[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-national-guardian-s-gone-and-we-re-done":3,"chapter-national-guardian-s-gone-and-we-re-done-national-guardian-s-gone-and-we-re-done-chapter-262":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","National Guardian's Gone and We're Done",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1743754,2228,"Chapter 262 - 261: No Longer the Vestiges of Deities, but the Deities Themselves","national-guardian-s-gone-and-we-re-done-chapter-262",262,"\u003Cp>Hearing this voice,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ji Shengyue was jolted out of a complex storm of shock and panic.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She instinctively looked toward the source of the sound.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ji Shengyue’s heart sank, and a glacial fear instantly spread throughout her body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Behind her was no longer the familiar figure of Xiao Cangqing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In his place was a vast, deep expanse of black mist, like a churning undercurrent in an abyss.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Within this chaos, two points of blood-red light abruptly flared, like spectral flames leaking from the slowly opening Gate of Hell.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The two eyes were unimaginably huge, every blood vessel within them clearly visible.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ji Shengyue strained to widen her eyes, trying to pierce the thick black mist and glimpse the entirety of the unknown existence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just then, a sinister, cold wind swept by, and the black mist roiled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Vaguely, she caught a glimpse of a breathtaking sight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the boundless darkness, two incomparably massive wings slowly unfurled, covered in unknown, dark-colored scales.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Every gentle beat seemed to stir the surrounding space, bringing with it waves of suffocating pressure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The wings were so large they nearly blotted out half the sky,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>and each feather looked as if woven from the night itself, appearing and disappearing within the shroud of black mist, both mysterious and terrifying.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as Ji Shengyue tried to get a clearer look, the black mist churned again, like the breath of a colossal beast, swallowing the heart-stopping image completely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It left behind only a deeper darkness and the unquenchable horror in Ji Shengyue’s heart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The surroundings were terrifyingly quiet, with only the sound of Ji Shengyue’s ragged breathing and the occasional, unidentifiable low murmur,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>reverberating in the endless dark and adding to the strangeness and unease.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ji Shengyue could swear with absolute certainty that she had not seen wrong.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Has Xiao Cangqing really turned into a bat tightly wrapped in darkness?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, rumors held that the true forms of the Vampire Clan members were often transformed bats.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Back at the Royal Palace, Ji Shengyue had once personally witnessed a large swarm of bats flying in from the distant horizon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After they vanished, a group of members from the Vampire Clan appeared in her office.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although this was the first time Ji Shengyue had seen Xiao Cangqing in this state,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>she knew with perfect clarity that the figure within the black mist had to be him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The voice was identical to Xiao Cangqing’s, and the aura he emitted was exactly the same.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Perhaps this was why Xiao Cangqing was able to stand so firmly among the members of the Vampire Clan,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>and why so many of them treated him with such deference,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>even developing a fanatical and twisted reverence for him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You can take a closer look... Although this sun is still burning with flames, look at its surface.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xiao Cangqing’s voice continued to emanate from the frigid black mist.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In that moment, Ji Shengyue’s body was seized by two of the universe’s most extreme forces, placing her in a world of polar opposites, of ice and fire.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At her back, a chill like an incomparably sharp blade silently sliced at her skin, penetrating deep into her marrow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This cold was like a sudden frost, freezing her back completely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her blood solidified in an instant, her bones trembled ceaselessly under the frigid assault, and her flesh lost all warmth and elasticity, turning as hard as stone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her front, however, was a completely different scene.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The suffocatingly immense sun shamelessly poured down endless flames and light, enveloping the front of Ji Shengyue’s body in a raging sea of fire.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The flames danced merrily, and every breath she took felt like inhaling a rolling heatwave. Her skin let out a faint CRACKLE as it burned, evidence of her sweat instantly evaporating into steam.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The pain was like ten million needles piercing her at once, bringing an excruciating agony.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If not for the barrier of Xiao Cangqing’s power, Ji Shengyue would have long been incinerated, not even a speck of ash remaining.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ji Shengyue’s eyes strained to look through the sea of fire, staring intently at the sun’s core.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sun’s surface was covered in a strange, golden fur,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>a fur that, despite the raging flames, maintained a surprising tranquility.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It squirmed gently, floating slowly, much like seaweed drifting with the current in the deep sea—leisurely, yet with an indescribable mystery.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Upon closer inspection, one would notice that this layer of golden fur was gradually losing its original luster.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The golden light would flash and then fade, like an old man weathered by the years,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>gradually losing the face of his youth, leaving behind only the marks of time and decay.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This fur was the sun’s final molt, silently recording its past glory and present decline.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Its past brilliance flickered upon this molt like a series of magnificent scrolls,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>while its current dimness was like a mournful dirge, telling of the sun’s final journey.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This golden light is the sun’s residual Life Force.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This Life Force is like when a Martial Artist dies; the power inside their body remains, and begins to dissipate outwards.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The body can no longer contain such power.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xiao Cangqing explained slowly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"When exactly will the sun truly be extinguished?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ji Shengyue’s teeth trembled, chattering softly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was caused by a fear deep in her heart that she could not suppress.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For a Queen from the secular world,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>such matters were still far beyond the limits of her imagination and comprehension.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’If the sun really is extinguished and plunges into eternal darkness,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>wouldn’t that be a cataclysmic disaster for the Human Race on Blue Star?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Every Empire, every faction, would be utterly submerged and devoured by the tide of Evil Spirits.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All of Blue Star would become a Paradise for the revelry of Evil Spirits—a true Purgatory.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The existence of the Human Race would be completely erased, never to be remembered by anything or anyone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No one can accurately calculate the exact time of the sun’s death.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But it will likely be one year at the earliest, and no more than five years at the latest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Evil Spirits on Blue Star have long been stirring restlessly, unable to hold back. They have already started looking for ways to accelerate the sun’s death.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moreover, some Evil Spirits have already begun trying to find the will of true Deities. They are powerful to a degree you humans cannot possibly imagine.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not the molts of Deities, but the Deities themselves. Blue Star is also a living being, so they need Blue Star to die as well.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These next words from Xiao Cangqing plunged Ji Shengyue even deeper into despair.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Blue Star is alive, too? And those Evil Spirits actually want it to die!’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Only death and decay are the breeding grounds for Evil Spirits,\" Xiao Cangqing added.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Afterward, the world before Ji Shengyue’s eyes began to twist and spin once more.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That suffocating, intense nausea and dizziness rushed over her again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Immediately after, the indescribable heat and cold vanished along with it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When Ji Shengyue took a sharp breath and finally calmed down,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>she found herself standing back in her office in the Royal Palace.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before her was no longer the dying sun,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>and her surroundings were not the boundless, black universe, but her lavishly decorated office.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The members of the Vampire Clan were still standing there quietly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zong Yajuan was baffled, completely unaware of what had just happened\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>to put Her Majesty the Queen in such a state.\u003C\u002Fp>",1248,"2026-06-06T16:46:32.086Z",1,"novelbin.me","83e4efd35201e072096ba7ff1706ad72e854fed39dee30fac3c598c9f0310588","national-guardian-s-gone-and-we-re-done-chapter-263","national-guardian-s-gone-and-we-re-done-chapter-261",274,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fnational-guardian-s-gone-and-we-re-done-cover.jpg"]