Sefirot

“There are some things that make it easier to be ‘infected’ the more you know.”

This article contains MAJOR SPOILERS relating to some of the most pivotal parts of Lord of Mysteries and Circle of Inevitability.

I see... Uniquenesses correspond to Sequence 0 True Gods, Sefirot correspond to those Above the Sequences....

Lumian Lee to Fors Wall
On Circle of Inevitability, Chapter 1089

Sefirot (源质 Yuánzhì, Source Quality) are collections of symbols, sources of authority, and origins of power. To be considered a Great Old One that's Above the Sequence, one needs to accommodate the corresponding Sefirah and all corresponding Uniquenesses, plus one Sequence 1 Beyonder Characteristic from each corresponding Pathway.

The Ancient Gods believed that the Original Creator left nine legacies behind on Earth, which are derived from some part of his body. They might be kingdoms, cities, rivers, oceans, keys, etc. In reality, six of the nine Sefirot on Earth originated from the Original Creator, and the remaining three came from the three Outer Deities who are direct descendants of the Original Creator. There are specific records on the Second Blasphemy Slate regarding the Sefirot and the secrets of Above the Sequence.

According to Amon, the nine Sefirot on Earth are either completely illusory and hidden somewhere unknown, or they're definitely real while existing in the real world. The Chaos Sea is the only Sefirah that merges the real and the illusory and has an entrance in the real world.

The two Sefirot River of Eternal Darkness and City of Calamity are the symbols of the hidden Fourth Pillar. However, it wasn't the birth of the Fourth Pillar that would bring about the end of the universe, but the universe reaching its true apocalypse that would give rise to the Fourth Pillar symbolizing the final end. The existence of the Fourth Pillar is also the reason why the Pathways under the Eternal Darkness group and the Calamity of Destruction groups are exchangeable. However, doing so leaves one unable to ascend to a Great Old One, unless they think of a way to separate the Beyonder characteristics from before.

The Law of Beyonder Characteristics Convergence is also applicable to Sefirot. This causes things and people related to the different Sefirot to be attracted to each other.

Characteristics

Embodiment of Symbolism

Sefirot are collections of Symbols, sources of Authority, and origins of Power. They are the core aspect of Great Old Ones, beings that directly represent of a certain aspect of the universe and can exert influence on the universe as a whole. All Abilities of the Pathways under the Sefirot are merely subordinate and further derived manifestations of Symbolism.

Unique Existence

At any moment in time, the Sefirot and things related to them are Unique. For example, if a marionette or avatar of a Great Old One uses the power of a Sefirah, "Their" other avatars cannot use it at the same time.

Indestructibility

Normally, like Uniquenesses, Sefirot cannot be divided, copied, or destroyed. They can be damaged, but specific part/essence of them are truly indestructible. Overtime, the Sefirot will heal any damage done to it. They transcend concepts like Space and Time, which is why even Ancient Gods and deities who can manipulate these concepts are unable to destroy them.

Sefirot can only be permanently damaged, split apart, or destroyed by:

• Encountering the Original Creator, who can make the impossible possible.
• Encountering the Fourth Pillar, which holds the Termination symbolism that represents the end of all things and the universe.

Self-Completion

For a Sefirah that was split apart into separate portions, initially those portions are incomplete. However, since torn Sefirot have the ability to mend themselves, over time, both the portion that stayed with the original Great Old One and the portion that was split away would eventually self-complete. As a result, the original Great Old One would still be a complete Great Old One (although "They" would lose certain associated symbolisms), and the Sefirah that was split away can be used to create a new Great Old One.

History

Whatever separates will definitely converge, and whatever converges will definitely separate.

Edwina Edwards to Gehrman Sparrow
On Lord of Mysteries, Chapter 577

In the Cosmos

Under normal circumstances, the Sefirot couldn't be separated. Only when the Original Creator split and created an embodiment of convergence and separation at the end of the Pre-Epoch did some of the Sefirot tear apart, allowing them to be sucked into Earth. This in turn made those Sefirot become incomplete at the beginning. However, since the Sefirot had the ability to mend themselves, both the portions that stayed with the Outer Deities and the portions that was sucked into Earth eventually became complete, and the latter can be used to create new Great Old Ones.

