Chapter 564 - 520: The Divine Countries of the Five Pseudo-gods
Shi Ming’s life grew busy after the re-emergence of the First Civilization Cosmic Country.
He fulfilled his duties as the Regent, while also managing his community, the Lost Kingdom, under the alias "the Good Samaritan." Through this, he subtly influenced the many Nirvana Powerhouses who came to explore. At the same time, he ventured into the Cosmic Country’s Core Area, collecting as many preserved Civilization Stones as he could.
Most of the planets were nothing but crumbling ruins.
But faint traces of civilization could still be seen.
Under the guidance of "Tianwen," Shi Ming also visited two of the Cosmic Country’s ten great wonders, and he couldn’t help but marvel at their breathtaking artistry.
The Twin Starfalls,
And the Artisan God’s Star-Forge.
The first was a pair of celestial rivers suspended in the void. They surged forth from nothingness as spiraling streams of stars, winding around and chasing each other upward before cascading back down from a great height. The falling stars created the image of twin waterfalls. A distorted gravitational field formed a natural dividing line between them; the starlight on one side was reddish, while the other was a brilliant blue—a truly wondrous sight. Occasionally, a grain of Twin Star Sand would materialize within the falls. It was incredibly valuable, with a discounted exchange price of 7,000 Civilization Stones in the Divine Treasure Vault.
If the Twin Starfalls were a naturally formed wonder,
Then the Artisan God’s Star-Forge was a creation of civilization.
According to intelligence from the Eye of Destiny, the Artisan God’s Star-Forge had once been the fiefdom of the numbered Nirvana Powerhouse known as the Artisan God. Externally, it appeared as a hollowed-out metallic planet. Its internal structure was a complex, layered mechanism, resembling the precise gears of a clock or an intricately carved, multi-layered ivory ball. These layers revolved slowly around the core, and with each rotation, a flickering light suitable for smelting emanated from the stellar nucleus.
In the past, the Artisan God had relied on this furnace-planet and his numbered Nirvana Skill, [Creation], to forge many unimaginable treasures. As a result, a god personally bestowed upon him the mortal title of Artisan God, a rank even higher than Uncle Tian’s title of Great Fabricator.
But those days were long gone.
The Artisan God’s Star-Forge was still operating.
But there were no longer any signs of life on the planet. The forging knowledge left behind by the Artisan God had long since vanished without a trace, a truly regrettable loss.
’That Great Fabricator might be very interested in this planet.’
’120,000 years ago, they were rivals.’
Over the past few days, Shi Ming’s Eye of Destiny hadn’t been idle. Using the memory-images from before, he had gathered intelligence on the five pseudo-gods. He now had a general understanding of these potential enemies: their basic skill sets, the secret treasures and Authorities they wielded, and the characteristics of their respective Divine Countries.
Five pseudo-gods. Five numbered Nirvana Skills. Five Authorities from a god.
’Creator Uncle Tian, Herakrode.’
’He wields the numbered Nirvana Skill [Silence] and the godly Authority, the Hand of Creation. His Divine Country is named the Dream Core Kingdom. Within it, this Great Fabricator can bring his thoughts to fruition, conjuring any environment or rare materials he needs for his experiments. He uses these materials to pursue grand inventions. Of course, any inventions created inside his Divine Country can only accumulate creative experience for him; they cannot be brought outside the Dream Core Kingdom. It’s essentially a virtual laboratory.’
’Light of Enlightenment, Bertutan.’
’He wields the numbered Nirvana Skill [Void] and the godly Authority, Light of Enlightenment. His Divine Country is named the Civilization Stele Forest. The Civilization Stele Forest houses specimens of all the civilizations Bertutan has visited or experienced. They appear in the form of stone steles. Bertutan can draw power from different civilizations and can also use the Civilization Stele Forest to subtly influence them.’
’Time Giant, Candela.’
’He wields the numbered Nirvana Skill [Time] and the godly Authority, Sand of Destiny. His Divine Country is named the Gold and Silver Island. It was originally a giant, isolated island in chaos where the Time Giant was born. After ascending to a pseudo-god, he transformed it into his Divine Country. The left side of the island is gold, representing time that only moves forward and never retreats. The right side is silver, representing fate that repeats in a cycle, its end connected to its beginning. Within the Gold and Silver Island, Candela can more clearly perceive the flow of time and fate, receiving revelations from the dual dimensions of fate and spacetime.’
’Withered Queen, Huang Ji.’
’She wields the numbered Nirvana Skill [Life] and the godly Authority, the Boon of Propagation. Her Divine Country is named the Propagation Womb. Living within the Propagation Womb are 1,121 offspring she personally gave birth to. Its entrance is not located anywhere in the Star Sea, but rather at Huang Ji’s navel. Any being that enters the Propagation Womb will come to see Huang Ji as their mother and begin to possess an intense desire to procreate, viewing reproduction as their purpose or value in life.’
’The last one, Secret Walker, Amonev.’
’She is the older sister of that Star Skirt woman, Ali. She wields the numbered Nirvana Skill [Concealment] and the godly Authority, Concealed Thought. Her Divine Country is named the Sea of Fallen Stars. The Sea of Fallen Stars appears no different from an ordinary starry sky, and every star seems incredibly real, but it is actually an illusion. The stars are desolate and distant, as if they conceal some extraordinary secret and thus cannot be easily manipulated.’
A glint flashed in Shi Ming’s eyes.
He seemed to have thought of something.
The Sea of Fallen Stars...
According to the Eye of Destiny’s description, this Sea of Fallen Stars of Amonev’s was very similar to a place he had been to before.
The inheritance space with the twelve inheritance slates, which the Star Skirt woman, Ali, had pulled him into!
And yet, there was a subtle difference.
That inheritance space was more like a secret chamber partitioned off from the Sea of Fallen Stars, forming its own separate, completely hidden and isolated place. If he hadn’t been pulled in by the Star Skirt woman, other beings could spend hundreds of millions of years traveling the Star Sea and would absolutely never find its true coordinates, let alone enter to study the source script of the Civilization Prologue.
Interesting.
Shi Ming became even more interested in the Star Skirt woman’s goals and her sister Amonev’s intentions.
’Looks like I’ll have to contact her when I get the chance.’
’If it’s about cooperation,’
’then we’ll need to get on the same page.’
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On New God Star, beyond the borders of the First Civilization Cosmic Country, the S-rank Awakened, Huo Zhuang, keenly sensed that powerful auras had been approaching recently. They were like distant guest stars, flitting past in a hurry before moving away again.
He had already detected them 7 times.
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Meanwhile, Shi Ming, who was in 100% resonance with the Cosmic Country’s will, had a much more accurate count of the Nirvana Powerhouses who had now entered this Lost Kingdom.
of them!