The Witch Hunter System-Chapter 1208: A Shocking Thought

The second challenge was the placement of the automatic spell.

’Since my body, soul, and existence themselves would be annihilated, the spell can’t be imprinted on myself. In fact, it can be imprinted in any place that Abyssal Beast King’s power can penetrate...’

’The Astral Soul Realm should work, right?’

Vaan couldn’t be sure if any Beyond True Divinity-level existence could easily access this mystical realm.

However, he also believed no one would suspect that he could also access it.

’When true souls are destroyed, an indestructible part of them returns to the Astral Soul Realm. This is a person’s origin source, the source of their existence; it contains all their information and memories.’

’If this origin source is destroyed before it could return to the Astral Soul Realm for eternal rest, one’s entire connection with the world should be lost, leading to complete disappearance from time and space.’

’All traces and marks left by them would vanish, as if they had never existed. Reality itself would have to be altered to conform with their complete elimination,’ Vaan mused.

Rewriting reality itself involved unimaginable power.

As such, the origin source of all beings was seemingly indestructible and not something anyone could destroy.

’Beyond True Divinities are likely capable of this. Thus, by the Abyssal Beast King’s power, my origin source will likely be destroyed before it can return to the land of eternal rest.’

’However, that would also mean that the Abyssal Beast King’s power would not reach the Astral Soul Realm. Unless the Abyssal Beast King could check the Astral Soul Realm, it wouldn’t know anything more beyond my point of nonexistence.’

’As such, if I were to imprint this grand reversal spell into the Astral Soul Realm, I have a better chance at returning from the state of nonexistence and death.’

Although this plan seemed foolproof and seemed possible, Vaan wasn’t completely certain if he could realize it. After all, it was too wishful, like an unrealistic dream. Such a heaven-defying spell would not be easy to create.

He wouldn’t understand the extent of the difficulty until he tried to create it.

There might even be a good chance that he would fail at a complete reversal, restoring his origin source, body, and soul with everything intact.

Nevertheless, he did not need a complete success.

As long as his origin source was secured, it would already be considered a huge success. He would only need to await the Lord of Chaos to revive the rest of him then.

’Wait a minute...’

Vaan suddenly recalled his original soul, which seemed to be permanently hidden within the Astral Soul Realm. Though connected to him, it almost seemed to exist as a separate soul.

No, more accurately speaking, the original soul did not seem like a separate soul from him, but rather his current soul was a separate one from it.

Suddenly, Vaan found himself questioning his own existence.

He became uncertain, wondering whether everything he had ever known had been a lie. Maybe he had been assuming the identity of another person, believing he was that person because he inherited their memories.

’Am I actually Varuna, or am I just a fake who was made to believe I am?’ Vaan felt rather loss at this thought.

After all, every being generally only had one original soul. Possessing another original soul would only imply that it was another being.

However, if he and Varuna were truly two separate beings, why were their souls connected in such a mysterious way?

Suddenly, another doubt sprouted in Vaan’s heart.

’Could my fated death be connected to this in any way?’ Vaan wondered, feeling his heart being rocked by waves of shock.

After all, the thought was truly too shocking.

It was very likely that even if he had his body, soul, and origin source erased by the Abyssal Beast King, Varuna’s original soul in the Astral Soul Realm would remain unharmed.

Vaan couldn’t help but suspect that from the start, he had just been Varuna’s replacement. Now that there was a possibility of Varuna returning, the replacement was no longer needed. Thus, fate desired his complete death, leading him to this point.

His complete death was necessary for Varuna’s return!

’But why did this happen? My fate must have taken a massive turn, but since when? Could it be from the time when I exhausted my Soul Power to repair the original soul?’

Vaan suspected his fate had been altered during that moment.

At the same time, his brain power began running in full throttle, trying to figure out the reason for his existence.

If he were indeed just a perfect carbon copy of Varuna, born to replace him, how did he come into being in the first place? Why was he born? Who created him?

