Chapter 3968: An Undeniable Truth

The sudden coming of the Worldly Laws took everyone by surprise. No one really knew why it had formed at this moment in time, but it was clear within seconds who had formed it.

With Alex at the center of the twisting vortices of Aura and Dao, he could have been the only one who had called for it. And yet, to think someone could call upon a Dao, not only without having actively worked toward it, but without even sitting down moments prior.

It was easy to imagine Alex had called upon the Worldly Laws by accident, but could such an accident even be possible at the stage they were in?

There was a reason why Alex had become a Half-God all on his own. Such talent would not do things ’by accident’.

Alex remained standing, looking toward the sky with clear eyes. While giving his explanation on why he thought the Fire God’s Axiom was wrong and what it really should have been, he had himself been enlightened to a Dao he had not thought he could have learned this soon.

It was only under pressure that diamonds were formed. And thus, it was under the pressure of the duel that he had managed this.

Alex opened his arms and accepted the Worldly Laws as they descended onto the stage in a powerful burst of aura. He accepted it all, taking in the newfound Dao.

It was invigorating.

The Fire God watched Alex learn a new Dao right before him. He sensed what Dao it was, and to his surprise, it was the worst one Alex could learn at that point. For a second, he wondered if he should interfere. He wondered if he should force Alex to stop.

The Heaven would grow angry, but he had long since surpassed the might of Heaven’s anger. As a Celestial of his status, the Heaven could never dare bring down its judgment upon him, lest it dare bring upon the destruction of the entire world.

As such, he did have a chance.

However, with the other gods watching him, he was not sure he could afford to act at all. Some would not take a step to aid, but there were others that were in constant wariness of him.

Bladedance held her eyes directly on him, not even staring at her own disciple who was performing a feat capable of shocking the heavens. The Sky God similarly had fully turned toward him.

There was Sunflare, who had stood up at some point, keeping a close eye on both Alex and the Fire God.

The Golden God and Forest God were similarly vigilant as well. Even the Ocean God, who he had an alliance with in regard to the upcoming war, seemed ready to stop him if he dared.

As such, Ashmaker could only ball his hands into tight fists and wait for it all to be over. At this point, his only remaining option might be for him to claim that Alex had run out of his time, which he would at any moment now.

It would be hard to change the audience’s perception on who the victor was, but diluting it in any way would be helpful.

Before he could do any of that, Alex lifted his hand before him, and a massive illusory sun appeared behind him as he used his Spirit once again.

And then, a Sun formed before him, full of nothing but Yang.

A True Sun.

"Can you feel it, Fire God?" Alex asked in a loud voice. "This is what a real Sun is."

The Fire God’s heart skipped a beat, the grip he had on his own understanding of things slowly slipping away from him.

"No..." he said slowly. "This isn’t true."

"You can deny it all you want, Fire God. But deep down, you know it’s true," Alex said even louder as the sun grew bigger. It began destabilizing as it did, as Ashmaker’s Axiom was still at work. But compared to before, it wasn’t as strong.

The man was starting to lose his belief in his own Axiom.

"It’s a lie," Ashmaker shouted. "The Sun is what I say it is."

He got a hold of himself, grabbing onto his Axiom, keeping it together. It became stronger, forcing itself upon Alex.

However, Alex would not give up at this point.

Had he formed an Axiom of his own in this instance, instead of learning a Dao, things would have been very different. With an Axiom, the two could go back and forth and try and explain why their version of the truth was in fact the real truth.

But what Alex had learned instead was a Dao.

And there was nothing truer in this world than a Dao. Not even Ashmaker could delude himself out of that understanding.

"Yang is the source of all things living!" Alex shouted through his pain and rapidly depleting Spiritual energy. "Yang is what gives us vitality. It is what gives us life. Yang is what is capable of projection and radiance. It is the source of light and heat. It is capable of purging all things corrupt and tainted."

The Worldly Laws around him increased in power, the vortex becoming stronger as it filled him with the Dao.

A powerful Dao that gave him a truth that no one could reject.

"The Sun is the highest expression of Yang, a primordial principle uniting all forms of Yang into one."

The Dao settled onto Alex as he finally learned it.

The Sun God had once claimed to Alex that he was not someone who was capable of using a powerful energy. He was the energy itself.

Such was true with the Sun.

"The Sun is not a source of Yang, nor is it filled with Yang," Alex said out loud before he turned toward the Fire God, his eyes gleaming with knowledge. "No, the Sun is Yang itself."

That was what Alex had come to understand through the Dao he had just learned.

The Dao of the Sun.