The Tower of Light looked like a shiny glass tower. In truth, it was more than it looked. Within the tower was a restricted space. After being brought inside the tower, Xiang Shaoyun found that there was actually a floating castle within the tower.
The castle was ancient and saintly. The walls were decorated with peculiar and ancient runes, and standing loftily before the tower were 13 statues. Of them, 12 were twelve-winged angels, while one was a tall and broad-shouldered human.
The human statue had a sword in hand, its head and chest raised high, exuding a heroic aura that looked disdainfully upon the world. Even though Xiang Shaoyun was restrained, he could still see his surroundings clearly. When he saw the human statue, he wondered inwardly, Is this the Envoy of Light?
The Envoy of Light was a great human that had established a good relationship with the angels. He also possessed the strength to place him on the apex of the dominion. Although it had been tens of thousands of years since his time, his exploits were still kept in the Dragon Phoenix Academy’s records.
The ancient times were the dark times when the many races engaged in endless wars. During that time, the devils were incomparably prosperous, and had conquered numerous territories. The territory of the angels was also one of their targets to conquer.
Compared with the various races, the angels had rather poor reproduction rates. Because of that, they were disadvantaged in terms of number. As the massive amount of devils attacked them, they faced extinction.
Subsequently, the Envoy of Light rose and led the humans as they fought against the devils. After killing one devil expert after another, they were able to relieve the angels of their crisis, saving them from extinction.
Because of that, the Envoy of Light had an incredibly high status among the angels. Arriving inside the Tower of Light, Xiang Shaoyun finally realized that those stories were true history.
The four-winged angel brought Xiang Shaoyun into the massive castle.
Naturally, Xiang Shaoyun took the chance to study his surroundings. He discovered that the castle’s interior was decorated with numerous radiant pearls that filled the castle with light. Right ahead of him was a wing-shaped rune, most likely a totem of the angels.
After pushing Xiang Shaoyun onto the floor, the four-winged angel knelt down on one knee and said, “High priest, the citizens have captured a human with devil blood coursing within him. The citizens requested that the gods purify him. We seek the high priest’s judgment.”
After saying that, a silhouette that wasn’t too tall appeared ahead of them. His person was shrouded in light that hid his appearances. He was none other than the high priest of the angels.
The high priest spoke in an ethereal voice, “The gods will naturally listen to the petition of the citizens. Bring him outside the Tower of Light and purify him.”
“Yes, high priest,” the four-winged angel answered.
As the four-winged angel was about to bring Xiang Shaoyun away, he shouted, “High priest, I disagree with this judgment!”
“There is no place for you to speak here!” berated the four-winged angel.
“What do you disagree about?” asked the high priest.
“I am a Dragon Phoenix Academy disciple. Even if I have the power of darkness in me, that does not give you the right to punish me. According to the agreement, you can at most kick me out of the City of Light. Please uphold fairness!” argued Xiang Shaoyun.
He was right. The Dragon Phoenix Academy and the angels had such an agreement. Unless a disciple had actually harmed an angel, they had no right to punish the disciple.
“You have more than the power of darkness. Otherwise, how would a devil projection appear around you?” said the four-winged angel.
“I once went to the Devil Domain to hunt devils. My body was stained with the blood of the devils during that time. It’s not weird for a devil projection to appear around me!” Xiang Shaoyun retorted.
He definitely didn’t want to be purified, as it would probably be fatal. He had to convince the high priest to let him leave.
“You claim to not possess the blood of the devils? Sure, take the test one more time. Us angels will never accuse anyone wrongly,” said the high priest.
It was unknown what he did, but the radiant pearls in the castle started shining with rays of light that landed on Xiang Shaoyun. Once again, the projection of a devil flickered into existence behind him. On top of that, there were even projections of ghostrunes around the devil.
When the high priest saw that, he was furious, “A direct descendant of the four paramount devil clans!”
Xiang Shaoyun paled. He knew the high priest had already ascertained his bloodline. He thought anxiously, It’s over! It’s over for real!
The angels and the devils were enemies. Their hatred toward the paramount devil clans was even greater. After all, the paramount clans had killed the most angels.
That was the reason for the high priest’s anger after ascertaining Xiang Shaoyun’s bloodline. The four-winged angel’s handsome face warped with anger, and he leaked clear killing intent.
“I am human!” Xiang Shaoyun argued helplessly.
However, there was no denying the devil blood within his veins.
“Take him away. Put him at the spire to be purified by the three gods. Leave him there until every drop of devil blood within him is purified,” commanded the high priest.
“Yes, high priest,” the four-winged angel dragged Xiang Shaoyun out.
Xiang Shaoyun sank into panic. No matter how he tried, he couldn’t break free from the rope around him.
“Bastard! Release me!” Xiang Shaoyun roared and activated Yun Flame, trying to burn the rope apart.
“Shut up!” berated the four-winged angel as he struck Xiang Shaoyun’s nape, knocking him out.
The angel was far stronger than Xiang Shaoyun. Thus, striking him unconscious was as easy as lifting a finger. And just like that, Xiang Shaoyun was brought to the Tower of Light’s spire and was confined there.
“Evil devil, accept the purification of the three gods. May the gods bless us from the devils’ harm!” said the four-winged angel as he made an odd gesture toward the suns in the sky.
The angels in the city also started chanting, “Evil devil, accept the purification of the three gods. May the gods bless us from the devils’ harm!”
Xiang Shaoyun was quickly tied up atop the spire. Before the eyes of all the angels, he was subjected to the purification punishment of the angels.
