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The divine child gently shook his head: "I have never needed any 'divine vision,' believe me, it cannot help me."

Let alone the mere "Eye of God," even the "Heart of God" that she had merged into the Divine Cherry Tree couldn't save her.

The power of the "Heart of God" merely enhanced her control over the ley lines and her own resilience, allowing the Divine Cherry Tree to withstand the corruption of the Evil Star for a little longer, enabling her to linger on and await her "purification."

In fact, from the moment she decided to take the place of Shadow and bear the taint of the evil radiance, the ending was already predetermined.

She will die in this "Divine Cherry Blossom Great Exorcism," and no one can change that fate.

However, Han Fulai's voice was extremely serious: "No, the gods have already cast their gaze upon you."

The goddess looked at him with a puzzled expression.

Looking at the man in front of me, and his dark eyes.

In that instant, the Divine Child thought of Nata's obsidian—only the invisible hammer of time could repeatedly forge the boiling will within the volcanic lava into such a pair of eyes.

Those eyes seemed to be speaking to her.

He said...

He said, "I'm watching you."

"you……?"

For a fleeting moment, the divine child almost wanted to burst out laughing.

That's a really great joke.

A human, with an earnest expression, presumptuously proclaimed himself a god before the retinue of Thor.

Moreover, this little guy might actually not live as long as the lowest-ranking spirit fox of the Bai Chen Fox Clan!

But she couldn't bring herself to smile, because Han Fulai spoke so seriously that she almost believed him.

The next second, she heard this sentence:

“Divine Child, please regard me as your god—then sign a covenant with me and become my servant.”

This is the method Han Fulai conceived for saving the divine child.

Ever since he met Han Fulai, he has been constantly bringing all sorts of "surprises" to the Divine Child.

For example, he chose Haigi Island as the entry point to change the situation in Inazuma, and together with her, they worked from the inside and outside to completely control the situation of the Inazuma civil war.

For example, he publicly issued a proclamation to denounce the shogunate and blocked Raiden Shogun's "unthinkable slash," thus preparing the necessary "willpower" in advance to shake Raiden's will.

For example, after the war, he went to Hachiyū Island to participate in the peace talks between the shogunate and Umijima Island, and took the opportunity to capture the spies hidden by the gujinshu (folk sect) for the shogunate, and to strike at the radical faction on Umijima Island and the forces within the shogunate that were close to Fuyukuni (the winter country)...

The divine child never consulted him about these matters; he was completely in charge—yet everything he did perfectly aligned with the divine child's wishes.

This can be described as a rare "tacit understanding".

Moreover, the results of his actions were almost all "perfect." The Divine Child knew that if she and Han Fulai were in each other's shoes, she could not have done any better.

The "junior" sent by Sister Gan Yu is probably the only person in the long five hundred years who made her feel "why didn't I meet him sooner"... and also the only person who made her even a little jealous of A Ying.

However, the words Han Fulai just uttered were no longer "surprise," but "fright."

And so Han Fulai witnessed a very rare scene—

The divine child "lost his temper".

The fox ears that the chief priest always had hung down so obediently on the sides of his face suddenly stood up straight, almost hitting his face.

Not only that, but the fox tail of the High Priest also appeared—a white, fluffy big tail that looked very nice to touch... and not just one, but four.

He is probably the first person in five hundred years to frighten the divine child into revealing his true form.

Although he had expected the divine child to be surprised, his surprise was so great that he found it amusing... He regretted not bringing a camera, otherwise he would have definitely taken a picture of the priest's appearance.

From the perspective of the divine child, what Han Fulai just said was less "absurd" and more "talking in his sleep" that was "not even absurd." Shouldn't sleep talk be left to dreams?

Uh, it seems like they were already in a dream?

Several seconds passed before the divine child realized his lapse in composure.

The four fluffy tails vanished instantly, and the fox's ears drooped down again—but were still twitching involuntarily…

"You...do you know what you're saying? Putting aside whether you can do it or not, even if you could, I wouldn't agree—you're asking me to betray Aying!"

The goddess's voice was filled with anger, and two sharp, cold glints unconsciously appeared between her lips. Since she had mastered the art of transformation, the goddess had never used this talent belonging to the fox demon clan, but her teeth were in no way inferior to those of swords forged from "jade steel".

She was really angry.

Even if she dies here, she will be a sacrifice for the people of Inazuma, as a member of the Thunder God's retinue.

