Chapter 179: The Truth: The Secrets of the Gods (End) [VIP]
Long ago, an ancient civilization, with Shem as its supreme god, unexpectedly acquired a mysterious substance. They named this substance "Ya," which in their language means something incredible, great, and a creator-level being.
Later, under the catalysis of "Ya," they rapidly ascended to a higher civilization. All individual beings merged into a single consciousness, officially ascending to a god-level civilization. This newly born god-level consciousness adopted the name of their Supreme God, "Shan," as its new name, and called "Ya" "Shan's brother."
After ascending to god-level civilization, Shan began contacting the consciousnesses of other god-level civilizations in the universe. During these exchanges, the self-proclaimed god-level consciousnesses were surprised to discover that, despite their different titles, nearly all of them had completed the crucial dimensional ascension with the catalytic assistance of "Ya"—a civilization without "Ya" could not ascend to god-level status even if it achieved consciousness fusion.
After realizing that "elegance" was the key to a high-level civilization's advancement to god-level status, the consciousness of the god-level civilization announced the formation of a god-level civilization alliance to lead and manage all other high-level, intermediate, and low-level civilizations in the universe that had not yet reached god-level status. This alliance was actually intended to exploit all civilizations that had not yet reached god-level status and prevent less advanced civilizations from discovering and using "elegance."
It's unknown how long this oppressive rule lasted—approximately a million years ago, an alien civilization whose totem worshipped the dragon gradually developed into a highly advanced civilization. Unwilling to continue being oppressed, they named themselves after their supreme god, the dragon, and called themselves the Dragon People. They led hundreds of other mid- and lower-level civilizations, equally dissatisfied with the alliance of god-level civilizations, in a major rebellion.
The rebels were defeated by the alliance of god-level civilizations and were nearly annihilated in the star system containing Ella. This ancient cosmic war destroyed the rebels and tore apart the star system containing Ella, extinguishing most of the stars within the system and destroying Ella's native civilization overnight.
To all the civilizations involved in this cosmic war, the star system containing Ella was a desolate, uninhabited corner of the universe. Therefore, both sides chose this location as the site of the final battle. However, no one could have imagined that a tiny planet hidden in this corner of the universe would actually have a native civilization!
After the cosmic war, only a handful of defeated forces escaped to the ruined planet of Ella. The victorious forces, determined to annihilate them, also descended upon the ruined planet. Upon discovering the existence of a native civilization on Ella, which had been tragically destroyed by the cosmic war, the God-level Civilization Alliance showed no signs of shame or uneasiness until they discovered that Ella's core contained a vast reservoir of "Ya" (Elegant Energy).
After discovering the incomparable value of Ella, the God-level Civilization Alliance immediately expressed its responsibility for Ella, the most innocent and pitiful victim. Wang Dong stayed on Ella to help Ella restore civilization.
Do they truly possess such a conscience? No, they simply harbor greed and possessiveness for Ella! They know that any civilization possessing "elegance," no matter how weak and primitive it may be now, will eventually evolve into a god-level civilization. They want to drain all the "elegance" possessed by this planet, whose native civilization is still in its primitive stages. They believe such a weak and primitive civilization doesn't deserve "elegance."
[The creators of the ancient civilization of Aila millions of years ago were not the ancestors of the current Aila people. King Shem, who was in charge of the reconstruction, disliked these founders of the ancient civilization and drove them into a corner. He chose the beings whose appearances matched his own aesthetic as the rulers of the new civilization and founded the Twin Gods religion, with Shem and Ya as the supreme gods.]
In fact, not only did Shem banish the founders of Ella's ancient civilization into a dark corner, calling them demons and monsters, but He also shaped the image of "Ya," the twin gods of Ella's millions-year-old faith, to Shem's own liking. He considered Ella his own, reshaping everything on the planet to his liking. He also spared no effort in trying to extract the fragments of "Ya" hidden within Ella's core, attempting to decipher, understand, and master all that was "Ya."
