Chapter 1369: Bai E Character PV — 'Corona' (2)

"That refers to the Iron Tomb." HudieRen crossed her arms, "However, the destroyer envoy he created—does it truly have the ability to control it? Or does it mean he built the Iron Tomb merely to slay the All-Knowing Venerable, then abandon it?"

"If the answer is exactly as you think, then Laigushi's motive becomes all the more curious." YiHeiXiaoBaNei's heterochromatic pupils flashed a glint, and the white snake coiled around his neck began to hiss, spitting out its tongue.

"Why exactly does it hate the All-Knowing Venerable so much that it would sacrifice the safety of the entire galaxy to do this?"

——

DaoHuoXingZe gripped Bai E's throat tightly, lifting him halfway into the air.

Then, it pierced Bai E's body with a single sword.

"█████"

Golden blood slid down Bai E's forearm; before death, he clenched the hilt of that twisted great sword.

In an instant, he saw it.

Countless pasts overlapped upon his body; beneath the mask was precisely his own shattered, charred face.

He thrust his hand into his chest; as the golden blood surged, the mark of the Seat of All Worlds lit behind him, and his heterochromatic wings slowly unfurled… KaESiLanNa was born from that blazing sun.

"If this is not the end——"

"Then I will continue onward."

KaESiLanNa slowly raised his right hand; as his five fingers spread, the substance of WengFaLuoSi seemed to be forcibly pulled by an invisible mighty force, turning into countless piercing black streams that madly converged toward his palm.

Finally, a dazzling point of light was born in his hand.

Boom——!!

Above the firmament, the clouds were instantly torn apart, turning into a sky‑rolling dark gold fire rain that submerged every Heichi construct on the ground.

Until I witness it with my own eyes, this journey's end.

A massive meteorite burst through the clouds, plummeting from the nine heavens! It hurtled straight toward the Fire-Thief Walker——

That meteorite resembled a burning sun, transforming into a radiant orb of light; the Fire-Thief Walker raised his sword with one hand to meet it, attempting a final resistance with this blade.

Yet before this power capable of reducing all things to nothing, the Fire-Thief Walker's figure was utterly insignificant; that black speck was instantly swallowed by the meteorite's impact, vanishing without a trace.

KaESiLanNa gazed upon this world with sorrow.

But as for fate, I will never submit.

Never.

……

KaESiLanNa stood alone in this wasteland, holding the Fire-Thief Walker's mask in his hand, head raised as he gazed upward.

Ahead lies the next reincarnation.

It is a world of clear skies and verdant wilds—a world he has reached countless times and departed from countless times. Now, dawn seems to have risen in that world; warm sunlight filters through the twisted branches and lush leaves, finally casting a feeble yet utterly genuine pillar of light that shines upon the scarred land beneath his feet.

……and it also shone into the depths of KaESiLanNa's eyes.

——

Chinese Paladin

Bai E is about to step into the next reincarnation.

Jing Tian lifted his wine bowl, took a sip, and gazed at the half‑light, half‑dark image in the sky; he felt it was exquisitely perfect—nothing could suit Bai E, who dwells in the cycle of rebirth, better than this scene.

Though he resides in a world of despair, he yet longs for the dawn of a new world.

HongMao.

Chong Lou gave no reply, merely lifting his eyelids to glance at him.

"What do you think of Bai E now?" Jing Tian crossed his legs, propping his elbows on his knees, "I recall who said back then— that Bai E wasn't up to snuff? That his experience was still shallow, making him unfit to be a savior? Oh dear, my memory's not great—do you still remember?"

Chong Lou's hand holding the wine bowl paused.

Looking at Jing Tian's rather punch‑worthy smile, he did not answer immediately, but after a long silence he finished the wine in his bowl and spoke lightly:

It was me who said it.

Jing Tian blinked, not expecting him to admit it so readily.

I don't think my judgment back then was wrong; at that time this kid was still too young, after failing the Trials of the Titan of Strife, he has been obsessed with avenging the Fire-Thief Walker. For one who must ultimately bear the world, he still needs time.

Having said that, Chong Lou paused, his gaze turning to the distant sunset slowly sinking into the sea of clouds.

Still, it's true that this kid made me misjudge him. Over thirty‑plus million cycles of reincarnation, he has slain his most important companion hundreds of millions of times, then challenged the scepter…… Chong Lou lowered his eyes to the wine in his hand, sighed softly, "I originally thought he wouldn't last a hundred cycles; after a hundred, I thought he wouldn't last a thousand—"

——I never expected him to survive over thirty‑plus million cycles, right?

Hmm. Such a man—I have never seen his like in the Six Realms. To bear the fate of an entire world alone for such a length of time… looking across the universe, I doubt one could find a second such person.

——

The??? th iteration of the Eternal Cataclysm's end.

Inside the Core of the Genesis Vortex.

"Tell me, do you willingly become the blazing sun……" KaESiLanNa (Fire-Thief Walker)'s hoarse voice broke intermittently, "even if it means burning away… everything of myself."

"I shall not yield. I will shoulder the world until this body burns to ash." Bai E nodded solemnly.

Very well……

"Remember this moment, remember all friends who could never witness the world's end with their own eyes, their cherished wishes——" KaESiLanNa stood before Bai E, "and also the pure fury rising from within you—use it to ignite yourself, fan the flames, until this false sky is burned away."

"Good. If I can transcend fate……" Bai E placed his hand on his chest, "in the name of Bearing the World, I promise you: KefaLe shall never be forgotten."

KaESiLanNa handed the ritual sword in his hand to Bai E.

"Take it… all that I bear. Continue, burn on."

Bai E gripped the ritual sword tightly and plunged it into KaESiLanNa's chest.

As long as we have never been extinguished……

In an instant, KaESiLanNa's body began to crumble fragment by fragment; violet flames boiled and burned from his flesh, and finally a shard flew out, slicing the golden solar mark on Bai E's neck.

Golden blood trickled down, as if the sun had opened its tightly shut eyes.

A gaze from the depths of the universe swept over.

——Nanuk.

Under the bathing of the "Destruction" gaze, Bai'e's body underwent an astonishing transformation; when those wings unfurled behind him, the radiant corona light illuminated the vortex core as if it were daytime.

Ka'es Lan's shattered body dissolved like smoke in the light, along with his last words, vanishing into the wind.

"Don't... bow down to Him..."