Shepherd Tantra

Chapter 1151 Don’t Trust the Silver Crown Dragon
Sherlock looked at Aiwass who was lost in thought, his eyes flickering with some uneasiness.

He also knew that his words were too shocking - to report a Pillar God's corruption, especially when he himself was an extraordinary person on the path of authority, was tantamount to a petty official shouting "The Emperor has rebelled."

Not to mention, the Silver Crown Dragon itself is the protector and founder of Avalon.

Without the Silver Crown Dragon, the people of Avalon would still be kept in captivity by the giants as meat. Statues of the Silver Crown Dragon are everywhere in the streets and alleys, and people respect the Silver Crown Dragon more than any other pillar god... Even if the Silver Crown Dragon has not actually performed any miracles, doubting the Silver Crown Dragon is also a disloyal act.

"What do you think, Aiwass?"

Sherlock asked quietly.

He then glanced at Isabel and added, "What do you think?"

Aiwass looked up at Sherlock, and his understanding of that sentence became more profound.

——As Professor Moriarty said, "knowledge is poisonous."

Once you know something, you can no longer think about it from the perspective of not knowing it. In this sense, the information has become a kind of bewitching worm, infiltrating the mind as it is learned and mastered, and seizing more energy and ego to perfect itself with every thought.

Sherlock's learning process of "The Ten Sacred Numbers" also proves this point.

Once he realizes the existence of nothingness, he will involuntarily begin to think about what things may be related to nothingness; once he realizes that there is nothingness behind the door of truth, he will have to begin to doubt his own path and then doubt other pillar gods.

Those daily routines that seemed to be fine before, now began to become abnormal one by one - as if every mortal on the street had the qualifications to become a son of nothingness, and as if every god above his head intended to destroy the world.

Everything he had experienced seemed to have been planned and calculated by the Great Ones. And any of his ideas might have been modified by the Dao and the Source River.
When he meets a strange person, he will not think about how his past life has shaped his current personality and caused him to fall into such a state; he will also not think about whether there is something wrong with the environment he lives in, or whether it is his family, school, country, or race that has made him so deformed... Instead, he will start with the addition calculation of the path to see if he can make up ten.

——The whole world seemed to be distorted because of this, and only those who had received the same amount of information as him could understand what he was saying.

To others, he was just a lunatic who was worried about everything. He kept saying things that were indescribable, incomprehensible, and he couldn't tell others what he knew.

But Aiwass understood him.

Aiwass nodded slowly: "I believe you."

In other words, it is precisely because Aiwass can see the future that he knows that Sherlock's analysis and reasoning are indeed correct. Or at least it can be explained from this perspective.

"In that case," Isabel replied quickly, "I believe you, too."

Even though she was the Queen of Avalon, even though she was the descendant of Lancelot, after Aiwass expressed his opinion, Isabel chose to believe Aiwass.

That was not a perfunctory attitude, but a firm belief from the heart.

Since, in a sense, "truth" hides unspeakable dangers, there is no need to get to the bottom of everything and seek the only answer. It is good enough to know what can help you.

For now, all they have to do is to be on guard against the Silver Crown Dragon.

This is not a difficult thing to do, and there is nothing wrong with preparing in advance. After all, the Calamity Dragon itself can descend into the material world at any time.

The only problem is...

"Aiwass," Isabel said with some concern, "Will something happen to Avalon? I mean... the Avalon area today."

Although the Kingdom of Avalon has been incorporated into the New Herasl Empire, Isabel is still worried about the people who once followed her. If possible, she also hopes to eliminate the dangers and hidden dangers for them in advance.

Aiwass shook his head seriously: "It's hard to say."

This is really hard to say.

Unlike the Tail Ring Ritual, which had clear conditions, he was not sure how the Disaster Dragon came down, nor was he sure when it came down. He only knew that it took three items to pull the Disaster Dragon into the material world, and one of them was the "Blade of Separation of All Things" that he already had in his hand. As for the remaining two items, he didn't know where they came from.

He could only hold the ritual knife tightly in his hand to delay the occurrence of this incident as much as possible.

——Because one reason is that Aiwass can't stay in Avalon forever, he must go to a foreign country to solve the Tail Ring ceremony and plunder the fragments of the Celestial Master.

Another reason is that the arrival of the Disaster Dragon is in human form. The arrival, or "jailbreak", process is very covert, unlike the Tail Ring, which changes the celestial phenomena. Before the Disaster Dragon makes trouble, Aiwass has no way of realizing whether the other party has come down.

Originally, Aiwas was wondering why the Silver Crown Dragon remained silent when the Disaster Dragon arrived... Now with Sherlock's analysis, he finally filled in the last piece of logic.

——Because from the moment the Silver Crown Dragon could no longer suppress the Disaster Dragon, it meant that He Himself had been polluted. Or at least had begun to be polluted.

