Shepherd Tantra

Chapter 1303 "Weizhe" Has Been Born

"...Then Odin wouldn't be...?"

Aiwas hesitated, as if he wanted to say something but then stopped.

Wei Zhe—or rather, Mimir—knew what Aiwas wanted to ask.

"He will not be contaminated."

He answered directly: "Because I didn't actually teach Odin any knowledge—he didn't know any magic before that either."

……what?
Upon hearing this, not only Aiwass, Qitiansi, and the Crimson Calamity, but even the Silver Crowned Dragon was taken aback, completely unprepared.

As Wei Zhe's stand-in, the new Pillar of Wisdom... can't even cast spells?
The God of Mages doesn't know magic?

What kind of joke is this?

“He is the best vessel, the hero who has completed the trial. I merely told him that the world was going to be destroyed and what he should do. Odin is also one who sees the truth, but he is not a copy of me.”

Mimir's voice was full of pride.

He remained silent for far too long.

Now that he could finally speak, he became quite talkative, as if he wanted to say all the things he had held back for ten thousand years in one breath: "When he learned that runic magic was the biggest source of pollution, the first thing he did was to create a new set of runes himself."

"Since the old knowledge is wrong, then create new knowledge; since the past tradition is poisonous, then rebuild a new tradition. He has the best talent, the greatest curiosity, and the heart of an apprentice... That's enough."

"What he wanted to do could only be accomplished by becoming a Pillar God—by bestowing upon him new mystique through enchantment. I nurtured him for nine thousand years. Until now... until he became a Pillar God, he finally mastered his first spell. However, at the same time he mastered his first spell, he had already deduced the infinitely distant future, thus mastering his last spell."

"All the knowledge of the old era has now been taken away by me. The position of the pillar god is an empty ship, with nothing inside. Only a blank space... allowing him to build his own kingdom."

"After today, the Path of Wisdom will still exist; the pillar god of the Path of Wisdom will still be Weizhe; Weizhe will still be the one-eyed tyrant who commands thunder—"

Mimir laughed heartily, looking carefree and unrestrained despite his age.

"However, from this day forward, no one will know the name Mimir. This name will be buried in nothingness along with all the knowledge in my mind!"

That was a declaration of death.

It was not a declaration to the calamity of red, which was the enemy—but a declaration to oneself.

—Weizhe is dying.

And "Weizhe" has already been born—

“…Weizhe”.

Aiwas murmured.

This term can be translated as "a philosopher three times greater," "a great sage," or "the holder of great magic." Therefore, it can also be called "Great Sage" or "Great Magician."

However, even in the past, Aiwass never knew... exactly what made this greatness so great?

As the most powerful mage, Weizhe is the discoverer and the best inheritor of the previous civilization.

This almost wish-granting runic magic is indeed powerful enough, but it doesn't seem to qualify as great—it's the power used by a destroyed ancient civilization, so what does that have to do with Wei Zhe himself? Does it mean that His achievement of killing the Sky-Eating Beast is great enough?

And now...

Aiwas finally found out.

—When Wei Zhe opened the door to truth and glimpsed the truth of all things, he had already foreseen this day.

One day, he will die with his tainted knowledge.

And another pure "Weizhe" will be born.

He carefully selected his best replacement, taking great care not to let any contamination affect the other party.

Even if I eventually reach the end of my life, even if I am not remembered by anyone, even if my research is unknown to anyone... even if everything I know is outdated knowledge, even if my lifelong research is full of wrong ideas.

Even so, it was by no means a waste of time.

—The passing down of wisdom from one wise man to another is also a passing on of the torch.

This is the only truth of the path to "wisdom"—each generation of sages transmits the Dharma as teacher and student, which is a projection from Vishnu and Odin.

Now, Odin has succeeded the wise one.

The new runic spells he developed will directly replace and overwrite all existing runic spells. This overwriting is so subtle that material mages, unless they are powerful enough, might not even notice it.

It's like an exceptionally skilled programmer diligently maintaining the mountain of code while quietly refactoring the underlying code for a more perfect finish. Once he's ready, he'll destroy the old mountain of code through overwriting—using creation to destroy the old civilization.