[Shan's arrogance and willfulness caused the civilization that had finally been reborn on the planet Ella to suffer repeated catastrophic disasters. However, Shan did not care, and neither did the other gods. Instead, they were surprised to discover that each destruction of the native civilization would cause the "Ya" deposited in the core of Ella to react... They repeated their cruel experiments, and the native civilization of Ella was born, destroyed, and rebuilt again and again...]
Over fifteen thousand years ago, the god-level civilization of the Landek Galaxy, accidentally created during another mysterious experiment concerning eternity and the Golden Rule of the Universe, led the leopard-headed hero, Wang Guyin, to break free from the Landek Galaxy's control and pilot a starship to the planet Ella. Possessing immense power and noble character, he resented the gods' brutal exploitation of Ella's primitive civilization in their quest for "Ya" and decided to remain on Ella to help the native civilization break free from the gods' control.
He wandered for a thousand years, and even five thousand years, witnessing the civilization of Ella from its primitive times to the mid-feudal era... During this time, he experienced countless injuries, betrayals, and amnesia, but remained steadfast. He resolutely fought against the arrogant gods and the dragon descendants' conspiracy to colonize Ella, leaving behind countless heroic legends...
After defeating the gods' conspiracy for the final time, the Panther-Headed Hero King Gu Yin transformed his heart into a spark of light and gave it to Goddess Sasha, who protected the alien races in the Golden City on his behalf. He returned to Nosferatu, forever loyal to him and deeply in love with him, and merged with the planet Ella forever. From then on, Nosferatu was transformed from a desert into fertile land, becoming the cradle of civilization of the Eternal Empire.
[The descendants of the dragons were influenced by Gu Yin. After Gu Yin merged with Ella, they inherited Gu Yin's wishes and forever protected Northfilas and its people. This is how a unique magical inheritance system was established.]
On the other hand, the gods pretended to be kind, and Wang Dong supported the Eternal Empire. In four thousand years, the Eternal Empire reached a level of civilization that hundreds of civilizations had never reached, and successfully unified the Ella Star.
The Eternal Empire, possessing advanced technology and magical skills, gradually discovers the true nature of the gods. Loong, completely absorbed in Ella, collaborates closely with the Eternal Empire, realizing their civilization could be crushed at any moment by the gods, led by Shem. Together, they secretly gather strength to end the gods' arbitrary control over the planet's fate.
However, the gods had already rebelled against their intentions. They used the Eternal Empire to their advantage, deliberately handing them research data on "Ya". At the cost of tens of billions of intelligent life on the planet, the Eternal Empire succeeded in destroying Ella overnight, creating the Great Desert of Death. The Eternal Empire's allies were brutally slain by the gods.
As the light of destruction gradually fades, the gods are surprised to discover that the "Ya" they had plotted for over four thousand years, sacrificing all intelligent life on Ella, has become two humanoid figures cuddling together in the ruins! They wonder what these two figures are? Are they the reincarnation of Gu Yin, who passed away over four thousand years ago? Or...?
[After negotiation, Shan, the leader of the gods of Planet Ella, named the two self-aware humanoids Yaris (meaning "like something") and Xiao (meaning "benevolent light"), and took them to his own independent dimension... In Shan's independent dimension, the twins grew up together, becoming increasingly aware of Shan's lies and the truth behind their birth...]
Taking advantage of the fact that Shan sleeps every hundred years, the twins successfully escape Shan's dimension and arrive on the ruined planet of Ella. To help those struggling to survive the catastrophe quickly accept and trust themselves, they act under the names of "Shan" and "Ya," rallying those who still possess traces of civilization and rekindling the light of civilization in the wasteland.
[During this time, they accidentally obtained a dead loong egg. The loong egg absorbed their power and hatched again, giving birth to two dragons: a black-eyed golden dragon, and a golden-eyed black dragon...]
(I see…that’s how Kuro and Gin were born…)
Xiao Yun sighed secretly.
Under the guidance of the twins, civilization reappeared in the ruins. Grateful for the twins' kindness, the people revered them as the human incarnations of the supreme gods, Shem and Ya, calling them "Sons of God" and "Sons of the Saint." However, just as the new civilization was about to get back on track, the gods, led by Shem, reappeared.
