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Klein directed his marionettes to set up a shed in the square and then began to barbecue.

The three sat down, chatting idly while waiting for the delicious barbecue.

Roselle glanced at the grill and said, "This grill is too smoky, which will affect the taste of the barbecue. I'll give your marionette some knowledge and let him make a simple hand-cranked blower."

As he spoke, he placed his index finger on his temple and pulled it outwards, dragging out a scrolling message.

"No need for that effort," Hobert said. "Give me that knowledge."

Roselle nodded, and the scrolling knowledge floated to Hobert and merged into his head.

Hobert immediately possessed the principles of the blower and the related knowledge of how to make one.

He pointed towards the fountain, changing a certain floor tile from "1" to "2".

Suddenly, there was an extra floor tile.

Then, Hobert "tampered" with the essence of the floor tile, turning the stone floor tile into a piece of iron.

Finally, Hobert "distorted" the shape of the iron, and a iron hand-cranked blower instantly formed.

Klein's marionette picked it up and tried it, feeling that it was quite good.

At this time, Klein smiled and said, "Actually, I can just make a wish to myself and get a blower."

Hobert and Roselle were both stunned, and finally Hobert laughed, "The 'Seer' ability is still more convenient!"

At this time, the first batch of meat skewers was grilled, Roselle took a sip of beer and ate a skewer: "I feel like my condition has improved a lot!

"Hahaha, make 'Primordial Moon' jealous."

"'Primordial Moon' is actually another identity of an Outer God..." Klein briefly explained the relationship between "Primordial Moon" and "Mother Goddess of Depravity."

Through Roselle's diary, Klein knew very well that the Great Emperor knew "Primordial Moon" and "Mother Goddess of Depravity", but did not know the connection between them.

After listening, Roselle nodded: "I see."

Then, he seemed to suddenly remember something: "I heard that Mr. Fool once collected my diaries? How many of my diaries have you... read?"

Klein was slightly stunned, and finally told the truth: "A lot."

Roselle coughed: "Everyone has seen the live broadcast, so I don't care that much."

Hobert: Hey, Great Emperor, you sound like you care!

Roselle quickly shifted to another topic and began to discuss his restoration.

Currently, Intis has suffered heavy losses in the Southern Continent, and opposition to the government is rising at home, which is a good time for him to take back everything.

However, the Eternal Blazing Sun and the God of Steam and Machinery will not let him go back and start another revolution in peace.

Hobert's suggestion was to wait until he and "The Fool" become gods, and then have them send Roselle back. With two True Gods backing him, the Eternal Blazing Sun and the God of Steam and Machinery would have to carefully consider how to treat Roselle.

At the same time, Hobert took the opportunity to promote Medici to Roselle.

The three drank and chatted, and before they knew it, it was dusk. After saying goodbye, Hobert and Roselle left one after another.

Klein watched them disappear, feeling quite emotional.

Hobert was going to make his final preparations to become a god. When they meet again, he may already be the "Black Emperor."

Roselle had been secretly carrying out his restoration, and many political forces in the Intis Republic had expressed their support and allegiance to him.

However, Roselle could only call himself "Roselle II" when he returned to the country, otherwise there would be no way to explain it to the people.

Klein was also preparing to help the Evernight Goddess obtain the water of the "River of Eternal Darkness" next. He had heard Hobert mention the changes in "City of the Dead" Calderon before, and he had also obtained a "Crystal of Order" from Hobert, which could freely enter and exit the seal formed by "Nation of Disorder."

The spiritual imprint of the Ancient Death had weakened due to the previous failed resurrection, so he was still very confident in this task.

After completing this matter and stabilizing his state a little, Klein was preparing to go to the Hornacis Mountains and advance as soon as possible.

While Klein was thinking, he asked his marionette to put away the grill, awning, and other items.

At this moment, his spirituality sensed something and looked towards the center of the square.

A portal to the spirit world opened there, and the exquisitely featured Sharron came out.

"Long time no see," Sharron greeted Klein, then looked around and said, "This city... seems to be abandoned?"

The surroundings were spotless, but only the square had a few "people", and it looked like a city that was being abandoned.

Klein smiled and said, "No, they were all praying in the church just now."

As he spoke, the door of St. Arianna's Cathedral opened, and citizens, men and women, old and young, walked out.

Their movements and expressions were very natural, chatting and entering the streets and alleys of Utopia, and soon Utopia became lively again.

Klein looked at Sharron and smiled, "This city will always exist for you."

...

