Traveler of the River of Time and Space-Chapter 374 - 3: Human Pus

"Can such a monster be called a Saint?"

Su Ziyu closed the Holy Scripture of Profound Darkness in front of him, feeling that the world he entered this time might be extremely troublesome.

While reading this book, his Spirituality had a vague sensation, as if he saw a terrifying presence like a black sludge. If he activated Spiritual Vision at that moment, he might see more, but he had enough past experience to know it was not the right time to casually engage Spiritual Vision.

The corpulent woman deceived him.

She serves not the Mother of Rebirth but rather this creature called Eldritch, a demon extremely fond of consuming humans.

For what reason?

Why do the humans of this world willingly serve such a terrifying monster, call it their king, and worship it as a Saint?

Su Ziyu turned and entered the library before him.

He directly skipped other books and began searching for materials related to the ’Lord of Cinder,’ while also flipping through those potentially recording something connected to the ’Fire Transmission’ ceremony.

Time passed minute by minute.

Su Ziyu unknowingly spent half a day here, and after browsing through all the well-preserved books in the library, he had a general understanding of the affairs in this world.

The records within are not complete.

First, it’s certain that this world contains Divine Spirits, and the Divine King is a guy named Gwyn.

However, Su Ziyu doesn’t need to worry too much, because this guy has already been burned.

If he’s burned, he shouldn’t succumb to Corruption, right?

Gwyn is a Divine Spirit of the Age of First Fire. It’s said that initially, this world was a piece of darkness, existing only with Immortal Ancient Trees and Giant Dragons within Chaos, until the first Flame emerged, birthing all differences.

Life and Death, Light and Darkness, Time and Space...

Species born from the dark sludge were attracted by the Flame, gathered spontaneously around it and obtained the initial Lord Souls. They are Gwyn, the First of Gods, Tomb King Nite, the Chaos Witch of Izalith, and a forgotten Dwarf.

In the Age of First Fire, the three kings, who acquired the supreme power of the first Flame, began to unite against the Immortal Ancient Dragons. They obtained the secret of immortality of the Immortal Ancient Dragons from the ostracized Scaleless White Dragon Heath and launched a war against the Immortal Ancient Dragons. Tomb King Nite unleashed a gale of Death, bringing the first Death to the world and corroding the Dragon Scale of the Immortal Ancient Dragons; the Chaos Witch of Izalith released flames of Chaos, burning the Ancient Trees dwelling the Immortal Ancient Dragons; Gwyn distributed the strongest Lightning Thunder Sun King Soul to his subordinates, allowing them to obtain Thunder’s power, serving as the backbone to wipe out the Immortal Ancient Dragons.

Thus, these oldest Dominators were completely exterminated.

And the Age of Fire was heralded into beginning!

For a long period, this world was filled with vitality and developed a splendid civilization.

Gwyn is the origin of the world’s Divine Race.

However, he is somewhat different from the Divine Spirits Su Ziyu knows. The deities of this world cohabitate with humans, akin to Northern European deities, governing all things in the world.

Time passed as such for a very long time.

Unbeknownst to when, the power of the Flame began to wane.

Gradually, Undead began to appear in this world and spread rapidly. To continue the Age of Fire, Sun King—Gwyn shared the power of the Lord Soul among his subordinates and then sacrificed his own body as kindling to the First Flame, thereby bolstering the power of the First Flame to maintain this era’s brilliance.

It was at that time that the term ’Lord of Cinder’ was coined.

Thereafter, over thousands of years, to perpetuate the First Flame’s power and avert this world’s engulfment by Darkness, generations of kings have been sacrificed as kindling to the First Flame, continuing the world thus till the present.

The information in the library is not complete.

Much of the Age of First Fire’s information is already lost, with scant remaining material about deities, and the records of the Fire Transmission ceremony are also incomplete.

Su Ziyu only confirmed one point.

If chosen as the ’Lord of Cinder,’ regardless of any past deeds or however evil, one will attain an exceedingly revered status, receiving worship and adoration from people, whether superficial or not.

But.

Should the chosen ’Lord of Cinder’ refuse to fulfill their mission, and not voluntarily proceed to the Fire Transmission Ritual Site to conduct the Fire Transmission Ceremony, some Undead will come looking for them, taking their heads directly back as kindling for the ceremony. The rite has been performed numerous times before; some Lords of Cinder voluntarily proceed, while others are taken passively.

Although the Fire Transmission ceremony continues, this world is still constantly decaying and corrupting.

The power of the First Flame gradually dwindles.

This is akin to the last gasp, leading to the current scenario observed by Su Ziyu, where no living people are visible around, only wandering living corpses, and those remaining are transformed into various kinds of monsters.

Su Ziyu now somewhat doubts whether there are any normal living people left in this world.

When the bell chimes.

The Fire Transmission ceremony commences; when Su Ziyu awoke at first, he heard a peculiar chime, despite the absence of any large bell around the church.

The strength of the Flame continues to weaken, and the Undead continue to multiply.