CHAPTER 448: CHAPTER 448: AFTER THE FALL

The Angel has fallen.

The magnificent process was clearly visible even on the surface.

Near the dawn-dusk line of the Taixu Spirit Hub, people witnessed in full the moment when the pure white Mother Vine blossomed in space like a new star—a fourth moon seemed to appear in the sky, second only to the sun in brightness. The flowers bloomed at the moment of transition between day and night, and at the peak of its blossom, people could even clearly discern its petals and leaf structures.

But the bloom was gone in an instant, and before those remaining on the ground could comprehend the scene, the pure white new star, suspended at dusk, silently disintegrated into countless crystal shards. These crystal substances, fluttering in the space, formed a sun-reflecting "mist" nearly covering half a continent, most of which evaporated into the universe during the dispersion, while some larger crystals remained in this world.

These powerless crystal remnants fell towards the direction of the Taixu Spirit Hub but were intercepted on the spot by the planetary defense forces that were already on high alert. A mere handful of debris slipped through the defense net and turned into bright flames as they burned up in the atmosphere, lighting up the night sky as they fell from west to east, burning out completely before hitting the ground.

...

Qianfeng Ling Mountain, in the deepest part of the Demon Suppression Tower.

The earth veins flows of this day were exceptionally active.

Veins of varying sizes emitting faint light gushed from the depths of the earth, flowing silently in the cavern filled with Demon Suppression Stone Pillars. The surrounding lava carried an extraordinary glow illuminated by the earth veins, gently rising and falling with the flow.

Snake Princess, who had coiled herself into a massive ball and was snoring loudly beneath one of the Demon Suppression Stone Pillars, woke up from a nightmare caused by eating poisonous mushrooms that turned her scales black. Hearing the rustling noises by her ears, she looked up in surprise towards the direction of the sound, only to see the terrifying Omen Wandering Star floating mid-air, continuously flipping and crashing about.

The Demon Suppression Stone Pillars used to secure the chains were emitting a low hum, lighting up with dense runes as the Omen Wandering Star moved—an intimidating sight to behold.

"What... what’s wrong with you!" Snake Princess shouted loudly, trying to appear fierce but trembling inside. "If you’re not sleeping, I am!"

The Omen Wandering Star suddenly turned around, its hollow black eyes seemed to reflect infinite horror and disaster, making the bluffing snake recoil into a smaller coil.

But only for a moment, the stone ball shifted its attention away from the non-threatening trash of a Snake Demon in front of it and continued to roll in mid-air, murmuring incessantly, "Something’s not right, this is not right...How can nothing be happening, how can nothing happen...The great disaster has already shrouded this planet, it was supposed to happen...This is the most certain feeling I’ve had in years, how could it, how dare it!!"

The stone ball suddenly became inexplicably angry, muttering "how dare it, how could it" while beginning to ram madly against the surrounding prohibitions, interspersed with incoherent self-talk like "Only the Omen Goddess has the right to rewrite it", "I’m weakened, I’ve been abandoned", looking nearly manic.

In the next moment, the surrounding Demon Suppression Stone Pillars and countless chains reacted immediately to this, a "buzz" of metallic resonance sounded, and all the Demon Suppression Stone Pillars instantly overflowed with golden light, densely packed runes lit up at once, each chain was infused with Spiritual Power and covered with finely detailed electric gleams, and then, along with countless thunderbolts shooting out from between the stone pillars, all iron chains suddenly tightened, and the Omen Wandering Star was instantly tied tightly mid-air!

Following closely, the earth veins flows around were also immediately drawn by numerous arrays in the cave, streams of light rushed along the stone pillars and chains simultaneously, inundating the stone ball in the blink of an eye!

The earth veins flows roared through the cavern, with true spirit thunder dispersed and erupted all over the platform. The Snake Princess, coiled beside a pillar, couldn’t dodge in time and got struck by thunder about six or seven times, causing her entire body to convulse. While crazily wriggling on the spot, she started to yell: "Damn it, if you’re going to strike, strike at it! I’m minding my own business here... Ah ah ah! Yuan He! Yuan He!! I’m done! Let me out ah ah damn it—"

The Omen Wandering Star at the center of the platform also trembled violently within the chains, emitting terrifying noise while desperately trying to dodge the influx of earth vein light streams coming at it, but it was inevitably surrounded. It instinctively let out a shout, only to have one large gulp of the earth vein influx poured into its mouth as soon as it opened, causing the entire ball to thrash and struggle madly in mid-air.

With its struggles, the surrounding Demon Suppression Stone Pillars reacted more brutally, and then more thunder began indiscriminately bombarding the entire cavern. The Snake Princess was struck into wailing hauntedly: "Yuan He, damn you... hell, don’t feed that ball with that damn thing... damn it—"

This shout caused the Omen Wandering Star, who only just managed to close its mouth, to lose its control in fury and curse: "You long insect, don’t make it sound so disgusting... ah—"

Only to be stuffed with another big gulp.

At this moment, the Snake Princess finally uncoiled herself, but before she could even crawl out, she was struck by an Immortal Thunder on her body again. Completely convulsed, she could only raise the only functioning part of her tail, pointing it desperately upward towards the cavern—

"I hate you inconsiderate bastards...feeding the ball with shit, but still using thunder to strike protected species..."

"I told you not to make it sound so disgusting..."

