Chapter 852 Endless Knot Ai Shiping
In his spirit state, Aiwas's expression became serious.
He looked at "Evans" in front of him.
His short, golden hair stood up messily like flames, and within his eyes was a purplish-red glow that flowed like smoke. He was shirtless, his muscular build clearly visible, and his skin was a wheatish brown, almost brown.
His skin was covered in numerous silver runes, overlapping to form a mystical array and strange runic codes. They inhaled and exhaled the elemental power overflowing in the air, constantly drawing in and exhaling a radiance of blue, red, white, and yellow. Behind that "Aivaz," these radiances formed a vast halo of flowing, four-colored light.
Just standing there gives people a strong sense of oppression.
——If I had to describe it, it would be “magnificent divine power”.
It is completely different from Aiwass's skin as white as jade, and although you can see some muscle undulations, you need to touch it with your hands to feel the muscle outlines.
The "Evans" in front of us gives people the feeling that "he can kill someone with just a few punches with his bare hands."
...Compared to the "old Aiwass" in the painting, Aiwass would rather believe that this is the other person he has been waiting for for a long time.
"Huantiansi..."
Aiwass murmured softly: "I finally see you."
The mastermind who dragged Aiwass into the maze, making him the fulcrum of so many conspiracies and intrigues, the one who developed and orchestrated the Tail Ring ritual, and the one who caused so many world-destroying crises. He was also the god who intended to devour Aiwass's existence... the true time traveler, Ai Shiping.
Even Aiwass's precious memories of his previous life and his name were taken away... or rather, nothing was left for him.
In a sense, He is even the essence and creator of Aiwass.
So far, Huan Tiansi has only appeared as a man who tells riddles with fragments of words.
Aiwas was caught off guard by the sudden contact with the personified Huan Tiansi.
Originally, Aiwass had thought he'd only encounter this guy after defeating the Fallen Angels, the Calamity Dragon... and even his adoptive father. He should be standing in that dark palace, awaiting his challenge, a destined opponent to decide their fate...
But now, He appeared so early.
Arriving at Aiwass early, I was completely unprepared, not even emotionally prepared...
"Actually, you should call me Endless Knot now," Ai Shiping said with a smile, appearing quite friendly. "But Tianshi Huan is also fine. It's up to you..."
He took a step back and looked at Aiwass, as if he was admiring his most perfect work.
"This is a hard time to find the right time."
Huan Tiansi sighed, "Only when your transcendent soul is separated will you listen to me at ease. But it's not easy for me to come to the Church Kingdom, so I can only wait for you in the dream world..."
"...In other words," Aiwass frowned slightly, "Is it because I'm dead that you came to me?"
"I'll come if either you or Aleister dies. You have to separate... If you see Aleister attacking me, you'll come with him, right? That would be bad."
Huan Tiansi said with a smile: "If Hakimi goes crazy and bites people, it will be the keycap."
Aiwass didn't understand what He said, but he could keenly sense that it was not a good thing.
He frowned, but had to admit one thing - before he met Aleister, he did have the patience to listen to Huan Tiansi and was indeed full of curiosity.
"...What exactly do you want to do? Take my body and upgrade it to become the Ring of the Tail?"
Aiwass asked in return: "Isn't the Endless Knot okay?"
"You must be joking. You don't think you're special, do you?"
Huan Tiansi smiled helplessly. Although he was gentle and patient, his words revealed an unconcealable arrogance and indifference. "I don't need you at all to complete the Tail Ring. You don't even know what the name 'Ewass' means.
"Listen carefully, Aiwass—I am your shepherd. Both you and Aleister were parts of me that were separated from you from the very beginning. You simply forgot too much, and thus developed self-awareness... Therefore, if one day I need to complete myself, it won't be 'taking away your body,' but reclaiming what is my property."
"What if," Aiwass said solemnly, "the final outcome is... I eat you?"
