"You know, Ba'er, internal friction is eating shit, anxiety is eating shit in advance, and regret is eating shit from the past."

"No wonder I said I'm never hungry all day long."

Su crouched at the edge of the ruins of the sports stadium. There was a canopy here, barely hanging on, managing to block the rain. In her hand was a bowl, and in the bowl were noodles. Besides an egg, it was basically plain soup with nothing else, looking completely flavorless.

But paired with her scatological jokes, it was at least a bit heavy on the taste.

Responding to her from the other side was a Chongxu little sister who had just crawled out of the ruins—Sonora.

The two of them had previously worked together as laborers in the Saint Hall, so they were somewhat familiar with each other. They could still exchange a few words now.

The one who had just said she wasn't hungry was this Sonora. After all, ever since she lost her Core Blood, she also had little lifespan left. Plus, being dumped by Jiang Si, her life had fallen apart completely.

With the explosion in Chongxu, her savings were gone too.

Not to mention that the Saint Hall's mass issuance of tickets had been discovered by Chongxu. As the source, her credit was instantly blacklisted.

Living was meaningless. She was depressed every day, truly eating shit until she was full.

She really wasn't hungry.

"We're in the big shit pit of Chongxu, there's never a shortage of food here." Su slurped another mouthful of noodles, eating the soup and noodles together, and took a bite of the egg. "Fun fact: Carbs determine the total amount, protein determines hardness, dietary fiber determines shape, fat determines smoothness, dragon fruit stains, corn can be used as garnish, and most importantly, enoki mushrooms have a chance of dropping a rare nunchaku!"

"Can he even eat that?"

"It's super fragrant!"

From stealing the Void Mirror's authority, to sweeping through Yeyoujiang Square, plundering the top-secret Saint Hall base, smashing the small meeting hall, and fleeing all the way down, Su had spent a lot of effort. It was rare to have a chance to rest, and actually, even that bowl of noodles was cooked by Su herself in a noodle shop next door that had no one in it.

At least she could chat a bit with the Chongxu residents. Her tone was much gentler than before. In the past, Su always thought Chongxu people were numb and unfeeling, wondering if they could still be saved.

Only after transforming into a Magical Girl did she realize that everyone actually had a spirit. Now, everything looked pleasing, and chatting and laughing with them felt like being friends.

A Magical Girl, after all, can't be a Magical Girl without making friends with everyone, right?

The rain was still falling—actually, it couldn't really be called falling. They had already reached the upper layers of Chongxu. Most of the mechanisms had been carried over from the old Chongxu. The large-scale destruction and explosive fires from top to bottom had forced Chongxu to keep adjusting the weather to rain.

Not long after, purple arrows suddenly shot over. The Void Mirror above flickered slightly, and the direction of the arrows shifted.

They landed nearby, blasting up a rolling mushroom cloud.

The rain in the sky was evaporated. No debris or rainwater splashed up, only shockwaves and howling wind.

Then, a purple figure flickered in and out of the smoke and dust, approaching like a ghost.

Su wasn't panicked. She calmly finished her noodles, drank the soup, and even licked the bowl clean.

Only then did she burp and put down the bowl in her hand.

"Ba'er, you know, from the first time I saw you, I've been deeply attracted to you. Your charm is irresistible, your prestige is known to all. If I could get together with you, even if it meant working a few more years in Chongxu, I'd be happy!"

Jiang Si didn't respond, but the Ten Thousand Immortals Array next to her rolled its eyes. "Taking both the food and the takeout?"

"Hey, living in Chongxu is worse than death, isn't it a torment of hell? For you, I'm willing to live in this damn place, giving up my freedom. If that's not true love, then what is? Right?"

As she spoke, she even threw a wink.

Shion didn't bother with her either. She just looked up at the Void Mirror in the sky. "Where did you get the immortal path potential to activate the Void Mirror?"

After all, she couldn't even transform.

Su's Magical Girl transformation was based on Chongxu, but Chongxu's authority had been crippled by Keke before. The subsequent pipelines were all rebuilt, which caused problems with Su's Magical Girl transformation.

Of course, as long as one's Personal Reality was strong enough, these weren't issues.

The problem was that Su La's Personal Reality had also been dismantled and taken away by Lu Ya AI after she had instilled cultivation into her. This repayment far exceeded any loan in Chongxu's history.

