Eternal Cultivation: Fear and Faith

In the remains of a ruined cathedral.A woman shrouded in a veil looked to the starry sky, with her hands clasped in front of her."I beseech my Goddess supreme, of the Dao, keeper of eternity, source of benevolence"A stream of water fell from her eyes as she spoke."Protect us.""Protect us from all that is corrupted.""Protect us from the clutches of the fallen.""Protect us from the Acaritas and the forbidden lies they spread."A dark shadow began to cover the ruins as she prayed."Protect us from sin and shive clean our hearts.""Protect us from the mark of the baleful beast.""Protect us from the unspeakables and their whispers."Her clasped hands fell apart and she prostrated herself in worship."Please protect u- me holy mother, protect me from the prying gaze that lay beyond the void."The shadow covered the starry sky she looked up at, revealing just one shooting star flying by."Protect me from creatures enshrined by fear, from what I know not!"Her hands began to shake uncontrollably, and her voice began to falter."Forgive me, my dearest holy mother, I have seen that must not be seen, protect me, my fated monarch eternal!"Something else spoke into her ear, in a bone chillingly eerie voice."Protect you? A forged goddess of a D)c*v#(r…."The woman's hands dug into the ground, her nails ripped from her fingers, trying to hide from what consumed her."PLEASE PROTECT ME FROM THINGS I MUST NOT KNOW!"The tears that flowed from her eyes turned black and corroded the ground they fell upon."She who was born of the eternal b*t(#y#*r, a u*#r)e a m(@*pu." the voice continued to whisperThe woman who was prostrating jerked up and grabbed her ears before ripping them off, tears of darkness continued to flow from her dimmed gold and silver eyes."Prot-prote-protec me my brightest mai-maiden of l-light, protect me from the D-"*Huah*She jerked forward and wrapped her hands around her stomach as she threw up blood.Blood of the abyss, blood deprived of color, blood deprived of life, within its depths she could see pieces of her organs."Form the Da#."*Huah*"The Dao()#(@."*Huah*She fell on her back, and spoke her last words."My eversweet holy maiden, shelter me from, the silence…..."Life drained from her as she lay in a pool of black blood.The shadow retreated as it spoke, almost in a pitiful tone."Fragile creatures born of deception."