Chapter 1996 – Dimensional Ascension
Hearing Merlin’s description, Lin Qiye’s frown grew tighter and tighter.
”Higher Dimension …… Memorial said something similar at that time, and it seems like he also said that this world of ours is just a dream world of Azathoth?”
”It can also be interpreted that way.” Merlin nodded, “To make an analogy, when we stand under the blazing sun, the light’s irradiation of our body will cast a shadow belonging to us on the ground, this shadow exists because of us, once we turn around and walk to the shade of the trees, this shadow will disappear with us ……
And for the ants on the ground, they see this shadow, they give it a name, but what they see, is it the real us?
No, it’s just a shadow, they can’t peer through this shadow and see what we look like in the three-dimensional world, nor can they make us suffer the slightest harm by stepping on this shadow, to these ants in the two-dimensional world, we are the ‘unnameable’.”
”You mean that this darkness that engulfs the universe is a shadow cast by Azathoth …… and we, just ants observing Him from the ground?”
”As desperate as it sounds, it’s true.”
”In that case, won’t we never be able to defeat Azathoth?”
Merlin was silent for a long time, “Yes. …… Theoretically speaking, any existence in this dimension cannot hurt Azathoth, and naturally cannot defeat Him …… unless, someone can ascend the dimension. ”
”Ascend the dimension?”
”From this dimension where we are, ascending to the dimension where Azathoth’s main body is located, shadows can never defeat a human being, and the only one who can defeat a human being …… is a human being.”
Lin Qiye’s eyes flashed with a flame of hope.
”How can I ascend the dimension?”
”…… Difficult.” Merlin shook his head, “The difficulty of ascending dimensions is to allow a shadow to give birth to flesh and blood, crossing the dimensional barriers and becoming a true high dimensional being. …… So far, only the Holy Lord of the Western Holy Religion, Yelander, has barely touched this threshold… …”
Yelander?
Lin Qiye immediately asked, “Did he succeed?”
”He just barely touched it, he’s still far from succeeding, but even if it’s just a half-step ‘ascension’, it was already enough for him back then to single-handedly challenge the gods of the gram system, severely injure the three pillar gods, and seal the rest of the gram system gods above the moon …… ”
”Then where has he gone now?”
Lin Qiye was very clear that Yelander hadn’t died, if he had, then Chloe would have long ago inherited his laws and become the new Holy Lord instead of being trapped in the human ceiling realm for two thousand years ……But since he hadn’t died, and he wasn’t there when the moon seal shattered, then where exactly was he?
”…… don’t know.” Mei Lin sighed, “After the half-step ‘ascension’, he should have had some sort of reaction with this world, even I can’t find him.”
Lin Qiye fell into silence.
Yelander was the closest existence to ascension nowadays, and after he disappeared, who else in this world had any hope of being able to ascend in a short period of time?
”No…… there’s still him!” Lin Qiye’s eyes blossomed with a glint of essence as he backhandedly pulled out a thread of karma in the void.
Aside from Yelander, there might be another person in this world who had reached the half-step “ascension” level!
Spirit Treasure Heavenly Father!
Lin Qiye clearly remembers that when the gods of the Heavenly Court were about to fall into a deep sleep, Ling Bao Tianzun said that he had already touched the threshold of Yilande’s realm……. If the Eternal Celestial Court could return, perhaps Ling Bao Tianzun would have stepped into the level of half-step Ascending Dimension!
And that might be their last hope.
Lin Qiye’s gaze followed that thread of karma and extended into nothingness, and in the next moment, his body shook slightly!
He looked into the depths of the universe that was as black as an abyss with the [Causes of the Endless] in his hand, and opened his mouth.
”Are you kidding me ……”
The location that the thread of cause and effect was pointing to was the very same darkness that engulfed the universe!
A thunderbolt roared in Lin Qiye’s mind as he froze in place, his eyes filled with disbelief ……
Eternal Heavenly Court, how could it be there?
The darkness that was filled with madness and disorder was like a silent beast that was engulfing this universe little by little, and as far as the eye could see, one could not see anything existing at all, let alone the Eternal Heavenly Court that was carrying the dormant Great Summer Gods!
Lin Qiye did not understand …… that the gods of the Great Xia were just sleeping, and left the Earth only to take refuge from the grammy gods suppressed in the moon to once again pose a threat to the Great Xia, and with the speed of the Heavenly Court’s movement at that time, wanting to cross such a long distance to enter that darkness, I don’t know how many years it would take… …
And now that only four years have passed, how did the Heavenly Court cross that distance and enter there?
Are they …… still alive?
The instant this thought appeared, Lin Qiye gave an affirmative answer.
They must be alive …… Otherwise this thread of karma, it would have been shattered long ago before they were in the depths of Azathoth. As for whether they were still dormant or had been contaminated and insane, it was unknown.
Yelande, Spirit Treasure Heavenly Father, the two most promising existences to complete the “ascension”, were both in a state of disappearance at the moment, which also meant that no one could confront Asatos head on.
”Your Excellency Mei Lin …… With the speed of Azathoth’s expansion, how long will it take for it to spread to Earth?” Lin Qiye hoarsely opened his mouth.
Merlin pondered for a moment, “Strange to say, Earth’s location is right at the center point of the universe that Azathoth has engulfed …… That is to say, Earth will be the last planet to be engulfed by Azathoth, and with the speed of this smudge of darkness nowadays, Earth still has a maximum of eight days left.”
”Eight days ……”
A look of despair surfaced in Lin Qiye’s eyes.
From the Supreme Realm, to touching the half-step “Ascension Dimension” level, Spiritual Treasure Heavenly Father had spent more than two thousand years in the ‘True Self Reincarnation’ …… Yelander had borrowed the Western Sacred Cult’s vast amount of power of faith to It also took more than a thousand years to break through to the half-step “Ascension” level.
Even if Lin Qiye stepped into the Supreme Realm right now, it would be impossible for him to touch the threshold of half-step Ascension within eight days, let alone completely complete Ascension and have the power to fight Azathoth head on.
”Other than Dimensional Ascension,…… there’s really no other way to fight against Azathoth?” Lin Qiye asked undeterred.
”…… No, at least not within my knowledge.” Merlin stroked his slender beard and let out a long sigh, “I’ve been exploring deep space for so many years just to find a way out for this universe, but unfortunately …… I haven’t found it yet.”
Lin Qiye’s fists clenched tightly ……
He had crossed such a long distance to find a solution to Azathoth, but he didn’t expect to end up with what he got, but an unsolvable predicament.
At this moment, he finally understood why [Chaos] was so sure that humanity couldn’t win this war …… With Azathoth around, even if the three pillar gods on Earth and the gods of the gram system were all wiped out, humanity still wouldn’t be able to survive that ball of epileptic darkness, and from the very beginning, humanity’s end was doomed… …
And so on!
Lin Qiye suddenly raised his head, as if he thought of something…
”Memorial said that [Chaos] is the only existence among the gods of the gram system that can communicate with Azathoth……. Since He’s also in this universe, the same dimension as us, how did He communicate with Azathoth?”