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Isabel was initially quite happy when she first saw Aiwass.

A few days ago, based on her memory and imagination, she had painted a new Demonic Painting of Aiwass—a stunningly gorgeous and elegant white robe billowing with the wind along with the shoulder straps, and the platinum blonde hair that fell to the waist.

Although Aiwass’s hair wasn’t nearly that long yet, Isabel had gradually learned how to paint beyond the bounds of reality. This meant that as a Magic Painter, she could now create things that do not exist in reality yet were still perceived by her as genuinely undelusive.

She had originally wanted to share that painting with Aiwass.

However, after listening to the story Aiwass told, Isabel didn’t even have the chance to feel relieved that Aiwass had not faced lethal danger and had not used "Ysolda’s Teardrops" before she suddenly sensed a disturbing incongruence.

Subconsciously, she activated her spiritual vision and looked towards Aiwass’s soul.

Isabel was immediately struck with horror—

The original crystal soul, half of which was a golden-hued crimson and the other half a near-black deep purple, as beautiful and balanced as a sunset at sea, was now three-quarters covered in a mysterious and pure deep purple.

From the very top down to the first third, were deep red, black, and deep purple. The remaining two-thirds transitioned from deep purple into an almost pinkish light purple.

If one could consider pink to be a "diluted red," then this sight unquestionably depicts "Transcendence" capturing and assimilating a part of "Dedication."

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Had this skewing of the Path been the result of a decision made by Aiwass himself, Isabel wouldn’t have thought much of it. But it was clear Aiwass hadn’t realized it.

Therefore, Isabel immediately became vigilant.

"The Path of Transcendence... has it become unbalanced?"

Aiwass understood the princess’s warning and murmured softly.

He had a vague guess as to the reason for this current situation.

It must be because he had received the Book of Law and acquired a golden-level Path attribute that the power of the Path of Transcendence had been overly enhanced.

... Of course, it might also be because he had briefly come into contact with a real "Holy Entity"—a fragment of the Serpent Celestial Marshal, and hence had been influenced by it.

Only then did Aiwass belatedly realize... his personality seemed to have become noticeably more flamboyant.

The most apparent instances were feeding blood to Lily and the Shepherd’s Nurturing on the train.

Of course, part of this was the influence of the "Dedication" Path. If his blood was useful to Lily, Aiwass was naturally willing to give.

Different from the original curse during the Werewolf Transformation Skill period, which stated drinking blood in animal form meant "nine years without being able to revert to human form," both Lily and Ye Zhi could freely switch between human and wolf form, even turning into upright-walking werewolves. It seemed they could drink blood at will.

This might be a special kind of werewolf or possibly an evolutionary stage of werewolves. Aiwass wasn’t sure.

But when Lily lost control, Aiwass’s first reaction wasn’t "to rein in her rationality and make her conscious" but to give in without resistance, letting her drink her fill...

At that point, whether Lily completely lost control and bit through or twisted off Aiwass’s neck, or if she lost her rationality and drained all his blood, either could have led to Aiwass’s death.

Yet, Aiwass unconsciously gave up all resistance entirely.

It was less about absolute, pure trust—

—and more about an indulgent superior allowing a subordinate to "Transcendence" themselves.

Similarly.

On the train, he had taken on the identity of number 14 and had also instructed the Shadow Demon to briefly transform into human form.

When the Shadow Demon said it could take on the form of Miss Assassin to receive Aiwass’s nurturing, Aiwass had clearly refused—At that time, Aiwass wanted to maintain distance from the Shadow Demon and had set some moral standards for himself, including not wanting to nurture a Phantom Demon in human form which would gradually alienate him from humans.

...Of course, Aiwass felt that first and foremost, he didn’t want to kiss the werewolf-formed Shadow Demon, nor did he want to waste the blood in his mouth. On the other hand, it was also under the influence of a perverse interest, wanting to tantalize the Shadow Demon with 14’s special identity. After "Beyard" had drained the blood from his mouth, Aiwass let the Shadow Demon change back again.

To Aiwass at that moment, all this seemed very reasonable.

But now, having heard Isabel’s words, Aiwass suddenly realized.

If one were to analyze this "perverse interest" in detail, Aiwass would have been attempting to affirm the "master-servant" status with the Shadow Demon in the guise of Beyard. In the past, the relationship between "number 14" and "Beyard" was the exact opposite.

In other words.

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Unconsciously, Aiwass had tried to carry out a "Transcendence" ritual on the Shadow Demon while in the identity of number 14.

One instance involved indulging someone else’s Transcendence, and the other was completing the Transcendence himself. Both of these unusual behaviors were related to the Path of Transcendence.

Moreover, both occurred after Aiwass’s encounter with the "Holy Entity," suddenly manifesting special changes within twenty-four hours.

Would this bring about any negative effects...?

Aiwass himself didn’t know.

Even if he did know, it seemed there was nothing Aiwass could do to change it.

Even the level 70 Yanis from the future could lose control and turn into a Phantom Demon due to a deviating Path—a being of such power still ultimately powerless in the face of inner demons.