The sky had no sun.
Only a golden light trembling from one boy's body.
Jin knelt in the center of the battlefield, Yooha in his arms — limp, cold, and still bleeding.
He didn't cry loudly.
He didn't scream this time.
He just held her... like she would vanish if he blinked.
And yet, his tears still fell.
A gentle hand touched his shoulder.
Bo:"Jin don't"
Jin's voice cracked like breaking glass. "Don't say she's gone. She's not gone. She's not allowed to be gone…"
Around them, every teammate stood in a circle. Even He Wang was shaking.
Suddenly—
WHOOSH
A pressure, so deep it split the clouds, flooded the battlefield.
A divine pulse roared from Jin's heart.
His hair shifted — strands turning shimmering gold, his eyes glowing like twin suns.
The Laughing Blade hovered beside him, vibrating violently.
"W-What's that…?" whispered Xie Luang, shielding his eyes.
Meiqi took a step back.
"No. It's not Jin anymore. It's… his divine awakening."
Golden feathers began to fall from the sky. Not warm… but furious. The entire world seemed to scream silently.
Even the God of Rules who watched from above flinched.
In the distance—
Ghost Gordon staggered.
"So. The Laughing Blade God… has been born."
Jin stood.
He cradled Yooha's body in one arm. His aura turned stormy. Thunder rolled across the mountains.
Then—
Two strangers appeared.
A man with long dark hair and golden eyes.
A woman with moonlit robes and trembling hands.
"Yooha…" the woman whispered, falling to her knees.
Bo's eyes widened. "Wait… Are you…?"
Jin didn't even look at them.
"You're her parents," he said coldly. "Aren't you?"
The woman choked. "We—"
"Where were you?" Jin's voice was ice and fire.
"When she cried alone? When she trained until her bones broke? When she was left behind?"
The man closed his eyes. "We had to—"
"I don't care about your reasons," Jin snarled. "You don't get to weep over her now."
He gently laid Yooha's body on a bed of light, then stood, divine flames rising around him.
"I will make them pay."
And he vanished — leaving only a golden blaze in his place.
Yooha's Spirit World – A Memory
She stood in a white field, eyes closed, pain slowly fading.
She heard voices.
Bo's. Meiqi's. He Wang's.
Then…
His.
"Yooha," Jin's voice echoed. "You're not allowed to leave me."
Her chest tightened.
"Not when we just confessed."
Then—
A surge of divine mana slammed into her soul.
Warmth. Power. Light.
Her heartbeat stuttered—then returned.
Back to Reality
The battlefield trembled again.
Yooha's fingers twitched.
Bo gasped.She's—!!"
Her eyes opened, weak but alive.
"…Jin…" she whispered.
Bo fell flat on the ground.
"THANK THE GODS! Wait, Jin's gone to destroy Ghost Gordon, oh hell—WAIT FOR ME!"
TO BE CONTINUED IN EPISODE 80 – The Final