Witch, Fireball and the Evil God of Steam-Chapter 965 - 211: Wish_2

"In my hometown, dismantling a corpse into parts and scattering them after death is considered extremely inauspicious, even akin to a severe punishment."

This is why Ethan spent the entire afternoon poring over the Holy Scripture of the Church Court. "This book mentions that it was a request from the Goddess of Life herself, carried out by the Pope she personally chose at the time." 𝓯𝓻𝒆𝙚𝒘𝓮𝙗𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝒍.𝙘𝓸𝙢

Of course, regarding the fall of the Goddess of Life, there has been much artistic embellishment in the Scripture, such as defining this ritual as a "relic" similar to that of a Knight Lord, asserting that the goddess is merely in a temporary slumber, waiting for some crucial moment in the future to return to their side.

The Scripture does not mention the burial site of the remains, and the first Pope kept this secret to his grave.

In the tradition of the Life Divine Teachings, there has never been a tradition of a Pope or other Saints being divided and buried after death either.

Ethan gradually peeled away the sacred facade of the Scripture. "To an outsider like me, it seems like your goddess didn't want to be found after death, just to prevent maniacs like Carlo from emerging."

The prophecies about "Resurrection Day" and the "Return of the True God" were also fabrications of later generations. Ethan could see traces in different sections of the Scripture. Part of these was beautiful visions, while another part was meant to secure authority and consolidate their rule over the Church Court.

The claim that "the Pope is the goddess's spokesperson" was also proposed a century later and then naturally became common knowledge for each Pope to underscore their sacred and inviolable authority.

Ethan couldn't ascertain whether the current Church Court was what the Goddess of Life had hoped for, but he could definitely assert one thing, "Your goddess seems very reluctant to be resurrected."

"Why?"

"Perhaps because she knew that what would be resurrected would be something that isn't quite right."

Ethan thought he could answer Mary's questions with his knowledge of mysticism. "The reason the True Gods fell one after another was that they all removed the parts that shared origins with the Old Gods. This act also led to the 'Blessing of Immortality' becoming invalid, so their lifespan reverted to being almost the same as a Saint's, or they couldn't even sustain their souls for multiple epochs like you can."

"It wasn't just my own doing. The Church Court at the time built relics for me. As long as I didn't leave them, the magic passed down by the goddess could slow the rate at which my soul was wearing away."

Mary explained.

"See, that's the problem. Why didn't your goddess use the same enchantment to protect her and other True Gods' souls at the time?"

The tricky question posed by Ethan left Mary bewildered. "Why do you think so?"

"It suggests she was quite certain that immortality would greatly impact their souls, even corrupt and twist their will... Dispersing her remains throughout the Far West is the best evidence. She was very certain that if someone in the future tried to resurrect her, what would return to this world would be the part she cast out. It's possible she was already having hallucinations in her twilight years."

"Are you trying to say that... the part excluded by the True Gods has always been alive?"

Mary felt a jolt in her heart.

"They inherently possessed the blessing of immortality, just without a body. So they needed to entice someone like Carlo to help them regain a form."

Although Ethan had long suspected that Carlo was being manipulated by someone with ulterior motives, he hadn't anticipated that it was Bazarian himself trying to resurrect using the goddess's remains.

"The prophecies about the resurrection of the True Gods and the divine right of the church power were later fabrications, but only the prophecy about 'Doomsday' was proposed by the True Gods, and this is consistent across different paths of faith, becoming a consensus among all."

The appearance of Bazarian answered another long-standing question for Ethan and made him reconsider the prophecy of "Doomsday."

In the mainstream understanding of the "Doomsday" prophecy, in the Seventh Epoch, the Evil God will inevitably break the seal, return to this world, and bring destruction to human civilization. This is the Evil God's revenge on the rebels.

Yet after meeting so many Old Gods, Ethan realized their hatred for humans wasn't as severe as believed. Some had even completely forgotten about it.

After all, to the Old Gods, this world was merely an interesting place in their endless lives, far from being significant enough to make them harbor long-lasting grudges and seek revenge on humans after thousands of years spanning seven epochs.

Perhaps only those who wrote this prophecy truly believed they were that important.

In reality, Bazatous was always engrossed in his art of flesh and blood. Instead of destroying human civilization, he more hoped for more young artists in this field to emerge, always bringing him new ideas.

Anapolis's family disputes and tantrums were also with his "naughty kids," not caring much about the survival or destruction of the Western Continent. After family issues eased, he continued an adventurous journey with his mischievous children.

Kaisaros had been secretly experimenting with his godhood resurrection theory, resulting in Kane, who was a troublemaker enjoying the chaos. For Kane, the destruction of human civilization was the least desirable outcome, as it would mean a dead world where he couldn't even find a couple of people to fight.