"Your face looks wrong."

A cool voice sounded. Bella had somehow already walked up to him. Her brows were slightly furrowed, and there was a trace of concern in her eyes.

Aiden slowly opened his double-pupiled eyes. Dark-gold and pure white light intertwined deep in his eyes before finally fading into calm.

"I’m fine."

Aiden pushed himself up with his hands on his knees. His voice carried a faint hoarseness that was hard to notice.

"I just feel... a little empty."

It was not hunger in the body, but a loss on the level of laws and the soul.

Bella looked at him deeply but did not ask further.

She only slowly stretched out her fair, snow-white hand.

Buzz.

A gentle, pure, and non-aggressive divine glow of the Law of Light quietly bloomed in her palm, like a warm winter sun.

"Warm yourself first."

Bella’s words were short and simple. She gently pressed that pure God-King Rank light into Aiden’s palm.

Boom!

Aiden’s whole body shook.

That gentle Strength of light entered his body like spring rain carried by a soft wind. In an instant, it merged into the newly sprouted Law of Light inside him.

The 3% light seed, which had been weak and unstable, became completely steady at that moment.

Neither of them realized that this silent understanding had laid the strongest foundation for Aiden’s future control over three laws.

Inside the quiet chamber, the dark-gold divine thunder and the pure white holy light slowly faded.

Aiden clenched his fist and felt the vast Strength surging through his body like an endless sea.

The Law of Space was at a high level. The Law of Thunder was at a high level. The Law of Light had begun to sprout.

Intermediate Law Resonance had been formed. His battle power had already stepped into the threshold of an Intermediate God.

But his realm was still stuck at the peak of a Lesser God.

His law comprehension was at 47%.

He was only one step away from breaking through to Intermediate God.

Aiden looked toward the northern void. A cold light flashed in his double-pupiled eyes.

To cross the last 3%, bitter training alone would not be enough. He needed a complete change in the quality of his laws.

And the chance for that was his next target-

One of the Primordial Seven Pillars, the Pillar of Greed!

...

Inside the quiet chamber, the remaining force of the law storm had not yet fully faded. Dark-gold arcs of lightning still lingered in the void.

Aiden stood tall. The Law of Space and the Law of Thunder surged endlessly inside him like great rivers. The newly born seed of the Law of Light gave off an even warmer and vaster aura.

He was at the peak of Lesser God, but his battle power had already reached the level of an Intermediate God!

Before Aiden could carefully feel this sudden rise in Strength, the void above Celestial Imperial City suddenly twisted violently.

Buzz!

An indescribable wave of cause and effect passed straight through the powerful defensive divine array of Celestial Imperial City.

"Who is it?!"

A cold light flashed in Bella’s clear eyes. She raised her fair hand slightly, and her God-King Rank Law of Light instantly turned into countless holy sword feathers, locking down the twisted space.

However, the wave carried no intent to attack. Instead, it slowly gathered in midair and formed an ancient letter covered in flowing chaos energy.

On the letter, two words formed from pure law power felt as heavy as a mountain-

Aiden.

Aiden narrowed his double-pupiled eyes. He raised his hand, and the letter floated gently into his palm.

Boom!

The moment Aiden touched it, the letter burned on its own without fire and turned into a mysterious screen of light.

A man’s voice echoed through the quiet chamber. It was gentle and calm, yet it carried a supreme dignity, as if it looked down on all ages.

"Aiden, you now know who I am. You also know the secret of the system."

"There is no need to be surprised. This letter is a projection I left on the line of cause and effect. It will only be triggered when your battle power reaches the level of an Intermediate God."

"Now, you barely have the right to speak with me. I will give you three choices."

Inside the screen of light, laws intertwined and formed three huge dark-gold characters. They gave off a suffocating pressure.

"One, continue on your current path. Find and make contact with the remaining four Primordial Pillars by yourself. According to my calculations, that will take three to four years."

"Two, work with me. I will give you the locations of all the Primordial Pillars and the ways to contact them. Within one year, you can gather the Strength of the Seven Pillars. But the price is that you must accept my plan: actively trigger the Seven Pillars and use your own hands to push open that ’door.’"

"Three, if you reject me, I will trigger the Seven Pillars myself before you are ready and force that ’door’ open."

The voice was calm and unhurried, as if it were only stating a simple fact.

"Option three is the worst result for both you and me."

"But if I have no other choice, I will use it."

"Aiden, I hope you choose option one or option two."

As his voice fell, the screen of light completely shattered and turned into countless specks of light, fading into the air.

The quiet chamber fell into dead silence.

Whoosh! Whoosh!

Space rippled slightly, and Zoey and Jade appeared in the chamber at the same time.

Clearly, the wave of cause and effect that had pierced through the divine array had already alarmed these two core figures of Celestial Imperial City.

