Heavenly Maiden's pupils contracted sharply, Chiyo's figure reflected in her eyes.
The black-and-white vortex in his palm seemed connected to the origin of the world, frantically devouring the evil energy accumulated within the Evil God Remnant Body over three hundred years.
What shocked her even more was that Chiyo's aura was rising at a visible rate.
The pressure belonging to an Emperor-level Great Demon.
In the span of a few breaths, it had grown even heavier!
"Y-you... just who are you?"
Heavenly Maiden's voice lost its usual coolness and carried an incredulous tremble.
"Even the gods of old could only seal Jashin's resentment and corruption rather than purify them... How can you devour them directly?"
Chiyo did not answer. His eyes had turned completely crimson, and the taiji symbol within them spun faster and faster.
The Evil God Remnant Body rapidly decayed beneath the stripping force of Yin and Yang Qi. The golden chains wrapped around it lost their target of restraint and shattered one after another, falling with crisp metallic clatters through the underground space.
Black-red evil energy surged into Chiyo's body like a tide. Yet upon touching his source Demonic Power, it was swiftly broken down, transformed, and purified by the Yin-Yang Jade.
The corrupted portions were erased, while the pure power fused into every part of his body.
Heavenly Maiden could sense that this was not merely an absorption of power. It was more like... a higher-level assimilation and reconstruction.
"At its core, Jashin's power is also a distorted form of the laws of heaven and earth."
Chiyo finally spoke.
His voice echoed through the vast underground chamber.
"All things live and die; there is righteousness and evil.
I am merely returning his power to its source and purifying it.
Restoring it to its original form of