Village Head's Debauchery

So they were the only ones he could take with him out of Paradise.

Their presence alone would make his safety all the more assured.

Orion pitied the poor souls, who thought they needed his protection.

They also grew even more beautiful after their ascension. Each possessed a distinct appearance of their own. Though there were slight similarities among members of the same race, except for the humans, of course.

This only further cemented Orion's assumptions about the races and their creators.

Just as they had hoped, they also acquired a Divine Archetype forged independently from the Iyria Heart and Core, which granted them new divine skills.

Orion pondered why he hadn't acquired any divine skills but soon realized it was due to the complexity of his own Divine Archetype. He needed to create divine skills that best suited his Archetype.

The same applied to Aurora. Though hers was more direct, its complexity lay in its usage. It was still unknown what the extreme end of the Primordial energy was—the foundational energy that underpinned all other forms of energy.

One thing they did know was that it would be foolish to allow such a powerful force to roam freely. So Aurora would have to actively harness it, creating divine skills in the process.

Orion had taken his newborns back to the universe he had reserved for raising his children. Though he was unsure how his wives' true godhood would affect their pregnancies, he still planned on having more children in the future.

After his decision with Aerialia and the experiment he carried out with the rest of his wives, he had already begun to delve into the Law of Fertility.

He doubted that he would be able to control their pregnancies even after he had mastered the Law to completion.

During this, Orion came to a realisation: why couldn't he master every Law in existence at the same time? He possessed omnipotence, omniscience, and omnipresence.

And yet, Orion found that he couldn't.

The Laws of the universe are countless and layered. Some are cosmic fundamentals, while others are localised or emergent. Mastering a Law doesn't just require knowledge; it demands an intimate connection with its essence, requiring concentrated divine will and energy.

Multitasking alone couldn't allow one to learn all Laws perfectly because some Laws inherently conflict with one another.

This limitation applied primarily to gods. Yet even with their partial tri-omni traits, the limitations fell short. They could create clones that independently mastered various Laws of the Universe, but it still required effort and precision.

However, this logic collapsed entirely when applied to true gods.

The real reason was this: every true god is enveloped in their own Mystery. This Mystery is a dense metaphysical core that reflects the depth of their understanding and essence.

The deeper a true god's Mystery becomes around a particular Law, the harder it is to forcibly master an opposing Law.

For example, a true god who embodies the Law of Fire and possesses a deep Mystery may be naturally rejected by the Law of Ice. Think of the Mystery as a gravitational field. The more unique a true god becomes, the harder it is for them to embody unrelated Laws.

Orion realised that this was the true reason why the corpse of an Omnithrialian was an ideal ingredient for developing new Mysteries. As a race created by the ancient gods while they were still in heaven—to interact with the universes—they were also the first and only beings to break into there.

Despite losing the war, they naturally embodied all the Laws, making them possess a profound Mystery that bordered on the edge of becoming a true Mysteries itself.

Was this the reason why they had chosen to create a race that could not utilise any of the forms of energy?

Was this why their gifts could steadily increase without needing to master a specific Law, and even when they ascended to true godhood, they still possessed a more profound Mystery than an ordinary true god?

Because if it were, then it made sense! Some of their gifts were so complex that one could draw out numerous specific Laws just by observing them.

A single glance at Naka, Reynold, and a few others who had ascended to divinity was enough to see how the human race could dominate others of the same power level and strike fear into the hearts of the divines.

Any more of that would be enough to bring about the rise of another race rivalling the Omnithrialians, which was a development that would sooner or later lead to a similar war against the gods in heaven.

So, for the sake of safety and to prevent history from repeating itself, they had sealed off humanity's ancestral heritage. They ensured that their dimension remained mundane, preventing them from coming into contact with any form of energy or magic.

However, they had failed to account for one thing: the ancient gods would descend upon their own children in the future.

Even with all his current mental capabilities, Orion couldn't find a logical reason why the ancient gods had willingly let go of their undeniable strength and descended into the bodies of races they had constructed that barely met the standards of their former divine forms.

It was illogical.

That may have been a future the Omnithrialians couldn't foresee. Yet, they still had a countermeasure.

Once the barrier protecting their dimension was breached, their ancestral heritage awakened, and they regained the gifts to stand against the divines.

Orion pondered whether the birth of the Mysteries of the White Flame Cosmic Tree would increase the Mystery he embodied, since it was directly linked to him and under his control.

It should be.

Secondly, the universe—or an entire cosmic structure—is built upon a balancing mechanism.

It is otherwise known as the Defensive Law of the Universe, governed by the Mysteries. This mechanism acts as a metaphysical system of checks and balances, preventing any being from mastering every Law in existence simultaneously so as to avoid existential imbalance or outright destruction.

If a true god were to master all the Laws, they might transcend the cosmic structure, or even the Mysteries, entirely.

This would result in one of two outcomes: either they monopolise the entire cosmic structure, becoming a force of existence akin to the Mysteries themselves, or they are annihilated in the process.

Another possibility is that the true god would be forcibly expelled into the Endless Void. The Endless Void can best be described as the complete absence of existence. It is not simply a space. It is not chaotic like disorder.

It is a force of rejection—perfect absence. Silence without potential.

Every act of existence is, in itself, a declaration of defiance against the Endless Void. If a cosmic structure or Mysteries fails to uphold its order, it risks collapsing, creating a breach through which the Endless Void seeps in like a vacuum.

That is uncreation.

This is why the Wills of the Divine Mysteries are constantly working to enforce order and eliminate threats to prevent entropy from creating a passage for the Endless Void.

However, maintaining the stability of a cosmic structure is an arduous task for the Mysteries. 'It' cannot simultaneously hold back the Endless Void and ensure perfect internal stability.

This is why, despite the inherent risks they pose to a cosmic structure, true gods exist. They are among the only entities, besides the Mysteries and the primordial force of Existence itself, that can push back against the Endless Void.

Not only that, but the more Mysteries a cosmic structure possesses, the stronger and more resilient it becomes, making it harder for the Endless Void to penetrate. This is why true gods are so earnestly cultivated; they are vital for the continued existence and protection of a cosmic structure.

Because they are independent entities, they alone can survive both against and within the Endless Void.

Even gods can survive within the Endless Void to an extent, so they are not entirely useless. However, they are not as powerful.

If a god attempts to create a Law within the Endless Void as they would in a universe by imposing new rules onto an existing substrate, they will fail because there is no substrate at all.

They will find that there is nothing for the Law to latch onto.

True gods are powerful because, after completely mastering a Law and undergoing transformation, they must reimagine that Law as operating on the level of pure potential itself, transcending the notion that their perfected Law only functions within a field of 'something.'

With omnipresence, they intentionally diffuse their presence into an undulating wave of divine intent that spreads through every pointless 'point' of nothingness. Like dropping a pebble into a pond, their presence ripples outward.

In a universe, this ripple travels across the structure.

In the Endless Void, the true god is the ripple. Their presence expands until there is no 'corner' that doesn't register as part of them.

With omniscience, they can perceive the Endless Void, enforcing existence or detecting even the faintest imprint of an aborted creation.

With omnipotence, they Will potential—creation itself—into manifestation. This is akin to birthing the rules of physics from pure Willpower alone.