Chapter 150 – Blasphemous Secrets

Chapter 150 – Blasphemous Secret

“But Lilith, as a demon of strong desire, has a not-so-small flaw.”

The ship of Theseus was still diving down, and because of the ethereal creature Kunpeng escorting around it, there was no danger all the way down.

Above deck, Wright was having a chat with Emily.

“What exactly is the flaw?”

“Do you think that the gods like fanatics?”

Emily nodded without thinking, “Of course! Berserkers have strong and fervent faith. According to what you said before, the quality of their faith power is purer and more active.

It should be, rightly so, the gods’ favorite.”

“Then if you were a god, would you want your followers to be all fanatics?”

“Of course!”

“Well, what about only fanatics?”

Emily froze, “Wouldn’t that …… be numerically small?”

Lethe nodded, “That’s right. Geniuses and elites are destined to be a small number of people, and so are berserkers.

If a sect only recruits geniuses and elites, then regardless of its strength or weakness, the number of believers will definitely not be much, and the same goes for berserkers.

Not every believer had the qualifications to become a berserker.

The core of the sect could be berserkers, but the main body was bound to be the ordinary congregation.

Not only sects, but any organization, must have a head, a backbone, and a cornerstone. That’s what makes it healthy and long-lasting.”

Emily nodded thoughtfully, but then realized something was wrong, “But what does this have to do with Lilith?”

“You’re so unenlightened, you have to chew everything and feed it to your mouth don’t you?”

Wright sighed helplessly, “It’s very important that Lilith’s ability is strong desire and not lust.

Lust is a very large concept that everyone has.

Strong desire, however, is similar to a fanatic amongst desires, an elite genius.

There are many people who like food, but I’m afraid there aren’t many people who can truly be called to have an extremely strong desire for food.

As a matter of fact, Lilith was on the wrong path of advancement.

She had blindly devoured other conceptual powers, causing her to advance into a more powerful concept, but while the difficulty of using it had greatly increased, the range of coverage had also drastically shrunk.

The way she is now, she can easily be annexed by other possessors of the same type of Concept Authority.”

Emily couldn’t help but shiver, “Ah …… I thought I was already invincible after controlling a concept. How come every step has become treacherous.”

Wright let out a light laugh, “Yeah, the God of Laws is like climbing a mountain, just follow the steps bit by bit upwards.

Although it’s tiring, there are signs to follow and paths to follow. As long as you work your way up mostly nothing will go wrong.

When one waits for the God of Rules, it’s like the mountain path is cut off, and one goes from climbing a mountain to climbing a rock with one’s bare hands.

You have to figure out how to climb your way above the cliff face in order to continue to improve yourself.

The risk was greatly elevated, and if you weren’t careful, you could fall down into the abyss of ten thousand feet and be shattered to pieces.

But the bigger the storm, the more expensive the fish, and opportunity often goes hand in hand with risk.

But when you get to the conceptual level, then there is no such thing as a mountain or not.

Everyone is flying in the sky, and there are no rules and regulations to follow, no paths to follow.

You can fly in the clouds or you can lie down and sit down.

What posture what way as you like, fly high and low all by yourself, what will encounter no one can say.

Therefore, no one can predict the outcome of a conceptual level battle, which is full of uncontrollability and uncertainty.

A seemingly mediocre concept may not be able to defeat anyone, but it will just restrain you.

Guttering that’s too common, no one dares to say they’re invincible amongst the concept level.”

Emily looked at Wright, “Not even you?”

Wright took a deep breath, “That’s why I’ve been saving up my cards and finding ways to get stronger.

But a fight between conceptual levels can unfold in ways you can’t imagine.

I have the same chance of taking out Lies as he has of taking me out.

Lilith …… probably sensed the crisis as well, which is why she was so anxious to urge me to help her reclaim her power.”

Emily scratched her head, “You also just said that between conceptual levels, numbers are not a decisive advantage.”

“Is your brain constructed of coins? Only the sides anyway?”

Wright was all pissed off, “If there’s no decisive advantage, it’s not an advantage? It’s true that two conceptual levels can’t steadily win against one.

But two against one is definitely a bit more comfortable, and the means undercard is more flexible for sure.”

Between words, the ship had already dived to a certain depth. Alice suddenly ran over and grabbed Wright’s hand, looking at him timidly.

“Brother Wright, I’m afraid.”

“It’s okay, there’s brother here.”

Emily also sensed a hint of something wrong, “What’s going on here?”

Wright looked around, “Don’t be nervous, we’re just going from the shallow zone to the deep zone.

You can interpret that as going down from the usual nightmare-infested places into a deeper level of nightmare.”

“More! A more terrifying nightmare!”

Emily gulped, the shallow waters were already eerie, sending an involuntary chill down her spine.

Then! The nightmare atmosphere of the deep sea area shall not scare a person to death!

However, as the ship of Theseus continued to dive, the surroundings became warm and sweet.

The atmosphere here was incomparably peaceful, and the colors were bright and spiritual, as if it was heaven on earth.

Compared to the shallow waters just now, it was like a rainbow when the sky cleared up after a violent storm!
“This! This is a deeper nightmare?”

Emily ran to the edge of the deck and took in the beauty of the place.

“This is the so-called Nightmare Abyss Deeper Zone? Are you kidding me? This is better than even the Gap of Dreams itself!

Wright, you call this a nightmare?”

