Ming Yue and Ji Shi You had not expected Qing Lan to possess the strength of a sage.
Although Ming Yue was a princess of the Witch tribe, embodying the witchcraft of the twelve Ancestor Witches.
And Ji Shi You was the Son of the Moon, born with divinity.
He could mobilize the Tai Yin power of the Moon Palace for his own use, also a great god.
Yet, with just one blast of Qing Lan's Light of Destruction, the two were no match.
Thus, they gathered their cultivation, intending to self-destruct and perish with Qing Lan.
At this moment, the five-colored shield around them trembled violently.
Finally succumbing to the Light of Destruction, it vanished.
Ming Yue and Ji Shi You's cultivation also reached its peak.
Exchanging a smile, they simultaneously activated their divine consciousness, preparing to self-destruct.
Just then, a beam of moonlight cascaded from the sky.
It fell upon them, identical to the moonlight Ji Shi You emitted.
But its Tai Yin power was far more pure.
The moonlight was like water, cool as jade!
It soothed the violent, frenzied cultivation within Ming Yue and Ji Shi You.
Furthermore, it blocked the Light of Destruction, shielding their bodies.
Though outwardly similar to Ji Shi You's moonlight, this beam did not diminish after blocking the Light of Destruction.
It was likely more than a hundred times more potent than Ji Shi You's moonlight.
"Brother! It's Brother!
He said he wouldn't help me, so why did he intervene?"
Only one person could emit such moonlight.
It was Ji Shi You's elder brother, the Moon God, the master of the Moon Palace.
This greatly surprised Ji Shi You, who had regained his memories, for in the apocalypse.
Ming Yue had died, and due to the oath of a thousand reincarnations, only three lives remained.
After which she would vanish forever. Ji Shi You, guided by the Moon God,
entered reincarnation to alter his destiny. The Moon God had explicitly told Ji Shi You.
That by condensing the essence of moonlight into a Moon Essence Bead and accompanying Ji Shi You into reincarnation, he had already broken a taboo and would offer no further assistance.
Now, he had intervened again, emitting moonlight to help them resist the Light of Destruction.
This was unexpected for Ji Shi You, a mixture of pleasant surprise and astonishment.
"Why did I come? You two are going to drive me to death.
When I condensed the Moon Essence Bead to accompany you into reincarnation,
it was precisely to help you recover your memories at any time during these three reincarnations.
In the first two lives, the Moon Essence Bead was by your side.
Yet, you paid it no heed. In the modern era,
the jewelry that Old Madam Ji wanted to give Ming Yue was the Moon Essence Bead.
But Ming Yue refused it, choosing a bracelet instead.
In the second life, the Moon Essence Bead was in the imperial palace's treasury.
You fool, when picking dowry for Ming Yue,
you emptied almost the entire treasury, leaving only that behind.
This is the final life. Had I not leaked the news,
claiming a rare treasure had appeared in Sifang Mountain, you would have missed it again.
Although I am bound by my status and cannot interfere in the reincarnation affairs of the lower realms,
you are my only brother, and Ming Yue is my sister-in-law.
Heaven's will is ruthless, but humans have emotions.
The supreme being forgets all emotions, but can brotherhood and blood ties be forgotten so easily?
I have been watching you from the Moon Palace.
Could I stand by and watch you walk to your deaths?
You must understand, this is the final life of a thousand reincarnations.
If destiny cannot be defied, Ming Yue's soul will dissipate.
I know that if Ming Yue dies, you will not live on alone.
Therefore, even if it means defying heaven's will today, risking the destruction of my divinity and the stripping of my immortal title,
I cannot stand idly by. I must help you overcome this trial.
Let us, as a family, join forces.
Defy destiny, and break this fate!"
While Ji Shi You was still bewildered, he saw a figure clad in moon-white.
Appearing out of thin air before him, it was his elder brother, the Moon God.
He lectured him with great disappointment.
"Moon God!
