บท 419: Lord God
"Lord God, also called God Space, Reincarnation Hall, or Samsara Temple. There are two forms of Lord God: a species or an object. The species is born in the void and have the innate ability to travel to the Omniverse.
"By disturbing a world's plot or set destiny, they can draw a bit of the world's source to increase their power. As such, Lord Gods usually capture ordinary people and send them to different universes with missions and rewards.
"Because of Primordial Earth, there are many projections of Earth across the Omniverse. The Lord God usually picked people from these projected Earths because some have high potential because of the connection to Primordial Earth and their knowledge of the plot.
"When it comes to the object of Lord God, they also like to choose people from Earth as their owner–albeit this rule is not absolute."
Edward read the information, and much of the information was things he had already theorized and could finally have concrete proof. For example, he learned all God Space had the ability to steal a timeline and hide from the Universe's Will.
However, there is a difference between powerful and weak ones. Powerful Lord Gods will reset the timeline after stealing from the World Source and repeat the process; they're like leeches who will not give up after taking a bite.
Meanwhile, weaker Lord Gods cannot reset the timeline, so they have to steal another timeline once they mess up the plot of one.
Edward squinted his eyes as he remembered a story he had read during his light novel phase. It was about a young man who discovered a God Space Artifact and used it to become a supreme being.
Because of his weak strength, that young man could not completely use the artifact's power, so he had to participate in missions like everybody else to reach the top. Of course, he had many advantaged that others had since he was essentially the boss. Furthermore, the other "reincarnators" he chose to help were gathering World Source for him without them knowing.
And as that person gets more powerful, he gains more and more control of the artifact.
Edward sent Rowena and Luna on a mission across the multiverse to search for a weak Lord God, and the watch they discovered is another sign of a weak Lord God. Powerful Lord God will eliminate anyone who spies on their "reincarnator" and will not leave any proof connecting to them.
Edward plans to send a clone into the God Space and become a reincarnator. Then, from the inside, plan a way to steal the artifact and become its master. With it, Omniversal Travel will become easier. He won't have to rely on the Akashic Record; he can acquire World Source and study the Artifact to recreate it on his own.
"World Source," he muttered. As the name implies, it is the source of energy of the universe. It's why life exists, why planets and other celestial bodies can be formed, or even the rules can exist. The amount of World Source determined the universe's size, its space's stability, and the highest Tier any creature can reach. It's also one of the factors determining the Willpower level required for an Archmage to wield the power of rules.
'There should be Lord God in one of the parallel timelines of this universe. If I plan correctly, I might be able to pick at their secrets and even get my hands on some world source.'
He interacted with World Source two times in his journey: the first was when he took the rules of Space-Time and Death from the Full Metal Alchemist World. By then, he caught a small part of World Source, which was fused with the Time and Death Staff. Regrettably, he knew nothing about it back then, so most of it dissipated and returned to the world.
The second was when he stole an entire timeline from the Black Clover World and took a small portion of World Source. Since then, he has been studying this strange and all-encompassing power. Based on preliminary data, this power can do everything: increase mana, aura, and all forms of energy he knew. It could heal the hidden damage of Rowena's Void Experiments and increase talent.
Edward suspects its power can break the limit of the soul, but he has not done enough research yet to determine the validity of this conjecture. However, if it is true, he has a way of dealing with the soul limitation. His plan is for arcanists to help the universe in some simple form, and Cronai will grant them some World Source to break their limit.
'Although this method has a high chance of success, it's only applicable as long as we have a good relationship with Cronai. Once things become sour, the entire Arcane Civilization will suffer. So, let's label it as Solution B for now.'
He still needed to find a way to break the Soul Limit, and hopefully, something in this world will help. Otherwise, he can only deal with the problem after going to the next world: Marvel Cinematic Universe.
Edward has no plan to go to the Marvel Comic Universe until he is Tier 12. And even then, he will be extremely cautious.
'Let's prepare to find the stolen timelines.'
Rowena and Luna have data on doing such a thing, but the problem is finding the correct timeline with a weak Lord God. This will require some time and effort.
"Before then, let's test my new power.'
He disappeared and instantly teleported to another galaxy hundred of thousand light years away.
'This is not my limit,' he thought as he teleported again, traveling more than five galaxies away. Edward controlled the Rules of Time and continued to teleport further and further.
