I alone am the Honoured One!

*woosh* With a gentle ripple of space, Li Jia and Zhou Hanyue appeared in the artifact's grassland.

Clutching her head from a slight headache by spatial disorientation, Zhou Hanyeu looked around at the space in surprise "Is this the place.. you said?" she murmured, blinking away the brief dizziness.

With a giggle, Li Jia grabbed Zhou Hanyue's arm "Yes, come with me, Sister.. I will show you around."

Smiling, Zhou Hanyue went with her as she looked at the surrounding world in awe "So this whole place belongs to Husband?"

"Mm-hmm, you can come here whenever you want with the ring he gave you."

Zhou Hanyue held up her hand, gazing at the ornate ring on her finger and flicker of warmth spread through her chest "It's... beautiful."

"I know, right? Since he is in a different star right now, you might get bored without him. At that time, you can come here and spend time with us..."

"Come, I will show you the other sisters."

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"...Interesting."

Rui Yuying looked at the youngman standing before her, a glint of intrigue passing through her eyes "Can you tell just by looking that I am not a human?"

Zhao Tian's gaze condensed "Not just by looking, it's just... your soul is different from the souls of other humans I have seen so far. It carries a frequency I've never felt in any other human."

Rui Yuying tilted her head slightly, as though amused by the analysis "Is that so? So your eyes can peer beyond the physical... into the essence of being. Remarkable."

She closed her eyes for a moment, as though considering something, then opened them again with a sigh that felt like the breeze from a long-forgotten epoch.

"There is no need to hide it from you, I suppose."

"...What you said is true. I am not a full human. I am Half-Paragon and Half-Human."

Huh? Hearing this, Zhao Tian was surprised 'Half-Paragon?'

Her gaze lowered slightly "You must be shocked, but that's the truth."

Snapping out of his thoughts, he murmured "But Paragons are a lost race that ruled the lands many centuries ago. I thought they are all vanished except for some sealed ones..."

With a nod, she replied "That's true... Paragon or call them Celestarchs, ruled all of these High Stars centuries ago."

"And they were called the 'Celestial Sentinels of the Heavens' and were under the previous Heavenly One."

"Simply speaking, they are created to be the counterbalance to the Eldritchfiends."

"People of the past struggled against the Eldritchfiends and these Paragons are the ones that killed Eldritchfiends protecting the Stars."

"However..."

Rui Yuying's gaze condensed as vivid memories resurfaced in her mind.

Zhao Tian's gaze narrowed "What happened?"

Letting out a sigh, she replied "With the fall of the Heavenly One, the Paragons went mad and began to rampage the lands they once protected."

"The Celestarchs were bound to that ancient will, and when it collapsed, many of my kind lost their minds."

"And because of that, humans had to fight against them, and the Paragon race almost went extinct because of that."

"Some were killed, some were sealed..."

"I was spared from the madness because I am half human."

"I was a child when it happened. I watched as my kind were hunted, or sealed, if they were too strong to kill."

Upon hearing this, Zhao Tian's eyes narrowed in thought "And the one buried here."

Rui Yuying gave a soft sigh, her eyelashes fluttering slightly as sorrow welled beneath her serene face "This one is different."

"The Paragon sealed here has the 'boon' of the heavens... Simply put, it has the same divine trait as the Qorrathi race."

Huh? Zhao Tian raised an eyebrow "What's... a Qorrathi?"

Hm? Rui Yuying frowned slightly and replied "Qorrathi is a race of humans. They have four arms and are fierce warriors."

"But they have a boon that only their own race can kill them. No other races can kill the Qorrathi race people."

"You don't know about them?"

Zhao Tian's frown deepened 'Four arms? Isn't that Jiu Yang... Yixian mentioned. The current ruler of Astral realm, who also cursed her with his Empyrean flame has four arms?'

'Is he also from this race? Qorrathi?'

But he said nothing of it. He buried the connection beneath his thoughts, not ready to voice it.

Shaking his head, he replied "No, I don't know about them."

Rui Yuying was quite amused "I see. No other races can kill them except for the Honoured One."

Eh...

Zhao Tian blinked for a second "...Honoured One?"

She gave a faint nod "The 'boon' for this race is given by the Heavens and so, the Honoured One is an anomally who can break restrictions of the Heavens."

"The first Honoured One is the one who killed the Heavenly One which caused the Paragons to spiral out of control."

Zhao Tian sighed in his heart 'I see. Makes sense.'

Looking at her, he spoke "Since you said this sealed Paragon has the same divine trait as Qorrathi race, does that mean only another Paragon can kill this Paragon?"

She nodded her head "Yeah, only another Paragon or the Honoured One are the only ones who are capable of killing this Paragon."

"That's the reason, it is sealed instead of killed."

Zhao Tian went silent for a moment 'So.. I can kill the paragon sealed here.'

At this time, he remembered something and looked at her "You asked if I am human. Why is that?"

She raised her hand and pointed her finger at him "It's because of your soul energy."

"My soul energy...?"

Her gaze condensed further "Yeah, your soul energy is different from that of a human."

"I was thinking about that energy.. since it is quite familiar to another race."

"And I finally remembered. That race is Eldritchfiend."

"That means you are Half-Eldritchfiend."

What?

Zhao Tian's eyes widened in shock 'Eldritchfiend?'

Rui Yuying noticed the visible shock in his eyes 'Even he doesn't know that?'

As he snapped out of his shock, he gave her a look "Are you... lying?"

Hm? She shrugged casually "Why should I when I have no benefit of lying to you? I said the truth... I have felt similar soul energy fluctuations from Eldritchfiends."

"You know about them. They kill and consume the souls of other people."

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