Once, Feng Yuan had also considered what truly constituted evil for the Divine Beasts, but unfortunately, due to the differences between Divine Beasts and humans, Feng Yuan could not figure it out.

To humans, reckless slaughter of humans might be considered evil, right?

But for Divine Beasts, they might just be purging what they see as harmful to the world.

At the very least, Divine Beasts have their own standards of good and evil.

However, this time, Feng Yuan couldn’t help but doubt whether even they could determine what was truly good and evil.

Perhaps, good and evil don’t matter. The only thing that requires their attention is the safety of the world itself.

Veronia switched to a support state, while Agunas and the others weren’t idling. In Veronia’s Glittering Stone Domain, their ultimate moves were endowed with special effects that ignored world rule limitations.

This was also a common utilization method of the Glittering Stone during the Mythical Era.

With no other choice, the Mythical Era rife with wild Divine Beast battles wasn’t like modern times, where one only needed to counter property resistance; there was also the more troublesome world rule resistance affecting their attack effects.

Glittering Stones were used extensively during that era precisely because of the widespread nature of world rule resistance then.

"Do we not need to help?"

Qi Chen walked up to Feng Yuan and asked quietly. Under the blessing of the Glittering Stone Domain, Agunas and the others displayed exceedingly formidable offensive capabilities. Feng Yuan glanced at Qi Chen and shook his head, saying

"No, listen to its voice."

Xiao Ji curiously and attentively listened. It faintly heard a strange voice questioning.

"Why?"

"Why bully me?"

"Why do you all dislike (me) so much?"

"Why destroy my home?"

"Why target me?"

"Why..."

That strange voice would likely go unnoticed if not listened to quietly. Qi Chen looked puzzled at Feng Yuan and said in confusion

"What’s the problem? It can’t possibly get away just by pretending to be crazy, right?"

"What if, to it, it was just doing what it thought was right?"

"No, it can’t be?!"

Qi Chen looked at Feng Yuan in shock. He had always thought the darkness of the Devouring World was wreaking havoc on the Parallel World with great malice, but Feng Yuan was suggesting it was doing what it thought was right?

No, if considered a madman, perhaps to the madman, it could indeed be seen as right, but... he couldn’t accept it.

"I just want everyone... to be the same... the same happiness... why... why force me!!!"

That strange voice suddenly turned to a sharp howl. The black figure, suppressed by Agunas and the others, suddenly exploded, and a black oil-like viscous substance quickly spread all around.

Feng Yuan furrowed his brow. This was the substance, or rather what they had seen before, soul of the Devouring World’s darkness, and what appeared now, was the flesh of the Devouring World’s darkness.

This thing had indeed become an erroneous Divine Beast. The reason it hadn’t caused immense destruction in the real world was merely because it was temporarily confined to the Parallel World.

Thinking this, Feng Yuan no longer hesitated.

"I’m sorry, though it’s a bit cruel, it must be done."

With a finger pointed, the black robe phantom behind him carried a lantern in its left hand and swung a long-handled sickle with its right hand, joining the fray. The power of death from the black robe phantom was purer than Xiao Ji’s; the gelatinous flesh of the Devouring World’s darkness could not withstand that overwhelming death power, turning to ash upon contact.

"Perhaps, from the beginning, your birth was a mistake, perhaps from the beginning, you attained the wrong cognition, perhaps for you, you’ve done nothing wrong."

"But, you can no longer be saved, and everything can only end here!"

Summoning the Dark Ancient Book, Feng Yuan loudly declared as he brushed along its open pages. With Xiao Ji’s power joining in, the entire space was forcibly transformed into Nether Soil.

The power in the hands of Qi Chen and others, as well as their Beast Tamers, ignited with ghostly blue flames, which, like special effects, did no harm to them.

Feng Yuan glanced at the black slime-like creature dominating the space, with black mist constantly emanating from it.

