You are all my wings!

"Playing dumb won't work. I am both the Goddess of Origin and the Goddess of Life. I am so proficient in the Way of Life, how could I not see the changes in your body?"

Her expression remained indifferent:

"Whether it's elves, dragons, or any kind of divine species, their bodies have a natural desire to reproduce. This is reflected at the core of their bodies. Once they go into heat, their life code will subtly adjust their life state, giving them more maternal characteristics. You and Leon have clearly experienced being in heat. The changes in your life code are even more dramatic, far exceeding any changes I've seen since I met you."

Astalia paused, then said, "Sister Chengerheli, what's the point of talking about these trivial matters? Why don't you talk about why you attacked me and even sealed me off like this? What exactly is this so-called mole?"

'Cheng Erhe Li' said, 'I think you should have heard from Leon that I am the Goddess of Origin, right?'

Astalia wanted to deny it, but she still said:

"Yes, I've heard about it, but I believe you've only had your will interfered with by 'her,' gaining some half-true memories. You are still my sister, Cheng Erhe Li, not that supreme being."

Because she had communicated with Leon before and knew that Leon had temporarily pretended to acknowledge her as the Goddess of Origin, Astalia only expressed her own judgment and did not mention Leon's opinion.

'Cheng Erheli' smiled slightly: "Unfortunately, your judgment is wrong. I am 'she', and 'she' is me. Not only that, if I have a problem someday in the future, you may also become 'she'."

Astalia then said, "I naturally know that I might become an incarnation of 'her' in the future. This is a conjecture that my sister and I have shared before. However, conjecture is conjecture, but it has not yet become a reality. 'She' is still high above, and has not fallen and been reborn as you. Although you and I are noble living gods, and have been elevated to a high position in the world by the people of the Holy Land, we still cannot compare with that being, can we?"

'Cheng Erhe Li' shook his head and said, "It seems you don't know the real secret hidden in this."

Upon hearing this, Astalia felt a slight unease, sensing that the other person seemed to be implying something.

She then asked telepathically:

"Cheng Erhe, Sister Li, have you finally regained your senses? Was all of this just an act you put on to deceive 'her'?"

Upon hearing the telepathic message, 'Chengerheli' smiled slightly and said calmly, "Astalia, say what you have to say to my face. Don't use telepathy. I prefer to talk in the sunlight now."

Do you only like to talk in the sunlight?

She was telling me that I could only hide what I really wanted to say in normal conversation, and that I couldn't escape the gaze of the Origin Goddess by transmitting my thoughts.

The only way is to openly express what you want to say using coded language; no other method works.

Astalia's heart skipped a beat, and she asked, "So, you're saying I'm a mole, what's that all about?"

"I'm not afraid to tell you."

'Cheng Erheli' said, "I suspect that there is a pure elemental spirit that has survived from the last era hidden in the Holy Land. She is an accomplice of the Lord of the Spirit Abyss and the Lord of the Disaster Domain. Their goal is to find me, kill me completely, and make that high and mighty imposter Goddess of Origin the real one. And I judge that the first person to chase after me when I pretended to be crazy must be the traitor."

Astalia said, "But wouldn't doing this expose you even faster? Even if you can get rid of this traitor, it will inevitably attract the attention of those two Lords of the Forbidden Zone of Creation, right?"

'Cheng Erhe Li' laughed:

"So I came to this place of origin, to this new continent of Auster. This is my territory. Even if these two masters of the forbidden zone of creation are revived, they can't do anything to me for the time being. After these eight years, I will be sitting firmly on my throne."

Does this mean that in the New Auster Continent, the intensity of the Origin Goddess's gaze will actually decrease?

Or was there no hidden meaning in her words?

Astalia said thoughtfully:

"So, the reason you chose to launch this on the day of the prophecy meeting is not only because the three elders cannot stop you for the time being, but also because the prophecy of the Sacred Tree means that the New Auster Continent has reached a point where it can withstand external shocks? The 'cycle of time' in the prophecy of the Sacred Tree refers to the switching between the old and new continents?"

“Smart, Astalia, you are probably the most intelligent of all my sisters.”

