Light from all things

When Elevation rose once more from ruin, when all that had grown numb awakened again.

Drawn by the will of the people, the light of Red Firmament gathered in a vast torrent. This was the irresistible tide.

The contest between them had long since ended.

The moment the aberration of ruin came to an abrupt halt, Fernan could no longer succeed. And when that leaflet fell from the sky, everything he had painstakingly prepared fell into Ji Jue's hands.

All that remained was to settle the outcome.

And so, just as Ji Jue resolved to end it all, Red Firmament finally underwent its final refinement and tempering!

Boundless radiance shone everywhere.

When Ji Jue's soul rose from his body, answering the blazing sun's call and plunging into that expanse of Blazing Light, what he saw was an ocean formed of countless human figures.

Within this projection of the Celestial Origin Order, blurred figures raised their hands in fervor, as though excitement had already brought tears streaming down their faces.

They called for a hero's descent, for a sovereign's arrival, calling his name.

Before Ji Jue, a long, long flight of steps finally appeared.

It led to the highest point of the heavens.

All phenomena revolved around it; heaven and earth took it as their axis.

Under Red Firmament's control, this grand undertaking that would recreate everything, this authority of Celestial Origin that would command the Seven Cities, was already within reach.

Phantoms of Celestial Origin and the Tower flowed through Red Firmament's light. The seat of dominion had stood vacant for far too long. Ji Jue only had to step forward—no, he only had to turn his thoughts toward it—and that seat would welcome its true master.

Yet when he instinctively reached out, his hand stopped in midair.

It remained