Chapter 1187 The Birth of Shang Tiansi
In the middle of the night, Aiwass suddenly woke up from the palace.
——Just now, he felt a star rising like an explosion.
A new celestial priest was born.
As a star rose into the night sky, Aiwass opened his eyes, with dark red flames burning in his pupils.
"Hmm...? What's wrong?"
Isabel also woke up immediately, whimpering like a kitten.
After occupying the palace of the Benevolent Lord of Rock Cellar City, he gradually arranged for the entourage in the carriage to move into the palace. After all, even if the space folding technology allowed the carriage to have enough space for a bed, the lighting and air would not be very good, making it unsuitable for long-term residence.
All of the benefactor's personal belongings were burned along with his body by Aiwass.
But this large bed that could accommodate six or seven people - one could even call it a giant bed - couldn't find any sheets to use. So he just covered a small area in the middle and slept there for the time being.
Aiwass touched Isabel's head, kissed his wife, and comforted her softly: "It's okay, go to sleep."
He immediately got up, put on his robe and went to the reception room alone.
The pure white wool carpet has an addictive warmth even without wearing shoes. It is more than five centimeters thick and when you step on it, you can feel the softness as if you are sinking into a cloud.
There were two sets of pure gold wine vessels on the table, and a complete set of pure gold tableware was stored nearby. There were also about a dozen sets of lead tableware given to others for use. The Parthians believed that lead, not silver, was the most sacred metal closest to gold, so the good people used it extensively in their daily lives.
For ordinary people, this level of use could easily lead to lead poisoning. However, benefactors receive intensive treatment and health monitoring, and often possess high levels of Twilight Path, so only those around them are affected.
While others were poisoned, the Good Lord remained glorious and radiant, which also proved the holiness, greatness and eternity of the Good Lord.
Aiwass casually picked up a piece of cashmere from the edge of the carpet, and flames ignited at his fingertips. With his other hand, he took out a golden cup.
He threw the flaming cashmere in his hand into the golden cup and chanted: "I call upon the candlelighter. I offer the flame of the Lamb in prayer for true knowledge..."
The next moment, the flame in the golden cup suddenly expanded abnormally.
Even though there was only a strand of wool burning, the flame bulged out like a basketball, looking like a golden light bulb.
In reality, it is a hollow ring of fire. The flame is like a crystal ball, but also like a door, leading something out.
Aiwas's abnormal eye easily felt that a divine power was rapidly approaching.
When Aiwas first used this divine art, it took a tremendous amount of effort. He recited prayers for a long time, with an extremely respectful attitude, and finally summoned the Candlelight Apostle to answer one of his questions.
This time, Aiwass used only two sentences... and without even using any sacrifices, he directly attracted the apostle's arrival. He was only one step away from directly invoking the high-level divine art of the candlestick, omitting the last two sentences.
But the apostle that emerged this time surprised Aiwass a little.
The basketball-shaped flame continued to expand and turned into a huge ring of fire that was taller than Aiwass.
The next moment, a beautiful creature with four legs like a candle emerged from the ring of fire.
Unlike Aiwas and Zhu Tiansi, she lacked the antlers symbolizing the Son of the Candle, nor the black markings of the Sinthorn, yet remained a half-human, half-deer figure. She possessed milky white fur, slender deer legs, and hooves blazing with pure white flames. Her human upper body was clad in a translucent gauze garment, wrapped only twice around her chest with white cloth.
She has long straight white hair and equally pure white eyes - those eyes make people feel weird, yet sacred.
That face, which was more gentle and sweet than beautiful or charming, was very familiar to Aiwass.
"...His Royal Highness Ruo'an?"
Aiwass immediately recognized the man in front of him.
This half-human, half-deer posture is the unique expression of the Candle Apostle, just like the Candle Sky Master, the Winged Flame, and the "Eternal Vanguard" Carstenning.
And her appearance is exactly the same as that of the previous Eternal Pope, John Eternal, who burned himself to death in the battle against the Fallen Angels!
"Long time no see, Aiwass!"
The fawn hopped and landed nimbly in front of Aiwass. She lifted a hoof slightly and said in a lively, girlish tone, "Or maybe not that long?"
"It's been a few months, probably."
Aiwass was delighted to see his old friend: "You have finally awakened from the source river."
Although in principle, many people he knew in reality could be transformed into apostles and resurrected in the dream world after their death...this was the first case he witnessed with his own eyes.
——Evans inexplicably felt like meeting a good friend again after many years and finding out that the other person had passed the civil service exam.
I feel relieved that the other person finally has a good future, but I also feel a strange sense of strangeness.
"I sensed that you were summoning an apostle, so I immediately charged forward!"
Ruoan smiled quietly, jumping up and down in front of Aiwass, raising his hands and pretending to run. "The Winged Flame wanted to respond to the call, but I threw the little thing out on the spot!"
Ah, no wonder.
Aiwass thought, no wonder the fireball was only the size of a basketball at first. If it were a portal to the Winged Flame, that size would be sufficient. But if Joan was going to pass through, it would have to be larger.