So it was you who spread the rumor of a rare treasure appearing in Sifang Mountain.
How dare you, as a Xuan Tian True God, the master of the Moon Palace,
interfere in the reincarnation affairs of a minor world. Are you not afraid of my punishment?"
Upon seeing the Moon God appear, Qing Lan showed no fear.
Instead, he put on a stern face and reprimanded the Moon God.
This left Ji Shi You and Ming Yue bewildered. The Moon God held a high position in the celestial realm.
Yet, Qing Lan showed him no regard, casually scolding him. His rank must be considerably higher than the Moon God's. Who was he?
However, it was not the time to ask.
So they both looked at the Moon God, eager to hear his reply.
"What is punishment compared to protecting my brother?
Heaven's will is ruthless, but it upholds karma.
According to destiny, if these two
achieve perfection in even one of their thousand reincarnations,
it would be equivalent to changing destiny, and fate could be rewritten.
Even if it means my death and the dissolution of my Dao, I must help them.
Do not think I am unaware that, bound by the rules of the world,
the higher the cultivation, the greater the suppression.
To avoid disrupting this world, you must suppress your cultivation.
Your power in this small world is less than one or two-tenths of its full potential.
I should still have the strength to fight. For the sake of these two, I apologize!"
The Moon Serpent Woman did not mention Qing Lan's identity, but politely clasped his hands in greeting.
Then, she extended her right hand and pointed to the sky.
The space that had been sealed was restored to normal.
The bright sun shone, and blue skies with white clouds appeared.
Then, stars shifted, the golden crow set in the west, and the jade rabbit rose in the east.
Ribbons of moonlight poured down, converging into a beam in the Moon God's hand.
The Moon God fiercely struck the Light of Destruction with the staff formed by condensed moonlight.
"Destruction signifies a beginning.
Time is the best witness!"
The Moon God's voice echoed through the heavens, and the Light of Destruction was shattered by his staff.
It dissipated in the air like starlight.
The various things that had been annihilated by the Light of Destruction reappeared.
"The power of time?
However, you have not fully comprehended it.
This is not true power of time, nor is it a true beginning.
It is merely a transfer. Do you think by transferring these things from before the destruction
through the power of time, you can deceive me?
Destruction is destruction. Even if you move things that existed in past time,
it cannot change the present outcome.
It is still fleeting smoke, like floating clouds."
Qing Lan looked at the Moon God, a slight smile on his lips.
With a wave of his sleeve, the flowers, plants, trees, mountains, and buildings that had reappeared
dissipated like smoke, vanishing once more.
Then, with another wave of his sleeve, a string of symbols appeared.
They looked obscure and difficult to understand. Ming Yue and Ji Shi You had never seen them,
nor did they know what each symbol represented, making them dizzy.
"Dao Script!"
Ming Yue and Ji Shi You did not recognize it, but the Moon God did.
Upon seeing the symbols, his expression changed drastically.
His hands moved like dancing butterflies, forming a series of gestures.
The moon in the sky suddenly radiated brilliant light.
The originally cool and calm moonlight became sharp as a blade.
All of it was channeled into the Moon God's hand. The staff formed by condensed moonlight
changed shape, transforming into a silver spear, its tip flashing with sharp light.
The Moon God gathered all his strength, concentrating it in his arm.
Then, he stepped forward, twisted his waist, and let out a great roar.
He hurled the spear in his hand fiercely towards the string of symbols.
However, the string of symbols in the air,
though it emitted no magical fluctuations or light,
shattered into pieces and vanished upon contact with the moonlight spear.
The spear's attack seemed to have angered the symbols.
They lined up like a chain and flew towards the Moon God, binding him tightly.
With a wave of Qing Lan's hand, the symbol chain, carrying the Moon God, flew towards the Moon Palace in the sky.
"Now, it is your turn. Go on your way.
The thousand reincarnations end here!"
With a wave of Qing Lan's sleeve, Ming Yue and Ji Shi You instantly turned into flying ash, scattering in the air.