Swen clenched her hands and fixed her gaze on Shinju.
"When Mikail returns with his army… we'll have to resist."
"If you were strong enough to destroy that dome… then this is possible.""All we have to do is wait seven years.""When they arrive… Mikail will be in for a big surprise."
(Even Mikail couldn't destroy that golden barrier… we can win this, she thought.)
Shinju tilted his head slightly.
"Then… I wish you good luck."
Swen frowned.
"What do you mean?"
Shinju placed a hand on his chest.
"When I destroyed that dome… I was almost as strong as a god."
"But to destroy it… while already heavily wounded…""I burned through most of my two hundred years of cultivation."
"Right now…""I'm not even a shadow of that version of myself."
"I'd struggle to survive even in the Void."
Swen stepped forward.
"What are you saying?""How long will it take for you to return to your former state?"
Shinju answered briefly.
"If I can absorb Yin energy… I can recover quickly."
"But it's gone.""Since the dome disappeared… there's almost none left in the air."
"So… don't count on me."
Koharu stepped in.
"So… there's really nothing we can do?"
Shinju shook his head.
"I'm not that Shinju anymore."
Swen's voice hardened.
"This is all your fault!"
"If you weren't going to take responsibility, why did you destroy that barrier?""Lunaris is now facing destruction because of you!"
She steadied her breath.
"You absorbed three Yang Pills!""Even one is enough to grant immortality!"
"Hold out your arm."
Shinju raised an eyebrow.
"What are you going to do?"
"Test something."
Shinju extended his arm.
Swen made a small cut.
The wound opened—but no blood flowed.
A golden light appeared…and in an instant, it closed.
Koharu whispered:
"That's… not normal."
Swen pulled her hand back.
"This isn't healing.""Your body is regenerating itself."
"So…""You really do have an immortal body."
Shinju looked at his arm.
The cut… was gone.
He stayed silent for a moment.
He opened and closed his fingers.Then rotated his arm.
"Hm."
He tilted his head slightly.
"Not bad."
Swen frowned.
"Not bad?"
Shinju shrugged.
"Yeah, you're right… it's actually pretty cool.""At least now I could survive in the Void."
Then he glanced at her.
"But how we're supposed to deal with Mikail's army… that's still a mystery."
Swen replied sharply:
"Even immortality has its limits."
"But you…"
Her eyes shifted to his arm.
"…you absorbed three pills at once."
Her voice grew more serious.
"This isn't normal.""Your regeneration speed… exceeds all my expectations."
Shinju thought for a brief moment.
Then he smirked slightly.
"So what you're saying is…"
He relaxed his arm.
"…I'm not dying anytime soon."