Abyssal Chronicles-Chapter 1023: The Vanishing Pale Light

"Any news of Eos?"

Yumo’s voice was calm as water, but subtly revealed concern about this unpredictable factor named Eos.

Even though Eos seemed absent-minded, she was still a powerful demon, a terrifying 9th-level existence.

The slightest carelessness could cause irreparable damage to the world.

Xiao understood this well.

Since taking on the task of finding Eos, he had mobilized the Black Rose family’s vast resources and information networks, searching desperately for traces of her. Not just the Black Rose family, but Holy Lomari, the Dragon Race, and Elf Race also participated. However, Eos had vanished like a ethereal phantom, untraceable even by the Black Rose family.

Xiao’s brows furrowed, his expression filled with undisguised disappointment and guilt. He lowered his head, trying to maintain calm:

"I apologize, Lady Yumo, we still haven’t found her. Not a single clue."

Seeming to sense Xiao’s self-blame, Yumo sighed softly, responding in a gentle tone.

She had somewhat expected this result.

"Xiao, this isn’t your fault. Eos is also a 9th-level, if she really wants to hide, it’s nearly impossible to find her. Not just you, even my Blood Butterfly swarms couldn’t find her."

"Ah."

Xiao shook his head helplessly.

He, who always sought stability, truly couldn’t tolerate such a terrifying uncertainty in the world.

After pondering for a moment, he looked up at Yumo, his eyes flashing with suspicion and hope.

"Lady Yumo, since Eos was Asar’s contracted servant, might Asar know her location?"

Indeed,

The Chosen One, Asar.

She hadn’t actually died.

"Her... enmm,"

Yumo pursed her lips with complex emotions.

Yumo gently waved her hand, and soft, mysterious murmurs seemed to echo in the air. Then, surrounded by crimson Shadow Power, a weak blue light appeared in the girl’s palm, slowly taking shape. This was Asar’s remnant soul - the once radiant, noble Chosen One who had suppressed Yumo, a 9th-level powerhouse...

Now reduced to a tiny, powerless ball of light, trembling helplessly in Yumo’s palm.

What an absurdly comical sight.

That day, After Asar’s suicide and consumption by the gold-red light beam, she had indeed nearly vanished completely. The light that devoured Asar was the Judgment Temple’s strongest technique - ’Punishment’. Once the Judgment Eyes deemed someone unforgivably guilty, the sinner would instantly be ground to nothingness - a truly terrifying move.

However, ’Punishment’s’ power actually depended on what crimes the sinner had committed, giving them the most appropriate ending. In some sense, it was extremely fair and just.

Considering Asar had threatened her children to blackmail her, Yumo truly had no intention of sparing her life.

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But Asar herself, perhaps due to ignorance or other reasons, wasn’t sentenced to complete soul destruction by the Judgment Eyes. Under the Punishment light’s baptism, she merely lost her body and power, reverting to a soul with memories but insignificant strength.

Since it was the Judgment Eyes verdict, Yumo chose to accept it after some inner conflict.

Experiencing that ultimate power, but then being stripped of it and reduced to the weakest, most powerless state.

This, Perhaps for Asar, Was the cruelest punishment. So, Yumo had fashioned chains from Shadow Power, tethering Asar like a puppy beside her.

Glancing at the terrified, trembling Asar in her hand, Yumo shook her head contemptuously:

"Her? She knows nothing now. After her physical body was destroyed, her soul contract with Eos ended - how could she possibly find Xia?"

"I see..."

Xiao shook his head with disappointment and regret, looking at Asar’s remnant soul in Yumo’s hand with equally mixed feelings.

"Then what does Lady Yumo plan to do with this remnant soul?"

"Hmmm…"

Thoughtfully watching the trembling weak soul orb in her hand, Yumo gradually showed a playful smile:

"Let Youlan play with her. That child still has many experiments she wants to do - this Chosen One can help out~"

As soon as she finished speaking, Yumo slowly withdrew her hand, and Asar’s remnant soul transformed into a beam of light in her palm, suddenly returning into Yumo’s body. Since Yumo already had a way to deal with the Chosen One, Xiao said no more.

