The woman's voice faded, and the entire place fell silent.
All the spirits grew wary.
"Your Excellency, we were only acting according to the Sealed Iron Law. We meant you no offense," the leading spirit said.
"Hmph. Gu Qingshan, tell me—why did you want to fight the Blood Moon without hesitation just now?" the skeleton asked.
Gu Qingshan spread his hands. "Because that world rubbed me the wrong way."
"How so?"
"—It was too despicable and evil. I had no qualms about killing them." Gu Qingshan recalled what had happened in the Evil Great World, his tone turning displeased.
Lola said, "Right. I felt the same way."
She reached out toward Gu Qingshan.
Gu Qingshan took her hand and gave it a gentle tug, bringing her back to the World of Gods.
Only then did the skeleton turn to the spirits and continue:
"You see, the Evil Great World is so infamous that even two newcomers despise it. Ordinarily, no matter what I did to that world, any reasonable spirit would simply turn a blind eye."
"But you couldn't wait to jump out and make trouble for me—and I say, everything has a price."
She opened her mouth and uttered an abstruse, arcane word.
In the blink of an eye, screams rang out one after another.
The spirits' bodies crumbled to pieces, leaving behind only tiny sparks of soul-light, floating around the skeleton.
The scattered sparks of soul-light immediately tried to flee.
But the skeleton spoke again. "Gu Qingshan, I killed them. Do you know why?"
"Because they meant you harm?" Gu Qingshan asked.
"Every spirit is the will of a World System. Remember this: between worlds, there is little in the way of empty sentiment. There is only coexistence or annihilation."
"When they made trouble for me, it marked