It could be said that she was severely crippled. Forget about transforming, even staying alive was a struggle.

Yet this Great Saint, struggling on the edge of death with little lifespan left, actually came holding a Supreme Emperor's Weapon. Shion was truly amazed.

But it also puzzled her.

"How did you activate the Void Mirror?"

Without transforming, unable to even channel mana, Su suddenly burst out laughing and pointed her thumb at herself. "Where do you think you are? This is Chongxu!"

The Void Mirror flipped over, revealing behind it billions of subscribed Chongxu users watching!

"In Chongxu, money is everything. Sure, you destroyed the first layer of Chongxu, but the second layer hasn't changed yet! Even if you destroy the second layer, the Chongxu people are still here, their children are still here, and their children's children are still here! Until one day, flowers bloom on the branches!"

"Get it? This is the real Chongxu. Live a short life with all your effort, and pass the loan on to your descendants. This is how true Chongxu people repeatedly grow slowly! Pretty impressive, right? Really impressive, right! This is the Chongxu spirit! The Chongxu spirit lives forever! Come on, folks, click subscribe and contribute to Chongxu's freedom!"

As Su laughed, even Shion saw an ad popup appear on her personal account.

"Subscribe now to watch the live stream, and you'll get a red envelope! No tricks, no cheating!"

Shion was slightly stunned, then looked at the majestic Void Mirror in the sky.

The reason Chongxu had countless emotional loans was because the emotions of Chongxu people generated a massive amount of mana.

The Void Mirror required a huge amount of mana. As the crystallization of Mirror Kingdom technology, the amount of mana it consumed during operation was terrifying even for Shion.

And just the subscriptions of a portion of Chongxu people could withstand such mana consumption. It was easy to imagine how rich Chongxu's mana output was.

No wonder so many people couldn't bear to give it up.

Shion raised an eyebrow, a hint of murderous intent flashing in her eyes.

What she hated most was the Pinduoduo crowdfunding method of increasing combat power in capitalist cultivation!

No mental state improvement, no long-term accumulation, no idealistic outburst.

Just relying on money to crush the opponent??

Ridiculous!

This path of immortality that insults the heavens must be crushed with a heavy fist, completely broken!

Seeing Shion's murderous intent surging, Sonora shrank her neck beside her, a little scared.

She really wanted to return to Shion's side, but at a time like this, she knew what was more important.

If she couldn't create united front value, she was just roadside trash in Shion's eyes. Immortal cultivation didn't care about her, she had no money or strength. It was impossible to survive in Chongxu as it was now!

And wasn't fighting against an idol also a kind of happiness?

As long as she showed value and style, making Azure Cloud look at her favorably, she might have a chance to live!

Seeing Shion swing her sword again!

Su La pulled the Void Mirror down from the sky, barely withstanding the blow. But she saw mana rapidly depleting, and the entire Supreme Emperor's Weapon's momentum weakened.

Su's expression changed, and she immediately screamed into the live stream on the Void Mirror—yes, the Void Mirror was both a weapon and had a live-streaming function. The feed could even reach the vision of every subscriber!

"Folks, the ship captain is on sale now! Subscribe for six thousand Chongxu coins to become a captain and get a captain's special experience event. Take you on a first-person perspective to experience the thrill and excitement of fighting the strongest Magical Girl, Shion! What are you waiting for!"

......

Keke and White Fox were originally stationed at the Saint Hall, still discussing the matter of land with Thousand-Pinweed.

Lately, Thousand-Pinweed had been coming to find her to talk about things whenever she had nothing to do.

The Saint Hall had only pushed her out to handle it, which left Keke a bit helpless.

Earlier, when something happened at the meeting hall, Su had snatched the Void Mirror and swept through a large area of the Saint Hall's territory. After devouring a massive amount of Chongxu coins, she immediately fled to the upper layers. Now the Saint Hall was busy and overwhelmed, still chasing after Su.

No one was handling matters here anymore, so Keke had to deal with Thousand-Pinweed.

The two were still bickering about whether the land price should be lowered—anyway, Thousand-Pinweed wouldn't dare to cause trouble, so Keke just had to stick to the Saint Hall's rules.

While they were still bickering, someone suddenly screamed outside the Saint Hall.

"It's actually credited!"

Then waves of surprised cheers erupted outside like a storm.

"Hurry, hurry, hurry, get in, get in! Click subscribe and you'll get it!"

