"Miss Lu Ya wants to destroy the new world?"

Just as Chaos Land fell into silence, Bingtang was the first to speak up and break it. "There's no need to go this far, is there?"

Fengqin immediately shook her head repeatedly. "Impossible. The evil reputation of being a world destroyer could never belong to Sister Lu Ya."

"Sister Lu Ya has always been gentle. She put a lot of effort into piecing together the new world. There's absolutely no way she would come to destroy our world..."

"Chirp, could it be that too much time has passed?" Mujin couldn't help but chime in. "People change, you know. Take me, for example. I used to be a super mature and reliable senior Magical Girl that everyone feared. But now I'm a junior who gets scolded by Little An every day and doesn't dare talk back..."

"Isn't that your own problem, senior?"

"I'm not saying it isn't..."

But this time, Fengqin actually acted against her usual timid nature. Instead of cowering, she stood up and abruptly lifted her head. "Absolutely not! If it's Sister Lu Ya, she definitely didn't do all this to destroy our new world!"

The gaze of Shion, who had been deep in thought, and Bingtang, who had been carefully admiring Shion, were both drawn to her.

Fengqin subconsciously shrank her neck, but she still stiffened it and continued, "There must, there must be some other reason!"

While everyone remained silent, Shion nodded instead. "That makes sense."

Bingtang glanced at her Sect Master with a hint of surprise.

"Take the ring and go down to take a look."

Hearing Shion say this, Fengqin was stunned for a moment, then immediately put on the ring and tentatively dipped her small foot into the new world.

Fengqin's clothes were tattered at the moment, and she had no shoes. The moment her clean, white foot touched the clouds of the new world, she saw a slight ripple and immediately pulled it back in fright.

She was afraid of cracking her new world again.

Then, she carefully stepped in again, and this time, her toes stirred through the clouds.

She found that nothing happened.

Then she put her other foot down as well, followed by her entire body. She entered the new world without causing the slightest disturbance!

It was a bit unbelievable, but Fengqin started hopping and skipping through the sky of the new world. The entire world remained safe and sound. Gone was the previous crisis where the world would crack and shatter the moment she set foot in it.

"It seems, it seems like there's no problem!" After saying this, Fengqin immediately cried out in surprise, "I, I knew it! Sister Lu Ya definitely came to help us! She just has her own ideas..."

Bingtang, An Shiyu, and Mujin did not rashly express their opinions. They simply waited quietly for Shion's verdict.

Seeing Shion nod, the three of them followed suit.

"It's not just that."

The little bear hair clip, which had been silent all along, also spoke up. "The backdoors that those people left in this authority are all gone."

Fengqin was stunned. "What?"

The little bear hair clip sighed. "Back then, a bunch of people in the Dream Incubator had deep and complicated schemes, full of infighting. Those so-called members who betrayed the Witch Association and the Incubators to join the Dream Incubator, along with a few Magical Girls, all left backdoors. They all wanted to snatch this authority."

"That's why Lu Ya told you back then. You should be grateful that she got here first, or else you'd have lost your life."

Fengqin was dumbfounded. Scenes of her past friends flashed through her mind. "What? No way? Our little family's relationships are obviously very good. We've been through life and death together..."

"That's why we call you an idiot. That's why the little family chose you."

The little bear hair clip continued. "You're the only one who couldn't see anything, who knew nothing. Whether it was the Incubators, the Magical Girls, or the people from the Witch Association, everyone only trusted you. That's why they entrusted the authority to you. But everyone had their own little schemes, including the fact that bringing the authority down to the new world would cause it to collapse. That was a flaw left behind by someone."

"Of course, Lu Ya also did something. But she wasn't trying to harm you. She just couldn't stand it and wanted to give you a hand."

Fengqin was immediately moved to tears. For a moment, she just lay there on the clouds, not moving.

Bingtang tilted her head. "Does that mean I was being redundant?"

"Miss Lu Ya's method of destroying the authority was quite crude. Without your help, the world probably would have collapsed first."

The little bear hair clip answered. "That's probably why she went to find you herself."

"How did she know I could freeze the world?"

Before the little bear hair clip could answer, Shion, who was beside her, had already spoken. "She can see the future."

