Starry Kingdom, Woodland Theatre.

When the stars set off the meteor shower, the sky was almost bright. As meteors flew from the ground to the sky, the fake starry sky was torn into cracks, and the light that countless people had imagined in their minds but never prayed for was gradually squeezing into this land that had been closed for thousands of years.

This venue, which was once regarded as the landmark and pride of Yudunling, now has nothing left except the main stage. The ground has been turned over several times, and water pipes and cables are lying on the ground, as if a monster has caused damage here.

Of course there were no monsters, just magicians fighting.

Sonia drew a sword mark that spanned a hundred meters. Nothing in her field of vision could pass through this sword mark. Behind her, the shadow of the exterminating dragon loomed. The love letter battlefield she created was as indestructible as a fortress. The star magician looked up at the sword girl with four wings spread out. Even though his number was a hundred or a thousand times that of the opponent, he still felt a strong sense of powerlessness in his heart, as if he was facing a landslide or a tsunami, a violence that could not be conquered no matter how many people there were.

This was the first time the girl fought outside the academy, the first time she fought a life-and-death battle without rules, the first time she showed her true fangs, but the first time she experienced the feeling of stepping on the world. Debut is the peak, which is the wail of mortals facing such a monster.

Suddenly, the Star Masters retreated like a tide, retreating to the area outside the cordon. Sonia watched them leave from the air, her tense nerves slowly relaxing. Only then did she realize that her face was flushed, and the intense exercise made her breath warm. Her underwear was soaked and sticky to her body, but her hands were dry and not sweating.

It was completely different from training. She was the type who sweated easily, so she had to wear gloves to stop sweating during training. Adele had mentioned before that she had an awkward situation when holding hands on a date because of sweaty hands, which made Sonia a little nervous. She wasn't afraid of embarrassment, but if Ash dared to laugh, she would definitely hit him in the head.

But once she started fighting, her body became obedient, and all the physiological reactions that hindered fighting would shut down, making it difficult for her to find excuses to shirk responsibility, and once she lost, she could only admit that she was inferior to her opponent.

Although she seems to have never lost.

When Sonia returned to the main stage, countless star pillars suddenly rose outside, and the misty arcs of light connected into one, like a ribbon of aurora caressing the starry earth. The star magicians did not retreat, they were just praying, or maybe celebrating, the only thing that was certain was that they did not admit defeat.

"The blockade of Ruby Mountain," Diya said suddenly, "seems to have a crack just now, but it closed quickly."

Sonia was startled: "Is there already...?"

They looked at Ash and the others who were still sleeping, their faces darkened. If it wasn't over yet, it would be fine, but if the angel hunt was over and Ash still couldn't come back...

There were already enough people who wanted to lock Ash up, and there was no need to add another one that they couldn't contend with.

At this time, they saw Deda Rose staring blankly at the sky, her face showing pure joy without any embellishment, she was radiant and her smile was brighter than any movie or TV show Sonia had ever seen.

"Deda Rose...?" Sonia asked tentatively.

"It's going to succeed." Deda Rose took Sonia's hand and couldn't wait to share her joy like a child: "It's going to succeed. The Four Pillars God has already felt the rhythm of fate. Guanzuo is about to accomplish his great mission! Great, great, we are about to witness the birth of a new world!"

Sonia and Diya looked at each other and both sensed the other's inner uneasiness.

They remembered at this time that the main goal of the Four Pillars of Stars was not to shatter the sky. Shattering the sky was at best a side quest. Even Deda Rose didn't know the real goal of the Four Pillars. The only thing that was certain was that the Four Pillars chose Ash as the executor. The Four Pillars of Stars and Deda Rose were just tools to assist Ash.

What exactly do the Four Pillars Gods want? What exactly do they want Ash to do?

At this time, Sonia noticed Felix slumped silently on the ground, helplessly next to Ash's wheelchair. She walked over, squatted down and asked, "What's wrong with you?"

"Ah?" Miss Vosiloda raised her head blankly and shook her head: "I'm fine."

"Then why are you crying?"

Felix touched her cheek and found that she had shed two lines of tears. She looked at the water marks on her fingertips, tilted her head, her golden hair cascading down, and whispered softly:

"Yeah, why?"

…

…

On the vast land of Cangyuan, the Canaan still faithfully fulfilled its mission, driving on this seemingly endless track until the end of the world. Behind it, the fastest sports car among the stars had already caught up with it.

