Starting from a Magical Girl, Dominating Eternity

Is it really a question of Dao?

Zi Yuan’s face turned solemn; as a Daoist Master, she was not afraid to discuss Dao, bolstered by many ancestral experiences.

Still, she wasn’t actually skilled at Dao discussions.

"Why?"

"Because you represent the pinnacle of a Magical Girl. Someone like you should be the answer to a Magical Girl, walking on the absolutely correct path."

Jade Fox was silent for a moment, then began to speak:

"I became a Magical Girl to save everyone in the Black Mountain Realm, fighting continuously, endlessly, until the world died, and miracles disappeared. I stopped believing in miracles; hope was lost to me."

"Becoming a Magical Girl was simple at first. I just needed to kill those enemies—those Disaster Beasts, those monsters, and those villains. As long as I killed them, I could help people and save others."

"But when the Black Mountain Realm faced extermination, we had to expand outward, and I was forced to confront opponents I couldn’t define as evil."

"Some were Magical Girls, others were just ordinary people. They were like me, only trying to save their own worlds, including the Magical Girls of Southern China. They were just guarding their homes. I never thought they were hateful, nor did I think they were wrong."

"I did not wish to destroy, nor did I want to hurt anyone. I only wanted, like when I first became a Magical Girl, to protect everyone in the Black Mountain Realm, to find them a path to survival. But just by doing this, I had to battle other Magical Girls with the same thoughts..."

After a long silence, Jade Fox seemed lost in thought. When she looked up, tears quietly streamed down her face, her expression blank, her pupils reflecting that beautiful purple silhouette:

"I can’t distinguish right from wrong. I only fight for the Black Mountain Realm, for everyone, yet have caused many innocent deaths. I don’t know if I truly am a Magical Girl; perhaps, I’m just a type of Disaster Beast, right?"

In the end, Jade Fox collapsed to the ground; her ephemeral body could no longer support her.

Before her was no cunning Old World enemy; just someone continually being pushed forward.

A battle fought beyond one’s control; advancement leading to bewilderment, merely a Magical Girl.

Zi Yuan crouched down, legs together, hands resting on her knees, "So, that’s why you lost to Erin."

Jade Fox hesitated, then nodded, "Yes, I couldn’t be as pure as her, so I lost."

Not being pure enough in reality, even if overwhelmingly stronger.

Theoretically able to overpower with sheer magnitude.

But ultimately, being consumed due to lack of stubbornness.

Simply the quintessential minor villain in online literature.

However.

Zi Yuan smiled slightly.

For some reason, the smile seemed slightly warm to Jade Fox.

"Unable to fully commit, unable to completely embrace goodness or evil, those like you usually don’t have the qualifications to ask me anything, as I have no interest in people like you."

Jade Fox let out a heavy sigh.

"However, I’m in a good mood today."

The girl stood up, slightly jumping, as her flowing hair swayed. Her immaculate, never-confused face turned slightly to the side.

Even in profile, she remained perfect, momentarily mesmerizing Jade Fox.

"I can give you an answer."

Zi Yuan clapped her fists; she needed a punching bag now.

Her hands itching, craving a fight.

So.

"Don’t dwell on the past anymore. Life is too long; no one can guarantee they’re always right. What you can choose is how to end your life, and the way you end it represents your final value."

Jade Fox looked up, "Do I still have the right to choose? At the end of my life?"

"Of course."

Zi Yuan reached out to her, "I am the one who will destroy all [remnants], the ultimate enemy of you [remnants], unrelated to the justice of other Magical Girls. To you, I am the enemy who came for no reason to eradicate you."

"Black Mountain Realm, Mirror Country, Curse Realm—all the same to me, not protecting, not avenging, just simply wanting to destroy you."

"So to you, I am absolute evil."

"No need to ponder irrelevant matters; stand before me and use all your strength to fight me."

"Because once you face me, all your mistakes become insignificant. Facing absolute ’evil,’ you rise to resist."

"No need for others to recognize you, let me prove it to you—that your actions, that your life as a Magical Girl, in battling me shall be imbued with justice."

"Come forth."

The purple God granted her this favor and promise.

"The righteous Magical Girl, fights for the people of Black Mountain Realm."