stonecrandall Chapter 43 White King
Chapter 43 White King
The monk continued reading.
In the center of the chaos, a figure gradually becomes clearer and taller, eventually dominating the entire scene.
It was a humanoid figure shrouded in endless radiance, its face obscured by pure light.
His figure was solemn and magnificent, with one hand seemingly holding the sun, which symbolized "holiness," and the other hand holding lightning, which represented "power."
At His feet, the indescribable ancient gods depicted in the murals either knelt in submission, fled in disarray, or were suppressed beneath mountains and seas.
The world, which had been shattered, was repaired. The sky became clear, and the earth began to show regular patterns of mountains and rivers. A sense of solemn and sacred order replaced the previous chaos.
People bowed their heads, kneeling in devout worship, proclaiming His holy name.
"The Creator of all things, the all-knowing and all-powerful God; You are the source of all greatness, You are the beginning and the end; You are the God of gods, the ruler of the vast star realm."
"An omniscient and omnipotent...god?" The monk looked at the contents of the document with a strange expression.
If we're talking about an omniscient and omnipotent god he's familiar with, then... it would be the Spirit King, or rather, Lord Adnes, right?
So what's depicted on this mural...
Is that Lord Spirit King?
He felt something was off, because Adnes had fought against the Void, which, although also various kinds of monsters, was completely different from the ancient gods in this mural.
The monk could not only see the content, but also sense the atmosphere and power of that great battle through it...
It is worlds apart from the virtual.
He didn't rush to conclusions, but continued to observe.
After the omniscient and omnipotent god ruled the world, the murals experienced a long period of prosperity.
Known as God, the God of all gods, the King of Kings, he rules the world, creating miracles for all people, and the whole world is bathed in his glory.
But halfway down the mountainside, the style of the mural changes abruptly.
Suddenly, all sorts of demonic creatures appeared in the sky. Their faces were ferocious, even more indescribable than the earliest ancient gods, and their bodies exuded an aura of unparalleled terror.
The world that was bathed in God's light suddenly became terrifying again, with people filled with fear and disasters erupting everywhere.
When God saw the demons in the sky, he did not immediately fight them. Instead, he first killed or sealed away the ancient gods in the world who still did not obey him, and the same was true for those ancient gods who later followed him.
He only flew into the sky after he was the only god left in the entire world.
Then a massive barrier appeared outside the world, blocking the view of the demons in the sky and restoring peace to the world once more.
But the whole world turned into a vast expanse of darkness.
"Was this... a self-sacrifice?"
The monk had some insights.
Clearly, this omniscient and omnipotent being emerged victorious from the battle of the ancient gods and became the king of the gods. However, after he became invincible, enemies came from the heavens.
The evil spirits that came from the depths of the universe were eyeing this planet, and in order to protect this world, the gods transformed into a huge barrier, keeping all the other gods outside the barrier.
However, before creating the barrier, he knew that once he was gone from the world, the ancient gods who had submitted to his power would cause trouble again. So, before creating the barrier, he dealt with these ancient gods first.
The more the monk looked, the more bizarre it seemed. He knew nothing about these things, which meant they were from at least several million years ago.
While a million years is an almost impossible time to traverse from the perspective of Death, it is but a fleeting moment for planets and the universe.
The world has existed for billions of years, and in such a long period of time, anything is possible.
Just as people today could never imagine what the world was like a million years ago, let alone that he and Lord Lingwang had traversed a million years of time.
The monk didn't speak, but continued watching.
The darkness depicted in the mural did not last forever.
In the places where ancient gods fell, killed but not completely annihilated, some twisted, pale shadows began to grow.
They have no fixed form, like smoke, like writhing wounds, exuding hunger and resentment.
This is... an illusion!
The monk recognized it at a glance; this fluctuation was none other than the spiritual pressure of the void!
Unlike the ancient gods, outer gods, and some demons before, what is emerging from the corpses of the ancient gods is the very first and most ancient void!
Even the monk himself didn't know when or how the Void first appeared.
Although he has lived for millions of years, the world existed long before that, much longer than a million years ago.
Not to mention him, even the Spirit King was a miracle that was conceived only after an immeasurably long period of time had passed since the birth of the Void.
And now, it seems the monk has finally seen the origin of the void!
actually……
Is that right?
The earliest Hollows were actually evil spirits born from the corpses of those ancient gods who were killed?!
These evil spirits devoured everything that was newly born in the dark world, dragging the nascent order back into chaos and despair.
The scene was tinged with a pale white, a pale world filled with pain, the wails of souls being swallowed by the void.
And it was only at this point that the 'protagonist' in this mural seemed to be born.
This is not a mural recording history; the content before and after it seems to be solely for the purpose of commemorating a great being.
That is the 'White King'!
Among these many pale voids, there is one void that was conceived from the earliest dragon-shaped ancient god's corpse.
That ancient god was also one of the oldest and most powerful ancient gods. In the previous murals, it led ten thousand dragons in a final battle against God, but ultimately lost to the omniscient and omnipotent god.
From its corpse emerged a pure white dragon king, known as the White King, who was also the most powerful among the earliest Void beings.
The White King devoured everything in a frenzy, growing stronger as if trying to return to its most ancient form. At its peak, it occupied a third of the world's area, and even humans bowed down to it, offering sacrifices to it.
"The throne of silver is stained crimson with the blood of the lowly."
On this mural, there is a line of text inscribed in ancient script.
Like the previous characters, these are called characters, but they look more like wriggling tadpoles. It's completely incomprehensible what kind of writing they are, but you can still understand their meaning.
What happened next shocked the monk even more!
Because behind this mural, a person was born!
A man with star-shaped, cross-shaped eyes that the monk recognized very well!
King of Spirits, Adnes!