Chapter 1325 The Final Retreat
The words of the Lord of Scales and Feathers are not actually a "spoiler".
Because once Aiwas gets the Tiansi fragment of Yan Tiansi from Gray, he will immediately realize——
If the little butterfly cannot use the fragments of Geometry Tiansi, the fragments of Weizhe, and the fragments of Flame Tiansi, then it means that the little butterfly is a special case.
This is a situation that is impossible for other phantom demons - if the fragments of Tiansi of the same race cannot be used, the fragments of Tiansi of the same element cannot be used, the fragments of Tiansi of the same path cannot be used, and the fragments of Tiansi of the same origin still cannot be used, then there is something wrong with the iron.
Aiwass's ability to obtain "Illusory Blood" was clearly due to the presence of some element of the Path of Beauty within him. While he certainly lacked the adaptability to the Path of Beauty, even Master Yannis believed Aiwass possessed a natural talent for the Path of Beauty, and the Pope believed Aiwass to be the descendant of Die Tiansi... These hinted that a fragment of Die Tiansi remained within Aiwass's soul.
Now that I think about it, there were already some signs...
The awakening of the "power of conflict" by the Flame-Butterfly is a sign.
The power of conflict lies at the heart of the sun's power, the "core of the sun" coveted by the Horusians. Once possessed, all that's needed is a "vessel" to accomplish the feat of creating an artificial sun. The sun is, of course, a celestial being; and celestial fragments, likewise, require a vessel to exercise their authority.
So what is the oldest artificial sun?
——It is the Eye of the Great Sage, Mithra.
In other words, even if Aiwas went through untold hardships and obtained the fragments of Die Tiansi, he might not be able to use them!
Because the little butterfly had already obtained some of the Tiansi fragments!
Her original "evolution" was just interrupted.
...No wonder the Flame-Rebellious Butterfly is the only phantom demon that inexplicably possesses the "priority plus one" that is unique to higher-level phantom demons.
This "priority plus one" feature comes from "divinity".
At that time, she was only at the third energy level, the lowest level even among all the upper-level phantom demons.
At the same time, Butterfly also had another unique trait—she was the most sensitive to pastoral care among all of Aiwass's phantoms. Aiwass easily strengthened her to near-limit levels, and if he didn't suppress her, he could easily push her to an over-limit state where she couldn't be summoned normally.
However, the same intensity of pastoral care could not even push the fourth level of shadow demon to the maximum.
Because after that, Shadow Fiend had been evolved into Night Fiend by Aiwass and could not be summoned normally... and in order to maintain at least one summoned creature that he could use normally, Aiwass gave up the idea of continuing to use the pastoral method on the little butterfly.
And then...
As a purely artillery turret, the Flame-Butterfly, also a phantom attacking force, gradually began to lose its agility to the exceptional combat awareness of Heleqin. From that point on, the Flame-Butterfly's primary purpose in being summoned was to unleash nuclear explosions... However, if Leah used a nuclear explosion, her destructive power was already sufficient. Further strengthening would only make the explosion's range uncontrollable, so Aiwass still did not use the pastoral method to further strengthen her.
Later, Aiwass had already begun the battle with the Celestial Master. The Phantom Demon, having obtained the Celestial Master fragment, was clearly even stronger, the undisputed main force. Thus, the once oversized Flame-Defying Butterfly gradually shrank to a medium-sized one, making it difficult for it to compete.
“…It turns out the answer is right there on the puzzle.”
Aiwass sighed.
Because a complete fragment was used when Aiwass and the Flame-Butterfly were created, the Flame-Butterfly possessed the "Power of Conflict," a law-based ability normally only available to the Celestial Realm... As the "energy core of the sun," Aiwass understood it to be the law of nuclear fusion.
This is obviously not a power that an ordinary phantom demon can possess.
Not to mention, this is unique and no other phantom demon has this ability.
In other words... the Flame-Rebellious Butterfly actually doesn't need the Tiansi fragments of the Butterfly Tiansi at all.
