The Shepherds Are Dense – Chapter 1323

Chapter 1321
Prophecy Regarding the Divine Entity
…No wonder the Great Philosopher and Hourglass wanted to create the fictional Sun God called “Mith”.
Now, Eivass finally understood why the Great Philosopher did this back then.
They wanted to create “Mith” to plug this gap with the Eye of the Great Philosopher!
Because the position of Sun God, in this World, was a consumable!
Every time it burned out, it would be replaced by the next Sun God. And Mith was undoubtedly the most durable one.
The essence of Mith was an “artificial god” born from the fusion of “Memories of One, Boons of Three, Words of Five” and the power of the Nine Great Paths. Its power came from the Nine Great Paths, so it was almost impossible to deplete.
—In other words, it was AI.
Its material was the Eye of the Great Philosopher, and its foundation lay in the Curtain of Stars.
It was just that Supreme Heaven, despairing from knowing the future, directly shattered the “Third Sun” that should have been born when the “Second Sun” fell!
This directly led to the arrival of that long era of darkness, causing many inheritances to be severed.
Supreme Heaven was the first and only Pillar God to completely give up on resisting the Void.
Much of the current chaos was due to Supreme Heaven’s reckless actions.
This was actually understandable…
After all, the Seventh Origin River, being the “Origin River of Violence” that was polluted from the very beginning, did not allow for failure, or even a draw. And Supreme Heaven, as a Pillar God with infinite power, faced an enemy that was a phantom he could neither touch nor strike. This meant he was bound to lose when confronting the Void.
In other words, if the Void was considered an enemy, Supreme Heaven was doomed to die.
This was a dead end with no solution.
So Supreme Heaven chose to give up: as long as he didn’t consider the Void an enemy, he wouldn’t lose by being unable to defeat it.
In this regard, the facts were quite ironic—
Excluding Amber, who was nominally the strongest but could not act freely, the most powerful god in this World was surprisingly the first to surrender. Many subsequent troubles were even a chain reaction triggered by this event.
It could even be said that Supreme Heaven might have thought this way because the Whisper of the Void was already in his mind, talking him into it.
After all, with the Great Philosopher’s brain cut off, Supreme Heaven was not very intelligent. While the Whisper of the Void could not convince Ring Heavenly Envoy, it could convince Supreme Heaven—he probably wouldn’t doubt whether the thoughts that popped into his mind were his own true thoughts.
Although Xi Tian Si and Hengwo could resolutely ignore it, Amber could sleep and not hear it at all, and Ring Heavenly Envoy had fought against it for tens of thousands of years, constantly purifying his consciousness… Supreme Heaven had no defense in this regard. Coupled with the fact that he wore the skin of the Sky-Eating Beast, he probably fell not long after becoming a god.
“So you’re familiar with so many Heavenly Envoy Pillar Gods.”
Eivass marveled, “No wonder Lord of Scales and Feathers made a prophecy for you…”
“…’Morgan will kill Arthur, and the Red Dragon will triumph over the White Dragon,’ right.”
Morgan gave a wry smile, “It has nothing to do with this. Rather, it’s precisely because of this prophecy that I became acquainted with other gods.”
“—Experiment.”
Isabel blurted out from the side.
Her intuition was quite sharp, allowing her to guess the truth directly.
“That’s right, an experiment.”
Morgan nodded frankly, “I’m an experiment on whether ‘Fate can be distorted’.”
The prophecy made by Lord of Scales and Feathers, who stole the Authority of the “Eight Trigrams,” could not be changed.
That was the so-called “Fate.”
The power of possibility came from miracles, while the power of fate belonged to the Void.
Fate represented “meaninglessness,” and it represented “loss of possibility.”
In this regard…
“Madam Morgan, you are precisely the litmus test for whether ‘miracles’ can exist.”
