In the center of the underground hall beneath the temple, atop the hilt of the Holy Avenger, burned a faint flame that seemed liable to go out at any moment.
Yet this tiny flame radiated an unyielding power, shielding all the orbs of light in the center of the hall and firmly resisting the lawful evil that permeated the entire world.
It could even spare a trace of its lingering power to envelop the temple above, now reduced to broken walls and rubble, so that even Sui Xiong, who transcended attributes and laws, had failed to notice this place at first.
Sui Xiong carefully flew before the flame, afraid that a little too much force might snuff it out.
Within the flame, he saw the figure of a pig-headed man. The pig-headed man was old and ugly, emaciated to the bone, as though nothing but a layer of skin wrapped around a skeleton—a terrifying sight. Yet even so, Sui Xiong could see the pain written across his face. He was clearly enduring unbearable agony.
His body trembled, yet he leaned on a cane and struggled to keep himself upright, refusing to lose his balance and fall to the ground from the pain.
It took Sui Xiong several seconds to recognize this pig-headed man.
He was the newest god Sui Xiong had promoted, the God of Salt-Making, Fela Kenji, jokingly known as the "Salt-Eating Pig."
Sui Xiong was not at all surprised that Fela Kenji had appeared at this final stronghold resisting the Lord of Glory's "New Order." He believed in his subordinate's loyalty. But he could not understand why Fela Kenji was standing within the flame, seemingly serving as fuel.
And where had all the other gods gone?
Sui Xiong felt that he had more or less guessed the answer,