Chapter 1101 The One Huan Tiansi Loves
"The golden sword..."
Aiwass murmured, thinking rapidly in his mind.
Gold—the metal that symbolizes the Sand Clock. The sword, on the other hand, represents conquest and power. It just so happens that the Herasil Empire also values balance and is willing to accept diverse paths to establish a human nation.
At the same time, before the authoritarian path emerged, the path of dedication, which symbolizes civilization, and the path of balance, which symbolizes order, were also closely related to the gathering of human beings into nations.
Before being "demoted to mortal form," Hermes was an apostle of the Sand Clock. Even as a mortal, he still possessed immense power. That punishment was more like allowing the disciple to see the world. He only needed to live one full lifetime to ascend back to godhood.
But Hermes had seen too much of the world—he was captured by the charm of fools and was willing to give up the throne of God that was within his reach.
Combined with the fact that "Hercules had amazing strength when he was a child, and the more he learned, the weaker this strength became" - Aiwass had witnessed Julia's strength with his own eyes when he was in the orphanage - this is most likely a "protection mechanism" similar to the reincarnation of an apostle.
"...He gave the power of the Sand Clock Apostle to Hercules?!"
Aiwass blurted out.
No wonder Sand Clock wants to make Yulia his apostle... That's right, everything is right!
Thinking of this, Aiwass suddenly turned around and looked at Sherlock.
At the same time, Sherlock also looked over.
Through this, they also realized more——
Aiwass thought of the saying he'd heard before—that fate has weight. With each reset, the mass entwined with him grew larger and larger, like a stack of stones on a flat sheet of cloth. The heavier one, the more it tilted the others toward it. That's why Aiwass encountered so many coincidences.
At the time, Aiwass thought it was because Huantiansi had restarted history too many times. But he still couldn't explain why his friends kept following him.
And now, he finally realized...he was not the only one who was special.
Lily is the reincarnation of Gray Sky, and she also inherited Hengwo's mantle and became the Moon Witch. Sherlock is the Hermes of this generation, and inherited the "Secret Sutra of Folly", and Julia happens to be the Hercules of this generation.
Just like the relationship between Aiwass and Sherlock, and the relationship between Ai Shiping and Lucifer.
There is no such thing as a "past life" in this world, as all souls will either ascend to become gods or shatter into dust.
But from another perspective, "past lives" do exist—because things that have happened will always happen again. This is a kind of "attraction of fate."
"What has happened will happen again. What has been done will be done again..."
Aiwass murmured the words that inexplicably emerged from his mind.
He didn't remember this sentence, but it just came out of his mouth now... This must be an important clue that Huan Tiansi had deleted or hidden. He was able to recall it now, thanks to Hai Baxia's reminder.
He looked at Isabel.
...If that's the case, then where is his "connection in the previous life" with Isabel?
Neither he nor Isabel had anything to do with the Fool's case. There was no trace of them. Instead, the Fool's soul was invited by both the Goddess of Song and the Goddess of Rings... Although Isabel had already embarked on the path of the Goddess of Play, both Goddesses of Song and the Goddesses resided in the Hall of Mirrors, so perhaps there was some connection.
But this level still doesn't make sense...
At that moment, an idea suddenly popped up in Aiwas' mind:
Since he fell in love with Isabel, and Huan Tiansi was essentially the same person as himself, there was no reason why he wouldn't fall in love with someone similar.
The biggest difference between him and Huan Tiansi is that... when he "traveled through time," or "awakened his past life memories," it was already the year 1898. But Huan Tiansi existed at least before the beginning of the Amber Calendar - wasn't the power of Amber to reset the world a gift from Huan Tiansi?
Before the reincarnation cycle began, Ai Shiping was able to impart his power to Amber, allowing Amber to become the "God of the Ultimate" and the "God of Perfection and Eternity." This shows that Ai Shiping had already become the true world's number one. This is consistent with the strength of a time traveler.
At that time, let alone humans... the elves had probably only just been born.