To save her life, she was forced to break her contract with Shadow... This could even be considered an insult to her.

The divine child is always uninhibited in his conversations, but he also distinguishes between what he can and cannot say.

If she hadn't known that Han Fulai had promised Aying to save him, and that Han Fulai's words were out of good intentions, she might have bitten off that tongue that had insulted her.

Facing the divine child, Han Fulai remained calm and composed.

"Please believe me, this is the only way to save you, and the only way to get rid of the evil influence once and for all."

"You should know that even if this 'Great Purification of the Divine Cherry Tree' succeeds and I truly 'exorcise' you, it will only be a temporary 'dispersion of sin'—for a Divine Cherry Tree that is terminally ill, the 'Great Purification' only treats the symptoms, not the root cause, and at most buys you sixty years. The filth that has been dispersed will gather again after a while."

"At that time, who will be sacrificed to 'disperse the sins'?"

His words silenced the divine child.

The "Divine Cherry Blossom Great Purification" has been performed nine times since 500 years ago, including this one.

Previously, every sixty years, the divine child had to personally cleanse the "Hana-sanri" that had accumulated filth—which was equivalent to her killing her mentor with her own hands time and time again.

The fox-ghost palace transforms into a defilement called "Hana-sanori," which appears repeatedly during the "Great Purification," awaiting her exorcism, precisely because the defilement that invaded Inazuma five hundred years ago cannot be truly eliminated.

In every previous "Great Purification of the Divine Cherry Tree," "Hana-sanori" would appear in the cave beneath Narukami Shrine, guiding her into the space of consciousness to exorcise the "malignant tumors" from the roots of the Divine Cherry Tree.

"Misty Tumors" are the filthy root tumors accumulated by the Divine Cherry Tree, and "Flower Scattering" uses the power of the Divine Cherry Tree's root system to entangle and suppress them.

When Han Fulai first "exorcised" the Divine Child, the Divine Child's posture of being entangled by the roots of the Divine Cherry Tree was actually the Divine Child guiding the roots of the Divine Cherry Tree to suppress the "miasma".

If we use a medical analogy, the "minor purification ritual" performed every few years is like using herbal medicine to slow down the progression of the disease, while the "major purification ritual" performed every 60 years is like a surgical procedure to remove a tumor.

Even if the tumor is removed, as long as the underlying cause of the disease is not eliminated, new tumors will always grow—and they will multiply more severely in the body, becoming more and more difficult to remove each time.

The "malignant tumor" that has allowed the "Divine Cherry Blossom Great Exorcism" to continue for five hundred years is the evil radiance power that remained in the Inazuma ley lines during the "Dark Calamity" five hundred years ago.

The reason why Inazuma's ley lines have such a big problem this time is because the Divine Child absorbed the projection of the Crimson Moon in "Ichishin no Sok" and brought new evil radiance into the roots of the Divine Cherry Tree, aggravating the Divine Cherry Tree's "illness".

Admittedly, the "Divine Cherry Blossom Great Exorcism" is not a fundamental solution, and both Fox Maiden and the Divine Child knew this, but they had no choice but to do so and were willing to sacrifice for it.

Five hundred years ago, the Inazuma ley lines were damaged in the "Dark Calamity," and they were practically indistinguishable from a person suffering from a terminal illness. What the Fox Prince and the Divine Child did was to "stay alive" this terminally ill patient with "conservative therapy"—although it would involve a lot of sacrifice and be very painful, as long as they did not give up, there might be a turning point in the future.

What if a cure is developed in the future?

Although the hope is slim, it cannot be said that there is no hope at all.

For this faint hope, two generations of priests of Narukami Shrine persevered, holding fast for a full five hundred years...

Now, Han Fulai tells her that he has a way to solve the pollution in the Inazuma ley lines once and for all... but the price is to become his "fellowship"?

She suddenly remembered the words she had just yelled at him—

"Of course I don't want to die!"

"Is there any way? Besides the 'Divine Cherry Blossom Great Purification,' what other method can be used to exorcise the 'Evil Star'!?"

Does he really have a way...?

Han Fulai really has a solution.

During the four-hour interval between the first two "purifications" of the divine child and the waiting for guidance from the divine cherry tree, he never stopped thinking.

After "killing" the divine child for the first time, he came up with this method and tested it after "killing" the divine child for the second time.

The verification result shows that it is feasible.

