Chapter 496: Star Fragments (6)


    Chang-Sun quietly swallowed down his saliva, because all hell had broken loose in the Changgong Library after <Deus Ex Machina> gave that look.


    However, <Dull Darkness> frowned, almost as if he was scolding <Deus Ex Machina> for daring to re at him. <Dull Darkness> asked, Do you have a death wish or something?


    [<Deus Ex Machina> grumbles that it is because his twin brother is talking too much!]


    When <Deus Ex Machina> looked to one side with his golden machine eyes, Chang-Sun was shocked as he thought,<em>Machina tucked his tail between his legs?</em>


    It was Chang-Suns first time to see <Deus Ex Machina> responding like that when the situation had nothing to do with Cha Ye-Eun.


    Come down here if you have something to say to me. <Dull Darkness> gestured at <Deus Ex Machina> with his chin.


    [<Deus Ex Machina> says he cannot because someone forcibly handed him the Changgong Library.]


    Oh, yeah. I forgot that you were stuck there.


    [<Deus Ex Machina> looks at his twin brother quietly.]


    Anyway, his


    is pretty much over, so why dont you exin everything to him now? <Dull Darkness> asked.


    [<Deus Ex Machina> asks with a serious expression why he should do that, when his twin brother is talking about the one who took away their baby sister from them.]


    You have a point. <Dull Darkness> turned to look at Chang-Sun.


    <em>Gulp!</em>


    Chang-Sun swallowed down his saliva again, thinking there were too many obstacles in his love life.


    But not many guys would love and devote themselves to Ye-Eun as much as he has. Keep her by your side if youre nning to keep Ye-Eun single her whole life. Of course, youll have to brace yourself, since shell pour out all her resentment on you. <Dull Darkness> chuckled. I feel as if Father and Mother would say something before she did, though.


    [<Deus Ex Machina> says that it is low for his twin brother to tattle like that.]


    You should have been born five minutes sooner if you dont like it.


    [<Deus Ex Machina> grumbles that this is low and cheap.]


    [<Deus Ex Machina> purses his lips.]


    <Deus Ex Machina> no doubt wanted to avoid being hated by Ye-Eun, so Chang-Sun ended up chuckling. He had been feeling very distant from <Deus Ex Machina> and <Dull Darkness>, but they were growing on him.


    <em>Regardless, I still dont get what theyre thinking.</em> Chang-Sun did not forget the world-sized gap between the twins and himself.


    Get up now. <Dull Darkness> got off Chang-Sun.


    Chang-Sun stood up despite his wobbling legs, covered in sweat.


    <em>Flick!</em>


    As <Dull Darkness> flicked his finger, Chang-Sun could feel his fatigue vanishing. His sweat-soaked clothes turned clean again, and his mind cleared up. The <Star Fragment> power, which had been ready to go wild as soon as the restriction devices were removed, also slowly calmed down.


    Clench your teeth and dont make a sound. <Dull Darkness> reached out to Chang-Sun.


    Chang-Sun did as he was told, knowing that <Dull Darkness> was not trying to harm him, even though he did not know exactly what <Dull Darkness> intended to do.


    <em>Thump, thump, thump!</em>


    By not making a sound, <Dull Darkness> was telling Chang-Sun to endure the pain. He struck Chang-Sun everywhere with his index finger. Swaying like a kite on a windy day, Chang-Sun endured the pain even though it almost made him lose consciousness.


    At the same time, a change started within Chang-Sun every time <Dull Darkness> struck his acupoints, filling him with bliss. The concentrated power of the <Star Fragment> dispersed and spread within him, like a boulder scattering into sand after being pulverized by a hammer.


    <em>Kieeeeeeh!</em>


    A gale raged around Chang-Sun, filled with ghostly wails.


    [<Dull Darkness> is disintegrating your <Star> elements, converting them into different properties!]


    [Warning! The leftover identities within you are in pain! Your movement is restricted, and you are unable to escape from external influence!]


    [Warning! You are not in your normal condition!]


    As Star Signs, the Lee Chang-Suns had swallowed many Worldlines where countless people lived, and Ubbo-Sat had devoured those Lee Chang-Suns. All these ghostly wails were their screams.


    <em>There are so many of them.</em> Chang-Sun realized that he had acted too recklessly by eating the <Star Fragment>. At the time, he had been fixated on the thought of keeping his promise with Ubbo-Sat and having to meet <Dull Darkness>, so he had eaten it on an impulse.


    <em>It would have taken a long time to take care of them without him.</em>


    Perhaps even decades would not have cut it. It could have taken centuries or even longer. Subduing and absorbing all those identities and power was not easy. <Dull Darkness> was making the process shorter by pulverizing the concentration of power and identities in the <Star Fragment>, so Chang-Sun could absorb them into his soul.


    [Your <Darkness> is active, absorbing the power of the <Stars>!]


    [The amount of your <Darkness> has increased drastically due to the influx of power.]


    [The amount of your <Darkness> has far exceeded your Spiritual Bodys capacity.]


    [Warning! Your Divine ss has been destabilized!]


    [Your Divine ss has withstood the change,pressing your <Darkness> to fully embrace it.]


    [Your <Darkness> is changing!]


    Chang-Sun tried very hard to stop quivering. The amount of his <Darkness> had suddenly multiplied uncontrobly and absorbed the entire <Star Fragment>, living up to its name. At some point, the wails had also stopped being audible.


