Legends of Runeterra

The House of Eternity, Navoli Province, Ionia.

This ancient holy place standing on the land of its birth is as peaceful and tranquil as ever, as if it has not been affected by the war at all.

In the lotus pond that blooms all year round, a woman about twenty years old, with honey-colored skin and a gentle face that reveals an inexplicable otherworldly temperament, is sitting quietly cross-legged about ten centimeters above the ground.

Behind her, there were two white marble-like, lotus-shaped objects floating, and in the middle were two emerald green dragon-shaped jades that were interlocking their tails.

As the woman breathed, the dragon-shaped jadeite behind her slowly turned.

“Tick! Tick! Tick!”

Slow but firm footsteps came from far away.

"Lord Apocalypse!"

The woman opened her emerald eyes and looked at the person who came.

He was dressed in monk's attire, and in contrast to his shiny head, his snow-white beard fell down to his belly. His old face revealed a temperament that was indifferent to the world.

"Elder Barn!"

The woman known as the Revelation responded calmly.

When Elder Barn saw this, he couldn't help but sigh slightly.

"Lord Karma, you still haven't figured it out?"

"..."

Seeing that Karma remained silent, Barn continued speaking.

"Everything Ionia is experiencing now is only a temporary pain. After a period of time, Noxus will naturally retreat.

My Lord, you have the wisdom and vision passed down by generations of revelators, how can you be limited to this?"

“On the contrary, Elder Baine, it is precisely because I have not been able to find the answer from the wisdom of the Revelator that I have such doubts.

Elder, do you think our choice is right?

In the current situation in Ionia, choose to stand aside and watch! "

Facing Barn's doubts, Karma asked back.

"Of course! The First Earth has its own will, and you know that very well.

Noxus may seem strong now, but when the time is right, it will naturally be defeated!"

"But as far as I know, even the Church of Balance, which has always adhered to the 'balance', has begun to provide assistance to all resistance forces in a non-positive way!"

"Haha~, sir, you don't need to worry about this matter. Since Master Kushuo passed away unexpectedly, the new 'Eye of Twilight' was forced to take over. His qualifications and experience are completely insufficient, so it's not surprising that he made such a decision.

My Lord, you have only been awakened for eight years, and you have not yet fully mastered the wisdom and power of the "Apocalypse". If you rashly go to the front line of the battlefield, if something unexpected happens, it will be a loss for the entire Ionia!"

Barn looked directly at Karma, his old face full of seriousness.

"What about 'Divine Dragon Lord' Li En? As the 'Divine Dragon Lord', he just awakened in the Shuoji Temple this year, but he single-handedly blocked the Noxian army hundreds of miles away from Presidium!"

"'Shenlong Reverend'..."

Hearing this guy who couldn't be more familiar, Elder Barn's state of mind, which he had cultivated for a lifetime, couldn't help but fluctuate.

"What 'Shenlong Zun' did may seem to please the people, but it has greatly destroyed the tranquility and harmony of this land.

He has not appeared since that battle, most likely because he was punished by the 'Spirit of the Dragon' and can no longer appear!"

"But I also read the letter sent by the Zan family. 'The Divine Dragon Lord' clearly protected them all the way back to Presidium."

"Well, Lord Karma, I am not here to discuss the matter of the 'Dragon Lord' with you!

The situation in Ionia is turbulent now. After unanimous consultation among all the elders, we have decided that from today on, the Temple of Eternity will be sealed off until the war started by Noxus is quelled! "

"Lockdown? Elder Barn, why didn't this meeting..."

"Lord Karma! The ancient wisdom passed down should have told you that 'evil deeds will be punished, so don't pay any attention to it.'

You only need to stay in the Palace of Eternal Life, stay to comfort the people, and the disputes will subside!"

After Elder Barn finished speaking, he turned and left without waiting for Kalma to respond.

At the same time, a barrier without any restrictions but able to detect whether Karma was still in the lotus pond quickly rose up.

"'Evil deeds will be punished'..."

Karma muttered to himself as he looked at the lotus flowers blooming not far away.

Karma, or the girl's original name - Dalha.

She was born in a village in the northern highlands of Shangzan. Since she was twelve years old, she began to see some strange visions intermittently.

The scenes were so strange that they felt like memories, but Dalha was sure that he had never experienced them personally.

At first she could still bear it, but the hallucinations became more and more severe, making it impossible for her to live like a normal person, so much so that Dalha felt she was gradually going crazy.

Just when Dalha thought that this would be the end of his life, monks from the Temple of Eternal Life came to the village.

She jumped up from her bed and cried to them about the visions, because she found that the voices in the visions were very similar to those of the monks.

The monks were overjoyed listening to the girl's cries, as this was the reincarnation of 'Karma' they had been looking for.

Thus, the girl received the most sacred spirit of the New Earth - the 'Soul of Ionia' during the ceremony.

She was taken back to the Temple of Eternal Life by the monks to receive the teachings that the "Revelator" must receive, and how she could communicate with those thousands of souls.

Over the past eight years, facing the wisdom of the "Karmas", the girl has never been able to accept the idea that "evil deeds will be punished, so there is no need to pay attention to them."

When Noxus invaded and thousands of Ionians died, Karma's inner ideals conflicted with the ancient wisdom.

As the recipient of the 'Soul of Ionia', Karma can feel the pain and fear spreading across this land.

Every day, Karma suffers great torment.

But not long ago, the thunder that exploded outside Presidium, like the scorching sun melting snow, directly dispelled the haze in her heart.

Due to the suggestions of the monk elders, Karma was unable to go there to check it out.

But Karma, who was sitting in the Temple of Eternity, did not have to wait long before a letter from Presidium told her the truth - 'Dragon Lord' Li En single-handedly destroyed an army of Noxus.

The letter also said that it was hoped that this generation of "Apocalypse" would be able to come out and lead Ionia to resist the invasion of Noxus.

This made the elder monks angry and they wrote a letter of rejection on the spot.

But Kalma expressed on the spot that he was willing to go to Presidium to see the situation.

Therefore, she was sent back to this meditation hall surrounded by lotus ponds, to undergo so-called "enlightenment practice", which was actually a disguised form of confinement as a "protective punishment".

It can be said that compared to Karma, the nominal supreme leader of the Temple of Eternal Life, the monk elders are the actual leaders of this holy place.