The "Merciful Holy Mother," who had remained kneeling on the ground in devout prayer, gradually grew animated after Zhou Heng laid the "Sakas Emperor Sword (Holy Sword)" against her neck. She raised her head to meet Zhou Heng's gaze as he looked down at her from above. Without speaking, she gave Zhou Heng a gentle smile, then looked up at the "Father" before whom she knelt. "I once believed Father single-handedly caused the Star Nation's destruction, but in the end, I discovered that I was the one who was wrong. Child, can mercy... truly not save all these living beings?"
Faced with the "Merciful Holy Mother's" question, Zhou Heng recalled a line a great writer from his previous life had written in a book: "Lose your humanity, and you lose much; lose your animal nature, and you lose everything." Perhaps those words could answer the "Merciful Holy Mother" well, but Zhou Heng knew he had something more important to do...
"Mercy cannot save all living beings."
"Then what do you think can save them all?"
"Killing... Protection... can!"
The "Merciful Holy Mother" seemed to have known this answer long ago. She closed her wet eyes, tears rolling unstoppably from their corners. They dripped onto the ground, turning into drops of crystal-clear liquid. Zhou Heng knew the time had come. He raised the "Sakas Emperor Sword (Holy Sword)" high and slashed down at the "Merciful Holy Mother's" neck. With a ripping sound, the "Merciful Holy Mother's" head fell to the ground. Amid a spray of light aura, this Ancient Hero turned into streaming light and vanished from the "Confession Room."
Just as Zhou Heng beheaded the "Merciful Holy Mother," elsewhere, Achilles Gabriel Heng, who had already entered the "Compassionate Heaven and Earth Castle," walked into the "Compassionate Great Hall." With a