Chapter 985: The Seventy-Two Pillars of Solomon

Sarah stood in front of a floor-to-ceiling mirror, nervously swallowing a mouthful of saliva.

A giant raven, like a hawk, stood on her slender shoulders, and she held an orange tourmaline in her hand.

Staring at herself in the mirror, she cleared her throat and recited: "Please, Mirror Lord, open the door to the spirit world for us!"

"May the Lamp Father guide our path forward!"

Just before the last sentence of the spell was completed, the raven on her shoulder suddenly spoke: "Wrong!"

Sarah was startled, and the tourmaline in her hand almost fell. She complained to the raven: "Why did you suddenly speak! Ramo?"

"Your secret ritual is wrong!" The raven Ramo said calmly: "Recite it like this, Sarah..."

Sarah said dissatisfiedly: "This is the Holy Trinity secret ritual! 'Spirit World Walking'—it is the foundation of all mystery and the initial secret ritual. Whether it is the Holy Church or the Spirit Cultivation Society of Miskatonic University, or even the Omniscient Sect, they all use it to open the door to the spirit world."

"Ramo, I know you are very knowledgeable, and I have indeed learned a lot of occult knowledge from you, but your knowledge is too ancient!"

"It contains too many secrets, and my spirituality simply cannot bear it."

"And it's basically useless!"

Sarah said angrily: "Stop telling me those stories about the Original Sin Sect! What Son of God, conception, fruit of good and evil, the seven original sins, and the Holy Mother of the Blood Cup—I am just an occult apprentice. What I really need is Spirit World Walking, to collect knowledge of magic potions and formless arts."

"Because of your pollution, I can't use the Pure Flower of the Gardening Association, and the Spirit Cultivation Society has also closed its doors to me."

"Professor Gabo is the only one willing to help me!"

"He is willing to introduce me to the Omniscient Sect, which contains all hidden truths. That is the Dao path of the Orange Lantern Mage! Since the appearance of the 'Book of Seven Lanterns,' all occultism has become outdated! The ancient knowledge you taught me—Druids, wizards, witches, and those dark creatures and monsters—they can't survive anymore!"

"What has the Blood Cup Sect fallen into?"

"Slaughtered like dogs by the Green Lantern Knights!"

"They once hunted humans, but the hunters of the Vengeful Red Lantern are now hunting them in turn. The Seven Lantern Dao path passed down by the Lamp Father is too powerful! Everyone says that after the Dao path originating from the True God descended, all human knowledge about the supernatural has become outdated!"

The raven Ramo was also silent upon hearing this. It was quiet for a long time, and only after Sarah had vented all her dissatisfaction did it speak faintly: "You think Gabo values you? Sarah! You are not ordinary."

"The 'Book of Seven Lanterns' has indeed changed everything. It is the Dao path truly confirmed to be able to open the Gate of Ascension in the last thousand years."

"But Sarah, you are the ancestor of all magicians, one of the founders of the Original Sin Sect—a descendant of Solomon!"

"Your inheritance is enough to look down on all hidden organizations."

"The 'Book of Seven Lanterns' is not, as the Holy Church says, a path of lost virtues from the dark ages of the church a thousand years ago, but was created by the Original Sin Sect."

"Solomon traded with us, using the knowledge we gave him—about the most insignificant part of those formless arts—to create magic."

"And he obtained from us the knowledge about the spirit world and the three masters, which founded the Original Sin Sect."

"It was we who passed on secret rituals, spells, and spirit world knowledge to humans. Solomon obtained the knowledge of original sin from us and discovered the initial sin contained in human flesh. Magic, the Blood Cup, and all hidden knowledge all originate from us."

"But the truly most precious and hidden knowledge—the contract with us—only flows in your bloodline!"

"We are the incarnation of magic!"

"We are the kings of original sin and spirituality!"

"We are the commanders of the abyss of the spirit world!"

"We are—Demon Gods!"

