Chapter 497 -497-The Might of the Universe Will

Chapter 497: Chapter497-The Might of the Universe Will

By this point, John felt little fear. If anything, he was filled with anticipation.

His talent was perfectly suited to endless slaughter. The more he killed, the more he could plunder—and the faster he would grow.

Furthermore, the Ultimate Supreme Venerable template he had recently obtained had completely removed the barrier to his advancement. Becoming a Supreme Venerable would be effortless for him.

Once he reached that rank, he could put the Ultimate Supreme Venerable template to use immediately.

Suddenly, a roar rang out, shaking countless rivers of space-time.

Thunderous blasts erupted like bolts capable of splitting the heavens, echoing directly within the minds of every being at the God King rank or above.

They carried an inviolable majesty.

Everyone understood at once.

This was the might of the Universe Will.

The Chaotic Void Realm had been pieced together by the Half-Step Supreme Gods, who treated living beings as their playthings. But their actions had encroached upon the interests of the Universe Will, provoking its fury.

Yet there was little the Universe Will could do. It could act only through the laws of the universe; it could not control the hearts of living beings.

The Chaotic Void Realm was a land of slaughter, but it was also a place where countless opportunities lay buried.

At that moment, the auras wrapped around the powerhouses suddenly erupted.

A Supreme Venerable vanished on the spot. Then more and more powerhouses disappeared in succession.

Everyone marked by the aura of a Half-Step Supreme God vanished from where they stood. Their presence was erased from the river of space-time as they were transported to an independent realm beyond it—within the Chaotic Void.

John, too, waited for the aura around him to erupt.

But just then, his Valhalla Holy Grail acted of its own accord. It flashed into a streak of light and appeared before him so abruptly that he had no time to react.

At the same moment, the Valhalla Holy Grails belonging to Holly, Silt, and Odelle also appeared!

"What’s happening?" the three women exclaimed in surprise.

John fixed his gaze on the Holy Grail before him.

A hazy glow emanated from it. The light was extraordinarily gentle, spreading rapidly until it enveloped him.

The Half-Step Supreme God aura around his body began to dissipate, vanishing into nothingness.

"The Holy Grail erased the Half-Step Supreme God aura... Does that mean I can’t enter the Chaotic Void Realm?!"

"What is it trying to do?"

John was stunned.

Only now did he realize that he had underestimated the Holy Grail.

How powerful was a Half-Step Supreme God?

Yet the Holy Grail had erased that being’s aura with ease!

Just then, notifications from the Holy Grail rang in his ears.

[Ding! Valhalla Holy Grail: Event Timer activated!]

[Ding! The quest issuer’s scheduled event quest has begun!]

[Notice: You have been assigned a mandatory Hidden Quest!]

[Access the Holy Grail to view the details!]

"An event timer?"

"Who set the time? Who knew in advance that the Chaotic Void Realm would open?"

"Who issued the quest?"

"And a mandatory Hidden Quest?"

John’s mind swirled with questions.

He was not alone.

The three women’s Holy Grails had also erased the Half-Step Supreme God auras clinging to them, as though the artifacts had acted in concert.

Equally bewildered, all three turned toward John.

"The answer is in Valhalla," John said calmly. "Let’s go inside and see."

He activated his Holy Grail and entered the Valhalla realm.

The white jade gates still stood wide open.

John and the others passed through them.

At the same time, several lines of gleaming golden text appeared upon the gates.

[Record]

[Is destruction inevitable?]

[If becoming a Supreme God requires the destruction of everything, what is the point of becoming one?]

[And is destruction truly the only path to Supreme Godhood? Could it... be a trap laid by the Universe Will?]

[I will become a Supreme God and fulfill my wager with the Universe Will.]

[Too many have died... Only four of us remain in Valhalla... I wonder how many will be left in the next cycle...]

[If I can reach Half-Step Supreme God in this cycle... then I can certainly do so in the next!]

[Then... let everything... begin... again!]

John and the others arrived in Valhalla’s council chamber.

Four quest scrolls hovered in the air, one for each member of Valhalla.

John approached his seat and gazed at the scroll before him with mixed emotions.

Suddenly, he felt as though his entire life had been arranged in advance.

He waved a hand. The scroll flew into his grasp and slowly unfurled.

[Valhalla Ultimate Hidden Quest I]

[Exclusive to: Tribulation]

[Objective: Advance to the Supreme Venerable rank!]

[Message: Have. You. Returned?]

[John...]

[Supreme Venerable Jie!!!]

[Time Limit: 100 years]

[Reward: Mark of Yin (Mysterious Mark)]

[Failure Penalty: Valhalla will disappear!]

A chill crept through John as he read the quest.

The message was unmistakably addressed to him!

"John... Supreme Venerable Jie..."

But wasn’t he Supreme Venerable John?

"And that mysterious mark—the Mark of Yin."

"Where there is Yin, there must be Yang..."

"I remember triggering a mysterious mark when I first entered this world and gaining the 10,000× Plunder talent. Was that the Mark of Yang?"

"Strangely enough... I’ve never actually seen it."

"Even after becoming a Supreme Venerable and gaining intimate knowledge of every part of my body and soul, I still couldn’t find a trace of the mark."

"That means the mysterious mark is of a higher rank than a Supreme Venerable."

John’s thoughts raced.

As far as the mysterious mark was concerned, only a mighty being from the Demon King Council had ever divined that it had fallen into the Myriad Races Universe. That discovery was what had led to the council’s enmity with John.

Now the quest offered another mysterious mark as its reward.

The Mark of Yin!

John’s brow twitched as a startling possibility occurred to him.

"The memories I believe are from my previous life..."

"Could someone have fabricated them? What if my memories are false?"

"What if the Holy Grail is where my real memories have been preserved?"

"What if Valhalla is the key my former self left behind to unlock those memories... and its sole purpose is to awaken me and the other members?"

"To help us recover our true memories."

Understanding dawned on John. Seen in that light, everything made sense.

Supreme Venerable Jie... Didn’t that mean he had been at least a Supreme Venerable in his previous life?

He simply did not know why he had needed to start over...

Or why he had fabricated false memories.

Yet he had also left many hidden preparations behind.

The Holy Grail was the most important of them. The mysterious marks were another!

All those mysteries...

Pointed toward a single goal.

Becoming a Supreme Venerable!