I had intended to carry on the God-King's will, and with great effort, I found and supported an ideal king.
But the king fell, and I was struck by the Grass God for my vengeful actions, imprisoned in the Silver Bottle for a thousand years.
While my actions were indeed a bit extreme, it's understandable.
“Alright, that's enough of that.”
“The past has all turned to dust, everything has been destroyed. The grand play of Moon Maiden City has reached its conclusion, leaving behind only a magnificent theater of ruins and shattered masks of the gods.”
Lilupar proudly smiled, and the ancient silver coins strung on her wrist jingled crisply.
It seemed she held no resentment towards her years of punishment.
“What are your plans now? Will you continue to carry out the God-King's will, or seek out your former mistress?”
Lumine's question caused Lilupar to fall into a brief silence.
The Mother of Spirit Guardians looked around the ruined Moon Maiden City and sighed:
“I once resided in a carefree palace, singing with nightingales and sharing love with roses. It was a beautiful era.”
“Later, demons ran rampant, nightingales sang with blood, roses withered, and turned into tangled thorns. It was a terrifying era.”
But all that had long since faded with the passage of time, leaving only unchanging memories in her mind.
As the God-King had said, this world is not unchanging.
“Now, I want to replace the God-King and see if the world he envisioned has truly come to be.”
Changing her tone, Lilupar stared at Lumine and Paimon.
“So, travelers on the road, allow me to follow you for a time and learn about this world.”
“Eh?”
Paimon was taken aback for a moment, unable to comprehend for a while.
This meant that besides her, there was another vying for attention?
No, she was getting jealous!
Before Lumine could respond, Lilupar transformed, shifting from a charming dancer into a small, ethereal orb of light floating in mid-air.
“After hundreds of years, the great power I possess is now only a fraction of what it once was.”
After sighing, she added a reminder.
“Traveler, if you wish to find your mistress, there is nothing worth searching for in Moon Maiden City.”
Her words carried an unexpected strength of conviction.
Perhaps it was the haughty, proud tone, or perhaps it was the ancient legends she spoke of.
Having learned about Lilupar's past, Paimon was no longer so scared. She peeked out from behind Lumine and said:
“If that's the case, then let's wait for that guy outside.”
“You have a companion?”
Lumine nodded, saying, “It was he who asked us to find clues about the Flower God. We split up, and he went to the black void in the center of the oasis.”
“Heh, another who wishes to find the fabled Sea of Sapphire.”
“What?! The Sea of Sapphire!” Paimon's voice became shrill. “Tell us where it is!”
“Want to know?”
The teasing tone whetted Paimon's appetite, and finally, Lilupar coldly spat out two words.
“Dream on.”
“Don’t be like that! We’re companions now, we should help each other!”
Completely forgetting her earlier hostility towards Lilupar, Paimon hastily played the emotional card.
However, no matter how much she tried to curry favor, the Mother of Spirit Guardians remained unmoved.
Until the three figures disappeared from Moon Maiden City, their voices blending into the dilapidated ruins.
Only the old, worn silver bottle was left behind, sinking into the gilded sand.
…………
Eternal Oasis!
Looking at the terrifying Spirit Guardians gradually awakening from their flower buds, Luo Chen felt no sense of crisis.
He gazed fondly at the women, each more extraordinary than the most beautiful human dancer, and murmured softly.
“My loyal vassals, your sovereign has followed the prophecy, crossed the cycles of cause and effect, and forged a pact here.”
Standing quietly, he watched the barrier surrounding the nursery ripple and stir up a storm.
There was no doubt that the corpses of those thieves and monsters outside were the work of the Spirit Guardians.
To protect the sleeping place of the Flower Goddess and wait for their divine king's return, the Spirit Guardians would not allow anyone to disturb her.
Even after being eroded by time and becoming elemental spirits, shedding their flesh and blood, their minds faded, they still remembered their original mission.
Amidst the chaos, the awakened Spirit Guardians, their eyes filled with blood, charged at Luo Chen.
They could no longer distinguish between good and evil, they only knew to carry out the will to eliminate outsiders.
“You’ve done enough over these years.”
Luo Chen felt no anger at being attacked. Instead, he used a gentle tone to soothe these pitiful creatures.
Without fully fusing with the divine template and without using force, he couldn't easily subdue the Spirit Guardians, but it wasn't entirely impossible.
Those Xuan Yin bottles, they were plentiful in this place.
So, Luo Chen picked up one bottle after another, sealing the approaching Spirit Guardians inside, temporarily reactivating the originally broken seal.
Of course, this method wouldn't last long, only for half a day.
Gently placing the bottles that were continuously trembling and struggling on the ground, he walked towards the Life Nursery.
There, a huge door separated the nursery from the outside world.
Upon the door, runes of sword and spear, sensing the intrusion, emitted a brilliant radiance.
Under this change, an unknown power was gradually awakening.
Luo Chen stopped, watching the radiance form a hazy elemental body before the door, the voluntarily formless Mother of Spirit Guardians.
“I sense a familiar presence…”
A cold whisper came from the elemental form until she opened her eyes and saw the scene before her.
Meeting those emerald eyes, which still retained their intelligence, Luo Chen showed the same loving gaze as before.
“Crossing the millennia of cause and effect, Filiges, your God-King has returned in the future.”
“……God-King……”
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