Destiny, in any world, seems to be one of the most mysterious and highest-level rules, as well as a shackles that no life can escape.
Anything related to destiny is almost always the most unapproachable.
In Greek mythology, the three goddesses who controlled destiny were feared even by successive God Kings, and even the four primordial Gods were helpless against destiny.
Of course, Xia Wei didn't think that the "Pendulum of Destiny" was that exaggerated, after all, the Authority's level was only the lowest, Lv.1, and could only interfere with the destiny of ordinary intelligent beings.
It's worth mentioning that, under normal circumstances, in the eyes of God, anything that is not close to God or unrelated to God is considered an ordinary intelligent being.
Additionally, it should be noted that the higher the destiny weight of the intelligent being being interfered with in the world, the more divine power will be consumed.
Based on the consumption, with his current divine power reserves, he could interfere with the destinies of about 100,000 ordinary people, and interfere with the Pillars of the Demon Slayer Corps, who have a higher destiny weight, over a hundred times.
Interfering with an old monster like Kibutsuji Muzan, who has lived for a thousand years, would probably consume at least 10% of his divine power reserves.
That's not as good as just finding him and killing him directly.
The power of the Destiny Authority to directly interfere with destiny is indeed very useful, but the consumption is also extremely exaggerated.
"Oh~ there's one last arrangement." Xia Wei thought of something, and the colorful rhombus pattern on his brow emitted a colorful light that caused ripples in space.
Buzz~
The colorful light spread out with him as the center, enveloping trees, stone steps, all the way up to the mountainside, and the space in the enveloped area rippled like water.
In two breaths, half of the mountain's space formed a special barrier.
This is the innate ability of the Divinity to interfere with space.
The Divinity simulates the structure of the world, and the range influenced by the Divinity will automatically generate a layer of subspace covering the world, forming a Divine Domain.
In this country, there has been a legend since ancient times that passing through a Torii Gate leads to the world where God resides.
The subspace generated by the Divinity is not much different from what this legend describes, and is even much more advanced.
Finally, a little divine power was used to materialize a bright, Blazing white orb of light at the top of the temple, illuminating the entire Divine Domain as bright as day.
"Alright, now we just wait for those with predestined connections to arrive."
Xia Wei looked at his casual clothes, and with a thought, he envisioned a set of black, white, and gold divine attire.
The style of the divine attire combined features of both Eastern and Western divine clothing, making it sacred and majestic yet approachable.
…
On the dim town road, wooden houses lined both sides, and under the bright moonlight, a gray-skinned shadow and a short, thin shadow could be seen frantically running on the rooftops at a speed far exceeding that of humans, the tiles of the houses creaking under their feet.
"Ah ah! Demon Slayer! Why did a Demon Slayer come so quickly!" The gray-skinned figure, fleeing in disarray, screamed in terror as he ran.
"I only ate three people! Only three people! Why did it attract a Demon Slayer!"
The short, thin figure bit tightly at his heels, her pink-purple eyes devoid of any emotion, and even her expression remained unchanged.
"Damn brat! Die!" Seeing that he couldn't escape, the gray-skinned figure turned around, revealing ferocious teeth, his hands also grew large, and his fingernails instantly became longer, like daggers, reaching out to grab the short, thin Demon Slayer.
"Brat! Looking at you, you must just be a new Demon Slayer! You're only fast! There's nothing to be afraid of!"
As the dagger-like claws were about to pierce her body, the short, thin Demon Slayer's expression remained unchanged, as if she felt no fear.
"Flower Breathing, Sixth Form, Whirling Peach."
A tender voice appeared, and the short, thin Demon Slayer leaped up just as the claws were about to touch her body, and then rolled sideways at an extremely fast speed.
Pink petals appeared like an illusion, accompanying the horizontally appearing and rotating blade light.
Thud!
Finally, the figure landed lightly behind the gray-skinned figure.
A basketball-sized object fell onto the rooftop tiles with a crisp sound and rolled to the ground.
"Ah ah ah! I've been cut! My neck has been cut! I'm going to die, I'm going to die!"
The head that rolled to the ground screamed in terror.
"Ah ah ah ah ah…"
Before he could finish speaking, the head turned into ashes and dissipated, and the headless body also quickly vanished like snow in summer.
The short, thin Demon Slayer slowly sheathed her sword and turned to look at the figure not far away.
"Kanawo, you did well." The figure, like a large purple Butterfly, landed in front of the girl and praised with a smile: "Your Flower Breathing already has some resemblance to your sister's, I believe in two more years you'll be on par with her."
Kanawo's expression remained unchanged upon hearing the praise, and she said nothing, merely bowing slightly.
Butterfly Shinobu, already accustomed to it, gently stroked her head: "Now that the mission is complete, go back and get some good rest. You need to balance work and leisure."
Although she was already used to it, she still hoped that Kanawo could open her heart and become a normal child.
However, it was much better than before; at least becoming a Demon Slayer was her own decision.
Thinking of this, she looked towards the mountaintop not far from the town.
"During the day, I heard people say there used to be a shrine on that mountain. Kanawo, let's go pay our respects to God."
"Perhaps we'll receive God's blessing."
Kanawo still said nothing, merely following behind Butterfly Shinobu.
Butterfly Shinobu looked at the mountaintop, and the memory of her sister's death resurfaced in her mind, bringing with it sadness, anger, and a hint of confusion.
God… Since there are so many demons in the world, why is there no God?
She and her sister used to pray at shrines whenever they passed by, but God never appeared, nor had she heard of any signs of God appearing at that shrine.
Perhaps there is no God in this world.
If there were God, how could he allow man-eating demons to exist in the world?
Even though she had believed this for a long time, she still prayed every time she passed a shrine.
Because her sister always did so.
Butterfly Shinobu led Kanawo up the stone steps leading to the abandoned shrine on the mountaintop, and when she saw the vermilion Torii Gate not far ahead, she was a little puzzled.
The vermilion Torii Gate appeared sacred under the bright moonlight, its red lacquer even reflecting the moonlight.
"Didn't the townspeople say the shrine had been abandoned for a long time? Has someone rebuilt it?"
With a hint of doubt, Butterfly Shinobu pulled Kanawo and walked through the vermilion Torii Gate.
The moment her foot crossed the Torii Gate, everything around them changed.
The world instantly turned white, and Butterfly Shinobu and Kanawo, as Demon Slayers, instinctively took a step back.
This was muscle memory developed from fighting demons.
Before Butterfly Shinobu could react, the scene before her eyes stunned her.
It was incredibly bright before her, having clearly transitioned from night to day.
Ahead was still the stone staircase leading to the mountaintop.
On both sides of the stone staircase were colorful blooming flowers, their fragrance wafting towards them.
At the end of the stone staircase was not a shrine, but something similar to the churches built by Western missionaries she had seen in Tokyo.
The temple was as white as jade, much more exquisite than a church, as if it had stepped out of a painting.
At the very top of the temple was a small sun that illuminated the night as if it were day.
Butterfly Shinobu snapped back to reality and quickly looked behind her, because a force was pushing her back.
It was a glowing membrane, covering the Torii Gate and preventing her from retreating.
On the other side of the light membrane was the night, the other section of the stone staircase from which she had come.
"Where is this? Am I dreaming?" Butterfly Shinobu's purple eyes trembled slightly.
Her sister's voice echoed in her mind.
'Shinobu, once you've passed through the Torii Gate, you must be devout to God, for legend says that passing through the Torii Gate leads to the world where God resides.'