A signpost leading to the Dark Domain, in search of the Founding Star.
Hao Ren had never imagined that he would find it here, in this form.
The Creation Goddess had not only known in advance of her own downfall, but had even planned this far ahead. She had set everything up in such a remote galaxy and left the key to the road ahead for those who came after her—even though the key's ultimate purpose was to completely destroy her. That only made it all the more astonishing.
Amid his shock, Hao Ren was also filled with emotion over this battle waged on the level of cause and effect.
Lord of Madness had rooted himself in the laws of the universe, so the Goddess had used the erasure of those laws as a weapon against him. The backlash of the will of the world would create flaws in the Era of God Annihilation plan, so the Goddess had left behind a set of signposts to ensure that the Creation Engine could perform its function as scheduled... And all these clashes had taken place before the events themselves had truly occurred.
The Creation Goddess and Lord of Madness seemed to be engaged in an intense game of chess on an empty board. Before either side had placed a piece, they had already been fighting for a long time.
As he pondered this, Hao Ren could not help shaking his head. "Yet in this battle against cause and effect, against fate, the Creation Goddess still seems to have lost by half a move. Although she left behind signposts to fill the gaps, another key part of the God Annihilation plan went wrong: when she fell, the Creation Engine had not yet been completed. That was most likely the result of the