Boom——!!!
The massive wooden debris collapsed like a landslide, smashing onto the golden root platform, stirring up a cloud of decaying dust. The Gravekeeper Commander's twisted will, along with his greed and resentment for power, completely vanished.
The threat is lifted.
In the entire inner earth space, only the broken golden root platform, the pervasive rotten dust, and... that little warm light particle floating beside the huge root, which seemed increasingly faint in the dust, but still flickered tenaciously.
Pei Du's burning dark-gold eyes completely lost their divine indifference, leaving only a bottomless sorrow and... a hint of cautious tenderness. He slowly walked to the golden speck of light and knelt on one knee again. His right hand, covered in dark-gold lines, fingertips lingering with pure and gentle energy of the end of life. Carefully, as if touching the most fragile treasure in the world, he gently touched the speck of light.
This time, there were no obstacles.
The moment your fingertips touch the light particles.
Buzz——!
A faint, yet incredibly clear, familiar throbbing of the soul flowed like a trickle of water through his fingertips into Pei Du's core of consciousness. It wasn't words, but the purest emotion—attachment, exhaustion, peace of mind, and a hint of... lost and regained warmth.
"Frost medicine..." Pei Du's voice trembled slightly. He carefully guided the gentle yet powerful energy of the final life force through his fingertips, like the most delicate weaver, transforming it into millions of strong, warm, pale golden threads that gently enveloped and nourished the fragile imprint of consciousness.
With the infusion of energy, the faint particle of light seemed to be infused with vitality, its light growing brighter and more stable at a speed visible to the naked eye. No longer a helpless duckweed, it was enveloped by Pei Du's energy and transformed into a small, warm, and constantly pulsating golden cocoon of light. On the surface of the cocoon, faint traces of thorns, similar to the star core on Pei Du's chest, emerged.
Pei Du retracted his fingers, his burning eyes fixed on the small golden cocoon with a deep gaze. He slowly raised his left hand, which was covered with dark gold lines, palm up, and gently pressed it against the huge core golden root beneath him, which was flowing with a dull golden light.
"Gaia... My name is Pei Du..."
"I swear by the End Star Core... and by the Thorn Brand..."
"I will rekindle this star... and protect this soul..."
"Until... the star core burns forever... the thorns... never go out!"
The cold and solemn oath echoed deep in the core of the earth, like a law of rules, imprinted in the core will of the planet.
As he swore, the End Star Core in his chest erupted with an unprecedented soft light! This light was no longer the dark gold of destruction, but a warm, inclusive, and vibrant pale gold! The light flowed like a galaxy, flowing along his arm and madly pouring into the huge golden roots!
Buzz——!!!
The massive core roots seemed to be infused with the might of creation! The dim golden light instantly became dazzling again! Minute cracks on the surface were quickly healed and repaired by the pale golden energy! The majestic life energy flowed along the veins of the roots, like a revived river, rushing to the entire golden network of the earth's core!
Wherever it passed, the traces of decay contaminated by the crimson roots melted and purified as quickly as ice and snow illuminated by the sun! The withered and dull roots regained vitality, flowing with warm golden light! Those extinguished signs of life were rekindled like sparks that ignited a prairie fire, becoming even brighter and more resilient!
The entire inner earth space transformed from a dead silent battlefield into a golden ocean flowing with great vitality!
This wave of recovery did not stop at the center of the earth!
Boom——!!!
The surface of Gaia!
Deep within the dead, withered earth, covered in mycelium, plant roots long since dead seemed to be infused with a miraculous power the moment the golden vein's energy arrived! The withered roots frantically sprouted new shoots, piercing the decaying mycelium at a speed visible to the naked eye, piercing the hard crust, and striving to grow towards the long-lost sky and sunlight... Faint, yet tenacious, patches of new green, like sparks igniting a prairie fire, broke through the earth's devastated surface across Gaia!
From the dormant crater, warm magma with a pale golden glow slowly overflows. It is no longer a torrent of destruction, but a warm current that nourishes the earth.
In the deep trench, the turbid sea water is quickly purified by the ocean currents, carrying light golden spots, and glowing with a gem-like blue.
Atop the ruins ravaged by war and pollution, tenacious vines entwined the broken walls, quickly blanketing them with a vibrant green. Several gigantic war banyan trees, tenaciously surviving in the irradiated wasteland and undergoing benign mutations, stood like resurrected giants, spreading a verdant canopy covering half the city. Their drooping aerial roots, like a curtain of life, sheltered the bewildered survivors below.
A baby, curled up in a natural cradle formed by the massive aerial roots of a war banyan tree, seemed to be awakened by the majestic breath of life. It stopped crying, opened its pure eyes, and curiously reached out its tiny hand to touch a tender green sprout that fell before it. The sprout swayed slightly, emitting a soft, pale golden light, as if in gentle response.
The planet is reviving. Life is returning. A spark of hope burns tenaciously amidst the ruins.
Deep in the earth's core.
Pei Du remained kneeling on one knee beside the massive core root. Before him, the small golden cocoon, nourished by the planet's vast vitality and enveloped by Pei Du's final life energy, hovered quietly, like a sleeping star, its every beat growing more powerful.
The burning dark gold in his eyes had long since subsided, returning to a deep black. However, deep within them, a molten gold-like glow of a star core flowed. He carefully extended his finger and very gently touched the warm cocoon of light.
The light cocoon flickered slightly, conveying the idea of peace and sleep.
Pei Du withdrew his hand and slowly stood up. His body, covered in dark gold lines, still exuded the pressure of control over the rules, but with an added weight and calmness of protection. He raised his head, his gaze seeming to penetrate the thick rock formations, penetrate the resurrected planet, and cast into the deep, cold space of the universe.
Deep within the pulsating End Star Core in his chest, after fusing with the purified origin of the stone tablet, certain older, more distant fragments of memories filled with cold metal and a torrent of destruction slowly surged like an undercurrent in the deep sea.
Far away in deep space, the source of the destruction of the Golden Giant Tree Star Region... the home of the "Reaper"...
The cold and powerful master of the "Sons of Stardust" project, to whom that drop of "Star Core Blood" truly belongs...
And... the remains of that giant golden tree that pierced the galaxy and nurtured all life...
These fragments, like immortal coordinates, are clearly imprinted in the core of the star.
The thorns have burned, but the star core remains forever.
Gaia's crisis has been temporarily resolved, but the battlefield in the universe has just begun.
He lowered his head and took another look at the sleeping golden cocoon of light. A hint of unshakable determination flashed in his cold eyes.
Guarding never ends.
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