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"Was killing the demon slayer merely to replace an oppressor? To transform from a demon slayer into a citizen of the gods? Then what was the meaning of the countless human sacrifices during this process, and your own sacrifice?"

"......"

Skadi remained silent, but there was not a trace of confusion in her eyes.

If she hadn't had that sudden realization before, she would naturally have felt confused by the Golden Spider's words and wouldn't have felt the meaning of her efforts.

However... cause and effect are predetermined, and even if Skadi didn't sacrifice herself, she believed that someone else would do something similar in her place.

“Skadi, go back to the human world. Instead of choosing sacrifice, try a way that you think is meaningful to become the savior of the world.”

Seeing that its goal had been achieved, the golden spider once again shot out golden spider silk, shooting towards the sky.

With a slight tug on the golden spider silk, Skadi was instantly pulled up by the spider silk swing beneath her.

Its speed is so fast that it has reached the speed of light. Skadi can only see the scene in front of her as it stretches and switches to another scene.

............

Long, long ago, there were eight great gods.

They were the generals commanding the divine army; the eight gods repelled the evil spirits and demons, bringing lasting peace to the world.

But among them was an ambitious god named Asura.

His ambition led him to rebel against the gods, and the Asura, who plunged the heavens into fear, ultimately took the life of the king of the gods, Storada.

Dark clouds obscure the sun, vegetation withers, and the world is filled with sighs from people.

At this moment, eight pillars of light descended from the sky. Besides the seven gods other than Asura, there was also a newborn goddess who could not bear to see the world fall into ruin.

Led by the great god Deus, the gods launched a great war against Asura and ultimately defeated him.

After the war in the heavens ended, facing the human world plunged into pain and darkness, the goddess, filled with compassion and love, transformed her life essence into light and showered it upon the world.

At the cost of his own eternal slumber, he brought salvation and new life to the world, repaid the sins of the Asuras, and purified the suffering and pain brought by the karmic demons.

From that day onward, the dark world, which had been suffering from the torment of karmic demons, ushered in a dawn-like break.

—This is a myth passed down from generation to generation by humankind.

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Human life is a fortress of cause and effect.

More than eight thousand years have passed since Skadi fell into decline.

In order to successfully suppress the nemesis of the Divine Kingdom, Buridora, after the central Eight Extremes Furnace of the Cause and Effect Fortress had enough mantra power, the Divine Kingdom put it into the long-planned Emperor Indra EX.

Deus was filled with great confidence in destroying Bridora.

Besides the abundant mantra power stored in the Causal Fortress, the Divine Kingdom Army also discovered the effects of the strange mantra power that Skadi had filled into the Eight Extremes Furnace after her sacrifice.

This power of mantra is filled with a warm feeling of love, and its destructive power is not as great as the original eight-fold mantra power of the divine kingdom.

However, when used to subdue demons, it has an extremely strong purifying and restraining effect.

Moreover, it can also have the same purifying effect on the Divine Kingdom Army when they are corrupted by demons during their battles with the demons.

This effect on subduing demons alone surprised Deus and the other gods, and thus a strong confidence arose in their hearts to defeat Bridhara.

Skadi's contributions were so great that they were known throughout the kingdom of God, and her achievements were sung in praise of her.

If the divine kingdom truly defeated Bridora through the power of this mantra, then the savior would undoubtedly be Skadi; ​​even if not, Deus would make it a reality.

Skadi was the disciple he had invested the most in during his Grand Turnaround Plan, and also the one he felt guilty about.

With the power of a full eighty trillion people, Deus had spare capacity, so he took the matter of saving Skadi very seriously.

Over the years, most of the other mantra powers collected by the divine kingdom have been used to help Skadi.

Olga hopes to save her students with enough power of words, so she needs enough power of words.

Over these eight thousand years, Olga's actions have not been entirely without effect; at least Skadi's decaying appearance has returned to its original youthful state.

However, all the internal organs and even bones in his body have been replaced by the power of mantras, and he has been completely transformed into a divine body of the divine kingdom.

The so-called Transformed Divine Body is formed when the people of the divine kingdom absorb a large amount of mantra power, thus creating a Transformed Divine Body that resembles a mechanical assembly.

Although the appearances of the Yagami generals may differ, their inner qualities are similar.

Skadi was still in her mortal form, yet she could still unleash tremendous power. Although this puzzled Olga, the only explanation for her confusion was that she was born human.

Over the course of eight thousand years, having absorbed immense power of mantras, Olga has rebuilt a new and vibrant body on the foundation of Skadi's decaying physique.

However, Skadi did not wake up. Thinking that her power of words was insufficient, she could only continuously supply Skadi with power of words every day.

The amount of mantra power it consumes each day is enormous, even other divine generals cannot use so much mantra power every day, which has drawn criticism from some people.

Olga was furious with those who had expressed dissent, and she eliminated those who needed to be eliminated and targeted those who needed to be targeted.

Olga wasn't the only one annoyed; Yasha was also unhappy with the guy who said such things.

Skadi used a great deal of power for herself, but compared to what she contributed, it was only a drop in the ocean. What right do these ignorant people have to criticize Skadi, who sacrificed herself for the greater good?

