Chapter 1136
Alistair: Eivass is Lacking Love
The Swamp Dweller’s technique is, in fact, the opposite of this “desire” authority.
Or rather, it’s a complementary ability.
Jacob’s Swamp Dweller technique can create a soul that is identical to the original body and a body that is identical to the original soul. It lacks the original body’s consciousness, and might even give birth to a completely new consciousness.
Shaping a body is rather easy; it’s not difficult for the extraordinary abilities of this World.
However, this kind of technique for “emptily increasing souls” is completely unreasonable!
—It’s neither scientific nor mystical.
Because the total amount of souls in this World is generally fixed. The souls of the dead, if they cannot become Phantom Demons in the Dream Realm, will be recycled as materials for new souls.
Generally speaking, according to this cycle, the number of souls should only decrease, but in reality, the population of the Material Realm is constantly increasing. The reason is also simple… The propagation laws brought by the Origin River of Creation tasked the First Origin River with the mission of “creating new souls.”
In other words, the First Origin River makes up for the deficit of souls.
So, ancient souls are as close to gods as the “sun”; souls in the Age of Darkness are as savage and bloodthirsty as beasts, because they are mixed with the essence of “beasts”; and as the era develops, all races are gradually developing towards “love.” This is why the Hourglass tries to stop Necromancers in the Material Realm from controlling or detaining souls, preventing the dead from reviving… and also dislikes Fallen Heavenly Envoys who directly abduct souls.
From the sparse population of ancient times to the billions of lives today, these are all miracles brought about by the slow flow of the First Origin River. But it would be bad if the water was accidentally dried up. No one knows how much pressure the Origin River can withstand, so it’s best not to test it.
However, the soul recycling mechanism is also not very reliable — Heavenly Envoy Pillar Gods take a bit here, and I take a bit there, so the number of souls used for recycling will definitely not be enough in the end. It still has to rely on the Origin River of Creation to provide more water… But as they say, save what you can.
Since the Heavenly Envoy Pillar Gods are taking, at least the Material Realm shouldn’t take.
You don’t deserve it.
This is probably the meaning of the former Path of Power — to cause slaughter through violence, thereby reducing the population and releasing the pressure of creation. Authority, on the other hand, would lead to war… After every large-scale war, the birth rate would significantly increase.
This is also because there are enough soul fragments to be recycled.
So, it’s quite obvious that Jacob cannot create souls out of thin air.
That’s something a Beast Lord and Hengwo combined could do, and he’s not even on the Path of Love.
The reason why Jacob can obtain a brand new soul within the Swamp Dweller technique is nothing more than two possibilities — either he used souls that were lingering in the Material Realm as materials; or he infiltrated other Origin Rivers… for example, the Origin River of the Transcendent Path, and stole some souls that were not favored by the Pillar Gods and Heavenly Envoys.
It’s like handmade Valentine’s Day chocolates; generally, no one starts by grinding cocoa beans. Most people just re-melted existing chocolate and poured it into a new mold.
What Jacob did is roughly the same.
This is not compliant, but the rules are loose.
Most Phantom Demons can become stronger by consuming souls. So, with so many wild Phantom Demons, you can’t leave any for yourself.
As long as it’s not too excessive… secretly gnawing on a soul that no one wants is overlooked by everyone except the Silver Crown Dragon and the Hourglass. And most Phantom Demons themselves became so by crawling out of the Origin River with their own strength… You can’t kick them back after they risked being devoured by Phantom Demons to become one.
Souls that have come into contact with the power of Phantom Demons have already become Phantom Demons; even if kicked back, they cannot be recycled. It’s the same problem faced by Haibasha’s daughter.
But the problem is… when Jacob invented the Swamp Dweller technique, he wasn’t even dead yet.
He hadn’t become a Phantom Demon, let alone an Apostle… and he was already planning how to steal souls from the Origin River. This is equivalent to seriously planning how to embezzle money before graduating from elementary school.
But there’s another problem — this technique is extremely difficult and infinitely risky. At the highest level, it could even lead to direct execution by the Hourglass, and even implicate the Ring Heavenly Envoy. And it seems to have no benefit at all.
Yet, Jacob was able to become an Apostle of the Ring Heavenly Envoy with this technique — at least Eivass didn’t think Jacob had anything else to be valued by the Ring Heavenly Envoy besides this technique.
Although Eivass didn’t know what Jacob would do or become in the future, he could infer Jacob’s value through the Ring Heavenly Envoy’s actions.
After all, they are the same person. Eivass knew that the Ring Heavenly Envoy was a ruthless nine-time speedrunner, so he knew he wouldn’t do anything unnecessary.
This means that Jacob has an irreplaceable role in some major event in the future. But until Eivass’s transmigration, Jacob had never officially appeared. This indicates that his appearance would be much later…
…Much later, that would be the Void invasion.
Coupled with the Heavenly Envoy Fragment of the Desire Domain, Eivass finally understood part of the Ring Heavenly Envoy’s plan —
The “creation” of the Swamp Dweller does not need to be completed while the original body is still present. This means that the Swamp Dweller is essentially a “3D scan, then 3D print” technology. The biggest problem with this technology is that it gives birth to a new consciousness… Although it is very similar to the original body, it is actually not the same person.