'Cheng Erhe Li' smiled, then shook his head:

"Unfortunately, I still suspect you are a mole. After all, although you are well hidden, your divine power is extraordinary. You may have even cultivated it to the peak of the twelfth level, right? This strength is even slightly inferior to my current level. Fortunately, I have my own divine power to support me, otherwise I really wouldn't be able to defeat you."

Astalia frowned slightly: "How did you figure that out?"

“I am the Goddess of Origin. Even though this divine body is far inferior to my original body, it is of course not a problem for me to see through these trivial matters. In particular, your divine spark and divine body are not particularly compatible. It is clear that your divine spark is not a natural product of this divine body.”

"Cheng Erhe Li" said.

Astalia's divinity comes from the future. Although it is a good fit, so many years have passed and she has undergone a reshaping process by the flames of civilization. This will naturally differ from her current form as a pure elemental spirit.

“I see. However, I can tell you definitively that I am not the mole.”

Astalia said:

“I now understand your thoughts and true purpose. I can tell you that I come from the future, as does Lyon. Everyone in the future met an unfortunate end, and I was the only one who survived by chance. I do not wish for such an end, so I chose to come against the tide.”

Since the Goddess of Origin was watching them, it seemed that their connection to the future had already been exposed.

So Astalia chose to speak out about it at this moment.

Just then, Lyon finished casting his spell.

His spiritual power, magical power, and even divine energy were all exhausted in this attempt to anchor the future.

Their faces showed signs of fatigue, a first for them since their physical strength reached the limits of the mortal realm.

In order to solidify the timeline of his acquaintance with the newly revived Astalia, he combined it with the [Truth Time-Space Anchoring Technique] enhanced by non-real deception, and also invested more than a hundred portions of illusory and real essence.

Moreover, he activated all thirteen modes, using this massive boost to enhance the effectiveness of his magic, thus firmly anchoring his future encounter with Astalia.

Thanks to this incredible hands-on experience with time-space anchoring, he has already vaguely grasped the top-tier time-based secret [Frozen Years] contained within the Cold Moon Flowing Light Magic.

Because the core characteristic of "凝岁" is the condensation of time.

And time can also be understood as moments that have milestones.

This secret has many similarities to his [Truth Spacetime Anchoring Technique]. Therefore, he used this to draw inferences from one instance to another, superimposed the Divine Wisdom Mode, and his comprehension efficiency was more than seven or eight times higher than before.

I estimate that I'll fully understand it in a few more days.

In addition, the anchoring results were also remarkable.

Unless there is a major shift in the timeline, the point where he first met Astalia should become a relatively stable and unchanging fulcrum in the turbulent flow of time, temporarily preventing the future version of himself from disappearing due to the change in time and space.

The only concern is that a single node is not enough; it would be best to anchor more nodes in the network later to ensure a worry-free experience.

"So, Lyon is the helper you brought from the future?"

'Cheng Erhe Li' noticed that Leon had finished casting his spell, and turned his gaze to him, a thoughtful look flashing across his face:

"That's strange. Why do I feel like I've seen him before?"

Lyon's heart stirred slightly upon hearing this.

Surely her situation isn't similar to Hamra's, where they both knew themselves in the more distant past?

"Your Majesty, you say you've seen me before. In what capacity did you meet me?"

"Since you can't remember, then there's no need to worry about it."

She said calmly.

Upon hearing this, Leon frowned slightly. This guy really liked playing the riddle-maker. Was it to prevent the Origin Goddess, who was always watching, from knowing about this information?

"Your Majesty..."

"Let's leave this topic at that."

Cheng Erheli smiled and interrupted Leon, looking at Astalia:

"What's more important now is, if Astalia really is from the future, and not the mole I'm looking for, then why didn't the other mole, who should have been there, immediately follow me when I feigned madness?"

Astalia shook her head: "I came after you because you took Leon away, not because I thought there was something wrong with you."

"That's hard to say, your suspicion hasn't been cleared yet."

'Cheng Erhe Li' said with a smile:

"Besides, it's not right for you to try and have sex with my Leon while I was away."

Although she was smiling, her voice was noticeably colder.

Astalia: "...Isn't the more important topic right now your so-called mole?"

The more 'Cheng Erhe Li' brought up this matter, the more she couldn't help but reminisce about her deep encounter with Leon, and the more ashamed she felt as a result.

