In countless worlds, the sun was always a celestial body of the highest order.
It either symbolized a god or represented the world itself.
But now—
The sun, suspended in the sky, was descending upon the vast land with an apocalyptic presence, a black sphere of destruction crashing down with a thunderous roar.
Even before it truly fell, its overwhelming shadow had already engulfed mountains and seas alike.
Xu Xi could hear it—the final sound of the world’s demise.
His soul surged, his magic staff swung, and countless enchanted books floated into the air, flipping through their pages as they unleashed every defensive asure he could deploy.
“Rustle—”
“Rustle—”
Yet, to Xu Xi’s astonishnt, the fall of the black sun was only the beginning.
Beyond it, in the sky, an eerie blood moon also ca to a halt, trembling unnaturally.
The simultaneous presence of the sun and moon marked the prelude to the end of the world.
A trendous pressure bore down upon the land.
And then—
The flowing clouds.
The howling winds.
The quaking earth.
The roaring ocean.
For a brief mont, everything froze.
The world fell into silence.
“Sylvia, are you alright?”
“Yes, Master Sorcerer. I’m fine. What about you?”
“I’m alright too.”
No one knew how much ti had passed.
The world gradually resud its flow.
The terror of the falling sun and moon, which had lood over the land like an apocalyptic nightmare, faded like an illusion.
It swept across the sky and earth in an instant—then vanished without a trace.
And—
Xu Xi lowered his magic staff and looked up at the now-serene blue sky, where the brilliant golden sun burned fiercely once more.
“Unbelievable… the sun actually returned to normal.”
Its blinding radiance dispelled the deathly clouds that had lood over the sorcerer world.
Bright.
Hot.
Resplendent.
There was no doubt—this was the true sun.
“What exactly…”
“Happened just now…?”
—
[The Black Sun Falls, the Blood Moon Shatters]
[You witnessed the dance of the sun and moon.]
[The ominous black sun and blood moon have vanished from the sorcerer world’s sky, replaced by a normal sun before your very eyes.]
[All suffering and tragedy seed to fade away in that mont.]
[A blue sky. A warm breeze.]
[For the first ti since the underworld’s summoning a thousand years ago, the sorcerer world has experienced a proper daylight.]
[You do not know the reason behind this change, but you cannot shake the unsettling feeling that sothing is deeply wrong.]
“Master Sorcerer, has the world truly returned to peace?”
Sylvia’s voice was filled with hope.
The world was vibrant again. The undead girl was overjoyed.
The sun’s intense brightness made her a little uncomfortable—her undead body disliked the daylight.
But despite her discomfort, she loved this dazzling weather far more.
“No, I don’t think so, Sylvia.”
Xu Xi looked at the girl beside him and cast a light-shielding barrier to protect her from the sun’s scorching rays.
“Huh…?”
Sylvia was stunned. She didn’t understand.
The dark, lifeless world had been restored.
The sun, once a black sphere of despair, had returned to its forr glory.
Wasn’t this a good thing?
Seeing her confusion, Xu Xi gazed at the sky and spoke calmly.
“Sylvia, have you ever seen the ocean?”
“No, Master Sorcerer.”
“The ocean is dangerous. Its waves rise and crash, wild and untad. But on rare occasions, the sea becos eerily calm, and even the water level drops significantly.”
“Master Sorcerer, you an…”
“Sylvia.”
Xu Xi locked eyes with her startling green pupils.
His voice was soft, yet ominous.
“That kind of calm is not the ocean’s true nature—it is the illusion that cos before a tsunami.”
“Water accumulation.”
“Energy transmission.”
“The order of the waves.”
“All these factors combine, making the sea seem deathly still. But when the ti cos, the roaring tsunami will destroy everything on the shore.”
Sylvia froze.
For a long, long ti.
She stretched out her hands, letting the warm sunlight pour into her palms.
She loved it. She yearned for it.
Ever since she beca an undead, Sylvia had dread countless tis of holding sunlight once again—
To bask in its warmth.
But it was impossible.
Logic told her that the world she longed for was gone.
The suffering of the world.
The rise of the undead.
They would not disappear so easily.
“Master Sorcerer… are you saying this world is rely experiencing a deceptive calm before the true disaster?”
A gust of wind blew past.
The grass at Sylvia’s feet swayed.
It trembled.
A faint rustling sound echoed in the eerie silence.
Xu Xi nodded.
—
[You cannot be completely sure that your theory is correct.]
[But as you stare at the scorching sun above, you refuse to believe that the undead catastrophe has simply vanished.]
[Moreover, your Third-Ring Sorcerer’s Spirit Vision tells you—
The underworld has not left.]
[Looking at the undead girl’s joyful expression…]
[You choose to reveal the falsehood, unwilling to let her imrse herself in an illusion.]
[You know that the higher the hope, the deeper the despair.]
[Sylvia handled the truth far better than you expected.]
[After a brief mont of disappointnt, she quickly recovered, assuring you that she was fine and would not indulge in a false dream.]
[Then, Sylvia asked where you would go next.]
[Should you continue with your original plan?]
“Master Sorcerer, are we still going to the Plateau of Gods?”
“Yes—but not right now.”
—
[The disappearance of the black sun and blood moon fills you with unease.]
[Countless speculations surface in your mind.]
[To avoid encountering an unforeseen disaster during your journey, you decide to delay your travels.]
[You choose to observe the sorcerer world for a while—to prepare for the inevitable “tsunami.”]
[At the sa ti, as a newly ascended Third-Ring Sorcerer, you need ti to study higher-tier sorceries.]
[You search for a high mountain nearby.]
[You plan to stay at the summit—to watch over the land from above.]
“Sylvia, let’s go.”
“Yes, Master Sorcerer.”
Xu Xi took a step forward.
A light blue gale suddenly swirled beneath his feet, lifting both him and Sylvia into the air as they swiftly flew toward the distant mountain.
It was tall and steep, its barren cliffs jagged and desolate.
Its surface was covered in rugged rock formations—
So protruding.
So hollowed out.
Xu Xi ascended rapidly, landing directly at the summit.
And at that mont—
With his view expanded—
Xu Xi discovered sothing.
The mountaintop was flat.
Scattered across the summit were old, dilapidated houses.
From the outside, it looked like an abandoned village.
Xu Xi had seen many such ruins during his travels.
Sotis, they were abandoned due to undead invasions.
Other tis, they fell to famine.
“Did the sa thing happen here?”
Xu Xi controlled the wind, ensuring that both he and Sylvia landed smoothly atop the summit.
He gazed at the desolation before him, then looked up at the dazzling sun.
It was cold and hot at the sa ti.
Life and death—starkly divided.
Xu Xi did not like a world dood to destruction.
Neither did Sylvia.
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