The Primordial Record

Chapter 1677: Is This My True Origin

Rowan had no way to transmit detailed instructions to his children, and this was not a problem that he had anticipated happening. Before crossing through four layers of the void, he had no idea what he was going to be discovering or where the journey might take him, and so it was nearly impossible to create any fail-safe in the event that he found trouble.

Not knowing what to expect, the only thing that Rowan could do before entering the deeper layers of the void was to make sure he was ready for any eventualities that might occur along the way, yet, how was he ever supposed to be prepared for everything?

Rowan was used to pain, but he was not a masochistic person. Challenges were fine, but he did not think he could solve everything… at least not yet.

With his limitless ability for growth, it was inevitable that one day, if he did not perish, he would become truly omnipotent, but for now, he could not challenge everything, so instead, Rowan took a different route.

He could not prepare for everything, but he did not need to; instead, he had to know about everything, and when he was faced with a challenge, even if he was not aware of the solution, he would still be able to recognize that problem.

For him, this was a valuable skill because it enabled him to use his talents of enhanced learning, adaptation, and extreme evolution to their greatest limits.

He did not need to know the answer to every problem; he just needed to know that a problem like this could exist. If he were to ever face these unique challenges, because he had anticipated something like this happening, he would have a way to ultimately resolve them or at least make an attempt.

Rowan had anticipated that there would be a time when he might need the power of his bloodlines, but he would not be able to get to them. If he needed to give out precise instructions, he was unable to do so.

It was a good thing that his bloodlines were sentient, and he was able to teach them about certain affairs that might be related to his well-being. Now he had more tools at his disposal after crossing the second layer of the void, the Azure Empyrean, and obtaining all the trillions of Hollow Titans inside it, which now lived inside his dimensional flesh.

The truth was that his success had not been guaranteed, but Serathis, Prime, and the Serpents had done a perfect job.

He had been able to give only brief emotions of coldness, forgetfulness, and loss. Only with these three emotions did he need to influence his bloodlines in the direction they needed to take.

Rowan could not just barge into the Oblivion Gate with his serpents to access the Oblivion Gate. Well, he could, but doing that would be a waste of opportunity, when he could take the chance to destroy the Great Desert along the way.

He already knew of the coalition of immortals set up to destroy the Great Desert, many of whom were unaware they had his voice in their hearts.

There was a price for power, and any immortal who looked deep into his Origin Land to find inspiration was inviting his presence into their heart as well.

On some level, there was a tradeoff that these immortals were aware of, with all of them intrinsically agreeing to it. Without the Origin Land, it would be nearly impossible to utilize the power of Eosah’s essence properly.

Rowan had attacked the Great Desert, and he had plundered its resources. He knew that Primordial Chaos would never allow him to escape with such benefits, but only if Rowan was to show him something better than the Great Desert would he choose to let his Ouroboros Serpent be free.

And he was right. Primordial Chaos had watched his serpents devour the desert and Divus without any interruption, and it was clear that he wanted the serpents for himself. Still, Serathis and Prime understood that Rowan had allowed the serpents to attack as only the first step in his plan.

Prime had stolen the breath of life from them so they could die without being resurrected, and he had teleported them across Reality until he reached the Gates of Oblivion.

Then he deliberately disturbed the chains that bind Primordial Chaos for a moment before entering Oblivion. Inside Oblivion, the task of Serathis was to locate Rowan using nothing but the power of luck.

Serathis was powerful, but she also had limits, and several factors enabled her to locate Rowan. These factors included their connection with him, the presence of the Ouroboros skeleton beside him, and access to a virtually unlimited ocean of power that Serathis could pull upon to activate her bloodline powers to the absolute limits.

If any of these three factors had been missing, then there was a great possibility that his bloodlines might have never located him.

Still, everything went well; he had luck by his side after all, and it was difficult to properly analyze how much that counted for until situations like this, when the impossible was made to happen.

Primordial Chaos had not stopped his serpents from entering Oblivion because he must have believed it was related to Primordial Soul.

After Rowan had seized the Throne of Primordial Chaos with the power of Primordial Soul, he knew he could no longer keep the secret of Primordial Soul for long, and it would not be long before the Primordials would discover the truth.

If that was to be the case, how could he take advantage of this revelation to further his purpose? It was undoubtedly a great loss that the presence of Primordial Soul had been revealed, but Rowan knew he could not allow this Primordial too many advantages.

Revealing her presence earlier was to force Primordial Soul to work with him, and now he was able to draw in the Ouroboros Serpents into Oblivion and make Primordial Soul his scapegoat.

Rowan had revealed a lot of his abilities to the Primordials, making them to be rightly wary of him, but if he could still push some of his brilliance unto Primordial Soul, then that was something he was not shy in doing.

If the Primordials could believe that the majority of his achievements were due to the hidden hand of Primordial Soul, it would inevitably draw some of the heat away from him and towards Primordial Soul.

Without the knowledge of what Rowan was doing inside this layer of the void, the only entity that should be able to manipulate the serpents must be Primordial Soul.

There was no reason for them to believe that anyone could enter Oblivion and keep their consciousness. Rowan had only been able to achieve this because he had traversed through three layers of the void in the quest for Space Origin, and his dimensional flesh had evolved and adapted to his growing knowledge, giving him the ability to keep his consciousness intact, and also increase the power he had over this layer.

Primordial Chaos had been able to create the Great Desert with the bones of Divus and the inspiration he had received from guiding the Gate of Oblivion, and now Rowan believed he should be able to achieve much more than this Primordial.

It might seem that he has not made any great moves in the last nine decades, and the growth of his dimensional level has been stagnant, but the truth is that he is enhancing his foundation, and the powers he is gaining along the way are multiple times greater than if he had rushed to the eighth dimensional level.

Reviewing the memories from Serathis barely took a moment, and Rowan looked at Prime, who knew his intentions without having to say a word, and he quietly sent his memories towards Rowan.

They followed the same events Serathis had shown him, but from a different perspective. If any immortal had reviewed the memories of Serathis and Prime, they would have gone insane due to the alien methods they used in perceiving Reality around them.

Prime’s method of perceiving Reality transcended linear temporality. This meant that he did not see time in a sequential order, from the past, present, and future; instead, it was simultaneous. He could perceive all three states at the same time.

What was also strange was that he also perceives Time and Reality as still and flowing.

With the perception of Prime, Rowan had finally solved one of the mysteries that had bothered him for a while, which was the reason Primordials could not see the future or had blocked themselves from seeing the future.

Reality was dead! Eosah no longer had any future, and when observing Reality using the eyes of Prime that could see the future, he saw instead an endless ocean of black blood, and every time the perception of Prime touched this blood, it rippled, as if something was struggling to live or return.

Rowan always made sure that the perception of Prime was always weakened, especially when it came to the future. Those ripples were frankly unnerving.

If the presence of Prime could cause such a thing, what more would the presence of Primordials cause in the future?

Reality was a fully sustaining system, and any entity inside her that wished to see the future would be looking at her future—a future that should no longer exist.

If the Primordials attempted to see the future, they were essentially shocking the dead heart of Reality awake! They were that powerful.

No wonder Primordial Time had been killed. In his attempt to see the future, he could have awakened Eosah and caused irreparable damage.

Rowan was suddenly struck with a thought. Perhaps, the Primordials had not killed Time fast enough; perhaps Time had touched something forbidden in the future and did not awaken Eosah; instead, it awakened him… Eos!

Is this my true origin?