He believed that the Cangxu God surely could hear his prayers, and the God, seeking the source of the plea, would undoubtedly come to save him. His Elder possessed the greatest divine skills; with just a flick of his finger, he could crush all demons to death... For the demons too were created by His Elder to test the faith of believers, to see if they were truly devout and steadfast.
Wei Yaozhi saw that he remained silent and thought she had found the right person.
Her master, Yu Xiangzhu of the Three Xiang, had especially cautioned her, saying that her fate contained a tribulation—which was encountering a man with whom she had a past entanglement, albeit not a deep one, yet it had led to many incidents. This life was the time to resolve it.
