On the Heaven Stairway, atop the millionth step of the World Tree.
The Bright Moon Goddess spread her arms, heaven cradled in her palms. She gathered everything within herself, cast aside every distracting thought, and let the divine power she had cultivated, along with that bestowed by Supreme, flow out drop by drop. Like the bright moon shrouding the earth, it filled the entire space, embracing Supreme and Yue Yang within it as it merged with all things.
The Bright Moon divine power she wielded and controlled was exceedingly gentle, gauzy as a dream, drifting and hazy.
Though this divine power could never possibly harm Supreme or Yue Yang, she was still as gentle as she could be, lighter than the breeze, fainter than moonlight.
At this moment, the two of them were immersed in a resonance of perfect mutual understanding, unable to withstand even the slightest disturbance. Even a cough, or the softest footstep, might pull them out of that world where their hearts had merged, and they would no longer possess the current state of wordless accord.
Within this resonance, where heart and wisdom alike fused and became one, Supreme completely understood Yue Yang's cultivation, while Yue Yang read Supreme bit by bit, coming to know all of her more deeply and more truly.
There were no secrets left.
At this moment, the two were as intimate as twin fetuses, their flesh and blood entwined within their mother's womb.
Their two hearts beat together. Their two different yet harmonizing souls drew endlessly closer to one another, forming a strange union where you were within me, and I within you. Two realizations from different realms, two wisdoms expanding into different domains, two souls born separately and possessing different natures—all accepted the other without limit, until they became wholly one,