“Who is that Fali? Even Chaos, the mechanical god of the Greek pantheon, isn’t this strong. Could he be an ‘Awakener’? But an Awakener is a high-ranking god-king. Could he have broken through?” Ereshkigal was shocked, then nodded matter-of-factly: “If he is an Awakener, then it’s not surprising, it’s not surprising.”
"The Awakener is an existence who, in a single day, comprehended the fundamental mysteries of the universe from the perspective of an ordinary human being, surpassing all the gods of all pantheons in that short period of time."
When the enlightened one attained enlightenment under the Bodhi tree, the commotion spread throughout all time and space, and even interfered with the birth of gods in some pantheons.
At the time, this was incredibly outrageous to the gods. Humans, in a single day, had surpassed them—it was simply beyond their comprehension.
It was at that time that the gods' attitude towards humanity underwent a subtle change, and they no longer looked down on humans.
Although the Awakened One was born in the future, his existence interfered with the entire Age of Gods. After all, at the level of a high-ranking God-King, interfering with the timeline and reversing cause and effect is child's play.
"So it's an Awakened One! As expected of a human, always able to create miracles." Tiamat nodded. She didn't find it strange, after all, Los Santos was also human before he displayed his great power.
The prophecy that humanity is the god of gods and will eventually rise above all gods exists even in the Type-Moon universe.
"Don't make wild guesses." Luo Sheng reached out and tapped each of them on the head.
"Although it is destined that the enlightened one will become the Dharma, he is not the one now, but someone else."
"Moreover, that law does not exist on Earth. To be precise, it exists in a parallel universe, a kind of final world in the later stages of the Type-Moon world's development."
"To be precise, it is the future after all of humanity has achieved immortality and their existence has transcended the human realm."
"Ishtar is the origin of human immortality and represents the past world. Because she brought about everything in the new world, she passively became a legal deity."
That's right, that universe is the 'Azure Galaxy Universe'.
The origin of the 'Azure Galaxy Universe' was a Holy Grail War, in which Ishtar and her Master emerged victorious. Coincidentally, her Master was not a magus but a scientist. The scientist directly analyzed the Holy Grail and obtained the technology to 'materialize the soul' using scientific methods.
During that period, technology was extremely advanced, and all of humanity gradually gained immortality, becoming like heroic spirits.
Alright, the race of 'humanity' has completely disappeared, and all humans have become Servants. The technology of these immortal Servants has developed explosively, and they have quickly expanded into the universe. In just tens of thousands of years, they have conquered the Milky Way and are expanding into even wider star systems beyond the Milky Way.
When all humans became Servants, the human restraint dissipated, all the defenses of Type-Moon Earth disappeared, and all the Servants in Valhalla stepped into reality.
The Servant universe 'Azure Galaxy' was officially born, and Ishtar, the victor of the Holy Grail War who brought about all of this, became the 'Goddess of Origin' of the new universe and has been sleeping in the temple ever since.
Once she awakens, she will reconstruct the universe, forcibly reverting the Azure Universe back to the state before humans became Servants, because that is the world she is familiar with, her worldview.
The Servants in the universe who were part of human history have been strengthened many times over. Gilgamesh, the Golden Emperor; Iskandar, the Cosmic Conqueror; Qin Shi Huang, the Galactic Federation Emperor; and the Knights of the Round Table have either become space pirates or space police officers.
Artoria became the Galactic Federation's ace detective, her strength soaring to the God-King level, capable of cleaving a planet in two with a single blow.
"Ishtar? Really... her, Fali... how is this possible? What a terrible future world this is!" Ereshkigal's face turned green; she could imagine how capricious and awful it was.
“Oh, there’s another you in that world, Ellie, and she’s a Beast.” Los Saint said with a smile, and with a thought, he transmitted the information about the 'Azure Radiance Universe' into their minds.
Although Ereshkigal of the Azure Universe is a Beast, he only possesses the power of a Beast and has no special symbolism, since all of humanity has become Servants.
"You're kidding me! How could I possibly be a Beast?!" Ereshkigal clutched her head in horror, exclaiming, "It's all a Servant universe! A Servant universe! Good heavens!"
The Servants, whose souls have materialized, are immortal and difficult to kill even in battle. This world is practically another paradise of the gods at the beginning of creation.
"What an interesting universe! I've learned so much!" Buyer exclaimed in amazement. With so many universes, one can indeed see things that even the gods couldn't imagine.
"Wow, a universe full of Servants, this is so much fun! I wonder if there's another me?" Tiamat's eyes lit up.
“Probably not.” Los Saint shook his head: “The Servant Universe, as the name suggests, includes Servants, but not gods from the Age of Gods.”
