Chapter 1 Information from the Creator

The information the Creator casually mentioned disrupted Hao Ren's train of thought. His assumptions about the Dark Domain and Lahrrien were about to be overturned, so he immediately asked her to elaborate on what happened after the explosion of the Divine Kingdom.

He quickly learned many secrets from the "Godslayer War" ten thousand years ago.

As with the information he already had, the Godslayer War was a "planned war" orchestrated by the Creator. The entire process, from the godslaying to the explosion of the Divine Kingdom, was predictable. After the Godslayers destroyed the goddess's body with their swords, the endless energy contained within the Origin Star erupted, engulfing the entire Divine Kingdom and the surrounding space in a massive explosion. This space was then torn off and thrown to the edge of the world.

But what happened after that was beyond the Creator's expectations.

The Divine Kingdom burst out of the world's barrier but did not fall into the void. Instead, it fell into a dim, decaying new spacetime. This spacetime was extremely small and filled with chaotic and decaying energy, resembling a doomsday world on the verge of entropy. Within this dying mini-universe, several celestial bodies floated, with the planet Lahrrien being one of them.

At the time, Lahrrien was still intact and orbited the embers of a dim star. Its orbit seemed to have been deliberately adjusted to draw as much energy as possible from the stellar embers to sustain its ecosystem. As a result, when the Creator and the shattered Divine Kingdom arrived, Lahrrien had a complete ecosystem and a civilization in its medieval period.

In her original plan, the Creator had hoped to die in the final godslaying event. She even allowed the Godslayers to obtain the Godslayer swords she had crafted. But perhaps she underestimated her own vitality or overestimated the abilities of the Godslayers. In any case, she did not completely perish after the Divine Kingdom was thrown to the edge of the world. Instead, she lingered in the ruins of the Divine Kingdom in a near-quantum ghost state. Thus, she quickly discovered Lahrrien and realized that the planet would soon be destroyed by the energy surge that had accompanied the transfer of the Divine Kingdom.

She tried her best to prevent this, but a quantum ghost on the verge of collapse could not control such vast energy. In the end, Lahrrien was destroyed, and everything in the mini-universe was torn apart in the energy surge.

The energy that escaped from the ruins of the Divine Kingdom then became a chaotic fog, filling the entire universe, and this became the Dark Domain.

The Creator herself exhausted her energy in this process and entered a long period of dormancy—until today, ten thousand years later, when she completed her rebirth.

The Lahrrien dream was created by her during this dormancy.

"During the days of forcibly restraining that destructive energy, my only pastime was observing Lahrrien, a small world located on the frontier of the world, far from the orderly universe, closed off and self-consistent. It aroused my curiosity so much," the Creator said, looking up at the ruins of Lahrrien, her tone full of emotion. "It was a secluded but vibrant place. The small planet had hundreds of kingdoms, large and small, and several intelligent races. They had occasional wars, but everyone lived a decent life. They had their own heroes, their own beliefs, their own culture and traditions. Occasionally, monsters would appear, and then mercenaries would take up arms, the king would send out brave warriors to eliminate the monsters and protect peace, and everyone would return to the tavern to celebrate. Ah, and those reclusive dragons, the buried treasures of ancient kingdoms, two or three ambitious kings, some minor conspiracies, some small, mortal loves..."

Vivian suddenly said softly, "A secluded paradise."

"A secluded paradise, that's a good word," the goddess turned her head, a smile on her face. "Yes, like a secluded paradise. Compared to the turmoil and destruction of the entire universe, that planet was truly such a good place. I observed it for a long time, thinking of countless ways to avoid its destruction or to establish contact with the humans on that planet so they could hear my voice, but in the end, none of them succeeded, and these efforts only made me sink too deep."

"It must have been painful to watch it being torn apart before your eyes," May, a very sentimental person, said with sorrow in her voice. "So it reappeared in your dream, and there was a girl named 'Leah' living there..."

"I can't remember much about when that dream was born. I was too weak at the time, and my thoughts were very blurred," the goddess frowned. "And I always felt that the dream had some other purpose... I seem to have forgotten something important..."

"In any case, you must have felt very remorseful about the destruction of Lahrrien in your subconscious, and probably very guilty as well," Lily said in an expert's tone like a psychologist. "That's why you rebuilt it in your dream. After all, anything is possible in a dream..."

At this moment, Hao Ren suddenly coughed lightly. "Ahem, actually, I have something to tell you—related to Lahrrien."

The goddess raised her eyebrows, revealing a curious expression.

Hao Ren casually grabbed the data terminal beside him and activated the holographic projection. "I had Nolan launch a few probes towards Lahrrien. This is what they captured at close range. Take a look for yourself."

The holographic projection showed a clear image, and everyone was stunned when they saw the picture—including the Creator herself.

