The voice of Sea King Oceanus was profound.

Noticing the inquisitive tone in the other party's voice, Charlotte paused briefly before responding calmly,

"Memory is hardly a reliable thing, as you should know the cost of a god's resurgence."

The blurred face stared deeply into Charlotte for a moment, then suddenly laughed,

"So, what you're saying is... you haven't retrieved all your memories yet?"

Charlotte neither confirmed nor denied.

To tease more information out of the other, she naturally would not admit she was not the historical "Blood True Ancestor."

Thus, posing as a yet-to-fully-awaken "Blood True Ancestor" seemed a very good choice.

Seeing that Charlotte did not deny it, Sea King Oceanus first fell silent, then suddenly laughed,

"Heh, hahaha... hahahahaha!"

His laughter became wilder, more unrestrained, more delighted.

Charlotte faintly realized she must have said something wrong.

She took a deep breath to calm herself, and then, mimicking the "Your Majesty" tone that the Crimson Queen Royena had documented in her diary, she said indifferently,

"Your Majesty, Oceanus, is there something funny?"

"Your Majesty, Oceanus? Haha..."

Upon hearing Charlotte's form of address, the blurred face expressed an inexplicable sentiment, and the tone became even more peculiar, as laughter grew freer still.

After the laughter subsided, a sudden quiet returned, and with it, the voice steeped in age regained its gravity and sighs,

"It seems... the Eternal Night King has ultimately failed."

"Time is indeed a fearsome thing; even an existence like His couldn't withstand the erosion of the years..."

"No wonder I cannot recall the name of the 'Blood True Ancestor.' I thought you had placed some Divine Art upon me, but it now seems, He too has failed."

As he spoke, the blurred face once again gazed at Charlotte, this time with a hint of amusement in its voice,

"Do you know? The Eternal Night King never addressed me as 'Your Majesty, Oceanus.'"

"You really do resemble Him, so much so that, even I... was unable to recognize you immediately."

"But you... are ultimately not Him."

"So, who are you exactly? Let me guess… Are you the successor chosen by Him? Or perhaps, a lucky one who happened by chance upon a fragment of His Divinity?"

Looking at the other's somewhat complex expression, Charlotte sighed inwardly.

Clearly, she had not deceived him, her façade had slipped.

But that was inevitable.

The other was different from the Bloodline she had subdued; he was a true Mythical being.

Moreover, his memories of the "Blood True Ancestor" were much deeper than those of anyone she had met so far.

He could even perceive his own "forgetfulness."

Indeed, it was a considerable challenge to pretend to be a Mythical being familiar to him while entirely unfamiliar to herself.

With this thought, Charlotte decided not to pretend anymore.

However, just as she was about to speak again, Sea King Oceanus took the initiative,

"Enough, whoever you are, since you have inherited His power, then now… you are the new master of the Bloodline, the Eternal Night King."

"You are already a Demigod, and your command of the Blood Power is no less than His; you already have the credentials to converse with me as an equal."

"So... new Blood True Ancestor, may I know your name?"

Charlotte was silent for a moment before replying,

"Charlotte, Charlotte de Castel."

"Charlotte de Castel, is it... So, you are the Divine Favored Queen of the human world? To become a Demigod at such a young age... it seems… even if you're not His successor, you must also be one of the awakened old ones..."

"It's peculiar, I cannot retrieve any information of you from my memory; it seems... even I did not withstand the 'Primordial' power."

Sea King Oceanus lamented.

No no no, I am not some old entity; I just have an external aid.

But that does not seem quite right either.

If I truly "created" history, then in some sense, I might indeed be considered an "old entity."

Charlotte mused in her heart with a touch of nuance.

"So... what exactly is the 'Primordial'?"

She continued to inquire.

Sea King Oceanus glanced at her, his expression becoming slightly solemn,

"The 'Primordial' is one, the 'Primordial' is all, the 'Primordial' is the beginning of the Ten Thousand Spirits, the 'Primordial' is the origin of the Transcendent..."

One?

And also all?

Isn't that the "epigraph" from the newly awakened power of the Blood Holy Scripture?

So, does the Blood Holy Scripture also relate to the "Primordial"?

Charlotte's heart skipped a beat.

She paused before asking,

"The 'Primordial'... is it the Creator God?"

Sea King Oceanus shook his head,

"No, to be more precise, the Creator God is a part of the 'Primordial,' but the 'Primordial'... is not the Creator God."

"The 'Primordial' is even older, it is the origin of everything, whereas the Creator God is not so, He is the one who stole the 'Primordial Power'... and also the eternal enemy of all gods."

"The eternal enemy of all gods? The Creator God?"

Charlotte frowned slightly.

Sea King Oceanus nodded,

"Yes, the Creator God's greatest purpose is to become the 'Primordial.' He constantly seeks to take back the divine authority from the gods, to 'Devour' everything of the gods. To the Creator God, the gods are but sustenance for His becoming the 'Primordial.'"

"The Holy Royal Court founded by the Creator God exists for this very reason."

