Shepherd Tantra

Chapter 922 What Kind of Celestial Being Do You Want to Be

When Aiwass and Cardinal Galatea arrived at the Ziggurat, they saw that it was already surrounded by a dim yellow barrier.

This should be the preservation technique set up by the lich Grunewald - at present, in terms of the level of preservation technique alone, Grunewald is indeed not as good as Master Amber.

However, with the support of Lingbo Tiansi's spine, the strength of this barrier has exceeded the energy limit of the sixth energy level in the material world.

Without the Fallen Angels taking action personally, it would be difficult for the higher-level demons to break this barrier alone.

It’s not that it can’t be opened…but it will be very difficult.

After all, the path of transcendence is a path that is good at transcending common sense and breaking through limits.

If the demons performed the ritual, it would only take a week at most to break this insurmountable barrier of perfection.

...However, considering that there are not many people inside and they have taken this passive attitude of self-isolation, the demon army is too lazy to attack the Spirit Tower - they just bypass it, after all, there are still many things going on outside.

This is like a multiple-choice question that is as difficult as the last big question - obviously, there is no need to work hard on it before answering the following questions.

——If the ruthless people inside are forced into a dead end, everyone might die after coming out.

Therefore, the Spirit Tower was able to survive the first and most ferocious wave of demons by chance.

But it is obvious that the defense method of the Spirit Tower is not just to set up a barrier and wait for death... but someone is always monitoring the outside world.

Shortly after Aiwas arrived, the current vice-president Adolf hurried out, opened a crack and brought Aiwas and Cardinal Galatea in.

After meeting with the "Principal" Matthias Grunewald, Aiwass explained clearly to the old lich the relevant information about the Fallen Angels, the Demon Legion, and the Ring of Tail Ritual, as well as the several paths they could choose.

This plain old skeleton in black rags floated in the air, head tilted slightly.

There was a faint yellow flame flickering in his eye sockets, and he seemed to be thinking about something.

After a long time, Grunewald's hollow, slow and low voice sounded as if from the void: "What about the psychic tower?"

“I can only put it here for now.”

Aiwass shook his head. "Anyway, flying away in the Spirit Tower would be too conspicuous. If we attract the attention of the Fallen Angels, everyone will die."

"First……?"

The lich asked with great interest: "What happens next..."

"Yes. This is not an escape, but a clearance."

Aiwass nodded and directly stated his future plans: "We will come back eventually.

"I will defeat the Fallen Angels and take back this land. Then, I can continue to take over the Spirit Tower. You can fly to Avalon or stay here. I am familiar with the place in Avalon. It is the place engraved by the dusk, where the Wild Hunt of Heleqin is located... It is also near the passage to the fairy kingdom..."

“…Defeat the Fallen Angels… Hehe…”

Hearing this, the old lich laughed.

It was not a mockery, but rather a kind of relief and compassion, like the look of nostalgia and approval an old man would have when he saw his child make a wish to become a scientist in the future.

This old lich who had lived for a long time obviously did not have much respect or fear for the Fallen Angels.

Tiansi? There is nothing that cannot be killed.

He didn't ask Aiwass "How is this possible" or simply ask "What are you going to do about it."

It was as if he had believed from the very beginning that the high and mighty Fallen Angels could be defeated...

This old lich, who had neither a staff nor a wizard ring and looked as ordinary as a skeleton specimen and had no oppressive power or aura, asked Aiwass a question that no one else had ever asked.

He says--

"Are you going to be an angel in the future, Aiwass? I mean, when you can become an angel and you have done everything you want to do...are you going to be an angel, or a pillar god?"

This question really made Aiwass stunned for a moment.

——Because he has never thought about this problem.

Because of the leak of the Tail Ring Ceremony, the Heavenly Masters will be pulled down one by one. Choosing to become a Heavenly Master at this time is as dangerous as being pulled into the "Assessment Group" by HR.

From now on, the survival of Tianshi no longer depends on his own ability, but on "whether someone wants to drag you down." The boiling power of transcendence brought by the snake father's attempt to break through the amber wall will cause Tianshi to appear and be dragged down one after another, thus achieving a relative balance in the dream world.

Add to that the crisis that comes one after another in this world - even if the danger of Shadow Sky Lord coming to Avalon is resolved in advance by Aiwass, the Calamity Dragon is still a threshold.

That was the old self that was cut off by the Silver Crown Dragon... or in other words, that was the "self" that was defeated by the Silver Crown Dragon. The relationship between the Disaster Dragon and the Silver Crown Dragon is like the relationship between the Ring Sky Master and the Shepherd or Aiwass.

But there is one difference - the Silver Crown Dragon did not accept the old self, but he did not destroy the old self either. He just sealed the old self under the iceberg, sealing and suppressing him for a long time.

