Child of Nature: "Maybe one of those heavenly scum will be chosen by Karl the Reaper as a test subject for the Void Engine and end up walking the same path Hua Ye did in the original."
Child of Nature: "For example—Sumari."
The Ordinary Group Owner: "That… actually makes sense."
The Ordinary Group Owner: "So, Yan, how about taking Sumari out again?"
The Ordinary Group Owner: "He may look cool, but that bit with He Xi and the ambush through a fake romantic reunion—ugh, it made me want to throttle her. Using feelings as cover to stab He Xi?!"
The Ordinary Group Owner: "Unforgivable!"
At this point, Roxie Vale clenched her fists in anger. She could still picture that scene where Sumari met with He Xi—his hand cupping He Xi's face as if he were about to kiss her… only for him to drive a blade into her instead.
Despicable!
Richest Man: "Heavenly Base King He Xi was still too young. She truly did love Sumari once, but all she received in return was deception."
Richest Man: "I don't know how gods think, but could a god like He Xi really become that muddled once she falls in love? She should have killed Sumari back then."
Invincible East: "Heavenly Base King He Xi spared Sumari for love's sake. As for Sumari—his loyalty to Hua Ye… well, that's loyalty of a sort."
Invincible East: "If we're speaking purely in terms of sides, it's hard to label them right or wrong."
Invincible East: "It's simply that the Heavenly Base King fell in love with the wrong person."
Dongfang Bai's gaze turned complicated—just as in the original storyline, where she would fall for Linghu Chong. They both loved someone they shouldn't have.
The fortunate thing was that by joining the chat group, she had gained the ability to change her fate—while the Heavenly Base King had not.
Electromaster: "Love truly is a kind of magic. Even those who've lived through ages can be lost in it."
Electromaster: "But can love really last that long?"
Electromaster: "By normal logic, shouldn't it evolve into something like familial affection—or, once love fades, they leave one another?"
Child of Nature: "Normally, yes. But they are angels."
Child of Nature: "Remember what Angel Yan said?"
Child of Nature: "An angel's heart is not complicated, nor is it exacting. Often, when a pure and singular love descends, they fall into it easily—even to the point of committing irreparable mistakes."
Child of Nature: " 'To love what he loves, to think what he thinks; to bear wounds for him, to weather hardship with him. Whether in poverty or wealth, whether lowly or exalted, whether in a world in chaos or abandoned by the gods, I shall draw my sword and fight for him; I shall furl my wings for him; I will never abandon him, for all eternity!' "
Child of Nature: "Their pursuit of true love is far beyond what we can imagine."
Richest Man: "A guardian angel devoted solely to one person—that's something almost no one could refuse."
If it were only words, they wouldn't mean much.
What's frightening is that angels can actually live out the oath of a guardian angel.
Hand on his heart, he asked himself—could he ever go that far for Pepper?
Who wouldn't yearn for a love like that?
Angel Yan looked at the Guardian Angel Oath Brandon White had posted in the chat, a complicated light in her eyes.
If she hadn't joined the chat group, she should, by now, already have headed for Earth, met Ge Xiaolun, and in the future would have spoken the angel's oath to him, right?
But now, it was impossible for her to become Ge Xiaolun's guardian angel.
It wasn't anything to be sad about. There had never been any real feelings between them. If not for Queen Keisha's arrangements and his identity as bearer of the Galactic Power, she and he wouldn't have had any possibility of falling in love.
Even in the original, Ge Xiaolun's favorite was still Rose. As for the girl named Qilin, she too harbored feelings for Ge Xiaolun.
What remained in Angel Yan's heart was only a bit of regret.
Angels yearn for love intensely. Even though, in their hearts, destroying evil and upholding justice ranks first, once they fall in love, many things will change because of it.
Once, she had at least something to look forward to. Now, even that has faded.
She let out a helpless little laugh. She'd teased Brandon White about keeping abstinent, but look at her—years of self-imposed abstinence had done her no good at all.
In the chat group, the discussion hadn't yet ended, and the subject under debate was precisely Heavenly Base King He Xi.
The Ordinary Group Owner: "Why would He Xi fall for Sumari? Feels like aside from his face, there isn't much to recommend him."
Child of Nature: "And a good face isn't enough?"
Child of Nature: "Everyone pursues beauty. In the context of that era, as long as Sumari kept up a flawless façade—showing proper respect toward female angels—then paired with that face of his, it would be perfectly normal for He Xi to fall for him."
Holy Guard—Left Wing: "An angel's genes determine that we are a race that seeks perfection."
Holy Guard—Left Wing: "Queen Keisha once told me that the Heavenly Base King is the angel who strives for perfection more than any other."
Holy Guard—Left Wing: "Back then, it was precisely by relying on that face that Sumari stirred first love in the Heavenly Base King's heart—leading to this unfortunate, mistaken love."
The Ordinary Group Owner: "Listening to you two, I suddenly feel like the Heavenly Base King is a bit looks-obsessed—and kind of a naive sweetheart?"
The Ordinary Group Owner: "Forget it, forget it. I'm not exactly any better in that department."
Because of the era she'd lived through before she transmigrated, she didn't believe she'd ever encounter love herself—but she still liked to admire handsome guys and pretty girls. She believed in love; she just didn't think it would ever happen to her.
Uchiha Dance King: "Skyblade Judgment—begin."
With Uchiha Madara's message, everyone's gaze lifted to the heavens, to Angel Leng and Angel Zhui, each gripping a sword of blazing flame.
Across the planet, countless heaven-scum panicked. They tried to flee, but their bodies were already pinned in place. All they could do was scatter madly along the ground—but under Skyblade Judgment, it was all meaningless.
Boom!
Angel Leng and Angel Zhui swung down their blades. Terrifying, orange-red lances of light, laden with dreadful energy, fell from the cosmos and pierced the surface, inscribing power meant to annihilate all things. The whole planet was swallowed in a blinding radiance.
And then, everything returned to silence.
The live broadcast ended there.
The Ordinary Group Owner: "That Skyblade Judgment is nuts—way stronger than what I saw in the anime."
The Ordinary Group Owner: "The sheer impact isn't even in the same league."
She remembered an episode where Angel Yan unleashed a king-level Skyblade Judgment—charging it forever, with the Skyblade Battle Group assisting—and the result didn't even trash the entire arena. After minutes of output, the most they got was a crater a few hundred meters across.
That level of spectacle was just… underwhelming.
Richest Man: "That's normal. Skyblade Judgment draws energy most efficiently from a planet or a star. Angels just refrain from extracting too much because of planetary safety concerns."
Richest Man: "Earth, for instance—Ge Xiaolun was only permitted to use Skyblade Judgment once, because taking too much energy would destabilize the sun."
Richest Man: "Honestly, I think the angelic civilization could just buy an Infinity Stone. 'Infinite energy' isn't bragging."
(End of chapter)