"This?"
Polyxia stared blankly at the dragon bone remains on the ground, her pupils trembling slightly.
Xilian suddenly realized why Ryuga had only taken the skull.
Vill-V's eyes were full of shock. One drop, and the broken dragon remains were restored to completeness? This completely defied common sense.
But then again, nothing Ryuga did seemed to follow any logic.
"So small!"
Polyxia covered her mouth, a little confused.
Where is my massive dragon remains?
That was the remains of a giant dragon that could traverse the River Styx, so why is it so small now?
The restoration was complete, down to the smallest finger bone, but the size was too pathetic.
It looked like a model discarded after being broken by a child.
"Oh, the effect of the 'Shrink Ray' is still active. It will return to its original size after six hours."
Ryuga explained.
"So that's it."
Polyxia nodded, murmuring.
She then remembered that her brother-in-law had indeed taken out a strange tool and shone it on the dragon's skull.
Then, the mountain-sized skull turned into a toy in his palm.
Is it called the 'Shrink Ray'?
"You said earlier that you saw us? Can you see the outside world?"
Ryuga asked curiously.
"I can, but the field of vision is limited to a very close range. At the farthest... I can barely see Styxia, which is entwined by the River Styx."
Polyxia hesitated before explaining.
"Then look again, are the dragon remains in Styxia still there?"
Ryuga asked.
"Oh."
Polyxia responded, closing her eyes, her brow slightly furrowed, tilting her head to look in the direction of Styxia.
A moment later, her eyelids trembled violently, and her brow furrowed tighter.
"It's gone?"
Where did my massive dragon remains, which spanned the River Styx, go?
Xilian blinked, a little confused.
"It seems the effect of the 'Complete Restoration Liquid' is even more perfect than expected."
Ryuga stood with his hands on his hips, saying proudly.
Doraemon's 'Complete Restoration Liquid' restores a damaged item to its entirety just by dripping it onto a fragment.
Nobita dripped it onto a burnt newspaper, and the newspaper was reborn in foam, the writing as clear as new.
He even dripped it onto a fossil fragment, buried it, and it restored an entire, complete dinosaur skeleton.
Unfortunately, it was discovered and intercepted by someone.
This shows that the completeness of the broken item is not important.
But if there is a complete 'fragment', dripping it onto one piece will cause the rest to aggregate and eventually become whole.
The key is the 'Existence of a Recognizable Origin'.
As long as there is one 'fragment', the rest will gather and ultimately become one.
That's why Ryuga only took the skull.
The experiment was a success.
The reason the dragon remains in Styxia disappeared is that they were all part of the giant dragon.
...
"Congratulations, Sister, on finding a brother-in-law."
Polyxia covered her mouth and chuckled. Although her eyes were closed, the smile on her face rippled like waves, with a hint of a girl's playfulness.
"Don't worry, I will take good care of your sister."
Ryuga quickly played along.
Polyxia nodded: "I trust my brother-in-law."
"You, you two..."
Xilian's face flushed again, burning hot, and she secretly glanced at Ryuga before quickly looking away.
"Hehe~ So, Sister, you didn't just come to congratulate me, did you?"
Polyxia teased, then quickly sighed softly.
"Our destined moment has arrived again."
Xilian was about to speak, but Ryuga gently patted her shoulder first.
"Alright, one sister and one sister-in-law, we are all family."
"You two sisters will have plenty of time to talk later."
"Let's get down to business first."
Ryuga said, but secretly added in his heart.
(Mhm, it could also be one sister and one big sister-in-law.)
"Mhm."
Xilian bit her lower lip and said nothing more, but her face was so red it looked like blood would seep out, and her ear tips were completely crimson.
"If you hand over the Coreflame, how long can you maintain your life?"
Ryuga asked.
"Ah? Brother-in-law, are you that direct?"
Polyxia didn't know whether to laugh or cry.
Although she had already guessed the purpose of their trip, couldn't he be a little more subtle?
"If Brother-in-law were to do it, Sister would be unhappy. And the trial of Death can only be completed if a loved one kills me."
Polyxia said very seriously.
Only the hand of a loved one could complete the final sacrifice.
"You're overthinking it. I'm not here to take your life, little sister-in-law, but to ensure both of you can live in the new world."
Ryuga said calmly and emphatically.
Then he raised his hand and gently tapped his chest.
"Vill-V."
On his chest, the window of the Wallpaper House slightly opened.
He had stuck the Wallpaper House on his chest so Vill-V could see the Nether Realm through the window without being bothered by the whispers of the dead souls.
She wouldn't be able to see if it was in the spatial bag.
"Coming."
Vill-V quickly held the Coreflame of Law, standing carefully at the window.
"This!?"
Polyxia instantly froze, her eyelashes trembling violently.
In an instant, she understood Ryuga's intention.
Her brother-in-law wanted to use the Coreflame of Law to swap out the Coreflame of Death from her body.
As a fellow Titan, she naturally understood that any Coreflame could maintain a Titan's 'divinity' and 'life'.
