novelraw Chapter 508: Reunion of Mirrors - Destiny
Chapter 508: Reunion of Mirrors - Destiny
HUMMMMM!!!!
The moment those words left Kagami’s lips, the chamber began to flood with intense amounts of mana.
The massive floating mirror in the center pulsed with brilliant silver light. The twelve ethereal fox tails behind it swayed faster, growing longer and more radiant as power surged through them.
"This...." Kagami muttered watching as the mirror began to expand, its surface rippling like liquid mercury.
The tails began multiplying in quick succession—thirteen, fourteen, fifteen—each one glimmering with an almost tangible aura of pure conceptual energy.
The chamber seemed alive, its mirrored walls breathing in sync with the moment, throwing back endless reflections of the ever-changing figure in a dizzying kaleidoscope of light and motion.
Kagami felt his chest tighten with pride as he watched his granddaughter rise higher, transforming before his eyes. She was becoming something far beyond an ordinary cultivator...
HUMMMMM!!
In that moment, she crossed the threshold of the Twenty-First Dimension and fully ascended into an idea.
Her true form manifested as the mirror itself — an endless, flawless reflective surface with countless fox tails extending outward in every direction, each tail representing a different aspect of her power.
The mirror floated in the center, radiating an aura that made the very concept of "reflection" feel alive and absolute.
Kagami stood silently, a quiet pride swelling within him as the being he had once nurtured evolved into something extraordinary — a living Idea capable of reflecting, imitating, and perfecting anything it touched.
Then, the transformation reached its peak.
The mirror compressed and reshaped, taking on the form of a colossal humanoid fox.
She loomed hundreds of feet high, a goddess-like presence that matched Kagami in stature.
Her fur was a flawless, gleaming white, each strand holding what seemed like entire galaxies within. Twelve luminous tails drifted behind her, flowing like radiant rivers of light.
Her eyes were perfect, unbroken mirrors, capturing and reflecting the entirety of the chamber around her.
All in all, her beauty was indescribable — otherworldly, majestic, and utterly divine.
The moment her eyes opened, a single tear rolled down her cheek.
In the next instant, she appeared directly in front of Kagami, shrinking down to a more manageable size as she threw her arms around him in a tight, emotional hug.
"Grandfather..." she whispered, her voice trembling with years of suppressed emotion.
Kagami stood frozen for a second before wrapping his arms around her, holding her close as the weight of more than twenty thousand years finally caught up to them both.
They stayed like that for a long moment, neither speaking, simply letting the reunion sink in.
Finally, Kagami pulled back slightly, his hands resting on her shoulders as he looked at her with a warm, proud smile.
"Your journey... has been quite impressive," he said, his voice thick with emotion. "You’ve grown far beyond what I ever imagined."
Kaguya smiled through the lingering tears, wiping her eyes with the back of her hand.
"Well, after everything that happened... I couldn’t let our clan fade away." She said, "So, I had to become stronger."
Hearing this Kagami only smiled as they stood in comfortable silence for a moment, both continuing to process the reunion.
She looked at him with quiet curiosity.
"What about you, Grandfather? How did things turn out back home?
Kagami exhaled softly, a faint smile playing at the corners of his lips.
"It’s a long story, but the short version is... things didn’t turn out the way I expected," he said.
"Even though our Fox Clan suffered a major blow, Ash Originat took me into his family... and gave me power beyond anything I could have imagined."
Kaguya’s mirrored eyes narrowed ever so slightly.
"So, the bastard’s name is Ash... Originat, huh?" she murmured, tilting her head. "Strange that I haven’t heard a single whisper of that name anywhere in the verse."
Kagami chuckled.
"I doubt anyone has even survived him long enough to begin a rumor..."
As he said this the two of them continued talking, catching up on lost time — sharing stories, memories, and the paths they had walked since their separation.
As he said this, the two of them continued talking, catching up on lost time — sharing stories, memories, and the paths they had walked since their separation.
After a comfortable lull in the conversation, Kaguya looked at him with a small, determined smile.
"Grandfather... would you like to join me on a little adventure? There’s been a certain pair of eyes that has been watching me for a very long time. I want to know why."
Kagami was quiet for a second, then nodded.
"I know exactly who it is. With a glance, I can tell... it’s Destiny. But not the normal concept or influence of Destiny. This one is something far beyond that."
Kaguya’s mirrored eyes widened slightly at that revelation.
She instinctively tried to read his power level but found she couldn’t see his rank at all — only that his dimensional level was one below hers.
She was visibly shocked.
"You’re... Twentieth Dimensional? But... You feel so much stronger than that."
Kagami gave a small, wry smile.
"It’s complicated. But yes... I’ve grown quite a bit since we last saw each other."
Kaguya studied him for a moment longer, then asked with genuine curiosity.
"What exactly are you now, Grandfather?"
Kagami’s expression softened as he replied, "I am part of the Ineffable Pantheon, and I am the Constellation of Mirrors."
Before she could pose too many questions, he extended his hand toward her, knowing it would not be long before she experienced the transformation herself.
Choosing to conserve his words, he resolved instead to savor the time they had together.
"Now... shall we go and see this, Destiny?"
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In the center of this boundless space sat Destiny.
She was absurdly beautiful — a woman whose very presence seemed to warp the fabric of existence around her.
Her long hair tumbled in a shimmering cascade of silver, shifting as though each strand carried entire timelines within it.
Her porcelain skin glowed softly, touched with an otherworldly light. Her eyes, deep golden pools, seemed to hold every possible future at once.
She wore a simple yet elegant white gown, as if spun from the very threads of fate, flowing and reshaping with each graceful movement.
For at least the last twenty thousand years, she had remained in the same place, observing the unfolding journey of a singular Fox.
That Fox was, without question, Kaguya.
Her interest in Kaguya was far from arbitrary; as previously noted, she embodied Destiny itself, perhaps at the highest echelon of existence, surpassed only by one particular clan.
From the moment Kaguya received the Origin’s Essence, her destiny was irrevocably transformed—so profoundly altered that even Destiny herself could no longer influence it.
Thus, she chose merely to observe, seeking to understand the sequence of events that had led to such an immutable shift, and to uncover the true cause behind the sudden change in Kaguya’s fate.
In this moment, Destiny was casually weaving a tapestry in the air before her — a massive, ever-changing web of glowing golden threads.
Each thread represented a different being’s destiny, and with delicate fingers she adjusted them, tying new knots, loosening old ones, and occasionally snipping entire threads away with a casual flick.
The tapestry constantly rewrote itself, showing countless branching possibilities across all realities.
"Coming for me?" she said, her voice smooth, melodic, and laced with quiet amusement. "How bold."