"Forget it!" Sarah's little mouth chattered: "You were driven off the divine throne by the Holy Church and demoted to homeless dogs called devils. You are fallen angels who fell from the spirit world into the abyss. You are fools who were deceived by wizards and used by my ancestors. You are down-and-out people who once dominated the present world before humans, but were not favored by the Three True Gods of Creation!"

"You are just... devils!"

The raven Ramo stopped talking...

Sarah lay in the center of the magic circle, flicked her finger lightly, and the mirror flipped to the top of her head, reflecting her figure lying on the ground.

"Ramo! Admit it!"

"Even though you once stood at the top of dark creatures, and even a year ago you could still be majestic and wreak havoc in the present world, but after the 'Book of Seven Lanterns' and the color light Dao path appeared, you were already finished!"

"Vassago... the third-ranked Demon God, who knows the past and future as well as all hidden or lost things and knowledge—what a powerful King of Devils."

"Three months ago, he wanted to seize the Green Lantern Book in Old London, but was hung up and beaten by three Knights of the Round Table. He was even enslaved by that Knight King of Camelot, who used her will to emit Green Lantern light, forced to sign a contract and oath to satisfy her three conditions. He lost all face!"

"Baal! Your boss, sent believers to sneak into the Holy Church, wanting to find the secret of the Seven Lantern Book, but after descending himself, he was repelled from the present world by the Pope holding the Yellow Lantern Book."

"What about the Orange Lantern Mages?"

"They directly used hidden knowledge and Orange Lantern light to forge Lamp Spirits, completely replacing you, and even plundered all the knowledge of several Demon Kings. Now, the Orange Lantern Lamp Spirit, the Laplace Beast, has knowledge and wisdom surpassing all Demon Gods. It even obtained the recognition of Agares and Vassago!"

"It has wisdom surpassing all of us in the present world! Agares and Vassago only said so to manipulate the arrogance of the mages."

Ramo emphasized: "Only in the present world!"

"Compared to the entire known universe, the present world is just a tiny corner. The spirit world and the abyss have volumes billions of times larger than the present world. When it comes to knowledge about the spirit world, only the Savior and His angels slightly surpass us, but when it comes to knowledge of the abyss..."

Ramo originally wanted to say that no one knows better than us, but thinking of this Eastern world that is completely different from them, it could only say: "They are all too far behind us!"

"What about the Lord of Orange Light?"

Sarah easily found its fatal weakness, using a smile to dissect the demon's heart: "You were once the most beautiful creatures at the highest point of the spirit world, reaching a height only one step away from the Lamp Father's light. You were angels conceived by the Lamp Father's light, who fell because of the temptation of knowledge from another world, and were finally struck down into the abyss by the Savior."

"But, as you said, the spirit world has four layers in total. The Lamp Father's light resides in the highest True Spirit World, and you are the lords of the Dream Spirit World."

"But the color light Dao path originates from the Lamp Father, which is something you cannot deny. If it is as the mages of the Orange Lantern Omniscient Sect say, the Mirror Ascension secret ritual is recast as the Lord of Seven Lanterns, and the Gate of Ascension opens the color light Dao path. The Lord of Seven Lanterns will raise the Mirror of Creation and ascend to the True Spirit World through the color light Dao path to become a True God! At that time, where will your ancient hidden secrets and wisdom, which you are so proud of, be placed?"

Ramo was speechless, only saying calmly: "The color light Dao path and the Gate of Ascension will definitely not be as you expect."

Looking at the lonely big raven, Sarah sighed, got up and said: "Teach me your secret ritual!"

The big raven suddenly raised its head, looking at Sarah in surprise.

But she saw the girl shrug her shoulders like an uneducated woman from the New World: "You are right, my surname is Solomon, we have signed a contract, haven't we?"

Ramo's spirit was lifted, staring with bean-sized eyes: "Now, place the mirror on top of your head..."

"Drip your blood into the silver cup and place it on your chest. Extinguish the silver lamp and let darkness shroud you."

"Follow me and recite..."

"Please, Mirror Lord, open the door to the abyss for us!"

"I am willing to indulge in the path of fall of the great darkness!"

