Noah held a faint green halo in his hand, slowly explaining the origin of this newly born Truth.
"Truth Akasha, also called the Akasha Records Multiversal Information Archive, its essential concept is the information of the entire multiverse—ranging from the movement of a single atom to the transformations of the multiverse, to the modifications made by higher gods upon world information, and so forth."
"The constant changes in the thoughts of the multiverse, the evolutionary process of rules and concepts, the progress of life's evolution, even the process by which higher gods modify world information—these, and everything else."
"In short, it is the ultimate memory of the multiverse. The Principle of Remembrance belongs to the Akasha faction."
The birth of Truth Akasha was something even Noah himself had not expected.
When he decided to fully activate Pan-Human History, Akasha was born under the combined effect of all Truths.
Yes, the number of Truths will appear by themselves according to the evolutionary stage of the world. Thus, the higher the level of the world, the more Truths there will be.
Those multiversal-level worlds never have fewer than ten Truths.
Truths that exist before the birth of a world are called Absolute Truths, such as the Kabbalah and the Ouroboros.
Truths that are self-born as the world ascends are called derivative Truths.
Human Principle Akasha belongs to this type.
The joy in Noah's eyes was impossible to conceal. According to the world information given by the system, Akasha would only be born when those top-tier weak multiverses ascended to standard multiverse.
Buer, watching Noah as he explained Truths to her, could not help placing her hands over her chest. Her heart felt like it would turn into butterflies and fly out, the love in her four-leaf-clover-shaped eyes nearly overflowing.
She had thought Lord Heavenly Principle summoned her early to the Temple of Truth in order to send her first to the Divine Assembly. She never expected he intended to entrust a Truth to her.
Though she had been the first goddess to follow Lord Heavenly Principle, in terms of affection, she had always been far below the incarnations of Truth.
After all, for Teyvat, she was not indispensable.
Yet, she did not allow herself to be overwhelmed by the sudden love.
"My lord husband, I remember you once said that only naturally sacred beings born from nothingness can bear a Truth."
"I was once the incarnation of the World Tree, but I was not born from nothingness. Am I truly qualified?"
Noah smiled: "Phanes too was not born from nothingness. Of course you can bear it."
"After all, Akasha, like Human Principle, was not born from nothingness."
"Though both derivative and absolute Truths are Truths, the requirements for bearing them are not so strict."
Saying this, Noah looked at Buer with even greater tenderness.
Greater Lord Rukkhadevata was the first goddess who had held love for him. At the time, he had even wanted to make her his Heavenly Consort.
Although there was no such title as Heavenly Consort now, and though he treated her far better than the later goddesses, still it was not quite enough.
Before, he had had no better way—after all, Sumeru could not be left unattended. Thus, he had not allowed her to become the Sustainer of Heavenly Principle.
Now, however, Nahida had already grown to nearly the same strength as Greater Lord Rukkhadevata, so Sumeru no longer needed to be worried about.
At this moment, with Akasha newly born, and with Buer herself being Teyvat's memory, she was naturally the most suitable bearer of Akasha.
Thus, she would become the fifth incarnation of Truth.
Saying this, Noah handed the halo of Truth to her.
"Now you shall bear Akasha. Only when Truth has a bearer can it have the greatest effect upon the world."
Without any hesitation, Buer stretched out her hands to receive the halo of Truth.
Though her heart brimmed with joy, it was filled even more with love for her lord husband. She belonged to him, and whatever he gave her, she would accept.
Yet, in her heart, there were still some small thoughts.
She had been the first, and yet Phanes and the others always overshadowed her. Especially Phanes, who never regarded her as one of the mistresses, only as a subordinate.
In her eyes, perhaps she, Buer, was not even considered a subordinate—merely one part of the Pan-Human History she governed.
Even so, in her heart there was still a trace of resentment.
Now I too am a bearer of Truth. Let's see how you will view me now.
She longed for flowers of recognition.
To truly stand on equal footing with Phanes gave her an inexplicable sense of exhilaration.
