Chapter 1 How Was the Godslayer Sword Forged?

What kind of being was the "person" who forged it? How did that evil power control an entire race through a single sword and ultimately achieve the incredible feat of assassinating a true god?

These were arguably the ultimate questions of most concern to Hao Ren at the moment.

And now, he seemed to have finally touched upon the tip of the iceberg regarding these ultimate questions: Before him, quietly suspended, was a piece of raw material used to forge the Godslayer Sword. This raw material not only maintained its form before becoming a blade but also had the very aura of that ancient demon attached to it!

Raven 12345's fingers gently swayed in the air, and the black "cosmic shard" floated before her, slowly rotating, drawn by an invisible divine force. The starlight on the shard shifted against the black backdrop, as if a real cosmic starry sky was hidden within.

Meanwhile, Hao Ren had already retrieved the Godslayer Sword from his personal space. The dark longsword was also suspended in mid-air, its blade surface rippling with the same light and shadow as the dark cosmic shard.

"From the outside, the materials appear to be almost identical," Hao Ren said, stroking his chin. "How can you tell that this shard is only a semi-finished product?"

"Because it's not stable enough," Raven 12345 leaned back, pointing a finger at the cosmic shard. "They are both fragments of the universe, but the Godslayer Sword's structure is completely solidified. It won't decay or internally collapse. But this shard... You can't see it, but I can see that it's constantly 'evaporating.' The amount of information within this thing is being lost at a constant rate, and its internal galactic structure is gradually falling into chaos. All of this indicates that it's not a finished product. If this isn't raw material that hasn't undergone post-processing, then it's a failed, defective product from the Godslayer Sword's forging process."

The Godslayer Sword spun in the air, curiously "looking" at the shard floating beside it, and greeted it with particular enthusiasm, "Hey, buddy, you're floating too? I'm the Godslayer Sword, you can call me Impaler..."

"And this shard doesn't have the ability of a 'echo wall'," Hao Ren said, nodding. "In other words, it can't think, and it can't respond to external stimuli. In comparison, the Godslayer Sword is indeed much more advanced."

At this moment, the Godslayer Sword also noticed that its greeting had not been answered, and it regretfully shook its body. "Tsk, deaf and blind, poor thing."

Raven 12345 couldn't help but glance at Hao Ren. "To be honest, has this sword been talking more and more since it's been with you?"

Hao Ren, "…Ahem."

Vivian frowned, her gaze shifting between the Godslayer Sword and the cosmic shard. "But the negative power remaining on this 'semi-finished product' is purer than that of the Godslayer Sword. How is that possible?"

"Because the Godslayer Sword is a weapon that needs to be given to mortal races. It has to deceive its first wielders, subtly tempting those godslayers to fall, so it has to disguise itself as an ordinary divine artifact. Those evil, negative powers must have been processed," Raven 12345 said, without any doubt on her face. "But this shard is different. It's probably a 'test product' from before the Godslayer Sword was forged. It's normal for anything to remain on it."

Vivian asked curiously, "Can you analyze anything from these residual auras?"

As soon as this question was asked, Hao Ren's breathing became heavy. He realized that a huge secret was about to be revealed.

"Something infinitely close to a true god," Raven 12345 nodded. She had indeed seen through the opponent's true form from a trace of aura remaining on the shard. "Such powerful 'beings' are born occasionally in the primordial universe. Sometimes they are even hard to be called 'beings,' because these chaotic existences severely lack logic and don't even possess the instincts of living creatures. Often, they simply 'exist' blindly, stirring up the order of the entire world, but without any purpose. These powerful and ancient things are often byproducts of the early evolution of the universe. Because the void is endless, countless worlds will naturally be born and die within it. With an infinitely large base number, anything is possible, so it's not impossible for a chaotic intelligence to be born in the primordial matter of the early universe. The power of such things is usually extremely strong, because they themselves are condensations of the universe's origin power, so they can even be regarded as the embodiment of the great universe's will—however, they are still not true gods, because they cannot draw power from the void outside the universe, nor can they obtain the all-important 'symbolic authority.' After jumping out of the universe, they are nothing."

Hao Ren was a bit lost in the clouds, but he eventually understood this abstract thing and instantly thought of the Goddess of Creation. "For a half-baked deity who doesn't yet understand inter-universal power, this is an extremely terrifying opponent."