Aiden’s face showed no emotion. With a flick of his finger, he shared the divine memory image from the letter with everyone present.

After seeing the contents of the letter, a dangerous red light flashed wildly in Zoey’s mechanical eyes.

"Actively triggering the Seven Pillars... He’s insane! Once the impact of the primordial power goes out of control, the entire Earth will break apart in an instant!"

Jade pressed her hand against the green sword at her waist. Sword intent rose and fell in her Divine Eyes as she said coldly, "Option two is absolutely impossible. Working with him would be no different from seeking death."

Bella stood to the side, her moon-white dress moving slightly. Her cold voice echoed through the hall.

"Option three is his way of forcing us to make a decision. It looks like a threat, but in truth, he is showing us his bottom line."

"Correct."

Aiden stood with his hands behind his back. Dark-gold thunder and pure white holy light intertwined in his double-pupiled eyes, giving off a suffocating sense of nobility and dominance.

"Leon does not want to take the most extreme third path, so he has given me the greatest amount of time and space."

"Option two is not a real choice. Option one is the right path, and option three is the worst result."

Aiden turned his head. His gaze burned like fire as he stared straight at Jade, who was in charge of reading the secrets of heaven.

"But right now, I need to confirm one thing."

"Which timeline is faster: the one where I finish this alone, or the one where Leon triggers everything himself?"

Jade’s delicate body trembled slightly. She instantly understood what Aiden meant.

She took a deep breath. Her hands moved quickly, forming seals. In her Divine Eyes, sword intent and the laws of fate intertwined, turning into a vast star map.

Countless lines of cause and effect rushed across the star map. Each time they collided, they let out a thunderous roar.

Time passed second by second. Fine beads of sweat appeared on Jade’s forehead.

At last, the star map shattered and faded away. Jade opened her eyes, and they shone with shock and wild joy that she could not hide.

"Leon miscalculated one thing. He underestimated you, and he underestimated the power of the ’10,000x critical hit’ system even more!"

Jade’s voice trembled slightly with excitement.

"He thought it would take you three to four years to subdue the remaining four Pillars on your own. That was based on the speed of a normal god understanding the laws."

"But with your terrifying talent from the resonance of three laws, plus the boost from the 10,000x critical hit system..."

"At most, in one and a half to two years, you will be able to gain the approval of all the remaining Primordial Pillars!"

"And the Lord of the Primordial’s countdown still has a full three years left!"

Inside the quiet chamber, the red light in Zoey’s eyes instantly calmed down. Bella’s lips also curved into a faint, stunning smile.

Aiden slowly clenched his fist. The law Strength inside his body erupted like a volcano, shaking the entire Celestial Imperial City slightly.

"In other words, as long as I keep my current speed, I will finish faster than his ’option one.’"

"While he thinks I am still struggling, I will have already obtained all the primordial power."

"And he will have no need, and no excuse, to trigger the Seven Pillars himself."

"Time is on our side!"

Aiden suddenly turned around. His double-pupiled eyes looked toward the northern void, and Thunder’s Wrath flashed deep in his eyes.

"Next stop, the Pillar of Greed."

"Move out!"

...

The shallow layer of the Abyss, Abyss Maw.

There were no raging flames here like in the Burning Abyss, flames that could burn mountains and boil seas.

There were also no strange and unpredictable mirror reflections like in the Mirror Abyss.

As far as the eye could see, there was only an endless gray swamp, and thick gray fog that was almost solid.

Deathly silence was the only tone of this world.

Splash.

A faint ripple appeared in the void. Aiden stepped out and crossed countless miles in a single step, arriving on this gloomy land.

Behind him, the Law of Space calmed like rippling water. Thunder and the Law of Light turned into a faint glow, flowing over the surface of his body.

The pressure of a peak lesser god spread out without restraint. In an instant, the gray swamp within ten thousand miles became deathly still.

Countless Abyss monsters hiding deep in the mud trembled in fear, not even daring to breathe.

Aiden’s double-pupiled eyes flashed like lightning as he coldly scanned this forbidden land known as the Abyss Maw.

"So this is the place where the Pillar of Greed is sealed..."

He spoke in a low voice. His words traveled far across the empty swamp, but no echo came back.

Unlike the violent ruins he had visited before, when Aiden stepped into the Abyss Maw, he was not met by a fierce law attack.

Instead, a strange wave came toward him. It was extremely gentle, and even pleasant.

The wave slipped through his pores and silently entered his divine body, like a spring rain soaking everything without a sound.

"Hm?"

Aiden raised his brows slightly, and a trace of surprise flashed in his eyes.

He felt as if every cell in his body was cheering at that moment. An indescribable sense of satisfaction rose inside him.

It was as if this world was opening itself to him completely. As long as he reached out his hand, everything in the world would be his.

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