Shepherd Tantra

Chapter 1101 The One Huan Tiansi Loves

"Golden sword?"

Aiwass murmured, thinking quickly in his mind.

Gold is the metal that symbolizes the sand clock. The sword represents conquest and power. It just so happens that the Herasil Empire also respects the way of balance and is willing to accept many different ways to build a human country.

At the same time, when the path of authoritarianism had not yet emerged, the path of dedication that symbolized civilization and the path of balance that symbolized order were also closely related to the gathering of human beings into nations.

Before Hermes was "demoted to a mortal", he was an apostle of the Sand Clock. Even though he became a mortal, he still possessed great power. That kind of punishment was more like letting the disciple go out and see the world. He only needed to live a full life to ascend to become a god again.

But Hermes had seen too much of the world - he was captured by the charm of the fool and was willing to give up the position of God that was within his reach.

Combined with the fact that "Hercules had amazing powers when he was a child, and the more he learned, the weaker the powers became" - Aiwass had witnessed Julia's powers in person when she was in the orphanage - this is most likely a "protection mechanism" similar to the reincarnation of an apostle.

"…He gave the power of the Apostle of the Sand Clock to Hercules?!"

Aiwass blurted out.

No wonder Sand Clock wants to make Yulia his apostle... It’s right, everything is right!
Thinking of this, Aiwass suddenly turned around and looked at Sherlock.

At the same time, Sherlock also looked over.

Through this, they also realized more——

Aiwass thought of the saying he had heard before - fate has weight. With each reset, the mass wrapped around him would become larger and larger, just like placing many stones on a flat cloth. The heavier one would make the other stones lean towards it. That's why Aiwass encountered so many coincidences.

At that time, Aiwas thought that this was because Huantiansi had restarted history too many times. But he still couldn't explain why his friends would always follow him.

And now, he finally realized...he was not the only one who was special.

Lily is the reincarnation vessel of Gray Sky, and she also inherited Hengwo's mantle and became the Moon Witch. Sherlock is the Hermes of this generation, inheriting the "Secret Sutra of Folly", and Julia happens to be the Hercules of this generation.

Just like the relationship between Aiwass and Sherlock, and the relationship between Ai Shiping and Lucifer.

There is no so-called "previous life" in this world, because all souls will be promoted to gods, or shattered into dust.

But from another perspective, there is indeed a "past life" - because what has happened will always happen again. This is a kind of "attraction of fate."

"What has happened will happen again. What has been done will be done again..."

Aiwass murmured the words that inexplicably emerged from his mind.

He didn't remember this sentence, but it came out of his mouth now... This should be an important clue that was deleted or hidden by Huan Tiansi. Now he can recall it, thanks to Hai Baxia's reminder.

He looked at Isabel.

...If that’s the case, then where is his “connection in previous lives” with Isabel?
He and Isabel had nothing to do with the Fool incident. There was no trace of them in it. Instead, the Fool's soul was invited by both the God of Song and the God of Rings... Although Isabel had already embarked on the path of the God of Play, both God of Song and God of Play lived in the Hall of Mirrors, so perhaps there was some connection.

But this level still doesn't make sense...

At that moment, an idea suddenly popped up in Aiwas' mind:
Since he fell in love with Isabel, and Huan Tiansi was essentially the same person as himself, there was no reason why he wouldn't fall in love with someone similar.

The biggest difference between him and Huan Tiansi is that... when he "traveled through" or "awakened his past life memories", it was already the year 1898. But Huan Tiansi existed at least before the beginning of the Amber Calendar - wasn't the power of Amber to reset the world given by Huan Tiansi?

Before the reincarnation began, Ai Shiping was able to give power to Amber, making Amber the "God of the Ultimate" and "God of Perfect Eternity", which means that Ai Shiping had become the real world number one at that time. This is in line with the strength of the time traveler.

At that time, let alone humans... the elves had probably only been born not long ago.

The sand clock has not yet connected the earth to the sky, and the second sun has not been shattered into stars by the highest sky.

