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For a period afterward, as the only normal Great Old One on Earth, the "Creator" was constantly trying to help other gods find or accommodate Sephirot.
Such assistance was, in fact, accumulating favors for His next actions.
According to the "Creator" Hobert's plan, the next step was to find the "Uncertain Mist," defeat it, and attempt to devour it.
This was clearly an action that would require spending some time in the cosmos to complete. If other Outer Deities rushed over upon hearing the news, the "Creator" and "Fool" alone would not be enough to deal with so many Outer Deities. They needed other Great Old One-level helpers.
In addition to the "Creator" providing some assistance to the gods, Hobert was also preparing the ritual for the two Empresses to advance to angels.
In December, Hobert and Fors had made sufficient preparations and entered the cosmos for the first exploration.
The initial intelligence work was mainly obtained from the Abraham family.
During their heyday, members of the Abraham family at the "Wanderer" level and above liked to stroll around in the cosmos and had very rich information about the cosmos. There were dozens of records of extraterrestrial civilizations alone.
Because it was outside the barrier, the effects of extraordinary means such as divination were limited, so they could only determine three safe star systems based on the information as the first batch of exploration targets.
Fors had divined that they would not be in any danger during this exploration.
Of course, there would be no danger. If there was still danger under the care of the "Creator," Fors's hope of advancing in the near future would be very slim.
After making sufficient preparations, Hobert prayed to the "Creator," and Fors prayed to the "Fool." After feeling the gazes of the two gods, Fors used the "Wanderer's" ability to open the astral world and enter the cosmos.
The first extraterrestrial civilization they explored was a beast race planet, where the higher creatures were a group of beasts with a certain amount of intelligence.
The appearance of these beasts had some similarities to the appearance of beasts on Earth, but they were only similar and were obviously not the same species.
According to the Abraham family's records, there were many beast kingdoms on this planet, and wars often broke out.
Considering that their intelligence was not very high and they often had wars, it was a place where legends could easily be left behind, so they chose to explore here first.
However, after Hobert and Fors arrived on this planet, they found that there was not a single animal here. The forest with strange trees was eerily quiet!
Hobert and Fors exchanged glances. Because they had the protection of two gods, they decided to enter the dense forest for a little exploration. Even if they didn't leave a legend, they would update the Abraham family's relevant records.
After entering the dense forest, the two did not find any traces of animals. The only sign that animals had existed was some white gauze that looked like spider webs on some trees.
Hobert's spirituality felt something. He felt that a beast was staring at him and Fors, but it was afraid of his level as the King of Angels.
He carefully explored the surroundings with his spirituality, but still couldn't find any living things!
He glanced at the white gauze on the tree again. Hobert grabbed Fors's shoulder with one hand and waved the other hand. A branch was bent down by him with the ability of "Distortion," ready to touch the white gauze.
At this time, the "Creator" prompted: "Underground!"
Hobert then understood that it was hiding underground. No wonder no matter how he explored the surrounding dense forest with his spirituality, he didn't gain anything.
The next second, he and Fors appeared in mid-air. At this time, Hobert used the power of "Distortion" to throw the branch he had bent down toward the white gauze.
The moment the branch touched the white gauze, the ground suddenly lifted up violently and quickly closed.
Looking down from mid-air, the earth at this time was like a giant mouth, and the huge peaks were like sharp or continuous teeth. The moment the giant mouth closed, it had amazing destructive power!
The mouth alone was so big, how big would the body of this underground behemoth be?
Taking advantage of the opponent's attack, Hobert raised his hand and used the "Distortion" pulling force to pull the entire creature out of the ground.
Rumble~
The earth within sight vibrated violently, and clusters of gray flesh emerged from below.
Hobert and Fors were stunned. They had never imagined that there would be such a huge creature in the world!
The two quickly ascended and returned to the cosmos. They found that Hobert's pull had caused about one-tenth of the planet's land to collapse! Immediately, the gray and white flesh underground was exposed.
It looked as if they had just peeled off a part of the planet's "shell."
What followed was a huge, seemingly boneless creature struggling non-stop.