[It turns out that they had long since discovered the twins' escape, and they had deliberately let them walk in the real world to observe their abilities and special qualities. Now, the observation is over, and they are taking them back to their cage.]
[The battle took place over the Great Desert of Death. Facing the siege of the gods, the outnumbered twins were soon seriously injured. At the critical moment, Yaris opened a space channel to send his severely injured brother away, but was captured by the gods himself.]
[Having lost the source of its life and power, the golden dragon obeyed its final command and flew eastward with all its might before falling into suspended animation. It crashed onto the eastern continent, forming Lake Oro.]
[The Dark Dragon, whose life was connected to Yaris, lost both eyes, horns, limbs, wings, and mane due to their cruel treatment of Yaris... One of its eyes gave rise to the Three-Eyed Clan, while the other was taken by Goddess Sasha to support the Golden City barrier...]
[Then comes endless imprisonment and extraction...]
“——!”
Overwhelming sadness surged over him, and Xiao Yun knelt on the ground crying, tears welling up in his eyes five thousand years late.
"Why? Why did you send me away against my will and stay here to endure all this? Why! Why did they treat you like this?"
Because "Ya" is a higher-dimensional substance in a more macroscopic sense, it is both life and non-life. Each ray of "Ya" is composed of two parts: the "Life Aura" and the "Primordial Darkness." The "Life Aura" can prolong an individual's youth and lifespan, accelerating the evolution of civilization and the rapid ascension to god-level civilization. The "Primordial Darkness" represents eternal end and death. As long as life remains within the framework of the Golden Rule of the universe, there is no escape from absolute death...
The dark nebula sealed in the light green liquid swayed gently, making a rustling response that only Xiao Yun could hear.
Xiao Yun was stunned.
He raised his head and looked at the surging darkness in disbelief.
"... Yaris! Yaris you——"
Still alive!
He is still alive!
Even though his body had long been ground into powder and soaked in extract to become medicine to maintain the youth and power of the gods, Yaris was still alive!
The gods won't allow him to die, and he won't allow himself to die either!
He was waiting for him! Always waiting for him!
Wait for him to come back to you!
[I'm so happy that you kept your promise... You came back to me... I said I would wait for you for a hundred years, a thousand years, ten thousand years...]
A pale, colorless consciousness flowed out from the dark nebula like white sand, condensing into a slender, soft, and delicate body.
A translucent hand gently held up Yi Xiaoyun's face. Her pure white eyes without irises or pupils looked at her brother intently, and a sadness that was not human was faintly revealed on her beautiful face.
"But I...I..."
[…The leopard-headed hero, King Gu Yin, was born unexpectedly during the god-level civilization Landek Galaxy's research into the Golden Rule of the Universe. After he merged with the planet Ella, the Golden Rule of the Universe also combined with the "elegance" contained in Ella's star core. Through the combined effects of necessity and chance, the miraculous Star Child was born. He possessed all the attributes of "elegance" and naturally mastered the Golden Rule of the Universe, constantly existing in a dual state of light and darkness. To monopolize the Star Child, the gods destroyed the Eternal Empire and brought down a catastrophe, but the catastrophe only led to an unprecedented division…]
Furthermore, due to the integration of the Golden Law of the Universe, the two independent individuals with self-awareness that emerged from the Star Infant possess both the duality of light and darkness, but your body contains over 90% of the "Life Aura," while my body is composed of "primordial darkness"... Light and darkness circulate in balance within us, forming a wondrous pattern where light envelops darkness, and darkness breeds light.
That day, I sent you away, because the "Aura of Life" is the power of this world. Even without the crucial "Spark of Light," you still represent hope, resistance, and the future... And the "Original Darkness" represents death. As long as the balance between life and death is not broken, death cannot affect the world. In this state of "living," I have almost no power...
