The Uncertain Mist Pathway[]
Link to the Original WeChat Post (in Chinese):
https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/MVDN8EkTOoEi6k8DmQL2dQ
By Cuttlefish February, 3rd, 2025
[TL Note: Most of the contents are already translated by others. Don’t know what I could add, but we will see.]
Uncertain Mist
Honorific Name:
Bridge of Light and Darkness;
Interstice Between Black and White;
Ever-Uncertain Mist;
The Truth that Oversees All Things.
间隙 can be translated as：Gap, Interval, Crevice, Crack, Space, Rift, Liminal Space, Grey Area, Threshold, Chasm, Interstice.
I choose “Interstice” because it fits the law/ethics theme:
INTERSTICES: The In-betweeness of Ethics
https://blogs.chapman.edu/wilkinson/2015/01/08/interstices-the-in-betweeness-of-ethics-feb-25-2015/
Sequence 9: Broker
Sequence 8: Shadow Merchant
Sequence 7: Prosecutor
Sequence 6: Ambitionist
Sequence 5: Under the Table [TL Note: I still hate this name ]
The abilities of these first five sequences are clearly described in the book, so they won’t be repeated here.
Sequence 4: Overseer
- Monitors everything within a range of 200~2000 meters, including things such as secrets;
[TL Note: in terms of effect radius, 几百 means between 200 and 999 meters，上千米 means between 1000 and 1999 meters.So the radius, depending on how stable the Blessed is or how practiced they are with their abilities, as well as other external factors, can vary between 200 to 2000 meters.]
- Oversees contractual parties and automatically enforces punishments;
- Oversees unpunished crimes — The victims of said unpunished crimes can be manifested to attack the perpetrators;
- Overseeing is a “sacred duty”and as such Overseers are immune to attacks from beings without godhood, reflecting such attacks back as a Smite/Retribution. [Think of a Paladin class' smite skill in MMORPGs]
- Against beings with godhood, the Overseer can invoke “protection”, creating invisible barriers that block 2–3 strikes, each time inflicting a certain degree of punishment on the attacker;
- Enhanced utilization of shadows;
- Faster Under the Table transactions.
Sequence 3: Vortex Weaver
- The core of all transactions;
- Capable of initiating trades/transactions across spacial distances with no other prerequisites needed;
- Capable of initiating trades/transactions that ignores sequence level disparities (Prerequisites: There has to be a ritual in place that protects the Vortex Weaver);
- The trades/transactions will form complex networks. In modern language, you can say the Vortex Weaver has truly become a “(Trade) Platform”.
Sequence 2: Blasphemer (Angel of Blasphemy)
- Capable of stealing power through transactions, even if said transactions involve higher beings;
- Capable of deconstructing all that is sacred or profane (blasphemous), all that is light or dark.
[TL Note: The following ARE NOT canon, just me trying to interpret this ability."Deconstruct" maybe refers to a power to break down or dismantle the fundamental essence of concepts, entities, or forces.Perhaps Blasphemer can unravel or disassemble the very nature of opposing forces - basically anything two concepts/forces in a dualism.
Dismantling the very constructs or definitions that make something sacred, profane, light, or dark, thus rendering them vulnerable to manipulation or corruption.Destabilize any conceptual boundaries or absolutes that separate these forces, making the distinctions meaningless or malleable.
Myabe they can removing or twisting the core characteristics of these opposing forces, thereby negating the intended impacts and effects of said forces.(RIP The Sun pathway lol)]
Sequence 1: Truth
- I am the Truth;
- Everything within the gray areas shall be defined by me;
- The Light is too extreme, darkness is too corrupt, order is too inflexible, and shadow is too distorted. Only grayness is the ultimate truth of the universe;
[Cuttlefish: Just kidding - Your social wisdom (Emotional Intelligence, Social etiquette, the ways of the world) a.k.a. the intricacies of the human relationships are the real truth. Not only is this important when it comes to helping you understand human nature and our inherent flaws as a species, it it also crucial for interdivinebeing communications and interdivinebeing relationships.]
[TL Note: What CF means is that - Yes, the symbolism and authority over “Gray” is obviously the core triumph card of this pathway. But you aint gonna get anything done if your EQ is 0 and everyone treats you like you are a 5 star criminal in GTA.]
