Apocalyptic Era: Starting from picking up a Bishoujo
Chapter 405 - 378 Assassination Plot Against the Master of Divine Seal 3

Chapter 405: 378 Assassination Plot Against the Master of Divine Seal 3

The connection with the Divine Seal Fragment shouldn’t be so easily altered.

If this Divine Seal Fragment I initially obtained actively designated Changan as its destined person, then changing such an arrangement would likely require power of a similar dimension. Mazao’s Broom Star Physique is indeed incredible, yet it’s hard to imagine that even arrangements based on Divine Seal power could be disrupted.

Ultimately, it was under the influence of the Power of Divine Seal Fragments that Mazao’s time travel was made possible by Little Bowl. Under the influence of this power, Mazao came to the modern world and altered my fate; such a change might have also unexpectedly granted me the qualification to disrupt the destiny arranged by another Divine Seal Fragment.

As I speculated about my own experiences, I concealed the personal details and adapted them as a "potentially useful method" to present to Divine Light.

"With the help of the Power of Divine Seal Fragments, I altered my fate and took the position of someone who was originally to become a Void Envoy," I said succinctly.

The reason my connection with the Void Realm is shallower than others might be because I was "not originally meant to become a Void Envoy." Even though I occupied this position through external force, my connection with it remains unstable.

At first, I couldn’t even manifest my image within the Void Realm, and later on, even traversing the gray mist of the Void Realm to reach the rocky seating area was difficult, probably for this reason.

After listening to my words, Divine Light showed a contemplative expression, then said, "...I see."

"Is my method helpful to you?" I asked.

"It helps, thank you," Divine Light said with an elusive demeanor. "With this, my confidence in killing the Master of Divine Seal is greater."

"I still can’t believe it," Weichi said skeptically. "That is, after all, the Master of Divine Seal! Since the other party is the owner of the divine seal, it means he is no different from the omniscient and omnipotent ruler of the universe.

"Even if he claims to be currently in a dormant state, unable to interfere with the real world—effectively akin to death—we must enter the Void Realm to engage with him. And the Void Realm is his home turf. Haven’t you already acted against him there? The facts also prove that not even the power of Impermanence could harm him, right?"

I also had similar thoughts. Although I’m unaware of the full depth of the Master of Divine Seal, the other party should at least be an entity that surpasses Impermanence. I can’t fathom where Divine Light’s certainty in assassinating him comes from.

To put it bluntly, Divine Light’s declaration of "I will assassinate the Master of Divine Seal" sounds almost as absurd as Weichi saying "I want to kill the Old Fist God."

My involvement in this conspiracy might also inherently harbor dangers. Divine Light appears to be prepared to prevent anyone from prying into our conspiracy, yet it is uncertain whether this will actually keep out the Master of Divine Seal, who "knows about most events occurring in the world." It’s possible the Master of Divine Seal is currently using our link with the Void Realm to secretly observe our conversations. And if Divine Light’s assassination fails, Weichi and I might also pay the price.

However, precisely because it’s beyond comprehension, I am eager to see up close what Divine Light intends to do.

I don’t think Divine Light is someone who would recklessly gamble his life without any chance of victory. Unlike Weichi and me, Divine Light likely has insights into the true background of the Master of Divine Seal. During his first entry into the Void Realm to meet the Master of Divine Seal, he displayed an attitude as though aware of the latter’s background, even tearing apart the gray mist that could seal superpower with his light.

"You all overestimate the Master of Divine Seal; he is not as formidable a character as you think," Divine Light said calmly.

I raised an objection: "Your claim doesn’t seem to align with what we’ve witnessed."

"You’re referring to the power he’s displayed, right?" Divine Light said. "Indeed, the Master of Divine Seal has extraordinarily strong power... but what if I told you that power isn’t his own?"

"...I understand what you mean," Weichi said. "You want to claim that the Master of Divine Seal is actually not that formidable. His strength is because he possesses the divine seal, and the power comes from the divine seal rather than from himself...

He paused then continued: "...But, even if that is true, what difference does it make? Whether his power originates from himself or from the divine seal, the fact that ’he possesses invincible power’ does not change, does it?"

"No, there’s a significant difference between the two. ’The divine seal has the all-knowing and all-powerful ability to fulfill any wish’ is different from ’the Master of Divine Seal is all-knowing and all-powerful,’" Divine Light said. "He inadvertently showed his slip when he first awoke in front of us. Do you remember what he said when he first awoke?"

