White.
Everything was white.
A blinding flash consumed Dustwind Valley, swallowing sky, clouds, mountains—and for a moment—**even sound.**
Then slowly…
Light faded.
Shapes returned.
Color returned.
Reality rebuilt itself, trembling.
Aurelius opened his eyes first.
"…What… happened…?"
The battlefield was no longer a battlefield.
It was—
**spotless.**
Polished.
Shining.
Perfectly level ground.
Not a single pebble out of place.
Not a single blade of grass bent wrong.
Tien's voice wobbled:
"…Am… am I dead?
Is this the afterlife?
Everything looks too clean—"
Lin Ruyin slapped him.
"We're alive, idiot!"
Tien began crying anyway.
---
⭐ 1. WHERE IS THE GOD?
Aurelius looked around.
ALKA-9 scanned the area frantically.
Lucina clutched her clipboard like it might explode.
Secretary Minn's tablet glowed with red alerts.
Auntie Bao whispered:
"…Where's the Immortal?"
Everyone looked.
There was no giant body.
No halo.
No robe.
No divine remains.
Only…
A small pile of sparkles.
Glittering.
Harmless.
About the size of a fist.
Tien pointed with shaking hands.
"IS THAT HIM?!
IS THAT WHAT'S LEFT OF A GOD?!?!"
Jin Haru poked the sparkles with his cube.
*Ding.*
The pile became even shinier.
Aurelius exhaled.
"…He is gone."
Lin Ruyin fell to her knees.
"She…
She really did it."
ALKA-9 confirmed:
"The Sterility Immortal's signature is gone.
Purified completely.
Removed from existence."
Tien fainted dramatically.
---
⭐ 2. MIYU IS DOWN
Suddenly—
A tiny body floated down from the sky.
Miyu.
Unconscious.
Pillow slipping from her hand.
Halo fragments dimming.
Auntie Bao caught her immediately.
"Miyu! Sweetie!"
Miyu's eyelids fluttered weakly.
"…Mm."
She looked exhausted.
Small.
Fragile.
ALKA-9 scanned again.
"Master's purity output exceeded her limit.
Her spiritual core is strained.
She requires rest—immediately."
Auntie Bao held her tighter.
"You pushed yourself too far again… for us."
Miyu blinked up at her.
"…Auntie safe?"
Auntie Bao teared up.
"Yes, sweetie… thanks to you."
Miyu's eyes softened.
She hugged her pillow…
…and fainted.
Secretary Minn took notes calmly.
"Master will now be placed on forced rest schedule."
Tien shot up from the ground.
"YES—PLEASE—FORCE HER—
SHE JUST KILLED A GOD WHILE HALF-ASLEEP!"
---
⭐ 3. DUSTWIND'S NEW PROBLEM
As Dustwind tried to stabilize themselves—
A crack formed in the sky.
A deep one.
Dark.
Jagged.
Aurelius' expression hardened.
"No… that shouldn't happen."
The crack spread.
Jagged energy pulsed.
ALKA-9 calculated instantly.
"Heaven's fundamental structure is destabilizing.
The Sterility Immortal's erasure…
has left a void."
Tien screamed:
"WHAT DO YOU MEAN VOID—?!"
Lucina explained calmly:
"With Heaven's ruler gone…
all divine regulations are collapsing.
There will be… consequences."
Tien screamed louder:
"WHAT KIND OF CONSEQUENCES?!"
The sky answered.
A massive boom shook the entire world.
Thunder roared.
Lightning twisted unnaturally.
Clouds shattered.
Minn stared at her tablet.
"Oh.
Heaven is panicking."
Aurelius' jaw clenched.
"This is the calm before a bigger storm."
---
⭐ 4. THE FINAL MESSAGE
Suddenly—
A small white feather drifted from the sky.
It hovered.
Shimmered.
Then spoke with a shaking divine voice:
"T-this is the last surviving heavenly servant…
P-please… please… keep her away from us."
Dustwind froze.
Tien whispered:
"…Even Heaven is begging for mercy now."
The feather dissolved into clean dust.
ALKA-9 bowed her head.
"The universe now recognizes Master Miyu as…
an entity above Heaven."
Aurelius kneeled instinctively.
Lin Ruyin followed.
Jin Haru, shaking, saluted with his cube.
Lucina and Minn bowed respectfully.
Auntie Bao stroked Miyu's hair.
"That's my baby."
Miyu, asleep, mumbled:
"…Dirty…"
Tien screamed:
"SHE'S STILL CLEANING IN HER SLEEP—!!"
---
⭐ 5. ENDING — DUSTWIND'S FUTURE CHANGES
Aurelius looked at the cracked sky.
"The world will change.
Heaven will change.
The balance of everything…
has shifted."
ALKA-9 nodded.
"Dustwind must prepare."
Minn updated her schedule.
Lucina rewrote half the sect rules.
Tien hid behind a tree.
Auntie Bao hugged Miyu protectively.
Miyu slept quietly—
but the ground beneath her pulsed faintly.
The aura of someone who killed a god
was not something the world would forget.
The war was over—
But the consequences…
had just begun.