Wright’s expression was bland, and there was a hint of sadness and desolation between his brows.

“Beautiful?”

“Too good.”

“It’s a dream.”

“Ah ……”

Emily froze in place, all the beauty in her heart dissipating cleanly in an instant like a soap bubble suddenly being picked.

In the next moment, endless loss and grief instantly took over her heart. For a little while, she felt that it was incomparably difficult to breathe.

“The worst nightmare is not fear, sadness, or shock ……”

Wright took a deep breath and looked around at the absolute beauty, “It’s the …… despair that comes with waking up and realizing it was just a dream.

I still remember the year I first arrived in the Holy City, and from time to time I would dream that I was home.

What the Holy See, what gods and demons, what nonsense was all fake.

I was home. I hadn’t gone anywhere.

Then when the dream woke up, the hysterical grief ……

To escape, I found my way into the Dream Gap. And became a dream weaver, compiling my own dream land, Ideal Country.

Later, I created the Second Sacred Artifact Utopia to make it easier to get in and out of my own Ideal Land.

Those were truly wonderful times.

Drunkenly addicted to it ……

But barring that, fake is fake.

I’ve since destroyed my ideal countryside with my own hands, and then sank into it with utopia to completely quench my spirit.

I haven’t dreamed of home since then.”

Saying this, Wright suddenly smiled, “That’s when I saved Lilith.”

Emily propped herself up on the deck, “You …… you’re a tough one. I now, don’t even have the courage to look at the outside environment.”

“That means your mental power isn’t strong enough! Looks like we need to find some time to train you more.”

“Wow! Don’t! That feeling, it’s so unbearable, I can’t even breathe!”

“A philosopher once said!”

Wright stood at the bow of the ship and clenched his fists, “We should not be afraid of whatever difficulty we encounter, and face it with a smile!
The best way to eliminate fear is to face it!

I, for one, deeply believe that!”

“Not everyone is as strong as you, and those who aren’t, still have to live!”

Emily bitter little face: “Not everyone has to be a big tree, some people can also be vines ah!”

Wright raised an eyebrow, “That’s true. Running away is shameful but useful.”

“That’s right!”

“Then Vine-sama, from now on, don’t say anything to the others like, I’ll protect you, please rely on me as much as you want or something handsome like that!”

Emily immediately froze, and then looked at Alice, who was hugging a toy bear at the side.

The little girl blinked her innocent yet determined eyes and revealed a sweet yet strong smile.

“Sister Emily don’t be afraid! Alice is going to be a big tree, Alice will protect sister!”

Wright jumped off the bow of the boat and said quietly as he passed by Emily.

“I remember, there was a person who said that he neither wanted to be a sailor nor a great lady, he wanted to be the captain of the ship of his life to come.

Who was it? How come I can’t find it?”

Emily grabbed a handful of Wright’s shirt, clenching her silver teeth, but with a much firmer gaze.

“Please! Train me to your heart’s content! Please.”

“Oh? Don’t want to be a vine anymore? Miss Captain?”

“I want to be a tree, the kind that shades the sky!”

“Good point.”

Wright laughed and patted her on the shoulder with a kind smile, “Then I’ll be your nightmare from today.”

Emily wanted to cry, but this time she held back.

“Lilith, it’s the place!”

Wright shouted twice towards the middle of the cabin, which led to the sound of the door opening.

Lilith covered her head and walked out with tears in her eyes.

“Wright ……”

“What’s wrong?”

“Oooh …… I grew horns.”

“Don’t you already have horns?”

“It’s growing again ……”

Lilith lowered her hands, and it was only then that the three Wrights could see. A pair of small, twisted horns had grown on her head in addition to the original pair of sheep’s horns.

These two horns were pieced together with the original horns to look like a crown.

“It seems like you have a high degree of fusion with the Profane Sacred Crown. That’s quite good, there will be a lot less trouble when you enter the Blasphemous Holy Temple this time.”

Wright pointed at a dream bubble below, “Look, we’re at the place.”

“Oooh, is it going to be ugly?”

“No, it’ll be more classy instead. Right Emily!”

“Ah yes! Like a queen!”

Lilith laughed happily at this and ran off with Alice to the bow of the ship to see the dreamy bubble where the Blasphemous Sanctuary was located.

Emily looked at Lilith’s back and asked quietly.

“Speaking of which, I wanted to ask at the beginning, but I forgot about it when you interrupted. Lilith is strongly desirous, and you said that the Blasphemous Sanctuary Crown is good for her.

Specifically, how is it a benefit that would change the concept of Strong Lust in her division?”

“A situation like Lilith’s is not an exception. Many Concept Masters who accidentally go too far when advancing and growing will face this problem.

Over time, some of the pioneers have figured out ways to salvage the situation.

That is, blasphemous concepts.”

Emily came to a realization, “Oh! So is it possible that this blasphemous concept is something like a coolant?
It helps downgrade the concept?”

“Pretty much, blasphemy is one of the few concepts that has an effect on most concept powers.

Similar ones are sublimation, convergence, collapse, etc. ……

But this thing, I guess …… is rare for one thing, and has more side effects for another.”

“Does Surge …… count?”

Wright didn’t answer, but piloted the Ship of Theseus towards the Dream Bubble, “You’ll understand when you get to the Blasphemous Sanctuary.

Hold on tight! We’re going to forcefully break in!”

(End of chapter)