As fear took hold in the heart of everyone on Blue Star, the consciousness of the Lord of Omniscience in Jiang Hao's hand, light-years away in space, began to twist violently.
Its sacred, immortal essence as a god was thrown into utter chaos, distortion, and madness by the powerful negative emotions of Blue Star's people.
Looking at it, Jiang Hao felt for a moment as though he were looking at the consciousness of the Abyss.
But on closer inspection, he could still tell the two apart.
Though this consciousness was as chaotic, twisted, and mad as that of the Abyss, at its core lay a thread of immortal essence. No matter how deeply its sacred nature was eroded, that thread showed no sign of Corruption.
It was like a pearl inside an oyster. Only by opening the shell could one see the dazzling pearl within.
Soon, his gaze left the Lord of Omniscience's consciousness and turned to the Shroud cradled in the angel's hands.
"The Shroud actually became a Greater Divine Artifact."
He opened the River of Fate and looked into the past, quickly discovering how it had happened.
In the Otherworld, gods made Divine Artifacts by finding precious Magic Materials and fashioning them into objects, then bathing those objects in their own blood or another god's to transform them.
Jiang Hao's blood had stained this Shroud from the start. When he became a god and returned to Blue Star, the blood on it transformed into Divine Blood as well, changing its nature and granting it immortality.
Later, when Jiang Hao advanced to Supreme Divine Power and returned to Blue Star, the blood on the Shroud transformed again. Divine Blood from one who wielded Supreme Divine Power granted it tremendous might.
It immediately Devoured the Shroud of Turin, another item