At this time, the "Fool" sent the scene He divined into Hobert and Fors's minds.
They saw that this planet was originally full of orcs. They fought, hunted, and farmed, living what seemed to be the life of a tribal alliance era.
Suddenly, one day, several orcs seemed to see something in the sky. Their eyes became blank, and from then on, they kept drooling, as if they were always very hungry.
After returning home, they carved a strange statue and worshiped it every day.
Gradually, because of worshiping the evil god, their bodies underwent certain changes. Every time they devoured prey, their bodies would become larger!
After becoming abnormally large, they became very violent, devoured many tribesmen, and used their own power to force the entire tribe to hunt for them.
Later, prey could no longer satisfy their appetites. They began to devour more orcs and began chasing orcs from other tribes everywhere.
Until all the creatures on this planet were devoured by them, they had already become extremely huge, and their appearance had also undergone tremendous changes.
Their hair had long faded. Because their bodies were too tall and the gravity they received was too great, they became flat and flat to facilitate movement.
They began to devour each other. In the end, there was only one creature left on this planet.
Hobert frowned slightly. The first few mutated orcs should have been affected by the Outer Deities. The object they worshiped was likely the "Primordial Hunger."
Without the protection of the barrier, it was possible that the Outer Deities could destroy the creatures of an entire planet with just a glance.
Thinking of this, the "Sword of Disorder" appeared in his hand and turned into the shape of a spear.
He stabbed the huge monster with one shot. The monster quickly collapsed and disintegrated, and the only animal on this planet also died.
But the corpse of this huge creature will definitely breed microorganisms. After years of baptism, it will definitely prosper again here.
Immediately, Hobert and Fors came to the second planet of this exploration.
In the Abraham family's records, this planet had forests that covered the sky and the sun. Under the shade formed by the tall trees, there were warm and humid swamps.
Fishmen tribes lived in the swamps. In this relatively closed place, legends could easily be formed in the tribes.
But when Hobert and Fors came to this planet, they found that the entire planet was white, with only a little green near the equator.
Arriving on the planet's surface, they found that one of the Abraham family's records was correct. The trees here were very tall, and even though there were no leaves now, it still felt like the sky was covered.
But except for a few fishmen tribes near the equator, other regions had turned into a world of ice and snow.
Fors was a little incredulous: "Why did it become so cold here?"
Hobert looked at the huge trees in front of him and thought for a while before saying: "I heard such a hypothesis before, when the 'carbon' of a planet all enters the plants..."
Fors was stunned: "Can carbon enter plants?"
Hobert lied: "This is the latest achievement of the Academy of Sciences. They found that trees breathe like people.
"It's just that plants are the opposite of humans. They inhale carbon dioxide and exhale oxygen.
"This 'carbon' is deposited in their bodies in this way. If the amount of deposition is too large, it means that the heat of a planet is greatly reduced, and the planet will become cold!"
Fors opened her mouth. She didn't expect that the Academy of Sciences had such research recently, but she also thought that she really couldn't understand many advanced researches of the Academy of Sciences, so she nodded: "That is to say, it became so cold here because these trees are too lush?"
Hobert nodded: "You can understand it this way."
Fors sighed: "The cosmos is really amazing."
Then she asked: "Is there any way to solve this problem?"
"Yes." Saying that, Hobert snapped his fingers, and the huge trees in the entire ice and snow world instantly ignited into towering flames. One giant tree after another was like a huge torch, burning itself and releasing the heat in its body.
Although Hobert could quickly transform this place into a world more suitable for living things, even so, the number of creatures on this planet was too small at this time, and it was not suitable as a preparation for Fors's advancement ceremony.
So he simply released a huge amount of heat and then left it to time.
The billowing smoke should still make this world cold for a while, but after a few years at most, the heat carried by these smoke will "warm" the world, and then this planet will be truly warm.
Saying goodbye to the second planet, they came to the third planet. Thank goodness, they finally found a more normal world.
After confirming that the people here did not believe in Outer Deities, Fors prayed for the power of the "Fool" and quickly left a legend about "Fors" here through the authority of "Fooling."
