Beyond the Timescape

Chapter 1279: Aurora Epoch

In the Fourth Star Ring, on the primeval motherworld’s lands of flesh and blood, Young Lord Aurora had fully become a god, and had cast aside the fleshly body of a cultivator. Hē slowly looked up. As hē stood there, hīs state was almost indescribable. Hīs spine, which was connected to other illusory dimensions, quivered, as if every breath hē took tapped into the power of the star ring itself.

As Xu Qing and Immortal Fairy Spirit Phoenix looked at the young lord in this state, it created an instant and very deep impression on them. One look, and they would never forget the sight.

In fact, it was almost impossible for them to truly grasp what they were seeing. It was as if… this level of personhood was too high, making it impossible for bystanders to visually process the true structure of what they were seeing. And if someone tried to forcefully perceive that structure, it could easily lead to a mental collapse.

It was like… directly looking at fate. And fate could not be fathomed!

As for the aura on display… it shook heaven and earth, filling all living beings with the urge to prostrate in worship.

Xu Qing’s heart pounded as he stood there. Though he was present with an immortal body, he did have the body of a god back in the Revered Ancient mainland. And that god clone, having been made from the flesh and blood of Eminent Desolation, contained the concept of fate. What was more, he had wielded a carving knife of fate made from godly authority, and as such, his god clone had a good understanding of fate….

Because of those things, Xu Qing experienced sudden enlightenment. Now he knew why the Immortal Paragon had wanted him present. Also, he could sense that the reason Young Lord Aurora had succeeded in becoming a god and developing godhood came down to something very familiar.

Eminent Desolation….

Even as he thought that, Young Lord Aurora’s voice echoed out in all directions, just like the heaven-shaking, earth-shattering sound that existed when the Fourth Star Ring was first formed.

“Every soul within fate is a seemingly simple but actually complex entity within multidimensional space.

“It is a variable constrained by the laws of karma, and a fantastic attractor that can surpass the borders of primal-chaos. In reality, a true god of fate… merely wields a pickaxe to excavate the vein of ore known as perception in order to hew out a new version of the self that is full of radiance and light. All living beings, all inanimate objects, all cultivators, and all gods can be considered their own god of fate.”

The first sentence came out of the mouth of Young Lord Aurora.

But then, the entire primeval motherworld trembled. The lands of flesh and blood grew new skin, new plants, new living beings, and even rivers and seas. Living beings and inanimate objects proliferated. In the shortest of times, the primeval motherworld became a flourishing planet.

As Young Lord Aurora continued to speak, life turned into civilization, as if the motherworld had just passed through countless years of time.

This was… one utterance birthing myriad things! The thrum of the subterranean meridians echoed within the life force of all things. That sound no longer formed a resonance with Young Lord Aurora, but rather… was catering to hīm! Īt was catering to Young Lord Aurora!

Outside of the primeval motherworld, the True Gods who had come to offer resistance now began to tremble. The disparity with thēir own providence gave thēm no other choice but to bow thēir heads toward the primeval motherworld, and then drop to thēir knees and kowtow to Young Lord Aurora.

It wasn’t just thēm. As Young Lord Aurora rose to the level of a God Lord, and as hīs godly voice echoed out, nearly ninety-nine percent of gods in the Fourth Star Ring instinctively prostrated on the spot.

It was the same among the statues in the temples who led the various Godfolk, and even in the god kingdoms. Everywhere in the Fourth Star Ring, gods prostrated toward that star light that had appeared in the darkness. At first, the light was only a bit here and there, but then it spread, ultimately becoming boundless and endless…. It was like the stars were being relit.

This was what happened when a God Lord was born. This was how valuable a God Lord was to a star ring, and how much support such a god received. God Lords were doted on by the star ring! Right now, as the Fourth Star Ring was being lighted up again, it trembled as its brightness eventually surpassed anything from before.

At the same time on the primeval motherworld, Young Lord Aurora, who had brought about all of this, looked up at Immortal Fairy Spirit Phoenix. Hīs eyes were cold and apathetic, without any emotion at all.

That gaze caused Immortal Fairy Spirit Phoenix to shiver. The marriage contract in front of her seemed to fade, as if all the color were draining out of it. Even the words on it were starting to disappear.

