Chapter 1322: The Butterfly Shedding Heavenly Master
No wonder the Flame-Defying Butterfly possesses the power of incombustibility and conflict, powers belonging to the sun.
It turns out that it is the real Son of the Sun.
That was the profession that Shylock was promoted to at the time, "Mithridates" - the son of Mithra!
but……
Aiwass couldn't help feeling a little worried.
...Is Die Tiansi really in the dream world now?
Die Tiansi possesses the power of shedding skin. He will leave behind his power and body, and reincarnate his soul into a mortal who has lost all power.
After an ordinary life, he "remembers" his true identity and past powers, and then returns to the dream world as a new "butterfly." The so-called Zhuang Zhou dreamed of being a butterfly... Zhuang Zhou was once a butterfly celestial being.
Therefore, He is the celestial being who changes his body and appearance.
Sometimes He is a beautiful girl, sometimes a graceful young woman, sometimes a handsome young man, and sometimes an old yet calm man...
——Just as the sun always rises in the east and sets in the west, the sun that rises is always different every time.
Grandfather Jacob mentioned before that before Aiwass was born, Die Tiansi was reincarnating, leaving only an empty body in the dream world.
Normally, Die Tiansi would hide himself before reincarnation. His body left in the Dream World still retains power and can automatically respond to prayers and rituals. Therefore, no one can judge whether Die Tiansi is currently reincarnated by whether or not he responds to prayers and rituals - this is a safety measure.
After all, if people discovered that Die Tiansi was reincarnating, his incarnation in the material world would be in danger.
By deducing the time of his loss of contact, one could potentially find his existence in the material world. After finding the reincarnated Celestial Master, even if he harbored no ill intentions, one could establish a friendly relationship with him—at least this would ensure his soul's survival after death. However, if he harbored malicious intent, he might even use this identity to perform rituals...
At the time, Jacob said, "Huantiansi and Dietiansi have a good relationship, so Huantiansi took His ownerless body and gave it to Jacob to create Aiwass." The relationship between the "so" and the "so" is a bit strange... unless Jacob omitted half of the logic.
——Because Huan Tiansi and Die Tiansi have a very good relationship, Die Tiansi placed his remains in Huan Tiansi’s territory!
That's why Huan Tiansi was able to take his ownerless body... Die Tiansi actually had no point in keeping this clone; it simply served to obfuscate the true time of his reincarnation. It wouldn't be a big deal if Huan Tiansi took it away some time after his reincarnation. After all, Huan Tiansi wouldn't reveal this secret to outsiders.
So……
Now twenty years have passed. Has Die Tiansi, who was reincarnating at that time, returned to his position?
If he couldn't confirm that Die Tiansi was reincarnating now, it would mean that the Butterfly of Rebellious Flame would not be able to be upgraded in the most perfect form.
The fragments of Yan Tiansi could obviously help Leah advance, and in the face of the catastrophe of world destruction, Gray would obviously be willing to lend her the fragments of Tiansi. And the fragments of Yan Tiansi were obviously compatible with the Flame-Rebellious Butterfly.
But after thinking about it seriously, Aiwass breathed a sigh of relief.
He found that his worries might be unnecessary——
Aiwass remembered a little thing.
Last year, out of a momentary kindness, he chose to help Old Meg use the Transformation Technique to prolong her life. And the Transformation Technique just happened to require the power of Die Tiansi.
Huan Tiansi had already stolen all the remaining parts, so the fact that Aiwas was able to summon the power of Die Tiansi at that time meant that Die Tiansi had already returned to his position!
“…I never thought that a small act of kindness that I did on a whim would become so crucial now.”
Aiwass sighed.
"A small act of kindness?"
Morgan was a little confused by Aiwass's reaction.
So Aiwass told the friendly witch his thoughts one by one.
Although Morgan's reputation wasn't great, and she wasn't exactly a good person, Aiwass still trusted her. The feeling of being able to work together before the apocalypse, regardless of good or evil, regardless of their stance, was quite inspiring to Aiwass.
Unexpectedly, Morgan's expression became a little strange after hearing what Aiwass said.
"Die Tiansi is indeed back, or rather..."
“…How about this?”
"Well, she actually returned after you were born. Or rather, Huan Tiansi planned to create you at this time because Die Tiansi was about to return."
"What does 'rather say' mean?"
Aiwass asked.
He had to get things straight.