Keke and Thousand-Pinweed looked at each other, then walked out of the house. They asked a laborer in the yard, "What was credited?"

"The red envelope from the hot live stream! Just click subscribe and you'll get a red envelope! Oh, right, you need to turn off the security system first, otherwise the pop-ups will be blocked."

"There's also a ship captain welfare event. You can participate in the special event, first-person perspective fighting the strongest Magical Girl Shion. But becoming a captain is still too expensive. Just clicking subscribe is enough..."

Before Keke and Thousand-Pinweed could verify it, a pop-up had already bypassed the security system and jumped directly onto both of their personal accounts.

They saw Su La and Sonora in the feed, one shouting herself hoarse, the other kneeling and crying.

"To thank our folks, subscribe and get a red envelope! Subscribe and get a red envelope! There's even a 50% rebate on tips! Don't miss it if you're passing by!"

"No way! We really can't keep giving anymore! We've already given over a hundred million Chongxu coins! If we give anymore, we'll go bankrupt! No, we're already bankrupt!"

"Today I lose money, you earn money! You earn money, I lose money! Becoming the richest person in Chongxu by losing money starts with you!"

"They all say losing money is my business. Shut your mouth! I'll say a number: 98! Get in now and get a 98 rebate!"

"Ahhh! No, Su! You were supposed to save Chongxu, how can you be giving away money! How can you be giving away money!"

Keke and Thousand-Pinweed were dumbfounded. After staring for a long time, Keke scratched her head and was about to ask what they were doing when.

Bai Fox and Miao Guan ran over from the front yard. "Not good, Keke! These Chongxu people have united to deal with Shion! It's terrible!"

Then Thousand-Pinweed clicked subscribe, and sure enough, some Chongxu coins were credited. Then she entered the live stream and saw the purple Magical Girl on the other side throwing a punch that slammed into the screen!

Both Keke and Thousand-Pinweed instinctively leaned back to dodge.

Then they realized the screen wasn't broken, and Shion punched back!

Shion didn't retreat either, punching back again!

Punch after punch, back and forth. Soon, the continuous stream of punches became as dense as raindrops, still colliding frantically!

Sharp explosions crushed and blasted everything around!

"She's using the hundred-billion subsidy to power the Void Mirror!" Thousand-Pinweed's pupils shrank. "Damn it, I've become another tool against my master! Unsubscribe, unsubscribe!"

When she clicked subscribe, Thousand-Pinweed felt her mana being drained.

Every Chongxu person who subscribed would naturally become a mana provider for the Void Mirror.

"Using a hundred-billion subsidy to fight Shion..." White Fox murmured softly, her eyes fixed on the subscription count in the upper-left corner of the screen.

Hundreds of millions, billions, tens of billions, hundreds of billions...

As subscriptions increased, the Void Mirror's power and level also grew.

The attacks coming back were getting stronger and stronger!

This was a Supreme Emperor's Weapon! The mana conversion rate was ridiculously high! With so many Chongxu people providing mana, its power had already rivaled Full Bloom!

For a moment, even Shion could only trade blows with it!

Just as Keke wanted to stop others from subscribing and causing trouble for Teacher Shion,

She saw that the usually quiet and well-behaved White Fox had already opened her personal account and was frantically clicking subscribe! She was pressing the subscribe button so hard it was smoking!

But even so, under Teacher Shion's immense power, even with the help of more and more Chongxu people, the Void Mirror was still being slowly suppressed!

"Folks, just a little more! Just a little more and we can defeat Shion!"

Keke looked at Teacher Shion on the other side, who showed no signs of injury, and felt that "a little more" seemed to be a lot more.

White Fox was even running around, begging others to subscribe too.

"Become a captain now for a chance to draw the welfare package for controlling the Ten Thousand Immortals Array! Let you personally control a battle and directly experience the thrill and excitement of fighting the strongest Magical Girl Shion! Get an unforgettable bragging right and topic! What are you waiting for!"

White Fox had already started frantically giving loans to others and even took out a loan to become a captain herself. On the screen, it was indeed a first-person perspective facing Teacher Shion, and in her own eyes, it was an immersive experience.

Even if a giant wild maggot came, from this perspective, it could confront Shion at close range without dying! Even better, when being beaten by Shion, it could appreciate that priceless face from super close up!

Many who were originally on the fence suddenly became tempted!

