Chapter 485: Awakening of the Primordial Law
The figure seemed to have walked forth from ancient times, crossing endless eras.
"You have come..."
An ancient, weathered sigh echoed deep within Kelsey’s soul.
This time, the voice was no longer just waiting. It carried a massive, fragmented stream of information that burst into her mind.
"The Great Destruction... was not destruction..."
"It was a threshold... a threshold of evolution..."
The star sea trembled, and countless images flashed before Kelsey’s eyes.
She saw the countless cycles of era change that Earth had gone through.
Each Great Destruction had been accompanied by the fall of countless living beings, yet those who survived experienced a qualitative leap in the very essence of life.
"Every Great Destruction pushed Earth’s life toward a higher level of evolution..."
"But evolution requires a guide."
"The last guide was named... Yves."
In the vision, a man in snow-white clothing held a longsword. Amid the siege of the Abyss’s countless races, he carved out a path for humanity to survive.
"He successfully guided humanity to live on, but he... was unable to push open the final gate."
The ancient voice carried a touch of regret.
Then the towering figure within the light trembled slightly. Its gaze seemed to pierce through the void and fall upon the silver chain behind Kelsey.
It was Aiden’s Law of Space.
"This time, the chosen guides... are you."
"But the one who finally pushes open the gate must achieve absolute balance between ’understanding’ and ’strength’..."
"Go... Seek that balance..."
Hum!
The star sea shattered in an instant.
Back in the secret chamber, Kelsey’s eyes flew wide open.
Blinding golden light lingered in her pupils, like a god gazing down upon the mortal world.
Aiden withdrew his Law of Space power, his face slightly pale, yet his dual pupils locked firmly on Kelsey.
"Kelsey, what did you see?"
Kelsey turned her head. The golden glow in her eyes faded, replaced by an unprecedented brightness.
She looked at Aiden, a faint smile tugging at her lips, and spoke softly.
"Aiden, it said you are very close."
Aiden’s heart jolted.
Balance between understanding and strength...
Could this be the ultimate path after ascending to godhood?
"Rainn!"
Aiden took a deep breath and turned to Rainn, who wore a grave expression.
"Use the ancient Primordial Miko art to check Kelsey’s spirit condition, right now!"
"Understood!"
Rainn did not hesitate. She waved her delicate hand, and an ancient stone statue phantom of a Miko appeared mid-air.
Emerald life light and Miko soul power instantly wrapped around Kelsey.
But only three seconds passed.
"This... This can’t be real!!"
Rainn let out a sharp cry of shock, her face draining of all color at once.
She stumbled backward several steps, nearly falling over.
"What’s wrong?"
Aiden frowned, and invisible divine pressure spread through the chamber.
Rainn raised her trembling hand and pointed at Kelsey, her eyes filled with stunned disbelief.
"The structure of her soul power... has changed!"
"Deep within her soul, there are brand-new law ripples I have never seen before..."
"They are neither dark nor light, nor your Law of Space..."
Rainn swallowed hard, her voice shaking violently.
"They are... Primordial Law!!"
Boom!
Complete silence fell over the secret chamber in an instant.
"Primordial Law?"
The silver divine light in Aiden’s dual pupils shrank sharply, like two stars drawing in all their radiance.
The temperature inside the chamber plummeted to freezing point, and even the void creaked under the immense strain.
As a newly advanced Lesser God, Aiden understood better than anyone how monumental the power of laws truly was.
He had exhausted all his strength and survived nine layers of divine thunder tribulation, yet only comprehended thirty-five percent of the Law of Space.
"Primordial" meant the origin of all things-the oldest, most fundamental supreme source from the birth of the universe.
"This cannot be..."
A rare, unsteady tremor crept into Bella’s cool voice.
"In ten thousand years of recorded history, neither on Earth nor in the Abyss, no one has ever touched the Primordial Law."
"Even the lofty Divine Emperor Rank warriors only mastered the peak of derivative laws."
Rainn stared rigidly at the floating Miko stone carving. The emerald life light covering it had been completely torn apart by a strand of mysterious golden ripples.
The golden ripples were faint as a candle flame in a storm, yet they radiated supreme pressure enough to make even gods bow down in worship.
"This power cannot be gained through cultivation at all."
A cool, ethereal voice echoed through the secret chamber out of nowhere.
