"After all, the path of [Trailblaze] had no gods to guide it. It could only be forged step by step by people themselves..."
"So now, as a predecessor, would you teach everyone in Amphoreus through both word and deed?"
Her gaze returned to the slowly revolving stars, growing distant.
"At the end of chaos lies a mass of pure darkness—pure [Destruction]..."
"But Amphoreus's light has thirteen colors. We won't lose to it, will we?"
"I will gather everything the Heart of Amphoreus can command and focus it all upon you, partner." Her voice became solemn, each word seeming to carry the weight of an entire world.
"After thirteen heartbeats, light will create heaven and earth."
"Are you ready?"
"Huh? You're giving it all to me?" Yan Huan was instantly taken aback.
"That's right." Cyrene smiled and nodded.
"After all, perhaps your answer, partner... will be far better than ours."
She slowly spread her arms as though she wished to embrace the entire starry sky. Then she began to chant, her voice ethereal and majestic, drawing the surrounding starlight into resonance:
"Let the thirteen factors of [Life] converge into primordial chaos—"
"With the [Remembrance] of the past, [Trailblaze] the destiny of tomorrow—"
"For Genesis, inscribe the opening stroke!"
In an instant, indescribable radiance erupted from Cyrene, from every star around them, and from the flowing sea of stars beneath their feet!
The light was incomparably warm and profound, carrying an endless torrent of emotions and memories as it instantly engulfed Yan Huan's consciousness.
Amid a violent dizziness, as if his soul were being torn apart, Yan Huan found himself once more beneath that colossal Divine Sword that blotted out the sky.
The pressure was almost tangible, crushing in from every direction.
A crimson glow filled his vision, staining the sky,