The sky-filling moonlight slowly dissipated from the silence, leaving behind only the dilapidated and crumbling sealed Grotto-Heaven.
"It is finally over."
Jing Yuan let out a long sigh. His bright leonine eyes gazed at the position where the azure-green Spirit of Starfire drifted, then looked thoughtfully at Jingyueshang.
"Master... uh..."
Facing this young girl who looked like a descended banished immortal, Jing Yuan was somewhat at a loss for how to address her.
"I am Jingliu, yet I am not Jingliu. You may address me however you wish."
With long hair woven from deep autumn maple leaves and fine snow fluttering, Jingyueshang chuckled softly.
Jing Yuan nodded and voiced the doubt in his heart: "Your Excellency, how is Phantylia?"
With his stamina and mental energy exhausted, Jing Yuan could not ascertain the outcome of that sword of the bright moon and star river. Although he could clearly experience the terror of the Taixu Sword God, Jing Yuan also knew that an Emanator of Destruction would not be easily destroyed.
"Regrettably, just as you thought, wanting to make an Emanator of Destruction enter Nirvana is not that easy."
Jingyueshang stretched lazily.
Everyone was at the Emanator-level; while she was strong, the fusion of Jingliu and Li Sushang had not yet reached the level where they could easily exterminate an Emanator.
"You also need not worry. I used the Sword God to heavily injure Phantylia's soul and consciousness. Without external help or special means, she won't have the strength to stir up trouble for a hundred years."
"However, considering the particularity of the Formless Ones as energy lifeforms, it is hard to say."
"But in any case, there is no need to worry about her coveting the Ambrosial Arbor again. Even if Phantylia recovers, she certainly wouldn't dare return to the Luofu. If she takes another sword strike, she will definitely die."
As a Heliobus energy lifeform, she was nearly completely immune to physical attacks and possessed a certain degree of energy resistance. However, against the Taixu Sword God, which could strike directly at the depths of one's consciousness, she had almost no ability to resist.
It dealt near True Damage!
In the future, if Phantylia sees Jingyueshang, she will probably walk the other way!
While Jingyueshang was explaining, Welt, Dan Heng, Stelle, Caelus, and March 7th—along with Bronya, who had played almost no role and spent the whole time clearing trash mobs—gathered around.
"Alright! We won~!"
March 7th shook Caelus's arm, cheering in high spirits. Upon seeing Jingyueshang, she bounced over.
"That move just now was really too amazing! What is it called?"
"Taixu Sword God."
The young girl with long hair graduating from snow-white to maple-red answered with a beaming smile.
Welt's expression became subtle.
Damn, the Honkai is chasing me again!ing
Old Yang quickly suppressed the subtle feeling in his heart. He understood that this Taixu Sword God was not Fu Hua's Taixu Sword God.
On the Xianzhou, sword arts, cultivation methods, and moves named after 'Taixu' were everywhere—if not tens of thousands, then at least several thousand. Crucially, there was a fundamental difference between the two Taixu Sword Gods.
Welt could feel the space-time distorted by mysterious power. If Immortal Chiyuan's Sword God were the same as this Taixu, she could have beaten every Herrscher except the Herrscher of Finality with ease.
"Caelus-cub, Caelus-cub!"
Her abnormal physical constitution allowed the Stellaron spirit to recover a bit of energy. She jumped up and down around Jingyueshang, stretching her neck to scrutinize her, her starry little eyes landing on the pearl-like earrings.
Staring at Jingyueshang, Stelle grabbed Caelus's shoulders with both hands and shook him frantically.
"What exactly are these earrings? I want to play too!"
"Potara Earrings. They allow two wearers to fuse into a very powerful warrior."
Caelus explained the function of the earrings concisely and comprehensively, as they would surely be used often in the future.
"Want to play? Call me Papa."
"Papa~!"
Is dignity such an inconvenient thing?
Stelle called out without a shred of hesitation.
Caelus nodded with satisfaction, beaming with joy. "Wait until Jingliu and Sushang defuse, then you can play."
This was another abnormal aspect of the Potara Earrings: as an item, it had no cooldown time itself. As long as the users had abundant stamina and energy, they could fuse.
The limitation in this regard was that warriors who used the earrings to fuse and then separated needed to wait at least one hour before performing a second fusion, even if their stamina and energy recovered.