Bingtang was taken aback. She nodded almost without a shred of doubt. "I see. That's not surprising then."

Afterward, she fell into deep thought again. It was a good long while before she let out another smile. "The Sect Master really does understand her well."

Not only that, but the distinction was also very clear.

"Naturally."

Shion replied matter-of-factly. "After all, she is a fellow Daoist."

In an instant, An Shiyu and Mujin both shivered involuntarily. They felt that the temperature in the air was even colder than when Bingtang had unfurled her Mental Landscape earlier!

Over there, Fengqin was hugging the little bear hair clip. She had gotten back up and was rolling around on the clouds. Being able to finally get down from Chaos Land, and even not needing to be imprisoned in that kind of godforsaken place anymore, combined with the certainty that Sister Lu Ya wasn't a bad person, put her in an exceptionally good mood.

But she hadn't been running for long before she seemed to sense a chill as well. Her toes curled up from the cold, and she felt that the cloud-like cotton beneath her feet had become cold and hard. So, she looked up.

"Mm... a fellow Daoist?" Bingtang's fingers slid from the Sect Master's arm all the way down to her small paw, entwining and kneading it. "I remember you calling her a friend before, didn't you?"

"Recently, I discovered that the path of the Witch was pioneered by her."

There was an unavoidable hint of admiration in Shion's tone. "To pioneer an entire path of the Dao, calling her a fellow Daoist is not an overstatement."

Bingtang nodded slowly, choosing her words carefully. "What the Sect Master says is true. However, the path of the Witch is a heretical path. It is harmful to the harmony of heaven and earth. Having been seized by the Witch Association, it has harmed many people. I'm afraid it's not a good thing."

"Well said." Shion nodded repeatedly. "Her responsibility as a Dao Master is one she cannot shirk."

Bingtang breathed a slight sigh of relief, and her smile softened somewhat.

"However, as the founder of the demonic path, Fellow Daoist Lu Ya's mastery of the Witch's path is probably beyond imagination." Shion added another comment. "There are still secrets hidden deep within Polluted Magic that are worth exploring. My [Witch's Great Dao] within the [Taiyi Yin-Yang True Cultivation Way] still has quite a few flaws. I will need her to complement it."

Bingtang's slightly softened smile froze again.

"This trip to Chongxu was rather hasty. One day when we meet, I must sit down and discuss the Dao with her..."

"Discuss the Dao, huh..."

Bingtang murmured. Though her voice wasn't loud, it perfectly interrupted the Sect Master. She then pressed her lips together. "Is it just, discussing the Dao?"

It was as if there was a chill that could freeze ten thousand miles, concealing a faintly perceptible urgency.

This actually made Shion see a bit of Keke in her.

So she said, "The Dao discussion must not be rushed, Bingtang."

"The Sect Master's lesson is well taken."

Bingtang lowered her head, brushing her hair aside as she spoke softly. "The Sect Master is now the [Immortal Savior] of the new world, the [Revolution's Lord] of Chongxu, and the [Paradigm's Sovereign] of the Magical Girls. You really need to pay more attention. The reputation of the Witches is still quite poor. Although, generally speaking, the main responsibility for the world becoming like this lies with the Witch Association, so there's no need to be too harsh. However..."

"...Mm, however, Miss Lu Ya is a very interesting girl. If we can meet in the future, let her join the Azure Cloud Sect. I'm sure everyone in the Azure Cloud Sect will like her."

Shion was a little surprised, then flicked her tail. An Shiyu, who had been whispering while sitting on her tail, was lifted up.

Shion shook An Shiyu, who had obediently sat up straight. "Then why couldn't she do it?"

Although An Shiyu had no idea what they were talking about and how it involved her, she didn't dare to speak rashly at this moment.

She was also curious in her heart. Had they actually discussed the matter of her joining the Azure Cloud Sect before?

"The Azure Cloud Sect wouldn't be suitable for Miss An Shiyu." Bingtang replied very calmly. "The Disaster Control Bureau, serving as a newbie village, was more capable of helping An Shiyu grow at that time."

Before Shion could respond, An Shiyu immediately nodded. "Miss Bingtang is right."

