Shepherd Tantra

Chapter 1152 Aiwass is the Sun

Aiwass still remembers the words spoken when the Supreme Heaven fell -

[I lost, Arthur. But you didn't win either.]

[I lost to many people... I lost to my prey, I lost to my stupid offspring, I lost to the Sand Clock, the Lord of Scales and Feathers, I lost to my half body... But the only battle with you, I did not lose.]

[——I won that year, Arthur.]

[You will never be able to defeat me at my best. You will never be as strong as me. Authority can never be compared to strength - just wait and see.]

【I will wait for you at the end of the dusk. 】

At first, Aiwass didn't understand what Xiong Tiansi said at all. He thought that Zhi Gaotian was just being stubborn.

If Aiwass hadn't felt that he wasn't worthy enough and was afraid that Xiong Tiansi would slap him to death before he died, he would have rushed up and asked, "What kind of champion are you?"

After all, judging from these words alone, Aiwass could only feel that Zhigaotian meant "I am the SOLO champion."

But now after obtaining the forbidden knowledge, looking back... Aiwass suddenly realized that the few words that Zhigaotian said before his death seemed to have a hidden meaning.

——I lost, but you didn’t win either.

——I'll wait for you at the end of the twilight.

Combining these two sentences together, Aiwass suddenly understood something.

According to the Lord of Scales and Feathers, "Whisper of the Void"... that is, "nothingness", has a name called "Dusk Seed". And Dusk Seed is what is transformed when the world reaches the end, just like a star turning into a black hole.

When they were dividing the spoils later, Aiwas wanted to raise his paw to get some benefits and drink some bear blood, but Sand Clock suddenly came over and sternly warned him that "no gift comes without a price"; and the Silver Crown Dragon was not originally in the plan of Sand Clock and the Lord of Scales and Feathers, and was accidentally invited here by Isabel's ritual.

At that time, the Silver Crown Dragon said to the Scale Feather Lord in dissatisfaction: "You planned to hunt the giant bear, but you didn't call me."

Because if the person who killed Xiong Tiansi at that time was not the Silver Crown Dragon, then this power belonging to the Source River of Violence would have been lost.

The Silver Crown Dragon will never be able to fully return to wholeness, just like Hengwo's current state, stuck at a critical value.

——Then the problem arises.

The Lord of Scales and Feathers had no conflict with the Silver Crown Dragon, nor did the Sand Clock. Why did the two most stable sources of the Fifth and Sixth Rivers secretly use Aiwass to bait the nest and lure Xiong Tiansi over to kill him?

Originally, the knights under the Silver Crown Dragon were chasing Xiong Tiansi, which meant that normally Xiong Tiansi would be caught and killed by the Silver Crown Dragon sooner or later. The purpose of secretly making a nest was actually to prevent the Silver Crown Dragon from getting the last piece of Xiong Tiansi.

This is undoubtedly a deliberate obstruction.

Combined with the truth we got before - Yi Tiansi cut himself off after seeing the truth and being unable to bear it. As the keeper of secrets, Weizhe was responsible for guarding the door of truth. When Weizhe and Sha Shiji were about to create the blue third sun, Zhigaotian punctured the sun... This was the first conflict between Zhigaotian and Weizhe.

Then it is very likely that Xiong Tiansi actually knows some truth about the "Twilight Seed". He may even have been contaminated by the void.

That’s why Zhigaotian was able to live so long after his death and reincarnation as Xiong Tiansi, and no one tried to kill him; that’s also why the Sand Clock and the Scale-Feather Master were unwilling to let the Silver Crown Dragon complete themselves…

In the other history that Aiwas was familiar with, the Silver Crown Dragon was actually in good condition. Until the last version, the Silver Crown Dragon had not had any problems... if the World Destroying Dragon was not counted.

Could it be that because the Silver Crown Dragon had regained its full form, he had lost his resistance to the void? Or was it that there was a "virus" or "Trojan horse" in that part of Xiong Tiansi's power, which took advantage of the opportunity to enter and corrode the Silver Crown Dragon as well?

According to Sherlock's reasoning, the Silver Crown Dragon is most likely no longer trustworthy... and may even become the first Pillar God to get into trouble.

And Aiwass decided to believe Sherlock.

"What are you going to do, Aiwass?"

Sherlock asked softly, "Go back to Avalon... wait for the opportunity and make preparations in advance?"

"There is no Avalon anymore."

