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Chapter 2843: Where It All Began
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    RavenNightshade
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    One step. One step on the Path of Ascension — that was all that separated Sunny from battling creatures like the Stone Titan himself.


    Huh. Even if Sunny became a Sacred Titan, the Stone Titan would still stomp Sunny to death without any effort. And if it happened otherwise, then the power progression is flawed.
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    Gerhman_Sparrow23
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    Sunny wanted to host Nephis in his castle, but sadly, they had to steer clear of the Dark City. The thralls of Asterion were still imprisoned in the settlement below its walls

    So Asterion's thralls saw blinding radiance of chain breaker yet he never came to know that Nephis was in Forgotten Shore?

    Instead, she used the same flames to restore him to flawless health, and then burned him again — and again, again, and again... until the name Asterion became synonymous with harrowing pain in his mind.

    Will the Song sisters and other Saints like Tyris and Roan get the same treatment or is she gonna play favourites? I mean you can't entirely blame someone for being manipulated by a Supreme, much less torture them. It was at best a punishment and at worst a display of displeasure and taking out anger of your own failure on someone else.
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    AINZOOALGON
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    Noice
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    Atlas
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    lock in twin its almost show time
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    ZionCrestZero
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    This could be the moment
    We've been waiting for it
    The chance to feel alive
    Nothing's gonna stop us
    Nothing's gonna top this
    Nothing like we've ever seen
    And I raise my hands to the sky
    What a feeling
    'Cause I feel like dancing high
    Gotta feel it
    Time to feel it
    This is where it all begins
    (Woah-oh-oh, woah-oh, woah-oh)
    (Woah-oh-oh)
    This is where it all begins
    (Woah-oh-oh, woah-oh, woah-oh)
    (Woah-oh-oh)
    This is where it all begins
    'Cause this could be the best day of our lives, yeah
    (Woah-oh-oh, woah-oh, woah-oh)
    (Woah-oh-oh)
    This is where it all begins
    Burnin' like a light show
    Free yourself and let go
    Time to see it all
    Don't think about tomorrow
    Today we are heroes
    Hear adventure call
    There are whole new worlds to see, I keep running
    And my feet keep liftin' me, like I'm flying
    Time to see it
    This is where it all begins
    (Woah-oh-oh, woah-oh, woah-oh)
    (Woah-oh-oh)
    This is where it all begins
    (Woah-oh-oh, woah-oh, woah-oh)
    (Woah-oh-oh)
    This is where it all begins
    'Cause this could be the best day of our lives, yeah
    (Woah-oh-oh, woah-oh, woah-oh)
    (Woah-oh-oh)
    This is where it all begins
    This is where it all begins
    (Woah-oh-oh, woah-oh, woah-oh)
    (Woah-oh-oh)
    (Woah-oh-oh, woah-oh, woah-oh)
    (Woah-oh-oh)
    This is where it all begins
    A moment, to feel, alive
    This is where it all begins
    A moment, to feel, alive
    This is where it all begins
    A moment to feel alive
    A moment, to feel, alive
    This is where it all begins
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      LastSearchResult
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      I'm very curious as to why you're doing this.
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        ZionCrestZero
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        It's the chapter's title same as the song
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          LastSearchResult
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          Ahh I see.
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    cam89theman
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    This is only a theory, but what if the current timeline of Shadow Slave is quietly setting up something far more catastrophic than we expect? What if when Sunny and Nephis leave the Tomb of Ariel, they do not emerge victorious — but corrupted? And what if that corruption is not random… but foundational to the ancient horrors we already know?

    We already understand that corruption is not just possible — it is inevitable under certain conditions. Even the strongest Awakened can fall. The Dream Realm does not operate on a linear, comforting timeline. It bends, loops, fractures, and consumes. The Tomb of Ariel in particular revolves around cycles — the Great River, repeating timelines, alternate outcomes. We have already seen one fractured future in which Sunny became the Mad Prince, and Nephis was betrayed and killed by the cohort. That timeline proves two things: first, alternate outcomes can exist; and second, both Sunny and Nephis are capable of becoming something terrifying under the right circumstances.

    Now consider geography. The Forgotten Shore stretches toward the Nightmare Desert, which connects to the region of the Tomb of Ariel. Location-wise, these places are not impossibly distant. If the Dream Realm folds space the way it folds time, then the Forgotten Shore and the Tomb may not just be connected — they may be sequential.

    What if the Black Sea was not always the Black Sea?

    What if it was Sunny?

