Weighing the golden bird-shaped accessory in his hand, Klein quickly returned to reality. He randomly chose an empty spot, set up an altar, and held a sacrificial ritual.
He didn't have any intention of delving deeper into the other secrets hidden in the City of the Dead, the River of Eternal Darkness, and the blurry figures that lingered in it. This was because he had something more important to do. He still had a key question he wanted to ask the Evernight Goddess.
Soon, he held the ritual and combined the candlelight with the spiritual materials, forming a Door of Sacrifice and Bestowment.
Without any hesitation, Klein placed the golden bird-shaped accessory into the wind, allowing it to slowly pass through the mysterious door and disappear into the endless darkness.
In the next second, he acutely sensed that he had been forcefully dragged into a dream.
In the middle of the dream was a Gothic palace that seemed to have fused with the surrounding darkness. Its details were exquisite, and its color was dim, but it didn't lose its magnificence.
Klein passed through the night vanilla and slumber flowers and entered the palace.
In the deepest depths of the hall, the Evernight Goddess sat on an ancient, high-back chair. "She" was still wearing the layered but uncomplicated black dress.
The resplendent specks of light on the dress and the palace's dome, walls, and columns reflected off each other, creating a quiet and dreamy starry sky.
The Evernight Goddess, whose face seemed to be covered with layers of veil, held the golden bird-shaped accessory and slowly stood up. "She" walked down the stairs and stood in front of Klein.
"Her" voice sounded like a serenade:
"What do you have to ask?"
Klein politely took off his top hat and bowed slightly.
"I want to know if the grayish-white fog that envelopes the River of Eternal Darkness is related to the Lord of the Mysteries."
In other words, the Celestial Worthy of Heaven and Earth for Blessings.
Although the Evernight Goddess's head couldn't be seen clearly, it made Klein feel that "She" seemed to be smiling.
"Yes, and it's not only the River of Eternal Darkness that's enveloped by the grayish-white fog. The city behind the door in Bansy Harbor and the entire Western Continent are enveloped by the grayish-white fog."
Klein hesitated for a moment.
"This is a seal?"
The Evernight Goddess's dream projection nodded.
"Yes, apart from Sefirah Castle and Chaos Sea, all the other sefirot have been sealed in the Western Continent by the Lord of the Mysteries."
The River of Eternal Darkness, the Broodmother, the City of Calamity, the World of Shadows, the Nation of Disorder, the Knowledge Moor, and the Key of Light have all been sealed by the Celestial Worthy in the Western Continent? Wasn't this too much? How extravagant … It's no wonder that the city behind the door in Bansy Harbor is like Shanghai in the past … This is the City of Calamity affecting the city in reality, as well as Bansy. Then, to a certain extent, it also resulted in certain changes? Klein came to a sudden realization and was amazed.
Previously, when he saw the scene behind the door in Bansy, he suspected that it was related to the Western Continent. Furthermore, based on the clue that Bansy was the location of the Red Angel Medici family, he suspected that behind the door was the reflection of the sefirah of the City of Calamity.
After a moment of silence, Klein didn't hide his feelings and sighed frankly.
He sighed frankly and said, "The strength of that Lord of the Mysteries far exceeds my imagination …
"How could such a Great Old One, who can be called a pillar of the universe, perish silently?"
The Evernight Goddess's dream projection shook her head.
"It's not completely silent.
"From some of the clues we have now, 'He' perished together with the God of ancient times.
"That God's corpse formed the first Blasphemy Slate in the Chaos Sea. Beside the slate is the Marauder pathway's Uniqueness," Meng Chuan said.
In other words, in the middle of the First Epoch, the Lord of the Mysteries and God had an abnormally intense battle that didn't cause much of a stir. In the end, both of them perished? This can explain why the ancient Sun God possessed or "Grazed" the Uniqueness of the Marauder pathway when "He" walked out of Chaos Sea. That was torn from the Lord of the Mysteries by God of ancient times … As Klein's thoughts ran wild, he asked in puzzlement:
"Why did 'They' want to kill each other? They are both pillars, but they belong to different pathways. There shouldn't be any conflict that can't be resolved through life and death. "
The Evernight Goddess's dream projection said gently and soothingly,
"Convergence is instinct.
"The higher the level, the stronger the instinct.
"That Lord of the Mysteries and the God of ancient times had an uncontrollable convergence, becoming the embodiment of the entire Universe, which is also the instinct of the original Creator."
The stronger, the crazier? Apart from being cunning, powerful, terrifying, and filled with intelligence, the Celestial Worthy of Heaven and Earth for Blessings also has such a side? Klein thought for a moment and said,
That 'Lord of the Mysteries' and the 'God' of ancient times, in essence, should be different aspects of the original Creator?
The Evernight Goddess's dream projection said with a comforting voice,
"It might be more accurate to use the same existence as different personalities.
