Meanwhile, on Earth, humans—especially those who primarily used Kaslana Stigma battlesuits—also noticed the anomaly.
The Stigma will within the Kaslana Stigma Space was growing stronger at an absurd rate.
Tesla only needed to briefly touch the Kaslana Stigma Space to know with certainty that Kiana had, at this very moment, touched the authority of Finality.
But she couldn't sleep a wink.
The transfer of Finality's authority meant that the time of Noldrei's departure was drawing ever shorter.
And the changes within the Stigma Space made it impossible for anyone to fall asleep easily.
Unlike the state of erosion within the Cocoon of Finality, the Stigma will Kiana, whose form had long been established, could now feel the surge of power brought by this change.
Originally, the Stigma will Kiana had her own cool, fashionable human outfit.
But Noldrei believed that such a thigh-baring getup was unsuitable for cultivating mystery and maintaining her authority, so he forcibly draped her in a yellow robe.
A torrent of Honkai Energy, like a celestial river pouring down, flowed through the Stigma will and into the entire Kaslana Stigma Space.
This change also brought with it a stronger Stigma power.
Reflected in the Stigma battlesuits, this power completely widened the gap between them and all other Stigmatas, like the difference between a Honkai Beast and a pseudo-Herrscher.
Most humans were unaware of the transfer of authority taking place.
But Einstein and Tesla knew exactly what this change meant. Even Welt Yang was fully aware of the situation.
The authority of Finality originated from the Imaginary Renormalization group.
The term sounded incredibly abstract and difficult to understand, but it became much clearer when put another way.
It was the creation of an Imaginary Singularity through Honkai Energy.
Simply put, the Cocoon of Finality was a special existence that constructed Imaginary structures within reality.
The authority of the Cocoon of Finality could be thought of as a one-click starter device production line for Imaginary reality.
The power that Sa drew from the Sea of Quanta was also the power to construct this kind of "Imaginary one-click starter" device.
A Stigma, then, was equivalent to a primitive embryonic tool that had yet to grow into a "one-click starter."
But the situation had now changed. Kiana was both the mother of the Kaslana Stigma and the Imaginary one-click starter device production line.
The authority of Finality would flow through Kiana into the Kaslana Stigma Space, thereby affecting every single person who used a Stigma battlesuit.
At this point, Kiana had completed the integration of Finality's authority.
She landed on the surface of the moon, now wearing the same clothes as the Finality Kiana she had once seen in the Sea of Quanta.
"Huh? Eh?!"
"This outfit... is gorgeous!"
The only unfortunate thing was that Kiana, having grown up completely under Noldrei's influence, possessed none of the aura of that elder-sister-like Finality she had seen.
Kiana carefully examined her new imperial robe. She found that it indeed bore the shadow of that elder sister's outfit, but it wasn't quite the same.
The color scheme of the outfit she had seen was more akin to that of a Honkai Beast.
But the colors of her own outfit were different. The white on her body was more like a strange, flowing liquid, and it didn't feel out of place when clinging to her skin.
The ribbons flowing behind her didn't have the star-like twinkling effect from the power of Finality, but instead flowed like a chaotic river of stardust. Within it, some form of life seemed to be interwoven, and the shifting of the stardust more closely resembled the shimmering scales of a dense school of swimming creatures.
Was it ugly? Not at all.
The visual impact was concentrated in its inexplicably shifting majesty. Just by standing there, Kiana exuded a feeling of being ready to "devour" someone at any moment.
If not for the 'crystal clear' innocence in her eyes revealing her true nature, anyone who saw her would likely be instantly consumed by the overwhelming power of Finality, a torrent of countless human memories.
"You probably won't be able to return to Earth for a while. At least not until you can control the power of Finality. But..."
Noldrei had originally planned to find an opponent for Kiana to practice controlling her power, but looking at the current results, that thought was clearly wishful thinking.