Polyxia nodded hastily, her voice trembling: "About, about 13 seconds. I don't know the exact time, after all, I've never died before."
13?
Is it because of the Thirteenth Titan?
"Never mind. I'll just stuff the Coreflame of Law directly into your body."
"It might be a bit rough when I go in later. You might feel an abnormal, scorching heat, and your body might feel like it's being stretched and torn."
"But the pain is normal. Just bear with it. I'll be done quickly."
Ryuga said with a straight face.
Putting two Coreflames inside a body shouldn't be a big problem. Baie had four hundred million inside him.
Even if something went wrong, taking out the Coreflame of Death in time would be fine.
"?"
Although her eyes were closed, Polyxia's face inexplicably flushed for a moment, and her heart felt like it was being lightly tickled by a feather.
Do you know what you're saying?
(Pah, he's not satisfied with my sister and now he wants me, her sister.)
(That's men for you, hmph.)
Xilian also looked confused, her eyes darting back and forth between Ryuga and her sister, her mouth twitching repeatedly.
Lord Demon God, are you sure you're not talking dirty?
But seeing Ryuga's serious expression, without any hint of frivolity, she hesitated.
She felt she was overthinking it.
"Then, I'm going to start." Ryuga said, slowly raising his hands, his fingertips trembling slightly, then suddenly clenching his hands in the air.
Two illusory clock faces appeared out of thin air, centered on his palms.
The blue clock face on his left hand spun backward.
Under the blue light, the dragon remains and Polyxia simultaneously began to rewind in time.
Time had stopped after the giant dragon died, so it needed to be rewound to the time when it was still alive.
The pale color on the bones visibly became lustrous.
Flesh grew wildly, veins pulsed, scales regenerated, and dragon wings unfolded. Before long, she was restored to her appearance before death.
But unfortunately, due to the authority of Death, even with the restoration of flesh and blood, she was still 'dead'.
She had no soul.
Similarly, the Polyxia in the Nether Realm now is a remnant of her consciousness.
Time reversal would retrieve the lost consciousness.
Gradually, the scattered consciousness, lost when she rushed to the mortal world, returned, filling the void in her mind.
Until she was no longer a remnant soul.
At the same time, the golden clock on Ryuga's right hand quietly began to operate, and light flowed like molten gold.
The golden pointer swept across, and the warp and weft of time were reinforced. The time in the Nether Realm no longer trembled.
He anchored the current convergence with a future anchor.
To prevent it from collapsing due to the intense time interaction.
"Combine!"
A soft shout.
In an instant, the giant dragon and Polyxia flew towards each other, merging into one.
The light faded, and a slender figure sat in a wheelchair.
Polyxia was still barefoot on the wheelchair's footrest.
She looked up at Ryuga in shock.
"My... authority, is completely restored?"
"It's not over yet. The next part is the key."
Ryuga glanced at Polyxia's bare feet. She still looks powerless?
He remembered she was like this in her previous life.
He took out the 'Lie 800' from his arms and drank it down.
He closed his eyes and pondered for a moment, then whispered.
"'The moment I inject the Coreflame of Law, the subsequent Thanatos, Xilian's sister in the previous life, Polyxia, and Xilian will be noticed by Lygus forever.'"
Polyxia: "???"
What the hell?
Xilian just smiled, saying nothing.
She understood.
Because she understood, her smile became even gentler.
After speaking, Ryuga remained silent.
The reason he said 'noticed' is that this way, Lygus will forever ignore the anomaly of the two sisters.
The strangeness of the law of causality lies in its reverse logic.
Saying 'noticed' actually means 'ignored'.
Once the trial of Death is completed, Thanatos will be recorded in the log as 'silent death', and Xilian will take over as the new Demigod.
If the Scepter were to not record it, Lygus would realize something was wrong.
Therefore, saying 'noticed' means Lygus will never notice Polyxia's anomaly.
This 'notice' means that even if he sees the strange log entry, Lygus will directly ignore it.
The same logic applies to Xilian.
The law of causality is that powerful.
He crooked his finger towards his chest, and Vill-V instantly understood, quickly throwing out the Coreflame of Law.
Ryuga caught it, his eyes sweeping over Polyxia and Xilian.
The sister was still confused.
Xilian instantly understood and spoke for him: "After drinking the 'Lie 800', whatever is said will be the opposite of the truth for one hour. He can't speak casually now. Nod when you're ready."
Although she didn't fully understand, Polyxia still nodded.
She entrusted her fate to Ryuga.
...
Ryuga nodded to Xilian, then clenched the Coreflame of Law and, without hesitation, shoved it fiercely into Polyxia's chest.
His hand went straight in.
"..."
Xilian's pupils contracted, and she covered her mouth in shock.
"So... so hot, so painful, hiss~"
At the same time, Polyxia bit her lower lip tightly, and beads of sweat rolled down her forehead.
Ryuga hadn't lied to her.
