Chapter 1117: Crimson (Seeking monthly votes at the start of the month)

"The original God?" Lu Mian raised an eyebrow.

On the wilderness around him, formless and colorless flames suddenly ignited, blazing and ostentatious.

Madam Pualis, holding the baby Omebella, smiled and said:

"The two paths of calamity hide the resurrection arrangements of the 'original God.' During the process of Tudor and Cheek mating to give birth to Chrismana and Judith, the consciousness of the 'original God' also had a certain awakening, so that pair of twins was naturally sister and brother."

"Conversely, if it weren't Omebella and Gidas who fused into your body, but other divine children of the 'Great Mother,' they wouldn't have been able to play any role in the fusion just now, lacking the necessary symbols and occult connections."

Hearing these words, the head on Lu Mian's left shoulder turned from side to side, letting the two faces belonging to Cheek and Alista Tudor alternately look at Madam Pualis.

Lu Mian tried hard to control the impulse to burn this Other Shore World and destroy it, and a thought suddenly flashed through his mind:

So that's how it is. Omebella was truly killed by a direct relative, which is why she cursed the City of Bai Yin like that...

Previously, Lu Mian had speculated that this was because Omebella's final death stemmed from the killing by the residents of the City of Bai Yin, and the residents of the City of Bai Yin were all her believers, equivalent to the children of this "mother." Killing a mother with children, killing a god with humans, could naturally trigger the curse of "must die at the hands of a direct relative, otherwise will become an evil spirit."

Now it seems that this might indeed be one of the reasons, but it is definitely not the whole reason, and perhaps not even the most critical one.

The real reason is that the mastermind behind Omebella's first killing was the "Ancient Sun God"!

He was the successor of the "original God," and at that time, there might have been a partial awakening of the "original God's" consciousness and spirit in his body, only it was still suppressible!

In this situation, in Omebella's eyes, wasn't it a god who inherited the father's consciousness and spirit attacking her using Beyonder abilities originating from the father?

Lu Mian suddenly understood why Madam Pualis had to induce the parish priest to kill the newborn Omebella with his own hands back in Cordu Village.

If it were just to take the symbol of being killed by a direct relative, she, as the mother, could have done it herself, without needing to design it separately, making it quite troublesome.

The only explanation is that the baby Omebella had to be killed once by her biological father, the parish priest who symbolized the "Eternal Blazing Sun." Only in this way could all the symbols be possessed, forming a closed loop that could hold up in occultism!

"'Eternal Blazing Sun,' 'Eternal Blazing Sun'..."

Lu Mian's pupils dilated, horrified, and he quickly had deeper thoughts.

Knowing that making the parish priest Omebella's father was to take the symbol of the "Eternal Blazing Sun," he had been wondering about one question:

Why did it have to be the "Eternal Blazing Sun"?

Couldn't it be the "God of Steam and Machinery," the "God of Knowledge and Wisdom," or the "Lord of Storms"?

Similar questions didn't last long. After understanding that the reason was that Aurora simultaneously possessed the conditions of a "transmigrator," gray fog aura, "wizard," and having a younger brother, and had been instilled with corresponding knowledge by the "Hidden Sage," summoning a problematic "white paper," Lu Mian thought this was purely a coincidence, just that Cordu Village where Aurora lived happened to believe in the "Eternal Blazing Sun."

Now, he suddenly realized that this was not a coincidence, but a necessary condition.

Besides "transmigrator," gray fog aura, "wizard," and sister-brother relationship, there was another implicit condition:

Living in a region that believes in the "Eternal Blazing Sun."

Lu Mian remembered that when he was still a shallow believer of the "Eternal Blazing Sun" and would occasionally go to the Saint Sins Church in Cordu Village to attend mass and pray, he heard certain praises made by the parish priest:

"Great Father!"

"Father of all living beings!"

These were not the honorifics of the "Eternal Blazing Sun," but they were written into the scriptures and were often mentioned in various propaganda and praises; they truly existed!

Great Father!

Lu Mian looked at Madam Pualis and blurted out:

"Is there something wrong with the 'Eternal Blazing Sun'?"

Madam Pualis answered with a faint smile:

"A long time ago, there was an awakening of the 'original God's' consciousness in His body. For a period, He even occasionally lost self-control."

