Authority

This is why those who disregard the Rules and take Pathway go crazy.

The twenty-two Paths of the Divine originally began with the human soul, first incorporating the soul and then transforming the body; therefore, any problems that arise naturally begin with the soul.

If forces from different Pathway are incompatible, they will clash violently, and this will cause changes that begin to affect the Beyonder individual's mind and emotions.

In truth, Kronos shouldn't have faced this situation, but because he hadn't fully digested the Hermit's Authority, this situation arose.

The powers of the Hermit and the Paragon clashed fiercely, causing Kronos to gradually feel his body slipping out of Loss of Control.

I can't go on like this, or I'll completely go insane.

Only then did Kronos remember something he had long forgotten: the Nine Secrets who had helped him a great deal in the early days.

The Nine Secrets are inherently Daoism, so they naturally originated from Daoism sources.

Kronos had always suspected that this was created by the Celestial Worthy to fight against something.

Therefore, it is very suitable for the current situation.

After taking a couple of deep breaths, Kronos began to form hand seals.

From "lin" and "bing" to "qian" and "xing".

With Kronos's current power and level of mastery, the Nine Secrets are no longer subject to many restrictions, and he can use them at will.

After using the Nine Secrets, Kronos gradually calmed down.

The two powers are still vying for power, but they can no longer exert much influence on him.

This is only the first step, because Kronos still needs to promote the integration between the two sides.

We are now at such a critical juncture, we must enhance our strength to have any chance of breaking the deadlock.

With the help of the defensive line, Earth could have been evenly matched with the Outer Deity.

Relying solely on the True God won't work; aren't there several Archangel and the King of Angel? Their presence can also be effective.

But the current situation is too special.

After Adam became a god, he merged with the True Creator; Ouroboros fulfilled Kronos; Will was in a weak period of reboot; the Hidden Sage was gone; and Amon essentially betrayed them and also restrained Amanises.

Therefore, Earth is indeed weak now, which is why Kronos was attacked by two Outer Deity at the same time.

Therefore, Kronos must merge with the Paragon as soon as possible.

At that time, Kronos will possess four powers: the Hermit, the Paragon, Time, and Fate, and each power will be combined into two.

In that case, even if he's still no match for the two Outer Deity, at least he won't fail.

With this in mind, Kronos continued his research on how to facilitate the merging of the two powers.

For Kronos to fully master the Hermit Pathway, this would be quite simple.

As long as we suppress the authority of the Paragon, we can slowly devour and merge with it.

But he can't control it, and that's the biggest problem.

Therefore, Kronos needed a mediator to calm both sides down and end this life-or-death struggle.

Kronos originally intended to use his time and Authority of Fate to suppress it, but after a brief attempt, he found that this was unreliable.

Although the Hermit and the Paragon are currently locked in a fierce battle, they will immediately unite against any other power that might intrude.

Kronos had initially thought that they might merge because of their united front against a common enemy, but after trying it once, Kronos gave up.

When authority is not fully controlled, all decisions are made based on instinct.

Instinctively speaking, they have no desire to merge with each other.

If Kronos could provide a life-or-death pressure, they might be forced to merge, but this pressure is clearly not enough.

Since this tactic wasn't working, Kronos had to look for other methods.

After letting the two powers roam freely within his body for a long time, Kronos finally discovered a new approach.

Logically speaking, the Hermit's Authority is cultivated little by little by himself and is a complete state, while the authority of Paragon evolves from Uniqueness and the Beyonder Characteristic of Enlightener. There should be a discernible difference between the two.

However, the two sides remained evenly matched, which was clearly not right.

Upon further examination, Kronos discovered that the Hermit's Authority was not actually that complete, because Sequence 3 and Sequence Two were the Paragon Pathway.

This constantly hinders the Hermit Pathway, preventing its power from reaching its perfect state.

If that were all, the Hermit's authority would still be able to overpower the Paragon.

The powers of these two Sequence are also very compatible with the Paragon's Authority, and this affinity affects the Hermit's Authority, so they hold back when they fight.

Changing Pathway was originally a disadvantage for Kronos, but it turned out to be an advantage for him here.

With the power of Knowledge Mentor and Scholar of Yore, Kronos might be able to successfully appease the two powers within him.

Without the slightest hesitation, he immediately and wholeheartedly activated the power of the Knowledge Mentor and the Scholar of Yore.

Although Kronos did not fully assimilate the power of the Hermit, the Knowledge Mentor and the Scholar of Yore were perfectly assimilated.

Driven by Kronos, the aura of the Paragon Pathway grew stronger and stronger throughout the Hermit's Authority.

Under such a profound influence, the hostility of the Hermit's Authority towards the Paragon Authority gradually weakened until it completely ceased.

The authority of the Paragon is the same.

After sensing this aura, he even mistook the Hermit Pathway for one of his own.

Even after the two sides stopped fighting, Kronos did not let his guard down and instead maintained this state of affairs.

Before long, the two sides gradually became closer.

Authority itself is a product of Beyonder Characteristic, therefore the theory of Aggregation of Extraordinary Characteristics also holds true.

There is naturally this kind of connection between Adjacent Pathways, provided that they do not have a greater emotional impact on each other.

Now that the direct resistance between the two sides has disappeared, they are naturally starting to gradually move towards a compromise.

As the two powers slowly drew closer, Kronos's joy was palpable.

We need to hurry, or even the City of Civilization won't be able to hold on.

He sat upright in the main hall at the center of the City of Civilization, yet he could still feel the damage that each strike from the Supernova Dominator inflicted on the city walls.