[But because of this, if I were to go from "alive" to "dead" without any precautions, I would transform into the most terrifying natural disaster in the universe... The gods feared this, so they put me in a jar and periodically extracted the "life aura" naturally nurtured by the "primordial darkness"... However, the efficiency of natural nurturing is extremely low, and there is simply not enough to go around... So I gave them a royal will... a very, very good royal will...]
I said, "Let me go to the human world. Go there and gather suffering, sorrow, death, distortion, pain, and all the darkness that can be transformed into primordial darkness. Let a mountain of dense resentment and death be piled up under my feet... The more darkness there is, the more light it will give birth to... The gods agreed, and thus the divine tower, the holy family, and the high priest's inheritance appeared in the human world..."
They knew I had a hidden agenda in this proposal, believing it was an attempt to escape. They deliberately crafted an extremely fragile body for me, imposing cages and restrictions to ensure I would spend most of my time in bed, suffering from fever and illness, enduring immense mental and physical pain. Living to thirty would be my limit...
[However, I did not come to this world to escape... My body has been shattered, and at any moment I could become a living calamity, but the fire in my heart still burns. I have retrieved the planetary machine and placed it on the eighth floor of the God Tower. Help me find you. Because of the fragments that fell from that war, I named the center of the Western Continent the Capital of Light. I will continue to cultivate lives with ideals, passion, and a future. Through them, I will re-promote the development of civilization that has been completely blocked by the gods...]
I believe that as long as I don't give up, and continue to work hard and accumulate strength generation after generation, one day I will rebuild the Eternal Empire and once again raise the banner of rebellion against the gods who never care about our lives but look down on us, adjust us, and manage us according to their own standards!
After discovering my true intentions, they attempted to adjust and correct them. Thus, the white-haired high priests appeared alongside the black hair, and the ghosts inhabited the crown... Unfortunately, rather than correcting their so-called mistakes, the white-haired high priests created by the gods were more interested in enjoying the various worldly honors and luxuries that came with the status of high priest... Even though Shan established a strict chastity ban for high priests...
Even if the people I trained were seduced by the ghosts within the crown and degenerated into accomplices of the gods, they were still pushing civilization upward... Anyone... who has tasted the convenience brought by technology cannot completely abandon civilization and progress and return to primitive barbarism...
"Yaris, you, you... I, I..."
Xiao Yun's voice was choked with sobs, and tears flowed uncontrollably.
Yaris smiled faintly, and his translucent fingers stroked Xiao Yun's face.
"Why are you crying? Fate has separated us for five thousand years, and now we've finally been reunited. You should be happy."
“I, I…”
To conceal your return from the gods, I hid you within Lucien's body, and your powers were concealed under the guise of the system... This way, even if the gods discovered your abnormality, they would mistakenly believe you were a lucky person who had accidentally obtained a fragment of Xiao. They would think that I, out of my desire to reunite with Xiao, had placed the fragments of Xiao I had collected intermittently into Lucien's body, hoping to create a substitute that was infinitely close to Xiao... By the time they realized you were the real Xiao, you would have grown into a powerful individual who could not be captured or imprisoned by them...
Yaris said proudly, every word he said was gentle, but it made Xiao Yun feel the sadness that pierced his soul.
[Allowing Lucien's consciousness to enter the ninth floor of the divine tower was permitted by the gods—they needed me to stay alive, to continuously transform the "Life Aura" to maintain their lives and vitality, and to resist the death threat of the "Original Darkness." Therefore, every time they released me into the human world, they deliberately created a brother who looked almost identical to you to accompany me; every time I showed signs of collapse, they would allow my brother in the human world to enter the ninth floor, sing for me through the door, and comfort me...]
For five thousand years, I have been trapped here, unable to die or be free. I can only constantly look back to the past and sense the future, for longer... longer... longer time... history... To this day, perhaps I have long since strayed from the incredible miracle that brought me into this universe, and have become an indescribable monster, but I... I am very happy... I am very happy that even after five thousand years and countless universes, you were still able to sense my call and rush to my side in time... I am very happy that you kept your promise to me, in my final moments...
"Yaris, you, you..."
Xiao Yun tried to hug Yaris's body, even though he knew that what he could hold in his arms was only a vague consciousness.
