CHAPTER 392: CHAPTER 322: THE POWER OF THE DREAM REALM

’Deceiving Apostle’ is one of the rulers of the Endless Abyss, the master of all devils, and the Pillar Old God wielding the authority of ’Fraud,’ the ’Deception Lord’?

Yang Qizhou was momentarily surprised seeing the text, but reflecting on various clues hinted at in the prior storyline, his initially stirred heart soon calmed again.

In reality, the true identity of the ’Deceiving Apostle’ had long shown traces. Firstly, as the strongest Abyss Old God under the ’Abyss Master,’ it infiltrated Asgard in the form of the Sin King God’s avatar, replacing the ’Iron Blood God.’ Yet, it didn’t fully take over the arrangement for the Divine Descent Ceremony, only acting as an aid. Even though this was a Divine Descent Ceremony led by the ’Deception Lord,’ letting an Old King assist was inherently strange.

Secondly,

when the ’Deception Lord’ descended from the Endless Abyss, such a significant event—how could it genuinely assign merely a devil of the ’angelic’ hierarchy to preside? Not to mention, Asgard housed the ’Tree Ancient God,’ whose attitude remained unclear. This alone suggested the ’Deceiving Apostle’ was no ordinary figure.

"So... the ’Deceiving Apostle’ the game character faced at the start wasn’t even the Deceiving Apostle, but a manifestation of one of the Endless Abyss’s rulers, the ’Deception Lord.’"

Thinking back to when the game character had just arrived in Asgard, relying on the ’Dark Crow of Profane Fortune’ to act recklessly—even probing the depths of the ’Star Color Ancient God’—Yang Qizhou couldn’t help but feel lingering dread.

But when he read on in the text, Yang Qizhou puffed his cheeks, almost spitting out the cola in his mouth...

"Goodness gracious! The game character actually reported this to the ’Deception Lord.’ If He knew that the one who once stopped the ’Abyss Master’s descent and waged a Pillar-Level Divine War against Him—the ’King of Nature’—had never left Asgard, and for millennia had been disguised as the ’Tree Ancient God,’ I can’t imagine what His expression would be."

"He’d definitely be quite startled."

Thinking so, Yang Qizhou found himself surprisingly curious about the ’Deception Lord’s’ reaction. Unfortunately, ’Deceit World’ was just a text-based adventure game, incapable of showing character expressions in real time.

From a player’s perspective, it could only be summed up in four words: L... A... M... E game.

"Honorable ’Lamp Holder,’ you seem to have encountered something amusing..." a voice suddenly spoke—it was none other than Mr. Death.

Under the soothing power of the ’Spiritual Dragon,’ his once raging heart had now been quelled. With his grotesquely twisted, pus and sore-covered hand, he adjusted his glasses. Were it not for his transformation into a monstrous figure below the neck, he might still carry an air of scholarly refinement.

Even in this state, he instinctively adjusted his glasses while speaking—

those glasses must be your true essence, right?

Yang Qizhou thought sarcastically while simultaneously using the power of the ’Spiritual Dragon’ to examine the taint on Mr. Death’s body again. The situation wasn’t too bad; for now, there were no signs of deterioration.

"It is rather interesting,"

Yang Qizhou smirked meaningfully, then shifted his focus back to his phone, continuing to refresh the text.

Though Mr. Death was highly intrigued by this amusing development, feeling agitated like a cat scratching at his heart, he refrained from pursuing the topic further for the sake of composure. Instead, he instinctively adjusted his glasses again.

...

"Since the early stages of the ’Fourth Epoch,’ the King of Nature has never left Asgard."

"Evidently, this revelation dealt quite the shock to the ’Deception Lord,’ even causing massive storms to erupt on the Spirit Ocean represented by His psyche. The seemingly dreamlike surface of the Sea of Dreams churned with furious waves."

"Using the power of the ’Spiritual Dragon,’ you keenly perceived the changes at the Spirit Ocean level, the corners of your lips lifting into an almost imperceptible smile."

"This was, in fact, an open scheme of yours."

"The King of Nature had concealed Himself within Asgard for millennia, turning a blind eye to the rampant Evil God believers and even tacitly allowing the ’Deception Lord’s’ Divine Descent Ceremony to proceed. There must be deeper motives behind this. Upon learning this secret, the ’Deception Lord’ will, for His own safety, very likely cancel the ceremony."

"In doing so, you would achieve your goals, allowing the future you orchestrated to manifest in reality, completing the ’God of Victory’s’ Promotion Ceremony."

"Yet soon, the stirred psyche of the ’Deception Lord’s’ manifestation calmed again, thanks to the power of the ’Star Color Ancient God.’ With a mocking sneer, He spoke: ’You dare to play tricks of deception in the presence of a Pillar wielding the authority of Fraud? I don’t know if you should be called foolish or just dim-witted.’"

"The manifestation of the ’Deception Lord’ wasn’t of high status, and He wasn’t fully confident in handling you. His primary intent was to buy time to ensure the completion of the Divine Descent Ceremony. Naturally, He wouldn’t mind chatting with you longer. After pausing slightly, He continued: ’This argument is far too flimsy. Don’t forget, the ’King of Nature’ occupies the Unique God Seat of ’Nature’s’ symbolism. If He remained in Asgard, neither I nor the Abyss could possibly fail to perceive His aura.’"

"The ’Abyss’ naturally refers to the ’Abyss Master.’"

"This doesn’t quite align with expectations," you frowned slightly, speaking in a deep voice: "The reason you didn’t notice is because the ’Hidden Wizard King’ Itas intervened secretly, concealing the ’King of Nature.’"

"You didn’t anticipate that your words would provoke even greater laughter from the Deception Lord."

"’Hidden Wizard King? Hahaha! Don’t you know, except for ’Correctness,’ all the other five ’Blasphemy Wizard Kings’ who once served the ’Lord of Blasphemy’ have already fallen.’"

"You offered no rebuttal, for this was indeed the truth."