Shepherd Tantra

Chapter 1244 The Savior Never Gives Up

“…No wonder the boss let me participate in the ceremony of the Silver Crown Dragon defeating the Supreme Heaven in my dream.”

Aiwass murmured, his eyes gradually becoming clear: "Is He also worried that I didn't seal my memory as agreed..."

He stared at the "Sun" card in his hand, and more and more memories flooded into his mind.

The former Crown God was split into two halves, and the part that was supposed to be discarded became the high and mighty Pillar God;

And the three meaningful paintings in the promotion ceremony he and Aleister participated in -

[All feasts have an 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 dreams or 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 but blood-eating beasts, feeding on each other...]

[The sun will eventually set, and destiny will eventually return. All encounters will eventually part, but after parting, we can meet again. Under the blazing 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]

If we connect the words of these three paintings together, they are prophecies of the present, past and future!

The relationship between Aiwas and Aleister is like that between the Fool and the Feaster. In the end, Aiwas rose to a higher position by devouring Aleister's Serpent's Tail.

And "the banquet they long for" will eventually be held again, perhaps in the dream world, or perhaps in the future - this is referring to the next devouring of Huan Tiansi and Aiwass.

History will eventually repeat itself, which refers to the reincarnation ability of the Samsara God and Amber. The Eternal Ring refers to the Samsara God, and "He who is a king must die by the sword, and he who kills with the sword must be king" and "The gods eat each other" refer to the succession of the Pillar Gods, and also to the swallowing of the Snake Tail by the Samsara God and his being swallowed by Aiwass.

The sun sets and rises again. This also refers to reincarnation... The sun is destiny, and the stars are mortals. Dawn refers to the period before reincarnation, and also refers to the opening up of the future before the end of the world.

Aiwass's memories of his previous life gradually became clearer.

In his memory, his roommate's blurry face gradually became clear, and his name gradually emerged in his mind.

The mystical knowledge that he was familiar with in his previous life gradually flowed into his mind.

In his previous life, Ai Shiping was already good at these miscellaneous studies, just as Huan Tiansi was also good at all of them.

These skills were possible because Huan Tiansi had already established this knowledge in the past, and the names of the people around Aiwass now more or less have a sense of déjà vu, and it is also because of the fate shaped by Huan Tiansi - because Ai Shiping is not good at naming, just like Aiwass.

He gradually recalled the names of his family members and the details of his arrival in this world.

Although there are still some memories that he has not obtained... such as Amber and Lucifer. But the rest of the memories that Huan Tiansi has mastered, Aiwas has gradually mastered them and returned to the state of being on par with Him.

When Ai Shiping first came into this world, he had no idea what this chaotic world was.

Or in other words... it is because Ai Shiping has the future of this world in his subconscious that this world has gradually become what he is familiar with.

It's not that he traveled to a world with the same background as the game from the very beginning, but a "world that might become like this" that gradually became like this under Ai Shiping's artificial intervention!
As early as when he became the Heavenly Master of Samsara, the Lord of Scales and Feathers had found Ai Shiping.

"You were summoned to this world by me, boy."

The Lord of Scales and Feathers asked directly, "In the future, this world will face inevitable destruction - you are the only variable. Because you are the only one who does not belong to the 'future'.

"You can also leave before that. If you want, I will let you return to the previous world. Don't worry, not the state of being sent away by a dump truck... but before that. Even earlier."

"...You've already told me this, how can I just ignore it and say nothing?"

At that time, Ai Shiping said helplessly but confidently: "What's more... you mean, I have a chance to win, right?

"As long as there's a chance of winning, I want to try. If it doesn't work once, I'll try ten times. If it doesn't work ten times, I'll try a hundred times.

"——After millions of reincarnations, there will always be one that can defeat it. The power called 'Reload' is invincible!

"I won't go back! I don't want a mediocre life that won't be remembered by others - rather than a life of mediocrity, I'd rather die heroically!"

That clear voice was very similar to Aiwass's.

But at that time, Ai Shiping didn't know what he was going to face.

Now Aiwas finally remembered...what Huantiansi was going to do.

The core reason why "Nothingness" cannot be defeated is not because of how powerful He is, but because He is too cautious.

He has no entity and no carrier. No matter who it is, no one can kill something that does not exist, unless... it is "assigned" and "defined".

But he lost his lover, his ideals, was deserted by his friends and family, was targeted by everyone, his nine reincarnations turned into nothing, and he was tortured by nothingness for 100,000 years...

