Shepherd Tantra

Chapter 1322 The Celestial Being's Metamorphosis

No wonder the Butterfly of Rebellion possesses the power of non-combustion and the power of conflict, which belong to the sun.

It turns out he is the true son of the sun.

That is, the profession that Sherlock was promoted to at that time, "Mithridates" - son of Mithras!

but……

Aiwas couldn't help but feel a little worried.

...Is Die Tiansi really in the Dream Realm now?

The Butterfly Celestial Master possesses the power of molting. He will leave behind his own power and physical body, and reincarnate his soul as a mortal who has lost all power.

After living an ordinary life, he "remembers" his true identity and past power, and then returns to the dream world as a new "butterfly." The story of Zhuangzi dreaming of a butterfly... Zhuangzi was one of the incarnations of the Butterfly Celestial.

Therefore, He is the one who changes the form and appearance of the Heavenly Lord.

Sometimes He is a beautiful young girl, sometimes a graceful and elegant young woman, sometimes a handsome young man, and sometimes a wise and composed old man...

Just as the sun always rises in the east and sets in the west, each sunrise is also different.

Grandfather Jacob had mentioned before that before Aiwass was born, Die Tiansi was reincarnated, leaving only an empty shell in the Dream World.

Normally, the Celestial Butterfly would hide himself before reincarnating. The body he left behind in the dream world still retains power and can automatically respond to prayers and rituals, so no one can determine whether the Celestial Butterfly is currently reincarnating by whether he responds to prayers and rituals—this is a safety measure.

After all, if it were discovered that Die Tiansi was reincarnating, then his incarnation in the material world would be in danger.

By slightly deducing the time of His disappearance, one could find a possible existence in the material world. After finding the reincarnated Celestial Chief, even without malicious intent, one could befriend Him—this would at least ensure that one's soul wouldn't be annihilated after death. However, if harboring malice, one might even use this identity to perform some kind of ritual…

At the time, Jacob said, "The Celestial Sphere and the Celestial Butterfly Sphere were on good terms, so the Celestial Sphere took His ownerless body and gave it to Jacob to create Aiwass." The relationship between the "so" before and after this is a bit strange... unless Jacob omitted half of the logic.

—Because the Celestial Observer and the Celestial Observer had a very good relationship, the Celestial Observer placed his remains in the Celestial Observer's domain!
Therefore, the Celestial Observer was able to take away His unclaimed body... The Celestial Observer didn't actually have any real purpose in keeping this clone; it was merely used to obscure the true timeline of His reincarnation. It wouldn't be a big problem for the Celestial Observer to take it away some time after His reincarnation. After all, the Celestial Observer wouldn't reveal this secret to outsiders.

So……

Now, twenty years later, has Die Tiansi, who was reincarnating at that time, returned to his rightful place?

If he cannot be certain that the Butterfly Celestial is currently reincarnated, it means that the Butterfly of Rebellion cannot ascend to the highest level in its most perfect form.

The fragments of the Celestial Archon from the Flame Archon can obviously help Leah advance, and facing the calamity of world destruction, Gray would obviously be willing to lend her the fragments. Furthermore, the fragments of the Flame Archon are clearly compatible with the Flame Butterfly.

But after thinking it over carefully, Aiwass breathed a sigh of relief.

He realized that his worries might be unnecessary.

Aiwas remembered something trivial.

Last year, out of a moment of kindness, he chose to help old Meg use the Ascension Technique to extend her life. And the Ascension Technique precisely requires the power of the Butterfly Celestials.

The Celestial Sphere had already stolen that part of the legacy, so the fact that Aiwass was able to summon the power of the Celestial Sphere meant that the Celestial Sphere had already returned to its rightful place!
"...I never imagined that what was just a small act of kindness done on a whim would become so crucial now."

Aiwas sighed.

"A small act of kindness?"

Morgan was somewhat puzzled by Evans's reaction.

So Aiwass explained his thoughts to the friendly witch.

Although Morgan didn't have a good reputation, and in reality wasn't exactly a good person, Aiwass still trusted her quite a bit. This feeling of being able to work together before the apocalypse, regardless of good or evil, or one's stance, was quite exhilarating for Aiwass.

Unexpectedly, Morgan's expression turned somewhat strange after hearing what Aiwass said.

"Die Tiansi has indeed returned, or rather..."

"...or rather?"

"Yes, she actually returned after you were born. Or rather, the reason why the Celestial Sphere planned to create you at this time was because the Celestial Sphere was about to return."

"What does 'rather say' mean?"

Aiwas pressed for an explanation. He had to get to the bottom of things.

