Chapter 2449

2449 - The All-seeing God's Past - 4

"...How is the All-seeing God's situation now?"

Robin asked in a low voice, but he was really thinking about his own current situation.

Until this moment, he had thought ten seals was a very weak number, perhaps a starting number for everyone, but it turned out to be somewhat a record? Was that because he reached Transcendence in less than a thousand years, or for some other reason?!

Thinking about it... Robin smiled.

His mission was to ascend with Nihari and fight fiercely in Middle Sector 99 to preserve Nihari, but he ended up a Transcendent before that millennium ended.

This was somewhat funny and impressive, an amazing thing like this could only come from him!

"The All-seeing God's current situation is not even slightly better than before." Helmor spoke steadily, "In the current Cycle, his third cycle as Transcendent Master of the Universe, he adopted a different approach with his candidates. Instead of strengthening one in particular and making him master the universe and compete with the rest of the people who have Patrons, he began creating candidates to ruin the other Patrons' plans."

Then he continued, "That is why he created nearly ninety candidates, and each one of them he tells to go destroy something or start a war somewhere with the purpose of destroying another Patron's plan or corrupting the course of certain events. He has begun to view the candidates as a tool of sabotage rather than a tool for victory. One could say that his goal in this Cycle is to complete the 100 million years and obtain a good ranking that does not lose him more than two Seals nor drop him more than ten positions, otherwise the consequences will be dire."

Then he furrowed his brows, "For with every category the universe descends, it does not only lose a number, but it loses an advantage or restrictions increase upon it. For example, advanced universes have no problem with humans at the Martial Emperor level controlling Energy, and they have no problem with the difficulty of physical training, and the life limits for humans without a planet are much greater than 100,000 years, and the number of Soul Units they are born with is much greater, and so on!"

"....?!" Robin opened his eyes wide, "We lost all of that because of our descent in ranking?"

It had not been long since he was wondering how the people of previous Cycles had mutable particles while they did not — so was this because of the consequences of descending in ranking?!

"Yes." Helmor nodded, "And when the universe falls further in this Cycle, those who come after us will lose even more advantages. For example, the problem of Energy training will emerge from the range of a Sage instead of a Martial Emperor, or the lifespan will be shortened to only ten thousand years… Every arrangement the universe lowers reduces the All-seeing God's chances of recovering what he lost, and that is why he must stop the collapse, and he must preserve the status and Glory of this universe if he wants any chance to distance himself from the station of The Ashen Ones."

"…." Robin began rubbing his head slowly, for the amount of information he had gathered today was tremendous.

But Helmor furrowed his brows and focused on Robin from behind the Gate, "You… I don't understand you, and no one who knows the All-seeing God's origin understands you."

"How is that…" Robin replied automatically.

"The All-seeing God has pursued the method of destroying opponents throughout this Cycle. Even after he nearly lost with the spread of The Plague and the Reapers and the Cosmic Elder's intervention to save him, he maintained his same method of candidacy for the sake of sabotage… But he changed that with you." Helmor pointed at him, "Only two million years remain until the end of the Cycle, yet he poured so much into you, gave you several Master Laws and Unbound, and helped you establish a massive empire with which you strike from Sector 90 all the way to 118 simultaneously… Why?"

Robin didn't know whether to laugh or cry.

He just wanted to scream: "Because the damn All-seeing God didn't help with anything!"

But he smiled, "Why do you think? I have a shortage of information, as I see it."

"…I don't know." Helmor narrowed his eyes, "What the All-seeing God is doing by pumping such a large amount of Transcendent Momentum to communicate with you and give you those privileges and Laws contradicts fair competition, and this is the last thing expected from the All-seeing God, not because he is honorable, but because he knows very well what happens when you support someone too much and give him Master Laws on a silver platter. After all, after he took what he took from the Warden, he was the one who turned against him and took from him a Class A universe at that time."

Then he continued with a meaningful look, "That's why everyone who hears that the All-seeing God is strengthening you and supporting you in this way is extremely astonished, and thinks that he seeks to turn you into a Transcendent and then harvest you after the Cycle ends… at that point he will win the Cycle, and he will gain a Seal or two from you, and he won't care about the anger of the rest of the Transcendents, because he has already earned their anger and doesn't care."

"…?" Robin frowned strongly.

Technically, this is impossible, for the All-seeing God did not contribute any of the Laws he possesses, so the idea that he is enlarging him and fattening him for the day of Harvest is illogical.

But…

The All-seeing God's gaze toward the embodiments of the five Laws before The Shell was deep and worrisome—what if he had begun contemplating this possibility?

…Did the All-seeing God know that he had completed the Harmony process and had essentially become a Transcendent?

The process had severed the link between them, and Robin's image had been erased from the All-seeing God's seal. Did that mean he knew, or might he interpret it differently?!

"…." Helmor showed a small smile when he saw the hesitation and deep contemplation on Robin's face. "The All-seeing God is an opportunistic figure who thinks only of ways to gain seals or preserve them. All his candidates ended up dead, and not one of them managed to cross the barrier of the Cycle and reach the Eternal Sanctuary… or what is also known as the Ancient Belt."

"…When you compare the All-seeing God and his results to the rest of the Transcendent Whales, you'll find he's a zero on the left. Whoever serves the other Seal Whales as a Patron gets a chance to head to the Eternal Sanctuary as an Executioner… oh, perhaps you still know them as the Ancestors of the Space Beasts."

"Oh.." Robin sighed, setting the matter aside, and looked toward Helmor. "Is that what you aspire to? To be an Executioner?"