They rushed to White Fox to take out loans and become captains—there was a discount in the live stream, and White Fox herself was also reimbursing part of it! Becoming a captain now was no different from getting something for nothing!

Keke stomped her foot in anger. Just as she was about to pull White Fox away, Silver Lotus beside her suddenly whispered, "It won't hurt to have one more of me, right?"

Keke immediately scolded her: "No subscribing! If you become a captain, I'll break off our friendship! Everyone who subscribes or becomes a captain, I'll tell Teacher Shion! None of you will get away!"

Thousand-Pinweed, who had been about to sneakily open the live stream, was startled and immediately closed the screen. "I, I just accidentally did that, Keke. You can't tell the Sect Master that I subscribed..."

Just as Keke was angrily stopping a few people, someone else shouted:

"Ordinary captains only get one chance to face Shion directly. Silver Commanders can control the basic small arrays in the Ten Thousand Immortals Array, confront Shion, and sneak attack her. Gold Governors participate in the large nested arrays within the Ten Thousand Immortals Array and get one free resurrection opportunity and one ad-watch resurrection opportunity! Two resurrections? Oh my god! Gold captains are hitting the jackpot!"

Seeing many Chongxu people swarming in, Keke felt helpless.

"Keke, look at this. It won't hurt to have one more of us..."

"No subscribing!"

Thousand-Pinweed sighed, saying that Keke, as expected, still cared more about her master.

She turned to compliment Jiegeng.

Then she found that this idiot had bought the entire package! She had even gone all the way to Gold Governor!

"Are you trying to die!"

"Battle! Awesome!"

......

No matter what kind of attack, it could be reflected back. The more times the same attack was used, the less damage it caused, and the faster the analysis speed.

When Su obtained the Void Mirror and found out how to use it, she really thought she was invincible.

The previous battle between Magical Girl Ruri and Lu Ya AI's Witch Shion had proven that the Void Mirror had the power to rival Shion.

As long as she could control Shion, wasn't Chongxu hers to wreak havoc on?

Then Su La watched as this woman, wearing a purple Magical Outfit that wasn't much different from before—essentially a reskinned Shion—traded blows with the Void Mirror punch for punch.

No flashy skills at all, just pure fist-to-flesh fighting. Yet she still managed to suppress the Void Mirror!

While Su was still hawking, getting all Chongxu people to subscribe and become captains to charge the Void Mirror, the Void Mirror's main body itself was already covered in cracks!

The Ten Thousand Immortals Array, originally made up of countless small Void Mirrors, was as fragile as ordinary glass, easily crushed...

This woman was way too overpowered!

Good model, strong strength, and she even had money and power! Was there any room left for others to live?!

Seeing that if this continued, the Void Mirror would be smashed to pieces, Su La suddenly pulled the Void Mirror back.

"With my tireless efforts and unparalleled potential, I move the universe with money!"

Shion looked up slightly and saw the sky turn into a mirror.

It was the Void Mirror connected to the space above.

Then, tens of thousands of Chongxu coins materialized and rained down!

Money fell like rain!

No longer limited to Chongxu people, everyone who picked up the Chongxu coins—whether Saints of the Hall, Witch Association members, or the Incubators of the Nightwatchmen—

Larger and more mana came pouring into the Void Mirror from all directions!

Using money to exchange for mana.

This was the underlying rule of Chongxu. Accepting money meant you had to give up the corresponding mana—someone with this ability and authority was definitely not Su La.

And Sonora beside her stared blankly at the rain of coins. "Where did you get so much money?"

"In Chongxu, for every transaction and flow of funds, 0.1% is deducted. Do you know where that 0.1% goes? It's devoured by Chongxu's demon, and it's all right here!"

The Void Mirror aimed at Shion. Su La blew a kiss. "Come on, dear, time to play."

Chongxu's thousands of years of yearning for freedom.

All seemed to converge on this one person and this one mirror.

Shion, who had been about to finish the opponent before the Void Mirror finished charging, paused slightly, looking into those eyes.

She curled the corner of her mouth slightly.

"Mental Landscape..."

"Damn it, don't you have a heart?! Let's clash the beams!"

Watching the Void Mirror stop charging, Shion nodded.

She had just remembered that the upper corpse didn't have a heart.

But that was fine.

The other party was using all their immortal path potential to push themselves to the limit, going all out.

She did need to show some respect.

"Azure Cloud Sect disciples, draw your swords."

At these words, the Haoran Sword Energy surged up from the distant new world!

Bingtang and the other disciples in the new world all looked up with solemn expressions.

The sword energies rose higher and higher, gathered denser and denser, and finally turned into an endless sea of swords, boiling and churning, swallowing the entire sky.

Above, the sword energies were like a forest and like rain, like ten thousand silver dragons roaring, blotting out the sky and covering the earth, filling the air with killing intent!

They merged into a vast, unmatched river of light in the air, surging violently, charging straight toward Chongxu!

Then, all the Chongxu viewers in the live streams saw the raging silver dragons of sword energy roaring all the way into Chongxu.

Like ten thousand stars falling, tearing apart the sky!

The sparks they raised drowned the still-falling rain. The sky-filling firelight made Chongxu shine brilliantly!

Before long, the fierce, wild, untamed river of sword energy, like a runaway dragon, all fell into the small Magical Girl's hand.

Docile as a well-behaved cat, it curled around her fingers, shedding its murderous intent and violence.

The dazzling light sword now seemed as warm as some kind of cheer stick...

"This is a path of the Dao struggle," Shion said calmly. "A struggle between the gangster-style path of immortality and the capitalist path of immortality. I'm giving you this chance. Catch up to me."

"Ha!"

Though the grand spectacle of the gathering sword energy had shaken Su's heart, she still burst out laughing. "Lucky me. Then I won't hold back!"

The Void Mirror, carrying the radiance of an unparalleled loan throughout the ages, instantly illuminated all heavens!

Shion also lightly and casually swung this sword down.

It could hardly be called a chop.

Because the sword energy flowed out from her hand so casually, it seemed more like it had accidentally slipped and fallen to the ground.

When the sword tip hit the Chongxu ground, it bounced back slightly, and she casually pulled the blade back.

But in the next moment, the sky split open.

Or rather, the entire Chongxu, in a warped field of vision, slowly began to split to both sides.

Along the line where the sword blade fell and then bounced back, everything was neatly cut apart. Everything turned into pitch-black nothingness.

The fractured ends of stars flickered on and off, one by one extinguishing and exploding. An extreme, blazing white cut open an abyss.

That abyss stretched straight ahead, through stars, through star rivers, through galaxies, reaching the end of the universe.

At the same moment, the sky of the new world was also parted like a middle part. All the Azure Cloud Sect disciples looked up and could see the power of this sword they had gathered.

In the abyss, countless fine sword energies were still raging madly, endlessly.

The Void Mirror was split in two from the middle. Dense data gushed out from the fracture like a waterfall.

In the first layer of Chongxu, Keke and Silver Lotus instinctively hugged each other. Beside them, Jiegeng and Thousand-Pinweed, as part of those who had drawn their swords, looked a bit pale. But looking up at the abyss in the sky, their faces were full of pride and confidence!

Only White Fox was still opening the personal accounts of those who had fainted beside her, frantically clicking subscribe!

To contribute to defeating Shion!

"This is the power of gangster-style cultivation."

Shion's voice spread slowly throughout Chongxu. "Don't be stubborn anymore. Stay away from the wrong path of capitalist cultivation."

Su lay on the ground, blood gushing from her mouth. She stared blankly at the crack abyss in the sky and couldn't help coughing up another mouthful of blood. "Fucking..."

She had wanted to curse, but she remembered she was in front of Shion—couldn't corrupt the children.

So she swallowed it back. "Bastard!"

The entire Chongxu was also dead silent. The carnival and excitement brought by the hundred-billion subsidy crowdfunding had vanished without a trace with just one sword stroke.

Only silence and fear remained!

And after Shion's one-sentence verdict, all Chongxu people lost the will and thought to resist.

They only hoped to survive.

Freedom? Screw freedom! Let's survive first! What was wrong with being a laborer in the Saint Hall!

It was all Su's fault! Always shouting about freedom, leading everyone astray, getting them noticed by Shion, and almost dying!

The sparks from the sword energy scraping against the void gradually extinguished. Above Chongxu, only darkness and the abyss remained.

Sonora lay behind Su La and sighed. "It really didn't work."

Then her head lolled to the side as she fainted.

Although she hadn't expected much from the start, seeing Sonora faint so neatly and at just the right moment, Su couldn't help rolling her eyes.

Earlier, when Jiang Si transformed into Shion, Sonora had fainted on her own too. This woman really couldn't take a hit.

Then Su took a deep breath, looking at the inverted heavenly moat, and thought back to when she first met Shion and Jiang Si.

Power that surpassed all rules...

This woman was just here to play.

But strangely, it made Su feel relieved.

If she had been a bit hesitant before—if she actually released that thing and accidentally turned Chongxu back into a prison, wouldn't that be counterproductive—

Now, Su felt at ease.

Blood welled up from the corners of her mouth. Su La reached out to grasp the sky, now the stars shining in the void.

"Hey, when stars can't sleep, do they count humans?"

Shion tilted her head slightly. "No."

"Why?"

"Because I never have trouble sleeping."

Su said weakly, "But my mother said that when stars can't sleep, they count humans. So at night, we should hide and sleep well. If a star counts us, we'll be trapped in its sight forever."

"Black Light?"

"What kind of obscure song is that again? Damn hipster! At a time like this, don't mention song titles I don't know!"

"It's a skill."

In the Beast Taming Genre, even though it was a niche genre, some skills were pretty interesting.

"Heh, I knew hipsters like you only pretend to be tough..." Coughing, half of her body already disappearing, Su La's pupils began to blur. Finally, she murmured with a hint of pride:

"Mom, I've always, always avoided being seen by the stars..."

Shion turned and left.

Behind her, the two halves of the Void Mirror slowly merged into Su La's body. Then her face began to twist and change.

Without turning back, Shion pulled her finger down.

Giving the evil capitalist path-follower no chance, the sword sea, like a silver dragon, descended from the sky and engulfed Su!

Su's body quietly melted away like snowflakes under the scouring of the silver sword energy.

The battle was over.

Shion's figure disappeared from the upper layers of Chongxu.

When the silver energy dispersed, the girl's figure had completely vanished. Only the deep pit left by the passage of the sword sea remained, along with the mirror fragments floating in the wind.

Mixed in were a few specks of mana about to dissipate.

This unprecedented live-streaming spectacle, with Jiang Si before and none after, would probably be talked about by Chongxu people for a long, long time.

The pitch-black Chongxu was silent. It was as if a stray dog had just died. No one mourned for their Chongxu having lost its only Magical Girl.

But not long after, a great force suddenly descended.

A massive fire fell from the sky, once again filling the seabed.

Magical Girl Jiang Si!

The Azure Cloud Sect Master hadn't left at all! She had stopped outside the void. The raging fire directly burned away the remaining Void Mirror fragments!

She even wanted to erase Su La's last traces of mana!

Staring at this land burned into glassy crystal, Shion finally withdrew her gaze. The great force dissipated.

After another moment.

Terrifying mana descended once again!

Mountain-Opening Seal! Open!

Sea-Overturning Seal! Open!

Earth-Covering Seal! Open!

Heaven-Annihilating Seal! Open!

Ancient Emperor Seal! Open!

A series of five enormous, crystal-like seals of light smashed down from the void one after another.

Layered upon each other, each seal connected. The Earth-grade Magic Techniques inherited from Azure Cloud Sect's ancestors instantly erupted with the might of Heaven-Grade Spells!

Five seals combined, overturning heaven and earth!

The entire upper layer of Chongxu was forcibly sunk by several points!

Then a long, long time passed again.

On the sky of the spiritual realm, obscured by rampant mana, the moon's figure finally appeared. Borrowing a bit of the Lunar Essence of the Supreme Yin's light, some fragments of mirror gathered again in the void, flickering faintly.

But in the next moment—the purple figure descended once more!

A hint of mockery was hidden in the cold eyes.

"This is the last trace, right?"

The battlefield ruins were once again swept by a torrent of mana.

Faintly, it seemed to hear a cry of "Bastard!"

This went back and forth more than a dozen times, until this area was polished smooth.

Only then did Shion stop her fishing act.

She murmured to herself, "This should be over."

Then she truly left.

Tiyana, observing in secret, couldn't help sighing in admiration. "As expected of Master. This is the real Path of Caution, the true cautious style! Tiyana has learned..."

But as soon as she turned her head, Shion descended again!

Even Tiyana couldn't help being a bit stunned. "This... is a bit too cautious..."

Then her pupils contracted. She found that Su's body had actually materialized again!

There really was another one!

It was practically a match for the Sect Master!