    The Black Sea is not normal water. It behaves like a living, predatory abyss. It consumes. It corrupts. It spawns horrors. It feels like a will without a body — like an existence that spread outward after losing form. Sunny’s Aspect is shadow. Depth. Hunger. Survival. Adaptation. If pushed far enough — if stripped of humanity — what would he become? Not a simple monster. Not a Fallen tyrant. But something vast. Something formless. Something endless.

    The Mad Prince timeline already showed us a version of Sunny who broke. If the current timeline fractures similarly — if Nephis falls, or if he loses her in some irreversible way — what stops him from becoming something even worse? The Black Sea could be the endpoint of Sunny without restraint. A corrupted divinity of shadow and consumption.

    And what of Nephis?

    She is described as incorruptible. Her divine fire burns away impurity. She is purification incarnate. But incorruptible does not necessarily mean untouchable. It may simply mean she has not yet been tested in the right way. There are forces in the Dream Realm that steal names, steal identity, steal power. The Thieving Bird is one such anomaly. What if something — perhaps that very creature — strips away Nephis’s immunity to corruption? Not by overpowering her, but by taking what makes her immune?

    If that safeguard is removed, what happens to a being like Nephis when exposed to the same cosmic forces that warp everything else?

    The Nameless Sun is not simply a star. It is a fallen divinity. A forgotten god of light whose name was erased. Nephis’s entire existence revolves around burning. Radiance. Divine flame. A crusade against the Nightmare Spell itself. If that crusade twists — if her absolute purpose turns rigid and breaks — she would not rot like others. She would ascend into something terrifyingly pure.

    A corrupted Nephis would not decay.

    She would blaze.

    The Nameless Sun could be the endpoint of Nephis taken too far — divinity without humanity. Light without mercy. A sun whose name is erased because what she becomes can no longer be spoken.

    But if Sunny becomes the Black Sea, and Nephis becomes the Nameless Sun, then what is the Crimson Terror?

    The Crimson Terror beneath the cathedral feels parasitic. Ancient. Blood-bound. It does not seem like a simple nightmare creature. It feels like a consequence — like something born from divine conflict. If Sunny and Nephis exit the Tomb changed, perhaps they are not alone. Perhaps someone else leaves with them. Perhaps a cohort member, altered beyond recognition. Or perhaps the collision between corrupted shadow and corrupted flame births something new.

    The Crimson Terror could be the offspring of their fall. A manifestation of their conflict. Blood is often the result of light and shadow clashing. If the Black Sea and the Nameless Sun warred, what would spill from that battle? What would fester beneath a ruined cathedral?

    Another possibility is that the Tomb of Ariel does not simply test — it recycles. If timelines loop, perhaps the Forgotten Shore is not ancient history but a previous iteration of the same story. A failed cycle. A version where Sunny and Nephis lost. The Black Sea and the Nameless Sun would not be separate beings — they would be remnants of a prior run through the Tomb. Echoes left behind when the cycle reset.

    That would mean the characters are walking toward their own fossilized remains.

    The Mad Prince timeline already demonstrated that Sunny can become monstrous if Nephis dies. If that betrayal scenario repeats — if the cohort fractures again — perhaps this time the fall does not end in a tyrant ruling ruins. Perhaps it ends in apotheosis. Corrupted ascension. Two divine forces replacing the old gods.

    And if that is true, then the Forgotten Shore is not just a setting.

    It is a warning.

    A monument to what happens if they fail.

    The Dream Realm’s timeline is strange. The Great River flows in cycles. The Tomb of Ariel forces characters to confront alternate selves. If the theory holds, then Sunny and Nephis are not just fighting ancient horrors — they are preventing themselves from becoming them.

    If Sunny becomes the Black Sea, he becomes endless hunger.

    If Nephis becomes the Nameless Sun, she becomes relentless flame.

    And the Crimson Terror?

    Perhaps it is what is born when hunger and flame consume the world.

    Again, this is just speculation. But the pieces align in unsettling ways: geographic proximity, timeline loops, established alternate futures, divine symbolism, and the persistent theme that Shadow Slave is not a story about defeating monsters — it is a story about becoming one.

    And if the Dream Realm truly operates in cycles, then maybe the Forgotten Shore is not the past.

    Maybe it is their future.

    [quote=cam89theman]This is only a theory, but what if the current timeline of Shadow Slave is quietly setting up something far more catastrophic than we expect? What if when Sunny and Nephis leave the Tomb of Ariel, they do not emerge victorious — but corrupted? And what if that corruption is not random… but foundational to the ancient horrors we already know?

