Chapter 180

The Fisher King, whose position had long been usurped by Eris, now deserves to be restored as Eris retreats from Greece.

So the question is, if the Fisher King has "broken free" from Eris's influence, why is he still half-dead?

The reason is quite simple: Greek mythology originally belonged to His domain, and Zeus's symbol also pointed to the April Archon; but Hebe used water to put out the fire, opened the door to Greece, "fabricated" Greek mythology, and caused the rulers to join in kicking Eris.

Once Eris is driven away, the rulers will begin to collect interest.

For example, the Celestial Flint took away the symbols of the Titans, Dwarfs, Hestia, Hephaestus, and other gods of casting; while the Holy Grail plundered the divinity of Gaia, Hera, and other Earth Mother Goddess... As for the most crucial Zeus and Cronus, they were harvested by the Scar Father.

When the Fisher King returned, only the original Sky Father Uranus remained in the entire Greek pantheon, and no one wanted the symbol corresponding to him.

The problem is that Uranus here is not the original Sky Father covered all things, but the pure Azure Sky whose male symbolism has been removed by Cronus... Ah, it's a perfect match for the Fisher King who has lost his paternal symbolism.

Hebe gave the Fisher King chemotherapy—the problem caused by Eris was cured, but the ruling class almost caused the Fisher King to erupt and scatter.

The current Fisher King remains in a state of dysfunction because his symbol has been stripped away.

Hebe saw some ancient books from Cathay in the Silent Bookstore. These documents corresponded heaven and earth to parents, and later abstracted them into yin and yang.

According to the theories in these classic texts, the "feminine symbolism" of this world is complete.

May Archon the Messiah's, June Archon the Pearl's, and July Archon the Holy Grail's. These three reigns, all in excellent condition, prove this point.

The problem is that the masculine symbol of this world, namely the patriarchal symbol, is not obvious.

"Three Yin, Three Yang and Three Yang, the Three Yin are ready, but where is the Yang position?" At the very end of that book, the words, stained with blood, trembled as they uttered a desperate question.

Hebe can give you that answer now.

If we associate the three negative aspects of governance with the three stages of negative life, then the so-called three positive aspects should correspond to the three stages of positive life.

February Archon with Scar Father is bound to have a place in the political landscape. This leader has already etched patriarchy into his very name.

From a temporal perspective, the Fisher King "once" possessed the authority of the Sky Father, so He should also be one of the Three Suns.

—As the primordial "Azure Sky," it corresponds to the earth, symbolized by the Holy Grail.

So the question is, who should be the last seat? Hebe easily guessed the answer.

"Nine is the extreme of Yang, and as the Celestial Flint that September Archon, it should rightfully be the highest symbol of patriarchal authority..." Hebe frowned. "But given the Celestial Flint's position, it can easily overwhelm other Yang symbols, which would cause the authoritarian symbol held by Scar Father to collapse..."

Unless, unless...

A large amount of cold sweat instantly broke out on Hebe's forehead.

She suddenly opened her eyes, and for the first time, an uncontrollable horror appeared in her deep green pupils.

Unless Celestial Flint, as the deity in charge of casting, destroys its original destiny as a "masculine symbol".

In Atlantis, Hebe learned that this ruler had once divided the sun into three parts.

From then on, Celestial Flint demoted this "sun," which had unique significance, to an ordinary star.

September Archon destroyed its own destiny and reshaped it; and the Path of Ascension was thus formed, and from then on all life in this world had the desire to break free from the shackles of fate.

But precisely because of this, the world's negative and positive symbols are no longer in balance.

This has also had a profound and wide-ranging impact on the world—among those who have achieved high levels of advancement, women are the majority.

Countries like Albion and the Higashi exhibit an even more one-sided extreme.

But that's not really the problem. The key issue is that if the Private's Ascension August Archon, the positive symbolism will not be balanced.

Although Celestial Flint is not a true masculine symbol, as the yang pole, it occupies the largest share of masculine energy.

Although the Fisher King has lost paternal authority, He once possessed it and still holds the title, thus retaining some masculine symbolism.

Once a private is appointed, the world will be dominated by More Yang than Yin.

Although the current situation presents Yin Dominates Yang at a high level, at least the world remains stable; a situation More Yang than Yin would at least result in wars affecting the entire world.

"No, Scar Father is not a ruler who willingly submits to others; the Authority Path dictates His nature."

Hebe raised her head slightly.

Perhaps before she transmigrated, Scar Father had already fought against Celestial Flint.

This seemingly peaceful world may have already suffered a devastating destruction...

A chill ran through Hebe's fingertips: beneath the seemingly peaceful surface of the world lay many potential causes for destruction.

The Private's Ascension is unstoppable; the Fisher King must also be healed.

