A few days earlier.
Gabriel had just returned from a campaign when the Heavenly Lord Jehovah summoned her to his office.
Jehovah stood before the window, his eyes deep and his voice richly resonant. What he told Gabriel shocked her profoundly.
"Gabriel, Lucifer is no longer himself. An evil soul has taken possession of his body."
At first, Gabriel could scarcely believe it. She frowned and argued.
"But, Heavenly Lord, I haven't seen anything unusual about Lucifer. Besides, all these years, he's been looking after me, his older sister. He's treated me very well."
"Think carefully. Aren't there many things from the past that he no longer knows? Besides, didn't you often say he was rebellious and always refused to call you his sister?"
Jehovah chuckled softly and said.
"But..."
"Gabriel, you know I never lie, nor have I ever deceived any of you."
Jehovah told her many more things about how Lucifer was not her younger brother, slowly tipping the scales in her heart.
"Go back. I know you already understand in your heart that he is no longer Lucifer. He'll return in a few days. This is what you should do..."
"Mm..."
At the center of Sky City.
Inside the Seraphim Gabriel's villa.
Jiang Yang sat calmly in his seat, looking at Gabriel, who held the tip of her sword before him.
Although he did not know why Gabriel had said the Heavenly Lord had pointed out that he was not Lucifer.
Jiang Yang felt he had done quite well. Apart from being slightly confident and having been called arrogant by his enemies, he clearly hadn't left any openings.
Jiang Yang had met the Heavenly Lord, too. He looked like a handsome, kindly young man.
But Jiang Yang knew this fellow had been active since the age