Chapter 884 The Second Source River

Everyone present was not completely ignorant of mysticism.

Just hearing what Aiwass said, Baike immediately reacted: "Disenchantment?"

The art of disenchantment in the balanced path is also known as the "art of no art."

It is the ability to disenchant other mysteries, rendering them powerless and "balancing" them. It is also the fundamental principle of the Path of Balance's ability to completely negate the power of other paths.

The "language" that once could kill the Second Sun has now become little more than a tool for communication. This widespread and weakening of language is precisely the disenchanting power of the Path of Balance!

Aiwass said softly, "The Third Sun is Hengwo and his son, Xi Tiansi. He is a gentler and weaker sun than the Second Sun... Since the Second Sun can disintegrate into stars after death, does this mean that the Second Sun has greater power than Tiansi? For example..."

Baike murmured softly and took over the conversation: "Pillar God?"

But just the words coming out of his mouth made everyone shudder.

"Killing a Pillar God with a mortal body...is this really possible?"

Drifter couldn't believe it.

——It is possible.

Aiwass was convinced in his heart.

The evidence is Yi Tiansi.

After defeating the giant sky-eating beast Nibiru, Yi Tiansi commissioned the Sand Clock to cut him in half. One half entered the ownerless Fourth Source River and became the master of the Path of Wisdom.

As the other half of the Supreme Heaven, he didn't enter the Unowned River of Source—because there hadn't been another war for the Pillar God's position since then. But in the second painting of Aiwas's ascension ceremony, he was "clothed in a bear's skin," and his eyes had become like those of the Sky-Eating Beast.

——From another perspective, could it be that the Battle of the Pillar Gods has already ended?

The ancient secret his boss had told him flashed through Aiwas' mind:

[——At that time, the Sky-Eating Beast had practically become the dominant force on earth.]

He ate powerful beasts and became even more powerful; he ate wise beasts and became even more wise. He devoured the long-lived demonic tree and ate tens of millions of scaly creatures, thus gaining a hard shell and strong bones.

By devouring... to gain the opponent's abilities.

And the winged king who had not yet become the Winged Sky Master at that time - or perhaps had already become the Winged Sky Master, relied on the blessing of the master of the hunting way, the "Hunting King", and followed the hunting way to hunt down the sky-eating beast.

Then comes the key point——

He drank the other's blood, ate all of his flesh, and wore his fur. He gained the power of the King of the Earth.

Drink it, eat it up, and then gain the opponent's strength.

What the Winged King did at that time was exactly the same as what the sky-eating beast Nibiru did!

And in this process, the reason why he was able to win was because he had stronger [power] than his opponent!

Aiwass had witnessed similar wars elsewhere.

That was the final battle of the High Heaven—

The Silver Crown Dragon followed the Path of Transcendence, defeated the Pillar God Supreme Heaven of the Path of Power with his might, and usurped his authority. All this was because he possessed a stronger "authority" than his opponent!

——Use the power of other paths and follow the opponent's path to surpass the opponent. The necessary condition for victory is a new path from the same source.

Now it seems that this is the necessary ritual for the replacement of the Pillar God!

In other words, the sky-eating beast Nibiru is the former pillar god who was defeated by the Supreme Heaven and became his nourishment!

The path He masters... should be "eating" or "devouring".

The so-called survival of the fittest is a more primitive law of the jungle than the era of "strength is respected". It is the most primitive form of life, "violence".

Just as the Silver Crown Dragon still hides "power" within itself, the authority of the material world is occasionally challenged by a more powerful force; after the Supreme Heaven defeated and devoured Nibiru, the giants he created also developed the instinct and bad habit of "devouring other races."

The Winged Ones have no habit of cannibalism, as can be seen from Wei Zhe. Even the Supreme Heaven himself does not eat humans... The giants do not have the custom of living sacrifices.

Why then did the giants, who were directly created by the Most High, have such barbaric habits? Why were they looked down upon by the Most High himself, even regarded as uncivilized beasts?

There is only one reason - the instincts in the giants do not come entirely from the Supreme Heaven, but a large part comes from Nibiru!

Rather than creating its own spokesperson in the material world, it would be more accurate to say that the Supreme Heaven is "cutting off" the remnants of uncontrolled "food" in its own body!

And from another perspective...it also implies something else.

That is, during that period, the Pillar Gods were able to walk on the ground, eat people at will, and even be killed by people!