The void twisted slightly, and Zoey’s figure slowly materialized beside Aiden amid countless streams of sapphire data.
As the city spirit of Celestial Imperial City, an ancient being that had lived through countless eras, her eyes held unprecedented gravity.
"This is a gift from the Lord of the Primordial."
Zoey glanced at the confused Kelsey, her tone thick with awe.
"It used Kelsey’s Ethereal Physique as a vessel and planted a ’seed’ of Primordial Law deep within her soul."
Aiden furrowed his brows tightly and asked in a low voice, "What purpose does this seed serve?"
Zoey took a deep breath and spoke slowly, word by word.
"Kelsey cannot wield it on her own right now; the seed needs a very long time to mature."
"But its mere existence creates the ultimate, unbreakable defense in this world."
"Any force that seeks to harm Kelsey-whether it’s the demonic energy of the Heavenly Demon Clan, the twisted alterations of the Dawn Society, or the corruption from the Seven Pillars soon to awaken..."
"All of it will melt away instantly like snow hitting boiling oil before this seed!"
Ultimate defense. Automatic neutralization.
Shock flashed in Aiden’s dual pupils.
This meant Kelsey was completely safe amid the coming Great Destruction that would sweep across Earth.
"What kind of grand game is the Lord of the Primordial playing?"
Aiden stood with his hands clasped behind his back, countless thoughts swirling through his mind.
His mind drifted to Yves.
Yves had laid plans for ten thousand years, leaving behind the 10,000x critical hit system, the Transmutation Altar, and the Key of Destiny. He chose Aiden as his successor for his talent, combat prowess, and unmatched power.
But the Lord of the Primordial had picked Kelsey, who possessed no cultivation power at all.
"It’s all about her unique nature."
Aiden thought to himself, a spark of realization flickering in his dual pupils.
Kelsey bore the Ethereal Physique. Her heart was pure and untainted by worldly power struggles, free from greed for strength and desire.
Her soul was as blank and unspoiled as a sheet of white paper.
The Lord of the Primordial chose her not for great power, but because she was utterly "uncorrupted."
This standard of selection, which overturned the reclassers’ belief that only strength mattered, gave Aiden a far deeper understanding of his future path as a god.
"Aiden, why are all of you staring at me like this?"
Kelsey blinked her big eyes and tugged nervously at the hem of his robe.
Though she was the center of this world-shifting change, she stayed strangely calm.
"Kelsey, aren’t you scared?"
Bella could not help but ask softly.
Kelsey shook her head, a sweet smile spreading across her face, filled with a peace that rose above mortal troubles.
"I’m not scared at all."
"If anything, I feel calm."
"It’s like... the thing I’ve been searching for finally makes sense now."
Inside the secret chamber, everyone fell silent as they looked at the small young girl.
Rainn took a deep breath, steeled herself, and waved her delicate hands once more. She activated the ancient Primordial Miko art to record and analyze the law ripples inside Kelsey’s body.
A heavy silence filled the secret chamber, broken only by the faint hum of the Miko stone carving and the soft rustle of flowing data streams.
Aiden watched quietly, the divine-tier Law of Space swirling inside him, ready to guard against any sudden danger.
But then.
Right as the data analysis neared completion, Rainn’s body stiffened all at once.
Her hands suspended in mid-air began shaking violently. Her face, already pale from shock, turned a sickly dark green instantly.
"Rainn, what’s wrong?"
Aiden’s dual pupils shrank, and invisible divine pressure blanketed the entire room in a heartbeat.
Rainn slowly turned her head, lifting her gaze from the scattered glowing ancient data screens.
Her throat bobbed slightly, and her voice trembled so badly she barely had any strength left.
"City Lord... If that seed inside Kelsey is a gift from the Lord of the Primordial..."
"Is it possible..."
Rainn swallowed hard, terror nearly spilling out of her eyes.
"The Lord of the Primordial... didn’t only give this gift to Kelsey?"
BOOM!
It was as if a world-ending thunderclap exploded inside the chamber.
Bella’s breath caught completely.
The blue data streams swirling around Zoey went wild.
Aiden’s hands, clasped behind his back, clenched tight in an instant.
Dead silence fell over everyone.
A chilling, hair-raising thought popped into every single person’s mind all at once.