Chapter 12345 Did Not Resist

Regarding Hao Ren's question, Raven 12345 didn't rashly give a clear answer—because the Godslayer Sword wasn't a "pristine" fragment of the world; it had been processed, and part of its essence had been distorted. Furthermore, it had experienced the Godslaying event, where the power of a true god had washed over the sword from the inside out. In other words, although it still looked the same as the original Godslayer Sword on the outside, its interior had undergone earth-shattering changes.

Therefore, Raven 12345 carefully examined the various bits of information remaining within the sword, extracted some things from it, and finally determined that the sword was indeed made from a fragment of the Dream Plane, but it was somewhat different from the current Dream Plane.

"Different?" Hao Ren felt that the topic had risen to a realm that was difficult for him to understand. He tried hard to imagine that the "universe" was a large, tangible cake, from which a piece could be cut off and kneaded into the Godslayer Sword, but this simple and crude model obviously couldn't help him understand Raven 12345's words. "What do you mean? If this is a fragment of the Dream Plane, how is it different from the Dream Plane?"

"The fragment used to make this sword should come from an earlier Dream Plane, an absolutely ancient era, much older than the era when the Xiling God System became gods," Raven 12345 looked solemnly at the Godslayer Sword. "The Dream Plane is not immutable. It once experienced a huge upheaval, which caused the constants of the entire universe to shift. Although it didn't trigger the collapse of the world, it changed the foundation of the world. This sword carries an ancient aura; it is a remnant of the Dream Plane before the change."

Older than the era when the Xiling God System became gods? That wasn't surprising.

Hao Ren knew that the Xiling God System was a young god race. This powerful empire had only ascended to godhood a little over ten thousand years ago, almost coinciding with the era of the Dream Plane's Creator Goddess's fall—of course, there was no relationship between these two events; it was just a coincidence of timing. Since the Godslayer Sword was the weapon that caused the Creator Goddess to fall, it must have been forged more than ten thousand years ago, naturally before the Xiling God System ascended.

But listening to Raven 12345's tone, this "before" was probably much older than Hao Ren could imagine. It wasn't just a matter of going back tens or hundreds of thousands of years; it was a much, much, much older point in time!

An event that Raven 12345 had never mentioned, but was probably very crucial!

"'Huge upheaval'? What is that?" Hao Ren asked anyway. "I'm guessing you're definitely not talking about the Goddess's fall ten thousand years ago; the timing doesn't seem to match."

"That's right, it's not that event, but another one, which I spent a lot of effort investigating after returning to the God Realm this time. Although the fall of a true god is indeed a major event, it didn't change the architecture of the Dream Plane and the real world. The 'huge upheaval' I'm talking about happened much earlier, almost fifty million years ago."

Hao Ren was a little stunned. The timescale of "fifty million years" was a bit difficult for him to imagine. That was fifty million! He didn't expect that Raven 12345 had investigated an ancient secret after returning to the God Realm this time, and even more so, he didn't expect that this matter had such a terrifying timespan.

"Fifty million years ago... what happened?" Hao Ren asked, staring wide-eyed.

Raven 12345's expression was calm. "The Dream Plane crashed head-on into this universe. The two worlds collided violently, almost merging into one."

It took Hao Ren a few seconds to sort out what she meant.

He stared wide-eyed. "Are you saying... the Dream Plane wasn't originally one with the surface world? They weren't connected originally?"

"That's right. The Dream Plane was originally an independent world, just like the surface world. It wasn't originally a dependency of this universe," Raven 12345 spread her hands. "Actually, you can see this from its nature. It has its own rules system, its own spacetime structure and world barriers. Except for a wall connecting to the real world, it has everything a complete world needs."

Hao Ren tentatively asked, "You should have known that the Dream Plane was originally an independent world a long time ago, right?"