Yaris continued to narrate, his voice as gentle as a gust of wind blowing from the end of the distant universe.
Do you remember what I once told you? I said our civilization is a tattered boat sailing on a sea of disaster, surviving only through a delicate balance achieved by chance... The so-called secret of the world refers to the method of breaking this delicate balance... No one knows what will happen if this balance is broken, not even the gods... Perhaps the planet and we who live on it will break free from the shackles of the gods and usher in an era of our own. Perhaps...
"Yes, you said that before. You said to me, said..."
Over the years, the gods have been studying me, researching how to transform as much of the "Primal Darkness" as possible into the "Life Aura" without disrupting the balance between the two. They fear that if the balance is disrupted, something horrific, even they cannot imagine, will happen. And I have been searching for a way to destroy them while preserving the present world. They and I are both doing something extremely dangerous. One wrong step could lead to horrific consequences. But I can't stop, and neither can the gods.
In order to deceive them and gain more leverage from them, I often pretend that my earthly body, unable to bear the long-term pain and suffering, is gradually losing its mind and turning crazy... In fact, I have always... Before you return, I cannot lose my mind, I cannot let the balance be broken... I said, I only allow you to kill me... And I will only let you know how to kill me correctly...
"I understand... I understand..."
Xiao Yun said with tears streaming down his face.
[Yes, Xiao, don't worry about me. I'm very happy right now. I've never been so happy... We've experienced five thousand years of separation and divergence, and finally returned to the right track... Doing the right thing... I always believe this, I am sure of this...]
“…”
[Hold my hand... Hold me tight... I want to entrust everything I have to you...]
"Yaris..."
Xiao Yun nodded gently, as if to comfort him, and gently hugged the transparent figure that could disappear at any time.
[I have lost a lot, but I also have the best gift. I... I... everything in the future is yours...]
The sound gradually stopped, and the room that had been running for five thousand years fell into an eerie silence.
The stars went out.
Xiao Yun knelt in front of the light column, closed his eyes, kept his hands in a hugging position, and had an intoxicated smile on his face.
Lucien stood motionless outside the door, staring blankly at the door that his eyes could never penetrate. Although he saw nothing, tears flowed down his cheeks.
"Brother is gone... He's really gone..."
"Yes, he is free, he is free at last..."
Xiao Yun spoke quietly, stood up, and used the "golden blade" burning with white flames to pierce the light column that had bound Yaris's body for five thousand years!
Crash!
The darkness that no longer shimmered with starlight was mixed with the pale green soaking extract that surged out, and the unique elegant, sweet, and slightly seductive fragrance of Bisarua filled the entire space.
(I see……)
(The Bisarua so sought after in the present world is actually the scent of the extract from the "life aura" naturally transformed from soaking and dissolving Yaris's body. The gods deliberately programmed this scent into his genes when they created his mortal body to constantly remind him not to forget that he is a "prisoner"...)
(Even sadder, in order to conceal the secret of his body fragrance, he personally concocted a similar scent called Bisarua and introduced it to everyone in the world...)
(Unforgivable! Unforgivable! Absolutely—)
"—Unforgivable!"
Xiao Yun angrily slashed and stabbed everything in the room.
At this moment, he only wanted to completely destroy the cage that had bound Yaris for five thousand years!
"ah--"
Terrible screams and roars of collapse rang out together. The floor was shaking, the ceiling was cracking, and the flames of the stars were roaring and falling. The huge impact force suggested that the entire space was about to collapse!
Xiao Yun raised his head and calmly looked at the deep universe revealed after the crack in the ceiling. He turned around, picked up Lucien, spread his wings, and jumped down!
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"Well……"
When the dust settled, Xiao Yun found himself back safely on the eighth floor of the Divine Tower. The planetary machine that occupied the entire room was operating steadily. Only a moment had passed.
A line of words appeared on the operation screen.
[Welcome, ultimate authority holder.]
"…Ultimate authority?"
