Ji Heng came and went in a hurry. After a brief conversation with the other two, he hastily rose and left.
Yichu watched his fading figure in silence for a moment, then suddenly turned to Chu Mo and warned him, "Whatever you do, don't join the Life-Ending Society just because you've taken a liking to those killing fiends."
Recalling Ji Heng's earlier look, along with Chu Mo publicly slaying Chen Feng and Yu Yao of the Enforcement Hall, he could not help advising, "Those killing fiends are best admired from afar, not befriended up close. When they go mad, they'll even kill themselves!"
Chu Mo smiled at that. "Rest easy, fellow Daoist. I'm hardly some bloodthirsty killer. Of Tribulation Deliverance's Four Lineages, Harmony Truth may be... ahem, but it's still the best fit for me."
Now I'm even more worried!
The corners of Yichu's mouth twitched as he listened. Still, he could hardly say much more. After a few more words subtly pointing out the stakes, he took his leave.
After seeing him off, Chu Mo sat quietly in thought for a while, then raised his consciousness into the True Realm.
The towering Dark Azure Mountain Range stretched across the void. Nether Radiance flowed around it, death and creation intertwining into a hazy halo. Chu Mo stood atop a peak, looking down over his Dao Foundation.
With the two authorities of life and death in his grasp, his True Realm was vaster and more magnificent than before. Clusters of green vegetation had begun sprouting across the dark azure mountains, as though new life were gestating amid deathly stillness.
He extended a finger, and a speck of lustrous white light rose from its tip.
This was the Root Origin Mystique, which expounded the myriad manifestations of creation and gave birth to