After Hobert returned to Caesar Harbor, Roselle asked his "Invisible Servant" to send the "Genie" over.

In order to better seal the corruption in Roselle's body, Hobert also gave Roselle a "Crystal of Order."

The sealed artifact "Genie" was golden, like a shrunken kettle, but a wick extended from the spout.

Its surface had complex mystical symbols, and without Hobert wiping it, the wick silently burned.

The light emitted from the wick was like viscous water, spraying upwards, forming a blurry and distorted pale golden figure.

"Ha, if I didn't look carefully, I would have thought you were 'Mysteries' himself," the pale golden figure said in a grand voice. "How do you still maintain your own will after being so severely invaded by 'Mysteries'?"

Hobert's substitute praised insincerely, "Good eyesight."

At this time, Hobert, hiding in the "shadows", was very cautiously observing the "Genie" and cautiously observing his own state, for fear that this guy could have some reaction with "Nation of Disorder."

This was Hobert's biggest worry. Before this, the "Black Emperor" and "Judges" had not possessed "Nation of Disorder", and it was currently unknown whether the one inside the "Genie" could briefly break the seal and affect "Nation of Disorder."

The substitute then said, "The reason why I can still maintain myself is because I received help from the new 'Mysteries'."

The "Genie's" expression was very blurry, and Hobert couldn't tell whether it was in contemplation or surprise. After three or four seconds, it asked, "A new 'Lord of Mysteries' has appeared? Why can't I feel it?"

"It will appear soon." Hobert didn't continue this topic. He said this just to deter the "Genie", so that if the other party had any ideas, they would have more scruples.

The substitute started a new topic: "I heard that you are a very special existence, even closer to the Original Creator than the 'Mother Goddess of Depravity'?"

The "Genie" asked, "Did the 'Uncertain Mist' tell you?"

"No." Hobert's substitute sat down on a chair opposite the "Genie", indicating that today's conversation was destined to be very long: "It's the Ancient Sun God."

The "Genie" seemed to suddenly remember: "I forgot about him.

"That's right, he has the authority of 'Omniscience' and knows many secrets."

This was equivalent to indirectly acknowledging the words of the Ancient Sun God. Then the "Genie", whose body didn't look tall, said, "That's right, I carry the will of the 'Original Creator' Creator."

Hobert's substitute asked again, "I also heard that the 'Original Creator' is looking for the meaning of the universe, looking for the meaning of life?"

The "Genie" stared at Hobert for a few seconds, and its tone changed somewhat, no longer as cold as before: "You know quite a few secrets."

"Why?" The substitute continued to ask, "I mean, why would the 'Original Creator' have such thoughts? In my understanding, the 'Original Creator' is a very important part of divinity. It should be as cold and indifferent as a rule."

The blurry "Genie" said, "In a universe with Beyonder characteristics, anything is possible.

"Here, the evolution speed of the universe and the evolution speed of creatures are very rapid because there are many subjective ideas influencing this process.

"You can think of the 'Original Creator's' considerations as the considerations of this universe."

Hobert pondered for a while before asking, "Is the 'Original Creator' the consciousness of this universe?"

"Not entirely." The "Genie" explained: "The universe has no consciousness. You can think of the 'Original Creator' as the consciousness of the sum of all Beyonder characteristics. You should be very clear that high-level Beyonder characteristics have a certain activity.

"But the sum of Beyonder characteristics can manipulate this universe, such as forming galaxies and creating life, so I said you can think of the 'Original Creator' as the universe."

Hobert considered again before saying, "I understand.

"The original thinking is like people considering the meaning of their existence and the meaning of life."

The "Genie" echoed, "Almost.

"This seems to be a manifestation of the 'Original Creator' existing in everyone."

This reminded Hobert of many philosophical assumptions. Humans feel confused about their existence and life because of human insignificance. Why would the "Original" have such thoughts?

But he didn't continue to consider this question, but said again, "I am going to advance to 'Black Emperor' and need your protection."

"No problem." The "Genie" readily agreed: "Mysteries' arrangements are not difficult for me to crack.

"But as a reward, after you become a god, you must try to destroy my seal and return me to the cosmos."

Hobert said almost without thinking, "No problem."

Then he asked, "I always have a question. Why did 'Mysteries' seal you back then, instead of putting you back into the cosmos like 'Uncertain Mist'? Is 'Uncertain Mist' another you?"

The "Genie" slowly nodded and said again, "It seems you know a lot of secrets."

It replied, "'Mysteries' sealed me because I was trying to reach the strength of a 'Pillar' at the time..."

