Volume 4, Chapter 85 – The Start of the Purification Ceremony, Something Feels Off…

“Lord Visarion, it’s been a while. Your spiritual power intensity has increased quite a bit, hasn’t it?”

“Truly amazing! Now even if you were to directly confront one of the Trinity of Malevolence, you’d probably be able to handle it.”

“Worthy of being Paradise Manor’s strongest warrior.”

“Your assistance in helping the Divine Faith capture the Terran Malevolence this time is truly a great achievement! It’s enough to go down in history!”

“Lord Visarion, I wonder if we might have the honor of inviting you to visit our humble residence afterward?”

…

At this moment, within the Sacred Spirit Hall of the Nether Palace, as Visarion entered, the many high-ranking officials and nobles from various countries, as well as Divine Faith high officials who had been waiting there, all stepped forward to constantly flatter Visarion, trying to build good relationships with Paradise Manor’s number one public fighter.

Faced with the group’s pleasantries, Visarion didn’t display the same arrogance he had shown before.

Having changed into a clean white formal suit, Visarion appeared refined and elegant, maintaining a rather deceptive smile throughout.

Although he quite looked down on these humans in his heart, he consistently maintained a gentlemanly demeanor on the surface.

After all,

In Visarion’s view,

Only by appeasing these humans would they willingly allow themselves to be harvested by House Solrog in the future.

Whether it was wealth, resources, or their souls.

After the respectful greetings from all the guests, they also noticed the beautiful woman behind Visarion.

“Lord Visarion, who might this be?”

“Hmm? Her?”

Looking back at the beautiful woman with cream-white hair behind him, Visarion slightly raised an eyebrow.

It was normal for the guests not to recognize Isabelle.

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As one of the truly core figures of House Solrog, Isabelle never appeared in public.

Paradise Manor’s public affairs were almost entirely handled by Duan, so few people in the outside world knew of Isabelle’s existence.

“A distinguished guest invited by Duan. She doesn’t particularly like communicating with others, so please refrain from disturbing her.”

“Understood, understood.”

“Since Lord Visarion has said so, we naturally know what to do.”

“Of course, please rest assured.”

…

The guests responded obediently one after another.

With Visarion’s help, Isabelle didn’t need to deal with these tedious social interactions and went directly to the VIP seats at the top of the audience area. After slowly sitting down and crossing her legs, Isabelle coldly watched the center of Sacred Spirit Hall’s plaza, watching the purple-haired man who was also dressed in luxurious papal robes with the appearance of a pope, sitting with his eyes closed in meditation.

— ‘Hurry up and finish this. I still have real business to handle.’ —

On the other side,

As if sensing Isabelle’s gaze and hearing the urging message she transmitted, Duan slowly opened his eyes.

After respectfully smiling and nodding toward Isabelle in the distant audience, Duan looked around, surveying the hundreds of people gathered in the vast Sacred Spirit Hall.

Many important figures from Paradise Manor, representatives sent by the Five Kingdoms, and several important clerics from the Divine Faith.

“Thank you all for waiting.”

Duan spoke elegantly, using spiritual power to amplify his voice’s transmission.

“First, thank you all for gathering here to witness the sacred and great scene that follows.”

“As you know, the Terran Malevolence has been captured through the joint efforts of our Divine Faith and Paradise Manor. But we did not destroy it.”

“I know many of you are concerned about this.”

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“But at this moment, in the name of the Divine Faith’s leader, in the name of the Lord, I assure you all that the Terran Malevolence will no longer threaten world peace.”

“Not only that, after being purified by the Lord’s radiance, the Terran Malevolence will become our sharpest sword.”

“Helping us humans eliminate the other two great evil god lineages.”

…

As Duan’s words continued, everyone in Sacred Spirit Hall quietly returned to their respective seats, listening intently to Duan’s speech. As the leader’s opening remarks ended, a massive teleportation array quietly appeared behind Duan, and then a blue-haired girl, bound all over by golden energy chains and still sleeping with her eyes closed, suddenly appeared in everyone’s view.

The delicate girl radiated an unusually fierce beauty.

However, upon seeing such a girl, everyone tensed up.