Sequence 0: Chaos Mist/Mist of Chaos
- The manifestation of “Chaos” in “The Son of Chaos”;
- Renders all that is certain to become no longer certain.This includes the trajectory of fate/destiny, predetermined/inevitable outcomes. Even words that were just spoken or events/phenomenons that just finished occurring can become uncertain.
Organizations that worships the Uncertain Mist within the Earth’s barrier include：
Black Market
Mediation Society/Association/Club
School of Truth
Cuttlefish: Similarly, here are the various cults that worship the High-Dimensional Overseer that I forgot to put down in my previous post:
Thalassophobes
The String
The Hostel
The Eye
Fantasy Association
Real News (TL Note: LMAO )
Peaceful Development Association
The Observers
Cuttlefish:
My original idea was that - Only the MGOD and MTOD were successful in establishing a unified world-spanning faction of their own inside the Earth’s barrier. The other Outer Deities were unable to do achieve that. So they proceed by establishing factions/organizations of varying sizes here and there, each seeded in different regions. However, when writing, it became clear that the number of factions become too vast to cover in full - hence the decision to pick only a handful organizations to focus on from among all the other Outer Deities.
Q&A[]
CF's replies to random readers' questions in the comment section of the WeChat post, translated by Windvally.[2]
Question 1[]
Comment: The Chaos Mist’s setting looks impressive, and it makes sense to strike it out of the game asap so that the Outer Deities loses access to their internet platform(lol). But when you think about it, the idea of relying on Uncertain Mist to form communication bridges is kind of dumb. Even pre-first Epoch humans (us the present-day people) could develop wireless communication. I don't think the Outer Deities lack the basic capabilities to create such devices or means, especially with a Supernova Dominator who can control wavelengths and casually detonate planets.
Cuttlefish: Being able to communicate and being able to cooperate are two different concepts.
Question 2[]
Comment: I have a question regarding the history of the Son of Chaos’ pathways. 0-05 is described as having a true god attempt to destroy it but failed. 1. Was this “true god” Trunsoest? 2. Is the corruption on Trunsoest Brass Book related to this incident? 3. Is the death of Trunsoest himself related to this corruption?
Cuttlefish: 1. Yes. 2. Yes. 3. No.
Question 3[]
Comment: Cuttlefish, your DIY interpretation/re-imagining of the Investiture of the Gods plot in the Webnovel <The Sage who Transcended Samsara> is truly remarkable.
Cuttlefish: Actually, it was not perfect. I have even better ideas, but I’m not really interested in writing them at the current moment.
Question 4[]
Comment: Cuttlefish, Do the original three children of the TOC (MGOD, MTOD, SoC) each only has three pathways?
Cuttlefish: MTOD and SoC each has three pathways. However, MGOD has more three pathways. [TL Note: MGOD has 4.]
Comment: Cuttlefish, then does the MGOD have four pathways? Does this mean there’s another MGOD pathway that was not revealed aside from the current pathway?
Cuttlefish: No, the Chaos Primogenitor Pathway that appeared in Book 2 is a mix of different pathways.
Question 5[]
Comment: If one is a sequence 2 Blasphemer, what is the limit of the power that they can steal?
Cuttlefish: Great Old One, but they will probably crumble and die.
Question 6[]
Comment: Cuttlefish, does Antigonus' sister have a human name?
Cuttlefish: Yes.
Question 7[]
Comment: I’ve always had a question: The Fourth Pillar represents the inevitable return of the TOC, the God Almighty represents the supreme position and authorities of the the TOC, the LOTM represents the series of changes that occurred on the TOC and the TOC’s ever-changingness, and the Key of Light represents the chaotic essence of the the TOC. Each has its distinct characteristics. So, what does the Knowledge Moor represents on the TOC? It seems so out there compared to the others.
Cuttlefish: It represents Knowledge itself.
Question 8[]
Comment: Cuttlefish, were the six Outer Deities, other than the Goddess of Fate, born at the same time, or were they born one after another?
Cuttlefish: They were born one after another(one after one).
Question 9[]
Comment: Cuttlefish, did the original three children of the TOC each have a Chaos-related Sequence 0 (in one of the pathway)?
Cuttlefish: Only the MTOD do not, because "They" are the Father of Devils and the Mother Tree, which makes MTOD symbolically, inherently chaotic even without a sequence 0 that denotes this chaos.