Shepherd Tantra

Chapter 1302 Weizhe is about to die
Long, withered white hair, a tall and straight back, a right eye that gleams with electric light... and those golden new feathers.

Like an old tree sprouting new buds.

The new feathers grew very slowly at first, but after Wei Zhe regained his youth, this growth suddenly accelerated by dozens of times—the golden wings became larger and longer, and each feather was covered with dark gold runes.

Aiwass remembered that the High Heaven had two pairs of wings. One pair pointed to the sky, and the other to the earth, like a butterfly. It symbolized that he was invincible in heaven and on earth.

Wei Zhe, however, only had one black wing—his other wing was bent, withered, and curled up on his back. Like a lame man's leg that had been broken for a long time, it had lost its function.

But now, Wei Zhe has six perfectly intact golden wings behind him, three on the left and three on the right!

—Without a doubt.

Today, Weizhe is no longer the old, short, thin, and disabled keeper of secrets.

Although he only obtained a small portion of Xiong Tiansi's essence... it was enough for Him to regain some of the power He once possessed as "Yi Tiansi"!

"No, that's impossible!"

The Crimson Calamity roared in disbelief: "You cheated, Mimir!"

"……Cheating?"

The Knight of the Sky, protected behind Aiwass, murmured in confusion, not quite understanding why the Crimson Calamity was so shocked.

She was rapidly recovering from her injuries and those of the Silver Crowned Dragon. That was Guinevere's healing power.

The light shield that the Celestial Knight had previously deployed did indeed block one attack for the Silver Crown Dragon. After being injured, the part of him that was Guinevere rose to the surface. The Celestial Knight's originally heroic face softened, and his tall, strong body became somewhat thinner.

Thus, the Celestial Knight switched from "he" to "she." Although Guinevere offered her soul, it was not a ritual of nurturing; she did not sacrifice herself to nothingness, but merely merged with Lancelot.

As a being with two sides, the Celestial Knight possesses two opposing yet similar abilities—protection and combat, and healing and blessing. This makes Him self-contained, with balanced and perfect abilities.

“From his perspective, that’s certainly true…”

The one who answered the Celestial Knight was none other than the Silver-Crowned Dragon himself.

As a former comrade-in-arms of the Celestial Knights, the White Dragon, who once went by the alias "Arthur," slowly stood up, his voice low and solemn: "After all, the Pillar Gods are all gods of utmost purity and cleanliness. Arthur, now a Pillar God, understands this principle as well."

The eternal self of yesteryear underwent ten severings before finally revealing its pure self; the Silver-Crowned Dragon cut away the raging demonic dragon to ascend to the throne of the Crown Lord. It was for this very reason that the Winged Celestial Division of yesteryear split itself in two—himself as a mage and his self as a warrior…

The Pillar God and the Celestial Master are different.

A Celestial Master can potentially occupy multiple paths simultaneously. Because at the Celestial Master level, Yuanhe doesn't require them to be exceptionally pure. After all, as candidates for Pillar God, the Celestial Master's duty is to open up new possibilities for Yuanhe.

Therefore, it wasn't a problem for Yi Tiansi to possess both magic and power when he ascended. Before the part belonging to Wei Zhe was cut off by the Sand Clock and entered the River of Truth, "spellcasting ability" itself could be considered a form of violence—after all, how could a sufficiently powerful spellcaster not be considered strong?

But now... with magic now classified as the Fourth Source River, it's impossible for the Winged Sky Division to merge it back.

Because Weizhe is already the pillar god of the fourth source river, and Zhigaotian has become the pillar god of the seventh source river.

As the pillar in the fourth source river, how could he possibly absorb the remnants of the seventh source river?
"However……"

The Silver-Crowned Dragon slowly propped himself up and uttered the answer that the Crimson Calamity had already thought of but could hardly believe: "He is no longer a pillar god."

As the Silver Crowned Dragon finished speaking, a deep blue halo composed of runes exuding an ancient and savage aura appeared above Weizhe's head.

This halo is proof of being a perfect resonance with the path.

Its shape, color, and position will vary from person to person... For example, some people may wear it on their head, some on the back of their head, some around their neck, or even blindfolded.

This is similar to how the pupils or wounds on a superhuman change color when they fully unleash their extraordinary power and resonate completely with the Dao. This phenomenon is essentially the overflow of power extracted from the Source River by the soul. Therefore, if one can perfectly control the power of the Source River, then when exerting full power, this overflowing power will condense into a seal outside the body. It's rare for Descendant Celestials to possess this aura, because their fragile vessels make it difficult for them to use their full strength.

Even the Pillar Gods could hardly exude such an aura—the Pillar Gods had already merged with the Source River, and they were almost equivalent to the Source River itself.

Just how excited must one be to resonate a second time with the source river that has merged with oneself? And what kind of brutal battle must one fight to truly unleash one's full power and completely drain the last bit of strength one has stored up?
Now, Wei Zhe has easily gained recognition... which silently proves something.

—Wei Zhe has already given up his position as a pillar god.

"But how is this possible...!"

The astonishment of the Crimson Calamity was entirely understandable.

The change of pillar gods should bring about a great upheaval in the world. He himself was the pillar god who seized power, so he knew this process all too well.

Ke Weizhe has now stepped down, not only has he fully returned to his position as a Celestial Master... but the Source River has not changed course, nor has it made any changes to the profession system, blessings, or curses!

The path of wisdom remains the path of wisdom, and a Dharma Master remains a Dharma Master.

"Because the controller of the Fourth Source River is still 'Weizhe'."

Yi Tiansi spoke slowly, his voice gradually becoming younger and louder: "But it's no longer Mimir... but 'Odin.' He has similar characteristics to me, similar power to me, similar desires to me... and similar wisdom to me."

"He can live up to the name of Wei Zhe, and he can also carry the way of wisdom."

Upon hearing this, Aiwass immediately understood everything.

The existence of "Odin" is, to some extent, a secret.

Aside from the Northern Giants, few knew of His existence. Aiwass was an exception, as the Book of Laws recorded the ritual of "Odin's Trial".

This ritual itself is based on the laws of the celestial sphere—

Through the "Taboo Principle," the past is transformed into present reality; through the "Circle Principle," present reality is transformed into future hope.

The essence of this ritual is already somewhat similar to Paradise Lost!

If the sacrificed item is of similar or greater value to the desired outcome, then the sacrifice itself is meaningless. As a forbidden principle, something created from transcendence, the art of "sacrifice" is essentially a technique that uses the "killing" of something of lower value to bring about the "birth" of something of higher value.

Therefore, what one gains from the ritual of completely sacrificing oneself is necessarily greater than what is happening now.

What if we sacrifice the result of the next second to the next second after that?

What if this wasn't "one second," but rather one-sixty-fourth of a second, one-two-hundred-and-fifty-sixth of a second, one-thousandth of a twenty-fourth of a meter-second... or even one-two-hundred-billionth of a second?

As time is infinitely divided, the power gained from the ritual will increasingly approach "infinity".

Only an entity that is "infinite" can serve as a container to hold all the truths of this world.

That was something Wei Zhe obtained after opening the door to truth.

Only one person completed this ritual and thus obtained the truth.

That was the giant Odin.

However, after opening the door to truth, Wei Zhe obtained the answers to all the world's questions. He thus learned of the existence of nothingness, and was thus tainted by it. For this reason, he chose to remain silent… because he did not know which parts of the knowledge were correct and which were distorted.

But, if that's the case...

(End of this chapter)