Some People's Rebellious Phase Comes in Their Twilight Years

Whether the fire in the [war] has been extinguished or not is unknown; the green flames in the eyes of [death] are about to go out.

Rewind a bit, back to the moment when An Mingyu was turned into a "Gongyang Jiao" by Cheng Shi and sent back to the Fishbone Hall.

When the enormous skull sat atop its Bone Throne, watching a stark white skeleton fall from the White Bone Flood before it, it realized trouble was brewing.

Whether or not the Shrieking Servant brought praise from that unofficial employee, its very appearance meant that the praise was inevitably followed by that employee's "demand."

This is an employee who likes to "order" his boss around.

However, He did appreciate Cheng Shi, especially his efficiency and understanding of the will of the gods. But the problem is that sometimes appreciation is not a good thing; it can even bring trouble.

After the two gods of Nothingness took turns visiting, He was somewhat "afraid" Cheng Shi summon Cheng Shi. He was afraid that the two Lord of Grace would use Cheng Shi as a "Daggers" to cut a hole in His pocket and then steal whatever was in His pocket.

Therefore, after confronting [Deception] last time, He prepared to "ignore" Cheng Shi for a period of time.

Unexpectedly, when He did not see Cheng Shi, Cheng Shi chased after Him. Even more unexpectedly, the Shrieking Servant who fell down did not bring a word of praise, but instead uttered a cry for help!

The flames in the giant skull's eyes suddenly roared up, and the atmosphere in the entire Fishbone Hall froze. It seemed that He was angry.

Of course, the anger was not because of the lack of praise, but because He sensed a power in this Shrieking Servant that should not have been there!

The power of the Origin!

The skeleton was tainted with the power of the Origin, and the power of He was pulling against its own. The intense collision of Divine Power plunged the corpse into a state of neither life nor death.

In the eyes of the players, An Mingyu was completely dead after being finished off by Cheng Shi, and had even turned into bones, but in the eyes of the gods, this was not the case.

The death caused by [Origin] pulled the Blind Man's "existence" to some Unknown Land beyond the Cosmos. However, as the final destination of death in the Cosmos, the power of [Death] also attempted to pull everything about her back to the Fishbone Hall.

It was this tug-of-war over who should die that put An Mingyu in a very strange state.

Even more remarkably, the power of [Destiny] acted as a mediator between the two, preventing His Believer from being directly shattered and perished in the clash of Divine Power.

This was not a normal occurrence, so when the giant skull saw this, it knew who had brought the corpse to it.

It definitely couldn't be Cheng Shi. No matter how much this employee knew about [Origin], he couldn't possibly come up with such a way to make the power of [Death] entangle with the power of [Origin].

This is something that Mortals cannot understand, and the only people who could commit such a "harmful act" are, after much thought, just a handful.

[Truth] advocates integration, [Folly] is keen on Experiment. They both have motives, but their goal is never [death], so they can be ruled out for now.

[Annihilation] Viewing oneself as an enemy might cause trouble for oneself, but the problem is that what He likes is "annihilation" rather than "scheming", so it can also be ruled out.

However, speaking of "scheming"... there is such a being, no, there is such a [Nothingness], who both "advocates" fusion and is "enthusiastic" about Experiment. His preferences are never fixed according to his own temperament, and whether he is willing to pay attention to something depends entirely on how much fun it contains.

The most coincident thing is that He was also the Lord of Grace of his own unofficial employee!

Therefore... it must be Him!

There will never be another god!

Then Death was enraged. It soared into the air above the temple and roared, shaking the Cosmos.

"[Deception!"

"What do you want to do?!"

As soon as the words were spoken, a pair of eyes, drawn with stars and spirals, opened in the eye sockets of the giant skull.

Yes, in the eye socket.

His position was so perfect that the "bald" skull was instantly adorned with a pair of large, beautiful eyes.

"Hey, let me see who's so inconsiderate, yelling and shouting while others are resting?"

This time, Death's rage was too great. It did not "understand" Deception's "childlike heart." Its gaze narrowed slightly, and a green flame powerful enough to burn through the Void suddenly erupted, completely enveloping Death's skull and instantly burning away all the Nothingness around it.

[Deception] He was burned to death.

It's fake.

His figure silently shattered, merging into the flames, but soon another pair of Starry Eyes opened opposite [Death], smiling with a smirk:

Hehe~

"Old Bones, calm down. At your age, what if you pass away? Then you'll be all alone in life, how lonely you'll be."