Incidentally, Caelus was so happy not because he heard the Stellaron spirit call him Papa, but because he heard the System's notification sound.
[Commission Mission: Help me, Star Rail God Caelus! Defeat the Lord Ravager Phantylia and help the Xianzhou survive this disaster.]
[Immortal Bones turn to Void, the Great Calamity has an End (Completed)]
[Mission Reward: 300 Crystals]
Another sum of Crystals deposited!
"To think there is such a Curio in the world?"
Hearing Caelus recount the earrings' function, Jing Yuan was endlessly amazed.
In the previous battle to exterminate the Abundance Dark Lotus phantom flowers, Jing Yuan had gained a preliminary understanding of Sushang's strength. He understood his own master's strength.
The two of them were strong individually, but there was a visible gap between them and an Emanator—one might even call it a chasm.
There were very few mortals in the entire Galaxy Universe who could step into this chasm, yet after fusing, they directly crossed over it!
Such a terrifying strength amplification—theoretically, only an Aeon could achieve it, yet Jing Yuan did not sense the power of a Path from the mysterious earrings.
"It is breathtaking to behold!"
Jing Yuan exclaimed with such emotion. His slightly weary expression turned solemn as he cupped his fists toward everyone around him, bowing to express his thanks.
"The prime evil has been expelled, and the Ambrosial Arbor's activity has temporarily ceased. For this great Xianzhou catastrophe, I thank you all for your righteous assistance!"
"Easy to say, easy to say! As long as the reward is in place, we'll trash the Aeons!"
Stelle put her hands on her hips, acting incredibly cocky.
"Ha~"
Jing Yuan was rendered speechless. Should he call this the true nature of a child's heart?
Caelus silently calculated the remaining time in his heart, tilted his head to look in the direction of the Dragon Palace entrance, and proposed:
"While there is still some time left on the earring fusion, let's go clear out the trash mobs."
"Agreed."
Jingyueshang, who was one-third Caelus in essence, smiled and nodded.
In the battle with Phantylia, Jing Yuan's stamina had hit rock bottom. To avoid wasting the transformation devices they bought, Stelle and Caelus had shot out all their energy, not leaving a single drop.
March 7th was in the same condition as Caelus.
Welt, Dan Heng, and Jingyueshang were not in full condition, but they still had the strength to continue fighting.
"Since that is the case, let's go."
Jingyueshang raised her pale hand slightly. Moonlight condensed into swords beneath everyone's feet out of thin air, and each person rode a sword like a Sword Immortal from Chinese Paladin.
"Whoa! We're flying!"
March 7th held onto Caelus's arm with one hand, looking at the scenery beneath her feet, cheering excitedly.
Stelle sat cross-legged on another Epiphyllum Sword without any beautiful girl burden, frowning in confusion.
She keenly noticed that Jingyueshang had manifested a celestial sword for everyone, yet only Caelus-cub and Ah Qi were sharing one. Why did it look like she was playing wingman?
This fellow's mind was always abnormally sensitive in some unreliable aspects.
Stelle shook her head and looked at the childish March 7th. "Ah Qi, didn't you often fly in the sky before?"
"Super Storm Bringer, Torijinmaru... and you flew when you turned into Ultraman Ace before, right? Why so excited?"
"We are flying on swords, hey! Is that the same as flying while piloting a Mashin Mecha?"
March 7th crossed her hands and spoke solemnly. After finishing, she even mimicked Jingyueshang by clasping her hands behind her back, wanting to display the ethereal and transcendent aura of a Sword Immortal.
"Hehe, this young lady is a Sword Immortal too!"
The young girl gestured with sword fingers, pretending she was controlling the flying sword herself.
"I think rather than a Sword Immortal, Ah Qi, you are more like a Sword Idiot."
Caelus mimicked Stelle, sitting cross-legged on the sword.
"Hmm~~~?"
The elongated tone was like a warning given by a small girlfriend before getting angry. March 7th's eyes became sharp, her gaze piercing toward Caelus like a sword.
"Sword Idiot?"
"Aiya, don't misunderstand. The 'Sword Idiot' I meant is someone who is obsessed with swords and thus possesses strong talent in the Way of the Sword." Caelus waved his hands with a grin.
"I think Caelus-cub is just saying you are an idiot at the Way of the Sword." Stelle raised her hand to dismantle his argument.
