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The moment the declaration was made, in the ninth heaven of Penglai Temple, this girl who called herself a savior but was overflowing with energy completely let herself go.

The Dark Night Wings behind her adjusted their angle and force at will. Sometimes she was like a light feather, gliding slowly in the low sky, skimming over the canopy of the ancient forest, startling a flock of colorful birds, leaving behind their crisp chirping and the laughter of a young girl. At other times she would suddenly accelerate, performing all sorts of bold and fancy rolls, dives, and sudden stops in the air.

During her flight, she saw knights riding fine horses on the ground. These knights were sent by Xiling to welcome the Silver Law believers who harbored faith but had hidden themselves out of fear of the royal city's authority or out of worry about being ostracized.

As the vessel of the Elden Ring, Remian is able to clearly sense where believers are.

The reason why Xiling sent people to bring these people back was that a grand celebration worthy of being recorded in the history of the border region was being prepared intensively in the royal city!

That will be an unprecedented grand event, a clarion call to announce the arrival of a new era to all living beings—the Silver Age!

On that day, Xiling will personally repair the shattered Elden Ring and reshape the fundamental laws of the world! She will also convey the principles of the Silver Law "Scripture" to every corner of the borderlands and into the hearts of every living being—whether they are devout believers, bewildered onlookers, or stubborn opponents.

That day will be the funeral of the old era and the birth of the new era!

Penglai Temple's Nine Heavens glided leisurely under the sky at the border, their dark wings cutting through the air currents with a carefree gliding.

suddenly!

A deep rumble came from the earth below, and a colossal creature shot into the sky! Its white scales reflected a cold, heavy luster in the sunlight, and its enormous shadow instantly swallowed the sunlight surrounding the heavens—a dragon!

Next second

The dragon's head turned towards her without warning, and a cold, pure pressure, originating from the pinnacle of ancient predators, descended upon her with a deafening roar.

"Oh no, I should get out of here!" When Penglai Temple Jiuxiao saw that the dragon had clearly noticed him, the Dark Night Wings on his back trembled slightly, and a layer of deep, eerie light flowed along the edges of the dark wings.

Just as Penglai Temple's Jiuxiao was about to make his escape, the enormous dragon head turned away without hesitation.

Then came a deafening roar! It wasn't a howl, but a pure burst of power.

The dragon's massive body suddenly exerted its strength, its enormous wings whipping up hurricanes that tore through the air. Its massive body transformed into a bolt of lightning that ripped through the sky, carrying an unwavering momentum to crush all obstacles as it charged vertically toward the unreachable summit of the heavens! It brutally smashed through layers of thick clouds, leaving behind churning cloud holes and raging torrents, and its enormous form completely disappeared from sight in just a few breaths.

Standing still, Penglai Temple Nine Heavens blinked, subconsciously tilted his head, his face filled with disbelief and astonishment.

"Wh...what's going on?" Penglai Temple Nine Heavens muttered in a low voice.

"Am I incredibly lucky today? Did I run into a dragon with a super good temper? Or... is it just bad at seeing?"

This wasn't her first time dealing with these rulers of the skies.

Those dragons were all hot-tempered guys who could breathe fire from their nostrils and were easily angered. Their greetings were often a barrage of dragon breath.

However, the Dark Night Wings are a gift from the Supreme Will, and their speed is much faster than these dragons.

In the past, the dragon breath spewed by those irritable old men was so strong that she couldn't even smell it in her exhaust fumes.

But this time... it's completely different.

Penglai Temple Nine Heavens did not flee immediately; her wings remained slightly open, the wind ruffling the stray hairs on her forehead and stirring her thoughts.

Those eyes narrowed slightly as they looked at the clouds in the direction where the dragon had disappeared.

That glance just now wasn't ignoring, nor was it well-intentioned. It was a kind of... abandonment.

Completely abandon lower priority goals.

There was something in the sky. Something that made the dragon reluctant to even glance at her, this intruder, or even breathe fire to drive her away.

The dragon's flight towards the clouds carried an unquestionable, overwhelming determination.

The faint premonition in my heart, like a pebble thrown into a calm lake, quickly spread its ripples, turning into a strong and undeniable intuitive signal.

There's definitely something up there! Something beyond imagination, something that could captivate the entire dragon's mind!

It absolutely has to go up there! It absolutely has to!

“…Interesting,” Penglai Temple Nine Heavens murmured softly, a slight smile involuntarily curving upwards at the corners of his mouth.

"This is so fun!!"

A smile of excitement appeared on Penglai Temple's Jiuxiao's face.

The Dark Night Wings sensed the shift in their master's will, and the eerie light flowing along their edges suddenly intensified and became more active. The next second—their jet-black wings suddenly expanded and unfurled!

With a sharp sound that tore through the air, Penglai Temple Jiuxiao's figure transformed into a deep stream of light, rushing headlong and fiercely towards the thick sea of ​​clouds where the giant dragon had disappeared!

The world blurred and receded as she rapidly ascended.

Time lost its original scale, leaving only the heartbeat and the whistling wind as background.

One second later—the shadow from the bottom of the sea of ​​clouds loomed over her, and the damp, cold mist instantly soaked the tips of her hair and wings.

10 seconds—your vision was completely swallowed by a gray-white chaos, with surging cloud walls all around.

30 seconds—an absolute sense of isolation washes over you.

One minute—the clouds seem endless.

However, the more this was the case, the more determined Penglai Temple's Nine Heavens became. There must be something inside! The destination the giant dragon was rushing towards at all costs!

The concept of time has been lost in the thick clouds, robbing us of our senses.

It might take a few minutes, or it might take longer.

- Swish!

Without warning, a faint but extremely steady ray of light pierced through the dense clouds deep within the endless, churning clouds ahead.

"arrive!"

Penglai Temple's Nine Heavens had a premonition that this was the end she was searching for!

Penglai Temple's Nine Heavens, with its last ounce of strength, charged towards the source of the light!

The heavy, stagnant feeling of oppression vanished instantly, replaced by an unimaginably vast expanse of space!

Penglai Temple's Nine Heavens abruptly stopped, hovering high in the sky. His pupils contracted sharply at the sight before him, and his breath caught in his throat.

What comes into view is a city.

A dilapidated city suspended above a vast sea of ​​clouds!

It was so grand it sent shivers down one's spine! Countless towering, sharp, and bizarre architectural silhouettes pierced through the thin clouds that surrounded it, layer upon layer, spreading out to the horizon as far as the eye could see! The entire city was like a giant coffin floating in a gray ocean.

What's even more suffocating is the storm that envelops it!

A violent, visible gray-white vortex swirled and lashed wildly across the body of the city ruins! The wind howled!

That was a gale-force wind powerful enough to tear apart giant rocks!

Thick, dark lightning bolts lashed incessantly across the city, while muffled thunder and terrifying storms were the only sounds in this dead city.

Many towers have broken in half, their fractures jagged and jagged, with massive blocks of stone and metal structures cascading down like frozen waterfalls, floating on the edge of the city or in the lower clouds below. Magnificent arches have collapsed, and exquisite carvings have been etched into the background by the elements.

The city's main body seemed to be composed of a gray-white boulder that emitted a cold, faint light, but at this moment the light appeared so dim and desolate.

Countless tiny fragments and dust particles float and swirl silently in the thin air, forming an eternal, solidified zone of death dust.

A massive aerial bridge connecting two broken mountain peaks collapsed in the middle, its long structure hanging down miserably like the spine of a dragon, one end plunging deep into the surging sea of ​​clouds above, the other pointing lonely towards the empty sky.

Penglai Temple's Nine Heavens silently floats on the edge of this dilapidated city lashed by eternal storms. The wind whips her hair, and her eyes are met with the scene of a city in the sky, like something out of a story.

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It really burned out!!

So you still don't understand? (reaches out hand)

Everyone else posts the reward first, but I post it first and then ask about the reward!!

Chapter 59 The Gradual Collapse of Fam Azra

"I'm telling you! Why did you run to this godforsaken place!" Xi Ling's question was almost squeezed out between his teeth. He gripped Penglai Temple Jiuxiao's rather nice cheek tightly with one hand, the force causing red marks to appear on the girl's fair skin.

"Ouch! Ouch! Ouch! Ouch! Ouch! It really hurts!" Penglai Temple Jiuxiao cried out in pain, her hands clasped together in a standard pleading gesture, her voice comically distorted by the pressure on her face. She tried to twist her body to break free, but Xiling's hands were as firm as iron clamps.

"Now you know what pain is?" Hearing the wails of Jiuxiao from Penglai Temple, Xiling's nameless anger burned even brighter. "You know what pain is, yet you still dare to come to a place like this?"

But he eventually let go; no matter how angry he was, he couldn't really pinch the silly child's face badly.

With his cheek freed, Penglaiji Jiuxiao immediately covered the aching area with his icy hands. His gaze guiltily darted away from Xiling's scorching stare, drifting towards the cracks in the broken stone slabs beneath his feet. But Penglaiji Jiuxiao seemed to think that remaining silent would be worse, so he could only offer a mosquito-like humming explanation: "Um... well... maybe because it really didn't hurt before..."

"It doesn't hurt?!" Xiling almost choked on his own breath at this heartless answer. He glared at the arrogant and ignorant brat.

Just a few minutes ago, he was comfortably in the training field, watching Kevin bravely (and getting humiliated) engage in a real-life sparring match with Malenia.

