Ever since the Wraithshard of the Supreme Miko inside her had awakened, Kelsey had gained a strange ability: she could freely enter and leave the shallow area around the golden gate.

"Kelsey? Why are you here?"

Aiden frowned slightly. The violent divine power around him instantly withdrew completely. He was afraid it might hurt the girl in front of him.

Kelsey grabbed the corner of Aiden’s clothes. She had run too fast, and there was a hint of crying in her voice.

"Aiden, just now... I went to the golden gate again!"

As soon as she said this, the air inside the chamber seemed to freeze.

Cheryl, who was standing nearby, could not help covering her mouth. Her eyes were full of shock.

Kelsey took a deep breath and looked up. Her eyes locked firmly on Aiden as she said something that shook everyone’s soul.

"Behind the gate... something has been glowing all this time!"

"That light is nothing like the disgusting, cold, dark light of the Lord of the Primordial!"

"It’s golden. It’s warm... It’s Yves’s light!"

Boom!

It was as if thousands of thunderclaps exploded inside Aiden’s mind at the same time. His body shook slightly.

Yves’s light!

Ten thousand years ago, the brightest pioneer of the Great Shaw Empire had challenged the Lord of the Primordial before the golden gate, and in the end, he had fallen.

But what if he had not completely vanished?

What if, before his death, Yves had forced the last fragments of his mind into the crack of laws between the inside and outside of the golden gate?

He had endured ten thousand years of grinding laws.

He had endured ten thousand years of loneliness and darkness.

And yet, he still had not completely disappeared!

"He is still waiting..."

Aiden’s fists clenched hard. His knuckles turned slightly white from the force, and a burning divine light unlike anything before burst from his double—pupiled eyes.

That man, who had reached across ten thousand years and set up the plan of "All Things Return to Their Source," was still behind that gate, watching this world!

"Aiden."

Kelsey bit her lower lip and carefully took a clear, shining fragment from her small pocket.

It was a small crystal shard of primordial law. A very faint, yet extremely noble golden glow flowed across its surface.

With trembling hands, she held the shard out to Aiden.

"Take this with you."

"I can feel it. When it gets close to that gate, it reacts very strongly."

Cheryl looked at Aiden from the side. His killing intent and fighting spirit were almost solid, and her beautiful face was full of worry. She could not help taking a step forward.

"Are you going now? That place is a law fault zone. The Lord of the Primordial’s strength could spill out at any moment!"

Aiden reached out and slowly took the primordial law shard from Kelsey’s hand.

The shard felt cold in his palm, but it faintly formed a strange resonance with the divine power inside him.

He put the shard away and slowly straightened. A proud, domineering aura spread from his body, as if he looked down on the whole world.

"Not now."

Aiden turned his head and looked deep toward the endless Abyss core beneath his feet. A cold, arrogant curve appeared at the corner of his mouth.

"But I need to go there and take a look first."

"I need to confirm whether that golden gate..."

"Will react at all when it faces the current me!"

At that moment, the void collapsed with a roar.

Aiden’s figure vanished from where he stood.

Only the terrifying pressure of an Intermediate God remained in the chamber, not yet fully gone.

...

This place was not the darkness of the Abyss.

Nor was it the material world of Earth.

It was a silent yet violent ocean of laws.

There was no up or down, no left or right. The idea of space had been completely stripped away here. Every direction was now defined by the natural flow of laws.

Only colorful streams of primordial law flowed quietly through the void, like glaciers and rivers of stars.

Within those streams of light, marks from different ages of Earth flickered faintly. They were fragments of the world, left behind by ten thousand years of history.

Aiden took one step forward.

The void beneath his feet automatically formed silver steps of space, letting out a clear ringing sound.

Divine power surged around him. The terrifying pressure of an Intermediate God forcibly pushed the violent law currents around him thirty feet away.

In his double—pupiled eyes, thunder raged in the right eye, while silver light swept through the left like a storm. He coldly studied this unknown realm.

He walked through the flood of laws like a god inspecting his own land.

One hour later.

That light finally appeared at the edge of his sight.

Aiden stopped. His double—pupiled eyes narrowed slightly. Even he felt a trace of shock at the scene before him.

It was not a "gate" in the normal sense at all.

It was a golden plane of law stretching across the void, extending without end in every direction and every dimension.

It was built from the purest primordial law. It was so vast that it went beyond the limits of sight, splitting the entire ocean of laws in two.