Weichi furrowed his brows, while I recalled: "...He said he could fulfill any wish, but he couldn’t ’create a stone he could not lift and lift it at the same time.’"

Such a wish might not seem surprising, as many atheists like to use this classic paradox to supposedly prove that an all-knowing, all-powerful god does not truly exist.

However, the fact that the Master of Divine Seal cannot fulfill this wish, upon closer thought, is indeed unusual. The divine seal is the ultimate divine artifact that can transcend logic itself; it can exist in a paradoxical state of being "both fragmented and intact," so dismissing its omniscience and omnipotence with such an unoriginal paradox seems unreasonable.

I can only think of two explanations for this: First, the divine seal is not all-knowing and all-powerful. It may be capable of realizing paradox events but is limited to certain parts, with some paradoxes being utterly unachievable, such as "creating a stone he could not lift and lifting it simultaneously," which is part of the unachievable portion, irrespective of the originality of the paradox itself.

Second, the divine seal is truly omniscient and omnipotent, and no paradox can obstruct it from exhibiting its divine might. However, because the divine seal is fundamentally an instrument, it is limited by the ability of its wielder to express their thoughts. If the user cannot articulate the manifestation of a paradox event, the divine seal will not accommodate it.

A wish that cannot be clearly expressed cannot be made to a wish-granting machine.

The second explanation seems also a downgrade for the divine seal. Just because the user cannot articulate it, means their wishes cannot be fulfilled. Does this "flaw" in the all-knowing, all-powerful divine seal make it too inconvenient?

Yet from another angle, if the divine seal even fulfills parts of a wish that the user did not express, it undoubtedly acts on its own accord. In terms of power, it becomes stronger, yet as a tool, it presents an even greater flaw. It evokes tales of "demons in fairy tales who fulfill wishes in forms undesired by the wisher through over-interpretation."

In a sense, the power of the divine seal may share a similar logic with our mana.

While inherently possessing logic-transcending power, if the user lacks a spirit that transcends logic, they cannot harness its full potential.

"Even before our first entry into the Void Realm, Impermanence already realized the potential existence of the Master of Divine Seal, and I once privately sought out Gua Tianshi, hoping he could divine whether the Master of Divine Seal truly exists. And—if the Master of Divine Seal exists, who exactly is he, where is he, what is his origin, and what is his purpose..." Divine Light said in a deep tone.

The fact that Divine Light and Gua Tianshi undertook such efforts... No, it would be stranger if they hadn’t.

Weichi’s expression changed, and he quickly inquired: "To divine such an unfathomable subject as the Master of Divine Seal, you’d first need some clue related to him as a medium... What clue did you use as the medium for divination? Did you succeed?"

"We only succeeded in a small part, but it’s a very crucial part," Divine Light said. "As for the medium used in divination... naturally it was the Divine Seal Fragment.

"The Master of Divine Seal is closely tied to the divine seal, and thus has a significant relationship with its fragments. Given enough Divine Seal Fragments, we might even pinpoint the Master of Divine Seal’s real identity and location.

"However, Impermanence did not openly share the progress of Divine Seal Fragment collection, nor was everyone willing to lend their fragments to Gua Tianshi for use, so consensus wasn’t reached yet."

Although Impermanence had come together based on a consensus to combat Doomsday by collecting Divine Seal Fragments, the person who obtains the Complete Divine Seal can become the master of the world with its power. Divine Light said he could accept Fa Zheng and Gua Tianshi becoming the users of the Complete Divine Seal, probably only as a last resort.

What might be happening among Impermanence is another form of "fragment competition."

I continued to ask, "So, which part did you succeed in?"

"The origin of the Master of Divine Seal," Divine Light said. "According to the divination results, the Master of Divine Seal might just be a mere mortal."

Weichi was stunned: "—A mortal? Are you saying he is actually... a common person with no mana!?"

"At least before obtaining the divine seal, he was nothing more than a complete mortal," Divine Light said slowly. "This mortal ventured into a place previously unreachable by any human, a life-prohibited zone, where he found a perfectly intact divine seal, bringing it out into the world and making a wish to change the world.

"We don’t know when this event happened, nor what that life-prohibited zone was, or what wish he made... Ultimately, this fortunate mortal became the Master of Divine Seal, even rising above us Impermanence with its power.

"Gua Tianshi has always held doubts about whether this divination result is correct and whether the Master of Divine Seal truly exists.

"At first, I didn’t believe it either.

"Until I truly encountered that thing claiming to be the Master of Divine Seal, putting on a show in front of us."

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