She had become one of Windfall’s best Rogues.
And eventually...
The World Championship reached its final.
Of course...
Fate had one last joke.
WINDFALL
versus...
HEAVEN’S FALL
Jiang Feng stared across the stage.
Shen Tian stared back.
Jiang Feng laughed.
"Again."
Shen Tian smiled.
"Again."
Lin Xiaoyu pointed toward him.
"This time we’re killing you first."
Su Yue raised her staff.
"Try."
Lin Xiaoyu gasped.
"Traitor!"
Su Yue laughed.
"You’ve been calling me that for a year!"
"BECAUSE YOU ARE!"
Jiang Feng sighed.
Shen Tian laughed.
Then...
The match began.
It lasted...
Forty-seven minutes.
The longest professional Eternal Realm match ever played.
Windfall won the first battle.
Heaven’s Fall the second.
Windfall controlled objectives.
Heaven’s Fall dominated direct combat.
Jiang Feng outplayed Shen Tian.
Shen Tian returned the favor.
Lin Xiaoyu eliminated Su Yue.
Su Yue hunted her down after respawn.
They yelled at each other through proximity chat.
Millions watched.
And...
At the very end...
It came down to them.
Again.
Jiang Feng.
Shen Tian.
One objective.
One final fight.
Both low health.
Jiang Feng’s sword cracked.
Dragonfall’s durability nearly gone.
Jiang Feng laughed.
"How many times have we done this?"
Shen Tian smiled.
"Not enough."
They moved.
Sword.
Bow.
Dodge.
Strike.
Arrow.
Parry.
Jiang Feng closed distance.
Shen Tian stepped away.
Jiang Feng predicted it.
Changed direction.
His sword struck Shen Tian.
Health dropped.
8%.
Shen Tian fired.
Jiang Feng dodged.
Objective: 94%.
Jiang Feng attacked.
Shen Tian blocked.
Dragonfall cracked.
96%.
Jiang Feng smiled.
"I’ve got you."
Shen Tian smiled back.
"Do you?"
Jiang Feng’s eyes widened.
Above them...
A shadow appeared.
The Mythic Phoenix.
The ugly egg.
LittleMaple’s mistake.
Jiang Feng stared upward.
Shen Tian smiled.
"Remember him?"
Jiang Feng’s face collapsed.
"YOU HAVE GOT TO BE KIDDING ME."
The Phoenix screamed.
Fire erupted.
Jiang Feng rolled.
Shen Tian moved.
98%.
Jiang Feng lunged.
Shen Tian drew.
99%.
Sword came down.
Arrow released.
BOOOOOOM!
Silence.
Then...
One avatar remained.
Shen Tian.
Barely.
HP: 1%.
Jiang Feng dissolved.
The objective completed.
100%.
The world exploded.
HEAVEN’S FALL
WORLD CHAMPIONS
Su Yue screamed.
Shen Yan appeared.
Heaven’s Fall rushed the field.
And...
Xu Ning appeared.
Time seemed to slow.
Golden threads surrounded Jiang Feng’s dissolving avatar.
Thousands.
Millions.
Every remaining piece of his destiny.
They snapped.
One after another.
[Ding!]
Final Destiny Event altered.
World Championship stolen.
World Sovereign inheritance transferred.
Protagonist destiny collapsed.
Fate stolen: 31,500
Shen Tian stared.
Then...
The number changed.
Jiang Feng
Fate Value: 31,500
15,000
7,000
1,000
100
10
Then...
Silence.
Xu Ning smiled.
[Congratulations, Host.]
[Target Fate completely depleted.]
[Protagonist status removed.]
Shen Tian looked across the arena.
Jiang Feng respawned.
No golden aura.
No Fate threads.
Nothing.
Just...
Jiang Feng.
A professional player.
A guild leader.
A friend.
Normal.
Jiang Feng looked toward Shen Tian.
Then...
Raised his middle finger.
Shen Tian burst out laughing.
Perfectly normal.
The award ceremony happened later.
Heaven’s Fall lifted the trophy.
Su Yue stood beside Shen Tian.
Cameras flashed.
Millions cheered.
She looked toward him.
"We actually did it."
Shen Tian smiled.
"Yeah."
She laughed.
Then...
Without thinking...
She hugged him.
Shen Tian froze slightly.
Su Yue realized.
But...
Didn’t move away.
Instead...
She looked up.
Their eyes met.
For almost a year...
They’d grown closer.
Game.
Real life.
Dinners.
Dates that neither officially called dates.
Late night calls.
Streaming together.
Meeting his family.
Arguing.
Laughing.
And...
Su Yue was tired of pretending.
"Shen Tian."
"Hm?"
"I like you."
The noise of the arena seemed to disappear.
She continued.
"Not because you’re Shen Tian."
"Not because you’re rich."
"Not because you’re ridiculously good at games."
He smiled.
"Ridiculously?"
"Don’t ruin this."
"Sorry."
She took a breath.
"I liked you before I knew who you were."
"When you were just..."
"That annoying Ranger stealing all our loot."
Shen Tian laughed.
Her eyes softened.
"And I kept liking you."
"More."
"Even after meeting you."
"Which..."
She smiled.
"Honestly surprised me."
Shen Tian stared.
Then...
He smiled.
"I like you too, Su Yue."
She froze.
Despite expecting something...
Actually hearing it...
Destroyed her.
"You..."
Shen Tian leaned closer.
"You heard me."
Her face became red.
"Say it again."
He smiled.
"I like you."
Su Yue looked ridiculously happy.
Then...
She kissed him.
Right there.
On the championship stage.
The cameras caught everything.
The internet exploded.
Somewhere backstage...
Jiang Feng stared at the screen.
Lin Xiaoyu stood beside him.
She gasped.
"MOON!"
Jiang Feng laughed.
"Finally."
Lin Xiaoyu looked toward him.
Then narrowed her eyes.
"What?"
"You never kissed me after our championship."
"We lost."
"So?"
Jiang Feng stared.
Then...
He leaned down.
Kissed her.
She smiled immediately.
"Better."
Years passed.
Eternal Realm remained massive.
Heaven’s Fall became legendary.
Windfall became one of the world’s most respected professional organizations.
Titan remained competitive.
Jiang Feng...
Never became the undisputed greatest player in history.
He didn’t become the World Sovereign.
Didn’t receive impossible inheritances.
Didn’t dominate every championship.
He won some.
Lost others.
Sometimes Windfall finished first.
Sometimes third.
Sometimes they got eliminated early.
Sometimes Jiang Feng played brilliantly.
Sometimes...
He simply had a bad day.
Because...
He was normal.
And strangely...
He loved it.
No destiny.
No impossible expectations.
No constant need to climb higher.
He played professionally because he enjoyed competing.
He led Windfall because he loved his team.
And...
Eventually...
He retired from full-time competition.
Not because of injury.
Not because someone discarded him.
Because...
He was ready.
Several years after Eternal Realm launched...
Shen Tian received an invitation.
Physical.
Expensive paper.
He opened it.
Su Yue leaned against his shoulder.
"What is it?"
Shen Tian read.
Then smiled.
"No way."
"What?"
He showed her.
Su Yue’s eyes widened.
Then...
She screamed.
"THEY’RE GETTING MARRIED?!"
Shen Tian laughed.
The invitation read...
Jiang Feng
&
Lin Xiaoyu
Su Yue immediately grabbed her phone.
"I’m calling her."
"Why?"
"Because she didn’t tell me first!"
"Maybe she knew you’d scream."
"SHUT UP."
She called.
Lin Xiaoyu answered.
(Author’s Note: IMPORTANT!)
SEND POWESTONES!!!
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