Despite the weakening effect of the moat, this Supernova Dominator is still one of the stronger ones among the Great Old One, and he can defeat his opponents in every clash.

Therefore, even if the River of Civilization is weakening, the destructive power of this attack is still considerable.

It felt like the city walls would be breached very soon, and my last line of defense would fall.

Although time was of the essence, Kronos did not rush things.

We've finally managed to reduce the hostility between the two Pathway, so we mustn't let it backfire.

As time slowly passed, the two powers finally drew closer together, showing a tendency to begin merging.

At this point, Kronos must play his part.

Although he couldn't completely control it, he did digest a portion of it. In this peaceful state, Kronos was still able to wield the power of the Hermit.

By casting aside Knowledge Mentor and Scholar of Yore as bait, Kronos awaited the hook of the Paragon's Authority.

At this moment, the Paragon's authority was completely off guard and swallowed the bait whole, followed by the Hermit's authority's absorption and fusion.

The Dual Pathway is based on one Pathway and incorporates the other.

The Hermit is certainly the foundation of Kronos, so the Paragon is the one that will be devoured.

With the combined efforts of Kronos and the Hermit's Authority, the unsuspecting Paragon Authority was finally swallowed up.

What follows will be a slightly longer integration process.

Sensing the state of the City of Civilization, Kronos knew it wouldn't last much longer.

To speed things up, Kronos simply cast a time acceleration spell on himself.

In situations where time is scarce, time acceleration would be an absolutely incredible ability.

The reason it wasn't used earlier was that maintaining this ability requires mental effort, and Kronos couldn't afford to be distracted.

Now, all we need to do is gradually integrate the Hermit Pathway; it has little to do with Kronos, which allows us to focus on maintaining the time acceleration.

Less than fifteen minutes had passed outside, but for Kronos, a week had already gone by.

The Hermit's Authority has begun to merge with the Paragon Authority, giving Kronos a fighting chance against the Great Old One.

If this continues, Kronos will only grow stronger.

But time was running out; breaches were already forming in the walls of the City of Civilization.

Once the outer defenses of the Divine Kingdom are completely breached, Restoration will be a troublesome matter.

Therefore, Kronos must now take action.

After canceling the time acceleration on his body, he appeared directly on the city wall in front of the Supernova Dominator.

Two powers surged within him, their power flowing directly into the city wall beneath his feet, continuously Restoration the severely damaged structure.

The moment the Supernova Dominator saw Kronos, his deep voice rang out. "You've finally come out. I thought you were going to keep hiding!"

This was the first sentence he had uttered since the two began fighting.

Kronos chuckled and replied, "I may not be your match, but you should always find a way to become stronger."

The Circle of Inevitability scoffed from the side, "With your newly fused authority?"

"You haven't even fully grasped your own basic authority, yet you want to jump directly to the Dual Pathway? That's such a huge leap. You're not even as good as you were before."

After he finished speaking, Kronos sensed a strange change in his surroundings.

Others might not have felt anything, but Kronos could clearly sense it as the power of Fate.

Under the influence of this Fate force pointing to the past, Kronos suddenly vanished from the city wall and appeared directly City of Civilization.

This is the Circle of Inevitability in action.

As long as Kronos remains within the City of Civilization, it will be difficult for them to gain anything.

But once he's outside, things become much easier.

Immediately afterwards, the power of Fate shifted slightly, Kronos felt that the Fate of all the attacks in the vicinity was directed at him.

This is destiny; under the influence of destiny, everything Western Capital destined to reach its proper outcome.

The power of destiny is still limited; at least it cannot presume that Kronos is destined to die today, as that would require an extremely high level of authority.

However, it's not difficult to assign the fate of the attack.

After doing all this, the Circle of Inevitability said, "Big oaf, it's time to make your move."

In terms of size, the Supernova Dominator is naturally far larger than the Circle of Inevitability, so it's reasonable to call it a giant, dumb oaf.

Therefore, the Supernova Dominator did not dwell on the nickname he did not like, but took action without hesitation, after all, the important matter was more important.

The power born from the stars in the cosmos is heavy and carries a lot of unobservable radiation, making it an extremely troublesome entity.

Because of the power of fate, this attack was directed at him without any objection, giving Kronos a feeling that he could not dodge it.

Kronos hadn't intended to dodge this first attack.

Now that I'm stronger, I naturally want to see how much of a gap there is.

A torrent of knowledge emerged directly, surging towards this strike.

At this point, Kronos had completely mastered the entire Knowledge Torrent; all knowledge that he could understand and Analysis would be unable to harm him.

Facing the Supernova Dominator, Kronos regretted not having learned more about astronomy.

However, even with limited knowledge, Kronos was still able to forcefully Analysis using all of the Paragon's knowledge of reality.

As the Knowledge Torrent came into contact with this attack, Kronos began to frantically Analysis its essence, not only from a practical perspective but also from a mystical one.

After all, he was an Beyonder. Even though his Pathway drew on a lot of real-world astronomical knowledge, in essence, these powers still belonged to the realm of mystery.

As for the mystical realm, Kronos was an expert.

With the added power of the Hermit's authority, the Paragon's strength also continuously advances the Analysis of this attack.

By addressing both aspects simultaneously, the more Analysis, the less damage the attack will cause you.

Although the Analysis was progressing remarkably well, time was still a major obstacle, and Kronos couldn't Analysis the entire attack in a single moment.

In order to gain a clearer understanding, Kronos did not hesitate to activate time slowdown, reducing the flow of time across the entire battlefield by several levels.