Eivass also understood, “The prophecy says, ‘Morgan will kill Arthur, and the Red Dragon will triumph over the White Dragon.’ This undoubtedly means Morgan will assist Calamity Red in defeating and killing Silver Crown Dragon… I see. Calamity Red believed your betrayal precisely because of this prophecy. Because he knew that the prophecy spoken by Lord of Scales and Feathers would surely come true.”
This was not due to Calamity Red misinterpreting it, but because the prophecy itself meant this!
Morgan nodded and continued, “But to fit the prophecy, I can distort the entire event. Now, it’s true that ‘Morgan’ killed ‘Arthur,’ and the Red Dragon ‘triumphed’ over the White Dragon—I undoubtedly killed the true Arthur, and the Red Dragon indeed took the Pillar God position of the White Dragon. In the end, it was the White Dragon who gave up his own life to completely defeat the Red Dragon. The White Dragon died before the Red Dragon… so the Red Dragon truly triumphed over the White Dragon.”
“…So, I also have a prophecy on me, right.”
Eivass finally understood why Morgan favored him so much.
That feeling might not be “liking,” and that behavior was not “investment.” It was more like a postgraduate student in agriculture being concerned and caring about their graduation thesis.
“—Sacred Entity.”
Morgan said, “Do you remember?”
“…Sacred Entity?”
Eivass was taken aback.
Did the meaning of Sacred Entity not refer to him being a fragment of Samsara Heavenly Envoy, the snake tail of Ring Heavenly Envoy?
“You must have met that ‘Eivass’ already.”
Morgan said leisurely, “Didn’t he introduce himself to you?”
At that moment, Eivass’s pupils contracted slightly.
【—You are Eivass? Then who am I?】
【—You are Eivass Moriarty, grandson of Jacob Alexander, son of Giulio Alexander. Adopted son of James Moriarty. Former Eternal Pope. Prince of Avalon. Chief Advisor of the new Hrasal Empire. The ‘snake tail’ of Ring Heavenly Envoy. Fragment of Samsara Heavenly Envoy. Sacred Entity. Son of Father Snake. My prototype. Transmigrator.】
【—Then who are you?】
【I am just ‘Eivass’.】
The conversation Eivass had with “Eivass” at that time surfaced word for word in his mind.
He had subconsciously overlooked one thing…
That was, the meaning of each title “Eivass” called him was completely different.
In other words, “the snake tail of Ring Heavenly Envoy” and “fragment of Samsara Heavenly Envoy” were not the meaning of Sacred Entity!
“This title itself comes from the prophecy—”
Morgan finally revealed the origin of this riddle, “The original version of this prophecy was like this:
‘When the stars fall, the sun will rise again. “Ai” will eventually sink into the River of Void, and the Sacred Entity will shine forever. It is the first driving force of the universe, a sun that has fallen without ever rising.’
“…So Sacred Entity is nothing in itself, and the title itself has no meaning. If anything, it actually represents ‘a sun that has fallen without ever rising.’
“But in the prophecy of Lord of Scales and Feathers, there was a being called ‘Sacred Entity,’ who was the first driving force of the universe and would shine forever… And if there is ‘eternal radiance,’ it means the gloom of this World might have been illuminated. And ‘the first driving force of the universe’… Many people believe it might be ‘miracle.’
“And to fit this prophecy, a fragment of Butterfly Heavenly Envoy was added to you.”
Morgan paused at this point, “Do you know when Butterfly Heavenly Envoy was born?
“—Butterfly Heavenly Envoy was born from the corpse of ‘Mithara.’ The rising and setting of the sun symbolizes rebirth.”
So that was why so many gods were looking for “Sacred Entity”!
So, every generation’s snake tail was called “Ai”!
The one who wanted to be a sacrifice was Ring Heavenly Envoy himself.
And his strenuous effort to attach the name Sacred Entity to himself was to fit this prophecy!
The prophecy itself could not be changed, but it could be distorted. It was a projection of future information, but it only needed to be fulfilled in its literal meaning…
And theoretically, no one was the true Sacred Entity.
—As long as the conditions are met, anyone can become Sacred Entity.
(End of Chapter)