Apotheosis

The Soul-melting Light continued for more than two hours. Afterward, its rays gradually became dimmer until it finally dissipated.

The whole Sacred Mallow Temple remained quiet. The atmosphere was rather ominous.

"Let's get out of here," Zen said.

"But..." Fear still lurked in Dorothy's mind as she thought of those black eyeballs.

"Don't worry. Those creatures aren't very powerful. They can only depend on the Soul-melting Light to kill people. Even if they were not dead, they still wouldn't be a match for me," Zen persuaded with confidence.

If the Dreaded Eye Demons were truly powerful, Zen and Dorothy would not be able to resist them at all.

With vigilant eyes, Zen walked out of the hollow first. Behind him was Dorothy who carefully stuck out her head to peep at the external environment.

There were black stains on the walls. Zen looked at the trace of the black stains to see where the Dreaded Eye Demons came from. With a sharp glare, he investigated the tracks left behind.

On the other side of the thirteenth floor, a light golden object was lying on the balcony.

Zen walked along the corridor to the balcony. With a curious expression, he examined the object and narrowed his eyes. "A spider?"

A scared expression painted Dorothy's face as she also followed after him. When she saw the golden object, her face lit up with joy. "It's the Heavenly Spider! It finally made sense! That spider net on the first floor must be left behind by this spider!"

Someone in the Oneness Sky Palace had the Heavenly Spider as his Other Shore Token. Dorothy had already seen his Heavenly Spider before. Thus, she immediately recognized it with a glance.

"Maybe it's the Heavenly Spider that attacked us just now," said Dorothy after she thought for a moment.

"That doesn't make sense. The Heavenly Spider is already dead." Zen fiddled with it but it stayed motionless on the floor. "I don't think what happened just now is that simple."

As he maintained his curious expression, Zen stretched out his hand and turned the Heavenly Spider over. Interestingly, he found a small hole between the spider's head and abdomen. Additionally, around the hole were black dots.

When Zen reached for the tiny hole, the Heavenly Spider, which was originally like a dead thing, suddenly contracted. A surprised expression painted both Zen's and Dorothy's faces as the spider turned over and climbed up along the wall rapidly.

Click! Click! Click! Click!

What piqued Zen's interest was that the sound made by the Heavenly Spider while moving on the wall was exactly the same as to what they had heard before.

Fear slowly crept deep inside Dorothy's heart. A sharp ligh

Light. For some ambitious people, it was a convenient way to improve the power of their Souls of Light.

"Someone did it before. However, he lost his mind as a consequence," Dorothy said with a shrug. "Except for the Soul-melting Light, it is extremely difficult to purify the Soul of Light with other methods. If you absorb the Souls of Light of others, you will also absorb their Memory Flames. If you absorb hundreds of people's memories, the result could only be chaotic."

"Got it." Zen nodded.

Although he already knew what the white ball was, he still had no idea what the two glazed eyeballs were.

Even Dorothy, who was well-informed, didn't know what they were. Zen had no other choice but to ask No. 9527 in his mind.

No. 9527 chuckled. "Ha! Did you realize that? You were very lucky to survive this time."

"Huh? What do you mean?" Zen asked as he knitted his eyebrows.

"This is not the Sacred Mallow Temple at all. Such a stupid name was only given by your human race. This temple originally belonged to the Dreaded Eye Demons. As such there are countless Dreaded Eye Demon statues in here," lectured No. 9527. "However, the temple has been destroyed long ago. Additionally, the Dreaded Eye Demons have already gone to extinction. Perhaps some of them managed to come back to life. They must have manipulated a Heavenly Spider that had broken in accidentally. Afterward, they probably killed so many Souls of Light with the Soul-melting Light in order to rapidly reproduce and cultivate their own descendants."

The soul crystal was prepared by the Dreaded Eye Demons for their descendants. If Zen and Dorothy hadn't come, the race would have returned to life after a rather long rest.

Unfortunately, the Dreaded Eye Demons eventually died in the hands of Zen and Dorothy.