Capítulo 1576: Chapter 269: Spreading Wings Amidst the Light
“Finally…”
Aiwass woke up from the hallucination, his gaze flickering as he murmured softly.
The memories from Ai Shiping were so clearly etched in his heart.
That was perhaps the part the Serpent Celestial Marshal least wanted to let go, it was the essence carved deep into his being.
Aiwass also finally understood… what exactly was the identity of the Pillar God “Taboo” that appeared only in the background of the “Cicada Molt Event” without any records.
——It was the Pillar God that Ai Shiping, the Reincarnation Celestial Marshal of the first cycle, ascended and became!
Coupled with the previous speculation about the identity of the Abyssal Celestial Envoy, Aiwass suddenly understood the essence of the Spirit Amber Celestial Marshal——
The Spirit Amber Celestial Marshal ascended from a sea monster like a giant serpent, its true form being only a human skull colored like amber. Its spine remained in the Material Realm, becoming the core of the Spirit Summoning Tower.
…A god with a serpent body and human head, possessing a special skull, born from the sea, with a mindless loyalty to amber, always protecting the slumbering amber, wanting to “remember” everything like a Tomb Guardian. The Spirit Amber Celestial Marshal even took on part of the Pillar God’s responsibilities of amber, yet other Pillar Gods had no objections to this, even the Hourglass acknowledged it.
Isn’t this Ai Shiping?
Like Ai Shiping in the first cycle, who abandoned his body, leaving only the skull transformed into the Golden Apple!
From another perspective… the term “Spirit Amber” itself foreshadows “amber encasing an insect.”
If the insect is the Pillar God Amber, then why is the Spirit Amber Celestial Marshal called “Spirit Amber”?
At that time, wasn’t what encased the “insect,” the Taboo itself transformed into a coffin?
And similarly…
In the “Sea Burial Secret Continuation,” it was said, the serpent was killed by the flying bird, the bird born in the serpent’s belly broke free, and the giant serpent’s corpse that sunk into the sea transformed into a monster. The image of the Abyssal Celestial Envoy is a mass of enormous and hideous tendrils——tendrils can also be viewed as boneless serpents.
Without the Power of Reincarnation, while wielding the authority of the scale bearers… that is the Destructive Sea God capable of stirring endless waves, drowning all fires of civilization. When the Void descends, perhaps the methods of the Abyssal Celestial Envoy could be considered the “final insurance”——to destroy the whole world and reenact the creation from the primeval ocean.
If the “Dusk Species” is a virus, then this could be considered a formatting.
One for complete destruction, one for ultimate preservation.
If you combine the story of the Spirit Amber Celestial Marshal’s birth and the Abyssal Celestial Envoy’s story, it is precisely the truth of what happened on the “Day of Cicada Molt!”
These two Celestial Marshals of the Taboo Path combined, precisely form the “Taboo!”
…What exactly is going on? Is it that the Hourglass performed a cut? Or is the Great Abyss or Spirit Amber also parts sliced off as snake tails?
If it’s the latter… considering at some point during the process, the Serpent Celestial Marshal swapped personas, and the snake tail consumed the snake head. It’s possible the original Serpent Celestial Marshal later became one of the Great Abyss or Spirit Amber.
Upon realizing the Taboo Power was already contaminated, they cut out the present pure Serpent Celestial Marshal, devoid of Taboo Power… just like how the Serpent Celestial Marshal completely cut the Power of Devotion to Aiwass.
Aiwass doesn’t yet understand these details.
But Aiwass knows what truly happened in the first cycle——
The Sun Falling symbolizes the fall of the Dawn Celestial Marshal, and as the Dawn Celestial Marshal and Eternal Self share two sides of the same coin, it means Eternal Self has also perished.
Sin Thorn grew wildly, civilization fell into ruin, indicating that the Candle Master as the Sin Beast has also died.
