After learning where Nozdormu had gone, Aiden turned his attention elsewhere.
What Nozdormu said gave him a little confidence in exploring the truth of the world.
Now he had a lot of questions that he couldn't find answers to.
"What is the timeline?"
As he released his new doubts, another golden light band floated in front of him.
He saw the irregular golden giant net that he had seen in the Caverns of Time before entering here.
All timelines intersect and influence each other in this way, with a beginning and an end, and everything is destined.
This net traps everyone, and no one can break free.
"What are the Titans?"
What he saw was the extremely ancient era when the Titans of the Pantheon came to Azeroth and fought against the Old Gods and their elemental servants who were in civil war.
Eventually, they sealed or killed them and left after rebuilding their laboratory.
This was a plot that Aiden was very familiar with, and he knew it without the reminder of this time kingdom.
"Then what are the Old Gods?"
What he saw was that hundreds of thousands of years ago, some strangely shaped and twisted small creatures floated from the depths of the universe to Azeroth and parasitized on this planet.
They released the Curse of Flesh to corrupt those metal and rock creations, transforming them into flesh and blood creatures that could be absorbed by them.
After all flesh and blood creatures died, the corrupted bodies were eventually absorbed by the Old Gods.
They expanded at an unimaginable speed, and in just tens of thousands of years, they had the ability to spread their tentacles to every corner of Azeroth.
The grown-up Old Gods could no longer be completely eliminated, because killing them would mean that the entire planet would collapse and be destroyed.
The Titans called them "light-dark sensitive parasitic symbionts."
Aiden saw some novel things, such as why the Old Gods released the Curse of Flesh, and how to obtain more power.
But overall, these were all superficial things and did not reveal the true origin of the Old Gods.
"How were the Old Gods born?"
What he saw were the prototype bodies of the Old Gods floating from the void.
They seemed to appear out of thin air, omnipresent in the universe.
"Then, how were the Titans born?"
What Aiden saw was the Pantheon ruled by Aman'Thul, and all the Titans belonged to this supreme organization.
As for how the Titans were born, there was still no answer here.
It seemed that they, like the Old Gods, existed naturally.
"What is the End Time?"
He saw the future world completely corrupted by the resurrected Old Gods, and the Curse of Flesh spread in every life.
No one could resist the absorption of the Old Gods.
They strengthened without limit, and even the Titans could not defeat them in the end, and the entire universe was completely corrupted.
Seeing this, Aiden's heart had completely cooled down.
All the answers provided by the Time Kingdom now were perfunctory, and they all concealed important information at the key points.
It only showed some answers that were not important to exploring the essence of the world, or that could be made public.
It was like a "perfect" standard answer, but it was only limited to "like", and there was still a huge gap between it and the truth.
The information obtained by Nozdormu showing him this place was not as much as he had obtained from the primitive Old God Vanaar and "The Deceiver" Kil'jaeden in Outland.
"Last question, where is the 'homeworld'?" Aiden's eyes had become incomparably cold, and his voice had become very indifferent.
He no longer had the previous expectations for this place, because this was a place to fool people.
He remembered what Vanaar once said:
When the imaginary energy that reshapes the world is activated, the power of destruction in the entire universe is also increasing.
And this power of destruction will inevitably lead the world to the End Time.
What the Titans have been trying to fight against is likely to be created by themselves!
Aiden remembered very clearly that he completely rejected Vanaar's statement at the time.
He felt that this Old God was inducing him, trying to make him doubt the Titans, deny the Titans, and even deny his own understanding of the world.
Until he came into contact with the secrets of the timeline, he still insisted on this idea.
But now it's different.
He was sure that he was still very awake now, but everything he saw in this Time Kingdom was like a sophisticated lie woven by the Titans' devices.
The net-like timeline and this "Time Kingdom" were the collection of all lies!
Before entering here, Nozdormu said that as long as he had a cognition beyond the world, he could obtain the secrets beyond this world.
Then this question has definitely exceeded the scope covered by Azeroth's network timeline!
When he raised this question, all the golden light bands in the entire Time Kingdom were still for a breath, and then surged at ten times the speed of before, but no light band took the initiative to come up to tell him the answer.
Aiden clenched his fists in silence, he had already got the answer.
