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Chapter 649: Every Problem Has Solution
The realization of what he had to do sat heavily in Liam’s mind, his eyes closed as he carefully examined the structural problem before him.
The strategy he had devised to slow down the fading of the universe was simple in its core logic, but execution would require a level of precision that felt almost impossible.
He intended to forge multiple modified gears of law, weaving them directly into the cosmic grid to replace the ancient, failing mechanisms that currently regulated the natural decay of the world.
By interlocking these new pieces, he could create a massive, protective barrier—a thick wall of pure law that would effectively halt the spreading dead zones in their tracks.
But it wouldn’t be a permanent cure. It was a pause. If he was completely honest with himself, he was merely buying time.
Even a temporary pause came with a terrifying condition. Stopping the decay was only the first step. The energy causing the universe to wither didn’t simply vanish because a wall was placed in its path. It had to go somewhere.
If Liam left the waste energy to pile up against his newly forged gears, the pressure would eventually become too great. The modified mechanisms would fracture under the strain, the wall would collapse, and the sudden, backed-up flood of decay would destroy everything at an even faster rate.
To prevent that catastrophic failure, the waste had to be cleared continuously. And based on the mechanics of his unique framework, Liam was the only entity who could act as the valve. He would have to absorb the raw, chaotic energy into his own being to relieve the pressure on the barrier.
That was where his plan hit a concrete wall. Even with his recent breakthrough into the Third Transcendent Stage, his physical body had absolute limits. The raw waste of a dying cosmos was a toxic, unyielding force.
It wasn’t clean dark energy that his twelve-circle mana heart could naturally accept and refine. If he attempted to pull that chaotic poison directly into his meridians, the sheer incompatibility of the energy would tear his pathways apart from the inside out.
He needed a workaround. He sat in the dark, carefully turning the problem over in his mind, searching for a single logical loophole.
The answer came when he replayed his conversation with Tiamat. The Primordial had explained that his home universe had been designed from the very beginning to serve as a storage unit for the waste energy generated by the other two realms. It was a cosmic garbage disposal.
Liam’s eyes narrowed as the true nature of the decay became completely clear to his understanding. The toxic force causing the stars to fade wasn’t a separate, magical curse.
It was simply highly degraded, broken remnants of mana, spirit qi, mixed with the dark energy of his home universe, that has also been destabilized.
Because the ancient law gears were failing, these three primary forces had lost their stability. They had crashed into each other, tangling into a chaotic, unyielding knot that the universe could no longer process.
If the problem was a lack of stability, then he already held the tool to fix it.
During his long isolation in the Dragon Realm, Liam had personally mastered the Law of Universal Consonance—the absolute logic of integration and harmony. If he forged the replacement gears using this specific law, they wouldn’t just stand as a passive wall against the decay. They would act as a massive structural filter.
The moment the tangled, chaotic waste energy slammed into his modified gears, the law of harmony would force its way into the mess. It would untangle the knot, breaking the toxic energy back down into its three raw, pure, and recognizable primary components: uncultivated dark energy, fluid mana, and clean, crystalline spirit qi.
Once the energy was separated back into its original forms, the danger to his body vanished. His twelve-circle mana heart would easily recognize the components. It would take over instantly, drawing the pure streams into his meridians and refining them into the safe, golden liquid of his Primordial Essence.
It was a massive gamble. The formatting required to make a gear perform that kind of real-time transformation was staggering. But it was the only shot he had.
To ensure his calculations were absolutely correct before he began the work, Liam decided to consult the system.
"System," Liam spoke internally, his thoughts completely focused. "Would it work that way?"
[Yes, Host. The logic is entirely sound. The Law of Universal Consonance can successfully reduce the decay back into its core parameters, and your twelve-circle mana heart possesses the capacity to refine it.]
Liam let out a small breath, but before he could celebrate the confirmation, the system continued.
