Tome of Blood

Chapter 670-17- The Betrayal of the Vampires
"The extraordinary power of the world of Miria originated from the primordial, and all extraordinary beings have long been marked by the primordial imprint."

"To ultimately defeat the Primal, we must find a way to break free from this cage and end our connection with the Primal."

"That's why I wanted to create the 'Blood Codex' in its complete form, completely transcending the power of the primordial."

When the crisis of the vampires broke out, Artemis remembered the words her teacher had told her before he fell asleep.

In fact, after realizing that the Primal One had already made his move, Artemis had already foreseen what would happen next.

Although she tried everything she could to stop it, in the end, what had happened in the Western Continent did happen again among the vampires—

The primordial pollution... has appeared among the vampires.

The origin is the origin.

While the vampires relentlessly hunted down the primordial followers, the primordial beings were also adapting to the power of the vampires, and the final result was... the corruption of the vampires' power by the primordial power.

Initially, it was the vampires who found themselves being rejected by the "world".

They began to fear the sunlight, they began to crave blood, and their supernatural powers began to mutate, as if they had been cursed by their bloodline.

Their temperaments began to become extreme and chaotic, as if their souls had been corrupted by some force, and eventually... this corruption spread to the vampire princes.

Artemis wanted to try to remove this contamination.

But His power was far too weak.

Ultimately, her growth in power also benefited from the extraordinary power of the world of Miria. Although she obtained the most blood god power, she was not the true progenitor of blood. She could only suppress the original power.

Suppression will lead to resistance.

When the primordial corruption penetrated deep into the souls of the vampire princes, this resistance ultimately became, in effect, the resistance of many vampire princes against the "True Ancestor of Blood".

Some are driven by power; some by "freedom"; and some by authority.

The primordial power has corrupted the minds of many vampires, leading to decline and division within the clan.

When Artemis realized that she could not cleanse these contaminants, and tried to emulate her teacher by creating a similar "Blood Codex" with "purifying" effects to suppress the corrupted princes... the princes finally chose to rebel!
A war initiated by the five major vampire clans broke out on the continent of Miria.

Artemis is very strong.

As the only remaining chief god of the Elven race, He was originally a pinnacle deity among true gods. The vampire incarnation that Charlotte used as a "vessel for divine descent" grew to a level no less than His original form as the faith in the True Ancestor continued to grow.

If He doesn't consider thoroughly purifying the pollution, but merely suppresses or even kills the bloodline princes, it would be no problem for Him at all.

That's how it should be.

But Artemis overlooked one point.

Like other vampires, He Himself essentially benefited from the extraordinary power of the world of Miria during His growth.

then……

The primordial also awakened within Him.

Thanks to the blood god power left behind by Charlotte, He discovered the presence of the primordial power as soon as it began to try to erode His soul.

However, although she discovered the other party, Artemis could not stop it. The reason was that her power originated from the extraordinary nature of Miria. Perhaps her true form was somewhat better, as her divine soul was protected by the power of the Blood God, but her avatar... was simply impossible to suppress.

Even after creating a similar "Blood Codex" based on her teacher's work, Artemis could not stop the primal corruption, and ultimately, she had to face a cruel reality:

On its own, it is absolutely impossible to contend with the gradually revived primordial will.

"Teacher...only the teacher, the teacher is a transcendent creator god, the teacher's power can contend with the primordial, only when the teacher awakens can the primordial be defeated!"

But Artemis was unable to contact Charlotte.

No, Charlotte didn't even leave Him a way to wake Him before she fell asleep.

Artemis didn't even know how long her teacher would sleep or where he would sleep!
He began to search, searching for Charlotte's possible resting place, searching for any possible communications Charlotte might have left behind.

However, no matter how hard Artemis searched, she could not find any trace of Charlotte.

Moreover, the title of the Blood Ancestor was also merged with His identity, and Charlotte's original "traces" seemed to have been erased.

There was no trace, no shadow, and no information about Him except for Himself; not even the gods knew anything about Him. That feeling…

It feels like...

"It's as if the teacher has completely disappeared, no longer exists in this world, and has been 'forgotten' by all wills."

"Artemis murmured."

But only He remembers.

Only He, the one who possesses the "true ancestor incarnation" and has the sole "connection" with the teacher, remembers the myth.

"Where...is our teacher asleep? Where...has our teacher gone?"

Artemis was confused.

But the primordial power continues to erode...

"This can't go on. I... I have to find a way to notify the teacher, I have to find a way to remind Him that the Primal One has been revived ahead of schedule!"

Artemis clenched her fist.

With this in mind, her gaze gradually hardened.

Yes, the teacher has indeed disappeared.

However, she still had one last possible way to contact the other party.

Artemis lowered her head and looked at the "Blood Codex" in her hand.

That was the Blood Scripture He created by learning from His teacher, and He used the divine power of blood that His teacher had left Him.