It’s like Eivass’s mother — both Annies look like Annie, but one chose to leave on her own, and the other chose to stay. This is enough to prove a significant difference between them.
But if this authority is added, it would be different.
This means that if Eivass’s “memory capacity” is large enough, he could even scan a large amount of data used to create Swamp Dwellers; and engrave their self-awareness onto something.
In other words…
The Ring Heavenly Envoy could replicate a part of the people in this World and then recreate them from another World. Through this method, they could be “teleported” to another World.
Even if they could simultaneously destroy the old soul and old consciousness when creating a new soul… they would have a “trans-world teleporter.” The destroyed soul could be used as material for creating a new soul, and the old consciousness would be destroyed to maintain the absolute uniqueness of the same will.
For the individual who is “teleported,” they would have directly arrived in the new World through the teleporter.
“…Interstellar Travel?”
Alistair murmured under her breath.
That was a movie she… Ai Shiping from her previous life had watched. They had also played similar games.
She and Eivass instantly thought of the same thing — since they could both possess this memory, it meant that this was knowledge given to them by the Ring Heavenly Envoy. Or rather… the part the Ring Heavenly Envoy wanted them to know.
If it were just one person overthinking, it would be fine. But if two people thought of it at the same time… it would mean it was highly likely to be the correct answer. After all, they were both alternative possibilities of the Ring Heavenly Envoy.
“I understand…”
The Ring Heavenly Envoy’s plan became clearer and clearer.
Why did he directly take two Origin Rivers to the new World? Did he just want to fuse them into a Miracle Pillar God? What if he couldn’t return? Or what if the World was immediately destroyed after he left?
This authority finally gave Eivass the answer.
As long as the Ring Heavenly Envoy possesses the Heavenly Envoy Fragment of the Blood Heavenly Envoy through any means… he can directly replicate a part of the people and recreate them from another World. The raw materials for creating them can be extracted from the Origin River.
If this World is destroyed, it would be equivalent to the Ring Heavenly Envoy teleporting them to a safe place.
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—This was not a hysterical struggle, nor a desperate “last dance.”
The Ring Heavenly Envoy had not lost his rationality or caution… he never had from the beginning. Everything was within his plan.
Just like Eivass, everything that seemed risky was a calculated composure.
“…So, how will you decide, Eivass?”
Alistair looked at Eivass with some worry.
The joy of her recent promotion was now overshadowed by more complex emotions. She was worried that Eivass would overthink… especially afraid that Eivass would suddenly go mad and choose to sacrifice himself for the Ring Heavenly Envoy.
After all, Eivass had part of the Path of Devotion, which was entirely possible. Compared to “going mad and suddenly snatching two Origin Rivers,” the success rate of the Ring Heavenly Envoy’s plan was now quite high. It could even be said that as a “fallback plan,” it was sufficient.
No wonder some Pillar Gods chose to support the Ring Heavenly Envoy… and no wonder the Hourglass chose to remain neutral.
“Don’t worry…”
Eivass knew what Alistair was worried about.
He shook his head and said softly, “I won’t abandon you. After all, now, my life no longer belongs to myself alone…
“No matter what, I will be with you.”
Alistair clicked her tongue somewhat displeased.
She could understand Eivass’s underlying meaning — if it weren’t for them, Eivass might indeed have made that choice. After all, this was the most stable and secure plan… Planning for nine lifetimes, one would naturally think more thoroughly than in one lifetime. Just as an amateur shouldn’t direct a professional… entrusting oneself to another self is a “safe” idea.
The reason Eivass wasn’t doing that now was because he had something to care about. He couldn’t let go of the people he loved, the Beasts of Sin who had placed their trust in him, nor his wife and children.
Eivass had a gentle and easygoing personality. Although he possessed the Soul of Transcendence, he lacked aggression. He was more like someone who had been crowned with yellow robes and pushed to this point step by step by those around him.
—But to Alistair, who the hell cared about the World — Eivass belonged to her.
Alistair looked at Isabel. As the vessel of the Heavenly Envoy Fragment of Desire, she gave a guiding opinion without mercy:
“Eivass still having such thoughts, even if only for a fleeting moment in his mind, shows you haven’t squeezed him enough, Isha—you control him! He shouldn’t even have such thoughts!”
“Wuuu…”
Isabel’s face instantly turned red, covering her rapidly heating cheeks.
She wasn’t that easily shy, but mainly because there were outsiders present…
…But on second thought, they weren’t really outsiders.
Isabel instantly perked up.
She looked at Eivass, obediently following Alistair’s guidance, and with a frown like a little puppy, her cute features turned fierce for a moment: “Are you thinking of harming yourself again! You’re not allowed to think about those messy things!”
“Uh… I…”
Eivass instantly cowered and became much more obedient.
“…Can restraining devotion with love lead to a state of rationality?”
Sherlock, who was observing everything coldly from the side, murmured, “This actually… makes sense?”
(End of Chapter)
