Myth: The Ruler of Spirituality

In the vast emptiness, a ’drop’ of ’water’ hovered there. It was so ordinary-looking, without any special power flowing from it.

Yet it was from such a minute point that the world, seemingly as real as any, had derived—and to the life within it, that may not be false at all.

After all, true and false are relative concepts, and the destiny it constituted was the original trajectory of the Chaos World. Under certain conditions, reality and falsehood could perhaps be interchangeable.

Taking a step forward, Laine reached out his right hand and cautiously caught the ’drop.’ He had prepared for any contingencies, but even as he held it in his hand, nothing more happened.

Everything was without a ripple, just like a true drop of water, as the remnants of the Creation Force flowed quietly in Laine’s palm.

Its power was not overwhelmingly strong, but it was so absolute and enigmatic. Sensing its presence, Laine couldn’t help but hesitate.

The power of creation had no nature, or to be more precise, it would change its nature according to the will of its user. It was ’omnipotent,’ unable to amplify itself, yet it could accomplish almost anything in this world.

Even Laine had a premonition that, if he wished, this power could perhaps give birth to an immortal essence he could never replicate before... or destroy one that already existed.

To slay a deity—a deed he had only done within the Fantasy World—could be achieved again with this supreme power. But after only a brief contemplation, Laine dismissed the thought.

To kill a god seemed impressive, but to do so with borrowed strength, in reality, was meaningless.

Perhaps the domain of [Death] would surge greatly as a result, but it is now a part of [Samsara]. If [Death] were to skyrocket unilaterally, even if [Samsara] wouldn’t collapse because of it, it would take an eternity for it to rebalance the two through its own cyclical force. In the meantime, the [Well of Reincarnation] might come to a halt for a long time.

Overall, the gains obtained would still outnumber the losses, but this hard-won Creational Force would then become a one-time use. Besides, permanently killing a god in reality, and how the world might react to it, is yet an unknown.

"After all, it’s merely an unexpected gain; as for the [Well of Reincarnation], let’s stick to the original plan," Laine decided. n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om

With a light tap of his finger, the ’drop’ immediately vanished and appeared within the Spirit Realm.

It would come in handy soon enough, and as for what purpose—having one naturally meant it should become two, or three, or even more.

"And then there’s this," he said.

Having dealt with the remnants of the creation, Laine finally returned his attention to his own Divine Artifact.

The Oracle Stone Tablet, divided into three by the transformation of the Spirit Realm, had experienced changes in the other two pieces, while the first one had remained as it was at birth. But now, after this event, it not only caught up with the progress of the other two but also seemed a bit "overstuffed."

At this moment, it retracted all its extraordinary properties, appearing as common as any everyday scroll. Now named the Annals of Time, this Divine Artifact, having integrated the concept of the Fantasy World, finally began to possess its own unique symbolism.

However, unlike its previous manifestations, the true essence of this artifact wasn’t [History]. Rather, [History] was merely a form of expression of its power, not the foundation of its existence. After all, [History] alone is not enough for greatness, and even among powerful Divine Powers, it ranks at the bottom.

It might grow stronger with the passage of eras, but this enhancement is extremely limited.

Even the Divine Artifact involving [Time] is still incubating at the heart of the Spirit Realm, a long way from being complete. A concept can’t give rise to two great artifacts, and so the time domain cannot have two [Genesis Artifacts].

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Unless Laine could bring that part from beyond this world, making them represent different aspects of time in Chaos World, the artifact shaped from the first slate stands no chance to progress any further on the strength of [History] alone.

Therefore, the Annals of Time is neither fundamentally about ’annals’ nor ’history’; what it truly signifies is that which is unchanging, everlasting, eternal. It’s a conceptual domain, lofty in intent but consequently quite abstract, and like the initial Spirituality, while theoretically encompassing everything, it requires gradual filling.

Similarly, there is the Civilization Slate, whose power is somewhat akin to the ’future,’ from which techniques like ’divination’ have emerged—one reflection of its potential. But the time domain’s makeup merely adorns the Civilization Slate, which symbolizes change, creation, and inspiration in itself.

Opposite yet interdependent, the link between ’change’ and ’eternity’ is woven together by the [Codex of Creation]’s outlined [Order].

Three Divine Artifacts, originating from the same source, was the arrangement made at their inception. And after completing this metamorphosis, the final link among them has finally embarked on the right track.