Chapter 83: Melelan Ke’s Lake Prayer
“Moon, moon of Fantasy, moon of Miracle, moon of Dream Realm.”
“The first moon, vast and formless, then shattered.”
“The second moon, wandering treetops, threading years and weaving moons.”
“The third moon, descending into dreams, roaming illusory realms.”
“The fourth moon, clear and flawless, scales holding the blade.”
Ancient ballads echoed in the temple, surrounding the cool fountain were a group of members dressed in snow-white priest robes, their faces hazy, only the silver trim on their hems and cuffs so striking.
As the ballads were hummed, a woman wearing a veil lightly clasped her hands in front of her, slowly walking forward to the pool’s edge, then her figure slowly floated up, her exposed snow-white toes lightly tapping, formless water currents surging from beneath her feet, then forming a transparent water dome enveloping her.
Thereafter she floated to the tall white stone statue, humming light ballads, slowly raising her palm, thus formless ripples spread, and on the night sky above her head, the silver moon descended substantial Moonlight.
This Moonlight fell onto the pool, the originally dry pool gradually gaining water droplets, while in the water bottle of the white stone statue, even more precious formless Moon Tear Liquid condensed.
This unknown ritual lasted a long time, until the Moon Tear Liquid in the water bottle was full.
Finally the singing gradually stopped, the other personnel gradually left the fountain and temple, leaving only that woman standing under the statue, eyes closed in prayer.
The Moon Tears in the water bottle flowed once more, rippling faintly in the bottle, sprinkling points of Moonlight glow, while the liquid within further decreased.
Until finally, only one drop of special transparent liquid remained.
This drop of liquid slowly floated out, dripping into the brow of the woman covered by the veil, merging into her body, making her seem as if washed clean, becoming even more light and dreamlike.
After ending all this, this unknown woman turned around again, and Xilutiya also clearly saw in the dream the jade holy cup held in her hands, with transparent formless liquid slightly flowing within…
The dream ended.
Xilutiya rubbed her brow, feeling her physical state exceptionally good, as if she had also participated in that ritual in the dream, now although her Nature tier was zero, her Physical Fitness had improved a bit more than before.
Thinking of this, she tried jumping, discovering she could easily leap onto a two-meter-high broken stone pillar.
Not only that, even her running and Reaction Speed were much faster, meaning that even without condensing a Nature tier, she had basic self-preservation ability against ordinary First Order opponents.
After ending the recollection of the Dream Realm part, Xilutiya came to the pool’s edge again, observing the beautiful white stone statue before her once more, pondering its origins and possibilities.
According to the conversation between the witch and Ghost Hag in the dream, they had both once belonged to an organization called the Moon Council, and this organization and the Silver Radiance Church had once vied for the Star Lords position of Brilliant Moon in very distant times, waging war for centuries.
Since they could participate in contending for the Star Lords position, this meant the pinnacle figures of the two organizations were at least Named Ones, that is, powerful figures possessing true names who could influence a certain Nature Law.
The fall of the Silver Moon Dragon was an extremely major event, an indelible History, this was a great event of the Eighth Epoch, because the fall of the Silver Moon Dragon meant the six Law Dragons sealing the Star Dragon all lost their Star Lords positions.
This matter directly led to the occurrence of the Dragon Hunting War, because of the dragons’ Weakness, the giant dragons of the mortal Earth were hunted by allied armies and heroic figures from all sides, and thereafter the dragons and ancient dragons surviving from the Dragon Hunting War all went to the Heavenly Courtyard Dragon Kingdom to live, becoming hard to encounter in the Present World.
“So does that mean the Silver Radiance Church’s existence was erased from History?” She had not seen this name in any classics or secret histories so far.
Recalling the ritual in the dream, she tried lightly humming it.
At first, somewhat awkward, then the song seemed to have some kind of Magic Power, after she started humming, she slowly found its unique rhythm, then increasingly fluent and easy, almost without needing to specially memorize or recall, instinctively able to hum it completely.
This tune had no specific lyrics, only a few hummed syllables, changing freely with intent, having a sense of unbound freedom yet filled with a certain atmospheric charm, feeling wondrous.
As the song echoed in the Temple Ruins, everything quieted down, faint hazy figures came and went, shadows of people who had once lived here and held various activities here emerged, then dissipated.
That was the forgotten History
Also the sealed Past Events
They had once celebrated here
Also once advanced hand in hand here
Until later
Gradually withering
Finally the entire temple fell from the Continent above the Sea of Clouds, sinking into this unknown Shadow World.
『Saint of Silver Radiance · Melelan Ke』
Once made a vow, with many fellow seekers to build the Dream Realm Lighthouse, guiding the lost to return, Named One, the saint followed by all Silver Radiance Church members, fell during the Cataclysm War of the Eighth Epoch when the Golden Honey Dynasty breached the last Dream Realm Lighthouse.
This Named One, once favored by many Star Lords as most suitable to succeed the Brilliant Moon position, disappeared from then on, legends about her also erased.
Silver Radiance Church: Massive organization following Saint of Silver Radiance · Melelan Ke, once spanning multiple Continents, covering hundreds of countries, followers numbering in the billions, they aimed to build Dream Realm Lighthouses everywhere to guide the lost of the Shadow World to return, and lead Moonlight deep into the lightless sea of monstrosities, Purification removing the unclean lands within.
Golden Honey Dynasty: In the Eighth Epoch, gigantic dynasty unifying the fifth Continent, population nearly ten billion, launched several continent-spanning wars of annihilation, finally perished to the newly risen Blazing Sun Star Lord, Corona Dragon.
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The song hummed again and again, the remaining Brilliant Moon Power in this Temple Ruins slowly gathered, gradually converging onto that beautiful white statue.
Slowly, faint silver light emerged from the statue’s edges, bit by bit spreading, until covering the entire statue completely.
Xilutiya opened her eyes, looking at the white stone statue before her, its originally still unchanging facial contours now seeming to show a faint smile, then the statue bit by bit cracked and peeled away.
These dissipating Brilliant Moon fragments floated toward the Sky, roaming and spinning in the dim night-like Sky, finally falling slowly like feathers.
The silver fragments gathered like hourglass sand, recombining before Xilutiya.
『Melelan Ke Praying in the Lake』
‘Poetry canon recording the life experiences of Named One Melelan Ke, one of the three Sacred Canons of the Silver Radiance Church’（According to its Legend, can perform two Rituals, and obtain Sixth Order Class【Saintess of the Lake】 clues, Melelan Ke once obtained the title of Saintess of the Lake in her youth）
『Pure Ritual · Bathing in Moonlight』（Brilliant Moon · Blood Law · Emerald Honey）
『Purification Ritual · Baptism in the Lake』（Brilliant Moon · Snail Fish · Sleeping Winter）
Warning: Promoting to【Saintess of the Lake】 Class will be detected by hostile factions（Golden Honey Dynasty, Moon Council） high-level personnel.
