Lord Shadow

Chapter 1726: An Echo from the Past

Azief is trying to stave that off.

The more he is in power, the more he understand that some things could not be forced and some things could not be saved.

This is one of the reasons why he decided to create the ten realms.

The strong could continue to improve, the weak could have a place where they could catch up to the strong in their pace and the world could prosper

Equality is impossible in this new world of gods and demons.

Azief is not a naïve idealist.

He is not that jaded that he have no ideals in his heart but he is not that naïve to think that all of his ideals could be realized.

The battle of the world is all for their interest, and everyone fought for their interest, belief and desire.

And because this is so, conflict would never stop.

Life is like this.

And it is because of this, Azief condense his belief into the Essence Avatar of Chaos.

Some people if they condense such avatar would put death into the framework of such avatar. But Azief believe differently.

He believe life is chaos, and death is order.

But.... this did not mean chaos itself is all bad.

Life is chaos, full of this contradiction, of people acting out of character and he had seen too much and experience so many things that he knows what to fight for and what to give up

Ideals and reality.... sometimes it is like the distance between Heaven and Earth

Azief recognize these things and all he could do with his power is to bridge slowly these gaps between reality and ideal.

The ten-realm project is one of this method to protect the weak, and at the same time not hinder the strong from progressing.

Azief believe there would be bump in the road.

But if he did not do this, no one would.

After all, no one would attack their own interest.

If Azief did not do the ten-realm project it did not harm him.

After all, he as the strongest person in the world already had the ability to walk sideways in this world.

No one could stop him.

And all of his allies are like him and share the same interest.

He did not need to protect the weak.

And not only protecting the weak, but give them time to become strong and even probably one day challenge them

This is like raising a tiger.

If he looks at it from individual perspective, yes, it is true that Azief actions is truly like raising tigers.

But Azief has never look at this from the perspective of individuality.

He looks at the vast universe and sees great civilization that spans millions of years. Of intergalactic civilizations that stand the test of time

And what they have in common is that each of their people are like tiger and dragons. Azief realizes the weakness of Earth.

Even though Azief personal power us overwhelming, if an entire intergalactic civilization that is stronger than the Weronian attacks Earth and mobilize all of their people, then while Azief and the other famous figure in the world could escape to a different planet of different galaxy system, Earth itself would be destroyed and from then on, they would be wanderers without a home in the vast darkness of the Universe.

Training the people to become like dragon and tigers to share the burden of protecting the world.

And it is at a time like this Azief would be reminded of that person. Years had passed, but every now and then, the words of that person would still echoes in his years

Pandikar

There is not many people Azief respect in this world. But Pandikar is one of them

He is the one that makes Azief finally take action and because of him, the world is divided into seven.

And since then, the seven-world power was established.

But what Azief and the rest of the world doesnʼt know, when Azief created the Seven World power, it already created great shock to those who knows the future.

Pandikar death created new future.

Azief even right now, when he is focusing his energy, could not help but remember what Pandikar used to say to him in the past ”Say what you want about the corruption and the foul means of the World Government but isnʼt it true, that if not for the existence of the World Government that humanity would break down faster during the Weronian Invasion? If not for the World Government, the damage wrought by the crime families that is emerging all over the world would be even bigger?” ”Why did you never tried to take the helm of power? Fine, you donʼt want to bow your head to the World Government. I could accept that. But why did you never try to usurp it? Why not become the head of the world largest organization? Why is it your response is always destroying it? I donʼt understand. With your power....with your influence, you could have united the world and bring humanity into a united front. Yet....you are always an observer, and neutral. One might even call you a pacifist from your stance”

Those words also wake him up. At that time, he was alone. And his friends will always get targeted by the World Government.

And then he remembers the words that Pandikar said that changes Hirate worldview and stance toward the world and the things outside of the world ”When we first created the status quo that keep the world peace we all have our considerations. But almost three years have passed since then. There is a lot of more factors to consider and more evil and darkness in the world than before. And there is more threat than before.” ”Threat that we are too ill equip to fight. Humanity...is being weakened.....every day at every moment. And out thereʼ and Pandikar pointed his finger to the open roof above his head, pointed his finger to the sky, ”There are probably millions of races from outer space eyeing us...waiting and probably planning an invasion just like the Weronian”

Pandikar made one last gamble. And he gambled everything that he have at that time ”In my life as a dictator I wield power. So, I can say this. No, power does not corrupt. It is the fear of losing power that corrupt men”

These words echoes even more in his heart after seeing what happens in the future. And it became a nightmare to him

Azief did not know why he thought of all of this. Why the voices in the past echoes again in his ears?

But he believe this is his subconscious mind trying to remind him of something

But he also has his own selfish reason why he wanted to be the one to refine the world, to reform the world

He could feel it. The premonition that he would learn something to reach the last realm when he does this

Sovereign

This last realm that the system would show to him. After that, the way forward would be up to him to explore.

What he understood, Sovereign is like the Grand Supremacy in the Omniverse.

In a simpler way, it is like he is jumping out of the three realm, staying outside of the five elements

He could feel it so close to him.

If he follows the orthodox way, he have to refine nine Essence Avatar, fuse them all and create a Soul that belongs to you, whether it be Immortal Soul, or Demonic soul, the soul would be the culmination of one own path

Hence, those who did not have their own Grand Path could not reach Sovereign level.

Azief understood it even more after he reach Essence Creation.

He had look at the heroes of the world and he could see a few people that already have their own path.

When he sees Raymond, Oreki, Hikigaya, and Katarina, he could see that all of them already have their own Grand Path that they strive toward.

They have the potential to reach Sovereign level. And some people doesnʼt.

It has nothing to do with talent.

Even people without high realm could still have the qualification to reach it.

It has a lot to do with the determination in one heart.

And just because one did not have the qualification now did not mean that they would not have the qualification later.

And just because you are qualified now doesnʼt mean that you would always be qualified.

Azief took a different path than anyone else.

He combine six laws to become one creating an Essence Avatar of Harmony, and he combines another six law to become one, creating an Essence of Avatar of Chaos and the All-Source Law become the connecter

Thirteen laws combine into Two Avatars and Connector that enable these two contradicting energy and laws to remain stable, like holding Creation on the right hand and Destruction on the left hand

Azief moves his finger. ”This is a move I had not used for a long time” he mutters to himself. In the battle that had happened recently, he uses most of his energy by blasting his enemies away.

And at that time, he did not have time to use this move. Now, after a long time, he finally uses this skill again

The Six Path fingers. >>