"……Oh."
Huan Tiansi smiled, completely unconcerned. "If you can do it, then go ahead. Pastoral care is just a bridge, not the goal. Whose consciousness is the primary subject is something only mortals with flesh and blood would worry about. Once you've died, you'll know it's unimportant. This kind of thing is like the synopsis of a novel... while it's important, you can still read it without it. The most important thing is the content."
"When you become me, you will eventually choose the same thing as me. I understand you, just as I understand myself. I know what I have cut out, and I also know what you will choose. That's why I asked that question just now..."
"...Let more people survive?"
Aiwass murmured softly.
He asked in return, "Is this the reason you held the Tail Ring?"
"oh?"
Huan Tiansi's face still had an unchanged, benevolent smile like a deity, and he opened his arms as if stretching: "Then let's take a look at this world.
"This is a world where I didn't perform the Tail Ring ceremony—what do you think?"
“…I think it’s good.”
Aiwass spoke frankly: "Supernatural power and technology are integrated together, just like..."
"—It's just like our past lives, right? Even more interesting. Yeah, if you think about it from the perspective of how interesting it is, or the development of civilization, then that's certainly true."
Huan Tiansi lowered his eyes slightly, and the smile on his face gradually faded.
"You might not have a straight sense here."
He said this and put his hand on Aiwass's shoulder.
The next moment——
The world around me was suddenly rewritten.
Above the light purple sky, the silver-white stars turned into shooting stars traveling with him.
The deep purple river surged like a surging wave, and Huan Tiansi stepped on a small piece of ice, drifting downstream. He left all the stars behind him, and before him lay only endless, all-encompassing darkness. Where the river had not yet flowed, everything was turbid and uncertain. Only after the source of the current had passed did the land finally manifest itself as a beautiful purple.
"This is……"
"The eighth source river, the River of Change."
Huan Tiansi raised his head and said calmly, "You or I—one day we must obtain the power of this river."
"...Are you so thirsty for power?" Aiwass murmured.
"Thirst? Power?"
Huan Tiansi laughed as if he had heard something funny. "No, you don't understand what it means to become a Pillar God. As long as you step into this source river one day, you will become a Pillar God, invulnerable to reincarnation. One day you will return here again."
As He spoke, He pointed to the nothingness in front of Him: "Do you know what that is?"
“…”
Aiwass did not answer.
He pursed his lips and frowned.
Is this really... me?
They are clearly parts that have been cut off, so why is there such a big gap between them?
"That is the non-existent Tenth River, [Nothingness]. I prefer to call it the 'Whisper of the Void'."
Huan Tiansi turned around and looked at Aiwass. "You should have heard of it, right? In another world line... In the world line where 'New Avalon' is called 'London', the next moment after December 31, 1999, the world was frozen in the color of dusk.
“I’m going to tell you this story from another perspective.
"—This world has been restarted eight times. On that day, the world didn't end... but was 'frozen.'
"For eight thousand years, the cycle has continued, over and over again. Amber preserved this world, and for this feat, she was elevated to the rank of Pillar God. From then on... the entire world has continued to circulate within Amber.
"My reincarnation authority wasn't shattered before that... I gave it to Amber."
Huan Tiansi looked at Aiwas calmly: "Have you used the second effect of the pastoral method?
"Giving the power of the phantom demon to others - and as everyone knows, the Heavenly Master and the Pillar God are also a kind of phantom demon.
"I gave all my Pillar God power to that girl. She is the living Pillar of this world."
"...Isn't the girl inside Amber the 'wrong' Pillar God?"
Aiwass realized that he had guessed wrong about one thing before.
Huan Tiansi asked in return, "Why do you think that all source rivers must have assigned pillar gods?
"You simply don't understand what it means to be a Pillar God. It's a living Pillar of this world.
"If becoming a Pillar God comes at no cost...
"—Then how did you get here?"
(End of this chapter)
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