Above The Sky

Chapter 2109 - 52: The Tree of Endless Shattering

But the ’person’ before us is different.

He is a complete ’fragment’.

If infinite parallel space-times are lines that never intersect, mirrors reflecting each other to produce more parallel space-times, then Aether is the line penetrating these parallels.

By using Aether, humans can interact with themselves in the mirror, can interact with themselves within the mirror within the mirror, and they themselves are reflections in the eyes of other selves.

Ultimately, through Aether, all mirror-image humans will merge as one, gaining infinite power, obtaining the essence of ’the sole of infinite parallel space-time’, thereby becoming the ’Star God’ who ’exists simultaneously in all space-times’ and ’possesses infinite energy’.

This cycle created by the infinite is both the ’Infinite’ and the ’One’, it is both one and all, hence the name Taiyi.

But the Duke of Steep Ridge is different.

——The mirror is shattered.

All the mirrors are shattered.

Countless fragments of mirrors, countless fragments of space-time, constitute the humanoid form known as ’Duke of Steep Ridge’, an infinite fraction of self in infinite parallel space-time stacked together did not construct infinity, but miraculously transformed into a complete ’One’.

"This is impossible!" Aina exclaimed: "His consciousness is torn apart, existing simultaneously in countless parallel worlds? Then how can he still speak, how can he still think?"

"This is the most extreme form of schizophrenia!"

"Indeed."

Heart of Terra continued encouragingly with a cold smile: "You are right, this is the truth."

Uplifting his head, it gazed into the smiling Duke of Steep Ridge calmly, stating: "As my father often said, there are countless smart people in this world, and countless serendipitous moments, the achievements he attained might have been researched by other geniuses long ago, only to fail for various reasons."

"Duke of Steep Ridge, Bokang Elster undoubtedly is such a genius, and also possesses such serendipity."

"Hundreds of years ago, their family obtained the most complete Sub-Eternal Engine ’True Aether Furnace’ in the world, this infinite energy that transcends time and space, utilizing the power piercing infinite parallel space-time allowed them to surpass the realm of ’desire for survival’, and begin the pursuit of ’eternal life’."

"Just because of the mutation in their bloodline, they could not even reach the Fifth Energy Level, let alone the legendary Sixth Echelon? They were blocked from the orthodox path, therefore had to seek alternative routes."

"Since as human flesh and blood they cannot transcend, why be restricted to the human body?"

"The Bloodline True Form of the Duke of Steep Ridge’s lineage is a spirit-type entity of the thunder lineage, originally capable of ’Thunder Transformation’ action, similar to your Sunbird lineage’s Phototransformation."

"After attaining the Fourth Level Ether True Body, they abandon their ’carapace’, directly merging into Apocalypse Armament, becoming the signal flowing in Apocalypse Armament, a living fuel."

"Apocalypse Armament, True Aether Furnace, such perfect ’carriers’, even if soul-burning and will-burning are required to use them, humans are meant to die anyway, whether death from the decay and demise of flesh and blood or from the burning out of the soul, what’s the difference?"

Facing Bokang, Heart of Terra said lightly: "The early generations of Dukes of Steep Ridge drove the Apocalypse Armament, burning themselves out. And the selection criteria for their successors changed from ’bloodline orthodoxy’ to ’willpower strength’."

"They sought most of the bloodlines in this world as partners, tried to fuse them, breeding offspring with the most innate willpower and the most soul-burning endurance."

"But later, as generations researched further, Steep Ridge discovered they might not need to be so bothersome."

"They didn’t need partners."

"They only needed themselves, and Apocalypse Armament was enough."

"Human reproduction, at the root, is just the union of man and woman, utilizing the random mixing of genes to create a new fusion individual as offspring, this can also prevent many genetic diseases and hereditary issues."

"But if people could use a powerful, perfect machine to continuously filter out the fragile and abnormal parts of their bloodline? If that’s the case, do humans still need ’sexual reproduction’, exchanging genes?"

Saying this, Heart of Terra slightly shook its head: "No longer needed. The necessity of diversity lies in humans not possessing the ability to self-optimize, and genes not being perfect. But if human genes were perfect and could continuously self-optimize according to circumstances, there would be no need to pursue diversity."

"Generations of dukes continuously remodeled Apocalypse Armament to adapt to themselves, generations also relied on the power of Apocalypse Armament to optimize their life essence — until ultimately, the Elster family no longer needed human reproduction methods, they or she could utilize True Aether Furnace to penetrate the essence of infinite parallel space-time, selecting superior genetic structures, selecting superior soul qualities."

"Then."

Heart of Terra intensified its tone, pointing towards the countless cultivation pods on both sides of the Duke’s hall, pointing towards the countless experimental flesh and blood, pointing towards the ’carapace’ still smiling on the throne: "’Self’ will create ’self’."

"Self breed self, self birthed self, self optimize self... until becoming ’eternal’!"