The Epic Tale of Chaos vs Order

Chapter 963 Everything was a dream

”A Seed World?”

Ao nodded as he continued. ”Aether is currently located in a unique dimension known as the World Forge. It is vast beyond measure, with countless worlds, each housing trillions of life forms. These worlds are in a gestation process, growing stronger until they are powerful enough to evolve and rise beyond this dimension, to a higher one.”

”What happens to all the people who leave through the Crystal Wall?” That was the first question that came to Cainʼs mind as he heard that the dimension in which Aether was found was called the World Forge.

”All those who ascend beyond the Divine Ascension Realm or forcefully make their way through the Crystal Wall were immediately expelled from the World Forge, being pulled into the Nine Empyrean Suns Universe.” Ao paused at this point, a flash of envy in his eyes as he mentioned those people marching into that higher dimension beyond the World Forge.

Although Cain was surprised, everything made sense as he analyzed it. After all, there were supposed to be all kinds of majestic life forms in the Astral Sea, yet there had never been a recorded event of one of them even glancing around Aether.

As for the ones that made it here, they were either left with dead bodies like Anark or transformed into an ocean like the Blood Astral Beast, so the World Forge was not a place suitable for organic life.

”It is the goal of all life born in the World Forge to evolve beyond its confines, to leave the cradle and rise to the higher dimension that is the Nine Empyrean Suns Universe.

However, unlike humans who only need to reach beyond the Divine Ascension Rank, a world requires much more soul-tempering, which could take hundreds of millions of years or maybe even billions.” Ao glanced at Cain at this point, his eyes glowing as if the young man was the highest treasure in the universe.

”This is where the true purpose of a World King comes in. You can fuse your willpower with Aetherʼs will, allowing its spirit and ego to be stable enough to rise to the Nine Empyrean Suns Universe!”

Cainʼs eyes widened, and he couldnʼt help but smile. The Nine Empyrean Suns Universe was bound to be massive and full of dangers, but if he carried with him a fortress that was a world, he would have a haven to retreat to in case of problems.

However, while rising to the higher realm was one of Cainʼs ultimate goals and something he had wished for a long time, he could not forget the words Horus said during their last clash about how the Nine Empyrean Suns Universe would loathe his world and destroy him.

”Can you tell me more about the Nine Empyrean Suns Universe? Do you have any information about the people of Aether who have reached it?” Cain would not blindly believe the words of an enemy, but he wanted to learn as much as possible before taking the next step.

When Ao heard that question, a complicated expression appeared on his face before glancing at the young man and shaking his head. ”I am sorry to say I do not know about the Nine Empyrean Suns Universe, as the realm is beyond my reach. There are not many people who made it since the true civilization of Aether is only 8000 years old.”

Cain could not help but frown as he heard that. ”You mean Aetherʼs human civilization. The rest are hundreds of thousands of years old.”

According to his knowledge, Adam led humanity to Aether ten thousand years ago from the Old World. Yet, the Inferno Daemon Race, Lego Eldritch Race, Deus Behemoth Race, and Atrox Immortus Race had existed for hundreds of thousands of years, maybe even millions.

Ao saw the confusion in Cainʼs eyes and shook his head. ”Eight thousand years ago, the first true life form was born in Aether. Everything that happened before that, all the events surrounding your raceʼs arrival in Aether and the clash with the Inferno Daemon Race that led to the division between the dark camp and light camp, was nothing more than an illusion.”

Cainʼs eyes widened, and his entire body trembled as he heard that shocking revelation. Immediately confusion and doubt appeared in his mind as he couldnʼt believe what he was hearing.

His willpower allowed him to remain focused, and he immediately found a problem with Aoʼs words. ”How is that possible!? Some people are thousands of years old and whose elders, whom they have met, were alive before the eight thousand years you mentioned.”

Ao did not get angry at the shock and shouts of the young man. After all, that revelation was shocking beyond measure, and he adopted a solemn stance before carrying on. ”Those people were simply physical dreams, sentient illusions without true souls.

They acted and advanced as normal people would, some giving birth to the first batch of true life forms of the world, whom they raised as their children, but everything they did was programmed, every move and action designed beforehand.

People before the current eight thousand years were never real, no different than a non-playable character from a game. Even those that surpassed the Divine Ascension Realm and seemingly marched beyond the Crystal Wall simply vanished from existence. They might have been real in another world, hundreds of millions of years ago, or maybe even billions, but I do not know.”

Cain felt the tremors of shock hitting with ever greater strength. It was a heavy blow to realize that the history of the world was a complete fabrication and that the animosity that had lasted for thousands of years due to the initial clash between humans and the Inferno Daemon Race was actually all an illusion, a dream that never really happened, at least not in Aether.

”Why? Why would there be something like that in the world?” No matter how Cain looked at it, that realization confused him since the only purpose he could see from the dream illusion was to raise hatred between the Sacred Races and nothing else.