Amidst chatting and laughing, the group left the core sealed space and returned to the ancient, dilapidated Vidyadhara ruins of the Dragon Palace.
They could see that there were still parts of the Abundance Abominations and Voidrangers engaged in slaughter with the Cloud Knights.
"Go."
Jingyueshang was like a maiden Sword Immortal from a Xianxia story. Her pale hands formed a seal before her chest, and her sword fingers waved casually forward, pointing diagonally down at the Abominations and Voidrangers.
The firmament was like moonlight shining into a lake, stirring up ripples. Ten thousand Epiphyllum Ice Swords broke through the void—swords startling the geese, ten thousand swords paying homage to the sect.
The sword rain poured down like the bursting of the Heavenly River, instantly turning the area within a hundred li into a moonlight-cleansed field.
The roaring Wooden Lupuses had their skulls nailed by moon swords, cold ice spreading to freeze them instantly.
The winged bi-moon crows had their wings severed, and the Voidrangers charging in formation were pierced by three thousand moon swords.
The Cloud Knight soldiers who were gathering their courage to launch a charge were all dumbfounded on the spot seeing this scene.
"The General and the others are out!"
"But... who is that?"
"So strong!"
"She's simply like a Sword Immortal from a motion picture!"
At the very front of the battlefield.
A young man in blue clothes with golden hair took the lead. Six flying swords turned into flowing light to orbit his body, Abominations falling continuously amidst the crossing swords.
Suddenly sensing something, he looked up at the sky, and then his mouth opened slightly.
Watching the scene of the sword rain cleansing the filth, the swarm of Abominations falling in swathes like waves of wheat, and the Voidrangers being completely exterminated, Yanqing was dumbstruck:
"This... This is the true 'Ten Thousand Swords Arrive from Heaven'!"
Yanqing's gaze quickly searched the battlefield and soon found the figures of everyone riding swords out. He looked delighted upon seeing Jing Yuan.
But gazing at the beautiful silhouette standing on the moon sword, Yanqing froze.
"Who is this?"
Yanqing had thought it was Jingliu. She was his master's master, the former Sword Champion of the Xianzhou, and the strongest swordsman in Yanqing's cognition.
But he didn't expect it to be a strange face, one that looked even stronger than his master's master!
"Is it resolved..."
Fu Xuan, who was commanding from the rear, felt relieved of a heavy burden after seeing everyone's figures. Subsequently, she also gazed blankly at that ethereal Sword Immortal.
She was also confused about the other party's identity, and even more shocked by their strength.
Emanator-level!
That was an Emanator-level existence!
But, how was that possible!
Judging from the methods the other party used, they should be a Xianzhou native, yet there was no such General among the Seven Arbiter-Generals of the Reignbow. Where did this Emanator come from?
Amidst the cheers and excitement of the Cloud Knight soldiers and the shock of Yanqing and Fu Xuan, Jingyueshang utilized the remaining fusion time to clear out the Abundance Abominations and Voidrangers in the Scalegorge Ancient Sea.
Jingyueshang controlled the flying sword, bringing everyone down to the command starskiff where Fu Xuan was. Before Fu Xuan could ask questions, she turned around and said:
"My time is just about up."
Fu Xuan was slightly stunned upon hearing this, not understanding the reason, thinking this powerhouse was about to leave.
Jing Yuan, Welt, and Dan Heng, who had heard Caelus explain the earrings' function, knew that the fusion time was up.
Just as everyone was pondering whether to say a word of farewell, Jingyueshang's actions attracted everyone's sight.
"Right, I forgot one thing."
Jingyueshang walked in front of Caelus. Her cherry lips parted slightly, and her smiling face blossomed.
"Thank you."
That smile was stunning, like a glacier melting in an instant, like spring flowers blooming in a flash.
Amidst everyone's stunned expressions, the beauty leaned her delicate body forward, gently embraced Caelus, stood slightly on tiptoes, and pressed those moist cherry lips onto Caelus's mouth.
Jingyueshang, after all, contained one-third of Caelus. And Caelus's narcissistic personality possessed an extremely strong infectivity.
Love.
The result was that the fused Jingyueshang already possessed feelings for Caelus.
March 7th: "( { ) Ah!?"
Jing Yuan, Welt, Dan Heng: "???"
Stelle: "( O_O )."
The Stellaron spirit could empathically feel this kiss.
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