Crack—

"Damn, I’m scorched!"

...

On the upper layer of the Demon Suppression Tower, several Inner Sect disciples responsible for monitoring the spirit vein flows of various parts of the tower were guarding at the array nodes, one of them suddenly tilted his head, showing confusion on his face: "...What’s that noise below?"

Another disciple looked around: "I didn’t hear anything..."

As the two were speaking, a third person examined a Jade Token and suddenly slapped his thigh: "Oh, brothers, quickly look at this flow of the spirit veins, this mutual compensation, this increment and decrease mirror each other, faintly implying a great harmony and conjugation cycle, it’s marvelous. We brothers have been guarding this array for ten years, never have we seen such scenery—Even I’ve been stagnant in my current realm for many years, seeing this conjugation cycle scene, I faintly have some insights, feeling hopeful for a breakthrough within the recent year..."

The two younger brothers, hearing this, immediately clasped their fists and bowed:

"Oh, congratulations senior brother, congratulations senior brother, to be able to perceive such mysteries in the flow of spirit veins."

"How delightful, senior brother, you must treat us after your breakthrough..."

The room suddenly fell silent, and the three of them exchanged glances, then suddenly reacted, rushing towards a nearby jade platform at the same time—

"Something’s wrong!"

...

In front of the grand hall of Queyun Palace, True Man Yuan He looked up, watching a pure white remnant glow fall into the distant night sky, gradually dissipating among the stars, and after a long while, let out a soft sigh.

"This disaster is finally over," True Man Yuan He shook his head, looking at the ancient mirror floating beside him, which reflected the scene on the "Taia". True Man Yuanling was standing in the frame, "Second Senior Brother, how’s the situation in the sky?"

"We are working hard to gather those scattered crystal fragments," True Man Yuanling smiled and said, "Although according to the experience from Boundary Land, the remnants of Angel Fall are generally no longer dangerous, but after all, there are still those evil path practitioners from the Hidden Monastery eyeing these remnants, we cannot let the ’Angel Catalyst’ fall into their hands."

"What about Mr. Yu?" True Man Yuan He asked again, his expression involuntarily becoming more serious upon mentioning "Mr. Yu".

A being capable of destroying two Dark Angels in succession... it’s hard to describe him with the usual term "expert". At this moment, even True Man Yuan He, who usually didn’t participate much in sect management and devoted himself to studying Daoist techniques in the mountains, truly felt the mental state of that Special Service Director from Boundary Land in his everyday life.

"The Otherworld Inn just sent a message; he said he needs to rest for a while," True Man Yuanling’s expression turned a bit subtle as he said this, "said fighting an Angel was a bit tiring..."

Yuan He: "..."

The two old men both felt that this statement was somewhat inhuman, but couldn’t immediately come up with a specific point to retort, so they just exchanged glances through the Lingxi Mirror for a while, then simultaneously let out a breath.

It was a relaxed sigh.

"Until now, ’Angel Fall’ has occurred twice," True Man Yuanling said with a bit of emotion, "this at least proves that there is indeed ’death’ for Dark Angels, and this process can be replicated, reducing one unsolvable disaster hanging over all beings. Next, I will send the news to Boundary Land—honestly, I’m a bit curious about how the ’Director’ will react this time."

True Man Yuan He thought for a moment, a quirky smile appearing on his face: "Probably won’t show much change in expression."

...

Baili Qing, sitting behind the desk, suddenly frowned slightly, then raised her hand to rub her nose.

In the midair before her, a pair of indifferent eyes briefly appeared, a cold voice entered her mind: "What’s wrong, sister?"

"...Nothing, my nose itches a bit." Baili Qing responded casually.

"Then it might be a sneeze, but the signal attenuated because the distance was too far."

Baili Qing stopped her motion, looked up at the pair of floating eyes in the air: "What strange things are you talking about?"

The pair of eyes drifted aside.

Baili Qing barely perceptibly frowned, hesitated for a moment before suddenly speaking: "Is it my illusion? It seems like you have regained some of your previous..."

The pair of eyes did not respond, disappearing quickly from her view.

The next second, the office door was pushed open abruptly, and Song Cheng appeared energetically before Baili Qing, his face glowing.

The moment he opened the door, Song Cheng sensed a murderous aura—the Director sat calmly behind the desk, her serene gaze like a cold light piercing his face, instantly making him break out in a cold sweat.

Did he come at the wrong time? Did he interrupt what the Director was doing? Would returning the same way protect his vacation this week?

Song Cheng’s mind buzzed, but his wild thoughts were quickly interrupted by the voice from across: "What’s the matter?"

Song Cheng hurriedly gulped, controlling his breathing while adjusting his expression: "Angel Fall, Director—we just received news from the Feiyu Star Domain that the Inference Star Body has been delisted."

The murderous aura vanished abruptly.

Baili Qing rose swiftly from behind the desk.

In an instant, this Director, who rarely showed any change in expression, had her face change several times. Song Cheng even felt like he saw the corner of her eye twitching, and he instinctively looked nervously at the Director across from him, hesitating whether he should add something: "Director, over at Wutong Road..."

Baili Qing merely took a light breath, then waved her hand at Song Cheng.

"Over at Wutong Road, I have my own arrangements, besides there’s one more thing—go tell the administration department to replace this damned desk..."