Chapter 1 Hope, Prosperity, and Miracle

At the borderland, within the Golden Tree.

As the fall of the Elden Beast, the boundless ocean dissipated, and the vast and desolate platform reappeared in front of Ember.

This is the interior of the Golden Tree, the beginning of chaos in the current borderland, and it will also be the end of everything.

Ember came to the center of the Golden Tree, lifted the long-damaged Marika skull, and placed it steadily on the neck of the Marika statue.

Golden light emanated from the statue, and at the same time, the repair runes inside Ember's body also began to stir.

The Perfect Law Repair Rune, the Dead Prince's Repair Rune.

The two vied for their power within Ember's body, wanting to become the next law, the cornerstone of the new world.

Not only that, but even more terrifying power began to emerge.

Two wills were cast towards Ember in the vast starry sky. One was incomparably vast, filled with order and eternity; the other was cold and desolate, overflowing with loneliness and frost.

It was the gaze cast by the Supreme Will and Ranni's Dark Moon.

Yellow light began to appear in Ember's originally dark eyes, the light contained madness and chaos, enough to unify the world.

The withered flesh inside his full-body armor began to squirm, and the power of decay also began to stir.

But these powers were all unnoticed, while the other two hidden auras within Ember's body remained silent.

They were a mass of darkness and a cluster of flames.

Enough to plunge the world into darkness and start the transformation of all things.

They were like two lifeless zombies, quietly watching these "newcomers" struggling meaninglessly.

"Shut up!"

"You are not the laws I want!"

Ember shouted loudly, his voice echoing far and wide, reaching into the starry sky, reaching the ears of all the Outer Gods peering into the borderland.

Everything quieted down, and all the restless powers were surprised to find that a huge breath emanated from the borderland.

It was a power that could rival the Supreme Will!

Ember opened his hands, and the armor on his body began to burn again, and mighty sparks surged from the gaps in his armor!

Soon, vigorous flames began to ignite from Ember's body.

The crackling sound of flames was like the burning of thick firewood, and it was also like the roar of thousands of souls.

"Indeed, this is feasible." Ember felt everything about himself igniting and smiled comfortably.

"Hahaha! Now, I will also become the sun!" Ember still maintained the posture of spreading his arms to the sky, even as the Golden Tree began to burn, even as everything about him was about to be engulfed by flames.

...

Rodel, the Grand Plaza of the Elden Throne.

At this moment, many people gathered in front of the Elden Throne. There was no solemnity as the throne's place, but no one cared about it.

Because they were all invited by Ember to witness the beginning of a new era.

These people were all redeemed by Ember, and they were also his closest friends, proof that he had been to this world.

"So, you really didn't accept my laws?" Ranni felt the will of her Dark Moon fading away from the borderland, feeling a sinking feeling in her heart.

Although when Ember returned the ring and the Dark Moon Sword to her, she understood that Ember didn't want to be her king.

But when this scene actually happened before Ranni's eyes, the inevitable sense of loss still struck her heart.

"Then let me see, my admired one, my only king, your laws!" After all, she was a demigod. Although she was "diminished" a bit, Ranni quickly adjusted her mood.

The silent silence didn't last long. When a ray of fire appeared at the foot of the Golden Tree, the crowd began to stir.

"No! It's impossible!! The king wouldn't choose the flames of madness!!!" The first to speak was Melina. At this moment, her face, which was usually calm, was more distorted than anyone else's.

"That's not madness, it's a kind of... a flame I've never seen before." Hathdah, her hands clasped together in front of her chest, said somewhat surprised.

Although the chaotic part of the madness inside her was taken away by Ember, as a witch of madness, Hathdah could still distinguish between madness and other flames.

Melina suddenly remembered something when she heard Hathdah's words. She raised her head and saw the sun, which was originally dim under the dazzling light of the Golden Tree, beginning to emit a soft and warm light.

She remembered Ember's joking words during the journey.

[Melina, why is the sun in the borderland so small?]

[The brilliance of the Golden Tree outshines the sun.]

[Then why are the people in the borderland so miserable?]

[...]

[In our place, the sun is like an extraordinary father, shining on everyone.]

[Here there is no sun, only the Golden Tree.]

[I will become the sun, huge and full of warmth.]

