Chapter 845 "Animal World" has been completed
“The Pillar God has changed three times.
"The last two times were [Forbidden Fruit] and [Royal Power], corresponding to the birth of Hengwo and the Silver Crown Dragon respectively.
"And during the first event, [Cicada Shedding], five Pillar Gods were born at once..."
The Pillar of Adaptation, the Lord of Scales and Feathers.
The Pillar of Dusk, Amber.
The pillar of wisdom, the great philosopher.
The pillar of strength, the Supreme Heaven.
as well as……
"...The Pillar God of Beasts, the Beast Master."
Aiwass whispered.
The old wizard's eyes suddenly widened.
This was a secret knowledge that he had never received.
For transcendents outside of Avalon, the Silver Crown Dragon's ascension to godhood was no secret. Precisely because the Crowned Lord was the youngest Pillar God, other nations generally looked down upon the path of authority... because it lacked any ancient heritage and clearly lacked foundation.
The secret knowledge that Hengwo replaced the Beast Master and humans were born is known only to a few people.
Perhaps the elves know a lot, but it is obviously impossible for humans to clearly know "why humans came here" through their own history.
As for the cicada shell - that is a secret among secrets.
Even in the history of the Theocracy, this is an untraceable secret. Only races older than the elves... such as dragons, snakemen, and the now nearly extinct winged beings, could possibly access such a secret.
And if we take this possibility into consideration...
Aleister remembered the names of the three tasks.
The three paintings completed using "The King on the White Horse"... "Mole Day", "Snow Queen", and "Animal World", don't they just correspond to the three events of the replacement of the Pillar Gods!
The story that "The Day of the Mole" refers to is probably the most superficial one, the one closest to the original Jacob, which is the metaphorical "collapse of two dynasties" - the white horse here is the Crown of Heaven, the giant bear is the Supreme Heaven, the lion is the Heracle Empire, and the mole is the Son of the Moon.
The white horse communicates with the lion but receives no help, mirroring the knights who initially followed Arthur, leaving their homes and imperial identities behind to arrive on the island of Avalon. Following the white horse's victory, the lion nearly becomes king—but ultimately, the old, sleeping lion is devoured from within by a mole, a fitting chronological sequence.
But "Snow Queen" is a deeper story.
The white horse here is Hengwo, the lion is probably the Beast Master, and the mole is the Son of the Moon. However, Aleister knows little about that period of history... He doesn't know what Hengwo did back then, so he can't know what Hengwo is trying to fight with the power of the Beast Master.
But in the end, the white horse became the "queen" of the sleeping lion. The lion slept for a long time, so the white horse took over the power and appeared...but the actual power still belonged to the beast master.
The power of the Beast Master was digested and dissolved by Hengwo using the Moon Child due to the birth of the Blood Sky Master. When the Moon Child became a perfect man, Hengwo's path was completed, which also meant that the Beast Path was completely absorbed by the Path of Love.
Then... comes the third possibility.
——Animal world.
"Is this... the legendary 'cicada molt'?"
The great wizard in his spiritual state opened his eyes wide and watched the fight between the Sky Warrior and the King of the Earth.
The white horse seemed so vulnerable in front of the giant bear that it was thrown away almost the moment they met. However, the giant bear was entangled with a curse, which made it extremely painful.
Aiwass looked up at the sky—the fierce battlefield couldn't affect the two dead men in the slightest. Even if everything was filtered through the filter of fairy tales and animals, they could still see how bloody the battle was.
"Back then, the Path of Adaptation was called the Path of Hunting, and the golden lion was the Hunter King."
Aiwass said slowly: "Before becoming Tiansi, Yi Tiansi was an extremely powerful warrior... At the same time, he was also an ancient and powerful wizard.
"He relied on the power of the hunting path to gain strength, and with the help of the power of the Hunter King, he defeated the King of Earth. He once wanted to give glory to the Hunter King..."
——However, the white horse thinks the lion is arrogant, and the lion thinks the white horse is stupid.
Although the Hunting King lent power to the Winged One, he did not believe that the Winged Sky Master, who was still a mortal, could defeat the King of the Earth, let alone that he could become the "King" by doing so.
Because he who becomes a king must be a meat-eater.
This so-called king must be God!
The King of the Earth is not an ordinary being at all, but a celestial being... or even a pillar god!
"So, the white horse and the golden lion parted ways. The white horse became the 'king', commanding his animals..."
Aiwass looked at the small animals with white wings, paused for a moment, and then whispered, "He became the king of the winged beings, Yi Tiansi."
"Then what?!"
The old wizard's eyes trembled.
He stared at everything in front of him intently, listening eagerly to the many secrets that Aiwass told.
The driving force of the path of wisdom was running wildly in his soul. The endless curiosity and mystery were like a millstone that could never be stopped once it started, grinding his will into powder.
For those who are transcendent on the path of wisdom, the urge to solve the mystery is irresistible; a hidden truth is far more valuable than life.
If I hear the truth in the morning, I can die in the evening!
"Then……"
Aiwass was about to answer.
