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Rainn’s words froze every bit of air inside the secret chamber.

The Lord of the Primordial had not only gifted this power to Kelsey alone?

"Zoey, activate Celestial Imperial City’s grand formation, seal the whole city, and scan every person’s soul power structure at once!"

Aiden’s voice was cold, almost ruthless.

As ruler of Celestial Imperial City, he would never allow uncontrollable karmic ties to linger in his core territory.

"Understood. Heavenly Imperial Matrix, full-band soul scan, activate!"

Torrents of sapphire data burst blazing from Zoey’s eyes.

Hum!

Above Celestial Imperial City, countless chains of order spilled down from a golden light barrier, piercing the void and sweeping across every cultivator’s body.

This was a god-tier citywide inspection. Its overwhelming power made countless powerful warriors inside the city tremble deep in their souls.

Even Level 99 Great Venerables had nowhere to hide their secrets before Aiden and Zoey right now.

One minute passed.

Ten minutes passed.

"City Lord, no Primordial Law ripples have been detected in any human or Dragon Clan member within Celestial Imperial City."

Zoey shook her head, and the swirling data streams in her eyes slowly died down.

Rainn let out a quiet breath of relief, yet her confusion only deepened.

"That’s not all."

Aiden frowned, and the two brilliant star-like lights within his dual pupils throbbed violently.

A moment ago, when the grand formation swept over his body, a faint, hidden resonance stirred deep inside his 10,000x critical hit System.

It was not Primordial Law.

Yet its ancient, grand aura was just as mighty as the Primordial Law.

"Stand guard outside. I’m going to check the core of the system."

After saying this, Aiden sat cross-legged without delay.

Hum.

His inner spirit separated from his physical body in an instant, turning into a silver stream of light that rushed into the deepest dimension of the system.

System Space.

An endless sea of stars stretched out here. Countless golden critical hit symbols floated like stars, radiating devastating ripples of power.

Right at the center of the star sea hovered a strand of black-gold law code he had never laid eyes on before.

"This is..."

Aiden’s inner spirit solidified into shape and reached out to touch the code.

Boom!

Black-gold light swallowed him whole, and the scenes before his eyes shifted wildly.

A vision suddenly unfolded before Aiden.

Within a chaotic void, Yves the legendary figure of the Great Shaw Empire-stood with his hands behind his back before a towering golden gate.

The vision was startlingly clear. Aiden could even make out the divine runes fluttering on the hem of Yves’ robe, and the grand aura contained within his eyes.

"Aiden, if you are watching this recording, you have crossed that hurdle and become a true god."

Yves turned around, a faint relieved smile on his face.

His gaze was deep, as if piercing ten thousand years of time and space, locking straight onto Aiden.

"I do not have much time left to speak. There are truths I never told Bella or Zoey-telling them would serve no purpose."

Yves sighed and pointed toward the golden gate behind him.

"I ventured into Earth’s core and met the Lord of the Primordial.

I asked it how to fully push open this gate leading to the higher universe and end this ten-thousand-year stalemate."

"It told me one condition must be met to open the gate."

Yves’ expression turned extremely grave, speaking slowly word by word.

"A person must fully understand the Seven Heavenly Demon Pillars, earn their acknowledgment, and carry that recognition to push open the gate."

Aiden’s pupils shrank sharply.

Understand the Seven Pillars? Gain their approval?

These seven terrifying beings embodied the ultimate evil of the entire Abyss!

"I failed."

A bitter smile tugged at Yves’ lips, deep regret flickering in his eyes.

"I spent my whole life comprehending six of them: Pride, Envy, Wrath, Greed, Sloth, and Lust."

"But until my last breath, I could never grasp Gluttony."

"What is the true essence of Gluttony? Endless devouring, or the denial of all existence? I could never figure it out."

"Aiden, I leave this puzzle to you."

"Remember: do not seek to destroy them. Seek to understand them."

At the end of the vision, Yves’ form dissolved into countless streaks of golden light and vanished completely.

Dead silence returned to the system space.

Aiden stood amid the star sea, lost in quiet thought for a long while.

"Understand Gluttony..."

He muttered to himself, an unprecedented depth flickering in his dual pupils.

Hum.

His inner spirit returned to his body.

Back in the secret chamber, Aiden slowly opened his eyes.

Bella, Rainn, Zoey, and even Kelsey watched him nervously.

"Aiden, what did you find?"

Bella stepped forward, a hint of urgency edging her cool voice.

Aiden stood tall and brushed imaginary dust off his robe, his expression calm as still water.

He only said two words:

"I understand now."

No explanations, no extra words.

Powerful divine aura swirled naturally around him, silencing everyone from asking further questions.

Meanwhile, countless sword glows and runes tangled wildly within Jade’s Divine Eyes.

