Chapter 454: Zoey’s Call
"Caleb, special envoy of the Elephant Empire, offers congratulations on behalf of our king for the founding of the Caeloria Kingdom!"
Caleb quickly stepped forward, bowed, and presented the Elephant Empire’s greatest treasure with both hands, along with a permanent alliance contract.
"Empress Rainn of the Abyss Miko Clan offers the blessing of the Primordial Miko, as well as ten thousand pounds of Void Star Iron!"
The void split open, and a portal filled with terrifying witchcraft energy appeared. Countless rare materials shining with starlight fell like rain.
"Malcolm, chief of the Red Dwarves Clan, presents three Mythic Rank defensive weapons, the ’Heavens Thunder Cannon’!"
Brock’s face was red with excitement. He slapped his chest proudly, while behind him, a group of Red Dwarves craftsmen carried three terrifying steel beasts forward.
The Great Shaw Empire, the Elephant Empire, the Miko Clan, the Red Dwarves Clan...
At this moment, whether they were nobles from human empires or powerful races from the Abyss, they all bowed before Celestial Imperial City.
On this day, Aiden’s network of power was finally complete.
"The alliances have been made. The Caeloria Kingdom shall never fall!"
Aiden waved his sleeve, and the Tower of Laws roared once again. The fortune of all allied forces became faintly connected.
Night fell.
Countless dazzling magical fireworks exploded above Celestial Imperial City, lighting up the sky as bright as day.
Aiden stood alone at the highest edge of Celestial Imperial City. He looked down at the countless lights below and at the land of Earth in the distance, barely visible through the clouds.
He had started as a nameless nobody who had just crossed over to this world and awakened as a "Magic Apprentice."
Then he had ventured alone into the Abyss, killed Demon Venerables, and withstood the might of the Demon God.
And now, he had built his own supreme divine kingdom.
Along the way, he had gone through countless bloody battles and finally stood at the peak of this world.
But that was still far from enough.
The seal of the Heavenly Demon was about to break. A great disaster was coming. He had to become even stronger.
Just as the fireworks reached their brightest point and the whole city was cheering—
Buzz!
The space communicator on Aiden’s wrist suddenly shook violently without any warning. A blinding blood-red alarm lit up.
This was the private communication channel he had left for the Golden Great Wall.
Aiden frowned. With a light tap of his finger, a virtual screen opened in front of him.
On the screen, the figure of Zoey appeared.
She was the will of the Golden Great Wall and its core guardian.
At this moment, Zoey’s virtual body was flashing wildly with chaotic signals. Her delicate face was filled with fear unlike anything Aiden had ever seen before.
"Aiden... emergency!"
Zoey’s voice was even trembling slightly.
It was fear, an emotion a mechanical lifeform should not have.
"An irreversible energy disturbance has appeared in the core of the Golden Great Wall. Large areas of the seal are collapsing!"
Aiden’s eyes turned cold in an instant. The space around him seemed to freeze.
"What happened? Is the Heavenly Demon Clan breaking the seal?"
"No... it’s not the Heavenly Demon!"
Zoey stared at Aiden, her voice carrying a chill that seemed to sink into the bones.
"Aiden... I sensed it... An unimaginable, terrifying existence is trying to fully awaken from deep within Earth’s core!"
"The seal of the Abyss was only a distraction. The true destruction is coming from beneath our feet!"
"And also, that little princess of the Great Shaw Empire, Kelsey..."
Zoey took a deep breath and said each word clearly:
"Her strange illness is not an illness at all. It is that being’s call to awaken Earth!"
"Kelsey..."
Aiden narrowed his eyes, and a cold light flashed deep within them.
"I understand. Wait for me."
Without another word, Aiden cut off the communication.
He turned around and looked into the depths of Celestial Imperial City.
There, Kelsey was still asleep. The aura around her was faintly resonating with the pulse of the planet beneath them.
"Cheryl, guard Celestial Imperial City. I’m going to the Golden Great Wall."
Aiden’s voice echoed through the void.
But his real body had already disappeared.
Boom!
At that moment, the terrifying power of a level 95 Venerable erupted without restraint.
Buzz!
The Demi-Sacred Artifact, the "Transmutation Altar," slowly appeared from his deep within his body, releasing endless streams of the finest essence of the universe.
With the power of the laws from the Transmutation Altar, Aiden’s body instantly turned into a nine-colored streak of light that tore across the sky.
The Law of Space folded the distance beneath his feet. With every step, he crossed tens of thousands of miles.
The Law of Thunder became violent arcs of lightning, smashing apart the chaotic void currents in his path.
In the sky, only a long-lasting space crack remained, like a trench carved into the atmosphere by a god.
Three days and three nights.
Without sleep or rest.