This exploration also ended here. They returned to Earth, began to look for new information about extraterrestrial civilizations, and prepared for the second round of exploration.
...
The "Creator" withdrew His gaze from Hobert and recalled the curiosity, surprise, and disbelief of this exploration. These were the human parts that Hobert had input into Him.
With these parts, coupled with the stable anchor in the mausoleum, He could easily suppress the divinity in His body.
When night fell, the "Creator" suddenly got up, took a step, entered the underworld, and came to the "City of the Dead," Calderon City.
The arrival of The Anarchy caused the surrounding underworld creatures to flee, and a large space was vacated in the entire underworld.
The "Creator" glanced at this city with a low middle and high surroundings, with strange buildings.
He slightly raised His hand, and the entire "City of the Dead" suddenly shook, as if encountering a violent earthquake. All the buildings, including the central hall, collapsed instantly.
This city slowly became illusory, leaving only a high outline around the low middle.
The arrangement for the resurrection of the Ancient Death was completely destroyed by the "Creator."
He took a step forward and came to the center of the city.
Here, there was also a downward staircase pieced together with stone bars, with the power of the "Nation of Disorder" sealing it, and a stone tablet.
At the top of the stone tablet stood a tall, slender statue of a giant bird that seemed to be made of bronze.
There were two sentences composed of the words of the "Language of the Dead" on the stone tablet: Even gods cannot escape; Even death will be imprisoned.
The "Creator" slightly raised His hand again, and the downward entrance suddenly became smaller, and the entrance became a wellhead.
He kept the stone tablet and still stood it next to the wellhead.
Immediately afterwards, a two-story octagonal pavilion rose from the ground, adding an "Atlantis-style" building to the underworld.
The "Creator" had just transformed here, and the Evernight Goddess arrived as scheduled.
Today, the "Creator" is preparing to try to help the Evernight Goddess enter the "River of Eternal Darkness." If the time is right, the Evernight Goddess can also try to accommodate the Source Material.
At this time, the Evernight Goddess was in the image of a human female, wearing a heavy black long dress with starry decorations, and her face was like a layer of starlight veil, making it impossible to see her appearance clearly.
The "Creator" asked: "Are you ready?"
The Evernight Goddess slowly nodded.
The "Creator" instantly exchanged with the substitute. The substitute raised his hand and opened the seal that had been made using the "Nation of Disorder" before.
The "Creator's" main body cannot enter another Source Material because it accommodates the "Nation of Disorder," so it can only use the substitute to explore the road.
However, the substitute can borrow the power of the main body and possess the power "higher than the gods!"
After opening the seal, the substitute took the lead in jumping into the well. Although the Evernight Goddess was a little strange about the "Creator's" transformation, she also followed closely and jumped into the well.
In fact, the "Creator's" idea of this transformation is very simple. Although the previous structure had the reminder of the language of the dead on the stone tablet, the downward staircase next to it still meant a bit of "please go down."
After being directly designed as a wellhead, most human Beyonders would think of danger when they came here and saw the wellhead, but the Beyonders of the "Sailor" pathway might not think so.
Of course, when leaving later, it is still necessary to seal this entrance.
Under the well is a dead and cold environment. The substitute uses the power of the "Nation of Disorder" to protect himself and the Evernight Goddess.
Although the "Nation of Disorder" cannot enter the "River of Eternal Darkness," it can use the power of the "Nation of Disorder" to resist the invasion of the "River of Eternal Darkness."
The front was originally dark and lightless, but the starry decorations on the skirt of the Evernight Goddess suddenly emitted a faint starlight, illuminating the way forward.
The next second, they heard a illusory "rustling" sound, and a dark, insubstantial stream of water surged under their feet.
On the surface of the water, even light could not exist.
Perhaps due to the arrival of the Evernight Goddess, the 'River of Eternal Darkness' was 'flowing' towards them.
According to 'The Fool,' who had been to the 'River of Eternal Darkness' once, a long time ago, a portion of the river's flow had pierced through the 'Fog Wall' composed of grayish-white mist, as if forming a tributary in the world outside the seal.