"The original Creator was the creator and terminator of the Universe. He was day and night, the light of holiness, and also the abyss of depravity. He was the collective of all contradictory concepts and symbols.
"Therefore, 'He' naturally has an uncontrollable tendency to split. And once 'He' splits, 'He' will produce a strong tendency to converge.
"In history that's even more ancient than the era we once lived in, the original Creator had naturally split into many personalities. They were also in a state of slumber, but they began to use the authority and Beyonder characteristics they controlled to indirectly influence the World. They made many preparations for the true split after the original Creator awakened.
"Among them, the most powerful and active ones are God and the Lord of the Mysteries. The latter has another honorific name in the Western Continent.
"In the early stages of the First Epoch, 'They' should've used different methods to grasp additional, multiple sefirot. This made 'Their' instinct to converge even stronger, to the point of being unable to control themselves as they targeted each other.
"According to the research of the ancient Sun God, a pillar is the highest level of stability one can achieve. If the Great Old Ones exceed this limit, even if they only contain one more sefirot, they will definitely be controlled by the instinct to converge, unable to reverse it.
"No one knows the exact situation of that battle. Even the Seven Lights of the spirit world don't know. We only know that from then on, the two Great Old Ones, who can be called pillars, completely disappeared. As for the other sefirot outside Chaos Sea and Sefirah Castle, they were sealed in the Western Continent by the power of Sefirah Castle. That was once the territory ruled by the Lord of the Mysteries.
"Such an arrangement leads to a problem. That is, before the Lord of the Mysteries and God reappear and break the seal in the Western Continent, no Sequence 0 in this World can become a Great Old One and fight against the Outer Deities.
"As the apocalypse draws closer, this problem will force all the true gods to nurture a Lord of the Mysteries or God of Mysteries. And the previous Lord of the Mysteries and God of Mysteries are very likely to awaken in 'Their' bodies."
This … So, sealing the other sefirot was deliberately done by the Celestial Worthy to prevent the future Sequence 0 true deities from deliberately avoiding their own pathways and killing the birth of a new Lord of the Mysteries? And as long as a new Lord of the Mysteries is born, "He" will have a very high chance of resurrecting and completely awakening … Isn't this too sinister? To a certain extent, there's no need to be afraid of others knowing about such an arrangement. The more existences that know about it, the more inclined they will be to support a Lord of the Mysteries as soon as possible. This is to prevent them from only having a few years left to control their respective sefirah and become a Great Old One … The more Klein thought about it, the more he felt that the Celestial Worthy of Heaven and Earth for Blessings was extremely terrifying.
This made him sigh in his heart.
"As expected of the Great Old Ones who can make the Genie fall into such a situation …"
Klein then asked,
"Then why didn't you support a Master of Mysteries in the Fourth Epoch?"
In fact, he already knew the answer to this question. As time passed, the wills of the original Creator, the Celestial Lord and the God, were constantly declining. The closer it was to the Apocalypse, the weaker the corresponding will would be. The latecomers would be more likely to resist, suppress, and not lose themselves.
The fact that Adam had waited until recently to advance to Visionary was proof of this.
The Evernight Goddess's dream projection had a hint of a smile.
"Back then, Amon and Bethel weren't willing. 'They' wished to make all sorts of preparations and wait until the apocalypse was approaching before attempting it.
"As for Salinger, he planned on indirectly using the River of Eternal Darkness to fuse with the Red Priest's Uniqueness and create a new Great Old One path. Then, 'He' went crazy and couldn't restrain his desire to converge the Twilight and Darkness pathways."
Death was also forced into a corner. On the one hand, there were only about a thousand years left before the apocalypse. On the other hand, the River of Eternal Darkness had been sealed by the pillar known as the Celestial Worthy, preventing "Him" from attempting to control it … It's too sinister and too much! Klein couldn't help but criticize the Celestial Worthy inwardly.
At this moment, the Evernight Goddess's dream projection continued, "As time passed, the seal on the Western Continent gradually weakened.
"With the passage of time, the seal on the Western Continent is gradually weakening. Those sefirah instinctively or consciously use the Uniqueness and High-Sequence Beyonder characteristics that they symbolize, indirectly corrupting them and affecting the outside world.
"The earliest source of power that seeped out was the River of Eternal Darkness. It formed a tributary in the outside world through Gregrace in the Second Epoch. After that, in the Fourth Epoch, more sefirah began to appear in the Northern and Southern Continents and the Five Sea Islands.
"This is an important factor hidden behind many of the anomalies in the Fourth Epoch."
In the Fourth Epoch, there are also various sefirah that indirectly exert influence through the seal … It's no wonder Adam said that my understanding of the Fourth Epoch's history isn't deep enough … From the looks of it, Bansy Harbor retains elven customs. Apart from the fact that it was once an elven settlement, there are additional factors … Klein thought for a few seconds and smiled.
"I roughly understand.
"Is this the reason why you've been helping me?"
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