Chapter 1340 Eternal Reincarnation
The sun will eventually die.
When Taiyi came to an end, the world fell into eternal darkness.
...But that...may not be pure darkness.
There are still tens of millions of stars shining in the sky.
The black sea surges with tides, rising and falling.
Aiwass was sitting on a huge rock by the coast, looking into the distance, and Inanna followed his example and sat beside him.
"One night I burned all my memories, and from then on my dreams became transparent."
Aiwass murmured the poem: "There was a morning... I threw away all yesterdays, and my steps have been light ever since."
"What is this, teacher?"
“This is poetry.”
"What is poetry?"
“Poetry is the tears of words.”
“Words can bring tears…”
Inanna said, somewhat bewilderedly, "Will the words bleed?"
After a long silence, Aiwass said firmly: "Yes.
"—One blood-red word is enough to cut the words; and the cut words, entwined on the tongue, become a curse.
"It turns people against each other, makes people anxious and uneasy, and makes people die of despair. It spreads war all over the land and makes the world never at peace."
"So, the bleeding words are curses?"
"No. It's called... Prophecy."
Aiwass spoke in a low voice with extremely complicated emotions.
He didn't know how much time had passed outside.
He didn't know how long it had lasted.
At first, Aiwass tried to unravel the secret of this promotion ceremony.
The whisper of nothingness he wanted to fight again.
But after Aiwass returned to the past with the power of reincarnation of the Snake Father and became the God of Reincarnation, he could no longer even hear the damn whispers.
Aiwass uses the authority of the God of Reincarnation to reset the world again and again.
Whenever the world seemed to be heading in the wrong direction, he would turn back the clock and return everything to the point before the change occurred.
He finally understood...what exactly the "reloading" power of the Samsara God was used for.
Unlike Amber, who could only reverse the world to its original moment, as the true owner of the power of reincarnation, Aiwass could more flexibly choose the node to reset the entire world.
But soon, Aiwass realized the dangers of this power.
People...will get tired.
Unlimited save files to load as many times as you want - this is simply the power of God.
Because of this, Aiwass needs nothing and fears nothing.
But……
Even if it's just a game, if you try to complete all the achievements in the most perfect way by infinitely loading the game, it will eventually lose its fun.
Soon, Aiwass became aware of the unease.
Although he has plenty of time—the flow rate between this world and the outside world is ten thousand to one—his time is not infinite after all.
He didn't know how many times he had rewound it.
He repeatedly sought the "main mission" of this promotion ceremony, wanting to leave this world.
But he felt like he was imprisoned here.
No matter what I do, there are no prompts.
He had no system, no mission, no purpose.
He didn't know what he should do.
So Aiwass began to try various possibilities over and over again.
——Anyway, all we need to do is turn back time and everything will disappear.
Sometimes he is arrogant, sometimes he is cruel, sometimes he is compassionate, and sometimes he is indifferent.
No matter what choice you make, the moment time goes back - all meaning will be lost.
This is indeed an infinite number of reloads. But it has a problem - Aiwass can't go back to the future.
As long as he chooses to reload the game, it is equivalent to killing the world.
But even for a game that lasts for several hours or even dozens of minutes, it will become boring if you keep loading the saved game.
If life could be repeated infinitely, how could we still maintain the original enthusiasm after repeating it infinitely?
“…Eternal reincarnation.”
Aiwass murmured.
While the world changes and cycles, things in the world remain unchanged.
The righteous will remain righteous, and the filthy will remain filthy. The king will always be the king, and the slave will always be the slave.
No one ascends, no one descends, and nothing changes.
The universe has solidified like an amber egg; the world is in eternal reincarnation, like a ring with a tail.
Eternal reincarnation in the true sense.
He seemed to hear a devil's whisper: This life you have lived, you will have to live it countless times. There is nothing new in it, every pain, ecstasy, thought and sigh will reappear...
——Then will you still love this world?
“Get out!”
Aiwass angrily scolded the whispers in his heart.
And an even more terrifying possibility emerged in his mind - that was not a whisper in the void, but his own true thoughts.
——What I am doing now, do I wish to be repeated billions of times in eternity?