This "Blood Scripture" is not like a true scripture that can devour primordial power; however... the divine power of blood that exists within it can serve as an anchor point for communicating with the true Blood Scripture.

If His true ancestor incarnation were also sacrificed at the same time, and His connection with His teacher's status were used to travel back in time... perhaps, like His teacher, He could open up a brief spacetime rift and send the message out.

“Teacher… can travel through time and space. If I open this time-space rift to the path that the teacher in the past must have taken when traveling, the future version of Him will definitely receive the news.”

Thinking of this, Artemis looked at the vampire princes who were gradually approaching outside the Dark Night Castle.

Sacrificing this incarnation would allow Him to quickly establish a communication channel with His teacher.

However, the price was the complete erasure of the identity of "Lilith".

In addition, His physical body will inevitably be affected. He will lose all the power of the blood god and will no longer be able to resist the erosion of the Primordial. He must actively fall into a deep sleep to prevent the Primordial from further polluting Him.

Until... His future teacher awakened him again.

Artemis let out a soft breath and looked at the approaching vampires.

Crimson divine power emanated from His body. At this moment, He released all His blood divine power without reservation, and with the help of the vampire kings' attack on Him, He began this sacrifice!

Divine power surged, and the battles of numerous myths caused the heavens and earth to lose their color, mountains to crumble, and seas to overturn.

Ultimately, under the siege of numerous vampire princes, the "True Ancestor of Blood" finally fell.

The crimson divine power continued to evaporate, and the raging divine fire ignited everything. The majestic divine body gradually cracked and collapsed under the penetration of numerous divine powers.

Artemis glanced at the white-gold light that was anxiously approaching from afar and said softly:
"Brother..."

"'Lilith'... has gone ahead of us."

With a soft sound, the crimson body shattered, turning into countless scattered photons that transformed into a blood-red river that blotted out the sun and stretched for hundreds of thousands of miles across the sky...

"The True Ancestor of Blood" Lilith... has fallen.

……

The "True Ancestor Incarnation" was shattered, and Artemis's true form also suffered severe damage.

A strong feeling of drowsiness washed over Artemis, and she knew it was a passive sleep caused by the deep trauma she had suffered.

But He still remembers His mission.

Therefore, in the last moment before falling asleep, He used His last strength to activate the "Blood Codex" in His hand.

The crimson book shattered, its pages flying in all directions. As the many vampire princes chased after the pages, the last wisp of blood divine power drew Artemis's consciousness high into the heavens.

It was a very strange feeling. Artemis felt as if her own senses had been stripped away, and she had become a pure observer, looking down on the world.

Time flows on.

But His time stood still.

No, it wasn't that His time stopped, but rather, as He wished, through the sacrifice of the True Ancestor's incarnation and His own power, He successfully found the path to contact His teacher by leveraging the blood connection between them!

Artemis saw a galaxy composed of countless fragments of spacetime.

Before this galaxy, the history of the entire world seems to be shattered and severed, becoming a slowly unfolding scroll.

When Artemis saw this galaxy, she once again felt the presence of her teacher.

"Teacher... used to be here!"

He felt a jolt in his heart.

Artemis had no idea where she was.

However, judging from the energy flow, even if Charlotte wasn't here, she must have passed through here before.

By following the trajectory of Qi, He can trace back to the other party.

With this in mind, Artemis began to burn her own consciousness.

He came here as nothing more than a wisp of consciousness.

Consciousness is also the fuel for moving forward.

Aside from what He wants to convey to others, anything can serve as fuel for His progress in this strange space.

Of course, this was something He had planned long ago. Memories are also a carrier of power. Those memories that might be eroded by the primordial forces must be burned off in advance during the search for His teacher, so as not to become a means of tracing back to the primordial forces.

Of course, this would cause His wisp of consciousness to forget most of his memories before reaching the end, but as long as he could transmit the message, that would be enough.

Artemis's consciousness continued to burn.

And in the depths of his being, he sensed his teacher's aura becoming clearer and clearer.

After an unknown amount of time, His consciousness finally reached the end of the road.

No.

Strictly speaking, it is not the end of the road.

Rather, it is an image that blocks all exploration.

It was a fictional book, but also a gateway to the unknown.

That was the Blood Codex, or rather, the reflection of the Blood Codex.

Upon seeing the illusory book, Artemis was immediately stunned.

Seemingly realizing something, His gaze suddenly became complex, a mixture of realization and excitement:
"I see……"

"Teacher, is this your real plan...?"

Artemis gazed reverently at the reflection of the sacred text, bowed to it, and then ceased her attempt to proceed.

“We…we have been protected by you once again.”

He murmured in a complicated tone.

After speaking, Artemis turned around, looked back at the path she had come from, and severed it without hesitation, shattering all the memories belonging to "Artemis" within that wisp of consciousness.

Thus, the path from the present-day Miria to this time and space is completely severed.

"Teacher... I will also be waiting for you in the future..."

His last voice faded away as memories burned.

……

(End of this chapter)