"Stella.."

Neo muttered as he lost his last sense of consciousness. His words seem to be powerless, but for unknown region those words made the starry sky above his path light up.

In the distance, the star-like soul of Stella, although already half darkened but fighting against the corruption, seemed to light up, seemed to be energized as it started to glow.

She seems to have heard the call of her dearest lord as, in the sea of absolute chaos and darkness, a little star rose.

For a split second, her consciousness awoke due to the call of Neo. It was just a fleeting moment, but in that fleeting moment, she activated her Battle Evolver(Unique).

All the fuel she had stored in it started to burn as it tried to chance the talent of Corrupted Regeneration.

Although the fuel that she had collected was massive but it looked tiny compared to the darkness hidden behind this talent.

Although it shone in brilliance for a while but after a while, the fleeting brilliance was starting to be consumed by darkness.

It seems to have lost the talent that could be called a cheat lost and felt a little powerless against this power.

In the sky, the stars seemed to sense Stella’s situation as they all glowed with a brilliant light, overshadowing the black sun and the red moon for a while.

Their energy was collected as a massive beam of pure starlight fell from the sky, landing directly on Stella.

The heavens seem to notice the change as it changed its focus from suppressing Stella’s growth to helping the stars.

With the power of the stars and heavens, the fleeting light of the talent glowed with a greater brilliance as the darkness was being torn apart.

But just as it was about to succeed, a pair of eyes containing pure malice and destruction opened as the darkness was empowered.

The heavens and the stars were suppressed in a single breath as they started to lose ground.

In the sky above the continent, the dear with the crystal-like horns watched all of this unfold as its deep blue eyes showed fear.

It looked at the fight of the stars and the heaven against the impending disaster as it eyes glowed with a hint of bravery.

It suppressed its sense of fear as a melodious roar was released from its mouth.

A green and blue color covered her figure as the deer grew in size, dwarfing the stars themselves. She looked down on the continent with her eyes.

The rivers of fate and the rivers of time appeared as she drew power from them to change destiny itself.

She didn’t try to fight the power of darkness and chaos but used her power to flap the wings of the butterfly that could change the outcome.

Just this consumed all her power as the Origin Deer of Time and Fate closed her eyes.

In the mountains of the extreme, the ancient eyes were once again opened as it looked at the scene of pure disaster and doom.

In its eyes, a sense of fear was born as the being felt its own powerlessness. It was on the verge of giving up when it saw the pillar of light.

Looking up, it also felt the breath of the deer as it released a deep breath. Just those actions caused thousands of mountains to flatten.

The eyes were brown as the earth glowed as it gave all of its energy to the stars. Feeling a little powerless, he closed his eyes.

The Origin Titan of Earth did its part.

The golden draconic hidden in darkness was once again opened as it looked at the sky with eyes filled with fear.

"Why?"

It muttered, a little powerless as the dragon could feel the approach of death. It looked on in horror as the stars and the heavens showed their final attack.

The movement of the Deer and the Titan wasn’t hidden from his eyes as a sense of hope rose.

"Then let me do my part."

The dragon muttered as its scales glowed with a fiery color. Its golden eyes shined as bright as the sun as a beam of gold and red strengthened the heavens.

The Origin Dragon of Gold and Flames closed his eyes.

The various ancient beings in the realm of False God watched all of this in silence as they knew they couldn’t interfere with this matter.

So they just watched, hoping that this wouldn’t be their last day.

The entire world stopped as all the creatures looked in the sky with various expressions, most filled with fear, but for those in the central area of the continent, their eyes showed worship as they looked at the sky.

The corrupted races knelt on the ground as they started to pray to the sky with joy-filled faces.

For them, this event was a wish come true. The feeling in their heart was like finding a thousand dollar bill when walking home when your money runs out.

Unknown to even them all, their plans were fulfilled without them even knowing how.

In the southern area, Yulan stopped all her work as she looked at the sky. She felt a sense of fear in her soul, but that was overshadowed by the pain in her heart.

"Neo.."

For reasons unknown to even her, she called out Neo’s name. She felt like she was going to lose something very important.

In the territory of the angels, Yaman stood frozen in his place as he looked at the sky. The fear that rose from his soul made him unable to even move.

Not just him, all the angels except Angelis were frozen in their place. Angelia looked at the sky with a pale face and eyes filled with fear.

Due to her soul being part of a great being, she wasn’t frozen, but her soul was already vibrating.

She was ready to escape the moment the continent was destroyed as she could sense the existence behind this great malice.

