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Alex suddenly noticed something was off and his pupils narrowed sharply.
And just as they did—
"Die, old man!!" Sage's body instantly moved, and a massive Cosmo erupted from him at that very moment.
"Dimensional Space!" In that instant, the surrounding space transformed into Sage's domain, immediately enveloping Alex within it.
"Crystal Wall!" Alex shouted lightly.
A moment later, an invisible wall formed and blocked off the surroundings.
Crystal Wall, a defensive technique that creates countless crystalline barriers using telekinesis and Cosmo, forming an unseen, impenetrable defense. It blocks, deflects, or traps enemy attacks. The wall is transparent and intangible, capable of nullifying even space-type techniques.
Even the force of the Galaxian Explosion was blocked.
"Who are you? You're not Sage!" Alex spoke in a deep tone, his expression heavy as he stared at the figure before him.
"Old fool, you don't need to know that! Heh… die!" A cold, eerie voice echoed.
The next moment, Sage's enormous Cosmo burst out once more.
"Galaxian Explosion!" The most powerful move of the Gemini constellation exploded forth. Sage didn't hold back in the slightest.
Within the Dimensional Space, enhanced by the Galaxian Explosion, the destructive power was true to its name, it held the might to shatter even the stars of the galaxy.
"Stardust Revolution!" Alex's face changed. Reflexively, he unleashed his own ultimate move.
BOOM!!
The two techniques collided.
The Galaxian Explosion works by releasing one's Cosmo to the extreme, simulating a galactic detonation that shatters the stars and focuses its energy to devastate a target. Its range is massive and can even perform cross-dimensional attacks. Despite its large-scale destructive nature, the energy can also be compressed to precisely target areas, allowing selective destruction.
It was undeniably powerful.
However, Alex, who had reached the peak of the Seventh Sense, was far stronger than the current Sage. His Stardust Revolution easily tore through the Galaxian Explosion.
BOOM!!
The helmet of the Gemini Gold Cloth was blown away.
But before Alex could follow up—
"Pfft!"
A mouthful of blood spurted out. The hidden injuries within his body suddenly erupted all at once.
"Not good!" Alex's face changed drastically. But he had no time to worry about his wounds. His eyes locked onto Sage's exposed head.
"You really aren't Sage! Who the hell are you!?" Alex asked in a deep tone, his expression showing violent fluctuations.
"Hahaha! I am Sage… just the evil side of him! Old man, you can go die now!" Sage burst into wild laughter.
The next second, his powerful Cosmo surged once again.
"AAAAAHHH!!" Alex let out a blood-curdling scream as his body was violently blasted away.
"It's over. Time to end this. Your Holiness…"
"PFFT!!"
Crimson blood flowed. In the next instant, Alex's aura vanished completely.
"You bastard! What are you doing?!' An angry voice roared from within Sage.
"Doing? Haven't I always been doing what you wanted to do? Hahahahahahaha!" The maniacal voice echoed from Sage's mouth.
And then… the Pope's Hall fell back into complete silence.
…
The Next Day
As dawn rose once more, a new day began.
Sanctuary appeared unchanged, calm, as always.
There were no signs that anything unusual had happened.
Only from this day forward, the Gemini Gold Saint seemed to have quietly vanished, never appearing again within Sanctuary. Fortunately, Gold Saints usually lived and trained in solitude, so no one noticed anything strange for now.
As for the other Saints, they were even less likely to be aware.
Sanctuary remained seemingly normal.
The only change was that the power of Time surrounding the Ophiuchus Temple had become noticeably stronger—
It has even begun to emit a faint golden glow. But as time passed, people gradually got used to it. Their early curiosity faded, and most stopped paying attention—
Only glance at it from time to time.
In the modern space-time Sanctuary, it was a rare moment of peace.
No one knew that the Pope had already been quietly replaced.
…
Mythological Era
Jiang Chen sat cross-legged, standing tall beneath the stars. At that moment, the brilliance of the Ophiuchus constellation spread out. Surrounding it were the Zodiac Temples, which now shone with dazzling light. Jamil's eyes gleamed, locked onto the Twelve Temples glowing in the sky.
