The third floor of the burning sacrificial hall is the first fire sacrificial ground. 穱

Leo stared at the figure beside the first fire, quietly waiting for the other party's reply.

"Holy Lady Shireen" stared at the fierce first fire in front of her, and there was a hint of nostalgia in her eyes: "Once upon a time, the first fire used to burn so vigorously...... It set the sacred tree on fire, but it failed to destroy the darkness at the bottom of the sacred tree."

"At that time, I wondered if it was a more scorching first fire, and a stronger flame bearer, would I be able to completely destroy the darkness?"

"I don't know the answer to this question, I'm just a 'remnant of the end of the era'."

"I think it's up to you to witness this question."

After sighing, the Holy Maiden Shireen stared at Leo: "I am Shireen Alexander, the fifth princess of the royal family of Gaeld, the third holy woman of the Church of the Goddess of Light, and at the same time, I am also the fire-scavenger of the Burning Sacrifice House and one of the founders of the Burning Sacrifice House."

"......" Saintess Shireen's words silenced Leo. 穱

In the fire bathing area on the first floor of the sacrificial house, the fire girl stood quietly on the edge of the bonfire, like an eternal guardian.

For a long time, the fire contractors of the fire scavenging shrine have not paid much attention to the fire scavengers.

But who would have thought that this girl, who looks like a transparent backdrop, is actually one of the founders of the Burning Shrine?

"Can you tell me what happened a thousand years ago?"

"What is the state of the Lord of Distortion at the bottom of the Sacred Tree Flvedia, in the Dead Zone?"

"That's what I told you." The saint Shilin's eyes were a little dazed, I don't know if she remembered something, and there was a faint smile on the corner of her mouth:

"But before I do that, I want to ask you a question. What is distortion in your eyes?" 穱

"Aberration is a pollution rooted in the soul."

Faced with the question of the Holy Maiden Shireen, Leo answered without hesitation.

Whether it is the notes of the alchemist Goode Laven, or the personal experience he has seen along the way, it is clear and unmistakable to prove this.

Even now, his soul is still polluted by distortion, even if his swordsmanship breaks through the heavens and reaches the extreme, he can still only resist, but cannot completely get rid of it.

"You're wrong...... Hearing Leo's answer, the Holy Maiden Shireen chuckled, but there was no smile on her face:

"Distortion, in fact, is a gift......

"Gifts?" The definition of the aberration by the Holy Maiden Shireen made Leo look puzzled. 穱

He had thought of many answers, but this was the only one that never crossed his mind.

"You heard it right, the nature of the aberration is a gift." The Holy Maiden Shireen said lightly, "This is a gift from the transcendent world of Gald, a blessing from the world."

"Essentially, the purpose of 'aberration' is to give living beings infinite possibilities, so that they have the opportunity to break through to a higher level."

"The original intention of blessing is good, but whether the individual can afford such a "gift" is not something that the world needs to consider."

"......" Leo's pupils shrank.

This is the first time he has heard such a view.

The Saintess Shireen was not surprised by Leo's shocked performance, in fact, when she knew about it, she was far more unbearable than Leo. 穱

The aberration that is horrible, absurd, and horrific in the eyes of the world, and has caused countless deaths, is it actually a "gift"?

How ridiculous!

"Maybe you still have doubts."

Saintess Shireen's voice was flat: "Then, from a different perspective, maybe you will understand."

"Do you know what Gaeld was like a thousand years ago, before the aberrations came?"

Without waiting for Leo to speak, the Holy Maiden Shireen continued:

"At that time, the whole world, hundreds of millions of living beings, had only one faith, and that was the Mother Goddess of Life, the Supreme Radiance, the Goddess of Light." 穱

What is clearly spoken in his mouth is the supreme of his own faith

High gods, but in the eyes of the holy Maiden Shirin, there is only indifference, like heresy.

"Gaeld, a kingdom bathed in the sun, has created a great dynasty from nothing. All the heavens and all the worlds, all living beings, are subject to Gald. Anyone who is not honored has turned into the dust of history."

"Doesn't that sound great?"

"Unfortunately, the brilliance of the goddess of light is scorching, and no shadow is allowed to remain."