Even a clay Buddha cannot save himself when crossing the river.

Even Aiwass realized another secret -

The secrets revealed by the three paintings in the ascension ceremony that escaped from the world in the painting.

They are all related to the pollution of the dusk species!

[——Every feast has its end. Drink the blood of fools and eat the flesh of feasters until the feast is complete and the guests leave with satisfaction. After that, the feast host will be perfect again and ascend to the position of heavenly minister. The feast they long for will eventually be held again, perhaps in the dream world, perhaps in the future]

The first painting shows the successful banquet. It is the eternal banquet that the path of love longs for. It is love, but also dusk. It is creation, but also error. The secret it reveals, the guest in “Why the guest died”, is the outsider.

That is nothingness.

The guest did not die by [killing], nor did he die by [judgment].

Instead, it is fixed in the endless feast with [Feast]!
Until the "banquet" it longs for is held again... perhaps in the dream world, or perhaps in the future.

[——Rebellion is the first sharp blade of the helpless, and curse will be the last. History will eventually repeat, once, twice, three times... No one can escape the curse of the eternal ring. The king will die by the sword, and the one who kills with the sword will become the king. This may be a paradox, but it may also be a cycle. Who knows? Not to mention the living beings, even the gods are nothing more than blood-eating beasts, feeding on each other...]

The second painting, Ring of Rebellion.

It is a conflict between power and wisdom, telling the story of the ascension of great philosophers and the highest heaven, the beginning and end of the path of power, and the silence and betrayal of the path of wisdom.

History will eventually repeat itself - this is exactly what the Huan Tiansi is repeating. The curse of the eternal ring also refers to the paradox and cycle of the Samsara Tiansi.

The gods are nothing more than blood-eating beasts, eating each other...which reveals the birth and succession of the gods.

What knowledge is implied here?
Aiwass couldn't help but fall into deep thought.

"Rebellion is the first sword of the helpless, and curse will be the last..."

If the "Curse of the Eternal Ring" is the "last blade of the helpless", doesn't that mean Huan Tiansi is the innocent? Rebellion is his first blade... Who did he rebel against?

...nothingness?

And the third painting...

[——The sun will eventually set, and destiny will eventually return. All encounters will eventually part, but after parting, we can meet again. Under the scorching sun, it is impossible to be free. But if the light of the stars is dazzling enough, perhaps it can split the sky and the earth before dawn. Then, you will know where the new road leads to]

It corresponds to the number of stars.

[——My holy number is 11, that is the number of people who belong to us]

Just as Huan Tiansi had predicted.

The stars are the number of people.

Just like in Aiwass's Book of Law, the "Star" card did not exist from the very beginning.

Because Aiwass himself is the star - he will split the sky and the earth before dawn.

The story it describes is the eternal dispute between Aiwas and Huantiansi.

In order, the first painting tells the story of the erosion of [love] and [dusk], and survival in the eternal feast.

The second painting tells the story of "wisdom and power being eroded by an infinite cycle of curses", implying that the paths of [wisdom] and [authority] will be the second to go wrong.

The third painting talks about the story of Aiwass and Huan Tiansi - about "dedication" and "transcendence".

Considering that this is the New Moon Ceremony that Si Zhu prepared for Aiwas, a "most cruel ceremony presided over by the most merciful Pillar God", this means that this is the secret that Si Zhu wants to tell Aiwas.

Because "knowledge is poisonous", Aiwass cannot be allowed to know the truth before experiencing those things, so as to avoid the self-fulfilling prophecy.

And now is almost the time for the truth to be revealed.

"The gods are nothing more than blood-eating beasts, feeding on each other..."

Aiwass chewed on the candlestick's prophecy, deep in thought.

Does this mean that... Lord Crown was eaten by the Disaster Dragon?
That's a big deal, brothers.

well known-

On the path of authority, there is no heavenly official now.

Before Aiwas knew that there was something wrong with the Silver Crown Dragon, he did not realize that there was anything wrong here - after all, the path of authoritarianism is the most "official-oriented" path, and it is normal to hope that one's power will be consolidated.

But once they realized that the Silver Crown Dragon might have been corrupted in the past... this behavior immediately became weird.

If a pillar god does not create a celestial master, it can only be because he feels that he does not need a substitute.

But there is really no need for a sand clock - it is a load-bearing wall, and if there is a problem with the load-bearing wall, everyone is doomed.

But what about the path to authoritarianism?

He was obviously sick, why didn't he go find medicine?
Unless he knew… that if he had the medicine, he might die.

The Silver Crown Dragon killing Xiong Tiansi means that he himself has been completed... What exactly has been completed?
——What did the words Xiong Tiansi said to the Silver Crown Dragon before his death mean?
(End of this chapter)