Completion Announcement

A year and a half later.

On the anniversary, at the Old Capital Fall Memorial beside the Great Rift.

Hollow Zero had once swallowed two districts of New Eridu before the Great Rift stopped it. Like a tiger waiting to pounce, it had lain in wait for its next eruption.

Now, the danger posed by Hollow Zero had fallen by 99%.

It was all thanks to a young girl from parts unknown: Griseo, a hero of [The Stars].

First, she had laid her plans in Lemnian Hollow, erased [Primus]'s consciousness from her avatar with a single strike of [Salvation], then seized the chance to clear out Lemnian Hollow.

Though its destruction had prompted certain beings to descend and fight back, intending to use a chain reaction between Hollow Zero and the other five Companion Hollows to engulf New Eridu,

Griseo had suppressed them all. Of course, to keep New Eridu from losing its energy source and its sense of danger, she had only eliminated the high-level Ethereals.

She had left plenty of level-five and level-six Ethereals—ones the Void Hunters could handle.

At the Great Rift, Wise and Belle once again brought flowers to the familiar place.

Her breath turned to white mist in the cold air. Belle set down her bouquet and gently brushed her fingertips over the name on the memorial.

"Teacher Carole, don't worry. It's all over!"

Wise watched Belle in silence. Everything around them was quiet, too; the wind was the most silent witness of all.

Suddenly, a shooting star streaked by—but it was flying upward, toward the sky.

Wise and Belle watched it in silence, then said softly, "Goodbye, Griseo."

Weifei Land—Whatever Temple.

"Master Yixuan, Senior Yijiang, and Junior Sister Xiaoguang, get off the roof! It's time to eat!" Pan Yinhu stood in the courtyard and