Chapter 894 The Seven Deadly Sins
“Uh…”
Zhu Tang groaned and covered his eyes with his hands.
In the face of such overwhelming power, it would be useless even for him to cover his eyes!
Even though he didn't open his eyes, the overwhelming power of transcendence still assaulted his soul. That intense impulse, enough to shake a person's very heart, materialized into physical harm—two streams of blood and tears slowly dripped from his tightly closed eyes.
This is the eighth level, which is the number of transcendence.
Those winged demons surged forward, their boundless transcendental power transformed into a dark purple, almost black gale, making it difficult for everyone to even stand steadily.
A near-endless stream of demons—a force that obscured the heavens and the sun—rushed in. It was like encountering a swarm of bats deep in a cave, only these bats were slightly larger and more numerous.
Aiwass has extensive knowledge of demons.
Although they were still far away... he took a quick glance and roughly recognized the types of these demons.
Whipping Fiend, Eye Fiend, Shadow Fiend, Wraith Fiend, Snare Fiend, Ice Fiend, Blood Fiend, Blade Fiend...
——The number is at least more than five hundred!
The weakest one starts at the fourth energy level, and there are some strong ones at the fifth energy level here and there.
The only good news was that Aiwass didn't see any Fire Demons, Winter Demons, or Night Demons, which were usually higher-level phantom demons above the world limit. After all, before the Demon Incarnation class system, which could directly incubate Great Demons, Great Demons below the fifth energy level would not appear in the material world.
These winged demons are all the fallen souls of those self-sacrificing winged ones!
They are imprisoned here, frozen in time and preserved to this day... without ever devouring anyone's soul.
Lightning flickered in Sine's pupils as he began to chant a spell. The demons seemed to become even more frantic upon seeing this lightning.
Monk Mu had already silently stood at the front of the team, like a high wall;
Kitty went into stealth, and she quickly set up traps on the ground ahead;
The dream-wandering monk's body fell backwards into a deep sleep, and the soul body, shining like gold, stepped out;
Zhu Tang recovered a little, and began to take out some chess pieces from his ceremonial bag and began to arrange the formation;
The little butterfly on Aiwass's shoulder reappeared as the Flame-Defying Butterfly, blocking Aiwass's way...
Even Master Chongpo became serious, holding the amber beads on his left wrist, ready to tear them apart at any time.
Aiwass was still praying and blessing them. One after another, rays of light flickered among the crowd.
A shield of light appeared and dissipated from them, followed by the symbol of a sharp blade, followed by a pair of wings. Then a transparent white mesh wall of light appeared, and finally, everyone entered a vague semi-invisible state...
But Cardinal Galatea just looked at her former colleagues, and her eyes, which had become puppets, looked heavy and sad.
"To raise the Winged King to the heights of the Dream Realm, for the continuation of their race and the future of the world, they sacrificed their lives and offered their souls. If the Winged King can become a god above gods, these souls will all become his apostles..."
She obviously had no intention of attacking them, but just continued to maintain the illusion with Aiwass.
Aiwass also remembered the words of the Lord of Scales and Feathers:
[…'Transmutation' represents the constant nature of all things, which are eternally changing… What goes up will eventually come down, and what goes down will eventually go up. All things change and flow, and nothing can change.]
What goes up will eventually come down, and what goes down will eventually go up.
"...Is this, 'What goes up must come down'?"
Aiwass murmured softly.
Cardinal Galatea nodded: "After the 'Four Elements' of the Path of Wisdom are stripped away, the 'Seven Brands' of the Path of Power alone are not enough to allow those souls to enter the spiral and cyclical path of ascension.
"At the same time, when the purpose becomes mixed, no longer for the continuation of civilization, the sacrifice of these souls becomes too light compared to transcending fate. The scales tilt to one side, and the voices of those praying in the spirit state cannot reach the ears of the Winged King, and they can no longer provide the power of devotion.
Without the power of devotion to stabilize the mind, and no longer striving for transcendence for the sake of others, the desire for transcendence based on power expands infinitely. This triggers a chain reaction—uncontrolled and more easily shifting power, coupled with a lack of truth and a reduced willingness for self-sacrifice... and most crucially, the extreme worship and worship of 'power.' This combination of factors becomes the sin that leads to human depravity.
"Then He also descended from on high. From this came the seven deadly sins."
The root of the sin of lust lies in people's instinctive desire for the continuation of civilization and their potential impulse for creation. When people ignore the necessity of "civilization" as the purpose of creation, uncontrolled desire becomes lust.
The sin of gluttony stems from an excessive obsession with essential pleasures and the resulting waste. It's an instinctive pursuit of strength and the path of "food"—a desire to become stronger and enjoy more resources. This leads to a loss of the desire to "give," resulting in the plundering of food that belongs to others and the wanton waste of food.
