Chapter 594 Death of the World

——Taboo.

This was the first time that Aiwas clearly learned the previous name of the Dusk Path and the source river of the path.

Until this point, Aiwass only knew that five Pillar Gods were born during the "Cicada Shedding" incident—the Gods of Adaptation, Dusk, Wisdom, Strength, and the Path of Beasts—all born after the cicada shed its skin. As for whether those paths had previous owners or what their names were, Aiwass had no idea.

"……mistake."

Aiwass murmured.

The source river of the path of "adaptation" is "survival," while the source river of the path of transcendence and transformation is called "change." Both are easy to understand.

But why do "dusk" and "taboo" belong to the river of "error"? Is there any necessary connection between them and error?

In an instant, Aiwas suddenly thought of the words of Huan Tiansi when he appeared:

[——While the world changes and cycles, the world remains unchanged]

[——The righteous will remain righteous, and the filthy will remain filthy. The king will always be the king, and the slave will always be the slave.]

No one ascends, no one descends, and nothing changes. The universe is frozen, like an amber egg; the worlds are in eternal rebirth, like a chain of rings.

At that time, Aiwass did not understand what Huantiansi meant, but now... after receiving the information from Professor Moriarty, Aiwass seemed to have grasped some key points.

Eternal reincarnation...?

"…I have a question."

Aiwass was silent for a moment, then asked, "In the world line you're in... does it also have 'Twilight Path' and 'Amber'?"

"have."

Professor Moriarty said very confidently: "But I am not sure whether He has always existed.

"I wonder, if the world is constantly reincarnating, repeating itself over and over again... then could the 'first return of the world' be related to the birth of amber?"

Professor Moriarty's thoughts were clear: "He is a god of pure beauty and flawlessness, a god who has reached the pinnacle of perfection. He became the strongest at the very beginning of his birth. Does that mean... is there a possibility that he was not born at the end of the First Age, but in the year 2000... and traveled back in time to tear apart the future?"

"If 'Dusk' belongs to Amber, then to whom does 'Taboo' belong?"

Aiwass asked back.

The Jewel Bird shook its head. "I don't know. Although I witnessed the birth of Amber and the changes in the path, I didn't see the existence of the old Pillar Gods. And I basically didn't see the ascension of the other Pillar Gods either... After Amber, only the Beast Masters of the Beast Path were born.

"I can also tell you that the source river is called 'Creation'. I believe that the fairies, witches, werewolves, and children of the moon on the path of love were all born from this. Daddy can tell you all this information if you want to know. It doesn't matter what you say."

"…Because knowledge is poisonous, right?"

Aiwass said slowly.

The sapphire bird smiled and nodded.

——This is an open conspiracy.

Aiwass knew he was undoubtedly a key pawn in the game of multiple great entities. To seek freedom and transcendence, he must pursue the truth. But the more information he learned, the more complete the truth he pieced together, and the more he had to consider and ponder.

He didn't understand Huan Tiansi's plan before.

But now, he seems to have gradually understood some things...

Huan Tiansi believes that "reincarnation" is meaningless, perhaps because the entire world is already coiled in a circle. However, the "transmutation" he pursues is still within the history of Professor Moriarty.

This at least proved one thing—that Huan Tiansi had failed, and the world still suffered an eternal return. At least in the world line where "He" didn't successfully devour Aiwass, he undoubtedly failed.

He also understood why the Nine Pillar Gods started the promotion ceremony to deduce the past and the future.

He even partially understood Professor Moriarty's motives -

It is precisely because he is a "savior" who has witnessed the end of the world with his own eyes that he firmly adheres to "premature death".

Considering this, it is at least certain that Old Moriarty did not return from the First Age. He must have appeared directly in the body of the teenage Moriarty, like a time traveler.

When Moriarty was still studying under Cardinal Loki, his personality was obviously normal and not paranoid.

It wasn't until Moriarty came into contact with Anna Kingsford, the founder of the Golden Dawn and Freya's mother, that his personality began to change.

At that time, Aiwass thought that his adoptive father could not be trapped in love... This was really not reasonable.

And now, Aiwass has finally sorted out his thoughts.

Both Jacob and James were members of the Golden Dawn, whose founder was Anna Kingsford of the Rosicrucian Order. This means that James's techniques and rituals were most likely first taught by his wife. Furthermore, both the Rosicrucian Order and the Golden Dawn were aware of the existence of "divine entities."

If we say that the sacred entity was originally a fragment of Huan Tiansi... or more accurately, a fragment of Lunhui Tiansi.

So why not call it "Tiansi Fragment" or some term related to "reincarnation"?

——Divine entity.

The divine being summoned by Jacob also seemed to be no entity, whether it was the version that was originally summoned to impart mystical knowledge to Jacob, or the version that merged with Aiwass's soul.

...But what if this is actually a well-known "reference"?

Is it possible that the original "holy entity" was the remnant soul that merged with Moriarty?

Perhaps it was something Moriarty did together after meeting Lady Kingsford that caused the spirit of the "savior" who had returned to ancient times to descend upon Moriarty. This led to a drastic change in Moriarty's personality, and he became almost obsessive, practicing Cardinal Loki's teachings on "premature death."

It's like being transported across time...

——Wait, wait?

Aiwass was suddenly stunned.

At that moment, he felt a shudder behind him. He suddenly raised his head and looked at Moriarty in disbelief.

Could it be that my adoptive father suddenly left Avalon... because of this incident?

He left Aiwass, wanting to observe independently how much "the suddenly awakened Aiwass" knew and what he could do!

He wanted to use this to determine which era Aiwass's knowledge belonged to!

"You should now understand why I want to obtain the power of 'Reincarnation'."

Professor Moriarty said slowly, "In order to change the inevitable outcome and to find out the truth about the 'taboo', I must go back to the past - even if it means sacrificing the present and the future.

"All things eventually perish. As long as the fundamental problems are not resolved, all prosperity and hope are false.

“Even if this is related to the secrets of multiple Pillar Gods, I must do it, and I must achieve it.

"If the world were to repeat itself in 2000... the future of this world, already altered by me, would also be disrupted. Perhaps the 'variable' that was fortunate enough to survive until the day Dusk was born would not have been born.

"Ignorance may be bliss. Knowledge is poisonous... The deepest poison is the poison of 'meaninglessness'."

Bird smiled, but there was no warmth in his eyes: "If the world must be restarted... then everything now is destined to disappear.

"Whether it's early death, late death, suicide, assassination, death from illness, or old age... none of this means anything. The world will be reborn in the next cycle, or even the next. There will always be a cycle where the world will not be destroyed... We must first obtain information about the past before we have a chance to change the future.

"Didn't you ask me? To what extent does it need to be corrected to be considered perfect? ​​I don't desire perfection—what I desire is simply 'continuation', simply 'survival'. It's not even about my own life or death, but about the death of the world a hundred years from now, which 'James' can't even see."

"...So that's what you think."

Aiwass murmured softly.

If the theory of premature death is extended infinitely...what if the whole world is about to perish?

That means that "premature death" can also be applied to the entire world.

Kill the old world for the new world.

(End of this chapter)