Hao Ren had once dealt with a group of cultists in the Dragon Ridge Mountains. He had read their scripture back then, but he hadn't known the complete structure of the Return Sect and had assumed that the black book was their true Bible. Now it seemed that the Return Sect's organizational structure was entirely different from that of normal religions. The group exterminated in the Dragon Ridge Mountains had merely been one of its peripheral branches, and the scripture he had obtained then clearly wasn't the "original scripture" used by the cult's core members. According to Ofra, much of the content in the "original scripture" was unique.
Hao Ren opened the black-covered manual. Simply placing it on the table caused an unpleasant aura to seep out of nowhere, as if some evil, fanatical obsession still clung to its soft, leather-like pages. The black manual wasn't printed; it had been written entirely by hand. The edges of the characters trembled strangely, as if the writer had copied those maddening symbols while in an extremely agitated and uncontrollable mental state. Hao Ren focused on resisting the mental fatigue brought on by the pages and, under Ofra's guidance, found several marked passages:
"...The Voice of the Master commanded us to chant the Goddess's true name. However, this true name cannot be spoken in human language. Only through devout faith can one chant this name within one's heart... We offer up original, pure flesh in order to draw closer to the sacred primordial form. Only in this way can our sins be cleansed..."
"...The Voice of the Master descended before the prophet and told the prophet in the voice of the soul that the Radiant Cult was guilty. They had stolen the Goddess's blood and extended their sinful lives. You must go to