Isabel shook her head: "The Kingdom of Knights is a thing of the past."

"According to my intelligence," Aiwass said slowly, "Morgan may become a celestial being on the path of authority in the near future."

After Morgan had a one-night stand with Arthur, who was incarnated as a mortal, Arthur had been avoiding Morgan. The same was true after he became the Silver Crown Dragon... But not long ago, He suddenly turned around and accepted Morgan, and decided to make Morgan a celestial being with the attributes of "family" and "clan".

At that time, Aiwass also congratulated Morgan.

But now it seems... this might be the Silver Crown Dragon preparing a sacrifice to serve as a cushion for the Tail Ring.

In order to make the tail-to-tail loop work properly, Morgan was promoted on the spot and then fired on the spot to fill the gap. However, under the tide of transcendence, he actually didn't need to do this at all. Gradually, there would be natural birth of the Heavenly Masters of the authoritative path. Before August, at least two Heavenly Masters of each path would be born. There was no need to specially trick an acquaintance into coming.

Then the Silver Crown Dragon's motive could only be one of two: either he intends to find another Pillar God to replace him, or he intends to help Huan Tiansi speed up the completion of the Tail Ring Ceremony. Either way, it means one thing... The Silver Crown Dragon may not be able to hold on.

Using this incident to infer, it can also be understood that before Morgan fell, nothing serious should happen to the Silver Crown Dragon.

After all, this matter itself was a self-rescue arranged by the Silver Crown Dragon.

It is impossible for the Silver Crown Dragon to put off the plan of self-rescue until after his death.

Sherlock reacted: "You mean, use Morgan as the status coordinate?"

"Yes."

Aiwass happily affirmed: "As expected, you still understand me!"

As long as Morgan does not become a celestial master, it means that the Silver Crown Dragon is still in good condition. If the Silver Crown Dragon still has enough reason, He will give up His position to Morgan before He is completely corrupted... just like the Beast Master gave up His position to Heng Wo.

And if the Silver Crown Dragon had been polluted, He would not allow Himself to perish. Then Morgan would be dragged down as a sacrifice for the Tail Ring.

So as long as Morgan doesn't fall to the ground, it means that the Silver Crown Dragon is in good condition.

"From another perspective, it's useless for us to stay here."

Aiwass spread his hands helplessly: "It is better to solve the problems outside the province before the situation gets out of control. In order to avoid being unable to deal with it when the time comes."

"Out of town...?"

"That's right," Aiwas nodded, "Yuan Tiansi - with the fall of Xue Tiansi, the limit of the Path of Love has been broken, and people will definitely pay attention to the relationship between the Tail Ring Ceremony and the limit of the Path. Just like what I said before... Yan Tiansi and Yuan Tiansi may be pulled down at any time.

"But just like the Fallen Angels and Blood Angels will project their own domains when they descend... Whether it is the Blood Realm or the Fallen Realm, humans can still live normally. But the moment the Abyss Realm descends, people will be swallowed up by huge waves." At this point, Iverson paused: "Do you know how large the maximum area of ​​the ancient Parthian Empire is? If you count those deserts where it is difficult to survive, its area is close to eight million square kilometers, which is almost forty times the size of Avalon... The Hellasser Empire may not be as big as it at its peak.

"Although Anxi has now been divided into three hundred federal cities, and the good lords have fought each other and completely isolated themselves from the outside world... it is still a huge force, with countless ordinary people. If Yuan Tiansi comes and brings uncontrolled destruction, so many dead souls may further give birth to new sons of nothingness."

"Should we cut off the situation before it even begins to develop?"

Sherlock praised, "I support you. I think this idea is correct. If we just chase after the problem, we will always be one step late. We are just a dog being led by the nose. We need to arrive one step ahead and seize the home advantage... Only then can we control the initiative of things in our hands."

"And Yuan Tiansi should be coming at any time. The Fourth Water War has already begun... and as the good masters kill each other, sooner or later one of them will summon Yuan Tiansi."

——It was a life-and-death struggle.

Even the war in which the Stars invaded Avalon was far less brutal than the infighting among the Parthians.

In the original world line, although the Star Antimony invaded Avalon, they did not cause much trouble to the lives of civilians. Later, the Avalon lords who were supported were too corrupt, which greatly reduced the quality of life of the people. It was not until the arrival of the Shadow Sky that everything was finally destroyed, turning Avalon into doomsday.

