"Before you, when mortals ascended to godhood, they were only selected from the followers of the Divine Clan. Even if they ascended, it was through the orthodox Spiritual Warrior lineage."

"Since your usurpation, mortals ascend to godhood from various layers of society. Horse caretakers, goat herders, pimps, civil servants, anyone has the chance to take part."

"Do you think you usurped Morphederia's power? No, from the Starry Abyss's perspective, you usurped an era."

"The Pathway is the greatest tool invented by the Starry Abyss, only it is open to mortals, while the Favored Clan is not. In such contrast, the Pathway becomes the only route for lower mortals to overturn their fate and ascend to godhood."

"Lai Anding once told me something."

Severston cupped a small handful of snow, then stood up:

"'Beneath the Primordial Abyss, only class and death are insurmountable.' —So said Lai Anding."

With that, he brought the snow to his lips and gently blew.

Fff—

The seemingly solid snow suddenly scattered, flying everywhere, mingling with the vast white plains, hidden and unseen.

White snowflakes fluttered down, landing on cold porcelain skin,.

"Snow..."

The Spiritual Warrior extended a hand in surprise, trying to catch a snowflake, but in the next moment, a whip of Chaos Blazing Fire lashed through the air, striking his armorless body relentlessly.

"Ouch!"

The Spiritual Warrior cried out in pain:

"Mother of Lai Anding, Land Loyd was wrong, Land Loyd shouldn't have been distracted! Don't hit Land Loyd anymore."

His knees deeply embedded in the white sands, with Purgatory's lava roiling not far away, the majestic figure of Lai Anding in the sky remained indifferent to his cries for mercy.

"What did I once tell you, Land Loyd?"

Lai Anding's cold message came:

"Or should I call you... Emperor of the Northern Territory? McDowell Button? What ridiculous names."

"Mother of Lai Anding..."

The Spiritual Warrior knelt on the ground, the chaos-inflicted lashes brought him excruciating pain:

"I was wrong, please forgive me. The chaos strikes hurt so much! Even a single second of contact nearly costs my life."

Lai Anding only asked:

"Land Loyd, do you understand how grave a mistake you made?"

"I was wrong! Boohoo, I truly was wrong, Mother of Lai Anding."

Land Loyd raised his head. His features, distinct from other Spiritual Warriors, were not only finely chiseled but also possessed a pair of lively pink-and-blue eyes. Coupled with his intricately crafted and luxurious armor, he was almost like...

"Among the same new generation of deities, your caliber compared to Xides is truly lacking."

Lai Anding calmly said:

"Xides has already disappeared, unless you wish to share his fate in the Lower Starry Abyss."

At the mention of Xides's fate, Land Loyd immediately trembled uncontrollably, prostrate on the ground, crying out:

"I truly erred! Mother, I truly realized my mistake. How could I have known these rebellious commoners would dare resist? Had I known, I'd have silenced them all."

"...Fool. This vulgar mortal mindset, where on earth did you pick it up?"

Lai Anding sighed:

"It's hard to imagine that the heir to my personally crafted Redemption could turn out to be such a mundane being."

Seeing Lai Anding's disappointment, Land Loyd's eyes darted around, then he said with grievances:

"But Mother of Lai Anding, after all, we're different from the other Spiritual Warriors."

"You all have porcelain skin and jade bones fired by chaos, no different from one another. Now, with the number of Spiritual Warriors decreasing rather than increasing, you've caused such internal strife. Just settling the impact brought by the cognition filter has cost a vast amount of manpower and resources."

Lai Anding said with a bitter disappointment:

"Land Loyd, knowing others aren't as noble as you is enough. Pointing it out only makes you seem pathetic and laughable. True aristocrats should be role models and leaders. And you? You're nothing more than a vulgar groundhog, a profligate dandy!"

"Oh, Mother, we are truly kin, those commoner warriors died and died."

"Do you think it's merely a matter of the dead? You showed the Border Abyss the internal discord and conflict among the Descenders!"

Lai Anding sneered coldly:

"There are always foolish children who believe the Starry Abyss is a place where power dictates everything. They assume that if they merely accomplish something of negligible merit, they can trample the rules and leap to prominence. No, in the Starry Abyss, only one thing is ever true."

"Order." Land Loyd quickly said: "Mother, I understand your point. You mean, it's not that killing a few dirt-poor souls mattered; it matters that we let the Border Abyss know."

"Unlike the ambiguous stance of the Layer Abyss, the Border Abyss's attitude has always been neutral. It neither hopes for independence nor wishes to entirely depend on the Starry Abyss, leaving us to dominate and rule."

As they spoke, Lai Anding's humanoid form suddenly walked upon the white sands. With a gentle hand, this tall and benevolent mother slowly raised her hand, caressing the scarred back of Land Loyd:

"To make the Border Abyss bow, we must make its narratives rely on us, understand the importance of us Descenders, and let them know the only reliable force to resist 'Society' and other Narrative Civilizations is us."

Lai Anding gently said:

"Look at any Spiritual Warrior you dislike, you can kill whoever you wish. Because you are one of my most special children, you are destined to inherit the position of Chief God of the Redemption Sprite—yet even so, you must distinguish the occasion."

As she spoke, she abruptly seized Land Loyd by the head, pressing it to the ground.

Bang!

"Ugh—"

Land Loyd instantly lost all ability to move, lying prostrate on the ground without the slightest inclination to resist.

"I paid a very, very, very high price to temporarily suspend the Forum and the ports of the Starry Abyss, and requested the Will of the Starry Abyss to rewrite your first narrative identity."

In the next moment, a pale purple spike pierced directly into Land Loyd's neck, and even under his mother's crushing foot, Land Loyd couldn't help but scream in agony.

"Aaaaahhhhhhhh!"

"This is the congealed souls of the previously deceased Spiritual Warriors. From this day on, you will bear their death and pain, obediently continue your activities—rest assured, I won't let you vanish like Xides. These souls of the dead, if you can swiftly grow stronger, will not oppress or cause you pain."

Lai Anding's face bore a gentle smile, like a mother coaxing her child. She lowered her head and gently said by the ear of the distorted, nearly mentally collapsing Land Loyd:

"Do not cause Mother trouble again, okay?"

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