When he entered her body, she truly felt a scorching, explosive force, and a sensation that her body was being stretched to its limit.
The power of the two Coreflames collided within her body, almost tearing her apart.
Xilian quickly stepped forward, grasping her sister's hot hand.
And Vill-V, in the Wallpaper House, felt an inexplicable blush and heart palpitations.
"Have... have you found it yet?"
Polyxia gasped.
"..."
Ryuga shook his head. He was rummaging through Polyxia's body, searching for the Coreflame of Death, touching here and there.
Xilian blinked, finding the scene very strange.
"Left, to the left!"
"..."
"A little more to the left... yes, right there."
"!"
Ryuga's eyes lit up. He suddenly clenched his five fingers, grabbed the Coreflame of Death, and fiercely pulled it out of Polyxia's chest.
The moment the Coreflame left her body, a heavy burden was lifted.
"Phew—"
Polyxia sighed in relief, panting heavily.
Xilian watched her sister's face, her palms covered in cold sweat.
Was Ryuga's theory viable?
Thankfully.
Looking at her sister, the change of Coreflame seemed to have caused no harm.
The Coreflame is not the source of life. Ryuga quickly took out the 'Copy Mirror' and shone it on the Coreflame of Death.
A brand new Coreflame of Death was born.
Polyxia's eyes widened. Before she could recover, Ryuga repeated the process, rummaging through her body again, and stuffing the original Coreflame of Death back in.
"Ah~, so hot!"
The familiar sensation of her body being stretched to its limit returned.
Fortunately, it only lasted for a moment. The Coreflame of Law was quickly taken out.
"Phew..."
Polyxia leaned back in the wheelchair, her breathing steadying. She raised her hand to wipe the sweat from her forehead, looking at Ryuga as if she had just escaped death.
"So, Brother-in-law, is this Coreflame of yours also acquired this way?"
She finally understood.
She had thought her brother-in-law wanted to use the Coreflame of Law to extend her life, but then how would he return the Coreflame to the Creation Vortex?
It turned out that this one was a replica.
Then, she saw Ryuga use the 'Copy Mirror' to replicate another Coreflame of Death.
"What are you doing with that?"
Polyxia couldn't help but ask.
Waiting for an hour was too troublesome, so Ryuga used time acceleration.
"One will be thrown into the Creation Vortex to mislead Lygus. The other, I will keep."
Ryuga explained.
The Coreflames can also enhance his strength.
After all, the twelve Coreflames are all Paths.
He also wants to collect all the Coreflames.
It's just a pity that Tiba's and Aglaea's Coreflames have already been returned.
Ryuga narrowed his eyes, planning to check the Vortex later to see if he could retrieve them.
...
"Are your legs always like this?"
Looking at Polyxia sitting in the wheelchair, her long but lifeless legs, Ryuga felt a sense of imperfection.
"Mhm, they were like this in my previous life too."
Polyxia nodded.
"Let me try."
Ryuga slowly squatted down, and with a polite gesture, took her foot.
"Ah!"
Polyxia's face instantly flushed crimson. She instinctively tried to pull her foot back, but her legs were numb.
These are truly jade feet.
The lines were smooth, the skin lustrous, and even the toes had a faint glow. Ryuga couldn't help but immerse himself, gently caressing and playing with them.
Polyxia's face grew redder and redder.
Suddenly sensing a bone-chilling killing intent behind him, Ryuga felt a tingling sensation on his spine. He pretended to be calm and took her pulse.
"I just checked. The bones and meridians are all intact, not broken, and not blocked."
Xilian withdrew her killing intent. Did she misunderstand again?
"My flame can reshape life. Try this."
Saying this, the Flame of Creation wrapped around her leg like a spiritual snake, all the way up to her lumbar spine.
Where the flame passed, the nerves were like dead wood meeting spring, and the blood vessels were like ice thawing. A strange heat rushed from the sole of her foot straight to her lumbar spine.
"Hot... tingly, but very..."
Saying this, Polyxia's eyes widened.
Hot?
Tingly?
Her legs have feeling?
"That should be it. Try it."
Ryuga reluctantly withdrew his hand.
Polyxia took a deep breath, bit her lower lip, and tentatively straightened her waist, pushing with her feet to try and stand up.
Unfortunately, having lived two lives, it had been too long since her feet had touched the ground.
As soon as she lifted her feet from the wheelchair's footrest, she lost her balance and fell into Ryuga's arms.
"Ahem... your sister is right here."
Ryuga feigned shyness.
"Does that mean it's okay when my sister isn't around?"
Polyxia looked up, slyly.
"Cough, cough, cough!"
"Sister, I like my brother-in-law."
"It has nothing to do with me."
"Then I'm going to make a move."
Polyxia's smile deepened. She slowly moved closer to Ryuga, then fiercely bit his lip.
...
At this time, in the group chat.
[13th Sect Master of Mount Yunjian]: "@Desert Reaper, I have already contacted Xingjian Ya of the Yi Xuan family. She agreed. When can you come?"
To be continued…