    We already understand that corruption is not just possible — it is inevitable under certain conditions. Even the strongest Awakened can fall. The Dream Realm does not operate on a linear, comforting timeline. It bends, loops, fractures, and consumes. The Tomb of Ariel in particular revolves around cycles — the Great River, repeating timelines, alternate outcomes. We have already seen one fractured future in which Sunny became the Mad Prince, and Nephis was betrayed and killed by the cohort. That timeline proves two things: first, alternate outcomes can exist; and second, both Sunny and Nephis are capable of becoming something terrifying under the right circumstances.

    Now consider geography. The Forgotten Shore stretches toward the Nightmare Desert, which connects to the region of the Tomb of Ariel. Location-wise, these places are not impossibly distant. If the Dream Realm folds space the way it folds time, then the Forgotten Shore and the Tomb may not just be connected — they may be sequential.

    What if the Black Sea was not always the Black Sea?

    What if it was Sunny?

    The Black Sea is not normal water. It behaves like a living, predatory abyss. It consumes. It corrupts. It spawns horrors. It feels like a will without a body — like an existence that spread outward after losing form. Sunny’s Aspect is shadow. Depth. Hunger. Survival. Adaptation. If pushed far enough — if stripped of humanity — what would he become? Not a simple monster. Not a Fallen tyrant. But something vast. Something formless. Something endless.

    The Mad Prince timeline already showed us a version of Sunny who broke. If the current timeline fractures similarly — if Nephis falls, or if he loses her in some irreversible way — what stops him from becoming something even worse? The Black Sea could be the endpoint of Sunny without restraint. A corrupted divinity of shadow and consumption.

    And what of Nephis?

    She is described as incorruptible. Her divine fire burns away impurity. She is purification incarnate. But incorruptible does not necessarily mean untouchable. It may simply mean she has not yet been tested in the right way. There are forces in the Dream Realm that steal names, steal identity, steal power. The Thieving Bird is one such anomaly. What if something — perhaps that very creature — strips away Nephis’s immunity to corruption? Not by overpowering her, but by taking what makes her immune?

    If that safeguard is removed, what happens to a being like Nephis when exposed to the same cosmic forces that warp everything else?

    The Nameless Sun is not simply a star. It is a fallen divinity. A forgotten god of light whose name was erased. Nephis’s entire existence revolves around burning. Radiance. Divine flame. A crusade against the Nightmare Spell itself. If that crusade twists — if her absolute purpose turns rigid and breaks — she would not rot like others. She would ascend into something terrifyingly pure.

    A corrupted Nephis would not decay.

    She would blaze.

    The Nameless Sun could be the endpoint of Nephis taken too far — divinity without humanity. Light without mercy. A sun whose name is erased because what she becomes can no longer be spoken.

    But if Sunny becomes the Black Sea, and Nephis becomes the Nameless Sun, then what is the Crimson Terror?

    The Crimson Terror in the Crimson Spiral feels parasitic. Ancient. Blood-bound. It does not seem like a simple nightmare creature. It feels like a consequence — like something born from divine conflict. If Sunny and Nephis exit the Tomb changed, perhaps they are not alone. Perhaps someone else leaves with them. Perhaps a cohort member, altered beyond recognition. Or perhaps the collision between corrupted shadow and corrupted flame births something new.

    The Crimson Terror could be the offspring of their fall. A manifestation of their conflict. Blood is often the result of light and shadow clashing. If the Black Sea and the Nameless Sun warred, what would spill from that battle? What would fester beneath a ruined cathedral?

    Another possibility is that the Tomb of Ariel does not simply test — it recycles. If timelines loop, perhaps the Forgotten Shore is not ancient history but a previous iteration of the same story. A failed cycle. A version where Sunny and Nephis lost. The Black Sea and the Nameless Sun would not be separate beings — they would be remnants of a prior run through the Tomb. Echoes left behind when the cycle reset.

    That would mean the characters are walking toward their own fossilized remains.

    The Mad Prince timeline already demonstrated that Sunny can become monstrous if Nephis dies. If that betrayal scenario repeats — if the cohort fractures again — perhaps this time the fall does not end in a tyrant ruling ruins. Perhaps it ends in apotheosis. Corrupted ascension. Two divine forces replacing the old gods.

    And if that is true, then the Forgotten Shore is not just a setting.

    It is a warning.

    A monument to what happens if they fail.

    The Dream Realm’s timeline is strange. The Great River flows in cycles. The Tomb of Ariel forces characters to confront alternate selves. If the theory holds, then Sunny and Nephis are not just fighting ancient horrors — they are preventing themselves from becoming them.

    If Sunny becomes the Black Sea, he becomes endless hunger.

    If Nephis becomes the Nameless Sun, she becomes relentless flame.

    And the Crimson Terror?

    Perhaps it is what is born when hunger and flame consume the world.

