# Chapter 57: That's Too Much, My Friend
What is order?
In the void before the birth of all things, fire was born. This indescribable fire had no form, nor could it be expressed in words. It radiated the light of creation, spreading the meaning of existence throughout the entire multiverse as it is today.
The primordial fire brought light, distinguishing order from chaos. And when the ashes of the fire solidified, steel was produced. It is the origin of countless worlds, the foundation upon which all matter exists.
This is the multiverse, and the beginning of all life within it.
However, just as fire can be extinguished and steel can corrode, worlds also gradually move toward destruction, returning to the chaos of the void. Even worse, upon the corpses of worlds destroyed by accidents, monsters called Evil Gods are born. They are the embodiment of chaos, neither good nor evil, with the goal of returning the entire multiverse to the nothingness before creation.
What can stop them? Nothing. When the most ancient Evil Gods were born, some young worlds had not yet taken shape. Faced with these terrifying embodiments of disorder, resistance was futile.
At first, this was indeed the case.
The primordial Evil Gods devoured the body of the multiverse, continuously turning worlds into silent chaos, returning them to nothingness—they encountered no resistance. Destroying a world was as easy as eating a piece of cake.
This process continued for an unknown amount of time, because there were no units of time measurement yet, nor any intelligent life to observe this phenomenon. Countless worlds were completely destroyed during this period. The clusters of Evil Gods even approached the core of the multiverse, touching the halo of the primordial fire.
Suffocating darkness swallowed the light, drowning countless worlds. The Evil Gods should have continued forward like this, extinguishing the primordial fire—until that day.
In a world where life existed, among those savages who only knew how to survive by instinct, a certain intelligent individual cautiously took a few sparks from beneath the ashes of a lightning fire. He treasured them as precious gems, carefully preserving them.
Not long after, a blazing torch illuminated the long, lightless night, symbolizing the arrival of an era.
This was the first light of wisdom.
From scattered individuals gathering into tribes, from primitive tribes becoming city-states, the accumulation of wisdom surpassed the imagination of all existence. City-states united into kingdoms, kingdoms fought and merged with each other. The thoughts of different lives coalesced, forming their unique cultures, and the prototype of civilization was born.
Wood, stone, ore, steel—tools and technology continuously advanced. The ancient sages even comprehended the essence of power from the phenomena of the world, creating the predecessors of Battle Qi and magic.
All of this took only a few thousand years.
Devouring a world with the resistance of civilization was far too difficult for those mindless Evil Gods. Pure natural disasters could only temporarily overcome them. Within a few decades, which was short for both the world and the Evil Gods, they would recover their strength, even becoming more prosperous and powerful than before. The advance of chaos halted because the power of order was spreading.
Thus, order is civilization, is life—using wisdom to turn disorder into order, using wisdom to turn iron and stone into tools. This is the meaning of 'fire,' the essence of order!
Just as the ancient proverb states, "As long as wisdom is not extinguished, order will last forever." The two complement each other, supporting one another.
Of course, the progress of order also greatly enhanced the power of the Evil Gods. The ancient primordial Evil Gods were at most some terrifying concepts without wisdom. As the purest chaos, aside from bringing down some natural disasters, they couldn't even affect the operation of orderly worlds. This was because the world wreckage they were born from had no life, let alone civilization. They were like wild beasts, acting according to the instinct of chaos.
However, the destruction of a world with life and civilization was different. Born from the wreckage of such worlds were existences like the current 'Plague Evil God' and 'Famine Evil God.' Although they were also embodiments of chaos, they possessed the wisdom unique to life.
These Evil Gods could even imitate the civilizations they had destroyed, using their remains to create their own minions, and then use this incomplete civilizational power to attack other worlds.
As civilization progressed, the Evil Gods became increasingly terrifying. However, perhaps precisely because of this, they could no longer invade any region at will as before, but could only invade worlds that met certain conditions.
—Light of the Ark Time Vessel: A divine spell array developed by the Church of the Seven Gods over many years, possessing the ability to expel chaos and spread order.
—A prototype completed after multiple improvements for the environment of the Abyss of Anos. The purification effect is greatly reduced for chaotic regions outside the Abyss of Anos.
—The power of the Sage pulses deep within the array. You can feel the aura of the Pure White Staff. Due to incomplete design, fully driving it still requires the use of Order Force.
—This is the seed of order.
"Eagle has already found a way to use Order Force without relying on the Sage's relics." Feeling the surging power within the array, Joshua murmured softly. "He walks ahead of everyone else. No wonder he's the number one person on the continent today."
The warrior's tone carried a hint of admiration. If Pope Eagle had been born in the ancient era, he would certainly have been one of the sages leading human civilization forward. The Radiant Seed, as an array capable of opening a sanctuary in a chaotic environment, had epoch-making significance. It meant that humanity no longer had to passively wait for chaos to invade before counterattacking, but could freely launch offensives.
