Chapter 530: The Supreme Miko’s Legacy

Ding!

[An artifact created by the same source law has been detected. The 10,000x Critical Hit System is analyzing it...]

A clear system notification rang out in Aiden’s mind.

In an instant, the law patterns on the Transmutation Altar began spreading wildly. They intertwined in the void, forming a vast image beyond description.

It was a topological map of the universe’s laws!

It was a star map billions of times larger than the evolution node map from the past.

On this map, the newly reborn Earth was no more than a tiny golden node.

All around Earth were countless similar nodes. Each one represented an ancient civilization that was either undergoing, or had already completed, an evolutionary leap.

"This isn’t just a grafting device..." Aiden thought, deeply shaken. "It’s a communication network for the civilizations of the universe!"

Just then, deep inside Aiden’s mind, a fragment of Yves’s core Wraithshard began to tremble violently.

"Aiden... this is impossible!"

Yves’s voice was filled with shock and excitement unlike anything he had ever shown before.

"This Transmutation Altar and the 10,000x Critical Hit System I designed back then..."

"They were both created by the same person!"

"That person understood the true nature of Earth’s laws ten thousand years before I did!"

Aiden suddenly opened his eyes.

"Who was it?"

"Not a human..." Yves replied, his voice trembling. "It was the first Devouring Depths Dragon Emperor of the Dragon Clan!"

"In other words... he was the distant ancestor of that little one on your shoulder!"

At those words, Faye’s small golden body shook violently. Her dragon eyes were filled with disbelief.

The first Devouring Depths Dragon Emperor was the only supreme being in the legends of the Dragon Clan who had ever touched the Divine Emperor Realm.

"So that’s how it is. A plan ten thousand years in the making has finally come to this day."

Aiden took a deep breath and waved his hand. The Transmutation Altar shrank and flew into his palm.

Half a day later, in Celestial Imperial City...

Under the watchful eyes of countless Reclassers and powerful figures from the Abyss’s myriad races, Aiden placed the Transmutation Altar at the center of the city.

It landed directly on the leyline node beneath the projection of the Law Garden.

Rumble—

The earth shook.

The golden law veins beneath the ground merged perfectly with the Transmutation Altar. A dazzling pillar of light shot into the sky, connecting Earth with the depths of the universe.

Earth’s first law bridge to the universe was complete!

With everyone watching, a little girl slowly stepped forward.

It was Kelsey.

The imperial princess suffered from a strange illness and was connected to the Supreme Miko’s Wraithshard. At that moment, strange primordial light flickered in her eyes.

The instant her fingertip touched the Transmutation Altar, an indescribable primordial affinity burst forth.

Hum!

The Transmutation Altar began to shake violently.

For the first time, the universe’s law topological map in the void fully appeared before everyone, without hiding anything.

Among the countless golden nodes, more than a dozen faint law-frequency signals suddenly lit up.

This meant that more than a dozen space civilizations that had also completed their evolutionary leaps were trying to communicate with Earth.

However, Aiden’s eyes were fixed on a black node at the edge of the map.

That node gave off no light and sent out no signal. It floated there in silence like a dead star.

Above it was a line of ancient, icy words:

[Three Thousand Years Ago]

Aiden stared at the black node. A chill ran straight to the top of his head.

"This isn’t the signal of a civilization..."

Aiden’s voice was low and hoarse, filled with a seriousness he had never shown before.

"This is the end of a civilization."

Beside the black node was a single sentence, written in words that seemed to bleed:

"Three hundred years after completing evolution—annihilation."

...

A deathly silence fell.

At the center of Celestial Imperial City, the powerhouses of the Myriad Races Rank held their breath and stared at the black node floating in the void.

"Three hundred years after completing evolution—annihilation."

Those ten words struck everyone’s heart like a heavy hammer.

At that moment, Kelsey, who was standing in front of the Transmutation Altar, trembled slightly.

Her clear eyes suddenly lost focus. A gray-white primordial glow covered them.

Hum!

The black node seemed to be drawn by some deadly force. It began to shake violently.

An ancient message filled with endless sorrow and the weight of countless years suddenly surged through Kelsey’s fingertip and into the Transmutation Altar!

This was not a provocation from a space civilization.

It was a message from a girl sent across three thousand years.

"Sir... someone is talking to me."

Kelsey’s voice was soft and hoarse. It echoed through the silent Celestial Imperial City.

A divine light burst from Aiden’s double-pupiled eyes. With one step, he appeared beside Kelsey. His powerful divine domain immediately surrounded and protected her.

He saw through the cause and effect.

At that moment, the source of Kelsey’s strange illness, which had troubled her for years, and her natural connection to the golden door were finally revealed.

She was not anyone’s reincarnation.

She was simply the key the Supreme Miko left behind for this world before her fall.

