stonecrandall Chapter 19 Embarking on a Journey to Chase Fire!
Chapter 19 Embarking on a Journey to Chase Fire!
At this moment, the sky changed again.
Time has clearly flown by once again.
The figures appearing in the picture are two young people who have shed their youthful naiveté and have upright postures.
Bai Er stood quietly atop a high cliff, the mountain wind whipping his short silver hair and grey traveler's cloak.
His profile is sharp and clean, and the softness of his childhood has been transformed into the coldness of a young man.
Those blue eyes gazed at the surging black tide in the distance.
It contains a calm that has endured countless battles, and a cold, ever-burning glimmer of light.
The pink-haired girl beside him has also grown up.
She was graceful and agile, her childishness had faded from her eyes, and her long pink hair looked like a rosy cloud in the dim light.
She was whispering something to Bai E, her eyes filled with unwavering trust and concern.
"Wow--!!!"
The entire Douluo Continent was instantly shaken by the stunning beauty of that fleeting glimpse.
"My God...he's grown up...so handsome..."
"So handsome! That cold and lonely feeling is so touching!"
"He was so cute he melted hearts when he was little, and now he's so handsome he makes your legs weak!"
On Shrek Academy's side, Xiao Wu looked at Bai E's silhouette on the sky and subconsciously glanced at Tang San beside her.
After comparing them, she instantly felt her face burning: "Pah! What are you thinking, Xiao Wu! Third Brother is the best to me! Of course, Third Brother is the most handsome!"
She quickly shook her head to get rid of that "thought".
Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing were also slightly lost in thought, but they both politely and quickly looked away.
Only Liu Erlong crossed his arms and exclaimed, "This young man is handsome!"
Upon hearing this, Yu Xiaogang, who was standing next to him, showed a hint of awkwardness on his face and coughed lightly.
The image on the sky rapidly zooms out, revealing a scene of complete collapse of that world:
The black tide swallowed most of the light, the sky was an eternal blackish-red, the earth cracked, and all things withered.
However, the world did not die completely.
The Last Sanctuary: The Legacy of the Titans
"In Onphalus, the only rule of survival is 'dependence'."
The Black Tide cannot devour everything.
The residual laws of the power of the twelve Titans formed a natural "fire-repelling barrier".
These places became the only relatively safe "shelters" remaining in the apocalypse.
But hope, like a flickering candle in the wind, is weak and about to be extinguished.
In this darkest hour, the image focuses on a saintess draped in a plain white robe with golden markings on her forehead.
In devout prayer, they finally heard a divine oracle from the depths of the world's laws, faint as a thread yet crystal clear:
When eternal night descends, only by gathering the primordial sparks of the Twelve Titans, and with heroes as the catalyst, can the light of the era be rekindled.
【The Three Pillar Titans】: Sky Titan, Aegler; Earth Titan, Georia; Ocean Titan, Fajina.
【The Three Titans of Creation】: Meneta, the Titan of Romance; Cephalus, the Titan of Negation; and Serhis, the Titan of Reason.
【The Three Titans of Calamity】: Zagreus, the Titan of Treachery; Nicardoli, the Titan of Strife; and Cenatos, the Titan of Death.
The Three Titans of Fate: Euronis, Titan of Time; Tarranton, Titan of Law; Janus, Titan of the Path.
The divine oracle struck like thunder, bringing only hope!
Just as the Holy Maiden was trying to gather the remaining heroes of the continent and embark on a long journey to collect the sparks of fire.
However, behind hope often lies deeper darkness.
The scene shifts to a luxurious yet decaying palace.
Those nobles and vested interests who still live a life of debauchery in the end times.
Their faces appeared distorted and ugly in the shadows.
"Reboot the era? Wouldn't that mean overthrowing the existing order and starting from scratch?"
"Do those lowly commoners deserve to share in the sunshine of the new world? Let them fend for themselves in the Black Tide!"
The conspiracy is brewing in the shadows.
When the call of the saint began to shake the foundations of aristocratic rule, the glimmer of hope became a thorn in their side.
"She's in the way."
The parliament, operating in the shadows, finally delivered its verdict.
"Since she so longs to be close to the sacred, let her be 'sacred' in the grandest sacrificial ceremony."
Before she could gather enough strength, she fell into the abyss in an "accident".
"Damn it! These parasites!"
"For personal gain, they're willing to drag the whole world down with them?! They don't care about the lives of others!"
On the Douluo Continent, countless ordinary soul masters and common people watched with righteous indignation and cursed loudly.
Some Soul Masters from noble families turned pale and then flushed.
"What are you looking at! We, the nobles of Douluo Continent, would never be so despicable!"
Hope seemed to have been completely extinguished with the passing of the saint.
The world seems truly beyond saving.
But the seeds of revolution have already been sown.
The saint's sacrifice was not meaningless.
Her young daughter inherited her wisdom and a purer form of courage.
"Mom, will you wear your prettiest white robe to the festival tomorrow?"
The saint turned around, gently embraced her daughter, and looked at her predetermined fate.
"Listen, my darling. Tomorrow, Mommy is going to a very far place to carry out a very, very sacred mission."
"I may be gone for a very, very long time. Long enough that the Kuroshio Current recedes, the sun shines on the earth again, and grass grows from the ruins."
The daughter, seemingly understanding but not quite, asked, "When are you coming back?"
The saintess released her and took out a treasured item from her bosom—a seemingly ordinary piece of glass, but with a small piece of starlight seemingly sealed inside.
She placed the glass in her daughter's palm and closed her little hand.
"When you grow up, one day you will see that the world has truly become new and bright, and that will be the time when your mother's mission is accomplished."
"I will always be waiting for you in that brand new world."
Years later, the girl grew up.
The girl did not believe the lies the authorities were trying to cover up, and she made a shocking decision:
She embarked on a journey to find the legendary Titan Janus, determined to fulfill her mother's dying wish alone!
After overcoming numerous difficulties, the girl finally found the path to Titan Janus.
However, the truth is heartbreaking.
Janus was not a free god; he was a "captive gatekeeper."
The celestial display shows the statue of Janus bound to the center of the temple by countless enormous chains of law.
She then became Onphalus's first demigod, gaining the ability to open the "Gate of a Hundred Worlds".
However, this power was far too immense for an ordinary human body to withstand.
To fulfill her mother's dying wish to spread the truth, she made the most tragic choice:
[Multiple clones].
She combined her soul with this divine power, shattering it into thousands of fragments, which transformed into thousands of tiny "selves," traversing countless arduous and perilous paths.
Spread the true prophecy and complete method of "gathering the sparks and restarting the era" to every corner of the world in despair.
With each fragment she sent out, her main body weakened a little, and her size shrank accordingly.
From a teenage girl, to a little girl, to a toddler...
An ancient prophecy resounded across the heavens as she finally closed her eyes:
You will shatter into a thousand pieces, withering in the soil of a foreign land.