Although the current version seemed to have some flaws, it didn't matter much. According to his previous life's timeline, a complete version requiring only positive energy would appear within five years.
Thinking of this, Joshua didn't hesitate. He immediately mobilized the power of the Azure Orb within his body, attempting to drive this massive array.
However, just as the warrior's will touched the orb located at his heart, this inheritance of the Sage released a large amount of knowledge and information, transmitting it into Joshua's mind. Suddenly encountering such an assault, even with his iron-willed determination, he couldn't help but be stunned for a second or two.
The Azure Orb, which had once sealed the Warden, had been unsealed into the Sage's inheritance Azure Orb through Joshua's continuous eradication of chaos. But this relic of the Sage hadn't actually opened its inheritance to the warrior as everyone had thought.
It had indeed given the warrior considerable power—whether it was killing Chaos Monsters to convert life force or the Soulflame King form, these were abilities the Azure Orb had granted Joshua. But they were merely abilities. This relic of the Sage seemed to know that Joshua's heart was filled only with battle, so it only gave him the power to fight. It never spoke of many ancient secrets or information about the Sage, as if it were merely a treasure containing Order Force.
But now, the Azure Orb suddenly broke its pattern, actively transmitting quite a bit of information to the warrior.
"The meaning of order..."
Feeling the knowledge suddenly transmitted by the Azure Orb, Joshua carefully read through it, then laughed lightly: "Whatever it is, there's definitely going to be a fight involved."
Shaking his head, he didn't bother with what lay behind the Azure Orb's abnormal reaction. Instead, he focused entirely on mobilizing Order Force, pouring it into the array.
Although he had thought about many things, all of this took only a few seconds in reality. For the three church members watching Joshua control the array, the warrior had only been stunned for a few seconds before he began earnestly infusing Order Force, cooperating with the Fusion Core Star to fully activate the Radiant Seed array.
This was fine at first, but a few seconds later, they felt something was wrong.
"Wait! Lord Joshua, you don't need to infuse that much Order Force!"
High Sister Sa Ya's perception was sharper than that of the two Paladins beside her, so she immediately discovered the source of the problem—probably because the warrior was somewhat distracted, he was pouring Order Force into the array as if it cost nothing!
Holy Light above, they only wanted Joshua to test whether the array could operate and whether it could be smoothly controlled! This amount of Order Force was enough to drown several high-ranking Greater Demons alive!
"What?"
Joshua also realized something was wrong. At the root of it, he had been affected by the information about the meaning of order from the Azure Orb—while infusing Order Force, images of various Evil Gods had appeared in the warrior's mind, and he had subconsciously used full force.
An Ultimate-rank's full force.
The difference between an Ultimate-rank expert and a Gold-rank was like heaven and earth. Moreover, when Joshua returned from the Ilgena World, the Azure Orb's Order Force had long been fully charged from his battles with Evil Gods. Now, he had been pouring in full force for almost ten seconds. He didn't even know how much power he had used, and things immediately spiraled out of control.
"Stop immediately!"
By now, Robzek and Loranda had also reacted. The two broke out in cold sweat. The array on the Ark Time Vessel was personally arranged by Pope Eagle, and its amplification of power could only be described as astonishing. Normally, even the energy overflowing from the Fusion Core Star was enough to supply the entire ark. What about the power the warrior was pouring in now?
The two Paladins wanted to move forward to stop him, but it was too late. A dazzling flash of light erupted, surging forth from the array. The surging Order Force pushed them back several steps in an instant. Loranda had almost no resistance, while Robzek could steady himself after a few steps back but couldn't advance further.
Inside the cabin of the Ark Time Vessel, the elven youth, who had been lying quietly on the bed with his eyes closed, was about to fall asleep. But with a loud bang, almost materialized Order Force swept through the entire ship, ignoring all physical obstacles. It shocked all the ark's staff, making them stop their work. It even made a certain giant beast swimming beneath the ship shudder. More than that, it startled Hill from his half-asleep state. He sat up abruptly from the bed, looking around in shock and confusion: "What was that?! So terrifying?!"
Just as he asked this question, a silver light pillar, centered on the Time Vessel, shot straight into the sky. It tore through the thick clouds above the Abyss of Anos, turning half the sky white. Moreover, it prematurely triggered the chaotic power that was building up.
In the waters of the Abyss of Anos, where storms were said to never cease, it was almost impossible to have windless and waveless conditions. Even if there were, it was only to gather strength for a greater storm. The windless period Hill had predicted earlier was exactly like this. According to his calculations, this windless period would last about three days, followed by a storm far greater than any before. But now, because of Joshua, the terrifying fluctuations of order spread, clashing with the abyssal aura permeating this sea area. Under the massive energy changes, the storm was triggered prematurely.
