The Ancient Gods' Whisper-Chapter 1049 - 492: Secret (Part 2)
Gu Jianlin silently clenched his fist; this might be the closest he had ever come to the truth.
"Before we proceed, I have to ask you one question. Are you truly ready to bear everything? Because when we get to the bottom of this, the outcome might not be what you desire, and you may not achieve the peace and happiness you seek."
Professor Cheng stared into his eyes, asking seriously.
Gu Jianlin felt a sense of déjà vu with this question and suddenly said, "This isn’t the question you want to ask, is it?"
Professor Cheng nodded slightly: "This is what the President asked me to ask."
Gu Jianlin was taken aback.
"Before she left, the President came to see me. I thought she was there to kill me, but she didn’t. She said she’s lived for four hundred years, has killed too many people, and is a bit tired of it. She spared my life and instructed me that soon her child would come to me and that I should explain everything to him."
Professor Cheng sighed: "If it weren’t for her, do you think I could still be sitting here talking to you? Those people surely have ways to monitor my every move and would have silenced me before you could meet me."
He rolled up his sleeve, and the veins on his wrist shimmered with a resplendent golden hue, a manifestation of the Heavenly Person’s power.
No.
Rather, it was the power of the President.
Gu Jianlin remained silent for a long time: "Whatever the truth is, I will accept it."
Professor Cheng acknowledged with a nod and stood up, saying, "Then come with me."
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As night fell, a dark, towering sculpture stood beneath the starry sky, like a giant supporting the heavens.
Professor Cheng stood on Tiantai Mountain, leaning on the railing, and said, "If you are well-versed in the history of the Ancient God Clan, then you should know about the Primordial existence. The Primordial Candle Light God and the Primordial Ghostly Glow God were the earliest beings born in the universe, yet due to exceptionally unique reasons, they failed to awaken a self-awareness."
"That was in the era when the universe first opened, approximately 13.8 billion years ago."
He gazed up at the starry sky, eyes solemn: "Since then, an anomaly has occurred."
Gu Jianlin had a faint premonition.
"Yes, just as you surmise."
Professor Cheng said calmly, "That was the birth of the Supremes."
Gu Jianlin pondered this statement carefully; the birth of the Supremes was actually an accident for the Primordials!
"Of course, this is merely conjecture without substantial evidence for now, but theoretically, it seems likely. Because in the history of the Ancient God Clan, the Primordials have always been worshiped as symbolic Holy Objects or totems. Otherwise, how do you explain the arrogance of the Supremes allowing any belief outside of themselves?"
Professor Cheng shook his head and said, "Our research indicates that it was only after the birth of the Supremes that the Primordials awakened self-awareness. They themselves did not want to see their kind emerge. Throughout lengthy history, the Primordials have never shown themselves but have instead carefully hidden away. But why?"
Gu Jianlin seemed to understand a bit and softly said, "Because the Primordials feared the Supremes."
"Yes, the self-awareness of the Ancient Supremes awakened earlier, and their power is unimaginable. Why do the Ancient Supremes have victories and defeats among themselves yet can hardly kill their own kind truly? It’s because the power of the Supremes can grow almost limitlessly, like the endlessly expanding universe."
Professor Cheng counted the many stars and explained, "When their mass is infinitely large, the differences between individuals are actually so minuscule as to be negligible. The Ancient Supremes, as humankind perceives them, are far from their complete forms."
This example is quite easy to understand.
One hundred thousand yuan is indeed a lot.
When you only have a million yuan in savings.
However, when you have a billion yuan, that one hundred thousand yuan doesn’t impact your net worth at all.
The gap indeed exists, but when the figures inflate infinitely, it becomes negligible.
"There are two issues here."
Professor Cheng raised two fingers: "How do the Primordials hide, and why do they show themselves?"
Gu Jianlin was stunned and blurted out: "Qiongqi Venerable!"
Qiongqi Venerable’s Authority is to control the cycle of the food chain, so his Ancient Divine Language should be concealment!
"Exactly."
Professor Cheng let out a long breath: "The Primordials were able to conceal themselves precisely because of Qiongqi Venerable, and the reason they were later forced to appear was because of Qilin Venerable."
Gu Jianlin fell into contemplation: "Are these the two Supremes born from the Third Power?"
He once read about the history of the birth of the Ancient God Clan.
Qiongqi Venerable concealed himself, disappearing into the vast universe.
This concealment was even akin to event modification.
Once Qiongqi Venerable concealed himself, the concept of the fifth Supreme no longer belonged to him.
But became Qilin Venerable.
"If all this holds, then the reason the Primordials failed to awaken consciousness lies here too."
Professor Cheng then looked at him, his gaze profoundly inscrutable: "Because the Candle Light God and You Ying God were attempting to create a life with the Third Power, but ultimately failed."
It turned out that neither the Qilin nor the Qiongqi were perfect.
They still couldn’t master two Supreme Laws.
Ultimately, it still required subsequent research and evolution to achieve this. 𝒻𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘸ℯ𝒷𝘯𝘰𝑣ℯ𝑙.𝘤𝑜𝘮
Because all Six Supreme Beings were of equal status, with no superior or inferior.
The Supremes could all evolve into the ultimate perfect life forms through subsequent means.
The difference lay in that perhaps the two Supremes born from the Third Power might have gained some advantage.
"You once told me that You Ying God’s consciousness was killed by the combined forces of the Supremes, which solved my doubts."
Professor Cheng enunciated each word: "The Supremes and the Primordials are not harmonious."
For some reason, Gu Jianlin was reminded once more of the story told by the unscrupulous woman.
If the Ancient God Clan initially had no knowledge of the Primordials, what would Candlelight and Ghostly Glow mean to them?
Professor Cheng seemed to read his mind and explained: "According to the ancient books, the ancient era’s Ancient God Clan was afflicted by an unknown curse. It’s said that only two Holy Objects could resolve this—the Candle Light Divine Tree and Ghostly Glowing Lotus. The problem is that the essence of the Candle Light Divine Tree is the Candle Light Law, which poses great harm to the Ancient God Clan."
He emphasized deliberately: "As for the essence of the Ghostly Glowing Lotus, it’s the You Ying Law, and Ancient God Clan members forcefully approaching it would undergo mutation, with their bodies and souls dissolving themselves."
Gu Jianlin kept silent, but his heart was in turmoil.
Reasonable.
This makes perfect sense.
Hence, when Skylark said that the Supremes sought new homelands and revenge against those who abandoned them.
"The consciousness of You Ying God is dead, but the consciousness of Candle Light God still exists."
Professor Cheng stood with hands clasped behind his back: "That’s the origin of the apocalypse."
Gu Jianlin’s eyes trembled, and he instinctively said, "The apocalypse is the Candle Light Divine Tree?"
"Indeed, the truth that humanity has sought tirelessly for thousands of years is precisely the Candle Light Divine Tree."
Professor Cheng sneered: "Even though generations of Emperors and Generals left clues, in the past ten thousand years, there have been too few people capable of shouldering this responsibility—until our time when that person finally appeared."
Undoubtedly, that person was the President.
"Regrettably, it was already too late."
Professor Cheng glanced at him, hoarsely saying: "The unified will has already enveloped this world."
Gu Jianlin felt a chill run through his entire body.
"The Order of the Hidden represents that unified will; they are omnipresent."
Professor Cheng said indifferently: "They worship the Candle Light Divine Tree, and the Supreme Venerable they serve is the last Primordial. But don’t think that everything is that simple."
Gu Jianlin was taken aback.
"Because Primordial doesn’t refer to any specific individual."
Professor Cheng suddenly said: "It can be anyone."
