Chapter 896: Miracle of Resurrection
After Aiwas restored Mu's body to health and replenished the kitten's strength, he clapped his hands and turned back to look at the wreckage attentively.
Sine's body had already lost its temperature.
From the abdomen upwards, it was almost completely shattered, leaving only a broken spine about a palm's height. His robes weren't completely torn, but the remaining strips of cloth scattered across his bloodied and mangled internal organs. Soaked in blood, they had now cooled, turning a dry, hard, black color.
There were traces of blood splattered on the ground when the lower half of the body fell to the ground. At this moment, the blood had dried up, and even if Aiwass stepped directly on it, it would not leave any footprints.
Aiwass looked at Master Chongbo and asked, "Will you do it or should I?"
"You should come."
Master Chongbo was very humble: "My skills are needed to repair the damaged body, or even create a new one. I don't have that much time now... Or do you need more time?"
“I haven’t actually tried it.”
Aiwass shook his head and said calmly in the face of everyone's suddenly horrified gazes, "This is the first time... but let me give it a try."
"Don't worry, try it," Chongbo was very calm and gentle. Not only was he not surprised by Aiwass's words, but he comforted him, "If it doesn't work, I'm here. Bringing the dead back to life is a miracle in itself. It doesn't matter if you can't do it.
"After all, I'm the one who brought everyone here. Even if some die along the way, it doesn't matter. As long as I can survive to the end, I will resurrect everyone."
Aiwass walked forward and stretched out his hand to feel the air above the corpse.
He was clearly aware that the soul was still inside the body.
"good."
Aiwass commented: "It's a light death."
"Easy, easy death..."
The corner of the Drifter's mouth twitched.
Aiwass simply explained, "Just like injuries can be classified as minor, serious, or fatal, the mana consumed to heal different degrees of injury is completely different... The same is true for resurrection."
“…Is…is that so?”
"Indeed."
Aiwass nodded.
But what he is referring to here is not the "difficulty" but the "price of miracles."
Those corpses that are relatively intact, died not long ago, and do not have any incurable diseases such as amber or tree transformation, or have been cursed by liches or witches, can only be considered "easy deaths".
As for those who have been dead for several days... or whose "sine" is dead, leaving not just a "string" but only a "yao" or even just a "丶" remaining, then resurrection is naturally even more difficult. This can be roughly classified as a "heavy death," and the cost of such a miracle is probably about the same as curing Pure White's Amber Syndrome.
If the body had already been incinerated, the soul had sunk into the source river, but hadn't yet shattered. Or if the tree transformation or amber condensation had reached the final stage, becoming a complete tree man or amber, with the soul twisted or frozen... this level would be considered a "fatal death" that Aiwass found difficult.
It’s not that it’s impossible to resurrect, but it would cost too much.
Now that he knew more secrets about the Pillar God, Aiwas also understood better what Sizhu said at that time.
——If Aiwass is unable to fight against Huantiansi in the end and instead devours him, then Sizhu can at least make him a pillar god so that he will not be devoured by Huantiansi.
Just like the Supreme Heaven and Great Master of the past, they were unable to merge because they each achieved the Pillar God. Because the Pillar God must be pure and cannot have any impurities.
If Aiwass could achieve Pillar Godhood through the Path of Devotion, at least Huan Tiansi would be unable to leave this world in the perfect form of the Eleventh Saint. On the other hand, if he devoured Aiwass and then departed, he would likely be able to take the full power of at least two source rivers with him.
And if this wasn't the last cycle, and Amber still had enough energy to restart the world once more... then by the end of the world, Aiwass, who held the position of Pillar God, would at least be able to retain his memories. In the final cycle, Aiwass would also have a greater chance of fighting Huan Tiansi.
From this perspective, Aiwas's "Sin Beast" conversion rate isn't really a guaranteed win for Sizhu's "If it doesn't work out, I'll come back and inherit the family business." Rather, it can be seen as a progress bar on his failure against Huantiansi, so the "price" he pays must be paid with caution.
But even so.
"If someone calls for help..."
I'm afraid I still can't remain indifferent.
Aiwass murmured softly and unbuttoned his shirt with one hand.
Cardinal Galatea had not seen Aiwas's transformation either, so she also watched the scene closely.
Iverson's body cracked like broken porcelain, and blood gushed out from his glowing white skin.
The next moment, the antlers on Aiwas's head began to glow.
Because of Zhutang's ritual, many runes had been destroyed, and the light here had dimmed considerably, like a hospital corridor at dusk.