“Husband…” she said, her voice trembling.

Young Lord Aurora nodded. “I’m fine. I haven’t lost the past. My emotions have become dull, and things have lost their color. But I haven’t forgotten about my mission.”

As that godly voice drifted down, heaven and earth filled with never-ending lightning bolts. Intense rumbling echoed out as Young Lord Aurora’s gaze next fell onto Xu Qing.

“Xu Qing, do you remember the moment in that reflection of history when my father ascended the throne?”

Xu Qing suddenly looked up at the young lord.

“I came here to the Fourth Star Ring,” Young Lord Aurora continued, “to borrow the flesh and blood of the primeval motherworld, and the karma of the very first god born here, as well as the scrap of the godspark within me… to change my dao to that of a Fourth Star Ring god! This was the decision of predestination, and the arrangement of fate.”

Young Lord Aurora began to rise up into the dome of heaven. Behind hīm stretched numerous blood vessels, through which pulsed golden blood. And they seemed to support hīm as hē rose into the sky.

“After becoming a god here on the Fourth Star Ring’s primeval motherworld, I then rose to the level of God Lord. I am hereby a part of the network of gods in the Fourth Star Ring, and by catalyzing the godspark, I can seize the paramount godly authority of the God Paragon and make it my fate! Today… the dao resonance has risen, and the hour has come. Next… it’s time to restore the sun and moon!”[1]

As Young Lord Aurora floated up in midair, golden light shone out in all directions, almost as if hē had become this planet’s sun! Light erupted everywhere!

***

In the Fifth Star Ring, an old man strode through the void clad in a rough hemp robe and hemp sandals. He suddenly stopped in place. He looked up and in the direction of the primeval motherworld in the Fourth Star Ring. He slowly spread his arms.

Within his left hand, the image of the fate of his son Immortal Lord Aurora ascending the throne glittered with crystalline light that fused with the void. In his right hand was the thousand years of time that had been erased starting on that day. It flew out, becoming time sand that… re-entered the world!

A thousand years ago, on the day when Immortal Lord Aurora was to succeed Immortal Lord Nineshores, he instead chose to rebel and end things. It was his son’s wedding day, and was also the day he was to ascend the throne and take command of the Fifth Star Ring. Dramatic events had unfolded. But had they not, then the Fifth Star Ring would have entered his epoch.

But instead, he chose to rebel! After that… the Immortal Paragon personally killed his own son.

In order to prevent anyone from remembering that karma, he and Immortal Lord Nineshores had used their canon to cover things up for a thousand years. And the Immortal Paragon… had personally taken that karma upon himself.

Back then, Immortal Lord Nineshores had continued to rule the Fifth Star Ring. His time in office had been extended by a thousand years.

Today was the last day of that thousand-year period. This moment was the last moment of that thousand-year period.

As the dao resonance echoed in the Fifth Star Ring, and a new day arrived, the Immortal Paragon sent that thousand years of karma back into the star ring! The entire Fifth Star Ring trembled.

In the dao palace in the Nineshores heaven beyond heaven, Immortal Lord Nineshores sat in his palace looking out, a smile on his face. He seemed to be relaxing.

“I hope,” he murmured, “you turn out to be more outstanding than your father or even your grandfather….”

With that, he reached up toward the crown of the epoch on his head, which contained the destiny aura of the entire Fifth Star Ring. Slowly but surely, he took it off… and returned it to the star ring!

As the Fifth Star Ring trembled under the dao resonance, countless planets, universes, star domains, and all of the heavens beyond heaven… filled with unprecedented levels of destiny aura. And all of them rushed to meet their new lord. It was as if time had gone backward to that day a thousand years ago when Immortal Lord Aurora took the throne!

Back then, Immortal Lord Aurora had failed to take the throne. But today… his son Mi Ming was restoring the sun and the moon and thus taking over his father’s position!

The Aurora Epoch was officially beginning!

1. Here he uses the separate characters for sun日 and moon月 which, when combined, make the character Ming 明 from his name. Also, there was a specific reason for that name. For details, you can go back to chapter 1164. ☜