Chapter 36 (2/2)

He was crying fiercely and sorrowfully.

“No, drop it. It’s a wrong style,” Sui Xiong thought in silence.

Ryan finally stopped after crying for a long time. He was unable to lift his hand to wipe his face because of his shoulder injury. The tears on his face were mixed with dirt and he looked very embarrassed.

But now his eyes were clearer than his subordinates had ever seen in the past years. They were calm and mild, like two clear crystal clear lakes without the slightest shadow. Seeing his eyes, people would approach him without suspicion.

“Thank you, Your Majesty, for making me realize my mistake, and now I am afraid of nothing,” Ryan said quietly. “I have done countless evils in my life, so I deserve to atone for my sin in purgatory. It would be nothing to be bitterly punished in purgatory compared to the pain I gave others throughout my life.”

“It is too late for you to realize your mistakes until you are about to die. But repenting at the end is after all better than never repenting.” He struggled to stand up and looked around at his subordinates with a face full of guilt.

“I’ve done a lot of things that let you down over the years. I have used you to do bad things, embezzled most of your hard-earned fruits and stopped you from progressing again and again… I apologize to you but do not dare to expect your forgiveness.”

After finishing this, he let out a deep sigh and looked up at the sky.

“I remember when I was a child, I often lay on the roof of my house and looked at the sky. At that time I was always fantasizing. What was above the sky? Legend said that there was a heaven was above the sky and good people could go there to lead a peaceful life in the beautiful country created by the most benevolent gods… What exactly was the paradise like? I really wanted to see it…”

His voice gradually turned low, while he fell down softly and lost breath.

He died.

Sui Xiong saw it, as Ryan’s breath stopped, a transparent and old figure flew out of Ryan. This figure looked gloomily at its body, shook its head and sighed. It then bowed toward Sui, and slowly sunk toward the ground. It seemed that it would fall into the netherworld and be punished in purgatory.

Just then, a clear light in the sky fell on the soul of Ryan.

In the white light appeared an elderly man wearing a plain cloak made of grey cloth and a silver-fringed halo on his head. Smiling and holding a pipe, he took hold of Ryan’s shoulder.

“The God of Repentance says that ‘no matter how many sins one has committed during his lifetime, so long as he repents faithfully, he deserves atonement’,” the elderly man said to Ryan. “You should not go to the hell, but turn your penitence into atonement to help people in need.”

Ryan was shocked, and after a while, he recovered and asked incredulously, “You … you are the envoy of the God of Redemption? I have not worshiped that god…”

“His Majesty never decides who should go to his kingdom by faith, and only those souls who redeem themselves and redeem others have the qualifications to go to the Valley of Relief. You redeemed yourself at the last moment of your life, so His Majesty asked me to welcome you,” said the elderly man kindly. “Leave with me. Your path is still long.”

Ryan was surprised and happy, and could not help but shed tears. He bowed deeply to Sui Xiong in worship, then he followed the elderly man and flew to the sky by riding the clear light beam.

Sui Xiong watched him fly away and smiled. Before he wanted to express some thoughts such as “All he did yesterday seems to make him die yesterday, all he does today seems to give him birth again today.”

Floating in the air, the huge jellyfish turned his head and slightly bowed out of courtesy to the lady beside him who wore plain clothes.

“Hello, God of Redemption.”

“Hello, a good new god.” The woman looked about twenty-five or twenty-six. She wasn’t beautiful but was gentle and friendly. Her eyes were even soft and calmed others’ minds. She was the incarnation of the God of Redemption. She sensed that someone was using strange ways to make a sinful soul repent at the last moment of his life, which interested her a lot and made her take a special trip to the human world to meet Sui Xiong.

The God of Redemption was also called the God of Repentance and the Last Word Listener, etc. She was not a mighty god and her teachings required believers to redeem themselves and others— quite a hard thing to do. Therefore, her faith had not been widely spread, and even quite a few of her pastors found it difficult to practice the doctrine. And those who really could practice her teachings were often about to die and unlikely to spread her teachings and promote her glory.

She had always been in an awkward position despite her seniority. She was convinced that she was right but felt distressed about how to carry forward her idea. Only when she met Sui Xiong did she realize that she saw the path of fate.

The God of Redemption raised her hand, and a soft white light flew out and fell on Sui’s body. It was quickly absorbed and stored for future analysis and research.

“This is my supernatural power and some useful information that you can study afterward. I look forward to seeing you soon in the joint meeting of the most benevolent people, and I believe we will certainly be able to cooperate in a beneficial way at that time.”

“Sorry, but I still haven’t found the clue of apotheosizing for the moment,” said Sui Xiong.

The gentle goddess waved her hands, while her figure faded, “It does not matter. Time doesn’t mean much to you and me. I have been waiting for a long time, and now I finally know my waiting is not wrong which makes me very satisfied.”

Seeing the God of Redemption leave, Sui Xiong carefully felt the supernatural power he just received and engraved lots of information into his heart. Sui Xiong vaguely realized that a little light was shed on the road to the altar, although it was previously enveloped in a total chaos.