Speaking so, he looked deeply into Charlotte,

"Your predecessor, the Eternal Night King I knew, fell in the struggle with the Creator God. If I am not mistaken, in the end... I fear he could not withstand the 'Primordial Power' wielded by the Creator God and was devoured and assimilated by the other."

"Just like... those sub-gods who were subdued by the Creator God…"

Had the sub-gods who served the Creator God been devoured by the Creator God Himself?

Charlotte paused slightly.

Then... her expression instantly froze.

Charlotte suddenly understood a question that had puzzled her all along.

That was, the Holy Royal Court created by the Creator God was the faith of a polytheistic church.

However, as time went on, those gods who were incorporated into the Holy Royal Court became more and more low-profile, or rather... gradually lost their presence.

Until... they were completely forgotten by people and only existed in the records of the Holy Code.

Charlotte had always thought this was the Holy Royal Court deliberately suppressing the faith of the sub-gods.

But now it seemed that the root cause might be the struggle between the gods themselves.

However, Charlotte was puzzled. According to her own experiences, the Creator God should have been her student, Haral, from history.

But she found it hard to connect Haral, who in her memory was shy and filled with a sense of justice, with the Creator God who Oceanus said devoured the sub-gods.

However, when Charlotte recalled the diary of the Crimson Queen, Royena, her expression slowly became serious once more.

In the diary of the Crimson Queen, Lilith had ultimately gone mad, being taken over by "something."

Could it be possible that Haral had also experienced the same fate?

At this thought, Charlotte suddenly felt a tingle on her scalp.

As an ancient deity, what the Sea King Oceanus shared in secrecy was overwhelming to her.

Combining her own knowledge of various secrets, she had already outlined in her mind the experiences of Lilith and Haral.

If her deduction was correct, Lilith and Haral probably encountered the same enemy.

Lilith had failed, and so had Haral.

They were both devoured, and they... were both forgotten.

Combining the words of Sea God Oceanus, this entity... was very likely the "Creator God."

This was a logical guess.

But for some reason, when Charlotte realized everything, she still felt something was amiss.

She felt... like she was overlooking something.

"The new Blood True Ancestor, no, Dark Night God Charlotte, let's make a deal."

"Holy Presence Day is coming, and the Mythical Era shall come again. You have the 'Primordial' power in you... you... have been targeted by the Creator God already."

"We have a common enemy and are natural allies. You have been mistakenly recognized as the Saintess by the followers of the Creator God, while I have successfully infiltrated His Church with my power."

"The Creator God has not fully resurged yet; we can join hands to combat His threat."

Sea King Oceanus spoke gravely.

Charlotte furrowed her brows slightly.

She looked thoughtfully at the figure before her and said,

"How can I trust you?"

The vague face chuckled,

"Do I have a reason to deceive you?"

Charlotte was speechless.

It seemed there really was no reason, but she instinctively felt something was off.

Seeing her fall silent, Sea King Oceanus added,

"You don't have to hurry to answer me; I can give you time to think about it."

"Dark Night God Charlotte, this strand of my consciousness is completely under your control. If you agree to cooperate, just release my confines, and my main body will wait for you on Moon God Island."

"Of course, you can also refuse, even destroy this strand of my consciousness. In that case, my main body would naturally interpret it as a 'failure of negotiation'."

"It doesn't matter if you refuse, Holy Presence Day is upon us, the Creator God Haral's return is near. When that time comes, I believe you will accept my proposal."

Hearing this, Charlotte suddenly raised her head, a sharp glint flashing in her eyes.

She let out a sigh and suddenly said,

"Creator God... Haral?"

"What, Dark Night God, you still don't believe my sincerity?"

Sea King Oceanus frowned.

Charlotte was silent.

She looked at him with a complex expression and sighed,

"If it weren't for your last sentence reminding me, maybe... I almost believed you."

"Creator God Haral... Creator God Haral..."

"Yes, people still remember the name Haral, and even if they forget some things related to him, they haven't forgotten his name."

"To tell the truth, I still don't know if he really is the one, but if being 'devoured' also means being 'forgotten', if that really was him, then he probably hasn't completely disappeared..."

"No... The Devourer, how could it possibly use the name of the one it devoured?"

"Even the completely forgotten Lilith has left a contingency, let alone him?"

Saying this, Charlotte looked towards Sea King Oceanus.

Her gaze became clear, her demeanor indifferent:

"Sorry, I cannot accept your proposal, because I do not think the Creator God you speak of is necessarily my enemy."

"Whether or not he is an enemy, I will judge for myself."

Continuing, she gave him a meaningful look,

"On the contrary, Your Majesty Oceanus, are you... really Sea King Oceanus?"

Having said that, without waiting for a response, Charlotte shook her head:

"No, you are not."

Blood Divine Power suddenly erupted, and Charlotte gently opened her right hand.

The Divine Power Cage rapidly contracted, igniting golden-red flames within, as the vague face inside let out a painful wail.

Under Charlotte's indifferent gaze, the face burst into wisps of smoke, dissolving into eerie white mist.

That strength, it was the same as the power emanating from behind the mystical stone door.

"As expected, you are the 'thing' from behind the 'door'."

Charlotte sighed.

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