Upon discovering the contamination, they made a decision: his personality would be used to bear the contamination, while the Fifth Dawn would remain clean.
They did it.
Xia Heguang's mistake was that he was unaware of the existence of the Fifth Long Night and assumed that the pollution was borne by the Fifth Dawn.
He lured the clay statue over, and even planted spies in the Dawn Central Bureau to deliberately provoke him and make him explode—all to whitewash himself.
Xia Heguang wanted to open the door, but he wanted the reputation of a savior, not a destroyer of the world.
So he needs a scapegoat.
Fifth Dawn was his choice.
Unfortunately, Fifth Dawn had long anticipated Xia Heguang's plan, and with Qin Tan's cooperation, Xia Heguang was destined to fail.
Qin Tan appeared beside Fifth Long Night at this moment, and she took out the jade pendant.
The jade snake on the stone gate stirred.
It climbed down from the door, swam to Qin Tan's side, and completely surrounded her.
It's not about strangulation, it's about protection.
The Jade Serpent's closeness to Qin Tan left Xia Heguang with an incredulous expression.
"How could you possibly gain His approval?"
Xia and Guang both cracked their voices.
“I did not receive His approval.”
Qin Tan's voice was steady, and in her eyes flowed an emotion as unfathomable as mist.
“I was also present when you made your deal with Him.”
Qin Tan looked directly at the other person.
Her hazy memories returned the moment she received the jade pendant.
Time in the Abyss is chaotic; she was unconscious outside for a year, but in reality, she spent countless years in the Abyss.
It went on for so long that she witnessed many of the secrets within.
For example, Xia Heguang spent a lot of effort to awaken Him once.
"You made a deal."
"He gives you a drop of blood and promises that if you can open this door, He will grant your wish."
That drop of blood belonged to the jade snake.
She stole three powers from the depths of the abyss.
One of them is the Jade Serpent, which represents the authority over life. It is the guardian of the Abyss Gate and is originally a neutral being.
To maintain the balance between the two sides, the Jade Serpent was not allowed to step out of the door before the end came.
With this drop of blood, Xia and Guang had the opportunity to open the door from the outside and let Him in.
But he didn't know that Qin Tan had stolen complete control of the Jade Serpent after their transaction.
"Speaking of which, I should thank you. If you hadn't awakened Him once, I'm afraid I would still be wandering down there."
It was that awakening that gave her the opportunity.
It was this awakening that made the Church of the Abyss even more convinced that He truly existed, leading them to perform sacrifices time and time again.
Only then was she able to return to the human world.
As one of the powers of the Abyss, the Jade Serpent's abilities are not something that Xia Heguang can use at will.
He needs to expend more of his life force to achieve balance.
He cannot accept taking from himself.
So he diluted that drop of blood, made it into a medicine, and sold it. Those who took it would form a connection with the jade snake.
When the Jade Serpent revives, those who have used the potion will be selected for life extraction.
The clay statue was merely a convenient way to extract and store that life force in advance, and then frame Fifth Dawn. He wanted Fifth Dawn to be the scapegoat, while he himself hid in the shadows and took control of that door.
In this way, he will control the lives of countless living beings.
Xia Heguang could not resist this temptation.
Wu Changye had no intention of explaining much to Xia Heguang. He stretched his limbs and walked towards Xia Heguang.
As they drew near, wings appeared behind Xia Heguang.
He wanted to run away.
Unbeknownst to them, Qin Tan's shadow took over the area, and Xia Heguang's men had long been silently dealt with by Black Crow.
If you don't want to die from the curse, you have no choice but to surrender.
When she recalled the memories of the abyss, she also remembered the existence of the door.
Through her relationship with the Jade Serpent, she discovered that Xia Heguang had insidiously hidden the door in the Dawn Pivot.
Therefore, she took the initiative to approach Fifth Dawn and confessed her plan.
She wanted Xia Heguang to feel that victory was assured.
To make things more believable, Fifth Night repeatedly took control of his body, causing the spies in Dawn's headquarters to notice his abnormality and report it to Xia Heguang.
That's how things unfolded afterward.
After Xia Heguang was arrested, Xi Yang sidled up to Qin Tan.
"Is he the Pope?"
The Pope has not yet appeared.
"no."
"The real pope died at his hands, and he took his place."
“Those clay statues are all mixed with the same blood, they are one with each other, and that’s how he contacted those bishops.”
The clay statues were merely meant to make the appearance of "divine oracle" more believable.
In reality, those divine pronouncements were all Xia Heguang's own will.
This is truly heartbreaking.
"This place will be sealed off according to your wishes, and no one can enter until you return."
"I will personally guard this place."
The bureau chief walked up to Qin Tan with a smile.
It was a gentle smile, devoid of the cruelty and bloodlust from before.
This is the fifth dawn.
"Come back? Where are you going?"
Xia Shuang realized something and asked, Qin Tan smiled and pointed to the door.
"I want to go in."
The reason she cooperated with Xia Heguang's plan was to make this door appear.
Otherwise, she would have to find a way to destroy the headquarters of Dawn Central.
She knows how to find someone to take the blame.
“I still have a score to settle with Him.”
A shrunken jade snake was coiled on her wrist.
It holds the power of life, is immortal and indestructible, and now it is in her hands. Unless she is willing, no one can open that door.
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