Chapter 152 Back in Place This time, just listen to me this once, okay...?

Mo Bei killed people first and then counted them, which caught Yun Tianjiao completely off guard. So even though she and Zhiwei appeared immediately, they were still a step too late.

"Mo Bei, that's enough." Yun Tianjiao stared at Mo Bei, his eyes gleaming with an intimidating light.

Mo Bei raised the corners of his lips. He looked at Yun Tianjiao, then at Zhiwei, and said to him, "Don't you hate her? You were hiding perfectly well, but she risked her life for someone unrelated to you, not only killing herself but also dragging you out with her."

Unlike Yun Tianjiao, Zhiwei didn't glare at him coldly. At this moment, he even showed Mo Bei a friendly smile.

Mo Bei raised an eyebrow. "What are you laughing at?"

Zhiwei said, "I wasn't laughing, I just felt sorry for you."

Mo Bei's childlike face was full of anger. "You're about to die, and now you're pitying me? What do you have to pity me for?"

Zhi smiled and said, "Your Highness stepped forward because she loves the world, and I love Your Highness, and by extension, I am willing to sacrifice myself to protect the world. Mo Bei, the Divine Lord, just now questioned me in this way, which shows that you have never loved anyone, nor have you ever been loved. There are millions of beings in the Three Realms, yet not a single one loves you. Isn't that pitiful?"

Mo Bei found it absurd and tried to force out a contemptuous sneer, but for some reason, the phrase Zhiwei had said kept looping in his mind: "Of the millions of beings in the Three Realms, not one loves you."

Nobody loves him.

He was never loved...

This thought pierced his mind like a demonic whisper, making him breathe rapidly, his heart race, and he felt like both crying and laughing, teetering on the edge of rage and irritability.

How ridiculous! What is love? It's an ethereal and illusory thing, and it can't be eaten.

He is now invincible in the Three Realms, above all living beings, and the only one who is supreme. He doesn't need anyone's love at all!

He has no need for such lowly and useless things!

What can he do if no one loves him?!

What can you do?!

He! No! Rare!

"Heh, so you say she loves the world and you love her..." Mo Bei's smile twisted, "Then I'll grant your wish and let you both die together!!"

Mo Bei was too lazy to use any more spells, so he directly slapped down with his palm. The ethereal palm image pressed down on Yun Tianjiao and Zhiwei like a giant mountain.

Yun Tianjiao was prepared to self-destruct his divine essence. Even if he couldn't kill Mo Bei, he could severely injure him and temporarily save the lives of the people in the city. However, at this moment, golden stardust flashed all over the sky, starting from a few at first and then increasing in number.

These stardust fragments all had the same target: her. They converged in the air into a ribbon of light, flying swiftly towards her, radiating a warm and dazzling golden light, surrounding her completely, and finally merging into her divine essence.

That was the faint, tiny divine essence that arose from the sacrifices she received after she performed good deeds as a black cat.

Even though this divine essence was weak, it still granted her the qualifications of a celestial being.

The overwhelming power of faith easily neutralized the force of Mo Bei's palm strike.

After a moment of stunned silence, Mo Bei seemed to realize what had happened, and an incredulous expression appeared on his face. He looked as if his worldview had been shattered by something unbelievable, and he clutched his head, roaring, "Madman! Gong Xin, you're a madman! You're all a bunch of madmen!!"

A colossal black cat avatar appeared behind Yun Tianjiao. Her divine power was constantly growing stronger, from a minor Venerable to a Celestial Lord, then to a Celestial Venerable, and finally to a Divine Venerable... As the light fragments merged in, it was as if the pieces of her long life, scattered and broken across the Three Realms, were being picked up piece by piece.

During her time guarding the Heavenly Pillar in the Celestial Realm, as one of the Seven Divine Lords, she and her colleagues diligently performed their duties in shifts every day, and in their spare time, she enjoyed wine and laughter while caring for all living beings. After the Heavenly Pillar shattered, she was falsely accused and smeared, so she decided to go all out and sever the very pillar upon which the gods depended for survival, single-handedly confronting the entire Celestial Realm. She was rescued by Fu Luo through a switcheroo, but became a bird in a golden cage, until a young man appeared, and she helped him escape the clutches of evil by offering to cooperate with him…

"May I have your name?"

"No one gave me a name, and no one called me. If I offended others, they would call me a little beggar."

"This isn't a name. A person needs a name to walk through the world."

Would you... name me?

"Hmm... Today happens to be the Minor Cold solar term, so how about I call you Canghan? There are only twenty-odd days left until the New Year. I hope your life gets better and better, your future is bright, and you have peace and safety every year."

Her otherwise bland and long life began to change because of the bond she formed with the boy. Shenyuan, who should have perished due to the departure of all the worshippers, was able to survive because of his sole believer.

When she was a princess of the underworld, he was a ghost general; when she was a noble lady of a celestial sect, he was her spirit pet; when she was reincarnated as a princess in the mortal realm, he became the god she worshipped…

These memories, once glimpsed only through the fog and from an outsider's perspective, have now been fully awakened deep within her mind as her divine power has returned.

She no longer merely "knows" that she is the same person as Yu Meng, Yan Meng, and Yu Sishu from back then. Each of her experiences, pieced together at this moment, forms the complete person she is.

