Epiphany

Run for my life?

The Prefect of Blood Phantom Prefecture chuckled. Clearly, she had not expected Ailin to say that. After laughing, her tone carried a hint of teasing. "That is possible, but even if you flee, you may not necessarily escape the Four Divine Beast Family's notice. After all, the Four Divine Beast Family has Overgods. If they ask an Overgod to intervene, that Overgod may not necessarily act against a God-level being, but finding someone would still be easy."

Members of the Four Divine Beast Family were spread throughout the Divine Planes, and even many Material Planes had members of the Four Divine Beast Family. After provoking such a family, an ordinary person might not be able to hide completely from the Four Divine Beast Family's pursuit.

Especially since Ailin had killed an elder of the Four Divine Beast Family. In countless years, this was the greatest "loss" the Four Divine Beast Family had ever suffered. It would likely spread throughout all the Divine Planes. If the Four Divine Beast Family let go of this hatred, then they would not be the Four Divine Beast Family.

Overgod

Ailin froze for a moment, then frowned slightly. At that moment, he suddenly realized that he seemed to have been influenced by his memories of the original novel. Toward the Four Divine Beast Family, the Divine Planes, or rather, toward Overgods, he lacked the proper "reverence."

He knew where his strength stood, and he knew how terrifying the Four Divine Beast Family was, yet he still had not given the Four Divine Beast Family the importance they deserved.

Even though he possessed a Sovereign Spark, he was not yet an Overgod. Even if he became one, he would most likely still be no match for the Four Divine Beast Sovereigns. Even if something truly happened to the Four Divine Beast Family in the future, it was not something he could confront head-on right now.

Yet he had always overlooked these things before. That was why, when facing Bensgodo, he had treated him no differently from an ordinary God-level being.

Letting out a soft breath, Ailin realized that ever since his Water Law had fused five Profound Mysteries and he had become invincible on the Brinia Plane, he seemed to have grown somewhat "conceited."

Thinking about it now, if he did not have the memories of the original novel, would he really have killed Bensgodo?

For a moment, even Ailin himself could not be certain.

Why had he become even more reckless after arriving in the Divine Planes than he had been on the Brinia Plane?

When had he become so "rash"?

As his thoughts shifted, a growing sense of clarity emerged in Ailin's heart. Slowly closing his eyes, he felt something deep within him stir for no reason. This feeling... this feeling...

"Hmm?"

The Prefect of Blood Phantom Prefecture, who had been waiting for Ailin to speak, suddenly noticed his condition. Her expression finally changed, and her previously indifferent face showed a trace of astonishment. "Has he... fallen into some kind of epiphany?"

Almost every lifeform capable of becoming God-level had experienced such a state. Naturally, they all understood what an epiphany was.

But an epiphany required an opportunity. How had Ailin suddenly entered one without any warning?

The Prefect of Blood Phantom Prefecture carefully recalled everything from when she had first met Ailin, yet she truly could not sense anything unusual.

"He really is something of a genius."

The Prefect of Blood Phantom Prefecture could not help but sigh softly. Then she waved a hand and set up a simple divine power barrier around them.

At that moment, Ailin had sunk into his own thoughts. He had already lost his "perception" of the outside world, immersed in his own world as his mind became inexplicably more tranquil.

The Prefect of Blood Phantom Prefecture's words had suddenly allowed him to recover the "caution" he had possessed when he first arrived in this world.

To him, this world was no longer the "fictional world" from the memories of a novel in his previous life. It was a real world filled with countless dangers. Even Overgods were not eternal and indestructible.

One had to hold reverence for heaven and earth, and reverence for cultivation.

Was his previous life real? Or were the experiences of this life real?

Truth and falsehood had never been absolute. If he believed something was real, then it was real. If he believed it was false, then it was false.

But regardless of whether heaven and earth or the world itself were real or false, he should never lose himself.

Hahaha, the Mirror Profound Mystery...

So that was it. So that was it!

Profound Mysteries were never merely related to Laws. Laws themselves were part of heaven and earth. To comprehend the Profound Mysteries of Laws, was that not also to comprehend heaven and earth? If one doubted even the reality of heaven and earth, how could one fully comprehend the Profound Mysteries of Laws?

When Ailin opened his eyes, they were an eerie blue-green. Within moments, that blue-green color receded like the tide, slowly vanishing as his eyes returned to their previous normal state.

Back on the Brinia Plane, his cultivation had never encountered much of a bottleneck. That was until ten thousand years ago, when his comprehension of the Mirror Profound Mystery had stalled. He could only slowly attempt to fuse the other Profound Mysteries in pairs, hoping to find that sliver of opportunity for an overall fusion.

But he had remained without any clue, which was why he began studying Death Law.

Yet now, merely because his thoughts had become clear, he had found the point of compatibility for the overall fusion of the Mirror Profound Mystery and the other five Profound Mysteries. He had directly skipped the stage of individually fusing the Mirror Profound Mystery with each of the others.

By Ailin's estimation, in as little as ten thousand years, or at most one hundred thousand years, the overall fusion of his six Profound Mysteries would reach its final step!

More importantly, Ailin had a realization, as though Heavenly Law had descended. His understanding just now of the truth and falsehood of this world and the world from his previous life seemed to have allowed him to cross the threshold to becoming a Paragon. His complete fusion of the six Profound Mysteries would likely no longer encounter a bottleneck at the final step.

That feeling was profoundly mysterious.

It was as though Heavenly Law had given him a revelation.

In other words, so long as he did not perish, becoming a Paragon would be inevitable.

A thought could not help surfacing in his mind. Was he perhaps the first person in this world whose Law Profound Mysteries had not reached the Paragon realm, yet whose level of comprehension had already reached that level?

His realization seemed simple, but upon careful thought, it was only by chance that the experiences of two worlds had allowed him to reach this level of comprehension. That alone proved how difficult it was to break through to the final step.

After all, the other Paragons could not possibly all be like him and have the experiences of two lives.

At that moment, he also felt how fate toyed with people. Earlier, he had thought cultivating Water Law would become extremely difficult, so he had planned to raise his Death God Avatar to the High-God realm as quickly as possible.

Yet not long after arriving in the Divine Planes, the Death God Avatar's cultivation had not progressed at all, while his Water God Avatar had achieved such a tremendous "breakthrough."

"It seems you gained quite a lot this time."

Just as Ailin was sighing inwardly, a voice suddenly sounded beside him.

Ailin immediately drew back his thoughts and looked to the side. It was the Prefect of Blood Phantom Prefecture.

At some point, the Prefect of Blood Phantom Prefecture had acquired a recliner and was lying lazily nearby.

In an instant, Ailin understood that the Prefect of Blood Phantom Prefecture had been standing guard for his epiphany. His impression of her improved somewhat. "Thanks."

"Hmph."

The Prefect of Blood Phantom Prefecture snorted for no apparent reason, though she clearly did not mean to blame him. There was even a hint of envy in her voice. "A full year passed. If you had not awakened soon, I would have started wondering whether you had already perished."