    The problem was that Chang-Sun could not even think about controlling his <Darkness> because of its sheer amount. He considered releasing it outward, but since the amount of <Darkness> had increased a lot more than he could release, he could not even try it.


    Follow my lead.


    Only after he heard the Spiritual Voice of <Dull Darkness> could Chang-Sun bring himself to try controlling his <Darkness>. In a corner of his soul, Chang-Sun could feel the clear presence of <Dull Darkness> directing the flow of power. How <Dull Darkness> was leading it had to be the proper way to use <Darkness>; this was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for Chang-Sun to directly learn from an Emperor.


    [Utilizing your <Darkness> little by little.]


    [You have gained control over 15% of your <Darkness>.]


    [You have gained control over 31% of your <Darkness>.]


    [You have dominated your <Darkness>, learning the more fundamental Attribute <Abyss>.]


    [You have gained control over 11% of your new <Darkness>.]


    [You have dominated your new <Darkness>, acquiring the Subattributes <Nihil> and <Chaos>.]


    <em>Pzzzz!</em>


    Chang-Sun, who had been enveloped in darkness, slowly walked out from it; his destabilized Spiritual Body finally looked like himself again.


    [Congrattions! You have sessfully acquired the Divine ss of an Outer Celestial!]


    [Your existence has been imprinted in the <Nihil> of Nyx!]


    [Beings of Nyx have perceived your existence!]


    [The Eight Gods of Disorder wee their new brother!]


    [The Outer Celestial Resident of the Border watches you.]


    * * *


    Youre good. <Dull Darkness> took his hand off Chang-Sun.


    Although it was hard to tell because of his white mask, <Dull Darkness> was actually quite surprised by Chang-Sun. After remaining on the border of Nyx and Eros, Chang-Sun had entered Nyxpletely and be a new Outer Celestial.


    Judging from the thick scent of Mephistopheles on him, Chang-Sun had to have acquired deep insights on his own after Mephistopheles short lesson on the proper use of <Darkness>. Regardless, Chang-Sun had probably known it on some level instinctively even before Mephistopheles'' help, which meant he was gifted in controlling power.


    <em>His Divine Name is Divine Twilight and he has the experience of dying once Is that why its possible? </em><Dull Darkness> wondered.


    He had met many Lee Chang-Suns in the past, but Chang-Sun #801 was different. No one had gone through a change like him.


    <em>That isnt it. Hes blending the <Myths> he created by going through the Rollback loop over one hundred times into his <Darkness>.</em> <Dull Darkness> read the system message log in front of Chang-Sun.


    [Inscribing all the <Myths> left by the leftover identities in the book.]


    [You havepleted the second chapter of thest volume of Prtis Spellbook!]


    [The second chapter Phsphros has been applied, stabilizing your Divine ss!]


    <em>Phsphros I guess there is no better word than that.</em>


    As Chang-Sun lit up his supreme sacred light amid the <Darkness>, the name of the star that shone the brightest in the dark sky at dawn was perfect for him.


    From the perspective of <Dull Darkness>, Chang-Sun was actually going through <Transcendence>, the phenomenon that a mortal went through to be a Celestial. Almost no one went through <Transcendence> twice.


    <em>Perhaps its closer to <Molting>, </em><Dull Darkness> thought.


    Just as a serpent gained sturdier scales after each molting, Chang-Sun was going through a simr change, which was also the reason why the <Serpent> was his representation in holy icons. However, Chang-Suns <Transcendence> was not over yet.


    <em>Craaaack!</em>


    [Your soul is going through a change to bnce out your new <Darkness>.]


    [Your Trait as a <Supreme Lights Face> has been applied, evolving your <Supreme Sacred Light>!]


    Even if he had <Darkness>, Chang-Sun was still a <Supreme Lights Face>. Swallowing the <Star Fragment> had caused the amount of his <Darkness> to increase drastically, so it was necessary to bnce his <Supreme Sacred Light> too.


    That was another reason why <Dull Darkness> had not distributed the power equally among Chang-Suns two Divinities. Had <Dull Darkness> done that, it would have been a lot easier for Chang-Sun to gain control over his power, but that would be it; he would remain limited to being Lee Chang-Sun. <Dull Darkness> wanted Chang-Sun to aplish more than just breaking free from his <Mark>.


    <em>Paah!</em>


    [You have acquired an Attribute pertaining to the <Laws of Nature>.]


    [You have acquired the Divine ss of a Celestial King!


    [Your existence has been engraved into thews of Eros!]


    [Beings of Eros have perceived your existence!]


    [The dormant Elder Celestials are curious after perceiving your existence.]


    An Outer Celestial and Celestial King. Nyx and Eros. Chang-Sun now embodied the intersection of two qualities that were extremely ipatible. Thus, <Dull Darkness> realized that now was the time to tell Chang-Sun the truth.


    You came to me because you wanted to know about your <Mark>, didnt you? <Dull Darkness> said, watching Chang-Sun getting his two Divinities under control through meditation. He knew Chang-Sun would still be able to hear him.


    [<Deus Ex Machina> is silent.]


    First of all, youre wrong to think that Machina gave you the


    and I tried to save you, <Dull Darkness> quietly continued. Im actually the one who caused you more suffering.