Chapter 339: The Newborn Leads the Final Calamity!
"Shion is already close to dying. She's on her last legs now. No need to fear her."
When Fengqin woke up groggily, she found that everything had changed.
She had turned into a little bear ornament.
And where she was now was another chaotic void, as if everything had returned to the starting point.
No sky, no earth. Everywhere was pitch black, floating with large amounts of gravel and dust, as if everything was shrouded in obscurity.
After that voice saying there was no need to be afraid sounded, colorful lights bloomed all around. Then, huge crystals appeared like coffins, gradually melting, revealing the people sealed within!
Fengqin didn't have time to observe who was in the crystals, because she realized that the voice saying not to fear Shion came from her own body's mouth.
The only problem was that her own body was no longer under her control.
And her own voice had changed into the voice of the little bear ornament that had been her lifelong companion!
"You're awake. Don't worry, the surgery was a success." As an ornament, Fengqin looked at her own body and revealed a faint smile. "From now on, it's your turn to safely be a little bear ornament."
Seeing that the real Fengqin wasn't speaking, the fake Fengqin spoke with a somewhat mocking and cold tone: "This is the fate you deserve. This world isn't tolerant enough for an idiot like you to live easily, Fengqin. Trusting others without any boundaries? You didn't really think I was willing to accompany you for thousands of years because we were close, did you?"
"Just let you taste the pain and suffering I've endured for a thousand years. Being unable to do anything, only able to watch helplessly from the sidelines..."
"Little Bear..." Fengqin trembled, her voice seemingly carrying a crying tone as she called out her name.
The Little Bear occupying Fengqin's body twitched her mouth, but ultimately let out a cold snort. "It's come to this. Even calling me 'Mom' won't help..."
"That's really great, Little Bear!"
Fengqin's joyful cry of tears instantly left Little Bear speechless.
"No, what's great about this? What's great is on my side, what are you so happy about?!"
Fengqin cried pitifully—unfortunately, hanging from her hair, the only downside was probably that she couldn't habitually kowtow to feel at ease. "Little Bear is getting better, so Fengqin is happy!"
"Look at your pathetic self!" Little Bear knocked on her former body, the little bear ornament, with a tone of frustration. "Can't you have some ambition! Your body has been taken now, you should be thinking about how to take it back!"
"Why?" Fengqin said cautiously. "Actually, Little Bear now has to bear the risk of living for me, which will be very hard. I'm pretty good as an ornament right now. I feel at ease, my body is so light, there's nothing to be afraid of anymore, and I don't have to fear hurting or offending others... Everyone is happy now, isn't that a good thing?"
This kid, she wasn't stupid, you see.
Seeing that the real Fengqin wasn't speaking, the fake Fengqin spoke with a somewhat mocking and cold tone: "This is the fate you deserve. This world isn't tolerant enough for an idiot like you to live easily, Fengqin. Trusting others without any principles? You didn't really think I was willing to accompany you for thousands of years because we were close, did you?"
Soon, the people who had crawled out of the sealing crystals finally woke up. They all looked over and then asked, "Is it finally time? Our time to save the world!"
As an ornament, although her field of vision was limited, Fengqin could still barely see the people who had emerged from the seals. She was momentarily dazed. "Everyone, you're all still alive!"
Fengqin's question immediately drew a wave of laughter.
Even Little Bear couldn't help but frown. "What are you laughing at?"
"Nothing, just that Fengqin is still the same idiot. That's too bad."
"Thanks to you, we could all wait until now so peacefully."
"Otherwise, when we tried to seize authority from Eternal Proof, we would have all been done for, right?"
Mocking laughter, like bullying, was endless.
Fengqin smiled and said softly, "See, I said giving my body to her was the right thing, Little Bear..."
Little Bear was silent for a moment before continuing:
"The chaotic void isn't something that originally existed in the new world."
"It was created from the ability of a certain Full Bloom Magical Girl from the past, who created a space that couldn't be detected out of nothing."
"So they actually never died. They were just sleeping, waiting for the right moment."
The awakened Witches, Incubators, and Disaster Beasts all snickered, each saying, "Don't explain, Fengqin can't understand anyway."
"Yeah."
"Speaking of which, where's that Tiyana?"
"She said she has her own plan, don't worry about her."
Facing the question, Little Bear just casually replied and ignored them, continuing to speak to Fengqin:
"And the trigger for their awakening was also simple. When Shion came to Fengqin's space and obtained the authority of the new world, the Dream Incubators were basically all awake by then."
Fengqin was momentarily puzzled. "? They were awake then? Then why did they only come out now?"
Finally hearing Fengqin's question, Little Bear said with an even more sarcastic smile, "Because seeing Shion scared them, so they turtled up and went back to sleep."
The previously cheerful mocking laughter instantly died out. Then, many people looked angrily at Little Bear, who was controlling Fengqin's body. "The timing just wasn't right!"
Fengqin asked stupidly again, "Is the timing right now?"
"Mm." Little Bear casually said more sarcastic words. "Because Shion is leaking after her Full Bloom, everyone noticed. Not just us, but the Magic Kingdom, even the Witch Association, all started their plans ahead of time. Our brave Dream Incubators, oh no, ancient ones from the distant past, great and brave Weave Realm Travelers, quickly woke up, afraid they'd miss out on a chance to scavenge."
Fengqin couldn't help but chuckle twice.
As an ornament, although her field of vision was limited, Fengqin could still barely see the people who had emerged from the seals. She was momentarily dazed. "Everyone, you're all still alive!"
"Did you think we should go head-to-head with Shion?"
"Do you think everyone is as stupid as Fengqin?"
Hearing her former companions' angry roars, Fengqin quickly apologized again.
Little Bear didn't bother with them and just continued to display the scene.
In the scene, Shion was descending into Chongxu.
But a Witch, sizing up Shion, suddenly said, "Huh, she's not as short as the rumors say?"
The others all stared at that Witch. "What are you talking about?"
"Online, everyone always says that Shion of Azure Cloud Sect is a dwarf. They almost describe her as pocket-sized."
After that, the group, which had been full of murderous intent, all started sizing up Shion in the distance.
"She's about average height, right?"
"She's probably around the average for Magical Girls..."
"Are you sure that's average? I feel like she's taller than a block?"
"Is it possible that all those rumors online about the Eternal Proof being short were made up by Azure Cloud Sect themselves!"
"Why? They'd insult their own Sect Master?"
"Yeah, why don't they have any etiquette? Were ancient Magical Girls all barbarians?"
"Heh, but I've seen through it all—"
"Because this is all so that when people finally meet her, they can say, 'Hey, she's taller than I imagined, Shion!'"
Everyone drew in a sharp breath.
"Azure Cloud Sect, such deep scheming!"
Fengqin actually felt a little angry inside.
Although she didn't care about her own matters, Miss Shion had helped her get online in the chaotic void so she could play games, watch anime, novels, and TV. Later, she even saved the new world and shouldered the authority for her.
So when she heard this group slandering Shion, Fengqin couldn't help but feel a bit hostile, but she didn't know how to speak up—she only knew how to kowtow and apologize; she had forgotten how to get angry with people.
Just as she was feeling sad, in the scene Little Bear had displayed, Miss Shion moved.
Vast mana raged, flooding through all of Chongxu like a torrent!
That vast power and control was simply unimaginable for someone who was already leaking after Full Bloom, with her life counting down.
Someone snorted coldly. "Putting on a show. Since she can't control the leak, she just dumps all her mana to scare people, right? Does she think we were born yesterday?"
"Does she even know the Three Laws of Full Bloom, that shorty? Acting tough!"
"What are the Three Laws of Full Bloom?" Fengqin, still sad, had her curiosity piqued again.
That person sneered and began to recite:
"The Law of Return: All Full Bloom Magical Girls will inevitably meet their end in an extremely short time, returning everything to the world."
"The Law of Blue and Red: The product of a Full Bloom Magical Girl's life force and mana decreases by a constant alpha over equal time. That means maintaining mana levels drains health quickly, and maintaining health drains mana quickly! A Magical Girl's Mental Landscape can only lock mana, not life force!"
"The Law of Cycles: The survival time of a Full Bloom Magical Girl is proportional to the cube of her mana before Full Bloom and inversely proportional to the mana consumed after Full Bloom. The more mana used, the faster health drains."
"These are the Three Laws of Full Bloom, established by Musical Score back in the day!"
"Full Bloom's 'Bloom' is Musical Score's 'Bloom'!"
"Shion is done for! Musical Score said so!"
The rest of the Dream Incubators all nodded in agreement. Everyone was well-traveled and knowledgeable.
As for proper Full Blooms, not a single Magical Girl had ever survived. Entering the leaking phase meant certain death!
Fengqin didn't know much about Full Bloom, but she had full confidence in Miss Shion, believing that Miss Shion wasn't so easily taken down.
Although the Three Laws of Full Bloom sounded terrifying, from what she had seen, Miss Shion's Newton's Three Laws seemed a bit stronger...
Sure enough, Shion quickly withdrew her mana. All her mana was restrained, almost showing no signs of leakage.
The Witch who had spoken earlier snorted again. "Dumped all her mana, barely has any power left, and now she's pretending she has it under control. Hah, good trick, but does she think she can fool us? This is Shion at her weakest!"
Hearing this, the other Dream Incubators chimed in. "That's right!"
"We have to seize the opportunity!"
Only Fengqin timidly said, "But what if she really does have it under control?"
After a brief silence, another wave of laughter erupted.
"See, Fengqin really is an idiot."
"All those years and she hasn't grown up at all."
"Anyone who believes her is done for."
"Lived too long, her brain's gone white, huh."
Little Bear acted as if she hadn't heard their mocking of Fengqin. She just touched Fengqin, who was still an ornament.
"In that case, I'll leave this Shion, a weak Magical Girl who's bluffing, dying, and barely hanging on like a candle in the wind, to the invincible and unbeatable ladies here." Little Bear looked at Jiang Si and Black Keke under the new world. "Surely you won't let all our efforts go to waste, will you? The barbecue tonight is ready. Hope you can make it on time."
"Don't end up being worse than Fengqin, everyone."
One sentence enraged all the Dream Incubators. The group charged toward Shion in Chongxu with fierce fighting spirit.
Little Bear sneered coldly again. "Only bullying Shion counts as real bullying. What's the point of just bullying Fengqin?"
"Um, I'm actually pretty impressive too..."
Little Bear didn't bother with them and just continued to display the images.
"We've always been good friends."
In the images, Shion was descending into Chongxu.
"Then I'd probably hate you a little." Fengqin thought for a long time. "But, but, if Little Bear kowtowed and apologized to everyone, I might forgive you."
"You're hopeless."
Little Bear sighed. "So a girl like you was never suited to be a Magical Girl."
"Even though I lost my Miracle Seed and can't transform anymore, I really was a Magical Girl."
"Fine, former Magical Girl-sama." Little Bear sounded like she was mocking, but also like she was helplessly nostalgic. "No matter what, I'll be with you until the end, no matter what the world becomes."
After spending countless years together in the chaotic void, even if it started with malice and contempt.
Now, it didn't matter anymore.
"Let's use all the End of All Things to awaken it. The end of the world!"
...
"Hey, you've got the wrong person!"
When Yuan Zhang had just finished picking up her garbage for the day and returned to her little nest without even lying down, she saw the dense crowd of Disaster Control Bureau Magical Girls outside and fell into deep thought.
"Did I break some heavenly law?"
One of the leading Magical Girls immediately explained:
"You are suspected of colluding with the Witch Association and are at risk of becoming an End of All Things. Please come with us."
"Wait, I'm innocent! I'm just trying to get by! Where's your evidence?"
That Magical Girl scratched her head awkwardly. "This is the Azure Cloud wanted notice..."
Yuan Zhang was silent for a moment, then began to wail, "I'm going to die! There's no escape!"
Azure Cloud wanted notice. No one hunted by it had ever survived. Besides, to make money, she really had been in contact with the Witch Association!
She was even a core member of the Witch Association. Later, because the Witch Association was completely rooted out, she had no choice but to fall to picking up trash. After all, regular jobs now had background checks. Once they found out she was connected to the Witch Association, there was no escape.
She never thought that even with such caution, she would be caught. Yuan Zhang was overcome with grief. "Just arrest me. I don't want to go to Azure Cloud Sect!"
The dozens of Magical Girls surrounding her couldn't help but feel a bit sorry for her.
One of them, a girl with a bow tied to the back of her Magical Outfit, took a steaming hot burger from her pocket. "Here, have this."
Yuan Zhang sat on the ground and cried, "I won't eat it. A last meal with just one burger? The Disaster Control Bureau is abusing people!"
"No, no." The bow-wearing Magical Girl comforted her. "It's not a last meal. You won't be sent to Azure Cloud Sect either. You're not at that level. It's our Witch Trial Court that handles it."
Yuan Zhang sobbed and looked at her. "Really?"
"Really." The Magical Girl handed the burger to her again. "Eat first."
Yuan Zhang immediately grabbed the burger and stuffed it into her mouth in a few bites.
"I was afraid your Witch Trial Court would abuse me too..."
"That's not true." The Magical Girl took a water bottle and crouched beside her, speaking kindly. "The food in our Witch Trial Court is great!"
The other Magical Girls all nodded in agreement.
Yuan Zhang's eyes lit up. She immediately stood up and pushed the Magical Girl outward. "Then let's go, let's go. One burger isn't enough..."
Scenes like this were playing out everywhere across the new world.
With most of the potential End of All Things precognized, dealing with them was quite simple.
Jiang Si didn't have to do everything himself. Most of the time, he just told Bingtang, and Bingtang would have the Disaster Control Bureau handle it. Occasionally, when something tougher came up, Azure Cloud Sect would send Inner Sect disciples.
"Jeez, in just half a day, they're already mostly cleared out. That's pretty efficient..."
Just as she was feeling sad, in the images Little Bear had displayed, Miss Shion moved.
The two were sitting in a fast-food restaurant in Beihai. After getting the Black Gold Card Jiang Si had rewarded her with, Xilan was running around everywhere on a shopping spree, engaging in retaliatory consumption.
Black Keke, while sipping her cold drink, looked at her little notebook and sighed.
"This is the easiest time..."
Jiang Si didn't really feel anything. Sitting in the fast-food restaurant, enjoying the air conditioning, eating the cheap fast food Bingtang never liked him to eat, he decided the fate of End of All Things thousands of miles away with just a few words.
This was the reason Azure Cloud Sect was king.
Looking back, what he couldn't understand most was why many of Azure Cloud's ancestors, having built large organizations, still insisted on doing everything themselves. They raised a bunch of freeloaders who only caused trouble and made them suffer, waiting for the protagonist to come and clean up.
Azure Cloud Sect would never repeat that mistake.
However, while clearing mines for the new world, Jiang Si quickly noticed a problem.
As soon as Magical Girl Shion arrived in Chongxu, many people had their eyes on him.
Although they didn't attack rashly, it was clear this group was up to no good, always watching him.
"Looks like Shion has some new people watching her again?"
Black Keke immediately raised her finger and wagged it. "Don't even think about it. Now, whenever Magical Girl Shion appears, there will always be people watching her. Whether it's the Weave Realm Travelers, people from the Magic Kingdom, or even our Witch Association, everyone will be watching."
"Why?"
"Why... Of course, because she started leaking after Full Bloom. Everyone's waiting for her to die."
Jiang Si suddenly understood.
"...She didn't tell you?"
"I forgot."
"Alright. Typical sigma male..."
Yes, the leak earlier was just something he did casually. After hooking the Incubator, he basically forgot about it.
Jiang Si never thought about what chain reactions pretending to leak would cause.
Surely no one stupid would still believe it.
Black Keke laughed softly. She reached out, picked up a grain of rice from the corner of Jiang Si's mouth, and flicked it into the trash can. "Why do you think the Dream Incubators dared to come out? Why did I dare to show my face? Even the Magic Kingdom is stirring. Because everyone is sure Shion doesn't have much time left."
Jiang Si smiled faintly.
Just as he had expected.
Although he did it casually, his subconscious had probably calculated this step.
As long as Shion pretended to be weak after Full Bloom and leaking, those hidden great enemies would naturally emerge one by one.
He didn't have to do anything, and bodies would keep floating down from upstream.
"So, what is this power beyond Magical Girls and Full Bloom you mentioned?"
After playing house with her for so long, it was all for this one sentence.
After Full Bloom, based on Jiang Si's own understanding, he had actually reached a bottleneck.
Even though he had strengthened Witch Shion with his own heart and obtained the Time Dao Fruit, in terms of rank, she was still a Full Bloom Magical Girl—as everyone knows, combat power and rank are actually different.
Although he could defeat a Full Bloom even at Half-Step Full Bloom, in terms of rank, Full Bloom was still higher than him and could do things he couldn't.
For example, the spatial power to travel to different worlds.
Or the Time Rules to turn back time.
And for Jiang Si, who had already obtained the rank of Full Bloom, the next step was undoubtedly to surpass Full Bloom.
His ancestors ultimately achieved Transcendence of the Dao, so he must go beyond Full Bloom to be worthy of being a Dao Master!
Otherwise, he could feel that this world still restricted him in many ways, preventing him from reaching the realm of dominating eternity.
At the very least, he couldn't freely transcend time and space.
Black Keke stirred her drink with a straw, raised an eyebrow, her dark eyes flickering. "Of course I can tell you. But shouldn't I get some kind of reward first? For giving you such important information for free, what should you call me?"
"Second-hand dealer."
"...Can you say something nice?" Black Keke seemed a bit helpless as she lay down on the table, rolling her cheek. "Although I've reincarnated many times, the starting point of my reincarnation is always when my parents die, you know?"
"Hmm?" Jiang Si caught the key point. "Three years ago, when the Captain planned to kill your parents, you weren't there yet?"
"That's right. I came at that time."
Was it different in the Pseudo-History? What was the President's identity?
But Jiang Si didn't press further. He just waited for her to continue.
"So no matter how many times I reincarnate, I never have a family again."
Black Keke lay on the table, tilting her head slightly, revealing one eye to stare at Jiang Si. "So it's been a long time. I also want to be with my family and feel the warmth of kinship."
Jiang Si nodded slightly. Finally feeling some weakness from Keke, he comforted, "I can be your dad."
"I said big brother! Big brother!"
"Being a dad is better."
"No way!"
So Black Keke just took off her shoes and, acting spoiled, kept kicking Jiang Si's ankle under the table. "Bro~"
Jiang Si stepped on her toes. "Little sis."
Black Keke's face showed pain, but she ultimately didn't cry out. She just glared hatefully at Jiang Si.
"Reincarnating so many times must have been hard on you, Keke."
But the following words of comfort instantly melted a lot of Black Keke's expression.
She even immediately withdrew her leg, curled up in her seat, and rubbed her own foot, her expression a little awkward.
"It's okay."
Somewhat unfamiliar, yet somewhat nostalgic, was this feeling of family?
Black Keke felt the sourness in her heart but didn't want to indulge in this feeling that would disappear like foam.
Although she wanted him to call her "little sister" a few more times, "little sis" was just too ugly. And that "Keke," it clearly wasn't calling her.
But she also knew his patience was almost at its limit.
According to Lu Ya, this was about enough.
"Alright, dear brother, if you want to surpass Full Bloom, you need another self. When yourself from a different time and space both undergo Full Bloom simultaneously and merge, you can obtain power beyond Full Bloom."
As she spoke, Black Keke even directly unfolded her memories again, allowing Jiang Si to see the past.
Little Bear ignored her and just looked at Jiang Si and Black Keke in the images. "Fengqin, do you hate me?"
In an instant, the memory bubble exploded!
Jiang Si's heart suddenly began to pound violently.
Another self from a different time and space, both undergoing Full Bloom and merging?
"Did you talk about this with Lu Ya?"
Black Keke was stunned for a moment, then bit her straw and drank her watermelon juice. "Yeah, we talked. Because other than me, it's basically impossible for anyone else to have another self from a different time and space, so this method can only be realized by me alone."
"Did Lu Ya have any reaction when she heard it?"
"She found it very interesting, and then..." Black Keke thought for a moment. "She said she had to send the heart to the future."
Support the future!
Not just leaving the Time Dao Fruit.
Leaving another heart was equivalent to leaving another self from a different time and space. As long as the Magical Girl transformed by that heart could undergo Full Bloom, once they merged, he could easily cross over to the realm beyond Full Bloom!
The path of the Three Households he had planned before was indeed feasible.
A faint smile curled at the corner of Jiang Si's mouth. "As expected of fellow Daoist Lu Ya."
Black Keke was completely confused. "What is it? What is it? Why are you suddenly smiling so enigmatically? What did Lu Ya tell you?"
"Nothing. I just feel that with such obstacles from the Heavenly Dao, having an extra fellow Daoist is always a good thing."
Black Keke immediately slapped the table. "What the hell? Lu Ya and I are best friends, and I'm your sister. How come I'm the only one left out!"
Since he had already obtained the information about surpassing Full Bloom, Jiang Si lost interest in continuing the conversation with her.
Just as he was about to stand up, Black Keke grabbed him. "Wait, I'm not done yet. Besides merging with yourself from a different time and space, there's another way to surpass Full Bloom."
Skills never weigh down a person. Jiang Si sat back down.
"Through countless reincarnations." Black Keke lowered her voice, suddenly becoming heavy, her expression turning strange. "You know? There's one Disaster Beast that never changes, no matter the time or space. It can't be killed. It has uniqueness in every time and space..."
Jiang Si suddenly became interested.
An existence with One Proof Eternal Proof, no matter what world, its level shouldn't be low.
"Every reincarnation, it has all the memories. So no matter how many times I try, I can't defeat it. You were wondering, right? Why could people like Xilan become End of All Things? Because for me, the opponent I have to defeat has always been only one."
Black Keke took a deep breath and slowly said:
"The Beast of Eternity."
The moment the name fell, Jiang Si felt a powerful aura suddenly descend from the void.
The originally noisy fast-food restaurant instantly fell silent. Even some children fainted on the spot.
That pressure that made the heart stop, and that terrifying majesty.
An Upper Cultivation with One Proof Eternal Proof. Its name must not be spoken!
Even Black Keke herself was pale and sweating after saying it.
Jiang Si snorted coldly. Quite the display!
Polluted Magic spread out, trying to dispel the inexplicable pressure and terror.
But he found that pure Polluted Magic would instead be assimilated by this pressure and terror!
Jiang Si's gaze turned cold. He directly merged his Divine Sense. The special energy, a mix of three types of magic, carried an unstoppable divine intent.
In an instant, he dispelled the terrifying aura that had been overwhelming the entire place!
Keke hastily chugged a mouthful of her drink. The adults around them scrambled up to flee. Some called the Disaster Control Bureau and Azure Cloud Sect. Others called a car to take their children to the hospital.
Chaos reigned.
"Sorry." Black Keke gave a dry smile. "I accidentally spoke its name directly. But only this way can you know I wasn't lying to you. The Eternal... it's different from all other enemies."
Jiang Si nodded and felt the remnants of that terrifying aura around him.
It was indeed different from any enemy he had encountered before.
Just hearing the title, he knew it was a cataclysmic existence like an era-ending calamity, a tumor of the Heavenly Dao.
It made Jiang Si look forward to it a little.
She was even a core member of the Witch Association. Later, because the Witch Association was completely rooted out, she had no choice but to fall to picking up trash. After all, regular jobs now had background checks. Once they found out she was connected to the Witch Association, there was no escape.
He didn't expect it to actually exist here...
"But generally speaking, it's very difficult for it to descend. Because its existence is too extraordinary. It's probably in a higher dimension. Only under special circumstances, when four conditions are met simultaneously, can it be brought down."
"In a multidimensional space?"
"Probably?"
"What are the conditions?"
"Well." Thinking for a moment, Black Keke still said, "First, like just now, you need to speak its name directly, to let its gaze fall here."
Jiang Si was silent. Somehow, this felt a bit familiar?
Then, Black Keke lowered her voice and leaned in.
"Second, you need a Magical Girl who can save the world and is not recorded in the World Tree."
...
Keke, as if she heard something, looked up.
The sword energy in the distance was gradually dissipating. Teacher Shion seemed to look this way, but she didn't pay much attention.
Soon, she looked away.
Perhaps to Teacher Shion, her getting the branch and being invited by the Incubator was no big deal?
Keke didn't know. But since the teacher didn't say anything, it was probably fine, right?
Anyway, the teacher wouldn't harm her... Well, although letting Black Keke replace her wasn't exactly not harming her...
With messy thoughts, Keke held the World Tree branch the Incubator had handed her and took a deep breath.
That strange power continuously flowed from her palm into her body.
Vaguely, she could feel how vast and unimaginable this power was.
It seemed to be able to hide her.
So Keke crouched down, holding her magic wand, looked at the Incubator opposite her, and continued to ask:
"What does transcendence mean?"
Since a moment ago, the Incubator had been looking up at Shion. It looked quite wary, but also as if it was expecting something.
That gaze was somewhat dangerous, making Keke uncomfortable.
But since Teacher Shion didn't say anything, she didn't think she should bother with it.
Hmph. She had broken ties with Teacher Shion. She wouldn't speak up for her or worry about her anymore!
"My brother did say transcendence is impressive."
The Incubator opposite tilted its head and squinted with an adorable smile. "Transcendence means not being recorded by the World Tree, having the ability to change the future. All people and objects born in this world will be recorded by the World Tree. Once recorded, they can only live within a specific future. No matter how hard they struggle, they cannot resist fate."
Scratching the back of its head with its hind paw, the Incubator sitting on the ground continued, "For example, the world's eventual destruction is an inevitable fate recorded in the World Tree. It requires a Magical Girl capable of transcendence to change this predetermined future. And you are the chosen one, Keke."
Hearing this news, Keke's heart was somewhat shaken.
An inevitable future of destruction? A fate that cannot be resisted once recorded?
All sorts of things bombarded her brain at the same time. But Keke wasn't stupid. She quickly sorted out the relationships.
Moreover, she could be sure that the other party wasn't lying.
Incubators cannot lie.
But what bothered her was: "Even Teacher Shion can't do it?"
"That's right. I said, this is something only you can do. No matter how powerful one becomes, once recorded by the World Tree, change is impossible."
Keke didn't know why, but she looked up at that small purple figure.
Her heart felt a little happy for a moment.
Even Teacher Shion had things she couldn't do.
Thinking this way, she still calmed down and asked, "What's the price?"
The Incubator paused.
The atmosphere turned slightly cold. In the distance, sword energy flared up again. But this time, it was accompanied by a violent fiery explosion, which instead overwhelmed the sword energy. All kinds of magic, flames turning into Disaster Beasts, roared and surged continuously.
It seemed to possess the power to destroy Chongxu!
Only when everything calmed down did the Incubator continue to speak:
"The price is just you losing your power as a Magical Girl, and some memories."
Keke swung the branch in her hand, somewhat curious. "That doesn't seem like a big price?"
"Of course. We are a Magical Girl's partner." The Incubator was still smiling warmly. "We won't cause any pain to our Magical Girls."
"It's just, I haven't turned sixteen yet." Keke scratched her head. "I need to ask my big brother. I can only do it if he agrees."
"..."
The Incubator sighed. "Fine. But first, accept this gift. Whether you want to use this power is your choice. But as long as you touch the branch with your mana, you can experience this power in advance."
So Keke tried to touch the branch with her mana.
And then she felt something slowly disappearing!
It directly interfered with her own existence.
But it quickly stabilized. The branch slowly merged into her body, leaving Keke a little confused.
The Incubator jumped onto her shoulder:
"Congratulations. Did you feel it? Now, as long as you want, you can forever be the only Magical Girl not recorded by the World Tree!"
...
"Of course, a Magical Girl not recorded by the World Tree generally doesn't exist. So this condition alone can block its descent. Although the Incubators have the relevant authority, erasing the World Tree's records also has strict conditions. It's not that easy to achieve."
In the fast-food restaurant, now almost empty, a few Magical Girls from the Disaster Control Bureau and Azure Cloud Sect had arrived. But when they saw Jiang Si produce the Azure Cloud token, no one came to disturb the two.
In the empty restaurant, Black Keke tapped the table with her chopsticks. "In short, Magical Girls who appear without being recorded are extremely rare. Generally, you don't need to consider this. But occasionally, accidents happen. After all, in tens of millions of reincarnations, all kinds of possibilities exist. Some special, unrecorded Magical Girls will inevitably be born."
"Most of these Magical Girls were chosen by the Incubators. But in the end, they couldn't change the future either. Because without surpassing the Eternal... changing the future is impossible."
"What about the remaining conditions?"
Black Keke smiled. "Call me 'little sister' one more time, and I'll tell you."
"Little sister."
"No feeling." She muttered. But Black Keke, savoring the feeling of being called little sister, continued, "Third, there needs to be a Full Bloom Magical Girl who has existed for more than a week but is still at her peak."
Jiang Si looked up.
On distant Chongxu, his own Magical Girl Shion still maintained the full peak form of a Full Bloom Magical Girl.
But most importantly.
By the time calculation of Chongxu, the time since Magical Girl Shion's Full Bloom had already exceeded a week...
"Generally speaking, the longest a Magical Girl has survived after Full Bloom is about half a month. But around a week, no matter what kind of Full Bloom Magical Girl, she will face the problem of withering aura and draining life force. Even if she holds on for half a month, she'll be half-dead."
Black Keke said with even more confidence, "So, it's basically impossible for a Magical Girl to still have unimpaired power after a week. Of course, in reincarnation, there are situations like time freezing, so it's not absolutely impossible..."
Jiang Si was silent. For a moment, he didn't know whether to tell her that his Magical Girl Shion had probably already met the condition.
"What about the fourth condition?"
"The last condition is even more difficult."
Black Keke revealed a mysterious smile. "You need to know, Magical Girls represent the hope and miracle of humanity. And every powerful Magical Girl who can save the world and change it possesses miracles and hopes that can attract the Eternal's attention. Of course, it's just attention. It won't descend because of it."
"But when humanity's own hopes and miracles start to kill each other, when they engage in a life-or-death battle, that's a different story."
Black Keke, as if a little emotional, gave the final condition for the Eternal's descent.
"Magical Girls signify hope and miracle. When powerful Magical Girls, capable of saving the world, begin to fight each other with killing intent and malice, meaning humanity's hope and miracle are killing each other, doesn't that mean humanity desires destruction?"
"At that time, the Eternal will respond to humanity's expectations and destroy everything!"
"But it's basically impossible! Magical Girls are all good kids!"
Chongxu, Azure Cloud Harry Potter Branch Sect.
Thousand-Pinweed, with a few scars on her face, sneered contemptuously. She wiped the bloodstain with her thumb and looked at Tiyana, who was lying on the ground.
After exiting the transformation state, Tiyana lay limply on the ground, panting rapidly. Her chest was particularly noticeable.
Thousand-Pinweed found it a bit glaring. She touched her own chest and snorted unhappily.
"I told you, your little tricks are useless against me. Senior Apprentice Sister got sealed by you because she wasn't on guard against you. She's always been doting to her junior sisters. When fighting me, she also didn't put up any guard. As a sword cultivator, she can't be bothered with those miscellaneous little tricks. She can only charge forward."
"But our Harry Potter lineage is different. From the very beginning, we focus on targeted countermeasures. No matter what predicament or magic we face, there must be a way to deal with it. This is what it means to be a Hogwarts graduate!"
"Isn't it just spamming the Unforgivable Curses?"
Thousand-Pinweed adjusted her witch hat and said casually, "Those are specialized students."
Tiyana looked up at the sky. High above, she could see Shion seemed to be watching them.
Having her failure witnessed firsthand was indeed disheartening.
But it was indeed unavoidable.
"I didn't expect you to even block Senior Apprentice Sister's Sword Energy."
"The special training and effort I've put in to surpass Senior Apprentice Sister are things a Cautious Cultivation Type rogue cultivator like you, who only hides in her lair scheming, can never understand. One day, I'll win against Senior Apprentice Sister head-on and take the title of Chief True-Transmission from the Sect Master."
"If you do that, the Sect Master will absolutely go crazy."
"Maybe." Thousand-Pinweed revealed a triumphant smile, like a little witch. "Maybe she'll be angry at first. But afterward, the Sect Master will definitely be proud of me! It's best to press down on the Sect Master's head and make her acknowledge my strength!"
"I really envy you."
Tiyana covered her eyes with her hands and said with a somewhat sorrowful tone, "Everyone says you're the closest to Senior Apprentice Sister and most like her. I didn't believe it before, but now I do. You're both just as fearless. Unlike me, always hesitating, always having concerns."
"Keep working hard."
"But everyone has their own way of living. The Sect Master also said that when a Cautious Cultivation Type schemes against others, it's not necessarily worse than a sword cultivator's fearless charge. So, sorry, Senior Sister Thousand-Pinweed."
Thousand-Pinweed was stunned. She subconsciously cast a defensive spell.
But the next moment, she whirled around, her pupils contracting.
"Jiegeng!"
An arrow suddenly flew in. But before she could even see it, the arrow had already pierced through her chest!
First the target is hit, then the arrow is shot.
A magic that reverses cause and effect!
As the arrow pierced through, Qianjing's crystals bloomed from within the arrow, instantly engulfing Thousand-Pinweed!
"Patronus Charm!"
A white Patronus desperately tried to carve out some space within the crystal for Thousand-Pinweed, preventing her from being completely sealed!
"You should know, right? Jiegeng actually has two personalities."
Jiegeng, as gentle as still water, was now cold and noble. Her gaze was calm yet soft, completely different from the violent and aggressive Jiegeng from before.
