# Chapter 1628: No Victory, No Return, No Rest
Originally, Jiangnan thought that being able to live over three hundred years old was already pretty impressive...
Who knew he was still just a little brother after all!
Looking at the inscriptions on the monument, Jiangnan's heart was filled with mixed emotions!
Baikou wiped her nose: "Even though it was a bitter victory, it's still a victory. We've answered the expectations of all our predecessors!"
"Let's leave our mark from this era on here. Consider it living up to the past! The present! And the future!"
Jiangnan was startled!
Even Jiangning nodded along: "From the very beginning when we couldn't even reach the moon, fighting separately, losing, crying..."
"Overcoming countless difficulties, winning this battle under these circumstances... we've really done well! Humans are amazing!"
Yang Jian nodded: "We didn't disgrace our ancestors!"
Jiangnan smiled brilliantly, his gaze turning to Odin!
( ͡° ᴗ ͡°)✧ "Little brother? You want to go?"
Odin's face stiffened: =͟͟͞͞(꒪▿꒪‧̣̥̇) "I... I'll pass! You go ahead. I didn't know this was a thing either, didn't prepare any lines..."
"If I mess up the engraving, won't it be embarrassing when future generations see it years later?"
At this moment, everyone turned to Jiangnan and nodded.
Jiangnan took a deep breath, focused his gaze, raised his hand to draw the Godslayer Blade, pondered for a moment, and walked before the monument!
"Then I'll do the honors!"
As he spoke, he raised the Godslayer Blade, about to bring it down on the monument!
Wu Liang suddenly spoke up!
(•̆(エ)•̆)ฅ "Brother Nan! Don't carve it wrong. If you write a typo or something, it'll be hard to fix!"
Jiangnan's hand twitched, almost scratching it wrong!
He shot Wu Liang a dirty look!
(乛益乛‧̣̥̇) "Do you think I'm like you? Can't even write 'tomb' correctly! So uncultured!"
Qian Benying covered her face!
(づ﹏ど)
Hey hey hey, isn't this the time to be bickering?
This is supposed to be a very solemn moment, so why is your vibe so off?
Beside him, Xia Yao had already pulled out her phone to record, wanting to capture this historic moment!
(๑ớ◡ờ)っ[]
Jiangnan swung the blade like a pen, carving the mark of this era onto the monument!
Upon it was written:
*Three generations passed the torch, hidden within the moon's heart. We came to claim the moon, but unfortunately lost at dawn.*
*Afterward, we united the heroes, turned the Pupil Race, suppressed the giant worm, moved stars to fill the moon, and slew a god upon the moon.*
*A great victory!*
*Carrying the will of our predecessors, we ignite the star here!*
*Passing the torch for a thousand years, long and lingering! The bright moon hangs high, shining for millennia!*
*All stars shine brilliantly, each vying for excellence! No victory, no return, no rest!*
*From this day forth, humanity has no retreat!*
*May we sing all the way, undefeated in a hundred battles!*
*May future generations know eternal peace—this is our final testament!*
*—Jiangnan*
The blade tip lifted, and the sword returned to its sheath!
At this moment, everyone gazed at the large characters Jiangnan had carved on the monument—bold, unrestrained, without taboos!
The writing was just like the man!
Though only a few brief lines, they encapsulated everything experienced in this battle!
These words contained countless lost lives, astonishing despair, and hardships!
But everything vanished with those two words: *Great Victory!*
What was written on the stone tablet was precisely what Jiangnan and the others had accomplished, as well as their beautiful hopes for the future!
Odin got goosebumps all over: "Well said—'May future generations know eternal peace—this is our final testament!'"
"Hundreds or thousands of years from now, perhaps future generations will stand before this monument just like us, gazing at what is written, recalling this history, right?"
Big Brother really has literary talent! He just spouted it off the top of his head! And he even added a few lines of poetry? So stylish, huh?
Jiangnan smiled: "Each of us is a creator of history! Let's do what we should do, and hope that future generations won't have to worry about these things!"
"Everyone, leave your names here. This battle wasn't won by any one person alone—it was won by everyone together!"
Odin swallowed hard. If you put it that way, then I won't hold back, you know!
Writing a name or something—I can still manage that!
After all, this is a chance to be remembered in history. Why not take it?
Odin stepped forward and used his light finger to leave his name on it!
*Odin Caesar!*
At this moment, Pang Badi, Wuzang, Miyazaki, and even Freya, Kuper, Baldr, and the others all stepped forward to leave their names!
But they all wrote their characters smaller than Jiangnan's, to leave room for others!
Ye Zhenguo trembled as he carved his name on it. Being on the same monument as the ancestors—that itself was an honor!
Bei Qiu also became the first member of the Bei family to be on the monument!
Chen Daoyi hemmed and hawed for a long time, wanting to go up and carve but not daring to—after all, he felt he hadn't contributed much!
Jiangnan saw Chen Daoyi struggling and stepped forward to push his back!
(∗❛ั◡❛ั) "What are you hesitating for? Go write! No matter how things were before, at least this time you didn't disgrace your ancestors, right?"
Chen Daoyi was stunned, then nodded heavily!
"Thanks!"
Jiangnan smiled without a word, then turned to look at Zhang San, who everyone had ignored!
"Third Brother? Why aren't you going? You made a great contribution!"
Zhang San looked depressed:
୧(◞‸◟)୨ "Even if I carve it, they won't be able to see my name... they'll just cover it up again..."
Jiangnan barely held back his laughter: "I'll help you!"
With that, he carved Zhang San's name on the stone tablet—right in the prominent middle spot!
Zhang San pounded his chest excitedly!
