Supreme Tamer

Chapter 1773: Chapter 1630: No Room for Mistakes

When everything returned to silence, blood had already stained the entire continent, slowly, slowly flowing.

The corpses soaked in the pool of blood, a foul stench permeating the air.

Yu Suo safely made her way back to the Heavenly Palace, her shoes and clothes splattered with blood, even her face bore traces of it.

She gazed upon the catastrophic scene she had never witnessed before, calling out her sister Yu Qie’s name.

"Will she be okay?" Princess Jinrou asked worriedly.

Chu Mu pointed to the direction where the corpses piled into mountains.

A squad of high-level Forbidden Guards donned in white armor, a flock of white giant dragons soaring in the sky, enveloped a blood-drenched girl as they slowly emerged.

In Yu Suo’s memory, her older sister had always been tranquil and composed. She had never seen her like this—akin to a goddess of slaughter—nor had she ever seen her exhibit such exhaustion.

Yu Suo ran toward her, but at that moment, those Forbidden Guards intercepted her, preventing her from getting even remotely close to Yu Qie.

Yu Qie merely smiled faintly, without saying anything, and followed the white Forbidden Guards into the Heavenly Palace.

In that instant, Yu Suo suddenly sensed something was amiss.

Why did the Forbidden Guards, who were supposed to protect and revere her, instead appear to be escorting her under duress??

...

Time seemed to pass without much notice.

During this period, Yu Suo stayed confined to her own room.

Outside her room, there were always two female Forbidden Guards standing watch. Whenever she tried to leave the room, the two guards would follow her; when she attempted to step out of the Goddess Pavilion, they would obstruct her.

She hadn’t seen her sister Yu Qie for so long, and this sense of soft imprisonment made her increasingly anxious.

...

Suddenly, the door creaked open, and Chu Mu saw a woman of profoundly mature, dignified, and stunning presence stepping inside.

Chu Mu couldn’t see her face; it was clear this enigmatic and exceptional figure was the Human Mother.

"Where is my sister? Why can’t I find her anywhere in the Goddess Pavilion? Where have you taken her?" Yu Suo clutched the sleeve of the Human Mother urgently.

The Human Mother remained silent, strolling casually around Yu Suo’s room before randomly picking up a book and saying, "From now on, you’ll come to my room daily for cultivation. I’ll teach you something."

Yu Suo froze for a moment...

The words spoken by the Human Mother felt achingly familiar. On a certain day during their childhood years, the same words had been addressed to Yu Qie when the Human Mother stepped into their room.

From that day onward, her sister Yu Qie grew increasingly distant. She became the Totem Goddess, while Yu Suo herself was permitted to do nothing, not even required to cultivate as other faith-maidens did...

"Why... Why?" Yu Suo stared at the Human Mother with bewilderment.

"The position of Totem Goddess cannot remain vacant," the Human Mother replied indifferently.

At that moment, Yu Suo understood what had transpired.

"I want to see my sister."

"No."

"If I can’t meet her, I won’t learn those useless things!" Yu Suo declared earnestly.

The Totem Goddess position wasn’t something anyone could inherit. To cultivate a Totem Goddess, not only was pure bloodline essential, but she must also possess the fortitude to endure the spiritual doctrine of the divine.

Since Yu Qie had been the suitable candidate as Totem Goddess, then as her younger sister, Yu Suo shared these qualifications, lacking only prolonged regulation, indoctrination, and education.

And the one responsible for teaching and raising the goddess was the Human Mother. The selection of the Totem Goddess also fell under the Human Mother’s authority.

Yu Suo didn’t understand why the Human Mother had chosen her; her temperament was far less suited to becoming the Totem Goddess.

"Only once." The Human Mother eventually acquiesced to Yu Suo.

...

Yu Suo saw her sister Yu Qie in the Watcher Temple.

She was gravely injured in that catastrophic battle, and though so much time had passed, Yu Suo could still see her tiredness etched deeply.

"Why are they imprisoning you like this? You’re the Totem Goddess—what right do they have to treat you this way?" Yu Suo gazed at her utterly worn-out sister, unable to hold back tears.

"I’m no longer the Totem Goddess. You are now," Yu Qie stated calmly.

"I’m not! I am completely unfit for the role." Yu Suo knew her personality and acknowledged that her knowledge paled in comparison to her sister Yu Qie’s.

"It’s simple. The Totem Goddess merely governs time. But remember, never cross that boundary lightly."

Yu Suo shook her head; to her, no one was more suited for the role of Totem Goddess than her sister Yu Qie.

"I should never have listened to that demon’s words. I shouldn’t have left the Heavenly Palace. If they don’t release my sister, I won’t learn a single thing..." Yu Suo knew this trap had everything to do with Yu Tian, who was exploiting her bond with her sister to orchestrate this snare.

"Don’t be stubborn. My soul is wounded, and the temporal control I wield has been thrown into disarray. Soon, the deaths of living beings will greatly surpass those seen in this war. What you must do is restore balance..."