"That's right, an extremely terrifying opponent, but there's one thing I don't quite understand..." Raven 12345 nodded, but a look of confusion appeared on her face. It wasn't easy for her to show such an expression. "If it's really the kind of 'Primordial Chaos' I'm guessing, it's unlikely to have forged this sword."

Hao Ren was taken aback. "Why?"

"Because they don't rely on objects, and they can't even perceive and understand the material world," Raven 12345's eyes flashed with arcane starlight as she seriously considered the matter. "I said, they simply exist blindly—dull-witted, chaotic, blind, and noisy. They were born in the information flood of the universe's birth and were quickly bound by the cooled and solidified spacetime structure after the universe stabilized. These blindly foolish things will instinctively struggle in this situation, trying to return the surrounding orderly spacetime to the primordial chaos. However, limited by their own form of existence, their influence on the real material world will always deviate by a line. They can stir up the order of the world, but they cannot change the fact that spacetime is becoming more and more stable—until the end of billions of years arrives, the entropy value reaches the critical point, and the world returns to chaos, only then can they get their wish. And in this process, they are always blind."

Hao Ren felt that the topic was becoming increasingly abstruse, but he still tried to follow Raven 12345's train of thought and speculate on what kind of existence this "Primordial Chaos" should be. He had already had a discussion with the Goddess about this issue and hypothesized about the form of existence of the mastermind behind the scenes—at that time, they hypothesized a formless, intangible, powerful existence similar to a spiritual being, but obviously, "Primordial Chaos" was much more high-end than any spiritual being. Hao Ren had to once again raise the alert level for that mastermind.

However, strangely, he didn't feel any tension, even though the enemy was becoming increasingly strange and powerful. He still didn't have any worries or fears about his future burdens, as if this was his inherent mission.

"Because they were born in the universe's initial chaos, they cannot understand or adapt to low-energy matter and spacetime. The stable and comfortable material world that is stable and comfortable for most mortals is a sparse, empty prison filled with bone-chilling cold to this Primordial 'being'. They should have decayed rapidly in the first few flashes of the universe, but they didn't, so they became a disaster," Raven 12345 shook her head slightly. "Actually, even I haven't seen such a thing with my own eyes, because they are so rare, and even fewer can evolve into natural disasters. And in most cases—these things don't have time to cause harm, because the armies of the gods will quickly clean up these hidden dangers, either transforming them or destroying them."

And at this moment, Hao Ren finally understood why Raven 12345 had said earlier that "it's unlikely to have forged this sword."

Because a "child of chaos" who is incompatible with the real material world and lives off of chaos and illogicality would not forge a weapon. In fact, it probably wouldn't even formulate any plans or strategies.

The power on the shard came from a "Primordial Chaos," but the forger of the Godslayer Sword was definitely not this child of chaos.

"Could there be a third-party force?" Hao Ren frowned. "You can't even call this a third-party force anymore... How many is this?"

"Everything is just speculation at the moment," Raven 12345 interrupted Hao Ren. "There's a lack of evidence. Don't draw any conclusions."

Hao Ren nodded. "Yeah, I know. There's also one more thing. This scepter dispelled the innate hostility between the demon hunters and Hercules. What are your thoughts on this?"

Raven 12345 casually tossed the shard to Hao Ren. "This is probably not related to this 'cosmic shard,' but rather to the power of the scepter's crystal. Before Vivian fell into a deep sleep, she would reach the peak of her power. She would infinitely approach her original form, which is god blood. And the scepter she made in this situation was very likely infused with this power—the secondary power of the Goddess of Creation. It is this power that can seal the evil energy in the shard, and it is this power that can offset the effects of innate hostility. It's a pity that the crystal is completely depleted, leaving no evidence behind. Otherwise, I could have verified my guess."

Hao Ren frantically caught the thing that the goddess had thrown over. Such a life-threatening thing in his hand made him break out in a cold sweat, but after getting the shard, it didn't make him feel any discomfort—he looked down in surprise and found that the shard was quietly lying in his hand, emitting a peaceful and tranquil aura like the Godslayer Sword.

"It's been purified," Raven 12345 smiled slyly. "Keep it for fun. Anyway, this thing is useless to me."

Hao Ren thought carefully. "Don't need to take a bite this time?"

Raven 12345 waved her hand. "Too small, hard to bite."

The Godslayer Sword floated beside them, the tooth marks left by the goddess on its blade. It was very confused. "What bite?"

The poor guy still doesn't know that a piece of its head was bitten off...