Xing Tie: Wait a minute! How come Weng Xing has two saviors?

From the shattered sky torn apart by the sword light, two dazzling soul halos—one lion, one horse—emerged once more! It was Sorapis and Lunebis! They ignited their soul power, transforming into two streaks of light that hurtled down!

Sorapis steadily approached Bai'er, who, without hesitation, leaped up and mounted him!

Lunebis let out a long hiss and swept past Bai Mo. Bai Mo lightly stepped on the edge of the platform to gain leverage, and his figure moved like lightning, landing precisely on Lunebis's soul back!

The two humans and two beasts, like two shooting stars shooting against the dark sky, actively met Seneos, who was suspended in the air and constantly emitting terrifying energy fluctuations!

Seneos let out an angry shriek, and countless dark red energy spheres, composed of black tide energy and as dense as a barrage of bullets, bombarded them from all directions!

However, under Bai Mo's incredibly precise control, miniature Hundred Realms Gates unfolded and disappeared at opportune moments along the speeding path.

Bai'e and Bai Mo rode the heroic spirits of the sky, as if performing an elegant yet deadly flying dance, constantly shuttling and flashing through the dense barrage of bullets, each flash bringing them closer to Seneos's true form!

"Heroes of the sky...please use your last moments of clarity...to bear witness to...the will of humanity!"

Feng Jin stood on the platform, clasped her hands together over her heart, and then swung them forward resolutely!

A pure, cyan beam of light, representing her own will, shot into the sky, closely following Bai Mo and Bai E's figures, and reached right in front of Seneos!

"Onpharos will surely usher in its own dawn!!!"

The voices of Bai E and Bai Mo merged into one, like the final judgment!

The ultimate silver light of dawn and the world-burning flames of heavenly fire merged perfectly at this moment!

The two brothers combined their strength, the rainbow amplified by the wind violet, the resolve of the heroic spirits beneath them, and even the hopes of the entire world! All of this was concentrated into this final strike!

This strike aimed fiercely at Seneos's twisted core!

Buzz——!!!!!!!

A burst of pure, indescribable light erupted instantly, engulfing all sight and sound! It was as if the entire world had been plunged into pure white at that moment!

In this absolute silence and light, all that could be heard was a very soft, relieved sigh:

"Son of man..."

"You...in the end, overturned the cruel judgment I made in despair and disillusionment."

"Starting with a lie that has been embellished as a heroic legend and passed down for thousands of years... you have actually written such a... magnificent epic of creation."

The voice gradually faded into the distance, carrying with it a final sense of acceptance and relief.

“You…deserve a…new dawn.”

"Feng Jin, we should go." Bai E walked to Feng Jin's side, looking at the girl who had just ended a thousand-year destiny and whose expression was slightly dazed, and gently comforted her:

"Your ancestors, whatever their initial reasons, would be truly proud of your choices and courage today."

Feng Jin took a deep breath of the cool air from the cloud top and gripped the warm "Sky" flame in her hand even tighter.

She turned to Bai Er and gave him a strong yet gentle smile: "Yes... I understand, Er Bao. No matter where my bloodline comes from, I have no regrets about the path I have walked."

On the other side, Xi Lian walked lightly to Bai Mo, who was standing alone on the edge of the broken platform. He was silently gazing into the distance, his gaze unfocused.

"Little Bai Mo, what are you looking at?" Xi Lian tilted her head, trying to dispel the overly somber atmosphere around him with a lighthearted tone. "Are you looking at Ohmma? It's a pity that you can't see anything up there except clouds."

Chapter 139 Xi Lian: Has Bai Mo gone astray from reading Xia Die's novels? How did he learn to flirt?

Bai Mo did not answer immediately. His gaze remained fixed on the distant, ethereal horizon, piercing through layers of clouds and landing on the land he had fought so hard to protect.

“I’m looking at the world I love,” he said softly, his voice so faint it was almost carried away by the wind.

In fact, Bai Mo was here silently sorting out his turbulent thoughts and the burdens unknown to anyone.

The rebirth of the world was imminent, but he couldn't foresee his fate afterward. The system, the scepter, the "administrator" from beyond the world…

And what about him? He was merely an abrupt variable in the vast cycle of Onphalus, an unexpected event that should not have existed.

What if my existence itself is an exception? What if I cannot, like Bai E, naturally enter the next cycle of reincarnation...? A cold thought quietly crossed his mind.

But the next moment, that thought was shattered by the countless images he had seen along the way—even without knowing the outcome, he would still choose to set off. More important than pursuing a perfect ending was the heart that chose to act at this moment.