As long as Aiwas persists in using the pastoral method on her, the Flame Butterfly will naturally complete its evolution.
Even if Aiwass uses the "Complete Pastoral Method" on the Flame Butterfly, she can immediately transform into the Celestial Form!
That wasn't the Die Tiansi's law, because the Die Tiansi's law had already returned when He returned. This was a completely new law, the law of the Rebellious Flame Butterfly.
It would be better to call her "Nuclear Sky Secretary".
That is not the law of the path of beauty, but the law of the path of devotion.
It is the law of the sun!
It's like the starter Pokémon you receive from a professor—while their initial base stats may seem low, they're actually quite powerful once you slowly develop them to their final form. Those seemingly stronger Pokémon you see in the wild are often not as powerful as these little cuties once they've evolved.
"It's a good thing."
Aiwass breathed a sigh of relief.
That way, there really isn't any need to sacrifice anyone.
He didn't need to capture anyone to perform the Tail Ring ritual, he didn't need to force them to summon the Die Tianshi, nor did he need to drag the Die Tianshi down and kill them for no apparent reason. The only person who had to make some sacrifice was Aiwas himself.
I didn't expect the Dao characteristics of [Dissolving Soul] to be used here...
Aiwass's soul will slowly regenerate - he only needs to feed his soul to the Flame Butterfly.
Just as Aiwass could precisely separate a part of his soul, he could also feed the fragment of himself that belonged to the Butterfly Heavenly Master to the Butterfly of Perverse Flame.
Just like distilling liquor, try to distill out as much alcohol as possible.
By absorbing the Taoist talent of "Illusionary Blood" so that Aiwas can no longer use it, the Butterfly of Rebellious Flame can be completely completed.
...Fortunately, I compromised early.
Instead of forcing his own path for the sake of face or persistence, he accepted help from others.
It is now July 11th, and there are still twenty days until the new moon ceremony at the end of the month.
Although Aiwass will inevitably feel a little weak, fortunately, the Flame Butterfly only needs the part that Aiwass does not need... After a few days of rest at the end of the month, his condition will recover to some extent.
This is just paying off a debt—
After clarifying what he wanted to do, Aiwass decisively entered a state of seclusion without wasting any time.
No one knew what Aiwass was doing, only that he was constantly practicing pastoral care.
In order to prevent Isabel from feeling distressed, Aiwass didn't even see Isabel during this period, and stayed alone with the Flame-Rebellious Butterfly.
Because this time, in order to have more "wounds" on himself and create more "channels" for the Flame-Rebellious Butterfly to suck... Aiwass didn't even use the Fire Sacrifice to heal himself, and even used rituals to suppress his recovery ability.
——This is a rather counterintuitive choice.
Normally, it seems that only after the health points are fully restored can the next self-sacrifice provide more vitality and the pastoral method will be more effective.
However, after integrating the pastor's memories, Aiwass realized that this was not the case.
It’s not that pastors don’t have the ability to heal themselves.
He wasn't a priest, but other paths did have some healing abilities... For example, the adapted path's pharmacists, the snake-man priests, and the forbidden path's sacrificial techniques. He could completely rely on others for healing, and even some phantom demons could heal others...
It was the pastor himself who did not receive treatment.
Because if I could heal myself easily, it would actually mean that the price of this pain had already been secretly eliminated. The price I paid would not be that great... There was no point in deceiving myself.
Therefore, the "dedication" of this pastoral method only exists in pain...but pain can also be gotten used to.
So one can only pursue deeper and deeper pain and make more and more cruel sacrifices - just like Aiwass's previous choice, and the same idea as the good master of Paradise City.
But now, Aiwass realized... there was another way of thinking.
——That is to not give yourself any treatment at all.
If he is already dying, then even a few drops of blood he donates would be extremely precious.
It's like a person who is about to die of thirst. If he is willing to give you the last sip of water in his kettle - even if the water is mixed with sand and has a strange smell, it represents his pure dedication.
Until July 26th.
Aiwass finally ended his retreat.
(End of this chapter)
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