"If I'm not mistaken."
"That thing that moved just now, at the edge of the void, should be a Deity."
The moment Jiang Qiao regained consciousness, he reached his conclusion.
Deities were uncanny.
Even talking about them could draw their attention. Looking directly at a Deity often meant death was upon you.
With the Red Moon's help.
He had gained an inconceivable power of perception.
He had peered through the Nether Sea.
And seen the truth beneath it.
But in doing so, he had also stirred a Deity, stepping onto a tightrope that could summon a great terror.
So the Red Moon had severed his perception.
And pulled his consciousness back.
To keep the Deity from discovering him.
He had thus withdrawn from that state of roaming through the "Great Will."
He could hardly call it a regret.
But it was certainly a pity.
Still, even that fleeting glimpse.
Had revealed things that shook Jiang Qiao to his core.
In the Nether Sea.
There are actually so many Deities.
But they aren't in the ordinary seawater, or even in that chaotic spacetime. They're in the void farther below.
Why are they there?
And why are they at the edges where the void is stitched together?
This looks...
Why does it look like they're using themselves to stabilize those seams, so the void won't tear apart again?
Countless questions flooded Jiang Qiao's mind.
None of them had answers. They would probably remain unanswered for a long time to come. Yet they gave Jiang Qiao a deeper understanding of this world, and some direction for his thoughts on supernatural phenomena and Deities.
From Jiang Qiao's summoning of Red Moon power.
To his union with the "Great Will" and exploration of the Nether Sea.
The whole process.
Had actually taken very little