The seven-colored afterglow inside the Divine Hall gradually faded.
Xuan Zi stood where she was, her expression complicated-sour, sweet, bitter, spicy, salty, every flavor was there.
In fact, the moment the seven-colored pillar of light shot into the sky, she and Dean Mu En had already worked it out in private: seven Original Sin Gods had bestowed divine trials in the same era. By ordinary reasoning, surely they would each choose a different successor?
Seven divine seats, seven successors. Shrek would produce seven gods in one fell swoop. Just imagining the scene was enough to make them bubble over with delight.
And what had happened?
The seven deities had indeed bestowed their divine trials simultaneously-but all of them had landed on the same person, casually creating the unprecedented title of "Overlord of the Seven Sins" along the way.
Seven wishes, granted in one go?
Xuan Zi opened her mouth, but in the end, all she managed to squeeze out was:
"The thoughts of gods... truly aren't something an ordinary mortal like me can fathom."
She rubbed her temples, glanced at Huo Yutong standing beside her, and sighed as though resigning herself to her fate.
What could she do other than accept it?
The gods had already made their pact, and the laws of heaven and earth had personally responded. As someone serving a god, could she really run up to the God of Gluttony and say, "Boss, I'm turning down this job"?
Did she think she had too much life left?
Besides, Yutong was ultimately one of Shrek's own. The stronger she became, the stronger Shrek became.
If she truly became the Overlord of the Seven Sins, Shrek would no longer have "two supreme powers under one roof"-it would have seven divine seats under one roof, plus an overlord.
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