Chapter 183 – Ancient History

Before initiating the Primal God Awakening for Utangka, Lee Hanseong divided his consciousness into four.

This was to simultaneously conduct the Awakening ritual from the centers of the four continents using the Great Void Clone.

The imperial capital of the Ardenia Empire, Arc.

The Sacred Mountain of the Sun Kingdom of Arcadia, Thousand.

The great mountain of Arthalia, Taesan.

The massive rock in central Arpelgia, Uluru.

“Now, I shall begin the Primal God Awakening ritual.”

The four Utangkas standing on altars set at the magical and geographical centers of the four continents announced the start of the Awakening ritual.

The people gathered around the altars watched the ritual with reverent postures.

“Come forth, Primal Gods who bless us.”

Rumble!

In response to Utangka’s call, dark clouds gathered in the clear sky.

The Primal Gods swarmed in a vortex-like formation centered on the altars.

The initial Arpelgia-born Primal Gods, who had formed the Spirit Ships of the advance force, all returned to Uluru.

At the centers of the other three continents, Primal Gods born from those continents during the process of developing their human civilizations gathered.

—Ahhhh.

Arcadia-born Primal Gods gathered at Thousand, Ardenia-born Primal Gods at Arc.

Arthalia-born Primal Gods gathered at Taesan, and so on.

Once a sufficient number of Primal Gods had gathered at each continent’s altar, the ritual proceeded to the next stage.

“Primal Gods, assemble and form ships.”

The Primal Gods gathered at each altar divided into three groups to form Spirit Ships.

Thus, three Spirit Ships were formed at each continent’s altar.

The number of Primal Gods was no different from the level of civilization’s development.

This meant that the primitive human civilization levels of the other three continents had developed to a level similar to when Arpelgia’s kingdom had sent advance forces to other continents.

“Hah, now the weight of the Primal Gods alone should be sufficient to serve as anchors.”

Having progressed the ritual this far, Utangka caught his breath briefly and immediately proceeded to the next step.

Previously, to anchor Utangka not to the Primordial Beginning’s Primal Heaven but to the present, they had to use not only the Spirit Ships formed by the Primal Gods but also the people of the four continents who had received spirits through baptism as anchors.

But now, there was no longer a need to assign the role of anchors to the people.

This meant that using the Polarity Reversal and Legion Merge of the sealed Great Void Clone would no longer be a problem.

“My people. I shall temporarily reclaim the spirits I lent you.”

Upon hearing Utangka’s words, the people each stretched out both hands toward him.

Not only those gathered around the altars but even those far from the altars heard Utangka’s will transmitted through the Great Void Clone connected by baptism and stretched their hands toward his direction.

Whoooosh!

Bzzzt!

Beneath the sky darkened by dark clouds, countless beams of light converged toward Utangka standing on the altar at Uluru.

The spirits—or rather, fragments of Primal Gods—that Utangka had distributed to the people through baptism were all returning to their king at once.

Naturally, like the Primal Gods, the spirits also followed their continent of origin.

A spirit sent by a person of Ardenia would not go to Arpelgia.

This was precisely why the ritual was conducted simultaneously across the four continents in this manner.

Soon, after reclaiming spirits from all people who could serve as vessels for the Great Void Clone, Utangka spoke.

“Legion Merge!”

Whoosh!

Utangka’s main body at Uluru, having absorbed all the spirits held by Arpelgia’s people, evolved from a 7-Star Spirit to an 8-Star Spirit King.

The three Great Void Clones of Utangka conducting the ritual on the other three continents similarly transformed into Spirit Kings.

Though still one step short of becoming a 9-Star Mythic Spirit, i.e., a Primal God, that problem would be resolved once the main body absorbed the clones who had become Spirit Kings.

However, Lee Hanseong did not immediately summon the three clones.

There was still an intermediate stage remaining in the ritual.

Crack.

Utangka’s main body standing on the altar at Uluru raised his head toward the sky and declared.

“I announce to the constellations of heaven. This land and nation where we began shall be called ‘Arpelgia.'”

The clone standing on the altar at Arc similarly gazed at the sky and proclaimed.

“…I declare that from this day forth, the name of our empire protected by dragons shall be ‘Ardenia’!”

The clone standing on the altar at Thousand also proclaimed the nation’s name beneath the sky.