"I discovered the uniqueness of this world a long time ago through observation and speculated on the reason for the Dream Plane's formation, but it wasn't until I returned to the God Realm last time and met an old friend from the Starfield that I finally found the exact record of this thrilling collision in their ancient records," Raven 12345 nodded. "In the absence of clear evidence, I can't make judgments casually, but this time there is evidence."

The things that happened on the cosmic level were so thrilling. If Hao Ren hadn't personally experienced the aftermath of this collision, he probably wouldn't have believed that such bizarre things could happen in the world.

The great collision of the two worlds fifty million years ago created the current situation. The Dream Plane was originally a normal world, but after this collision, it was "stuck" on the border of the universe Hao Ren was in. The world barriers of the two worlds merged during a violent impact, and a part of it mutated, forming the current "Reality Wall," and the Dream Plane changed from an independent world to a component of a world federation. So what was the reason for this collision?

"The reason is unknown, because at that time, the Xiling God System was still busy fighting in the void. We hadn't become gods yet, and our observation of the various worlds wasn't as careful as it is now," Raven 12345 shrugged. "And the Starfield gods are far away from here. They just happened to have a watchtower facing this way, so the sentry recorded this cosmic collision. But no matter what the reason, the Dream Plane changed after that collision. Part of its rules were twisted to adapt to the 'connection' with the surface world, and in the tens of millions of years after that, the two worlds remained at peace."

"At peace?" Hao Ren was a little surprised.

"That's right, at peace. The Dream Plane has been 'hanging' in this universe for fifty million years," Raven 12345 opened her hands wide, gesturing greatly, indicating that the "period of peace" between the two worlds was so long. "But they never had any problems, because the initial collision didn't destroy the foundations of the two universes. It's just that the surface world was slightly damaged, and the Dream Plane was damaged more severely. For the creatures in the two universes, apart from those who died on the spot during the collision, this kind of thing happening at the rule level was not something they could perceive at all. So for a full fifty million years, everything was quite peaceful. But until ten thousand years ago..."

Raven 12345's eyes fell on the Godslayer Sword. Hao Ren remembered the material of the sword, and he also felt that things were getting complicated.

"A weapon made from primordial universe fragments killed the highest god of the Dream Plane, and everything went wrong. The Dream Plane experienced a great extinction, the Reality Wall began to weaken, and the balance and isolation that the two universes had maintained for tens of millions of years seemed about to be broken. The Dream Plane is 'permeating' into the surface world."

As she spoke, the goddess gently flicked the blade of the black sword with her fingertip. There was no sound, but Hao Ren saw ripples spreading out on the blade.

"The material of this sword is worth pondering," Raven 12345 looked at Hao Ren. "It was torn from the Dream Plane before the Great Collision. After being 'torn' from the world as a whole, this part of the world fragment solidified, retaining the state of the Dream Plane when it was still a normal universe. This weapon will of course have great power, because it is the world itself, the will of the great universe, the process of all birth and destruction. Although its invincible power is only limited to one world, when outside the Dream Plane, this thing is just a space rift with powerful cutting ability, but it is still extremely powerful, at least for a semi-divine goddess from a rural-urban fringe zone who hasn't received higher education, this kind of thing is very threatening."

"Just very threatening?" Hao Ren keenly noticed that Raven 12345 had something more to say.

"That's right, just very threatening. This weapon can seriously injure a half-baked true god like the Creator Goddess, but there's one thing... a weapon is just a weapon, and how much effect it can have depends on its user," Raven 12345 narrowed her eyes. "And if its user can't even get in front of the true god, this thing is just a sharp cleaver—so a certain doubt you discovered in the beginning is very important."

Hao Ren knew what she was referring to: "The Creator Goddess didn't resist."

The corners of Raven 12345's mouth turned up. "To take a knife without dodging, and a knife that can cause real damage to a true god, of course she'd be done for, but I don't believe that a true god wouldn't even have the ability to dodge when facing a slow-moving mortal assassin."