"After a long time, He finally controlled His alienated self and reached a fragile balance, being able to use the power of the 'Chaos Sea' to a certain extent, but He must be careful and control the frequency, otherwise the pollution and alienation will deepen, and the balance will be broken."

Speaking of this, Madam Pualis asked back with a flowery smile:

"You should know why Omebella's true birth is important now, right?"

"Her true father is the 'original God,' and her current father is the 'Eternal Blazing Sun.' Inside the 'Eternal Blazing Sun,' there is the awakened consciousness of the 'original God'."

"When she is substantially born, the symbol that 'Eternal Blazing Sun' equals 'original God' will be strengthened, and the occult connection between the two will blend together."

"After the symbol of equaling 'original God' is greatly strengthened, can the balance that the 'Eternal Blazing Sun' struggles to maintain still exist?"

The astral world, interwoven with various abstract concepts and symbolic signs.

The giant of light connected to the blazing golden sun, wrapped in chaos, suddenly broke away from the battle with the "Fool."

He shrank back instantly, overlapping again with the golden sun emitting sacred light.

On the surface of that blazing sun, dark colors suddenly increased, like patches, rapidly covering half of the "face."

The golden giant sun sometimes turned into a handsome, vibrant young man with short golden hair and a pure white robe, and sometimes expanded into a blazing, eye-piercing fireball.

The young man's expression had become distorted, his body half-wrapped by dark shadows seeping from within, constantly dissolving. The dark colors of the terrifying fireball increased, and the sacredness gradually decreased.

Suddenly, a figure was secretly outlined behind the golden sun.

That figure was female, wearing a layered but not complex dark dress, as if dotted with brilliant stars. Two arms grew from her ribs and waist, covered with deep black short hair.

"Evernight Goddess"!

Of the six hands of this goddess, two held heavy black giant scythes, two held ancient bird ornaments made of gold, and two held up a giant sword seemingly condensed from orange-red light toward the "Eternal Blazing Sun."

The young man with the distorted face and white robe looked at the position where the "Evernight Goddess" had originally been and found a terrifying feathered serpent with huge wings spread out, blocking the crack with its own reflection, maintaining the barrier.

That feathered serpent could only hold on for a very short time, and that was while the "Evernight Goddess" had not left the astral world.

The "Eternal Blazing Sun" turned back to look at the "Evernight Goddess" and asked in extreme pain:

"You, when did you know?"

The bird-shaped golden ornaments held by two of the "Evernight Goddess's" hands changed rapidly, causing a straight, wide, dark, and colorless illusory river to emerge behind her.

This river flowed quietly, and the distance to the "Evernight Goddess" had become very close.

"During the Great Cataclysm, I had some guesses. After getting the 'Destined Madness,' I completely understood your abnormality." The "Evernight Goddess's" voice was as gentle as if she were soothing the "Eternal Blazing Sun" to sleep.

The heavy black giant scythe and the giant sword condensed from orange-red light struck the "Eternal Blazing Sun" simultaneously. The speed was very slow, but it drove that colorless, dark river and caused the progress of the golden sun being covered by dark colors to slow down.

The vibrant and handsome "Eternal Blazing Sun" Osekus laughed.

He tried his best to suppress his own alienation and defensive instincts, looked at the "Evernight Goddess," and pleaded solemnly:

"Please kill me."

He would rather fall as a god than lose himself and linger on!

Suddenly, his face distorted again, dark colors occupied the surface of the sun, and an ancient voice seemed to come across history:

"If you kill Him, the barrier will lose another support. Can it still block those outside?"

The "Evernight Goddess" answered without emotional fluctuation:

"I just saw you cooperating with the 'Fallen Mother Goddess,' and you are the strongest 'Justiciar'."

While speaking, she struck down the heavy black giant scythe and the giant sword condensed from orange-red light without the slightest hesitation.

The dark, illusory river also seemed to flow over.

People who hadn't fallen asleep in the middle of the night, all the strong people in this world, looked up at the high sky simultaneously.

A blazing golden, brilliant, and pure sun rose, illuminating the entire world.

The next second, the sun disintegrated, turning into sacred rays of light with dark colors, flying to different places.

It was like stars falling in the form of rain.

Fourth Epoch Trier, beside the semi-collapsed ostentatious palace.

Madam Pualis said with her smile unchanged:

"Omebella's true birth has two other important symbolic meanings."

