Chapter 901
Lucifer’s Afterimage
And at this moment.
An incredibly intense heat, accompanied by a red light that almost illuminated half the night sky, flared up, and a tingly, warm power spread throughout my entire body. Eivass and Galatea immediately recognized the source of this power: “That’s… Candlemaster?”
“Candlemaster has been summoned back from the Material Realm to the Dream Realm!”
Immediately after, came a roar like that of an eagle or a dragon—a dark green vortex spiraled and swept into the sky.
Following that was an incomparably bright amber beam of light.
That was the Lord of Scales and Feathers and Amber.
Had they also walked the Material Realm?
“Twin… It seems it did not manifest in the Material Realm.”
Without Eivass asking, Galatea spoke first, “It has always been in the Dream Realm, otherwise I would have sensed it—”
“What about the Path of Love? Or rather, the Beast Path…Isn’t the Beast Lord here yet?”
Eivass was somewhat doubtful.
Given the Beast Lord’s habits, it would definitely appear in the Material Realm.
However, it had not been sealed back to the Dream Realm by that Great Miracle, which could only mean it did not yet exist.
As the “Sun” grew dimmer, the moon, originally transparent, also appeared.
It wasn’t the moon in Eivass’s understanding—it was more like a slightly larger star. It emitted a weak, feeble glow, no brighter than the distant streetlights. It did, however, illuminate half the night sky.
But at this moment, the sun, which had already turned into an “eyeball,” suddenly shot out a azure lightning bolt, striking directly at the moon!
The moon was hit by the beam and then turned into a meteor, falling into the sea.
Seeing that almost all the stars in the sky had dimmed, it seemed there wasn’t much space left.
The pillars of light rising from the ground also gradually thinned.
But the “Sun” was not dead.
It had merely transformed into a giant azure eye hanging high in the sky.
That “eye” widened, its focus and gaze shifting, searching for something on the ground. Whenever it spotted something, the surrounding stars would tremble, and then a beam of light would absorb it.
The bright yellow light screen above the sky became clearer.
Eivass felt a faint sense of suppression—similar to the feeling when Zhu Tang had used a ritual before.
But at this moment.
A spear burning with flames, coming from nowhere, suddenly pierced that eye, erupting in visible flames!
“—You!”
An incomparably angry and pained roar, shaking the heavens and the earth, resounded!
At the same time, it was accompanied by hearty laughter of “Hahahaha!”
Eivass heard it clearly and immediately remembered whose voice it was.
—It was the laughter of the Supreme Heaven!
“So that’s why Great Philosopher became one-eyed?!”
Eivass blurted out.
The next moment, he saw that eye shrink and turn into a black sphere. The lightning that filled the sky also disappeared.
At this moment, there was no sun or moon left in the sky. Only the much smaller black sphere and the huge, constantly bleeding wound on it.
—It was a wound pierced by the Heaven-Piercing Spear!
Red blood dripped from the wound, forming a vibrant crimson waterfall.
This blood, upon falling to the ground, did not bring destruction.
That vibrant crimson had become the only light in this dark world.
The blood, like flames, illuminated the dark red heavens and earth.
In the distance, a low tree caught this blood and grew at a visible rate.
And because the eye was no longer blocking the crack, the flawless curtain of stars in the sky also developed fissures.
No more beams of light rose from the ground, and the stars in the sky no longer shone. There were still some stragglers on the ground, but they were not taken away.
As the blood energy descended from the sky, a terrifying, silent darkness surged outwards like a tide.
The entire world began to change at a visible speed—as if hundreds of thousands, millions of years of natural change had been compressed into a few hours.
“Beasts” that had never been born appeared. And many more strange and bizarre things that Eivass had never seen.
But looking at Galatea’s shocked and nostalgic gaze, Eivass knew… these should be the earthly spirits of the “Age of No Light.”
In the sky, the radiance condensed from the myriad stars turned and gathered onto the colorless, single eye. Golden light flowed over the black sphere, and the wound seemed to begin to shrink, but it was unknown when it would heal.
“—This is Atlas’s sin.”
And at this moment, a rather magnetic voice sounded from above and behind Eivass: “Therefore, the gap should also be mended by him. Until the sky is repaired, Atlas will be responsible for holding up the hole in the sky.
“The ritual originally belonged to the Path of ‘Power’. The initial reason for the war was to gather sacrifices for the gods… and those sacrifices were used at this time. Cut skin can be used to mend skin, and sown wheat can become new wheat. The blood of the sun created all things in the world, and the blood of all things was used to mend the sky.
“As a punishment for Atlas’s damage to the world, the Authority of Sacrifice was transferred from the Hourglass to the Father of Snakes… Therefore, the broken sky was ultimately mended by the Father of Snakes.”
Eivass turned back and looked at the youth behind him who should have been incredibly handsome.
He was at least four meters tall, looking like a giant, or rather, a moving statue.
The reason for saying “should have been”—was because his body was currently flowing with a brilliant golden radiance, and his entire being was semi-transparent. His hair was semi-transparent gold, and his skin was semi-transparent gold, like an uncolored figurine, with no discernible features or outline.
The only thing that identified him was the incredibly magnificent wings behind him—
Winged Ones typically had only one pair of wings, with a few having ear wings or waist wings.
But this youth before him, in addition to the wings on his shoulders, had a pair of wings on his back and shoulders, meaning he had a total of six wings on his back—and he also had a wing behind each ear, on each elbow, and on each ankle.
A total of twelve wings.
The fragile parts of the pure white wings were inlaid with gold and jewelry, with extremely intricate hollow patterns and decorations.
Compared to his semi-transparent body, those wings were pure white and warm, real entities.
“You are…?”
Eivass was somewhat doubtful.
But Galatea’s eyes widened in shock, and she froze in place as if frozen.
Watching this scene, she seemed to have returned to the past.
“You can call me… Lucifer,”
The tone of this second King of Winged Ones was gentle. “Long time no see, Galatea. I’ve been listening here for a long time, and only then did I learn your language. Fortunately, it has lost its mystery and wasn’t difficult to learn.
“A child very much like ‘Snake’, hello.”
He said, kneeling down, extending his right hand to Eivass, and explaining, “‘Snake’ said this is a ritual to express goodwill.”
Eivass’s brain momentarily short-circuited.
Lucifer… wasn’t he a Fallen Heavenly Envoy?
He also extended his hand and slowly shook Lucifer’s: “Hello…”
“A Fallen Heavenly Envoy… Actually, I originally wanted to become a Wing Heavenly Envoy.”
Lucifer seemed to read Eivass’s mind.
He shook Eivass’s hand gently and friendly, then gently embraced him, resting his face on Eivass’s face, before standing up and taking two steps back.
He looked up at the still bleeding sky, his voice steady and bright, undulating rhythmically as if reciting a eulogy:
“When Atlas steps into the Fourth Origin River, I will inherit his title of ‘Wing Heavenly Envoy’ and continue to protect the Winged Ones clan.
“It’s just that the ritual might have had some problems… originating from deception, betrayal, sin, and… downfall.”
His expression as he looked at Eivass held no hatred, only pity and sorrow. “I am not Lucifer himself, but a consciousness left behind by the Preservation Technique.
“I have abandoned my wings here, along with my lover’s heart, my radiance.
“Only these, I did not wish them to be defiled by filth.
“—I have always preserved this memory, waiting here, yet I have waited for you…
“Will you deceive me again? Like we did in the past.”
(End of Chapter)
