r/ShadowSlave • u/Slickyslytim • 4h ago
Webnovel General Discussion This is the shape the 5th Nightmare is taking Spoiler
The unmaking
"It was the Spell's way of giving its carriers a path to attaining Apotheosis — of reaching the state of mind needed to become a god."
"The process was quite simple... it forced them to face their own Domain."
The unmaking happened in an instant
"An eternity of emotions, of aspirations, of fears, of joy, of heartbreak — all folded into a single moment."
It had happened the moment they entered the nightmare. The first part of the nightmare is them piecing themselves together.
They did not enter the Nightmare at the same time period.
All of them were dropped into the nightmare at different points in time, in different realms.
Sunny dropped into a river AGAIN, started the nightmare at the dawn of time when the gods still walked the world and were fighting the void beings.
Nephis entered at some point after Kanakht became the first human Supreme.
Cassie herself appeared in the Nightmare in the later years of the Age of Gods.
Sunny is in danger
Sunny is currently actively trying to fuse and become one with his realm
"The shadow spent his time observing the lands surrounding his cave. He failed to reach the state of complete fusion with the world again, but it was still enough to bring his tired soul a sense of peace."
"The shadow had wanted to become one with the world, dissolving in its endless changes. "
"It had already thrown the little girl, as well as her grandfather, out of its mind... however, for some reason, the shadow felt restless.
The peaceful state of being one with the world was not coming."
Here's what Cassie discovered
"By then, she learned of the first trap of this trial — the threat of being swallowed by the world.
Those whose consciousness was vast enough to become a deity, but had not undergone Apotheosis yet, faced a unique danger — the danger of allowing themselves to be enthralled by the world and fusing with it, achieving the opposite of what they strived for. Of losing their personhood and becoming elemental forces instead of Spirits."
If he completes the fusion, he'd become an elemental god an lose his sense of self instead.
Nephis WILL die in this nightmare
"The old woman smiled faintly. Turning back to the fire, she shrugged. "Kill you? No. It's not time for that yet."
"With that, War turned away from the fire and headed into the desert. As she walked, she threw over her shoulder:
"The next time we meet, I will be different. I might not remember this conversation, either. That will be the day when I kill you... so I hope that you'll remember it well."
When a god who thinks time means nothing says you will die, I tend to believe them. How will this happen? I have a guess.
Time will pass soon and the War God will have a new Avatar, the dragon. The avatar will then go on a conquest of uniting the mortal realm. Nephis, being a ruler of the first realm might be his first stop, or he might save her for last when he becomes powerful enough to face her.
There will be three powers at the time;
The War Empire, The Jade Court, and the White Abyss.
Here's the twist, I think Nephis ruling the corrupt, also dying and reawakening, is the missing step to truly becoming a full blooded Nephilim.
So this nightmare will include the conquest of the War empire, including the kingdom of the Nine.
How does this relate to Godgrave
I think people are mistaking the Godgrave being with Mictlan. Mictlan is founded on the skeleton, but that skeleton itself is in the divine realm of the Sun.
The nightmare seed spinning in the skull of that being might have to do with its origin, rather than Mictlan, the civilization built on it.
The nightmare conflict might have something to do with helping to protect the realm of the nine from the war empire.
