“Hmm?” After a brief moment of confusion, the priestess quickly grasped Sethlin’s implication.
“You mean... me? Just to clarify, I haven’t gone off to wage any twilight battles with the gods.”
She had only arrived in this world less than two years ago, and although there were still many things she hadn’t figured out, Violet wasn’t about to shoulder the blame from over a thousand years ago. She also didn’t believe she could single-handedly wipe out so many gods.
After all, Violet was just a harmless priestess who loved peace.
The goddess could only smile helplessly.
“You’ve misunderstood. I’m not suspecting you, but I see a possibility in you. Your battle with Goddess of Withering made me realize that gods might not necessarily be the absolute strongest. A dragon without divinity that can contend with the main god, and you, who possess a new divinity I’ve never heard of—these are unprecedented occurrences in tens of thousands of years.”
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“Violet, I trust you, so I’m not going to ask where you came from. I just want to remind you that in the infinitely vast external world, there may truly be some terrifying entities that could threaten both you and me. Don’t let your guard down.”
“Hmm... I’ve never been so arrogant as to think I’m invincible... but thank you for your concern.”
Just as Sethlin trusted her greatly, the priestess also had great faith in the Goddess of Life, who had crossed paths with her and provided her with much assistance. Since she had the rare opportunity to communicate with Sethlin, Violet decided to clarify some questions.
“By the way, according to the theory you mentioned earlier about the overlapping of worlds, the gateways between normal worlds should be in border regions like the Azure Sky Kingdom, right? But as far as I know, here in the Ten Thousand Demons Mountains located in the central region of the continent, there’s also an entrance connecting to other worlds. You mentioned earlier that the barrier here is being weakened. What’s going on with that?”
“Well... this can be roughly divided into two situations.”
Sethlin set aside the wooden box after completing the demonstration. Judging from the occasional glimpses of scenery behind, he was probably in the wooden house at the top of the divine tree. In fact, the great Goddess of Life rarely ventured outside, spending most of the time at home tinkering with who knows what.
She extended two slender, pale fingers.
“The first situation, I call it interdimensional jumping. It usually occurs when there are clear coordinates for crossing, or when this world actively provides summoning or sacrifice as a means of guidance.”
“This method can significantly shorten the distance between two worlds, allowing for a jump to be completed in a short time. However, summoning costs are usually high, and it’s akin to temporarily breaking through the world barrier head-on. According to the rule that the stronger the individual, the more severe the rejection, the entities that arrive in this way are never too powerful, and only one to several individuals can traverse. After that, the channel will be quickly repaired by the power of the world.”
“Never too powerful? What exactly does that mean? Is it difficult for entities above gods, like in Aibus, to pass through?”
To Violet’s question, Sethlin just chuckled lightly.
“You’re too lenient towards the worlds. As far as I know, being a host to outsiders is a burden for every world, so weaker entities are naturally preferred. The small channels opened in this way can accommodate up to sixth tier... Let me think, it seems they’re called Transcendents now? Transcendents are the limit. Worlds won’t allow such smuggling behavior for entities of seventh tier and above.”
Hmm... So it means pseudo-gods and above from the outside can’t directly come to this world...
Sethlin’s explanation coincided with what Violet had heard from Miss Edith, the Guardian of the Human United Kingdom, in the Courage City. When discussing the overly powerful “Twilight Council,” Edith also clearly stated that those council members found it difficult to descend into this world themselves, so they had to interfere with the mortal realm through the selection of “Council Envoys.” So it wasn’t impossible to fight against them.
But then, if that’s the case, not to mention Violet herself, even the player crossing over who just reached Iv80, Minchen, the “Gatekeeper,” would completely surpass this limit. How did they come over?
“I understand. Is there another situation?”
“If there’s another situation, it’s more complicated.”
Picking up the small wooden box placed beside him again, Sethlin tapped on it with his hand, making a light “thud thud” sound.
“Violet, when you hear this sound, what do you think of?”
“Think of?”
The priestess glanced at the goddess, who smiled in the light and suddenly rolled her eyes, feeling somewhat speechless.
“Sethlin, can we focus on the matter at hand? Can you stop playing guessing games? What could this sound possibly evoke... something makes a noise when it’s tapped? The force has a mutual effect?”
“Ah, what does that have to do with anything... You’re overthinking it, Violet.”
Sethlin revealed the answer with a wry smile.
“I mean it’s simple. You can hear from the sound that this wooden box, it’s hollow.”
With a flick of her hand, the goddess effortlessly made the side facing Violet disappear into thin air, revealing the empty interior.
“The world we live in can actually be compared to this kind of form. As I mentioned before, the edges of the worlds overlap each other, forming faces. Just like this wooden box, multiple worlds combined together form a special inner space, which doesn’t have a specific physical concept, purely composed of energy or spiritual consciousness, the fundamental world shared by multiple worlds.”
“Alternatively, you can understand the fundamental world as the trunk of a tree, while the outer worlds are the branches extending from the tree. The significance of the fundamental world is to provide the ‘raw materials’ for the material world.”
“In the terms of the era of the gods, we refer to the space that carries soul energy as the 【Upper Dimensional Realm】, while the space that contains semi-material energies such as magic and elements is the 【Lower Dimensional Realm】. The Upper Dimensional Realm and Lower Dimensional Realm are truly opposite worlds to the world we are in. So, it’s possible for connection points to appear anywhere.”
With a wave of his hand, a misty green light filled the entire interior of the wooden box. Sethlin wiped it again, and the disappeared side of the box magically reappeared in front of Violet. He then tapped lightly on it, and the sound became unusually heavy and murky.
“Do you understand now, Violet?”
The black-haired girl nodded in surprise.
This world structure is truly miraculous and incredible, quite different from the planetary cosmology on Earth. However, Violet couldn’t say it was wrong, considering what she had witnessed and learned since coming to this world.
Neither Aibus nor the place where the priestess currently resided seemed to be planets. Even the concept of stars and moons seemed to have significant differences.
“I understand roughly. So, what you call the 【Upper Dimensional Realm】 and 【Lower Dimensional Realm】 are actually beneath our feet, on the other side of this land?”
“Yes, you can understand it that way. But in reality, there are certainly differences. It’s not like you can just keep digging underground and eventually get there. So, don’t go messing around... The existence and form of the fundamental world are very different from the material world. There used to be specific gods in charge, but now... they’re probably all fallen.”