Chu Mu's head felt groggy. The first thing he did upon waking was try to sense the power of his Path.
He sensed the Path of the Eyeless again.
But the Red Sun still gave no response.
Chu Mu's heart grew heavy.
The past eight months of life as Chieftain felt like a dream.
But Chu Mu knew it had not been a dream.
The Red Sun really had revived!
Suddenly, Chu Mu remembered something and asked:
"Where's Tingyun?"
"Right, where's Miss Tingyun?" Sampo looked around. "Strange. Why isn't she with us?"
"Something's happened!" Chu Mu's expression darkened. "Tingyun is the one they chose as the Lady! Damn it, why did it have to be her?"
It was rare for Chu Mu to swear.
He had already more or less figured out what the trial was about.
The three ascetic orders supposedly spreading the gospel actually shared the same goal!
What did those three orders have in common?
They were all people who had returned to life from the embers!
The Blind Ascetics worshipped the Eyeless, but none of them had actually embarked on the Path of the Eyeless. Their so-called faith was a self-deluding joke.
So, to return to life, they still had to rely on the Lady's power!
As for the Ember Ascetics, although they worshipped the Lady, the previous Lady had vanished. They could only choose a new one!
Ultimately, these people did not worship any particular Lady. They worshipped whichever Lady could benefit them!
That was why they had joined forces with the Red Sun Ascetics to orchestrate this trial.
The Red Sun Ascetics wanted to revive the Red Sun. The Lady was their gift to the Red Sun.
But the Lady who had betrayed the Red Sun in the past was gone. The one they