    Again, this is just speculation. But the pieces align in unsettling ways: geographic proximity, timeline loops, established alternate futures, divine symbolism, and the persistent theme that Shadow Slave is not a story about defeating monsters — it is a story about becoming one.

    And if the Dream Realm truly operates in cycles, then maybe the Forgotten Shore is not the past.

    Maybe it is their future.
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      Starlessdust
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      Who is this guy? His imagination scares me. Also bro did you use chat gpt for this or what—sorry but it felt like that…the sentances are too structural and toned..I'm not criticizing though.

      Thnxs to you now I have some wild, unbelievable absurd theory

      If nameless sun is nephis as you say and dark sea is sunny.
      Than wouldn't hollow mountain and its mist will be jet? Because when she assume her transcendental form she is no different from a mist.

      I don't know Abt other members.
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        cam89theman
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        Yes, I used chat gpt to flush my theory out so that everyone would understand what I was thinking. G3 is very intentional in saying things that happen down the road and things just clicked together. He is good at leaving foreshadowing in the works.

        Your theory about Jet sounds plausible. Could the skeleton be Effie’s body in gods grave? Where would Kai and Cassie be at then?

        What if the tomb of Ariel what’s the daemon’s version of the miniature dream realm? It's just a theory but it's freaky one.
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          ARandomReader
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          Just how insecure and incapable of forming your own thoughts and opinions do you have to be to need ChatGPT to write you a theory for the ending of a novel
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            cam89theman
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            Dude! Say something nice or say nothing at all. AI is meant to be used as a tool and that what it was used for.
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              _Merlin Hermes_
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              Theories are meant express your opinion and your predication on how story will continue, yours not ai's.
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                Syream
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                While theories are semi dependent on the theorizer, as it is necessary to establish ignorance as premise — explicitly stating that it only applies to flesh and not mechanical calculation — is quite arbitrary. Also, it seemed to me like the original theorizer had an original theory that he could have explored the implications in with ChatGPT, then finalizing with it
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                Starlessdust
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                What if that guy isn't native to english just like me for eg I speak 4 language and English is last of them.
                Maybe he too have some kind of issue which made him use ai?
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          Starlessdust
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          Yea I too thought that gigantic skeleton was effie…as for Cassie and kai I'm not sure .perhaps Cassie is outside the fate weaving some web of lies and making fate dance at her will somehow. And kai just retired and roaming around the world in his divine dragon form? Idk theory are theory for a reason and G3 has so much power that he can create chaos with just few words.…also bro if you are interested and have a kind heart could you review my novel…I just began writing and it only have 3 chapters…[The boring life of majestic] by majesticdust… the story generally revolves around my own life event but I wrote in some interesting way because if I hadn't it would be autobiography rather than a story.
          Thankyou
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      Shockwave
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      Ngl only read the first bit and biggest problem i see is nephis is uncorruptable/immune
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        Alfametadol
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        at some point this was also mentioned
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    goldenboy777
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    Soon enough, they flew above the headless statue of the Knight — that was where Sunny had begun his journey once. The small clearing in the labyrinth of crimson coral nearby was where he met Nephis and Cassie...


    guys this is where it began🥹🥹
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    Itelas
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    Really fair to torture someone for being mind controlled, sure…
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      Sunless-The Man that cracked a supreme
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      What are you talking about?
      That's the Nephis Special!
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      goldenboy777
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      Totally agreed, and that too to such a loyal subordinate of our Lord.

      Lady Nephis roasted him so hard even his allegiance got converted
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    TheJazzLover
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    I always wondered how planets work in this world? Is the dream world a universe or just a Frankenstein of planets fashioned together? Is there other planets in the Dream world that are also Frankensteins? Do stars exist?

    G3 has never acknowledged any celestial bodies aside from the Sun and Moon in the War God realm. Probably for the better. Adding other planets would unnecessarily complicate things i think.
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      Tzi
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      I also wondered how it works with the planets/realms. The dream realm is a Frankenstein world. The Diven realms are like the body’s of the 6 other main gods. And than there are normal realms, like the one where the nine came from and probably forgotten shore. But there wasn’t really an explanation how they came to be. But I would be interested
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        Least honest man
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        Didn't they say that mortal realms are of smaller deities, as for planets G3 treats them how they treated them in mythologies you get earth sun moon. And stars are just dots on a painting
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    mr.stargazer
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    man to see Shadow Slave ending in a year and some change is going to be harrowing(ik) seeing this series come and develop so far and finally circling back is beautiful. truly a once in a lifetime experience when it comes to media.
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      O grande observador
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      Para min é angústiante ja que essa novel ja se tornou parte da minha rotinha tendo em vista que a acompanho desde o começo de 2024
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