Chapter 1013: Chapter 1013
Chapter 1013: Chapter 168: The Curse of Losing Everything
Building the giant wall is not just to resist the storm.
It’s also for… the “Kindred” that may arrive in the future!
No one knows what kind of monsters the fragments of the gospel box will create; if the Divine Throne can traversely cross the Old World in the flesh, then theoretically the other fragments of the gospel box can also create such beings.
“So you understand… why I care so much about the traveler’s spirit?”
The Empress tapped the throne again with her fingertips.
In the swirling snow, one spirit crystal ball after another converged.
The spirit of the traveler is the most precious treasure!
All these years, the Traveler Clan has wandered in the desolate ruins of the Old World, enduring countless disasters and witnessing many lost remnants of civilization. Such a “Divine Level Creature” has a Spirit Sea that holds memories possibly encompassing humanity’s entire exploration of the Old World over the years!
“These… are all the ‘complete memories’ I could gather.”
There are a total of twenty-three crystal balls suspended in the Divine Domain.
Gu Shen held his breath.
The teacher’s image is in one of them.
“The traveler’s memory is not complete… many memories are missing…” the Empress said, “But these twenty-three memories can almost match the Investigation Corps’ exploration progress over the past twenty years. The regions it has wandered through significantly fill in the dark gaps of the Old World Map. Of course… there is something more important than the map in its memory.”
“For example, your teacher’s whereabouts…”
The Empress paused slightly and then said, “And, for example, the anomaly of that ‘fire seed.'”
“Anomaly?” Gu Shen furrowed his brows.
The Empress waved her hand.
As the snow swept past, a familiar scene appeared before Gu Shen’s eyes.
Massive waves of lava were surging.
This was the [Furnace] reactor of the Underground Research Institute.
The traveler was currently imprisoned in the reactor, curled up, surrounded by a layer of hard, thick skin, resisting the impact of the lava waves… but the defense of this skin was actually ineffective.
The Empress’s Divine Domain continually extracted its energy.
And upon closer inspection, one would find a complex fire-colored imprint on its brow, wrapped in lava, faintly flickering… a blinking, radiant, gray luminance.
“That imprint is the ‘fire seed’ of the Eighth Divine Seat.”
The Empress said calmly, “In theory, even the residual warmth is enough to sustain the entire Central City in its ‘ascent,’ and with the Underground Research Institute’s research speed, it would take approximately three years for most major cities in the North Continent to complete underground pipeline installations… Three years later, the traveler’s heat will support more than half of the North Continent cities in repelling the Great Cold, making every season like spring henceforth.”
Gu Shen squinted his eyes, carefully examining the “fire-colored imprint.”
Thinking about it… although he was the Netherworld King, it was his first time seeing the true form of the “fire seed.”
Earlier in the cemetery, he only glimpsed the void form of the Netherworld Fire through a crack when the portal suddenly opened.
And that was not the fire seed itself.
Now, separated by the Empress’s summoned snow, watching the traveler’s fire seed in the reactor, Gu Shen did not see any “anomaly”… Even from two different locations, he could still feel the formidable power of the fire seed.
The traveler was in slumber.
The furnace still couldn’t refine it.
“Is there… a problem?”
Gu Shen murmured, “I can only see one thing… this fire seed is very powerful.”
“Yes, this fire seed is very powerful.”
After she finished smiling, her expression turned solemn: “That’s the problem.”
Gu Shen froze, and suddenly he understood the Empress’s meaning—
Indeed, that’s the problem!
Such a powerful fire seed… why hasn’t it unleashed terrifying power comparable to the Divine Throne in the hands of the traveler?
In that confrontation, the Empress directly crushed this big guy!
The victory at the Duolu River came too easily, making the North Continent’s nobles not see anything dreadful about the “traveler”… judging from its battle performance, it was indeed suppressed by the Empress, and the disparity was not negligible. ʀᴇᴀᴅ ʟᴀᴛᴇsᴛ ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀs ᴀᴛ NoveI~Fire.net
“Could the fire seed be fake?”
“No… the fire seed is real. Absolutely genuine.”
The Empress stared at the big guy wrapped in lava, and spoke word by word: “But it… could be fake.”
After the shock, cold sweat seeped from Gu Shen’s back.
There was a brief silence in the Divine Domain.
In this silence, Gu Shen raised his head and cautiously scrutinized the throne…
He vaguely felt that the “chain” might also have inexplicable drawbacks.
For instance, the Empress saw countless possibilities of him entering the loft.
But there seemed to remain omissions.
She seemed not to know the transaction scene of the “black gem”; was it because in the countless possibilities offered by the “chain,” he never accounted for it… or in those possibilities, he never triggered an unexpected insight about the “black gem”?
But Gu Shen leaned more towards the third possibility…
The “chain’s” divination, could be restrained!
This fate trilogy is suppressed by the “Pitch Stone”… Every divination requires the Pitch Stone to use a small amount of spiritual power for observation and sensing, whether it’s the “bracelet,” the “bangle,” or the “pendant,” there are no exceptions.
