The sealed figure of Prythian gradually disappeared from the sight of the three, leaving only Xing Chen and the siblings Xiao Te and Theresis in the white space.
"Theresa, what should we do next?" Xing Chen drew his black sword.
"I have acquired annanah's authority. This area no longer needs to exist. Let's destroy it."
"Alright." Theresis nodded.
The two raised their swords and struck the giant control panel in the center of the white space.
As the machinery was destroyed, the white space also began to collapse.
The three fell back onto the top of the tower built by Theresa. At this moment, the giant rhombus in the sky had disappeared, and a red Originium emitting immense energy appeared in Theresa's hand.
Afterward, they found the prototype of Xiao Te among the collective souls, who readily accepted the sealing process.
A gentle breeze swept through the space where the collective souls resided. Theresa told Xing Chen that their ancestors were bidding them farewell.
As the last bit of light faded, the space of the collective souls became completely silent.
Xiao Te and Theresis set up a small altar to bid farewell to their ancestors.
Xing Chen didn't understand Sarkaz cultural traditions but still emulated their actions.
After the farewell, Theresa summoned annanah.
Prythian knew it was impossible to keep the original Originium from the siblings, and also holding a glimmer of hope for an unknown future, she granted annanah and a portion of her authority to them (and Xing Chen).
Xiao Te and Theresis did not gain the full ability to control the Originium.
They couldn't do things like Prythian, such as remolding their bodies with Originium, consuming large amounts of Originium to decompress people from the Internalized Universe into the real world, or rapidly proliferating Originium.
All they could do was slightly modify certain areas of the Internalized Universe, or disable commands like "Originium proliferation" or "assimilation acceleration."
With this partial authority, it was enough to achieve their goal: to completely free the Sarkaz from the whispers of the collective souls.
It also allowed them not to turn into Originium dust in an instant when facing Prythian.
The red Originium floated in the air. Theresa closed her eyes and used her crown to control it, releasing its power.
The space created by the Far-Caster using Originium slowly collapsed. From this point on, the souls of the Sarkaz would be completely liberated after their bodies disappeared.
At this moment, Xing Chen finally understood why Prythian had only given partial authority.
Because this way, even if Theresa was not proficient in operating it, it wouldn't lead to accidentally deleting too much data and crashing the system.
"All important information has been deleted. The system is irreversibly crashing. Let's get out of here quickly."
Theresa put away annanah and her crown, then turned to face Xing Chen and Theresis.
"Ah, I almost forgot about this," Theresa chuckled mischievously, then shouted at the collapsing space, "Lama Lien! Dukare! Can you hear me! We did it!"
After that, she grabbed Xing Chen and Theresis's hands and ran towards the exit of the Internalized Universe.
As the three figures disappeared into the portal, the tower also began to sway. Soon after, the Internalized Universe would revert to its original state.
Space collapsed, and the tower crumbled.
A giant rhombus reappeared in the black sky.
"What happened here? Why are there unauthorized operation records?"
Another Prythian walked out of the white-glowing rhombic doorway, vaguely revealing a vast space and white stone tablets on the other side.
Looking at the almost vanished space before her and the crumbling tower beneath her feet, Prythian felt a sense of confusion.
The rhombic light briefly appeared in her eyes, then vanished in an instant.
"Authority is gone? Someone took that Originium."
She waved her hand in the air, and two blurry horned black figures appeared before her.
"Instruction set missing. Image retrieval failed."
"Restart system, generate record entity."
The woman in white did not give up, attempting to use the authority in her hand to repair the system.
"Who on earth deleted so many core instructions at once!"
Prythian's composure was somewhat shattered, and she angrily kicked the tower.
The tower, unable to bear the weight, instantly collapsed, and Prythian landed steadily in the golden ocean.
"Forget it, it was an illegal space anyway. Let it disappear if it disappears."
Having come to terms with it, Prythian snapped her fingers, and the white-glowing rhombic portal reappeared behind her... The Western Cathedral of the Holy King.
The All Royal Courts were feeling puzzled by Theresa's voice in their minds just now.
At this moment, a rhombic portal appeared out of nowhere, and Theresis, Theresa, and Xing Chen tumbled out in sequence.
"Hey, that didn't hurt."
"Xing Chen, can you get up quickly? You're on top of me."
...Theresis didn't speak, just waited for the two stacked on him to get off.
"Sorry, I'm getting up now," Xing Chen scratched his head and stood up, "Were you guys eating sunflower seeds just now?"
As Xing Chen finished asking, the plant shell Lama Lien was holding dropped onto the table.
At this moment, the siblings Theresis and Theresa also climbed up from the ground.
"Theresis, what happened to your hand?"
Lama Lien gathered the sunflower seed shells to one side, then she keenly observed that Theresis's hand had completely turned into Originium.
"A small, insignificant price," Theresis kept the matter of Xing Chen and the black sword a secret.
"The Oripathy is worsening. You must seek treatment as soon as possible," Bozdcasti reminded Theresis.
"No big deal," Theresis said, then heavily slammed the table with his Originium hand, "It doesn't affect my sword swings, and it's even sturdier."
Xing Chen thought Theresis was joking, but it didn't seem very funny.
In any case, he and Theresa had survived. The cost of one hand turning into Originium was indeed insignificant for a Sarkaz; just look at Bozdcasti in the past.
"You... succeeded?" Dukare had lost his previous arrogance and asked cautiously.
"I just called you, didn't you hear me?" Theresa asked him with a smile.
"Then where is annanah?" Nieci Lei asked the three.
"Here."
Theresa finished speaking, and the three of them raised their hands together. Immediately, the red Originium appeared in the air.
The original Originium, one of the sources of Sarkaz suffering and power, now floated quietly in the hands of the three.
The crown and the Originium were both in Theresa's hands. Now, she was the undisputed King of the Sarkaz.
The last person to possess both was the Far-Caster, Tikaz's first King, thousands of years ago.
"Sarkaz, Tikaz, and the land of Terra, will be united in my hands. Who still has objections?"
Theresa held the Originium in her hand and spoke to the All Royal Courts gently but irresistibly.