After the Intelligence Division sealed off the temple ruins, excavation soon began.
Beside the ruins, inside a small, hastily erected tent.
Intelligence personnel brought in a steady stream of clues left behind at this Mandala Society outpost.
Qi Wu and the others had gathered here so Wang Xiaoyu could use her ability to investigate those clues.
Wang Xiaoyu lived up to their expectations, activating [Trace Shadow Manifestation] with the clues they had collected.
The first thing she traced was the remains of the Blood Willow Buddha Mother.
The air before them rippled like water, revealing the past of the Child-Giving Monastery.
Qi Wu and Wolf Team's companions all focused on the images.
A hundred years ago, there had been a temple in the wilderness.
Prayers for children proved remarkably effective at this temple, earning it the name Child-Giving Monastery.
Driven by people's desires, the wilderness temple gradually flourished.
Yet everything that flourished would eventually decline.
Influenced by humanity's obsession with "reproduction," a powerful Demon quietly came into being within the temple.
The Blood Willow Buddha Mother had originally been nothing more than an ancient willow tree in a corner of the temple.
Over a hundred years, countless people seeking children left offerings and obsessions at the monastery. Those accumulated obsessions eventually gave birth to the Buddha Mother, transforming the tree into a powerful Demon.
That was the origin of the Blood Willow Buddha Mother.
As the images faded, Wolf Team propped his chin on his hand and said gravely:
"I see. Demons are often born from human desires. That's common knowledge."
"But a naturally born Demon like this could never reach False Awakening."
"The Mandala Society must have done something to it."
As he spoke, Wolf Team looked at a strange root the Intelligence Division had unearthed from