But the people in the sports car had missed their last chance; and the girl in the car was not the one who was worried about.

No one knew why the Canaan was still moving, and no one knew that the Oracle Comet was still chasing them. It seemed that this distance of always moving forward but relatively still was exactly the limit they could accept.

Or it could be said that it was the limit that could keep Ash calm. If it was a distance he could cross in an instant, even he himself would not know what he would do.

The rain was pouring down and the wind was howling, but only Ash was enduring the endless wind and rain. The flawless being surrounded by starlight in front of him would not be tainted by the slightest bit of malice in this world.

"Master of the Stars."

In this oppressive silence that was almost suffocating, Ash's voice was like a thunderclap, and every note seemed to contain the anger that had been folded countless times from the depths of his soul. "Is this the name?"

"That is my honorific name, but I don't see any respect in your eyes." Her voice was ethereal and arrogant. Even if it was the same voice, it would only make Ash feel strange and disgusted. "Don't force yourself. The name is just a symbol. You can call me Fanxing, Ash Hiss."

"You know me?"

"I knew you existed when you entered my kingdom."

Ash's first reaction was the time when he entered the Stars, but he immediately realized: "Eight years ago--"

"I'm actually very surprised." Fanxing said, "Your personality is completely different from that period. The Four Pillars God's sense of touch is really a wonderful existence."

"You have always been able to observe the stars?"

"Before the lockdown, I could observe from outside. After the lockdown, I can only observe from inside."

"You're in there?" Ash was startled. "Didn't you wait until everything was done before coming in from outside to plunder Fili's body and seize her achievements?"

"You seem to think that I can predict that Fili will definitely grab the Supreme Holy Grail, so I stay in my own heaven all the time, waiting for Fili to defeat everyone before calmly descending to steal the victory." Fanxing chuckled and said, "I'm sorry to disappoint you, I'm not an omniscient conspirator."

"And if I can come in from outside, then Quanzhi and the others can do the same. Do you think Quanzhi and the others will honestly withdraw from the competition just because they lost? What just tore open the sky curtain and came in was just a resurrection miracle, a miracle that resurrected Fili."

"Fortunately, the Supreme Holy Grail has been extracted and the Source Angel has lost all its power. Otherwise, I wouldn't even dare to risk inserting this miracle of resurrection."

Ash's pupils shrank suddenly: "Resurrection... Fili?"

"Yes, it wasn't the arrival of the stars, but the resurrection of Fili." Stars seemed happy to explain the truth to Ash: "Do you think Fili alone can really get through so many difficulties? After you and Fili were separated in the first angel hunt, how did she drink the first holy grail by accident? In the second angel hunt, how did she avoid the pursuit of the Six Nations Legion and find you in the commercial street?"

"I am always here." Her voice was both a declaration and a curse: "Fili and I are one."

Ash thought of a lot of things in an instant. He stared at the stars, his face pale and almost desperate.

"Don't show such a disrespectful expression." Fanxing's tone suddenly turned cold, "If I really want to favor you, your only attitude is to feel extremely honored, because this can change your final outcome."

"But the person who likes you is indeed Fili." She said, "I watched her gradually care about you, watched her heart flutter because of your words, watched her feel entangled and sad because you had someone in your heart, watched her use a notebook to list the evidence that you might like her, and after writing it down, she blushed and covered herself with the sheets, and her legs slapped the mattress, making it bounce..."

"Although she and I are one, I only hinted at the right path for her when she didn't know how to move forward. At other times, especially when you guided her, I never interfered with her actions, let alone affected her feelings."

"She tried to convince herself to let you go countless times, but she fell for you again when she saw you." Fanxing said calmly, "I still don't know what love is, but I guess she likes you very much."

She looked up at the meteor shower in the sky and squinted at Ash: "You shouldn't have told her that we should take a walk together in the sun. This kind of unfulfilled promise will only make her feel more regretful before she disappears."

