The next moment, the scenery around him receded like the tide. He felt himself "sink" and "rise" at the same time, breaking through some kind of dimensional barrier and arriving in a "space" that was difficult to describe in words.
This was neither the starry universe nor a domain in the ordinary sense.
At the very center of this space, the most eye-catching thing was a massive sphere that seemed to have been "embedded" into reality directly from the conceptual level.
It was not a physical object, yet it possessed a stronger sense of existence than any physical object.
This was the [Cocoon of Finality]—the source of all Honkai phenomena on Earth, the root of Herrscher authority, and the manifested core of civilization's selection mechanism.
Mo Wang stared at this strange existence that was both a "heart" and a "womb," his gaze complicated. Just then, a sweet and familiar voice, carrying both cheer and a trace of slyness, sounded by his ear:
"This is the Cocoon of Finality~ The origin of all Honkai energy on Earth, and also... the place where our story began and cycled back around."
Mo Wang turned his head.
At some unknown point, Elysia was already standing gracefully at his side, smiling beautifully.
Beside her was Xilian, her expression gentle and peaceful.
Elysia waved sweetly at Mo Wang, her eyes curving into crescents. "Hi~? Are you surprised to see us here? Did you miss me?"
Mo Wang looked at Miss Pink Fairy's ever-familiar smiling face, and the little bit of solemnity on his face instantly turned into helpless indulgence. He shrugged and complained in a flat tone, "No, not surprised in the slightest. Your girl's 'true body' is here to begin with, right? If you wanted to come here, wasn't it just a matter of a