[Holy crap! This palace must be at least three times the size of the Jade Chamber! Did they hollow out Mt. Tianheng for this?]
[From the first generation all the way to the current 84th generation's Xuanjian, this spans at least a thousand years—this is the spectacular sight built from a thousand years of accumulation!]
[Damn, that last mural is bursting with information! A giant facing off against both Rex Lapis and the Sky Phoenix Marshal at the same time?]
[Just now Xuanjian shocked the whole scene, and now Yunshang waifu is gently comforting everyone—I've fallen for this pair of siblings who are full of lies but so reliable in this lifetime!]
[Who gets it? Seeing the Millelith gives me such a full sense of security!]
[wuwuwu... The sight of the waifus fighting with everything they had until the very last moment is way more charming than any official art!]
"Everyone, the time for counterattack has come! Concentrate your power—pour it all into the array!"
Guizhong issued the command, and all the adepti withdrew their full strength, devoting themselves entirely to the array beneath them.
With the adepti cooperating single-mindedly, a beam of light even stronger than before—by about a third—shot toward Osial.
Osial sensed that this strike was extraordinary and instinctively tried to dodge.
But if Osial could sense it, Jun Bai had no reason not to. His true phoenix incarnation immediately clashed with Osial in a life-or-death struggle, forcing Osial to stay in place.
Just before the beam struck, Jun Bai flapped his wings and withdrew, but Osial had no choice but to take the hit head-on.
The beam landed squarely, and Osial's body in the sea was pushed backward for hundreds of li.
When the beam dissipated, Osial had sustained serious injuries—both newly regenerated heads flickered with momentary illusion.
Everyone on the Jade Chamber was greatly encouraged by this sight.
"Good! One more time, and that guy Osial won't be a threat anymore!" Paimon said excitedly.
"It'll be hard to have a next time," Ningguang objected at that moment. "Osial is already on alert. He won't let the Jade Chamber's attacks land on him again."
Just as Ningguang said, Osial had originally been releasing divine power to attack the Jade Chamber's barrier, accelerating the depletion of the adepti's Adeptus energy.
But now Osial had withdrawn the divine power used for offense and redirected it to defense.
Perhaps this portion of divine power couldn't block all attacks, but it was enough to give him time to evade when that beam of light came down.
"Unless there's a second god to restrict Osial's movements alongside our senior, the situation will only remain deadlocked," Ganyu said with furrowed brows.
Lumine looked at Guizhong in the array and said, "But right now Guizhong is controlling the Jade Chamber, and Rex Lapis is nowhere to be found. Where are we supposed to find a second god?"
Yunshang, who had just shot down a Hydro Cannon Heavy Guard with an arrow, heard this and thoughtfully looked toward the horizon.
A second god, huh?
At that moment, Yunshang's gaze received a response—a massive whooshing sound rang out as the enormous Ziwei Star Palace arrived at the battlefield.
[Even though I saw Xuanjian activate this thing earlier and mentally prepared myself, seeing it actually flying in the sky still feels incredibly surreal…]
[If the power runs out and it just crashes down from the sky, I think the scene would be spectacular.]
"Eh? Eh! Everyone, look over there—it's huge!"
Paimon's voice echoed across the entire Jade Chamber. In that instant, friend and foe alike all turned toward the giant palace approaching from afar.
The Millelith reacted quickly, delivering a harsh beating to the Fatui who were still stunned.
Daring to lose focus for so long on the battlefield? Tired of living?
A black mechanical sparrow flew in front of Lumine and the others, and Xuanjian's voice came from it:
"Everyone, I've already grasped the full situation. The second god is joining the battlefield right now."
With that, without waiting for a response, the mechanical sparrow cut off communication on its own.
"What Xuanjian just said was… the second god?" Keqing asked hesitantly.
"He's always been skilled at using lies and deception, but at a time like this, is he still lying?" Ningguang's tone was also filled with confusion.
"A god… Could Rex Lapis be inside that palace?" Lumine looked toward the Ziwei Star Palace. "Or is that palace itself a god?"
"No way, right? It's just a palace," Paimon said, finding Lumine's idea absurd.
Ziwei Star Palace.
"Ziwei Star Palace, now display your power before the world—let the entire world be shocked by it!"
Xuanjian's expression was excited as he gripped the hilt of his warblade tightly. His Vision erupted with astonishing light, and a terrifying quantity of Geo energy poured through the warblade into the entire Ziwei Star Palace.
"Awaken! God of Destruction!"
Countless gears began to turn, emitting dull grinding sounds that spoke of the vicissitudes of time. Every gear started contributing its own power to the operation of the entire system.
The gears drove the mechanical systems to rotate, transmitting energy to every corner of the Ziwei Star Palace.
A massive rumbling echoed inside and outside the palace.
The Ziwei Star Palace descended onto the sea surface, and the mechanical systems propelled the entire palace into motion.
A terrifying aura erupted, drawing the gazes of Jun Bai, Osial, Guizhong, and all the adepti toward the Ziwei Star Palace.
In that instant, they had thought Rex Lapis had reappeared in the world—the aura erupting from the Ziwei Star Palace was too similar to Rex Lapis's, impossible to distinguish for a moment.
Under the watchful eyes of the adepti and gods, the Ziwei Star Palace transformed into a pitch-black mechanical giant a hundred meters tall, stepping on the sea surface.
Its body was massive and majestic, the metal shell gleaming with cold light. The giant's eyes emitted a chilling red glow, like flames from hell—especially striking in the darkness.
A mortal creation, the God of Terrestrial Destruction, Obelisk.
(Inspiration from Kamen Rider TV episode 23, the Black Iron Super Giant Guardian God, Emperor Caucasus Beetle)
[Holy crap!]
[Holy crap!]
[Holy crap!]
"Marshal, I've come to fight side by side with you!"
The central hall of the Ziwei Star Palace had now transformed into a compact cockpit, with a set of exoskeletal mechanical equipment worn on Xuanjian's body.
From then on, every movement of Obelisk was linked to Xuanjian.
The God of Destruction strode with heavy but swift steps onto the battlefield of the gods. Its heavy iron fist swung out a super heavyweight punch, striking Osial who was entwined with the true phoenix.
The terrifying force directly shattered Osial's defenses and sent him flying a thousand meters away.
The true phoenix broke free and looked toward Obelisk.
"An artificial god… and using celestial star materials as the main body… Ziwei Star, you really gave me an unexpected surprise." Jun Bai looked at Obelisk with a complicated expression.
Obelisk slowly nodded toward him.
In a daze, Jun Bai felt as if he had returned to the time before the Guili Assembly had established Ziwei Star.
...
"…Marshal, one day, I will rely on humanity's own strength to walk alongside you…"
...
The woman's resolute tone still echoed in his ears. In this moment, what he saw was not only Obelisk but also the first Ziwei Star who had led the Guili Assembly formally toward human governance.
"Marshal, now we finally possess the power to walk alongside you."
Xuanjian took a step forward, aligning Obelisk shoulder-to-shoulder with the true phoenix.
"…Good."
The true phoenix nodded, also facing Osial.
You Meng, your successor has perfectly inherited your wish and brought it to fruition.