Mending the Heavens

A dragon's shadow burst apart amid the chaos of space and time, scattering into countless fragments.

The Dragon God's furious roar echoed throughout the entire star system. Stars trembled violently beneath its bellow.

The Water Dragon King continued, her voice growing a little more somber:

"The Dragon God fell into madness. The power of destruction surged from within him."

"The Nine Great Dragon Kings fought a bloody battle, trying to bring him to his senses, while one dragon clan powerhouse after another fell."

Ye Qiong furrowed his brow:

"Then how did the Dragon God fall?"

The Fire Dragon King snorted:

"Who else but those God Kings led by the Asura God!"

"We asked them for help, hoping they'd join forces with us to keep him in check, but who would've thought..."

The angrier the Fire Dragon King grew, the more the Water Dragon King had to interrupt him:

"At that time, the decisive battle erupted in the Tidal Zone at the edge of the universe."

The image on the water screen changed again.

Five divine lights and a dragon's shadow clashed violently beside a gray stretch of the Tidal Zone.

The Asura God's sword qi unleashed a devastating blow, carrying the sharpest killing force in the world.

Before he was completely consumed by madness, the Dragon God also unleashed his origin in an act like self-destruction.

The two forces exploded beside the Tidal Zone, tearing open a gash in it.

The Water Dragon King gazed at the scene, her voice carrying the weariness of millions of years:

"The Space Dragon King was dead, and the Time Dragon King was on the verge of death."

"No one could repair that rift."

Ye Qiong watched the rift in the image, a sudden, ominous premonition rising in his heart.

Could it be...

"That rift led to an absolute void we had never touched before, an indescribable abyss beyond the universe."

As soon as she finished speaking, Ye Qiong saw the rift in the image gradually expand, turning in an instant into a massive hole.

The hole was bottomless. Nothing could be seen inside.

Ye Qiong stared into the darkness, his mind racing.

Back in his previous life, when he'd played Honkai Star Rail, he'd read about things like the edge of the universe and imaginary-number tides.

But those were merely part of the Honkai Star Rail setting.

He wasn't sure what the Tidal Zone in the universe of Douluo Continent before him actually was.

There was one thing he could be sure of, though.

There definitely wouldn't be anything good inside that hole.

Sure enough, the Water Dragon King continued:

"The Five Great God Kings thought the Tidal Zone would slowly repair itself, so they all left."

"But day after day, the hole kept being forced open by an external power."

As she spoke, the Water Dragon King paused, then waved her dragon claw again. A group of monsters so enormous they made one's scalp crawl appeared in the image!

"Several hundred years later, a number of star-swallowing ancient beasts actually crawled out of that hole."

"They were unimaginably huge, each one like a wandering planet."

"Purple-black clouds shrouded their bodies like nebulae. They had no eyes, only abyssal maws."

"They invaded our universe, devouring countless stars. Everywhere they went, planets shattered, and countless living beings were sucked dry along with their star systems!"

As Ye Qiong watched the ancient beasts swallow planets whole, his eyes widened.

He immediately asked:

"These ancient beasts... do they have intelligence?"

The Water Dragon King shook her head:

"No. They have only an instinct to devour."

Those words struck Ye Qiong's mind like a bolt of lightning.

He froze in place, staring at the giant beasts in the image.

Devouring. Ancient beasts...

Damn, weren't these just the Voracity from the Honkai Star Rail universe?

The Aeon of Elation had stolen Voracity's sense of taste, turning it into a vicious beast with nothing but an instinct to devour.

And similar ancient beasts had also been affected by it because they walked the Path of Voracity.

This sent shock waves crashing through Ye Qiong's heart.

If this ancient beast had come from the Honkai Star Rail universe...

Did that mean Douluo Continent existed somewhere in the Honkai Star Rail universe?

And was the abyss connected by this rift the border, eroded by the Path of Voracity?

Or could it even be the Honkai Star Rail universe itself?

But this conjecture was far too bold, and there was too little information. He couldn't be sure, and naturally, he didn't dare make any definitive claims.

So he had no choice but to bury his suspicions deep in his heart and continue listening to the two Dragon Kings.

The Water Dragon King didn't notice anything amiss and continued:

"The first to be hit was the desolate star system where our Divine Dragon Realm originated."

"Overnight, the place that held the memories of our dragon clan's past was utterly reduced to nothingness by three ancient beasts."

The image changed.

The surviving dragons stood at the edge of the Tidal Zone, facing the rift.

Ye Qiong watched the dragon silhouettes fly into the rift, one after another, never looking back.

Looking at this, the Fire Dragon King's voice sank:

"They were my descendants."

"They kindled their last flames with their bodies, transforming their bloodlines into pure fire-origin power to fill that enormous hole."

The Water Dragon King shook her head and sighed as well:

"Our Dragon King descendants followed close behind."

Ye Qiong watched the remaining Dragon Kings lead their clans into a desperate battle against the ancient beasts, filling the hole, one after another, and felt deeply shaken.

But he didn't interrupt the two Dragon Kings. He simply listened in silence.

"As long as that hole remained open, those ancient beasts would keep pouring through."

"And back then, we never once considered retreating."

"Because behind us lay the home we depended on to survive."

"We eventually filled the rift, but we paid an immeasurably heavy price."

"I, the Fire Dragon King, the Mountain Dragon King, and the other Dragon Kings all fell in that battle."

After the Water Dragon King finished speaking, the Fire Dragon King let out a long sigh:

"Alas, how glorious our dragon clan once was."

"But in the end, there was no place left for our clan in this universe."

"Our dragon clan nearly vanished from the universe in that battle."

The image changed.

The dragon clan's remains crossed the vast void and fell toward a distant blue planet.

Douluo Planet received these last relics.

The remains of dragons across the planet slept deep beneath the earth, becoming one dragon tomb after another.

And the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well was one of them.

Ye Qiong watched the spring where ice and fire coexisted, and understood.

The residual power left behind after the Water Dragon King's and Fire Dragon King's remains mingled had seeped into the earth, nurturing the land called Sunset Forest.

He fell silent for a moment before speaking slowly:

"The Divine Realm... erased this battle from the records?"

In response to Ye Qiong's question, the Water Dragon King's voice remained calm:

"They branded our Father God as the source of the rebellion, and our dragon clan as its accomplices."

"And that rift, along with the ancient beasts of the starry sky, was never mentioned in any record."

The Fire Dragon King's indignant voice rang out as well:

"The survivors chose to forget, but the energy barrier in the Tidal Zone will remember what our dragon clan gave."

"Our dragon clan has not perished!"

"We have all become a wall, a wall called Mending the Heavens!"

The Fire Dragon King's words rang with force, shaking Ye Qiong to his core.

The Fire Dragon King's gaze fell on Ye Qiong again, heavy and solemn:

"Human, we have but one final wish."

"I hope you can find the remains of the other Dragon Kings and obtain their inheritances."

"Because the barrier we formed is no eternal solution. One day, those ancient beasts will break through again and come pouring back."

"I hope you can protect everything in this universe on our behalf."

Ye Qiong looked at the two Dragon Kings one last time, then smiled with confidence:

"I will. After all, I am a Pathfinder, aren't I?"