Ai Shiping, who lived in that era, should not have completely shed his mortal nature. He did not need to repeatedly cut the snake's tail to maintain his humanity... As the Heavenly Master of Reincarnation, would he have loved someone?

——If I were him at that time, who would I fall in love with?
For the first time, Aiwass took the initiative to change his perspective and think - for the first time, he put himself in the shoes of his mortal enemy Huan Tiansi and thought about the question "If I were him, what would I do?"

When he faced the question, the answer became so clear.

--amber.

In the nine reincarnations, the most painful one is not only the reincarnation celestial being who seeks the way to save the world, but also Amber who is responsible for pressing the restart button at the last moment to make everything invalid and start again. If Amber wavers, then everything will be over. And Amber herself is the pillar god who is closest to the path of nothingness and is the most easily contaminated.

Her duties are extremely important, and it can even be said that the survival of the world depends on Amber's thoughts. If Aiwass were Ai Shiping, he would only give his reincarnation authority to the person he trusts the most.

Today it would be Isabel.

Put it in the past...

——It’s amber.

"So that's it..."

Aiwass murmured softly.

At that moment, he suddenly understood... why Huan Tiansi had become so crazy and stubborn.

If one day, he had to seal Isabel forever... keep her awake, and reset everything every ten thousand years, and repeat this cycle for ninety thousand years... perhaps he would go crazy too.

It was precisely because of absolute trust that Huan Tiansi chose to hand over the power and responsibility to Amber and find a way to survive by himself; it was also because he could not find a way to survive that he was so desperate about his past self and became so extreme now that Amber could no longer hold on.

Nothing makes sense.

All sacrifices are meaningless; all continuations are meaningless; all life and death are meaningless;

And...all love is meaningless.

When Huan Tiansi denied himself, he had already fallen into the trap of "nothingness"; and when Huan Tiansi was destined to step into the realm of nothingness, it was determined that he would never be able to escape from this painful cycle.

The nine reincarnations are about to end, and on the last day of 1999, the amber will be torn into pieces.

It's like a couple went hiking and encountered a disaster. The girl gave all the resources and tools to the boy and asked him to find help. But nine days later, not only did he not find help... even the boy himself couldn't get out.

He knew that the girl was doomed to die, and in order to make her death meaningful - precisely in order to seek "meaning", he had to escape no matter what. To do this, he would rather drain the source of the river and destroy the possibility of this world.

And this "search for meaning" is because he has fallen into the twilight without knowing it.

He hates nothingness, and in order to prevent himself from falling into nothingness, he is still trying hard to resist the reality of the "meaninglessness" of nine reincarnations.

But the more he did this, the more meaningless his actions became.

Overwhelming despair.

"In order to seek the meaning of nothingness... So that's how it is."

Aiwass finally understood the mechanism of the "Curtain of Fate".

——Destiny is the embodiment of the power of nothingness!

Finally, the last piece of the puzzle is complete.

If Aiwass is the Ai Shiping of the past, Sherlock is the Lucifer of the past, and Isabel is the Amber of the past... everything fits right.

Aiwass finally understood what Huantiansi was doing.

Why are you so indifferent, why are you so crazy, why are you so selfish…why are you unwilling to accept the possibility of transcending the shackles of nothingness when there is a possibility now?

Is he really Aiwass?

Now, Aiwass can be sure that he is indeed himself.

Everyone is trapped in the fateful cycle of eternal reincarnation. Seeking meaning just to fight against nothingness will lead to "meaninglessness". This is the devil of destruction that "the more you know, the more irresistible it is", just like the lies of Gray Sky.

The endless cycle of fate makes the meaning of the entire world be chewed and consumed by the invisible monsters of nothingness.

If the Demon God of Dusk has an authority belonging to this world, it can only be "fate" itself.

And the most fitting name for Him is…

——It is the ring that holds the tail.

The name of the pillar god that Huantiansi will become in the future!
(End of this chapter)