# Chapter 3: Parasitic Caesar, and Hard-Facing the "Abyssal Jar"
Choosing the first option meant directly confronting seven Original Sin Objects. The second option was to be ignored entirely. Whatever was chosen, the "Elder Eye" wouldn't pick that either. It was obvious that the "Elder Eye" chose the third option.
Suddenly, Caesar's aura changed drastically, becoming eerie and intensely deathly. Almost simultaneously, within the exclusive room of the Dawn Paradise Priest, who had just applied for various permissions, he suddenly felt a premonition. His right eye throbbed with dull pain.
The Priest sat down naturally, pouring himself a glass of fine wine. Unlike his usual habit of savoring it carefully, he downed it in one gulp. To avoid a certain risk, he had already abandoned all Ancient God powers, leaving only a faint trace of karmic residue. Yet why... was he still being parasitized by the "Elder Eye" through karma?
At this moment, the Priest was located in Dawn Paradise. With the notarization of Dawn Paradise blocking it, the "Elder Eye" hadn't directly parasitized him yet.
The Priest refilled his glass. Just as he was about to drink, he suddenly thought of something, and a hint of a smile appeared on his face:
"Deception."
Yes, the Priest understood what was happening. It was Caesar. Caesar had deceived himself into becoming the Priest. Thus, the "Elder Eye" that had targeted Caesar was now parasitizing the Priest's karma. When Caesar quietly withdrew from the deception, what remained was the fact that the "Elder Eye" had entangled itself with the Priest's karma.
The ultimate technique of a deceiver is to deceive oneself, successfully becoming someone else, yet still being able to withdraw from the deception. This was the famous deceiver of the Star Realm, Nicholas Caesar.
No sooner had the bad news of the "Elder Eye" appeared than the Priest immediately received the next notification:
[Warning: You have been marked as a threat target by Kukulin Bai Ye, the Overlord unit in this "Abyss Campaign," and he is hunting you. You must proceed with caution.]
[As a special notarization phase has been entered, all subsequent notarizations will be adjudicated by the Void Tree as the notarization arbiter.]
[Notification (Void Tree): Void Tree is adjudicating...]
[You are a Violator. Kukulin Bai Ye is a Hunter. The "Abyss Campaign" has not officially begun. According to the initial regulations, this hunting notarization adjudication has been approved.]
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Seeing these notifications, the Priest remained calm. He only needed to wait. Waiting for the "Abyss Campaign" to officially begin would be his victory. The "Elder Eye" was very troublesome, but by enduring it, he could eventually get through. The Priest was very certain that he was not the target the "Elder Eye" wanted to parasitize. The "Elder Eye" choosing him was likely because the other options were too terrible.
Regardless, Bai Ye's attack on Arcane Eternal Star this time had given him ample time to complete the final step of his plan. At the same time, the Priest was also certain that this 'old friend' must have already sensed what his ultimate goal was.
The Priest did not crave power, did not crave authority, did not crave wealth. Moreover, the Priest was certain that he could never attain the strength of the Supreme Peak. As for Supreme Being and the Highest, that was even more impossible, completely out of reach. This was the price he paid for choosing the path of the aberrant system and the existence system. The Priest's only way out was... an Outer Realm Aberrant Existence.
Yes, the Priest had fooled everyone. To this day, no one had yet discerned his ultimate goal.
From the ancient era to the present, true "Outer Realm Aberrant Existences" were few and far between. Someone like Leshma could at best be considered an incomplete aberrant existence trapped within the Star Realm.
But becoming an "Outer Realm Aberrant Existence" was no easy feat. The final transformation of the "Primordial Death" showed the Priest an opportunity, as well as that shell deep within the Abyss, the shell of an "Outer Realm Aberrant Existence" named "Death Nightmare."
Having only the location of the shell was not enough; its important remnants were also needed. This time at Arcane Eternal Star, the Priest finally obtained the "Nightmare Brain Marrow." Now he only needed to wait, wait for everything to end, and become one of the ultimate winners.
The Priest downed the wine in his glass. But suddenly, he felt his aura become majestic and cold, as if he were a king wearing a crown, seated atop a mountain of bones.
The moment this feeling appeared, the wine glass in the Priest's hand cracked with a snap, crushed by his grip. The Priest's expression, which had been calm just moments before, turned somewhat gloomy. Because he realized that he had been entangled in karma by a second "Big Daddy Rank Original Sin Object."
This Big Daddy Rank Original Sin Object was called the "Soul Crown"!
Before the Priest could react, he suddenly felt a heavy karmic burden. The pupils of his eyes faintly revealed a ghostly green.
Congratulations to the Priest, he had become the holder of the "Nether Bone Ring."
The next second, the Priest's aura became even more majestic, like an arrogant king. Yes, the Priest had become the holder of the "Sun Mask."
Suddenly, the Priest had a scarlet aura. Without needing to guess, he had become the holder of the "Scarlet Scepter."
Invisible tentacles seemed to emerge from the Priest's body. There was no need to guess; the Priest now held the "Necronomicon."
A dark golden phantom seemed to appear behind the Priest. Yes, the "Collector" had also arrived.
And this wasn't the end. The Priest's karmic burden suddenly reached its peak. His luck plummeted to a shocking -20 million points. Yes, he had successfully become the holder of the "Fate Coin."
The Priest, who had just felt that his plan was 90% successful, suddenly fell silent. At this moment, if he weren't in his exclusive room in Dawn Paradise, he estimated that he would have already died suddenly.
Because he was simultaneously holding: the Collector, the Necronomicon, the Scarlet Scepter, the Sun Mask, the Nether Bone Ring, the Soul Crown, the Fate Coin, and the Elder Eye!
A shocking yet reasonable scene appeared. The Priest's long-standing "Primordial Death" aura gradually faded. Facing eight Big Daddy Rank Original Sin Objects at the same time, the "Primordial Death" retreating was actually not losing face at all. Retreating at this moment was indeed the best choice.
The Necronomicon, the Nether Bone Ring, the Soul Crown, and the Elder Eye all had Original Sin authorities related to death. If the "Primordial Death" didn't retreat now, was it supposed to clash head-on?
That's right. Su Xiao and Caesar had joined forces. Through Caesar's repeated deceptions, they had transferred all the Original Sin Objects currently held by Su Xiao to the Priest. Since the Priest had such grand ambitions, fine, then give them all to him.
After the Priest was killed by these Original Sin Objects, Su Xiao, as the former holder, had a way to reseal these Original Sin Objects back into the "Book of Original Sin." He had done this many times before, sending out "Big Daddy Rank Original Sin Objects," and was very experienced. He had even sent them to Arcane Eternal Star once.
The Priest remained silent. He had fallen into a dead end. The remaining 50-plus hours of the "Abyss Campaign" countdown had become his life countdown. Because once the "Abyss Campaign" began, he would inevitably be summoned outside of Dawn Paradise to go to the core war zone of the Void. This was absolute and could not be avoided by any permissions or operations.
The Priest began to think. But no matter which method, it couldn't solve the unsolvable situation of being instantly killed the moment he showed his face.