The story of the black silk female knight

Elena's expression finally turned serious:

"This matter has to start with the origin of the Abyss Spirit Clan... Part of the content is information I found in the clan, and some of it is speculation based on the information."

"Time is of the essence, so I'll just say it all at once... Sisters, please don't interrupt me. If you have any questions, please ask after I've finished, okay?"

"Yeah." x2

Valensa and Tia both sat up straight and began to listen.

"Alright, let's start by briefly talking about the origin of the Abyss Spirit Clan."

Elena began to narrate:

"When I was beating up my sister before, I actually secretly tasted a few mouthfuls of her blood and learned about your experiences over the years from it... You already know some knowledge about gods and the truth of the world, and you even killed a newly formed false god with your own hands, right?"

Now you should be able to understand the two major levels and four major categories of God.

One of the classifications and levels is the false god... The gap between false gods is huge. The weakest false god can even kill your sister, while the strongest false god is only slightly inferior to the true god, and may even have the opportunity to replace the true god when the true god is in a bad state.

At the same time, false gods are also the gods that intelligent civilizations have the most contact with... The gods in various myths and stories are basically false gods. They are either evolved from human cultivators who absorb faith, or they are pure faith beings born directly from faith.

The true god can be seen as the terminal and apex of the false god's continuous growth... at the same time, he controls all rules and all power, is omniscient and omnipotent in the current world, and is the entire universe himself.

However, no matter how much a false god evolves and becomes stronger, he can never reach the realm of a true god... because the concept of omniscience is too vast. It is difficult for any intelligent individual to achieve omniscience through learning, and it is also difficult to become omnipotent through cultivation... The most common way for a false god to become a true god is to betray the true god and forcibly merge with the true god when the true god is weak in order to take over the dominant consciousness.

The vast majority of true gods are the consciousness of the universe itself... but there are a very few true gods whose birth circumstances are quite special, such as the Sun Goddess of our universe.

Our universe was not complete at the beginning. It had no cosmic consciousness and its energy was finite and would eventually be exhausted. In fact, it was indeed exhausted. It was the Sun Goddess, who was then human, who transformed herself into the core and energy source of this universe, allowing it to continue to exist. She herself was thus sublimated into a true god.

In each universe, there is generally only one such true god, who is also the strongest being in the universe and the guardian of the universe.

In the endless void, there are countless universes like this, just as there are countless planets of all kinds in the universe... So, sisters, you can also understand the true god as the strongest being and ruler on a planet, while we evil gods are monsters that can live directly in the universe.

Of course, this is just a more vivid example; in reality, there are different ones... For example, our Abyss Spirit God Clan also has its own territory, but it's not like the world of true gods; it's a place called the Negative Space... emmm, it's hard for me to describe that place in language you can understand, so just think of it as a very special place.

In short, the negative space existed before the Abyss Spirit Gods, and the first Abyss Spirit Evil God was also born in the negative space.

I'm not entirely sure what the other evil gods are like, but I imagine they're similar to us, so I'll just talk about us.

As I mentioned before, the birth of a false god is absolutely inseparable from faith, and theoretically, enough faith power can turn a false god into a true god... The birth of our evil god proves this point.

However, we evil gods are not born from faith, but are more evil and negative beings... such as resentment, anger, twisted desires, pure malice, and so on.

Okay, let's continue talking about our Abyss Spirit God Clan.

No matter what kind of creature it is, it must eat in order to survive... and weak creatures often become food for strong creatures, forming a food chain.

But in any universe, those who ultimately stand at the top of the food chain in an ecosystem will always be the intelligent beings who have established civilizations... regardless of the type of civilization or the type of intelligent beings.

In the course of their civilizations, which intelligent being hasn't devoured countless other creatures? And those devoured creatures, though lacking their own civilizations, still possessed souls and thoughts; naturally, they harbored resentment after being eaten and sought to retaliate by devouring those intelligent beings and their civilizations.

Chapter 40 The Sisters' Promise

In Valensa's inner world, Elena continued her narration:

"The souls that are consumed by intelligent civilizations as food, one or two are nothing, even tens of thousands or hundreds of billions are nothing... After all, most intelligent civilizations consume hundreds of billions of lives as food every year."

But... if all the souls of all the life forms that were eaten on countless planets in countless worlds in the endless void were gathered together in the negative space, it would be an extremely powerful force... powerful enough to give birth to advanced life forms on par with true gods, which was the original Abyss Evil God.

