Chapter 1568: Chapter 295: Eternal Empire's Seven Holy Artifacts

The black hole devouring everything, the shattered dragon-patterned jade pendant, the shadow of the golden divine dragon in the sky… All things tremble, and yet everything is silent.

At the moment the golden light from the jade pendant struck the black hole, a reverse pressure instantly scattered. The entire floating City of the Sun was directly torn to pieces at that moment, while the black hole suddenly contracted and then exploded.

They could even feel the air trembling, and the furious roar of the Lamp God.

“Damn Otto, what did you do again—!!”

The sound was subsequently drowned out.

Everything is already engulfed.

…

It is said that flowing water governs time, so time flows away… the sound of flowing water.

“Where is this place.”

In the darkness, a man’s voice sounded… it was Yiben’s voice. A drop of water dripped from the rock above onto his face, waking him up.

He didn’t know where he was, but he guessed he might have been thoroughly buried by the falling City of the Sun… Guardian Otto might be nearby, as they were together at the end.

Fortunately, even in such a catastrophe, Yiben wasn’t severely injured. His hands and feet were intact, so his movement wasn’t hindered, except that being in the darkness itself was already a significant obstacle.

But something was surging in his arms… Light, through his clothes, radiating from his body and illuminating the surroundings—Yiben shivered, hurriedly took out the item in his arms.

This was something he’d slyly snatched from the goddess’s coffin when everyone wasn’t paying attention in the tomb.

A blue gemstone… a faint blue glow emanated from this sapphire. Although the light was weak, it was enough to illuminate the surroundings, giving Yiben a momentary sense of comfort.

Yet, given that this sapphire was taken from the goddess’s corpse, and its eerie, flickering blue luster left Yiben feeling a wave of uncertainty… If not for his greedy nature at work, he wouldn’t have had the guts to snatch this gemstone from the goddess’s corpse.

“But going in this direction?” Yiben stared at the sapphire in his hand at that moment—it seemed to react strongly to a certain direction, the brightness of its flicker particularly intense.

Trapped amidst the ruins of the collapsed City of the Sun, Yiben, with feelings of fear in his heart, could only follow the direction indicated by the sapphire.

As he moved along the path… the sapphire’s glow became increasingly intense, as if it were close to reaching where it wanted to be.

Yiben eventually pushed aside a stone slab on his path… Upon removing the slab, light scattered, forcing him to cover his eyes with his hands!

It was the temple… the massive temple deep within the royal palace!

But the temple had collapsed, only half its remnants visible… Around it was a horrifying large pit, filled with the shattered structures of the City of the Sun.

They were buried in sand or stacked chaotically around… The subterranean darkness had been dug out in this disaster, breaking apart, collecting at the base of the pit, gradually covering the temple’s remains. Before long… the bottom of the pit transformed into a small pond.

The sapphire in Yiben’s hand seemed eager to leap out… But its struggle was not particularly strong, and Yiben’s grip barely managed to keep hold of it… until the blue gemstone suddenly developed more strength, charging vigorously downward.

Unable to let go, Yiben was dragged to the bottom of the pit by the gemstone’s power.

Ah—!!!!

He fell onto the remains of the temple, with the cold water from the dark underground flowing beneath… As he landed, he rolled to avoid breaking arms or legs, albeit looking rather disheveled.

However, the sapphire fell from his hand because of this, rolling… rolling until it stopped, and at that moment, a slender hand picked up the blue gemstone.

Yiben was taken aback, lying on the ground, he didn’t bother to get up, hurriedly raising his head to look, “Eh… Why are you here!”

Yiben was genuinely surprised—the reason for his surprise was that he encountered here the young man who had initially infiltrated the royal palace with him, Otto, and the disguised Princess!

The person was still dressed in royal guard attire!

“This gemstone is mine!” Why is this guy in this place… It’s not time to think about that question, the fact that the sapphire wasn’t in his hand was causing Yiben deep anxiety, and he quickly got up, ran towards the young guard… Boss Luo, face unfriendly and said: “This thing is something I picked up!”

“Do you like wealth?” Boss Luo suddenly asked.

“Nonsense!” Yiben frowned, “No one hates wealth! Even those who detest it have at most a level of indifference! They need it! Because they still have to eat!”

Boss Luo nodded, then waved his hand, causing a pile of scattered stones on the ground to float, around five or six dozen pieces—they were ordinary stones, yet in Yiben’s eyes, they emitted golden glows!

Gold… these ordinary stone fragments turned into gold, weighing nearly a hundred kilograms.

“If you like wealth, I’ll trade these gold for the gemstone in your hand, how about it.” Boss Luo casually said, “Of course, it could be something else. Strictly speaking, this gemstone doesn’t belong to you, but you put effort into bringing it out. Effort should be rewarded.”

“Gold!” Yiben’s eyes widened, grabbing a floating chunk of gold closest to him… A fist-sized piece of gold, “Are these all real?”

Boss Luo chuckled, “These aren’t just gold, as long as they appear in any place with the concept of gold, they unequivocally constitute wealth… I assure you.”

“Why should I believe you!” Yiben suddenly shuddered!

He experienced too much today, everything felt so bizarre and surreal, no matter how convincing the gold looked, he dared not trust easily.

“Because I don’t lie.” Boss Luo casually smiled, “You will believe me… I assure you, this gold substantially exceeds the intrinsic value of that sapphire. As for what’s inside, it serves no purpose for you.”

“Oh… fine.” Yiben nodded, instinctively feeling that the other’s words were truthful, choosing belief over doubt, as he gathered the gold into his arms, curiously asking, “What is this gemstone, exactly?”

“You’ll know shortly.”