Buzz—
The halo of Truth transformed into countless faint green threads that merged into Buer's body.
In just an instant, her divine body was assimilated, becoming a body composed of Truth itself, exalted and sacred beyond compare.
In the truest sense, she was now supreme. Before Truth, nothing could be more sacred than her—at most, only equal to her.
Of course, Noah was the sole exception.
A faint green halo of Truth slowly manifested behind Buer.
At the same time, above the Main Universe, another halo silently appeared within its circumscribed ring.
The Laws that had originally belonged to the Akasha faction detached from the other Truths, gathering to guard this newly born halo of Truth.
"Power…"
Buer felt her strength grow without limit. Though she had been prepared, she was still shocked. Her vision expanded, and the scope of her influence now encompassed all of Teyvat.
The faint green light of Truth radiated from her, her aura swelling infinitely.
Were it not for the Temple of Truth shielding it, if this had occurred in the outside world, all universes of Teyvat would have been thrown into turmoil by the expansion of her aura, a vortex shaking the entirety of Teyvat.
Even the Main Universe itself would have suffered a shattering of its cosmic crystal walls.
Mid-tier strong single-universe.
High-tier strong single-universe.
Low-tier super single-universe.
Finally, she stopped upon touching the threshold of mid-tier super single-universe.
The total mass of Teyvat lay only between high-tier super single-universe and weak multiverse. Thus, the bearer of a single Truth could at most reach low-tier super single-universe.
Only when the world reached weak multiverse could the bearer of Truth attain high-tier super single-universe.
Sensing Teyvat's transformation and the new aura of Truth, Phanes was alarmed and appeared instantly.
Seeing that it was Greater Lord Rukkhadevata radiating the aura of Truth, she was greatly astonished, then turned her gaze to Noah.
"A new Truth? What is going on?"
At this moment, Buer, recovering from the flood of her power, looked toward Phanes with a smile.
"Phanes, I too have become a bearer of Truth. Things are no longer the same as before."
Phanes' golden eyes fell upon Buer, a trace of danger flashing within them as if her own majesty had been provoked. Yet she quickly calmed, acknowledging Buer as being of the same status as herself.
In the past, such provocation would have earned punishment without hesitation.
Although she felt displeased, she would not truly engage in conflict with Buer. If Truth were to clash against Truth, Teyvat would fall into great turmoil.
However, she was not a rigid existence. The Four Shades had each split from aspects of herself. The scheming of Istaroth, she too possessed—though it made up only a small part of her.
Moreover, as the guardian of Pan-Human History, whatever mankind understood, she too understood.
Seeing the fleeting danger in Phanes' gaze vanish, leaving behind a calm as if nothing had happened, Buer felt a rush of satisfaction.
What's more, that innate fear she once held toward Phanes had completely disappeared after becoming a bearer of Truth.
But before Buer could form her words, her expression stiffened.
"Hmph, Buer. You, who were once my creation, now flaunting such arrogance upon reaching the same status as me—it is truly laughable."
"Even if we are equal in position, as so-called bearers of Truth, you are nothing more than low-ranking."
"As a latecomer who ascended without true qualification, relying only on Heavenly Principle's favor to climb to my level—you do not humbly seek my guidance, but instead provoke me."
"Such clownish behavior."
Phanes' voice dripped with contempt and mockery, her expression the very embodiment of scorn.
It was as if she were watching a country girl, puffed up with pride because of the lord's affection, daring to provoke the mistress of the house.
Buer froze, unable to believe Phanes would ever speak in such a tone, or wear such an expression.
In her memory, Phanes had always been cold and indifferent. This moment overturned everything she knew.
Then she sensed the genuine anger behind it, and her cheeks flushed red.
"Phanes! You—!"
"Silence, Buer! I have not finished. I never imagined the being I once created could turn out so pitiful."
Phanes continued, her words striking without pause, though never containing a single vulgarity. Each sentence pierced Buer's heart.
