Chapter 351: The Fallen War God

Chapter 351: The Fallen War God

"Damn it! Damn that lord of the Mysterious!"

In Backlund, Bernadette and the Lamp God gazed into the distance where the divine battle was taking place, cursing in anger and frustration.

Just from the auras sensed, the Mother Tree of Desire and the Lord of the Stars had joined the fray tonight alongside the stars!

Not to mention the High-Dimensional Overlooker, who would surely join the chaos with his freedom of movement.

Among the members of the Star Council, only he couldn't participate in tonight's grand event, not even qualified to witness it firsthand!

It was infuriating!

Thinking about the next Star Council meeting, where the other members would discuss tonight's divine battle while he sat on the sidelines, unable to contribute and being mocked by the High-Dimensional Overlooker and the Lord of the Stars, made him feel extremely agitated. He even considered skipping the next meeting altogether.

But he also wanted to know exactly what happened tonight.

Such a dilemma!

The Lamp God shook his wishing lamp, jumping up and down, cursing continuously.

It was all because of that damned lord of the Mysterious! Without it, he wouldn't have to suffer so much humiliation!

For once, Bernadette didn't find the Lamp God's noise annoying; instead, she watched him with interest.

After a while, the Lamp God calmed down and snorted, "The Hidden Sage also joined the battle tonight. He has completely fallen out with the stars. You should be careful in the future, lest you get caught by the Hidden Sage."

"Tonight is a victory for the stars. He will only hide further away, not daring to appear before me again," Bernadette said, unconcerned about her situation.

The deterrence of the stars was enough to prevent the Hidden Sage from acting recklessly.

If he hid, that was fine. But if he appeared before her, wouldn't he fear the stars locking onto him and extracting his uniqueness and extraordinary characteristics?

Based on her understanding of the Hidden Sage, he would definitely hide, and hide far away.

"A true god only needs to glance at you to make you collapse."

"Then let him appear first," Bernadette said, glancing at the Lamp God again. "If things get really bad, I'll throw you out. With your abilities, you should be able to protect me for a while."

"Haha, I'm not interested."

"But I'm a follower of the stars. Don't you want to maintain a good relationship with them?"

"..."

The Lamp God said nothing more, feeling that Bernadette was gradually losing her reverence for him.

Bernadette looked at the now calm night sky and whispered, "Is tonight really over?"

"Not necessarily."

The Lamp God also looked up at the sky, his gaze fixed on the War God's divine kingdom.

If he were the everNight Goddess, he would seize this opportunity to infiltrate the War God's shattered divine kingdom and devour him!

"Do you think there will be more changes?"

"Perhaps the everNight Goddess will act. She..."

Before the Lamp God could finish his sentence, the once calm night sky changed again!

...

At the initial breach, the War God's divine kingdom, which had been heavily targeted by the stars, was now in ruins, with only remnants and smoldering war fires.

A giant clad in tattered, decaying armor, bathed in twilight, sat in pain and disbelief on an intact stone step.

A deep brown wooden staff had pierced through his heart from behind, madly absorbing his life force, dragging him back to the earth, back to his mother's embrace.

The owner of the staff, a plump lady with a giant's appearance, stood behind him, surrounded by withering flowers, grass, and shrubs, embodying the autumn season of decay.

The twilight giant wanted to turn and look at the plump lady he called mother, but he couldn't. He could only mutter a name: "Li... Li... Si?"

"You should return to the earth."

The plump lady spoke lightly, and in the next second, the expression on the twilight giant's face froze, and his body began to crumble.

Orange light clusters, the color of twilight, pierced through the dark world, falling to the vast earth.

Under the watchful eyes of the starry sky, a corner of twilight burned.

The light clusters, carrying the aura of twilight, crashed into mountains, collapsing them, or fell into densely populated cities, causing disasters far worse than meteor strikes.

Most fell into the sea, merging with the surviving sea creatures, giving birth to powerful and crazed monsters...