[However, a much larger problem will arise from this solution. The question is where the resulting Primordial Essence will go. The volume of waste energy gathered by the barrier will be immense. Your physical body can absorb and store that energy to an extent, but the sheer, continuous throughput will flood your core. It will force your cultivation base upward, pushing you into godhood in a matter of days.]
Liam frowned slightly. Getting stronger quickly didn’t sound like a penalty, but he knew the rules of power too well to accept it blindly. "What’s the catch?"
[You have not defined your Path,] the system explained directly. [To become a true god, a soul must understand their purpose and define the framework of their divinity. If you are forced across that threshold by pure, raw energy alone, you will become a lawless god. Your power will be immense, but your foundation will be entirely hollow. You will be unstable, unpredictable, and ultimately far worse off than a low-level god who built their path with proper comprehension.]
Liam nodded slowly, his expression serious as he absorbed the warning. The system’s point was completely valid.
He had solved the problem of handling the toxic waste, but the resulting solution created an energy loop that would essentially drown his own consciousness if left unchecked.
Yet, he didn’t feel disheartened. This wasn’t like the previous dilemma; he didn’t have to fight the fundamental laws of physics to fix this. This was a storage problem. It was a logistical issue, and logistics were something he could always solve.
He thought back to his time in the Dragon Realm, remembering how the system had managed the massive, multi-universe energy currents during his isolation.
"System," Liam said, his voice calm and pragmatic. "I want the refined Primordial Essence to be redirected away from my body entirely. Can you transfer the excess energy straight into my Dimensional Space as it’s being produced? Treat the pocket dimension like a containment unit, exactly like you did when I was cultivating in the separate realm."
[I can definitely do that, Host. The Dimensional Space possesses more than enough capacity to contain the Primordial Essence and more, and it would actually benefit you immensely in the future.]
A relaxed, steady smile finally returned to Liam’s face. The loop was closed. The plan was complete. He had a functional blueprint to stop the collapse, filter the poison, and store the resulting power safely until he was ready to use it.
"Perfect," Liam muttered to himself, his eyes opening as his focus sharpened. "I can finally begin then."
He turned his attention entirely away from his own thoughts and looked back up at the colossal, planet-sized mechanism hovering within Earth’s immediate orbit.
With his mind firmly connected to its ancient logic, he didn’t try to alter anything yet. He mentally traced the thick, interlocking lines of light that extended out from its massive teeth, searching for the core pathways that linked this local system to the wider universe.
It took several minutes of intense concentration before his perception finally mapped the primary junction. The lines of force didn’t end at the edge of the solar system; they shot outward across the cold dark, anchoring directly into an incredibly vast network of neighboring star systems.
Suddenly, his field of vision expanded.
Thousands of new entropy gears appeared in his sight, stretching out into the deep void like an endless forest of spinning wheels. Each structure was roughly the size of a solar system but they still varied in sizes with staggering differences, their massive forms rotating at almost identical speeds, their movements perfectly synchronized to maintain the steady, unyielding decay of this corner of space.
Seeing the immense scale of the network, Liam cleared his mind of all distractions. He gave his next sequence of movements his absolute concentration.
He extended his senses, letting his consciousness make a massive mental jump from Earth’s local anchor to the nearest solar-system-wide decay gear.
The moment the link established, he didn’t stop to study it. He used its framework as a stepping stone, instantly jumping his mind across the light-years to the next stellar wheel, then the next, and the next.
He was charting the path. To build a wall that could actually protect his home, he couldn’t just fix the local area. He had to locate the master mechanism that governed this entire region of space. He was searching for the galaxy-wide decay gear that controlled the Milky Way.
It was a journey that required a massive amount of mental endurance. He was traveling through the vastness of a galaxy containing billions of star systems, his mind moving along the lines of light like a spark traversing a giant circuit board. It would take a significant amount of time to cross that cosmic distance, but he moved with a steady, unyielding momentum.
He kept moving forward into the dark, tracing the gears toward the center. It would take time, but it wouldn’t take forever.