This was the true core of the Devouring World’s darkness. The black fog figure and the gelatinous substance seen earlier were merely its extended manifestations.

"Why, when everyone becomes the same, when everyone becomes one, isn’t that joyful, why."

Once more, a confused howl resounded. Veronia coldly eyed the darkness of the Devouring World and said:

"It’s really annoying; I don’t know how those guys managed to create this erroneous Divine Beast. It feels really unpleasant."

"There’s no chance of salvation, nor can it be saved..."

Sighing, Agunas swished its tail to intensify its power again. It had heard Feng Yuan and Qi Chen’s conversation but didn’t understand at the time why Feng Yuan spoke as he did.

Now it understood why Feng Yuan said it couldn’t be saved.

In its understanding, its actions were all correct; maybe altering its cognition could be seen as salvation.

But its methods, in their understanding, were extremely evil and sinful; letting it share their view of good and evil... is that truly any good for it?

Carrying an unshakeable guilt, is that really salvation?

Agunas didn’t know. It chose to, in conflict, send the opponent into eternal rest.

An erroneously born Divine Beast won’t be resurrected by the world; even if reborn, it’s merely a completely new entity, so...

"Let’s end this quickly; this feeling is really uncomfortable."

Veronia said as she increased the support power again. Continuing to delay, even she couldn’t guarantee what might happen.

"Qi Chen, let’s make our move too. Now you have the power to breach its defenses and can be of help."

Feng Yuan said to Qi Chen and his group. The prior blessings were to enable Qi Chen and his group to join the battle.

While Agunas and others battled the core of the Devouring World’s darkness, Qi Chen and his group were cleaning up the surrounding black gelatinous substance.

Though not the core, it was nonetheless part of the Divine Beast’s body, and even with the blessing, Qi Chen and the team’s attacks could only slowly erase its traces.

Qi Chen didn’t think too much; to him, the opponent was an enemy, and that was enough. As for whether the enemy was guilty, he didn’t want to concern himself with that.

Dou Yanlan and Qiu Hanmo thought a bit more complexly, but they too understood that this might be the best course of action now.

As the Devouring World’s darkness took destructive hits, the space trembled slightly. Gitalien had to step in to stabilize it; otherwise, they might be engulfed by the collapsing space before vanquishing the darkness. 𝚏𝗿𝗲𝐞𝚠𝕖𝐛𝗻𝗼𝐯𝕖𝚕.𝚌𝗼𝗺

Yet even so, as the damage to the darkness grew, the space became increasingly unstable, and in the Parallel World where its authority was limited, Gitalien found it harder and harder to stabilize the space.

At that moment, Tamur acted.

It seemed to have realized what its earlier feeling was.

Once again, the illusion of the Mythical Era descended. This time, only a glimpse of the Mythical Era was displayed, but for some reason, in the eyes of the observers, the shadow of the Mythical Era, devoid of life, seemed to have a welcoming intent.

"Tamur! What are you doing?!"

Agunas looked at Tamur in shock and anger. Didn’t the other know that the darkness of the Devouring World could corrupt world rules?!

Why use the projection of the Mythical Era to lure the darkness, wasn’t it worried the darkness might damage the most complete record of the Mythical Era?!

"Since the New Era cannot accommodate you, then return to the past you long for, even though it may not be as beautiful as you imagine."

Speaking calmly, Tamur paid no heed to Agunas’ roar. For Agunas and others, the Mythical Era projection might be a tool for reminiscing the past, but for some special existences, it represented another possibility.

As Tamur’s words fell, a golden figure floated from the darkness, gingerly approaching the projection of the Mythical Era and slowly trying to make contact with it.

Clearly it was a clean gold, yet the figure seemed afraid of sullying the golden Mythical Era, hesitating before the projection.

After a while, perhaps finally mustering courage, it stepped into the projection and vanished within the Mythical Era, leaving only a bashful and fearful... thank you, echoing in everyone’s ears.