And the passive ability of the Pitch Stone is to absorb all spirit!
Just like the Holy Judge, unable to locate the “bangle.”
The Empress has divined so many times with the “bracelet,” yet has never seen the transaction scenes recorded in the Pitch Stone!
Gu Shen hesitated for a moment, deciding to suppress the secret for now. He whispered, “What makes your Majesty think so?”
“It… is a bit too clumsy.”
The Empress frowned steadily, speaking slowly.
Even without having seen the transaction involving the Netherworld King and traveler recorded in the black gem, by intuition alone, the correct answer was found.
This big entity, far too unwieldy!
Despite being a Divine Level Creature, when fighting, even without the long-accumulated assistance of the “Great Cold,” she could still secure a decisive victory.
“The power of the Divine Throne all comes from the ‘Fire Seed.’
The Empress’s phoenix eyes narrowed, speaking slowly, “And over the years, the Divine Thrones began to defy the iron laws, granting the power of fire seed little by little, creating the so-called [Angel Envoy].”
An Angel Envoy is one who wields the crest and receives Divine Favor—the Transcendent!
They use their bodies as vessels and their spirits as bridges… wholeheartedly serving the Divine Throne while accepting the divine power infusion, becoming almost invincible among the mundane, and in critical moments, can even perform miracles like “Divine Descent!”
But… Angel Envoys have a significant flaw.
That is, each “Divine Descent” severely damages their bodies.
Tie Wu, who attacked Lion Alley, was ultimately torn apart because he couldn’t bear the power of “Divine Descent.”
The stronger the physical quality of the Transcendent, the greater the “Divine Power” they can bear!
The more stable the spirit of the Angel Envoy, the longer they can perform “Divine Descent!”
“If you combine strands of fire seed power… you will find that, in a way, [Angel Envoys] are like Divine Thrones.” The Empress slowly said, “They are just weakened versions of Divine Thrones, and if an Angel Envoy is strong enough, far surpassing the mundane, under the blessing of ‘Divine Power,’ he can even confront the Divine Throne.”
After Divine Descent, one transcends the mundane!
Yet… maintaining such a state for just one second is not easy!
Trying to conduct a real divine war using this method is indeed too difficult.
If the opponent is a Divine Throne… then even if they can fight for a moment, they are bound to be defeated, for the “Divine Descent” gained by burning everything is merely the Divine Throne’s permanent state!
The Empress’s words were like a thunderbolt.
Gu Shen was silent for a long time, then hoarsely said, “You’re suggesting… the ‘traveler’ trapped in the furnace right now isn’t a ‘traveler,’ but an Angel Envoy who accepted a complete fire seed?”
He remembered the Empress’s token, the owl crest.
This crest symbolizes invincibility in wars and wisdom in ruling.
At this moment, witnessing the “black gem” transaction scene, Gu Shen sincerely marveled at the Empress’s “insight”… The question that had troubled him seemed to have been answered.
The traveler is not a traveler.
“Lu Zhe killed an intelligent creature from the Old World on Black Snow Mountain… this being claimed to deliver a certain gift to the Five Continents.”
The Empress said softly: “Then, the door opened, and the ‘traveler’ walked in.”
Everything that followed, Gu Shen already knew.
The strength of this big entity is simply terrifying… Being able to completely accept a “fire seed,” how incredibly strong must its physical quality be?
This kind of existence can only be born within the “Traveler Clan,” right?
Able to traverse the Old World, physically crossing the void, it might be the strongest physical entity ever evolved by the entire clan!
“Of course… all these are just guesses.”
The Empress said expressionlessly: “Until this moment, I still cannot understand, if the true ‘traveler’ is another person, why would it give all the ‘fire seeds’ to the Angel Envoy? Where is its true form? What is the significance of doing this?”
Gu Shen was somewhat trance-like.
Suddenly, he recalled the curse scene on Black Snow Mountain.
The Netherworld King and traveler, mutually cast “curses”—
And now, the Empress’s speculation could perhaps verify one thing… that the Netherworld King’s curse was effective!
The traveler has indeed lost everything! Including the fire seeds!
“Perhaps… this big entity itself is the answer to these questions.”
Gu Shen mumbled, “If it’s a gift the traveler sent to the Five Continents, then it should want to find something…”
As soon as the words were out, the woman on the throne laughed.
The gentle laughter made the surrounding wind snow lightly tremble.
Gu Shen gazed at the Empress blankly: “Why… are you laughing?”
“Perhaps because I made a different choice… I always felt that this meeting was not foreseeable in all those predictions made using the ‘bracelet.'”
The Empress’s voice was filled with emotion, “And… I’m very pleased that you have this thought. What you just said is exactly what I intend to do next.”
She stood up from the throne, looking at the wind snow reflecting the image of the furnace reactor.
An overwhelming aura.
“I’m preparing… to release the ‘traveler.'”
(PS: Encountered some distressing matters, causing a delay, apologies for the wait. More to come later.)