Shadow Slave

Chapter 2194  Price of Divinity

Ki Song inhaled deeply — or pretended to, at least — and leaned back. "As for conquering the Fifth Nightmare… even if we have such an ambition, neither of us dares. Challenging a Nightmare is always a gamble, after all — maybe the challenger will return alive, maybe not. Immortal Flame could risk his life because there were countless Awakened in the world beside him. Warden and Nightwalker could risk theirs because, by then, there were plenty of Masters around. But what about us? What happens if all Supremes of humanity perish together, leaving no one to defend it against the tyranny of the Nightmare Spell? The risk is too great, and the responsibility we bear is too great to take it."

Her expression changed subtly. "More than that, each Nightmare is different from the previous one. We have no knowledge about what awaits us in the Fifth. What we do know, however… is that even if one manages to conquer it, there will be a price to pay. A Sacred being won't be able to enter the waking world at all, most likely, meaning that there won't be Dream Gates to lead people away either. Even if Sacred carriers of the Nightmare Spell receive an ability to create a new kind of connection between the two worlds, there is also the nature of the Apotheosis itself to consider. Becoming a god… is not merely about one's Rank."

Ki Song paused briefly and continued in a neutral tone: