Starting as a Magical Girl, I Alone Shall Rule for Eternity

"Corpse Emperor of Immortals..."

Jiang Si gasped sharply.

The girl in the black dress inside the crystal tilted her head, looking utterly confused. "What's that?"

Although he was conversing with this Magical Girl here, Jiang Si had actually already gathered all the scrolls from the Bear, Wolf, and Dog kingdoms.

Looking at his severed finger, Jiang Si stepped back slightly, putting some distance between himself and the girl in the black dress.

"Ah, no need to be so scared of me, right?"

The girl inside the crystal gestured wildly, and the clattering sound made Jiang Si realize her limbs were all bound by chains.

The chains were transparent.

"I'm a Magical Girl too, I've saved countless people, everyone respects me, calling me the Goddess of Magical Girls!"

The First Magical Girl—one could even say the pioneer who carved the path of Magical Girls.

The existence the Incubators had deified.

"You created the Incubators."

"I wouldn't exactly call it creation."

The First Magical Girl replied softly, "I just gave them a possibility..."

"Using a hive mind to control all Incubators and prevent them from rebelling."

"Cheep, that was just to stop them from vanishing completely. After all, beings that frequently undergo material ghostification and ghost materialization tend to fade quickly over time..."

On the other side, Jiang Si used Jiang Keke's vision to read the records in the ancient texts.

"Disaster Beasts were born because of you too."

"The accumulation of human resentment would eventually lead to the world's destruction—vanishing without form, without color, unable to do anything. So I manifested that resentment, so at least people would know what they were fighting against."

"The Beast of Eternity was also born because of you."

"It was just because too many Disaster Beasts were born, and the Dregs from various worlds affected the World Tree's operation. Eventually, the Beast of Eternity was born to clean things up. That's a mechanism the world developed on its own, right? Nothing to do with me!"

"Global warming was also caused by you."

"Wait... what does that have to do with me?"

"The neighbor's infertility is also your fault."

"I don't manage those things!"

"Jiang Keke is so dumb because of you too."

"Who's Jiang Keke?"

"You're the source of all evil, the chief culprit."

"Whatever you say..."

While stalling with words, Jiang Si tried purifying the wound on his finger using Polluted Magic, Pure Mana, and the Dregs' Polluted Magic respectively. All of them failed.

The black-dressed girl raised an eyebrow. "Wow, someone actually mastered all three types of power?"

Before Jiang Si could ask anything.

The crystal suddenly expanded!

The entire World Tree was crystallizing.

The surrounding branches, trunk, leaves—everything froze in crystal.

"This is my Mental Landscape, The Eternal Space."

The girl with chains hopped over to Jiang Si, sniffed him like a little puppy, and said, "You smell like a Magical Girl... but I don't remember boys being able to become Magical Girls."

Under the black dress, she wore no underwear. With every movement, large patches of fair skin were exposed. Jiang Si whipped out a blade and slashed fiercely at the Magical Girl's neck!

Plenty of weaknesses.

Oh!

The blade shattered, and the magic was corroded.

But her stats were too high.

Jiang Si casually tossed away the magic blade, carefully studying her.

This was the first time he'd encountered someone whose stats even he found absurd.

Unlike the Beast of Eternity—its stats weren't that exaggerated; its gimmick of One Proof Eternal Proof was the crazy part.

But this Magical Girl in front of him? Pure magical stat overload.

"Don't waste your strength."

The black-dressed girl didn't mind. She stepped barefoot onto the blade and crushed it, then led Jiang Si forward.

Around them, numerous Magical Girl projections appeared. "Many, many Magical Girls have come here, wanting to change the world. But they all failed."

Naturally, Jiang Si saw Shixin too.

These Magical Girls who had stepped into Full Bloom, broken through their limits, barged into the World Tree, and even met this First Magical Girl.

The Corpse Emperor of Immortals.

"But without exception, they all failed."

The black-dressed Magical Girl turned around, bent slightly, and smiled mischievously. "Do you know why?"

"Because you abandoned the identity of a Magical Girl long ago."

The bell on her ankle jingled, like the First Magical Girl's laughter. "Because magic has a price, and miracles have limits. I've reached the end of what a Magical Girl can be. The methods they thought they'd come up with—I've already tried them all."

Then, the Magical Girl pulled Jiang Si and walked straight into the crystal.

When the girl spread her arms, a torrent of surging magic far beyond Jiang Si's imagination rushed forth!

For a moment, it forced Jiang Si to step back, his bones creaking under the pressure!

He was never the one being suppressed by someone else's magic—this was the first time he was on the receiving end.

Even Jiang Si had to admit, just in terms of raw magic volume...

This girl seemed to have more than him.

The Beast of Eternity surpassed him in mechanism.

The Magical Girl surpassed him in power.

Jiang Si's lips curled into a grin as he stepped forward, bit by bit. Under the immense pressure, blood spurted from his body.

Yet he walked proudly and leisurely. "What exactly are you?"

Not human. Not just a Magical Girl either.

He couldn't even sense her presence.

Had this Corpse Emperor of Immortals already far surpassed his own rank?

Just as Jiang Si grew wary, pondering how to respond.

The black-dressed girl gave a radiant smile, turned, and waved her hand.

The surrounding crystal instantly transformed!

An endless, magnificent world!

Jiang Si looked at the infinite worlds stretching almost beyond sight—spaceships, space stations, countless virtual constructs.

It was a civilization that had developed to its peak, with constantly expanding Small Worlds, data and crowds covering every corner.

Like some prosperous future of the Mirror Kingdom.

Most importantly, everything felt real.

This Mental Landscape, The Eternal Space...

Was a Pseudo-History.

Exactly like the Pseudo-History Lu Ya had created back then.

Cutting off a segment of past history, sealing it into a never-changing, never-advancing Pseudo-History...

But this was different. This Pseudo-History had approached infinite reality!

These material energies, the auras of those people, all the mechanical data networks, all the miscellaneous things—they were almost identical to reality!

The Pseudo-History had nearly become a real world.

Without a doubt, even living beings from the outside could enter and live normally.

"Huh? You're not surprised?"

The black-dressed girl looked at Jiang Si with some surprise. "Many Magical Girls are blown away when they see this—such a massive, realistic civilization. It's my trump card to impress people. At least pretend to be a little amazed."

"Oh. So impressive."

Jiang Si gave a flat, emotionless compliment. "Making a Pseudo-History this realistic is quite an achievement."

The girl immediately leaned in like a curious child. "Huh? Pseudo-History? What's that?"

"Cutting off a segment of past history and turning it into an unchanging time-space is called a Pseudo-History."

"Wow, that's so fitting. I've been calling it The Eternal Space."

The girl hopped around, walking into the center of the massive civilization. "This civilization is also called the Eternal Civilization."

Here we go. Her little personal storytelling session.

Jiang Si sneered inwardly. Trying to impress me with your little tales? I've got ten thousand years of cultivation experience—you think you can bluff me?

He was already preparing his rebuttal.

Clearly, the First Magical Girl hadn't noticed Jiang Si's fighting spirit and deep thoughts. She just immersed herself in the past, speaking to herself. "They believed their technology, knowledge, and language would be passed down forever. They had infinite territory and power, techniques that seemed like they could last for millennia."

"Until they discovered the World Tree."

The massive World Tree unfurled, and that seemingly endless world began to crumble, falling into nothingness.

"We were the most brilliant fruit on the World Tree, and we met the most tragic end."

Countless warships, densely packed water droplets-shaped vessels, space-compression attacks that could distort space.

The Eternal Civilization's weapons tore through the World Tree but vanished without a trace. Countless attacks couldn't even raise a splash, only reflecting back and accelerating their own destruction.

"This struggle lasted a full hundred years. Impressive, right? Under the World Tree's destruction, the Eternal Civilization survived for a century. From its existence to now, I've never seen a civilization stronger or longer-lasting than the Eternal Civilization."

"You've never encountered our Cultivation Civilization."

"Maybe."

Tens of thousands of water droplets and warships exploded in space like chain fireworks. The World Tree's branches stretched out, greedily absorbing the essence of the Eternal Civilization's endless worlds.

Thus, the withered world marched toward its end in a pale, lifeless hue.

"Our enemy wasn't the Disaster Beasts, not the End, not even the Incubators. It was the world itself. The world responded to the World Tree, returning to nothingness, leaving civilization no place to stand. All our technology was helpless. All our power was useless. The Eternal Civilization's weapons, techniques, and the efforts of every genius—they were all a joke in the face of the world's own will."

The girl spoke softly. "The Eternal Civilization had no faith. Because its advanced technology had nearly achieved immortality and could cure every disease. Here, technology could solve everything. There was no soil for faith to grow."

"But in the face of the apocalypse, the Eternal Civilization was no better than a primitive one."

"The wise couldn't find the logic to break through and disappeared. The benevolent couldn't persuade the approaching destruction or move the World Tree and disappeared. The kings couldn't protect their people, were conquered by the apocalypse, and disappeared."

Then, Jiang Si saw countless people falling to their knees.

The Eternal Civilization was far, far too vast.

The cosmos encompassing the New World and Chongxu was already terrifyingly huge. But the Eternal Civilization's territory was thousands of times larger than this entire cosmos.

Countless beings surged through the Eternal Civilization.

Amid the apocalypse, they wept, screamed hysterically, and prayed.

Atheists, in the face of desperate destruction, became the most devout believers.

Then, for the first time in this technology-saturated civilization, all wishes converged into one.

This was the violence of numbers.

The number of beings in the Eternal Civilization was far too vast—beyond Jiang Si's ability to even observe.

Even though this was a Pseudo-History, he still couldn't see its end.

He looked at the densely packed, endless crowds. Even after a century of apocalyptic devastation, their numbers still exceeded the sum of all worlds!

And the Eternal Civilization had used some unknown technology to unify the thoughts of all beings. At this moment, those countless billions of beings prayed together.

Terrifying divine will tore through reality, turning fantasy into miracles!

No need for a vessel to bear it—the divine will itself became a Magical Girl.

"I am the First Magical Girl. I am the origin of Magical Girls. I am the spreader of magic and miracles. The sorrow and prayers of all shaped me."

Magic that transcended technology. Power that surpassed steam, electricity, oil, and atomic energy.

With just a wave of her hand, she suppressed all disasters and saved the people.

She even halted the World Tree's spread and devouring.

"I am the god they prayed for."

Jiang Si finally understood why the Incubators called her the Goddess of Magical Girls.

Born from the purest wishes and miracles. Not a human existence.

The struggle between civilization and the World Tree became a struggle between a fantasy god and the World Tree.

"My name is Chiba. Magical Girl Chiba."

The First Magical Girl spoke her name, quietly gazing at her Pseudo-History self.

With a bright, cheerful smile, she comforted everyone, always full of hope and drive to save the world.

She was a Magical Girl who never despaired or feared.

As the pioneer of the Magical Girl path, she used mental power to surpass technology, bringing new peace to the Eternal Civilization.

Until...

"I was recorded by the World Tree."

Chiba tilted her head, looking at the massive World Tree—the parent that gave them life, and the executioner that brought them destined destruction.

"Or rather, from the moment I was born, I was already recorded by the World Tree. The miracles the Eternal Civilization prayed for, the wishes of all people—none could surpass it. They were just a minor episode it recorded step by step."

A suffocatingly thick despair. "Miracles have limits. A Magical Girl's magic has an end too."

Even burning the World Tree, even severing its roots, even fusing her power with the World Tree...

It was still useless.

Shaking a tree.

Vast power, terrifying magic—on the World Tree, they meant nothing.

Because the so-called miracles of Magical Girls...

Were just a drop of dew on the World Tree.

"After Eternal fell, I still tried to change the world as a Magical Girl for tens of thousands of years. I pioneered the path of the Magical Girl, and I ended it too. I proved that a Magical Girl's miracles cannot surpass the World Tree."

"Prove it to whom?"

"To all of you." Chiba said firmly. "That was a path I already walked—a failed one. You're just following my old footsteps down a meaningless road. So I need to correct you."

"Is this why you had the Incubators collect Magical Girl essences?"

"The Incubators actually did a decent job."

Chiba looked thoughtful. "There was once a world that fully utilized magic to develop technology, faintly showing traces of the Eternal Civilization. But because of excessive magic use, the world's essence was drained. One day, the entire world suddenly turned into Dregs, losing its future. Only a handful escaped into mirrors, barely surviving."

"Most worlds aren't as lucky as the Mirror Kingdom, with a chance to catch their breath. Destruction always comes suddenly. Fortunately, the Incubators thought of many solutions."

"Chongxu, built by Magical Girls. Full Bloom, ascended by Magical Girls."

"As long as Magical Girls maintain the balance, the World Tree won't destroy the world so violently. A slow death is better than a sudden collapse, isn't it?"

Jiang Si sighed and rubbed his forehead. "How disappointing."

Chiba blinked. "What's wrong? Something the matter?"

"Because the Beast of Eternity had expectations for you. I guess that's my fault."

Jiang Si reached out and grabbed the crystal beside him. The Pseudo-History began to crack under his hand!

"Once, there was a Great Thousand World. Cultivators didn't cultivate an Immortal Foundation—they cultivated Destinies." Jiang Si finally launched his prepared rebuttal.

Time to show her the depth and richness of my cultivation. Little stories? We have plenty! No need for some side character's anecdotes!

"Cultivating the divine path to the immortal path. A destiny of eighty thousand makes a Golden Immortal. A destiny of ninety-nine thousand makes a Half-God. A full hundred thousand achieves godhood. One person reached that point—destiny of a full hundred thousand. His name was Wang Tian."

"The Demon God Wang Tian."

Jiang Si immersed himself in the vast expanse of his past, speaking deeply. "The Heavenly Dao served him. The Three Realms were his to command. His enemies were destroyed by him. The Heavenly Tribulation dared not speak. He became a god through the path of absolute emotionlessness. But after becoming a god, nothing changed. He thought he had reached the end of the path, the end of the world."

"Bored, he decided to destroy the Three Realms. But then, a person stood before the god."

Chiba leaned in eagerly. "And then? What happened next?"

"Skipped it. Go read it yourself." Jiang Si replied without hesitation. "In the end, the Heavenly Tribulation fell for humanity. The so-called end was just a deception."

"God is the end. Man is the beginning. Without transcendence, you're nothing but an Ant!"

With Jiang Si's words, the entire Pseudo-History shattered completely!

"I thought I'd see some real Magical Girl goddess or something. Instead, I just saw a brat like Wang Tian. Indeed, this path above sacrifice—only I can tread it."

"You can call me..."

Jiang Si stepped out of The Eternal Space and sneered. "Do you think you're a Magical Girl?"

"I think I am."

The bell at Chiba's ankle jingled as she ran after the Cultivator. "Magical power spreads from me. The combination of miracles and Personal Reality—I pioneered that too..."

"Yes, but that's not what I'm talking about."

After leaving The Eternal Space, the Cultivator pointed back inside, toward where Shixin stood. "See that Magical Girl in there?"

"Are you talking about Shixin?" Chiba's face showed a hint of regret. "I told you, this is a god-forsaken path. There's no hope. I've already proven it for them. It's too bad they didn't follow me..."

"Magical Girls don't need a leader."

Jiang Si cut her off. "They'll reach the end on their own. Their success or failure isn't for you to decide."

Chiba wasn't angry. She just asked curiously, "Then who decides? Themselves? Hmm, self-certified success? Isn't that just self-deception?"

"No." Jiang Si's tone was cold but absolute. "I decide."

"What's the difference from self-deception?"

"The difference is that I'll use them as a stepping stone to change everything, end the World Tree's cycle, and prove their success."

"I told you, the Magical Girls' path..."

"They've already surpassed you, walking toward a farther place. Can a useless piece of garbage stuck in place stop holding everyone back?"

Jiang Si's words left Chiba silent for a long time. Finally, she asked, "Do you have proof? Proof that they've surpassed me."

"My existence is the proof."

Another long silence. Then Chiba spoke slowly. "Even if I'm not a Magical Girl, it won't work. I abandoned Magical Girl power, used Corrupted Magic and Dregs' Polluted Magic, and still couldn't shake the World Tree. I changed my body, changed my soul, developed Soul Materialization and Material Ghostification. But I still couldn't escape the World Tree's records."

"Death, rebirth—every miracle becomes mundane, ordinary in the World Tree's records. And nothing recorded in the World Tree can change the World Tree."

Chiba plucked a leaf from somewhere. "Even if I change, reduce, or replace my soul—even if I become neither human nor ghost, with a completely different soul—the World Tree's record won't diminish by a single bit. Even if you forget yourself, the World Tree won't forget. It knows you better than you know yourself."

"What are you trying to say?"

"Your birth and death are just part of the rules. How can someone within the rules change them? The World Tree doesn't want to destroy anything or harm anything. It's simply following the natural evolution of its laws."

The girl, gradually sinking back into the crystal deep within the World Tree, shook her iron chains. "Heaven and Earth are not humane, treating all things as straw dogs. You say that often, don't you? Right, Jiang Si?"

She's that cultured?

Then how did she manage to attach her Mental Landscape and Personal Reality to her heart? She knows such profound stuff but doesn't even know basic biology?

What kind of liberal arts community college dropout is this?

Jiang Si felt a flicker of surprise but still nodded. "Correct. Heaven and Earth are not humane, treating all things as straw dogs."

The girl smiled. "So, we..."

In an instant, Jiang Si's form surged upward. Golden radiance fell upon him again, and the curse's power transformed him into the Golden Calamity Dragon King!

With a roar that shook the heavens, a single breath blasted from the depths of the World Tree all the way to the Other Shore!

"The Celestial Emperor is not humane, treating all things as straw dogs!"

At the same moment, a golden divine light lit up the sky across the entire world. Everyone looked up.

Golden flames burned through the World Tree, opening a crystalline passage. A deafening dragon roar pierced through!

"Puns cost money, Dad."

"Shut up."

Watching Jiang Si leave, Chiba looked down at the leaf in her hand.

On it, from Jiang Si's identity as a transmigrator, to the three types of Shion's power, the Golden Calamity Dragon King transformation, his love for web novels and stubborn Personal Reality—everything was recorded.

Chiba's expression was somewhat deflated, a little disappointed.

"But Jiang Si... you've already been recorded by the World Tree too..."