The enormous skull completely ignored the God of Merriment. The green flames in His eyes were intense and vigorous. With just a glance, the fire ignited the Nothingness wind, trapping the "pitiful" [Deception] in the Void, unable to move.

Seeing that the Old Bones were still vigorous despite their age, those eyes were about to make a few teasing remarks, but when they saw a huge scythe emanating boundless aura of death appear on the skull, the spiraling light in their eyes paused slightly.

A hint of seriousness flashed in His eyes, but He maintained a cheerful expression and said:

"Old Bones, are you serious?"

"You deliberately corrupted my divine Divine Power, causing it to be pulled apart from the power of the [Origin]."

What is the purpose?

"[Deception], you'd better explain clearly."

"Are you really angry?" Those eyes blinked, a hint of innocence in them. "I don't know what happened. I just smelled the scent of [Destiny], so I came to check, only to find you having an epileptic seizure."

Hehe~ Oh, sorry, sigh~

What bad luck!

"..." The green flames in the giant skull's eyes intensified. "Stubborn and unyielding."

I had no intention of participating in this.

Worship or fear, it's all your own choice.

You have tested me time and again.

"Is it truly true that my Divine Authority cannot bring about the death of God?!"

"Yes, yes, of course we can, otherwise why would we have included you in the [Covenant]?"

The spiral in those eyes started spinning again, faster and faster, and He chuckled:

"That old relic, 'Order,' is right. 'The Covenant' cannot be violated. Old Bones, as long as I don't learn from 'Mother of Prosperity,' even if you unleash your grass-cutting sickle, which is a mixture of countless Divinity, you can't kill me."

However, to be fair, life is indeed rough. If their fallen Divinity had flowed into the hands of Truth, perhaps it could have created something even more interesting and put it in your hands. What a pity.

Sickle...

In human terms, your aesthetic sense is a bit outdated.

"..."

The enormous skull remained silent.

Although the word "Deception" is infuriating, it is the truth.

Even if He can wield the scythe to harvest the life of [Deception], under the protection of the [Covenant], the Divine Power [Death] will uncontrollably "resurrect" the other party.

This is the advantage of the Covenant in preventing the loss of all divine authority, but it is also the price to pay.

That's why the gods dislike [Deception], because He likes to cause trouble and fight, and you can't kill Him.

No one can stand such noise, which is why Death often flees to avoid Deception. But today, He is too angry, because Deception's actions have almost crossed His bottom line, and that bottom line is...

This reconnected Him with the "Origin".

That's right, [Death] doesn't want to be involved with [Origin]!

This can be seen from An Mingyu's death. Death caused by [Origin] will lead the deceased to a direction outside the Cosmos. Therefore, the life that dies as a result is equivalent to escaping the control of [Death] on the path of death and wandering outside His Divine Authority.

It is important to understand that death has always been the greatest offering to death and the purest form of piety. But if even death no longer belongs to death, then what kind of deity is this one who holds the Divine Name and Divine Authority of the god of death?

Therefore, [death] has always avoided this situation. Fortunately, for life in the Cosmos, the [Origin] is too far away. Even if there is a life that dies because it learned the Divine Name of [*He], it is enough to let that lonely "death" dissipate with the guidance of the unknown.

But this time it was different. Under the guidance of certain "people", An Mingyu's death was linked to the one who controls [death] in the Cosmos. As a result, the power of [death] and the power of [Origin] became entangled.

He created everything, and no god can defy him. Although all the gods outwardly "worship" Him, who knows which ones might have ulterior motives?

[Deception] is one, and the only one on the surface, while He is looking for a second one.

Hehe~

Old Bones, your breath of death isolates us from the outside Void. Perfect, let's be honest with each other today.

The moment your anger flares up, you should know you've been exposed.

You're afraid of Him too, aren't you?

"[Origin], the Divine Name, bestowed with Divine Authority, I shall naturally revere."

Fear, naturally, is dread.

"No, no, no, I find that your methods of confusing concepts are very similar to mine. It seems that you have learned a lot from my Divine Authority."

But you know I'm not talking about this kind of 'fear'.

Okay, since that's what you mean, let me rephrase my question.

You could have easily withdrawn your power of death with a simple gesture, allowing that player to dissipate towards the Origin Land. Why didn't you do that?

Don't tell me it's for some Clown, ha, the Clown doesn't have that much influence.

Don't tell me it's because of "Destiny"; its influence is worthless to you.

I guess...

You probably don't want to watch yourself 'defeat' by [the Origin] and let death, tainted by the Divine Power of [death], slip out of your control.

Oh dear, you're quite stubborn too.

It seems some people's rebellious phase occurs in their later years.

"..."