Primacy of Spirit (Thanks to scary for becoming a Patron)
[Primacy of Spirit].
Among blessings, it stood opposite [Primacy of Matter], known as one of the pillars of the Waste Ruins.
Just from their names, it was obvious that the two were utterly incompatible. They had never appeared on the same Chosen One.
[Primacy of Matter] emphasized that "matter is the fundamental existence of the world, and all spirit must submit to matter itself."
The essence of [Primacy of Spirit] was to reverse their positions, placing spirit before the world.
It denied that spirit was dependent on objects, placing greater emphasis on the primacy of spirit.
Primacy of Matter still sounded fairly scientific, but Primacy of Spirit already sounded insane from the description alone.
But considering this was Ascension... it was only normal.
After all, the core principle of the Ascension Lineage was the Transcendence of the soul and the liberation of the will. It was all about absolute subjectivity, with not even a trace of objectivity.
Views and theories such as "the world exists because of me," "all things are contained within me," and "in a fleeting dream, the butterfly became me" were simply commonplace among Chosen Ones of the Ascension Lineage.
The arrogance of placing the subjective above the objective could only be called the beginner level. Placing one's own subjectivity above everyone else's was where the real skill lay.
There was no shortage of lunatics shouting things like, "Today, I'm going to defy the heavens!" or "My drill will fucking pierce the sky!"
Though saying so was rather unobjective, in the Ascension Lineage, which governed souls, and the Heart Pivot Lineage, which governed minds, being mentally unstable was actually quite normal.
Against that backdrop, a passive-type blessing like Primacy of Spirit seemed especially ordinary and down-to-earth compared