The Ancient Gods' Whisper-Chapter 996 - 467: Primordial_2
Tang Ling took out a monocle, hesitated for a moment, and said, "Don’t you think the Ancient God Clan wandering in the depths of the Universe is to find Earth? They have a plan. Their goal is to find this blue planet because they know what happened here. Here are their kind, and also a precious testing ground."
Gu Jianlin frowned, "The foresight ability of the Bai Ze Clan?"
"No, it’s not just that."
Tang Ling shook her head and explained, "Each Ancient Supreme of the Ancient God Clan possesses a similar ability. Qilin Venerable commands the power of life and death, Candle Dragon Venerable commands the power of cause and effect, Bai Ze Venerable commands the power of past and future, and Vermilion Bird Venerate commands the power of reincarnation. It’s speculated that the remaining Supremes have similar powers. The Ancient God Clan... is a race of destiny!"
She raised her rose-red eyes and softly said, "Also a race that defies destiny."
Gu Jianlin had to admit he was a bit confused as this touched upon philosophical domains.
"It’s not that complicated; I once heard the President mention it."
Tang Ling gazed at the stone stele, "Every Ancient Supreme can glimpse their destiny through their Authority, but they cannot change it. Do you understand what I mean? Because destiny is predetermined, even the act of changing destiny is included within it. In simple terms, countless lines can be drawn between one point and another, but no matter what, you can only travel from this point to that point."
Gu Jianlin recalled that the President had once told him similar things.
Tang Ling glanced around the ruined Temple, observing those ancient Ancient God Clan scripts, and softly said, "If I am not mistaken, this should be the Sacrificial Ground of the Ancestor Star, used to record history and civilization. The people of the Ancient God Clan would come here on special occasions to glimpse destiny through rituals."
She inquired, "I just don’t understand why it was destroyed to such an extent."
Gu Jianlin closed his eyes, reconstructing the broken walls and rubble in his mind, bringing back the splendor and magnificence of the past: "War, there was unimaginable war here. I saw blood spilled across the sky, hot and fiery like molten lava. Massive bodies were nailed to sky-piercing bronze pillars. Sinners were plunged into the cracked earth until they turned to ashes."
Tang Ling was quite surprised as she couldn’t understand what kind of conflict had arisen within the Ancient God Clan.
To the extent that their Ancestor Star was battered into such a desolate ruin.
Gu Jianlin seemed to sense something, walking toward the deepest part of the ruined Temple.
Behind the massive stone stele were two towering, opposing sculptures.
One had a shattered head, while the other was severed at the waist.
They looked like they had been intentionally destroyed, perhaps as a form of venting anger.
In the civilization of the Ancient God Clan, sculptures were a very common form of artistic expression.
But these two sculptures seemed different.
Because their placement was clearly in the most important position of this Sacrificial Ground.
In other words, the people of the Ancient God Clan didn’t worship the Six Ancient Supremes.
But these two sculptures.
This was very strange, as in the civilization of the Ancient God Clan, there was no life form more noble than the Ancient Supremes.
Gu Jianlin tried to draw closer, wiping the dust off the two majestic sculptures, examining them closely.
One sculpture was entwined with thorny vines, like a tangle of roots.
The other sculpture was covered with petal-like patterns, like black lotuses blooming all over.
"Sun Candle, Taiyin Youying?"
Tang Ling came over, suspiciously saying.
Gu Jianlin slightly nodded, and at this moment, an electric current suddenly surged through his spine, startling him.
"Wait, these two sculptures are actually depicted in human form?"
He suddenly said.
Tang Ling was also stunned, turning around in large strides to search.
Eventually, Gu Jianlin dug out a broken piece of stone stele from the ruins, the inscription being strange Ancient God Clan script.
"Primordial Candle Light God."
His voice was very light, as if afraid of disturbing the God deep within the Universe.
Tang Ling also found a shard of shattered stone stele, the Ancient God Clan script faintly visible.
"Primordial Ghostly Glow God."
They exchanged glances, both looking as if they had seen a ghost.
At this moment, Gu Jianlin’s mind seemed to be struck by lightning, suddenly recalling certain visions he had seen before. He had seen a soul-like woman nailed to a stone pillar, her blood blooming like lotuses on the sea.
The Red King had also said before that there was no problem with the Evolution Chain of the You Ying Law.
Otherwise, everyone practicing the You Ying Law would become nourishment.
All this should be attributed to the Supremes.
Especially Qilin Venerable.
Why exactly?
Because the Ghostly Glowing Lotus is likely conscious, and the laws it created are nothing more than making people provide nourishment for it. The nature of what would eventually be born from it is unknown.
It could probably be a very terrifying thing.
And in Ancient Times, the Ancient Supremes personally killed the Ghostly Glowing Lotus.
No, more accurately, they killed the worshipped by the Ancient God Clan, the Primordial Ghostly Glow God!
"Oh my God."
Gu Jianlin murmured.
If his speculation was true, it would prove one thing.
The consciousness of the Candle Light Law still exists.
Therefore, those practicing this law would be corroded until they lost themselves.
The source of all this is... the Primordial Candle Light God!
It turns out that there is such a huge secret hidden in the world of the Third Law. The end of Ancient God Clan civilization is not just the Six Supremes, but also the very secretive two Primordials: Candle Light and You Ying, who generally existed as symbols and totems in this race. No one ever thought they actually possessed consciousness and physical forms.
Gu Jianlin was horrified.
As he recalled a little story the bad woman had once told him.
She and her brother lived in a small city where everyone was in poor health. There was an old tree at their doorstep, dazzlingly golden when illuminated by sunlight, and a flower that had withered for many years.
The tree represented the Candle Light Divine Tree.
The flower symbolized the Ghostly Glowing Lotus.
The elder sister was the Candle Dragon Venerable, the second was the Vermilion Bird Venerate, the third was the Bai Ze Venerable, the fourth was the Xuanming Venerable.
As for that most unruly Xiao Wu, he was likely not Qilin Venerable.
But Qiongqi Venerable!
The Supremes being sickly actually meant they were cursed!
The majority of the Ancient God Clan’s people were forced to evacuate the Ancestor Star, and only the Supremes could still hold their ground there.
The Supremes were waiting for their parents to return.
Who then were their parents?
Undoubtedly, only the Candle Light God and You Ying God had the qualifications.
However, in the end, the Supremes did not wait for the two Primordials, and they left one after another to search for answers.
Perhaps around that time, the most mysterious Qiongqi Venerable did something during this period, for it was a being born of the Third Power. It released those mists, devouring planets not yet nurtured for the Supremes, cutting off the last hope of this race, and fell alone to Earth to begin an experiment.
The paradox that shouldn’t have been birthed appeared.
Qilin Venerable!
This black Supreme should have been swallowed by the mists of the Third Law, but somehow, it miraculously survived. It descended with endless hatred and fury, and the first thing it did was to incite war!
Skylark once said they were going to find a new home.
And... find and take revenge on those who abandoned them.
"Xiao Gu, come over here for a moment."
Tang Ling gently interrupted his thoughts, pointing to the depths of the ruins and said, "We’re not the only ones who have been here."
Gu Jianlin silently turned around, seeing clear footprints in the ruins of the Temple.
It seemed like someone had been here not long ago.