Three of the Outer Deities that were directly nurtured and created from the Original Creator - the Mother Goddess of Depravity, the Mother Tree of Desire, and the Son of Chaos - originally possessed their own complete Sefirah. However when the Original Creator woke up, part of "Their" Sefirah was torn apart along with some of "Their" Pathways, making "Them" lose "Their" corresponding symbols and authorities. For the Mother Goddess of Depravity who was originally one of the three Pillars, losing the two Beyonder pathways of Moon and Mother and a part of her Sefirah - the Brood Hive - made "Her" not much different from the other Outer Deities, though "Her" symbol as a Pillar remained. Thus, "She" could only use a portion of Pillar "She" symbolizes, unless "She" fused with the Brood Hive again.

Ever since the split, the three Outer Deities above had been trying hard to reclaim "Their" Sefirot, which is why "They" are most concerned and proactive when it comes to invading the real world. Asides from "Them", there are also seven other Outer Deities that are looking to obtain the neighboring Sefirot, Uniquenesses, and High-Sequence Beyonder Characteristics on Earth that "They" can accommodate.

• Each of "Them" can accommodate another Sefirah that has similar, close, or adjacent symbolism to "Their" own. This would make "Them" equal in power to the Pillars, though "They" still wouldn't possess the symbolism of Pillars.
• Although "They" can't further accommodate the Sefirah Castle and the Chaos Sea since they are Sefirot of Pillars, occupying one or two Uniquenesses and the corresponding Sequence 1 Beyonder Characteristics is not a problem. "Their" power will increase slightly, and "Their" abilities will become more diverse. Moreover, even though "They" can't accommodate the Sefirah Castle and the Chaos Sea, there're still suitable way for "Them" to use them.

On Earth

In the Pre-Epoch, in "His" sleep, the Original Creator had naturally split into multiple personas, each corresponding to a different Great Old One. They were also in a state of slumber, but they began to use the authority and Beyonder Characteristics they controlled to influence the world, making many preparations for the true dissociation when the Original Creator awakened. For example, the Celestial Worthy of Heaven and Earth for Blessings had captured humans in the modern era into the Sefirah Castle as a part of "His" backup resurrection plan. The Ancient Sun God also fell into the Chaos Sea during this era.

At the end of the Pre-Epoch, the Original Creator awakened, causing three Sefirot and six Pathways to be sucked to Earth from the Outer Deities in the Cosmos. In the First Epoch, some of the active Great Old Ones were Outer Deities who had been directly attracted to Earth, and some came alive as Sefirot. In other words, some Great Old Ones were equivalent to the Original Creator - embodiments of the different personalities "He" split into.

After the Original Creator awakened, "His" two dominant split entities - the Primordial God Almighty and the Celestial Worthy of Heaven and Earth for Blessings - leveraged "Their" long-prepared ancient schemes across the times of the Old Earth to gradually gain advantages in "Their" fight against the other Sefirot. The two Pillars eventually defeated the other Sefirot and shattered "Their" wills (excluding the Brood Hive and the Key of Light), making those wills take a very long time to recover and awaken again.

In the early-mid stages of the First Epoch, the Celestial Worthy of Heaven and Earth for Blessings and the Primordial God Almighty had used different methods to grasp the additional Sefirot. The Celestial Worthy accommodated the Nation of Disorder and the River of Eternal Darkness, while the Primordial God Almighty accommodated the City of Calamity and the Tenebrous World. This made "Their" inclination to converge more intense, making it impossible for "Them" to control "Themselves", until "They" began taking actions against each other. Since then, the two Great Old Ones that could be called Pillars had completely disappeared, and the rest of the Sefirot other than the Chaos Sea and the Sefirah Castle had been sealed in the Western Continent by the Celestial Worthy.

Along with the fading will of the Original Creator, the seal on the Western Continent gradually weakened with time. The Sefirot would instinctively or consciously corrode the Uniqueness and High-Sequence Beyonder Characteristics within their symbolic range to influence the outside world. The first to seep out energy was the River of Eternal Darkness, which formed a distributary through the Phoenix Ancestor Gregrace in the Second Epoch. After that, in the Fourth Epoch, more Sefirot traces began to appear on the Northern and Southern Continents and the islands over the Five Seas. This is an important factor hidden behind many of the anomalies in this era. For example:

• Salinger had tried to use the River of Eternal Darkness' distributary in the outside world to fuse with the Red Priest Uniqueness to create a brand new Great Old One path, but "He" failed and went mad. "He" wasn't able to resist the convergence desire for the Twilight and Evernight pathways, causing "Him" to target the Orthodox Gods and start the Pale Era.
• The City of Calamity left reflections outside the Western Continent: the headquarters of the Medici Family was situated on Bansy Harbor, the Fourth Epoch Trier where Alista Tudor perished, and the city Morora where Salinger's Blood Banner was sealed.
• The Nation of Disorder corrupted the Justiciar Uniqueness, forming the Trunsoest Brass Book..
• The River of Eternal Darkness has various distributaries, such as in Fourth Epoch Trier and Calderón City.
• The Knowledge Moor left remnants in the Fourth Epoch Trier and in Avalon. The birth of the Hidden Sage is related to the Brood Hive's influence on the Knowledge Moor on the Western Continent.