"Lies, all lies!"
Outside the Time Kingdom, Nozdormu stood quietly outside, of course he saw the almost violent time world in front of him.
"Are you ready to accept the real answer?" His tone was completely different from before when he said this as a high elf, and his eyes became unprecedentedly deep.
Far away in countless dimensions, "Father of the Gods" Aman'Thul stood under a starry sky.
Under his feet was a suspended high platform, standing here was like standing directly outside the starry sky.
He opened his mouth in exactly the same tone: "Are you ready to accept the real answer?"
The platinum scepter in his left hand was surrounded by dazzling electric currents.
He stretched out his hand, grabbed a bolt of lightning, and threw it towards the void.
The divine power that transcended time and space pierced the starry sky, crossed countless planes, and finally fell into an unknown place.
"Boom!" The sound of thunder resounded throughout the universe.
A'shaal, the life-giver who sensed the strong fluctuations of divine power, hurriedly found here and asked her husband: "What's wrong, Aman'Thul, what happened?"
Aman'Thul retracted the platinum scepter and smiled slightly at his wife: "It's nothing."
He went back on his own.
A'shaal was immediately surrounded by a huge sense of loss.
How could such a movement that resounded throughout the universe be nothing?
Aman'Thul never did meaningless things.
He didn't tell himself, there was only one reason, a reason she hated so much—her permissions were not enough!
In the entire Pantheon, her status was now second only to Aman'Thul, but there was always an insurmountable gap between her and her husband.
The departure of Sargeras made her think that she could go one step further, but no.
She will never be able to access the true secrets of the Titans.
— —
Aiden had almost confirmed that this Time Kingdom, and even all the timelines of Azeroth, were lies carefully woven by the Titans.
The whole world was operating in an abnormal form, operating according to their will.
He once again remembered what Kirin Tor said, they were all "people in bottles".
Aiden understood in his own words that this world was created by some existence and rules were formulated, and all creatures were firmly restricted within the rules.
Just like... a game.
Yes, isn't the World of Warcraft itself a game?
Did God or someone use its plot to create such a seemingly real but full of lies world?
Is this the ultimate truth?
Regardless of whether the Titans are the ones who created the world, the Titans must know the truth, but they are full of lies!
Aiden strode away from this place, his body and heart were cold.
"Since this is a world of lies, then before I die, let me break all the shackles and see its true face!"
"Vanaar, if you really are leading me to fall, then you have succeeded—because I have already planned to destroy all the Titans' settings."
When Aiden stepped out of the Time Kingdom, Nozdormu was nowhere to be seen.
He sneered, "You also know that I saw through this as a lie?"
If this guy was still here, with that hypocritical fake smile on his face, Aiden would definitely deal with him mercilessly like the previous Nozdormu.
He really couldn't wait for a super sandbag to appear in front of him, so that he could vent the resentment accumulated in his heart!
Aiden was about to activate the power of time and leave this place.
He suddenly sensed a huge divine power cutting through the void, and a huge and unimaginable thunder resounded throughout the universe.
Finally, the pale lightning emitted by Aman'Thul crossed countless worlds and struck the Time Kingdom where countless golden light bands were flowing.
Aiden suddenly turned around and saw that after the lightning strike, all the golden light bands had disappeared, and the entire golden kingdom had turned into nothingness.
The lightning that destroyed this place did not directly dissipate, but turned into a platinum-textured figure.
He looked at Aiden with a smile, and his eyes shone with eternal golden light: "Are you ready to accept the real answer? Aiden."
"Aman'Thul?" Aiden recognized at a glance that this was the Father of the Gods who had helped him when he fought against Sargeras, the leader of all Titans, the head of the Pantheon, the Platinum Titan—Aman'Thul!
He heard the other party's question, and after a brief moment of astonishment, he immediately said: "I don't want to hear repeated lies anymore.
If you want to say something, tell me the truth!"
"Of course, I will tell you the truth I know, and you are also qualified to access this truth.
I am here for this reason, my brother." Aman'Thul nodded in response.
"My brother"?
Aiden heard the other party's title, did the leader of the Pantheon need to build a relationship with him as a brother?
He is not Sargeras, how could he be Aman'Thul's brother?
Could it be—because of his identity recognized by the Titans' system?
