No one doubted the words Althea spoke at this mont.
Nor did anyone doubt that Althea would accomplish it.
The Ten-tailed Sky Fox, inheritor of the Heavenly Dao, wielding power beyond the grasp of ordinary Demon Beasts.
To perish Heavenly Origin would take but a flick of her fingers.
Yet, they could not let her do this.
Not to ntion the devastation that would bring Heavenly punishnt, more importantly, if Althea beca entangled in Resentful Energy, it might give malice an opportunity to exploit.
Previously, hadn’t Shu’e dealt with Damian Carlson in the sa manner?
Seeing Althea’s demonic power surge, ready to bury the remaining citizens of the Imperial City, Scarlett disregarded the Divine Soul’s tremors, abruptly grasping Samuel Chalrs’s hand.
The flowing Golden Light was absorbed into her body.
The damaged Divine Soul was gradually covered by the Golden Light.
Scarlett suddenly transford her Divine Soul into nine tails, each Fox Tail enveloping the Golden Light, unhesitatingly pressing towards Althea.
However, she was, after all, only a Nine-tailed.
Facing the genuine Ten-tailed Sky Fox, even with the opponent’s demonic power reduced by thirty percent, she still couldn’t suppress it at all.
In the collision of demonic power, Scarlett unexpectedly sensed the profound sadness beneath Althea’s furious Demon Energy.
Scarlett felt a stabbing pain in her heart.
It was the Divine Soul connection from a past life, allowing her to acutely feel Althea’s emotions at that mont.
She was in pain, a bone-deep pain, eroding every part of her Divine Soul.
Scarlett’s eyes reddened.
With her mind in turmoil, she disregarded everything and flew forward, embracing Althea despite her injuries.
Her thoughts shifted, and demonic light suddenly appeared around her.
Whether it was Samuel Chalrs or the Five-Colored, they were taken aback.
Because in the instant Scarlett embraced Althea, a tenth tail suddenly materialized behind her.
The snow-colored Ten-tails unfolded from behind her, gently swaying with her movents.
Compared to Althea’s fierce attack, Scarlett’s Ten-tails lacked substance, displaying faint spiritual light.
They didn’t block Althea’s tail attacks but instead enveloped them instantly with a sudden contraction.
With gentle yet strong containnt, just as Althea had done to her in the Mirage Realm, the enormous white Ten-tails enveloped the two within.
Their Divine Souls seed to resonate at this mont.
Althea paused, her rampant demonic power and anger montarily stalling, just in that instant, the familiar Golden Light shone on Scarlett’s wrist.
The Golden Light Bracelet connecting her with Samuel Chalrs emitted Golden Light, enveloping her, and Althea who she held tightly at that mont.
The familiar Golden Light brought a sense of tranquility, making Althea feel as though she had lost all her strength.
The impulse to destroy everything seed to dissolve at this mont through the person before her and that familiar Golden Light.
Seeing this, Samuel Chalrs suddenly took out a piece of Dragon Scale, which gathered Golden Light in his palm.
Then it flew towards Scarlett and Althea, instantly rging with them.
Within the Golden Light, Scarlett and Althea seed to see a Mirage Realm unfold.
In that Mirage Realm were the events before Damian Carlson’s death.
Damian Carlson gathered the people to protect them from malice, shielding them with his Golden Light.
Yet unexpectedly, among the people, there were dozens who stabbed Damian Carlson’s dragon body with blades and swords filled with malice.
Both Damian Carlson and the people were stunned.
Once they reacted, others among the people unhesitatingly rushed to him.
Inside Damian Carlson’s eyes flickered a montary resentnt, as a dragon’s roar echoed when he was ready to trap all these people, the next mont, they stood defensively before him.
So restrained the ones still intent on attacking.
More blocked the way to prevent anyone else from doing harm,
and so were injured by blades and swords while protecting him.