As a socialite in the dream world, Morgan obviously knows many secrets that are unknown to the apostles, celestial officials and even some pillar gods.
"It's not really a secret."
Morgan chuckled and shrugged, then posed another question: "Do you know when the Winter Maiden was promoted?"
"Between 1640 and 1660, the youngest daughter of Valentine I. She was even younger than her brother's daughter."
Aiwass said subconsciously, but quickly reacted: "Could it be that...?"
"Let me correct you—although the Winter Girl died at that time, she did not become an Apostle then. Of course, it is impossible for her to become a Celestial Master simply by being favored by the Amber Celestial Master."
Morgan's lips curled up slightly. "Don't forget... the Winter Girl didn't become an Apostle as a 'dead soul', but as a 'ghost'."
Undead… ?
Aiwass suddenly remembered one thing - the Winter Girl could not speak and had no wisdom!
And there was a sentence he had heard shortly after entering the extraordinary world -
——Those who have died but whose bodies remain are stripped of the fourth realm, those who have died but whose souls remain are stripped of the sixth realm! Those who have died but whose souls no longer exist are stripped of the eighth realm, leaving only dusk!
So she is not a living person, but a ghost who has died and no body remains!
Can the undead become gods?
Morgan smiled happily at Aiwas's shocked reaction. "Yes, she actually became an apostle only nineteen years ago. To be precise, it was then that she was pulled into the dream world by Lingbo.
"Even if Die Tiansi isn't successfully brought down... we can still use Dongtian Si as a backup during the second round of the Tail Ring ritual. She's unconscious, speechless, and doesn't even have the desire to attack. She's arguably the easiest Tiansi to defeat. So, you don't have to worry about that at all."
"...Nineteen years ago."
Aiwass murmured, and suddenly it became clear.
All the mysteries are solved!
No wonder, the Winter Girl achieved the feat of becoming a Heavenly Master simply by “dying at the right time” - to be precise, it was not that she died at the right time, but that she became a ghost at the right time!
It was because she became a ghost and trapped Die Tiansi to death that Aiwass was born at that time.
If the Winter Girl hadn't chosen to bury herself in a coffin, transforming into a ghost out of her sorrow, the Butterfly Goddess would have returned to her place earlier. And if the Butterfly Goddess had returned earlier, it would have meant that when constructing the serpent's tail, Aiwass, some fragments of the Butterfly Goddess would have been missing, and thus part of the concept of the "sun" would have been incomplete.
If that were the case, Aiwass would probably not be able to build his current ability system, and would only be able to enter another world line where he advanced to become the Lord of the Great Beasts...
It was because Aiwass showed the potential to be a savior that, when the prophecy was fulfilled, the Winter Girl had the possibility of being promoted to the Winter Master. It was also for this reason that Lingbo Tianshi taught the Winter Girl the concept of the undead, along with the art of "treasure digging."
However, that was not to push down the Winter Girl and make her a sacrifice in the Tail Ring Ceremony... but to carry the relics of the Amber Celestial Master.
After Die Tiansi entered the dream world and left her body, the remaining Winter Girl became a complete empty shell.
No one is more suitable for using the art of exhumation than her. The true name of necromancy, exhumation, means to use dead things!
——And the true identity of the Winter Girl is the butterfly chrysalis.
It is a dead thing!
This may be the reason why Lingbo Tiansi is optimistic about her, just because she can be a substitute for Amber.
If today's amber is the forgotten shell of a cicada...
The winter girl is the butterfly metamorphosis that no one remembers.
But Aiwass felt an almost shocking pity.
Winter Secretary.
A celestial being created solely as a sacrifice and a tool.
As the Ghost Celestial, Winter was designed without consciousness and speech—the former to prevent her from connecting with others, so that no one would grieve over her sacrifice; the latter was also for this reason, and also to prevent her from being infected by the Void… After all, "speech kills the sun." As the "Whisper of the Void," the means of spreading the Void is through "whispers."
Her fate was either to become Amber's substitute, sealed alive in a pillar, or to be killed by Aiwass as food for the Flame-Defying Butterfly. If Amber survived and Aiwass's plan went smoothly, she would become the carrier of the Spiritual Amber Celestial's power, continuing to exercise Amber's authority through the art of excavation after his death.
Just like when she was still alive——
A meaningless life that exists only as a "fuse".
She was born to die for a higher purpose.
(End of this chapter)
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