Pirate Kingship
Chapter 899 - 523: Mad Hunt: The Bloodthirsty Storm King! (Part 2)
At this point, the two paths have completely merged into one, with no weaknesses remaining.
The Glory Ladder System established by the Creator was clearly not entirely original, but rather deconstructed and neutered from the power system of the ancient deities.
The most typical prayer is: "May Your Kingdom come, may Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven."
The flaw of the Bloodline Codex is that its great power depends on oneself, with anchors being too isolated and less stable than the former. Once the Old Gods awaken prematurely, it could be more dangerous than the former.
Byron has nearly twenty million subjects from the Sacred Golden Empire and the Kingdom of Hightins serving as anchors, and he also referenced the "Book of the Beast Kinship (Volume Two)" using followers as anchors for extraordinary knowledge.
The [Anchor] on his body is stable enough, far surpassing an ordinary legend and a multitude of [Kingly Titles], so he doesn’t need to worry about this flaw.
He only needs to consider which among the [Anchor], [Sail], or [Rudder] can bring greater benefits.
Byron raised his hand, and one of the Seven Sacred Regalia of Authority, the [Sword of Dedication], fell into his hand.
Feeling the power boost from the complete [Kingly Title] and countless subjects, he finally made up his mind:
"If I didn’t have the Kingdom of Hightins and the Sacred Golden Empire, I would definitely choose the safest and most orthodox collective path of legend and kingly title, to avoid mistakes and go further.
But the problem is I am already a king in N generations; I just won the throne war and have inherited the country and kingly title passed down by my ancestors.
I can directly enjoy the top-notch treatment without first advancing to legend and starting from scratch to establish a country.
The hardships I need to endure have already been borne by my grandfather, my grandfather’s grandfather... all those generations.
Over a hundred generations of accumulation have saved me thirty years of detours; this is very much like a beaver!
The [Kingly Title] of Hightins is ready for use, and once pieced together, the collective power, with left hand and right hand, and the King’s Military Might, lacks nothing.
Even with the [From Bits To Pieces] ability of the Psychokinesis Weaving Machine, I needn’t worry about losing signal even if I venture into the Sea of Monsters.
With this premise, apart from some anticipated [Strange Arts], the repetitive legends with existing kingly titles do not greatly amplify my power.
Moreover, only by obtaining a Divine Position can the state religion be rightfully established, starting the planned ’shell company listing’ to annex the church.
By responding to the prayers of followers within at least one country’s range using the Three-part Honorable Title, the claim of the ’Holy Spirit’ can gradually become a reality, faking it till you make it.
Then try to touch one percent of ’Unity of All Things,’ communicating with the Messiah Angel split off by the Creator, making this third leg of ’mind realm’ as long as the other two.
This represents an opportunity for rapidly increasing strength and power. If missed, one must wait until conquering the Kalmar Union to have another chance."
After making a swift decision in a split second, he shouted decisively:
"Ascension Stairs to Godhood, open!!!"
A golden beam of light shot up straight into the clouds above his head, like an anchor chain, or perhaps a ladder, attempting to anchor the mysterious "Immortal."
Byron’s Immortal Stairway was chosen when he ascended to the Fourth Order, acquiring the "∞" mythical form, with even the Secret Arcane Art [Bloodline River] being merely an extension based on this core.
"My mythical form [Mobius Ring·Ouroboros] itself represents ’infinite cycle’ and ’breeding rebirth.’
The kinds of Immortal Stairways I can choose from aren’t limited to just one.
For instance, the genetic code revealed in ’Genetics’ is the commonality linking all carbon-based life in this world, with the original gene still passing down through all living organisms.
However, mere biological diversity alone far from represents the complete ’transformation.’
If stopped here, it truly is too narrow, and I would never leap beyond the knowledge system of the Mother of Creation, Lilith.
In front of Her, I might have autonomy, but only autonomy, and relying on this to defeat Her is nearly impossible.
To swallow an elephant like a python, the intention behind the Immortal Stairway must be higher than Hers."
Byron looked up at that Ascension Stairs to Godhood, his eyes revealing a hint of cultural confidence:
"One of the foundations of mysticism is: ’Three births all things, change at seven,’ but there should be another sentence before that: ’One birth two, two birth three.’
For me, seven is the all-encompassing seven layers of the Golden Law, three is the Trinity of the Golden Triangle,
two is the dual opposition of the Bloodline River and the Mad Hunt Legion.
And I am the ’One’ who created all transformations, the ’One’ of Unity of All Things, One births all things, also the unified ’One!’
From unity, to dual opposition, to world differentiation... It represents the foundation of this world’s Extraordinary System.
The significance is just like when the Creator said, ’Let there be light’ on the first day of Genesis, and there was light, symbolizing the beginning of everything.
When I reach the supreme state of ’Unity of All Things’ in the future, the entire world will also become a part of me.
Therefore, the only thing in the world that never changes is change itself; my Immortal Stairway is ’transformation’ itself.
Unlike other people’s reproductive cells, Vampire Stars... If this world disappears, immortality will also cease to exist along with it.
However, ’transformation’ itself, even placed outside this world in all heavens, will not change its lofty essence!"
Byron once heard someone say: "When scientists climb to the top of the mountain, they find the philosophers already waiting for them."
As a pragmatist, although he thinks that this statement is purely philosophers of the arts blowing their own trumpet, it does not stop him from using the pragmatism of borrowing.