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Helaire Review Section
As I previously stated, at the end of the volume, I would come here to discuss the relationships between [Chaos], [Helaire], [Gui], and [Renee] that I mentioned needing a review.
In this section, I will roughly recount the content directly, hoping to reawaken the details you might have previously read but forgotten, or perhaps instances you entirely missed paying attention towards.
It's merely a pity that Qidian doesn't possess a footnote function like Word documents to identify specific chapters. Therefore, analogous to "citations," I will annotate the foreshadowing content utilized exactly at the very end. Because it harbors exceedingly prolific quantities, inserting it directly within the main text would render it profoundly bloated; readers requiring it can simply check it themselves.
Firstly, to comprehend the relationship bridging Helaire and Chaos, we must untangle the relationship bridging [Soul] and [Chaos]. And exactly as I have emphasized multiple times, Chaos is a fabricated concept; it explicitly represents [Foreign Entities].
Simultaneously, I've additionally mentioned on more than one single occasion that Souls originate from the Spirit World, which remains unbound by the gods' control. Furthermore, the main text has never articulated its genuine origin, yet every single intelligent living entity (encompassing Mythical Species alongside demigods) harbors a soul situated precisely within their chassis.
I don't know if you all have noticed: absolutely zero rules anchoring explicitly onto this world possess the authorization to bind Transferred Persons originating expressly from the exterior, encompassing physical bodies, lifespans, and additionally extending explicitly tracking towards destiny. Yet uniquely, they harbor Mana Circuits exactly identical mimicking explicitly exactly exactly the native living entities populating this worldwhich equivalently translates strictly into souls. This was explicitly broadcasted targeting you all precisely the moment Asuka Karasawa initially arrived explicitly plunging into this world.
You all can thus discover that the uniquely universally traversable rule bridging firmly between this world and the exterior worlds translates exactly into [Soul].
Yet clearly every single rule anchoring explicitly onto this worldlife, destiny, the crevice, matter, alongside deathoriginates exactly from the specific nature (Authority) possessed precisely explicitly by deities exactly simulating Ramastia and the rest.
By analogy, [Soul] practically, in reality, identically originates exactly off the specific nature mapped via certain existences. It uniquely materializes stating exactly explicitly that this specific existence's nature operates predominantly universally prevalent (traversing both explicitly identically the interior alongside explicitly the exterior spanning entirely mapping precisely this world), unilaterally exclusive (incapable mapping any substitutions yielding off alternative entities; forfeiting one's soul translating exactly into forfeiting consciousness), concurrently alongside exceptionally profoundly concealed
Even during the era when the gods created the world, they did not realize that these consciousnesses were actually derived from the nature of certain existences. Of course, they later discovered this; otherwise, they wouldn't have stationed the demigods to guard their respective posts. This also explains why the Sanctuary told the angels very early on that the forging of Life Gospel Holy Relics was forbidden.Therefore, the soul is Chaos, and Chaos is the soul.
This also explains why many names in this world overlap with other worlds and feel familiar. Because the source of these consciousnesses inherently came from places outside the world; they were not freshly fabricated by the gods here.
Naturally, the derivative of a faint Authority of Chaos: the [Soul] itself wouldn't cause any terrifying impact on the essence of this world. It's akin to throwing a Transferred Person, who similarly originates from Chaos, into this world out of thin air. Just like Asuka Karasawa in the beginning, a weak High School Girl wouldn't produce any terrifying consequences.
Therefore, the gods still need souls for the reincarnation of life in this world, which is not a major issue either.
What truly warrants the fortifications is the existence above the gods, which is the true master from whom souls originate.
Souls originate from an existence outside the world whose rank and Authority are far higher than the gods. This [Chaos] is the main subject being guarded against by this concept.
I have already hinted to everyone multiple times that magic originates from the soul, and that magic is the power of Chaos. In this volume, I practically explicitly stated it.
Let's review why Sorobato became tainted with Chaos. The process of refining Gospel Holy Relics is actually extracting the Authority within certain substances. Unfortunately, for Life Gospel Holy Relics, the forging materials happened to include souls.
Understanding this far, you all can practically comprehend all the tricks Helaire played and her specific nature: she secretly infiltrated this world precisely by exploiting the process where the demigods selected souls to create their offspring.
Let's start with [Gui].
You all know that the World Tree selected souls from the Spirit World and created three children; thus, Tao, Bing, and Gui were born.
But because the birth of these three children, including Gui, also passed through the Loom, and the Loom itself can become both Order and Chaos. Therefore, during the process of Her birth, the Loom became tainted with Her nature, which is the Authority.
So this is why, despite being a creation of the God of Destiny, the derivative Teardrops of the Loom can possess the function of endowing Relics with consciousness, even though it possesses no soul.
Alright, having explained the relationship between Gui and Chaos, the relationship between Gui and Helaire should be clear to you all, right?
Why did Gui leave the Tree Continent? Could it be that she had some shaded conspiracy?
Recall that Helaire once told Fisher,
"She doesn't like predicting the future in any sense, because that would be very boring."