As the last wisp of golden light was absorbed by the divine essence, the ghost pill in Yun Tianjiao's abdomen was completely transformed into a part of the divine essence. The black cat's physical body used to nourish the soul was reshaped into a female body. As she opened her eyes, golden light shone brightly in them, and the black cat's dharma image behind her shattered into thousands of golden points of light, which finally reassembled into the image of a goddess holding a sharp sword in one hand and a peach blossom in the other.

The sun rises in the east, illuminating the earth. Flowers bloom, and new life sprouts. From the heavens above, enchanting chants rise, and amidst the recitations of millions of pilgrims and believers, the ancient gods' dreams are reawakened, and they return to their divine positions!

Mo Bei tried every possible method to stop the light fragments from entering Yun Tianjiao's body, but no matter what he did, he seemed unable to interrupt the process of Yu Meng's awakening.

With a fierce determination, he muttered, "You were awakened by the call of the worshippers, so I will slaughter all those who prayed and burned incense for you! Let's see how you will still possess divine power!"

He casually uttered a death curse, and the curse unleashed a swarm of tens of millions of black venomous snakes, first attacking the guards and palace maids kneeling and praying inside the palace.

Just as the venomous snakes were about to open their mouths and bite the throats of these people, thousands of golden rays, like golden needles, pierced the snakes' heads, turning them into black mist that dispersed.

"Mo Bei, stop now!" Yun Tianjiao shouted angrily. Although his voice wasn't loud, it sounded like thunder to Mo Bei, making him almost lose his footing.

With the vajra in hand, Yun Tianjiao threw the vajra with one hand and swung his knife with the other. Mo Bei took the blow with his glass lamp, but was so shocked that he vomited blood.

"Yu Meng! Don't think that just because you've regained your former divine power, I'm afraid of you!" Although Mo Bei said this, he slipped away as fast as he could.

He transformed into a gust of wind, devouring anyone in his path. In the blink of an eye, he had consumed countless souls. Yun Tianjiao relentlessly pursued him, but was always a step too late.

Her power was ultimately lacking; she couldn't deliver a crushing blow to Mo Bei. As long as Mo Bei didn't actively engage her and instead fled and devoured living souls, he would quickly equalize his power, or even surpass hers.

Her power has reached its limit. Under the guidance of the god created in Gong Xin's dream, almost all mortals have now become her worshippers. Where can this power, nurtured by the power of faith throughout the world, find further growth?

As Mo Bei devoured more and more people, Yun Tianjiao's eyes darkened, and he gradually became ruthless.

While she might not be able to kill Mo Bei in one fell swoop if she survived, it would likely be no problem for her to use her current divine energy to self-destruct and take Mo Bei with her.

"Zhiwei, help me trap Mo Bei." She turned back to Zhiwei, who had caught up with her.

Even knowing that she could no longer do anything for Yun Tianjiao, Zhiwei still stayed close to her side.

"Your Highness, even if we manage to trap him, given his strength, we can probably only hold out for a moment before he escapes."

Zhiwei meant that this instant was simply not enough time for Yun Tianjiao to kill him.

Yun Tianjiao nodded, "It's alright, a moment is enough. First, trap him for me."

Zhiwei gave her a deep look, but said nothing more, only nodding and replying, "Yes, Your Highness."

He always complied with her requests without any limits, both in the past and now.

Mo Bei had already devoured no fewer than several thousand living souls. After finishing those in the palace, he went outside to eat. He was like a mischievous child running rampant in an orchard, killing and devouring living souls as easily as picking fruit.

Suddenly, he felt his body stiffen slightly, as if he had been tripped by something. He looked down slightly and realized that he had stepped into Yun Tianjiao's trapping formation.

"Heh, you think you can trap me like this?" Mo Bei scoffed, not taking it seriously at all. Just as he was about to break free, he suddenly felt a chill run down his spine and his scalp tingle as if he were being pricked by needles!

His pupils contracted slightly, and a surge of boundless terror welled up in his heart!

In that brief instant, he turned his head as if in slow motion, only to see Yun Tianjiao approaching him at an extremely fast speed, while simultaneously forming a hand seal with one hand.

Mo Bei opened his eyes wide.

That's... the hand seal for detonating divine energy!

Is he... insane?

She actually wanted to self-destruct?

She had only just regained her divine power and possessed boundless glory, yet she wanted to self-destruct at this crucial moment? Just to perish together with him?! Didn't she have even the slightest regret or hesitation?

They've gone mad... They've all gone mad...

Is there anyone normal left in this world?

Yun Tianjiao hadn't even finished completing the hand seal for exploding her divine essence when she suddenly felt someone embrace her from behind.

That familiar scent enveloped her from head to toe, carrying endless tenderness and longing.

He gently gathered the hand that was forming a hand seal into his palm.

The self-destruction ritual was forced to a halt.

Mo Bei's face lit up with joy, and he took advantage of the opportunity to escape once again.

"Zhiwei!!" Yun Tianjiao roared, "You've ruined everything!"

But Zhiwei didn't speak. He simply buried his face in the back of her neck and kissed her gently, almost greedily, while holding her hand that was holding the vajra.

Their hands intertwined, gripping the vajra together. Zhiwei whispered, "Your Highness, I know you'll blame me, but I can't let you sacrifice yourself again. Please listen to me this time, okay?"