Pastor's Tantra

Those who were alive, dead, or in the gap between life and death, all had light curtains appearing in front of their eyes——

The laughing Moon Son raised a mountain of blood without hesitation, piercing through a line of guests and throwing them away;

Aivas, with flowers in his eyes, cut off the neck of the guest kneeling in front of him;

Aivas's head was on the candlestick statue, and the remaining pure white was painted red;

The white horse flying in the sky summoned thunder and confronted the giant bear that raised the mountains;

The pupils of the carnivorous white horse turned black and red, and the bear skin on its back burned fiercely. Fire, the fox that was originally standing on his back squatted in the corner;

The mole that was laughing and devouring the liver of the lion king looked back at the old dog standing at the door with his back to the light;

There were silver-white stars all over the light purple sky, and the dark purple river was surging like waves. A black shadow man with an unclear face stood in front of him, with a happy or sinister smile on his lips;

The runes behind the blurred angel rotated, and a meteor shower fell from the purple-red sky;

And the last scene...

Aleister took out a long-handled sickle and turned himself into a red crystal-like ice sculpture, which shattered with a crisp bang!

——Only the two people who had already withdrawn early did not see this scene.

Aivas looked at these scenes with a complicated look.

In those scenes...almost all of them were himself.

[——And me. I am with you]

An ethereal voice sounded in Aiwas's ears.

——It was like an illusion, belonging to Aleister's consciousness.

Just like the "complete pastoral method" that Aiwas used in the first promotion ceremony - if you sacrifice your life, you can give your soul and consciousness to the other party.

The individual consciousness of the deformed limb demon is not strong, so Aiwas was able to directly control the body of the demon at that time; if the other party is a demon with clear individual consciousness, his soul can also hide in the other party's body and wait for the other party to help him revive.

The situation of Aleister and Aiwas is more special.

Although the Eternal Pope inherited the name "Aiwas", he is not a complete Aiwas. When Aleister's soul entered Aiwas' body, the two souls cut by the "two-element gap" merged again. Because they were originally one... they were two parts of the real Aiwas, and now they are perfectly merged again.

Aiwas's soul and memory are complete again, and have returned to the state before being cut - even more complete than then, reaching the real peak state so far.

- Compared with the original turbidity and confusion that even he felt confused and vague... the will that often loses control or deviates temporarily with the impulse of the path. Now that Aiwas has experienced separation and reorganization, he has completely understood the cause of every thought and every moment of his heart.

Nothingness or love, dedication or transcendence - he will no longer be confused.

And in theory, when the two souls merge again... all traces of Aleister will disappear completely.

Because there is no "Aleister" in this world - she is just the "shadow" of Aiwas. When Aiwas becomes complete, the incomplete will naturally become a part of the whole.

However, they were not stitched together again by the sand clock... but completed the fusion in another way.

This is a miracle that can only be achieved in the dream world -

In the "allowed death" promotion ceremony, Aiwas's soul, which has completely experienced death and is indeed in the dream world, has become a phantom like the undead; this can accept "shepherding flesh and blood".

Aleister had one-third of the soul separated by Aiwas when the Path of Devotion was promoted to the fourth energy level. Together with Aleister who had transcended the Path, they just met the conditions for using the Pastoral Method. By using the complete Pastoral Method, he could deposit his soul and consciousness into the body of the phantom demon being pastored, and let the other party help him revive.

——So compared with the normal fusion, there was an extra consciousness out of thin air.

This gave Aiwas the possibility of reviving Aleister... Now she was like a banshee entangled with Aiwas.

Although the resurrected Aleister was no longer the half of Aiwas - because Aiwas was completely complete and no longer lacked "the part she had".

But for Aleister, this might be a kind of rebirth.

She was completely freed from her own fate.

As for the lack of soul - this was not a problem for Aiwas.

Aiwas originally had the characteristics of "dissolving soul". When his soul recovers, he can take out a part of the liquid soul to make the foundation for Aleister's resurrection. There is no need to hurt anyone, and it will definitely not pollute Aleister's memory and consciousness... As for the lack of a physical body, isn't Aleister already prepared?

- Use Sasha's remains to transform into a blood angel.

Just as she wished.

"... No wonder Sizhu said to me, 'This ceremony may be very important to you.'"

Aihuasi's face was complicated: "So it was given such an opportunity..."

He originally thought that Huantiansi intervened in the ceremony.

But if Huantiansi intervened, with his personality... In the end, after Aleister sacrificed himself, he would most likely not be able to afford to lose and end up directly. However, Aihuasi did not see Huantiansi until the end...

Only then did he realize that this was just the future simulated by Sizhu.

——The theme of this third painting is Huantiansi, Endless Knot, and Tail Ring!

Aiwass himself is the protagonist of that painting!

So, is it the modern era...

