Defying the Fate of Beheading

Chapter 713 373 The Whispers and Temptations of the Abyss_2

"Have you noticed the problem with the Golden Land?" General Locke pinched the bridge of his nose and said, "The death of the God of Growth and Forest is suspicious."Louis nodded and said, "I don't know if you can sense it, but after I went to the Golden Land, I could distinctly perceive that its very existence is essentially a seal, sealing a dimension I'm quite familiar with."

"The Abyss...isn't it?!" General Locke, employing a magical tool, isolated their conversation and calmly said, "The Divine Kingdom of the God of Growth and Forest is directly embedded in the passageway between the Star Continent and the Abyss."

Louis said nothing.

Evidently, the Lokeshi Empire's understanding of the elves was deeper than he had imagined.

The embedding of a Divine Kingdom into a spatial passageway was something Louis had seen before.

This operation is fundamentally identical to the legacy of generations overseeing the Demon Hall passage with the Legendary Mage's status, including Mage Roland.

Naturally, the emperor performed it too.

And did so even more insanely.

A single person dragged parts of the underground area of the Ense Empire, along with the spatial passage and some portions of the Abyss opposite the Gate of the Abyss, into a half-dimension.

But Louis genuinely did not expect that the so-called origin of the elven pantheon, the God of Growth and Forest, also did this.

Previously, when he first broke into the Golden Land, he hadn't noticed.

However, accompanied by a dilemma and call akin to mental pollution, it bewildered Louis, who stood dazed at the entrance of the Golden Land.

That feeling was indescribable, seemingly carrying an indefinable mental contamination, yet it felt incredibly familiar to him.

He even thought he heard a call from a family member in his daze, almost instinctively taking a step forward.

Fortunately, his strong will suppressed that feeling.

At that moment, he understood what the voice emanating from the depths of the Golden Land truly was.

——It was the will of the Abyss calling him "home."

No matter how the Seven Deadly Sins are conglomerated by the order of the Star Continent, one has to acknowledge that the source of the Seven Deadly Sins is the Abyss.

Only in the kind of soil where endless sins collide can the seeds of the Seven Deadly Sins be born.

As for how these seeds were tamed and cultivated in the Star Continent, that's another matter entirely.

When the Mad King imparted the Book of the Dead to him earlier, he had such thoughts.

The birth of the authority of the Book of the Dead is not an overnight accomplishment.

Frankly speaking, the essence of the authority of the Book of the Dead is "theft."

It steals power from the Shadow Plane.

Under normal circumstances, to wield the power of shadows, one must be, like the Dark Night Goddess, a strong figure belonging to the Shadow Plane to gain the corresponding authority.

Or to put it more simply, the manifestation of Demigod power largely depends on the half-dimension.

And the condition to invoke a half-dimension is to belong to the Star Continent's living beings.

Because the half-dimension is essentially a section of the Star Continent, given to the Demigods for use.

Similarly, the current nonexistence of gods on the Star Continent is because the world refuses it.

The will of the Star Continent does not allow such vast lands as Divine Kingdoms to be used by Divine Realm beings.

So, after the fall of the divine era, there are scarcely any Divine Realm entities on the Star Continent.

Even the God of Growth and Forest significantly declined in power compared to their peak.

With the death of the God of Growth and Life, the Star Continent lost its native Divine Realm.

But beyond the material world, there are more loosely-ruled worlds willing to lend more power to those who have surpassed life's limits.

Yet this does not imply that worlds with Divine Realms are stronger than the Star Continent.

The authority of the Book of the Dead should be more aptly named the authority of the Shadow Monarch.

After the Mad King's battle, the entire continent learned of the terror of the Night of the Living Dead.

Similarly, countless adventurers covet the legendary "New Book of the Dead," said to resurrect the dead.

Nurtured by the Shadow Plane's authority and power, receiving nourishment from the Star Continent, it ultimately became the source from which the Curse Binding Legion draws its strength, opening up the Path of Godhood.

——This is the origin of the authority of the Book of the Dead.

Merely relying on the talents of Rudelson and the Mad King alone could hardly forge authority.

But with the world's will aiding, it becomes feasible.

Even a "native" like Louis, born of the Star Continent, can, through this authority, effortlessly harness power from the Shadow Plane.

When he acquired this authority, Louis wondered whether, similarly, in earlier times, someone used similar methods to extract the authority of the Seven Deadly Sins and allow it to sprout on the Star Continent?

This operation reminded him of a trick from a certain movie in his past life where an old bald woman, the Ancient One, did something similar.

The Ancient One could borrow power from other dimensions, or rather, this was the operation used by most mages in the Marvel universe.

But borrowing power from other dimensions often backfires, so the old woman strictly forbade her subordinates from casually using high-risk dimensional powers.

——Such as Dormammu, the notorious ruler of the Dark Dimension.

Under normal circumstances, Dormammu, not being a benevolent entity, would surely come to collect debts.

But the Supreme Mage, the Ancient One, directly shirked, covertly retreating behind the big shots, basking in borrowed resources, remaining esteemed and influential.

Previously, he couldn't be sure of this speculation, but the moment he stepped into the Golden Land, he understood it.

The Supreme Mage was him.

Dormammu represented the will of the Abyss and the Shadow Plane.

Emperor Weishan, who blocked Dormammu's debt collection, was the will of the Star Continent.