From that day on, the Cosmic Star Map lost a planet called Panshi Star, and the Sea of Stars gained a rampaging Calamity.
Wherever [Earthshaker] passed, the earth split apart and lives were devastated.
The major galaxies assembled fleets to deal with it, but all were defeated.
Only when a familiar army intercepted [Earthshaker] did its universe-shaking roars cease.
The army flying Panshi Star's flag stood before the colossal stone giant. Gazing at that shell of familiar rock, they shouted the oath engraved into their souls, ready to face death.
"Our oath stands firm as stone, indestructible through all tribulations!"
The soldier at their head raised the Ceremonial Sword with his sole remaining arm and pointed it at [Earthshaker].
"Panshi Star's will does not permit it to become a Calamity that wreaks havoc upon the world! Xiaoling, if you can still hear us, stop!"
"He... sacrificed... bargain... death..."
Disjointed murmurs emerged from [Earthshaker], revealing the cruel truth.
The bargain Xiaoling had called insignificant had cost him his life.
"Price... revenge... spare Panshi Star's people, spare you..."
The surviving Panshi Star people wore blank expressions, their ears ringing incessantly. After Xiaofeng, they had lost another hero.
The newly born [Earthshaker] possessed only a dim awareness. Had it been its later self, it would certainly have sneered.
It would have mocked the ants trying to intercept it for entertaining such a ridiculous notion-that it was the human named Xiaoling.
For a soul as insignificant as dust, becoming the catalyst for the birth of its will was already an unparalleled honor. How could that soul possibly take control?
Yet that bone-deep hatred had indeed become [Earthshaker]'s driving force at its birth.
"Move aside."
The icy voice thundered in their ears, its volume halting the drifting clouds.
Yet Panshi Star's troops showed no intention