The invasion had begun. Thousands upon thousands of colossal warships, their hulls etched with sickly green light, blotted out the sun, emerging from dimensional rifts that tore open the heavens. The first beam of emerald energy, thick as a river, had already erupted, slamming into the distant horizon in a silent, world-shattering explosion. A mushroom cloud of dust and fire billowed into the sky, a horrifying prelude to total conquest.
The True Guardian, Li Chen and Yueling in their unified form, stood on the now healing plain, their combined presence radiating immense, stable power, yet their shared mind was a maelstrom of urgency. This is it, Yueling, Li Chen’s consciousness resonated. The war we feared. It has begun.
And they mean to shatter this world, Yueling’s fury burned, tempere