But at this moment, when the giant bear was about to pounce on the wounded white horse, time suddenly stopped.
Three illusory light gates appeared beside Aiwass, each covered with vines.
The question is also given at this time:
What should be the ending of the story?
——【Split】? 【Fusion】? 【Rebellion】?
The answer to what Aiwass will choose is self-evident.
These three options correspond to the three possibilities: [Winged Tiansi splits into Weizhe and Zhigaotian], [Hengwo and the Beast Master are entangled together], and [The Silver Crown Dragon suppresses the Disaster Dragon].
The first painting is subtly different from the second.
If the first painting had "many extra things that shouldn't be there" and needed to be manually cut out...
The second picture shows many ambiguous statements, each of which is correct. We need to observe and choose to decide which direction it will ultimately lean towards.
Aleister's first question must have been answered incorrectly.
If you choose "both," the subsequent plot will only lead to the first ending... but fortunately, it was reversed later, but I don't know how many points you will lose. Aleister's victory by points is probably out of the question, but Aiwass can win by points...
However, according to this statement... Doesn't it mean that the third painting is "missing" something and needs to be supplemented by humans?
Thinking this, Aiwass chose the [Split] Gate.
He strode in, walked to the end, and pushed open the door without hesitation.
——At this time, the storm had stopped.
The sun is shining and spring flowers are blooming.
A white horse wearing a bearskin cloak and a crown on its head slowly paced to the top of the tower.
Now, it didn't seem as pure white as before. Its fur, which had come into contact with the crackling flames, had turned black, a charcoal-like color, and was emitting wisps of green smoke.
It has become the "king". The red fox no longer stepped on its back, but circled around its feet.
"Have you made up your mind?"
The fox asked.
The white horse was silent for a long time, then replied, "I will eventually meet the Truth."
Its voice was no longer as clear and youthful as before, but became low, hoarse and mature.
It turned its head and saw some blood in the horse's mouth.
——Those are the remains of meat.
Its pupils had turned black and red—a black background with red pupils like crosshairs.
Those were the eyes of the red bear from before.
"I defeated the carnivore, and then I began to eat carnivorous things. I defeated the tyrant, and then I became a tyrant myself. I solved a mystery, but it became another mystery... Everything seems to be in a cycle. Over and over again, no one can escape the shackles of fate..."
Bai Ma whispered, "Only the 'truth' can give me the answer."
“… Where is the truth?”
"As long as I open that tightly closed door, I can step into that uninhabited river. Although our animal nature always makes us resist the truth, I must obtain it, obtain... wisdom. Just as I have obtained power.
Without wisdom, we live our lives in confusion on earth. We are always trapped in a repetitive cycle. Only by coming into contact with the truth can we understand everything.
"I will be back, fox. You just stay in this tower... When I get the truth, I will explain to everyone why we fight and why we live."
Bai Ma said so.
At this moment, on the other side.
An old white dog was standing quietly by, looking coldly at the remains of the lion.
It had been lying on its side on the ground at some point, its chest, abdomen and mouth covered in blood.
It died of poisoning.
And a black mole was greedily chewing its liver.
It turned back to look at the white dog, grinning and saying in a sharp voice, "Want some? Everyone who sees it gets a share—you still have a chance to regret it, don't you, Master?"
"No need, sir."
The old dog replied coldly, "I have made up my mind."
"Then you should call me..."
As the mole was speaking, his body suddenly melted into black mud.
It gathered together again and turned into an extremely huge roc, which threw the lion's remains into the sky and swallowed it into its stomach.
Then, the dark golden bird-like pupils turned around and stared at the old dog coldly: "Call me 'Your Majesty'."
"No need."
The old dog replied, “In my life, I have only served one Majesty.
"...Lord of Scale Feathers."
The Roc stared at him coldly for a long time, then flapped its wings and flew away.
It announced its birth with a cry in the sky that resounded throughout the world.
In the distance, a white horse draped in a burning crimson bearskin also looked up.
It also flew up, its pure white wings burning with red flames, dragging a deep red trail, like the sun in the sky.
Hundreds of beasts on the ground raised their heads and looked at the two new kings in the sky.
At this moment, the sky was already at dusk, and the sun at dusk was just blocked by the Peng bird.
The next moment, the whole world turned into light, condensing into a complete painting.
On the left, a gigantic roc obscured the setting sun, seemingly bringing night forward. On the right, a white horse, blazing with flames, shone as brightly as the sun, illuminating half the sky. Hundreds of beasts on the ground looked up at the sky.
It may be the day of rebirth, or it may be the end.
Maybe it's the beginning of the end, or maybe... the end of the beginning.
Rebellion is the first sharp sword of the helpless, and curse will be the last. History will repeat itself, once, twice, three times... No one can escape the curse of the eternal cycle. He who is king will die by the sword, and he who kills with the sword will become king. This may be a paradox, but it may also be a cycle. Who knows? Not to mention the living, even the gods are nothing but blood-thirsty beasts, feasting on each other...
[——Completed, "Animal World"]
Such a childish yet solemn voice rang in the ears of Aiwas and Aleister.
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