Chapter 523: A Series of Operations 0-8
Translator: CKtalon Editor: - -
"World, Ti, and Fate. These three holy trees are divine items and have the powers of the heavens. They are existences on the sa level as the Transcendence Holy Tree. The Transcendence Holy Tree's heritage power was split into hundreds of thousands of portions and then bestowed upon the D'ya clan."
"And just this amount of heritage power was sufficient to create the Transcendents, Infernals, and Celestials. Furthermore, it gave the Transcendents the 'Transcendental Nine Transformations', the Infernal King the 'Devil Transformation', and the Celestial King the 'Divine God Descent'."
"Just one in a several hundred thousands of the holy tree's heritage power already contained such divine might. As for the World, Ti and Fate holy trees, they had only chosen one inheritor after they were destroyed. Their entire heritage power was bestowed onto one person. The amount of heaven-defying power that the inheritor would receive is sothing I cannot fathom."
The Infernal Queen said softly, "But just now, you ntioned Dawn Li and said a particular sentence—'it was not simple for the Ti Tree to expend its energy to make two different tis on the sa world line cross'. Furthermore, you said that I had forcefully expelled Dawn Li before the world line changed, but I have no mory of that."
"Legends say that the Ti Tree is the physical manifestation of the laws of ti. Clearly, that is the power of the Ti Tree. By crossing ti from three thousand years ago to present day, causing two different tis to change at the sa ti, resulting in the world line to change. Such a fascinating matter can only be accomplished by the similarly fascinating laws of ti."
"And upon careful consideration, Dawn Li from three thousand years ago is the strongest person in human history and she was the only person in history to have severely injured the Original Sin of Calamity. She was the king of heroes that had set up a faction which nearly finished the Seven Deadly Sins."
"Although she was regretfully defeated and killed by the Original Sin of Calamity, her strength far exceeded that of humans. Therefore, I guessed that the Hero King, Dawn Li, is the inheritor of the Ti Tree!"
The Infernal Queen elaborated her analysis and finally ca to the conclusion that 'Dawn Li was the inheritor of Ti'. She had no evidence to her guess but her logic was sound and reasonable.
Kali remained silent. She never expected the Infernal Queen to be so clever that just an accidental reveal of information was sufficient for her to gather all the scattered pieces of information to infer beyond what was available. Furthermore, it did not seem like she had reached her limit.
The Infernal Queen's eyes were bright as she looked radiant and gorgeous. She seed to feel joy from her 'inference' as she continued analyzing, "Since the world lines have changed, my mories were changed. However, yours were not affected, and did that allow you to easily determine the powers of the 'Ti Tree'?"
"Furthermore, I was previously extrely suspicious over how you were able to easily repress the Nine Revolutions Transcendental Tower's nomological power. Why were you able to move through the spatial barriers so easily and why the light and darkness you emit prevent from having any hopes of resistance. An answer could explain all these questions—it's because you are the inheritor of the World Tree."
"The World Tree and the Ti Tree's inheritors are at the sa level or the sa type of existence. Hence, they are not affected by the laws of the world that are above the laws of ti."
"Hence, you are not restricted by space and you can ignore spatial laws. As for the light and darkness, the reason why you are able to make fear it so much is because they are part of the four main branches of the laws of the world—Creation and Annihilation laws. As the assessnt program was created using simple and unskillful Creation laws, you who possess Annihilation laws can easily annihilate , resulting in my innate fear."
The Infernal Queen inferred to the next stage and her inference was shockingly accurate. It left Kali montarily unable to respond.
She was indeed the inheritor of the World Tree and she was in control of the four laws of the world—Creation, Annihilation, Restoration, and Destruction. With a simple thought, she could create all sorts of things and summon teors to crash from the sky. Annihilating a created object like the Infernal Queen was extrely simple.
Kali fell into a prolonged silence before saying, "Your guesses are just hypotheses that aren't convincing at all."
The Infernal Queen's guesses were after all without evidence. It was just a shot in the dark. If any part of it was wrong, everything else would crumble.
"Darling once said that once an assumption is used, one has to be firm about one's assumption or every step along the way would be difficult. I believe my assumption and inference even if there is a lack of evidence and how unconvincing it is."
The Infernal Queen declared 'Shi Xiaobai's wise words'. She was still rather impressed by the human boy for he was able to tie so many gas of chess with her. Furthermore, he had even won a round of 'Aeroplane Chess' that was the greatest test of intelligence. His intelligence was redoubtable and his logic was usually very reasonable.
Kali did not rebut her and instead nodded in approval. She obviously kept every 'wise word' of Shi Xiaobai to heart. Although it was said by the Infernal Queen, the logic was Shi Xiaobai's, so it was definitely very reasonable.
The Infernal Queen's eyes were squinted as she continued the topic by saying, "Dawn Li possessed the power of the Ti Tree so she was able to let ti cross and result in the change of world lines."
