[As time passed, the Traces of Divine Transporter became faint. The thread of fate had become thinner, and the Book of Truth could no longer materialize… If the Divine Transporter did not reappear, a new Epoch Disaster would inevitably usher in.]
Endymion added.
[Because **Muted** was not the Deity of Foresight. The principles she set in the past would eventually become obsolete… There would come a day when the Book of Truth would no longer appear.]
In simpler terms, it was like the relic seal left behind by the “Divine Transporter’s Charioteer” had almost run out of ink pad, or was almost worn out.
From the time of the Venerated Skeleton to the time of the Man in the Mirror, there had never been a new Book of Truth…perhaps not because no new truth had been born, but because “the Divine Transporter’s Charioteer” left the “automatic admission mechanism” under the system that could no longer be applied to the rules of the modern world.
Upon careful thought, the Book of Truth about [machine] materialized in the Papal Kingdom was indeed related to Annan’s invention of the internal combustion engine.
However, the focus here was on “Annan” rather than “internal combustion engine”.
“What exactly is the Book of Truth?”
Annan couldn’t help but ask, “Or… what are the specific rules that gave birth to the Book of Truth?”
[The focus is on the Truth Fragment, not the Book of Truth.]
Endymion replied.
[The Truth Fragments of Light Realm each correspond to a truth and an authority in Mist World, which are the roots of the clergy. However, the mortal souls and bodies cannot enter the Light Realm, nor do the Truth Fragments have material form.]
[Divine Transporter can gather Truth Fragments into a Book of Truth. Through the mutual restraint of plural Truth Fragments, truth has “directionality”. And this kind of weakened and aligned truth is the Book of Truth that can be accessed by mortal understanding]
[After ascendants enter the Light Realm, they can only hold at most two page fragments. The remaining page fragments will return to the Light Realm again and be handed over to the Divine Transporter to be reorganized into a book and handed over to the new deity.]
The secret knowledge Endymion passed on to Annan through light flow helped Annan gradually realize what “Divine Transporter” meant.
—The chosen heir to the Deity Arbiter.
The authority of “Divine Transporter” included the creation of the Book of Truth, the induction of mortals into the Light Realm, and the eradication of the erosion rate in the soul that was born from the curse and pollution.
That was why twelve upright deities had such high expectations for Annan.
—Because Annan carried the possibility of returning the world to its peak.
The reasons why “the Divine Transporter’s Charioteer” died in the past, what her specific authority and title were, why her death led to the birth of demons, and when demons formed a new race remained as mysteries.
However, Annan already roughly grasped the meaning of the existence of the “Book of Divine Transporter”.
This is simply the Isekai version of enlisting deities…
Rather, it was remarkable that this world managed to function for several thousands of years since “the Divine Transporter’s Charioteer” was lost.
This led to the emergence of unique cases like the ‘Paper Princess,’ a deity born from a painting — a result of the overly mechanical nature of the Ascension Ritual and the judgments of the Book of Truth, leading to the rise of various unusual deities.
No wonder the gap between the new deities and the ancient deities was huge.
The ancient deities since the Age of Deities… for example, the twelve upright deities didn’t need to go through collecting the Book of Truth as if what they acquired was already completed.
The first generation of “the Divine Transporter’s Charioteer” passed on the complete Book of Truth — the reason being that “Divine Transporter” AI that operated automatically now, was not quite effective, leading to the decision from the Second Age to distribute the remaining pages to all qualified people around the world.
Because the “Divine Transporter Spirit” seemed uncertain about who should receive the Book of Truth, it simply gave one page to everyone.
Although Annan has now lost her memory.
Yet, it was evident from bits and pieces of information that the holder of the [machine] book in the Papal Kingdom did not travel around the world to collect the Book of Truth at all. It was likely that they received a complete version of the Book of Truth… or perhaps, a relatively complete majority of it.
…But why do I have to collect it myself?
Now, Annan still lacked two to three pages — even though the upright deities had appointed Annan to be the new Divine Transporter, the “Divine Transporter Spirit” still stubbornly decided to go through the process.
