It was as if the sun had extinguished in an instant.
From the Northern Territory Plain to the Southern Continent, from the Star Moon Strait to the Dragon Ridge Mountain Range, whether morning, noon, or dusk, the entire Mireya Continent, from north to south, from west to east, was engulfed in darkness.
People raised their heads in panic, looking up at the sky plunged into darkness.
It was a most pure form of "darkness," as though the whole world was shrouded by some incomprehensible power, or as if all celestial bodies were devoured in an instant by an indescribable presence.
The sun had disappeared.
The stars were gone as well.
The entire world lost all its light in an instant.
"The sun... has extinguished!"
"Apocalypse! This must be the apocalypse!"
"O great Divine Lord! What on earth has happened?"
"Divine Punishment... this must be Divine Punishment!"
"All-powerful Divine Lord! Please protect your humble believers!"
Panic spread quickly across the continent, people looked at the sky plunged into darkness in fear and chaos erupted.
However, this "eternal darkness" soon ended.
A hint of crimson light fell from the heavens, gradually illuminating the dark world.
Above the sky, amidst the darkness, a crimson round moon slowly emerged.
It rose like a sun from within the eternal night, slowly ascending into the sky, gradually replacing the position once held by the sun.
Crimson light poured down, re-illuminating the dark world.
Meanwhile, countless bats flew to the sky, accompanied by flocks of cawing ravens.
No.
Not only bats and ravens.
In cities and villages, almost all domesticated cats, dogs, and livestock began to screech in unison, while in the forests, the roars of beasts and the cries of birds echoed relentlessly.
The animals prowled uneasily, screaming and howling at the blood moon in the sky, as if afraid of something, plunging the entire world into a state of "noise."
People felt an indescribable stirring rise in their hearts, a rejection and dread that seemed to emerge from their souls.
They dumbly raised their heads, looked at the blood moon in the sky, feeling the crimson light was so dazzling yet ominous and eerie.
Transcendents felt these sensations more profoundly.
As the crimson moon appeared, they felt the magic power around them almost instantly "came alive," its density and activity greatly enhanced in an instant.
That feeling... was as if the whole world had awoken in an instant.
Attracted by an irresistible force, they all looked at the crimson blood moon, at the mysterious light.
Within their bodies, dormant extraordinary power was drawn forth, causing transcendents to almost universally emanate their transcendent aura, absorbing the active magic around them like sponges.
Their auras gradually grew in strength, and the shackles of their ranks that had long resisted breaking seemed to simultaneously loosen.
A sense of strange satisfaction and intoxication rose in their hearts.
Gradually, their gaze became confused, and their expressions turned vacant.
They stared blankly at the blood moon in the sky, gazing at the crimson glow.
A thought, seemingly arising from soul and instinct, emerged simultaneously in their hearts:
Stop it...
It must be stopped!
Soon, the trance in the eyes of the transcendents dissipated, replaced by hatred and rejection.
However, not all transcendents fell into this bizarre state.
In the Falling Star Kingdom, Northern Territory Grand Duchy, and Castel Domain.
Believers in the Dark Night God, as well as bloodlines active across the continent, maintained their self-awareness, watching with uncertainty the other transcendents who simultaneously raised their heads and glared venomously at the blood moon.
Meanwhile, across the world, the priests of the Holy Royal Court Church remained clear-minded, in stark contrast to the holy believers who stared blankly at the sky.
In the Church Authority Country's church library.
The elderly chief priest responsible for curating books looked heavily at the sky, muttering incredulously:
"Eternal night descends, blood moon high... this... this is described in the Blood Moon Forbidden Book!"
"Divine Lord above! It's Him! It truly is Him... returned!"
...
Charlotte was enveloped in a crimson light.
With the condensation of Blood Godhood, she felt her power growing almost geometrically, and simultaneously her consciousness elevated.
She felt she had become the blood moon suspended high in the sky.
The entire Mireya Continent lay prostrate at her feet.
No, precisely speaking, it should be the Mireya "planet."
Charlotte could see the prosperous Mireya Continent, see the shattered West Continent covered in gray mist, see the storm and thundercloud-separated ocean spanning two continents and the starry islands.
Divine power surged, divine fire blazed, and the Blood Holy Scripture within her also radiated brilliance.
Likewise, the white primordial power in the depths of Charlotte's consciousness also grew stronger.
Charlotte felt her connection with the Mireya World deepen even further.
It was as if she had become the world's master, or perhaps gained some kind of administrative authority; she found herself seemingly able to sense every change within the entire world.