The sin of greed is the desire to possess more than one needs. Differences among people give rise to civilization, but if the purpose of transcendence is no longer to "perpetuate civilization," it becomes plunder. That is transcendence without dedication.
The sin of laziness stems from the abdication of responsibility. To the ancients, everyone had work to do, and any time wasted by one person meant more work for others. In the face of the irresistible trend of transcendence, resisting transcendence by resisting dedication becomes a grave sin in itself.
The sin of rage is due to the lack of the power of the source of wisdom. The violence without truth, the power not controlled by wisdom, coupled with the power not restrained by dedication and not beneficial to civilization, becomes dangerous rage and becomes the cause of harm to each other.
The sin of envy also stems from differences in civilization. Greed seeks to possess more for oneself, while envy desires that others possess less. Greed favors material possessions, while envy seeks something beyond them. Both are transcendences unaffected by devotion.
Add to this the ultimate hubris—the ancients claimed to be gods, intending to transcend the Pillar Gods to manipulate the source river and create a greater being above them. This is the prototype of the sin of hubris. However, their ultimate goal was to "continue civilization," and their desire to transcend the apocalypse that hindered this ideal could not be considered a sin.
When pride loses its power of devotion and its purpose ceases to be selfless, it becomes the ultimate sin—for it is itself a “mistake” that is only temporarily obscured by devotion when it is motivated by it.
They do not all come from transcendence, but they all come from the loss of dedication.
"But the original plan for the Tower of Babel didn't require dedication at all..."
Aiwass realized the truth of everything and the birth of the demon: "It was because of Huan Tiansi's conspiracy that he added the power of dedication and transcendence to the ritual, which reduced the tolerance of the ritual and caused distortion... Wait?"
……ceremony?
"Actually, what Huan Tiansi said here is correct... We do need to join the Way of Devotion."
Cardinal Galatea tilted his head slightly, looking at Aiwass with a complicated expression, as if looking at the snake that once bewitched people. "Because we overlooked one thing at the time—this very thing already conformed to the principles of transcendence, and therefore automatically became a ritual, already containing the power of transcendence. Even if we didn't join the ritual of dedication, it would still fail in the end. Moreover, due to the complete imbalance, the ritual would completely collapse the moment it began.
"It was precisely because Huan Tiansi's advice was correct that the wise among us believed in the Snake. He tried his best to save us... but then used us as tools.
He enabled the Winged King to successfully ascend to the Dream Realm, yet earned him the ironic title of 'Fallen'. The once pure soul that had 'sacrificed' itself did not shatter in the devastating defeat. Instead, under the influence of the corrupting power of the Seven Deadly Sins, it transformed into a new species of phantom demon, imbued with power but lacking in wisdom...
"—Because their ways have strayed from the right path and fallen into evil, the Fallen Angels call them demons."
Therefore, Huantiansi's pastoral care method is particularly effective against demons.
Therefore, demons always desire the souls of priests who are willing to sacrifice themselves.
That's why Huan Tiansi always wants to use the Tail Ring to pull the Fallen Angels to the ground.
Therefore, the great sin scholars belonging to the Huantian Division and the demon incarnations of the Fallen Angel Division can transform into each other.
Therefore, the "Endless Knot" can transform dark demons into elemental creatures...
...So even though the Fallen Angel sent demons to plunder souls from the nine source rivers to arm himself, Sizhu and Sha Shiji did not attack him; although the Fallen Angel once rebelled against the Snake Father, the Snake Father did not kill him.
Because He was—at least once was—truly an innocent person.
But this Huan Tiansi...his mental state seems to be unstable.
Compared to the Ai Shiping that Aiwass met this week, this Huan Tiansi seems to be much colder, more rational, and more ruthless. To achieve his goals, he can sacrifice everything.
Huan Tiansi did such a thing, but he is still a candidate for the Pillar God. This fact itself was not stopped by other Pillar Gods who were worried about the end of the world... This shows that his actions were also tacitly accepted or even permitted by other Pillar Gods.
But why did He want to stop the Tower of Babel project?
Did He already know that this plan could not be accomplished?
...Or does He know that even if this plan is completed, it will ultimately be of no use?
Or rather...
In the past eight failed games, the Tower of Babel was successful? But in the end, it was proven that this plan was ineffective against Doomsday?
Only this kind of answer could explain why He was so ruthless, cruel and decisive—
——Because this is exactly the "necessary evil" and "premature death"!
Aiwass's body trembled.
It's not that I'm trembling with fear, but that I'm touching the truth more deeply.
The more he understood, the less he feared Huan Tiansi.
He will eventually escape from the fate of being a chess piece—raise his head and give that guy a good punch!
When Aiwas was lost in thought, the surging tide of demons had already rushed over!
(End of this chapter)
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