Superhumans of the Dome City

Chapter 1505: Chapter 59: Myth of the Celestial Wheel (4)

"Right, the thing that separates those seven lunatics from the Real World is this un-crossable Wall of the Heart." the Harmonization God said. "This thing was originally a Sealing Skill I specially developed. I never expected King Pingdeng, after grasping Unity, would use it in combat... If back then I’d managed to develop such an application, why would I have had to squat in the Heaven Wheel all alone in such misery!"

The Harmonization God spoke with sincere bitterness, like a college student who just bombed their finals and was venting hard. Gongsun Ce was silently speechless, unable to look him in the eye: "But, uh... but you’re at least a ’god’, you know."

"What exactly is a god in the Impermanence Skill?" the Harmonization God asked solemnly.

"The Spirit Light after Divine Communication." Gongsun Ce said, and his expression instantly became wonderfully twisted. "Hey, don’t tell me this so‑called god actually means—"

The Harmonization God patted his chest, smug all over his face: "It’s precisely because my physical body kicked the bucket and only my Spirit Light is left that I’m the ’Harmonization God’!"

"What on earth is there to be proud of in that!"

"Being freed from the dragon body is a good thing." the Harmonization God said with a squinty smile. "Your curiosity should be about satisfied now, right?"

"Two last questions." Gongsun Ce pushed up his glasses. "Where did Yan Qi and Qin Ming go? And what exactly is the Heaven Wheel?"

"These two questions, let’s talk about them together..."

The Harmonization God stood up and drew open the curtains on both sides of the little house. Through the window beside the door you could see a sky full of stars—that was where Gongsun Ce had come from. Outside the window directly opposite the door was a hazy phantasmic light; if you focused on it, it looked like the phantom of endless worlds flickering, yet also like nothing more than a clump of fog.

"In the final stage of the Eternal War, King Infinite created an unprecedentedly insane device. Its name is the ’Pan‑Multiverse Unified Control Apparatus’, and because its appearance is very much like a glowing great wheel, she abbreviated it as the Heaven Wheel.

The Heaven Wheel is something insane to the utmost. As long as you possess cultivation in the Constant Law of a certain level—in your terms, manifestation—the holder can use it to control the cosmos and reach a height on par with the Kings. King Infinite’s original intent was to use it as the ’prize’ of the war, to encourage the emergence of more Kings. And the one who won all the way to the end in that great war was me."

The Harmonization God gazed at the phantasmal light outside the window, his tone light and matter‑of‑fact. The blood‑soaked battle that once swept across the entire world was brushed past by him with a few casual words, as faint as any other past event, like drifting clouds and smoke.

"You can think of the Heaven Wheel as a ’cheat device’ that boosts your original power to the limit. I used the Heaven Wheel to grow and expand the world after Harmonization, thereby creating this new world. My Principle of the Instant severed the Kings’ hearts from their bodies, and the Heaven Wheel became the operating core of the Real World. It faithfully engraves every major development, preventing the Kings from using their authority to erase the fact of ’dragon body death’. It also records the birth of new powerful beings, so that hope among mortals won’t be wiped out by overwhelming power."

The Harmonization God pointed to that cluster of hallucinatory radiance. "The Heaven Wheel sealed off the once‑infinite universe. On the inner side of the Real World is the Solar System; on the outer side is the cage that imprisons the stars. But the infinite possibilities themselves don’t vanish. Long, long ago they were countless parallel worlds; now they freely develop outside the Real World, becoming that light, which exists in a state between existence and non‑existence."

"Yan Qi and Qin Ming are traveling in that light right now. Do you want to go?" the Harmonization God asked.

"I’m not going." Gongsun Ce’s answer was firm as a nail. "No thanks, not considering it in the short term. Earth is big enough for me; I’m quite happy holed up in this place."

The Harmonization God pulled the curtains closed, returned to the table, and sat down together with Gongsun Ce.

"You can probably guess this as well: that cluster of light was originally a backup plan I prepared for eliminating new Kings. After fighting the seven Kings for too long, I was truly terrified of the appearance of an Eternal King, terrified that new Kings would seize the Heaven Wheel and plunge the world into hell." the Harmonization God said. "Any Creator Realm Expert is a potential crisis. Don’t just talk about Yan Qi and Qin Ming; even you and I are something I’d like to chuck far, far away. But as you are now, you’ve transcended the Heaven Wheel’s control, and I, who’ve lost my body, am no match for you."

He spread his hands and smiled at Gongsun Ce. "The war is over. You are the final victor of the Eternal War. Where this world goes from here will be decided by you alone."

Gongsun Ce reached out and picked up the scroll left to the side. He unrolled it, took one look, and didn’t think very long before giving his conclusion.

"First of all, I’m going to destroy the Heaven Wheel."

"Oh?" The Harmonization God raised an eyebrow.

"An unreasonable Wish Machine is way too terrifying. Once this thing is made public it’s bound to become a latent disaster. The power of the heart is far too strong, and human society’s development just hasn’t reached that stage yet." Gongsun Ce pinched his chin. "Anyway, the Heaven Wheel has to be destroyed. We’ll be short one star; we can just ask Alandia to build another. After that..."

Gongsun Ce spread open the scroll. Ink‑black mountains and rivers were painted upon it; above, sun, moon, and stars glittered, below, the mortal world’s streets and markets buzzed with noise. The transformations of heaven and earth and the myriad states of human life were captured with vibrant spirit. It was exactly the Human‑Heaven‑Earth Mandala Yan Qi had painted last.

"The world as it is now is full of holes and scars. I’ll use the Human‑Heaven‑Earth Mandala to slap on a repair patch and plug every last gap in the Real World in one go." Gongsun Ce said. "Previously, Practicing Impermanence carried the risk of a second‑type malignant turn because an Impermanence Law Enforcer would be influenced by the Kings along the path. In essence, that’s because their mode of existence becomes similar to that of the Kings, and the resonance between the two breaks through the Wall of Understanding, causing contact between mortals and those great beings. I’m guessing Yan Qi thought about this, which is why he left this new method behind."