Is he really a Titan?
Even though he has opened several Titan relic devices, he still has a feeling of unreality.
Doesn't Aiden know his origins?
He is just a time traveler from Earth, who traveled to a real-life game world, and has never been a Titan!
"Come on, the truth is here." Aman'Thul pointed to the position beside him.
Aiden strode forward without hesitation. If Aman'Thul wanted to kill him, he wouldn't need to waste words; a single breath could completely erase Aiden from all worlds.
"Yes, that's right." Aman'Thul nodded with satisfaction as he saw Aiden standing beside him. He reached out and took Aiden's hand, "Come, you need a real journey through time. All the answers you seek are within it."
As Aiden grasped Aman'Thul's hand, a vast and unparalleled power of time pulled him away from this space-time.
The scene before his eyes transformed in a blur of light and shadow. When everything became clear, he saw a scene that was most familiar to him.
—
It was now June of 2031, thirteen years since Aiden returned to Earth in this parallel space from the Twisting Nether.
In 2018, Aiden first came to this Earth and saw that the Eye of Sargeras would fall into this world four years later. Therefore, he took some precautions to prevent the people of this world from coming into contact with that incomprehensible power.
Thirteen years had passed, and the "Titan's Heart" technology company that Aiden initially founded had, through the efforts of his counterpart in this timeline—Aiden Williams—become a respectable internet technology company. The area near the six-story commercial building he had bought was designated by the government as a new business district two years ago, and all buildings were notified for demolition.
The lawyer's documents he left behind were finally handed over to Aiden Williams when the official demolition notice was issued.
The document stated that Aiden would split all his shares and property rights into three parts before the demolition of the building, and donate them to three people free of charge.
Twenty percent of his sixty percent stake in Titan's Heart Company would be transferred to Aiden Williams free of charge, and the remaining eighty percent would be transferred to his daughter, Emma, who was not yet 15 years old.
The demolition compensation for the building was also divided into two parts, half going to Aiden Williams and half to Xing Li downstairs.
Compared to when Aiden first came to this world more than a decade ago, Kate's cosplay studio was now vastly different. She later ran a company that combined cosplayer performances, prop making, and rentals, and her wealth was not even less than that of Aiden Williams, who owned Titan's Heart Technology.
The two families under the same roof had always maintained a good relationship, and Kate even recognized Emma as her goddaughter, treating her like her own daughter.
She was successful in her career and had many suitors, but she was almost forty years old and still hadn't married. Even more surprising was that she looked the same as she did more than a decade ago, without aging at all.
Coco, the cosplayer who started the studio with her, had long married a rich man. Coco would come back to see her from time to time, but every time she saw this close friend, she was extremely jealous—she was also almost forty, and although she was well-maintained, the crow's feet at the corners of her eyes were difficult to eliminate with cosmetics and maintenance.
"Did you take some elixir of immortality?" Coco would ask with a face full of jealousy every time.
"Yes, yes," Kate would always answer with a smile. But when Kate asked where she found it, she couldn't smile anymore and only said that there was only one elixir of immortality, and there wouldn't be any more.
That was the deepest secret in her heart, and she would never forget the scene thirteen years ago when she saw Aiden disappear into the gate of time and space in the warehouse on the third floor.
Aiden Williams's family had always wondered why this enthusiastic cousin, who had helped them and left behind all his property, had disappeared for more than a decade, and even wondered if something had happened to him.
After the company developed, Aiden Williams specifically asked the elders at home about the situation of those overseas relatives, and tried to get to the bottom of it. However, he did not find any information about this cousin.
He did have distant cousins overseas, but none of them were named "Aiden," and none of them had such financial resources, throwing out tens of millions without batting an eye.
Those overseas relatives knew that he had become rich and wanted to cling to him, so what other ideas could they have?
And there was only one condition in this super-large gift agreement, which was to let him open the third-floor warehouse, take away a safe, and ensure that he would never try to open it.
This mysterious condition puzzled Aiden Williams. He thought that it contained some memento that was very important to his mysterious cousin, so he didn't think much about it. Aiden had already brought unimaginable great benefits to him and his family, and he could certainly fulfill this request, as he was not an ungrateful person.