On the Western Continent, the Sefirot become the basis for the Orthodox Sect System to gain supernatural power, through praying to different semi-active Sefirot for Boons. After the fusion and influence of generations of Dao Integrators in the Western Continent, the Sefirot also developed "Their" own consciousnesses.

• The Nation of Disorder became the thirty-three-layered Heavenly Court.. Its consciousness came alive as the Celestial Thearch.
• The River of Eternal Darkness became the Netherworld / Yellow Springs, and was the Sefirah of the Haoli Lineage.
• The Key of Light became the Buddhist Kingdom of Light, and was the Sefirah of the sects of the monastic community. Its consciousness came alive as the Golden Buddha.
• The Knowledge Moor was the Sefirah of the Celestial Master's sect.
• The City of Calamity's consciousness came alive as the Malevolent Dragon.
• The Tenebrous World became the Sefirah of the Master of the Shadow Cottage's sect.
• The Brood Hive, who had awakened self-awareness in the First Epoch, was worshipped by the Luo Sect as the Unborn Ancient Mother.

List of Sefirot

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Note: The Sefirot, except for the Sefirah Castle and Chaos Sea, were sealed in the Western Continent by the Celestial Worthy of Heaven and Earth for Blessings in the First Epoch. The seal was removed during The Apocalypse.

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Sefirot	Pathways	Great Old Ones	Western Continent Representation	Possessor(s)
Sefirah Castle	Fool Error Door	Lord of Mysteries		Klein Moretti (Current, Great Old One) Celestial Worthy of Heaven and Earth for Blessings (Original Owner)
Chaos Sea	Visionary Sun Tyrant White Tower Hanged Man	God Almighty		N/A (Current) Grisha Adam (Quasi-Great Old One) Ancient Sun God (Quasi-Great Old One) Primordial God Almighty (Original Owner)
River of Eternal Darkness	Darkness Death Twilight Giant	Eternal Darkness	Yellow Springs	Evernight Goddess (Current, Great Old One) Many past Haoli Lineage's Dao Integrators Underworld Daoist Death (Held Distributary) Giant King Aurmir (Partial Control through the Proxy Authority) Phoenix Ancestor Gregrace (Held Distributary) Celestial Worthy of Heaven and Earth for Blessings (Accommodated)
City of Calamity	Demoness Red Priest	Calamity of Destruction		Lumian Lee (Current, Great Old One) Many past Dao Integrators Malevolent Dragon (Consciousness of the Sefirah) Primordial God Almighty (Accommodated)
Knowledge Moor	Hermit Paragon	Demon of Knowledge		Celestial Master (Quasi-Great Old One, Temporary) Celestial Master (Dao Integrator, Current) Many past Celestial Masters (Dao Integrator)
Key of Light	Wheel of Fortune	Key of Light	Buddhist Kingdom of Light	Golden Buddha (Consciousness of the Sefirah, Current) Holy Monk (Dao Integrator, Current) Many past Buddhas, Bodhisattvas, Arhats, and Wisdom Kings (Dao Integrator)
Brood Hive	Mother Moon	Goddess of Origin	Unborn Ancient Mother	Mother Goddess of Depravity (Current, Accommodated) Luo Sect's Holy Maidens Brood Hive (Self-aware Sefirah)
Tenebrous World	Abyss Chained	Father of Devils		Mother Tree of Desire (Current, Accommodating) Pitch-Black Fiend (Quasi-Great Old One, Temporary) Master of the Shadow Cottage (Dao Integrator) Many past Dao Integrators Primordial God Almighty (Accommodated)
Nation of Disorder	Black Emperor Justiciar	The Anarchy	Heavenly Court	Celestial Thearch (Quasi-Great Old One, Temporary) Celestial Thearch (Consciousness of the Sefirah, Current) Many past Dao Integrators (Dao Integrator) Celestial Worthy of Heaven and Earth for Blessings (Accommodated) Son of Chaos (Original Owner)

Trivia

• The Sefirot (Singular: Sefirah), meaning "counting, enumeration", are the 10 attributes/emanations in Kabbalah, through which Ein Sof (The Infinite) reveals itself and continuously creates both the physical realm and the chain of higher metaphysical realms divine attributes that manifest themselves in creation.