changed at all since he pulled it out of its reclusive world.

"I heard that you finally want to become a god?" Truman got the news from Urolius and Medici.

In the previous imperial wars, Torzner stood on the side of the Solomon Empire, blocking many angel attacks from the Terensust Empire and the Byron Empire.

However, the subsequent outbreak of the divine war was beyond their ability to intervene.

"Desire... Mother Tree..." Torzner uttered two words.

Truman immediately understood. The "Bound Ones" and the "Abyss" pathways were both torn from the "Mother Tree of Desire" and were greatly influenced by it.

"So, you want to focus your attention on this?" Truman stroked his chin, clearly intrigued.

"Yes!" At this moment, the mummy seemed to release the desires and yearnings that it had suppressed for thousands of years, appearing overly impulsive and even reckless!

"Good." Truman was very optimistic about this, and he had always been supportive of plans that could strike at the Outer Gods.

"Thank you!" Torzner bowed.

"But you also need to understand that this path is difficult, and if you fail, you'll be the one who loses," Truman warned.

"I... understand." Torzner was already prepared for this.

"Well... I have a great idea..." Truman popped out a dream symbol, which landed on the mummy and merged into its body.

"Thank you!" Torzner said again.

After that, He departed directly, and it will take more than a thousand years to complete His ritual.

The length of time is meaningless to Him; the best time is when the end times are approaching, more than a thousand years from now.

Many angels and even the true God are waiting for that opportunity.

"I'm waiting too," Truman sighed softly, looking at the gray mist above the spirit realm.

……

The Fourth Age ended naturally after the gods ascended to the astral plane, peacefully transitioning into the Fifth Age.

The major churches reached a consensus and tacitly agreed to leave certain things in the memory of the Fourth Age, and renegotiated the rules for the Fifth Age.

The Fifth Age will be an era in which no gods walk on the earth. Angels will be the highest fighting force, and the Church will be the strongest organization, which will allow the Church to reach the pinnacle of control over the secular world.

After the "Black Emperor" moved his divine kingdom to the astral plane, the Solomon Empire's imperial throne was inherited by his descendants, which directly caused some angelic families to have different thoughts.

Some angelic families in the Solomon Empire have angel kings, while the strongest member of the Solomon family is only at Sequence Two...

Even in the agreements of all churches, the emperor could not be a demigod or an angel.

After the gods ascended to the astral plane, certain contradictions in the world that had been suppressed by the gods began to erupt.

Needless to say, wars broke out between nations. The Solomon Empire, which originally had a greater chance of ruling the world than the Fourth Age, fell into a strange cycle, with some angelic families and the royal family becoming estranged.

It seems it's time to take a different approach...

The Fifth Age was the age of humankind, and the holy wars between churches concerning faith were also conducted in the name of human nations.

Such a war could not attract the attention of Truman, who was in a semi-asleep state in Gensokyo.

Around 1143 AD in the Fifth Age, Truman, the "Dream Angel," was quietly preparing for his ritual.

At one point, he raised his head and looked up at the spirit realm.

"It's finally here!" Fate was completely obscured, but there was still a subtle ripple.

Clearly, the "Lord of Mysteries" took certain measures after learning that Truman was watching him.

"Huang Tao?" Truman's lips curled up as he recalled the various diaries, feeling that he had pulled the "rope" back quite a bit during that tug-of-war.

There are very few things that could make him do this, and there have been at least two such things in the two hundred years leading up to the end of the world.

His gaze was fixed on the gray mist surging above the spirit realm.

Aside from him, the only others who could barely sense this gray fog were probably the "Goddess of Night" born from the Source Castle and the three Angel Kings.

hum!

Truman reached out and pulled out a causal thread, connecting it to Amanisis.

"There seems to be some unusual activity at 'Source Castle'," came Amanisis's voice from the other end of the causal line.

Now that Amanisis no longer possesses "Half the Fool," he can only perceive the state of "Source Castle" through an extremely weak connection within himself.

"The second one is probably going to be eliminated soon," Truman said softly. The causal thread trembled slightly, and Amanisis on the other side was not at peace.

"Will it be like me?" Amanisis asked after a moment of silence.

"You've already been manipulated; you're most likely the result of that 'God'," Truman explained.

Amanises descended upon the wolf race, who controlled the "Fool" and "Night" pathways.

In the Lord of Mysteries' plan, He should have inherited the "Fool" trait, but the result was interfered with, and He inherited the "Night Path" trait, directly eliminating the possibility of the Lord of Mysteries awakening from Amanisis.

Such a layout could probably only be accomplished by an "omniscient and omnipotent" "God".

But this time there are many more variables.

Because of Truman's interference, the "Lord of Mysteries" must have adjusted his arrangements for these resurrected contingency plans, so Huang Tao's arrival will most likely not be the same as before.

hum!

While Amanisis and Truman were on their guard, the "Source Castle" suddenly opened a gap in the mists of history.

The entire gap was so tiny and still in the past that it might have been missed if Truman hadn't been watching it intently.

Through this gap, Truman finally saw the interior of the Source Castle.

It was a dark blue-green light gate, with countless strange and mysterious patterns flowing across it, connecting layer upon layer of light clusters composed of twisted worms.

Above the portal, thin black lines hung down, suspending one light cocoon after another.

One more chapter, it might be past 1 a.m.

(End of this chapter)