When he has lost everything, all his efforts so far have lost their meaning, all the memories worth cherishing have been melted and "stolen", and the loved one has died completely...the kind of unsuppressible emptiness will expand infinitely.

Not infinite light, but infinite nothingness.

——That is the most suitable carrier for the arrival of the "Pillar God of Nothingness".

No matter what, Whisper of the Void will never miss this opportunity.

Needless to say, Whisper of the Void had already launched several tentative attacks on Aiwass and thought it had already tested Aiwass's strength.

At that time, the Void will hatch from the body of Huan Tiansi who was defeated by Aiwass... and devour Aiwass. In this way, he can become an unprecedentedly powerful Dusk. But at the same time...

Opportunities also mean flaws.

At that moment, the void will be weaker than ever before.

The high and mighty god finally took on a physical form, his health bar lit up, and he descended into the hands of an enemy that Aiwass had just defeated...

"……I see."

Aiwass murmured, feeling shocked and comforted.

——The former savior never gave up.

——The heroes of the past never fall.

——In the past, I was never prepared to escape.

He deceived the world in order to deceive nothingness, and even deceived himself for it.

In order to shape the path of hope without arousing the vigilance of nothingness, one has been tortured by nothingness. In order to prevent the infection of nothingness from spreading, one has to guard the knowledge and secrets that may be contaminated.

Did the Shepherd really not want to be devoured by the Ring Heavenly Master, so he gave his body to the Fallen Angel Master?

The art of cutting off the tail was originally used by Huan Tiansi in order to resist the erosion of nothingness, so he continuously used this method to "filter" and "distill" his important memories.

Then why would the shepherd be unwilling to merge with Huantiansi?
Unless there is another possibility——

——The mission of the shepherd is not to return to the original body. In this way, this part of the memory will not be known by nothingness.

At that moment, the cycle of reincarnation had not yet come to an end.

There are still possibilities in the future, so Huan Tiansi cannot despair - and no one can defeat Huan Tiansi and make his plan completely fail.

Therefore, nothingness will not completely infect Huan Tiansi's mind, and it is impossible for it to descend into Huan Tiansi's body.

“——Not everyone has to reach the end.”

Aiwass stared at the card, and non-existent memories appeared in his mind.

Those are the words the pastor spoke to his followers before he died.

“Some people are destined not to reach the end. It’s like a long and lasting journey… The generations in between have neither seen the scenery of the way there nor the beauty of the destination. But their existence is still necessary.

"I am just such a traveler. I have no place to come from and no way to return."

At that time, no one could understand the shepherd's words.

They all thought that the pastor was talking about their own loneliness, regrets and end.

No one knows what the shepherd is carrying.

At this time, Aiwass, whose memory was constantly being completed, suddenly thought of another thing -

The art of pastoral care means transplanting a part of one's essence into the other person's body, so as to gain the other person's favor.

This is why the pastoral technique can use the opponent as a carrier to revive...

And there is no doubt about the Shepherd - He completely changed the Fallen Angel, even changing His appearance to be the same as Aiwass.

That's why the Fallen Angels were able to change Aiwas' mind out of thin air through this connection. Then...some of the Fallen Angels should have become shepherds, just like sneaking into the computer through a Trojan horse program.

——That’s why Aiwass was able to hold a ceremony to borrow power and the brand of sin from the Fallen Angel, but he never discovered it!
Because it wasn't the Fallen Angels who answered Aiwass's prayer at that time, and it wasn't just luck that he wasn't discovered...

But it is the layout made by my past self.

From then on, the one who answered his prayers and helped Aiwass create the Sin Card was the Shepherd hiding in the body of the Fallen Angel!
Similarly, although the Fallen Angels accepted the greatest care from the Shepherd, they did not grasp the secret of Aiwass and the essence of the Ring Angels... This was because the Shepherd had already preserved his own memories at that time.

It was saved on this small card, and then the Fallen Angel and White Punishment used the "Fire Dragon Burning the Warehouse" to make up for the missing memory!

All this wonderful "fate" is to deceive nothingness...

To deceive this dusk species that has already fed on this world and is therefore almost in sync with the world.

The information passed down by the snake tail from generation to generation.

Reincarnation again and again, accumulating power.

This is a road of hope paved with death and perseverance.

——This is the real secret hidden in the "Shepherd's Secret Sutra".

(End of this chapter)