Blazing flames gradually died down, the blood moon faded, and the battlefield fell into silence.Yet, beneath the scorched earth after the incineration, an underground palace forgotten by time slowly awakened. The roots of the Cracked Moon City, stirred by the phoenix's spiritual flame, revealed their true form. This was the place where the ancient Moon God fell, and the sealed abyss of the forbidden bloodline—The Remains of the Cracked Moon, dormant for a thousand years, now its cracks reopened.Ilea stood before the pitch-black gate, her golden flame wings slowly folding, her expression as cold as ice.She wore a battle robe condensed from spiritual flames, with Lucian's kiss marks still lingering on her bare neck and shoulders. The cursed core in her chest had not yet completely cooled, and the afterwaves of burning blood still slowly flowed within her body. She had just reshaped her own fate, yet had already been swallowed by another, more ancient destiny."Is this... my end... or rebirth?"She stepped through the gate, and the flames extinguished along with her movement.—At the same time, Lucian lay quietly on the ground, his consciousness lingering on the edge of blur. The blood-burning ritual had briefly merged his soul with Ilea's, allowing him to glimpse the true fear deep within the phoenix bloodline."She... is not the only one," he murmured.In his dream, a pair of azure eyes opened in the darkness. They did not belong to Ilea, but to the residual soul of the Cracked Moon King, a fallen moon worshiper who had once devoured gods. His consciousness lay hidden in the bones of this ancient land, and now, was slowly awakening through Lucian's eyes."Who are you...""I am the truth sealed by her father," the voice whispered, "What you have awakened is not just the phoenix, but—the boundary between the fallen moon and the burning sun."—Ilea stepped into the lowest level of the Cracked Moon Palace. Along both sides of the long staircase stood countless pitch-black stone statues, their faces all those of the knights from her childhood memories—those "guardians" who had betrayed and fled when her mother was burned.As she walked, she tore off the fire-clothes that had been burned away on her body, leaving only the spiritual flame patterns clinging to her skin. Her body trembled slightly, whether from cold, pain, or the desire rising in her heart.The spiritual flame had not yet dissipated, and the phoenix blood still longed to burn.But she knew that now was not the time to indulge.In front of the Gate of the End, the skeleton of the Cracked Moon King hung in the air, with a black moonstone embedded in its sternum—it was said to be the "Heart of the Fallen Moon," capable of devouring all flames and divinity.She reached out slowly.At the moment her fingertips touched the moonstone, the entire Remains of the Cracked Moon Palace shook violently. The air was filled with a pungent smell of blood, the ground cracked into countless fissures, and black tentacles climbed out of the abyss, suddenly dragging her in."Phoenix blood will eventually return to the lunar eclipse,"A deep voice sounded, not belonging to humans, more like a mixed echo of gods and demons.—On the ground, Turka finally woke up.In front of him were Lucian's unextinguished flame runes. He looked at the charred sky and murmured to himself:"You have finally... reached that step."He took off his damaged shoulder armor, revealing his left shoulder, which had long been burned by the silver seal.A seal was unlocked in the flames.He, too, was finally no longer the "Northern Realm Knight," but the "First Fallen Moon Worshiper" exiled by divine punishment."I'm coming for you, Ilea," he whispered, with strange colors appearing in his eyes, where moon marks and flames intertwined, "This time, I won't let you die at the hands of others."—Deep in the Remains of the Cracked Moon, Ilea was entangled by black tentacles and pulled into the source of corruption.She moaned in the blood, her spiritual flame beating violently. The will of the Fallen Moon King tried to seep into her body, stripping her from the divine flame and transforming her into the new master of chaos.But Ilea gritted her teeth and persisted."You... delude yourself into using me to reshape the black moon?"She suddenly opened her eyes, with patterns of golden flames and red blood intermingling in her pupils."Then try it and see if you can withstand—the phoenix's climax."
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