"Where the light covers, all the energy, there is and only magic can exist, among them, the magic of light is the most powerful."

"And the magic of light is the energy necessary for the clergy of the Church of the Goddess of Light to use their magic."

"The world is balanced, controlled by magic and matter, and the extreme strength of magic can only bring destruction." 穱

"In order to save the heavens and all the worlds, including Gaelde, Gald transcended the world consciousness of the Great World, and at the cost of his own permanent sleep, he gave a blessing that universalized all living beings - evolution."

"That's what you call "aberration."

"The concentration of the world's magic has reached an extreme value, which is inevitable and irretrievable. Everything in the world is in flux, and after the magic power reaches its peak, it will inevitably fall into decline, and "matter" will replace "magic" and become the dominant power of the heavens and all worlds."

"Blessing - The essence of evolution is to allow the beings of the heavens and all worlds to adapt to the "material" in advance, so as to avoid the destruction of the "material world" when it truly comes."

"And how can evolution be without a price?"

"People who can't adapt to the "material" become what we call "aberrants."

"The 'pure-blood ritual' performed by the tower scholars is essentially a process to make it easier for the human body to adapt to the 'material'." 穱

"It's a pity that the pure-blood ritual failed in the end."

"Progress is not achieved overnight, it needs to be achieved step by step."

"Just like the stages of aberration—contact, deep dyeing, malignant transformation, and finally the master of aberration."

"The pure-blood ritual can only make the knights survive to the stage of deep dyeing, and when they reach the vicious transformation, there is no successful example."

"One, not at all."

"Even if it is a demon god, it can't withstand the erosion brought about by the vicious transformation, and they have degenerated."

There was not a trace of emotion in the voice of the saint Shireen: 穟

"The supreme master of magic is the goddess of light. He is also the one who has been most affected by the emergence of matter."

"There are more and more aberrants, which also means that the matter of this world is beginning to occupy a share of magical power."

"When the number of aberrants reaches a threshold, the Goddess of Light can no longer set her sights on the human world."

"For he, hath fallen."

"This is the top secret of the Church of the Goddess of Light, a secret that no one is allowed to know, the existence of the gods is the foundation of the existence of the Church."

"In order to secure its position, the Church has embarked on a horrific project—the God-making Project."

"The fall of the goddess of light is a given, but the church cannot be godless, so they decided to create a god of their own." 穱

"And the person who carried out the god-making plan was named Fulve Alexander."

"The light falls, the dark moon rises, and the new god's honorific name is called the Goddess of the Dark Moon."

"Even I don't know how the church created this god, but they succeeded."

"But to the surprise of the Church, the gods they created were not magical gods, but material gods."

"The birth of the Goddess of the Dark Moon has further increased the share of the world's material goods."

"That's when the dead dead zone beneath the sacred tree Flvidea appeared."

"That is the true passage to the 'material world', the abyss, and once it is truly opened, this world will be completely impregnated with matter." 穱

"Therefore, the last remaining power of Gaelde, the sages of the Tower, and the Church

All the cutting-edge combat power has flocked to the Dead Silence Zone."

"In order to enter the Dead Zone, the Sages of the Tower created the First Fire and the Burning Sacrifice House based on the 'Heart of Rules' left behind by the fall of the Goddess of Light."

"The first fire is to burn the matter and create a favorable condition for the battle against the Lord of Aberration, after all, in the environment of absolute aberration, the Lord of Aberration is invincible and cannot be destroyed."

"And the burning sacrificial house is a hope left for those who come after you."

"Even the triumvirate of Gaeld is not sure in the face of the Lord of Aberration."

"And the result was just as they expected."

"Even if they gather all their strength, they will still be defeated in the face of the 'Lord of Aberration', who is the embodiment of material rules." 穱

"If it weren't for the last moment, the Goddess of the Dark Moon appeared, sealed the Dead Silence Zone in some unknown way, and sealed the Lord of Aberration in the Dead Silence Zone, the whole world might have been gone long ago."

"No one knows why the Goddess of the Dark Moon, who is the main god of matter, would act like this."

"But it's this move that gives the world a chance to survive."

