Shepherd Tantra

Chapter 1313 Abundant Fruit Falls to Earth, the Earliest Sacrifice
It is now, July 7th. It is late at night.

The sun had already set at dusk, and the half-full crescent moon had risen into the sky.

Aiwas looked at the moon and took a deep breath.

During this incredibly long day, one pillar god was deposed, and four celestial officials perished.

—And now, that ancient, mythical desert is about to disappear from here.

Now, no longer are any sinful thorns entwined around him, nor does he ignite a single flame, nor is there any smoke swirling around him. He is simply dressed in a plain white robe, with the token of friendship between the former King of the Scaled and the King of the Winged draped over his shoulders, and six wings spread behind him as he floats in the air.

Under the dual manipulation of the Heavenly Lord and the Sinful Beast over the Sinful Thorns, they have been transformed into pure power, becoming fragments of the Heavenly Lord and pure magic.

As for the sinful thorns beneath the desert, Aiwass has decompressed them, extracted their power, and resealed the contaminated information into solid star ice.

At this moment, they are scattered across the desert like dice of different sizes, shimmering with different colors under the moonlight.

As Aiwas lifted the pearl oyster, it gradually glowed with a dazzling rainbow light, slowly detached from Aiwas's hand, and began to float up on its own.

It was the color of ice, like stars.

Even in the city of Holy Spring, one can see rainbow-colored radiance in the night sky.

The prismatic light looked like a star that had suddenly lit up.

"Rainbow color..."

Aiwas murmured.

That color should have belonged to "hope," but now it has been submerged by pure black, which represents nothingness.

The forbidden power has shifted from "miracle" to "hope," perhaps corresponding to his past failure of going from "change" to "error."

Just like that beautiful rainbow, only a handful of people can see it under the cover of night, as distant as something from another world.

Because only the purest and cleanest white light can pierce the darkness—

Beneath the iridescent stars that shimmered like disco balls, Aiwass raised his hands.

He did something extremely rare: he solemnly held up the Book of Law with both hands.

The Book of Law moved without wind, and soon stopped.

As an inverted tarot card gradually petrified, Aiwass read out her name.

"Inanna—"

As Aiwass called out, a golden glow instantly shone before him.

That was the light of doom, enough to freeze the entire world... yet now it possessed an undeniable tenderness.

Born from that light was a little girl who was only about seven or eight years old.

She wore a white robe identical to Aiwas's, had long, snow-white hair the same color as the newly reborn Aiwas, and amber eyes exactly like Aiwas's. She also had three pairs of wings on her back—except for the lack of a halo above her head, she was exactly like her father and daughter.

Now that Yuan Tiansi has opened up the path... "Star", who had lost her name and was given the name "Inanna" again by Aiwass, is finally able to reveal her true form in the material world.

She was Amber's former form before she became a god. She was a nymph who had not yet molted.

It is a paradox that should be nameless, a stillborn infant that should never have been born—

If we consider the relationship between taboo and amber, and between the abyss and the stars... Inanna, who was finally able to be completely reborn with the death of the abyss, now has a kind of inheritance relationship.

"Father."

She flapped her wings and flew to Aiwass, greeting him crisply, but then remembered Aiwass's earlier instructions and quickly changed her words: "No... Teacher!"

“Congratulations,” Aiwass smiled gently, a rare occurrence, and patted her head. “You are born. July 7th… From now on, this will be your birthday, Inanna.” With that, Aiwass looked down at the desert and gave the order:

"Let this land be blessed with abundant harvests... Can you do that?"

"—Yes, teacher."

Inanna readily agreed, stretching out her right hand toward the earth: "Easy."

With the help of the fragments of "remembrance and remembrance" provided by the Celestial Master of Amber, the power originally belonging to the Pillar God Amber blossomed at this moment—

Simply by paying with magic, one can bring about miracles that defy the laws of the material world!

Meanwhile, the pearl oyster floating above their heads was providing endless magical power.

—That was originally the magic power that belonged to the Great Abyss!

Under the abundant magical power, the pale golden desert beneath their feet churned and transformed into a small patch of fertile, dark brown, almost black land.

This is not soil suitable for growing crops... because its fertility is so excessive that it can kill any crop. Yet it is the "seed of abundance"—

The "Seed of Harvest Ritual" is a large-scale ritual that transforms wasteland into normal soil, representing a potential transformation of the soil. This cruel ritual typically requires the sacrifice of more than one life.

But now, this ritual is used by its true owner, yet it seems to be done so casually—

These "fertile" things that flow into the earth are, in essence, "the remains of all things."

It is a condensed form of death.

If amber hadn't been used as a vessel for reincarnation from the very beginning... she should have become the earth goddess and harvest goddess of this world.

The earth and harvest are also connected to the concept of the underworld—the "Unclaimed Realm of Shadows" that the Shadow Celestials found was originally the boundary between life and death. This is precisely why the Shadows killed all crops when they descended upon the material world.

The death of the living signifies a bountiful harvest; the life of the dead signifies desolation.

The seeds of a bountiful harvest were first sown on one acre of land, and then in the blink of an eye, it expanded tenfold.

After that, these dark brown marks spread in all directions in the blink of an eye, like giant earthworms turning over.

If viewed from directly above, it looks like the originally smooth skin has suddenly cracked, with many dark brown "scars" appearing.

However, these scars all symbolize new life.

These powers were injected following the trail left by the Sin Thorn deep in the desert!
Infuse the desert with the power of "death," granting it the right to a bountiful harvest.

This is exactly what the Earth Goddess was supposed to do.

If it weren't for the invasion of nothingness, perhaps this desert... no, perhaps the whole world would have been transformed into fertile land of plenty.

"The fruit fell to the ground—this was the earliest sacrifice in the world."

Aiwas murmured, "To exchange the dead and abundance for new life, to achieve an endless cycle of life and death..."

The cycle of life and death is so perfect and flawless.

This land has always been this way, it is this way now, and it will always be this way in the future.

"It's done, teacher."

In just half an hour, Inanna, who had an unlimited supply of mana, had expanded the Seed of Harvest throughout the entire Parthian Kingdom.

This was no problem for Inanna at all. She didn't even feel tired at all.

So, Aiwass drew the second card—

(End of this chapter)