Every word circled back to the same point: you are a latecomer, you are but a god I once created.
Lies do not wound—but truth cuts deep.
Faced with this barrage, Buer could not utter a single word. Even as the memory of the multiverse itself, she found nothing to refute.
For it was all true.
Her chest heaved with anger.
Noah rubbed his eyes, staring at Phanes spouting off endlessly, then at Buer, left speechless under the assault.
Never had he seen either of them like this. Especially Phanes—she was far too fierce.
And this scene—like the main wife catching the concubine red-handed—was overwhelming.
Seeing the faint curve at Phanes' lips, Noah knew she was savoring this.
Simple insults, maximum satisfaction, was it not?
Buer bit her lip and glanced at Noah, her eyes pleading, as if to say: look at how she's treating me.
"Hehehe…" Noah couldn't hold back, laughing outright, with no intention of helping.
No matter how it escalated, it could never become a true fight. At most, it would be an exchange of insults.
For he did not permit those of such rank to casually wield their power. If one did not wish to be bullied, either one should focus on serious work like the Infinite Dragon God and Red Dragon God Emperor—or else sharpen one's skills in argument, to prevail in quarrels.
Seeing Noah watch with interest instead of helping, Buer's expression turned resentful.
Yet this was indeed her doing. Moreover, both she and Phanes were far too important. Noah would not intervene—unless, as before, Phanes raised her hand against his other women.
It was only that she had not yet adjusted to this side of Phanes. Now, her gentle face forced a smile, soft and calm.
"Sister Phanes' lesson is well taken~ Please don't be angry anymore. Younger sister admits her mistake. Would it not be better for you to spend your energy discussing serious matters rather than scolding me?"
Phanes crossed her arms and gave a cold snort.
Noah clicked his tongue softly and said: "Heh, this tea tastes excellent—and it was brewed with the World Tree's leaves."
As he spoke, he stepped forward, one arm wrapping around Buer's waist, the other around Phanes'…
"You actually laughed at me…" Buer said helplessly, with a touch of grievance.
"Disrespectful," Phanes cast her a cold glance, as if to say: with your shallow skill, you dare provoke me?
She was the greatest—and she always would be.
"So, the Truth within Buer was catalyzed into existence when Teyvat ascended, born from the collective information of the multiverse, correct?"
"And it is a Truth complementary to Human Principle?"
Noah's hands squeezed against the waists of both Phanes and Buer, his fingers pressing firmly in. "That's right. First came Human Principle, then Akasha. That much is beyond dispute."
"With one more Truth, Teyvat becomes all the more stable."
"With Akasha, the expansion of Pan-Human History will grow steadier, and the likelihood of civilizations slipping into destruction will decrease."
"With this, the final Divine Assembly will be all the more interesting."
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The time for the Divine Assembly had come. The highest gods of the Divine Collectives, the Underworld, and the Abyss all began making their way to Celestia.
At this moment, Celestia appeared much the same as it had in the very beginning.
But its mass was incomparably greater, for here gathered the origin of all things in Teyvat.
The spatial origin of Pan-Human History's long river of time…
Even a full-force strike from a single-universe god would leave not the slightest mark.
To leave a mark at all, one had to reach at least high-tier strong single-universe.
Though only gods at weak single-universe or higher could arrive here, their numbers were still not few. Already they numbered in the dozens. Any one Divine Collective had at least three weak single-universe gods.
At the steps of the Hall of Gods, deities arrived one after another, beginning to converse.
"Oi~ Old man, long time no see~ Your strength has grown outrageous again."
"Barbatos, only ten days ago you snuck into Wanmin Restaurant and took Xiangling's brewed spirit-fruit wine."
"Snuck? Slander, I call slander! Old man, you've slandered me! I took it fair and square! When the Anemo Archon does something, how can you call it stealing?"
"Eh? Barbatos stealing wine? Though Mondstadt has more wine than anyone could finish, with Barbatos' personality, I can't say I'd be surprised."
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