Living beings entered the River of Forgetfulness,
Netherfire ferried wandering souls!
"This... is impossible!" The Great Calamity's gaze went blank.
As though she had suddenly remembered something, she jerked her head up to look at the Book of Life and Death and said nothing for a long time!
After a stretch of silence...
"Try severing your connection to this book in your mind, then cast it again!" the Great Calamity said with grave seriousness. Su Mo, too, seemed to sense that something was wrong.
Following the Great Calamity's instructions, Su Mo severed his connection to the Book of Life and Death in his mind and tried again:
"Here... there should be fire!"
Whoosh!
This time, the Book of Life and Death did not interfere with Su Mo's Confucian Dao spell. The flame that appeared was merely a ball of red fire, its light gentle!
The Great Calamity let out a slight breath of relief...
Fortunately, it could be controlled... otherwise, this would be an enormous problem for Su Mo!
Looking at Su Mo with an extremely grave expression, the Great Calamity said, stressing every word, "From now on, avoid using this book whenever you can. If you can abandon it, abandon it."
It was the first time Su Mo had seen the Great Calamity look like this. His heart gave a sudden jolt, and he asked cautiously, "Is there a problem?"
"The karma tied to this book is too great. You cannot bear it!" The Great Calamity looked at the utterly uncanny Book of Life and Death hanging high in the void.
Su Mo frowned as well. "What exactly is this 'karma' you all keep talking about?"
"'Karma' is so elusive that it cannot be explained plainly..." the Great Calamity said. "But suppose you ate a 'fruit' by the roadside.