Because some things were clearly the two of them's little secrets, but they were exposed by 'Cheng Erhe Li' in such a way, and that feeling was absolutely awful.

"The mole isn't in a hurry. There are still a few days. When the time comes, he will naturally be able to tell the difference."

'Cheng Erhe Li' said calmly:

"Let's talk about exactly what you two just did. I really didn't expect that you, Astalia, who usually seems the most well-behaved, are actually so wicked. Tell me, what should I do with you two?"

As she spoke, her divine power was faintly about to be unleashed, as if she were about to punish the two of them.

Astalia wondered to herself, "Could it be that she really knew Leon before?"

Or was she sending herself some kind of coded message?

Is this just for show, or is he really angry?

Lyon cleared his throat lightly: "Gentlemen, may I say a few words first?"

"what do you want to say?"

'Cheng Erhe Li' turned his gaze.

"Your Majesty, do you know what I just did?"

"Divination?"

"That's true, but it's more than that."

Leon glanced at Astalia out of the corner of his eye and whispered, "My God, cooperate with me now. It's time for us to try and get more information from Cheng Erheli."

Astalia replied telepathically, "What do you want to do?"

"Just look at me as I speak, and speak according to your own conscience when appropriate."

"Is this all you're going to do?"

"Yes, just trust me."

"it is good."

Astalia felt a sense of relief upon hearing Leon's words. He was still the same person, never flustered in the face of adversity, calmer than many gods, seemingly possessing a detached and insightful perspective, yet also possessing such rich emotions.

[Goddess Astalia's favorability +1%, current favorability 99%]

As Leon quickly communicated telepathically with Astalia, his gaze remained fixed on 'Cheng Erhe Li', and then he began to compose:

"Your Majesty, do you remember the first time I did a divination for you? Actually, there was a follow-up."

"Oh? It's related to Jiajia Li?"

"No, it has something to do with you. Because at the time I was unsure of Your Majesty's attitude, I only explained the situation of Goddess Jiajiali. That is also the real reason why I did not immediately announce the divination results."

Upon hearing this, 'Cheng Erheli' said, 'Tell me about it.'

"First of all, my divination at that time was for Chengerheli, not the God of Origin. This is the premise, Your Majesty, please don't get it wrong."

Lyon said:

"Secondly, the scene I foresaw was very tragic. It was at the end of the era when Chengerheli was twisted by a strange power and turned into a demon. He ruthlessly killed Anemii, Mushiluna, Jiajiali, and Taiyamishili, throwing them into different forbidden zones of creation."

This is a scene that Astalia mentioned earlier, which Leon adapted.

'Cheng Erhe Li' frowned and said, "So you still don't believe that I am the Goddess of Origin?"

"I am merely informing you of the divination results. As for how to interpret them, I believe this divination will provide us with more noteworthy answers."

Lyon said in a deep voice:

"You want to go all in, but the future outcome is still destined to fail, and it will bring a more disastrous result than you expect."

'Cheng Erhe Li' frowned even more: 'Are you lying to me?'

"No, what I just did was not just divine the future eight years from now. I also traveled across a vast expanse of time and space to witness the dramatic changes that will occur because of your actions."

This was Lyon's honest opinion; over the course of many years, he had indeed foreseen more collapses that would occur outside the node.

“Yes, Cheng Erheli, Leon is right. Your move now seems like a desperate gamble, incredibly courageous, but the outcome is already predetermined. It will only put us sisters in a more difficult situation, or even result in a total loss, with only ‘her’ winning.”

Just then, a clear and calm voice suddenly came from outside the thatched hut.

The three of them turned their heads at the same time and saw Mshiruna with her neat sky-blue short hair. She was standing on the grassland, her light-colored long dress fluttering in the wind, smiling at the three of them.

"What a coincidence, I am the 'mole' you've been looking for all along."

"Are you the pure elemental spirit who has survived from the last era to the present?"

Leon and Astalia were both somewhat surprised because their understanding of M'shiluna was that she herself had lived from the Eden Era to the Flood Era, which was also the result that Leon had initially obtained through probing.

But now it seems that she has lived through not just two eras, but three eras including the future!

'No wonder I always felt that M'shiruna was hiding something; now I understand.'

Lyon's many doubts came together, and for a moment he had a sudden realization that he had figured out many things.