The Shining Star Above The Heaven-Chapter 600: Impossible to Understand

"Wait... you’ve never communicated with your god?" Zhang Haoran asked with narrowed eyes.

"You didn’t even know the name of the thing given by your god, the one helping you become this strong? Has your god never said anything to you? Have you never communicated with him at all?"

Aldrian narrowed his eyes as well. From what Zhang Haoran said, the system was given by gods. So... was the system in him also created by his own followers, meant for him? But then he thought about his own system, what was the first thing that appeared the moment he saw it?

I’m tied to the universe

I’m tied to nature

All of this is my own karma

Why I am different is also my destiny

My domain encompasses all things

There is nothing that can escape my view

There is nothing that can escape my sense

There is nothing that can escape my will

Those words were the first things that appeared when the system manifested before him for the first time. And if he thought about it carefully, they sounded like something he had created himself, something that only designated for him only.

From what Zhang Haoran had just said, it seemed that system users were able to communicate with the gods they were connected to.

But him? He had never known anything like that. There was no ability, no sign, nothing that allowed him to reach out to the surviving members of his followers.

And he could already imagine it. If his followers had created something like this for him, then they likely would not have left any communication function for him to use. Beings like the Heavenly Demon, Tianlian Buddha, or Seralis would never miss such a thing. They wouldn’t leave behind a system that let them speak with him directly.

They had been waiting for him for so many years. If that was the case, then at the very least, there should have been some means of communication built into the system. But there was nothing. No function. No path. They could only communicate with him in more roundabout ways, like through objects that carried strong karma tied to them. Only by connecting himself to those objects through karma could he reach them.

To test his theory, he asked the system in his mind.

"Do you have a way to contact any of my surviving followers?"

"No. I do not have any means to contact any of your followers," the system replied in writing on the screen. novelbuddy-cσ๓

Aldrian wasn’t surprised. But reading it only made him more certain, this system wasn’t something created by his followers. It was likely his own creation. He had been a god in the past, and a powerful one at that. Creating something like this for his future self should not have been difficult for him, right?

Aldrian nodded to himself. Zhang Haoran’s words made one thing clear, there was a strong possibility that some people out there also possessed systems like theirs.

Then an idea crossed his mind, he might as well use this chance to mess with the Devil Lord.

"What god? I’ve never communicated with them. In fact, ever since this system first appeared, I haven’t spoken to any being like that. So how would I know?" he said casually.

Zhang Haoran’s frown deepened.

"That’s impossible. You’ve lived for so long, yet you’ve never once communicated with your god? If you’ve never spoken with them, then how did you receive their blessing? How do you even have the abilities you do?" he asked, clearly baffled.

"Who said I got those abilities from them? I created all of them myself," Aldrian replied.

Zhang Haoran’s eyes widened in shock. He created all of them? How was that possible? All those absurd abilities, created by him?

"Also, don’t talk like I’ve already lived for thousands of years. I know your system is broken, so you can’t see my information, but here, can’t you see it from my screen? Go ahead, I’ll let you see it for yourself," Aldrian said, showing his status screen, displaying his name and age for the Devil Lord to read.

However, the moment he tried to show the information, something seemed off about the Devil Lord’s gaze. His eyes looked unfocused, almost as if he were searching for something, and not finding it. That reaction made Aldrian pause, his own expression turning puzzled.

The Devil Lord’s gaze didn’t settle on the screen or the writing on it at all.

Then, a thought struck Aldrian, one that made him smile at the Devil Lord for the first time.

"How old am I?" he asked suddenly. But even after the question, the Devil Lord remained silent.

Watching the subtle changes in his expression after a few moments made Aldrian grin.

"You... you can’t see my system, can you?"

The moment those words left his mouth, he noticed a slight shift in the Devil Lord’s expression. Although Zhang Haoran quickly masked it with an indifferent expression, trying to cover his confusion and irritation, it didn’t escape Aldrian’s eyes. He was sharp when it came to reading people, especially the small details in their expressions. And right now, he could see it clearly.

