Skyfire Avenue - Chapter 799

Chapter 799

Chapter 799: Salvation, Purification

Luo Xianni’s body became solid once more . A faint smile played on her lips .

“It feels pretty good . Universal protogenia used to be an ever-present ache . Luckily I have my daughter with me . ” Her eyes opened and a sense of calm hung over her . Everything seemed normal, and Lan Jue could feel no surges of power or protogenic fluctuations wafting from her . His mother appeared no different than she had a moment ago .

To Lan Jue, Luo Xianni’s breakthrough was nothing spectacular . However he had been in the arena the whole time and was unaware of what had happened outside . His only metric was his perception, and there were no flashy displays of power or waves of energy he could feel . The most marked difference was physical, as his mother seemed in prime health . She seemed less inhibited .

Qianlin’s Domain had masterfully concealed Luo Xianni’s powers . It had allowed her to stretch, fully expressing her protogenia without fear of universal retribution . So long as Qianlin was near, Luo Xianni could use her full might in a conflict . It went without saying that this was good news, much better than the struggle Jue Di had faced during his breakthrough .

Luo Xianni lifted her arms and let it fall carelessly around Qianlin’s neck . “What a wonderful daughter-in-law . This feels wonderful . When the two of you marry I’ll hang around with the two of you, what do you think?”

Qianlin bashfully dropped her head . Lan Jue chortled . “That would be wonderful . Us and dad all together . But we still have a lot to do . Mother, Qianlin’s Domain is able to heal the aliens’ victims, so we’re going to go handle that problem . There are still the other planets we need to retake from the progenitors . Our mission is far from over . ”

Mika had sent them correspondence saying Zeus-1 was on its way back to Angel . The planet was vast and there were many victims to heal before she returned . Lan Qing had already passed down the order for the ground team to try and gather the mutant humans as best as possible .

“This is not difficult,” Luo Xianni assured . “I’ll help you – twice the result with half the effort . Come . ” As she spoke she waved her hand, and a pink light arose in the air before them . To Lan Jue and Qianlin it was like reality sped around them . Suddenly they were in a different place .

Luo Xianni continued to flit her hands back and forth, tracing lines of pink with each motion . Where they appeared the air rippled, but they didn’t move . However, below them vast numbers of infected humans vanished without foundation . They blinked back into existence crowded together in a mass of frozen monstrosities .

There were no limits to the influence of the Infinite . Clearly Luo Xianni’s breakthrough had catapulted her already incredible abilities to new heights . The entire planet seemed firmly under her control .

Lan Jue could faintly discern images in her mother’s eyes . They were scenes of other places around Angel, where Luo Xianni was picking up the infected and depositing them here . From their lofty vantage they could see the crowd below growing ever larger .

“Release your Domain!” The Photographer commanded .

Qianlin obeyed, and quickly the white light of her Domain spread out across the sky . The light of Guanyin settled upon the ten square kilometers of mutated victims below . It was the farthest she could extend her newfound abilities .

Lan Jue floated behind her, then wrapped his arms around her slender waist . Immediately upon contact Qianlin could feel her capabilities improve . The breadth of her Domain swelled to several times its former size .

This was the difference between Reflection of Heaven and Earth and Nirvana .

Qianlin’s dharmic image reemerged from nothing, and with Lan Jue’s help it was clearer than ever . Even people in space could see the rapidly thousand-meter tall manifestation of Qianlin’s power .

Its lily-white robes fluttered as white light poured out in all directions . To the allied forces it was like watching a true angel descend from heaven, spreading its holy light over the blighted landscape .

The victims below had begun to react . Tendrils of poisoned mist were expelled from the millions of infected bodies . It created a haze of toxic fumes, but the light of Guanyin quickly burned it all away . Within the span of a few seconds nothing remained of the progenitor’s corrupting influence .

Lan Jue’s perception was razor sharp, he could feel how draining Qianlin’s Domain was on her . However, that lasted only for a moment, for after the full extent of her abilities were released her strength rapidly recovered . She recouped more than she spent .

