It didn't take much effort for everyone to deal with Ji Lin's blackened body, although Ji Lin in history was indeed very powerful and could even face a Honkai beast of Chi You's level alone.

But as for the darkening... everyone knows that increasing exposure to reduce combat effectiveness is a standard element, just like black Saber is only four-star while Saber is five-star... Without the Xuan-Yuan Sword, Ji Lin, who has turned dark, is obviously no match for the three Herrschers plus Fang Zheng and Xiao An.

In the end, Ji Lin fell into a deep sleep again, and Chi You's heart was broken by Fang Zheng's sword. With an unwilling wail, he completely disappeared into the depths of the sea.

The girls who returned to Leander had no time to rest and came to Fang Zheng's room to watch - to be more precise, they wanted to see how he would awaken the heroic spirit that had already died completely.

"By the way, is it really okay to revive her?"

Looking at the Xuanyuan Sword placed in the center of the room, Kiana asked with some concern. It was normal for her to be worried - after all, she and the others had just rushed forward and completely killed this evil hero, and now they were resurrecting her?

Would she really not pick up the sword and attack me as soon as she opened her eyes?

“This is not a resurrection.”

Fang Zheng shook his head.

"Although they are very similar, summoning heroic spirits and resurrecting them are completely different. Simply put, what is here is not their real bodies, but the containers they left behind. We need to use these relics to find their existence in history, and then use magic to summon them. Simply put, you can think of these heroic spirits as the physical images projected by them in that era, rather than the real resurrection of the dead."

"Uh... a physical image?"

"Forget it. Anyway, you just need to know that this is not resurrecting the dead."

Seeing Kiana's eyes rolling around, Fang Zheng gave up explaining to her. Bronya looked at Kiana helplessly, shook her head, and looked at Fang Zheng again.

"Then Mr. Yuki, these two pieces of soul steel are also..."

"Well, according to the text above, these two pieces of soul steel also belong to two past heroes..."

As Fang Zheng spoke, he placed two pieces of soul steel on both sides of the Xuanyuan Sword. He had naturally translated the words on them.

"What does it say?"

Kiana looked at the two pieces of soul steel curiously. It was not the first time she had seen soul steel, but this was the first time she had seen soul steel engraved with words.

"I give you this piece of soul steel. This world is about to collapse and be destroyed, but the fire of humanity will burn again. Cang Xuan, after a long sleep, you will wake up again in a new era of civilization. You have foresight and wisdom beyond that of ordinary people, and you will surely guide the human beings of the new era to a future that is different from ours."

“…”

After listening to Fang Zheng's description, Kiana was confused.

"What does this mean?"

"I do have an idea..."

Fang Zheng touched his chin, then turned his gaze to another piece of soul steel.

"This is what is written on it... My name is Cang Xuan. My sister Dan Zhu and I used the power of soul steel to form a crystal seal to isolate most of the Houkai energy in Chi You's body. However, these seals were still unable to completely stop Chi You. In the last moments of my life, I recorded this method in the soul steel. I hope that people in the future can use it to fight against the Judgment-level Houkai beasts."

"So, the crystal we broke before was actually a seal?"

"It was a long time ago, but after Chi You woke up, the seal's effect was basically gone."

Fang Zheng shrugged and put the soul steel back.

"In short, now we know that Ji Lin was not fighting alone. Well... at least two people helped her. They should have sacrificed themselves and sealed most of the Honkai energy in Chi You's body, weakening its power. Then Ji Lin was able to use the Xuanyuan Sword to seal it."

Of course, there was one thing Fang Zheng didn't tell Qiana and the others. Judging from the text on it, the people named Cang Xuan and Dan Zhu should be the survivors of the previous era like Kevin. But compared to Kevin, they are obviously more friendly to humans. At least from their willingness to sacrifice themselves to seal the Judgment Beast, it can be seen that these two people should be relatively easy to communicate with.

"Okay, everyone, step back. Now it's time to witness a miracle."

Fang Zheng waved his hand, and upon hearing his words, the girls stepped back one after another. Then Fang Zheng waved his hand and took out Frostmourne - Heroic spirits need a huge amount of magic power to support them in order to have strength. Although there is no Valhalla in this world, if they just want to condense entities through a large amount of magic power, then they will need the power of the soul.

Fortunately, there are enough innocent souls who died at the hands of Frostmourne, so at least we don’t have to worry about energy shortages.

Fang Zheng also sensed the presence of souls in these relics.

So, give it a try.

Thinking of this, Fang Zheng's expression froze, and then he raised his sword and pointed it at the altar in front of him. The next moment, a bone-chilling beam of light shot out and hit the center of the magic circle drawn on the ground. Soon, under the gaze of the girls, the complex and gorgeous magic circle on the ground gradually began to emit a faint glow.

Then, the golden sword and the two pieces of soul steel slowly floated up and hung in the air.

"Wake up, heroic spirits of the past!"

With Fang Zheng's roar, the entire magic circle suddenly burst into a radiance as strong as the sun, forcing everyone to turn their heads or stretch out their hands to block in front of them. After a while, the strong light gradually dissipated, and at the same time, three transparent figures began to emerge.

