Chapter 195 - Returning to the Peak (1/2)

Celestial Plane, Divine Triad Pagoda.

After being advised by the pagoda where the Immortal Verdict Wielders resided to wait for orders, Nix and Shirohana decided to follow its advice, heading back to the Hall of Greater Divinity at their maximum speed. Nonetheless, while they made their way towards the Hall of Greater Divinity, the two of them could not help but let out a sigh inwardly.

”Are you feeling the same feeling as me, Shirohana?” Nix looked at Shirohana, who was beside her and asked this question. In response to this, Shirohana let out a short sigh before answering with, ”If it's the feeling of helplessness, then yes. I feel the same thing.”

”Only a few dozen of us have survived the onslaught from the First Divine Demon War,” Nix let out a chuckle filled with melancholy as she spoke. She then added, ”To know the power of a Sin firsthand, who wouldn't feel helpless in front of it?”

She then focused her vision on Shirohana's face before saying, ”And that���s why I hate the new generation of Lesser and Greater Gods who haven't been in the war, thinking that Sins are nothing compared to them.”

”Why hate them?” Shirohana replied to Nix's statement before adding, ”They're just lucky to be born in a time in the Celestial Plane that wasn't filled with strife. That's all.”

”If they were born at the time when the First Divine Demon War was at its highest, which one of them wouldn't feel the same as us?” Shirohana continued, only to let out a sigh a few seconds later. ”Then again, I still want to do something before the inevitable comes. Something that would increase my chances of surviving.”

”What do you have in mind?” Nix asked her, slightly curious as to what Shirohana was thinking. Fortunately, Shirohana was not someone who kept everything to herself, eventually telling Nix what she was going to do as she waited for orders.

The response Shirohana got from Nix was that of an expression of complete shock, as well as a shout that went along the lines of, ”Are you insane?! You're going to try and become an Immortal Verdict Wielder?!”

”Well, by becoming an Immortal Verdict Wielder, if the Sin we're up against is a Deified Sin, then it wouldn't be impossible for me to fight back,” Shirohana explained her thought process before adding, ”On the other hand, if it's a Primordial Sin, which I hope it isn't, then I would have a greater chance to escape.”

”You…” Nix muttered in slight disbelief, only to become silent as she felt the conviction that was gradually emanating from Shirohana. Noticing this, she let out a sigh that said something along the lines of 'I guess it can't be helped' before saying, ”I guess you're serious, huh. It's so like you to do such a thing.”

”Sorry for being a bit selfish, Nix,” Shirohana smiled in a slightly melancholic manner as she talked, to which Nix replied, ”Don't be. Every god is a little bit selfish on the inside.”

After saying that, Nix let out a sigh once more before laughing not long after, putting a slightly confused expression on Shirohana's face. Just as Shirohana was about to ask why she was laughing, Nix went ahead and said, ”Since you're aiming to become an Immortal Verdict Wielder as well, I guess I should strive further to become an Immortal Verdict Wielder. I won't lose to you, okay?”

In response to this, Shirohana lightly smiled before chuckling as well.

”Of course. It wouldn't be like you to lose against me.”

…

After taking about half a day to get back to the Hall of Greater Divinity, Shirohana and Nix soon parted ways, making a promise with one another that they would become Immortal Verdict Wielders before the Second Divine Demon War truly starts.

Whoosh! Whoosh!

A few hours after that, Shirohana had arrived near the proximity of a certain plane owned by a god she knew very well. In actuality, this plane was more akin to a cube rather than a plane, with each side being the epitome of the color white. Indeed, this plane was none other than Kurohana's plane, the plane of Shirohana's original body.

Whoosh!

Thanks to Shirohana and Kurohana being the same person, Shirohana did not have any difficulty entering the white cube, landing beside Kurohana, who had her full concentration on the floating orb in front of her, a few minutes later.

Thud.

Hearing a slightly loud noise resonating near her, Kurohana could not help but be ticked off as her head turned around to look at who or what made that sound, only for her anger to dissipate into thin air in an instant after realizing who had made the sound.

”Shirohana, you're back,” Kurohana said in a cheerful tone, standing up from her chair before going ahead and hugging her. Although Shirohana and Kurohana were two entities, they were ultimately the same person, which meant that the sensation of being hugged was passed onto Kurohana as well.

After hugging her for a while, feeling refreshed after being hugged, Kurohana soon asked Shirohana as a serious expression appeared on her face, ”So…what did you find out?”

In response to her question, Shirohana went ahead and knelt, with Kurohana scratching her head at this sight not long after. Eventually, she let out a sigh before muttering, ”Do you really want to make me do this? Even though there's no one around here, it's kind of embarrassing.”

As she muttered these words, she then placed her right hand on top of Shirohana's head, her body glowing a faint gold not long after. She then channeled this faint gold light towards her right hand before closing her eyes.

Swoosh!

At the instant she had done that, an influx of information soon came into Kurohana's mind, with her mind hastily organizing, deciphering, and processing the information not long after. After standing in place for a couple of minutes, she then opened her eyes, heading back to her chair to sit before saying to Shirohana, ”Good work. You've more or less conveyed what I wanted to say to Nix after finding out that the Sin we're up against might be a Primordial Sin.”