When Yuan Ju mentioned "Myriad Transformations Deep Blue," Priest Yan Chen swept his gaze over him, yet answered calmly:
"Indeed. Creating something the universe has never possessed is not difficult to speak of, but using it as a foundation to establish rules and shape a realm, as though opening up an entirely new world—that is truly inconceivable."
"Then... when a True God creates such a thing, is it also turning the unreal into reality, creating something from nothing?"
Priest Yan Chen fell silent for a moment, his eyes fixed on Yuan Ju. "Why would you think that?"
Yuan Ju gave an "Uh." "It just suddenly occurred to me..."
Priest Yan Chen nodded slightly. "Once matters here are settled, you can put some serious thought into researching it."
Yuan Ju's thoughts were led astray again. "Is it really about to end?"
Priest Yan Chen did not answer directly, only saying, "His Excellency the High Priest just mentioned that Chief Priest Seo had briefed him on the matters here."
Yuan Ju did not understand. "What does that mean?"
"Under normal circumstances, he should not have."
Priest Yan Chen knew that Yuan Ju was poor at such mundane affairs, so he gave him a few more pointers. The general meaning was this:
Shan Long High Priest and Chief Priest Seo stood at roughly equal rank and status, but each was responsible for a different sphere. As the leader of their Architecture Priests, the former had led a team through the You-1337 Star Gate to lay the groundwork for the Isolated Star System's next stage of expansion and deal with potential problems. Now that problems had indeed arisen, even though only a single gate separated them from the Red Silicon Star System, he would not normally concern himself with affairs here.
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