CHAPTER 546: D202. SONG OF HOPE AND WEAVING

Above the White Moon, chaos is dispelled, above the Void Sky, the Grey Moon is born.

The Hero gazes in awe at the scene, enveloped in the pure light of the White Moon.

Even as everything calms down, the grand chant still seems to echo in her ears.

The Moon Queen’s clear and holy voice flows into her heart, like nectar falling into a long-dry well, reviving the hidden water source below.

The Hero only feels that something is about to emerge from deep within her own "Abyss," but before she can seize that feeling, the Priestess smiles and gently raises her hand.

"Child, there is no need to rush."

Her tone is soft, smoothing the Hero’s inner restlessness: "That is not something fleeting, but something that has always belonged to you.

"For now, let us continue."

The Hero nods, concentrating, continuing to watch the enactment of the Illusion Realm.

"After the Queen split the Chaos Moon in two, the prelude of the myth comes to a close, and the history of the Moon City enters a new Chapter."

The chaos on the Moon Surface is taken away, constrained into a sphere, forming the new Ashen Moon. The Moon Queen’s Divine Domain Magic has permanently altered the world’s visage, its influence lasting until the Hero’s era.

Freed from the omnipresent threat of chaos since their birth, the Moon People finally get to breathe, welcoming unprecedented peaceful times on the Newborn Pure White Moon.

The Hero originally thought that the Moon People would use this opportunity to rekindle the light in their eyes, bringing Moon City’s civilization to new heights.

But the full splendor of Moon City once witnessed by her ancestors reminds her this is not the case.

In reality, the Moon People did initially act this way.

Though most priests sacrificed to complete the unparalleled Divine Domain Magic, and only a fraction of Moon City’s upper strength remained, the remaining Moon People still, full of grief and gratitude, built a new city according to the Queen’s guidance.

Within the Illusion Realm, the appearance of Moon City changes with each passing day, thriving vibrantly.

More importantly, with the chaos no longer blocking the skies, the Moon People who ventured to the moon’s other side observed for the first time the distant, alluring existence above the dome—

An endless, rich land, which is also the world the Hero and her ancestors live in.

The presence of the main star gave the Moon People a new goal. While expanding the scale of Moon City, they studied Space Magic, planning to journey to the earth.

As long as they can lead their tribe onto that unknown land, surely the Moon People could find new possibilities.

Almost every Moon Person eagerly awaited that day.

"However, this is where our journey ends."

The Priestess reveals a bitter smile.

There were no sudden twists, no thrilling transformations.

Even though the Moon People transformed Moon City into an almost completely autonomous device, easily repelling occasional incursions from the Ashen Moon, and developed transmission arrays to cross the void, sending teams to survey the earth numerous times, even establishing diplomatic relationships with some local tribes,

Gradually, those meticulously planned projects ceased to progress; the originally fervent exploration became routine, reduced in frequency until it stopped entirely.

Moon City fell into an unchanging and repetitive daily life.

Like someone who has been rigorously self-disciplined suddenly feeling tired one day, telling themselves, "It’s okay to relax occasionally."

Then "occasionally" becomes "often," "often" becomes "always."

The development of Moon People slowed more and more, eventually coming to a complete halt.

Everything seemed so logical, to the extent that no one found it strange.

The Moon People lost their spirit of enterprise, their curiosity, their pioneering spirit...

The light that once never completely extinguished in their moon-white pupils even through the ordeals of chaos dimmed entirely at some point.

The scenes in the Illusion Realm gradually stabilize, and Moon City’s appearance becomes familiar—

Exactly like the memories of ancestors, pure, immaculate, with towering buildings and orderly streets, but cold and deserted, all vitality and dynamism quietly devoured, leaving only an eternally unchanging city.

"A city crafted by our own hands, a homeland where generations lived, has somehow become a greedy demon, swallowing us all whole."

The Priestess watches this scene, sighing softly:

"By the time I had the ability to realize this, it was already too late."

[Moon City (Twisted Kindness—Pure Malignancy)]

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For the creation of the Ashen Moon, Moon City’s upper strength paid an extremely heavy price.

The Divine Domain Magic exhausted the strongest’s lives, bringing the Moon People an unprecedented gap.

Though a few remaining priests barely trained successors, they too passed away in the following years.

In that precarious period, this immaculate city underwent demonization without anyone’s Perception.

And she was the most incredibly talented Moon Priest in modern Moon City, her Talent even rivaling the Queen’s, but even so, she was powerless to reverse the situation.

After finishing speaking, the Moon Priest waits silently for the Hero to process the content.

The Hero watches all of this, her heart heavy.

Moon City’s past splendor once astonished her, but now, that splendor has turned into desolation and terror, only evoking sadness.

After a moment, the Priestess continues: "And as your ancestors discovered, the Moon People’s capacity for emotion has grown increasingly fragile, and one day, they might even be unable to bear the emotional fragments lingering in the atmosphere, prone to falling into Madness at any time."