Hearing the tone in Chen Cheng's voice, Moon Celestial Venerable immediately thought, This is bad.
Though Chen Cheng before her could wield the power of laws within heaven and earth, a closer look revealed that this shell of his had not become divine.
And that meant he was still a mortal of Karmak World. For mortals like him, no explanation was needed—surely no one would not hate Zhang Hao for sending their world into doomsday.
Originally, she had no need to explain anything to Chen Cheng, yet for some reason, she wanted to offer a few words in defense.
"Do you think what we did was utterly heinous?"
Yet before Moon Celestial Venerable could finish, Chen Cheng interrupted her first.
"No. From your broad perspective, this is the righteous path. But for world civilizations as ignorant and bewildered as ours, this is a calamity fallen from the heavens. We should have the right to hate."
Chen Cheng drew a deep breath, then forced a smile at Moon Celestial Venerable.
"My apologies, Celestial Venerable, but I hope you can keep this matter hidden and not tell anyone else.
"At least then, that person will still be our savior, rather than the great enemy who destroyed our entire civilization.
"Of course, calling him an enemy is still giving us too much credit. In his eyes, we are probably not even worth a single ant."
Hearing Chen Cheng's words, Moon Celestial Venerable found countless words lodged in her throat.
She wanted to tell Chen Cheng that Zhang Hao was not some bastard, and that the Divine Court was not a brutal organization.
So-called ascension, so-called civilization-wide extinction—these were, in truth, the only path to survival that the Divine Court had found for every civilization.
But after thinking it over, just as Chen Cheng