The Hidden Fourth Pillar
Chapter 1300 The Hidden Fourth Pillar
The fourth... pillar?
Angel's expression was a little dull, and his mind quickly recalled the information of three great beings who could be called "pillars" and were at the top of all the Old Ones:
the "Lord of Mysteries, the King of Time and Space, the Beacon of Destiny, the Incarnation of Sefirah, and the Ruler of the Spirit World" who controlled the "Spirit World" and were directly split from one of the personalities of the First Creator;
the "God, the Creator, the Creator, the Omniscient and the Lord of the Star World" who were also part of the Creator's personality, who ruled the "Astral World";
and the "Fallen Mother Goddess, the Beginning of Evil, the Immortal, and the Filthy Mother Nest" who ruled the "Reality" and were directly born from the First Creator and gave birth to most of the Old Ones for Him.
The authority and symbols of these three either originated directly from the First Creator, or were higher than them because they gave birth to other Old Ones. They were the foundation of the universe and enabled it to be maintained and developed, so they were called "pillars". Their power was not necessarily much higher than that of ordinary Old Ones, but their symbols were extremely special.
What was the fourth pillar?
Sensing Angel's doubts, the goddess of night, whose body was hazy in the endless night, continued:
"Didn't you notice that if the three pillars were to merge into one and almost return to the basic state of the 'primitive creator', some important symbol was still missing?"
Important symbol... The spiritual world, the astral world, and the real world all have rulers, and other special areas such as the underworld and the mirror world are essentially dependent on them. The authority of omniscience and omnipotence, the symbol of time and space, the concept of reproduction... Angel's mind flashed with the authority based on the three pillars, and suddenly realized something, blurting out:
"The concept of the 'end' of all things is missing!"
There is life and death, reproduction and end, this is the complete "primitive creator".
This reminded Angel of the "City of Disaster" that hides the feminine and masculine sides of the creator, giving Him the opportunity to revive with a single source.
Its symbols also include destruction and end.
"Could the fourth pillar be 'Destruction of the Scourge, the Root of Disaster'?"
The Goddess of Night shook her head and said in a casual tone,
"Adding the Old Ones corresponding to the 'River of Eternal Darkness', it is the complete fourth pillar. It symbolizes the inevitable destruction of this universe, the end of all destinies and all things, including all the Old Ones including the three pillars, and the fourth pillar itself."
Hearing this, Angel was first delighted that there was another "pillar" inside the barrier, and then she felt a sense of absurdity.
"Why does the fourth pillar sound like a 'bomb' that will destroy itself and everything once it is formed?"
she murmured.
The goddess nodded approvingly and said,
"Indeed, the research of the ancient sun god points to the same conclusion. He believes that once I contain the River of Eternal Darkness and become the 'Eternal Darkness, the Singularity of All Things, and the One of Time and Space', and then further occupy the two paths of the Witch and the Red Priest, and contain the 'City of Disaster', I will become the fourth pillar in His prophecy.
"And at that time, I will either enter a deep sleep or passively split, just like the ending of the original creator, or I will drag the entire universe to destruction and extinction, and start over.
"Conversely, if the Witch or the Red Priest first becomes the 'Destruction of Natural Disaster' and then contains the adjacent 'River of Eternal Darkness', the same is true."
Adjacent... No wonder the Witch and the Red Priest can jump to each other with the Darkness, the God of Death, and the Dusk Giant. Obviously, they are not the paths under the same source. It turns out that at the level of the "Old Days", the two sources can still contain each other, instead of being as clear-cut as other sources... Angel's doubts were answered.
"Is this the reason why you and the Sun God came from the same era in the Third Era and had cooperated with each other on certain matters, but ended up becoming enemies with Him?"
She asked tentatively.
Hearing "the same era", the vague outline of the goddess of night became much clearer, and a gentle smile appeared on her face.
"This is only part of the reason. At that time, the 'Original God' in his body had partially awakened, and it was difficult to suppress the evil thoughts towards the true gods or angel kings who did not belong to the 'Sea of Chaos'.
"It was not until a part of his split personality, the 'Dark Angel' Sasriel, found us and established the 'Redemption Rose' that I knew his true thoughts.
"He wants to kill 'God' and take his place."
