Venerable Moon

In the skies of the Pixie city, the blue moon shone with aquatic Qis as it suppressed the coiling red river. The clash of two great powers rippled the void as river water and aquatic Qi filled the sky, making the sky interchange between a bloody crimson and a dazzling blue.

Suddenly from the city, a set of lights: black, blue, and bronze burst through the barrier. Each of the lights coalesced into a different figure, the first was a beautiful woman dressed in white robes, behind her was a blue specter hovering ominously.

The black light turned into a black-haired man dressed in a black hide like armor, behind him was the phantom of a Cerberus growling with malevolence.

The last of the lights, the bronze one transformed into a man in copper armor. His brimmed helmet concealed his face, behind him was the figure of an iron knight standing stalwart.

They were the experts from the Lunar Palace, Su Xinyue, Xia Yunyi, and the bronze knight.

"Ye Yuyan, show yourself now!" Su Xinyue roared to the skies as her eyebrows furrowed.

The red lotus revolved rapidly at red river's center, the river continued its clash with the blue moon. Each slam into the blue moon scattering its blood across the land.

"Damn, looks like we'll have to draw him out." She said through clenched teeth, she spread her legs as she took a horse riding stance.

"Hah!" Su Xinyue roared as her aura grew in intensity. The blue specter behind her became clear, it was her clone or rather her aspect!

The aspect raised its hand and put its palms out, the aquatic Qis in the plain fluctuated as they flew toward the aspect. She sapped the entire plain of aquatic Qi, almost making it barren as a vortex formed at the aspect's fingertips.

Each of the Aquatic Qis condensed into a glob of light that seemed to have a life of its own. Hundreds if not thousands of these orbs gathered around Su Xinyue orbiting one by one. The sheer amount of Qi threw the winds into a frenzy.

"This Qi, it has no end! How incredible!" Xia Yunyi said as he fixed his gaze on Su Xinyue's immaculate form. The Bronze Knight stood quietly as he disregarded the turbulent winds passing his body.

At that moment, another collision of the red river shattered the barrier conjured by the blue moon. The red river shot through the void as its turbulent flow aimed towards shattering the blue moon.

"Gather!" Su Xinyue commanded as her aspect closed its palms into a fist. The aquatic Qis seethed as the shot together in front of her.

The Qi danced through the air gathering together as it took embryotic form; it swished and swirled forming into a boundless sea.

Su Xinyue's eyes shined with a dazzling blue light as her aspect fused into her body. Suddenly the boundless sea engulfed the skies bursting through the heavens with intense might.

"Spiritual sea!" Su Xinyue yelled as her body fused into the boundless sea, she twisted her arms ebbing and flowing like a sea. Her movements caused the sea to seethe with excitement as she guided it towards the red river.

The red river slammed into the boundless sea, making it fail at hitting the blue moon. But the boundless sea didn't stand a chance against the power of the red river. The ocean water burst into the skies scattering into the void as the red river pierced through it.

"Pffttt." Su Xinyue's body flew back as she lost her control of the boundless sea, she spat out some blood as her internal organs became damaged by the backlash.

The red river tumbled towards the blue moon seething with an intense red lightning intent on destroying the moon. When suddenly a blue light burst from the moon, it was as if it awoke a sleeping beast.

Suddenly the light shone intensely illuminating the entire sky in a boundless cyan light. The light shone onto Su Xinyue's body and suddenly the boundless sea reformed once again, but this time from the cyan light of the blue moon!

Su Xinyue's body became quenched by the power of the blue moon, as she guided the boundless sea once again.

"Break for me!" She said through gritted teeth as she threw her hands down guiding the sea.

Suddenly a boundless sea came crashing down onto the red river and for the first time since the start of the battle, it forced the red river back.

The crashing forced apart the red river splitting it as thousands of gallons of blood water left from the river. The red lotus at the river's center showed signs of cracking, as the lotus leaves wilted slightly.