“Disappointing,” Tiamat said dejectedly.
"Alright, let's hurry over there." Luo Sheng looked at the dimensional gate leading to the 'Azure Radiance Universe' of the Type-Moon world, and with a thought, opened a dimensional passage in the 'Azure Radiance Universe'.
"Let's go, let's go to the Azure Radiance Universe, let's go see Ishtar, who has grown into a righteous being!" Tiamat pulled Ereshkigal and Buyer together and shouted excitedly.
……
Azure Universe
Los Saint, Buyer, Ereshkigal, and Tiamat appeared in outer space.
The outer space was very bright, unlike the brightness of the main universe. It was filled with great magical power, as if the entire universe was immersed in magic, much like the main universe was filled with various extraordinary energies.
Ahead lies a yellowish-green planet, known as 'Western Star,' set against the backdrop of the American Great Exploration era.
Servants can freely reshape a planet according to the era in which they become Heroic Spirits. Because they are immortal, they can spend thousands or tens of thousands of years slowly shaping the planet.
'Western Star' is a border planet of the Galactic Golden Empire in the Milky Way galaxy. All sorts of cowboys, thugs, space bandits, and space merchants gather here, making it a weak point in the Golden Empire's laws.
"What a vast universe, but the population density is too low, with most of the population concentrated in a few scattered areas." Buyer scanned the entire Milky Way galaxy with his divine sense.
The total population of the Milky Way galaxy in this universe is less than one-fiftieth of the population of the pan-human civilization.
“Don’t worry about that. The concept of immortality makes them not interested in offspring, and 99.9% of Servants are unlikely to have offspring anyway, since they are Servants.” Los Saint laughed, “The fact that a Servant can reproduce is a miracle in itself.”
"One of the two keys to awakening 'Cosmic Rin' is currently on that western planet. Let's go take a look."
"Oh~ it really is Ishtar, but it looks more like a half-body, or rather, a half-body of the evil side." Ereshkigal instantly spotted the familiar figure on Western Star.
“It’s strange that Ishtar’s evil half is completely devoid of sin and not evil at all.”
“Whether one is evil or not is not determined by one’s birth; the reshaping potential of self-awareness is limitless.” Buyer smiled and said, “According to Buddhist philosophy, even if one’s body is evil, if one’s heart is virtuous, then one is a good person. One cannot decide one’s birth, but one can decide one’s future.”
The four gods disappeared, only to reappear on the yellow earth.
The earth was as hot as a desert, and occasionally a tumbleweed would roll across the yellow, cracked land. A small western town stood out abruptly on the vast, flat land, and the town's architecture was still modern.
A dozen or so spaceships of various sizes were docked outside the town, covered in exaggerated graffiti. Two of the spaceships even had skulls painted on them, making it look like a space version of Pirates of the Caribbean.
In the town's largest restaurant, the Mashed Potato Restaurant, two female servants sitting by the window are complaining.
"Jane, our Federation credits are almost gone! What are we going to do? Those space pirates we caught were just small fry, they didn't earn us many credits." A girl who looked exactly like Rin's Ishtar, but dressed in denim, said weakly as she slumped over the table, chewing on a dry, unpalatable cornbread with mashed potatoes.
"I really want to eat a big meal. I've been eating corn tortillas and mashed potatoes for a month now."
*Thud!* The girl slammed her hand on the table.
"Jane! We have to pull off something big! We can't go on like this! Let's just take down that gang of space pirates who killed Father!"
"Stop messing around, Ishtar." The golden-haired cowgirl with a ponytail waved her hand. "If we could beat them, would we need to be chased and hiding all the time? Let's find a way to get to the Galactic Federation."
"Upon reaching the Galactic Federation, even space pirates of that caliber were forced to remain outside the Federation Emperor's Great Wall."
Jane, the jinx, looked at Ishtar and her thoughts remained unchanged.
She wasn't a cowgirl before; she was the assistant and bodyguard of space archaeologist Tokiomi Tohsaka, and another archaeologist, Munenori Yagyu Tajima.
The three of them discovered the temple of the Goddess of Origin through archaeology. After several life-or-death trials, they arrived at the place where the goddess slept. Then they saw the prophecy in the temple: when the goddess awoke, the universe would be doomed.
Just as the goddess was about to wake up, the three of them used a series of methods to fight the half-asleep goddess, which finally made her continue to sleep and removed her heart.
Then the split heart became the girl representing the goddess's good and evil sides.
Yagyu wanted to take both girls away and train them to rule the universe, but Tokiomi disagreed, believing that both girls should be raised normally so that they would understand love and not be driven by the prophecy of destroying the universe, but by protecting it.
