The Celestial Order's campaign against the Shadow Master's echoes stretched across months, a relentless purge that honed Lin Feng's True Devourer Dao to a razor's edge. At Layer 10 (70%), his Rift Seal Mastery closed rifts with surgical precision, each seal a testament to his growth. Yet, a final echo pulsed from a realm gate deep within the Azure Cloud mountains—untouched by mortal hands, its presence a silent challenge.
[Final Quest: Ascend and Eradicate. Reward: Transcendent Dao Crown.]
The gate, carved with ancient runes that glowed with celestial light, opened to a crystalline plane of breathtaking beauty and eerie stillness. Skies shimmered in a kaleidoscope of colors—violet, gold, and emerald—while rivers flowed upward, defying gravity. The trio stepped forth, their immortal auras harmonizing with the realm's energy, a symphony of fire, wind, and void. A voice boomed across the expanse: "Welcome, Devourer. I am the Last Echo, the Shadow Master's core, its final breath."
The Last Echo materialized—a colossal entity of shadow and light, its form a fluid dance between Lin Feng's visage, Huo Yan's phoenix grace, and Zhao's tempest fury. It attacked with void tendrils that lashed like whips, countered by ethereal phoenix flames that burned with rune-etched brilliance. Huo Yan's Blaze surged, her voice a battle cry: "This ends now!" Zhao's Void Cyclone bound the entity, his golden qi a radiant shield against its light.
Lin Feng summoned the Divine Echo, now a trinity beast of unparalleled majesty—fire roaring from its phoenix wings, wind howling in its tempest tail, void pulsing in its devourer maw. Its roar shook the crystalline plane, a challenge to the echo's dominion. The entity retaliated, splitting into three forms: a phoenix of shadow, a tempest of darkness, a devourer of light—mirrors of the trio. Battle became a dance of selves, a profound confrontation of identity and power.
Huo Yan's flames clashed with her echo, her runes flaring as she burned through its defenses, her resolve unyielding. Zhao shattered his tempest echo with a Cyclone infused with their shared essence, his laughter a defiant roar. Lin Feng faced his devourer mirror, its Grasp matching his own. Essence surged, visions flooding his mind: the Shadow Master's birth in a primordial void, its fall at the hands of ancient cultivators, its fragments scattered to reclaim power through him. A god seeking rebirth through my soul. He rejected it with a roar, fusing Huo and Zhao's qi into a transcendent strike.
[Transcendent Devourer Activated. Essence +500.]
The Last Echo's core cracked, its forms dissolving into a cascade of light and shadow. Lin Feng's Grasp pierced the heart, devouring its essence in a blinding surge: [Quest Complete. Transcendent Dao Crown Unlocked. Ascension Achieved.] The plane stabilized, its crystalline beauty now a realm under their guardianship, a new world born from their victory.
The trio stood triumphant, breaths mingling in the still air. Huo Yan smiled, her flames a gentle glow: "We've found our home, Lin Feng." Zhao laughed, clapping his shoulder: "Kings of our own world, eh?" Lin Feng, now a transcendent being, gazed at the horizon where colors danced, his thoughts a quiet vow: No more shadows—only light.
The Devourer System faded, its purpose fulfilled, leaving him with the Dao as his own. The Celestial Order would thrive, guided by their trinity, a legacy etched in the stars.