[As you wish, as long as you can take me to the foot of the Golden Tree.]

[Then you can put down your burden and do what you want.]

"Become the sun? I won't let this happen!" Melina's aura suddenly rose.

The eyelids with three claw marks opened, revealing purple eyes that had never seen light since birth.

"Swoosh!" Melina brought up a gust of wind and rushed towards the interior of the Golden Tree.

The ordinary mission short sword began to have black flames attached to it, which was the Fire of Destiny, the flame used to kill gods.

"Even if I have to kill your body, I will stop you from becoming the sun." Feeling the familiar aura getting closer, Melina pursed her lips and thought so.

The crowd watched Melina suddenly erupt, not reacting for a while, just watching, not knowing what to do.

"Darn it, here we go again, Sun! Sun! That guy is always on your mind! A worrying nice guy!" Patch, in the crowd, saw the anomaly in the sky and cursed softly, then shouted loudly:

"If you have the ability, hurry up, your king is about to burn himself!"

With that, Patch raised his shield and rushed in first.

...

"Huh? How did you come over, Woodhead?" Ember, still in the posture of praising the sun, said to Melina, who was running over from a distance across the sea of flames.

"Stop, King. You are already our sun, there is no need for this." Melina, rare not to refute Ember calling her a Woodhead, her voice already carrying a hint of crying.

"Is that so? Then it's my honor. But there are still more people who need the sun's light. Since I have become the king, I cannot ignore it." Ember did not stop, his tone was as stubborn as a rock.

"Clang! Clang!"

Four golden spears shot towards Ember's four limbs, trying to pin him down. But at the moment before they were about to hit, they were twisted by Ember and struck elsewhere.

"King, both your grievances and hatreds have been alleviated by you. With your wisdom, your laws will surely spread throughout the narrow lands. Burning yourself is unnecessary."

A golden figure flashed and appeared. It was supposed to be the dead Godwyn, the once perfect Golden Prince.

Elegant golden hair, handsome face, and a muscular figure, "perfect" seemed to exist just to describe him.

"You've overwhelmed me. I have the power of the king, but not the wisdom of the king. What I am doing now is only for the sake of making this world better. Don't forget, the Supreme Will has never given up on the borderland."

Ember paused and said happily, "I have a premonition that after today, there will be existences in the borderland that can rival, or even surpass me."

"Oh oh oh, that's exciting! But can you please come down? It's scary to just burn yourself without saying a word." Patch also ran over at this moment.

Hearing Patch's still playful tone, Ember smiled. Patch had not changed over the millennia, always owed a beating, always unexpected.

"My old friend, without gods as firewood, it is impossible to ignite flames that surpass the gods. This, you know better than me."

Ember said this sentence calmly, causing Patch to fall into silence for a moment.

"I'm leaving. Deliver a message for me to them." Ember felt that Ranni and Malena were approaching, and when he saw Melina's murderous gaze, he couldn't help but feel a little guilty.

"I have made many promises, don't doubt them, they are all born out of love. Now that I have violated these promises, don't doubt them either, it's also because of love."

"God loves the world, so do I."

After saying that, the explosion of fire spread like the opening of the sky and the earth.

Everyone in the borderland felt something and looked up.

They saw the Golden Tree, like a pillar supporting heaven and earth, enveloped in flames, floating up, and finally merging with the sun in the sky.

Under the sunlight, the bitterness and pain of life gradually dissipated.

The cracked spine of the immortal healed, the insane regained their sanity, and the limbs of the withered disease patients became strong again.

People underground looked up, seeing the eternal starry sky circulating again, the red in the Lake of Rot faded, and the Antherel River returned to clarity.

On the ground, the crimson dagger once again turned green. The corpses piled up in the borderland melted away like snow.

Endless souls spewed out of the sun. They were once sinners, but after being burnt in the furnace inside Ember's body, their sins and punishments were all burned away.

In front of the Elden Throne, people held up the sunlight and suddenly found that they had a little more blessing than others.

The extra blessing was of no use, just a proof of friendship. It was as if to say:

"God loves the world, but loves you more."

...

The morning light brought news. At the other end of the fog, our homeland "borderland," the Great Tree no longer stood tall. Under the sunlight, people would describe it as such—a time of hope, prosperity, and miracles.

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(End of this chapter)