Chapter 605 — Unfathomable Divine Powers
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Shen Mu's face, eyes veiled by the white silk, went blank for a moment; then a sun-bright smile spread over it, and he quickened his stride to catch up with Granny Zhu. The third eye at his brow gazed at Granny Zhu.
He could see her primordial spirit, yet this time there was no longer any urge in him to devour it. His heart was utterly at peace.
Perhaps there were other faces in the world as beautiful as Granny Zhu's, but not every beautiful face harbored a soul as kind and lovely as hers. In truth, Shen Mu was profoundly grateful that it was Granny Zhu who had taken him in and brought him back to the village, raising him through every hardship.
His own kindness was inherited from her.
This woman, who in name bore the title of Holy Maiden of the Nether Demon Sect and the infamy of a husband-killer, was in fact the kindest soul in all Hidden Remnant Village.
Everyone in the village carried a shadow of evil in their hearts, having fled the world into the desolate ruins for one reason or another. Granny Zhu alone had been driven there by herself: convinced that her beauty made her a femme fatale, she had exiled herself into the wastes, preferring to pass for a withered crone than let the world see her face and slaughter one another over her.
Others made themselves more beautiful, wielding beauty as a weapon; she alone strove to make herself uglier. "I can control the cravings this eye brings now. " Pleased, Shen Mu looked around. Though he could see countless lingering remnants of demon souls drifting about, he could accept what he saw with equanimity, with no thought of devouring them.
Granny Zhu turned back to look at him and smiled sweetly.
"Shen'er, your aura seems to have changed a little.
What happened? " "Something utterly marvelous!
" Shen Mu's spirits soared, and he grinned. "Something that gladdens my heart.
" Curious, Granny Zhu asked, "What marvelous thing?
Tell me.
" Shen Mu announced, "I think Granny is the most beautiful woman in the world, and the kindest woman in the world!
" Granny Zhu shook her head, the beaded earrings swaying gently beneath her ears.
"How could a sorceress of the Nether Demon Sect be the kindest person? I am not.
Shen'er, you are the kindest one of all.
" Shen Mu smiled.
"The Sect Master of the Nether Demon Sect isn't the kindest one either. " At that, Granny Zhu's spirits brightened despite herself, and the two walked on, chatting and laughing, toward the nearest altar.
All at once, Shen Mu and Granny Zhu halted in the same instant and peered into the distance.
There the altar loomed as high as a mountain, its four faces lined with tier upon tier of steps. Every flight of steps was like a road ascending to heaven, climbing into the clouds.
So towering was the altar, standing like a magnificent peak, that countless runes flickered and faded across each of its tiers—these were the very runes used for the blood sacrifice of Luofu Heaven. The Woodcutter Sage had built this altar by the demon path's method of blood sacrifice. But what he meant to offer was the entire world, so one altar alone would not suffice.
He needed many altars before he could tear Luofu Heaven apart and turn it into pure energy! Such an undertaking was certain to carry some unknown backlash; the Woodcutter Sage himself would not lightly dare to employ it.
He did so only because Taihuang Heaven had no hope of victory whatsoever, and he had no choice. The reason Taihuang Heaven had no hope was not that the demon race was truly too strong, but that Taihuang Heaven had to be destroyed—only then could the demons sacrifice it and invade Jingping!
The demon race was not the strong one; strong was the power that willed Taihuang Heaven's destruction.
At this moment, atop the altar stood a deity, war halberd in hand, his qi and blood surging into the heavens.