Therefore, the purpose of the "Ancient Sun God" suppressing other gods is to let them unite to kill himself, and at the same time kill the "God" consciousness in his body, and then be reborn with the help of the resurrection backhand that he has prepared long ago. He is worried that the birth of the "Fourth Pillar" is just a cover-up. After all, the "City of Disaster" and the "River of Everlasting Darkness" are still sealed... Angel thought for a while, sighed and said:
"It's a pity that His plan failed. In the "Feast of Betrayal", the three angel kings shared the characteristics and uniqueness of the three paths and became gods on the spot. A pillar that was about to be born was split..."
"This should be the influence of that God. If Grisha succeeded and re-accommodated the five paths in a more correct way, He might not have a chance to revive." The Goddess of Night added, "With the reminder of another you, He has more speculations about this matter, but this is not what we should care about. For us, the symbol of the fourth pillar is the most important thing." A
flash of lightning flashed through Angel's mind, and he immediately asked back:
"Take it as a 'bomb'?"
The goddess nodded with satisfaction and answered in a soft tone:
"Grisha believes that the emergence of the fourth pillar means the end of everything, but even if you become the King of Angels and have some authority over the 'City of Disaster', I have not felt any aggregation at the level of true gods and source materials. This shows that the symbol of the 'end of all things' is likely to appear only when the end of this universe really comes. Before that, even if it is forcibly aggregated, it cannot become a pillar.
"But the outer gods don't know this.
"The 'Fallen Mother Goddess' may have some guesses about this because of her own authority and status, but now that the 'Uncertain Mist' has left, even if He is sure that the fourth pillar cannot be born, other old days may not be willing to believe it. And as long as there are two or three old days who dare not attack the earth because of fear of the end of the universe, or will not launch an attack with all their strength, the balance of the battle may be broken."
This is the meaning of "bomb", just like the nuclear weapons on the launch pad, which can deter the outer gods... Angel keenly realized the true role of the "fourth pillar".
But to do this, first of all, the two Old Ones, "Destruction Scourge" and "Eternal Darkness", need to be born, so that they can have a chance to accommodate each other, or at least pretend to be gathering into the fourth pillar... She realized this and continued to ask:
"Did you get any results from your attempt to contact the 'Underworld Man' and accommodate the 'River of Eternal Darkness'?
" "What about the other godsThe Last "Traveler"
Chapter 1301 The last "traverser"
was promoted to the Old One. The Sequence 1 characteristics, uniqueness, and corresponding Essence of the self and adjacent paths are indispensable. In addition to the "Source Castle" and the "Chaos Sea", the remaining seven Essences owned by the Earth are sealed in the Western Continent. On the contrary, almost all extraordinary characteristics are outside the seal.
Now Angel has known that this state was deliberately created by the "Tianzun" before his fall. The "God" may let it go and did not stop it. Its purpose is to force other true gods to cultivate a "Lord of Mystery" or "God" so that these two pillar-level Old Ones can be unsealed and release other Essences.
And this gives the two pillars the possibility of awakening and resurrection.
Their plan is very effective. Now there are only more than ten years left before the end of the world. The seven Essences in the Western Continent are still sealed. Although the Essences such as "City of Disaster" and "River of Everlasting Darkness" have leaked their power, they are not enough to cultivate a real Old One.
Therefore, before the Lord of Mysteries or God was born, even if Angel could control part of the power of the City of Disaster, could travel to the Western Continent in secret, and meet several people who had mastered the source essence, he could not truly become a "destroying disaster" before the seal was truly lifted, not to mention other true gods.
Hearing Angel's question, the goddess' tone also lowered:
"At the end of the Dream Festival, I met the underworld man who suppressed the 'Blood Emperor' and helped the 'Demon King' to sleep. He was equivalent to being dead when he entered the River of Everlasting Darkness, but his consciousness had not yet truly integrated into the source essence.
"With his help, I was able to initially deepen my connection with this source essence, but I could not use this power until the seal was truly lifted.
"Of course, the tributary river water that has leaked out of the seal is also higher in rank than the true gods, and can have an impact on gods and even the Old Ones, such as helping you fight the negative side of the 'Prime Creator' in your dreams."
It was only a preliminary contact... It seems that before the seal is opened, even the goddess who has obtained the uniqueness of all adjacent paths cannot become an Old One, and can only make some preparations in advance. What about the other gods... Thinking of this, Angel continued to ask:
"What about the God of Steam?"
