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Chapter 1026 - 544: How did this human’s power originate just over a decade ago?

Chapter 1026: Chapter 544: How did this human’s power originate just over a decade ago?

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The Time Pavilion leaped out of the River of Time like a carp and returned to the present.

Fang You, who emerged from the pagoda, had a lingering fear and his complexion was pale.

"Evil God..."

"A power that prevails above authority."

Fang You rolled up his sleeves, revealing patches of dark bruises on his arms, reminiscent of injuries from a fall during his mortal days. However, already being a tenth realm origin being with a perfected Law Divine Physique, he should neither have nor retain such scars.

Visible scars on a Law Divine Physique take much time and effort to remove and heal.

"However, in a bout between equals, it’s possible to inflict upon the adversary indelible law scars, although not as internally unsettling and outwardly mundane as this."

"This is not a scar of the laws; this is contamination—a pollution emanating from the mysterious system’s source."

"And that’s not all..."

Fang You raised his hand, revealing in his palm, two radiant halo rings.

Within the rings were two gems representing the powers of cosmic laws.

One was the Authority of Annihilation, and the other was the gem of the Origin of Thunder.

Yet, entwined around these two gems were threads of faint gray-black mist, which could not be dispersed. The gray-black threads on the Authority of Annihilation were denser, whereas those on the Origin of Thunder were sparser, but still visibly distinct.

"Even symbols of power origins like these authorities can be contaminated—truly befitting of an Evil God."

In that epoch, when the Candela Empire had not yet risen and the Ghastly Realm was still untainted, he had clashed with an Evil God, the Twisted Black River.

Ugh, that damn Twisted Black River again.

He seemed to have a fate intertwined with the Twisted Black River, and was rather familiar with it.

"Back then, there was no such thing as factions of Evil Gods, no tribes or empires wholeheartedly worshipping and mentally warped by the Evil Gods, only indescribable Evil Gods themselves."

"However, the notoriety of the Evil Gods was not so prominent at that time, for it was an era of the pantheon of gods, where Ancient Gods and gods of faith were the ruling class."

"The deities standing at the pinnacle of the world waged war against the celestial outsiders with full confidence."

And then, they all GG’d.

At the first confrontation, some died, some fled. If those Evil Gods hadn’t been in their ’dormant’ state, attacking without pursuit, it’s likely no deity would have escaped.

At that time, Fang You was among the army of gods, leeching off the power of these deities to probe the Evil Gods.

It was safer that way.

If there were any mishaps and the power of the Evil Gods exceeded estimations, at least there would be these ’cannon fodder’ deities to take the hit for him. He didn’t need to outrun the Evil Gods—just outpace most deities, and that would be enough.

In the early stages of the Mysterious Arrival, the world’s top powers might have been slightly inferior to the Great Sun God Honourable or the Moon Lord of this era, but in number, they far exceeded them.

The Sun God, Radiant Moon Goddess, Starry Sky God—these were just relatively famous Ancient Gods back then.

More numerous were the gods of faith; individually weaker but relying on the multitudes and highly united pantheons, they occupied most of the world’s territories.

That battle was immensely grand, it even roused the Evil Gods slightly, unleashing even more fearsome power.

Countless deities fell from the heavens, the world wept, and golden blood rain poured for over half a year.

Some Ancient Gods were eroded by the filth and went berserk on the spot, becoming minions of the indescribable Evil Gods.

That battle was hence dubbed the Twilight of the Gods, but later generations’ records of this twilight were few, like unreliable legend and lore.

Fang You, who traveled through time back to that era, despite adhering to staying low and following fate, still shone exceedingly bright.

After all, he was one of the very few who survived a direct confrontation and heavy contamination.

He also took action, saving several deities who were fated to fall.

This was a trial.

And it did not defy fate.

"However, among the deities I saved, one seemed somewhat familiar."

At that critical moment, he didn’t have time to think much—just felt a familiar face and connection, so he went for the rescue. But now, recalling...

"Wasn’t that a younger Moon Lord?"

The appearance had hardly changed, just the aura was different.

The Moon Lord, following the path of the Ancient Gods versus the Mysterious System, showcased not completely different but distinguishably varied divine charm and power.

Fang You stroked his chin, "Thinking about it, the Moon Lord had fought against the Twisted Black River back then. So why did she initiate an attempt to probe the Evil Gods a few years ago?"

"She couldn’t have believed that after switching to cultivating the Mysterious System and improving her power slightly, she could contend with the Evil Gods, right?"

The Moon Lord didn’t seem that foolish.

It was more like she lost the memory of that time.

"To instinctively erase memories to prevent the spread of contamination?"

He wondered.

In his mind emerged the battle of the gods’ twilight, that moment when he shook the endless Dark River.

Terror erupted from within him.

Along with it came strands after strands of tangible contamination, rising from the depths of memory, spreading throughout his body.

"This contamination, truly damn exhilarating!"

He opened the panel to see his contamination level had increased by another 0.06%. No wonder other powerhouses had to sever their memories; the filth from the Evil Gods has transcended time and space.

And this pollution was unceasing, deviously seeking to corrupt his very self.