Having seen the battle conclude from afar, Bai Canglang grabbed his weapon and sprinted over from the mountaintop.
By the time he arrived, he found Garuda in a textbook American Federation surrender pose—kneeling with hands raised—obediently recounting the details about the giant black hole.
It had happened about seven years ago, during a summer when Garuda was around eight or nine.
At the time, with the help of the Pure Cyan Glaze Pearl, Garuda had just finished cultivating her Celestial Blue Glazed Heart. This was the most important milestone for a Golden-winged Roc, marking its advancement from the Initial Form to the Juvenile Form and granting it complete freedom of movement.