"...Is Winged Flame okay?"
Aiwass was a little worried: "You guys won't quarrel over this, right?"
As soon as he said this, he felt that there was something fishy about it, so his expression became strange for a moment.
But Ruoan didn't care. He just chuckled and said, "It's very busy, so this order won't bother me—this is my first time answering a summon! It feels so good to be back in the material world again... I'll answer your questions later, let me get some fresh air first!"
As she spoke, she pranced around the room, exclaiming, "Wow, Aiwass, you...did you inherit some earl's fortune?"
"This is the house of the previous benefactor. It has nothing to do with me. Besides, I'm not short of money anyway."
As Aiwas said this, he held up the golden cup in his hand that was still burning like a candle, opened the door for Joan and put her in the yard.
Looking at the little deer with pure white light running happily in the courtyard, Aiwass suddenly felt that the dream world was quite beautiful.
Although so far, all he knew about the dream world was being eaten by demons, being chased by giant bears, the dark shadow kingdom, the wilderness with nothing, the old guys and their conspiracies... and the large dream companies, friendly companies and their employees and individual employees.
And now, Aiwass truly realized... the value of the saying "Death is not the end of life."
That’s great.
He sighed sincerely.
After Ruoan finished having fun, she walked over to Aiwass with a reluctant look on her face: "Okay... Thank you, Aiwass. I've almost had enough fun. You should go to bed, right?
"I guess you want to ask about that Tiansi just now, right?"
"That's right," Aiwass nodded. "Who is that Celestial Master? Where did he come from? I wonder if it's because of my location... I didn't feel anything unusual, so I can't tell."
"I couldn't sense it in the first place. He's a Celestial Master of the Path of Balance, how could he have any unusual phenomena?"
Ruoan smiled. "That's Shang Tiansi, the Tiansi of trading and gambling, investment and speculation. He was an apostle who followed Sha Shiji a long time ago. He's a Taichu person, and his last name is Jiang."
...Surname Jiang?
Aiwass murmured to himself.
For a moment, he couldn't think of any particularly famous ancient merchant named Jiang among the Taichu people.
"Could it be Jiang Ziya?"
Aiwass was a little confused.
"Jiang Ziya was also an apostle of the Sand Clock. However, the one who ascended to the position of Heavenly Official this time was his descendant," Ruoan replied. "I remember his name was Lü Buwei."
“…Why him?”
"Because this was a deal in itself, he sacrificed himself voluntarily. However, the specific content of the deal is unclear."
Ruo'an's face grew more serious, and the deer's hooves stopped tapping. "After all, someone has to take on the role of Celestial Master. Otherwise, the Tail Ring can't be fully completed."
...Replacement of the Heavenly Official?
Ai Hua reacted immediately.
Unlike the Celestial Masters of other Paths who spontaneously ascended to deity... the Path of Balance, perhaps due to the Sand Clock, had a better understanding of the Tail Ring Ritual. Therefore, no Celestial Master had yet ascended.
But in this case, the Tail Ring Ceremony is destined to be missing one person.
At this time, ascending to Godhood was almost certain to lead to being dragged down. In other words, whoever ascended would die... And under such circumstances, the Shang Tiansi was born.
Although it's unclear why, Sand Timepiece was willing to sacrifice one of his own apostles, and even give up a portion of his own divine essence, in order to complete Huan Tianshi's Tail Ring Ritual...
——Are you his biological father?
But what is certain is that the birth of this new Celestial Master foreshadows his demise in the near future.
He was born from a transaction, selling his past, his life in this world, and the possibilities of the future, in exchange for a meaningless position as a god.
Although it is unknown what he is seeking...but the great deal of selling godhood itself is enough to support his status as Shang Tiansi.
"By the way, Aiwass...the next one to ascend to godhood should be Morgan."
Joan added: "Morgan of the Path of Love—but it was not the Path of Love that she had ascended."
She stared at Aiwas's eyes and immediately laughed: "So you know."
"The path of authority, right?"
Aiwass said softly.
"That's right," Ruoan nodded. "It should be the Clan Celestial Master—a symbol of family and tradition. She's already preparing for her ascension ceremony, which should be in a few days. But her fate will probably be the same. If there's no second Celestial Master on the Path of Authority, she's destined to be pulled down by the Ring Celestial Master... I'm not sure if she knows about this, but Sizhu told me not to meddle, so I'll be obedient."
"I see..."
Aiwass thought thoughtfully.
He watched as Joan's body gradually became transparent and illusory - the apostle's work had been completed, and she was about to be summoned back by the power of balance.
Before Ruoan disappeared, Aiwass suddenly asked, "By the way, how is the Crown Master doing recently?"
"It doesn't feel... good."
Joan hesitated a little: "He seems a little crazy lately... Try to pray to Him less..."
Before she could finish her words, she was engulfed in flames and summoned back to the dream world.
But this level of answer is enough.
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