"I, if I went to the Azure Cloud Sect, I'm afraid I wouldn't be able to keep up with everyone..."

After all, even An Shiyu herself couldn't quite accept her own rate of progress.

Even now, she had only barely stepped into the Seedling rank. Compared to the Azure Cloud Sect Magical Girls, who were almost all at the Blooming rank, it was really hard to present herself—now the standard for entering the Inner Sect of the Azure Cloud Sect was Blooming.

Being in the Disaster Control Bureau, on the other hand, made her feel less anxious.

Because everyone's level was about the same.

Senior Peony was obsessed with paid leave and was still a Seedling even now. This gave An Shiyu a lot of confidence to continue being a Magical Girl.

Otherwise, forget about the Magical Girls of the Azure Cloud Sect, even just Keke and Captain Silver Lotus would be enough to make An Shiyu feel inferior.

Progressing this slowly among Magical Girls was quite rare.

"I'm more suited to, and I prefer, everyone in the Disaster Control Bureau."

An Shiyu said this, then lowered her head again. "Even if I'm in the Disaster Control Bureau, I, I won't give up. Because you were the first, the first to confess to me..."

Bingtang raised an eyebrow, but she just continued. "But Miss Lu Ya is different. Her abilities and personality are very suitable for the Azure Cloud Sect. Don't you think so?"

Chaos Land gradually returned to its grayish dimness. This Chaos Land was also a space created by a Magical Girl's magic, intended to provide an extra area for the authority that couldn't exist in the new world.

Now that the restrictions on the authority had been lifted, there was naturally no need to stay there any longer.

Descending from Chaos Land, the surrounding silence was gradually filled with the scent of everyday life.

Looking at the world that was quickly returning to normal, even starting to function, it was hard to imagine that just a short while ago...

It had been in a state of complete freezing.

The joint aircraft of the Azure Cloud Sect and the Disaster Control Bureau were pulling up banners in the sky, and there were giant screens playing footage of Shion saving the entire world.

If one were walking the path of Incense and Wish Power, they would probably improve at a meteoric rate.

But unfortunately, Shion wasn't walking that path.

"Lu Ya really is suitable for managing the Azure Cloud Sect."

Bingtang's smile stiffened slightly.

Mujin immediately let out a somewhat gleeful laugh, which An Shiyu quickly suppressed.

She was afraid that if Mujin actually laughed out loud, Bingtang would hear it.

Managing the Azure Cloud Sect had always been Bingtang's job. Could Shion's meaning be that she wanted Miss Lu Ya to replace Bingtang?

...There's a bloodbath to watch here, huh.

The ice-blue Magical Girl opened her umbrella, hiding her expression. "Has the Sect Master been dissatisfied with my work lately?"

"No." Shion's tone remained the same. "I just think that Lu Ya, as a Dao Master, cannot be treated poorly if she joins the Azure Cloud Sect."

"A position of Honorary Grand Elder is reserved for her." Bingtang said slowly. "As for management matters, further discussion with the true-transmissions is needed."

"That makes sense." Shion nodded in agreement. "I was being inconsiderate. We must follow the rules after all."

The originally stiff and icy atmosphere gradually eased.

Mujin clicked her tongue, watching Bingtang stick close to Shion, holding an umbrella for her, as if she wanted to fuse herself into Shion's body.

She couldn't help but mutter under her breath. "She's way too easy to read..."

An Shiyu also said in a low voice. "Same as me. I care a lot about whatever Jiang Si says. My mood for the whole day is decided by a single sentence from him."

Over there, Bingtang didn't seem to mind. She just continued speaking gracefully. "Then, for now, the main work of the Azure Cloud Sect will be focused on finding Miss Lu Ya and getting her to join the sect."

"That works. But first, let's settle the matters in Chongxu."

As they chatted casually, An Shiyu felt a bit strange.

"Why is Miss Bingtang in such a hurry?"

"Because while we can get close to Shion, we're not threatening enough. So she wants to keep us at a distance, to prevent our relationship from developing to a point where we become a threat." Mujin sighed with emotion. "Lu Ya is different. The moment she appeared, her threat level was maxed out. For someone whose threat level is already maxed out, keeping distance is useless. So you have to keep them close to monitor them..."