The original Abyss Evil God was extremely powerful. He inherited the hatred of those souls who were eaten by intelligent civilizations and was full of hostility towards them, making the devouring of intelligent civilizations his goal in life.

His appetite is also enormous; each successful operation can devour an entire world... a world that includes countless planets, the whole universe.

This behavior naturally provoked the full resistance of the true gods... Even if one or two true gods couldn't defeat the original Abyss Evil God, a team of more true gods could still beat Him, and even sealed Him in the negative space for a long time.

After finally escaping, the original Abyss Evil God learned his lesson... He realized that he could not devour a universe too thoroughly at once, as that would greatly arouse the hostility of the true gods, but eating only a little bit each time should not be a big problem.

It's like if you grab one person and bite them 100 times, you can kill them. But if you just bite each of 100 people once, no one will die.

This approach can indeed significantly reduce the hostility of the true gods—after all, the true gods are omniscient and omnipotent only in their own worlds, and unless their core interests are threatened, the true gods generally will not venture into the endless void to fight the evil gods.

However, this greatly reduced the original Abyss Evil God's feeding efficiency... after all, it changed from eating a universe at a time to eating a planet at a time.

Therefore, in order to ensure feeding efficiency, the original Abyss Evil God chose to split himself into countless Spirit Maidens, whose power was much weaker, and a ruler who could macroscopically control the behavior of the Spirit Maidens, which is now the Abyss God Clan.

After that, you can probably guess what happened, right? Under the guidance of the Overlord, the Spirit Maidens of the Abyss Spirit Clan took on the task of constantly devouring intelligent civilizations.

Because a Spirit Princess is the product of a powerful individual splitting into countless independent individuals, the consciousness of each Spirit Princess is very different. There are quite a few Spirit Princesses who failed to inherit the Origin Obsession and were unwilling to devour intelligent civilizations... Our mother is a typical example of this.

To solve this problem, the master, who clearly lacks personal emotions, has inexplicably learned the methods of intelligent civilizations... By categorizing spirit maidens based on the number of civilizations they devour, and by influencing individual decisions through society, most spirit maidens will act according to their initial goals.

I'm a classic example... I didn't originally want to devour those civilizations, but in order to make my mother and me live a better life, I ultimately became the kind of being in adventure novels who are supposed to be defeated by heroes shouting about love and courage—a real evil god who can devour planets.

After speaking all this in one breath, Elena finally paused for a moment.

This also left Valensa and Tia somewhat puzzled.

These secrets about the world and the evil gods of the abyss certainly broadened the two women's knowledge, but they didn't seem to be necessary for ordinary people to know, did Elena really need to go to such lengths to tell Valensa these things?

Sure enough, after a brief pause, Elena spoke again, and this time what she said was probably the key information she wanted to tell Valensa; everything before was just prelude:

"After the initial Abyss Evil God split into the Overlord and the Spirit Maidens, the Abyss God Clan's devouring of civilizations changed from one universe at a time to one planet at a time... But in each universe, there are many planets with civilizations. How did the Spirit Maidens of the Abyss God Clan choose their devouring targets? Did they rely entirely on luck to respond to the summons of those Abyss believers? Actually, no."

I haven't investigated the specific conditions yet, but the conditions definitely exist... The Abyss Lord can filter the prayers and sacrifices of cultists according to some kind of selection rule.

Those planets that meet the criteria and are ones He wants to devour as soon as possible will be easier to establish contact with the Spirit Maidens and receive their responses.

Sisters, you don't actually think that the cultists you're talking about knew about the existence of the Abyss Spirit Clan from the beginning and were able to use their evil magic, do you? That's absolutely wrong.

In fact, cultists who believe in any evil god all start out the same... either they crave power for their own ambitions, or they want to destroy the world for revenge... When their prayers fail to get a response from the righteous god, they can only pray to the evil god.

Many early cult members didn't actually know which evil god they were worshipping... or even what evil gods were available to worship.

To see which evil god favors the planet where the cultist resides... I strongly suspect that other evil gods, in order to avoid too much conflict with the true god, also used a method similar to that of the original Abyss Evil God, targeting only one planet at a time.

Once an evil god has chosen a planet to descend upon according to its own preferences, it will respond to the prayers of those planets, granting them the power of evil magic and teaching them the correct way to offer sacrifices, so that they may summon itself to descend.

