Legend of the Embroiderer

Li Zhao stood in the square where the peace agreement was signed, the bright light of the two moons shining on his and Lingyue's clasped hands.

The crowd in the distance was cheering, and the representatives of the forces of light and darkness were drinking together. However, Li Zhao keenly caught a flash of sinisterness in the eyes of the leader of the dark side.

He held Lingyue's hand tightly and felt the other person's equally tense nerves.

“The peace agreement is just a facade.”

Lingyue whispered, "I can feel that the dark forces are gathering strength."

Li Zhao nodded, and the fragments of his Yin-Yang Ball felt slightly hot in his palm, foreshadowing the impending crisis.

A mysterious man in a cloak suddenly broke into the square, lifted his hood to reveal half of his rotten face.

"Lord Yingyue asked me to bring a message."

The mysterious man said hoarsely, "When the two moons overlap again, true darkness will swallow up the light."

He threw out a black crystal ball, which instantly exploded into black mist.

Li Zhao instinctively pushed Ling Yue away, but found that countless tentacles stretched out from the black fog and dragged the leader of the dark side into it.

“Help…Help me!”

The leader's cries for help abruptly stopped, and the shadow of Yingyue emerged from the black mist. She smiled softly at Li Zhao, and her figure quickly disappeared.

Lingyue pointed to the sky tremblingly. Li Zhao looked up and saw that the two moons were slowly approaching each other, and the words "Eternal Balance" at the intersection began to distort.

"We must stop the two moons from overlapping!" Li Zhao tightly grasped the fragments of the Yin-Yang Ball and rushed towards the Twin Moon Temple with Lingyue.

When they arrived at the temple, they found that all the sealing devices had been destroyed and the altar was engraved with Shadow Moon runes.

Lingyue suddenly curled up on the ground in pain, and black lines appeared on her right hand again.

"Li Zhao... I can't control myself anymore."

Lingyue's voice was filled with tears, "Yingyue is devouring my soul."

Li Zhao hurriedly injected the power of purification into her body, but saw Lingyue's pupils split into yin and yang colors.

In severe pain, Lingyue revealed the shocking truth: "Yingyue is me, and also you... We are the third body of the triplets."

Li Zhao stepped back in shock, and suddenly felt a familiar force attacking from behind.

He turned around and saw another Lingyue holding a bloody dagger, with black flames burning in his eyes.

"You killed my Lingyue, I will make you pay the price!"

The Lingyue roared and pounced. Li Zhao recognized her as the dark side of a certain time and space, and hurriedly used the fragments of the Yin-Yang Ball to repel her.

"Enough!" Li Zhao roared, "We must work together to stop Yingyue!"

Dark Spirit Moon suddenly sneered: "Join forces? Do you think Shadow Moon really exists? She is just the embodiment of our inner fears."

Her figure began to dissipate. "The real enemy... is ourselves."

Li Zhao fell into deep thought and suddenly felt dizzy.

He found himself standing in a pure white space, with Shadow Moon suspended in the center.

"Welcome to the Sea of ​​Consciousness." Yingyue chuckled, "Here, we can have a good talk."

She stretched out her hand, and Li Zhao saw countless images flashing in her palm - Lingyue was swallowed by darkness, he became the god of darkness, and the world fell into eternal war.

"This is your fear," Shadow Moon said, "and I am fear itself."

She suddenly leaned closer to Li Zhao, "But fear is also power.

If you accept me, we can create a world of absolute balance."

Li Zhao shook his head: "Balance is not control, but coexistence."

He stabbed the fragment of the Yin-Yang Ball into his heart, "I choose to trust Lingyue, and I also trust myself."

The sea of ​​consciousness shook violently, and Yingyue let out a shrill scream.

Li Zhao returned to reality and saw Lingyue holding a dagger to her throat, with black lines spreading to her pupils.

"Go ahead." Lingyue said tearfully, "I don't want to be Yingyue's puppet."

Li Zhao shook his head and stabbed the dagger into his shoulder, and blood splattered on Lingyue's face.

"You..." Lingyue looked at him in shock.

Li Zhao smiled: "I believe you." His blood dripped onto Lingyue's black lines, and actually caused the lines to begin to fade.

Lingyue felt a warm force spreading in her body, and she finally broke free from Yingyue's control.

