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Gabriel followed Lilith through the crowds, streets, cities and wastelands. They crossed the sea and stopped in the east on the other side. They continued to move forward, walking into the deep mountains and bamboo forests. They walked towards the smoky ancient temple in silence. They walked past the Mahavira Palace, and they stopped under a quaint pavilion in an uninhabited temple.

Gabriel saw a man, a strange man wearing ancient official uniforms with bloody spells on his face, a man who probably should have died a long time ago. What stands now in the shadow of the pavilion is just a mummy, a wretch who has used a special spell to bind his soul to the edge of the universe.

That is not immortality, that is just a dream that deceives oneself and others.

"Why do we come here?" Gabriel looked at the pale man with no hair or eyebrows with disdain. The guy was smiling, as if he was not afraid of Gabriel at all.

"This is an entrance, an entrance to paradise." Lilith smiled and walked towards the pavilion, "That is the Silk Man, a like-minded friend who guards the paradise for me."

"Silk Man..." Gabriel saw the guy's broken body hidden under the ancient official uniform. It should be said that the body had long since rotted. The layers of silk wrapped in it were the body that bound his soul now. The thick herbs The smell concealed the rancid smell under the silk, and also concealed the truth that he had walked the world for countless centuries. "I know that there is a secret religious sect in the East called Arokin. What they pursue is immortality, but now, Arokin All the disciples died, only the ancestor remains in the world, but that is not immortal, Silk Man, you are the ancestor, but you have never lived."

The Silk Man grinned, and that smile touched the countless swirling red runes on his face. He stared at Gabriel with a cold star-like eye in his blank space, "Maybe... maybe it's just like this." It makes me miss the taste of life so much. Perhaps what I am pursuing is not immortality, but... a sense of reality that satisfies me. That is a dream that cannot be obtained no matter how many corpses are cannibalized or how much blood is sucked."

"Madman..." Gabriel snorted coldly. He didn't want to pay attention to this madman who turned himself into an undead monster over a long period of time, but he had no way to go now. He knew that since he chose to follow Lilith across the ocean, After crossing the sea, he really no longer belongs to the Silver City. He needs to find an exit, a new direction, a hope and a bright future.

"Come on, dear Gabriel! Follow me, the Silk Man will lead the way for us, and we will arrive at that miraculous place!" Lilith touched the Silk Man's gray neck affectionately, her eyebrows flowing, she The hem of her skirt is flying.

Gabriel thought for a while, then stepped up the stairs, "What can he do? We don't need this ridiculous ant at all, Lilith! You have me now, you know who I am!"

"Of course!" Lilith left the silk man. She came barefoot like a dance, and then wrapped her white arms around Gabriel's neck. She raised her head, and her sparkling eyes were full of Gabriel's. The figure said, "But you can't go to that place, and your power can't reach there. We need the Silk Man, his magic, and his help! He exists for this, believe me, okay?"

Gabriel blinked and looked at the silk man still standing behind Lilith with his hands hanging. He finally nodded, "What will he do?"

The crisp sound of bells suddenly sounded from the silk man's body. He raised his hand, and there was already a birdcage in his hand. A ghost was imprisoned in the birdcage, and a red rope hung below the birdcage. At the end of the rope is an extremely delicate glass bell.

"The ancient blood sacrifice, the bell is also an ancient magic weapon. I have seen it before." Gabriel frowned slightly, "That is a thing used for meditation. It belongs to Guanyin Bodhisattva."

The silk man smiled, his dead eyes flashing with the dim light of the netherworld, "Yes, great angel of wisdom, it did once belong to Guanyin Bodhisattva, but it belongs to me now, and it will soon belong to you. It is between life and death. Guide the way, it is a thread and beacon between thoughts. Through it and the ghost that is chasing destruction, you will leave everything behind and touch Nirvana, the spark at the intersection of life and death, the way The center of consciousness of reincarnation and cessation.”

"Leave...everything behind?" Gabriel stared at the silk man.

"Yes, the great Gabriel, leave everything behind." Silk Man smiled, "Then go to rebirth in the midst of loss, and you will get an...answer again."

"Absurd!" Gabriel said coldly, "I created the framework of wisdom and the universe! I gave complex possibilities to all worlds! Rebirth? What I want is not rebirth, what I want is..."

"I know, Gabriel. I know what you want. You will see everything in Nirvana, about creation, about Genesis, about your father." Lilith held Gabriel's face, She rubbed the archangel's lips, "You will touch the truth of everything, you will touch the source, and you will see God's reflection through a mirror, because you are a part of Him."

Gabriel was shaken. He looked again at the bell and the birdcage above the bell. He looked at the humble ghost fragments in the birdcage that had lost all hope.

Lilith stepped aside and Gabriel walked towards the Silk Man.

……

I'm an idiot, a pathetic idiot.

Gabriel felt the pain of the Leviathan Blade's hot hilt burning his palms. He gritted his teeth and silently followed Loki out of the civilized cemetery. His tattered robes were fluttering, and his skinny chest was There was nothing inside that dark, horrible hole of decay.

But the sharp blade representing destruction gave him new power.

Wisps of black energy are wandering around Gabriel's arms and body. They are changing the former archangel, and they are giving Gabriel new meaning.

Once again, Gabriel walked towards Nirvana.

……

"Give your heart, Gabriel." Lilith held a sharp blade made of gold and handed it to Gabriel. "Believe me, this is an important step. That is the source of your strength. That It is the essence of your being and I will keep it safe.”

Gabriel clenched his fists, but he knew that he had no way out. God would not forgive his betrayal, and the City of Silver would not forgive him. He would be burned by fire, and he would fall into hell, where Waiting for him are the evildoers he has personally punished.

That would be the greatest shame!

Gabriel grabbed the golden dagger, tore off his clothes, and then stabbed the knife into his chest without hesitation.

The angel's holy blood splashed onto Lilith's face and lips. The blood made her scarlet lips more vivid. She stuck out her tongue and licked the blood while slowly raising the corners of her mouth.

Now, a bloody heart was beating in front of Lilith.

Lilith looked greedily at Gabriel's heart, her eyes sparkling with excitement.

At this time, the bell started to shake.

"Go, dear Gabriel." Lilith held the bleeding heart, "Go, we will touch the calm darkness on the other side of the light."

……

Gabriel's eyes were gradually shrouded in black haze. He looked forward, and his body began to be full of strength that he had not seen in a long time.

Different from the power of light.

"Did you see it, Lord Gabriel!" Loki pointed at the direction of the Temple of Demons, "That is our goal! We will enter reality from there! We will assassinate the First Fallen! You will get the chance to return. Ticket to heaven! Trust me! We all have a bright future!”

Gabriel looked longingly at the terrifying outline of the Temple of All Demons buried under heavy blood mist and thick smoke. He once again clenched the Leviathan blade tightly until blood dripped from between his fingers.

"I will... I will go back..." Gabriel finally raised his head, his golden curls flying, his expression became determined, "I will complete my redemption..."

Dark wings spread out from Gabriel's back, and Gabriel slowly rose into the sky.