Aiwass chose to remain silent.
He obviously didn't want to.
"teacher……?"
Inanna was a little confused and surprised: "Are you crying?"
She came over and carefully wiped the tears from the corners of Aiwas' eyes.
"…Just a few tears."
Aiwass didn't refuse, but just murmured softly: "You get used to it after crying... After a long time, people will get used to anything as despicable as this."
"Teacher's words always make sense."
"This is just the collective wisdom I have gathered. I am a despicable thief who wants to steal time."
Aiwass said, looking up at the sky.
The dark golden pupils appeared pitch black in the night.
The sky without the sun seems a little lonely.
After a short rest, Aiwass opened his eyes again.
His eyes were filled with determination again.
——If time and space will continue to cycle, then come.
Cowards will fall into the abyss of nothingness...but true heroes will be forged into a new sun by reincarnation.
If this is life, then do it again!
So, Aiwass took another step forward.
Unlimited deaths, unlimited failures, unlimited rewinds.
He seemed to be walking on a treadmill that was constantly rolling backwards... Whether he was walking or running, he was standing still.
But he gradually approached one transparent figure after another and passed through them.
That was the Ai Shipings of the past.
It is the memories they left behind.
——In a time when the entire world is frozen in amber, only Aiwass's dream continues to move forward.
He alone is experiencing the torment of eternal reincarnation.
...Or perhaps it was just a test. A test created by my past self.
Only by breaking through this trial can you face the void.
"—Then, it is decided unanimously that the Reincarnation Celestial Master will conduct a world reset. Set the world's clock forward to 3325 years ago."
At the Nine Pillars Meeting, Sha Shiji read out his proposal to wipe out all members, including himself.
In the reincarnations again and again, there are people who help Aiwass share the responsibility.
"—My dear friend, I will illuminate the earth!"
Lucifer laughed loudly and shouted—
He rose into the sky and blocked the dark hole.
In the cycle of reincarnation, there are also people who want to be heroes.
"There's nothing else we can do," the Lord of Scales and Feathers sighed, perhaps with admiration or helplessness, "I can only rely on you—let's rewind."
"Go back."
Sizhu, who was wrapped in dark corrosion and gradually disintegrating, said gently: "Let's choose a new path."
"Oh……"
With the sword piercing his chest, Zhigaotian grinned at Aiwass with a smile that was somewhat regretful but not sad. "Go back to the past, snake. Kill the cowardly me."
"Go back, snake."
"We need to abandon this world line."
"My dear friend, I'm so sorry..."
The scene emerged again and again.
This is what happened in the first week.
After all, it's just going back a little bit, it can't be called starting a new game.
No one knows how many times Ouroboros has reincarnated, and no one knows how many times he has moved the golden apples.
However--
It seems as if everything is destined.
The power of fate finally came to an end.
Aiwass saw the sky full of dim yellow.
It wasn't sand... it was the death of the world.
The new sun was dead—and that sun was not the moon's half, but his best friend Lucifer.
He had burned out completely and stood until the last moment.
The moon shone with a blood-like light, but it could only illuminate less than a quarter of the sky.
That was not the eternal self, but Cain who was contaminated by nothingness.
Countless ruins floated in the dim yellow sky, like unroasted tea leaves with their stems floating on the water.
Looking around, there was no living thing on the earth.
Above, only deformed dragons roared and flew, dead bodies controlled by the void.
Among them was a giant dragon with silver-white wings, and a flying headless monster holding the heads of Weizhe and Zhigaotian in its hands.
That was the Mian Tiansi who was killed by Aiwass and resurrected by Nothingness.
He held in his hands the Great Master and Supreme Heaven, who had fought to the bitter end. They fought back to back, but were ultimately slain by the Void, and were about to be transformed into one of them.
——Through reloading the game again and again, Aiwass truly achieved ultimate perfection.
Under his coordination, the Nine Pillars finally united. In the name of the Forbidden Pillar, he led the Nine Pillars to the end.
But he still failed.
Only the thorns of sin wriggle and crawl on the ground.
Buildings were reduced to ruins and the land dried up and turned into a desert.
At this moment, Aiwas's consciousness was confused and his breath was weak.