But in the ancient Parthian Empire, war took on a new form:

Commoners or slaves - mainly slaves - gathered together to rebel against the good master, hanged or skinned the good master, and enslaved all his family members and servants. But they could either make the good master obey them and create water for them... or they would be forced to become wandering armies because of the dry water source, robbing passers-by or city-states in the desert to survive.

Without water, we cannot survive.

The war caused by the slaves will be the first domino to fall, instantly detonating the already precarious situation.

——Yes, different good masters are also opposed to each other.

The area that good rulers can rule is limited because the water they can produce is limited. They cannot feed enough people, so they cannot expand indefinitely. This is why good rulers rule in the form of city-states.

But there is actually another situation here - that is submission, or enfeoffment.

A good lord can obey another good lord, and thus make one city-state obey another city-state. And wealth and legions will gradually gather in this process. But there is another problem here... that is the supply line.

Crossing the long desert, the army simply could not have sufficient supplies. They could only plunder the local people for supplies, or the benevolent rulers would create water sources with the army. Therefore, if the city-states were not connected, it would be almost impossible to attack another city-state. So the benevolent rulers formed a stalemate - if the army of city A went to city B, it might be attacked by city C. So no one moved first.

In this situation, the slaves' uprising became a poisoned weapon.

There is no slave who does not hate his master. As long as they have enough opportunities and power, they may start a rebellion, even at the cost of their lives. In this case, the slave rebellions in many city-states are actually manipulated by the good masters of other city-states. When they kill the good master of this city-state, the good master of another city-state will immediately rule and suppress the rebels... This cycle will eventually plunge the entire Anxi into a quagmire of complete chaos.

Zhu Tang and his team were lucky to reach Xingti safely, because if they were two years later, they would have been trapped in this cruel meat grinder.

It is true that Aiwas has no feelings for the Parthians, but that doesn't mean there is no need to save them.

There is no need for a reason to help others. Not to mention, he was a former pope and had been commissioned by a cardinal.

Not to mention... in this world where emotions and souls are power, it's hard to say what kind of powerful monsters will be nurtured by war and death on this scale.

"Want to go to rest?"

Isabel asked, "Do you want to go back... and take Zhu Tang and the others with you?"

"Ah, yes. Iris also needs to deal with this, which will take some time - those Hawkeye assassins dared to assassinate me, you guys deal with this matter. After all, now that the Moon Child has been dealt with, Hawkeye has no value in existing."

Aiwass said casually: "Divide the fog monsters into several connected cities and let Little Cain keep them in captivity."

“To what extent does it need to be handled?”

Sherlock confirmed.

"Clear up the scum."

Aiwass's words were cruel: "The Imperial Glory Party may become an obstacle for Iris to integrate into New Herasil. Although the boss behind Hawkeye is the Giant Tree Party, it is not ruled out that some extremists will turn to the Glory Party."

The Imperial Glory Party is the third largest party in Iris. Although it is called the third largest, it actually has less than one-tenth of the supporters.

This is an extremely nationalist party, quite radical. To most passers-by who don't know what's going on, Hawkeye is their organization. They neither admit nor deny it - they just want to attract attention.

They are not only targeting the Children of the Moon, but also claiming that the Iris Kingdom is the legitimate successor of the Hellassar Empire and that the Iris people are supreme - not even humans.

Even if it was extreme humanism, Aiwass thought they had tried their best.

But such guys are too dangerous in this era of chaos. If they get the power inside Hawkeye, they may become a sharp blade stabbing inside, causing the Iris people to actively get involved in foreign wars.

"This is of no benefit to you at all."

Sherlock was a little surprised: "You still have to bear the stigma... Is this also an act of dedication? You are finally going crazy..."

He is indeed a high-ranking contributor.

He also thought that high-ranking devotees were the best of the good, until he followed Aiwass to the Theocracy and understood their madness.

"No way."

Isabel retorted: "Evans has always been Edwards. He has been like this since the beginning. Just like the sun."

"sun?"

Aiwass was a little curious about Isabel's metaphor: "Why?"

Isabel always seemed to think that Aiwass was the sun.

...After all, the sun in this world is not an easy life.

"Well, the sun illuminates the earth, giving life equally... and destruction equally. And all this has nothing to do with the sun. The sun is just emitting light and heat."

Isabel looked at Aiwass and said seriously: "I think Aiwass is such a sun."

That is neither a filter nor love. It is the truth of speaking the truth.

Just like the truth reflected in a mirror.

(End of this chapter)