Just thinking about that existence, her soul started to mutate, but then it was suppressed by a flash of holy light.

"Why?"

"How.."

".... Made a move.."

She muttered as she looked at the sky. She then saw the pillar of star light and the breath of heaven. She knew a last ditch effort was being made, but with her current strength, she was powerless to even help.

In Neo’s territory, Lily quickly entered the lord’s mansion as she saw the unconscious figure of Neo on the ground.

"My Love!!!"

She shouted as she quickly picked him up, holding him in her embrace tears started to fall from her eyes as she sensed his weak breath.

She used all the healing magic she knew, but it didn’t seem to have any effect. She even activated her domain, but even it was powerless.

"No, NO, NO!"

She cried out in despair as her voice became distorted, a crazed expression appeared on her face as she started to use a mixture of curse and blood magic.

She was going to exchange her life for the life of Neo..

But just before she could perform the magic, she heard the melodious cry of a deer as Neo’s eyes fluttered.

A miracle had happened as the chains of destiny were twisted a little.

The darkness in his mind cleared as he opened his eyes.. Looking at the crying face of Lily, he raised his hands and gently wiped her tears.

"Don’t cry."

He said in a gentle voice and tried to stand up but was unable to as Lily hugged him tightly without letting him go.

"Don’t leave me, My lovely Lord."

Lily cried out as she buried her face in his chest. Neo just sighed at this and gently patted her head without saying anything.

Through his connection with the Valkyrie, he could feel that the origin of his trouble was from Stella’s side.

He looked toward the east, where he could feel the fleeting breath of Stella. It was weakening every second and felt that it might collapse any moment.

On Stella’s side...

With the help of the Origin Creatures, the heavens and the stars reached a stalemate with the darkness.

The being behind the darkness wanted to increase the output but was unable to; after all, it could only release so much from a talent.

So the stalemate continued, a stalemate that would end with the victory of the darkness if nothing changed.

After all, the energy of heaven and stars was limited, but the being behind the darkness could be said to have near infinite amount of energy.

This was a losing battle, and the only chance for winning was at this moment. If the odds tilted in favor of heaven and stars, then they could win in one fell swoop.

In this moment, the flap of the butterfly, the change of the destiny showed its effect.

"Stella, come back."

In the far distance, Neo commands. His voice was soft and could hardly be heard but he didn’t need anybody to hear it.

As the one who the order was given to heard it loud and clear.

Stella, who felt herself floating in endless darkness, heard the call, the call of her dearest lord, her everything.

In that darkness, her starry sky-like eyes opened as they pierced through the darkness and saw the figure of Neo calling her.

"As ordered, my dearest Lord."

Stella muttered, her voice soft but filled with endless power. The darkness seems to shake with her words as the heavens and the stars found their opportunity.

The opportunity for victory.

Stella’s soul was almost corrupted completely by darkness shone with the brilliance of a million stars as it got back its radiance.

Her eyes, which had darkened, regained their luster as they seemed to contain a universe inside themselves.

Her wings once again shined with brilliance as she rose from the ground; starlight floated around her as the power of a divine being was released from her body.

Sensing the divine breath she contained, she felt unsatisfied as she felt the divine throne unfit for her.

She knew it wasn’t a path for her, so she burned it; the divine throne was burned; the false divine body was burned; the divinity was burned; the throne and the majesty of the king was burned; the twelve shackles were once again put back on.

Her strength dropped to the Transcendent(Top) rank, but the aura she released at this moment surpassed even gods themselves.

Having burned everything, she momentarily gained an unimaginable boost as she pierced through the sky.

She was like a rising star as her sword glowed with divine brilliance. She flew up to the stary sky rose with her as the black sun and the red moon tried to suppress the starry sky.

But they were powerless to do anything against it as Stella continued to fly higher, her figure exited the lord’s continent as she did a simple slash.

"The Brilliance of the Rising Night."

She softly muttered, but her voice was heard by every living being. Although, the voice soon faded away from their memory due to the temporary nature of Stella’s current power.

A sense of deep awe was still formed in their heart.

Looking from the ground, the starry sky continued to rise as a line was drawn in the sky. The line splits the sky in two, one half containing the sun and the other containing the moon.

And in the awed eyes of all creatures, the sky cracked as from the crack the night sky rose, swallowing the sun and the moon.

A gentle night enveloped the world as the soft light of the stars provided warmth to all creatures.

Neo looked up in the sky as he could feel the love shown by the stars, the love whose light only shined on him.