The corners of the Night Goddess' mouth curled up a little, and replied:
"As far as I know, He has contacted this generation of 'Heavenly Masters', using the residual pollution of the 'Wild Knowledge' in the underground seal of Trier.
"But Yugus Stiano was a little hesitant. When He became a god in the Fourth Era, the Sequence 1 potion had not been fully digested. After becoming a god, he had to fight more against the tendency of being out of control and crazy, so his condition was problematic until the Fifth Era.
"It was only after Roselle pushed the world into the Industrial Revolution that He changed the 'God of Craftsmen' to the 'God of Steam and Machinery' and completely digested the potion of the Enlightenment of Civilization. This may be because He felt that His own state was not enough and it was difficult for Him to be promoted to the Old One in a short period of time."
It turned out that the God of Steam was called Yugus... Stiano was one of the angel families who had seen the "blasphemous slate"... Angel was a little surprised and murmured:
"But I remember that the 'Heavenly Master' in the Western Continent was not very willing to become the Old One. Not only Him, but all the people who are in harmony with the Tao are like this. Their predecessors from generation to generation have integrated into the source substance with their bodies, and their consciousness and spirit remain in it. They cannot rest unless a real Old One is born..."
The Goddess of Night nodded slightly and said:
"Therefore, the Heavenly Master will definitely push Yugus to take the throne and let the Heavenly Masters of all generations be liberated. All we can do is to help Him find the 'Hidden Sage' and obtain the uniqueness of the hermit's path."
Only uniqueness? Because the God of Steam has already mastered a copy of the "Knowledge Emperor"? Angel nodded when he heard this, indicating that he was preparing to do so.
Seeing this, the Goddess of Night continued:
"Apart from this, the one in the best condition and who has the greatest hope of becoming the Old One after the seal is lifted should be the 'Black Emperor'.
"After the 'Vortex', He successfully resurrected and solved the pollution problem of the Fallen Mother Goddess. He also used this opportunity to get in touch with the Taoists in the 'Land of Disorder' in the Western Continent and the 'Emperors of Heaven' of all generations, and even came into contact with the power of the source essence.
"With this foundation, and the uniqueness of the 'Judge' in His hand, once the seal is opened, He may be the first to become the 'Shadow of Order'."
Having said that, the Goddess of Night paused, then continued:
"Of course, He also faces some problems. For example, the Kingdom of Disorder belongs to the source of the Outer Gods, and the 'Uncertain Mist' may have some impact on Him, such as the spiritual remnants of past generations of people who have achieved the Tao within the source… But for a true God who has come back from the dead, these are not big problems."
The uniqueness of the "Judge"… That's my brass book… Angel opened his mouth, but thought that Annie had helped him a lot, so he didn't argue in the end, but continued to ask:
"What about the Mother Earth and the Demon King?"
Except for the two snakes of fate whose promotion to true gods and accommodation of source matter depend on "timing", they are the only gods who have the hope of becoming the gods of the old days.
In the "Dream Festival", Angel learned that the "Demon King" Fabuti separated a part of his "divine evil" characteristics and made it into an avatar hidden in the dream, guarded by the Hades who suppressed Tudor, one to prevent the true god controlled by the "Mother Tree of Desire" from appearing in the barrier, and the other to stabilize the state of this demon pathway sequence 0, so as to prevent the original God who once contained the "Shadow World" from affecting him and awakening from him.
In this case, can he really take on the burden of containing the source material and becoming the old one?
Sure enough, the Goddess of Night answered without hesitation:
"Fabuti's state is sometimes good and sometimes bad, and he still needs the help of the Mother Goddess of the Earth to fight against the erosion of the 'Mother Tree of Desire'. In addition, God's consciousness also shows signs of awakening intermittently, which means that the pillar has not given up the effort to resurrect himself."
As expected, as the end of the world approaches, the erosion of Fabti will only become more and more serious. This is the problem that all six paths from the "Outer Gods" will face... Angel muttered, and suddenly realized something, and asked back:
"Is Mother Earth helping Fabti?"
A flash of lightning flashed through her mind, and she thought of the suspicion that she and Klein had shared before, and then said:
"Mother Earth and Lilith, the ancestor of vampires, are also survivors of the Old Ones?"
