Chapter 1798: Ascension 15
Several days later, at the former Celestial Khan's legacy, now the site of the "Corrupted Divine Kingdom."
The Corrupted Divine Kingdom was not constructed from stone or metal. It was an ecosystem composed of active, decaying biomass.
Every inch of land here was undergoing a slow process of decay and rebirth.
At the center of the divine kingdom was a Möbius strip woven from rotting matter and newly sprouted shoots, symbolizing the eternal cycle of decay.
What flowed within the ring was not light, but the decay of time itself—the closer one got to its center, the more abnormal the passage of time became. One second might decay like a year, or a millennium might freeze like an instant.
At the outskirts of the divine kingdom, a miasma of decay wafted from its edges. This was not poison, but an overabundance of life information. The cells inside anyone who came into contact with it would receive too many commands to grow and die, causing some tissues to proliferate madly while others withered prematurely, forming a landscape of living decay.
This was the latest power comprehended by a newly ascended god-king.
The sight bore an uncanny resemblance to a certain "corpse of a cosmic god."
The Ring of Decay hung in the void. Where its lower end touched was the temple of the decay cycle—a new divine temple flourishing atop the foundation of decay.
The temple roof was not enclosed. Instead, countless minute projections of the Rings of Decay slowly revolved in the air like a canopy.
Every tiny ring was undergoing a microscopic cycle of decay and regeneration. Humus fell from the tops of the rings, while new biomass rose from their bottoms, forming an endless rain of cycles.
The light came from the phosphorescence naturally