Kiana clenched her fist and said to Noldrei, slightly nervous, "You might not believe this, but I feel like I could blow up the Earth with one punch right now."
She was genuinely worried that a casual stomp might blow up the very moon she was standing on.
Noldrei sighed helplessly. "You should probably focus on reining in your power first. Whether the Earth explodes or not is another matter, but the users of the Kaslana Stigma battlesuits will likely be the first to fall into your 'Project Stigma.'"
Kiana hadn't expected the fluctuations to be so massive after inheriting the power of Finality.
"Then, what should I do?" she asked nervously.
The moment she got nervous, all sorts of powers, along with the Herrscher authorities, leaked out from her body. The chaotic, multi-colored energies愣 formed a massive, colorful halo behind her head.
Anyone who didn't know better might have thought they were witnessing the second coming of some god or Buddha.
At the very least, she had the presence of Mother Mary.
Noldrei pointed towards Venus. "See that? Sa is over there. Head in that direction, fly over, and give her a couple of hits with the power of Finality. Be careful to hold back enough so you don't kill her."
"Once you've mastered your power, your body will quickly understand how to control it."
This time, Noldrei really wasn't bullying Sa on purpose.
It was because, in the entire solar system right now, besides Sa who had a massive health bar, there probably wasn't anyone who could withstand a few of Kiana's attacks.
Noldrei himself didn't want to fight Kiana, so of course, Sa had to bear this glorious responsibility.
This was Finality they were talking about. Being able to take a couple of punches from Finality was an honor for Sa!
"So that's how you solve it?!" Kiana was astonished. She never thought Sa could be so useful.
"By the way, where's Kevin?"
Only now did Kiana realize she couldn't sense Kevin's presence.
"He's gone. After handing over the authority of Finality to you, his MANTIS body, which was already bound to the Cocoon of Finality, dissipated into the universe."
Noldrei felt a hint of regret. He believed that Kevin's MANTIS body had reached the pinnacle of carbon-based life.
Even other MANTISes like Fu Hua and Theresa would have a hard time matching the immense power Kevin possessed.
"I see..."
Kiana's mood turned somber. She had thought she would have a chance to talk with her ancestor after the transfer of authority, but in the end, she didn't even get a chance to say goodbye.
"Huh? Noldrei, who's that hiding behind you? Prometheus?! Why are you hiding there?!"
Kiana looked up and noticed Prometheus's strange behavior.
Prometheus didn't try to deny it, simply saying from behind Noldrei, "Your current power is too dangerous. It is not appropriate for me to come out at this time. Besides, I am responsible for guiding your overflowing power."
"Mr. Noldrei is my most steadfast shield. He will protect me from you!"
Prometheus was stating a fact. Noldrei was indeed using his body to block the power overflowing from Kiana.
Kiana was exasperated. The way Prometheus said it made her sound like the bad guy.
"That's nonsense! You're just like Bronya! Before I became Finality, I had to let you have your way. Now that I am Finality, I still have to let you have your way? Then what's the point of me being the Emperor of Finality?!"
"You just wait! I'll deal with you after I'm done with Sa!"
Kiana stormed off, filled with anger. One could only wonder how many attacks Sa could withstand.
Prometheus pressed a hand to her forehead and said calmly to Noldrei, "I'm a little worried about your situation. She doesn't seem to be a reasonable emperor. It seems you've been a bit too lenient with her. You're not going to raise a second Emperor Yang of Sui, are you?" [T/N: Emperor Yang of Sui was the second emperor of China's Sui dynasty, generally considered by traditional historians to be one of the worst tyrants in Chinese history.]
Seeing Noldrei's worried expression, Prometheus also began to worry about humanity's future.
But Noldrei wasn't worried about whether Kiana could be a good emperor. He was worried that if he pinned too much blame on Sa, Kiana might just beat him to death.
'I should have just told her to randomly fire some attacks into space,' Noldrei thought, feeling utterly helpless.