Chapter 1437: with translation of chapter title

"I discovered these golden-blooded ones are surprisingly long-lived, Thus we output Thus we output Thus we output Thus we output Thus we output Thus we output keludela……She won't just be short-statured, actually she's already over a hundred years old, right?" Ganlu Temple Mitsuri asked curiously.

"Hah…It really is possible, but only a lifespan of a few hundred years could support her astonishing leadership and military talent." Serpent Pillar recalled Thus we output Thus we output Thus we output Thus we output Thus we output Thus we output keludela's previous performance; whether it was her deep-as-the-sea scheming or her unfathomable mental fortitude, it couldn't be possessed by a mere teenager.

She probably started out as a lower-class child, and only after witnessing countless oppression and death did she decide to raise a banner and stir up a wave of resistance against the old era.

As for the Wind-Chant Baron, Blade-Break Baron, and Winter Frost Baron……Serpent Pillar only felt regret; perhaps they were merely footnotes in the Chasing Fire Epic, people whom even the divine edicts never summoned to reveal their fate, but without countless such figures appearing on the Chasing Fire road, Wengfalosu would not be what it is today.

He suddenly thought of the Demon Slayer Corps……the countless nameless swordsmen who died fighting demons over the centuries.

If someday in the future we could kill Wucan and eradicate all demons in the world, and later generations erected a similar tombstone for the Demon Slayer Corps, they would probably be just a few simple lines of inscription on that stone.

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"Xing arrived before the second tombstone."

"To those golden-blooded ones who sacrificed themselves for the new world——their fate follows the divine edict as shown; perhaps no matter how time and space turn, they will be reborn exactly when the world needs them, merely to fulfill their duty and accomplish their lifelong aspirations."

""Demigod of the Earth" Huangdi, born circa 2000 years before the Guangli calendar, died in Guangli year 3961."

""Demigod of Romance" Aglaea, born in Guangli year 3860, died in Guangli year 4029."

""Demigod of Death" Xiadie, born in Guangli year???, died in Guangli year 4123."

""Demigod of Conflict" Maidemos, born in Guangli year 4071, died in Guangli year 4284."

""Demigod of the Gateways" Tilixibiesi, born in Guangli year 3720, the last of them died in Guangli year 4295."

""Demigod of Deceit" Safaliya, born in Guangli year 3942, died in Guangli year 4534."

""Demigod of Reason" Anakesagelasi, born in Guangli year 4065, died in Guangli year 4534."

""Demigod of the Sky" Yaxintes, born in Guangli year 4297, died in Guangli year 4602."

At the end of the epitaph, a line of inscription remained uncarved——.

""Demigod of the Sea" Hailiequla, born in Guangli year 3860, passed away in Guangli year."

Xing once again tilted the holy chalice; the stone tablet was bathed in honeyed brew, as if a demigod bathed in golden blood, bearing the purification of fate.

""Honoring Aglaea, Tilixibiesi, Maidemos, Xiadie, Anakesagelasi, Safaliya, Yaxintes……" Xing murmured to the end, her voice beginning to tremble continuously.

Laigushi took over her words: "Through a millennium-long relay, facing opponents far surpassing themselves, they won a tragic victory in their futile struggle. And in that equally futile return of thirty million worlds, they also faithfully fulfilled their duty to the experiment, remaining steadfast."

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A certain scientific super-electromagnetic cannon.

"Haseyin was born in 3860 Guangli? Her age must be far more than that, right…?" Misaka Mikoto read the inscription on the tombstone, lowering her head in thought.

If we judge by time, that isn't her birth year, but… the day she met Kaisa.

Chunchun Shili was stunned for a moment, then spoke incredulously.

"She, she… is she treating her meeting with Kaisa as her own rebirth?"

Chunchun Shili could hardly imagine what emotions were hidden in this inscription about her birth time; perhaps from the moment she pierced Kaisa's heart with her blade, the hundred years she spent alongside Kaisa became an obsession she could not let go of for the ensuing thousand years……

Chunchun Shili felt a heaviness in her chest, as if an indescribable sourness welled up. Not like the overwhelming sorrow of mountains collapsing and seas overturning, but rather a quieter, more enduring feeling……just like Haseyin's distant chant.

What exactly happened when they both ascended to godhood at the heart of the Creation Vortex? Kaisa was clearly important to her, yet she still raised her hand to kill her.

"These golden-blooded ones in this era are generally short-lived. Yaxintes……Fengjin, she lived 305 years; when Xing returns to Wengfalosu in 4931 Guangli, it's already been over three hundred years since her passing."

Seeing this, Zuotian Leizi couldn't help but feel moved; even though it's been over three hundred years later, when Xing draws the ceremonial sword, her power can still support Xing, forming a rainbow bridge to Stikokisia for her.

Moreover, that earthly demigod Huangdi, whom she had never seen, actually lived nearly 6000 years. If Xing could truly complete the Recreation of the World and move on to the next cycle, it's hard to imagine who could succeed to the divine office of the Earth Titan.

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""The deceased's memorial ends here. Finally, please allow me to raise my glass once more, to my wavering warden, to the prisoner bound by loyalty——"

Before Laigushi's words had even faded, a faint, ethereal song suddenly echoed from deep within the underground palace.

Xing raised her head and looked left and right, trying to pinpoint the direction of the voice: "This song…could it be……"

""Under the nourishment of Fajina Milu, she will awaken from her thousand-year drunken dream and sing the final movement of her mission." Laigushi said.

""Haseyin……"

""Laigushi walked to the left tombstone and said: 'This old-world tombstone is the anchor point of the merfolk illusion; Hailiequla used it as a symbol of self-binding. At the same time, it is exactly what I once proclaimed at the opening of the play—a microcosm of Wengfalosu……'"

""A group of prisoners self-bound in caverns, comparing themselves to heroes, taking suffering as their crown, performing an epic on stage with shadows and echoes." Laigushi's figure began to fade, "Now, destroy it with your own hands, shatter this phantom dream. Thus, the divine ritual audience will temporarily withdraw, and when we meet again——"

""That is the moment that decides the fate of Wengfalosu, and even the galaxy."

""The warden's intoxication is about to end, and the prisoners shall gain freedom!"

""Go to the final execution grounds, have me executed… or… have me execute you!"

Xing shattered the old-world tombstone, and behind it was actually a passage leading deeper. As she walked forward, a expanse of ruins, as if abandoned by time, slowly unfolded before her eyes.

Shattered structures hovered above the water; between broken walls and remnants, countless fish schools hung suspended in midair, sea bubbles like solidified glass, each one floating……time was thus eternally frozen, everything stilled at the instant she fell into intoxication.

Haseyin floated silently at the center of the architecture, her eyes tightly shut, only her song echoing within.

""The last demigod… I have come."