At this moment, the brilliant light burst out from the antlers!
Aiwass's torn body grew, flesh stretching, twisting, and deforming. In the blink of an eye, he had transformed into a half-man, half-deer figure. The antlers on his head were taller than before, now over twenty centimeters long. At the tips of both antlers, a cluster of pure white flames burned.
Mysterious and ominous black totems appeared on his chest and abdomen, and from the waist down he transformed into the powerful form of a white deer. Within his light purple crystal pupils burned a cluster of golden-red candlelight, reflecting the shape of a vertical pupil within the gemstone.
The pupils of a deer should be square. However, this is not a true "white deer," but a "sin-preserver."
Even the illusion on Aiwass's face collapsed - what people saw was no longer the young man who called himself "Pope", but the face of the real Pope Aiwass!
That sacred and inviolable great figure made everyone no longer doubt his words.
This is the mythical posture!
The nearly three-meter-tall demigod shone with a brilliant light—even more noticeable against the dimly lit ground. Pure white light gathered into a cluster, appearing like a lotus flower, illuminating the earth. The antlers on his head radiated a warm glow.
Just by bathing in that light, people could feel their strength recovering.
At this moment, Aiwass no longer had the slightest desire to surpass himself.
The mysteries of the Celestial Ring, Doomsday, and the Tower of Babel no longer held much interest for him. His heightened desire for devotion brought peace and purity to his soul. Watching the tragic death of Zheng Xi, Aiwass couldn't help but silently weep.
A tear gathered and fell from Aiwass's chin, flashing a pure white light.
When the tears fell to the ground, they caused silent ripples of light.
Pure white light echoed on the ground, and Sine's body suddenly turned into a ball of white light.
That posture was like a Pokémon about to evolve—pure white light gathered into a ball, then stretched and deformed. When the light dissipated, Sine returned to its standing position on the ground.
He still had his eyes closed, and his body was still covered in shocking scars. But they disappeared at an extremely fast speed, as if time had flown backwards. Not even a trace of blood remained on his body, instead it became incredibly clean.
If the robe on his upper body had not been torn, people would probably have thought he had just fallen asleep while standing.
The next moment, Zhengsine opened his eyes.
“Uhhhhh…eh?”
He screamed subconsciously, which made people think for a moment that this resurrection was extremely painful - but then, Sine's screams stopped abruptly.
Sine screamed because his memory was still stuck at the moment before his death. His death wasn't instantaneous; before his brain exploded, he had already been struck by a powerful electric shock from the Mirror Demon's reflected spell. That instantaneous high voltage nearly killed him, but compared to his fragile flesh, the overflowing magic damage instantly detonated him before he could faint from the pain.
He felt the impending darkness of death, and also the hazy, ethereal state of his consciousness. But it all felt like a vague, unrememberable dream. As his consciousness quickly cleared, it immediately connected to the memories before his death.
But the moment Zhengsine screamed, he sensed something was wrong—a comfortable warmth washed over him, with no trace of the excruciating pain of countless searing needles piercing his bones. This was why Zhengsine felt a brief moment of confusion, his mind going blank.
"...So this is how the resurrection mechanism works."
Aiwass sighed, "This is the first time I've ever realized... If I die from exhaustion, I might even strike back in a fit of rage after waking up. This is truly a valuable lesson."
As expected, this "light death" resurrection came at almost no cost.
Aiwass's conversion rate didn't even increase, remaining at 7%.
Of course, it's also possible that the conversion rate doesn't show decimal points... after all, his mana is indeed consumed. But all I can say is that even if Aiwass maintains this state for an extra hour or two, the energy consumed may be greater than resurrection.
It turns out that resurrection really doesn't take much energy...
"resurrection……?"
Sine made a hesitant and confused sound, looking at Aiwass in front of him with some disbelief.
Oh, yes.
...He seemed to have said that one can be resurrected after death.
His foggy mind gradually cleared up, just like a sleep-deprived person gradually regaining their ability to think, their brain system completing its self-check and booting up.
Zhengsine seemed to be hesitant to believe what he saw, so he subconsciously pushed up his glasses, but accidentally stuck his overly long fingernails into his eyes, and couldn't help but let out another cry of pain.
But this real pain also made him truly aware of his own existence. And that momentary pain immediately turned into numbness after his nails left, and then returned to normal in less than two seconds.
——No, can it really be resurrected?!
I thought you were just being polite...it turns out you really have the ability!
(End of this chapter)
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