"Buzz——!!!"

The consciousness of the two wasn’t simply joining together, but merging like milk and water, inseparable.

A fusion that transcended a contract.

A marvelous status transcending even the bonds of life and death was born between them.

Aster Grant’s consciousness felt Lazuli’s entirety.

He saw Lazuli’s heart, stubbornly burning, almost devoured by darkness.

He felt the soul-tearing pain that came from her burning the Divine Position.

And touched her pure, unwavering obsession to find her owner, protect him, and never give up.

Lazuli’s consciousness was the same.

She perceived everything.

She understood Aster Grant’s weighty responsibility towards Vera, Veridia, and everyone behind him.

Further touched the fiery emotion buried deep in his soul, hidden towards her.

Lazuli’s consciousness trembled mightily.

That emotion wasn’t just the responsibility of a Contracted Tamed Beast, nor merely the trust between Beastbond and Beast Tamer....

It was a kind of emotion she never dared to think deeply about, nor confirm.

It’s love!!

It’s a kind of affection that even Aster Grant himself might not fully realize.

This emotion, fiery, pure, deep.

Also carried a cautious care.

It was wrapped layer by layer by Aster Grant’s rationale.

Buried deep under the obsessions of responsibility, guardianship, and becoming stronger.

Yet in this moment of soul fusion, it was unavoidably presented before Lazuli.

Lazuli’s heart was completely overwhelmed by this unreserved, fiery emotion.

So it was...

The master also had such feelings for her.

She realized she wasn’t just infatuated.

"Master..."

Lazuli’s consciousness called soundlessly.

All the pain, all the sacrifice, all the persistence.

In this moment, all turned into Power.

She no longer wanted just to protect.

But had to walk together with Aster Grant.

Travel anywhere, face any future, until the end of time.

The same fiery, the same deep, the same cautiously treasured emotions up to now.

In the supreme Realm of soul fusion, collided with a tremendous roar.

Then...

Perfectly fused, resonated, and transcended.

At this moment, the constraints of the contract became insignificant, the boundaries of life and death seemed to blur.

No need for any words.

The fusion of consciousness contained thousands of words, explained everything.

Accompanying this emotion is...

An unimaginable qualitative change in Energy.

The dazzling gold-white intertwining light surrounding them suddenly became more solid, more restrained.

The color of the light began to transform towards a more pure chaos.

The black Domain formed by Demon God Valley, in front of this transcended light...

Began to stagnate, fear, and recede!

In this instant.

The darkness melted and retreated rapidly, like snow meeting the blazing sun!

The perception of everything deprived by darkness—vision, hearing, touch...

All stripped sensations swiftly returned as the golden light spread!

The thick, suffocating darkness.

Like a curtain torn open by an invisible giant hand, shattered, disappeared!

In just a few breaths.

The darkness that devoured everything, filled with despair.

Was completely dispelled by this light that fused Aster Grant and Lazuli’s Power.

Replaced with a space of over a thousand meters in radius.

A golden space enveloping Aster Grant, Lazuli, and nearby Vera, Veridia, Isabelle, and Iris Ashford!

"No... impossible!!!"

The mind of Demon God Valley emitted disbelief for the first time... even tinged with a trace of fear in the roar.

The black abyss he regarded as an Absolute Domain, that buried several worlds.

Was now emitting the sizzling, grief-stricken whine, as if ice thrown into red-hot iron.

That warm, golden light which instinctively made him feel repulsed.

Was now unfolding from within his Domain with an unstoppable stance, purifying, and replacing!

Even more shocking was, the driver of this force...

Wasn’t any profound Energy, but...

An emotion Resonance that seemed small, fragile, and meaningless to him?

How could the bond between mere ants possibly cause a qualitative change in Power?

How could it possibly shake the Absolute Domain constructed by his Demon God will and the whole Demon Abyss?

Unbelievable!

Utterly absurd!

Yet...

It was happening truly!

"How could mere ants possibly be my opponents!!!"

The mind of Demon God Valley roiled in the boiling darkness.

The rage and murderous intent soared again.

But this time, mixed within was a trace he himself hadn’t noticed...

Fear!!!

Isabelle floated at the edge of the golden space.

Her pale golden dragon eyes nearly frozen, fixating on the region replacing the darkness, emitting warm and majestic light.

And in the center, the two figures standing apart yet exuding an aura so united, inseparable.

The Law within her still chaotic, the searing pain persisted.

But at this moment, all these pains were overshadowed by the massive shock from the sight before her.

That golden light... that Power...

She had never seen such pure, chaotic Power manifestation.

What further shook her heart was Aster Grant and Lazuli’s Status at this moment.

Their aura was integrated almost indistinguishably, as if two separate entities, yet formed a perfect whole at a deeper level.

She could feel that the reason this golden space could so effortlessly disperse the Demon God’s dark Domain...

Was because it contained a kind of Power she couldn’t comprehend.

"They..."

Isabelle’s lips moved slightly, but found herself speechless.

Vera and Veridia stood quietly in the gold nearby.

Their eyes reflecting the images of those two figures at the center.

Both of them had just exerted their utmost efforts to escape that darkness.

Yet...

The two had not reached such an extreme Resonate state with Aster Grant.

Both understood from beginning to end...

That they could never surpass Lazuli’s unique place in Aster Grant’s heart.

But even though both knew all of this clearly.

Within the depths of their hearts, they still uncontrollably felt a twinge of envy.

At this moment.

Aster Grant slowly turned his head to look at Lazuli beside him.

Her eyes at this moment clearly reflected Aster Grant’s image.

The two needed no words, their minds were in sync.

Aster Grant extended his hand, gently holding Lazuli’s slightly cool hand.

At the instant of touching her fingertips, the fused souls and Divine Power between them resonated anew.

The golden light erupted from their clasped hands, converged, extended, condensed.

A giant sword formed from the Divine Power flowing from their Divine Positions appeared in their hands.

The sword’s body was long, its entire form surging with chaotic, unclear light.

At the sword hilt, their Power intertwined and entwined, like their tightly connected souls at this moment.

As the sword formed, invisible pressure swept the surroundings.

Even the roaring darkness paused momentarily.

Aster Grant and Lazuli stood side by side, jointly holding this sword.

Eyes locked onto the place where the Demon God Valley’s mind was most concentrated in the darkness.

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