Does this count as self-sabotaging?
When Annan understood the difficulties faced by various countries, the feeling that ‘an era of great change was about to arrive’ was not an illusion
The birth of the new “Divine Transporter” would change the situation of the entire world. That even meant the collapse of the old system.
Due to the failure of the ‘Umbilical Cord Ritual,’ curse energy technology would completely collapse; the Path of the Fallen might see new developments or might just vanish; demons might either be purified or simply perish; the Book of Truth would begin to reappear, and new deities would start to be born in large numbers…
At least during this time — the world really did revolve around Annan.
“…Can I take you with me?” Annan asked, somewhat reluctantly.
As an “ancient being” who knew many secrets, Endymion answered every question Annan asked. Of course, this might be because Annan had a relatively high authority as a “Divine Transporter”.
Other deities were always vague with Annan. Probably because they were concerned that once Annan realized his identity and importance, he would become too eager to collect the Book of Truth… which in turn would lead to Annan not being able to find other mirrors.
That was because fate was the track of the Divine Transporter.
The deities all knew the Divine Transporter well.
—But They didn’t know Annan very well.
This level of intelligence did not interfere with Annan’s actions at all…
However, Endymion was different.
The upright deities prioritized how to foster Annan’s growth. On the other hand, Endymion was simply obedient to him, merely because Annan was his “mother”.
This was probably the difference between the elder and the younger generations.
[If mother’s wish is to reshape the Great Barrier, then I can leave at any time… In that case, mother still needs to acquire two legendary curse vessels, the “Smoke Mirror” and the “Book of the Sixth Aspect of the Afterlife.”]
Endymion answered openly.
These two legendary curse vessels were names that Annan had never heard of.
…Maybe this info will be useful in the future.
Annan noted the info in mind and asked another question, “What if I wish for you to leave with me in good health?”
[You need to wait until I am born. Mom.]
Endymion replied unceremoniously.
[First of all, Mom, you need to restore the name of Divine Transporter, so that I can be born as the child of Divine Transporter… Before that, it will take about three years for me to develop to the point where I can be born.]
“If that’s the case…” Annan pondered.
He suddenly blurted to Suuankou, “Is that [Elderly Youth’s Hair] still with you?”
“…Ah?Ah, yes!” Suuankou was stunned for a moment and quickly replied, “Boss… I mean… Your Majesty, do you want it now?”
“Hmm? Give it to me. I will compensate you threefold later.” Annan said, reaching out his hand.
These were the ‘age-old yet young-looking hair strands’ treated with a special potion. It was a somewhat rare but not too difficult-to-obtain curse vessel. It could only be obtained from the heads of ‘never-aging elderly people’ or ‘children who had aged like the elderly,’ and then processed with a special potion.
This was a high-level cursed material that could kill a Silver Rank transcender.
The most correct way to use it was to bind the life of a dying person — known as the “Binding of Fate Ritual”, by overextending their lifespan several-fold to delay death.
Its ‘Binding of Fate’ power had now been completely depleted, leaving only side effects.
Those who held it would suffer from the curse of “accelerated aging”, doubling the rate of aging.
However, the side effects were not always bad.
For Endymion, who had an unusually abundant amount of “nutrients” but a relatively slow absorption efficiency, accelerating aging also meant accelerating growth.
“With that, you’ll be born in about a year and a half.” Annan smiled, “I will help you get rid of the bad guys who extract power from you. You can grow up here peacefully… I will come back to pick you up in a year and a half.”
[Then, Mom, please come here by the end of October next year.]
Endymion replied, [Please take this mark as my gift to Mother…]
As it spoke, a faint golden light burned on Annan’s left shoulder.
It was a pale gold, horizontal “8”, or rather an infinity symbol; just like the layout of the two rooms here.
“Thank you. Also, if possible, you’d better call me father…”
[I’ll try my best, Mom]
What a naughty kid.
Annan smacked his lips.
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