With the further weakening of the seal on the Western Continent, and 'The Fool' using his authority to allow the Sefirah to basically penetrate the seal, this tributary had gradually become the mainstream.
In fact, speaking of which, 'Celestial Worthy's' seal back then failed to completely seal the Sefirah. During the Second Epoch, the 'River of Eternal Darkness' had already infiltrated beyond the seal.
At this time, although 'The Fool' could not completely remove the seal, that seal could no longer basically contain the Sefirah.
Therefore, if the Evernight Goddess accommodated the 'River of Eternal Darkness' here, she would also accommodate the Sefirah.
This was different from what 'Creator' Hobert 'remembered.' In His 'impression,' the main body of the Sefirah should not have penetrated the Northern and Southern continents yet.
But 'Creator' also thought that Klein's condition was much better than He 'remembered,' which would definitely produce some 'butterfly effect.'
On both sides of the 'River of Eternal Darkness' stood huge and pale stone pillars, as if they were supporting the passage of the seal, preventing it from collapsing.
At the edge of the river, countless blurred or semi-transparent figures walked back and forth, wandering. They seemed to have existed here for a long, long time, and would continue to exist until the end of time.
Among them, the most eye-catching was a figure walking in the depths of the river. It was very huge, wearing a deep black robe, and looked very old.
Suddenly, it turned its head and looked at the substitute and the Evernight Goddess.
Its appearance had obvious Southern Continent characteristics, with white feathers stained with light yellow grease growing on its body, and pale white flames seemed to be burning in its eyes.
That was 'Underworld Emperor' Salinger.
After seeing the Evernight Goddess, the Underworld Emperor opened its somewhat rotten mouth and let out a low roar.
The illusory 'River of Eternal Darkness' suddenly became violently turbulent, and the surging illusory river water lapped against the protection formed by the power of the 'Nation of Disorder.'
But the Underworld Emperor's roar could not destroy the protection of the 'Nation of Disorder's' power.
The Underworld Emperor turned around and wanted to go back to drive away the substitute and the Evernight Goddess, but no matter how hard it tried, it could not break free from the shackles of the river, and could only stand in place and roar frantically.
This river, until the end of life, could only move forward, not backward.
The substitute's gaze passed over the Underworld Emperor and saw another huge and illusory figure in front. It was a giant bird, its body covered with sparse pale flames and feathers composed of divine patterns. At this time, the illusory river water was almost completely submerging it.
That was 'Ancient Death,' the progenitor of phoenixes, Gregrace.
Hobert had previously prevented the resurrection of Gregrace, and 'Creator' had just completely destroyed the 'City of the Dead.' It was believed that this Ancient Death would soon completely sink to the bottom of the 'River of Eternal Darkness,' and there would be no hope of resurrection from then on.
The substitute asked the Evernight Goddess, "Do you have any feelings?"
The Evernight Goddess shook her head, and then said, "I may have to leave the protection of the 'Nation of Disorder.'"
The substitute nodded and said, "Don't force yourself."
The Evernight Goddess was not like Klein and Hobert, who had possessed the Sefirah early on. Even though the Evernight Goddess was a god, and even though the 'River of Eternal Darkness' corresponded to the Sefirah, it would be very dangerous for Her without establishing a certain connection in advance.
After the substitute finished speaking, he pushed the Evernight Goddess out of the protection. Suddenly, the entire 'River of Eternal Darkness' stagnated. The next second, the surging river water rushed towards the Evernight Goddess, as if to completely devour Her.
The stars on the Evernight Goddess's dress became bright, and the starlight blocked the surging river water, allowing the river water to only wrap around Her legs.
But as the river surged, Salinger stepped towards this side along the river, step by step. It brought the aura of death and decay.
Coming with Him were many Mr. Aziks, many 'Pale Emperors,' and many angels of the Balam Empire.
Every time they died, they left an imprint in the 'River of Eternal Darkness.' When they experienced the 'Undying' sequence, they had already died several times, so there were several identical figures rushing over.