As their powers mingled Lan Jue could distinctly feel her protogenia flowing through him . It nourished him, feeding his cultivation . Just expressing her Domain could improve one’s cultivation – incredible!

Luo Xianni’s words echoed in his mind . Qianlin’s Salvation protogenia was not difficult to understand, saving others and delivering them from pain was what her powers excelled at . In performing this service her cultivation increased and her protogenia was perfected . Saving these pour souls from the hell of infection was precisely what she was meant to do . Though the changes to her protogenia were subtle and her improvement slight, her expression was perfectly stable .

The light of Qianlin’s Domain continued to grow . Flecks of gold had begun to mingle with it, interspersed through the calming light and although the gold wasn’t very obvious it lent a mystical air to the image .

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“That’s…” Tang Mi sat in the cockpit of her mecha . She stared wide eyes and open mouthed at the familiar face suspended in the sky .

That woman, a thousand meters tall and resplendent as an angel… that was her .

Zhou Qianlin? When did she get so big?

“Damn! That’s Qianlin?” Tang Xiao’s voice crackled through her comms system .

The surprise was clear in Tang Mi’s voice as well . “It’s her, no question . By how is she so huge? What’s going on?”

They both knew Qianlin was with Lan Jue, but they had not seen her for a long, long time . They were also completely unaware of the trials she’d suffered, and to suddenly have her appear like this was shocking beyond words .

Tang Xiao’s voice adopted a strange tone . “Reflection of Heaven and Earth – that’s her dharmic image . That’s the only thing it could be . Man! Qianlin’s actually broken through to Paragon, incredible . If I was a woman it’d be so much better, I could marry the professor and he’d make me a Paragon!”

“You pudgy idiot, keep talking like that if you want the Professor to kick the crap out of you . Married my ass . ” Jin Tao interjected .

Tang Xiao had no time to trade barbs with him . His eyes were trained on Qianlin’s image in the sky .

They didn’t just know Qianlin . They went to school together, joined Star Division together! Only, the Qianlin they saw now was completely different than the one they’d known . Just her image made them want to bow in worship .

Such pure beauty, replete with a benevolence that was hard to describe . The light of her presence felt cleansing, as though her gaze washed away negative emotion .

All of the soldiers stopped dead in their tracks with their faces turned toward the sky . Those who were closer could see the infected victims returning to normal . They watched as their swollen bodies shrunk to normal proportions, their demonic appearance melting away, until at last they were as human as the rest of them .

Once the first batch was completely cured they vanished in a flash of pink light . Then, another group appeared to take their place . The white light washed away their illness, too, drawing out the toxins and dissolving it away .

Lan Jue, Qianlin, and Luo Xianni worked in tandem to heal the afflicted . Qianlin slowly closed her eyes and immersed herself in the changes her protogenia experienced . The smile on her face was all the more genial . Feeling these poor people healing under her cleansing light was wonderful .

Qianlin was happiest when she was helping people, staying true to her benevolent nature . She had been this way ever since she was small . But her kindness did not mean she was weak – she was strong of character, a soul of steel in a gentle shell . It was her compassion that allowed her to employ the Queen of Heaven Discipline .

When she grew older and the Clairvoyant told her to get close to Lan Jue, her mood began to change . They experienced so much, and ultimately Lan Jue came to accept her . Yet all the while Qianlin knew it was based on a lie . She had concealed the most important parts of her from him . It had not pained her, for she had learned to separate herself from the reality of it . But she had always been reluctant .

When she had suffered the Astral Phantom’s poison, caught in the dream she could not stir from, she felt the tender care Lan Jue had given her . His meticulous and tender care made her hell-bent on waking up, but she could not . All the while she could feel the immortal qi conveyed to her through Lan Jue’s thunder essence . She sensed how it altered her Queen of Heaven Discipline and empowered her abilities .

Then, she broke through and awoke at last . By then everything was different . After being asleep for so long it all suddenly seemed unreal .

All of that brought her to this moment, where she could feel the people below healing from her efforts . Now her heart was still, everything felt true and right . It was beautiful . Yes, salvation . That was her protogenia .