Aiden flew madly through the sky ten thousand meters above Earth, like a tireless star.
When the first light of dawn broke through the sea of clouds on the fourth day, a golden line of defense finally appeared at the end of the horizon.
It was the Golden Great Wall.
A towering golden curtain of light stretched across the world, reaching into the clouds. It completely separated Earth from the endless Abyss.
On the surface of the light curtain, countless complex magic runes flickered like they were breathing.
Every rune gave off an ancient, holy, and untouchable pressure of law.
But now, this once flawless defense had black demonic energy spreading across it like a poison that could not be removed.
At the entrance of the Great Wall, a small figure had been waiting for a long time.
Buzz.
The void rippled slightly, and Aiden, dressed in white, stepped out from nothingness.
"Aiden!"
Zoey’s trembling, mechanical voice rang out in the air.
Then, the illusion that had been made of flowing data began to gather wildly the moment Aiden appeared.
Countless golden law particles wove together in the air. In the end, they turned into a delicate little girl, about seven or eight years old, with a pair of large golden eyes.
She was barefoot and wore a golden dress woven from threads of law. Her face was full of fear and helplessness.
The moment she sensed Aiden’s unique aura, tears filled Zoey’s big eyes.
"Waaah!"
Without the slightest hesitation, she rushed into Aiden’s arms like a frightened little animal.
Aiden’s body stiffened slightly, but he did not push her away.
"I missed you so much... I really missed you..."
Zoey tightly gripped the corner of Aiden’s clothes and cried as if her heart was breaking. Her tears turned into little golden lights and disappeared into the air.
"Even though I don’t remember who you are, and I don’t know why your name isn’t in my database..."
"I still feel like I know you so well. Boohoo... I’ve waited for you for so many, many years..."
Aiden reached out and gently patted her small back, but his frown grew deeper.
As the Artifact Spirit of the Golden Great Wall, Zoey should have been a completely rational mechanical lifeform. She should never have such strong human emotions.
Unless someone had carved an unerasable mark into her core logic.
"Don’t cry."
Aiden’s voice was cold, but it carried a strange power that could calm the heart.
He raised one hand, and the Transmutation Altar flew out from his palm, hovering above their heads.
"Rebuild through creation. Let the laws return to their place."
Aiden held two fingers together like a blade and lightly tapped the void.
A wisp of extremely pure black-and-yellow energy fell from the Transmutation Altar. It turned into a thin golden thread and gently entered Zoey’s forehead.
The Transmutation Altar had the supreme power to reshape laws and repair all things.
Even an incomplete soul or shattered memories could be rebuilt before the Transmutation Altar.
"Ah!"
Zoey’s body suddenly went stiff. In that instant, her eyes lost focus and turned pure gold.
Countless broken images began to piece themselves together deep within her once blank memory.
She saw the twilight of the gods.
She saw the Golden Great Wall stained with blood.
She saw a mighty figure from behind, using an unmatched divine sword to cut apart Earth’s fate from the Abyss.
"I remember... I remember now..."
Zoey trembled violently as two streams of golden tears slid down her cheeks.
"There was someone... He was the one who created the Golden Great Wall."
She looked up at Aiden with eyes filled with both worship and fear.
"He placed me here and told me to protect Earth at all costs."
"He said that if one day, the person who felt familiar to me came here..."
"Then I should hand everything over to him."
Aiden’s breath paused slightly. He stared at Zoey.
"Who was that person?"
Zoey hugged Aiden tightly. Her voice carried a faint tremble from ancient times.
"His name... was Yves."
"And I... was the first Artifact Spirit Yves created with his own hands."
"Yves..."
Aiden whispered the name. It struck his mind like an ancient hammer.
On the Golden Great Wall, countless golden law runes seemed to sense that forbidden name. They began to flash wildly.
Violent waves of energy swept out like a tsunami, but the moment they touched the finest essence of the universe around Aiden, they melted away.
Zoey raised her tear-stained little face. In her golden eyes, faint images of ancient flames and war were reflected.
"He was once the pride of the Great Shaw Empire. He was the undisputed number one on the class ranking list—’Bane of All Races.’"
"During the Great Destruction a thousand years ago, he entered the highest level of the Abyss alone and slaughtered dozens of Demon Emperors by force."
"With the power of a Divine Emperor, he merged with Earth’s Law of Origin. That was how he built the Golden Great Wall."
Zoey’s voice trembled, filled with awe for that Divine Emperor from the depths of her soul.
"And I was born when he used his Divine Emperor power to tear me from Earth’s core laws and gave me intelligence, turning me into an Artifact Spirit."
"In truth, I am the embodiment of Earth’s core laws."
Aiden’s pupils shrank slightly. He finally understood why Zoey could control the terrifying power of the Golden Great Wall.