That instant, any resentnt in Damian Carlson’s eyes vanished, yet the malice belonging to Shu’e had already entered him through the blades.
Samuel Chalrs’s voice then reached their ears.
He said,
"Damian Carlson could have used his remaining strength to expel the malice invading his body and Divine Soul, but he chose to destroy his Divine Soul with Shu’e."
With Shu’e’s death, the people affected by malice returned to normal.
Damian Carlson was not killed by the people of Heavenly Origin.
He chose to die for Heavenly Origin.
That Dragon Scale with Damian Carlson’s mories was his final gift to Althea.
In the Mirage Realm, Damian Carlson recorded the first eting with Althea.
Recording Althea’s commanding presence when she captured him.
Also docunting the monts they spent together over the years.
In the final monts of his soul scattering, he did not look at anyone else but the snow-colored Fox Fur he slowly collected and kept close.
Then, he spoke words to her he had never said before.
He said,
"A dragon loves gold and silver treasures. You are not a treasure, yet I love only you."
"But, I’m sorry...
From now on, I can’t stay with you anymore."
As the light in Damian Carlson’s eyes faded in the Mirage Realm, tears rolled down Althea’s eyes.
The Ten-tailed Sky Fox follows the Heavenly Dao and does not understand human emotions.
All her joys, anger, sorrow, and happiness were felt through Damian Carlson.
Now, even crying was.
Tears flowed, and Althea let Scarlett hold her, crying like a child enveloped in the familiar Golden Light.
Her dragon.
The dragon she protected so dearly was lost in such a brief unguarded mont.
How could she not be heartbroken?
How could she accept it?
...
The power of the Ten-tailed quietly dissipated at so point, and the fury surrounding Althea also vanished.
She returned to Damian Carlson’s side, lightly tracing his tightly closed eyes with her fingertips, her lashes quivering.
After a long while, Althea finally spoke, her voice hoarse with a hint of reproach,
"I told you, the disaster of Heavenly Origin is irrelevant to you.
For receiving a bit of faith from the Mortal Realm, why did you have to destroy your Divine Soul for them... how foolish."
As she spoke, as in every previous angry mont with him, she flung a tail at his head.
But this ti, the motion was gentler than ever before.
The tail fell but didn’t leave, instead, it gently wrapped him, tenderly.
After a long while, she looked towards the sky, her eyes utterly serene.
Though she appeared so calm, Scarlett could vividly sense the turbulent emotions within her through the Divine Soul connection.
An ominous feeling surged in her heart, and then she heard her say,
"The disaster of Heavenly Origin was Damian Carlson’s calamity... Since you insist on troubling him, I intend to protect him."
Her dragon, without her permission, no one could take him.
Even the Heavenly Dao wasn’t allowed.
Thinking thus, Althea suddenly turned her head, her gaze slowly falling on Samuel Chalrs standing nearby.
Her eyes were so deep, like whirlpools in the sea, lingering on Samuel Chalrs’s face.
She looked at him, yet seed to look through him, at soone else.
Dimly perceiving sothing, Scarlett prepared to rush towards her again.
In the next mont, she was suddenly pushed away by a powerful force.
Only to see a gigantic Barrier suddenly open around Althea, encompassing her and Damian Carlson.
Inside the Barrier, Althea’s Divine Soul appeared, the enormous spirit image of the Ten-tailed Sky Fox racing within the Barrier.
With every stride it took, spiritual light emitted, the light falling into Damian Carlson’s body, contrasting Althea’s gradually dissipating Divine Soul power.
Althea chanting the Mantra with a single hand, placed her fingertip at Damian Carlson’s forehead, amid spiritual light, they heard her voice clear and resolute,
"I sacrifice my Divine Soul to transform your Dragon Bone into mountains and rivers."
From this day forth, you shall beco the Dragon Vein, protecting the mountains and rivers of the Nine Provinces.
You protect your mountains and rivers,
and I protect you.
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