"I have always wanted to see the end of time but was very restrained in my universe. Let's try in this place.'
Edward pushed the boundary of his powers and traveled to the end of the universe where there was no time, no space, no matter–only him.
"What a beautiful yet horrifying sight," he muttered as he watched it happen. His understanding of the universe increased, including its rules and machination, space-time, death, and even destruction and rebirth.
The experience was both a spiritual awakening and a learning experience. His soul sublimated, and his spiritual energy drastically increased, reaching close to the limit of Tier 8.
On instinct, Edward went to the time of this universe's birth, completing this spiritual awakening. His spiritual energy finally reached its limit.
Edward sighed before returning to the lab. Because of the wonder he experienced and the sudden increase, his spiritual energy leaked, alerting the others to rush to his lab, thinking something had gone wrong.
"What happens? Are you alright?" asked Tsunade.
"Sorry, I was mesmerized, so I lost control."
"Mesmerize? Which women can make you lose control? I would love to see her."
"What woman? I just experienced the birth and death of the universe."
"Birth and death? Are you saying you travel forward and backward in time to see how our universe was born and died?" asked Tobirama.
"Time is not linear, but you can understand it as such."
Tobirama was speechless. Every time he thinks he has grasped this man's power, something shows him all his overestimation still underestimates this man.
"So, how did our universe end?" asked Orochimaru. "Is it natural or man-made?"
"Both. The Otsutsuki God tried to swallow the universe to achieve ultimate power and transcendence. However, he failed and died due to the backlash. However, his actions also destroyed most of the universe, accelerating its natural death.
"Less than a million years after his action, the universe died."
While traveling the river of time, he saw many things.
"Wait, doesn't that mean the universe will end soon?" asked Tsunade. She had heard of this so-called God from Edward and knew he was alive.
"Not for another 3.7 billion years. By then, the Otsutsuki's plans would be complete, and they will try."
"Why do I feel that's not a long time?"
"In the grand scheme of things, it's not," replied Edward. "Alright, I need some space to calm down."
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บท 420: Orochimaru's Ambitions
Edward began to record and write out theories. After seeing the birth and destruction of the universe, he now had a deeper understanding of many things: space-time, matter, soul, creation, destruction, quantum physics, mathematics, and many others. He even glimpsed some truths about the Void.
With Morgana's help, his brain was on overdrive, operating faster than a quantum computer. As such, he spent the next three months ignoring everything, focusing on his theories, and testing them out. He recorded all his thoughts while also writing many theorems–both magical and non-magical.
Thousands of holographic screens float before him, full of mathematical formulas and runes designs. And these were not all of them, only the most important ones.
"What a wonderful experience," commented Morgana, talking about their accomplishment these past three months and watching the universe's birth and death.
"Indeed," nodded Edward, who felt today's experience would benefit him until Tier 12, maybe even 12. He waved his hand to show two screens before him. Both were papers he had written with two titles:
[Primordial Runes and their relationship with Ancient Runes.]
[The Possibility of Origin Runes Existing.]
These two theories could lead to an upgrade of his Arcane Rune System. And once that happens, everything else in the Empire will upgrade–especially Artificers.
'Is a title above Divine Artificers? I will find out soon.' Edward felt it was the best decision to come to this world.
"Who would have thought mages could have epiphanies like in the cultivation novels," commented Edward with a sigh.
"People have epiphanies all the time, master. Hence the reason the word exists." Newton discovered gravity after watching an apple fall: this is an example of epiphany. Although Morgana knew this story was not true, throughout history, many scientists have made groundbreaking discoveries after observing nature or because of an accident.
"You know what I meant."
"I know, but I feel you are sometimes too influenced by these novels."
Edward shrugged his shoulder. "Anyway, how are your injuries?"
"Almost heal. I should be able to contact home after a while."
"Alright, let's go check on the other people."
Edward called a meeting with everyone on the team, but some people were absent, mainly Tsunade and Tobirama. A while ago, the war ended, and the golems began re-establishing order in the world. They needed to build schools and spread knowledge and propaganda about the Empire to make it easier for the Ninjas to integrate.
Tobirama and Tsunade wanted to help the Leaf with the transition and negotiate some benefits for their village. As for their research, it ended months ago and could not continue since Edward did not have access to Otsutsuki with Tier 7 to 8.
