The Shining Star Above The Heaven-Chapter 898: The Beginning of the Worlds

Two weeks later, the alliance force group led by Aldrian had already finished building their temporary structures inside the city. The city was completely cleared of debris, rubble, and any signs of the battle. The land looked like a clean sheet for the future, a place where they could rebuild a new city.

For the past week, there had not been much for the alliance force to do except continue making the world a better place to live. They erased any traces of the devils, and there were also groups patrolling far from the city to check whether any remnants of the devils remained.

There were also cultivators who had already begun cultivating trees in the city. The elves, who loved greenery, tried planting various trees throughout the area. Because of that, the previous sight of a barren land was gone. Trees had finally begun to grow in this world after generations without any greenery.

Normally, at this time, it would still be impossible for them to grow even a single tree in the city. The amount of negative energy would have killed any crops, and the purification formation would still need time to purify the air to the level where plants could grow.

However, something amazing happened before everyone's eyes. The city's negative energy quickly reduced to the same level as any ordinary place in their home world. The air felt refreshing and the soil started to become fertile. It was as if an invisible force was giving life and driving away the excessive negative energy.

Moreover, the effect reached all the way into the sky. The sky became clear, without the red mist that once covered it, and the clouds returned to their normal color, white like snow.

The absurd thing was that all of this happened only a few days after they conquered the city. For many people, this was similar to what had happened at the headquarters of the devils. For others who did not know the details, it made them question what had truly happened. They knew this was not the work of the purification formation because the effect was far too great for just a formation.

As the conversations grew, many began to realize that this strange phenomenon might be Aldrian the Great's doing. This was because the troops who had followed him for weeks said that this only happened when they were with Aldrian the Great.

They did not know what Aldrian the Great had done, but whatever it was, he was truly amazing. They could do their daily activities inside the city without any disturbance.

While everyone went about their own tasks, Aldrian continued his journey, descending deeper underground.

He had already entered the area surrounded by magma a week ago. His surroundings were no longer dark, but instead filled with the glowing light of the magma. He protected his body using his golden energy, because without it, he would have melted instantly. In this area, even someone at the pseudo immortal stage would melt if they did not protect themselves.

He could not lose focus here, and he had to keep his energy active to protect his body. He needed to calculate precisely when his energy would be depleted and stop to replenish it.

As he continued to descend, he could also sense the flow of faith energy much more clearly. He felt himself getting closer to the place where the faith gathered, which made him glad because the best possibility he had considered might actually happen this time.

He did not have to descend past the planet's core to reach that place.

After another hour of descending, he finally sensed a large space far below him. It felt as though there was a massive hall in the middle of this region filled with magma.

After another minute of descending, he finally arrived in the large space. He saw magma flowing like waterfalls. The entire area was surrounded by magma, and there was a small island in the middle, encircled by a sea of molten rock. The island was the only place that was not touched by the magma.

Aldrian floated for a moment to observe the terrain around him before flying toward the island. The faith energy gathered throughout this vast space, but he could sense that its center was on the island.

Once he reached the island, he landed beside a large boulder that appeared completely ordinary. It did not look special at all.

But he knew that this boulder must be special for it to form naturally here, especially with faith energy gathering around it. In the other worlds that had already become his domain, there were boulders like this as well.

Their locations were also more or less the same, usually near the core of the planet. From his estimation, if he sank deeper for another hour, he would already reach the planet's core.

Aldrian observed the boulder for a moment as he wondered about the history behind places like this. Why did these worlds have such locations? Why was there a strange giant boulder near the planet's core where the faith of the world gathered?

Now that he actually stood in this place, questions like these surfaced in his mind and made him want to know more about it.

He then used the system to look at the information of the boulder.

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The Rock of the Beginning.

Description: This rock is what the world looked like at the beginning of time. As time passed, the world that everyone knows finally took shape through the natural order, with each material of the universe colliding and merging, this rock remained as the point of its origin. It is the point that represents the beginning of the world's birth.

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Aldrian nodded in understanding. The rock actually existed from after the beginning of time, a rock that was essentially born from nothing. But then, to be fair, all earth-element materials that shaped the worlds across the cosmos also came from nothing, since their material emerged from nothingness before the beginning of time.

He tried to touch it. At first, he kept his hand coated in energy, then he tried without it. The moment his energy faded from his hand, he realized he did not feel any heat from the surrounding magma.

He raised his eyebrows and moved his hand around, sensing that he still did not feel any heat. He decided to retract his protective barrier completely, and he still did not sense any heat. It was as if there was a natural barrier preventing the heat from reaching this place.

There were truly many things he needed to study here.

Although he had examples from the Ancient Blue Gate World and the Akares Star, this was the first time he visited and properly examined this place at such a close range. Since he had the chance, he thought he might as well study more about the place and the Rock of the Beginning.

But first, he would make this entire world his domain. He closed his eyes and began the process of creating a domain, and it did not take long. In less than four seconds, he successfully built his domain, and he instantly felt a refreshing sensation. Then, for a brief moment, he suddenly saw a vision.

A vision appeared, which he believed to be the world's past. Inside the vision, he saw the rock floating in the vast space. As time passed, the rock collided with another rock, then collided with another, and then another. It kept repeating, collision after collision, until the world finally took shape.

That rock was the "winner," for it was not destroyed or "consumed" by the other rocks. It managed to keep most of its shape just as it had been after the beginning of time.

After that, the vision stopped, and Aldrian opened his eyes. He looked at the rock for a moment and patted it a few times. This rock was the winner of countless collisions and managed to retain most of its form after the creation of existence. It was truly primordial material, only slightly changed in shape and still holding its pure content.

He decided to sit in meditation and began cultivating his comprehension. Although he already had deep comprehension of many laws from his past followers, there were still many things that could be learned and comprehended from nature itself. Especially from something as pure as the rock in front of him, which had barely been touched or influenced by anything.

Comprehension was limitless, and his own understanding would continue to grow and become more profound if he could comprehend things by himself. True and profound comprehension could only be achieved through one's own insight. The comprehension gained from others only acted as support, not as the main foundation.

That was why he continued to cultivate his own comprehension, even though he had already received the comprehension of many of his past followers.

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Three days later, Aldrian finished his cultivation and decided to return to the surface. Many groups from other powers of the Ancient Blue Gate World had already arrived at the basecamp.

From the Dragon King, the Phoenix Queen, and others who had fought on different sides of the world, they came with their small groups.

They were not here merely to converse casually, they had also come to discuss the next plan for the war.

Their war was still not over.