Around the neck of the infant An'an, the Longevity Lock, forged from the core tip of the Flawless God-Slaying Spear, hung in silent repose. It pulsed with a gentle, chaotic radiance and seven-colored auspicious light, enveloping the sleeping child in a peace never before known. Above, the fissures in the Heavenly Dao had been mended by the fragments of the divine spear, leaving only two dim, seven-colored scars. At the edge of the canyon, the reshaped pillars of heaven stood tall and resolute, their surfaces etched with tortoise-shell runes glowing with dark golden divinity. Beneath, the abyss of the Black Lotus was bathed in a purifying light; the voracious suction diminished, and amidst the churning, dead embers of chaos, a trace of faint vitality emerged. The God-Slaying Spear had fallen, yet the Longevity Lock had been born. Upon the ruins of the end, a sliver of newfound hope quietly sprouted.
However, upon the Lotus Platform, the cold, knowing smile of the youth-form Luohou—a smile that seemed to perceive all and control the grand design—did not diminish in the slightest. His fingertips lightly caressed the half-piece of the Finger Bone of the Genesis Primordial Spirit. His long, narrow eyes swept over the Longevity Lock at the infant's throat, the rejuvenated pillars of heaven, and the purified abyss, finally coming to rest on the massive Black Tortoise at the center of the canyon’s isolated island. The creature bore the Book of Repentance and held aloft the Eight Tri…
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