If this third time hadn't been the "last time," he would have hardened his heart to "kill" the divine child once more... or even more times, until he accumulated enough power to save the divine child.

That is, the power to overwhelm the "evil star".

Han Fulai raised his left hand and showed the divine child the "square knot pattern" on the back of his left hand.

That was the contract between him and the Great Demon-Slaying Sage.

“In ‘Ru’an’, I told you that I have the constitution to help demon-slaying demons share their ‘karma’. I can also bear your ‘karma’ and Inazuma’s ‘karma’.”

"I tried it while I was waiting for the Divine Cherry Tree's guidance, letting the Salt Sorrow Spear transfer the 'Evil Radiance' filth it absorbed to me..."

As Han Fulai spoke, he recited the "spirit incantation" that You Lezhai had performed when he was practicing "spirit possession": "'May your thoughts be ceaseless, shining like the moon, may you be united with me, and heed my call.'"

A small crimson moon rose in his palm.

The divine child's eyes widened.

Although the crimson moon was tiny, as small as a firefly... it was nonetheless the power of the "evil star".

"You're insane! This isn't a force that any human could withstand, not even a god!"

Han Fulai slightly curled the corners of his mouth: "I'm not crazy... The results of the experiment show that I can withstand the pollution of 'Evil Sun'."

In fact, he is currently suffering from the headache caused by the pollution of evil spirits—just like how Xiao and Fushe Yaksha were corrupted by "karma" and went mad, he is also suffering from the "malice" from outside the world.

Every second, his ears were filled with incomprehensible whispers, those incoherent sounds sharper than the sound of a spoon scraping against an iron bowl, making him want to bang his head against the ground. Perhaps only fainting could bring him a moment of peace...

But he didn't show any sign of this pain.

Perhaps because of his experience beneath the towering abyss of craggy rocks, or perhaps because his strength had increased, he had a greater capacity to withstand this indescribable power.

Of course, the most important thing is—

"I forgot to tell you, I am an 'descendant' from 'outside the world'."

"I am the witness of everything, the recorder of everything, and the designer of everything."

“I am a person who is equivalent to a world.”

"I will save the world, and by the way, I will save you too."

Chapter 244 In Parallel Stories, There Will Always Be a "Me" Who Didn't Let You Down

For the Divine Child, it was no secret that Han Fulai was not a person of this world.

Even though she, as a "Heavenly Fox," could not see through Han Fulai's "fate" by activating her "Heavenly Eye," it was enough to prove that Han Fulai was special.

She had also heard the concept of "the Descendant" from Fox Palace.

Not every visitor from outside the world can call themselves an "Adventurer." That title is only for those who are "equivalent to a world themselves."

Previously, she could only confirm one "Descendant"—she was the only one who could have the "Primordial Eternal Rule Matrix" by her side as "emergency food".

But even fire might not be able to resist the pollution of evil stars.

Or rather, the divine child would never allow Ying to try such a thing.

This is a responsibility she should bear, and it should never be shifted onto innocent people.

No matter how much she planned or schemed beforehand, she would always face the situation personally at the crucial moment.

In the battle of "Pure Land of One Heart," it was she who used "telepathy" to bring the "wishes" of the Inazuma people and the will of the Fox Palace into the closed space of consciousness. It was also she who quietly absorbed the power of the evil star in the Pure Land, truly saving her god.

Similarly, if the "Great Exorcism of the Divine Cherry Blossom" must sacrifice someone, then the Divine Child will only choose to sacrifice herself.

But now, the man in front of her has taken on this responsibility and has even begun to bear the pollution of the evil star in her place.

Even if he is a "Descendant," being corrupted by the evil star is by no means an easy thing.

The divine child, who was suffering from the corruption of filth, understood that kind of pain all too well.

Therefore, she knew how resolute Han Fulai was when he said, "I will save the world, and by the way, save you too."

...At this point, to refuse his kindness would only be considered "pretentious," and Yae no Miko has never been a pretentious person.

Let's face this challenge of fate together.

Since she was already mentally prepared to sacrifice herself, and the result of failure would be nothing more than death, she might as well make one last gamble against fate.

Unlike the Fox Palace of five hundred years ago, she was not fighting alone.

What she can't do alone, two people might be able to do.

Perhaps this time, it's truly possible to completely eradicate the filth of "Evil Star"?

The divine child recalled the two sentences he had spoken to the shadow in the "Pure Land of One Heart":