“The name of this land that shall become the Sun Kingdom is now ‘Arcadia’!”

Finally, the clone standing at Taesan swore to the heavens.

“We, the human nation ‘Arthalia,’ swear to live alongside the order of the Four Divine Beasts!”

Rumble!

At that moment, as if responding to their words, the heavens thundered.

Beams of light descended through the dark clouds, illuminating Utangka standing precisely on the altars.

This was the moment when the names of the first human nations of each continent, which would later become the names of the four continents, were established.

The Feat of someone who would name the continents in the future was replaced by Utangka’s Achievement.

In any case, with this, the rituals for the three continents other than Arpelgia were now complete.

The Achievement and reverence required for Primal God Awakening had been sufficiently gathered.

All that remained was the Unification of the clones and the main body.

Swoosh.

The clones from the three continents simultaneously flew up from the altars into the sky, positioning themselves among the three Spirit Ships in the air.

“Let us go. To Arpelgia.”

Soon, a Trinity of Spirit Ships from each continent formed around the three clones.

Vroooooom!

The Spirit Ships accompanying the clones shot toward Arpelgia like beams of light.

It was a speed surpassing that of ordinary Spirit Ships.

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A short while later.

The clones and Spirit Ships divided among the four continents all gathered at Uluru in Arpelgia.

As twelve Spirit Ships assembled in the sky.

The three Spirit King-grade clones merged into Utangka’s main body.

“Primal God Awakening.”

Whoosh!

The Primal God Awakening unfolded in sync with the moment the Grade and Divinity contained within the clones were absorbed, leading to his Promotion.

Soon, as Utangka’s race reached the 9-Star Primal God without issue, the third Polarity Reversal emerged.

Perhaps due to having just performed the Primal God Awakening ritual, he comprehended the reversed Primal God Awakening—《Primal God Return》.

“Hmm. An ability to revert the attributes of a Primal God back to the Great Void attribute of the Primal Heaven!”

Since Utangka’s attribute is Great Void, using this would allow him to wield the power of the Primal Gods forming the Spirit Ships even more like his own.

Alternatively, he could make the Spirit Ships themselves part of his body, retaining the anchoring effect while unifying the power.

But then.

Crack.

A strange sound reached Utangka’s senses as he pondered the applications of the new ability.

He quickly realized the source of the sound.

It was the sound of a crack forming in the Sealed Heavenly Tribulation imprisoning Prometheus.

“Has the limit already arrived.”

Still, it didn’t mean he would break free immediately.

There was still a little time left.

“Still, it’s fortunate I prepared in advance.”

He had no intention of pointlessly fighting an opponent he couldn’t even kill due to the fixed history of the future point.

Since the advance force had already established footholds on other continents, he planned to board most of Arpelgia’s people onto the twelve Spirit Ships and depart.

The reason he gathered not only the clones but all the Spirit Ships at Uluru to conclude the ritual was precisely for this.

Of course, since humans must remain on the Arpelgia Continent in the future as well, he couldn’t take everyone.

“The time for migration has come! All except the prisoners shall board the ships!”

Thus, from the moment he first planned the migration, he had gathered sinners from whom baptism had been revoked to remain in Arpelgia, so humanity on Arpelgia would not go extinct at the future point.

And so, the Spirit Ships boarded by most of Arpelgia’s people, except the sinners, all headed for the Arthalia Continent.

“We shall migrate to the Eastern Heaven of Arthalia.”

Since the other continents also had fixed histories at the future point, for plausibility not to be disrupted, Utangka’s existence must not be recorded.

In that sense, the Eastern Heavens scattered throughout the Arthalia Continent were excellent places of seclusion.

Within the Eastern Heavens, located on the Reverse Side and having almost no interaction with the outside, he could spend time without entangling with the fixed history of the future.

* * *

“Is this the Eastern Heaven where we will live from now on?”

Some time later. Having completed the intercontinental voyage and arrived at the targeted Eastern Heaven, Utangka disembarked the people from the Spirit Ships.

Though the environment was still a primitive wilderness with nothing, the people, who could now use the spirits regained through Primal God baptism after the ritual, would quickly rebuild civilization.

Moreover, with support from the outside Arthalia Kingdom, that time would come even sooner.

Furthermore, he didn’t even need to intervene in that process.

The well-trained subordinates he had nurtured would manage the nation on their own.

