Chapter 612
Discovering the Location of the Goddess of Night
In August of 1662 in the Extraordinary Calendar, the Crimson Heart Society experienced an unprecedented and explosive expansion.
[Thanks to the continuous victories in divine wars, the brutal purge of the rebels, and the astonishing harvest from hunting down the incarnations of the Great World's Will.]
[A vast amount of pure divine resources, fragments of the origin of rules, fragments of unclaimed divine essence, and rare substances condensed with boundless divinity were efficiently injected into the sophisticated civilization engine of the Red Heart Society, like an inexhaustible torrent.]
Nourished by these abundant resources and catalyzed by the mature promotion system accumulated over millennia by the Red Heart Society, the organization has ushered in a golden age of explosive growth in the number of Rule Demigods and Rule True Gods.
Every day, new demigods are born through observing the origin or through sudden enlightenment.
Every few years, some demigods, with deep roots and sufficient accumulation of knowledge, successfully ignite the divine fire and step into the realm of true gods.
The elite fighting force of the Red Heart Society is becoming increasingly formidable and unfathomable at a visible pace.
The shadows of the Star Abyss can no longer conceal the ever-shining brilliance of this organization.
In September of 1672, a revolutionary breakthrough, capable of overturning the entire system of advancement to extraordinary beings, was born in the hands of Zhou Mo, an elder of the Red Heart Society.
He firmly grasped the momentous insight he had when he ascended to the second tier of Rule Star Gods.
He deeply integrated his mastery of the vast stellar rules with his lifelong, masterful mastery of array formations.
After years of deduction and trial and error, a vast and sophisticated super formation, containing the profound principles of the universe and stars, has finally taken initial shape in his hands.
Zhou Mo named it the Star Array!
The core essence of this grand formation lies in its ability to draw upon and transform the immense power and rhythmic rules of the universe and its stars.
[This provides an unprecedented shortcut to enlightenment for those extraordinary individuals who are stuck at the peak of the ninth level of cultivation and struggling to comprehend the fundamental rules on their own.]
It doesn't forcibly instill rules, but rather creates a highly realistic resonance field of stellar rules, allowing ninth-level professionals within it to more clearly perceive the rule path they excel at.
Thus, when a certain opportunity arises, the flame of demigodhood is ignited.
But beneath this epoch-making dawn lingered a chilling shadow.
During the initial trials with volunteers, Zhou Mo solemnly discovered a fatal flaw in the Star Array.
[Because the simulated stellar rules were too profound and mysterious, or perhaps because his own understanding of the ultimate mysteries of the Dao was still slightly flawed, the stability and security of the grand formation's operation suffered serious problems.]
[A significant number of the peak ninth-level experts who participated in the experiment, while attempting to comprehend the true essence of the stellar rules through the power of the formation, not only failed to resonate with them but also triggered a terrifying backlash from the rules.]
The immense stellar power, without guidance, surged like an out-of-control cosmic torrent, instantly overwhelming the mental and physical bodies of these powerful individuals.
[At best, one suffers severe physical injuries; at worst, one's soul faces collapse.]
Despite the Red Heart Society's highly advanced life science technology, these injuries and spiritual issues are not problems.
However, the moment the treatment begins, the insights gained from the Star Array will be instantly interrupted.
Therefore, this means the Star Array was essentially useless.
What's even more worrying is that the probability of such a backlash is alarmingly high.
Zhou Mo knew that this was far from a simple technical flaw.
If this fatal flaw cannot be completely resolved, the Star Array will not bring good news, but merely a very ordinary technological innovation.
But Zhou Mo's conviction was unwavering; he understood the strategic significance of this grand formation better than anyone else.
Once it is perfected to a stable and secure state, and reaches a level where it can be widely adopted, the Red Heart Society will use this formation to completely shatter the insurmountable barrier of rule-based demigods that stands before all living beings.