At this moment, Hebe acted like a chief physician, carefully prescribing a treatment plan for the Fisher King.

Her words to the Grandmaster, and the notes she left at the Silent Bookstore... are just a small part of this grand plan.

This is one of Hebe's usual tricks: she tells the whole truth, but only part of it.

Her true purpose was to help the Fisher King completely shed his remaining masculine symbolism, transform from yang to yin, and become the natural environment that "Nurturing All Things," rather than merely the atmosphere.

This inspiration comes from the October Governor Gatekeeper, who was supposed to inherit the mandate of heaven as the feminine Athena, but under the influence of Eris, was forced to be born as the masculine Atinan, and was eventually promoted in Rome in the name of Janus.

The gatekeeper transforms from yin to yang, ultimately unifying the Dual Body, setting a precedent.

So, Hebe's current intention to have the Fisher King transform from Yang to Yin and unify his Dual Body is in accordance with this.

This is permitted by the world itself.

This is why Hebe ultimately chose Bharata twists and turns—without a sufficiently large mythology, it would be impossible to complete this reincarnation and unification!

Greece has been partitioned without exception, Rome has been completely exploited by its gatekeepers, Northern Europe and the Caucasus belong to Scar Father's private domain, and Cathay is under the triple protection of the Celestial Flint, pearls, and soldiers...

Bharata, in its chaotic and unsystematic state, was like Pool of Rebirth overflowing with foul stench, and no ruler was willing to take charge.

Hebe chuckled softly.

She opened the Secret History Simulator, but instead of starting the simulation immediately, she first entered a dream.

While the experience of entering a dream is more independent than a simulation, it can still reflect the general situation inside the Lostbelt to some extent.

[The Road Back to the World-Encircling River —You have mastered the coordinates to the World-Encircling River; the next time you enter a dream, you will be able to be reborn directly from it.]

"You cast a wisp of your spirit through the Side Gate of the wasteland. The path between dreams is no longer unfamiliar to you. You remember this place, a body of cold water, where you have descended once more."

"As before, here you forget almost all knowledge that is useless for survival. Following the remnants of your past instincts, you search for an environment suitable for your survival."

"The World-Encircling River, a body of water connecting all the land in the wasteland, or rather, an ocean in the conventional sense. Or perhaps, the Milky Way of ancient legends. Every drop of water represents a dream, and every dream represents a world."

"You were born in the wilderness as a tortoise. From the moment you were born, you drifted along the World-Encircling River, indulging in many wonderful dreams."

"You slept for a long time in a long dream, and when you awoke, you found that your body had become extremely large."

"What a magnificent tortoise this is! Your carapace is high and domed like a mountain, your scales are ancient and simple, like natural carvings on a rock, and your limbs are strong, like pillars supporting the sky."

"When you wake up, the World-Encircling River will rise in waves; when you fall asleep, a deep rumble will sound from the bottom of the World-Encircling River."

"As you grow up, you have been worshipped by many people who regard you as Divine Turtle capable of supporting the foundation of the world."

"You possess an extremely long and carefree life. Although you cannot compare with the true Eternals, you are already one of the Great Spirit in the wasteland."

"On this day, you will hear someone in the world calling your name."

"Great Spirit! Great Spirit! The world is now drowning in Sea of Suffering, the land submerged by overflowing rivers and seas. The beings of Bharata pray to the heavens, but receive no response! We beseech you to help us, and deliver Bharata's descendants from this Sea of Suffering!"

"You heard the call and rose from the World-Encircling River to come into the mortal world."

"In the wilderness, the Wheel of Seasons has turned to December, the month of the Duke of Sighs's Silent and Solemn. But in earthly Bharata, the Iron Age has come to an end. The world will be submerged by an invincible flood."

"You carried these surviving humans on your back, adrift in the Sea of Suffering, until the water gradually dried up, and only then did you put them down. By then, they had multiplied for generations on your back."

"They call you the 'sustainer of the world'."

"Although you are worshipped by them, you are not happy. Because you have lost the connection with the water, you can no longer return from the mortal world to the wasteland. You have tried many methods, but to no avail."

"So you can only stay listlessly at the mouth of the Ganges, idly sweeping the sand with your tail, which eventually forms a huge Alluvial Plain."

"The inhabitants of Bharata also worship your tail separately as a great serpent with terrible divine power, which they call 'Ananta-Shesha'."

"You care nothing for what is happening in the world, and are preoccupied with finding a way back to the wasteland."

"After some time, the Iron Age finally came to an end, and the Golden Age began again. The Ancients of Bharata became the gods of the new era, and their spirits were about to travel to the wasteland."

"You want to return to the wasteland with them, but you are refused—they make a condition that you help them widen the gate to the wasteland before they will take you back with them."