In the image, the Lahrrien that had been split in two was not desolate but full of vitality. Lush green land and azure seas reflected each other, and tiny artificial objects roamed freely in the sky and the sea. A layer of magnificent light covered the entire planet, isolating it from the dangerous chaos outside. The most dazzling thing was the fracture of this "Torn Star," where the scenery completely defied the laws of physics—

The planet was divided in two there, but countless streams of water and light connected the two hemispheres across the abyss. The seawater that should have fallen into the core of the earth seemed to be held back by some supernatural force, either blocked on both sides of the fracture zone or crossing from the air, connecting the two halves of the planet like a river in the sky...

It didn't look like the end of the world at all...

"The chaotic mist in this space affects all means of remote observation, and there is a strange energy around the planet that interferes with our vision, so it wasn't until the probes flew near Lahrrien that they captured these clear and real pictures."

As Hao Ren spoke, he switched the image. The next picture was taken by another probe at a closer distance. In that picture, one could even clearly see a city built at the junction of the plains and mountains. Although its appearance had changed somewhat, its outline and the surrounding terrain made it instantly recognizable—

White Maple Leaf City!

"That's impossible!" the goddess exclaimed. "How could they have survived such a severe impact?! With their level of civilization at the time, it was impossible to resist that disaster, let alone create that barrier and build those structures between the two hemispheres..."

"Yes, they couldn't have stopped it," Hao Ren said, looking at the Creator in shock, while recalling the theological knowledge he usually crammed. "So Lahrrien was indeed destroyed, but did you forget? You rebuilt it in your dream."

"In a dream..." the goddess looked like she had seen a ghost. "I did have this dream, and you were all in it—but what does that have to do with the real Lahrrien?"

Vivian blinked, looking at the Creator and then at Hao Ren, and finally couldn't help but mutter, "Could it be..."

"It's that 'could it be'," Hao Ren smiled slightly, looking at the silver-haired, blood-eyed goddess. "A god's dream is not just a dream, especially a dream born with great obsession and regret. The destruction of Lahrrien caused you great regret, so your 'Dream of Lahrrien' has a very strong purpose, even if you didn't realize it yourself—you are lying here, and the ruins of Lahrrien are floating above you. You made a dream based on it, and this dream ultimately affected the real world."

Nangong Sanba and Nangong Wuyue said in unison, "Is there even such an operation?!"

"Why can't there be?" Hao Ren turned his head and asked. "That big brain can create flesh-and-blood monsters from nightmares. The Creator is much more powerful than it, so why can't she do something even more incredible?"

"I knew that my thoughts could affect reality, but I never thought it could have this kind of effect," the Creator was also recovering from her shock. A look of excitement and agitation gradually appeared on her face, and then she quickly suppressed these emotions. With a wave of her hand, she took out a thick notebook from who knows where, and then opened the notebook and began to write furiously. "Wait a minute, I have to write this down quickly!!"

Seeing the goddess's sudden unusual behavior, Hao Ren immediately curiously leaned over to take a look, but he retreated dizzy and dizzy the moment he saw the contents of the notebook: the notebook was densely filled with various notes, including formulas, symbols, and hastily written memos. The latest one was about dreams. The Creator was seriously recording the effects of her dreams on reality and the hypothetical principles behind it. Now she was designing an experiment to verify her conjecture...

Is this the truth behind the Creator's self-taught success?!

Noticing Hao Ren's movement, the goddess stopped her furious writing and looked up to ask with concern: "Are you okay? It's best not to look at what I wrote, not because it's confidential, but mainly because what I write seems to easily impact other people's souls..."

Hao Ren awkwardly touched his nose: "Uh, I'm a demigod, so it's okay for me to look at divine script. I'm dizzy mainly because your handwriting is too ugly..."

Creator Goddess: "..."

Hao Ren also felt that he was being too straightforward, so he quickly changed the subject: "Ahem, you can take your time recording these things. Actually, I have better teaching materials at hand. I can let you learn enough when we get back."

The goddess didn't know what Hao Ren meant by "teaching materials," but she realized that now was not the time to take notes, so she put away the notebook in her hand, a little embarrassed on her face: "Well, it's really not the time to do this. But then again, my dream has such a huge effect, it's really... a huge effect, wait a minute, a huge effect..."

As she spoke, her expression suddenly became confused, and she seemed to be recalling something very important as she murmured to herself.

Vivian asked with some concern: "What's wrong?"

"I always feel like I've forgotten something very important, something about that dream," the goddess's expression was a little strange, as if she was trying to suppress something, but without any awareness. "Why did I originally dream... I weaved that dream in order to... in order to..."

Seeing her strange performance, Hao Ren was shocked and thought of a possibility. He quickly interrupted loudly: "Stop, don't think about it!"

However, his reminder was still a step too late, and the Creator had already revealed a dawning expression: "Ah, I remember."

At the same time as her voice fell, the entire Divine Kingdom ruins suddenly trembled violently.

A terrifying will descended.