The two came to the highest point of the Twin Moon Temple and saw that the twin moons were about to overlap.

Li Zhao threw the fragments of the Yin-Yang ball into the air, and the fragments split into countless light points, forming a huge barrier between the two moons.

Shadow Moon's shadow appeared in front of the barrier and attacked it frantically.

"You think you can stop me like this?"

Shadow Moon roared, "As long as fear exists, I will never disappear!"

Li Zhao held Lingyue's hand tightly and injected his own purifying power and Lingyue's dark power into the barrier at the same time.

The barrier burst into a dazzling light, rebounding all of Shadow Moon's attacks.

At the moment when the two moons completely overlapped, the barrier suddenly shattered, and a golden light fell from the sky, sealing Shadow Moon in the fragments of the Yin-Yang Ball.

Li Zhao felt weak and fell into Lingyue's arms. Lingyue stroked his face gently: "We succeeded."

However, Li Zhao saw a barely perceptible flash of dark purple in Lingyue's pupils.

In the bright light of the overlapping double moons, Li Zhao fell into the sea of ​​consciousness again.

He saw Yingyue sealed in the Yin-Yang Sphere, and countless transparent souls were imprisoned inside the Sphere.

“These are…” Li Zhao said in shock.

Shadow Moon chuckled, “Yes, it’s all your fear.

As long as you live, we will exist forever."

When Li Zhao woke up, he found himself lying in Lingyue's arms. The two moons had separated and the sky had returned to calm.

Lingyue looked at him with a smile, but Li Zhao noticed a flash of dark purple at her fingertips.

He looked down at the fragment of the Yin-Yang Sphere in his palm and discovered that Shadow Moon and countless souls were imprisoned inside. A line of small words appeared on the surface of the fragment: "Fear is power, balance is a cage."

"Lingyue, I have a discovery."

Li Zhao frowned and said, "Yingyue and those souls are actually the collection of our fears from all time and space."

Lingyue nodded: "I feel it too. Perhaps we should try to accept fear instead of eliminating it."

Li Zhao felt a sharp pain, and his shadow separated from his body again, condensing into the appearance of Shadow Moon.

"A wise choice." Shadow Moon chuckled. "Now, you can use the power of fear to maintain balance."

She placed her hand on Li Zhao's chest, and a dark power surged into him. "But remember, this power will backfire."

Li Zhao felt strength surging in his body, but he also felt a clarity he had never felt before.

He looked into the distance and saw the forces of light and darkness dismantling the last of the defenses, with children running and playing among the ruins.

In the shadow of the twin moons, he saw a familiar figure flash by—the leader of the men in black!

"Lingyue, look!" Li Zhao pointed in that direction, but found that the leader of the men in black had disappeared.

Lingyue shook her head: "Impossible, he has been eliminated."

Li Zhao clenched his fists; the real battle had just begun.

As night fell, Li Zhao came to the Twin Moon Temple alone.

He placed the fragments of the Yin-Yang Ball into the altar and suddenly felt dizzy.

When he woke up, he found himself standing in a completely new world - there was no distinction between light and darkness, and everyone had yin and yang pupils.

"This is..." Li Zhao said in shock.

Shadow Moon's voice came from behind: "This is the world we created together, where fear and hope coexist."

Her figure gradually became transparent. "Now, it's up to you to decide the future of this world."

Li Zhao looked into the distance and saw himself and Lingyue teaching the children how to control the yin and yang power in their bodies.

No matter what the future holds, he will walk hand in hand with Lingyue to protect this fragile balance.

The moment he turned around, a man in black walked out from the shadows and lifted his hood - it was actually himself from another time and space!

"It's time to wake up."

Li Zhao sneered and said, "The real game has just begun."

He waved his hand to open a space-time rift and sucked Li Zhao into it.

When Li Zhao opened his eyes again, he found himself lying in a laboratory, surrounded by various complicated instruments, and Lingyue was wearing a white coat and cutting open his chest with a scalpel.

"Welcome back to the real world."

Lingyue sneered and said, "You are just Experiment No. 001 that I created."

Li Zhao looked at her in shock, and suddenly felt a sharp pain, and his consciousness fell into darkness again.

Before he lost consciousness, he heard Lingyue's voice:

"Remember, all worlds are virtual, and I... am the only creator."