However, at this moment, a sudden change occurred!
In the depths of her consciousness, the two stone doors that Charlotte had sealed suddenly began to tremble, threads of eerie gray-white mist seeping through the cracks.
Charlotte felt her connection to the Mireya World abruptly severed, and not only that, a strong sense of rejection surged from all directions.
It was a very strange change, as if the entire world had come alive, and the will of the entire world had become Charlotte's enemy.
Charlotte felt as if she had become an alien presence within the entire world, receiving intense rejection from all of nature.
Moreover, as her divine power grew and time passed, this rejection became stronger and more agile, filled with overwhelming hatred and hostility.
Voices echoed in Charlotte's mind, seemingly the voices of all the living beings in the Mireya World, ultimately converging into a single voice:
"Get out..."
"Get... out of this world!"
It was a voice identical to Helios', crazy and chaotic, but also somewhat mechanical and stiff.
This voice seemed to carry a sort of strange magic power.
With the constant repetition of this voice, Charlotte felt her consciousness beginning to blur, and the divine power within her starting to go awry.
Meanwhile, the stone doors sealed in the depths of her consciousness were shaking more violently, with the same voice resounding behind them:
"Get... out!"
"Get... out of my world!"
This time, Charlotte heard the voices of the Stargazer Cosy and the Crimson Queen Royena.
It was the corrosion of the primordial!
The creator's will... was beginning to awaken!
Finally realizing something, Charlotte's heart sank.
However, she was unable to stop the growth and corrosion of this voice.
In her perception, the two stone doors in the depths of her consciousness were shaking more violently, and cracks began to appear on the seals.
An instinctive sense of crisis arose in her heart. Charlotte collected herself and quickly mobilized her divine power to suppress the stone doors, but as the external force of rejection kept strengthening, controlling her divine power became increasingly difficult.
The cracks in the stone doors widened, and more pale mist seeped into Charlotte's consciousness.
Feeling the corrosion of her divine soul, Charlotte gritted her teeth:
"You want to reverse the erosion of me? I am not Helios!"
The Blood Divine Power erupted, and Charlotte fully activated the newly condensed Blood Godhood, while pouring all her mastered primordial power into the Blood Holy Scripture.
The dazzling light blossomed on the scripture, quickly forming a new force that contended against the power trying to erode her.
At the same time, as if something had been activated, the Blood Holy Scripture also emitted a familiar and intimate aura that Charlotte perceived.
After this aura appeared, the blood moon in the sky changed once more.
Threads of golden-red patterns spread across the hanging blood moon, depicting the symbol of thorns and roses.
It was Charlotte's Holy Emblem.
The Holy Emblem slowly manifested, merging with the blood moon and bursting forth with dazzling golden-red light.
A vast, ancient, and boundless rhythm accompanied the radiance, carrying supreme majesty.
The rhythm seemed to carry some kind of transcendent and extraordinary power.
When the rhythm swept over, everyone heard a calm, indifferent, yet slightly weary female voice resound in their hearts:
"Shut up."
Like lightning flashing across the sky, the Transcendents who were gazing skyward regained clarity.
The hatred in their eyes disappeared, quickly replaced by their previous curiosity about the Eternal Night, confusion about the changes in magic power, and joy over their enhanced Transcendent abilities...
Even the unusually behaving animals on the ground returned to normal, dispersed, and regained tranquility.
As if... the hatred and muttering of the Transcendents gazing at the blood moon, and the animals' wailing, were but a forgotten illusion.
Bewildered discussions and panicked prayers reappeared across the continent, as people's focus returned to the phenomena in the sky that could be considered divine miracles.
Yet that brief "gaze" and the soft rebuke seemed never to have happened, and no one mentioned it.
Meanwhile, the eerie stone doors in the depths of Charlotte's consciousness were also resealed and returned to calm after that mysterious voice.
...
This "divine miracle" composed of the Eternal Night and the blood moon lasted a full quarter of an hour.
Its scale was enormous, covering the entire continent and even the overseas islands were enveloped in darkness.
Not until the magic power concentration and activity level of the entire Mireya World rose to an incredible level did this unprecedented phenomenon slowly vanish.
The brilliance of the blood moon gradually turned to gold, soon transforming into the sun, and the Eternal Night cloaking the sky faded away.
Daylight reappeared, light returned once more, and at the center of the God War, in the heart of the Holy City, Charlotte, enshrouded in a golden-red glow, slowly opened her eyes.
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