Blood Holy Scripture: True Ancestor Charlotte de Castel-Chapter 944 - 16: The Course of History

The plan for identity fusion proceeded even more smoothly than Artemis had anticipated.

Assuming the identity of the "Blood True Ancestor," Artemis began sharing the Bloodline's power with the followers of the city-state alliance and gradually cultivated the reincarnated Elf Gods into Bloodline.

As Lilith's identity merged with that of the "Blood True Ancestor," slowly but surely... people also forgot the "Heir of the Apocalypse" Savior who had once created the Bloodline, replaced by the complete binding of Lilith with the original True Ancestor.

And the Blood True Ancestor "Guy" became another name for Lilith after she transformed into the True Ancestor.

Thus, fifteen years after the identity fusion, Artemis awaited the teacher's next crossing.

This time, the future Charlotte directly descended upon her embodiment, bestowing the Blood Divine Power to the reincarnated Elf Gods in Lilith's identity.

Though these reincarnated deities had lost their power, they had once reached mythical heights; their talent was undeniable.

In the future, nourished by the Blood Divine Power, they will rise again to mythical heights, becoming the Bloodline Princes in "history."

Meanwhile, the reincarnated Helios, or rather Haral, also gained the Blood Divine Power, becoming a powerful member of the Bloodline.

But not everything proceeded smoothly.

This time, the primordial gaze inevitably took notice.

It was the primordial gaze from the "future."

In the instant when that gaze arrived, Artemis sensed that the sealing against the slumbering primordial on the West Continent had loosened.

Thankfully, long before Charlotte decided to slumber, they had already anticipated the current scenario.

Artemis, taking action in her true form, joined forces with Sea King Oceanus and the future-crossing Charlotte to successfully suppress the primordial will once more.

Yet, during the suppression, the manifested image of the primordial will caused Artemis some unease.

It was an exact replica of what once happened in "history," the image of Helios.

"Could it be... we haven't completely severed the primordial power from my brother's being? Is it possible... we're still following the path history decrees?"

Artemis felt her heart tighten.

But now, there was no one she could consult.

The "future Charlotte" who had completed the task of bestowing the Bloodline Power had already returned.

And "Teacher Charlotte," who had reached Creator Status, remained asleep.

Artemis... could only rely on herself.

"When the teacher from the future descends again, it is necessary to further investigate the state of the primordial."

Artemis contemplated.

There was no other choice; though she had gained the Blood Divine Power, she was ultimately not its true master.

To resist the primordial's erosion, only the teacher's intervention would suffice, even if using the Blood Divine Power, she could not entirely eradicate it.

However, Artemis did not await another descent of the teacher.

...

A hundred years passed effortlessly.

During the wait for the teacher's "return," the rise of the Bloodline swept across like wildfire.

Unconsciously, Artemis's embodiment had become a name as renowned as her true form, one of the three True Gods of the Mireya World, the universally known Blood True Ancestor.

Under the attack of the Bloodline, the influence of the Old Gods was virtually eradicated, and those Elf forces that had defected to the primordial were systematically eliminated by the reincarnated Bloodline Princes.

A hundred years followed by another hundred, and another hundred ensued.

Suddenly, a millennium had slipped by.

The power of the Bloodline eventually grew into a colossal entity encompassing the entire Mireya Continent, and under the driving force of many Bloodlines, a Blood Moon Empire, hailing Lilith as empress, was established.

The faith in the True Ancestor spread to every corner of the continent, including the depths of the oceans, where there were no lack of believers in the Blood Moon.

Artemis sat on the Blood Throne, receiving the worship of numerous Bloodline members, while those once her fellow Elf Gods had now become Bloodline Demigods, priding themselves on possessing the True Ancestor Bloodline.

They... had not recovered their past life memories.

That's quite normal, as their past lives had been devoured by the primordial, and in the process of devouring, their True Spirits inevitably suffered pollution; though they were saved, to sever primordial pollution, memory erasure was necessary as well.

Haral too followed this path; not only that, having achieved mythology, he became the only Bloodline of Royal Authority—after all, his body in this life was a birth sibling of the Blood True Ancestor "Lilith."

Of course, the fact they were siblings had long been "forgotten" with the fusion of the True Ancestor identity.

The rise of the Bloodline unfolded as history had, the primordial force was thoroughly suppressed, and everything developed as Artemis and the teacher had planned.

However, Artemis felt increasingly uneasy.

"Too smooth..."

"So smooth... it seems as though the primordial hasn't resisted at all."

Gazing at the increasingly flourishing Bloodline empire before her, Artemis furrowed her brow, feeling as if she had perhaps overlooked something.

With a gentle exhalation, she shook her head and decided to stroll around the city.

She concealed her identity as the "Blood True Ancestor" and also hid her identity as Moon God Artemis.

Artemis transformed into an ordinary member of the Bloodline and arrived at the Blood Moon Royal City.

The rule of the Bloodline was incomparably stable, and their status ever more transcendent, even when disguised as a simple member of the Bloodline, citizens would stop and bow upon seeing her.

But Artemis had no fondness for such stark divides.

Especially after seeing reverence and fear in the eyes of many mortals.

"Rulers distanced from the people will inevitably be abandoned by them."

Out of nowhere, she suddenly recalled something the teacher had once said.

But the next moment, she froze.

Her gaze fixated on everything in the Blood Moon Royal City, she finally realized where the source of her unease lay:

"No change..."

"Everything... remains unchanged from historical development..."

History cannot be altered; it is a preordained rule.

But before their slumber, the teacher had dealt a severe blow to the primordial; though unable to "change" history, they could influence historical details to a certain extent.

Artemis had intended as much, planning next to join forces with all the Bloodline Demigods to enact a play, intending to deceive history.

However, as she now recalled the centuries that elapsed since the teacher from the future last crossed, she was horrified to realize that after the future teacher departed, the "history" once more aligned itself with its original trajectory.

The rise of the Bloodline, while simultaneously... the Bloodline came to be gradually feared by the populace.

Moreover, upon deeper investigation, Artemis was shocked and enraged to discover that, despite her strict prohibition against the Bloodline rearing humans as blood sustenance, now that they had dominated the continent, many similar incidents had occurred.

Artemis quickly summoned the chronicle records from the Blood Clan Elder Council, while desperately recalling all she knew from her past life's memories, and was horrified to find that the records of the Bloodline over the centuries matched with the historical memories awakened by the teacher without any deviation!

There was actually no deviation whatsoever, even significant historical events' timing, locations, participants, and proceedings mirrored exactly!

She had not even begun the "play" with the Demigods, yet many historical events had already naturally occurred!

In other words, the trajectory of history... was being guided back to its original path by some unknown force.

At this moment, Artemis finally realized a fact she had overlooked—

The primordial... must have acted long ago!

And realizing this, Artemis thought of something else.

She suddenly lifted her head, staring at the solemn Blood Throne, a hint of terror flicking in her crimson eyes:

Wait...

If, if history indeed reverts to its predetermined path...

Then, what will happen next to the Bloodline, which has already unified the entire continent?

...

Artemis...

Never awaited another descent of the "teacher."