Three thousand years ago, just before Earth’s civilization was destroyed, the Supreme Miko split her primordial law into two parts.

One part was scattered through the bloodline of the Miko clan and passed down through the ancestors of Rainn and Cheryl.

The other part became the purest form of primordial sensitivity. It merged with Earth’s law system and quietly waited for someone who was naturally connected to it.

Kelsey was that naturally chosen child of the primordial law.

Boom!

The topological map in the void twisted violently. A vast and hopeless scene suddenly unfolded above Celestial Imperial City.

It showed events from three thousand years ago.

It was a civilization that had reached its peak. Countless gods had risen within it. They tore through the barriers of the universe and successfully evolved into a higher universe.

Then the scene changed.

Three hundred years after the evolution, there was no invasion by outside enemies and no war between gods and demons.

Yet the powerful beings of that civilization began to crumble like sand. Their laws started breaking apart, piece by piece, like a spiderweb.

The faster they evolved, the more unstable their system of laws became.

In the end, the entire civilization collapsed from its most basic laws and completely disintegrated into cosmic dust.

The scene froze.

Before the end of the civilization, a woman covered in starlight left behind her final words:

"Evolution is not the answer—balance is."

The entire city fell silent.

The powerful figures of the Myriad Races Rank turned pale, cold sweat soaking through their clothes.

While everyone was still trapped in the despair of three thousand years ago, a world-shaking surge of laws suddenly erupted from the other side of Celestial Imperial City.

Boom!

A dazzling pillar of white light shot into the sky, becoming a giant column that seemed to support the heavens.

It was one of Earth’s Eight Pillars—the Pillar of Emotional Bonds.

Rainn stood silently in midair, her white robes fluttering in the wind. The third white eye on her forehead, a symbol of the Primordial Miko, had now fully merged with Earth’s law network.

On this day, she completed the final ritual of the Primordial Miko and became the living guardian of this law pillar.

Below her, Cheryl looked up at her sister, her eyes filled with pride and tears.

A moment later, the strange visions in the sky faded away.

Rainn slowly descended from the void. Her face was a little pale, but she wore a relaxed smile.

She took Cheryl’s hand and said softly, "Cheryl, I’m finally not a burden to you anymore."

Cheryl tightly squeezed her sister’s hand and choked back her tears.

"Sis, you never were."

Aiden watched the scene and gave a slight nod.

"Aiden."

A deep voice suddenly broke the warm moment.

A streak of red light cut across the sky. Phoenix Warrior Alexius descended into Celestial Imperial City, his expression complicated.

With a flick of his finger, an old piece of parchment turned into a streak of light and flew toward Aiden.

"The fifth fragment of the mysterious treasure map."

Alexius looked at Aiden and said in a deep voice, "You won this. I was only keeping it for you."

Aiden took the fragment.

In an instant, the five pieces automatically joined together in the void, forming a law crystal that gave off a primordial aura.

[Complete treasure map detected. The system is analyzing it...]

A few seconds later, Aiden raised his eyebrows slightly.

"The treasure isn’t here."

The Wraithshard of Yves let out a quiet sigh inside Aiden’s mind.

"What the Supreme Miko left behind was never some powerful weapon. It was the fragments of the Heavenly Dao scattered across the world. You’ve gathered them all. Now they can help me return to my proper place."

"The true treasure is knowledge."

Aiden lowered his head and looked at the primordial law crystal in his hand.

Slowly, a line of ancient Great Shaw Empire writing appeared on its surface:

"Tell the next person who completes evolution—don’t be in such a hurry to leave."

Aiden stared at the words, and his pupils suddenly shrank.

Don’t be in such a hurry to leave.

At once, three questions Yves had once asked him came back to mind.

Questions about right and wrong.

Questions about advancing or retreating.

Questions about life and death.

Ten thousand years ago, Yves had asked those questions.

Three thousand years ago, the Supreme Miko had left behind this warning.

Two people separated by ten thousand years, living in different eras, had seen the same dead end—and spoken the same words.

Aiden took a deep breath and put the law crystal away.

Then he crouched down and looked at Kelsey, who had regained consciousness and was watching him timidly.

"Kelsey."

Aiden smiled gently and reached out to pat her little head.

"Your connection to the Supreme Miko was never an illness."

"You are Earth’s brake—the safeguard it prepared for the next stage of the journey."

Kelsey tilted her head. Her big eyes were filled with confusion. She clearly could not understand such deep words.

She bit her finger and asked softly, "Sir... can Kelsey still eat candied hawthorn?"

Aiden froze.

Then he threw his head back and laughed.

Since the Abyss invaded and the war began, this hero of the Great Shaw Empire, the strongest person in the world, had never laughed so freely or so happily.

"You can! I’ll give you as much as you want!"