Zhan Tang wore a relieved smile as she touched her fingertip to Li Li’s brow: "Sealing your Spiritual Root will sever your resonance with the Power of Rules. The golden seed left behind by the Earth Mother holds the primordial power of an ancient race; only a pure, mortal vessel can bypass the causal surveillance of the gods."
Her voice suddenly dropped, turning somber. "But the cost of doing this is… you must seal all of your Spiritual Root power."
Li Li recalled the tears in Nie Ai’s eyes when he empathized with the living, and the sighs Meng Po exhaled while ferrying souls. She had once thought power was her capital for resistance, but now she understood: true freedom never required the charity of gods.
Chapter 100