The Shining Star Above The Heaven-Chapter 562: The Heaven’s Cry

At the border of the devil territory, many people were still discussing the black light on the horizon. It had already been more than an hour, and the black light seemed to be growing larger, though slowly.

At the border between the Doria Empire and the devil territory, Emperor Ladwin remained at the frontlines, still observing the black light.

Beside him stood Sylphia, who had arrived a few days earlier. She and Baek Jimin had been informed in advance by Aldrian that if he did not return from the Buddhist sect within a day, they were to join their families at the border.

Right now, she was already showing her true, beautiful face, with golden hair that made every man nearby steal a glance at her. Moreover, after meeting the mysterious woman in her dream, her features had become more mature and refined.

That meeting had truly enhanced her beauty further. Even Emperor Ladwin had been stunned the first time he saw his daughter’s face again after several years.

The change was drastic, and when he asked her about it, Sylphia only gave a vague answer. If not for the fact that everyone here already knew she was the princess of the Ivory Empire, many men, even nobles, would have tried to approach her.

She was already wearing her special armor suit, which covered most of her body while still making her look elegant. The armor even made her appear more majestic and somehow added to her charm.

"Do you still can’t contact Aldrian?" Emperor Ladwin asked his daughter beside him.

She responded with a shake of her head.

"No, I tried to contact him just now, but he didn’t respond. It seems he’s in the middle of cultivation or something, since it’s not like him to ignore my call," Sylphia answered.

She was also worried about the situation at the border, as the black light gave her a bad feeling. The fact that Aldrian still couldn’t be contacted only made things more unsettling. She wondered what had happened to him, for him not to respond.

She had already received information from Baek Jimin that the Xin family had appeared in the Rivas Grand Duchy.

They said Aldrian was inside the core area of the Everlasting Silent Forest and would return within a week. But judging by the current situation, she doubted they had that long. At most, the invasion would begin in just a few days.

Tick, tick.

She paused her thoughts as droplets suddenly began to fall from the sky. She lifted her head and looked up, astonished to see the atmosphere had turned cloudy all of a sudden. The weather had been clear just moments ago, yet now it was overcast—so abruptly that it truly bewildered her.

This kind of sudden change was in no way natural. She thought the devils might be behind it, but then she felt something else. Was it sadness? A wave of sorrow seemed to spread through the air, and for some reason, it made her suddenly think of Aldrian.

"What the—? Why did the weather suddenly turn rainy? Is this also part of the devils’ plan?" her father asked in astonishment.

The others also looked up at the sky in confusion. First the black light, and now this unexpected shift in the weather—it left them unsure how to interpret the situation. Was this the effect of that black light?

But then, they all began to feel something. A sudden sadness pressing on their hearts, carried by the heavy, cloudy air. None of them knew why, but the atmosphere around them had turned to sorrow.

At this moment, almost all living beings across the entire continent could sense the change in the atmosphere and looked up at the sky. They wondered what had caused the sudden shift in weather.

The drizzle continued to grow heavier until it finally turned into rain. Rain fell across all major territories at the same time, and the sorrow in the air deepened. Many didn’t even know why they had started to cry or why memories from their past began to resurface.

The heavy rain carried a sorrowful atmosphere, as if the heavens themselves had begun to cry—and that sorrow could be felt throughout heaven and earth. At this moment, there were no celebrations, no activities that showed any sign of joy. Even nature itself seemed to grieve, expressing its sorrow in its own way.

Many trees began to shed their leaves. The wind stopped blowing, as if making way for the rain. The wild beasts also settled in place, remaining still.

The world fell into silence, except for the sound of the rain.

The rain kept falling for the next five minutes before it suddenly began to ease. Not long after the rain stopped, it left the earth wet and the sad atmosphere lingering. The cloudy sky also started to clear, and finally, the sun could be seen again, its light illuminating the continent once more.

All the people who had taken cover from the rain came out of their shelters, looking up at the sky with confused feelings. What had just happened? One moment the weather was clear, then suddenly it rained, and now it was sunny again. Their feelings also seemed affected by the rain.

Was this some kind of trick?

The confusion and commotion spreading across the continent were also felt by the Xin family in their secret realm. A part of their secret realm suddenly experienced rainfall, making them wonder if someone had unleashed some kind of technique, since this kind of phenomenon was not natural.

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At the floating land, in the underground hall where the skeletons of a dragon and a phoenix rested, Aldrian still stood with his hand touching the large stone tablet. His eyes remained closed, but tears were flowing from them. Suddenly, the stone tablet cracked, and not long after, it split in half and crumbled.

After the stone tablet collapsed, two glowing objects emerged from its remains, floating before Aldrian. They were quite large, each one bigger than Aldrian’s body. frёeweɓηovel_coɱ

The two objects were round in shape, glowing with the same golden color but emanating different powerful auras and laws. Anyone cultivating near them, even those beyond the emperor stage could easily raise their comprehension as naturally as breathing. If processed correctly into elixirs or pills, they could boost cultivation stages several times over.

These two objects were the beast cores of Long Shentian and Feng Xuanyan. They were not ordinary spiritual beast cores; these were divine beast cores—the cores of the first existences of the dragon and the phoenix.

Nothing else held the same value as these two items. They were incredibly precious to cultivators and could even ignite wars as cultivators fought to obtain such powerful cultivation resources.

Not long after, Aldrian slowly opened his eyes and rubbed them to dry his tears. He still felt the sadness, and the reality settled in that Long Shentian and Feng Xuanyan had already left him. From this moment on, he would move forward without their presence, carrying his memories of them with him.

He looked at the crumbled stone tablet and the two beast cores. He touched each of them and could feel the tremendous power and laws inside. He knew this kind of cultivation resource was truly valuable and could attract disaster if he did not have the ability to protect them. But who was he? How could he not have the ability to keep these things that his cherished people left for him?

He would keep them.

For now, he would leave their cores here, as he did not want to store them inside his storage ring mixed with other things. He would make sure to place their cores somewhere special.

His gaze then shifted toward the skeletons of Long Shentian and Feng Xuanyan. They had already given their permission and willingly allowed him to use their skeletons as he saw fit.

But how could he do that?

Imagining their majestic remains becoming mere artifacts irritated him deeply. They were some of his closest family, and the thought of their bodies being used for anything after death did not sit well with him. He decided to store the skeletons here for now until he could find a better place on this land.

In the end, he did not have the heart to use any part of Feng Xuanyan’s or Long Shentian’s remains. He simply could not bring himself to treat them as tools. Even deep inside his heart, he thought he might be able to do something to bring them back to life, although it sounded absurd and impossible.

If Feng Xuanyan and Long Shentian had not reached the status of divine beings, then they might have been able to reincarnate or even be resurrected. But they were divine beings who had already transcended samsara— beings whose souls’ connection had separated from the underworld.

If they died, their existence itself had already returned to nothingness, gone entirely from existence, from something to nothing.

However, he still had a little hope inside his heart. He was someone said to be a being outside of any laws, someone considered a god among the gods.

Maybe he could do something about it? Maybe this was not impossible for him? Maybe he could do it?

He tried to convince himself, and his eyes grew determined.

If there is a will, there is a way.

If he is someone who can become a being outside of the laws, as he once was in his past life, then he would make the impossible become possible.

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