The Primordial Record novel Chapter 1971

Chapter 1971: The Grand Game (1)

Enoch vanished from Existence, but Lumen knew that it was not over. This fallen Luminous was End’s best weapon, and it would still find a way, not just because Enoch was the strongest being in all Existence, but because only Enoch would be able to reverse the expansion of Existence.

The very essence of Enoch was tied to Existence’s expansion, and only by forcefully taking back all that he had lost would this process be halted.

Now, without the presence of Enoch, Lumen could begin to show itself and gather resources. Observing the operation of End at the sidelines, it had been able to discern certain clues about its functions, and believed it may have found End’s only weakness.

And it was Enoch who had revealed those weaknesses by his daring actions.

With the expansion of Existence, more new Realities would be born, and creation would expand. It did not matter how powerful End turned out to be; once Creation crossed a certain threshold, even End’s power would not be able to lead to its destruction.

Lumen knew that End was also at this threshold, and it needed one, maybe two more extinctions before it could cross the final barrier, and at that time, Lumen was sure that even if Existence continued its expansion, it would no longer matter for End, as it would have become truly omnipotent.

Knowing that it had to preserve Creation by all means, Lumen began quietly spreading knowledge of cultivation among different races and species across the expanding Existence. For a while, everything was going according to plan.

Then it sensed the first stirrings of End, and not just that, these stirrings had a flavor of familiarity... Enoch’s.

Using the ambition of this fallen Luminious, End began to exert its influence upon Existence in order to bring about its destruction.

War and destruction were part of nature, and Lumen recognized the change necessary for the growth of lower life forms. However, this sort of destruction had a limit, and that limit was not tolerated by End.

The first major war that happened, which led to multiple Realities battling each other, was the trigger. Lumen sensed that End was beginning to grow, and Enoch was not gone forever.

He may not be aware of it, but Enoch’s actions had tied him firmly with End, and his actions would be slowly stained by the influence of this power.

Lumen watched this battle and saw the effects it had, and then he began bringing up countermeasures.

Still, Lumen had plans that it could use against End, but it was in the same position as Enoch and could not reveal itself to creation without coming into the attention of End.

It was not until the creation of the Primordials by Enoch that Lumen saw the path forward. Used to the fierce individuality of the Luminious, the wings had unconsciously discarded the notion of acquiring helpers.

With the Creation of the Primordials, Lumen created the Architects, and in order to further disguise its intention, it called them the Architects of End, while building this temple, called the Temple of End.

The task of the Architects was simple: prevent the extinction of life. It was not hard for Lumen to gather the sort of geniuses it would need for this mission.

For Lumen, the complete extinction of life across Existence was something it had witnessed through the memories of the Luminous countless times at this point, and the scale of such massive destruction was nothing to it.

However, for the Architects who were witnessing the wars between Realities for the first time, this minor scale of conflict was incredibly shocking to them.

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