From the look of it, it really did seem like Zhang Haoran couldn’t see his system. If that was true, then—

"Hahaha!" He suddenly burst out laughing, finding the situation genuinely amusing. He could already imagine the confusion Zhang Haoran must’ve felt since earlier.

To think he couldn’t see his system, didn’t that mean his system was more special than Zhang Haoran’s? If that were the case, then maybe even the other system users wouldn’t be able to see it either.

Initially, he just wanted to mess with Zhang Haoran by throwing him into confusion. From what he observed, Zhang Haoran clearly didn’t understand how his system worked.

Aldrian’s plan was simple: answer Zhang Haoran’s questions with a mix of truth and lies. He had even intended to show his own information to deepen the confusion, assuming Zhang Haoran could see it already.

By doing this, Aldrian expected Zhang Haoran to let something slip, some detail he didn’t mean to reveal in the heat of the moment. And if that happened, Aldrian could gather more valuable information. What Zhang Haoran knew might prove extremely useful in the future.

Even from their conversation just now, Aldrian had already gained some valuable information—details worth hearing despite their situation. In cases like this, a conversation often revealed far more depth and meaning than directly peering into someone’s memories.

Hearing Aldrian laugh, Zhang Haoran couldn’t help but feel irritated. He couldn’t refute what Aldrian said, it was true that he couldn’t see Aldrian’s system. But he scoffed in response.

So what if he couldn’t see it? In the end, what mattered was who came out on top. There was still no decisive winner between them, and if he could kill Aldrian, or if their god successfully descended, then nothing else mattered.

"Whatever. Laugh all you want, but the fate of this heaven is already set. Everything will fall under our god, and you will never live to see that day," he said, his tone edged with mockery.

Aldrian slowly stopped laughing and looked at Zhang Haoran calmly. There was no amusement left in his eyes.

"Is that so?" he said, then closed his eyes for a few seconds before opening them again. A golden glow flickered in his eyes for the briefest moment before fading back to normal. Zhang Haoran didn’t know what had just happened, but he could feel it. Aldrian’s presence had shifted again. This time, it was far more overbearing than before.

Then, he saw Aldrian rise into the air, unsheathing his sword, the Eternal Spirit and pointing it toward the barrier. No, not just the barrier... toward the black pillar itself.

This time, he didn’t hesitate to unleash the full power of his domain. He channeled one hundred percent of it into his body. A golden glow radiated from both his sword and his body.

Zhang Haoran, seeing this, truly couldn’t help but tremble as he sensed the most powerful aura and energy he had ever felt on this continent.

"This aura... it has already reached the low Pseudo Immortal Foundation stage! What is he, really?! Is he truly only at the Grand Duke stage? But I can still sense that he’s at the Grand Duke stage!" he thought, completely losing his composure inside.

After the short conversation he had just shared with Aldrian, he finally came to a conclusion, Aldrian was someone impossible to understand. Nothing worked on him, and all his knowledge was useless in trying to comprehend him. At this moment, he abandoned the idea to understand Aldrian entirely.

A powerful sword will surged across the continent, causing every sword to tremble and instantly float, all pointing in Aldrian’s direction.

Everyone knew at once, this was Aldrian’s doing. He was the only one capable of something like this. It had happened once before, so while it was overwhelming, they weren’t entirely surprised.

Seeing that Aldrian was making the first move, Zhang Haoran didn’t wait any longer. If Aldrian had his own cheat, then so did he.

Netherworld Guardian’s Wall.

He activated one of his techniques, raising his defenses. In an instant, a black substance erupted from the ground, forming a barrier in front of him and the altar.

A second later—

Shiing!

A golden light pillar burst from the Eternal Spirit, piercing straight through the outer palace barrier and slamming into the black substance.

The battle between them had begun.

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