After walking into the room, he immediately noticed Orochimaru and Kabuto had mana inside their bodies instead of Chakra, and the amount was close to Tier 4. He guessed they succeeded in transferring their Chakra into mana.
"I see you guys have transferred," he said to those two. "How is it, being an Arcanist?"
"Excellent, thank you, your highness, for this opportunity," said Kabuto. Edward's eyes squinted slightly; he could tell this shady-looking man had escaped the fate of being Orochimaru's shadow. And by the way, he casually called him your highness, he's accepted his role pretty quickly.
"Good. With your mindset, you'll quickly adapt and thrive in the Empire," said Edward with a smile. "What about you, snake-tongue?"
"Too much to learn," replied Orochimaru, not minding the named calling. He spent the past few months with the clones and knew of the latter's carefree personality.
"Too much to learn?" asked Edward baffled, before thinking of something. "You always wanted to learn all Jutsus. Don't tell me you also want to learn all spells or magical knowledge?"
Orochimaru remained quiet, making Edward speechless. "I thought I was arrogant, but you're on another level. That's simply an impossible task."
"I've been trying to persuade Lord Orochimaru, but he would not listen," said Kabuto. One of the clones told them to choose specific fields to focus on, even if they wanted to be a Master of All Trades. So, he chose the soul, body, and bloodline modification. Meanwhile, Orochimaru had an insatiable thirst for knowledge and wanted to know everything.
"Your goal is simply impossible from a practical stands point," said Edward. "Your soul is limited and cannot bear such vast knowledge. Furthermore, Arcanists value knowledge more than their life. So, I often have to entice them to share their research. And even then, I probably hold about 70% of the Empire's knowledge in my hands.
"As for you? You are allowed unlimited access to my library because you're a special recruit to the Empire. Once we return, you also have to start paying for high-level access. So, your ambitions are nothing but dreams."
"I have fully figured out these things in the past month," said Orochimaru. "But I still want to try."
Edward pondered for a moment, "All-knowing, the path of Omniscient. It's not like you don't have a chance."
Orochimaru's eyes brightened. "Please enlighten me."
"If you want to have a chance, you need to become a Legendary Arcanist and control Conceptual Magic–[Knowledge Authority], to be precise."
"Legendary Arcanist? Conceptual Magic?" Orochimaru had never heard these terms in the database he had access to. "How would I accomplish that?"
"That's classified information of the highest level, so I can't tell you," said Edward. "However, I can tell you difficult this path is. In all the Empire, I'm the only Legendary Arcanist, and I only succeeded through a lucky opportunity after coming to this place.
"In my universe, I am probably the only magic wielder with this achievement. And if there are others, the number won't be more than five." Edward did not know about other planes, but his conjecture about the Cosmic God Plane was probably accurate.
Orochimaru's heart trembled. He has read the Empire's history and this man's legendary exploits and accomplishments. Although he knew much of it was embellished to make him look better, he could still notice Edward's overwhelming talent and ability.
Even amongst all the geniuses competing in the Empire, this man is like a bright star that outshines everyone else.
'If his talent is the requirement to become a Legendary Arcanist…' Orochimaru did not want to think about it.
"Of course, you have an advantage," he continued. "I will one day make the requirement to become a Legendary Arcanist public. I have even begun creating methods for arcanists to have a clear and widespread method. So, it's only a matter of time before Legendary Arcanists are more common."
The snake tongue man breathed in relief. There was hope for him.
"Or, you could use an alternative path."
"Oh?"
"Become a God and wield the [Knowledge Authority.] Although you would have to kill the current Tier 10 God that wields such authority, this might be a better path than waiting until you become a Legendary Arcanist."
Orochimaru had a look of helplessness. He did not know how long it would take or even whether he would ever be capable of killing a Tier 10. It could be possible one day once he has a Floating City.
However, the path of Godhood was not appealing to him–at least, not after seeing the Arcane Path. He has read some basic information about Gods and how the Empire described them as parasitic lifeform that depends on faith for their powers and immortality.
With his intelligence, he detected the bias and aversion the information had against Gods. Regardless, he also felt it was inappropriate to become a God, given all the restraints and limitations. Perhaps the former him would jump at such a chance, but not his current self.
"Okay, don't talk about these things since you're only a little Tier 3 Arcanist. Even with your talent and Chakra foundation, you have a long way ahead of you," said Edward before looking at his clones.
"How are the research results?"
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