Elias’s renewed strength was a beacon against the perpetual shadow, his sapphire eyes burning with purpose. With Jiyeon safely hidden beneath the temporal shielding of the Sanctuary of Echoes, he explained the final, desperate move.

“The Blade of Infinite Dusk is not a physical sword, Jiyeon. It is the crystallization of a concept: the Moment of Perpetual Ending—the one point in time that exists outside the Weaver’s influence,” Elias explained, his voice low and urgent. “It was left behind by the very first Guardian, the one who first bound the Weaver and banished him from the Prime Timeline.”