Chapter 579: Swearing by the Name of the Stars

Chapter 579: Swearing by the Name of the Stars

In his early twenties, with bronze hair and golden eyes, he had a handsome appearance but an air of bookishness.

This was the Trunsoest that Hastur saw at this moment. He looked much younger than expected, perhaps because Hastur nostalgically chose this youthful face.

"I am... you are..." After a brief murmur, clarity gradually returned to Trunsoest's golden eyes.

"I never thought I would awaken again," Trunsoest said, looking down at his fragile state with self-mockery. "It turns out I'm just a wisp of consciousness."

"You have another choice."

"Who are you? My descendant?" Trunsoest looked at Hastur with the kind eyes of an elder observing a younger generation.

Hastur chuckled softly, and the surrounding stars gathered. Trunsoest's faint consciousness trembled slightly, becoming even more ethereal and transparent.

"With your wisdom, you should understand the current situation. The Six Gods helped you ascend to godhood back then, and now you have a similar choice."

"I find it hard to trust you."

"Then continue to sleep."

After a moment of silence, Trunsoest asked, "What are your conditions?"

"Swear by the name of the stars that you will serve them, and I will help you fully revive."

"The stars?" Trunsoest showed a look of surprise. "I've never heard of this entity. Does it come from the stars?"

"It is within the primordial barrier."

"What is its stance?" Trunsoest laughed self-deprecatingly. "Although I've fallen to this point, I don't want to be driven by an outer god from the stars and become a sinner of this land."

"You only need to assist the stars against Adam and the True Creator."

When Hastur mentioned the True Creator and Adam, Trunsoest was visibly moved.

During the War of the Four Emperors, he was supported by the Goddess of the Night and five other righteous gods, ascending from the Black Emperor pathway to Sequence 0 of the adjacent Arbiter pathway. Adam, supported by the Blood Emperor, was his enemy.

Moreover, the True Creator had always been a reviled evil god, despised by Trunsoest.

"Where are the stars?" Trunsoest's golden eyes fixed on Hastur.

Hastur looked up at the starry sky and then calmly at Trunsoest, saying, "The stars are everywhere, watching everything."

Trunsoest also looked up at the starry sky for a while. "The stars, a mysterious existence. Would the Eternal Sun and the Goddess of the Night allow themselves to become vassals of another entity?"

"The God of War and the Lord of Storms have already fallen," Hastur decided to give Trunsoest a little shock. "The God of War was killed by the Goddess of the Night, and the Lord of Storms fell at Adam's hands."

"Is it time for another god war?" Trunsoest's eyes showed a thoughtful expression.

"Your time is running out."

"Indeed, it is," Trunsoest nodded. "Fine, I can assist the stars against Adam and the True Creator, but that's all. I need a certain degree of freedom, not a slave bound by a contract."

As one of the former Four Emperors, he could accept a limited cooperative relationship but would never allow himself to live in subservience.

"You will have more freedom than you imagine," Hastur promised with a light smile.

He didn't need Trunsoest to do much, just to help against Adam and the True Creator when necessary. Other matters wouldn't concern him.

Under Hastur's guidance, Trunsoest swore by the name of the stars, pledging to fully assist the stars against Adam and the True Creator while retaining his freedom in other aspects.

Under the brilliant starry sky, beams of starlight silently fell, passing through the room's windows and doors, all converging on Trunsoest's bronze book.

Trunsoest's originally ethereal body gradually solidified, and his consciousness recovered significantly, though he was still far from fully revived.

Hastur watched quietly until the right moment, then spoke in a deep voice, "Return!"

With the command, the entire bronze book of Trunsoest rippled with golden waves, and countless golden consciousness points gathered into a golden sea of consciousness.

Trunsoest, one of the former Four Emperors, the Night Emperor, truly awakened from the bronze book of Trunsoest!

The bronze book of Trunsoest flipped rapidly, as if rejoicing at his rebirth.

Golden laws and decrees were retracted from every corner of Beldan City, restoring its usual tranquility.

"Remember the oath you swore by the name of the stars," Hastur said with a slight smile in his eyes. "Now you are free."

"Free..." Trunsoest gradually adapted to his new state, feeling a sense of dislocation from his true awakening.

"If you don't want to be hunted, remember to hide your tracks carefully until you are fully recovered."

Hastur didn't linger, dispersing his light incarnation and disappearing from Trunsoest's sight.

"The stars, what kind of mysterious existence are you?" Trunsoest gazed at the starry sky for a long time.

The Arbiter pathway was different from the Black Emperor pathway. His revival couldn't be like Solomon's return as the Black Emperor, forcibly reclaiming his uniqueness and three Sequence 1 characteristics.

He needed to recover his own extraordinary characteristics and authority one by one. Now, he was a true god without all his extraordinary characteristics, merely an angel king.

However, the uniqueness was inherently his. Given time, he would be able to reclaim the other three Sequence 1 characteristics of the Hand of Order, and with the uniqueness in the bronze book of Trunsoest, he would ascend to godhood once more.

...

In the Hall of Stars, Hastur appeared relaxed. Reviving Trunsoest's consciousness didn't deplete much of his spiritual power, as he was far from being comparable to the God Almighty.

Thinking of the God Almighty, Hastur frowned slightly. This old fox was deeply hidden.

Reviving from the Sea of Chaos, at least controlling most of its essence, if a real fight broke out, the True Creator might not gain the upper hand.

Otherwise, the True Creator wouldn't have retreated so decisively back then. It was out of fear that he chose to leave.

But the God Almighty chose to hide in the depths of the Sea of Chaos, feigning weakness, clearly not wanting to attract attention to himself.

His claim of balancing Adam and the True Creator was just a facade. He wanted the stars to clash fiercely with Adam and the True Creator, to uncover all the secrets of the stars.

Only when Adam and the True Creator were at a disadvantage would he strike, reclaiming their authority and fully awakening himself.

For beings of his level, awakening meant something Hastur couldn't fully understand. After all, in the original work, the God Almighty's consciousness only briefly awakened in the Dark Angel Sasrir before being crushed, showing no particularly special traits.

The Lord of Mysteries directly awakened in Klein's body, which wasn't very informative either.

But one thing was certain: when they awakened, they couldn't fully reclaim their authority. Otherwise, Amon, the dual-pathway true god, would have been drained by the Lord of Mysteries' awakening, unable to entangle with Klein.

The Ancient Sun God's awakening also involved reclaiming his authority through wars.

From this perspective, the God Almighty would eventually strike against Adam and the True Creator, as they were destined enemies.

"Haha, hiding in the Sea of Chaos waiting for the right moment, let's see if you can stay calm when the Lord of Mysteries begins to awaken."

Hastur muttered to himself and stopped thinking about the God Almighty.

He had another task to attend to. It was time for the Intis Republic to join the fray.

In the Feneport Kingdom, the domain of the Mother Earth, your anchor of faith is dwindling.

...

In the Intis Republic, the Eternal Blazing Sun Church received a divine oracle today.

Pope Ross Hurley also received an oracle, but his was different from the others.

His oracle came from the new sun, while the others' came from the fallen sun.

This confirmed his belief that the true god of the Eternal Blazing Sun was in a dire situation, with his authority being continuously encroached upon.

A false god was secretly altering the faith of the entire Eternal Blazing Sun Church.

Time was running out for him and the entire church.

Fortunately, this time, the purpose of both oracles was the same.

They both demanded that the Eternal Blazing Sun Church incite the Intis Republic to declare war on the Feneport Kingdom.