Just as Aiwass was thinking, the score sheet appeared:

[Necessary tasks completed]

[Endless Feast: Complete the Tower of Feast in another way (completed)]

[The total score of the Tower of Feast is 3000, and the contribution score is 2590]

[Animal World: Complete the White Horse King in another way (completed)]

[The White Horse King has a total score of 4500 and a contribution score of 2200]

[Goodbye: Complete the Stay with Me in another way (completed)]

[The total score of Stay with Me is 6000 and the contribution score is 5800]

[Total score is 10590, ranking first]

[Special victory "Holy Resurrection" has been completed]

Accompanied by a burst of golden light, Aiwass's angelic body was gradually carved into a physical body.

His diffuse consciousness gradually gathered, and his soul state returned to the physical body. His five senses gradually recovered and became clear; the omnipotent perception in the soul state was gradually suppressed.

...In the end, no one lived with sin.

Was it really a trap... No, it can't be called a trap.

Maybe it would work if we changed a few paintings. But this last painting is too difficult, and there is no room for infighting among the promoted people...

"...The necessary task is to escape from the painting."

Evans murmured in a low voice: "When was it..."

He paused and suddenly reacted.

That was the last time he made a choice - he left the painting first, and then the painting was completed!

In other words, this "nine questions" is the real trap!

At least one question must be left, and then you can finally leave it.

That is to say, the limit is to answer eight questions, otherwise you will be built into the last painting when you complete the painting!

...Is this also a metaphor?

This world has been restarted eight times, which means that this is the ninth reincarnation.

If it is put in the "painting", it means that eight questions have been answered, and there is one last question.

-That is to say, if you answer the question again and don't leave, you can never leave again.

"...Wait?"

Evans opened his eyes wide.

He suddenly realized what Sizhu... or the twin mirror wanted to say to him.

The ninth question - refers to the ninth reincarnation.

- If you don't "leave" this time, you will never be able to leave again!

Did Sizhu want to let himself leave?

"Of course you can leave, this is the last chance."

A warm and steady voice like a kind father sounded in the space: "But if you don't leave this time, you can't leave.

"You will also become the 'man in the painting'... That's why the child is so anxious. "

Looking at the bloody stag covered with sin thorns, walking lightly, slowly coming from the depths.

Aiwas subconsciously argued: "But... if I leave, what will happen to the people in this world?"

"- Either trapped in reincarnation forever, or falling into dusk. "

Sizhu's voice was gentle: "Just like the choices you have seen.

"You are not from this world, kid. You are just a lost soul... but you have such a heavy responsibility. There is no reason to let people who arrive halfway take responsibility in this world.

"So you can leave until the last moment."

"... Is this why you don't stop Huan Tiansi?"

Evans opened his eyes wide and realized Si Zhu's attitude very clearly.

Si Zhu - and possibly other pillar gods, they are not unaware of Huan Tiansi's tricks.

But they also know that the road ahead is bleak.

If they can't make up their minds to perish together, it's better to escape from this broken ship before the last moment.

So they support Aihuas, but don't oppose Huan Tiansi.

Because they have become "pillar gods" - as the pillars of this world, they can no longer leave.

"... I don't want to leave."

After a long silence, Aihuas answered firmly: "There are people who love me and people who need me in this world. There are people I have to save and people I have to kill.

"My bond is here - returning to another world, isn't that the same as leaving my hometown again? If I tear open the wound that has healed into a scar again, can it heal back to the way it was before the injury?

"I don't have a home there anymore... My home is here."

"Then I hope you like this home, child."

Si Zhu said gently.

Although it was just a deer, Aiwass seemed to see that He smiled happily.

He rubbed Aiwass intimately and said softly: "The hungry have nothing to think about, and the lonely have nothing to love.

"-Drink my blood...You can also sing and talk."

Accompanying Si Zhu's secret words, blood oozed from His neck.

Aiwass subconsciously opened his mouth, and they fell into Aiwass's mouth.

The next moment, six entries suddenly appeared in front of Aiwass.

-Not three, but six!

Three golds and three purples.

Three dedications, three transcendences!

Because both the Path of Devotion and the Path of Transcendence are Aiwass, plus there is only one person left alive, and the maximum number of promotions is three.

Therefore, when Aleister merges with Aiwass, he is equivalent to winning both paths!

[Noble Sacrifice (Purple): When you use "Sacrifice", you can lose 33% of your maximum HP to double the effect of this sacrifice unconditionally. You can only use it three times a month]

[Endless Mercy (Gold): Your treatment can revive the recently dead]

[Four-Color Wings (Purple): You get four-color wings. When activated, you can change your mana pool to one of the elements of wind, earth, water, and fire. Each color can only be used once a day]

[Elemental Emperor (Gold): All your spells and abilities involving wind, earth, water, and fire gain +1 priority (divinity)]

[Serpent of Transcendence (Gold): When you fight against an enemy with a higher energy level than yourself and fail, you will get an additional +2 priority (divinity) for the next judgment]

[Priority bonus from the same source (such as divinity) is only calculated once]

And with a clang, one of the purple ones turned into gold!

[Grace of the Pillar God——]

[The Candle Master has promoted an entry for you! ]

[The Candle Master's Horn (Gold): You drink the blood from the Candle Master's neck and become the Son of the Candle Master]