"Fill the cup with blood, and let the Cup Mother release our original sin spirit..."

The surrounding darkness surged up like water, submerging Sarah's nose and mouth.

In an instant, the solid ground behind her seemed to disappear, her entire body plummeted, sinking into the darkness. At that moment, Sarah somewhat regretted believing the demon's nonsense.

The darkness embraced her spirit like water, making her feel like she was drowning, sinking into the abyss, rather than falling through the air.

This sinking feeling grew deeper and more suffocating.

Just as Sarah felt she had completely lost perception of time, space, and everything, as if it had been as long as millions of years, her body plummeted, causing her to wake up in a daze and sit up.

In front of her, a polite man in a gentleman's tailcoat bowed to her and said: "Welcome to the first layer of the abyss, my lady!"

Sarah stared wide-eyed: "Ramo?"

Looking at the huge Gothic dome above her head, she looked up and found that the place where she was lying seemed to be an altar.

First, she checked herself and found that her skin was still warm to the touch, and everything was no different from the present world.

Not far away, there was even the Holy Trinity and the Holy Triangle of the Holy Church.

"This is the abyss?"

Ramo said calmly: "This is a church!"

"But this church is on the first layer of the abyss."

"I thought there were no churches in the abyss. Don't you always say the Savior is a thief, a liar, and a person who steals fame?"

"That's right, he is a bastard, a lowly villain!"

Ramo mentioned that title with only contempt and disdain, and he changed the subject: "But we respect the three founders. Their greatness is beyond words. Therefore, the Holy Church can expel us, not because we fear the ridiculous scriptures of the priests, but because we respect the laws of the founders."

The demon said so.

Drummond walked slowly into the church, one of his blue eyes revealing a smile, while the other was an ugly scar.

He smiled: "The bishop here used himself as a sacrifice some time ago to call for the descent of the Son of God! But he didn't know that the true Son of God had already descended! Such a clumsy counterfeit like him can only make himself look ignorant and ridiculous. I used the ritual he left behind to guide your descent, my dear brother!"

"My dearest brother!" Ramo called out: "Where are your blue eyes as beautiful as sapphires?"

"Pecked away by a crow!" Drummond shrugged indifferently.

"You came just in time. The thieves' guild of this city entrusted us to fight a lawsuit for them. When it comes to finding loopholes in the law, no one can compare to you, my brother Ramo."

Sarah was at a loss, but Drummond stepped forward and kissed her right hand: "Welcome to the abyss, respected contractor."

"It might be different from what you think, but please remember, no matter how much it looks like your world, it is just embers in the fires of hell. There is no redemption for the people here; they are all evil ghosts!"

"But there is only one, only one greatest existence that needs respect. Except for him, no one can stop any of your actions in the abyss, just like coming home."

"Be careful with it, lady!" Ramo's tone was very impolite: "Even among us, it is the most cunning one."

"What is its true name?" Sarah gripped the orange tourmaline in her hand, forcing the demon's fatal point for the first time.

"It is Amon, my lady..."

Ramo looked at Drummond's slightly gloomy face, smiling proudly and cunningly.

Sarah looked at Amon vigilantly, gripped the ring on her right index finger, and whispered the spell.

Drummond sighed: "I am willing to sign a contract with you, to put my power at your disposal, descendant of Solomon."

Ramo saw the emerald stone slab on Drummond and frowned: "Haggith's Emerald Tablet? That is its treasure, how did you borrow it?"

Amon did not answer directly, but looked at Sarah and said: "Although Ramo is honest, it always cunningly hides the most critical part of the truth, but it has no malice, my contractor!"

"As a descendant of Solomon, all hidden knowledge is at your disposal, all formless arts are easy for you. You are born standing at the top of occultism. You don't need any magic potions or spirituality. Just summon us one by one and force us to sign a contract, and you will stand at the top of everyone, realizing all incredible miracles!"

"Therefore, the spirit world is not your path, contractor."

"The abyss is the destination. You don't have to reject it. For anyone, the abyss is the final destination!"

Amon said meaningfully. ===== CHAPTER 986 =====