Mystery: Starting with the Night Pope.

Chapter 557 "Destiny"

The "reboot" of the "Ring of Fate" is vastly different from the "reboot" Truman had ever seen.

Both involve fate overriding reality, but the current reboot has a stronger feeling of freezing reality and imprisoning fate. Once you fall into it, you can never escape and will be trapped in the endless rewind of fate forever.

"Is this a manifestation of 'destiny'?" Truman broke free from the "reboot".

But in that instant, Truman's consciousness jolted, and he turned to look at the other Outer Gods, the closest of which was a "starry sky".

When Truman saw this starry sky, the information about this Outer God appeared in his mind—the Super Star Ruler!

These Outer Gods were not a monolithic entity after all. After arriving at the blue planet where the "Ring of Destiny" was located, they all rushed over by various means.

This tiny solar system, which should have been traversed in the blink of an eye, is now proving extremely difficult to traverse.

The main obstacle comes from the other Outer Gods, who each try to sabotage the situation. This "Super Star Overlord" is the closest to this place.

The "reboot" of the "Ring of Destiny" wasn't primarily aimed at Truman, but rather at the "Super Star Overlord".

This creates more time for oneself and the "Ring of Fate" to resolve their karmic entanglements.

"You're quite confident?" Truman looked at the gray mist on the river of fate.

"You should know that what is most important to us is not authority, but the corresponding qualities and 'symbols'."

"Omniscience and omnipotence" is authority, while "pillar" is symbolism. Similarly, "dream" is authority, while "the first dream" is symbolism.

Since merging the "Dream" authority, Truman's "First Dream" symbol has made little progress.

The "Ring of Fate" naturally symbolizes one aspect of fate, namely "destiny" and the inevitability of fate.

"Oh, you want to take advantage of the fact that I can't use my own symbol?" Truman looked at the Spear of Fate that was still shrouded in the gray mist.

"Yes." The murmurs of the "Ring of Destiny" contained no more useful information. In the next instant, a strange fluctuation gradually spread across the entire starry sky, centered on the light blue planet.

Truman was no stranger to this feeling; he had experienced it during his battle with Hades in the Fourth Age.

But without a doubt, the "fate" before us is more powerful and more unsolvable.

This is the most important thing from the past, a truly "cosmic" power.

At that moment, Truman felt his own causal chain being constantly modified, forming a loop, then anchored, leaving corresponding traces on the river of fate.

At the same time, the universe itself is undergoing a certain degree of change, in which knowledge and memories of "dream" are being erased and transformed into the appearance of "destiny".

This stemmed from destiny, touched upon the most fundamental rules of the universe, altered the information of the dream, and set the fate of "dream" as part of the "ring of destiny."

"...This is an eye-opener!" Truman exclaimed, as the symbolic power was displayed so completely before him for the first time.

"However, you don't seem to understand dreams very well." Truman opened the Book of Dreams and turned to the "Reality" page, which had been perfectly integrated due to Antigonus's ritual.

Just as Russell did, their ritual was itself part of the Truman ritual.

"The real is unique; all false destinies will perish," Dream said.

Similarly, a powerful force protected Truman's fate from the bottom-level rules of the universe, and the altered "destiny" was gradually annihilated.

Meanwhile, the "ring of destiny" on the river of fate is writhing, attempting to break through "reality" on the level of destiny.

Such a battle has become abstract, inaccessible, and incomprehensible.

……

Klein had no idea what was going on outside, as he was still unstable after becoming the "Fool".

The consciousness of the "Lord of Mysteries," which had been killed twice, was still trying to revive.

Klein could only focus all his energy on this.

He pressed one hand against the barely visible mask on his face, and placed the other hand on his lower abdomen. His back was slightly hunched, as if he were enduring unspeakable pain.

As soon as he raised his head, slippery and sinister tentacles appeared around him, flailing wildly, indicating his chaotic mental state.

"I'm leaving now." At this moment, a dreamlike phosphorescent aura came from behind Klein. This aura was countless times larger than that of the "Dream Walker," which helped Klein regain his rationality.

It is Antigonus, who has become the "true god".

After seeing that Klein had regained some consciousness, He nodded gently and went directly to the Astral Plane to stand with Roselle.

Klein looked up at the current state of the astral plane and instantly understood the situation.

"Creator, dream, Outer God..."

"You don't need to worry about these issues. What you need to do now is to calm yourself down."

A drop of the "River of Eternal Darkness" finally landed on Klein's brow, and together with the dreamlike phosphorescence given to him by Antigonus, it initially stabilized his mind.

"Thank you," Klein said sincerely.

The phantom of the "Goddess of the Night" suddenly collapsed, and the "Hidden Angel" emerged from it. He looked at Klein and nodded slightly. His body became illusory and was erased inch by inch, returning to the divine kingdom.

His clone has now been completely exposed.

"You..." Klein looked at Triss.

"From now on, you might have to call me Chik." The strange phenomenon on Triss's body instantly disappeared, and she looked at Klein with a gentle smile.

After that, Triss disappeared from Klein's sight without leaving a trace.

Klein frowned, and in a flash returned to the "Source Castle," which was now back under his control.

He sat down in the "Fool's" position and focused intently on stabilizing his mental state.

With the help of the "God of Truth" and the "Goddess of Night," his mental state was quite good, and he was able to examine the power he had received—"fooling."

It not only encompasses history, time, fate, change, and hidden powers, but is also a symbol of "blind folly" in the realm of the mind.

Without a doubt, this is an extremely powerful authority, and with the blessing of the "Source Castle," it will unleash unimaginable power.

With his stable mental state, he was one of the strongest even among the true gods.

"The influence of 'Dreamwalker' is almost negligible, after all, he is a true god."

And it is impossible for Him to become the "Dream God", since becoming the "Dream God" requires merging with the uniqueness of dreams.

In His current state, what's the difference between Him giving His uniqueness to the "Lord of Mysteries"?

"Finally..." Klein's ears were filled with the incessant, frantic babbling of the "Lord of Mysteries," and his feelings were somewhat complicated.

(End of this chapter)