Therefore, after she, who hated this the most, was born using the identity of Gui, she discovered that the power the World Tree gave her just so happened to be the power to know the future.
Hmm, so she ditched the disguise and ran away.
Gui is among the first three elves born and also the oldest Mythical Species; while Helaire is the sixty-sixth born, after Gui.
So you all can also discover that after shedding the Gui disguise, She ran off to infiltrate this world anew.
The two of them are the same person, with absolutely no difference. They are the same existence.
Then why did Gui need to reappear in the world?
Because of Fisher.
You can review the chapters, observing the timing of Gui's every appearance. You will find that her appearance is, in a sense, an extension of the things Helaire wanted to do but was restricted from doing due to her disguise.
Then entering the third point, the relationship between Helaire (Gui) and Renee: Renee and Helaire are independent individuals.
The last chapter of this volume has explicitly stated how Renee, or rather her previous incarnation, came to be. Her essence is the Authority of Infinity; she is a consciousness birthed by the Authority.
Reviewing the plot involving Helaire and Pandora in the Ideal State, pondering why Authority would birth consciousness, why consciousness never perishes, and why she looks exactly like Gui, you can locate the connection.
There are many other foreshadowings and contents I mentioned in this volume, which are related to the conclusions here, the logic of plot extensions, or future plots, but I won't detail them here.
For example: the measures the gods took to guard against Chaos, why the Demi-Human Manual can bind both Gui and Helaire simultaneously, Helaire's original goal and her changed goal, Fisher's uniqueness, the uniqueness of Transferred Persons, the implications of the World-Ending Prophecy...
Just as I stated previously, it is naturally better if everyone notices the hidden foreshadowings. Many readers have discovered the hidden logic and flaws in the plot and given answers in the chapter comments. This requires a certain degree of thought and careful reading, which will, of course, bring the joy of knowing the riddle's answer in advance.
At the same time, I also know that many readers will not have the energy to do so, thus resulting in missing or forgetting the clues. This doesn't matter, because this book also has many other stories and joys written directly on the surface. In the subsequent main text, I will also give direct answers and explanations to the questions; please do not worry.
The quoted chapters and contents, arranged by point and order:
1. Souls originate from the Spirit World, which is not controlled by the gods. The genuine origin has never been stated in the main text. Every intelligent living creature has a soul, including demigods. Furthermore, souls contain a massive amount of energy and are the main body of consciousness and the source of magic.
See Volume 1, Chapters 47 and 54 (the energy attribute, consciousness attribute, and attribute interacting with the physical body of the soul), Volume 2, Chapter 154 (the relationship between the soul, Spirit World, and magic), Volume 3, Chapter 1 (the condition of the soul and Spirit World), Volume 3, Chapter 110 (the origin of demigod souls), Volume 4, Chapter 27 (the origin of Mythical Species souls).
2. The concept of Chaos is fabricated; it represents foreign concepts or properties. No rule in this world can bind it. To guard against it, the demigods possessed their respective duties and posts.
See Volume 4, Chapter 66 (the concept of Chaos, the respective duties of demigods).
3. Even Transferred Persons have the same soul traits as the natives of this world, and other rules of this world uniquely hold no sway over them. In other words, the unique commonality between this world and other worlds is the [Soul].
See Volume 4, Chapter 44 (Asuka Karasawa's Mana Circuit), Volume 4, Chapter 111 (the immortality trait of Transferred Persons).
4. Life, destiny, the crevice, matter, and death all originate from the specific nature (Authority) of gods like Ramastia.
See Volume 3, Chapter 110 (the divine authorities managed by the gods), Volume 4, Chapter 3 (the Authority of Death).
5. The Sanctuary told the angels very early on that the forging of Life Gospel Holy Relics was forbidden. Sorobato became tainted with Chaos.
See Volume 4, Chapter 43 (forbidding the forging of Life Gospel Holy Relics), Volume 4, Chapter 102 (Sorobato).
6. The birth of Tao, Bing, and Gui, and the abilities bestowed by the Loom of Fate.
See Volume 4, Chapter 74 (the origin of the three children), Volume 4, Chapter 98 (the Loom).
7. Helaire doesn't like predicting the future in any sense, because that would be very boring.
See Volume 4, Chapters 62 and 83.
8. The timing of Gui's appearance.
See Volume 4, Chapters 64~66 (within Tao's barrier), Chapter 98 (Dragon Tail Island).
9. The nature of Renee's consciousness, the relationship between Authority and Renee, the origin of the Infinite Authority.
See Volume 4, Chapter 15 (Renee's Infinite Authority), Chapter 104 (the consciousness birthed by Authority), Chapter 122 (a glimpse of Helaire's true form), Chapter 136 (the descent of the Mother God).
In my memory, there have been several other instances of emphasis, which I will not list individually here.
Writing this 3,000-word explanation chapter, coupled with tracking down the specific corresponding chapters from memory, truly cost me an entire chapter's worth of effort.
If you have any doubts, you can also bring them up in the chapter comments; I frequently read book reviews and chapter comments, haha.
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That's all for now.