"Hehe."

Bingtang suddenly looked over at An Shiyu. "You can't go around saying things like that, you know? I just feel a kindred spirit with Miss Lu Ya. I want to become good friends with her."

Mujin immediately shrank her neck and returned control of her body to An Shiyu.

An Shiyu only felt a cold wind blowing in her face, and she just dumbly nodded her head repeatedly.

"Besides, Lu Ya's life or death is unknown. We don't even know where she is right now."

Fortunately, Shion's words pulled Bingtang's attention away. She quickly responded to Shion. "That's fine. Now that Qianzhencao and the others are in Chongxu, we'll take our time searching for Miss Lu Ya and bring her back."

After saying that, she turned back to look at An Shiyu. "What do you think?"

An Shiyu felt flattered. She hadn't expected Miss Bingtang to ask for her opinion on such a matter. But she just nodded. "I, I think so too."

Fengqin over there was even quicker to raise her hand, jumping up and down like an elementary school student. "I support it too! We must definitely find Sister Lu Ya and bring her..."

"I, I, I, I, I support it too!"

Before Fengqin could finish, a little black dragon suddenly jumped out of Shion's embrace, looking at the three of them with a moved expression. "Mommy Bingtang! Mommy Fengqin! Mommy An Shiyu! Let's all work together to save Mommy Lu Ya!"

Only the Emperor inside Shion's body looked helplessly at the little black dragon. "Your stance changes so quickly. Weren't you just hissing at Bingtang and the others before?"

"Anyone willing to bring my mommy Lu Ya back is my, Little Black's, real mom... Mommy Emperor, don't be sad. To Little Black, you and Mommy Lu Ya are in the T0 unique tier of mommies. They're all below you, one tier lower. You and Mommy Lu Ya are the best..."

Before it could finish, it was shoved back inside by Shion. "Noisy."

Bingtang chuckled beside her. "It's fine. It's pretty cute."

An Shiyu also nodded repeatedly. "It's okay, it's okay. It can come out more often..."

After all, who wouldn't want a daughter who calls the Sect Master 'Dad' and calls herself 'Mommy'?

"Also, Sect Master." When they landed in Beihai, Bingtang looked at the approaching Yumo and Qinghua, then suddenly said, "Although the AI rebellion in Chongxu has been completely suppressed and it's now developing steadily, the organizational power structure there is a bit complicated now."

"I just received a tearful complaint from Qianzhencao. The establishment of the Azure Cloud Sect's Branch Sect is also having problems. The land permit hasn't been approved, and the three organizations have been uncooperative."

Shion's expression turned cold. "She wasn't crying and complaining when she was fighting me for the Dao tradition back then. Stop with the complaints! Go snatch it herself!"

Otherwise, why would I have gone through all this trouble to create a mafia-style cultivation sect?

"Chirp, the Saint Hall said payment has to be made first. Plus, Keke is stationed there, so Qianzhencao and the others don't dare to do anything to her..."

The Sect Master paused. "That makes sense. What about the Witch Association? Where do they get the nerve?"

"The Witch Association said that all of Chongxu is Lord Simo Tu's property, so they don't dare to make rash promises."

"Oh, that makes sense too. What about the Nightwatchmen? Where do they get the nerve?"

"The Nightwatchmen have the Incubators backing them..."

"Then beat them up!"

Bingtang helplessly held her forehead. "In short, the situation in Chongxu is very complicated right now. Qianzhencao and Jiegeng don't dare to act rashly. They're waiting for your instructions... Should you go there again?"

Shion swished her tail, her gaze fixed on the direction of Chongxu.

"I've been in Chongxu the whole time."

After the Magical Girl Shion and the Dragon Lord underwent a substitution reaction in the River of Time, she had remained in Chongxu. There was no need for her to personally go there.

Bingtang nodded, then, as if she had thought of something, suddenly pulled out that wedding dress magazine.

The magazine, which was already a bit wrinkled from being flipped through, was opened to the page she had marked earlier.

She handed it over.

"By the way, Sect Master, do you want to take a look? Which wedding dress do you prefer?"