"Understood, Milady."

"As for Eos, continue searching."

"Yes... Oh right, Lady Yumo. There’s one more thing I’m quite concerned about..."

Xiao spoke slowly after slight hesitation.

"The soul contract between Asar and Eos, I feel... something’s not quite right."

"Not right?"

Yumo raised an eyebrow, looking at Xiao in confusion.

"How to put it... According to my knowledge of soul studies and contract theory, to form an absolute loyalty soul contract, both parties must exchange souls. And divine power and Shadow Power are absolutely conflicting forces - when exchanging souls these two forces would also merge, and as you know, Lady Yumo. When these opposing forces collide, they produce particularly terrible energy. Setting aside Eos - she’s an Abyssal Lord with extraordinary physical qualities, so it’s not strange she could suppress that energy. But Asar? When contracting with Eos, wasn’t she just a normal person at level 7 or 8? Could she really withstand that kind of power?"

"You mean?"

"I hope I’m worrying needlessly, but I think Eos’s master isn’t Tania, nor Asar..."

"..."

Hearing these words, the black-haired girl fell silent.

…

Meanwhile, In the distant Dead Sea realm, a mysterious and powerful force was brewing. Under the bright sunlight, pale Shadow Power spun above that desolate sea, forming ripples of energy like lotus petals, suddenly breaking the silence between heaven and earth. This power seemed like an undercurrent that had long lurked beneath the surface, quietly gathering strength, waiting to explode.

Deep underwater,

A little girl quietly resting at the Dead Sea’s bottom gradually rose under the cover of violent Shadow Power.

The next moment,

"BOOM!!!"

With an earth-shattering roar, Eos’s starlight-bright figure suddenly burst from the sea surface. Shadow Power surrounded her body as she became a pale shooting star. As if responding to some summons, she shot straight into the clouds without hesitation, her speed like aurora traversing between stars.

"Crack~"

With a swing of her energy sword, the expressionless girl suddenly tore open a spatial rift hidden in the sky, instantly entering the space-time chaos, disappearing like a meteor into the firmament. In this pitch-black flow full of chaos and disorder, ordinary people could barely stand, would even be instantly torn apart by the spatial turbulence, but Eos directly ignored these howling currents with her powerful soul and physical strength.

In the surging space-time chaos, Eos steadily traversed at an amazing speed, like an arrow of light, straight toward her destination. Behind her, the trailing energy gradually dispersed in the chaotic space-time flow, like a comet’s trail across the vast universe, marking her path.

After a brief twisted and unstable journey, surrounded by pale ghostly light, Eos finally reached her destination.

Before her appeared a mysterious woman with ice-blue radiance and waterfall-like long hair. This woman was shrouded in power even more concentrated and terrifying than the Shadow Power on Eos, her presence so powerful that even Eos instinctively felt oppressed. Due to her hood and the Shadow Power mist surrounding her, the woman’s true appearance was hard to discern.

However, the moment she saw this figure, Eos confirmed her identity, excitement unconsciously leaking from her empty eyes.

"Master~"

Eos’s tone broke from its previous emptiness, joy flowing genuinely from her heart.

The next moment,

Eos stopped her high-speed flight before the woman, landing steadily before her.

Then, the girl dispelled her power shield, revealing her true form, dignified and humble.

Before this person, Eos showed great respect, lowering her head in an attendant’s pose, obediently and quietly waiting for instructions or orders.

The mysterious woman emanating cold air, her ice-blue pupils flashing slightly, seemed to be examining Eos before her, or perhaps gazing thoughtfully through the distant spatial rift at that world, wordlessly. The Shadow Power around her slowly rotated in space, creating a calm and mysterious environment.

In this profound and mysterious atmosphere, in the surge of ice-blue Shadow Power, the figures of the woman and Eos gradually blurred, finally completely merging into the chaotic space-time flow.

Above the Dead Sea realm, the spatial rift torn by Eos slowly closed after the two vanished, returning to its original state...