Chapter 2133: The Name That Binds
The Deep Void stilled, but the silence wasn't peace.
Yun Che still gripped Caizhi's hand. She was shaking. Not from fear—but from something stirring inside her, a thing neither god nor devil could explain.
> "Yun Che…" her voice broke, eyes widening. "It's not over."
He looked up.
And saw the first crack.
It wasn't in the space around them—but in her soul aura. A single fracture, glowing silver-black, running down the center of her divine core. A split formed by a clash of identities—what she was… and what she was becoming.
> "I can't hold it much longer," she said.
Jasmine raised her hand, divine light flaring. "I'll seal it—"
But Caizhi flinched. "No! If you try, it'll finish the transition. I'm still me… for now."
Suddenly, Yun Che stepped forward.
> "Then let me share the weight."
He pressed his palm to her chest.
Sky Poison burned green, and divine energy pulsed in sync with her soul's rhythm.
And for a moment…
Balance.
But only a moment.
From above—no, from everywhere—a voice echoed.
Not spoken.
Etched.
Like a name being engraved into fate:
> "Throne of Unbinding… prepares to rise."
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Meanwhile: God Realm of Absolute Beginning
A ripple split the sky.
Beasts howled. Mountains cracked. And the skies turned white—not from light, but from sheer absence of energy.
Atop the Silent Altar, a cloaked figure knelt.
The Hidden Moon Lord, once thought dead, stared into a stone mirror now glowing with twelve rings.
> "Impossible…" he whispered. "Another one is waking?"
He reached out to touch it—
The mirror screamed.
And in its reflection… his own name vanished.
> Erased.
His mouth opened in terror—but he no longer remembered why.
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Meanwhile: Eternal Heaven Realm
The Heaven Piercer Bells, silent since the Era's fall, rang once.
Only once.
But it was enough.
The Eternal Heaven God Emperor stood from meditation, eyes wide.
> "That resonance… from beyond the World Needle. Who dares unbind names?"
His attendants panicked.
He dismissed them with a wave and stared into the sky.
> "We were fools to seal them. Fools to forget them."
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Back in the Void
Caizhi dropped to one knee.
Her breath came in sharp bursts, like something inside her was breaking through layer after layer of self.
Yun Che knelt with her.
> "You're not alone," he whispered. "I swear it."
She looked at him—and for just a second, only a second, she was Caizhi again.
> "Then stay with me."
And the void answered.
A new resonance point ignited.
But this one didn't lead forward.
It led home.