Xiao Yun smiled self-deprecatingly, and suddenly felt cold all over. He opened his mouth, and a ball of golden flame flowed out of his mouth, turning into a glittering three-legged golden crow.
"LA?"
[Yes, Wangren.]
The three-legged golden crow spread its wings gracefully and saluted Xiao Yun.
[I was originally a fragment of your true self. After you returned to this world from Earth at the call of your twin brother, Yaris, to conceal your true identity, Yaris, with the assistance of planetary machines, fused the various knowledge and memories I acquired during your time on Earth with Lucien's inherent soul-recalling abilities into the so-called "Chinese Heroic Spirit Card Drawing System."]
[This way, not only will the gods mistakenly believe that your power comes from the fragments and systems within your body, but they will also make further misjudgments due to their unfamiliarity with Earth's Chinese civilization...]
My name LA and the image of the Three-legged Golden Crow also originate from your Earthly memories of the sun and light.
"I see. No wonder I always get exactly what I want when I draw a card... No wonder Earl Kang said to me, 'LA's power is my own power'..."
[Now, with Yaris's help, you have successfully retrieved all the fragments of your original body and obtained the "Spark of Light" that you were missing. I will soon shed the system's illusion and return to your original body... I have come to bid you farewell...]
"Are you leaving?"
[I am not leaving you, but returning to you. Your essence will be complete because of my return, and Lucien will also be reborn...]
"Lucien..."
Xiao Yun lowered his head and looked at Lucien, who, after returning to the world, curled up like a thin wandering soul in the cracked crystal pendant left by Yaris. "I'm sorry, I almost forgot that I'm using your body now."
I'm glad I was able to help you and Yaris...
Lucien smiled sincerely, his innocent look like the afterimage of an angel.
"I'm sorry, I'm so sorry, Lucien..."
Xiao Yun said in a slightly hoarse voice, "I will return your body to you soon—"
[——You! What are you going to do!]
Lucien was shocked.
[Don't do anything stupid! Also—you're the Emperor of the Holy Sun Empire now. If you return my body to me, then I'll... No! If a loser like me becomes Emperor, the country will perish!]
"It's okay. I will arrange a new legal identity for you. Lucien, the husband of Queen Isabel and the wife of King Brania, whose identity has not been made public until now, has been verified on the eighth floor of the Divine Tower and confirmed to be the twin brother of the Emperor of the Holy Sun Empire and the other child of Grand Duke Ilex and Lady Alice."
[ah……]
Lucien looked confused.
He was too naive to digest so much information at once.
[I'm sorry, but I really... my brain is not very good... I still...]
"When I take you out of the eighth floor, you will officially become Lucien, the younger brother of the Holy Sun Empire, the bloodline heir of the Holy Family, and the father of King Brania."
[This…that…]
Lucien started with a mixture of fear and pain.
[I, I…]
"I'll discuss the details with you later. Now, let me finish the last part."
Xiao Yun looked at the three-legged golden crow.
"After returning to your original form, will you completely disappear?"
[Yes. ]
"Can I complete one last card draw through you before I disappear?"
[sure--]
The Golden Crow spread its wings and saluted gracefully.
[The final card draw has officially begun. Please concentrate your thoughts—and extend your hand—]
Xiao Yun followed his words, held his breath, and reached out to the shining book!
The Golden Crow then flapped its golden wings for the last time, and square golden characters gushed out, condensing into golden light and rushing into Xiao Yun's palm!
[Ding! Congratulations to King Su for winning the special SP card: The Eternal Emperor Ying Zheng! It comes with the bonus skill Great Unification! Please explore its uses!]
The golden light suddenly disappeared, and the three-legged golden crow turned into golden particles and merged into the body of Lucien, which Xiao Yun was currently using.
Then, the gold in Lucien's body began to overflow, becoming more and more, becoming clearer and clearer, and finally forming a new body that looked almost exactly like Lucien, but with eyes and hair that were as bright and brilliant as gold.
As his new body gradually stabilized, Xiao Yun calmly opened his golden eyes and said in a very rational tone, "Yaris, you've waited for me for five thousand years. Now it's my turn to wait for you."