The two parted ways due to their differences; Tokiomi took away the evil side, while Yagyu took away the good side.
She supported Tokiomi, and Tokiomi also sent Ishtar to the academy to study, using love to influence the goddess. Everything went very smoothly. Her evil side was not evil at all, just a bit willful.
She also became Ishtar's secret guardian in case she suddenly awakened to evil, and if that happened, she would use her Noble Phantasm to eliminate her.
Things were going smoothly at first, but over the years, Yagyu has used the goddess's benevolent side to build a space pirate group, which has become the strongest pirate in the galaxy. The goddess, who is benevolent, has been constantly taught to do bad things.
Moreover, Yagyu never gave up on seizing the evil side of Ishtar. Not long ago, Yagyu killed Tokiomi, but in reality, Tokiomi was not dead; he had simply gone into hiding.
She took Ishtar with her to escape Yagyu's pirate group, preventing him from obtaining Ishtar. Yagyu had gone mad, believing that by controlling the goddess of both good and evil, he could gain the power of the Origin Goddess and rule the universe.
Ishtar believed her father had been killed by space pirates, so she always wanted revenge.
"Ugh, I'm so unlucky. When will this ever end?" Ishtar pouted and slammed her head against the edge of the table.
"Jane, you'd better think of something!"
"What's a good way for me to get credits? Should I rob someone?"
“It’s not impossible, we can just double-cross them! After all, the thugs stole our credits that time.” Ishtar’s eyes sparkled.
“Even though they stole it, it won’t do, Ishtar. You don’t want your father to be disappointed because you’ve turned bad, do you?” Jane the Calamity crossed her arms. “You should just honestly catch pirates and exchange them for bounties.”
“Alright, alright,” Ishtar sighed again.
Just then, Jane's expression changed slightly as she saw a girl who looked exactly like Ishtar walk in.
Oh no, the wicked side of good has come knocking! This is going to be a fierce battle.
"Huh?" Ishtar also noticed the person entering the restaurant, her eyes widening. "Eh? Eh? Eh?"
"Oh, Ishtar, have you lost your memory? You don't even recognize your sister anymore," Ereshkigal said with a smile, looking at the bewildered Ishtar.
Although she is one half of Ishtar and did not inherit the memories of Ishtar's original self, a sister is always a sister.
"Sister!" Ishtar stood up in disbelief and exclaimed, "I have a sister! Why did Tokiomi never tell me!"
She truly felt the connection from her bloodline! This was the first time.
"Ms. Jane, don't do anything you shouldn't." Ereshkigal looked at Jane, who had already placed her hand on her waist, ready to draw her gun and unleash her Noble Phantasm at any moment.
Jane's Noble Phantasm is very special. When she is weak, she is very weak. When she is strong, she can turn the tide of everything. Even the Goddess of Origin was tricked by her and split into two halves.
“My name is Ereshkigal. Although you are only half a human, I am undoubtedly your older sister,” Ereshkigal said.
"Half-body? What half-body? Is this some new buzzword?" Ishtar asked, puzzled.
“It’s okay if you don’t understand. I need to talk to you about something. Then I’ll go awaken the original body,” Ereshkigal said.
"?" Ishtar was dumbfounded. What was going on? A sister suddenly appeared and was saying a bunch of things she couldn't understand.
Jane, the jinx, was extremely nervous. She found that she couldn't move her body and felt an incredibly terrifying sense of oppression. It was the same oppression she felt from the Origin Goddess who was about to awaken in the Origin Temple, but the feeling was completely different.
One is terrifying, the other is gentle.
Oh no, could this be the sister of the Goddess of Origin? Ishtar is in big trouble now, she might die.
"Anyway, you're in trouble now, and I'm here to help you. After all, Tokiomi has been murdered, and the culprit is still at large." Ereshkigal feigned a serious expression and spoke in a language Ishtar could understand.
“Yes! Our father was murdered, leaving only a room full of blood. He must have been captured by those space pirates,” Ishtar said angrily. “So, sister, we must rescue our father.”
My father is the most knowledgeable archaeologist in the entire galaxy; those pirates must be digging up ancient ruins.
……
While the three gods of Ereshkigal were preparing to awaken the Goddess of Origin in the Azure Universe, the other gods had already taken action.
The Dimensional Temple was constantly being entered by the gods.
Several deities led a group of high-level extraordinary beings to a 'dimensional gate'.
"This dimensional gate leads to that universe where humanity was wiped out by alien scum, right?!" Gilgamesh's face twisted in rage. "I'm going to throw all those alien scum into a meat grinder and turn them into fertilizer to nourish the Earth!"
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