She looked like a true shrine maiden.
Lowering her bow, Jiegeng flipped her hair back and looked at Tiyana, who was getting up. "As promised?"
Tiyana wiped the blood from the corner of her mouth as she stood up. "Of course, as promised."
Thousand-Pinweed stared hard at Jiegeng, then at Tiyana. "So, when Jiegeng came to me on her own initiative, you arranged that!"
"The other Jiegeng has a good relationship with you. I wouldn't say I arranged it. With just a little guidance, she would naturally come to you on her own. And you wouldn't refuse, right?"
"But this was just the first layer of insurance."
Tiyana sat on the ground and waved her hand casually. Lady Bingtang's ice froze the white Patronus.
Then she began to compress it further, freezing Thousand-Pinweed's thoughts and movements.
"Fiendfyre..."
The most dangerous dark magic. It can only be used with killing intent.
But Tiyana only said softly, "Expelliarmus."
The spell hidden in the arrow was activated. Thousand-Pinweed's transformation state was instantly dispelled!
Before Thousand-Pinweed could react, the ice and crystal jointly sealed her completely.
Only then did Tiyana catch her breath a little. She glanced at Jiegeng opposite her. "This is the second layer of insurance."
After losing the direct confrontation, there were many backup plans.
But if possible, Tiyana actually didn't want to use them.
She looked up at Teacher Shion again.
Her gaze still hadn't lowered.
Jiegeng next to her just asked, "How many more layers of insurance do you have?"
Tiyana shrugged. "Who knows? You don't think I'm going to tell you, do you?"
"Don't forget our agreement."
"I know, I know."
As she spoke, Tiyana waved at her teacher. "Teacher, I won!"
Shion slowly lowered her head, glanced at her, but still didn't stop.
So Tiyana smiled brilliantly.
"Next, I'm going to attempt an adventure with a probability below zero percent. Please watch me closely!"
Continuously chasing that figure, the rusted relationship was being polished, becoming new.
But she always held on to the rust flakes, unwilling to let them go.
One more step. One more step. Reach out and grab her. Make her unable to look away.
"I am the Chief True-Transmission, Teacher."
"I am the Chief True-Transmission, Tiyana."
Shion withdrew her gaze from Keke and finally looked at her. "Still a bit short."
"Mm."
Tiyana wasn't angry either. Instead, she nodded, responding to her lofty teacher. "Yeah, still a bit short. Or rather, still one step away. That's why I'm attempting an impossible adventure. No matter how much I offend you, you won't get angry, right?"
"As long as you have the strength."
So Tiyana smiled happily and opened her arms.
Perhaps she knew, perhaps she didn't.
The Weave Realm Travelers had probably been observing Keke and the Incubator's exchange all along.
So it wasn't strange that Tiyana knew about this.
Shion thought so, and then heard Tiyana's call.
"Beast of Eternity!"
The first condition: Calling its name.
The second condition: A Magical Girl not recorded by the World Tree.
The third condition: Having a Full Bloom Magical Girl who has been at her peak for over a week.
The fourth condition: The mutual slaughter of miracles and hopes.
Shion looked at Keke, then at Tiyana, who was spreading her arms with some fanaticism.
"The orange is already crushed! The last road sign is complete!"
"Beast of Eternity, please cast your gaze here!"
"Beast of Eternity!"
Three consecutive calls.
Plunged the entire Chongxu City into silence.
But there was no reaction. Even the pressure that existed when Black Keke had directly called its name in the fast-food restaurant earlier wasn't present.
The residents of Chongxu whispered among themselves. Many discussed what this Beast of Eternity was.
"Why is it causing trouble in our Chongxu again?"
"Can't it go somewhere else..."
Just as Shion was about to lose patience and reach out to grab Tiyana.
A terrifying oppressive aura suddenly descended upon all of Chongxu!
All the residents of Chongxu were instantly pressed to the ground. Many fainted on the spot. More struggled, crawling prostrate on the ground!
Even Keke, without transforming, was forced to kneel on one knee. Little by little, she raised her head to look at the sky.
Shion also stopped moving. She slowly looked up.
In the sky, a massive crack opened. Polluted Magic, like cold air, continuously poured out from within, erupting, almost solidifying into a solid state, pressing down on everyone.
Even Shion's Magical Outfit was being constantly eroded!
It was a power that seemed capable of drowning all miracles and destroying all Magical Girls.
The origin of Disaster Beasts.
The end of despair.
Then, a glimmer of color suddenly lit up within the crack.
An eye appeared silently in the crack, quietly and terrifyingly watching everyone.
It seemed to see the past and the future!
Every corner was under its gaze.
It blinked slightly. A strange power flashed by.
All the Magical Girls lost their miracles and instantly turned into stone statues!
In the new world, Beihai, Jiang Si abruptly stood up. Just as he was about to speak, everyone around him suddenly disappeared!
He walked out of the fast-food restaurant. The whole world was empty, with not a single person left!