(๑´༎ຶٹ༎ຶ)و
Didn't come for nothing! This is better than any little medal, right? I, Zhang San, have finally made my mark in history, haven't I?
Xia Yao looked at the long list of Dao Heaven names on the monument, with the two biggest characters at the front being *Jiangnan*!
She couldn't help but snicker secretly: "If future generations see this, they might think Xiao Nan is a Transcendent Realm big shot! Or at least a Dao Heaven, right?"
Zhong Yingxue barely suppressed her laughter—what a misunderstanding that would be!
Just then, Jiangnan walked over to Wuzang with the Godslayer Blade!
Wuzang was startled: "What do you want from me?"
Jiangnan grinned: "Lend me your hand!"
Without waiting for Wuzang's consent, he grabbed his hand, then took out Ruisen's unicorn horn!
The two held the crystal unicorn horn together and carved a "✡" on the Godslayer Blade's sheath!
Now there were ten six-pointed stars on the sheath!
Jiangnan had wanted to carve it himself, but since he'd found a substitute hitter, carving it himself would seem like stealing the kill, right?
That's why he asked Wuzang to do it with him!
Wuzang smiled bitterly: "You don't have to bring me into this, right?"
Jiangnan shook his head with a smile: "It's different. I hope the next six-pointed star will be carved by me alone. Teach me a few more moves when you have time?"
Wuzang patted his chest: "As long as you're willing to learn!"
Jiangning touched her own horn, a little scared—would Xiao Nan turn into a star-collecting maniac in the future, chopping her up just to collect stars?
Jiangnan then found Bei Qiu. The old woman was currently admiring her own name on the monument with her hands behind her back!
She even stood in front of the monument, asking others to take photos for her. She planned to put them in the family ancestral hall!
Jiangnan rolled his eyes: (꒪ั～꒪ั*) "Don't just be vain! Everyone's left their names, but there's still work to do!"
"Those three inner circles—hurry up and get your family to work overtime. Carve them quickly! The star-igniting matter can't be delayed!"
"And the God-Slaying Spell Array protecting this place—you need to carve that too!"
Bei Qiu's eyes bulged wide, and she almost dropped dead on the spot!
Her heart was screaming *wow, wow, wow*!
(◞꒦ິᯅ꒦ີ◟)
Overtime again? She thought after this battle she could finally enjoy herself!
But who knew it would be non-stop overtime all the way?
Those three huge circles—carving them all would shave years off her life, wouldn't it?
Still, she quickly sent people to get it done!
After everyone left the place, Yang Jian first sent someone to set up a God-Slaying Spell Array to protect the area!
And the Bei family members began frantically carving the array, trying to ignite the star as soon as possible!
Yang Jian also had Little Yueyue trot over and move the Alliance base here!
It was directly settled on the Ceres planet that had filled the Moon Eye, and people were already dispatched to build an elevator to the Moon's core!
Jiangnan also took the opportunity to retrieve the Cold Mountain Spirit Ruin core that had been embedded in Ceres earlier, along with the core fragments of the Void Sea, and returned Baikou's share to her!
At this moment, Ceres had fully merged with the Moon!
Yang Jian, Pang Badi, and the others also sent many Moon-Welding troops to weld the cracks further, reinforcing the Moon's structure!
Under Jiang Tianchen's observation, the Moon Eye—having been filled by Ceres and other asteroids—had recovered much of its mass!
Now its orbit had already changed, and over time it would gradually return to the right track!
By then, the strange changes on Blue Star caused by the weakening of the Moon's tidal force would slowly disappear!
This wave essentially eliminated the crisis at its root!
Regarding the follow-up arrangements for the Pupil Race, the big shots even held a special seminar after leaving the Moon's core!
They accepted Jiangnan's suggestion to make the Pupil Race a vassal race of humanity, permanently residing on the Moon!
They could even go colonize Mars or something if they wanted—environment wasn't an issue for the Pupil Race!
Although there had been many casualties because of the Pupil Race earlier, the Pupil Race had been used as a pawn by the Holy Star—it wasn't their original intention!
And their critical defection at the crucial moment had also helped humanity. Now that Yego was gone too!
Becoming a vassal race of humanity was still acceptable!
Moreover, when fighting the Holy Star, they could become effective combat power. Humanity couldn't afford to miss any opportunity to strengthen itself now!
Later, they could also vacate a few permanent-daylight Spirit Ruins on Blue Star for them to live in!
Making it convenient for them to conduct business—running security companies, mercenary corps, taking Spirit Martial Association missions, and so on!
Of course, all of this was done without harming human interests!
Little Walnut was smart. He naturally knew how to walk his path from now on and wouldn't do things he shouldn't!
Jiangnan also gave him Hester's eyes—after all, he was the One-Eyed King, so he needed to maintain face!
The watermelon eyes that were replaced were distributed to his capable subordinates!
Then Little Walnut took his people to clean up the Pupil City. Since they would be living here long-term, Yang Jian also sent a large number of people to help them build the city!
The Star-Devouring Giant Worm was temporarily left with him too, since there was no good place to put it for now!
Let it go hungry for a few days first!
Returning to Silver Moon City, Jiangnan didn't stop. He found Mi Ye, Baikou, Odin, and Baldr and the others again!
Then they found a place to have a private conversation!
Zhong Yingxue, Xia Yao, and the others wanted to remind Jiangnan of something but didn't get the chance...
Right now, Xia Yao and Zhong Yingxue were holding the feigned-dead Printing Worm, their faces twitching!
(๑ᵒ̴̶̷﹏ᵒ̴̶̷) "Say... did Xiao Nan forget something? The 24-hour feigned death is almost up, isn't it?"