Several people's eyes also showed traces of reluctance.
"Making Kinkaku and Ginkaku do something like this is truly an ordeal," Yuanshi Tianzun said. "If I could, I'd really like to take their place."
"It's truly too dreadful to look at directly. Just thinking of those two little boys going into the Heavenly Pool is terrifying."
Everyone sighed endlessly, yet not a single one of them went over to comfort Kinkaku and Ginkaku, nor did anyone offer them any help.
They were like a group of indifferent passersby. Though they spoke of concern, they never took action.
Kinkaku and Ginkaku turned back to look at their master once more. Taishang Laojun nodded at them.
The two held hands and entered the Heavenly Pool. At first, they naturally felt nothing, but once they submerged within it, they could see nothing at all. Their consciousness held only pain—the agony of being unable to live and unable to die.
This pain was beyond human imagination, more excruciating than every pain in the world combined.
Kinkaku and Ginkaku did not cry out, because they could not.
Taishang Laojun paced back and forth beside the Heavenly Pool, waiting anxiously.
After seven or eight hours, two figures finally emerged from the lake—two tall demons.
One Demon was golden, the other silver, and both had horns growing from their heads.
Looking at Kinkaku and Ginkaku before him, Taishang Laojun could not recognize them at first. After examining them carefully, he confirmed that the two had truly become demons.
The two knelt before Taishang Laojun. "Master, is it all right now?"
Taishang Laojun nodded. "It is. It's all right now."
Yuanshi Tianzun and the others in the distance also smiled and breathed sighs of relief. They had finally succeeded.
"You two needn't rush over there. Go back to