Those who initially prayed haphazardly in despair will become formal cult members after truly coming into contact with the consciousness and power of the evil god, and will use that evil god's name to expand their influence through evil magic.

This is also why your Sun Church can't kill off all the cultists no matter how many they kill... because many cultists may have started as ordinary people in despair. Their prayers were answered by evil gods, which is why they became cultists.

Just as different people like to eat different foods, evil gods also have their own preferences based on the different ecology and civilization of each planet... The closer a planet is to the taste of a certain evil god, the more and stronger the followers of that evil god will be on that planet.

Now that you've heard this, you sisters should understand what I mean, right?

That's right, our planet Eve, for some reason I haven't yet investigated, is particularly attractive to the Abyss Spirit Clan... or rather, they hate us. We're the kind of dish on the menu that they want to eat as soon as possible.

I don't need to explain this much... Sisters, you'll understand if you think about it carefully. The Sun Church's database should also have detailed records.

On the continent of Frenoia, which is the longest-standing and most powerful cult? Which cult has the highest success rate in summoning evil gods? That's right, it's the Abyss Spirit Clan, which worships our Abyss Spirit God Clan.

It could be said that... if Yuanling hadn't been so unlucky, summoning a super rare evil god as kind as his mother during his first summoning of an evil god, Eve Star would have been gone more than 20 years ago.

Even now, Eve Star remains a focus of attention for the Abyss Spirit Clan... As long as believers pray, they will receive a response, and offering sacrifices will surely grant them power.

Although the Abyss Spirit Society has been completely destroyed, if a desperate person prays to the heavens for power to take revenge, he will most likely receive a response and favor from the Abyss Spirit Gods, and establish a new Abyss Spirit Society at an extremely fast speed, until the Spirit Maiden is summoned to descend.

And next time, I might not be able to get the chance to descend... After all, I was defeated and sent back to the negative space by you this time, so the next spirit maiden will most likely be a different one, or even a stronger one than me. You absolutely cannot defeat her, sister.

"Of course, sister, you probably have a lot of confidence in yourself—you think that even if you can't defeat those descending Abyss Spirit Clan Spirit Maidens, you can still handle the cultists... As long as you can find and kill all the Abyss Spirit Clan cultists and prevent the Spirit Maidens from truly descending, you can still protect this planet... Sister, that's what you think, right?"

Seeing Valensa nod, Elena smiled wryly and shrugged:

"This idea is indeed feasible at the current stage, and it can effectively prevent the powerful spirit maidens of the Abyss God Clan from descending and destroying the world... but it is only at the current stage."

If the problem cannot be solved at its root... that is, if this planet continues to be a delicious treat in the eyes of the Abyss Spirit Clan, the Abyss Spirit Clan will cast even more attention on it... At that time, you sisters will not only be facing cultists, but also the negative emotions of all mankind.

I saw it in the Abyss Spirit Clan's "Classic Cases of Civilization Devouring"... There was once a planet that the Abyss Spirit Clan coveted for a long time, but they failed to devour it even after sending three Spirit Maidens. However, the planet's deliciousness in the eyes of the Abyss Spirit Clan... or rather, the hatred in the eyes of the Overlord, continued to rise.

Do you know what happened to that planet in the end? With countless powerful Abyss Spirit Goddesses vying for it, any negative thought that anyone on that planet had for even a moment could receive a response from the Abyss Spirit Gods and become reality through evil magic.

For example, it's normal for a couple who are usually very loving to have a heated argument. When they're angry, it's normal for a bad thought to flash through their minds for a moment, right? But even that momentary negative thought, which can only be considered an angry outburst, could be turned into reality by the spirits in that situation.

Two students at school went from playfully fighting to engaging in a vicious, magical brawl; strangers on the street committed a blood sacrifice over a simple question like "What are you worried about?"; a new government policy affected the interests of some people, who then shouted "Let everything be destroyed!" and actually summoned an evil god...

If the world becomes like this… Hey, sister, are you still confident you can kill all the users of evil magic before the evil god descends? Wouldn't that mean wiping out all of humanity? After all, who hasn't had negative thoughts? Even Tia, who likes you so much, must have thought of strangling you when she saw you fooling around with other women, right?

Valensa and Tia exchanged glances, their expressions turning serious.

“I understand what you mean, Elena.”