At that time, the dream of all Chixin members becoming demigods of the rules will no longer be an unattainable one, but a tangible reality.
What a world-shaking, civilization-rewriting era that demigod era would be!
The sense of mission brought about by this grand blueprint drove Zhou Mo to devote himself even more selflessly to research and improvement.
[In March of the Extraordinary Calendar 1712, Wang Meng, an elder of the Red Heart Society and a True God of Rules, was conducting a routine inspection of a vast territory recently brought under his control, located deep within the Star Abyss.] [This region possesses an exceptionally complex spatial structure, filled with chaotic currents of rules and remnants of energy from distant star systems, making it highly susceptible to interference.]
Just as Wang Meng's divine sense swept across a distorted nebula like a sophisticated radar, an extremely faint yet uniquely cold and profound aura pierced his core of perception like a fine needle.
This aura was so faint as to be almost negligible. Any other True God of Rules would most likely attribute it to an energy illusion or perceptual delusion common in the Star Abyss.
But who is Wang Meng?
His pupils contracted sharply the instant he caught that faint aura, and even the core of his divine essence deep within his body resonated and trembled uncontrollably.
This is the aura of the Goddess of the Night!
This understanding did not stem from meticulous logical analysis, but rather from an instinctive memory imprinted deep within his soul and divinity, spanning more than one time and space.
In those past times long since lost to the river of time, the relationship between Wang Meng and this mysterious goddess was far more than a simple one of enmity or alliance.
He was once her devoted follower, succumbing to her dark allure even before becoming a god.
After he ascended to godhood, the two engaged in countless candid exchanges that transcended the boundaries of friend and foe, delving into the depths of the soul and the rules.
[Those shifting postures in the endless darkness, the intertwined rules, the ultimate experience of exploring the mysteries of divinity together]
[In this process, he had already engraved the other party's aura, rhythm, and even the unique fluctuations of their soul into every particle of his own being.]
Therefore, even a fleeting wisp of darkness, fainter than stardust, was enough to explode in his heart like a thunderclap.
He will never admit his mistake!
Having identified his target, Wang Meng did not immediately pounce on him like a raging fire.
His combat wisdom outweighed his urge to pursue.
【Goddess of the Night!】
This being, renowned for his mystery and immense fortune, was once a third-tier true god in the spirit world.
After the initial repair work, they become the second tier.
Having lurked in the shadowy land of Star Abyss, a place brimming with both opportunity and danger, for so many years, who knows what astonishing adventures she has encountered?
If luck were to smile upon her and she were to find a few fragments of the Great World's origin or some lost inheritance, thus advancing to the first tier of True Gods of Rules, Wang Meng wouldn't be surprised at all.
As one of the people who knows the Dark Goddess best, Wang Meng is genuinely impressed by her incredible luck.
To rashly pursue a top-tier Dark God of the Night faction, whose strength and trump cards are unknown, and who is equally skilled in stealth and assassination, is tantamount to courting death.
Without the slightest hesitation, Wang Meng's divine sense instantly traversed the layers of star-abyss barriers, precisely connecting with the most trustworthy member of the Red Heart Society.
[My colleague, and also the strongest combatant currently available in the Star Abyss base, Agris!]
Soon, Agrelius arrived.
[This elder of the Red Heart Society, a first-tier Rule God, traversed space at top speed and appeared beside Wang Meng.]
Two core pillars of the Red Heart Society, who have endured countless trials of blood and fire and fought side by side across multiple timelines, reunite once more against the dark backdrop of the Star Abyss.
There were no unnecessary pleasantries, only the burning fighting spirit in each other's eyes and an unspoken understanding.
Wang Meng raised his hand, and a barely perceptible trace of the Goddess of the Night's residual aura was precisely extracted and amplified from his fingertip.
Aglios merely nodded slightly after seeing this.
The next moment, after gathering his energy, he unleashed a devastating attack towards the location of the Goddess of the Night. (End of Chapter)