Location: Mirror Saint's Sanctuary – The Obsidian Rift
Beneath the Endless Abyss, where no light could survive, the Mirror Saint meditated atop a broken throne of shattered dimensions. His robe flowed like liquid glass, and his face reflected not one but a thousand memories of others.
Before him, floating in eerie silence, hovered a piece of fractured reality—a shard of an ancient mirror pulsing with screaming souls trapped in time.
> "They awaken too soon," he said coldly. "The girl glimpses threads she shouldn't. The boy... already steps into the void."
At his side, a cloaked disciple trembled.
> "What shall we do, Master?"
> "Initiate the Echo Collapse," the Mirror Saint replied. "And prepare the Cradle Gate. The twins must be tested within the ruins of their origin."
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🌒 Fenglan's Inner Void Trial
Meanwhile, Fenglan knelt inside the Void Garden's meditation pool, surrounded by ethereal mist. Yuanhe watched silently, as the boy's soul disconnected and entered the Inner Abyss Trial, a realm formed by the cultivator's own subconscious void.
Fenglan found himself on a glass bridge that stretched across a sky of black flame. Before him, a boy with identical features stepped out.
> "Who are you?" Fenglan asked.
> "I am what you left behind," the reflection said. "Your fear of losing Meiyue. Your guilt for being born first. Your envy of her strength."
> "I don't fear her!" Fenglan roared.
The reflection smiled.
> "Then prove it."
They fought—blade against blade, memory against instinct. For each blow struck, Fenglan's aura evolved, his veins lighting up with spiral glyphs of **Void Resonance**.
In his mind, a name thundered from nowhere:
> **Realm One: Void Root Formation.**
> **Realm Two: Hollow Pulse Opening.**
> **Realm Three: Lunar Echo Vein.**
> "There are twelve," a voice whispered. It was Yuanhe, guiding him through telepathic voidstream. "And beyond them, lies **True Void Ascension.**"
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💠 Song Yueru and the Scroll's Prophecy
Song Yueru handed the cracked scroll to Qin Huaian under the moonlight.
> "It names them," she said. "The twins are vessels. This is no coincidence."
Qin Huaian read the ancient script aloud:
> "Born under Hollow Moon, of blood split by heavens, the twin spirits shall rise. One shall awaken the void, the other shall anchor it. And together… unlock the Echo Gate."
Yueru's hands trembled.
> "If this is true, they're more than heirs. They're the key to ending the Eternal Spiral War."
Huaian looked toward the garden, where Meiyue stood watching stars flicker unnaturally.
> "Then we train them—not to survive, but to reign."