So it really was a solar-powered whale? No wonder it had such a gentle disposition.
The bizarre scene before him genuinely moved Fu Qian.
Now that he was standing here, that strange sense of resonance had actually weakened.
The peculiar changes that had come over him along the way seemed to have truly originated from the whale outside.
It had conveyed the existence of the Crystalline Sun to him in this way.
How marvelous!
At that very moment, as Fu Qian approached, the Crystalline Sun began to change as well—it stopped rotating.
That strange connection remained, but little by little, it came to a complete stop.
As it changed, each beam of "light" stilled along with it, then weathered away and vanished.
Like a fuse, the change spread all the way to the enormous body beyond.
The whale, which he had sensed swimming leisurely, gradually slowed down, until it was simply floating.
Fu Qian felt a stirring in his heart and reached out to catch the falling Crystalline Sun.
As he did, strands of sunlight seeped in.
The whale's broad back melted away beneath the sunlight like snow. The gaps widened, and its body even began to sink.
In less than half a minute, this creature—without a doubt the gentlest of all the Sea of Ashes creatures Fu Qian had ever seen—had returned entirely to ash, leaving not a trace behind.
"Thanks for all your hard work."
Fu Qian paid his respects with solemn sincerity.
The resonance had now vanished completely, but the strange connection with the object in his hand had grown even stronger.
In stark contrast to its floating appearance moments ago, it felt remarkably heavy in his grasp.
At the same time, it felt very stable. It hadn't undergone any strange changes from coming into contact with