Quite a few people even secretly mobilized their spiritual power, concentrating alertly on the figure in the array.

They knew very well that this seemingly frail existence was one of the three most terrifying beings in the current world.

The Terran Malevolence, Gaia Lobir.

Therefore,

The moment the blue-haired girl appeared, an uneasy atmosphere spread throughout Sacred Spirit Hall.

Never mind the envoys sent by various countries—even Isabelle, who was an Ancestor herself, instinctively felt a wave of tension. Well… though the reason for her tension might be somewhat different from the others.

Staring fixedly at the Terran Malevolence’s exquisite, perfect face, Isabelle clenched her fists tightly.

“Bai Lianyue…”

Silently reciting this name, incomparable hatred continuously overflowed from Isabelle’s eyes.

If not for that bastard’s strike back then…

How would she have been tormented for a full thousand years?!

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Unable to sleep peacefully for a thousand years!

Thinking of the wound on her back that could never heal, Isabelle almost had the impulse to rush up and tear Bai Lianyue apart for revenge.

However, soon,

The rationality in her mind helped Isabelle calm down.

— “Calm down… wait a little longer.” —

If Duan could truly gain complete control over the Terran Malevolence,

Then afterward she could simply order it to withdraw the power from the wound on her back.

Wait a little longer,

Wait a little longer, and she wouldn’t have to be tormented by this kind of pain anymore.

Taking a deep breath, the calmed Isabelle refocused her attention on the center of the hall.

At this moment,

During the time Isabelle had been reminiscing, the stone slabs in the center of Sacred Spirit Hall had already begun to emit dazzling golden light under Duan’s control. As the light flickered, the stone slabs on the ground began to continuously transform, finally becoming an ancient stone door emanating an ancient aura that slowly opened, revealing a passage below that radiated golden light.

The next moment,

Under the shocked gazes of countless VIPs and Paradise Manor personnel, a palm-sized, crystal-clear, cone-shaped gem radiating brilliant golden light rose from underground surrounded by powerful Augury Force, floating in mid-air.

Powerful energy fluctuations instantly swept through the entire Sacred Spirit Hall,

And this gem summoned by Duan was the supreme treasure of the entire Nether Palace.

— “Heart of the World” —

While everyone marveled at the powerful purifying force possessed by this gem and looked forward to it purifying the evil god, Isabelle couldn’t help but furrow her brow.

The Heart of the World,

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Also called the Lord’s Heart.

It was said to be a supreme treasure that had existed since the birth of this world. The source of all spiritual power, all Augury Force, and all righteous energy in the world was this Heart of the World. According to Divine Faith doctrine, the great Lord granted power to saviors and Divine-Graced Maidens through this Heart of the World.

In fact, the reason their House Solrog could protect the entire Divine Kingdom from invasion by evil god forces was precisely because they used the almost inexhaustible sacred divine power within the Heart of the World to create an incomparable domain barrier that covered the entire Divine Kingdom.

Using sacred power completely different from evil curse power, they forced the Trinity of Malevolence not to easily approach the Divine Kingdom.

The reason human civilization in this world could still continue could be said to be largely due to the Heart of the World’s contribution.

The powerful purifying force contained within the Heart of the World was strong enough to be used to expel corruption.

Therefore,

Sixth Ancestor Genovis had proposed using the Heart of the World’s power to purify the Terran Malevolence, suppressing the violent destructive instincts within Gaia Lobir’s body.

After completely suppressing the instincts, the Terran Malevolence’s body would be controlled by Bai Lianyue’s pure consciousness.

And Bai Xingwu, as the Savior, would be better able to control Bai Lianyue through Savior authority, thus controlling the entire Terran Malevolence, without worrying about Gaia Lobir losing control due to Terran Malevolence instincts, and without worrying about the instincts interfering with Bai Xingwu’s control.

After seeing the investigation data corresponding to Genovis’s prepared report, even Isabelle herself acknowledged this explanation.

Everything was very reasonable…

However,

“Why?”

Gazing at the distant blue-haired girl shrouded in the Heart of the World’s purifying light, Isabelle instinctively felt a chill down her spine, and her old wound suddenly began to continuously emit stabbing pain.

Why

Did she have such

An ominous premonition…