Marlene, the demigod, was a formidable fighter. Without using the blessings of day and night, Kevin could only awkwardly parry with his greatsword, then was repeatedly sent flying by the immense force like a ball, crashing to the ground with heavy thuds.

Xiling watched with great interest, a hint of schadenfreude even playing on her lips, almost as if she were about to take out some sunflower seeds to crack open.

But just as he watched Kevin being sent flying again, a message from Penglai Temple Nine Heavens rang in the chat group.

That's a picture.

A dilapidated city floats in the sky, swept up by a storm, with red lightning exploding within its walls.

Xiling recognized the picture at a glance.

This is the Sky City of the Elden Ring!

Upon recognizing the picture, Xiling couldn't remain calm.

There are a bunch of dragons up there!

Why would Jiuxiao from Penglai Temple go there?

So he immediately applied to travel to Penglai Temple Jiuxiao's side. When he walked out of the light gate, he saw Penglai Temple Jiuxiao standing on the edge of a broken platform with a "wow" expression on her face. The wind was blowing her hair wildly and her starry cape was fluttering in the wind! And in the distance below her feet, a huge black shadow was swirling and sweeping past from under the clouds, bringing with it a gust of bloody wind! And that's how the scene before him came about.

"I don't know whether to say you're highly skilled and daring, or just a young person who's reckless and impetuous!" Xi Ling looked at Jiu Xiao, who was rubbing his face, looking away, and seemed a little aggrieved, and felt her blood pressure spike again.

Xi Ling couldn't hold back any longer and stretched out her finger, poking Penglai Temple Jiuxiao's smooth forehead hard, again and again. "When you encounter a place like this, which you can tell at a glance is the top-level dungeon on the map, your first reaction is not to run away, but to excitedly rush up to check the situation?! I'm really impressed by you! Is this your spirit of exploration? This is your spirit of suicide!" His voice was so angry that it changed.

He repeatedly warned me, like a mother hen, "If you encounter a situation, run away first, don't be stupid and rush in!"

And what happened? The child completely ignored him! It went in one ear and out the other! It wasn't just that he didn't listen; it was a complete reversal of his intended message!

Even he would have to make thorough preparations before daring to rush into such a dangerous place.

As a result, this silly child got so excited that she took off and flew straight into the sky, following the dragon. Despite the thick clouds, she wasn't afraid of crashing into anything. Xiling felt that the best thing she did was to put the Starry Cloak on this chuunibyou child.

Penglai Temple's Jiuxiao kept her eyes tightly closed, her hands still pressed against her cheeks that had just been "ravaged".

She could clearly feel Xiling's fingers, full of force and helplessness, poking her forehead again and again, as if trying to force those principles of "don't be reckless" and "be careful" directly into her brain.

Only when the head-poking action finally stopped, and only the howling wind and the distant rumble of thunder remained in the air, did Jiuxiao cautiously lift a small part of his eyelids.

What came into view was Xiling's face.

His face showed worry, lingering fear, helplessness, and dissatisfaction with himself.

Penglai Temple Nine Heavens felt as if she had been stabbed by that gaze, and her heart clenched sharply. A familiar feeling seized her without warning.

This worry, blame, and helplessness ultimately transformed into a gaze filled with heavy protectiveness... Where have I seen this before?

Yes... family.

The unique bond between family members—a feeling of disappointment yet an inability to let go—was clearly visible on Xiling's face at that moment.

Looking at Xiling like this.

Almost without thinking, Penglaiji Jiuxiao's body reacted before her words. She suddenly reached out, no longer with her hands clasped together as she had begged for mercy, but instead grabbed Xiling's arms with both hands.

"Don't be angry anymore, Xiling..." Penglai Temple Jiuxiao's voice softened, and he spoke in a very practiced, coquettish tone, tilting his head up to Xiling and saying, "It won't happen again next time~ Really! I promise!"

Xiling clicked her tongue, looking at Penglaiji Jiuxiao who was clinging to her arm with a bright smile. "Really? I can't believe it."

"Then tell me what to do," Penglai Temple Jiuxiao's smile faded slightly. She looked directly into Xiling's deep eyes, her gaze now filled with pure seriousness.

Xiling was slightly taken aback. He clearly felt the solemnity conveyed by Jiuxiao.

That was not a perfunctory guarantee, but a determination to seek answers, recognition, and even some kind of contract.

Xiling took a deep breath, suppressing his turbulent emotions. He raised his other hand and pinched his brow hard, as if trying to crush away his worries and fears.

“Nine Heavens,” Xiling’s voice deepened, “I am not trying to bind you or deprive you of the right to explore this vast world. You have your own path, your own adventure as a savior; this is your destiny and your choice.”