Speaking of this, it asked back, "Do you know about a 'Pillar'?"

"Not much." Hobert said, "I only know that the 'Omnipotent and Omniscient' and the 'Lord of Mysteries' were once pillars, and it is said that the 'Mother Goddess of Depravity' is also.

"I also heard that there are more than three paths to becoming a pillar in this universe, but there can only be three pillars."

The "Genie" was stunned for a few seconds and suddenly asked, "What is your relationship with the Ancient Sun God? Why do you know so much?"

Hobert thought for a while before answering, "Not very familiar... 'fellow countryman'?"

He talked about these secrets just to make the "Genie" clear: I know a lot, don't try to deceive me.

In this way, if the "Genie" lied, it would have more scruples, and there would be fewer lies in its answer.

"Fellow countryman?" The "Genie" didn't quite understand this answer. It probably thought that it didn't know where the Ancient Sun God came from, so it didn't know where the common hometown of the King of Angels in front of it and the Ancient Sun God was?

So it just asked back and said again, "Basically, you have already understood all the highest-end knowledge about pillars."

The "Genie" paused and said again, "Although the 'Mother Goddess of Depravity' was no longer a 'Pillar' in the strict sense at the time, she still had the possibility of finding her Beyonder characteristics and Sefirah.

"I was likely to reach the strength of a Pillar, becoming one of the strongest Great Old Ones below the 3 Pillars."

"But because 'Mysteries' couldn't kill me, he had to seal me.

"As for the 'Uncertain Mist', it only possesses a part of my Sefirah and Beyonder characteristics. 'Mysteries' injected a part of his consciousness into its body..."

Hobert suddenly felt his scalp tingle: I said, it's strange that 'Celestial Worthy' created an Outer Deity. It turns out that he has such a deep arrangement.

Then he sighed: I don't know where I offended 'Celestial Worthy' in my previous life. I have to fight with him when I travel through time, I have to fight with him when I become a god, and if I want to reach 'Pillar', level strength I have to fight him!

But Hobert thought again: Klein should be very willing to talk to "Uncertain Mist" after becoming an old god, and he should also be able to let "Uncertain Mist" completely "destroy", after all, those origins and Beyonder characteristics do not belong to "Celestial Worthy".

To put it bluntly, part of the consciousness of this old god is "Celestial Worthy's". That is not an independent old god's consciousness. The relationship between the Celestial Worthy's part and the Sefirah and Beyonder characteristics of "Uncertain Mist" is definitely not as close as the relationship between "Celestial Worthy" and "Sefirah Castle".

While Hobert's main body was thinking, the substitute listened to the "Genie" saying: "However, 'Mysteries' 'fool'ed the part of his consciousness that he split out, so that the 'Uncertain Mist' never thought that he had any connection with 'Mysteries'.

"But I am very clear that this is an important step for 'Mysteries' to seize my authority."

Hobert asked along this topic: "Why does 'Mysteries' want to seize your authority? Won't he become crazy because of this?"

The "Genie" suddenly said, "First of all, I want to tell you how to reach the strength of a 'Pillar'."

Hobert was slightly stunned: "You are going to tell me this?"

"Yes, my friend, I have been sealed for so long and can no longer reach the strength of a 'Pillar'." The "Genie" sighed: "You replace me to reach the strength of a 'Pillar', and try to attack Mysteries' consciousness as much as possible, which can be regarded as helping avenge me."

Hobert thought: Liar! Don't think I don't know, you still hold some Beyonder characteristics. Once you're released, you should quickly recover your own Sefirah and Characteristics.

The Substitute said very seriously, "Please speak."

The 'Genie' began to explain: "After becoming a Great Old One, to reach the same strength as a 'Pillar,' you must devour the Sefirah and Beyonder characteristics that have similar authorities and symbolism to yourself.

"The pathways under a similar Sefirah are able to be accommodated due to a similar symbolism, granting you strength equal to a Pillar. But you would still lack the symbolism of a Pillar, being a ruler above the Physical, Spirit, or Astral Worlds.

"The three pathways belonging to me are the Chaos Mist, Black Emperor, and Justiciar. Using the Distortion, Order, and Truth authorities, you can accelerate the aggregation of Beyonder characteristics and Sephirot to mend my Sefirah. Then, you can go hunt the High Dimensional Overseer for His two pathways and Sefirah. You can also try to accomodate Supernova Dominator's Sefirah and pathway if possible."

Hobert listened very carefully. The knowledge described by the 'Genie' seemed to open a new door for him!