“Well, since I have nothing to do immediately. I’d better focus on completing my Promotion.”

Utangka activated Primal God Return on the Spirit Ships that had finished their tasks.

The twelve Spirit Ships merged around him, transforming into a humanoid form.

It was as if the Primal Gods had coalesced into a giant.

Groooooan!!!!

As the contained Starlight achieved quantitative expansion, the fourth Polarity Reversal naturally emerged.

“Polarity Reversal, 《Great Void Heavenly Path》.”

Zzzzrumble—

The Great Void Heavenly Tribulation reversed, manifesting as the Blessing of the Heavenly Path.

Just as Heavenly Tribulation represents heaven’s punishment, the Heavenly Path is the blessed way arranged by heaven.

Thus, the Kingdom of Arpelgia settled in Arthalia’s Eastern Heaven obtained a fate to avoid calamities of destruction and prosper.

“It is done.”

At this moment, the historical void left by the disappearance of the Kingdom of Arpelgia founded by Utangka in Rough and Henrietta’s history was filled not by destruction but by migration.

And this triggered the emergence of the final Polarity Reversal.

The reversal of the Primordial Heavenly Lord who becomes one with the Primal Heaven.

《Primordial Heavenly Decree》.

Click.

An ability to arbitrarily decree fate preceding the opponent’s existence through the Primal Heaven.

And with this, all five reversed forms of Utangka’s Stigmas were determined, naturally initiating the Existence Reversal.

The core of a Primal God is its attribute.

Fsssh…!

And the moment the existence of Utangka, who was a Primal God of the Great Void attribute, reversed, the Great Void attribute was inverted.

From Great Void to Void.

The Great Void, capable of transforming into all attributes, became the Void that reverts all attributes to nothingness.

“……!”

Had it not been for Utangka’s records already ascended to Divine Rank being in a state of Spirit Possession, it wouldn’t have been strange for him to fall to a Void God with this attribute.

But the Void Utangka obtained was ultimately the Void predetermined by the Primordial Beginning.

[Primordial Heavenly Tribulation]

The Authority to manifest the era of the Primordial Beginning that creates the world activated.

Void returned to Great Void.

From Great Void, the myriad countless attributes were generated anew.

Utangka’s very existence was no different from the spirit realm.

Click.

At this moment as the starting point, the disparity between the True God Utangka and the past Utangka interlocked, filling his history with plausibility.

“For now, this is as far as it goes….”

However, he still could not become an Apostle.

Since the Apostle of the Epicenter, Prometheus, was fixed to appear in Rough’s history at a point far in the future.

Until then, even if he challenged an Apostle Duel, he would inevitably lose.

Therefore, for now, the best course was simply to pass time while Utangka’s history connected to the eras of other Spirits.

Time flowed swiftly, and history transitioned from ancient to medieval times.

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Lee Hanseong rapidly skipped through Utangka’s time, leaving arrangements in the fates of future Spirits through the Great Void Heavenly Path.

Sometimes he assisted the Four Divine Beasts in creating the Asura Three Thousand Gates in the Eastern Heaven of Taesan.

Sometimes he sent the founder of the Sprit family, ancestors of Duren, from Arthalia to the Arcadia Continent, inserting the Murim chivalry novels that the young Duren would later read.

At other times, he added the distortion in Arthalia’s Murim that became the catalyst for Rough’s comprehension of Sophistry.

Sometimes he sent the Solar Primal God to Mirkala during her Nosferatu period, who became Mirinae’s Singularity, guiding her to Bloom the Authority of Solar Blood.

Meanwhile, the civilizations of the four continents, which had been similarly spirit-based, gradually developed in the direction Lee Hanseong knew.

Because Utangka went into seclusion and new baptisms ceased, each continent had to obtain power in different ways.

Ardenia formed a magical civilization based on ancient magic utilizing Spell Scripts integrated into Spirit Arts, founded on dragon magic.

Arcadia replaced spirit attributes with Aura for knights, and those who performed the Miracle of Light established the Church of Radiance, even establishing Divine arts.

Arthalia developed martial arts specialized in human combat over large monster battles because most high-grade Awakened Monsters gathered in the Eastern Heavens, leading to the establishment of Martial Arts.

Thus, spending centuries in such turbulent history, the points where history became fixed finally approached.

And once again, a point where history needed fixing had arrived—the era of Non.