Family heirloom, then turned into a demon girl

Chapter 233 Mission: 01-1 The Evil Tree
It was several days later that Nero saw His Highness and Lin again.

Nero, returning to the East District through the Realm Gate, found the Silver Wolf Sanna, who had been bored and had fought a river god. Unable to immediately see the two, he turned back to find Peste. After a while, the demons summoned from the grimoire "The Pied Piper of Hamel" increased: the Weser River, representing geological disasters, and Stroum, representing meteorological disasters.

Pest gave Nero a white piccolo, a symbol of the "Pied Piper of Hamel," capable of amplifying his alluring powers. Nero herself had no connection to this legend, so integrating her and the piccolo into the Gift Game was no easy task. Pest only recently completed this task with the help of Ouroboros.

The Fire Dragon Birth Festival was still more than a month away, but Nero clearly had nothing else to do. After their fight, Pest declared that Nero had at least reached the same level as her, standing on the dividing line between the upper and lower levels of the small garden, and his combat prowess was comparable to that of some four-digit masters.

The number of strong people that can be seen frequently in the small garden is basically in the four digits. Those above the three digits are mostly troubled by many problems and cannot move freely.

Afterwards, Nero asked Pest about her future plans, but was perfunctorily told with a wry smile, "Let's take it one step at a time," so he had to give up for the time being.

After some time had passed, His Highness appeared before Nero again with Lin.

"First of all, congratulations on your victory."

The conversation began with these polite greetings. After successfully securing Sparta's "legacy" as promised with their help, Nero remained curious about their specific motives. This time, His Highness didn't keep him in suspense, stating directly, "My spiritual power is not yet complete. I need to acquire 'Solar Sovereignty' to supplement it. And the being with the most Solar Sovereignty is none other than White Yasha."

Solar sovereignty, as the name suggests, is the right to control the movement of the sun. The solar sovereignty of the small garden is divided into two sets: the twelve equatorial signs and the twelve zodiac signs. His Highness's spiritual power, which requires these sovereignties to supplement his own spiritual power, is obviously also related to the sun, but he did not reveal more specific details.

The concept of replenishing spiritual energy is also easy to understand, because Nero is in the same situation now.

At the request of these two, Nero used the Gift Card to unfold the Gift called "Evil Tree of Emptiness." It was obvious that this Gift was based on the Reverse Kabbalah Tree of Life, but now the ten Sephiroth that should have filled it were all empty.

"Knew it."

This situation was also within their expectations. For Ouroboros, who understood the true nature of this gift, it was only natural that Sparta would choose this method of sealing.

When Nero expressed his doubts, Lin explained, "Although we don't know the power of Qliphoth (Reverse Kabbalah)", Ouroboros is well aware of Kabbalah."

[Simulated Star Creation Diagram - Kabbalah (Tree of Life)]. This tree holds the power of God and the secret of the creation of the world. The person who possesses it is currently located on the second level of the small garden and is one of the seventeen "Plenary Domains."

Therefore, it's not hard to imagine the power of the Anti-Kabbalah, which is its counterpart. And just as Izayoi and Leticia suspected—the last known person to possess the complete [Simulated Star Creation Diagram - Qliphoth (Reverse Tree of Life)] was in [The Closed World - Dystopia], one of humanity's final trials.

The [Empty Evil Tree] that Nero currently possesses is the prototype of the [Simulated Star Creation Diagram: Reverse Life Tree]. "What is the Simulated Star Creation Diagram?"

This question is easy to answer. The [Simulated Star Creation Chart] is the blueprint for the creation of the universe, a concrete manifestation of a complete worldview. Anyone who possesses it has been, is, or will be the center of an entire group of gods. This gift represents the power to create the universe, and its spiritual quality is equal to that of the entire universe.

And if Nero really succeeds in completing the [Evil Tree of Emptiness] and turning it into the [Simulated Star Creation Chart·Reverse Life Tree], she will be able to create a universe belonging to the devil with her own hands.

It’s like the demon world today.

Of course, if Nero truly recovered the ten Essences of the Genesis Chart, she would likely be forced to become the Demon King of a dystopia, bearing the infamy of "Humanity's Final Trial." On the other hand, if something similar were used as a temporary Essence to activate the power of the Genesis Chart, this approach would present no problems at all.

After all, it is not the real essence. Once the power is exhausted, the Star Creation Map will stop working.

And this is exactly why Ouroboros believes that Nero is the most suitable person to possess this power.

"You mean..."

Nero allowed several magic stones in his body to surface and asked hesitantly, "This?"

Indeed, Lin and His Highness both believed that Nero's Sin Stone could temporarily replace the Essence to activate the Star Creation Chart. If this idea succeeded, Nero would be unmatched in the lower realms. Even Shiroyasha herself, sealed in her body, might not be able to defeat her.

Even better, the Reverse Life Tree's worldview is not only hostile to the enemies of Ouroboros, but also because those who are closer to the final trial will not become the "Original Candidate" - His Highness's rival, they are simply a companion sent by heaven to him.

The problem is that this "replacement" can't be achieved simply by filling in the blanks; it must adhere to certain rules. The difficulty with this rule is that, as the opposite of the path to godhood, the essence of the Tree of Life must be filled in sequentially, starting with the tenth Sephirah, "Materialism." And the three Sin Stones Nero currently possesses—Pride, Lust, and Sloth—are incompatible with these.

The demon of "instability," the ninth Sephiroth adjacent to "materialism," is Lilith, also considered the aspect of lust; and the seventh Sephiroth, also adjacent to it, is simply called "lust." Both of these Sephiroth should be replaced by the Lust Stone, but the problem is that Nero is currently stuck at the first step.

"Not only that, the demon Asmodeus, representing lust, is located in the fifth element of the tree, 'Cruelness,' so this sephirot should also be replaced by lust."

"Pride, the pinnacle of original sin, naturally corresponds to the first sephirah, Satan, the 'atheist.' These two are the same demon," Lin analyzed methodically. "Sloth might be a substitute for dullness and denial. Beelzebub, the Lord of the Flies, is also the embodiment of gluttony, so he can also be replaced by gluttony—unfortunately, you haven't yet."

(End of this chapter)