"One is, as the divine child of the 'original God' and the 'Mother Tree of Desire,' after she completely comes to the real world, can the one who once replaced her identity still bear this destiny and maintain the most basic state?"

Inside the astral world interwoven with abstract concepts and symbolic signs.

The plump and gentle "Earth Mother Goddess" Lilith, holding a baby and with a phantom red moon behind her head, cast her gaze toward the collapsing golden sun and the figure striking down with the black scythe and giant sword.

The phantom red moon was suddenly pulled by something and jumped into the "Earth Mother Goddess's" body.

That plump and gentle body cracked instantly, and rays of crimson moonlight shot out from the cracks.

"Amanises, let me sleep. In this way, my authority and symbols can still exert a little effect for the barrier." The "Earth Mother Goddess" Lilith spat out a sentence in extreme pain and with great difficulty.

The figure of the "Evernight Goddess" Amanises, who had just ended the "Eternal Blazing Sun," disappeared from her original position as if erased by an eraser.

Then, she appeared behind the "Earth Mother Goddess" Lilith.

Almost simultaneously, accompanied by the fall of the "Sun," stars lit up one after another in the high sky: red, orange, golden, blue, brown... a full eight of them.

They were all huge, like new suns, lowered to the same height as the crimson full moon, pressing the invisible barrier to make substantial cracking sounds, appearing with one obvious crack after another.

The power supporting the barrier was not enough.

Mr. "Fool," who had just completely disintegrated the "Tree of Shadow," leaving only the roots, and had not yet had time to kill Si E'a and Ti Rui'ai, raised his head and looked toward the astral world.

All his figures disappeared instantly and appeared there, rapidly turning into several symbols and various concepts.

Some of those symbols were composed of parts of "pupilless eyes" and parts of "twisted lines," some were layered doors, and some were fingers resembling clock hands...

The crumbling invisible barrier stabilized accordingly.

"Forsaken Land of the Gods," at the top of the continuous mountain range.

After the dark sun fell, the darkness here disappeared along with it.

Beside the giant cross, the "Visionary" Adam, wearing a simple white robe and with a thick golden beard, returned to normal. At his feet was a dense black shadow with five heads, very evil.

He and his black shadow looked forward simultaneously, where there was an "ocean" that contained all colors and all possibilities, both illusory and real.

In the depths of the "Chaos Sea," an ancient voice seemed to be saying:

"Come, my child, come and fuse with me."

"You have no time left. The apocalypse is coming. Your only choice is to take the risk and fuse with me, and then compete for dominance fairly."

The "Visionary" Adam and the "True Creator" Greisha cast their gaze down the mountain, toward the outside of the "Forsaken Land of the Gods."

They saw the Northern and Southern Continents, saw cities like Backlund, Trier, Feynapot, Saint-Milon, etc., saw people waking up because of the sun's eruption, saw mountains, rivers, and the sea.

They withdrew their gaze and stepped into that chaotic ocean containing all colors.

They sank down.

Fourth Epoch Trier, beside the semi-collapsed Tudor palace.

Madam Pualis looked at Lu Mian and Aurora with lingering, reluctant eyes, sighed, and said:

"Omebella's last important symbol is:"

"Previously, she was born from the 'Mother Tree of Desire' and the 'original God.' Now, she is born from me, representing the 'Great Mother,' and the parish priest, symbolizing the 'Eternal Blazing Sun.' Since the symbol of 'Eternal Blazing Sun' equals 'original God' has been strengthened, the symbol of 'Mother Tree of Desire' equals 'Great Mother' will also have similar changes."

"Moreover, the 'Mother Tree of Desire' and the 'Great Mother' themselves have a very close, nearly integrated occult connection."

"Under such changes, what will the 'Great Mother' gain?"

Lu Mian did not answer, but with a feeling in his heart, he cast his gaze toward the high place, toward those formless and colorless flames.

That place had turned into a night sky, and the crimson full moon suddenly brightened.

Somewhere in the mirror world, Franca, who had just shattered the main body of the "Witch of Black" and her mirror self, also raised her head.

In this world, all demigods looked toward the high sky.

The crimson full moon, which had originally seemed to hang at the top of the clock tower, sank another notch without warning, as if passing through an invisible barrier, coming to everyone's roof, coming to the trees in the wilderness.

The eerie moonlight, like thin gauze, sprinkled over every corner of the earth and ocean.

Crimson everywhere, like fresh blood.

(End of Part 7)

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