Chapter 642 The Ultimate Meaning of the Holy Number
The Silver Crown Dragon and the Supreme Heaven are fighting a desperate battle.
That is a battlefield that mortals cannot look directly at or understand.
Just as looking directly at a bright light can damage one's eyesight, exposure to overly intense murderous intent can similarly destroy one's rationality.
However, those who watched could feel the aftermath of the battle even from the material world.
Looking up at the sky, I saw that half of it was boiling and the other half was frozen.
The silver dragon roared, gaining a clear advantage:
The silver dragon roared and flew by. The red bear suddenly stood up and slapped the silver dragon with one claw.
The silver dragon nimbly avoided the attack, wrapped the red bear up with its tail, flew into the air and was about to throw it down.
However, the red bear deftly grabbed the silver dragon's tail with its backhand and tore the scales off its tail. It then leaped up and pounced on the silver dragon's eyes below.
But the silver dragon suddenly exhaled a breath of icy air and struck the red bear head-on, significantly slowing down the red bear's descent and causing frost to condense all over its body.
After the red bear's falling speed was slowed down to a certain extent, the silver dragon suddenly retreated a distance, then continued to flip forward. The tail behind it turned like a pendulum, and hit the back of the red bear's head from top to bottom, causing it to wail and be knocked down from the sky.
This is the most symbolic and abstract battle scene.
And in the dream world, Aiwass witnessed a completely different battle—
Of course, the images he saw weren't actual battles. Instead, they were images protected by the Scale-Feather Lord's filter... but they were still closer to the truth than the material world.
The Lord of the Crown, holding a holy sword and with his armor slightly broken, charged forward nimbly and pierced Zhigaotian's abdomen with a sword. After pulling out the sword, he spun it around and slashed again, causing blood to gush out of Zhigaotian's neck!
The hot blood dripped into the snow, evaporating and melting.
Hail and rain of fire intertwined together—that was not the influence of divine power on the material world, but the divine blood that permeated the dream world.
That is exactly the effect on the material world when a god is injured!
"...Xiong Tiansi is weaker than I thought."
Aiwass, who was standing in the distance with the Lord of Scales and Feathers, commented, "I originally thought they would be evenly matched."
At this moment, Xiong Tiansi, who played the "Supreme Sky", suddenly turned around and glared at Aiwass fiercely. Aiwass instantly felt a fierce fear gripping his heart -
It felt like a front-row audience member making a sharp comment about a boxer, and then the boxer suddenly turned around and glared at the audience. The intense murderous aura was so intense that it felt like jumping down and punching the talkative audience member.
"——How dare you be distracted."
The Silver Crown Dragon's cold voice rang out.
The moment the silver-armored knight opened his mouth, he had already moved behind Zhigaotian like a flash of light. A sluggish, pure white sword light burst out from the middle of the road, and a large ball of blood suddenly exploded all over Zhigaotian's body.
Ai Hua was suddenly startled: "Can they hear it?"
"certainly."
The Lord of Scales and Feathers said with a smile: "If we don't appreciate it in the most dangerous place, what's the point?
"It's like a theater performance. If you're just looking for the viewing experience, you might as well sit in the back. But if you want to sit in the front row, you want to see the actors clearly... and you also want the other person to see you clearly and hear you."
“…I see.”
"You're right, by the way."
"What?"
"The thing about 'Xiong Tiansi is weaker'."
The Lord of Scales and Feathers said leisurely, "You feel good.
“Because strictly speaking, Xiong Tiansi is not the Supreme Heaven.
"The true Supreme Heaven is the 'King of the Winged Ones.' When he was still the Winged Heavenly Master... he was the protector of the 'Winged Ones' clan.
"Harpies, harpies, bird-men, goblins, angels, rocs, griffins... and hundreds of other winged beings are among them."
"...But why is the symbol of the Supreme Heaven the red bear?"
Aiwass spoke up, humbly asking his boss about this secret from before the forbidden fruit era.
When Aiwass asked this question, Xiong Tiansi was in a daze for a moment.
The Silver Crown Dragon did not miss this opportunity and launched a fierce attack, cutting off one of Supreme Sky's arms.
The Lord of Scales and Feathers sarcastically said, "That's because 'Nibiru, the Sky-Eating Beast'... was the first and most glorious battle of the Supreme Heaven.
“At that time, there was a giant beast on earth that was as big as the sky and it specifically ate those with wings.
"Because he was practically the overlord of the earth... He ate powerful beasts, becoming even stronger; he ate wise beasts, becoming even wiser. He devoured the long-lived demonic tree and consumed tens of millions of scaly creatures, acquiring a tough body and sturdy bones.
He considered himself the 'King of the Earth,' his only flaw being his lack of wings. Thus, he was bound to the earth and unable to rule the skies.
"So he devoured vast numbers of the winged race in the hope of growing wings. He devoured one winged race after another until they became extinct... The once most populous race became the smallest. His body grew larger and larger, but he never grew wings.
"And in the end, Supreme Heaven, still a mortal, fought fiercely, finally slaying the behemoth on the brink of death. He lacked such immense strength, nor such supreme abilities. He relied on traps, schemes, poisons, and curses to complete his 'hunt'... achieving a victory of the weak over the strong.
"—Back then, the Sixth River didn't yet belong to the Path of Adaptation. It belonged to my predecessor, the 'Hunter King.' In those primitive times, the Sixth Path was the Path of the Hunt. He followed the Path of the Hunt and achieved victory."
"He drank the other's blood, ate the other's flesh, and covered himself with the other's fur. He gained the power of the King of the Earth."
"...The King of the Earth?"
Aiwass murmured.
He immediately thought of Mian Tiansi.
He completed the feat of slaying a dragon in a mortal body, bathed in dragon blood, and was reborn as a new silver dragon through a ritual.
Apparently, Supreme Heaven hadn't completed a similar ritual as he had with the Silver Crown Dragon to take the other's body...
That "King of the Earth" is probably the bear skin he's wearing...
"He who wears animal skins has sharp teeth and claws. Because he inherited the power of the 'King of the Earth', he became the new King of the Earth."
The Lord of Scales and Feathers said leisurely, "He gained great power because of this—power far greater than what he had before.
"When he became the Winged Celestial Master... and when he ascended a second time and became the 'Pure Flame of the Supreme Heaven', he never abandoned this cloak. This bearskin was the mark of his first victory."
"—The Way of Adaptation, the sacred number is six."
Sand Clock, standing by, said with a serious expression, "This is the ultimate meaning of 'survival'."
"That's right."
The Lord of Scales and Feathers nodded. "The ultimate downfall of the Supreme Heaven was also partly due to his six deaths. Arthur died seven times."
"The sacred number is six, the number of adaptation, the ultimate meaning of survival. The sacred number is seven, the number of power, the ultimate meaning of violence. And the sacred number is eight..."
Sand Clock said slowly: "This is the number of 'transcendence'.
“—It is the ultimate meaning of change.”
It was because the Silver Crown Dragon died for the seventh time that he gained recognition of power; his eighth resurrection sensed the power of transcendence - he surpassed the Pillar God with the body of Tiansi and completed the "change" of the Pillar God.
That's why he was able to miraculously come back to life from the dead - it was because he somehow matched the principles of the sacred numbers!
"...So, the Supreme Genius is not completely dead."
Aiwass also understood and continued, following the words of the two pillar gods, "Because of six deaths, he is in harmony with the source of 'survival'. Therefore, he has gained a stronger vitality... Even though he has fallen from a high position, he still retains hope for life..."
(End of this chapter)
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