Chapter 598

"Then I'll play the role of the one you most want to be, and the one you least want to admit to being—'God'."

Lilith closed her eyes.

The Samael / Kamael figure, representing the sin of "Wrath," begins to undergo a dramatic, conceptual transformation.

That burning, overwhelming anger, stemming from being abandoned and ignored, has not disappeared.

It was simply cooled and compressed, transforming into a more somber, more primal form of energy.

That was no longer the fury of unfulfilled desire, but a different kind, one more condescending...

--It is the eternal contempt and disgust of the "Creator" for the flawed "Material World" that he himself created.

"In the name 'Yaldabaoth,' I reshape 'Ignorance.'"

"In the name of 'Saklas,' I preside over 'Judgment.'"

"--I am Samael!"

With this pronouncement, which sounded like a sacred word, the enormous shadow behind Lilith began to twist and expand wildly.

What emerges from it is a huge, blurry face.

The Lion's mane.

The snake's body.

It exudes an aura of supreme authority over all things, and an absolute negation of all things.

In that instant, for the first time, Shekinah felt an instinctive, physiological shudder and—disgust—from the bottom of her heart.

If the Sky-Thunder Ship Zeus is a Wrath "Heterodox Faith"...

Therefore, this new existence is the "False Scripture" that Shekinah finds utterly abhorrent and must be immediately eradicated from the world!

It is the most vicious "blasphemy," defiling Divinity.

For the Ultimate Great Satan issued a sharp, ominous warning.

[WARNING! WARNING! A homologous, high-threat 'divinity' reaction has been detected!]

[Concept identification in progress... Identification names: 'Yaldabaoth', 'Saklas'... Final decision: 'Demiurge'.]

[ --Root cause pollution.]

Meanwhile, inside the Cockpit of the Sky-Thunder Ship, Erice's clear and mirror-like "Lord's Mind" was also stirred by the intervention of this new power.

"This feeling... is like the 'False God' in Gnostic ism. It's like the creator of the Material World who imprisoned the 'spirit'... Lilith... what exactly does she want to do?"

Lilith slowly opened her eyes.

She took a step forward, leaving Epsilon's side, and hovered alone in mid-air.

He didn't look at Erice, nor at Shekinah, but instead surveyed the battlefield that Shekinah had created herself.

Then she spoke.

The sound, though not loud, clearly overwhelmed all the roars on the battlefield, echoing in everyone's consciousness.

"--I am God."

"--There is no other god but me."

In an instant, Shekinah's will wavered violently, almost to the point of collapse.

Because this statement should have been her Authority.

It is her self-declaration as the "One God".

However, at this moment, Lilith, who should have been the representative of "evil" and the symbol of "degeneration," took that sentence away from us, intact.

It is not a simple imitation.

This is a conceptual "upstream hijacking".

Within the very "mythological system" upon which Shekinah relies, an Overturning explanation is found: a malicious "patch" that redefines "Divinity" as "Ignorance" and "Pride."

"Good."

Lilith, no, she should be called "Demiurge" now, reached out and gently grasped at the void.

Then,

The spatial fragments and material remains floating on the battlefield seemed to hear the call of their true master, and began to gather and recombine on their own.

Twisting and growing, they eventually transformed into terrifying behemoths, enormous in size, with heads like lions and bodies like long snakes, brimming with primal and Chaos beauty.

--The Lion-Headed Serpent, in Gnosticism, symbolizes the embodiment of Demiurge's Authority.

This is Lilith's choice: Gnostic ism.

It is not an independent mythological system; on the contrary, it is a "Heresy" idea that originated in early Christianity civilization.

It uses the same characters as the Bible, but assigns them completely opposite definitions.

In Gnostic mythology, the "god" who created the Material World was not Supreme Being. He was called "Demiurge," meaning "great craftsman," and is usually considered to be "Jehovah" in the Old Testament. Although powerful, he was Ignorance and Pride, believing himself to be the only true god, unaware that above him there was a more sublime, purely spiritual "Spiritual World" and a true Supreme Being god.

Therefore, the Material World created by Demiurge is essentially a "cage" that imprisons the human soul.

In some Gnostic myths, the Demiurge has three names, which are the ones Lilith just announced: Yaldabaoth, Saklas, and Samael.

Even more fatal is that Shekinah's essence, "Wisdom" (Sophia), plays a key role in this story.

In Gnostic Creation Myth, Sophia (Divinity Wisdom) is one of the highest-ranking female "eternities" emanating from the Supreme Being god. However, this Perfection "Wisdom" made a mistake. Driven by an excessive yearning for the Supreme Being Father, Sophia presumptuously undertook an incomplete creation, resulting in a "miscarriage"—

A flawed creation, a mixture of spirit and matter, was born at the same time she fell from the Spiritual World.

This "child" that shouldn't exist is the Demiurge.

At this point, Lilith, now transformed into Demiurge, dealt a fatal conceptual blow to Shekinah.

Shekinah is caught in a dilemma:

The God in Midrash is the God of the Old Testament. The Demiurge of Gnostic is also considered to be the God of the Old Testament.

To defeat Demiurge Lilith, one must confront this "child" born from one's own "identity," which is tantamount to acknowledging one's identity as "Fallen Sophia," and fighting against one's own "sin." Thus, she is no longer the "One God."