As a socialite in the Dream Realm, Morgan clearly knows many secrets that even the Apostles, the Celestials, and some Pillar Gods are unaware of.

"That's not exactly a secret."

Morgan chuckled and shrugged, then posed another question: "Do you know when the Winter Maiden was promoted?"

"Between 1640 and 1660, Valentine I's youngest daughter. She was even younger than her brother's daughter."

Aiwas blurted out instinctively, but quickly realized, "Could it be...?"

"Let me correct you—the Winter Maiden died at that time, but she did not become an Apostle at that time. Of course, she could not have become an Apostle just because she was noticed by the Apostle."

Morgan's lips curled up slightly: "Don't forget... the Winter Maiden didn't become an Apostle as a 'soul of the dead,' but as a 'ghost.'"

Undead...?
Aiwass suddenly remembered something—the Winter Maiden is speechless and has no wisdom!

There was one sentence he had heard not long after entering the extraordinary world—

Those who are dead but whose remains are stripped of the fourth realm; those who are dead but whose souls remain are stripped of the sixth realm! Those who are dead but whose souls no longer exist are stripped of the eighth realm, leaving only twilight!
Therefore, she is not a living person, but a ghost who has died and whose remains have not been found!
Can the dead become gods?

Seeing Aiwass's shocked reaction, Morgan smiled happily: "Yes, she actually only became an Apostle nineteen years ago. To be precise, she was pulled into the Dream World by Lingpo at that time."

“Even if Butterfly Celestial isn’t successfully brought down… we can still use Winter Celestial as a backup plan to bring her down during the second Ouroboros ritual. She has no mind, can’t speak, and doesn’t even have any desire to attack, so she’s arguably the easiest Celestial to defeat. So you don’t need to worry about that at all.”

"...Nineteen years ago."

Aiwas murmured, and suddenly everything became clear.

All the mysteries have been solved!
No wonder the Winter Maiden only "died at the right time" and yet achieved the accomplishment of the Heavenly Chief—to be precise, it wasn't that she died at the right time, but that she became a ghost at the right time!
It was precisely because she became a ghost and trapped Die Tian Si that Ai Hua Si was able to be born at that exact moment.

If the Winter Maiden hadn't chosen to bury herself in a coffin and become a ghost with that sorrow, the Butterfly Celestial would have returned to its place earlier. And if the Butterfly Celestial had returned earlier, it would mean that when constructing the serpent's tail of Aiwass, a fragment of the "Butterfly Celestial" would be missing, thus incompletely representing a part of the concept of the "sun."

In that case, Aiwass would probably be unable to construct his current ability system, and would instead be forced to enter another timeline where he advances to become the Lord of Great Beasts...

It was because Aiwass revealed the potential of a savior that, when the prophecy came true, the Winter Maiden had the possibility of being promoted to Winter Master. It was for this reason that the Lingha Master entrusted the concept of the dead, along with the "treasure-hunting technique," to the Winter Maiden.

However, it was not to push down the Winter Maiden and make her a sacrifice in the Ouroboros ritual... but to carry the relics of the Spirit Amber God.

After Butterfly Goddess entered the Dream World and returned to her original body, the remaining Winter Maidens became nothing more than empty shells.

No one is more suited to use the Excavation spell than her. Excavation, as the true name of necromancy, means utilizing the dead!
—And the true identity of the Winter Maiden is the Butterfly Pupa.

It is something that is already dead!

This is perhaps why Lingpo Tiansi favors her, simply because she can become Amber's substitute.

If we say that amber today is like a cicada's molted shell that has been forgotten...

That winter maiden is that forgotten [butterfly molt].

Aiwass, however, felt a profound and almost overwhelming sense of pity.

Winter.

The Celestial Officials were created solely as offerings and tools.

As the Ghostly Archangel, Winter Archangel was designed from the outset to lack consciousness and speech—the former was intended to prevent her from connecting with others, thus ensuring no one would grieve for her sacrifice; the latter served a similar purpose, and also to prevent her from being infected by the Void…after all, "it is speech that kills the sun." As the "Whisper of the Void," the spread of the Void is through "whispers."

Her fate is either to become Amber's substitute, sealed alive within the pillar; or to be used as nourishment for the Flame Butterfly, killed by Aiwass. If Amber does not perish and Aiwass's plan proceeds smoothly, then she will serve as the vessel for the power of the Amber Archon, continuing to exercise Amber's authority through excavation techniques after the Archon's death.

Just like when she was still alive—

A meaningless life that exists merely as a "fuse".

She was born to die for a higher purpose.

(End of this chapter)