After speaking, Luo Qiu took the blue gemstone and turned away — he didn’t vanish in front of Yiben, just moved forward… Yiben widened his eyes, only now realizing that behind this mysterious youth was something else…

Other people.

The Third Yamanlana, Pharaoh, Xie Jiatu, Princess… Yamanlana, and the body of the deceased girl who bore the Will of the Scales.

…

Upon closer inspection, the body of the Third Yamanlana was covered with fine cracks — she looked like a terracotta figure about to shatter.

Clearly, that face was exquisitely flawless.

Yiben dared not look directly into the eyes of the Third Yamanlana — he felt it was not a gaze that humans should possess, indifferent, powerful, making one shiver, like a deity.

The Scale of Good and Evil was still in the hands of the Third Yamanlana, and the ball of light lingering after the Will of the Scales extinguished its subjective thoughts was also in her hands.

Xie Jiatu and Pharaoh had dispelled their divine transformation, returning to their original forms… on closer inspection, Pharaoh and Xie Jiatu actually had some similarities.

After all, Pharaoh was a life cultivated by Xie Jiatu using his own gene fragments… even if their appearance was adjusted, their eyes were strikingly similar.

The princess’s face was pale, yet determined… the Vessel Yamanlana had also come back to her senses, her eyes clear as before, although there seemed to be something else in them.

The Third Yamanlana suddenly said, “My body is about to shatter; it can’t withstand the power of Horus and Set… the person who granted me this power won’t allow me to hold these inherently antagonistic forces for long. I am alone to fulfill my father’s wish.”

Upon hearing this, Pharaoh sighed with a complex look, “Believe me, Yamanlana… I made a wish, but I can’t control how it gets fulfilled… it’s me, I possess too little, not enough to let you… let you stay.”

But the Third Yamanlana shook her head.

Is it not enough?

How powerful is the force of Horus and Set… after all, they are great deities from Ancient Egyptian civilization and opposing gods. Now these two forces remain quietly within her body without backlash, which in itself is a miracle.

Father… has exchanged everything he had for such a miracle.

“It’s enough.” The Third Yamanlana shook her head, “We are all mortals. What mortals can achieve to this point is… is already a bargain.”

Without the support of Horus and Set’s power, the Will of the Scale will complete six centuries of planning, seizing control from its master to liberate its own sacred power under the guise of divine intelligence.

Of course… this involves the efforts of Pharaoh and Xie Jiatu, and the mysterious appearance of the Lamp God as an unknown factor.

That’s how everyone ultimately overcame the Will of the Scales.

The Third Yamanlana’s gaze moved to the young man approaching slowly… Luo Qiu, who brought her back from the world of the dead, her gaze contained a hint of gratitude.

Some things, even Pharaoh and Xie Jiatu themselves couldn’t see or feel— but possessing the powers of two ancient deities, she could understand.

Pharaoh’s transaction was apparently insufficient to topple the Will of the Scales… yet the final result came, the Will of the Scales dissipated, it can only be said that the other party in the transaction, Luo Qiu, used another way to complete the imbalance within the transaction.

For instance, the last bullet fired by Princess.

Directly resolving everything, or merely aiding from the sidelines and offering critical help at key moments… as long as the end result is the same, evidently the latter appears to be more ‘cheap’.

“Then… my mission is completed.” The Third Yamanlana smiled slightly, her body slowly beginning to disintegrate before Pharaoh and Xie Jiatu, “I’m glad, even if I’ve died, to return and see you once more… father. I’m sorry, I intended to erase the City of the Sun as well… I should have done more, I… I let you down.”

“Yamanlana!” Pharaoh rushed up in anger, embracing the Third Yamanlana who was about to shatter, “More than enough! More than enough! More… than enough…”

Shattered!

The Pharaoh of the Kingdom’s hands could hold nothing anymore.

…

Vessel Yamanlana and Princess both sighed almost simultaneously, looking at Pharaoh, whose life seemed to have ended in an instant.

They were also daughters of this man… princess and Yamanlana, they too were — but at this moment they found even the simple act of stepping forward to embrace this man was not doable.

Vessel Yamanlana slowly sighed, she waved her hand, and the Scale of Good and Evil as well as the source of the Will of the Scales, lacking a controller due to the shattering of the Third Yamanlana, flew into her hands.

Vessel Yamanlana placed the source of the Will of the Scales within the Scale of Good and Evil, and looked down at it, whispering softly, “The Scale of Good and Evil was never meant to belong to this world… it’s an exotic item brought back from the Void by Solar Deity Ra, meant to judge humanity and divide souls… its power is so vast it can divide the soul of the entire world.”

“You are…” Princess immediately frowned, “Yamanlana, or… Goddess of Justice?”

Vessel Yamanlana seemed not to hear the Princess’s question, only gazing deeply at Boss Luo, suddenly asking, “Although the Scale was brought back from the Void by Solar Deity Ra, it’s bound with my soul and belongs to me… can it be traded?”

“Of course.” Boss Luo nodded with a smile.

“I was already dead, my lingering soul within the scale was not by my intent…” Vessel Yamanlana nodded, then surprisingly tossed the Scale of Good and Evil to Luo Qiu, “Take it.”

The Scale of Good and Evil in hand.

It was Luo Qiu’s first time personally touching this mighty sacred artifact… as the Scale of Good and Evil settled in the palm of his hand, information about the Scale naturally flashed through Boss Luo’s consciousness.

——The Scale of Good and Evil, one of the Seven Sacred Artifacts of the Eternal Empire, a component of the Eternity Wheel.

A simple piece of information about the Scale yet enough to stir Boss Luo… the Scale is a relic of the already destroyed Eternal Empire, originally brought from the Void by Solar Deity Ra!

Aside from the Penglai Treasury, the Scale of Good and Evil is the second object related to the Eternal Empire that Luo Qiu has encountered…