In a manor on the outskirts of Backlund, a small light cluster fell, turning the surrounding hundred miles into a twilight wasteland.

Bernadette and the Lamp God witnessed this scene, watching twilight collapse and dissipate under the night sky and stars.

"Is this the end of the War God?"

Watching from afar, Bernadette felt a chill spread from her heart to every part of her body.

Tonight, a god had fallen.

This was likely the first god to fall in the Fifth Epoch, the Iron Age.

He fell lightly from the starry sky, completely losing his breath.

Even a true god, one misstep could lead to their fall. As a Sequence 2, she was walking a tightrope, unable to afford even a half-step mistake.

Only now did she truly understand why the stars didn't let her save her father.

Even true gods were so fragile, let alone her.

"This is the fate of the foolish," the Lamp God commented.

"Foolish?"

"How else do you think the War God died?" The Lamp God scoffed.

If the War God hadn't been foolish, he could have stayed in his divine kingdom and avoided tonight's events, naturally surviving.

His fall was due to nothing but foolishness.

...

In the palace of the East Bylane Empire, South Continent.

Gregory, who was on a neighboring path to the War God, naturally saw the War God's end clearly.

He wasn't too surprised by the outcome; he had long told the War God that he would inevitably fall tonight.

Did he think he would be safe just because theeverNight Goddess didn't act?

Foolish.

He didn't need to guess; the War God's fall was definitely related to theeverNight Goddess, and the uniqueness of the War God's path would surely fall into her hands.

He would become the next target of the everNight Goddess.

Reviewing tonight's events, the everNight Goddess hadn't exerted much effort, indicating her initial target was the War God.

If the War God had successfully taken the uniqueness of the Death path from him tonight, he would have been wiped out by the everNight Goddess when he tried to devour this authority.

Thus, the everNight Goddess would only need the essence of the River of Eternal Darkness to ascend to the Old One.

Regardless of tonight's outcome, the everNight Goddess would at least gain one uniqueness of a neighboring path.

The only difference was whether he or the War God would fall.

He had seen the future through the power of the stars. If he hadn't come to the South Continent this time, he would have fallen before the War God.

"Star's protection."

Gregory sighed, then noticed Azik standing in the room.

"The War God has fallen?"

"Yes, he fell at the hands of the Earth Mother, or more accurately, died in the everNight Goddess's scheme."

Hearing this, Azik fell silent. He had a premonition tonight when he was alone with the everNight Goddess.

Indeed, the War God fell to the everNight Goddess.

The everNight Goddess was truly the most vigilant true god!

"I'll help you with a small problem."

In a good mood, Gregory touched Azik's forehead with the tip of his right wing, helping him stabilize his soul.

Tonight's actions by the everNight Goddess had somewhat affected Azik's soul.

But the everNight Goddess had left a part of her power, which Gregory used to help Azik stabilize his soul.

Even if the other half of his soul didn't return, he wouldn't lose his memory again, though he would still die and reincarnate when he reached a certain age.

"Thank you."

Azik took a deep breath, feeling a clarity and lightness he hadn't felt before.

From today, he no longer needed to carry the heavy past, able to live a new life, a simple life just for Azik.

"This is your deserved gift." Gregory returned to the table, feeling emotional. "If it were the old me, you wouldn't have had a choice today."

Azik felt the same, saying, "Living again always adds some humanity."

"Humanity? I don't need such human things. I just want to live differently." Gregory said, "Reborn, I've washed away the madness of the past, and my rationality has never been clearer."

Through this resurrection, he fully understood how to resist the growing madness.

Whenever his madness reached a critical point, he could be reborn through death, washing away the accumulated madness.

He didn't know if other gods had tried this, but perhaps this method was unique to the Death path.

If other true gods fell, even with some backup plans, they might still be backstabbed during resurrection.

Once a new true god of the same path appeared, they would be completely fallen.

But this wasn't his concern.

After all, the stars watched over everything and would naturally watch over their followers.