The Goddess of Night smiled a little, and replied in a dreamy tone:
"Yes, Lilith and Fabti are from that era like us. Of course, the ways of "crossing" are different. They all survived the disaster caused by the awakening and splitting of the original Creator with their original bodies, and they were lucky enough to survive by combining with a certain extraordinary characteristic.
"Me, Roselle, and your Fool are the means of resurrection arranged by the 'Tianzun'. Grisha came from the depths of the Chaos Sea and is one of the scripts written by 'God'... And you, perhaps the same is true. "
The City of Disaster was once one of the source substances contained by that God, and my body is still in it... Angel added silently, feeling relieved that her doubts had been answered.
She gathered her messy thoughts and asked:
"In the distant Second Era, you and the 'Ancient Sun God' helped the Vampire Ancestor to replace Omybella's identity. Now the Mother Goddess of Earth is helping the 'Demon King'. Is it all because of this friendship?"
"There are considerations of interest. Grisha needed to disrupt the situation at the time, and I also wanted the 'God of War' to have a helper of my own by his side," the Goddess of Night replied, "Of course, if that were all, there would be more and simpler ways to achieve the goal, but that era of the past is our common memory and a critical period for the budding of our humanity... I don't know what Grisha thinks, but as far as I'm concerned, I'd rather help my 'fellow countrymen' who have the same mark."
So He helped Klein and me... Angel nodded and got back to the point:
"Lilith is being eroded more and more by the 'Fallen Mother Goddess'? "
Now that the barrier is gradually weakening, it is becoming increasingly difficult for Him to resist the power of the original owner of the 'mother nest' outside the barrier. Even the God-favored ones in the Church of Mother Earth have repeatedly received erroneous oracles, and only with the correction of the corresponding God-favored ones have they avoided making big mistakes. "
The Goddess of Night replied leisurely.
"This is related to His identity and destiny when He replaced the then Goddess of Harvest Omybella in the Second Era. His harmless behavior at that time is now a foreshadowing of the deepening connection between Him and the 'Fallen Mother Goddess' and the 'Mother Nest'..."
Because of the identity of "Omybella"? Angel suddenly thought of the cry she heard after seeing the "Gift of the Earth", a level 0 seal, in the underground of the Silver City in the God-forsaken Land.
At that time, she mistakenly believed that the Mother Goddess of Earth had been polluted by the Outsiders, but now it seems that she was not wrong.
"In this case, we may very likely be short of two of the Old Ones..."
She said with some disappointment.
Hearing this, the Goddess of Night shook her head slightly and said:
"The Old Ones outside the barrier may not be able to work together. They have different demands, and now lack avenues for cooperation. They may even engage in internal strife after their attacks are frustrated. The numerical disadvantage is not a big problem.
"The point now is to make your 'Fool' win the battle with Amon. I will support him, and most gods should do the same, but his father may not give in."
The battle of Sefirah Castle... Amon may soon become a true god of the dual paths. When he truly accepts the uniqueness of the "Gate" path, he will come to challenge Klein. At that time, Klein must become a god, and so will I... Angel's mind was full of thoughts, and he could only nod to show his understanding.
With the fall of the "Original Witch", she almost digested the first portion of the "Doomsday" potion in her body, and the remaining two properties depended on more acting. The current signs of the coming of the doomsday helped digestion, but in the end it still depended on bringing real destruction to other angels and even gods.
"Hidden Sage", it was decided to be you... She made a silent decision.
...
When she returned to reality, Angel still remembered the last words of the Goddess of Night:
"Your 'Secret Holy Emblem' has regained my blessing. Go to the seal of the Kingdom of Night as soon as possible to solve the problem of 'Blood Emperor' Tudor. He has a 'Conqueror' characteristic in his body, and his status is not low. Ordinary angels can't fight him."
Tudor, the hidden sage, and Klein's path to godhood... Compared to before she entered the "Deep Dark Heaven" in the form of a dream, Angel felt that the burden on her shoulders was much heavier.
Before she had time to adjust her mood, she heard an illusory prayer:
"Your Majesty the Golden Queen, everyone in the 'Witch Sect' has decided to submit to you."
That was the voice of the "Purple Witch" Eugenia