The Strange Jashin Cult!

At this critical moment, a voice brimming with surging killing intent rang through the sinister underground palace!

"Eight Trigrams Mountain Crusher!!!"

A terrifying pale golden beam suddenly lit up the dim palace, saving the world like the redemptive radiance of a god!

A god descended from the heavens! Divine punishment fell like light!

The pale golden beam, filled with furious killing intent, blasted toward Hidata Tetsuya. The destructive light pierced his body, inflicting terrifying damage.

The Immortal Body he had gained from the Evil God slowly began to break apart under the attack containing Sealing Power. His body continuously dissipated, while his soul wailed in agony!

Hidata Tetsuya let out a despairing scream. The Immortal Body he had been so proud of had instead become an accomplice in his slow torment!

He stretched out a hand, trying to reach for the enormous Evil God Statue before him, muttering strange words without pause.

Yet the Evil God Statue atop the altar, like a genuine stone statue, showed no reaction to any of it.

At the same time, his vocal cord nerves had long since been pierced and damaged, leaving him unable to speak at all. In the very end, Hidata Tetsuya turned into dust that scattered through the air, bringing his bloodstained and sinful life to an end!

Outside the palace.

Hyuga Setsuna, bathed in a pale golden glow and wearing a murderous expression, watched as Hidata Tetsuya turned to ash. His anger gradually subsided.

The Sealing Power within him had been extremely active ever since he arrived at this temple.

If Hyuga Setsuna had not forcibly soothed it, the Sealing Power might have already erupted and charged at the Evil God Statue.

The pale golden motes surrounding him shifted at Hyuga Setsuna's command, transforming into a brilliant, dazzling ribbon of light.

Under Hyuga Setsuna's control, the pale golden ribbon flew toward the unconscious Gekko Baiyue on the altar.

The Evil God Statue towered above her, showing no response to the drifting ribbon and allowing it to take away its sacrifice!

As the ribbon wrapped around Gekko Baiyue and brought her back to Hyuga Setsuna's side, the weight in his heart slowly lifted.

If the Evil God Statue had tried to stop him just now, whether he could have saved Gekko Baiyue would have been unknown.

Looking at Gekko Baiyue lying in his arms, a trace of surprise flashed through Hyuga Setsuna's eyes.

He had truly never expected that Gekko Baiyue, who usually wore a mask and seemed so cold, would give off such a gentle feeling after taking it off.

Well, she was like a traditional Yamato nadeshiko!

Especially now that she was unconscious, it was as though her true personality had emerged, making her seem exceptionally adorable.

Inside the Sealing Space, Otsutsuki Kaguya watched Hyuga Setsuna hold Gekko Baiyue.

Dissatisfaction gradually appeared on Otsutsuki Kaguya's face. How could this child be so close to a girl? She spoke.

"Setsuna, watch that Evil God Statue. Yomi's aura came from it!"

Hearing Otsutsuki Kaguya's slightly displeased voice, Hyuga Setsuna came back to his senses with a wry smile.

The dissatisfaction radiating from Otsutsuki Kaguya flashed continuously in his mind like a warning light!

Hyuga Setsuna stared solemnly at the strange Evil God Statue.

The Sealing Power within him had been abnormally excited ever since it saw the Evil God Statue. He was nearly unable to suppress it anyway, so he might as well let the Sealing Power test its strength.

The Sealing Power gathered around Hyuga Setsuna, forming a dazzling ribbon like a galaxy that shot straight toward the Evil God Statue.

Yet the Evil God Statue in the palace showed no reaction.

"No reaction?" Hyuga Setsuna's eyes were full of confusion as he watched the unmoving Evil God Statue.

Could this statue really be nothing more than an ordinary statue?

"Bang!"

The ribbon formed from Sealing Power swiftly collided with the Evil God Statue.

But unexpectedly, the statue rapidly collapsed and shattered after being struck.

Only fragments of the statue remained.

It was as though it had truly been nothing but a statue.

The Sealing Power hovering above the altar also froze in a remarkably humanlike manner, as if wondering where its main course had gone.

Hyuga Setsuna stared at the shattered statue in stunned disbelief. Was this thing really just a statue?

After humanlike confirmation that the Evil God Statue was fake, the Sealing Power drooped dejectedly and returned directly to Hyuga Setsuna's body.

Watching the Sealing Power obediently return to his body, Hyuga Setsuna pondered.

Including that previous night, it had probably been fooled twice already!

Inside the Sealing Space, Otsutsuki Kaguya watched the dejected Sealing Power return, and she was extremely pleased.

It was rare for the power that had sealed her to suffer a setback.

"Setsuna, leave this place. Yomi's aura is gone. It vanished so quickly that even I failed to notice it!"

"Even you didn't notice it, Grandmother?"

"Perhaps it sensed the Sealing Power on you, so it disappeared very quickly."

Thoughts flickered continuously through Hyuga Setsuna's eyes. He carried Gekko Baiyue on his back and headed outside the palace.

Is that so?

He remembered that in the original story, the Jashin Cult seemed to belong to the Village Hidden in the Hot Water. Why had it appeared at this point in time?

Whether because of Yomi, the Sealing Power, or the Evil God, it seemed he would need to make a trip to the Village Hidden in the Hot Water in the future.

Qingquan Town.

Anbu safehouse inn.

Bright sunlight streamed in through the window. Gekko Baiyue, lying on the tatami, slowly opened her eyes.

Looking at the unfamiliar ceiling before her, Gekko Baiyue was momentarily dazed.

Where is this? The Pure Land? Yomi?

When she lost consciousness at the end, she vaguely remembered that fellow holding a crimson scythe walking toward her.

I should be dead now, right?

I wonder how Hyuga Setsuna is doing.

"Bang!"

The room's door opened, and Hyuga Setsuna walked in carrying a bowl of porridge.

Seeing that Gekko Baiyue had already awakened on the tatami, he said in delight.

"Captain Baiyue, you're awake!"

"Y-you... why are you here?"

"Did you die too?"

Gekko Baiyue stared at Hyuga Setsuna as he entered the room carrying the bowl, her voice filled with sorrow.

Did this guy come to save me and get killed too?

Hyuga Setsuna sighed helplessly. Then he carried the porridge over to her side, a gentle smile appearing on his face.

"Captain, you're not dead, and neither am I. We survived!"

Gekko Baiyue stared blankly at Hyuga Setsuna's warm smile, and for a moment, she strangely felt that this was not so bad.

No, what am I even thinking?!

Her face flushed red as Gekko Baiyue hurriedly shook those thoughts from her mind.

Watching Gekko Baiyue lie on the tatami, blushing one moment, shaking her head the next, then inexplicably looking at him again, Hyuga Setsuna felt that she might have been unable to withstand the pressure. She was probably a little crazy.

First update.