Outside Douluo Planet, after a single slash shattered the barrier surrounding the Douluo God Realm, Ming Yue entered directly.
The moment he set foot inside, Ming Yue sensed an energy that was clearly and fundamentally different from Soul Power.
He raised a hand and gathered energy. In the next moment, two spheres appeared in his palms, one formed from Honkai Energy and the other from this unfamiliar energy.
He let the two energies entwine and studied them for a moment:
"So that's how it is. Once the energy containing the substance that keeps the cells of this world's humans in perpetual motion fuses with Soul Power, it becomes this so-called divine power."
Ming Yue soon sensed their essence as the two energies collided, then raised his hand and clenched it, scattering them.
Using the aura of this divine power as a guide, Ming Yue quickly pinpointed the core of the Douluo God Realm!
He arrived there directly. A plaque bearing the words "God Realm Committee" hung across the main hall.
"So this is the place. At this point in the timeline, that idiot Golden Dragon King should already be dead, right?"
"Never mind. Let's finish this in one strike. I feel like I'm about to reach my limit!"
His memories of the timeline were somewhat hazy, so Ming Yue decided not to dwell on it.
Skyfire appeared in his hand once more, and he soared into the air, raising it high! Vast quantities of Honkai Energy drifting through the universe surged toward Ming Yue, mixed with Imaginary Energy!
In a matter of moments, faint lines appeared across Ming Yue's body in his Savior Form!
Feeling the blood surging through him grow scorching hot, Ming Yue finished gathering his strength and unleashed a single Divine Judgment!
"RUMBLE!!!!"
The next instant, like a firework exploding, a great burst of dazzling light flared across the boundless universe!
Every living being on Douluo Planet could clearly see the sight!
By then, Ming Yue had barely managed to make it back within Douluo Planet's atmosphere. Now he could no longer maintain his Savior Form.
Silvery-white motes drifted from Ming Yue like fireflies.
Void Archives fell from his chest, already covered in patterns left behind by the erosion of Honkai Energy and Imaginary Energy.
He fell from the heavens with it, carried down by gravity!
"Ming Yue!!!" At that very moment, the Plane Spirit appeared alongside her voice, crying out in alarm.
"I've got you!" A warm sensation and a voice choked with joy rang in his ear. Ming Yue struggled to open his eyes.
"Oh, it's you, good girl. You caught me."
He gave a weak smile, and she soon lowered him back to the ground.
"A-Yue!?" x2
The sisters, who had been waiting in a state of unbearable anxiety, couldn't hold back when they saw him.
With cries of alarm, they both rushed to Ming Yue's side.
"A-Yue! A-Yue! What happened to you—ugh! You look so weak, sob!"
Tears filled her beautiful eyes as Leng Yulai took Ming Yue's hand in hers, her voice breaking into sobs.
"A-Yue...!" Taking his other hand, Leng Yaozhu gazed at him with tear-filled eyes and a face full of worry.
"...Sorry, Sister Yao Zhu, Sister Yulai. I'm sorry you have to see me in such a sorry state."
He managed a faint smile and weakly squeezed the hands cradling his.
The sisters said nothing. They only looked at Ming Yue with even greater sorrow.
"Cough... Fifty years. So I'm fifty years old now." He coughed and lifted his face.
The lines left by the erosion of Honkai Energy and Imaginary Energy began creeping slowly up his neck:
"What a brief yet long fifty years. So brief that I never got to give you a perfect wedding."
"Cough, cough... Yet so long that, in those fifty years, I truly changed this deformed world. Cough, cough!"
His chest heaved violently. Ming Yue felt a stabbing pain with every breath, and his vision began to flicker in and out.
"A-Yue...! Stop talking, A-Yue. I'll take you back to the lab! There must be something you can do, right!?"
"I'm taking you back to the lab right now, A-Yue!"
Leng Yaozhu suddenly lifted Ming Yue into her arms, her expression frantic, and began to activate Martial Soul Possession.
But Leng Yulai quickly stopped her. "With A-Yue in this condition, Sister! You have to calm down!"
"Calm down? How can I calm down when A-Yue's like this?!"
Leng Yaozhu, usually the most composed of them all, clutched Ming Yue and collapsed to her knees, her beautiful eyes red as she broke down and cried out.
And Leng Yulai, usually the liveliest of them all, had lost her usual cheer as well.
Looking at her sister and Ming Yue's vacant eyes, she couldn't stop the tears streaming down her face.
"Let go. Let me try!" The Plane Spirit suddenly appeared before Leng Yaozhu.
Crouching down, she tried to channel the power of her Origin into Ming Yue's body.
Soon, Ming Yue spoke through a fit of broken coughing. "Cough, cough, cough... Yao... Sister Yao Zhu, help... help me up. I... I have something to say."
He managed to tap Leng Yaozhu's arm with a trembling finger.
"A-Yue!" x2
The sisters cried out in delight and hurriedly helped Ming Yue sit upright.
"Cough, cough... That's enough. Stop now, good girl. You've already done very well."
Color returned to Ming Yue's face. He gently moved the Plane Spirit's hand away.
"But you—!"
"Heh. As one of the pioneers who guide the way, you can't let your emotions make you choose the least worthwhile course of action."
He patted her head, then turned to the sisters. "Sister Yao Zhu, Sister Yulai, give me your Origin and Finality."
The sisters didn't hesitate. They quickly handed him the two bracelets.
Ming Yue didn't waste words. He took the bracelets and picked up Void Archives, which the Plane Spirit had placed beside him.
He placed the two bracelets on Void Archives, and a faint silver light began to flow across them.
It was the energy produced as data was transmitted!
It was also a program he had long ago asked Xiao Ya to prepare in case of an emergency. He hadn't expected it to prove so useful here, in the end.
A moment later, the silver light faded. He lifted the bracelets from Void Archives.
Void Archives then liquefied into a pool of gold and flowed back into Ming Yue's body.
"This is the last little bit I can do for you." He handed the bracelets back to Leng Yaozhu and Leng Yulai, then struggled to his feet.
"Good girl, promise me one last thing." Ming Yue looked up at the sky, his voice distant.
"Ming Yue...!" The Plane Spirit's voice was choked with tears.
"Heh. First, protect my Sister Yao Zhu and Sister Yulai. And no matter what happens, you must remember that you are pioneers who guide the way. Cough, cough!"
"I thought that after this battle, I'd bring all of you home in a grand wedding. Looks like the saying was right—you really can't count your chickens before they hatch. Cough, cough."
With a sigh, Ming Yue's body suddenly began turning into motes of light from the feet up.
"Sorry... Yaozhu, Yulai. This is the most selfish thing I can do now. Live well!"
With those final words, as Leng Yaozhu and Leng Yulai wept and desperately reached out as if trying to grasp something,
Ming Yue vanished completely from the world!
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