The sand clock has not yet been connected to the sky and the second sun has not been shattered into stars by the highest sky.
Ai Shiping, living in that era, likely hadn't completely shed his mortal nature. He didn't need to repeatedly cut off the snake's tail to maintain his humanity... Would he, as the Heavenly Master of Reincarnation, have loved someone?
——If I were him at that time, who would I fall in love with?
For the first time, Aiwass took the initiative to change his perspective and think - for the first time, he put himself in the shoes of his mortal enemy Huan Tiansi and thought about the question "If I were him, what would I do?"
When he faced the problem, the answer became so clear.
--amber.
Throughout the nine reincarnations, the most tormented are not only the Reincarnation Celestials, who seek salvation, but also Amber, who is tasked with pressing the reset button at the final moment, undoing everything and starting over. If Amber wavers, everything is over. Furthermore, Amber herself is the pillar deity closest to the path of nothingness, the most vulnerable to contamination.
Her duty is so important that the very existence of the world depends on Amber's thoughts.
If Aiwass were Ai Shiping, he would only hand over his authority of reincarnation to the person he trusted the most.
If it were today, it would be Isabel.
Put it in the past...
——It’s amber.
"So that's how it is..."
Aiwass murmured softly.
At that moment, he suddenly understood... why Huan Tiansi had become so crazy and stubborn.
If one day, he had to seal Isabel forever... keep her awake, and reset everything every ten thousand years, repeating this cycle for ninety thousand years... perhaps he would go crazy too.
It was precisely because of absolute trust that Huan Tiansi chose to hand over the power and responsibility to Amber and find a way to survive by himself; it was also because he could not find a way to survive that he was so desperate about his past self and became so extreme now that Amber could no longer hold on.
Nothing makes sense.
All sacrifices are meaningless; all continuations are meaningless; all life and death are meaningless;
And...all love is meaningless.
When Huan Tiansi denied himself, he fell into the trap of "nothingness"; and when Huan Tiansi was destined to step into the realm of nothingness, it was determined that he would never be able to escape this painful cycle.
The nine reincarnations are about to end, and on the last day of 1999, the amber will be torn into pieces.
It's like a couple going mountain climbing and encountering a disaster. The girl gives all her resources and tools to the boy, asking him to find help, to find someone to save her. But nine days pass, and not only has no help been found... even the boy himself can't get out.
He knew the girl was doomed to die, and in order to make her death meaningful—precisely in search of "meaning"—he had to escape no matter what. To do this, he would rather drain the source of the river and destroy the possibility of this world.
And this "search for meaning" is because he has fallen into the twilight without knowing it.
He hates nothingness, and in order to prevent himself from falling into nothingness, he is still trying hard to resist the reality of the "meaninglessness" of nine reincarnations.
But the more he did this, the more meaningless his actions became.
Overwhelming despair.
"In search of meaning in nothingness... so that's how it is."
Aiwass finally understood the mechanism of the "Curtain of Fate".
——Destiny is the embodiment of the power of nothingness!
Finally, the last piece of the puzzle is complete.
If Aiwass is the Ai Shiping of the past, Sherlock is the Lucifer of the past, and Isabel is the Amber of the past... then everything fits together.
Aiwass finally understood what Huantiansi was doing.
Why are you so indifferent, why are you so crazy, why are you so selfish... Why do you have the possibility of transcending the constraints of nothingness, but you are unwilling to accept it?
Is he really Aiwass?
Now, Aiwass can be sure that he is indeed himself.
Everyone is trapped in a vicious cycle of eternal reincarnation. Seeking meaning simply to combat emptiness leads to a state of meaninglessness. This is the demon of destruction: "The more you know, the more irresistible you become," just like the lies of Gray Sky Master.
The endless cycle of fate causes the meaning of the entire world to be chewed and consumed by the invisible monster of nothingness.
If the Demon God of Dusk has an authority belonging to this world, it can only be "fate" itself.
And the most fitting name for Him...
——It is the ring that holds the tail.
The name of the pillar god that Huantiansi will become in the future!
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