"The Zodiac Temples… So that's how it is! Only the Zodiac Temples can truly awaken the power of the Sacred Cloth!" Jamil murmured, his expression filled with nothing but excitement.
His gaze moved back and forth between the Zodiac Temples / Twelve Temples and Jiang Chen.
At this moment, it was as if he had discovered a brand new world.
A scene he had never imagined before.
Previously, when forging Sacred Cloths, though they resonated with constellations, they had never resonated with the Zodiac constellations, nor had he ever considered that the Zodiac Twelve would be so special.
The power they possessed far surpassed any Cloths he had forged from other constellations.
They weren't even on the same level.
"Father!" Beside him, Melchaba looked nervously toward his father. Even he could now tell that Jiang Chen's Sacred Cloth was not ordinary. However, clearly Jamil had no time to pay attention to his son right now. His gaze remained locked on the Zodiac Temples and on Jiang Chen.
Thoughts surged through his mind as countless realizations wove together. No one knew how much time passed. Eventually, Jamil waved to his companions nearby—
And immediately began working.
At that moment, in the sky above, the constellations of the Zodiac Temples were directly drawn toward the forge by a tremendous force.
Countless stars sparkled.
The power of all twelve Zodiac constellations began to stir under his control.
"Javier, Solis!"
"Vasily, David!"
Jamil's voice rang out again and again. Soon, several burly men quickly stepped forward.
"Lord Jamil!"
"Lord Jamil!"
Each figure spoke with deep respect.
"Quick! Bring me the materials! I have a feeling I can forge the most powerful Sacred Cloth yet!" Jamil's voice rang out, filled with excitement.
"Yes, sir!" The figures answered immediately, and soon the area around the massive divine forge was bustling with action.
Meanwhile, in mid-air, Jiang Chen was completely immersed in an ethereal state of comprehension. As the Sacred Cloth fused with his body, he was mysteriously drawn into the endless void.
At that moment, he seemed to witness the very birth of the universe—
He saw the Big Bang. He watched countless stars take form.
BOOM—
RUMBLE—
Within the void, Jiang Chen's consciousness was completely immersed.
As the void expanded and cooled after the Big Bang—
Large amounts of matter began to emerge from the primordial hydrogen and helium gases. These gases gradually condensed into denser clouds.
However, the matter wasn't evenly distributed, tiny fluctuations in density existed.
Under the influence of gravity, these density fluctuations grew, forming denser clumps of matter. These clumps became the seeds of galaxies, marking the beginning of galaxy formation. Jiang Chen floated within this process, quietly watching stars and galaxies constantly form.
And within his own body, a roar of cosmic power erupted and countless stars began to light up. Originally, even after his Sixth Sense Awakening, the Zodiac Temples remained somewhat illusory. But now, with deeper comprehension, those countless stars began to light up—
The Zodiac Temples themselves also began to radiate once more.
Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Libra, Scorpio, Sagittarius, Capricorn, Aquarius, Pisces.
BOOM! BOOM!! BOOM!!!
Jiang Chen's Cosmo surged. The Zodiac Temples lit up across the heavens with an unprecedented brilliance.
Back at the forge, Jamil, who had been working intensely, was suddenly overwhelmed with joy.
"Zodiac Resonance! Hahaha! The gods are aiding me!" Jamil's voice was filled with uncontainable excitement. The power of the stars began flowing toward him.
The First to respond was — Aries.
BOOM!
A beam of golden light from Aries descended, shining directly into the forge. Instantly, a brilliant golden radiance bloomed from within the furnace.
Floating in mid-air, a dazzling Sacred Cloth emerged, pulsing with powerful Cosmo. This was nothing like any Sacred Cloth before it. Not only was it golden, it possessed its own will and its own Cosmo.
"Success!" Staring at the golden Cloth, Jamil's face shone with ecstatic joy.
(End of Chapter)
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