To deny the existence of the Demiurge, one must deny the narrative of Gnostic ism as a "Heresy." However, the logic of this Heresy story itself targets the Old Testament, the Root text of "Midrash," and is difficult to refute.

Silence.

After Demiurge Lilith completed and proclaimed that Pride Book of Proverbs that belonged to the "One God," a brief, suffocating silence fell over the battlefield.

That was not a peaceful pause, but a standstill caused by the collision of three incompatible and absolute principles.

Shekinah's "reason" is an absolute, self-enclosed "Sacred Order" built upon "Order" and "uniqueness".

Erice and Pradyumna's "reason" is an open-ended "legacy" from the past, built upon "Inheritance" and "Multiplicity".

Lilith's "reason" is a malignant "Heresy" built on "Overturning" and "usurpation," parasitic within the "Sacred Order."

All three are the will of Deity.

All three viewed each other as mortal enemies who had to be rejected.

However, the latter two are now allies.

"No."

Shekinah's voice, each word deliberate and clear, was filled with resolute denial.

"You are not."

"I am not either."

She is Shekinah.

She is the only one who embodies Novia's love and gave birth to "the world" for her!

Its essence is Divinity, its actions are Order, and its existence is truth!

The "clown" played by the rival in front of us, along with the absurd "False Scripture" she relies on, must be thoroughly burned and erased from the Root of the concept!

Ultimate Great Satan has moved.

Completely ignoring the menacing "Sky-Thunder Ship Zeus" and "Star of Calamity Typhon" on their flanks, they focused all their "divine might" on one point—

Demiurge Lilith.

It is not a physical attack, but rather a conceptual "assimilation".

Shekinah wanted to forcibly pull the "Gnostic" Heresy, which should not exist, back onto the "Old Testament" as the "orthodox" main trunk, and then completely cover up and dissolve it with its absolute "correctness"!

This is a theological "crusade," a holy war against "Heresy"!

Faced with this holy light that could purify everything, Demiurge Lilith's face revealed a twisted smile filled with morbid pleasure.

"Hehe... good timing."

"Come, witness, Mother! Witness how your 'Perfection' Order is built upon 'filthy' matter!"

Lilith did not choose to fight energy with energy.

As the "creator of the Material World," she possesses supreme control over all "matter" within this world.

Even though this world was created by Shekinah.

Because Shekinah created "laws," and she is now the master of "matter" itself.

"--stand up!"

Demiurge Lilith extended her slender fingers and gently beckoned towards the crumbling earth below.

And so, the entire Midrash World seemed to hear the call of its true master.

All tangible and material things began to wriggle and coalesce, transforming into an indescribable "Material Army" composed of Chaos and madness, roaring towards that purifying holy light!

Shekinah's "Order" and Demiurge's "Chaos" clashed in the most direct and fundamental way.

Each time the holy light purifies a material beast, more remains recombine into an even more ferocious form; and each time a beast tears through the light, it is burned to ashes by its Divinity.

Both sides, through mutual restraint, have once again reached a stalemate.

However, they were not the only two on the battlefield.

"--Now!"

Inside the Cockpit of the Sky-Thunder Ship, Erice calmly made her decision.

With extraordinary Wisdom, Poimandres instantly analyzed the battle situation.

Shekinah and Lilith have become embroiled in an inescapable internal ideological battle over "who am I?" and "who is God?"

At this moment, Shekinah's seemingly impeccable concept of "the One God" is being shaken in its most fatal and structural way because of the emergence of Lilith, this "internal bug".

This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity!

"Pradyumna, the objective remains unchanged!"

Erice's instructions were precisely transmitted to Typhon's system via Quantum Communications.

"Caught between their mutual denials—sever Shekinah's Throne!"

"With pleasure!"

Pradyumna responded loudly, his fighting spirit soaring.

Typhon, the Star of Calamity, had his dark purple eyes light up again. With the energy support and tactical guidance of Zeus, he transformed into a deadly meteor, piercing straight towards the flank of "Ultimate Great Satan," who was battling the Material Army.

The battle situation instantly transformed into a three-dimensional panorama of chaotic fighting between three parties.

High in the heavens, it is a battle between the "Sacred Order" and the "Heresy".

The pure white light of Order and the filthy Chaos are like two armies from the age of myth, waging an endless war of mutual devouring.

Beneath their battlefield lies a precise strike by "legacy" against "Sacred Order."

The wings of light on the back of the Sky-Thunder Ship fully unfolded, no longer focusing on defense, but transforming into a mobile arsenal. Countless beams of light, composed of the power of different mythological systems, were like the most accurate cruise missiles, bypassing the energy storms of the main battlefield and bombarding the defensive blind spots exposed by Ultimate Great Satan due to distraction from all sorts of tricky angles.

Meanwhile, Typhon, the Star of Calamity, moved like a phantom, clinging to Zeus's firepower cover, compressing his Godslaying intent into his Claws. Each charge was for one purpose—

It severely damaged the core of "Ultimate Great Satan".

"Hateful!"

Shekinah finally let out a roar filled with genuine rage.

Facing two wars of different natures at the same time, even she felt unprecedented pressure.