"I don’t understand. What do the living beings have to do with you?"

"You’ll understand soon enough."

"What kind of punishment will they impose on you?"

"It’s not punishment. It’s atonement for the mistakes I willingly made..."

The Human Mother did not allow Yu Suo and Yu Qie to converse for too long.

Yu Suo begged the Human Mother to forgive her sister Yu Qie.

"It’s clear that the fault lies with me, that everything stems from me. Why punish her?"

"You’re not at fault." The Human Mother stated.

"If I hadn’t fled, my sister wouldn’t have come to save me. It was I who angered those demon spirits."

"You’re not at fault. She is." The Human Mother replied in the same tone.

Bai Jinrou stood to the side, glancing at Chu Mu with some confusion.

"Why don’t they punish Yu Suo but instead make the Totem Goddess Yu Qie bear the repercussions?" Bai Jinrou asked.

Chu Mu had been pondering the same question earlier, but he had quickly realized the reason.

Suddenly, he saw the cruelty within the rules of the Heavenly Palace.

"The Totem Goddess governs time—the time of living beings and the continent itself: sunrise and sunset, waxing and waning of the moon, and possibly even the tides that nurture life. If she sustains irreparable injury, all of existence will spiral into chaos—day and night overturned, life unbalanced. The Human Mother blamed Yu Qie, because as Totem Goddess, she should never have left the Heavenly Palace..."

Even if it meant sacrificing her sister’s life, she should not have departed.

It’s cruel. Incredibly cruel.

Yu Suo held no position in the Heavenly Palace. Her departure would have no impact on anything. Though even were she killed by the Sky Demons, the consequences wouldn’t be dire.

But Yu Qie was different. She was the Totem Goddess, bound to her role, forbidden to abandon her post. Her departure triggered a calamity that endangered the safety of the entire Heavenly Palace and blinded the living beings under her governance.

The Totem Goddess had only one task to perform. It seemed straightforward, but one mistake brought consequences beyond imagination.

...

A long, long time passed before Yu Suo saw her sister Yu Qie again.

Every day, she repeated the same routine.

She had not yet become the Totem Goddess, yet she was already studying to inherit the role.

Time seemed to stretch endlessly with the relentless influx of knowledge. In the past, when others labeled her an accessory, Yu Suo had once entertained the notion of switching places with her sister Yu Qie to become the Totem Goddess.

Yet before officially inheriting the role, she already felt the immense weight of its monumental burden pressing against her like shackles—a weight so heavy it stifled her breath, so suffocating it threatened to strip away her very self, forbidding even the tiniest act of defiance and erring not one iota...

Gradually, she came to understand why her sister Yu Qie once said that she was only the shadow of her existence...

The people of the Small Town continued to perish. She no longer dared to kill Sky Demons to save their lives because she understood now that doing so exacted an even greater cost. She didn’t dare tend to the solitary flower blooming atop the Heavenly Palace’s cliffside because she knew demons might lurk there to ensnare her.

Time somehow dragged on agonizingly. Despite being only fifteen years old, Yu Suo felt as though the weight of her waiting far exceeded her entire life up to that point.

"I want to see her."

"No. She’s still being punished."

...

"I need to see her."

"No."

...

Eventually, the defiance within her found a voice. She could no longer endure a life devoid of her sister.

Just days before she was set to inherit the Totem Goddess position, she slipped through the secret passage and escaped the Goddess Pavilion.

She knew where her sister was being punished. Wearing her veil, she infiltrated the Watcher Temple and pressed deeper into the Roulette Temple.

At the summit of the Roulette Temple stood the Star River Roulette, an edifice soaring into the heavens.

The Star River Roulette symbolized the entire Heavenly Palace and continent. From there, she could see her sister Yu Qie enduring her punishment.

...

As she ascended the Star River Roulette and gazed upon the axle pin, she froze in place.

A scorching wind whipped through the air, hitting her exposed face.

Chu Mu and Princess Jinrou were also standing beside Yu Suo. They likewise gazed at the upright axle pin of the Star River Roulette...

And on that axle pin, a shriveled corpse hung horrifyingly before their eyes!

Her hair had been burned to a crisp, her clothes were tattered, her skin withered and clinging tightly to her bones... Only her eyes remained, tranquil as a still lake.

It was solely through those eyes that Chu Mu and Bai Jinrou could convince themselves that this was Yu Qie.

All three were struck dumb.

Yu Suo’s memory, Chu Mu’s recollection, and Princess Jinrou’s impressions—all had believed that Yu Qie, as the Totem Goddess, might face punishment no harsher than dismissal or imprisonment...

But they had never imagined she would be subjected to such horrors—to be hung upon the axle pin, scorching under the most blistering rays of the sun...

For what seemed an eternity.

She was dead.

Only her pair of serene, unfading eyes remained; no matter how fiercely the sun blazed, it could not strip those eyes of their clarity.(to be continued. If you enjoy this work, welcome to Qidian () to cast recommendation votes, monthly tickets. Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users, please visit m. to read.)

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