Instantly, thunder and lightning flashed in the sky. Purple and cyan lightning bolts, like spiderwebs, shuttled through the layered cumulonimbus clouds. A massive cyclone was slowly taking shape in the nearby sea area. Accompanied by increasingly turbulent giant waves, torrential rain and fierce winds descended together. The originally clear sea and sky became blurred in an instant due to the rain, as if the entire world was covered by dark-colored paint.
"Sister Sa Ya... what's going on?"
The High Sister had been standing on one side of the array, using a crystal shield to resist the tidal wave of Order Force surging toward her. But she suddenly heard a timid voice from behind her. Sa Ya subconsciously turned her head and saw a petite young girl with gray hair.
This girl had a beautiful appearance, looking about sixteen or seventeen years old. Even after seeing the High Sister, the tense expression on her face didn't fade. She looked somewhat fearfully at the almost materialized pillar of order, then gently grabbed the hem of the High Sister's robe, speaking in a very small voice: "I just finished my experiment. I wanted to show it to you, sister, but I was startled by this power..."
The girl's voice was naturally soft, and with her looking like she was about to cry, her voice came out intermittently. Seeing this, Sa Ya could only turn around, holding the girl in her arms to comfort her: "It's okay, Nono. It's just a minor accident..."
Upon hearing this, the girl named Nono blinked her big eyes. She subconsciously glanced at the silver light pillar that was stirring up the entire sky, her blue pupils showing confusion.
Seeing the girl's expression, the High Sister's face was also complicated. She turned her head, looking at the light pillar that was still continuously releasing Order Force into the sky, and could only sigh: "Actually, it's quite serious... but don't worry, we can handle it. Nono, go back to the lab first. I'll come find you later."
"Oh, okay."
Nodding obediently, the girl turned and walked toward the passage leading to the interior of the ark. But before entering the ark, Nono turned her head again, looking at the light pillar that made her feel somewhat afraid, and murmured to herself: "Another Ultimate-rank expert?"
When she said this, her expression became somewhat mature. "The church really has deep reserves, to have invited another expert of this level..."
It wasn't just the people on the ark who were startled by this light pillar.
Above the distant sea, amidst the endless flowing clouds.
A massive low-pressure cyclone was taking shape not far away. These rain clouds were all attracted by that power, so the howling wind was like a heavenly torrent, driving thick clouds surging in that direction.
And a massive existence was flying silently, riding this strong wind. Its aura was completely concealed by the wind and clouds. Even using high-level divine spells to detect it, it would be difficult to find its trace.
The Black Dragon Man Da Jia Er was heading toward the Abyss of Anos. Except for the small part of its facial features and brain on its head, almost all of its body had transformed into a black crystal-like form. This form allowed the Black Dragon to freely change its body structure, reducing wind resistance, and greatly decreasing the possibility of being detected by spells.
Killing its former apprentice wasn't a big deal for a Black Dragon that inherently belonged to the evil camp. But even Man Da Jia Er didn't want to bear the severe reprimand from the Elder Council. So after some preparation, it immediately headed to the distant sea, planning to find a sea giant beast, absorb its life force to complete its form transformation, and then go to the Abyss of Anos to guard the abyssal rift.
But for some reason, the sea beasts near the Abyss of Anos had either all entered the interior of the sea area or had all fled to other seas thousands of miles away. This forced Man Da Jia Er to go to the Abyss of Anos to find prey.
It had been flying peacefully when suddenly, a rumbling sound like thunder came from afar. This immediately put the Black Dragon on alert.
But being alert was useless. A silver-white light pillar shot up from the ground into the sky, 'boom' breaking through the clouds, shaking the clouds in half the sky like water waves, creating layered ripples. At the same time, surging Order Force swept through, reacting with the abyssal aura, blooming dense thunder and lightning in the clouds.
As an old Black Dragon, Man Da Jia Er had long been prepared for battle. But the sudden thunderstorm was beyond its expectations. With no other choice, it could only temporarily leave the clouds and quickly dive into the sea. However, because there were too many lightning bolts, the Black Dragon was accidentally struck on the wing by a purple lightning bolt, causing it to enter the water in an awkward posture, splashing a large amount of water.
"What... the hell is going on!?"
Slowly surfacing from the seawater, Man Da Jia Er looked angrily and bewilderedly toward the area where the light pillar had risen. It was located in the central part of the Abyss of Anos, about to enter the core area. It cautiously and disgustedly felt the Order Force in the air, grinding its teeth: "Church of the Seven Gods... it really is you!"
"Just wait. Once I complete my form transformation, I will turn all of you into living crystal nourishment!"
As it spoke, it seemed to sense something. Its originally angry expression calmed down considerably. Man Da Jia Er's ferocious dragon face twisted slightly, revealing a cold smile for a dragon: "It seems I don't need to go. Those giant beasts also hate this kind of light."
At the same time, beneath the surface of the Abyss of Anos.
A massive shadow was rapidly swimming toward the Time Vessel.