As long as it is sealed, it will leak out. One day, the power of disaster will penetrate into the material world... Especially when the dream world is torn apart by the Tail Ring Ritual, it is even more so.

When this crisis is over, Yuan Tiansi will come. Then there will be the layout and conspiracy of James Moriarty, the adoptive father, and Jacob, the mysterious grandfather of Aiwass... and at the very end, there will be the mysterious crisis of the end of the world.

Aiwass solved many problems, but more problems appeared before him.

He is like a business backbone - after finally completing a project, there is a second project pushed to him, and there are VIP customers who are waiting in line for who knows how far...

But if all the difficulties are resolved, what will Aiwass do next?

After his work was done, after he was "off duty", what did he want to do? After a brief moment of confusion and hesitation, Aiwass was silent for a moment.

At that moment, Aiwas suddenly thought of Huan Tiansi’s dream - Huan Tiansi’s answer was that He wanted to go home.

However, this generation of Huan Tiansi is no longer the original savior "Ai Shiping". He has cut off his self too many times, and also cut off his dedication.

The one who is now Huantiansi is nothing more than the snake tail cultivated by Huantiansi in a past reincarnation.

——In every sense, he is no different from Aiwass.

They are all the natives of this world - implanted with the original memories of the travelers treasured by Ai Shiping, they thought they had just traveled to this world. Then they were excited to explore, grow, discover their own destiny, transcend fate... and then rebel against their higher selves.

They are all indigenous people...

But Huan Tiansi wanted to go home.

...Where does he have a home?

The earth is just Ai Shiping's home.

But he is not Ai Shiping at all - the home that truly belongs to "him" only exists in a few hundred years of a certain reincarnation in the past.

When the cycle of his reincarnation restarts that week, he will never be able to return home!
Perhaps he had already gone mad at that time... When he realized that he could not stop the end of the world and could only watch the reincarnation restart, the last thing he could do... was to complete Ai Shiping's original ritual.

——Complete these nine reincarnations.

Now the reincarnation has reached its final round.

Regardless of whether the noble ritual of the nine reincarnations can break through the apocalypse, the world can only continue to operate in this way. In other words, by that time... the world is destined to enter the future two thousand years later.

Just as seen in the promotion ceremony, the world will eventually return to the "modern times" that Aiwas longed for - or the "future". Back to the modern times with computers, the Internet, and ice-cold cola.

And by then...

——Will Aiwass still choose to become a celestial being?
Say goodbye to the material world, become a high and mighty God, and enter the eternal and unchanging dream world.

Are you looking down on the people in the material world and getting happiness, and guarding people from dreams... or are you in the material world, enjoying infinite happiness?

"……I have no idea."

Aiwass was silent for a long time, but finally answered honestly: "Because from the beginning, I felt that becoming a celestial official was not a good way out. It would be fine after death... If I can live, I think I would rather live and enjoy life."

"What if," the old lich asked, "this world needs you to become a celestial priest, are you willing to give up everything in the material world?"

"That's natural."

Aiwass said without hesitation: "At most, I will die. I am ready to die, so why would I be afraid of entering the dream world in advance? These two things are the same... But why do you ask this?"

"Someone asked me to get an answer from you."

The old lich Grunewald replied calmly.

"Have you got it now?"

"Not yet - these questions are just prelude, there is only one real question:
"If you were to become a celestial priest, what would your honorific name be?"

"...Do you need me to think about it seriously?" Aiwass asked cautiously.

This question is too weird.

He instinctively felt that there was something wrong or that it was a foreshadowing of something.

"No, just say the first name that comes to your mind."

Grunewald patiently asked, "No need to think... What's the first name that comes to your mind?"

“…【Shine】… Go ahead, Yao Tiansi. Bright, shining, radiant… It has to be brighter than all the lights around, brighter than the sunlight that people are used to, so that people can see the shining light. I… want people’s attention. I want people to see that I am shining…”

Aiwass thought about it and, as Grunewald said, answered whatever came to mind.

He hesitated and asked, "Is this answer okay?"

"Naturally—that's enough."

Grunewald answered simply and swiftly: "I have no other questions. I will go to Avalon with you. You don't have to bring the inheritance of the Spiritual Tower with you. With me, you have the entire inheritance of this tower.

"When you plan to fight against the Fallen Angels later, I will also lend you a hand."

"...If it's convenient, can I ask you?" Aiwass became more and more curious, "Who asked you to ask me this question?"

"It's not very convenient, Your Holiness."

The old lich shook his head, but still gave some information: "You know too many gods. If I tell you too much, you will probably know who asked the question. I swore to keep it a secret, so please forgive me."

The implication is that this question was asked by a certain god.

——It’s really strange, how could he bypass the Pope and specifically ask questions through a middleman?
Aiwass shook his head.

——Look, isn’t this a bit strange?
(End of this chapter)