It wouldn’t even be impossible for her to tear the universe apart.
“Ugh…” Chesia mumbled under her breath, “It’s better this way.”
She shook her head, tossing aside those messy thoughts, and instead asked: “The priority now is how to find Mingyun Zhi Shen. But it’s just too good at hiding. We barely know anything about it—not even whether it’s male or female, old or young.”
“I feel like since it managed to scheme for so many years, it must be far harder to deal with than those other False Gods.”
“What do we do?”
“So,” Su Fu raised her hand and tore through space itself.
“We need to go find an old acquaintance of yours.”
Chesia: “?”
“My old acquaintance?” Chesia was confused, her eyes wide. “Who? How come I don’t know who I’m close with…”
Before she could finish, the Space Rift unfolded.
By the time she reacted again, she was already inside the Hall of Holy Light in the Heaven Holy Land.
Before her, Pope Cecilia sat in a high-backed chair, and upon seeing them, she smiled gently.
Chesia: “…..”
The Pope greeted her with great interest and enthusiasm:
“Long time no see, Chesia.”
Hearing this, Chesia swiftly ducked behind Su Fu.
She poked half her head out and shouted fiercely at the Pope:
“Bad woman!”
Su Fu found it amusing.
Had Chesia suffered a loss at her hands before?
She looked at Houchu standing off to the side and deliberately teased Chesia:
“Houchu, how about you take Chesia back to Eden?”
“What?!” Chesia was stunned. “What do you mean by that? You don’t want me anymore?!”
She angrily slapped Su Fu’s shoulder with her tail.
“Su Fu, you ungrateful bad woman!”
“Crossing the river and burning the bridge! Now that you’ve found a new backer, you’re going to kick me away, is that it?”
“Let me tell you, no way! Not even through the window!”
“You—”
Su Fu couldn’t help but laugh out loud, interrupting her:
“What are you talking about? I just want you to help me bring back that Ginkgo Tree.”
Chesia choked on her words: “…Ah?”
She froze awkwardly in place, then shifted to embarrassment and anger, grumbling: “You… you’re getting bolder and bolder!”
“You dare order me, the Goddess of Temptation, to run errands for you!”
“You—”
Under Su Fu’s half-smiling gaze, her voice grew quieter and quieter, until she finally huffed and urged Houchu:
“Let’s go, let’s go! Off to Eden right away!”
“For the sake of that old… ahem, old Immortal Tai Xuanzi, fine, I’ll go!”
Once the two left, the Sanctum finally grew quiet.
Only then did Su Fu turn to Pope Cecilia and bow solemnly: “Your Holiness.”
“There’s no need for such formalities,” Cecilia sighed, her expression complex. “You’ve come to me to learn about those False Gods, haven’t you?”
“That’s correct,” Su Fu admitted openly. “I know very little about them. Please enlighten me, Your Holiness.”
“Well… you’ve come to the right person,” the Pope said slowly. “In truth, in the Central Star System, there are six False Gods in total.”
“Aside from the Mingyun Zhi Shen, and Amaterasu Omikami whom you slew, there’s also the Egyptian sun god Ra.”
“There’s also Indra of the Indian pantheon, Tyr the War God of the Norse Pantheon, and…”
She paused, her voice turning low:
“Satan.”
“A being who should have been utterly extinguished long ago, yet clings like a stubborn curse, forever scheming to descend upon the mortal world once more.”
Su Fu raised an eyebrow slightly, somewhat surprised.
“So, the Satan that Twilight Judgment is devoted to reviving… is also a False God?”
“Yes,” Cecilia nodded, explaining, “Although there are six False Gods in the Central Star System, only five are actually active.”
“Now, after you’ve killed one, only three remain.”
She paused, then continued: “As for Satan… he was sealed beneath the Well of the Abyss by us several epochs ago and cast into a state of eternal extinction.”
“But the people of Twilight Judgment have never given up on reviving him.”
“I even suspect that the conspiracy against the Tree of Life back then had the Mingyun Zhi Shen secretly fanning the flames behind the scenes.”
“It may have wanted to bring that abandoned piece back to life, but because of you, it failed.”
“So, what you actually need to deal with is the Mingyun Zhi Shen, along with the two pawns under its command.”
Su Fu was taken aback, somewhat confused:
“Indra and Tyr… are its pawns?”
Cecilia sighed, her tone wary:
“That’s right. In the past, in order to completely suppress Satan, we dealt with it on several occasions.”
“That thing… is far harder to handle than you can imagine.”
“Mingyun Zhi Shen is actually just a collective title.”
“It doesn’t refer to a single deity, but rather a fusion of ‘Fate’s authority’ that has devoured and merged multiple divine pantheons.”
“Including the three Norns of the Norse Pantheon, the Moirai of the Greek Pantheon, Ma’at of the Egyptian Pantheon… and so on.”
“Even the authority of the Angel of Fate from the Paradise Pantheon has been stolen and partially fused into it!”