"Scram!" Su Xinyue roared as the power of the blue moon supplemented her. Her roar echoed throughout the void as the boundless sea struck, again and again, forcing the red river to fall back.

The river constantly lost its essence as it flew off to the edge of the aquatic plains, behind it all that remained was the empty void until the blood plains. Before the boundless sea could strike again, the red river suddenly swished and exited the aquatic plain flowing through the void.

Su Xinyue's body descended from the skies as the power of the blue moon left her body. Her face was pale and bloodless, the moment she reached the ground she fell to her knees.

"Xia Yunyi and Chen Li, you both need to pursue it. I can't move anymore now that I activated Venerable Moon's will." She said between panted breathes as Xia Yunyi and Chen Li listened floating above her.

"Understood!" They both responded simultaneously.

"Good, I have enough power left to transmit you directly into the void. Good luck..." She struggled to say and then she activated the remaining qi in her body and sent it wrapping around their bodies. They suddenly felt their bodies lighten and recover.

Su Xinyue flicked her fingers, forcing the two to transform into two cyan beams that shot off into the void. With her last task complete Su Xinyue's body collapsed without a trace of Qi left inside her.

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Xia Yunyi and Chen Li's forms shot through the surrounding void, with a barrier made of cyan Qi tightly fitting their forms, protecting them from the dangers of the extreme void. In front of them was the red river which was flowing rapidly towards the blood plains.

The lightning in the river seethed as it shot through the void fast approaching the blood plains. Before they realized it, the river had reached the blood plains piercing through the blood membrane around it.

Xia Yunyi and Chen Li caught up at that moment, just in time to see the river enter the blood plains halfway.

"That's our cue to act." Xia Yunyi chuckled sinisterly as a massive three-headed dog appeared behind him. Its sharp canines shined like the moon, and its eyes were like gems.

Wordlessly the bronze knight's aura grew as the silhouette of an iron knight appeared behind him. The knight's iron armor glistened with an immortal light as it grew to the size of a small mountain.

"Marks of Loyalty, Cerberus!" Xia Yunyi roared as his bloodline boiled across his entire body appeared the marks of loyalty unique to the Xia clan!

Following him was the bronze knight who said through his helmet: "Marks of Fortitude, Honos!" His body shined with bronze marks as the iron knight came to life.

The two massive silhouettes bore down on the red river at that moment, the three-headed dog's teeth shined brilliantly as they tore at the red river, and the iron knight brought down a massive iron fist that crushed the edges of the red river.

Thousands of gallons of the red river's water lost its connection to the river as it dissipated into the void from their strikes.

"Again!" Xia Yunyi laughed excitedly as his Cerberus attacked once again but strangely Chen Li abstained. His iron knight took two steps back suddenly much to Xia Yunyi's surprise.

"Chen Li! What are you doing?!?" Xia Yunyi asked with raised eyebrows, yet before Chen Li could respond. A massive Cyan sword appeared out of nowhere in the void, the huge sword bore down like heavenly judgment on Xia Yunyi.

"What?!?" Xia Yunyi said with wide eyes, he tried to retract his totem but he was too late. The cyan sword cut down towards him and slashed at his chest.

The sudden swift motion slashed open his hide armor, cutting through the flesh and hitting his chest. He tumbled back in the void as the cyan barrier around him showed cracks.

Xia Yunyi gripped as his chest as if he was dying and noticed the deep and bloody gash across it. He took a few forced deep breaths as he forced himself to speak: "Wh.. who's there?!?"

Chen Li focused his gaze on the origin of the cyan qi, suddenly the void rippled as if pulling back the curtains and a young man walked out.

He wore a luxurious white robe tied at his waist and in his right hand he held a moonlight sword. His white hair flowed down his back parting at his hips. A thick layer of cyan Qi surrounded his entire body, except this wasn't a barrier this was his own Qi!

"How charming of you, to forget me so easily." The young man said with a childlike closed-lip smile.