After integrating and reasoning through all the intelligence she had gathered, Valensa quickly reached a conclusion:

“Simply cracking down on cultists is only a temporary solution… To completely rid Eve of the threat of destruction posed by the Abyss Spirit Clan, we need to find out why the Abyss Spirit Clan is paying attention to it and find a way to eliminate it?”

“That’s right, and this matter is extremely urgent, sister!”

Elena nodded emphatically, her expression grave:

"The Abyss Spirit Society, as the most powerful evil cult, has been on the Frenoia Continent for hundreds of years, right? In addition, with the two Spirit Maidens descending on our mother and me... this place is already highly valued by the Overlord, and it could turn into the worst situation at any time."

I don't know if eliminating the reason why the Overlord values ​​this place will make him turn his attention away, but I know that if we continue to let it go, this world will surely be destroyed... Having already devoured three civilizations and become a true evil god, perhaps I'm not qualified to say this... But I still want to say that this beautiful planet is my true home, and I don't want it to be destroyed! That's why I had to descend here no matter what, to have a proper talk with you, sister, and tell you this information."

"I understand... I will never let this world be destroyed, I will!"

Valensa held Tia's hand tightly and looked earnestly into Elena's eyes to show her determination.

After a moment of contemplation, he asked:

"Regarding why Eve Star is being watched by the Abyss Spirit Clan, do you have any clues or speculations?"

"I don't have any concrete clues either..."

Elena shook her head, then hesitated for a moment:

"However, I might be able to point you in the right direction, but it might not be correct, so I'm torn about whether to say it or not... It wouldn't be good if I misled you."

"It's okay, just tell me."

Valensa decisively said:

"Because we have absolutely no clue right now... Even if it's the wrong direction of the investigation, it can still help us eliminate a possibility, right?"

"Well... okay, then I'll share my two speculations."

Elena sighed and held up two fingers in each hand:

"First, as I have already mentioned before... the original origin of the Abyss Evil Gods is the resentment of those souls that were eaten by intelligent civilizations. Therefore, our Abyss God Clan will continue to devour civilizations, which can be considered a form of revenge."

So I think... the behavior and phenomenon that could make the Abyss Spirit Sovereign so hateful is most likely related to eating. Sisters, you can start investigating from this angle.

"Some kind of special behavior related to eating... Hmm, I understand."

Valensa nodded, then asked:

"What's the second clue?"

"The second is the time when the Abyss Spirit Society was first established."

Elena said:

"As I said before... A follower of the Abyss Spirits couldn't have been a follower of the Abyss Spirits from the beginning. He must have received a response and favor from the Abyss Spirits God Clan before becoming a follower of the Abyss Spirits."

Therefore, the time when the initial followers of the Abyss Spirit were born was the time when Eve Star came into the sight of the Dominator. During that time or before, there must have been some behavior or phenomenon that attracted the Dominator's hatred in some corner of Eve Star.

"Sister, you can check the Sun Church's database to see when the world's earliest Abyss Spirit believers were born, and then investigate further back several decades to a hundred years to see if there were any unusual phenomena related to food during that period... If so, that phenomenon might be the answer."

"Isn't this a brilliant deduction!"

Valensa immediately patted Elena's head, showering her with praise:

"Elena, you've really grown into a wonderful young woman... If you had lived in human society all along, you'd probably be even more outstanding than me by now."

"Hmm~"

Elena first rubbed comfortably against Valensa's palm before throwing herself into Valensa's arms and saying:

"Actually, I don't want to grow up at all... If I could stay like I was when I was little, just playing around with you every day, how wonderful that would be."

"...I also want to live a happy childhood forever, but people always grow up."

Valensa gently hugged Elena, patted her back, and stroked her head:

"Elena is such a capable young woman now... I promise you, I will protect our homeland and prevent it from being destroyed by the evil god. But I am powerless to take care of our mother who is already in the negative space... So I entrust her to you, Elena, is that alright?"

"Yes, sister, don't worry!"

Elena squinted, a smile playing on her lips:

"Your younger sister... is a genius spirit princess! I will definitely continue to improve my status in the Abyss Spirit Clan and take good care of Mom... Even if Mom ignores me and we have a cold war, I will do my best to provide her with the best living conditions!"

"Yes, I believe you can do it."

Valensa gently patted Elena's head again before taking a deep breath:

"So there's only one last thing left... right?"

"Yes."