Chapter 175: Child

"Bestow new guidance upon your people, lead the Blood Clan back to glory..."

Aornia's voice was also a part of the "Beauty Goddess," and her prayer possessed a powerful force, calling out to Lilith.

Most of the time, Lilith's gaze would not look toward this place, so most such sacrifices were failures.

But this time, with Chumen's reinforcement, something with a very low probability occurred.

First, Chumen used the Dream Mark to pull out the Historical Projection of the "Angel of Life."

This figure had once been the "Moon," even more exaggerated than the "Beauty Goddess"; calculating by simple addition, one knew this was triple the joy!

Hiss!

The Angel of Life walked out from the historical Grey Fog, her eyes gaining vivid color in an instant.

She looked toward the altar, sensing the summons.

"Do not respond," Chumen reminded, then snapped his fingers, making the imagined event happen.

Lilith nodded slightly, waiting quietly.

The Blood Clan's prayer lasted for about a few minutes, then gained a response with the help of "Imagination."

"It's here!" Lilith's body tensed instantly.

"Relax, she cannot corrupt you yet," Chumen also looked at the moonlight spilling down from the void.

Hum!

The blood-colored flames on the altar surged suddenly, the blood light illuminating the entire altar.

"It is the Ancestor!" Many Blood Clan members had already knelt on the ground; the radiance shed by the Moon felt the same as when Lilith was an Ancient God in the past.

Even Chumen, who had seen Lilith's true body back then, felt a moment of trance.

This was no longer passing off the fake as the real, but replacing the fake with the real.

"However, the one on the Moon is the source of the 'Moon' and the 'Mother'; compared to her, Lilith is false."

Chumen sighed softly, having confirmed his guess.

Lilith had clearly discovered this point as well; apart from herself, no one could distinguish the truth from the false in this feeling.

This feeling of being almost completely suppressed was truly not good.

Aornia bathed in that red moonlight, becoming even more beautiful and moving, like an Elf under the moon.

"Ancestor, I pray to have a child, to continue the bloodline, to inherit the spirit..."

Under the illumination of the Red Moon, the "Beauty Goddess" Aornia prayed devoutly, her face carrying a flush that made her appear even more stunning.

At this moment, a light difficult to look at directly burst forth from Aornia, and her words made Chumen and Lilith, who were on the side, stiffen.

Chumen's fingers paused on the Dream Book, his brow furrowed.

The problem with Aornia was even more serious than he had estimated.

Perhaps it was truly because Aornia had the idea of bearing offspring with Trensost, or perhaps this love and the crystallization of this love were themselves under the control of some power; the corruption currently suffered by Aornia might far exceed Chumen's imagination.

Then what about Trensost, Aornia's husband?

Chumen deeply felt the profound threat of the Outer God; this was something those Source Qualities could not compare to at all.

This "Fallen Mother Goddess" was the only Pillar still alive and complete; although she had lost two Pathways, she still retained a portion of her Symbol, and her power might be even beyond Chumen's imagination!

Among the two Pillars he had faced before, "God" had the vast majority of his power tied up by Sasriel, and the "Lord of the Mysteries" had not been able to fully awaken.

Their powers were limited, but this one now was different.

While Chumen's body was stiff and his thoughts chaotic, Aornia was still praying, expressing her longing to the "Ancestor."

Then the "Ancestor" responded to her!

At a certain moment, the blood-colored moonlight surged instantly, from illuminating the altar area to covering the entire palace; a phantom Crimson Moon slowly condensed above the altar.

The "Moon" had sent down a Divine Oracle.

Aornia and the other Blood Clan members were all pleasantly surprised; the Ancestor would surely lead the Blood Clan toward greater glory!

This time, Chumen intervened decisively; he looked up abruptly, reflecting his own figure in the Astral World.

He looked at that red moon in the Astral World.

This moon was a conceptualization of the real moon, like a moon scribbled by a three-year-old child—asymmetrical, imperfect, appearing absurd and ridiculous.

And in Chumen's eyes, at the center of this moon was a figure that looked like it had been sketched by a child's brush.

This was the conceptual manifestation of the "Fallen Mother Goddess" on the Moon within the Astral World.

The power responding to the Blood Clan's sacrifice came from here.

Hiss!

Chumen pulled an ocean out from the Dream Book.

This ocean completely covered the moon, isolating her power.

The "Fallen Mother Goddess" had very limited power to pass through the Original Barrier and could not yet penetrate the Dream Sea.

"Come back," suddenly, Chumen heard Lilith's call, her tone very helpless, somewhat dejected.

Chumen frowned; the Authority of Reality split and blurred the boundaries of existence, allowing him to be in two places at once.

Outside the Blood Clan altar, Chumen looked into the altar.

Amidst a humming sound, the blood within all the Blood Clan members burned in part, providing power for this sacrifice.

In this way, even if Chumen isolated the Crimson Moon, he could not stop it.

Blood droplets like rubies seeped out from Aornia; these droplets drifted toward the phantom blood moon, giving it a greater sense of reality, eventually condensing into a word.

"Dream!"

A sea of starlight flashed in Chumen's eyes as he met the gaze of that red moon.

It was like the eyes of the one on the Moon, bypassing the Original Barrier to see this place.

At the same time, a scene manifested in the minds of all the Blood Clan members present.

Without a doubt, it is that Dream Statue embellished with Dream Phosphor.

This Divine Oracle and guidance are already clear enough.

"He is going to make a move against you." Lilith also obtained that image from the moonlight.

In the eyes of the Blood Clan, this is the revelation of the "Ancestor".

Then how would the Blood Clan respond? Faith is impossible; that would be a betrayal of the Ancestor.

Then there is only cooperation or... encroachment and devouring.

"Tsk." Chumen pinched a strand of blood-colored moonlight and also obtained this kind of revelation from it.

These blood-colored moonlights themselves have no Corruption; they have already been filtered once by the Original Barrier and are no stronger than the moonlight seen by ordinary people.

Otherwise, the Blood Clan present would have long been unable to bear it and would have lost control and exploded.

And among the Blood Clan present, apart from Aornia, no second person wanting a "child" has been discovered yet.

The "Fallen" Mother Goddess is still using symbols related to the "Moon", which is impossible to defend against.

"The Corruption on Aornia is too heavy." Lilith sighed softly; compared to her, Aornia has almost no ability to resist that entity, and it is unknown when she was already eroded.

"Let's consider it from the worst perspective first, assuming Trensost has also received a certain degree of Corruption..."

Chumen glanced at Aornia and did not make another move, instead continuing to watch all of this as a "Spectator".