Heaven, Earth, Me

Guided by the Spirit Beast, Cecile rushed through the complicated pasways of the large palace, and eventually, she arrived at a massive room full of complex formations. The room was circular, with four pillars, four carved stone dragons on the walls, and a white and blue floor with gorgeous and complex patterns. 

From what the soul strand of the Moon Goddess said, the first trial to complete was breaking the formation that was sealing the mountain's energy. Still, the complex formation was something that Cecile could not even comprehend, let alone break. 

Looking at the beautiful room, Cecile crossed her arms and glanced at the Spirit Beast. "Fluffy, I have zero knowledge about formations. Looking at this and looking at scribbles of a child is basically the same for me."

The Spirit Beast looked at Cecile for a few seconds. Seeing Cecile looking straight at it, the Spirit Beast asked, confused. "Oh… And?"

Cecile blinked twice and looked at the room once again. "Right. You can't help me at all…" She could feel that by her side, Yasenia's presence was starting to move and look around the room.

During this time when she was guided, Yasenia had always followed behind her like a little shadow. Cecile found it quite cute. Knowing that they were here as well, she could only trust them to solve whatever they needed to do in this room. "Hm… I wonder what I can do to help?"

The Spirit Beast looked at Cecile standing at the entrance of the room, and then it closed half of its eyes, changing its view. Instead of Cecile and a room full of formations, what appeared in its vision was Yasenia and a room without a single formation line. 

The dragoness and everyone else was looking around, somewhat confused. Evelyn asked, looking at the circular room. "Why has Cecile come here?" 

Andrea commented while touching the smooth white and blue walls. "The first trial of the woman on the throne was to break a formation, right? Can any of you see one here?"

Yasenia was about to answer when she felt Cecile's presence moving again and entering the room. Once she did, Yasenia observed how a few glowing lines suddenly illuminated the places where Cecile stepped. The second she stopped walking over them, they disappeared like nothing. "Hey, look here."

Everyone turned their heads and glanced at where Yasenia was looking at. Angel blinked twice and asked. "Why are those places being illuminated by lines?"

Tatyana instantly understood what was happening and answered, not really feeling like letting juniors try around this time around. "The places where Cecile touches will show the formation lines. I guess that Cecile can see the formation lines, but she can't really interact with them. It should be our job to decipher and break it."

Everyone found it reasonable, but Kali couldn't help but ask, failing to find the logic. "Why would they build this place this way?"

Tatyana shrugged. "Who knows? Perhaps it was done this way so that no single person could ever complete the challenge. Or perhaps they thought that if they built it this way, no one would be able to decipher it. After all, Yasenia's and Cecile's connection is nothing but extraordinary. The chances of two Soulmates meeting in this place are very slim. Practically zero."

Yasenia had an extra guess, so she commented. "That woman on the throne… She had some resemblance with someone… I felt that I had seen her before."Nôv(el)B\\jnn

"Oh?" Tatyana looked at Yasenia, curious. "Who does she resemble?"

Mirrory spoke flatly. "Moon Goddess Change'er."

Everyone was stunned by Mirrory's words, and they looked at Yasenia for confirmation. Yasenia nodded with a serious expression ."She had some resemblance. It's just that she lacks the dragon tail and some of her aura. Even her facial features are different… As if that woman resembled a younger version of her?"

Mirrory sighed and nodded, floating with her legs and arms crossed. "You are right. I was doubtful at first, but if you find that resemblance, even if it is small, it is the truth. That soul strand must be a soul strand left behind by the Moon Goddess." 

Evelyn spoke in confusion, looking at both women. "Wait, wait, wait. This is a bit too wide of a logic leap, right? Even if they look similar and this place is related to Moons, making the logic leap that the woman on the throne is a young Moon Goddess feels like too much."

Andrea asked her back. "Then, why was Cecile the only one that did not follow us?" Evelyn paused, her brows raising slightly. Andrea smiled. "I agree that the jump in logic is too much if we are basing on a few small coincidences, but if coincidences pile up as they have, then guessing that is not too far-fetched."

Thinking about it, Evelyn muttered. "Cecile was transformed from an Ice Phoenix to a Moon Phoenix by the Moon Goddess, right? But… Why hasn't Yasenia been situated in another dimension like Cecile then?" Evelyn looked at their lovely dragoness and commented. "If anything, Yasenia has a closer tie with the Moon Goddess than Cecile, right?"

Yasenia faintly rebutted that argument. "Wrong. You'd be right if it was before my rebirth back in the Secret Realm. However, after my rebirth, I completely abandoned all my ties with everything and became a new being. A rootless creature, since I am the beginning of my own bloodline."

Evelyn paused and realized where she had thought wrong. Even if Yasenia was the direct inheritor of both the Moon and Sun Gods, she had escaped her predetermined Fate and was traversing a wholly new and previously unexplored path.

With that in mind, their guesses became much more feasible, which begged the question. "So… If that woman is truly a soul strand of the Moon Goddess's younger self, then why is she not a dragon woman?"

Tatyana smiled. "If you saw my younger self, you would not be able to feel the same aura or looks compared with my current self. While exploring the universe and achieving her peak level of strength, the Moon Goddess might've acquired dragon blood and transformed as Cecile, Kali, or Yasenia did."

