What is a soul? Everyone had their own opinions, but none of them were close to the truth.
This was because there was no standard answer to this question from the very beginning.
The Goddess of Creation did not have a blueprint from the beginning. It was a self-evolution of the soul. It was just that the researchers analyzed it from different angles.
In the East of Earth, there was a saying that there were three souls and seven spirits.
The three souls, the three souls of heaven, earth, and human, carried completely different functions. They were the human's self-awareness, human's sense of propriety, justice, and shame, and human's lifespan.
According to my understanding, self-awareness, values, and the lifespan of the soul are the basic hardware that makes up a soul. Under certain conditions, these are also fixed.
The Seven Spirits were the Dead Dog, the Crouching Arrow, the Sparrow, the Thief, the Non-Poison, the Defilement, and the Smelly Lung, which referred to happiness, anger, sorrow, fear, love, evil, and desire. In other words, they referred to the most primitive emotions and instincts.
Don't you find it familiar? Actually, the Seven Deadly Sins of the West are the same. At most, there are some differences in the specific emotions. It's just that the angle of differentiation is slightly different.
When it came to human nature, no one was better than the other. It was just that in another sense, different paths led to the same destination.
The starting point of my research was the foundational structure of the soul. The division between hardware and software was the foundation of everything.
The Three Spiritual Souls were hardware that were fixed in a short period of time. However, the Seven Physical Souls were the embodiment of a person's emotions. They were changeable and forever changing. One second, they could be extremely happy, but the next second, they could burst into tears.
In my opinion, whether or not an AI had feelings was the most fundamental difference between humans and non-humans. No matter how fast an AI's calculations were, it wasn't a living thing. The so-called random calculations were just a trick to deceive people. It would never be able to compare to feelings that came from the heart.
In the scientific world, the study of the soul could only rely on guesses, but in Aichy, there were traces to follow.
That key was the emotions represented by the seven spirits.
The Art of Fear, which made people scream in fear, was the favorite of necromancers. It was a special use of negative energy.
There were many divine spells that made people happy and calm. Holy Light instinctively made people feel warm and at ease.
Rage, berserk energy, the soul of rage burning in the blood, the berserker had the ability to tear everything apart.
Charm and aphrodisiac abilities were the favorites of certain classes and succubi from the lower planes.
Some of these abilities were strong, some were weak, some were rare, and some were commonplace, but they all touched upon the depths of the soul, the black box that no one could reach, the part that represented the 'Seven Souls' and 'Seven Deadly Sins'.
Injecting a certain frequency of magic power or certain energy would trigger a certain emotional reaction. Perhaps, from a certain perspective, the human soul was also an interesting thing like computer programming.
Thus, after a long period of research, I gradually analyzed the soul fluctuations represented by the various emotions.
How does the Power of Transcendence affect the soul?
How to adjust the supernatural power? How to increase/decrease the influence?
Which part of the soul are they affecting? Which part of the three souls and seven spirits?
Could he split a part of his emotions? Was that the legendary Soul Detachment Syndrome?
The result of my research was that I divided a normal soul into many pieces and successfully separated the areas of pure emotions, artificially creating the purest and most single-minded stubborn soul.
Yes, the Seven Deadly Sins.
Of course, it wasn't that simple. The birth of every single Soul of Original Sin required at least a thousand times the amount of soul essence. This included a portion of my own soul essence.
The power of the Seven Deadly Sins lay in the uniqueness of the soul, the purity of the soul, and the extremity of the soul.
Only those who loved would be saints. Only those who hated would go insane. Only those who desired would be incurable. Any soul that reached the extremity would be impossible to be ordinary.
In terms of quality, the souls of every single Soul of the Seven Deadly Sins were at least a thousand times more powerful than that of an ordinary mortal. And in terms of soul quality, there was no foundational difference between a SemiGod and a normal mortal. And for Aichy, the soul was the source of his power.
For undead creatures, as long as their physical bodies weren't too weak, they wouldn't possibly be weak.
And this is only a part of the results of my research, the knowledge of soul creation.
In that case, doctors who were the best at saving lives would naturally know how to kill faster. With creation came destruction. Mastering the essence of creating souls would naturally mean mastering how to completely destroy a soul.
"Seven Sins of Creation Sword …"
Countless vengeful souls crawled out of my shadow, forcefully transforming the entire plains into a living hell.
I was able to take away a portion of a soul. In that case, what would happen if I added a portion to an originally healthy soul?
What would happen if I added one of the three spiritual souls and seven physical souls? From a certain standpoint, this was indeed an interesting proposition. And so, I did some interesting experiments.
“BOOM！！”
The four-winged angel that the vengeful souls collided with instantly exploded into blood and minced meat.
There were no magic waves, no battle, no sound. A powerful angel that had lived for nearly a thousand years was gone just like that.
Beside me, countless resentful souls walked out. Some of them died of despair, some of them died of hunger, some of them died of lust, some of them died of anger, and after I processed them, those pure emotions became all of them. They were all souls of pure Original Sin.
They instinctively desired to be complete. They instinctively desired to return to the Cycle of Reincarnation and instinctively became a part of another soul.
This wasn't an attack. This was a blessing. This was the soul's instinct.
They were just like soul shards in the River Styx. They were currently merging together and becoming more complete.
When I raised my head and laughed out loud, countless dark souls spilled out from under my feet. The entire world became a haunted house.
The powerful Battle Angels weren't even worth mentioning in front of these weak vengeful souls. The moment they came into contact with them, they would either be as unmoving as a mountain with their physical bodies intact but their souls destroyed. Alternatively, their souls and physical bodies would both become distorted and instantly explode.
If the River Styx was the "acid" that could dissolve all souls, then these simple souls would be the "glue" for souls.
Attack these vengeful souls? They weren't even undead. They were pure living beings. Holy Light should give souls peace and blessing. How was I supposed to attack them?
"Demon!"
In the sky, the roaring Seraphim swung his sword down. His lightning-like sword intent was tearing through space itself. I was unable to dodge at all.
But why should I dodge?
The burning Holy Light sword was already touching my face. The Glorious Hammer, Vinton Angola, had an expression of disbelief as he stopped.
Countless vengeful souls crawled out of his body. Veins popped up on his furious face. It would seem that even angels now had emotions.
"Ha, how does it feel to have your soul restored? It must be nice to experience anger and despair for the first time, right? You should be thanking me for allowing a toy like you to have emotions, right? "
It was a pity that my words were meaningless.
The Seraphim couldn't hear me anymore. The God-killing Battle Angel was still in the same posture as when he swung his sword to slay demons. However, he was no longer able to move, because the soul within him had been completely destroyed.
I picked up my cloak and activated my shadow again. This time, I began collecting these vengeful souls. These were all materials for my sword. I had gathered them with great difficulty, so I couldn't waste them.
"Sigh, what a waste …"
On one hand, I sighed at the waste of these simple souls. These three minutes of explosive power had wasted more than 20,000 vengeful souls. On the other hand, it was a pity that all the angel souls had been destroyed. I was unable to retrieve such high-quality souls.
I resumed my journey. This time, only a few "God's Statues" of angels remained behind me. Perhaps they would stand here for a very long time.
Three days later, the Calamity Rankings were updated. For the first time, a certain person entered the top three. This time, his titles weren't some ambiguous "Undying Roland". Instead, he was titled "Soul Dominator" and "Undead Emperor".
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