Sacred White Light surged skyward like a waterfall flowing backward.
Bathed in its radiance, Gu Qingshan looked just like a deity from legend.
"Let go of that stone!"
the Viscount's Envoy shouted.
Gu Qingshan did as he was told and released the white stone.
In an instant, all the strange phenomena and sounds vanished completely.
The room fell silent again.
"Am I an Evil Aberration?" Gu Qingshan asked.
The eight knights who had surrounded him withdrew their swords and bowed to him in unison.
"No! Of course you're not an Evil Aberration!"
the Viscount's Envoy said excitedly.
"Then my faith is—" Gu Qingshan began, but suddenly fell silent.
The Manual of the Gods, forged entirely from metal and held in the Viscount's Envoy's hands, suddenly gave off a burst of white light that fell upon Gu Qingshan.
"You are the guardian of God's Kingdom and the mortal realm, the executor forged from the power of the gods, and a believer and servant of the Sin Judgment Codex!" the Viscount's Envoy said.
As the Viscount's Envoy spoke, the white light suddenly transformed into a card and appeared before Gu Qingshan.
A blank card.
Gu Qingshan looked at it, feeling an inexplicable sense of kinship.
He looked back at the Viscount's Envoy and asked, "Can I have this card?"
"Of course. This card has been hidden deep within the Source of Law. It hasn't appeared for many years," the Viscount's Envoy replied.
"...That makes sense. I don't think I've heard much about the Sin Judgment Church," Gu Qingshan said tentatively.
"That's right." The Viscount's Envoy sighed with feeling. "Whenever the killings and misdeeds of mortals, or even the struggles and wars of the gods, cannot be judged by Heaven or Earth, the Sin Judgment Codex—formed from the power of all the gods—must