[Facing fresh doubts again, you say without the slightest hesitation that you do not know how strong this Abyss Slaughter Demon is, but since it dares doubt you, will it dare to stake its life on challenging you…]

[The Abyss Slaughter Demon opens its mouth but unconsciously takes a step back.]

[Seeing this, you let out a disdainful smile and continue loudly, saying that in fact you used only the time of a single breath to kill your previous challenger…]

[The reason you only left the mausoleum now was because something important delayed you.]

[The demon lords all prick up their ears. Only ancestors of the past lie buried in the mausoleum. The demons have held ancestor-worship rituals there every year and have never discovered anything special about the mausoleum.]

[Yet when they think of your identity as the Abyss Child, they find it quite reasonable that you might trigger some kind of fortuitous encounter there.]

[Your voice echoes at the mausoleum gate…]

[After defeating the challenger, you heard a summons from deep within the mausoleum…]

[Unconsciously, you followed that summons and passed the Statue Demons’ questioning to reach the deepest place of the mausoleum…]

[There, upon the thrones, you saw the remnants of will left by the three strongest demon gods of myth.]

[After you passed their trials, the three demon gods acknowledged your identity as the Abyss Child and handed over to you the mighty power bestowed upon you by the Abyss…]

[It is a great authority that rules over souls and commands all demons.]

[As you speak, under the demons’ shocked gazes, the soul-like form of a demon appears behind you.]

[It is none other than the Abyss Pain Demon that dared challenge you yet died in failure.]

[Under your control, the Abyss Pain Demon’s consciousness body drops to both knees and offers you its most devout worship.]

[The Abyss Slaughter Demon who had just been questioning you stares wide-eyed.]

[It can clearly sense that the soul behind you is indeed the challenger from before.]

[What is even more terrifying is that from the aura it emits, not only has the soul retained its strength from life, it is even stronger than at the peak of its living state.]

[The demon lords find it hard to believe what they are seeing. That the Abyss Child can gain such a mighty authority, can take the souls of dead demons into his command, and can even make those spirits surpass the power they had in their living flesh.]

[After a long time, the Demon Shaman at your side murmurs in admiration that this is truly worthy of the Abyss Child who has inherited the orthodox will of the Abyss.]

[With such mighty authority, the demon race will no longer fear death from this day on.]

[After all, even if they die, they can still, under the command of the Abyss Child, become even stronger spirits and once more rush to the battlefield to fight for the Abyss…]

[This kind of authority is something that even a god’s immortality and eternity can hardly compare to.]

[Only the great Abyss could bestow such a mighty authority.]

[It imitates the spirit’s actions and kneels devoutly before you, and loudly declares…]

[Now, who still dares question the identity of the Abyss Child?]

[The demon lords all snap out of it one after another and follow the Demon Shaman in kneeling devoutly to you.]

[Even the Abyss Slaughter Demon who kept casting doubts just now finally realizes how stubborn and wrong it has been.]

[Of course. Only the mighty Abyss could make a Goat-Horn Demon become the Abyss Child and grant the lowest of demons the authority to rule over demon souls.]

[Its gaze shifts from doubt to reverent worship, and it too kneels devoutly before you.]

[For a time, the cheers of the demon lords chanting the Abyss Child’s name fill the mausoleum…]

Lin Xun quietly let out a breath.

This Demon Shaman was truly the best teammate, setting an excellent example for the demon lords.

Up to this point, his identity as the Abyss Child was finally and firmly established.

Now it was time to start reaping the harvest.

[…]

[You are just about to help the Demon Shaman at your side up from its long kneel when a weaker great demon comes running from far away.]

[Its steps are hurried and its expression flustered as it runs while shouting, Shaman Lord, Shaman Lord!]

[New words have appeared upon the divine stele!]

[Upon hearing this, the Demon Shaman says calmly that there is no need to panic. It will make a guess. It must be that the Abyss Child has gained the recognition of all the demon lords, causing new prophetic words to appear upon the divine stele.]

[As long as the Abyss Child acts according to the stele’s recorded prophecy, the demon race will surely regain its former glory.]

[At these words, the great demon looks conflicted. It hurries to the Demon Shaman’s side and whispers two sentences in its ear.]

[The Demon Shaman’s expression suddenly changes. It immediately rises and declares that all demon lords are to return to the sacrificial site with it to see what words have been written on the stele.]

[As it speaks, it drags along the bewildered you and leads the demon lords in a grand procession back to the sacrificial grounds…]

Lin Xun’s heart gave a jolt.

“Could it be that the Servant’s display just now was too arrogant a slap in the face and the Abyss is now furious and wants to kill me?”

[You hurriedly ask the Demon Shaman what the new text on the divine stele says.]

[Shaking its head, it replies that perhaps only you, the Abyss Child who has inherited the Abyss’s will, can personally go and see it in order to receive the proper answer.]

[The alarm bells in your heart blare all at once. You want to slip away first but cannot find a good chance as the Demon Shaman holds onto you tightly and behind you trails a massive crowd of demon lords…]

[…]

[Very soon, you all return to the Abyss Sacrificial Grounds.]

[From afar, you see that the ancient towering divine stele has gained one more section of text beneath its three lines of history.]

[The Demon Shaman pulls you along at a brisk pace to the stele.]

[The new text is hazy and blurred as if shrouded in a layer of water mist, impossible to read clearly.]

[The Demon Shaman stares hard at the stele, eyes bloodshot and bulging, yet in the end it can only shake its head in regret as it seems unable to decipher the new words on the stone.]

[You cast a quick glance back. The demon lords wear the same expression as the Demon Shaman. No one can make out the words on the stele.]

[The Demon Shaman lowers its voice beside you and respectfully says that although the divine stele has new content, no one can see or interpret it…]

[Right now the mighty Abyss is in a chaotic state that is neither life nor death. Probably only you, the Abyss Child who has inherited its will, can decipher this chaotic prophecy from the Abyss.]

[At these words, the demon lords all look to you with expectation, waiting for you to interpret the prophecy for them.]

[You, the Apostle who is just as blind, what will you do?]

[1. Admit in shame that you also cannot see the stele’s new content… As such a useless Abyss Child, you have no face to meet your demon kin and can only slit your own throat in this place to atone with your death.]

[2. Brazenly claim that you are able to interpret the new prophecy from the Abyss… but that this new prophecy concerns the life and death of the demon race and is an absolute top secret that must not be leaked.]

[3. Take advantage of the situation and proclaim that you already knew the prophecy even before the words appeared… then falsely pass on the Abyss’s prophecy and attempt to gain benefits from the demon race for your own profit.]