Chapter Sixty-One: The Home Approved by Roy

"Hahaha! I came here with good intentions, but my excessively long life brought me nothing but emptiness and confusion."

"...In the end, the wish to save all living beings brought me only the power to destroy them. My heart has been filled with guilt and sorrow because of it."

"The appearance of Divine Punishment to Exterminate Demons delighted me and the other Demon Gods immensely. He had the qualifications to become the balance that kept all the Demon Gods in check."

"...I was even willing to let him become the seventh path of Buddhism, granting him the authority and power to judge everything."

"But the appearance of God of Christianity caused all the Demon Gods to change their minds. Divine Punishment to Exterminate Demons was no longer important."

Demon God Monk cackled away, his laughter as shrill as a crow's cry and as painfully distorted as chalk scraping across a blackboard.

"But I still cannot accept it. I only wanted to attain Buddhahood and save all living beings. Perhaps Divine Punishment to Exterminate Demons's seventh path might help me fulfill this wish."

"...Even if I fail because of it, it does not matter. In the end, I must give it a try."

"O Divine Punishment to Exterminate Demons, once beloved by all the Demon Gods but now abandoned, I still cherish you. I am still willing to make you the arbiter above all things!"

As Demon God Monk laughed, the air pressure around them grew heavy. The terrifying pressure seemed to slow time itself, compressing the atmosphere.

It made breathing difficult, as though they were standing in an ocean filled with infinite life force.

Under Demon God Monk's laughter, the roadside began to crack. Every building shook, and the island beneath their feet seemed to be suffering an earthquake. This