Pastor's Tantra

Xue Tiansi is undoubtedly smart.

He inherited a part of the "self" that Heng I cut off, so he clearly realized two paths from the beginning -

The best way is to successfully complete the "perfect man" ceremony, thereby leaving the path of love that is doomed to be hopeless, and heading to the path of dusk with a "flawless body" to serve as a candidate for the Pillar God.

This is also what I expect of him.

——Use the ravine of "hate" to store your own existence, so that you will not be forgotten in the future.

Just like a tyrant who is hated by the ages, his presence must be far greater than that of a mediocre ruler who has not left any memory. People in the future will even discuss him, study him, whitewash him, create secondary works... They will think about how history would have changed without him, and then find that they can no longer deduce - because every detail of the future will have traces and shadows left by him.

This is how the Moon Child was born.

"You should have realized it the moment the Moon Child was born."

Aiwass said softly: "You have become the same as Hengwo."

Heng I created Cain in the hope that he could become a perfect man; if that were not possible, Heng I would hope that Cain, who "had no love", could at least resist nothingness through his own resistance to nothingness.

Cain created the Children of the Moon in the hope that a perfect person would be born among them; if they failed to do so, they would be doomed to be hated by everyone, thus consolidating Cain's existence and giving him enough anchors to fight against the nihilism of "meaninglessness".

Therefore, Xue Tiansi was unwilling to accept the Sons of the Moon as apostles.

——That is to say, when Cain created the Moon Child, he had already done what Hengwo had done. At that time, he had already realized that he would never be able to get Hengwo's true love. Just like the Moon Child could not get his love.

There is no difference at all.

Imprisoned because of love, mad because of not being loved, and reckless because no one loves.

He is like his creation, and he is like Heng I.

From this point of view, he doesn't even have the meaning of existence. He has already entered the realm of nothingness.

“…My head knows this very well, but my heart cannot accept it.”

Cain whispered, “When love is unavailable…the excess of love turns to hatred.

“Maybe it started out as a fight against the void, but later it was just madness.”

It was rare for her to respond to Aiwass in a serious and formal manner.

"go Ape?"

Aiwass shook his head. "I think your will is very clear. You always know what you want to do, and you are as determined as a seeker. That's why nothingness can't affect you at all.

“Because your existence itself is meaningless, everything you strive to create from meaninglessness is like a fire ignited from the bottom of a lake, amazing and incredible.”

Even by using nothingness to offset hatred, Xue Tiansi has already reached the level of a half-step perfect person - as long as she pushes open that door, she will be able to completely fulfill her long-cherished wish.

It is precisely because Xue Tiansi rejected the thousand-year-old wish without hesitation that Aiwas now looks up to him.

It can even be said to be admiration.

If the two sides were in the same boat, Aiwass might have hesitated. He is not a very resolute person.

“…Oh, maybe.”

Xue Tiansi turned his head slightly, but the corners of his mouth were slightly raised.

She said softly, "The only thing I feel a little sorry for is this child who is my incarnation. She has a really miserable life... Her whole family died when she was very young. She was left alone and became a tool and a symbol. No one loved her or protected her... Even in this situation, she still maintained a clean soul and a pure heart.

"But in the end, because of me...she was sacrificed by those rebellious sons."

Rebellious son.

This is what the Blood Sky Chief thinks of the Children of the Moon.

They obviously did not meet the expectations of the Blood Sky Master, and even chose to stab him in the back at the most critical moment - but even so, Cain still regarded them as his own children.

"Do you think you two are similar? After all, you are both victims of the 'family mission'."

Like two friends, Aiwass and Xue Tiansi chatted casually: "You don't want to resist... Isn't it because you don't want to tear her body apart?"

“That’s part of the reason.”

Xue Tiansi said calmly: "If I am reborn in the blood pool... then what stands up from it will be my real body, not this weak mortal body."

"When the Fallen Angel descended, he tore his own flesh apart and reappeared in a new body."

"Heh... He is him, and I am me. Such a beautiful body full of life... It would be a shame if it were destroyed for such a stupid reason."

Cain felt no shame at all for being summoned into the body of a little girl.

Instead, he gave high praise to Lucia Tepes's appearance.

"Or maybe..."

Xue Tiansi was silent for a while: "I don't like my original body very much."

"After all, you've always hated yourself."

Aiwass said casually.

"...? Me?"

Xue Tiansi was stunned.

Apparently, Cain never considered this possibility.

The little girl's face was unpredictable, but she finally smiled with relief: "So that's how it is..."

She looked at Aiwass and uttered a soft and clear voice, bowing slightly to Aiwass: "It's really nice to chat with you. How should I call you... Snake? Or snake tail? Or should I call you... Brother Fox as in the memory of this body?"

"Evans. Just call me Aiwass."

Aiwass smiled and said, "Of course, you can call me Fox if you want. The people who still know my name are generally the ones closest to me."

"Well, Fox—"

Cain raised his head.

Until the very end, her face was still full of confidence and pride: "If you think that the wedge of hatred I set up has some 'meaning'...

"…Then please recite a final prayer for me, a blind and foolish person."

Aiwass nodded slightly.

His deep voice vibrated the ground, and the antlers on his head shone like the sun.

"I respectfully invite the Blood Minister, the Minister of Eternal Feast, the Minister of Endless Desire..."

As his words fell, Xue Tiansi's body completely shattered in front of him!

Red runes carved by the Children of the Moon appeared all over the Iris Flower, and then they turned into dust and dissipated into the air.

The sky, which seemed to be covered by the wriggling internal organs, also completely returned to its original appearance.

A red ripple spread out from Xue Tiansi to the whole world.

When it came into contact with the Moon Child, a miracle happened -

——All the children of the moon have completely lost their immortality.

They lost the power they had gained from the Path of Love as the Children of the Moon, and their magic power was temporarily suppressed and inactivated. They lost their desire to suck blood, and also lost their immortality.

But from another perspective... they got a real miracle.

A weak and frail soul began to grow from within the body.

These "monsters reborn in blood" who had died once have temporarily become human beings!

Of course, this change is reversible. The mana in the body is just stagnant, not disappearing... They still have the possibility of transforming into fog monsters.

But Xue Tiansi gave them a chance.

A chance to be human again.

This is probably the last legacy he left to his "children".

Aiwas gathered his thoughts and prepared to retrieve the fragments of Tiansi left by Xue Tiansi.

But at this moment...

"……well."

A slightly sad and hollow voice sounded from the void: "Until the very end, you didn't even mention me? This child..."

The fragments of Cain—or rather, Lucia Tepesh—that had been shattered into dust reassembled before their eyes.

She turned into a hazy white mist, but traces of the original Lucia Tepesh could still be vaguely seen.

"This is……?"

Aiwass recognized the voice as belonging to Wu Tiansi.

He opened his eyes slightly: "You don't mean to--"

"I think... they are both good kids. If there is only one of them, they can't do anything, but if there are two... their remaining souls can be combined to form half a fog demon."

Wu Tiansi's gentle voice sounded: "She will probably forget a lot of things and lose a lot of power. Just like a real little girl... But it's always good to be alive. This is his reward for his courage to fight against nothingness...

"It's also... a punishment for him. He should study hard again and learn how to be a good boy.

"But this time, he will have a mother who loves him."