"It was time."
Xel'Naga Ouros, the final guardian of the endless cycle, declared, "Our final essence shall give birth to a new eternity."
As the golden light in Ouros's eyes faded one by one, the last of his strength drained from his body. His voice grew weaker and weaker until it was barely audible.
"The endless cycle ends here."
At this moment, destined to be recorded in history forever, Augustus merely stood on the bridge, his emotions in turmoil.
Like everyone watching, Augustus held his breath as he witnessed the astonishing transformation taking place within Kerrigan.
In an instant, holy radiance blazed forth, covering every inch of Kerrigan's skin like golden flames and giving off a scorching light.
The Xel'Naga were cosmic beings, existences from a higher dimension, and their power was astronomical in scale.
As though a war horn had suddenly sounded through the mountains, the rising sun illuminated the battlefield in the darkness. Countless shadows of the Void were scattered by a sacred cosmic wind, and every trace of corruption vanished in an instant. Even the light of the Void's celestial bodies became clear and luminous, no longer murky and harsh.
When people could see clearly once more, an unparalleled figure seemingly formed of pure light shone as brilliantly as the sun upon a mountaintop. It was a majestic being of myth, radiant and sublime in beauty, incomparably graceful and transcending all else.
"This is... a Xel'Naga," Augustus murmured.
Kerrigan's current appearance was undoubtedly vastly different from the Xel'Naga's usual image, yet it was also unlike the form Augustus remembered.
If gods truly existed in this world, then surely they would be like this.
Xel'Naga Kerrigan still retained a humanlike body, with exquisite features and a flawless figure. It was as if boundless power had molded a brilliant