Moreover, in addition to its contribution to the storage of true words, its efforts to suppress demons on Earth have also become very successful.

Even the divine army that was corrupted during the battle against demons could be cleansed and purified by the mantra of love, which can be said to have saved their lives more than once.

Because of this immense contribution to the divine kingdom, even the mantra of "Wrath" originally belonging to Ashura among the Eight Gods was replaced with "Love".

Even the myths on Earth changed because Olga needed someone to pray for Skadi and use the power of words that Skadi had acquired.

Punish those who make mistakes, and reward those who achieve merit!

In Deus's eyes, Skadi's contribution was worth the great price the divine kingdom would pay to save her!

"I only chatted with that Golden Spider in the Hazakura World for a short while, and so many years have already passed?"

Skadi, transported back from the abyss of death, wanders in the barren wasteland as a transparent soul. The scene before her is nothing short of desolate; there is no other word that can describe it.

She passed through one human civilization and society after another, from the Eastern Continent to the Western Continent. Civilizations and ruins, or tribes, were the scenes that Skadi saw most often.

Although some civilizations have become relics, many others have stubbornly survived.

Some civilizations were destroyed by demons, while others were 'purified' by divine kingdoms.

Almost all of humanity would not resist the 'purification' of the divine kingdom, nor would they feel anger or fear.

In the first two thousand years of this cycle, Skadi saw many humans face the 'purifying' light of the divine warships, and they all left with smiles on their faces.

In their minds, being 'purified' means being able to leave this land full of filth and suffering, reach the kingdom of the gods, and enjoy eternal bliss there.

It is true that one can reach the kingdom of the gods, but the pleasure is not real.

Now, eight thousand years later, Skadi no longer sees the divine kingdom 'purifying' humanity on earth; instead, it has implemented a purification in a different sense.

While protecting human kingdoms, the Divine Kingdom's army will also use the power of the mantras left behind by Skadi to help humans harmed by demons.

Humans corrupted by demons can be saved if they receive divine help, provided they can survive until they are saved.

The power of the mantra that saves humanity is the power of the mantra that Skadi and Mary poured into the Eight Extremes Furnace.

Therefore, humans on earth hold a very devout faith in the goddess who sacrificed herself to save the world in mythology.

They prayed that the goddess who would save them would awaken from her eternal slumber.

And the power of their prayers was indeed used on Skadi.

"Hmm... There's really a lot of mantra power derived from my faith."

Skadi couldn't help but gasp as she glanced at the endless stream of mantra prayers emanating from the sky above the human city.

Skadi traveled through countless human kingdoms, initially returning in response to human prayers, landing first at her temple.

At that moment, she felt an immense power of incantation resonating with her. After learning about the myths of modern humans, she understood the origin of the incantation power that she could use.

The divine kingdom used the power of the mantras left by Skadi to save humanity from the evil of demons. This act accumulated over seven thousand years, and the people on earth were redeemed generation after generation. Therefore, the prayers for the goddess Skadi are the most sincere.

The gods fought bravely against the demons and protected them from their harm.

The goddess sacrificed herself, bringing them a ray of hope from the darkness of the demon-slaying.

One is to protect, the other is to save.

Without exception, those who were saved thanked Skadi and prayed that she would awaken from her slumber.

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Chapter 55 The Probing Battle with Brithara

For eight thousand years, the entire Vajra Earth has offered its prayers and blessings.

Skadi felt quite touched, and she would have felt even better if it weren't for that sense of déjà vu.

Having experienced a life-or-death reversal, Skadi has come to terms with many things.

For example, as Golden Spider said, was Skadi's sacrifice and dedication meaningful at all?

After the oppressor Brithara was destroyed, another oppressor, the Divine Kingdom, emerged. When the Divine Kingdom ended, who will come next?

Everything is in the cycle of reincarnation. Even the enlightened Buddha could not completely save all sentient beings. He could only leave his own path in the human world and guide sentient beings as a teacher.

The wise man has seen through it all, but he hasn't lived enough.

It is utterly impossible to save every single one of humanity by one's own efforts.

After all, beings with deep-seated obsessions, like Asuras, would rather remain trapped in the cycle of suffering than seek enlightenment.

Moreover, if we always look at things from a long-term perspective, then most things lose their meaning.

Human life on Earth is only a hundred years long, and their overall future is not the future of each individual.

"All conditioned phenomena are like dreams, illusions, bubbles, shadows, dew, and lightning; thus should they be viewed..."

Skadi raised her hand and invoked the immense power of mantras generated by prayers offered to her on Earth. Instantly, a vast and boundless current of mantra power surged toward the Causal Fortress in outer space.

In this cycle of twelve thousand years, not counting the first two thousand years, the total amount of mantra power transformed from prayers for Skadi in the remaining six thousand years is also enormous.

Including the power of the incantations that her teacher Olga used to modify her body, Skadi's power of incantations that she can resonate with and control is estimated to be around 1.5 trillion.

"Now it's time to try and meet that Bridhara."

Skadi called out to Mary and retrieved the pure power cells she had stored with her.

Afterwards, as he merged his soul, or primordial spirit, into his cells to begin reshaping his physical body, he immediately opened a wormhole and rushed towards the depths of the Earth's core.