"The Ancients of Bharata wanted their descendants to attain immortality as spirits in the wilderness."

"You know that doing this is against the laws of the wasteland. But you're willing to pay any price to get back to the wasteland."

"So you used your serpent tail to entwine the central axis of the world—the sacred mountain known as Mount Sumeru—and used your own body to lift it up."

"The river water in the wilderness flows down and transforms into the purest Immortal Spirit Dew when it reaches the mortal world."

"Those fortunate enough to drink the spiritual dew became immortal celestial beings, able to pass through the Heavenly Gate with their spiritual bodies; those who could only drink the Filtered Residue became so-called Asura. The two waged war around your body, and you could no longer bear the burden, falling into the sea."

"The 'gods' broke their covenant with you and returned to the wasteland with their Deva Attendants."

"You feel desperate and angry because you have been deceived."

"So you went upstream, along Ganges to the pure land of Shangri- Shangri-La on Mount Sumeru, and you crashed into Mount Sumeru, destroying the central axis that supports the mortal world."

"The sky tilted to the northwest, the earth sank to the southeast, and the stars were shattered... The Golden Age came to an abrupt end."

"Your chances of returning to the wasteland were already slim, and after this collision, you completely gave up the idea of returning. This time, you coldly watched the scene of the apocalypse arrive, waiting for the flood to recede again."

"But this time, because the World Axis was lost, the flood could not recede. The Bharata, which had flourished to its zenith, also returned to extinction."

"You revel in the joy of your successful revenge until that joy itself fades with time."

"The flood finally stopped rising, and the high mountains were flattened. There were still kingdoms on the land, and they called this body of water the 'Eight Hundred Li Tongtian River'."

"The long years have made you neither hateful nor happy. You still want to return to your homeland, to the wasteland."

"You ferry people back and forth across the Tongtian River, becoming the only ferry on this body of water."

"One day, a monk rode a white horse from the east, saying that he was going to Bharata to retrieve the scriptures that could redeem all."

"Tell her that Bharata has been destroyed by his own revenge, and the True Sutra she seeks no longer exist."

The monk replied, "The Bharata she seeks is not in the mortal world, but in the long ascetic journey. Just as the wilderness you wish to return to is not outside, but in your long wait."

"You ask when you will be able to return to the wasteland?"

The monk replied, "Do you want to go home with this physical body, or do you want to go home clean and pure?"

"You immediately attained enlightenment, and had the monks cut off your limbs to stabilize the tilting Mount Sumeru, and used your own Turtle Shell to stop the flood."

"At the very end of your life, you finally returned to the wasteland, becoming yet another name to be remembered in the writings of the Duke of Sighs."

"You only remember what you gained in the dream when your spirit re-enters the dream realm."

255 I was amused and annoyed by the Indian Worldview.

"Attainment: Turtle Breath - East Asian practitioners believe it is a breathing method that can slow down aging; South Asian yogis believe it is a secret from the Vedic Scriptures, originating from the Kurma. Using this breathing method, one can reach the state of Samadhi in deep meditation, but you know that the truth is not like that."

This is a method that allows one to reproduce the Divine Turtle Kurma in human form.

Divination—All your divination, calculations, and prophecies will be enhanced; periodically, you can actively use "Spur of the Moment" to foresee your own or others' future. "Spur of the Moment" can be used in cumulative instances.

Watery areas – your surroundings will gradually transform into lakes or deep pools.

Blessing—You now possess the ability to proactively bless others.

The gains from the dream were minimal, but the information it provided was far more valuable to Hebe than any other gain.

Hebe knew that she had turned into a giant tortoise after entering the dream.

To be honest, it was quite difficult to determine the identity of the giant tortoise at first. Why? Because it combined some mainstream tortoise myths.

With a tortoise's body and a snake's tail, it is one of the four auspicious creatures in Cathay legend, Xuanwu Astrological Worship. This worship was further elevated in the Third History of Cathay, becoming the "Northern True Warrior Emperor".

The Gonggong of breaking Mount Sumeru is likely an adaptation of the ancient Chinese myth of Cathay smashing Buzhou Mountain.

As for the old turtle that ferries people across the Tongtian River... Hebe doesn't want to be too rude.

—If even "Journey to the West" appears, then who will make up for the part of her missing monkey?

Only by lifting Mount Sumeru and churning the Sea of Milk can one obtain the nectar. This is the original myth of the Divine Turtle Kurma.

Even so, it doesn't take up all the story's spotlight.

Because the "Great Vasuki" who originally bound Mount Sumeru was a separate mythological character... generally regarded as a side of the Shesha Serpent King.

Hebe flipped through the records of her dream.

First, during the dream, Bharata was caught in the World-Ending Flood of the Dharma-Ending Age.