"Fate..."
Iver quietly savored the word.
He sensed a solemn, heavy power within it. It was like standing on a pitch-black stage whose curtain had yet to be drawn, silently watched by countless spectators on the other side.
No wonder...
The Ring Angel tainted by the Void had once wielded the power to reverse the world, rolling it back to the position he desired. The power he sought in the future represented the constant of eternal change in all things—the Path of Transcendence. As for the Swan King, who had almost completely fallen into the Void, the power he wielded was the ability to write scripts and manipulate the possibilities of all things.
What they had in common was that their powers were all connected to "fate."
—Ai Shiping had been targeted by the "Void" from the very beginning!
But at that moment, Iver realized that an opportunity had appeared—
The existence of "possibility" itself!
The nonexistent "Void" could not be destroyed. Yet just as it would choose the Swan King as its spokesperson and vessel for its descent... it had to erode an existence at the Pillar God level before it could truly descend upon this world. Just as a spider, even after digesting its prey into liquid, still needed to pierce it with a straw and suck it into its body.
According to this rule, the Swan King was merely its second choice. Its first choice would definitely be the Ring Angel!
The Ring Angel's plan was to flee with the Source River. This was itself a meaningless act that denied his own seal of amber and his nine lifetimes of reincarnation... Thus, the Ring Angel, helplessly seeking meaning in order to resist the Void, was destined to fall into the Void.
But if he truly fell onto