"So that's why you said that the 'God' is the greatest 'demon' in the world?" Anjou asked in a deep voice.
"That's right," Uesugi Etsu nodded. "The White Emperor is already dead, leaving behind only a cursed set of remains. In ancient Japanese mythology, after Izanami died, she transformed into Izanami-no-Mikoto, also known as the Goddess of the Filth of Yellow Springs and the Great Deity of Yomi. These are all her names and titles, because Izanami was inherently a corpse-like deity. Her form was covered in crawling maggots, her breath choked in her throat, and she bore the eight thunder gods—from the Great Thunder to the Couchant Thunder—across her entire body, looking utterly terrifying."
"According to legend, after Izanami died, her father and husband Izanagi missed his wife so deeply that he consulted the gods of Yellow Springs to see if Izanami could be brought back to the mortal realm. The gods of Yellow Springs agreed to Izanagi's request, but with one condition: on the return journey from the road to Yellow Springs, Izanagi was not allowed to look back even once," Uesugi Etsu said. "Yet on the way back, Izanagi called out his wife's name several times and received no response. Consumed by his yearning for his wife, he turned his head, thus violating the condition set by the gods of Yellow Springs and beholding a hellish scene."
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