He lay on the ground, his entire body fused to the Sinthorn except for his head. His hands were as withered as trees, with only the area above his neck remaining intact, where veins networked in black like maple leaves.
After a violent cough, his consciousness seemed to become vaguely clearer.
“——Teacher, teacher!”
In a daze, Aiwas heard the pure white girl holding her head and crying, "Don't die, teacher!"
"Inanna..."
Aiwass said unconsciously.
“…I’m sorry.”
He smiled bitterly, his voice hoarse: "I tried my best."
"Teacher, there is another way. Use the Tail Ring!"
The pure white girl almost completely transformed into light. In the dim world, she could only barely illuminate a small area around Aiwass: "Go back to the past——"
“…Back to the past.”
He heard himself mumbling and sneering, as if in a dream: "Was it useful...?"
Suddenly, his eyes turned to the pure white girl.
As if realizing something, Aiwass opened his eyes wide and his vision suddenly became clear.
At that moment, it seemed as if the ancient memories from millions of years ago came back to my mind.
He suddenly remembered that it was the illusion he had seen when he contracted with Amber.
Everything is exactly the same as it is now—
Aiwass coughed violently, tears streaming down his face. It was unclear whether it was because he was choking or if he couldn't help himself.
He coughed and laughed out loud.
Aiwass finally remembered.
——He is in the middle of the promotion ceremony.
How could I forget?
When did I forget?
As she looked at Aiwas, tears kept flowing from Inanna's eyes.
"……I see."
Inanna choked, slowly reached out her hand, and grasped the black thorn halo on Aiwas's head.
That was exactly the manifestation of Aiwass's Celestial Fragment as the "Forbidden Pillar God".
Originally, she should have been impossible to touch... because being able to touch the halo directly meant that she also met the selection rules for the Celestial Fragments.
—Yet Inanna was a unique exception.
Because on the day when the Snake Father died, besides Aiwass, Inanna also witnessed it all.
She is the only one who can inherit the Ring of the Tail.
"...The Ring of the Tail... and, Sensei's position as the Pillar God... leave it all to me."
Inanna burst into tears, but her hands gradually clenched.
And just at this moment.
Aiwass raised his withered hand and gently placed it on Inanna's arm.
It was an extremely light force.
But he stopped Inanna's action in an instant.
"...I...do not fear my fate, Inanna."
Aiwass murmured softly, "I actually... love my destiny. Because it is the core of my existence.
"My love flies above misfortune. I long for the needs of others. I love every moment of this world... and because of this, I can bear the weight of infinite reincarnation.
"...I know you are that kind of person, Inanna."
Inanna was a little confused.
But I am also looking forward to it.
She slowly lowered her hand and looked at Aiwass.
And six pitch-black cards gradually appeared beside Aiwass.
They are all powers that were sealed by "Nothingness" along with Aiwass's memories.
But what truly seals them is not nothingness—but a distorted "∞" symbol.
If the infinite loop of "The Loop" distorts itself, it will become an "Endless Knot".
The loop (O) becomes infinite (∞).
And at this moment, they gradually faded and turned into six different colors.
The moment he broke free from the seal, six voices suddenly flooded into Aiwas's mind:
"Brother! You finally..."
"Master, we have been calling you for a long time—"
Aiwass took a deep breath.
"ah."
He made a meaningless sound and slowly sat up from the ground: "I'm back."
Aiwass looked up at the corrupted white dragon in the sky - He discovered Aiwass.
The dragon roared and swooped down.
Now, Aiwas, who has become a pillar god, whispered the prayer of the Snake Father: "I give thanks... to the Father of the Ouroboros, the God of the Holy Number Eight...
"The God who never stops, the God who reverses the world—"
The chanting had no meaning, it was just a thank you from the heart.
As Aiwass's pupils gradually regained their color and brilliance, six figures appeared one after another and attacked the Corrupted White Dragon, severely injuring it in the blink of an eye. Wings then began to form behind Aiwass.
The entire world constructed by the ascension ceremony was trembling and collapsing.
Cracks continued to appear in the sky.
"Give me...
"——Beyond time and space!"
(End of this chapter)
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