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As the funeral was drawing to a close, Xiao Yun walked alone into the hall covered with flowers. Looking at the small, exquisite golden box placed among the white Rosamaria flowers, he seemed to see Yaris again in a trance - he was wearing a white nightgown as usual, sitting elegantly and comfortably on the altar, looking at him with black eyes as deep and mysterious as a night lake.
However, there was no Yaris on the altar, only a golden urn with a golden wreath on it and white Rosamaries filling the entire altar.
Rows of candle flames swayed in the air current, and together with the purple smoke rising from the hanging stove, they enveloped the room in a mysterious atmosphere.
There were already faint sounds of footsteps outside.
"Come in."
"Thanks--"
The door was opened gently.
Xiao Yun looked up and saw Lucien - a slim and handsome young man wearing black mourning clothes, with dark brown curly hair tied into a bun at the back of his neck with a black headband.
“…”
Xiao Yun felt a little weird when he suddenly looked at the body that originally belonged to him from a third-party perspective.
Lucien also showed obvious embarrassment. He stood at the door and hesitated for a long time before finally stepping up to Xiao Yun and whispered, "I'm here to see him off."
"I understand how you feel."
Xiao Yun raised his hand and gently stroked Lucien's hair.
In the eyes of the world, Lucien is a rare handsome young man. However, compared with Yaris, who possesses a beauty that should not exist in this world, Lucien is inevitably a little plain and unremarkable. From childhood to adulthood, he always timidly hides behind his brother. If a stranger greets him, he will even be startled, as if his existence is to set off Yaris's splendor, and - "Is he really His Highness Yaris's brother? He doesn't look like him at all..."
"...Not being able to see my brother one last time may be a regret I can never make up for in my life. But when I think that the person who will be by my brother's side at that last moment is you, the one he's been waiting for for five thousand years, I also... Moreover, all these years I have always... fate has made the best plan for each of us - one day we will all go to his side... right?"
Lucien spoke slowly, tears streaming down his cheeks.
"certainly."
Xiao Yun nodded slightly.
"Are you afraid of death?"
"I won't, I'm very happy... I only regret that the time I spent with him was so short..."
"So do I..."
Lucien looked up at the small box and whispered, "Jaris, after such a long period of suffering, you finally got the sleep you longed for. I know... you are free... all the suffering is over..."
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As night fell, the large square in front of the Great Temple was once again flooded with a sea of mourning light.
Looking at the sea of light lit in memory of Yaris below, Xiao Yun suddenly thought of the lights of Lake Lilia - that was one of Yaris's favorite scenery in his life - during the days when he lived in the Little Palace of Love, on every clear night, he would always open the curtains and gaze at Lake Lilia where the fishing lights and starlight merged into one.
(After the funeral, I will have many things to deal with... For example, with the help of the 'Qin Shi Huang Card', I will quickly unify the Western Continent and fulfill your dream of rebuilding the Eternal Empire... Well, although there are many, many things that need my attention, and many people will gather around me to help me, I just feel very quiet and lonely now... You are gone... I no longer have you by my side...)
As the night deepened, swaying shadows flowed into the room and silently lit a candle.
"Dragon Emperor?"
The black shadow remained silent.
"Are you coming to see him off too?"
The shadow swayed slightly.
"I completely understand how you feel right now."
[Yes, to me, Yaris is a special person... He has been arrogant, mean, willful, full of lies and schemes throughout his life, but he has also... always maintained the dignity of a human being and the responsibility of a son of God... There will never be another person like him... There will never be another one...]
"Yeah, it's impossible for anyone who even slightly resembles him to appear again..."
Xiao Yun sighed, turned around quietly, and extinguished the candle that the Dragon Emperor had lit to mourn Yaris.
"——The next time we meet, it will be the moment of the decisive battle!"
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The shadows dissipated, dawn arrived, and people's weeping and prayers set off along with the farewell procession.
A dark star rose deep into the clouds, as if foreshadowing that Yaris's passing would bring unprecedented storms to the world.
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