Chapter 743
Argyris Begins His Struggle
The more the Abyss's Will thought about it, the more convinced it was that its ideas were correct.
[While this conclusion still carries a disturbing shock, is it normal for an emerging power to cultivate two transcendent beings and possess such technology in such a short period of time?]
But after ruling out all other possibilities, this became the only logical explanation.
[After the initial shock came a mixture of rage at being fooled and a thrill of discovering the truth and finding a clear objective.]
At least, the enemy is no longer a vague shadow, but has a identifiable name.
【The Red Heart Society!】
[And the incredibly powerful figure behind him.]
Having realized this, the will of the abyss acted without hesitation.
He knew that, on its own, the Abyss was not entirely confident in facing an opponent capable of nurturing transcendent beings, possessing advanced spatial technology, and operating with unpredictable movements.
We must also bring our allies, especially the will of the spirit world, on board.
[Therefore, He immediately contacted the will of Hell and the will of the Spirit Realm, who were on high alert in their respective territories, and shared this astonishing discovery with them in detail, using irrefutable evidence and rigorous logical deduction.]
Finally, He emphasized the commonality and urgency of the threat.
[For the will of the abyss, this is indeed good news, forcing the spirit world and hell to bind themselves more closely to Him.]
Because a common, clear, and powerful enemy has emerged, capable of uniting the three great worlds.
In August of the Extraordinary Calendar 2136, the Crimson Heart Society retreated into the depths of the Star Abyss, entering a deeper period of dormancy and development.
[While the Three Realms were still processing the truth about the fourth force, a sudden and bloody storm erupted within the Spirit Realm's territory.]
Ye Lingtian, a veteran of the Red Heart Society who had long since ingrained the rules of killing into his very bones, fulfilled his vow to prove his path through slaughter, and single-handedly plunged into the Spirit Realm.
Instead of choosing the periphery, he went straight for a vital star region in the spirit realm—a region with relatively concentrated faith and strong defenses, but not a core area.
His fighting style was ferocious and efficient; the pure rules of slaughter manifested as a tangible storm of blood.
Wherever it went, the spirit realm's guards, priests, and even the low-ranking true gods who were stationed there crumbled and perished before that murderous will that disregarded defense and directly targeted the very essence of life.
He stirred up a storm in the spirit world not to conquer, but to hone himself to the extreme, forcing himself to advance deeper into the rules of slaughter amidst life-or-death struggles and surrounded by powerful enemies.
His actions were both a provocation and a weakening of the spirit realm, and a brutal self-cultivation process.
[Meanwhile, the will of the spirit world erupted in fury, mobilizing a massive army.]
[Just as He was about to personally lower a portion of His will to lock onto Ye Lingtian's aura, intending to kill this audacious intruder and strip him of the killing rules within him that even He felt a slight apprehension about, an unexpected change occurred.]
The Star Demon God, who had long maintained a secret connection with Ye Lingtian, seized the opportunity and directly activated the Star Teleportation Mark that he had pre-placed on Ye Lingtian.
Just as the power of the spirit realm's will was about to encircle them, Ye Lingtian's figure suddenly blurred amidst the blood-red light of slaughter.
[Then, enveloped by a dazzling starlight spanning the void, it was transported back and vanished from the Spirit Realm, leaving behind a scene of devastation and the enraged will of the Spirit Realm.] [This attack and perfect withdrawal once again confirmed the Red Heart Society's superior mobility and coordinated combat capabilities, and also confirmed the Three Realms' speculation that the Star Demon God had recovered some of his combat power and was deeply cooperating with the Red Heart Society.]
In February of the Extraordinary Calendar 2284, inspired by Ye Lingtian's successful trials and survival against all odds, and also due to the Red Heart Society's retreat to the depths of the Star Abyss and the temporary easing of external pressure, Agris and Wang Meng also left the Red Heart Society and began their adventures across the universe.
Like Ye Lingtian, they were not content with slowly accumulating power within the relatively safe Star Abyss base.
These two masters of rules believed that they, too, needed to experience the extreme pressure of life-or-death battles, just like Ye Lingtian, to verify their own path, to find their own true meaning, to break through their current bottlenecks, and to launch an assault on higher levels.
[Aglaus, in particular, felt an especially strong sense of urgency.]
Looking back on the past and witnessing the future, He abhorred His own weakness.
[In the final moments of the previous timeline, faced with the crushing force of the world's will and the collapse of civilization, the insignificance of individual power deeply stung Him.]
It is conceivable that, given the irreconcilable conflict between the Red Heart Society and the Three Realms, the future will inevitably be a war on the level of transcendent beings, on the scale of a great world.
[At that time, what role will I, a rule-fighting god who is still in the second tier, play in that level of competition?]
[I'm afraid they don't even qualify to be important pawns.]
Even if one were to burn everything in a desperate act, like the Demon God did in the previous timeline, the brief burst of power would only barely reach the combat strength of a top-tier true god, and still wouldn't be able to truly influence the course of the battle.
Faced with the will of the world, such power is still nothing but an ant!
This realization was intolerable to the proud Agris.
Therefore, He wanted to step out of the relatively comfortable environment and resource protection provided by the Red Heart Society, and to fight!
[Strive hard!]
[On the most dangerous and unpredictable battlefields of the universe, forged in blood and fire, one must push oneself to the limit, either transcending the battlefield and touching upon higher rules, or falling like a warrior on the journey.]
Wang Meng shared a similar belief; he too wanted to become stronger on his path to becoming a fighting god.
The departure of these two war gods signifies that the Red Heart Society's top combat forces are consciously and proactively dispersing across the globe, using war to sustain war and honing their skills through battle. This is both a personal pursuit and may also weave a broader strategic network in the future.
In October of the Extraordinary Calendar 2366, after a thousand years of silent accumulation and rapid development deep within the Star Abyss, the Red Heart Society's headquarters finally witnessed the dawn of a qualitative change triggered by the quantitative change in its vast human resource reserves.
The Red Heart Society, having accumulated a vast number of rule-based demigods over millennia, is now entering a period of explosive growth.
Thanks to its well-established selection system, advanced educational technology, and the inheritance of knowledge from the future, the number of members within the Red Heart Society who have reached the demigod level has begun to grow exponentially after a period of accumulation.
Countless elites, through diligent study and practice in their respective fields, have ignited their divine flames and crossed the threshold of demigodhood after accumulating sufficient knowledge and insights.
Within the Red Heart Society's base and numerous affiliated training worlds and rule-based secret realms deep within the Star Abyss, fluctuations of rule breakthroughs rise and fall.
Although the commotion of each newly ascended demigod is not as grand as that of a true god's ascension, when their numbers begin to emerge in the tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands, or even millions, the resulting tide of rules and the grandeur of civilization are equally magnificent. (End of Chapter)