The Way of Heaven Comes Full Circle, Who Has Heaven Ever Spared, Su Youzi: Spare Me

With her own strength.

She anchored the "fate" of humanity, which was about to turn the page.

Making herself... no--

Making humanity endure on this planet for another thousand years.

She then formed a contract with all of humanity on the planet, granting humans the weapon known as "Ability Users" to fight the Calamity and the Abyss.

As she gazed up at the Azure Spear that seemed to be rooted in the planet itself, listening to the mournful, desolate sobs of a woman singing among the dark clouds,

Su Youzi felt a heavy weight in her chest, as though a boulder had been pressed down upon it.

She could sense the sorrow belonging to the "Origin Witch." She could sense... the struggle of humanity's "fate," which had been forcibly nailed there beneath the "Spear of Eternity."

An era would eventually pass--

Even if it lingered on for a thousand years, humanity's era would eventually come to an end.

But... faced with such unprecedented Calamity and such a desperate choice, who could let go so easily?

"If..." Su Youzi gently pulled away from Soga Lie's embrace.

Su Youzi gazed up at the Azure Spear and the Sky-Piercing Tree.

Su Youzi asked her question. "If the "Origin Witch" used her power and her throne... to forcibly extend humanity's future—"

"Why..."

"Father... and Sister Pope..."

"are you afraid of her awakening?"

"Because Her Excellency the "Origin Witch" is advancing toward the Abyss." His Eminence the Pope explained quietly to Su Youzi, her voice carrying a trace of sorrow. "No--"

"She is an existence equivalent to the Abyss."

Gazing up at the dark sky, His Eminence the Pope clasped her hands before her chest and prayed in her heart, yet she understood... the "Origin Witch's" consciousness had become muddled. She could no longer hear