“As for whether your Chinese Pantheon has also been tainted by it, that’s anyone’s guess.”
Su Fu was shaken by what she heard. The Mingyun Zhi Shen was this overpowered?
Having devoured the Fate authorities of so many pantheons, no wonder it could manipulate such an enormous Chessboard.
It probably ate well on a regular basis.
The Pope continued: “Indra and Tyr are scared out of their wits by you now, so they’re certainly running to seek its protection.”
“But the Mingyun Zhi Shen is probably under tremendous pressure right now because of you as well.”
“Those two fellows won’t meet a good end.”
“Either they’ll become pawns in its hands, or it will simply devour them outright to enhance its own power.”
At this point, she looked at Su Fu meaningfully:
“However, I truly didn’t expect that when you shattered the Celestial Track, it wouldn’t even show up to protect it.”
“You know, that was the eye the Mingyun Zhi Shen used to observe the entire universe and weave the web of fate.”
“With you destroying it like that, it may not truly harm it, but at the very least, it can no longer spy on and interfere with the fate of all living beings as brazenly as before.”
Su Fu sneered: “Too bad, even after I gouged out its eye, it still wouldn’t show up.”
“Looks like it’s dead set on playing the coward.”
The Pope was silent for a moment before finally asking the key question of this visit:
“So… are you really going to do it?”
“Let Chesia return to her true form? Set her free?”
Su Fu nodded calmly: “That’s right.”
“Only by reuniting Chesia’s soul with her divine body can she unleash the authority of the Goddess of Temptation.”
“As a fellow deity, she can find the Mingyun Zhi Shen’s lair.”
The Pope sighed deeply, resigned: “Since you’ve already decided…”
“Whether it’s for the promise Tai Xuanzi and I once made, or for the fate of humanity from here on out—”
“The Paradise Pantheon will fully support you.”
“However,” she said with a grave expression, “the Mingyun Zhi Shen hides itself extremely deeply, and its methods are far more bizarre than you or I could imagine.”
“The only ability I’ve ever witnessed is the [Causality Spinning Wheel · Fates Thread Convergence].”
“This authority should come from the Moirai goddesses of Greek mythology who govern the fates of all living beings.”
“It can spin the fates of all living beings into threads and weave them according to its own will.”
“It can make mortal enemies meet, turn gratitude into enmity, and bind strangers together in life-and-death pacts.”
“So, Su Fu, you need to be mentally prepared.”
“In dealing with the Fate Goddess, it’s highly likely… that no one can truly help you.”
“Because every effort we make could be converted by her into a cause, becoming a consequence that strikes against you.”
“In other words…”
“Anyone who helps you could become a blade pointed at your back.”
“An enemy like this is far more terrifying than False Gods who only know how to fight head-on.”
After listening, Su Fu’s gaze grew deep, yet she did not retreat.
“Thank you, Your Holiness.”
“I’m deeply grateful that you’ve told me all of this.”
Eden · Well of the Abyss.
Chesia excitedly confirmed with Su Fu over and over: “The Paradise Pantheon really agreed?!”
“You’re not lying to me, are you?!”
“Those stubborn old fools of the Paradise Pantheon, especially that bad woman Cecilia, really agreed to remove my seal?!”
“Hahaha! Freedom!”
“I, Chesia, am finally going to regain my freedom!”
“Su Fu, don’t worry, once this goddess restores her true form, that so-called Mingyun Zhi Shen is as good as done! Leave it to me!”
“I’ll definitely find its lair for you!”
“I never imagined that in my lifetime, I’d still get my freedom back!”
“Su Fu, you’re my second father… ahem, my best sister!”
Su Fu: “…”
“Stop yelling.”
Chesia said excitedly: “No problem, sister! You got it, sister!”
Su Fu produced the holy seal given by the Pope and pressed it onto the seal of the Well of the Abyss.
“Hmm—!”
The seal of the Well of the Abyss shattered layer by layer, and black mist surged out like a tidal wave.
Chesia cheered and dove straight into the abyss.
The next second, her maniacal laughter echoed from within:
“Ahhh, freedom! My dear freedom!”
“This wonderful power! This perfect body!”
Immediately after, the entire Eden began to tremble violently.
From the Well of the Abyss, a colossal shadow shot up into the sky.
A pitch-black serpent body coiled across the heavens, immense beyond measure, with dark golden vertical pupils like suns, and scales flowing with cold, gleaming light.
“Hahaha! This power! This body! This goddess has finally come out!”
“Su Fu! I’ll take a look right now to find the Mingyun Zhi Shen’s hiding pla—”
Mid-sentence, her voice abruptly cut off.
The massive serpent head slowly lowered, its vertical pupils contracting into thin lines: “Wait…”
“It’s right here!!”
At the same moment, a faint, ethereal sigh echoed through the void: “Su Fu, why must you push me so relentlessly?”
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