幸好亚修坐在跑车里，不然他肯定会像一条抽掉脊椎的狗瘫在地上。他双手颤抖握着方向盘，哈出一口绝望的寒气，抬起头看着繁星：“菲莉从一开始，就是你的恶魔？”

“对。”

“你和菲莉是一体的，但菲莉是主人格？”

“我不太喜欢人格这种说法。”繁星说道：“你可以理解为一座冰山，你平时看见的是浮在海面上的菲莉，但藏在海面下的还有我。我降临到恶魔容器后，并没有选择覆盖她的意志，而是选择与她融合，然后再分离出去，这样就能保证她独立意志的情况下，我也能在必要时刻影响她的行动。”

“用一个你比较熟悉的说法。”她说这话时似乎毫无恶意：“就像你是四柱神的触觉，菲莉是我的触觉。”

亚修嘶哈一声，深深吸了一口气，“为什么？”

“嗯？”

“你为什么不覆盖菲莉的意志，就像其他恶魔一样？”亚修抬起头，问出内心最大的疑惑：“你为什么不亲自上阵，非要利用菲莉达成你的目的？”

听到亚修这个问题，繁星嘴角一点点上翘，笑得很甜，跟菲莉一模一样的婴儿肥甚至让她变得可爱起来，仿佛亚修给了她一个尽情炫耀的机会：“因为这就是我最为自豪的赌注。”

“亚修，我并不擅长预言派系，与全知织主她们比拼谋划是以短击长，想以此谋算源天使更是异想天开。但我曾经获得一份命运派系的传承，凭借命运的力量，我成功构筑众星与繁星的映射关系。”

“你们应该察觉出来，你们在繁星的关系，会一定程度影响众星的命运。你第一天就能遇到哈维与伊古拉，其实跟萝丝关系不是很大，而是因为你们现实里命运纠缠太深了。”

“我选择菲莉作为容器，原因只有一个。”她笑道：“因为她的本体是与繁星四柱神触觉纠缠最深的人。”

“就算我成功将源天使关进囚笼，我能夺取至高圣杯的概率也很低很低，其他神主绝不会让我得偿所愿，源天使也没那么好杀。所以我要做的，就是站在最可能夺取圣杯的人的旁边。”

“那个人就是你啊，亚修·希斯。”

亚修本以为自己能接受繁星吐出来的所有真相，但听到这句话他还是觉得太过荒诞：“我？”

“现在的你无法理解源天使的地位。”繁星说道：“虚境对源天使的宠爱是术师难以想象的程度，如果没有你，就算源天使死了，也不会有人拿到它的圣杯，更可能的结局是圣杯消失，孕育千年后诞生新的源天使。”

“但你改变了虚境的流向，因为你是四柱神触觉，而四柱神在虚境眼里，是仅次于源天使的家人。”

“如果源天使真的要死，那你就是唯一有资格捧起圣杯的人。”

繁星似乎不想继续站着，但附近也没座椅，她便坐在车厢的边缘，垂下的双腿都快要碰到神谕彗星的车前盖：“只有接近你，才有可能接近至高圣杯。”

“既然菲莉现实本体已经与你纠缠，那么通过命运映射，菲莉自然也会跟你走到一起。所以我非但不能覆盖她的意志，我还得尽量减少自己的干涉，这样命运映射才会最大化生效，她的命运才会跟你绑定在一起。”

“事实上，正因为菲莉一无所知地跟着你，所以她才能获得最多好处，就算我亲自下场，也不能做得比她更好。如果不是你，她根本无法站在恶魔的战场，如果不是你，她也无法赢到最后。”

“我无数次觉得她要输了，但她无数次为了你坚持下去。因为她要为你夺取至高圣杯，所以连命运都会为她让步！她越是喜欢你，越是眷恋你，越是真心对你好，那世界对她的帮助就越大，就连恶魔都得饮恨！”

“这个圣杯，”繁星举起手里的至高圣杯，“其实是属于你的，亚修·希斯。”

她垂下眼睛，跟神谕彗星里的亚修对视。盛载星光的眼眸，漆黑深邃的眼眸，他们瞳孔里倒映出彼此冷漠的模样，如同两只真正的恶魔。

忽然，繁星的高跟靴悬空晃了两下，就像在平静的湖面**起微波涟漪，勾起了亚修的记忆。在瑕光欢乐世界坐缆车的时候，菲莉就喜欢双腿晃来晃去，晃得缆车都摇起来，然后她害怕得抱住自己，但还是喜欢晃，偶尔还会勾到亚修的腿。

繁星收回目光，轻笑一声：“你这表情，好像我抢走的不是你的圣杯，而是你的女孩。”