Mirrory spoke aloud again. "If that's the truth, this is an opportunity for both Cecile and Yasenia. The Moon Goddess was a cultivator of the ancient cultivation path. However, she had knowledge of the three paths that you currently practice."

Angel blinked and completed Mirrory's thought process. "Does this mean that Yasenia could get a Soul Path cultivation technique from here?"

Mirrory nodded. "She probably won't be able to practice since it will be Moon Attribute specific, and Yasenia needs something related to her more pure Celestial Energy. However, gathering the first piece would be a step forward."

Smiling, Yasenia said. "More than that, Cecile might get a complete inheritance that will help her practice the three paths. That's even more important!"

Tatyana looked at Mirrory and asked. "However… Do you really want to let that soul strand free?"

Mirrory raised her eyebrow and waved her hand, creating a powerful isolation technique. Then, she spoke with a cold gaze. "We are freeing her. What we do after we free her is not part of our deal."

Then, she lifted the technique. Looking at the places where Cecile was walking, Yasenia commented. "Regardless, now we need to tackle this formation. Let's paint everywhere that Cecile steps and see if we can draw the formation. We need to take the least time possible. After all, we have a bit more than two months to finish the three trials."

Then, while others started working on that, Yasenia approached Cecile's presence and started walking in circles around Cecile. 

On the other side, Cecile felt Yasenia walking around her and smiled faintly. "Cute."

The Spirit Beast almost fainted. 'Cute!? Don't you think that Yasenia is probably trying to tell you something!?'

Of course, Cecile was not dumb. She quickly understood that her dragoness was trying to tell her something. With that in mind, she observed Yasenia's presence run circles around the place, touching the walls, columns, dragons, ceiling, and everything else.

For Cecile, the presence was moving everywhere and basically touching every single corner of the room. The Moon Phoenix titled her head and muttered. "Does she want me to do the same?"

While she didn't know why, Cecile started moving and running around the place as well, using her wings to rub the walls and her tails dragging on the floor. 

When she started doing that, Yasenia's presence flew to her side and circled around her again as if telling Cecile that she was doing a great job. Cecile laughed softly and continued doing that for a day straight. Every time she missed a spot, Yasenia would fly toward that place and touch it, which Cecile continued imitating. 

After an entire day, Yasenia finally stopped flying around the place and landed in the center, where Cecile landed right after. "Hm… Done, I guess." 

On the other side of the spatial divide, Yasenia's group was looking at the entire room, which now had glowing lines going everywhere in complex patterns. Looking at the massive mess around them, Tatyana and the others sighed. "This formation is quite complex…"

Hearing their best formation master, Tatyana herself, say such words made the other formation masters feel that they had no chance at even starting to decipher it. Tatyana noticed and smiled at them, shaking her head. "It's complex and tedious but not impossible. It will just take time. All of you should be able to help me. Now, come here."

Selena, Angel, Yasenia, and the other formation masters in the group approached, and they all began tackling the formation. As mentioned, while it was difficult, they had a Demigoddess-level Formation Master. 

A week later, the formation was wholly deciphered, and Tatyana approached the Formation core with a smile. "Gotcha~."

Behind her, Yasenia and the others were flat on the ground, gasping for breath. They never expected that deciphering a formation of this level would be so energy-intensive. Angel muttered, her eyes glowing with happiness even when she was exhausted. "This was such a pretty formation~. I learned a lot… Ah, I want to do it again…"

Yasenia's lips trembled. "I agree to everything except the last one, Baby. I really don't want to do this again. I'd rather fight a Star Beast for a week straight than do this."

Selena laughed gently. "Then again, Young Miss… Why was your tail wagging during all this time?"

"Hush." Yasenia snorted. "I was just having fun while working with Tatyana and all of you."

Meanwhile, Cecile was meditating in the middle of the room. After all, she didn't have much to do during this time. Yet, when Tatyana started touching the Formation Core, the Phoenix Woman felt the room tremble. She quickly opened her eyes and looked around. In the middle of the room, a massive formation core full of complex writings floated, emitting a powerful light that spread outward like a wave of water. 

However, that formation core suddenly cracked. The first cracking sound echoed in the silent room with crisp clarity. Cecile blinked and stood up, walking toward the entrance of the room. "Hm?" On the door, she saw the Spirit Beast. Cecile smiled. "So, when that core explodes, something will happen to this room…"

The Spirit Beast couldn't answer, but Cecile didn't need one. She walked toward Yasenia's presence, and when she reached her, she ran toward the door. After doing this twice, Yasenia got the clue.

When Tatyana was about to destroy the core, Yasenia said. "Everyone out! This room seems to be about to go through something when that core is broken! Tatyana, did you hear me?"

Tatyana smiled. "Got it. Go. I'll be there in a second."

The last formation line changed, and as soon as it did, Tatyana used her fastest movement technique, exiting the room so fast that it looked like she had teleported. 

Then, space collapsed with a muted explosion, erasing the entire room from existence.

BOOM!

Right after it collapsed, everyone heard a deep and ferocious roar.

ROARR!

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