Although everything could simply be overthinking on his part, Vaan couldn’t help but entertain the possibility. A part of his being seemed to resonate with this idea strongly, as if it were the truth.

As such, he couldn’t help but sink deeper into this quagmire of thoughts.

’No, I have to find out the truth. Otherwise, these thoughts will haunt me and slowly eat away at me like a heart demon,’ Vaan quickly realized.

If he couldn’t resolve this issue, his mind would not be at peace.

Regardless of whether it was true or not, he had to confirm it. As such, he could stop thinking and deducing its authenticity.

’Thinking about it now, Varuna was the Lord of Boundless Seas and Skies, an existence not any inferior to the Lord of Chaos, and was even his elder brother,’ Vaan recalled.

Varuna wielded an unimaginably high status, with countless beings who worshipped him. In fact, he was such a respectable and highly esteemed being that his worshippers weren’t just limited to the sea and sky races.

It might not be wrong to say that half of Chaos worshipped him when he was still around.

As such, when Varuna ventured into nothingness, only to never return, a terrifying number of beings mourned his loss and wished for his return. This kind of collective wish likely possessed an unimaginable power.

’Am I actually the manifestation of their collective wishes?’ Vaan suspected.

Vaan couldn’t help but frown in deeper thoughts.

If he was actually the manifestation of countless beings’ collective wish for Varuna’s return, then he was not actually Varuna, just someone who was born to inherit his name.

’No, that doesn’t seem quite right...’ Vaan had another thought.

If he were truly born to inherit Varuna’s everything, his fortune should have been absolutely massive beyond understanding. He shouldn’t be subjected to heavenly tribulations, and his fate should be chaotic and unreadable, never fixed.

After all, even without Beyond True Divinity-level cultivation, he would possess the fortune of one who was. That alone should make him an existence above the heavens.

’Ah... But there are also countless beings who wish that Varuna never returns, even hope for his death... This collective wish is also a terrifying power,’ Vaan thought.

It might just be possible that the contradiction between such collective life and death wishes had also caused his repeated death and reincarnations.

Whether it was true or not, Vaan had to admit that the power of fate and fortune should not be underestimated. 𝕗𝗿𝕖𝐞𝐰𝗲𝕓𝐧𝕠𝕧𝗲𝐥.𝚌𝐨𝚖

If given the chance, he should look into developing these powers, leveraging the vast fortune of all his worshippers to safeguard his existence from misfortune and calamities. That way, he may never be forced into such a dangerous situation again.

’This is not good. No matter how much I think about it, I won’t get an answer. This is no different from a heart demon. I have to stop thinking about it. I don’t have time to waste on this.’

Vaan quickly adjusted his mental state.

Although he really wanted to find out the truth about himself and his connection with Varuna, he could only suppress the idea for the time being. He didn’t have the luxury of time to spare for such thoughts.

The grand reversal spell took priority.

After all, until he completed this spell, his entire life and existence were at risk of annihilation. Upon further contemplation, he realized the set of laws required for the spell was incomplete.

The Spatial Law, Temporal Law, and Inverse Law were indeed to create the grand reversal spell.

However, he needed to incorporate one more law to trigger its conditions for activation.

Otherwise, even if he completed this grand reversal spell without the fourth law, it would never activate during the crucial moment. In fact, it would simply rot with time until someone finds it.

Nevertheless, figuring out the fourth law would be his third challenge in the spell’s creation.

’The fourth law needed to trigger the spell’s activation during the right moment can’t just be any law. This fourth law requires the right qualities to trigger the activation. It has to bypass the Abyssal Beast King’s power and know when my existence disappears...’

Vaan contemplated.

Once the Abyssal Beast King completely erased his existence, it would be impossible for ordinary laws to know about it and fulfill the trigger condition he set.

Of course, he could simply set a timer with the Temporal Law.

However, the problem with this method was that he would have to predict his moment of death accurately. Otherwise, if the spell only activated some time after his nonexistence, it could weaken the spell’s effectiveness and success.

Ideally, he wanted the grand reversal spell to activate at the moment of his nonexistence.