"Due to the 'laws of balance', the changed world line would result in altering the relevant mories of others regarding the Ti Tree inheritor; hence, I have already forgotten the matter. And you, being the World Tree's inheritor, you are an existence on the sa level as Dawn Li, so it can be explained if you are unaffected by it."
"However…why is Darling not affected as well? I rember that back when Darling woke up at the Infernal King chambers, he had inquired about Dawn Li. He had also asked about there being four trial-takers that had reached the eighth level in the past and about the Hero King."
"They were strange questions that left baffled but I didn't put too much thought on them. Now, on careful thought, it's because Darling had maintained his mories before the change in the world line!"
"You ntioned that Dawn Li was forcefully expelled by and because of the crossing in ti, what I did at this node in ti had interfered with the ti node of three thousand years ago. Dawn Li, who should have reached the eighth level, did not go past the seventh level because of ."
"The laws of balance had changed the relevant mories in order to maintain the balance of the world line. However, Darling was unaffected. He still rembered the history of the Hero King reaching the eighth level before the change in world lines! Why is Darling not affected? Clearly, he is the sa as you. He shares the sa level of existence as the inheritor of Ti!"
"My first guess is that the Original Sin of Calamity reincarnator is likely on the sa level as the inheritor of Ti, or it could even be a higher level of existence. However, there are too many contradictions in such a guess."
"The Original Sin of Calamity is the murderer of the World Tree and since you are the inheritor of the World Tree, you should have an irreconcilable vendetta with the Original Sin of Calamity reincarnator, so how can you beco lovers?"
"I find it unbelievable if it's said that you couldn't tell his identity. Hence, I had a second guess—an existence on the sa level as the Ti Tree other than you, can only be the Fate Tree's inheritor, isn't it?"
"And this guess perfectly answers a question in my heart—why have you been watching by the side and not taking any action until the final mont. At least, when Darling was inflicted with the Holy Tree Sin Poison, I believed that you would have directly saved him.
After all, there was nothing holding you back in any way. However, you remained watching by the side till the end, even though he was experiencing pain, regret, guilt and to the point of tearing. You never did anything."
"You once said that you and Darling are two trajectories that should never have crossed. If you were to be too tied to him, at the ti when you are separated, Darling's fate would be distorted because of you.
Therefore, you were satisfied by just watching him from afar. Back then, I believed that your love was great and submissive. But on careful thought, those words you said seem to have a deeper aning to them."
"At least, when Darling was inflicted with the Holy Tree Sin Poison, the aforentioned reasons were not sufficient for you to watch by the side. There had to be a deeper reason that forced you to ignore it until you had a reason compelling you to take action."
"From this reason, along with what you have said, I ca to a conclusion—You cannot interfere with Darling's fate because his fate is not an ordinary fate. It's a Fate that even the World can only watch from the side!"
"And an existence on the sa level as the Ti Tree, and to have a fate that you can only watch from the side, the only thing that fulfills both points is the inheritor of the Fate Tree!"
The Infernal Queen looked gorgeous at that mont as her beaming smile resembled beautiful flowers. The reason why she had constantly embroiled herself with Shi Xiaobai was that she had questions buried deep in her heart. Now, she felt relieved having said out everything.
The Infernal Queen chuckled and said, "If the inheritor of the Fate Tree is the only guess, then I wouldn't need to suffer such a headache. However, there is no way to explain Gluttony's characteristic. Darling also does not seem to have powers that the Fate Tree should have so I am unable to discern which of the two guesses is the correct one."
"I'm extrely curious about the answer to the question of Shi Xiaobai being the Original Sin of Calamity reincarnator or the inheritor of the Fate Tree. I believe you should know the answer. Can you tell ?"
Kali remained silent for a long while as she hesitated before she said slowly, "I can tell you the answer but the conversation will co to an end as I will annihilate you directly."
Freedom or annihilation was the the of the conversation, to begin with.
The Infernal Queen had paid the price of betraying the Transcendents and had 'given' the Transcendental heritage to Shi Xiaobai in order to gain the chance for this conversation.
However, she knew too much and she was too curious. There was no reason for Kali to give her the possibility of freedom anymore.
Curiosity killed the cat!
However, the Infernal Queen was bent on seeking death as she chuckled. "If a man in the morning hears the correct truth, he may die in the evening without regret! I'm willing to exchange my life for the answer!"
Kali was slightly surprised for she did not expect the Infernal Queen's choice. Her expression changed several tis before she finally sighed and said, "Alright, I'll tell you the answer."
The Infernal Queen's eyes lit up like a blazing inferno as she impatiently asked, "Is Shi Xiaobai the Original Sin of Calamity reincarnator or the inheritor of the Fate Tree?"
Kali shook her head and said, "Neither of them."
The Infernal Queen widened her eyes in disbelief.
Neither of them?
Could there be a third possibility?
Were all her guesses wrong?
No, it's impossible.
But there was no reason for Kali to lie to a person that was about to die.
What is the truth…?
The Infernal Queen asked through gritted teeth, "What is his actual identity?"
Kali slowly opened her mouth.
"Xiaobai's true identity is…"
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