Standing in front of the golden sword was Ji Lin, who had met Fang Zheng and others before. At this moment, she still looked like a warrior, and she seemed to be in a deep sleep.

On both sides of Ji Lin, two cute and beautiful girls also appeared. They looked exactly the same, except that one of them was wearing a black outfit that looked like a backless miniskirt, while the other was wearing the same white outfit.

"Wow! Mei, look, it's really a person!!"

Seeing this scene, Kiana screamed immediately, and Mei quickly covered her mouth, fearing that Kiana's scream would interfere with the ceremony.

However, the ceremony was nearing its end. Under the gaze of everyone, the bodies of the three girls gradually solidified from their originally translucent soul forms, just like an object that was originally just a sketch being colored, gradually becoming plump and turning into a physical entity.

Then, under the gaze of the girls, the three of them slowly opened their eyes.

"……Um?"

The girl in the white backless dress tilted her head and looked around with a vigilant and curious look. The girl in black clothes on the other side also looked at Kiana, Xiao An and others in front of her with curiosity.

"What on earth is this..."

"Okay, now the ceremony is over."

Fang Zheng was the first to come back to his senses and clapped his hands. Then he turned to look at Kiana, Raiden Mei and the others.

"They just woke up, so they must still be confused. I need to explain the situation to them here. You guys go out and wait outside."

"Okay, Mr. Yuuki."

Mei Raiden was still obedient. Although Kiana wanted to stay, Mei Raiden still pulled her out of the room. The others followed the two of them and left one after another. Fang Zheng turned around and looked at the three people until the door closed again.

"I know you have a lot of questions, but before that, let's introduce ourselves... Hello, nice to meet you. My name is Fang Zheng."

At this point, Fang Zheng sighed helplessly in his heart. If it were the Heroic Spirits of the Holy Grail War, they would immediately understand what they were supposed to do and what situation they were in the moment they were summoned. However, this soul summoning ritual was obviously not that precise. For these three people, their memories might still be maintained at the time of their death - so it would probably take more time to explain it to them.

"I am Ji Lin, a young warrior."

Ji Lin was the first to respond. After all, her residual soul had come into contact with Fang Zheng and others before, so it was relatively familiar.

"What's going on? Did you... revive us?"

"It's not a resurrection, of course, it seems to be true for you..."

"It sounds interesting."

At this moment, the girl in white narrowed her eyes, stared at Fang Zheng and spoke.

"If you don't mind, can you explain it to us? Ah... I'm Cang Xuan, and this is my sister Dan Zhu..."

"Hello."

At this moment, another girl in black clothes also waved at Fang Zheng with a smile.

Next, Fang Zheng recounted the whole story of how he resurrected them. As expected, Ji Lin was completely confused by Fang Zheng's explanation and had no idea what he was talking about. On the contrary, the twin sisters Cang Xuan and Dan Zhu seemed to understand Fang Zheng's description.

"Soul... I never thought that there would be such power in another world..."

Although Cang Xuan's voice was relatively calm, her eyes clearly showed shock.

"Resurrecting the dead heroes is something that cannot be done even in our time..."

"So the existence of the soul is certain? This is a research discovery that can overturn the entire academic community!"

Danzhu on the other side was obviously much more excited.

"What is the soul? Does the soul exist? Can the soul be observed or even sensed? These questions now have answers! It's amazing! So the soul is not just a perceptual cognition, nor is it an expression of a collection of memories, but it actually exists in this world!"

"Uh... I know you're excited, but... I still have a lot of things to discuss with you."

"I understand."

Cang Xuan pulled Danzhu, who was extremely excited, and then looked at Ji Lin, who was already dizzy beside him.

"I think you woke us up from our long sleep not just for fun, visitors from another world, what do you want to do?"

"Before that, I want to tell you about the current state of the world..."

As he spoke, Fang Zheng opened his personal terminal and began to give the three people a tutorial - including the current world situation, the existence of destiny and anti-entropy, and the current situation in Shenzhou.

As expected, after hearing that Shenzhou currently has no guardian, Ji Lin immediately frowned.

"how so?"

"This is not something I can investigate clearly. Anyway, as you can see now, Shenzhou currently has no guardian of its own, so I have to start with myths and legends and dig up some graves... Well, sorry, after all, I think you all understand that it is always more reassuring to rely on your own people."

"I can understand that."

Cang Xuan stared at Fang Zheng silently, and a light flashed in his blue eyes.

"So, what are you going to do?"

"This is what I will discuss with the three of you next."

Having said this, Fang Zheng's expression turned serious.

"Although Destiny and Anti-Entropy have different means, their goals are the same, which is to fight and eliminate Honkai."

"Isn't that right?"

Hearing Fang Zheng's words, Ji Lin asked in confusion, and Fang Zheng shook his head.

"My opinion... is a little different from theirs. Frankly speaking, I don't believe that Honkai will be completely eliminated, so... I hope to find a way to coexist with Honkai."

As he spoke, Fang Zheng stared at the three people.

“That’s what I think.”