As a Mythic Rank Divine-Eyed Swordsman, no one across the entire Great Shaw Empire could match her power of deduction.

Piecing together everything that had just happened and the faint law energy lingering on Aiden, Jade’s face drained of all color at once.

"The Seven Pillars..."

Jade’s voice shook as she stared fixedly at Aiden.

"Pride, Envy, Wrath, Greed, Sloth, Lust, Gluttony."

"City Lord, you subdued the Demon of Pride in the Demon Sealing Abyss and gained its Divine Emperor law crystal. In a way, you have already touched and understood Pride."

"But we know nothing of the remaining six pillars, especially Envy-we do not even know where its seal is located."

"If you want to earn the acknowledgment of all Seven Pillars, you have to seek each one out personally..."

Unprecedented terror surfaced in Jade’s eyes as she spoke.

"This is an impossible dead end!"

Bella and Rainn’s faces paled instantly.

"What do you mean?" Rainn pressed urgently.

Jade planted her sword into the ground, her small frame trembling.

"The Seven Pillars form the foundation of the Abyss. How far they have woken directly controls how soon the Great Destruction arrives."

"To gain their recognition, you must rouse them and face their full, unbridled power."

"But if all Seven Pillars fully awaken, the Great Destruction will strike instantly. Earth and the Abyss will be completely remade, and countless living beings will perish!"

"It’s an unbreakable vicious cycle!"

"To open the gate and save the world, you first have to push the world toward ruin..."

A suffocating silence descended over the secret chamber once more.

Every pair of eyes locked onto Aiden.

"The path Yves left behind is indeed a hopeless trap."

Aiden spoke slowly, his voice echoing with the layered reverb unique to gods throughout the empty chamber.

He held nothing back and recounted every detail of the vision he had seen inside the system space to everyone present.

"Understand the Seven Pillars, win their recognition, then open the gate..."

Rainn drew a deep breath, and her soul power, which had settled down earlier, surged violently again.

"How could that ever work? They are the source of the Abyss, the very peak of all evil!"

The data streams in Zoey’s eyes flashed wildly as she calculated the odds of this plan succeeding, only to produce a harsh scarlet result.

"Logical contradiction."

"Awakening the Seven Pillars will fill the progress bar of the Great Destruction instantly, and Earth won’t last even a single second."

The temperature inside the secret chamber plummeted to freezing point, and despair spread through the air like toxic mist.

But Bella, who stood at the front, suddenly lifted her head, and a strange glint flickered in her cold, frosty eyes.

"That’s not right."

Bella spoke softly, yet her words struck everyone’s hearts like a heavy sledgehammer.

"We’ve all fallen into the trap of fixed thinking."

Aiden turned his head slightly, star-like light swirling in his dual pupils as he looked at this former legendary warrior of the Great Shaw Empire.

"Continue."

Bella stepped forward, and Frost Law gathered beneath her feet, blooming quietly into icy lotus flowers.

"This dead end relies on one assumption: the awakening of the Seven Pillars equals the arrival of the Great Destruction.

But is this assumption absolutely true?"

Everyone froze in shock.

Bella turned to Aiden and spoke slowly, word by word.

"Aiden, when you faced the Demon of Arrogance in the Demon Sealing Abyss, was it merely a mindless monster that only wanted to destroy the world?"

Aiden’s eyes shifted, recalling the colossal figure standing proudly in the darkness deep within the Demon Sealing Abyss.

"No, it possessed reason. It was even so arrogant that it disdained underhanded methods of destruction." Aiden replied calmly.

"Exactly."

A cold smile tugged at the corner of Bella’s mouth.

"The Seven Pillars are not mindless beasts that cannot be reasoned with. They are physical manifestations of laws."

"What if, after they awaken, instead of suppressing them with seals or fighting them with force, we replace sealing with understanding?"

"Let them choose to cooperate of their own will, instead of giving in to their urge to destroy."

"If we do that, will the Great Destruction still take place?"

Rainn opened her mouth, thinking this idea was utterly absurd.

"But... these are the Seven Pillars of the Abyss! No one can guarantee they will cooperate with us!"

"That’s why the real issue was never ’the Seven Pillars awakening.’"

Bella stared straight at Aiden, her voice filled with unprecedented passion and reverence.

"The true question is whether humanity can live in peace alongside the awakened Seven Pillars!

Or more accurately, City Lord-do you hold the absolute strength to subdue and convince them?"

Boom!

Aiden no longer restrained his Lesser God’s pressure, which erupted forth like towering waves crashing ashore.

Tangible silver ripples of the Law of Space folded the void inside the entire secret chamber layer after layer.

Every person present, even those with Level 99 Great Venerable power, struggled to breathe under this overwhelming weight.