Lin Xun thought carefully, but after thinking for a long while, it was all in vain.

For an Apostle to accomplish the great cause of saving the world within a chapter by relying solely on their own power was basically very difficult.

After all, even the strongest among the Apostles were only at the true god level of eternal. Wanting to wrestle with a supreme main god was far too unrealistic.

If an Apostle wanted to accomplish the great cause of saving the world, not only did they need enough personal strength, they also had to borrow the power of their oath faction and the relevant plot characters.

But if the strongest god in one’s own camp had already raised the white flag and defected to the enemy, then how could one still borrow any momentum? How could one still save the world?

[…]

[You help the collapsed Rona to her feet, wanting to open your mouth to comfort her, yet unable to say a single word.]

[Because you too feel the same deep powerlessness and despair…]

[You barely gather your spirits and say to Rona, do you still remember the two prophecies about you?]

[Perhaps the prophecy saying you are the Savior might come true. You could both awaken Omniscient True Knowledge and allow the world to be reborn just as it is about to be destroyed…]

[Rona says in a low voice, do you still not understand?]

[The prophecies were a declaration of loyalty to the Abyss spoken through the mouths of two Great Prophets after the Servant of Knowledge had already become the Abyss Child…]

[You recall the two prophecies and analyze them word by word…]

[…]

[A stranger will leave his homeland, traverse stars, worlds, and dimensions, and arrive here to become the Envoy of a great existence.]

[The defeated heretics hiding in the starry sky will stage a comeback because of his arrival.]

[The ancient existence that fell beneath the earth will, because of his coming, revive and be reborn.]

[He is not the Savior. He is the source of the world’s destruction!]

[…]

[You suddenly realize that this prophecy actually corresponds one by one with the divine prophecy of the Abyss.]

[The stars will return and come again, the Abyss will also revive and be reborn, but the great existence you awaken is not Omniscient True Knowledge, but a brand-new evil god that combines the Abyss, the Radiant Stars, and even part of Omniscient True Knowledge!]

[In order to cleanse Disorder, the new evil god will destroy the entire world, turning it into a wasteland scorched beyond recognition!]

[…]

[A stranger will leave his homeland, traverse stars, worlds, and dimensions, and arrive here to become the Envoy of a great existence.]

[The evil heretical outsiders hiding in the starry sky, plotting a comeback, will be extinguished and fall because of his arrival.]

[The ancient being that fell beneath the earth, seeking resurrection, will be annihilated again because of his arrival.]

[He is the savior. He is the light of salvation for all people.]

[…]

[In despair, you discover that this prophecy also corresponds one by one with the divine prophecy of the Abyss.]

[The old stars and the old Abyss will cease to exist. You witness their destruction, and you also witness Them being reborn as a new evil god through the body of the Abyss Child!]

[The triune evil god will cleanse Disorder, destroy the original world, and then create a new world, transforming the scorched wasteland into a new world flowing with milk and honey.]

[You really are the Savior, but sadly, you are not the Savior of the old world…]

[Because the birth of the new world also counts as a successful salvation, this uncertain future will become a fixed and unchangeable fact. Therefore, all of this is because of you.]

[You are the source of destruction of the old world, and you are also the Savior of the new world!]

“T-this… so this is how the prophecy is actually interpreted.”

Lin Xun only felt his hands and feet turn cold, his whole body weak.

He had thought that everything was within expectation, that he would save the world just as the prophecy said. In the end, he discovered that the prophecy was not meant to be interpreted that way at all.

He was not the Abyss Child, nor was he any so-called Savior. He was merely an observing witness.

If the birth of a new world also counted as salvation, then the prophecy’s words, all of this is because of his arrival, were completely valid.

Because once salvation succeeded, it would turn the rehearsed future into the fixed true ending!

It was like countless dried-up, severed riverbeds, with only one of them able to flow into the final sea.

Each Apostle entering the chapter was like newly poured river water. If they chose the wrong branching riverbed, they could not flow into the sea and make the ending fixed as reality.

Only by pouring into the branch riverbed called salvation could they surge into the sea and make the ending of salvation fixed as reality.

[You who witness everything, you who make this rehearsed future become the true ending, are the greatest contributor to the new evil god’s successful destruction and recreation of the world.]

[Perhaps because of such great merit, you will become the True God’s Envoy of the new evil god, that is, of the one and only true Lord, thereby completing the final closed loop of the prophecy.]

Lin Xun let out a long sigh.

He did not have to do anything, and he could still complete the ending of salvation. On the surface, that seemed like something not too bad.

But this hellish game certainly would not give a high evaluation. Just like in the Evil God world, even if the Apostle stayed on Tisi Island, where he started, and did absolutely nothing, he could still wait until the Dance Goddess was eroded by the evil god, thereby achieving the ending of Sakura Falls perishing as a nation.

Now he also did not have to do anything to welcome the ending where the triune new evil god destroyed the world and then recreated it. It was even like the Evil God world, where he could not change this ending that had already long been decided.

“No… back in the Evil God world, there was still a sliver of hope for truly saving the world. I just failed to seize the most critical opportunity.”

“And now there must also be a chance to change the ending and truly save the world. It’s just that I haven’t seen where that opportunity is, or perhaps I already saw it, but like missing the Celestial Demon Nurarihyon, I failed to notice it.”

Lin Xun thought carefully. With no chance to overturn the board from the Abyss, the stars, or even the Servant of Knowledge, where should he go to find a possible chance to save the world?

After much thought, the only thing left he could try now seemed to be the ancient dragon bloodlines.

[…]

[You gather your spirits and say to Rona with absolute confidence that you have already found the key to breaking the deadlock!]

[Even though you yourself are not confident at all, you still pretend to look full of confidence.]

[You possess the Shell of the Knowledge-Seeking Primordial Hermit!]

[You reveal to Rona this Shell containing the bloodline of the Hermit Progenitor, telling Rona that you need to head to the Polar Star Society headquarters to find the imprisoned ancient dragon progenitors and obtain Their inherited bloodlines.]

[This is the only hope left to break the deadlock!]

[Rona shows not the slightest surprise upon seeing your appearance.]

[You thought that when she was tied up in the cave earlier, she had been unconscious. In truth, she had already awakened long ago, and had seen you transform into a dragonkin Shell and devour the ancient dragon bloodline to advance.]

[This ability to change Shells, she had only ever seen on the former True God’s Envoy. Otherwise, she would not have suspected for no reason that you were the True God’s Envoy.]

[Rona closes her eyes and takes a deep breath. When she opens them again, she has returned to being that calm and composed woman Scholar. She says to you…]

[She knows the hope is very slim, but as long as you have not given up, then she has no reason to give up either.]

[If you have already made up your mind to go find the five great ancient dragons, then you will likely have to set off immediately… because the condition of the dragon progenitors is very bad. They could die at any moment, especially now that the Executor has already been severely injured by you and is in urgent need of treatment and recovery.]