The Fat Man was stunned when he heard that. "What is this, fishing enforcement?" What he found hardest to accept was that they were using the lives of innocent people as bait.
"You're right. Great Black Sky really did stop at nothing to slaughter demons and monsters. In its eyes, the lives of ordinary people were worth nothing." Tang Qisheng furrowed his brow, his expression growing more mysterious. "But apparently, there was a reason for this. The rumors say—rumors—that Great Black Sky wasn't originally a Buddhist guardian deity at all. It was an evil god that Tibetan Buddhism snatched from Hinduism."
"An evil god?" Those two words immediately drew everyone's attention.
"That's right. I once visited a temple in a remote part of Tibet. The statue there—wearing a skull crown, holding a vajra, standing on a person, and chewing on a human-faced demon—that was it."
"Great Black Sky was originally a great demon god in Hinduism. It thirsted for blood, devoured flesh, and committed every kind of evil. It could even use sorcery to corrupt gods and Buddhas, turning them into demon gods like itself. Its power was so profound that it once defeated seven gods and Buddhas who had joined forces to attack it. After torturing them to death, it devoured their flesh and blood, then used their bones to build itself a Shura altar. It cut off their skulls to make a crown, severed their hands and feet to make fans, and flayed their skin to make a canopy. The sight was truly terrifying."
"Later, traveling monks brought its image to Tibet. The first time the tantric masters saw it, they were shaken by Great Black Sky's ferocious divine power. They decided that Great Black Sky was the wrathful form Shakyamuni took when subduing demons, capable of intimidating