"A thousand years have passed...... There are more and more deberants, and the proportion of matter is increasing."

"Even if it's the seal of the Dark Moon Goddess, it probably won't last long."

The Saint Shireen sighed, and she stared at Leo in front of her:

"This is the truth of everything." 穱

"Knowing this, Lord Chasing Light, are you still prepared to deal with the Lord of Aberration?"

Leo was silent.

The words that came out of the mouth of the Holy Maiden Shireen subverted too much of his cognition.

Distortion, not only is it not pollution, but a blessing of the world to living beings?

The goddess of light is the "culprit" who caused the destruction of the world, and the goddess of the dark moon is the "savior" who saves the world?

At the same time, Leo also had more doubts in his heart.

The god-making plan that Saintess Shireen spoke of reminded him of the memory fragment of the soul of Sun Priestess Fulvi in the city of Joel. 穱

The Pope of the Church of the Goddess of Light, when he talked to Flvi, the other path they talked about must be the God-making Project, right?

Flvy Alexander, the goddess of the Dark Moon?

But if the Goddess of the Dark Moon is the main god of matter, then why did she appear on the continent of Most?

What is the connection between the continent of Moster and Gaild?

There were too many doubts in my mind, and finally, Leo looked at the Holy Maiden Shireen and asked softly:

"You know the solution to the distortion once and for all?"

The Holy Maiden Shireen said calmly, "You actually have the answer in your heart, don't you?" 穱

"As I said, an aberration is an evolution, and once it starts, it cannot be stopped, either the evolution succeeds or the evolution fails and dies."

"There is no second way."

"......" Leo fell silent.

He stood up and walked towards the outside of the First Fire Sacrifice Grounds.

And the holy woman Shireen just watched him quietly and did not speak again.

……

The first floor of the sacrificial house, the fire area. 穱

In the past 30 years, there have been many new faces in the shrine.

They had just seen the "hospitality" of the "natives" of the sacred tree of Florvidea, and they cherished such a warm place as the Burning Shrine.

When Leo came to the fire area, he saw the three people who had been waiting for a long time.

[Sun] Nils, [Vortex Girl], and [Two Girls].

Thirty years have passed, and [Vortex Girl] and [Liangwu] have also completed the crusade against the resurrection of the leader of the Knights of the Holy Tree, and successfully promoted to the fourth-order fire contractor.

However, because Leo, who is the master of the First Fire, is in the Farland Continent, even if the two of them find their home world in the Heavens and Ten Thousand Worlds, they will not be able to use the "World Teleportation" function of the First Fire to teleport back.

After waiting for thirty years, the two of them were extremely excited to see Leo. 穱

However, seeing Leo's preoccupied appearance, the two involuntarily did not say that they wanted to "teleport" back to their home world.

Nils took out several bottles of good wine from the storage space and tossed one of them to Leo.

Raising his hand to take it, Leo sat down next to the three of them, flicked off the cap of the bottle, and gulped it up.

The spicy drink flows down the throat, bringing a faint sense of drunkenness while suppressing the body's instinctive resistance.

Leo stared at the campfire in front of him, "I'm ready to go deep into the sacred tree of Florvidea."

The sudden words made the three [Sun] Niels stunned, and then smiled, "Let's go together."

"Nope." Leo shook his head, "I'll go alone, and the three of you will stay in the sacrificial house and wait for my news." 穱

"If I make it back, everything will be fine."

"But, I mean, if I don't come back, you should watch the Burning Shrine and don't let the first fire be extinguished, as you did in the past."

"That's what I'm asking you for."

"But didn't we say we'd go all?" Nils muttered.

"You don't understand......," Leo sighed, "In the depths of the sacred tree Flvedia, there is an existence that you are now absolutely irresistible."

"It is the supreme being that can cause your body to collapse by the eyes of the eye."

"Needless to say." 穱

"Nils, you know what I'm capable of, and I'm not going to lie about this kind of thing."

"There is no point in sacrificing oneself."

"The most important thing is for you to ensure the spread and inheritance of the first fire, and as for the rest, leave it to me."

Leo suddenly laughed, "I've really encountered a lot of things along the way."

"Now, it's almost time to wrap up."