Silent Crown

Between heaven and earth and within the majestic movement of creation, Ye Qingxuan opened his eyes and looked down at the world that he had started. Amidst countless streams of light, there were silhouettes of mountains and rivers, and the foundation of the kingdom of God had been set. The incredible concept of the nine great kingdoms had finally taken shape.

“How beautiful.” He said softly, “What a pity.”

“Are you upset?” The illusion of an adolescent girl in red skirt appeared beside him and tilted her head to look at him.

“Yes.” Ye Qingxuan nodded. “I’m furious.”

“Then unleash your fury on your enemy. Let them see blood.” The girl stretched out her hand and her fingers to establish a complicated music theory and put on a black robe onto Ye Qingxuan’s incarnation of Holy Spirit. She was like a girl that was smoothening the collars of others. But the expression on her face was stern and firm like an Emperor. She declared, “Unleash your cruelty on them, just like how God rains down thunder and fire. Teach them to respect and fear your power.”

Ye Qingxuan laughed. “Yes, I will.”

When she saw a glint of focus and determination in the corner of his eye that she had never seen before, the adolescent girl became happier. “I really like the person you have become now. It’s good to see you like this, my friend.”

Ye Qingxuan stretched out his hands and embraced her gently. He could feel the rising temperature in his chest, and a knot that had been causing him pain all this while in his heart seemed to have been untied at last. He was truly happy, from the bottom of his heart.

“Me too, Elsa.”

…

As Ye Qingxuan slowly woke up, the authoritative face of Odin began to crack slowly. Ye Qingxuan’s will was running within the divinity. He stared coolly at the embryonic form of the Nine Great Worlds, and his tone was one of indifference. “Is this the new world that you wanted?”

“I have lost.” The face of the old musician appeared in the electricity and stared at Ye Qingxuan, “Now that Odin’s power belongs to you, why can’t you just give Asgard a chance?”

This was a transaction. The embryonic form of the Nine Great Worlds had been set, so he had already achieved the baseline of his goal. At this moment, the old musician had made a promise. If Ye Qingxuan was willing to stop and step back, he could have all the remaining power that Odin had not unleashed during the creation, and the old musician would not interfere at all. He would treat this as a form of compensation for Ye Qingxuan. If Ye Qingxuan refused to stop, then both sides would officially use Odin’s divinity as the battlefield and fight each other once more. By then, the great power of God would be completely wasted during the battle, and the embryonic form of the Nine Great Worlds would most likely be destroyed in the process as well. Rationally, this was the best outcome.

“What a pity.” Ye Qingxuan sighed gently and shook his head. “All I want to say is that the new world is not supposed to be created this way.”

With that, the New Testament sword appeared in his hands. When he raised it high in the sky, the glorious light of divine power surfaced on the sword blade and the formation of the path of godly ascension was opened. The power of the Nine Great Worlds was absorbed and gathered into powerful and earth-shattering hurricanes and storms. In the next instant, the sword of wind and thunder struck the divine domain ahead.

“In order to welcome the new, one must destroy the old first!”

In that instant, the old musician closed his eyes. “In that case, this time around, we will not stop until one of us is dead.”

The embryonic form of the Nine Great Worlds responded with a roar. The torrents of aether burst out, and after penetrating through “Asgard,””Vanaheim,””Niflheim,” and “Middle Court Kingdom” of the outer world, they gathered within the bright Gungnir. With the support of the Nine Great Worlds, the power of Gungnir rose exponentially and in the blink of an eye, it became even more powerful than Gate of Heaven of the past. It became an artifact that was even more powerful than Spear of Destiny and was now truly a killer weapon of catastrophe!

And in the very same instant, a massive alchemy formation was unleashed behind Ye Qingxuan. In the blink of an eye, it covered the entire divine domain.

Firstly, three principal axes, that would have left anyone dumbfounded, were erected. The pillar of compassion, the pillar of gentleness, and the pillar of strictness. After the three axes solidified the foundation of the formation, four great precincts were developed. They evolved to such an advanced stage that they went through the four stages of flowing, forming, creating and activating based on the foundation of the three pillars. They transformed into four independent domains that were stacked on top of one another, evolving into an extreme form of the path of alchemy.

The point, where the four great precincts intersected with each other, represented the interweaving of the music theories of heaven and earth, forming the outline and condensing into the crystallization of miracle. “Kingdom” represented substance, “foundation” represented heaven and earth, “glory” represented soul,” until the very end, when “crown” represented divinity! That was the end point within the formation, and every single one of them was more than capable of supporting the “elements” created by artifacts!

Shortly after, 22 massive alchemy formations connected the three pillars and four precincts and the elements that represented the ten major original qualities, all into one and formed a single alchemy formation that was so terrifying that it was capable of engulfing an entire country. From top to bottom, that was the sublimation of miracle. The path of sublimation that was of great importance.

“In the name of the last wise man, I declare the reason of sublimation of all beings and the path of creation of heaven and earth.” After the incredible alchemy formation had been formed, the queen was bathing in flames, and her eyes looked down at the entire heaven and earth. “This shall be the crystallization of intelligence and supreme souls, the origin of the beauty of all beings.

“This is the path of fire sword!”