Gravity disrupted, no stars in the sky, ruins floating above, indicating that the Hourglass, controlling the laws of physics and order, has also died.
The Moon turned into the Blood Moon, meaning the Pillar God controlling the First Source River has become the Blood Celestial Marshal, already contaminated by the Void just as what happened in this world line.
Without the Serpent Celestial Marshal’s assistance, the Crowned Celestial Marshal could not rise to power. Therefore, the Pillar God of the Seventh Source River remained the Supreme Heaven in the Path of Strength… this is likely why the Supreme Heaven was killed by the Silver-Crowned Dragon, saying, “I await you in the final dusk” in reference to possibly still having remnants of memory.
Perhaps starting from this moment, the Supreme Heaven began to thoroughly fall. They dreamed of the apocalypse and deemed its power utterly overwhelming, so they decided to give up, opting for immediate enjoyment; akin to the Great Sage witnessing the truth and choosing silence, striving to prevent the spread of the Void.
——Wisdom that is futile knowing, strength that is powerless in action.
Henceforth, in subsequent reincarnations, the Serpent Celestial Marshal would resolutely aid the Crowned Celestial Marshal in rising, replacing the passive combatant Supreme Heaven.
The Dragon still exists but has been polluted, indicating the Path of Adaptation remains, but the Lord of Scalefeather may have also been contaminated by the Dusk; unless the Supreme Heaven hasn’t fallen, Lucifer wouldn’t attempt to ascend but remain content as the Tower Master of the Tower of Heaven, King of the Winged Ones, and thus no Fallen Celestial Marshal would exist.
Combined with the likely transcended Serpent Father, the known Source Rivers with problems or dead Pillar Gods are the First, Third, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Seventh, and Eighth… considering the differences still present, probably the ultimate survivor was only the Gemini Mirror.
——Regarding the complete unpreparedness, the erosion of the Void leaves no trace.
That was a Godslaying Plague spread through words, emotions, and thoughts… by the time symptoms were detected, it was already too late.
And ultimately… Amber took the dying “Taboo” Ai Shiping’s power through a ritual to kill the Pillar God, and used the Ring of Ouroboros to complete the first restart, reaching the second cycle.
That was Amber’s and the Serpent Celestial Marshal’s attempt to collaborate and reverse much of history. It was also at this moment that the Silver-Crowned Dragon began to existence, followed by the emergence of the Fallen Celestial Marshal and the Serpent Celestial Marshal, the Pillar Gods finally lived to the last, achieving clear memories and beginning the third cycle.
“Is this what you wish to tell me…”
Aiwass gazed at the white larva resting in his hand, murmuring, “Amber…”
But the larva had no reaction to this name.
It merely gently nibbled at Aiwass’s fingers, trembling its fluffy wings.
And just then, Aiwass paused, suddenly realizing——
——This is not the “Pillar God Amber.” The Amber born from the future, dead in the past.
The Amber that truly belongs to the Pillar God has long been unsustainable.
The preserved pure memory only contained what was just transmitted to him. As the vanguard resisting the Void’s erosion, it resisted more than nine times the time of Eternal Self and Beast Master… and now was nearly burned out.
This is the original Amber.
It was the tender larva of light first encountered inside the Tower of Heaven by the “snake.” It was preserved by the future’s “Amber,” and hatched again today from Amber.
It possessed none of Amber’s memories, nor had it consumed any snake’s light. It was a completely new individual… after awakening, the first light it consumed was Aiwass’s light.
If Amber belonged to Ai Shiping’s Amber… then this fluttering larva now is Aiwass’s very own “Amber.”
They are the same person, just like Aiwass and Ai Shiping are the same person, yet with parallel memories and different lives.
This is not Amber.
It is a revived insect.
“…Come to think of it, I ought to give you a new name to celebrate.”
Aiwass remained silent for a long time, looked into its amber-colored bug eyes, and whispered: “To celebrate your rebirth…
“How about calling you Inanna… what do you think?”