[After Kunpeng and Minghe reluctantly retreated upon swearing a Heavenly Dao Oath, only Su Miao and Houtu remained on the scorched earth.
Su Miao let out a long breath. "That scared me to death..."
She turned and took out the things she had just looted, splitting them in half and offering one portion to Houtu.
"Senior, half for each of us when we meet!"
Houtu froze, then pushed it back.
"This will be more useful to you. Refine it and merge it into your banner, and it can increase the killing power of the water element."
Su Miao happily put it away.
But Houtu looked over the devastated wilderness and scorched earth around them, the smile on her face gradually fading.
"With my feet upon the earth, I can hear the cries of lost souls. This world has been wounded too deeply... How can these sins be repaid?"]
Bi Xiao had been smiling, but upon hearing Houtu's question, her smile faded as well. Her fingertips lightly twisted the corner of her skirt.
Zhao Gongming sighed heavily.
From the Dragon-Han Calamity to the Witch-Demon War, and then to the present Chan-Jie Conflict, which great war had not overturned mountains and rivers and left living beings suffering? This land of the Prehistoric World beneath their feet had long been crushed black and blue by wars great and small.
"This debt cannot be reckoned."
Yun Xiao gently rested a hand on Bi Xiao's shoulder.
"Once a great war began, how could anyone distinguish right from wrong, or sin from guilt? Everyone merely followed their own path.
"It was those creatures with nowhere to go who suffered, losing their lives for nothing."
Dayu gazed at the scorched earth within the sky screen.
"When a calamity came, it was not only the land of the