Shion glanced at it and casually pointed to one before leaving.

Bingtang bit her lower lip, her finger tracing over the wedding dress on that page. She pressed down slightly, almost leaving an imprint on the magazine.

It was exactly the wedding dress Lu Ya had said the Sect Master would like...

"Ah, it's going to tear." Fengqin stupidly reminded her from the side.

Mujin and An Shiyu were both startled. They looked at this reckless girl and desperately pulled her over, trying to make her be quiet.

Bingtang smiled wryly. So she just poked a hole through the magazine with her nail. "It's nothing."

Her tone was elegant, as if there was nothing wrong.

"I was just making a mark."

It's just that the understanding of things differs from person to person.

She thought.

...

Chongxu, Saint Hall.

Night Without Borders Plaza.

Su La was squatting at the intersection, holding her bowl, watching the passersby.

It had been a few days since they had defeated the Lu Ya AI. The chaos from before had quickly passed.

Chongxu had quickly returned to normal.

The bad news was that everyone in Chongxu knew they had been locked up in a can, being used as human-machine bodies.

The good news was that, up to this point, whether it was the Saint Hall, the Nightwatchmen, or the Witch Association, with Chongxu being divided into three parts, no one was considering letting the Chongxu residents go free and live.

In the end, maintaining such a large unified Mental Landscape space in Chongxu was itself a huge asset. The continuous production of mana was an endless resource. No one was willing to just let the people of Chongxu disperse.

After all, dispersing a group was easy, but getting them back together would be difficult!

As for what the local Chongxu residents thought—who cared?

They had gotten through so many years like this, and it was clearly visible that they would continue to get through the many years to come in the same way.

The surface layer was the mafia-style cultivation. It sounded nice, but in reality, it was mostly people from the Saint Hall ordering the Chongxu residents around. As for whether anyone had climbed up, well, there were some. There were always a few with good talent who progressed quickly and found favor.

But giving people hope actually made things more torturous.

The second layer was the Nightwatchmen and the Witch Association governing separately by a river, somewhat continuing the style of old Chongxu, but much milder.

But if you fell below the line, the cold feeling was still the same.

It was still an eternal nightmare.

After that, Chongxu had two paths.

Going up was hell, and going down was also hell.

Whether it was a bit better or a bit worse, it was up to each person's abilities and personality. Everyone had their own judgment, and it was hard to tell or explain clearly.

To say that life was worse than before, that wasn't really the case.

Life before couldn't even be called hell, because it wasn't a life fit for humans. It was like being raised like livestock.

How would a beast know what hell is? They don't even know what they are.

They just lived numbly, waiting for the day their heads would tilt to one side, to be weighed and sold for a few catties of meat.

Life after, barely crawling out of the fence, could barely be considered a human life, but it wasn't comfortable either.

It was like moving from a pigsty to a larger pasture.

But, as the old people say, you have to be content.

Especially for those who had grown accustomed to a life worse than a dog's. Suddenly becoming human again, even if it was barely so, it was still better than before...

This sentence felt stronger than any anesthetic. A few shots of that couldn't compare to the effect of this one sentence.

Thinking it was better than before, looking back was a relief, looking forward was hope.

It was precisely the best of times.

After all, when the Lu Ya AI was destroyed, a lot of things in Chongxu had been reset. Things like debts and loans were all wiped clean, and everyone started over.

Hope still existed, just not a lot. It kept everyone going, so they wouldn't just die out.

In recent days, the airships above had giant screens broadcasting the new rules and regulations of Chongxu, various treatment optimizations, and benefits, from morning till night.

To say that this was what kept everyone going might not be accurate.

Because not many Chongxu residents could actually listen and understand them.

Fortunately, the propaganda was vigorous enough. It was noisy and celebratory everywhere, as if there was really some great joyful event, constantly giving people the motivation and hope to move forward.

But when something becomes hope, it also becomes a shackle. You chase that hope, and then you find out:

Hey, how come I only have this one path now?

And then, no matter where you go, it doesn't feel right.

Sometimes you think, if you hadn't done that before, would you have had more choices? But when you remember the urgency and passion of chasing that hope back then, you can't be sure that if you had a second chance, you would have the resolve to not repeat the same mistakes.