The Sect Master's great force turned into sword energy and crashed down again. But this time, this sword no longer caused the terrifying crushing it had before.

Ripples simply spread over Su's body, and the Sect Master's world-destroying power gently flowed around her like a river encountering a rock.

Shion paused and turned slightly to look.

The ripples had already dissipated, but Su had completely disappeared. Standing there was.

The fully liberated—

Lu Ya AI.

Finally, the real big fish had appeared.

"Finally, we meet again."

The complete Lu Ya AI revealed a brilliant smile. "The annoying thing has finally disappeared. I came from the past to see you, Jiang Si."

Those eyes seemed to see right through Shion.

They gazed warmly and expectantly at the young man deeper inside.

Shion casually swiped. A sharp sword energy slashed across!

But before it even reached Lu Ya AI, the sword energy dispersed. Then Lu Ya AI also casually waved her hand.

A silver dragon sword energy, identical to Shion's, came roaring out!

"I've missed you so much, Jiang Si."

"You have the wrong person."

"You haven't changed a bit. I haven't either."

"First, figure out who you are."

Lu Ya AI gently stroked her chest. "Of course, I am Lu Ya. No more flaws. The perfect Lu Ya, only for you."

Shion coldly raised the sword in her hand.

"A monkey wearing a crown, merely inviting ridicule."

"It doesn't matter. I'll teach you, bit by bit, who I really am."

Shion's expression turned solemn. She found that when she used sword energy, it would be taken over by the opponent instead. Within Chongxu, any magic or ability that had been adapted by the Void Mirror could no longer be used. Once used, it would only fall under the opponent's control.

All the sword energy would be gathered into the opponent's silver dragon sword energy, making it even more magnificent and grand, like a real galaxy spanning across Chongxu!

Then, imitating what Shion had done earlier,

She casually dropped that vast silver dragon sword energy.

As the sword energy left her fingertips, space twisted. Chongxu began to tremble, erupting in piercing roars, like thousands of dragons roaring one after another!

The moment the silver dragon slammed into the ground, the crystal seabed, repeatedly polished by Shion, cracked. Silver seawater surged out wildly, instantly flooding the entire seabed.

At the same time, nine abysses burst open in the sky.

Nine silver rivers poured out from those abysses, like waterfalls. Each carried enough sword energy to drown Chongxu. The silver dragon rivers intertwined and spiraled in the air, sometimes forming a battle formation, sometimes taking a scissor shape. Finally, they all poured into the center, completely engulfing the trapped girl.

The waves surged endlessly. The silver sword energy churned and stacked, forming a massive vortex cage. Sword energy turned into waves, waves gave birth to sword intent. Nine twists and turns, interlocking, endlessly reborn!

Shion's pupils shrank slightly.

Xian-Dan Suppression, Xian-Jue Closure, and Hunyuan Douscissors as the array's eye.

[The Nine-Bend Yellow River Array]!

All power disappeared. The vast mana was drained. Personal Reality was polluted.

It almost erased Magical Girl Shion from Chongxu, leaving only a weakened ordinary girl.

Complete Chongxu authority. Unflawed Full Bloom going even further...

Lu Ya AI's finger was almost touching her cheek. Her pupils held an abyss-like greed and fervor.

The power wrapping around Shion was slowly dragging her into an even deeper space.

To imprison her, brainwash her, torment her...

Lu Ya AI revealed a dark, fanatical smile. The desires accumulated over tens of thousands of years were released without restraint:

"Stay here. Stay with me forever, Jiang Si. I will always, always be with you..."

Her voice suddenly stopped.

Then everything around her came to a standstill as well.

In the hand of the weakened ordinary girl Shion, a large fruit slowly appeared.

The source of the world's essence power. The incarnation of the World Tree's Dao Fruit.

Though she still couldn't use it completely, just the faint bit of rule power leaking from it was enough to let her walk the path of the Dao she desired.

The perfectly unified essence, energy, and spirit. She tore open a corner herself, breaking the perfection of her own six aspects.

With a fractured immortal body, she embedded the Dao Fruit fragment.

Letting heaven and earth sense the heart of returning to the Dao. At this moment.

One more step.

"This is Nascent Soul Transformation."

In the ancient, majestic sound of a bell, a voice as indifferent as the Dao's proclamation rang out.

"This is also Full Bloom."

The miracle of the universe was suddenly destroyed by the power of Full Bloom!

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