With the appearance of the origin of catastrophe, the formation of the path of fire sword was mounted onto the incarnation of Ye Qingxuan, and in the blink of an eye, the New Testament sword destroyed the lightning of Gungnir then probed forward and struck again.

Boom! The country of fog was destroyed completely. Before creation was complete, destruction had already descended upon this domain! With the New Testament in hand, Ye Qingxuan swung his sword of judgment and punished his enemies by casting lightning and fire!

Shortly after, the formation of the path of godly ascension was extended, and in a split second, it occupied the shards of divinity domain that had been disintegrated. Then, Ye Qingxuan threw it into the realm of aether so that it would combine with the Land of Dreams. There was no reason he should be kind to Asgard. He showed no mercy in taking them apart, and he would even take their materials and resources for his own use in the future.

With Elsa’s support, Ye Qingxuan was able to suppress the old musician’s control of the divinity domain completely. If Asgard was like a sheep, then Ye Qingxuan was now fully focused on pulling out all of its wool.

Didn’t you want me to create a divinity domain? Alright, I’ll do it, but don’t ever get the wrong idea that it will be your home!

Every single action was rough and violent, and he left a trail of destruction behind him wherever he went. He did not seem to care that the Nine Great Worlds were also his own creation. If he did not vent his anger this time around, Ye Qingxuan would definitely be itchy for the next decade, waiting for another similar opportunity.

The old musician was being suppressed by the formation of the path of fire sword. He finally sighed solemnly. “It seems that I made the wrong move in the end.” Before the path of fire sword even appeared, the old musician already knew that he had lost. Not only had he lost the battle, but he had also lost to Ye Qingxuan in terms of set-up and strategy.

If someone wholeheartedly wanted to change the world, so much so that he was willing to allow his greatest achievements to be accomplished by others, this person would probably be as despondent as he was right now. No, this person might even expect more in return.

As he stared at the icy silhouette of “path of fire sword,” the old musician’s face contorted. It was a divinity domain that could move at will, a moving “Nine Great Worlds!” A principal axis that could change heaven and earth at any time and resolidify the fundamentals of all beings. Beneath the cover of that alchemy formation, everything seemed to be centered around the will of that catastrophe queen. One could say that once the path of fire sword had been unleashed, she was just like a living God.

Was there anyone else in this world that could reach this level? No. Or perhaps there was…

The old musician bitterly mouthed that name. Hermes. Other than that wise man, who was willing to give up his catastrophe powers in order to become an ordinary man? Who else was capable of creating such a terrible existence? Perhaps she had inherited the power of catastrophe? Otherwise, it was not possible for a Romulus to transform into one of the winged people.

At that moment, he closed his eyes. The lands of the Nine Great Worlds were disintegrating. Ye Qingxuan could feel it. Endless aether was bursting through those gaps. He was destroying the Great Wall?

It was as if an immense burden had been removed, and now, as the old musician pushed, the Nine Great Worlds abandoned most of their powers to be captured by Ye Qingxuan. Only the core divinity element was collapsing inwards. Shortly after, the music theory that Ye Qingxuan was extremely familiar with was being established from within. Was that catastrophic resonation?!

Ye Qingxuan was stunned. The Nine Great Worlds were being used as instruments in this symphony while Ye Qingxuan’s Symphony of Predestination began to play once more. But everything was happening within the old musician’s grasp!

Soon after, the vault of heaven broke, and the gap that led to the depths of the realm of aether widened. This revealed the glow of the cool and quiet moon. Ye Qingxuan gasped. Quiet Moon!

At the same time that Ye Qingxuan had obtained Odin’s divinity, the old musician had also obtained many of the music theories within his body, such as inheriting the catastrophic resonation of Abraham, and the Quiet Theory that he had risked his life to obtain from the Sacred City!

Under the call from the catastrophe music theory, one of the Three Pillar Gods, who used to stick with Hyakume but had since fallen and had been unheard of all this while, appeared above the vault of heaven. It was Quiet Moon, which swept through the mortal world. A chilly aura was suddenly imprinted in everyone’s heart. That was a brake valve that flowed out of the Originator, a tool of destruction that would eliminate all music theories…

This was exactly why the artifact must not be moved without any good reason. Other than that single time where Ye Qingxuan had to deal with the threat of Hyakume clashing with the Holy Caldron, he never dared to summon Quiet Moon ever again. At most, he would use the Quiet Theory as a front if he needed to. The moment it was summoned by mistake, Quiet Moon would not care about your reason; all it would do was erase you completely from the inside out.

At this moment, Ye Qingxuan could care less about pursuing the old musician. Instead, he was channeling all the powers that the old musician had left behind into the Land of Dreams before retreating as quickly and as far away as he could. Then, he would watch how the old musician would set fire on himself. And now, the old musician did not care about his impending doom. All he could do was laugh out loud. “Oh God, I shall drag you off your throne today!”

In that instant, the formation of the Tree of World shot into the sky as a sign of the end of the moon cycle. Ye Qingxuan was dumbfounded as he stared at what was happening before his eyes. He finally understood what the old musician had been planning. He would use the core and power of the Nine Great Worlds to drag the Quiet Moon back from the Originator and seal it in this cage!