Chapter 1478: Chapter 1478
The "Flame of Stars" has added many complex restrictions to the void rules of the Divine Kingdom. To put it in simpler terms, it can be compared to the rules of chess—the horse moves like an L, the elephant traverses the field like a T, and pawns can only move one step forward at a time.
Different hierarchies within the Divine Kingdom have different codes of conduct. Yet Predecessor Santa does not know where he falls within these hierarchies, nor does he understand the conduct he should be adhering to! When he took a step forward, he ended up somewhere entirely unexpected, far from where he had intended to go.
Predecessor Santa is far from ignorant about the void rules, or rather his true form, the "Red Dragon Master" is a Ninth Realm Supreme, renowned for his profound knowledge and understanding of the void rules.
Now, with the power of a Tier-8, Santa is able to access most of the Red Dragon Master’s memory and wisdom. He also noticed the additional void rules in place here. Even with the Red Dragon Master’s memories, this was his first encounter with such an arrangement. He internally cursed, thinking about how bizarrely the Flame of Stars thinks!
An awkward aspect is that while Santa holds most of the Red Dragon Master’s proficiency in the void rules, he lacks his true form’s ability of "deduction".
After all, Santa is not the true form, capabilities from his true form couldn’t all be transposed on him. As the Red Dragon Master’s awakening enters a new phrase, Santa, who can remotely connect to his true form anytime, if any capability is lacking, his true form can support him covertly when needed.
But now that he’s in the Divine Kingdom, the link between Santa and his true form is completely severed. Although he recognises the complexity of the added void rules here, he lacks the ability to deduct and calculate how he and Lord Sun should act.
As the Supervisor Deity was gradually moving further away, Predecessor Santa grew anxious, "Faster, please..."
"Don’t rush me." Obsessed with figuring out the void laws, Lord Sun held up the earthenware jar, and it flickered with radiance as he performed his calculations. Just when the Supervisor Deity was about to disappear from view, Lord Sun finally discerned the specific execution rules and took a strange step forward together with Predecessor Santa.
The scenery in front of them started to change rapidly. When they took a closer look, they found themselves in a peculiar area where white cocoons were floating around in the void. Inside each cocoon harboured something unknown. All signs of the Supervisor Deity were not visible. Lord Sun awkwardly chuckled, "I made a calculation error."
Both Santa and Lord Sun had to backtrack, where they found that the Supervisor Deity was barely a small speck in the distance. Lord Sun hurriedly recalculated, corrected the previous mistake, and said to Predecessor Santa, "Don’t worry, this time we won’t be wrong."
Once again, they put themselves in another strange position and took a step forward. This time a large black flame rolled towards them. Gale winds raged all around. Lord Sun immediately dragged Predecessor Santa back, "There was a small accident, I was wrong again."
Santa could no longer see the Supervisor Deity. Secretly he sighed: Forget it, let’s just chalk this one up to experience. When I return, I will retrieve the ability to calculate deductions from my true form...
Lord Sun grabbed Predecessor Santa’s arm and took another step. Finally, they had moved closer to the Supervisor Deity but still, there was no sign of him. Santa was somewhat pessimistic. "It’s too late, we can’t catch up." Yet Lord Sun still held the earthenware jar, calculating rapidly and taking step after step with confidence.
Santa followed behind Lord Sun, ready to prompt the latter to resort to backup measures so they could return to the world of Eight Desolations.
After Lord Sun chased dozens of steps without seeing the Supervisor Deity, he started to get increasingly efficient with the "travel rules". His steps sped up. After one hundred steps, he had masterfully figured out the pattern of step order and timing and didn’t need to deduce each one.
"Predecessor, keep up!" Lord Sun shouted before suddenly picking up the pace. Santa quickly let out a surprised noise because Lord Sun’s speed had surpassed the previous Supervisor Deity!
In the Divine Kingdom, "Flame of Stars" was the highest level, occupying a position above the Supervisor Deity with many levels in between. After repetitive calculations, Lord Sun finally found the right way. He not only calculated the travel rules of the Supervisor Deity, he even went a step further and figured out the rules of the higher levels.
After a short while of fast-paced tracing, Lord Sun came to a sudden halt, muttering, "We’re going the wrong way. According to our speed, we should have seen our target by now."
Santa obediently stood by and followed Lord Sun’s arrangement. They backtracked a bit, then shifted their path slightly. Half a Shichen (1 hour) later, a huge, faceless skull appeared in Santa’s sight. He let out a sigh of relief and said, "We found it."
"We can’t get too close," Lord Sun replied. The two imperceptibly trailed from a distance where they could always see the Supervisor Deity.
During this pursuit, the Supervisor Deity encountered four high-ranking gods. Some showed respect with salute and others obediently stepped aside to let them pass. Each time, Lord Sun would look to Predecessor Santa who would signal him to relax.
Divine Skill of Concealment would be enough to deceive these gods.
The two diligently continued their cooperative pursuit, and, after one Shichen (2 hours) had passed, the Supervisor Deity arrived at the foot of a massive cliff. Its top disappeared into misty void above.