In the Second Sun Age, the material world and the dream world have not yet been completely separated!

If the Veil of Balance covered the entire world, completely separating the dream world from the material world...if even dreams, rituals, and prayers could not be connected, then there would be no supernatural powers in this world at all.

On the other hand, if the Lord of Balance has not yet achieved the ultimate connection between heaven and earth, the material world and the dream world will inevitably be confused.

In that case, both the Heavenly Officials and the Pillar Gods would be able to walk freely in the material world. These true gods would hold power and be able to change the world at will... This would inevitably bring about huge chaos.

Yi Tiansi is the master of the Tower of Babel—or rather, he's at least once relied on the Tower's power. His ability to slay the Sky-Eating Beast is likely related to the Tower of Babel. Among the "herbivores" led by Yi Tiansi in the second painting, there may be mages from the Tower of Babel.

Without wisdom, we live our lives in confusion on earth. We are trapped in a cycle that repeats itself over and over again. Only by coming into contact with the truth can we understand everything clearly.

[——I will be back, fox. You just stay in this tower... When I find the truth, I will clear everyone's doubts. Why do we fight, and why do we live?]

This is what the "White Horse" said to the "Fox" on the Tower of Babel before heading to the Fourth Source River during the promotion ceremony.

If we put these things together...

The second sun was killed by "language", the second sun turned into stars, the Tower of Babel was shattered, and language was popularized and demystified...

Wei Zhe was also deeply influenced by the equilibrium. Wei Zhe was born directly from the equilibrium, and the "professional system" was also tinkered with by Wei Zhe and Sand Clock. The existence of Wild Hunt, the undead antivirus software contracted by Wei Zhe, was also to maintain the balance of the material world. Sand Clock handed over the remnants of the Supreme Heaven to Wei Zhe...

“I may have some ideas…”

Aiwass murmured softly.

"What?"

Professor Bud looked at Aiwass expectantly: "Tell me about it?"

Aiwass just shook his head.

He simply opened his mouth and asked everyone a question: "Which path do you think language should belong to?"

This question made everyone fall into deep thought.

"[Beautiful]."

"Although I would like to say it is authoritarianism, authoritarianism has probably not yet emerged in this era."

“Of course, language can only belong to the realm of the path of beauty.”

It didn't take long for people to give their answers, except for the "puppet" Cardinal Galatea.

...and that is indeed the case.

As things stand, language can only belong to the path of "beauty".

However, the path is not the source of power.

If we follow the concept of "source" rather than "path", "language" should belong to the source of "civilization" - that is, the third path, the path of dedication of Sizhu.

But it is obvious that language and "dedication" have nothing to do with each other...

Aiwass realized the crux of the problem.

"Doll..."

He whispered to Cardinal Galatea, the follower of the Twin Mirrors, "What is the source of the path of beauty?"

Cardinal Galatea's high-level divine art was conferred upon the Twin Mirror. Just as the Lord of Scales and Feathers could hear everything Aiwass heard at any moment, this question was effectively a question addressed to the Twin Mirror itself.

——If Cardinal Galatea doesn’t know the answer to this question, then no one in this world probably knows it.

At this moment, Cardinal Galatea, who was as cold and emotionless as a doll, suddenly broke into a gentle and bright smile.

She smiled lovely, as if the ice was melting.

"You realized it."

Cardinal Galatea said with a smile, his voice soft and light: "The name of the second source river is... [Difference].

"Everything is born out of differences [beauty] - because of differences, 'comparison' is born, and after comparison, 'beauty' and 'ugliness' are born.

"The difference from imperfect reality gives birth to childlike innocence and fantasy, the difference from ordinary words and deeds gives birth to dance and song. The difference from others gives birth to the self, the difference from the ideal gives birth to jealousy... And the thing that can infinitely compare 'differences' is the twin mirror that reflects each other -"

"Cardinal Galatea" said this and suddenly became dazed for a moment.

Then she regained her icy expression and remained silent, as if she hadn't heard Aiwass's question at all.

That was the response that Twin Mirror personally made to Aiwass!

...It is true.

Aiwass looked at the magnificent ancient ruins and had an idea in his mind.

"From the miracle of 'civilization,' if you subtract the power of 'creation,' all you get is a language used to distinguish 'differences,' each one a different language. And so, people are scattered across the land, unable to understand each other—"

The power of the source river can not only be added, but also subtracted!

(End of this chapter)