He didn't expect that after becoming a Great Old One, the way to improve oneself would be so savage, but this seemed reasonable, after all, the Beyonder itself is very savage.

"According to my observation, Celestial Worthy has many personalized manifestations. On the one hand, He strongly identifies with being a part of the 'Original Creator'.

"But on the other hand, He has a tendency to become an independent consciousness.

"My authority and Characteristics gave Him a good opportunity, so He 'pinched' the other half of the 'Nation of Disorder' and a part of my Characteristics into one of His avatars.

"As for the 'Black Emperor' and 'Justiciar' Characteristics on Earth, Celestial Worthy has also made many arrangements. As long as He revives as the 'Black Emperor' or 'Justiciar,' He should be able to immediately activate the corresponding arrangements, quickly accommodate the 'Nation of Disorder,' and merge with the 'Uncertain Mist'.

"At that time, the part of Celestial Worthy that belongs to the independent consciousness will completely awaken, and it will be equivalent to gaining a new life. This was likely a backup in case God Almighty or the Original Creator interfered with His revival as a Lord of Mysteries."

Hobert understood: This should be the complete arrangement of the 'Celestial Worthy'! Sure enough, the one who knows the 'Celestial Worthy' best must be His enemy.

Hobert asked again, "How much Sefirah and Characteristics must be devoured to reach the power of a 'Pillar'?"

The 'Genie' patiently replied, "If every step you take is correct, after reaching a certain level, your own spirituality will know that you can't continue devouring! It's possible that you could reach that level with just the High Dimensional Overseer alone. Based on my estimate, if you reach 6 pathways and accommodate 3 Sefirah, you can attain the strength of Pillars."

Hobert took a deep breath, "Thank you for your answer, I have benefited a lot.

"When I become a god, please be sure to help solve the hidden dangers of Celestial Worthy."

"No problem," the 'Genie' said, "After you become a True God, it may still be a bit difficult to remove my seal, but after becoming a Great Old One, you will definitely be able to remove the seal.

"Remember to put me back into the cosmos when the time comes."

Hobert also agreed very readily, "Okay."

The pale golden figure of the 'Genie' returned to the small kettle-like lamp.

Hobert was a little uneasy, but he didn't dare to use the power of the 'Nation of Disorder' to seal it, so he prayed to Celestial Worthy to use the power of the Sefirah Castle to seal it again.

He still didn't dare to keep it by his side, planning to let Audrey and Fors take turns managing the 'Genie' after a while.

Then, Hobert recalled the exchange with the 'Genie'.

For him, the most valuable part of what the 'Genie' had just said was that it allowed him to know the complete arrangement of the 'Celestial Worthy'.

Thinking of the feud between the 'Celestial Worthy' and the 'Son of Chaos,' this information should be very reliable.

The other two important pieces of information were the core authority of the 'Disorder,' and the way to reach the strength of a 'Pillar'.

Roselle had the idea of using the authority of the 'Black Emperor' to transform other planets.

Hobert guessed that the 'Black Emperor' should be one of the Beyonder Pathways possessing the core authority of the 'Son of Chaos'.

This pathway was torn from the 'Son of Chaos' by the 'Original Creator,' not by the 'Celestial Worthy.' The 'Celestial Worthy' doesn't seem to be able to do this.

Even if the 'Son of Chaos' has lost about three Beyonder Pathways, he still retains some core authority and symbolism.

Of course, the most crucial point is that Hobert knew how deep the feud between the 'Son of Chaos' and the 'Celestial Worthy' was, and that the method of using the 'Genie' to deal with the 'Celestial Worthy' was feasible.

However, Celestial Worthy still needs to be by his side to prevent the 'Genie' from turning against him, and also to prevent Him from being unable to deal with the 'Celestial Worthy'.

Currently, the only one that Hobert is completely relieved about is Celestial Worthy.

Having made the final preparations, Hobert made the final adjustments to his state, quietly waiting for the arrival of the coronation ceremony.

On the morning of July 8th, the political leaders and senior military officers of Atlantis, the Angels and Demigods, the Popes and Patriarchs sent by the six major orthodox churches, as well as the Kings of the Feysac Kingdom and the Loen Kingdom, the Queen of the Feysac Kingdom, the President of the Intis Republic, and other heads of state.

They gathered in the main hall of the original palace of the Paz Kingdom, quietly waiting for the arrival of the Emperor.

This was the most grand coronation ceremony since the Fifth Epoch, and the entire world was watching this grand event.

[T/N: made changes based on COI information and Wechat posts]

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