Everyone had to comfort themselves like this, just getting by, so they wouldn't be so frustrated that they couldn't even live in the present.

"The Saint Hall said they're allocating land to the true-transmission of the Azure Cloud Sect to establish a Branch Sect."

"Allocating land? Who's paying for it? Wasn't that land supposed to be for building a factory?"

"Who knows? I guess wages will be cut again."

"Who said that?"

"I overheard it when I was passing by the cafeteria. White Fox was arguing with someone about it."

In the Night Without Borders Plaza, people were murmuring all around. Something seemed to be rising in the air, giving it a somewhat mournful feel.

"It's still better than before."

Then, that thing fell, melting the heavy atmosphere into something lighter.

For Su La, she listened occasionally but didn't really pay much attention most of the time.

She was different from those vulgar people. She didn't think so much about money.

She just occasionally thought about Jiang Si, and then about that beautiful Shion.

Thinking about a man and a woman was much more romantic than thinking about money, and much more refined and elegant.

Even though the man and woman were the same person.

Actually, after all these days, the images of Jiang Si and Shion in her mind were fuzzy and blurry. She couldn't remember them clearly.

Because Su La wasn't a vulgar girl who only looked at faces. She didn't really remember people's appearances.

Shion was beautiful, but she only remembered that she was beautiful. The fact that she was Jiang Si in disguise was quite a pleasant surprise.

But it was just a momentary thrill.

She would occasionally reminisce about the feeling of meeting Shion, of that expressionless girl causing explosions in Chongxu.

It was like playing disco in a depressing pigsty, bringing her excitement.

Later, when she became Jiang Si, rampaging through Chongxu, everything became a mess.

That wild violence had ground everything she hated into dust.

It was just a pity that the Azure Cloud Sect was his, and the Saint Hall was his too.

The current state of Chongxu couldn't be separated from him.

The waves that had stirred in her heart, those special feelings, had slowly faded away.

"I heard that the upper echelons of the Nightwatchmen are coming down for negotiations..."

"The Witch Association is here too."

"So many big shots."

"What does that have to do with us who earn two thousand a month?"

"How is it not related? I heard the person coming from the Witch Association is Simo Tu..."

"Oh shit, we're dead! Isn't Simo Tu just Jiang Si? The people Jiang Si killed last time haven't even woken up yet..."

"Don't be afraid. I saw the Magical Girl Ruri earlier..."

"And the new person in charge of the outer garbage dump, Little Yu and Shion."

"What are they all here for?"

"I hope they don't cause too much trouble. Last time after they talked, my salary was cut in half..."

Every time there was a negotiation, nothing good came of it.

It was pretty much the same for Su La.

She had lost her Miracle Seed, lost her Magical Girl powers, and didn't even have much life left.

Who would have thought that in Chongxu, transforming into a Magical Girl and obtaining authority would cost you your life span?

She had gotten a max-level account, but before she could play for long, her own life was about to end. That was something Su hadn't expected.

A total loss.

Although, even if she had known, it wouldn't have made much difference.

She had gone from the second layer of Chongxu to all sorts of odd jobs, seeking medical help, but found no solution.

Coming to the first layer, she had earned enough points to find a method to prolong her life from that thing called the Little Profound Mirror.

But to exchange for the life-prolonging items, she had to work day and night.

Having lost her Magical Girl powers, she had no authority either. In the Saint Hall, she was still just an apprentice.

The life she prolonged was only to work day and night to continue prolonging her life.

Life should have just passed like that, day by day. Living just for the sake of living.

It wasn't really bad.

Someday, she would be able to exchange for a life that didn't require struggling to survive.

But some people, once they knew they were trapped in a can, couldn't help but get restless.

"If only we could get out..."

If only we could get out.

When would this end?

At some point, as she listened to those voices, they all just turned into a single complaint and sigh.

—It's so unfree.

There was nothing to be done about it.

She had thought about saying that, but unfortunately, she actually had a way.

"Hey, hey, hey, can you hear me?"

The Little Profound Mirror flashed on her wrist, and a voice that made the people of Chongxu's blood run cold faintly transmitted through-

"What is it?"

