The more they oppose, the more it shows that I am doing the right thing

This was truly standing in the position of the grassroots people, advancing and retreating together with the common citizens.

In this world, there exists a political realm higher than "sharing joy with the people" —

That is, to live alongside them.

The audience present all cast admiring and respectful glances at An Su, for the young man's willpower was extraordinarily strong. Only the purely innocent Little Virgin could truly achieve the revival of the Chaotic Church Nation.

"You had been prepared from the start."

Mr. Demon's pupils trembled slightly, as he looked at An Su with admiration, "To be able to preserve the Sacred Body of Virgin Chu, what great willpower, what immense cunning, to endure all this, if it were me, I would have long since..."

An Su's face darkened, birth, what did you realize.

Mr. Demon slowly exhaled, "All this was your layout, you did this intentionally, maintaining the Supreme Holy Body of Virgin Chu for decades, all just to achieve the Seven Gods' Chosen."

"So it is, you had already seen through our Demon Family's secret technique."

Mr. Demon's expression was complex, and after a long moment, he exhaled slowly, completely admitting defeat to An Su, first shutting off the audio from the outside world before lowering his voice to An Su,

"It seems you already know the secrets of our family."

An Su did not understand what Mr. Demon was saying, and with some difficulty he said, "What secret technique?"

"Only the legendary Little Virgin could reach the chaotic original realm of 'ignorance'!"

Mr. Demon's face was full of admiration and praise,

"Without having been tainted by any cheesy and useless romantic information, thus maintaining an ignorance of pure innocence, Powerful! From ignorance to awareness, only by knowing nothing can one understand everything, leveraging pure and beautiful imagination to ultimately build a perfect and innocent Heaven of Love."

"Blind and foolish, from nothing to everything, from emptiness to fullness, this is the perfect alignment with the core of Shadow and the Unknown!"

Shut the hell up... An Su was somewhat overwhelmed, as there were so many voters watching, he had to maintain a calm and composed image.

He looked at Mr. Demon, full of admiration and words flowing like a river, and sighed, "Speak in plain language."

So Mr. Demon lowered his voice, mysteriously saying:

—"The Shadow and Unknown Mother Goddess prefers pretty virgins."

[Delicious little virgin, you've slightly caught the attention of the Shadow Mother Goddess]

The cold evening breeze rustled by, and the black fireworks cast An Su's complexion in fluctuating shades, in the prolonged, awkward silence, time seemed to have stopped there. Not knowing how much time had passed, perhaps just a few seconds, An Su massaged his forehead.

Damn it, she turned out to be a lower-god Mother!

An Su couldn't hold it in anymore, he shouldn't have had any expectations for the deities of this lowly world!

"Mr. An Su, please do not disclose this outside." Mr. Demon lowered his voice, "'Maintaining the Body of Virgin Chu' is one of our pure blood Demon Family's secret techniques."

"'Maintaining the Body of Virgin Chu' is your family's secret technique." An Su's expression was subtle, "Then how does your family pass it on?"

"That's why the population of the Demon Clan is so sparse, hardly one in ten survives."

Mr. Demon sighed, "The elders have strictly forbidden us to practice Forbidden Technique and encouraged high reproduction, changing all the teachings to that of the little imperial uncle, now only the clan's talented 'Saint Heir' can maintain the Virgin Body. But there are also many who become obsessed and turn traitor to please the Shadow, preserving their chastity like a gem."

So three thousand years later, this was how the pure blood Demons became extinct.

Extinct from 'everyone being Virgin Chu.'

An Su's lips twitched slightly, regarding the causes of pure blood Demons extinction, scholars in three thousand years later argued incessantly, some said it was due to the Fall of the Red Moon, others claimed it was due to saintly crusades, and still, others said it was due to crossing the boundaries of the Stars, causing the extinction of the oldest, most noble Demon Clan.

Future scholars would never have guessed that the Demon Family died due to Virgin Chu.

"But what a pity, Your Majesty An Su."

Mr. Demon looked regretfully at the half-light, half-dark candle, "Even if you master this Forbidden Technique, you are still unable to light the Shadow Candle, Virgin Chu is but an adornment at best, the one who can truly light the Shadow is... only through inheritance."

"It seems, you will not become one of the Seven Gods' Chosen."

Mr. Demon looked quite regretful; if only An Su's fire had been fiercer, enough to burn himself.

An Su did not receive the blessing of the Shadow Mother Goddess, but there was no trace of disappointment in him, as this outcome was expected— not only now, but even in An Su's past life, the Shadow school of thought was the only one he never unlocked, and there was no other reason, the entire supporting storyline about the Shadow was simply cut.

"The evening is over."

"Time to go home and see the jokes of clumsy Luojia."

An Su spoke softly; his entire body was covered in blood, the excessive bleeding making his complexion pallid, and his consciousness was somewhat blurred needing treatment from the Little Saintess. The young man swayed his head as he walked out of the ritual altar, his hands naturally hanging down, blood dripping down his fingertips, and as An Su passed the Shadow Candle, that blood splattered onto the black flames.

Drip, drip.

But it wasn't the sound of fresh blood falling, but the sound of autumn rain splattering on an iron window, trickling down.

An Su groggily opened his eyes.

He was still on the altar, but it was not Avad's grand altar of the Seven Gods, but a primitive, barbaric altar stinking of decayed corpses and with bones used as ritual tools, surrounded by twisted arms and chunks of flesh growing wildly.