"Mother!"
Those two words alone made Xi He, whose heart had already turned to ashes, freeze abruptly!
She whirled around, her gaze locking tightly onto the young man beside Tai Yi.
It was him!
He was the one who had been carrying Da Yi just now!
He was also the one standing beside those eight enormous eggs swirling with True Sun Fire!
Xi He's heart nearly stopped at that moment.
Before coming here, she had already prepared herself for the worst.
The news of her nine sons' deaths had been like ice from the Ninth Heaven, freezing her soul.
She did not dare imagine that tragic scene. She only hoped to recover her children's remains and bring them back to the Sun Star for burial.
Yet after arriving at the battlefield, her Divine Sense had frantically swept the area, finding none of the wreckage she had expected.
Instead, she had seen eight enormous eggs giving off dense Sun Origin auras, as well as this youth with his strange presence.
A thought so absurd that it made the depths of her soul tremble had flashed through the lake of despair in her heart.
Were those her children?
But that thought had been too illusory, too extravagant.
She had not dared consider it further, much less hope for it!
She feared that the greater her hope, the deeper her despair would be.
She had forced herself to look away and focus on the gravely wounded Tai Yi and the battle that was about to come.
Yet now, that cry of "Mother" instantly dispelled all the gloom and terrified disbelief in her heart!
"You..."
Xi He swayed, appearing before Lu Jun in an instant, moving so quickly that even Di Jun could not fully see her.
She extended a hand, her fingertips trembling cautiously, almost reverently.
She wanted to touch Lu Jun's face, yet her hand stopped in midair, afraid that everything before her was merely an illusion.
"Mother, I'm Lu Jun!"
Lu Jun spoke with a smile.
Light flashed in Xi He's eyes, and the deathly stillness within them turned into delighted shock. "You are... my... Jun'er?"
Tears spilled uncontrollably from her beautiful eyes.
"It's me, Mother!" Lu Jun walked toward Xi He.
"Good! Good! Good child!"
Xi He could no longer hold herself back. She pulled Lu Jun tightly into her embrace.
Feeling the real aura and warmth of her son's body, her heart, which had nearly shattered, was finally filled with overwhelming joy.
She raised her head and looked over the eight enormous eggs, her expression filled with incomparable excitement and hope. "Then they... Bo Huang, Zhong Lang, and the others..."
"Don't worry, Sister-in-law."
Tai Yi's voice sounded at just the right moment, carrying a gratified smile as well as a trace of solemnity.
He looked at Di Jun and the countless Demon Race elites behind him, speaking in a ringing voice.
"We have Sixth Prince Lu Jun to thank for all of this! If not for him turning the tide, Bo Huang and the others truly would have been... beyond redemption!"
"Sixth Prince?"
Di Jun keenly caught the change in Tai Yi's form of address.
It was no longer "my nephew Lu Jun," but "Sixth Prince Lu Jun"!
Tai Yi was building his reputation before the entire Demon Race, establishing Lu Jun's honored status among them!
Di Jun instantly understood Tai Yi's deeper intention.
"Tai Yi, you arrived before me. Tell me, what exactly happened here?"
"Bo Huang and the others... and how did you end up so badly wounded?"
Tai Yi took a deep breath. "Big Brother, this is what happened..."
He recounted everything that had occurred.
Da Yi shooting down the suns!
Lu Jun's strange appearance and his turning of the tide!
The eight princes undergoing Nirvana and becoming eggs!
His battle with the Ancestral Witches after arriving!
The Golden Crow Nirvana and Lu Jun's physical transformation that he had learned of from Lu Jun and Da Yi!
As Tai Yi spoke, the shock in Di Jun's eyes, which held endless stars, grew ever stronger!
Nirvana!
The Golden Crow Clan could actually undergo Nirvana Rebirth like the Phoenix!
Lu Jun had undergone Nirvana on his own, gaining physical potential comparable to that of an Ancestral Witch!
Though his other eight sons had undergone Nirvana with Lu Jun's help and possessed slightly lesser potential, they had survived in the end!
Every piece of information was like Chaos Divine Thunder exploding within Di Jun's sea of consciousness!
Xi He's mind and spirit swayed even more violently, and her arms around Lu Jun tightened.
Just as she had thought!
Her sons had not died!
They had undergone Nirvana!
Her gaze upon the eight eggs was filled with boundless maternal love and hope.
"As long as they survived, it's enough! As long as they survived, it's enough! Nirvana... good! Good! Good! Heaven has not abandoned my sons!"
She said "good" three times in succession, her voice choked with emotion yet full of strength.
Di Jun's shock carried an even deeper consideration.
Nirvana!
What did that mean?
It meant that the Golden Crow Clan possessed a second life!
It meant they had the possibility of continuing their bloodline through the Cataclysmic Tribulation, even becoming stronger!
Lu Jun's body was comparable to an Ancestral Witch's after Nirvana?
Then what if he, Di Jun, underwent Nirvana?
What if Tai Yi underwent Nirvana?
The two brothers were already at the Quasi-Saint Peak. If Nirvana further strengthened their bodies...
Di Jun's gaze involuntarily swept toward the Chaos Bell hovering above Lu Jun and the eight eggs.
Then he looked at Tai Yi, whose body was drenched in blood but whose eyes shone brightly, his aura carrying a strange hint of excitement.
A thought flashed through his mind like lightning.
No wonder!
No wonder Tai Yi had separated the Chaos Bell from his body to protect those behind him, while allowing himself to be covered in wounds.
He even carried a mad desire to fight, to be wounded!
He was... seeking death!
He sought a chance at Nirvana!
He wanted to use the hands of the Ancestral Witches to test this Nirvana Path and gamble for a stronger future!
That resolve and courage left Di Jun shaken, while also stirring an indescribable sense of pride and anticipation within him!
At that moment, the billions of Demon Race Army soldiers, who had long been unable to restrain themselves, finally erupted into earthshaking cheers and congratulations:
"Congratulations, Your Majesty the Demon Emperor! Congratulations, His Majesty the Eastern Emperor! Congratulations, Demon Queen Xi He!"
"The Golden Crow Clan has comprehended the supreme divine art of Nirvana! Their bloodline has ascended—the Mandate of Heaven is with them!"
"Reborn through Nirvana, stronger after bathing in fire! The Demon Race shall flourish forever!"
"Sixth Prince Lu Jun turned the tide! His divine abilities are unrivaled—he is truly the fortune of our Demon Race!"
"The princes have undergone Nirvana, and the Golden Crows shall shine forever! The Demon Race shall rise!"
The ocean-like cries converged into a roaring torrent, resounding through the skies and shaking the lands of the Prehistoric World!
The humiliation of being suppressed by the Ancestral Witches was swept away.
In its place came unprecedented exhilaration and boundless hope for the future!
Di Jun looked at Xi He, who held Lu Jun in her arms and wept with joy.
He looked at the eight Nirvana Eggs bearing hope and the future.
He looked at Tai Yi, bloodied yet radiant, his eyes blazing with fighting spirit.
Then, hearing the congratulatory cries of the billions of Demon Race soldiers, heroic ambition surged within his chest.
With a sweeping wave of his hand, his majestic voice drowned out all the clamor:
"Heaven bless the Golden Crows! Heaven bless the Demon Race!"
"All soldiers, heed my command! Depart at once and return to the Sun Star! Welcome the princes' return from Nirvana!"
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