No matter how joyfully countless beings entered the world, no matter how they flourished, in the end they all faced a terrifying, sorrowful death!
This was a True Name!
It was also the Laws Spilger wielded: Death and Fear!
With Spilger's True Name, Tang Changsheng held absolute command over his Laws—and over Spilger himself.
At this moment, a single thought from Tang Changsheng could strip Spilger of all his power, or even reduce him to ashes.
This was how a Deity declared utter submission, like a fierce beast exposing its vulnerable belly. Nothing held back. Complete surrender.
Yet the others standing nearby heard nothing of it.
Just then, an object Tang Changsheng carried began to tremble.
It was the Ten Heavens Covenant Elixir Scroll, a gift from the Chief-Command Heavenly Venerable.
Since receiving it that day, Tang Changsheng had made no progress in comprehending it.
He had never imagined that this Treasured Artifact would respond when the ancient god of Death and Fear spoke his True Name and swore loyalty to him.
Without his noticing, a new line of markings had appeared on it.
Tang Changsheng could read those markings at a glance. They were Spilger's True Name.
Laws did not exist as sounds or written words. Sounds, words, and every other tangible form were merely vessels, not the Laws themselves.
"The Ten Heavens Covenant Elixir Scroll... I finally understand!" Tang Changsheng let out a soft breath.
Then Spilger opened his mouth and spat out a Treasure Pearl. "This is the Devouring Serpent's eye. I offer it to you now!"
Tang Changsheng waved a hand. "There's no need. Since you're wholly loyal to me now, I won't take that payment!"
There might have been other ways to evade an oath sworn on one's True Name.
But with the Ten Heavens