Within the Nation of Disorder, boundless dark-gold mist gathered, merging into William Augustus I, who was in eternal slumber.
Using the Sefirah's authority to continue sealing and eroding the corruption and will within the Hand of Order, Aaron sensed it to confirm no hidden dangers remained before looking at Roselle on the primitive island.
The former Black Emperor's expression was solemn. From the shadow-like curtain he held up, a slimy tentacle, vaguely patterned with an eerie design yet indistinct to the eye, slowly squirmed out.
The concept of distance was distorted. Aaron took a single step and arrived beside Roselle, solemnly declaring, using the authority of a King of Angels to leverage the power of the Nation of Disorder:
"The revival of the dead is forbidden here!"
Invisible ripples bypassed Roselle, dissolving into the squirming, struggling Attendant of Mysteries Beyonder characteristic, causing the will that showed signs of revival to return to silence.
His tense body relaxed slightly. Roselle took the now calm "curtain," and while maintaining Trissy's consciousness, which was enduring the Primordial One's descent, through distortion and grafting, he spoke in a deep voice:
"Trissy is almost at her limit. In three minutes at most, Cheek will awaken in her body!"
Aaron nodded slightly, directly descending upon Relic No. 1 via Trissy's prayer light, only his lingering voice echoing:
"Prepare to contend for the Black Emperor's High-Sequence Beyonder characteristics…"
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On the outskirts of Backlund, a meteor trailing a crimson flame stream accurately struck Relic No. 1, which was covered in shadows. As the earth trembled, the sky rapidly darkened, and a storm containing endless Calamity enveloped the area.
Trissy, whose flesh and blood constantly disintegrated yet barely maintained a human form, was surrounded by countless thick, long snake-like hairs. She forcibly tore through the Order shadow covering the mausoleum, allowing boundless greyish-white to corrode everything.
George III's sanity was already blurry. His mad consciousness, originally anchored by the various mausoleums, was now assaulting his remaining reason. The deep-black crown, inlaid with numerous dark gems and symbolizing the Black Emperor Pathway's Uniqueness, began to tremble violently, distorting all surrounding objects.
The process of accommodating the Uniqueness through the god-ascension ritual was interrupted. Numerous cracks disintegrated from the part of the shadow where the deep-black crown and George III intertwined, causing George III, who had already etherealized into a rule, to stiffen in mid-air, falling into uncontrollable mutation.
Under the ritual witnessed by the Uncertain Mist, infinite desires, following the connections between the mausoleums, detonated George III's last vestiges of reason, causing the anger and malice in his heart to breed and fall, transforming into a special medium.
Fallen, defiled, viscous black liquid continuously gushed from George III's body, vaguely forming a humanoid giant tree with chaotic scales.
Even more thoroughly distorted, Trissy, who had long abandoned her sanity, was left with only pure murderous intent towards George III. Yet, she instinctively sensed danger. The substantial Calamity immediately transformed into a pale bone skirt, but it was instantly struck by a branch covered in wet flowers and tar-like liquid, causing layers of cracks to appear.
Amidst the screams that pierced the Spirit Body, George III's rule-transformed body completely disintegrated. An indescribable spiritual light suddenly erupted, the most brilliant of which was a dim and dark crown.
Almost at the same moment George III completely fell, Aaron's figure appeared outside Relic No. 1. Accompanying him was a magnificent and boundless dark-gold world, isolating the terrifying aftershocks, which were capable of destroying Backlund, from reality.
"Unauthorized contracts shall be void!"
As the embryonic Divine Kingdom merged with the Nation of Disorder, Aaron solemnly declared, and the underlying rules of this area were modified accordingly.
The medium formed by the contractual transaction woven by the Blasphemer was instantly affected. The power bestowed by the Mother Tree of Desire was like a candle in the wind until a thick white mist followed, restoring stability.
Seizing the opportunity created by the rule modification, Aaron once again fully leveraged the power of the Nation of Disorder, bringing the Convergence of the Black Emperor Pathway Beyonder characteristics by this Sefirah to its peak. It emitted an extremely terrifying suction, causing the spiritual storm formed by George III's fall and disintegration to surge like a tide.
"Chaos is uncertain, truth is eternal!"
A solemn voice, similar to the Genie's but more indifferent and rigid, gushed out from the cracks in the rules alongside the surging white mist, making all certain things temporarily uncertain, including the Law of Beyonder Characteristics Convergence and the modified underlying rules.
This originated from the Pathway controlled by the Uncertain Mist, one of the Outer Deities, Sequence 0 "Chaos Mist"!
Although the Outer Deities were entrenched beyond the barrier, restraining the gods, correspondingly, the vigilant gods also indirectly strengthened the Astral World barrier, minimizing the influence Outer Deities could exert.
As a result, even the Blasphemer, who could temporarily steal the authority of an Outer Deity through transactions at any cost, could only briefly steal a portion of the "Chaos Mist" authority due to the weakening effect of the strengthened barrier. Yet, this was still enough to contend with Aaron, who had not yet achieved the Justiciar Sequence.
The four rays of light, symbolizing the Uniqueness and three Sequence 1 Beyonder characteristics, froze in mid-air. The remaining spiritual light, however, unobstructed, disappeared into the boundless dark-gold world.
Roselle slowly stood up in the mausoleum on the primitive island. His true vision reflected that all four rays of light were enveloped by the words of truth intertwined within the gaps of the Order shadow.
Such an opportunity would only come once. Under the gaze of the Uncertain Mist, the grafting involving that Uniqueness was very likely to fail… Roselle sighed lightly, shifting his gaze from the dim crown to a certain Prince of Abolition Beyonder characteristic, where the words of Order appeared slightly thinner.
The "curtain" in his hand suddenly lifted. He no longer maintained the balance of Trissy's mind, instead grafting the words of truth corresponding to that Prince of Abolition Beyonder characteristic to Trissy, whose consciousness was rapidly collapsing and who was about to become a clone of the Primordial Demoness.
One of the four rays of light, frozen in mid-air, shot out like an arrow from a bowstring, disappearing into the dark-gold mist. Aaron, who constantly sensed Roselle's actions, used the Balancer's authority to temporarily restore balance between Trissy and the Primordial Demoness's spirit that was devouring her consciousness, allowing her to regain control of her body.
The "Crown of Stars" then appeared above Aaron's head. A dark-blue starlight portal swallowed Trissy, banishing this Demoness.
The coordinates corresponding to the Gate of Banishment were precisely Relic No. 7, provided by Calamity Queen Cohinem, the source of the Abyss aura eruption. The sensing of Order changes confirmed to Aaron that it was where the Mother Tree of Desire and the Uncertain Mist's bestowal ritual was located.
As long as the ritual was destroyed, the power bestowed by these two Outer Deities would be like rootless duckweed, allowing him to gain the upper hand. Otherwise, once the Mother Tree of Desire finished absorbing George III's fallen malice and freed her hands to help the Uncertain Mist, the remaining High-Sequence Beyonder characteristics of the Black Emperor Pathway would likely all be lost.