We all time-traveled at the same time, but why isn't anyone human?

Chapter 55 I Love Humanity

In the Soul Passage.

Feeling the increasingly confined environment, Gojo Satoru frowned and subconsciously extended two fingers, forming a gesture of no limits, ready to fight at any moment.

He sensed that something was wrong with Tianyuan's condition.

This old monster, who has lived from the Nara period to the present day, has countless secrets about him that he has no idea about.

However, Tengen has always acted quite harmlessly and has a compassionate attitude towards humans, so he doesn't seem like the type to suddenly turn evil.

"Immortality like yours? Sorry, I'm not interested."

Gojo Satoru shrugged, but his attention wasn't on the conversation. Instead, he used his Six Eyes to sense his surroundings, ready to escape at any moment.

He could feel the positive energy around him gathering desperately, and this fluctuation had already exceeded the normal range, even... exceeded the range of "human".

"Haha, that's how everyone is when they're young. Your ancestors all said the same thing at first."

Tianyuan laughed heartily, and with his laughter, the entire soul passage began to become illusory and distorted, like a shattered kaleidoscope, developing in an uncontrollable direction.

"Yi Gu, something's wrong, make your move!"

"Yes."

Yuta Etokoku always carried out Gojo Satoru's orders without hesitation. He put on the ring, and the cursed spirit Rika behind him joined him to create a terrifying cannon of cursed power, which they blasted fiercely towards the closing gate of the soul passage.

boom! ! !

The immense magical power caused the entire soul passage to tremble, but the opening showed no sign of opening; on the contrary, it remained completely closed.

"Oh no!"

Gojo Satoru's expression turned grim, his gaze sharpening as he looked at Tengen, his tone gradually turning icy.

"Lord Tengen, may I interpret this as you intending to become our enemy?"

"I don't understand barrier techniques, but if I kill you here, will your charlatanry space still be able to continue?"

Gojo Satoru was not joking when he said this; the [Azure] and [Radiant] powers were already gathering at his fingertips.

Once Tianyuan shows any signs of making a move, he will strike instantly and blast this old monster to pieces.

"How could I... how could I possibly be an enemy of you (humans)?"

"I...I love you all."

However, in the face of Gojo Satoru's warning, Tengen showed a very pained expression, and his figure gradually transformed from a finger-shaped cursed spirit monster into the appearance of a shrine maiden from more than a thousand years ago, and he said in a low voice.

Gojo Satoru keenly noticed that after Tengen transformed into this form, the aura that originally belonged to him in the soul channel... disappeared.

Why did the aura disappear?

Even if it turns evil and becomes an uncontrollable cursed spirit, it will still have the soul aura of a cursed spirit.

What kind of creature is Tengen?!

Or to put it another way.

Does she really still exist?

"Lord Tengen, what exactly do you want to do? Now that things have come to this, there's no point in continuing with this riddle."

Gojou Satoru's eyes, bright as stars, were fixed on the shrine maiden Tengen as he spoke in a cold voice.

"If you also want to do something as crazy as Xia You, I don't mind trying to see if the [Undying] technique really makes you immortal."

Even now, Gojo Satoru still has absolute confidence in his fighting ability.

The shrine maiden Tengen's power was not strong; apart from that strange and enormous life energy, she did not display any offensive means that could threaten him.

"crazy?"

"I simply gave you what you all wanted, how can that be called madness?"

The shrine maiden Tengen looked at Gojo Satoru with a puzzled expression and an innocent look on her face.

It's hard to imagine that such a pure and innocent appearance could have been created by an old woman who has lived for over a thousand years.

"What exactly did you give me? Immortality? Your magic shouldn't be usable on others!"

Gojo Satoru took a deep breath, talking to the shrine maiden Tengen while constantly trying to use his "Six Eyes" to find the weakness of this space in order to break through.

The shrine maiden Tengen seemed to recall some past events, her eyes becoming vacant as she spoke.

"At first, it really couldn't be done."

"But later..."

Gojo Satoru and Otsuki Yuta felt a shift in space, and the scene before them was just like the Japan they had seen in the Heian period. In the blink of an eye, they appeared above Tokyo in the Nara period, looking down at the story unfolding on the ground.

……

During the Nara period, sorcerers held an extremely high status and were revered as supreme gods by powerful clans throughout the land. Even the imperial court dared not defy the powerful sorcerers.

However, even with the supreme power to move mountains and fill seas, the lifespan of sorcerers could never be extended, and the fear of death was always a sword hanging over their heads.

until a certain day.

A gift from heaven has appeared.

Tengen, who possessed the [Immortality] technique, instantly became a coveted treasure among Nara sorcerers.

In their quest for the Heavenly Primal, they even waged a massive war between sorcerers, second only to the war during the Heian period, a war that raged fiercely.

To this day, it is impossible to verify who won that war, but one thing is certain.

Everyone placed their hopes for immortality on Tianyuan.

Tengen initially told the sorcerers the same thing Gojo Satoru had said: her magic could not be used on others and had many limitations; it was not the kind of perfect immortality.

But what does this mean to those sorcerers who are obsessed with immortality?

Cannot be used by others?

So they tried everything they could: drawing blood, gouging out eyes, cutting flesh, replacing bone marrow.

As long as there is even the slightest possibility of achieving immortality, all the costs would be worthwhile.

Ultimately, Tengen collapsed.

His will had crumbled long ago in the Nara period due to prolonged torment, but she did not die.

The power of the [Undying] spell was extremely strong, elevating her soul to a higher level—

Cursed spirit.

After experiencing such inhuman torture and pain, an ordinary person would definitely seek revenge against the sorcerer, and massacring a city and destroying a country would be the least of their worries.

Tianyuan had a million reasons to turn evil and destroy the world, but she chose to take a different path.

To satisfy human needs.

Tianyuan is the true Holy Mother, a Holy Mother of mythology who cut off her own flesh to feed an eagle.

After being treated so cruelly by the sorcerers, her first thought was not "kill them all," but "how can I make them immortal too?"

She felt sorry for those sorcerers who couldn't get what they wanted, went mad in their later years, and became unlike themselves.

She felt pity for those geniuses who were in pain and despair, howling and venting their pain on her.

This is not how they were originally.

This is a curse.

It was "lifespan" that cursed them, cursed the humans she loved most, cursed these poor creatures.

Therefore, no matter how much effort it takes, she will grant humanity immortality and give them what they have always wanted.

"I love humanity."

The shrine maiden Tengen looked at Gojo Satoru with loving eyes and spoke softly in the most sincere voice.