When it was inactive, it looked like a still golden mirror, reflecting countless streams of light in the void.

But every few dozen seconds, a ring of ripples would spread across the golden plane of law.

The ripples were extremely faint, yet they made the whole void tremble.

"This is... the golden gate."

Aiden murmured softly and took out the small primordial law shard Kelsey had given him.

Buzz!

The moment the shard appeared, a soft glow lit up on the golden plane, as if it were answering the shard.

Aiden stepped forward and slowly walked toward the golden plane that stretched into infinity.

To his surprise, the golden gate did not release any strength to push him away.

But when he was only three steps from the golden plane, something changed.

Clatter, clatter...

Countless ancient and mysterious law symbols, filled with endless divine power, quickly gathered on the golden plane like swimming fish.

At that moment, the entire void shook violently. The sound of the laws resonating exploded inside Aiden’s mind.

It was not a language, but any living being could instantly understand its true meaning:

"Realm Gate: Those who enter must answer three questions."

"One question of right and wrong."

"One question of advance and retreat."

"One question of life and death."

"Anyone who forces their way in before the three questions are finished will be turned to dust."

The message was cold and vast, carrying an absolute order that could not be resisted.

Aiden stopped.

In his double—pupiled eyes, thunder and a storm of space locked onto the flashing law symbols.

"Three questions of the Realm Gate..."

He did not answer right away.

He could clearly feel that the primordial law strength behind these three questions had already faintly gone beyond the limit of an Intermediate God.

Even though he now had sixty—six percent understanding of the laws, he still felt a slight chill in his heart when facing this strength.

"The current me is still not steady enough."

Aiden’s lips curved into a proud yet calm smile.

He never did anything unless he was absolutely sure.

"Once I raise my law understanding above seventy percent, I’ll come back and break through these three questions!"

He made his decision without the slightest hesitation and took one step back.

But before leaving, Aiden looked at the golden plane and slowly raised his right hand.

He gently placed his palm against the cold golden surface of law.

Boom!

The moment his palm touched it, huge waves surged deep within Aiden’s soul.

An indescribable feeling of blood—linked resonance passed through the thick wall of laws.

On the other side of the gate, in the gap between laws only one gate away from him...

A very faint golden light was gently pulsing.

It was weak, but unimaginably tough.

It was not the cold, dark power of the Lord of the Primordial. It was warm, carrying the ancient aura of the Great Shaw Empire.

It was a fragment of Yves!

He had not completely disappeared!

Ten thousand years of loneliness. Ten thousand years of suffering and growth. Somehow, he had remained on the other side of the gate in this form.

He was like a lonely watchman, waiting in the endless darkness for the one who could open this gate.

"Senior Yves..."

Aiden took a deep breath. A trace of divine power flowed from his palm, leaving behind his own law mark.

"Wait for me."

Aiden suddenly pulled back his hand, turned around, and instantly turned into a streak of silver lightning.

He tore through the void and vanished.

Only the huge golden plane of law remained, sending out ripples through the void for a long time.

...

Aiden’s figure appeared from the empty space.

This was the deepest forbidden chamber of the Great Shaw Empire. The walls around him were built with obsidian strong enough to withstand a god’s full—powered strike.

"Hoo..."

Aiden let out a breath. The double pupils in his eyes slowly faded.

The pressure from the three questions of the Realm Gate still lingered, but the fire and calm in his eyes became even stronger.

"Sixty—six percent law understanding is still not safe enough."

"If that gate wants to test me, then I’ll raise my chances to the highest point."

Aiden never made a deal unless he was absolutely sure.

"Thirty days."

"My goal is above seventy—two percent!"

Aiden sat down cross—legged and pressed his hands together in front of his chest. Then he slowly pulled them apart.

Buzz!

A field of bright starlight bloomed before him.

It was his law garden.

Inside the phantom image of the law garden, countless threads of law wove together into a complex map of evolution nodes.

The first ten days officially began.

Aiden’s divine sense moved like the sharpest scalpel, cutting into the deepest logic of the law garden.

He wanted to rearrange the node structure and improve the two main paths of space and thunder.

The silver Law of Space and the blue Law of Thunder met in the void. They were like two giant dragons twisting around each other, forming a perfect ring of resonance.

At the center of this field of laws, a faint but pure white light was quietly beginning to grow.

That was the seed of the Law of Light.

"Absorb."

Aiden gave a low command.