Yes, Wei Zhe's magic was certainly not great enough. However, Odin's new runic magic was great enough. And everything Odin could do came from Wei Zhe's training.

Even the name "Weizhe" was chosen for Odin, the future successor.

Miracles come at a price.

—And Mimir, from the very beginning, saw himself as the fuel of miracles!
"As a pillar god... is he merely offering himself as a sacrifice to the future?"

When Wei Zhe appeared, Ai Hua Si had already vaguely guessed that this scene was coming.

If the Celestial Observer wants to become a vessel for nothingness and descend into the material world along with the Ring of Ouroboros... then what will he do?

The first thing to do is to eliminate other vessels and make oneself the only vessel that nothingness can descend upon.

The material world's carriers have been cleaned up; who in the dream world is still corrupted now?
The Crimson Calamity, who was cut off by the Sand Clock after being infected with the Void and suppressed and sealed by the Silver Crown Dragon, the "silent" Weizhe who opened the Gate of Truth... and the Celestial Strategist himself who knows all of this.

Although the Eternal Solo Dancer and the Beast Lord were suppressed to their limits, to the point that the Eternal Solo Dancer could never stop fighting the Beast Lord, at least they were not corrupted; Amber, as the hub of reincarnation, was also nearing its limit... but it was still temporarily pure.

—Then, all we need to do is eliminate Calamity Red and Weizhe.

Even the Crimson Calamity itself became aware of all this... and thus felt suffocated.

A sense of impending death washed over him, and he vaguely seemed to understand why he had been dismembered and sealed away...

"The nothingness called victory, and the nothingness called the pursuit of knowledge..."

Mimir spoke slowly, taking a step out of the void: "All are my enemies."

In his hand, lightning crackled and transformed into a long spear.

That was not a staff, but a spear used to hunt giant beasts!
"Proclaim my name!"

A gigantic winged being with six enormous golden wings behind him proclaimed loudly:
"I am neither Mimir nor Atlas!"

Those were words that were the complete opposite of his initial declaration.

"I am the Winged Celestial! I am the ruler of the sky! I am—Uranus!"

That was an identity long abandoned, a real name long forgotten.

The next moment, the lightning spear was hurled out!

As the lightning spear was thrown, the Crimson Calamity was unable to dodge and was instantly pierced through!
The spear that crosses the river of fate is like the future that Weizhe has foreseen... its inevitable impact is already determined when it is thrown.

The moment the spear touched the Crimson Calamity, it began to spin wildly.

That's a rotation so powerful it could drill a hole in the sky!

If this attack were to land on the ground, it could even shatter an entire continent.

This attack was in no way inferior to Yuan Tiansi's... or rather, this shot was several times stronger than Yuan Tiansi's when he was pulled into the material world!
The body of the Crimson Calamity was crushed and compressed by that terrible power—its bones and scales shattered and broke apart. The slender lightning spear, which was only the thickness of one of its scales, almost completely pierced its body into nothingness!

If this scene were to happen to a human, it would be like a needle piercing the body and creating a hole more than 20 centimeters in diameter!

In that instant, the spear pierced through the crimson of calamity and shot away, its aftershocks tearing the entire dream world's sky apart—the clouds turned into azure sky, and deep purple cracks seeped into the azure sky, just like when this world was once destroyed.

Uranus simply waved his hand, and the lightning spear instantly teleported back and landed in his hand.

Uranus smiled as he watched the calamity-red slowly recover, its eyes filled with horror and fear.

His power continues to rise.

"I have returned—"

That was Uranus's declaration.

—The great power of the former Winged Celestial has all returned to this body.

even……

That unbalanced and unbearable great power had already caused His body to burst open.

The body, resembling shattered porcelain, was permeated with a dim, yellowish light.

However, Uranus remained standing tall, his sharp gaze fixed on the red dragon.

Just like the hero who once hunted down the [Heaven-Eating Beast].

He is the wrath of the sky itself!
(End of this chapter)