So... even if in the end only Bai E can embark on the path of eternal return, I still want to trick that ancient master hiding behind the scenes one more time before that happens!

Although he always spoke of disdain and trash talk towards Lai Gushi, Bai Mo never truly underestimated this opponent.

On the contrary, precisely because he knew the terrible past of the other party who had personally created a "god", he was extremely cautious in every plan and every confrontation.

Those seemingly arrogant provocations were nothing more than psychological tactics he had carefully calculated to provoke his opponents and force them to reveal their weaknesses.

Pulling his wandering thoughts back, he turned his gaze from the distant void back to the pink-haired girl who had always been by his side.

“Now,” he said calmly and naturally, with a hint of gentleness, “I am looking at the person I love again.”

"Huh?!" Xi Lian was completely unprepared for such a response. Her cheeks flushed bright red, and she even started to stammer.

"Little Bai Mo! What nonsense are you spouting? Such words... such words are so easy to mislead people..."

"I meant exactly what I said." Bai Mo's eyes, which always held a heavy heart, now clearly reflected Xi Lian's somewhat flustered expression.

"Although you, Bai'e, Wan Di, Xia Die, Feng Jin, Teacher Ti Bao, Ms. Aglaia... all those who have walked alongside me and whom I cherish are the reasons why I protect this world."

“But…” he paused, his voice soft yet exceptionally clear, “you are indeed the most important one in my heart.”

His bluntness made Xi Lian's heart skip a beat, her face flushed, and her eyes darted around, but she didn't dare to look at Bai Mo.

“Little… Little Bai Mo, you…” She felt like her tongue was about to tie itself in knots, “Have you suddenly become enlightened… or… have you been corrupted by Xia Die’s novels…”

But... just at this crucial moment when the atmosphere was delicate and Xi Lian was stammering—

"Everyone—!"

Feng Jin's sudden exclamation abruptly interrupted their conversation! Her voice was filled with unprecedented anxiety and shock!

“The spark of ‘Sky’ just sent a warning…” Feng Jin’s face turned pale. “Just now… the Dawn Machine in Ohm… went out!!”

This news was like a bolt from the blue, instantly shattering all the subtle flutters of the heart and the unspoken words!

The Dawn Machine is the last bulwark of light in Ohma, the core energy source to resist the Black Tide's erosion, and the symbol of the last hope in the hearts of countless survivors!

Its extinguishing signifies only one thing: Ohma, and indeed the entire world, has reached its final and most dangerous juncture! The final battle of Ohma has already begun on the ground, without their knowledge!

Everyone's heart sank.

As the group passed through the shimmering Gate of a Hundred Realms and returned to Dawn Cloud Cliff, the sight that greeted them made everyone's hearts sink.

Civic Square was packed with almost all the survivors of this world.

They came from Ohma, from the Garden of the Gods, from the City of the Rising Sun, from Janusapolis, from various remaining settlements.

But at this moment, they all looked up at the sky without exception, their faces filled with confusion, fear, and dread of the darkness.

The dawn that once illuminated the holy city for a thousand years and was regarded as eternal hope has been extinguished, with only the emergency light source at the edge of the cloud cliff emitting a faint and uneasy glow.

"Bai Mo, Bai E, you're back." Aglaia's voice came, and she walked quickly toward them. The usually composed and elegant Lady Jin Zhi's brows were now shrouded in an unyielding solemnity, and her voice was lower than ever before.

“Ms. Aglaia,” Bai Mo reported quickly and calmly, “the spark of ‘Sky’ has been successfully retrieved by Feng Jin. She should be returning the spark at the heart of the Genesis Vortex by now.”

"Hmm... I understand." Aglaia nodded, but her gaze shifted to Bai E, her eyes filled with complex emotions.

“Bai E, the spark of ‘Burning the World’…you must also be prepared. The final moment is approaching.” Her tone surprisingly carried a hint of weariness.

“I will, Aglaia,” Bai Er replied solemnly, but then his gaze was drawn to the commotion in the center of the square.

A group of people dressed in the robes of oracle priests were gathered together, anxiously flipping through one ancient book and engineering drawing after another.

“Aglaia… what are they doing…”

“The Dawn Machine of Kephale went out without warning,” Aglaia explained, her gaze also falling on the priests. “They are searching through all the relevant texts and blueprints, hoping to find the problem, trying to…”

Her voice suddenly stopped, and her emerald green eyes widened sharply as she stared intently in the direction where the priests were gathered.

Aglaia's gentle and beautiful face quickly turned pale, even her lips lost their color, and her eyes were filled with a layer of violently turbulent mist.