So before the demolition, he personally opened the warehouse that had been sealed for more than ten years and took away the safe that had been covered with a thick layer of dust.
As for the key to this safe, it had already been completely destroyed by Aiden.
What Aiden Williams didn't know was that it didn't contain Aiden's mementos, but the Eye of Sargeras from the world of Warcraft.
What he didn't expect was that the safe he brought home would be opened only half a year later.
Several thieves quietly broke into his house after scouting the area, found the safe that was hidden very tightly, and then opened it using superb lock-picking skills. When they found that the safe contained a black and gold metal block the size of a basin, the thieves thought it was gold or a meteorite, and they were so happy that they almost jumped up.
But this thing weighed three or four hundred pounds, so how to take it away became a big problem. The thieves racked their brains and could only think of driving a car to pull it away next time. However, before they had time to clean up the traces and retreat, Xiao Emma brought a group of menacing security guards and sent all these guys to the police station.
She came back early because she had something to do temporarily, and found traces of the door being pried open. The resourceful Emma immediately found the security guards and called the police.
When Emma was checking the losses, she saw the half-covered safe and curiously reached out to touch the black and gold metal block. When the Eye of Sargeras discovered someone with sufficient access rights, it immediately released a huge data stream, and Xiao Emma was immediately stunned by the huge external force.
After she fainted, all her vital signs were normal, but she couldn't be awakened no matter what. Aiden Williams and his wife, Alex, were anxious, but after finding various medical experts, Emma just wouldn't wake up. It wasn't until Kate learned the whole story that she vaguely guessed something.
Kate had known for more than a decade that Aiden was not an ordinary person, or even someone from their world. Then, the ghostly thing in the safe that Aiden had repeatedly warned about must not be something that ordinary people like them could understand. Perhaps it was some "ominous thing."
She told this couple the secret she had kept for thirteen years. Aiden Williams couldn't believe it, but he couldn't help but believe it—he heard the biggest fact in his life that shook his known worldview and outlook on life. The "cousin" who selflessly helped his family was not from this world! Even—perhaps a god or some kind of existence.
They didn't know what to do to wake their daughter when they encountered this kind of thing that was beyond their comprehension. However, a day later, Emma, who had digested all the data streams, woke up on her own.
She saw many seemingly right and wrong fragments from the data stream of the Eye of Sargeras, almost all of which were the situation after Karthus and Hecarim went to the Tomb of Sargeras to retrieve this thing. That experience was like watching a magical blockbuster, but unfortunately the plot was not complete enough.
In order to know what happened, she became very curious about the Eye of Sargeras.
After that, Emma began to explore and study the Eye of Sargeras, trying to analyze all the content inside.
Her parents were very opposed to it at first, but a few years later, the adult Emma finally persuaded them. With the help of her family and Kate, Emma, at the age of 27, compiled a special programming language based on the memories in her mind and successfully exported a small portion of the data from the Eye of Sargeras.
Aiden, who was watching this history, saw these programming languages—he was incredibly shocked, because that was the password that the Naaru were born with!
The Holy Light password and the Dark password together formed the entire content of these programming languages!
Seeing this, he had enough to imagine.
"Azeroth—the world of Warcraft was born from here, right?" Aiden looked at Aman'Thul, who was also watching intently.
"Keep watching." He didn't deny it.
—
Emma spent another period of time perfecting these programming languages until it could compile all the content of the Eye of Sargeras.
When she was 41 years old, the time had reached 2057—she officially unlocked the three highest permissions of the Eye of Sargeras.
"Dad, Mom, Godmother, look! I finally know Uncle's true identity!" Emma was so happy that she almost jumped up like a child.
Judging by appearance alone, no one would believe that she was over forty, because her appearance had not changed since she was twenty. She received Aiden's blessing in infancy, which prevented her from getting any illness after that, except for the time she fainted after touching the Eye of Sargeras.
Aiden Williams and Alex were already gray-haired, but Kate and Emma were still like young girls.
In the scene, their whole family crowded in front of the computer. Countless precision components were connected to the huge Eye of Sargeras, and now, the monitor was displaying the names of the three people with the highest permissions of the Eye of Sargeras.
Aiden Williams in the picture and Aiden outside the picture read out these three names together:
"Aman'Thul… Sargeras… and, Aiden!"