The Evernight Goddess was a little struggling to deal with the erosion of the 'River of Eternal Darkness,' and had no energy to deal with Salinger and the others.
At this time, the substitute took action and 'changed' the direction of Salinger and the others. The Underworld Emperor and the angels turned around together as if they had heard some instruction, and went in the opposite direction.
But after two or three seconds, they seemed to react and rushed towards the Evernight Goddess again.
The substitute raised his hand and 'changed' their direction again.
On the other side, the Evernight Goddess, who had made contact with the 'River of Eternal Darkness,' suddenly said loudly, "I feel the texture of the 'River of Eternal Darkness.'
"But the 'River of Eternal Darkness' currently belongs to Salinger. We need to weaken His spiritual brand!"
The substitute nodded and looked at Salinger's spiritual brand, thinking about how to attack Him.
This guy was already dead, it was impossible to kill Him again.
And it was difficult to cause substantial damage to Him in the 'River of Eternal Darkness'!
The substitute tried to attack, changing Salinger's spiritual brand from 'existence' to 'non-existence.'
Salinger just staggered, took a step back, and with a 'whoosh,' the river water of the 'River of Eternal Darkness' stirred slightly.
The substitute looked at the river water in front of him and suddenly thought of a way: The river water of the 'River of Eternal Darkness' was also constantly washing away the Death's spiritual brand!
Thinking of this, his thoughts suddenly became clear!
The substitute raised his hand and then gently lowered it, 'changing' the force of the Underworld Emperor and the angels moving forward into the force of Salinger sinking downward.
At the same time, the substitute 'tampered' all of his power to Salinger's shoulders!
Salinger's figure paused, sinking down a little bit.
It was not realistic to control the river water of the 'River of Eternal Darkness' to wash away Salinger, but you could try to press the Underworld Emperor into the 'River of Eternal Darkness.'
Seeing that his idea worked, the substitute immediately spread out his spirituality, and the blurred figures in the 'River of Eternal Darkness' all stopped at the same time.
He also applied the force of these blurred figures wandering to Salinger's shoulders.
Whoosh~
Salinger's legs were submerged in the 'River of Eternal Darkness,' and were still slowly sinking. He struggled desperately, causing vortices and undercurrents to appear on the 'River of Eternal Darkness,' stirring up violent waves.
Many blurred figures wandering on the banks or edges of the river were swept into the river and disappeared.
The turbulent 'River of Eternal Darkness' caused the entire underworld to shake violently, and the 'death' of the real world underwent tremendous changes!
But the substitute was still using all his strength to 'press' Salinger down.
Until the river water reached His chest, His figure clearly faded a lot under the constant washing of the 'River of Eternal Darkness.'
"That's enough!" the Evernight Goddess suddenly said.
At this time, a pure black seat suddenly appeared in the center of the 'River of Eternal Darkness.'
"Magnify!" The substitute magnified the Evernight Goddess's power in a timely manner, allowing Her to break free from the entanglement of the 'River of Eternal Darkness.'
At the same time, the stars on the Evernight Goddess's dress became very penetrating, and the starlight actually penetrated the dark river water of the 'River of Eternal Darkness'! Making the dark river water light up from the inside out.
She walked on the water, step by step towards the pure black seat.
At the Evernight Goddess's feet, pieces of starlight spread out, forming a starlight avenue.
The originally terrifying, dark, and silent 'River of Eternal Darkness' actually became beautiful.
Salinger's struggle became more and more violent. He could not accept the Evernight Goddess controlling the 'River of Eternal Darkness.'
The turbulent river water was blocked by the substitute outside the Starlight Road.
With the help of the substitute, the interference of the Ancient Death was also to no avail, and the dark 'River of Eternal Darkness' seemed to be turning into a galaxy!
The Evernight Goddess came to the seat, looked at the seat that seemed to have no substance, turned around and sat on it.
At that moment, the turbulent river water instantly calmed down.
A layer of darkness was dyed on the Dark Goddess's body, a color darker than the darkness on Her body!
Suddenly, Her head tilted, as if She had fallen into eternal sleep.
But the starlight on the Evernight Goddess's body was still there.
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