Because, at that very moment, a huge commotion and shouts suddenly broke out from the priest's side!

Interspersed among them were incredulous, distorted shouts: "What?! This...this records that when the High Priest passed away, the demigod of 'treachery'—Sefer—actually infiltrated the priesthood of Cephale?!"

She…she even brazenly left clues about herself on the energy core of the Dawn Machine?! And what does the oracle in this book, 'Three Hundred Years of Dawn,' mean?!

Chapter 140 That Moment in Summer: Because Sai Fei'er is already dead!!!

At this moment, an old priest, driven to madness by the shutdown of the dawn machine, abruptly shoved aside the people around him, pointed to a certain passage in the scriptures, and began to hysterically ramble on:

"No wonder! No wonder! How could Lord Kefaller's Dawn Machine stop on its own?!"

It must be that wicked thief from Dolores! That despicable thief did it!

The High Priest's disciples all said it! The light of the Dawn Machine will never be extinguished! It must be her! It must be her who stole it..."

boom--! ! !

A crisp, deafening gunshot suddenly shattered the oppressive silence over the square!

A scorching alchemical bullet whistled past the old priest with perfect accuracy, the intense heat even singeing his beard.

The bullet abruptly interrupted all his subsequent baseless accusations and the simmering anger on the faces of the surrounding citizens toward the "scoundrel"!

He appeared at the front of the crowd without anyone noticing, holding a still-smoking alchemical pistol, his single eye burning with undisguised disgust and anger.

He stared coldly at the old priest who had been so terrified that he trembled like a leaf and collapsed to the ground.

"Foolish! Fools blinded by outdated oracles!" At that moment, Xia's voice was like a cold blade, scraping against everyone's eardrums.

"Can't you even do such a simple and direct logical deduction? Where is your rationality?!"

He strode forward, snatched the ancient book from the trembling hands of a young priest, and displayed a page to everyone around him, pointing heavily at it with his finger:

"It is clearly written here—according to the original oracle and design of Kephale, the light of the Dawn Machine will illuminate the Holy City for three hundred years! This is its limit!"

He abruptly raised his head, his eyes sweeping over every bewildered face: "But now?! How long has the Dawn Machine been running? A thousand years! A full thousand years!"

Tell me, where did these extra seven hundred years come from?! Where did the energy that kept the Dawn Machine shining for these seven hundred years come from?!

He paused for a moment before continuing, his voice low yet thunderous:

"And then there's the divine right of 'trickery'—distorting reality, weaving lies, and turning the impossible into the possible! Can't you deduce the truth behind this?!"

"How could the so-called 'never-extinguishing' Dawn Machine possibly exist?" Xia's voice at that moment carried a determination to reveal the truth, yet it was also incredibly heavy.

"For the past seven hundred years, the fuel used for the Dawn Machine... has not been the Dawn Gem bestowed by Kefaller at all!"

It is the power of the demigod of "trickery"! It is that 'little cat' from Dolores, the 'wicked thief' you despise!

She used her own power to deceive the world, allowing the Dawn Machine to illuminate the Holy City for over seven hundred years!

So that you may continue to bask in the false yet warm dawn!

The square was deathly silent; you could hear a pin drop. Everyone was speechless, stunned by the truth.

"But...but..." A person in the crowd, still trembling, asked with a last glimmer of hope,

"Why...why is the Dawn Machine...shutting down now?"

At that moment, Xia expressionlessly lowered the hand holding the book, closed his one eye, sighed, and did not answer.

He didn't want to say the answer aloud.

A moment later, from somewhere in the deathly silent crowd, a suppressed sob suddenly rang out.

As if it were a signal, more and more people realized it soon after.

Why did the Dawn Machine, which had been running for seven hundred years, suddenly shut down?

Waves of uncontrollable sobs, whether from shock, guilt, or grief, followed.

Like a flood bursting its banks, it erupted from every corner of the square, quickly forming a sea of ​​sorrow.

Of course, it's because of... Saifeier, whom they misunderstood, scorned, and called a "wicked thief"...

Already dead.

She burned herself out, stealing seven hundred years of dawn for them. And they, only when the light faded, finally awoke to the truth.

At that moment, Xia put away her alchemy pistol, walked expressionlessly through the sobbing crowd, and headed towards Bai Mo and the others.

He lingered on Bai Mo's face for a long while with a complicated look in his eyes, as if he were confirming something.

Finally, he turned his gaze to Aglaia, who was standing to the side with a deathly pale face.

"Don't misunderstand," his voice still carried that characteristic stiffness.

What I just said was entirely based on the principle of 'reason above all else and abhorrence of stupidity'.