"So unfree, so unfree!"

"Still not content?"

"Yes, that's it!" Su La suddenly cried out excitedly. "Not content! Damn it, why should I be content!"

"Are you sure you want to trade with me? There might be a better way."

"No, you idiot." Su La said with a low laugh. "No one cares about what you think until you start trying to destroy the world. Get it?"

"It might fail."

"It's not a matter of success or failure. It's about making them see, making them come to understand on their own what Chongxu wants!"

"I think the title 'Goddess of Liberty' suits you perfectly. The Goddess of Liberty of Chongxu."

"Ha, I like your humor. I swear, from today onward, I will completely forget Jiang Si and Shion. I will only love you and you alone, mwa."

"Who would believe that?"

"You have to believe in my devotion!"

"...Saint Hall weapon authority obtained."

On a warm afternoon, while the surrounding Chongxu residents were chatting about tomorrow, Su La casually unlocked the last segment of residual sealed data.

Putting on her tactical visor, she extended her hand to the Lu Ya AI.

"Come on, baby. Let's burn Chongxu to ashes!"

...

Saint Hall, Meeting Hall.

Shion was the last to arrive, but she sat in the foremost position.

From the Nightwatchmen's Incubators to the Witch Association's Jialan—Shion had asked why the Witch Association's President didn't come.

Jialan just said she had things to do.

Probably afraid of being caught in one fell swoop. Although Shion had indeed considered that.

But just a Jialan wasn't worth making a move over.

The matter discussed at the meeting was quite simple, nothing complicated.

In essence, Chongxu was a transit station for Magical Girls heading to the Magic Kingdom and the World Tree. But this path had been blocked for a long time. To reach the World Tree and the Magic Kingdom, they had to reopen it.

The manpower and resources required were considerable. Such a large project naturally required negotiation.

"We want to find a small branch of the World Tree. That branch fell in Chongxu, but we've never been able to find it."

"Chirp, we need more data on the Lu Ya AI. The Witch Association's experimental data on the Witches has always been incomplete..."

The demands of the Nightwatchmen and the Witch Association were easy enough to understand.

Shion wasn't very interested in the negotiation itself. She left it to the people of the Saint Hall to handle—Qianzhencao's Branch Sect hadn't been established yet, so she wasn't qualified to sit at the negotiation table.

Although it was just a matter of time, it still caused Shion some dissatisfaction.

The meeting process went relatively smoothly. After all, the Nightwatchmen's Incubators and the Witch Association didn't dare to provoke Shion and the Saint Hall too much. They just kept making reasonable demands on minor details, maintaining a humble attitude. The Saint Hall side found it hard to hit a smiling face.

Just as Shion was getting drowsy, planning to skip the meeting by falling asleep...

A sharp and violent heavy metal rock music abruptly blasted through the entire hall!

Shion half-opened her eyes, lazily looking outside.

Then, terrifying Sword Energy, surging in like a tidal wave, instantly turned the Saint Hall's meeting hall to dust!

Shion casually flicked her fingers.

The [Lin Character Secret] abruptly unfurled a barrier!

Thousands of Sword Energy blasted outside the barrier. The endless stream of Sword Energy was actually pressing down, preventing the barrier from expanding!

"Cough, cough, cough. Hey, hey, hey, can you hear me? It doesn't matter if you can't. In a little while, you'll be able to feel it with your whole body. We heavy metal rock types don't really rely on our ears... Haha, just kidding. We actually do need our ears."

"In any case, you trash, are you ready? I'm coming to bite you all to death! Woof, woof, woof!"

The voice disappeared, and the soul-tearing scream of heavy metal rock music started rolling around again!

Accompanied by the shock of the heavy metal rock, thousands of Sword Energy, exactly the same as the ones Shion had released, came blasting in densely from the distance!

"It's that wild dog..."

Jialan steadied herself beside her, cursing through gritted teeth.

But then she saw Shion stand up, looking towards the end of the dense rain of swords. There was no longer any trace of drowsiness; she was full of energy!

"No. It's a Great Saint whose lifespan is running out."

The radiance of the Void Mirror shone through the meeting hall!

"She's bringing a Supreme Emperor's Weapon!"