"Everyone, stand back."
Yue Yunâs voice echoed across the battlefield, calm yet carrying an undeniable weight of authority.
The moment she spoke, the very fabric of reality seemed to still. The chaotic energies swirling around them paused, as if the universe itself was holding its breath.
Her Moon Staff pulsed onceâ
Then shattered.
BANG!
The broken pieces didnât fall. Instead, they floated, orbiting around her like celestial bodies. Each fragment glowed with a different hueâazure, crimson, gold, scarlet, black, and whiteârepresenting the six divine beasts within her bloodline.
The shadowâs glowing white eyes narrowed.
"Hmm? What is this?"
Yue Yun didnât answer.
She changed.
Her body began to shift, her form becoming something beyond mortal comprehension.
Her skin took on an ethereal glow, shimmering between scales, feathers, and furâa perfect fusion of the six divine beasts.
Azure dragon markings coiled around her arms, while phoenix wings of pure flame extended from her back. Golden crow feathers wove through her hair, and the aura of the Vermilion Bird, Black Turtle, and White Tiger manifested as armor of living energy.
But that wasnât all.
A silver-red radianceâinherited from her mother, Yue Hongâenveloped her, forming a cloak of moonlight that seemed to defy the very concept of darkness.
And around herâ
All elements converged.
Fire, water, lightning, wind, earth, wood, metal, space, light, darknessâevery fundamental force in existence swirled around her like obedient servants.
For the first time since the Creatorâs disappearance, a being stood at the threshold of true creation.
Yue Yun opened her eyes.
They were no longer just black with golden flecks.
They were the universe itselfâstars swirling within her irises, galaxies forming and collapsing in the depths of her gaze.
The shadow was surprised.
"Oh? The power of the Creator?... Interesting."
Yue Yun raised a hand.
And reality rewrote itself.
The shadow reacted instantly, twisting the void around them into an infinite labyrinthâa place where direction had no meaning, where every step led to oblivion.
Yue Yun ignored it.
She took a single step forwardâ
And the labyrinth collapsed, its walls crumbling like sand as her presence alone reasserted the true laws of space.
"Heh." The shadow snarled and ripped time apart, creating fractures where moments repeated endlessly, where past and future blurred into meaningless chaos.
Yue Yun exhaled.
Her breath carried the essence of the Golden Crowâthe celestial fire that had burned since the dawn of creation.
BOOM!
The fractured time burned away, leaving only the present intact.
Desperate now, the shadow reached deeper into Yinâs powerâreversing cause and effect.
Attacks that hadnât landed suddenly had always landed. Wounds that hadnât been inflicted suddenly had always existed.
Yue Yunâs body flickeredâ
Then stabilized, the reversal failing as the Black Turtleâs indomitable will within her anchored her existence.
"Kill!" she said, her voice resonating with the combined might of the six divine beasts.
She raised her handâ
And struck.
Her attack wasnât a punch.
It wasnât a blade.
It was the concept of judgment itself.
BOOOOOOMâ!
The impact unmade an entire sector of the cosmos. Stars blinked out of existence. Galaxies trembled. The shockwave rippled across dimensions, shaking even the deepest realms of the universe.
The shadow screamed.
Its form fractured, cracks spreading through its darkness like a shattered mirror. For the first time, true pain echoed in its voice.
"What a great power!"
Yue Yun didnât pause.
She advanced, each step rewriting the battlefield.
"You are but a fragment," she said, her voice calm yet inexorable. "And fragments... should know their place."
She raised her hand againâ
And the universe obeyed.
The shadow recoiled.
It didnât expect to face something like thisâa power that didnât just resist uncreation, but rivaled it.
"Unfortunately, you cannot sustain it." the shadow spoke up with certainty. "After all, you are not the Creator herself."
Yue Yun didnât deny it.
"Indeed," she agreed. "But itâs more than enough to erase you."
She clenched her fistâ
And all six divine beasts roared as one.
A torrent of primordial energy surged forth, not just attacking the shadowâbut rewriting its very existence.
The shadow resisted, pouring every ounce of Yinâs will into maintaining its form.
The battle became a contest of cosmic scalesâ
Creation versus Destruction.
Order versus Chaos.
Life versus Oblivion.
For a moment, the outcome hung in balance.
Thenâ
CRACKLEEEEEâ
A crack echoed through the void.
The shadowâs form splintered, its darkness peeling away like burnt parchment.
"Haha! Not bad! Not bad at all!"
Yue Yunâs eyes blazed.
"Die."
Her final strike landedâ
And the shadow shattered.
BOOOM!!
Silence.
The darkness dissipated, leaving only the cold void of space.
Yue Yun stood alone at the epicenter, her transformed body slowly reverting to normal. The divine beast features faded, the moonlight dimmed, and the swirling elements settled.
Her knees buckled.
"Yue Yun!"
Lin Xinyao was the first to reach her, catching her before she could collapse. The others rushed forward, their expressions a mix of awe and concern.
Yue Yun smiled weakly.
"Dad... you must come back soon."
Then her eyes fluttered shut.
Exhaustion claimed her.
The expressions of Lin Xinyao and the others werenât good. They knew it was just the beginning. Once Yin conjured another of his will, they would be doomed.
Yun Qianxue exhaled and turned to Hei Yue. "Has your father ever met it?"
Hei Yue shook her head and said. "Definitely not. Although he was born from the first dawn of the Creator, he had never met the Chasm of Uncreation. Not even its will."
"No matter what, this shows that we are completely useless against him," Hongyue said with a solemn expression.
She turned to Yue Yun, who was unconscious, and continued. "Iâm afraid only she and Lintian can face Yin."
This encounter made them realize that all the hard work and effort they had put in over the years were completely meaningless in front of a nature-defying existence like Yin.
This cast a shadow over everyoneâs heart... They had no idea what they should do next.
Yun Qianxue took a deep breath and said in a deep voice. "It doesnât matter. We have to face it sooner or later. At least, we have learned from it this time."
She turned to Yun Ruanyu and said. "Itâs time to expand the Nine Firmament City and open it for everyone from the Divine Realm. We have to keep our people safe in case something happens to us."
"Leave it to me." Yun Ruanyu nodded heavily.
Everyone fell silent as their minds drifted to Yun Lintian.
It seemed that he was their only hope...