"Simo Tu-sama!"

When Jiang Si truly saw Xilan, her face covered in dirt, in the Beihai sewer, he didn't recognize her at first.

She was as dirty as a sewer rat.

Calling her a stray dog on the street would even be praising her. In her current state, she was barely human.

Her hair was a tangled mess, mud spots dotted her face, and when she saw him and Black Keke, she even subconsciously bared her teeth and let out a low growl like a stray dog on the street.

It wasn't until Black Keke turned on a flashlight beside her, lighting up the surroundings, that Xilan stopped the guttural threat rumbling in her throat. She blinked, rubbed her eyes—since her hands were dirty, rubbing only made her eyes sting red and unable to open.

Then, after confirming it was Simo Tu, she immediately let out a loud cry and pounced on him.

"Simo Tu-sama is awesome!"

After shouting, tears started streaming down her face wildly. She hugged Jiang Si's thigh and rubbed against it hard. "Simo Tu-sama, wuwuwu, you've finally come back! They all betrayed you! Because all the Witch Association branches were taken out, they unilaterally disbanded the New Witch Association. That Yun Ke even got official certification and defected to the Disaster Control Bureau! You have to settle scores hard!"

While tattling, she kept rubbing against Jiang Si's pant leg, wiping her snot and tears all over it. Using his expensive suit trousers as a towel, she actually managed to clean her face completely in no time.

Jiang Si glanced around the sewer again, then looked at Black Keke, who was pinching her nose. "You're telling me this thing can destroy the world?"

"Heh, although it sounds a bit unbelievable."

Black Keke shrugged. "But you know, dear Simo Tu-sama, people can't be judged by appearance. There will always be a few mutations, like a butterfly flapping its wings causing a storm. Even beings you look down on can unleash astonishing destructive power..."

Although Xilan was still immersed in the emotion of finding someone to rely on, she vaguely caught the topic about her being able to destroy the world and immediately perked up. "Yes, yes, yes! Simo Tu-sama, Xilan can absolutely destroy the world! Just give Xilan enough time to start up. For Simo Tu-sama, forget destroying the world, even the universe, Xilan will destroy it for you to see!"

"Your top priority right now is to wash your brain clean, you waste."

Xilan instantly deflated, her face falling. She hung her head mournfully, refusing to let go of Simo Tu-sama's leg. "Simo Tu-sama, wuwuwu, I'm a waste, don't abandon me..."

Beside her, Black Keke patted her head. "It's okay, Xilan. It's just that your trait is slow startup. Don't mind these casual remarks. You're the greatest End of All Things!"

Xilan, who had been prostrate at Jiang Si's feet in low spirits, suddenly looked up at Black Keke.

This former President of the Witch Association also smiled and reached out her hand toward Xilan. "As long as you start up, all the enemies now will be nothing but scum to you... Ouch!"

Xilan bit down hard!

Black Keke winced in pain and immediately retracted her hand, looking at the crazy girl who was baring her teeth at her, snapping her jaws repeatedly, a bit exasperated.

Now she truly looked like a rabid dog, growling low at her. "Simo Tu-sama already said I'm a waste, can't you hear?! How dare you defy Simo Tu-sama, question Simo Tu-sama's decisions! I'll bite you to death!"

"You're really a wild dog!"

"It's your honor to be the dog of Simo Tu-sama! She still has that qualification!"

Seeing that Xilan was about to rush down and tear into her, Black Keke immediately called out, "Xilan, calm down."

The one who had just been like a rabid dog, frantically trying to bite Little Black Dragon, instantly quieted down. She obediently sat at Jiang Si's feet. "Xilan has always been a gentle girl, Simo Tu-sama..."

The Emperor pondered, then couldn't help but ask out of curiosity, "How did you destroy the world?"

"What, you've really destroyed a world?"

Seeing Xilan look over in confusion as well, Little Black Dragon couldn't help but cough.

After clearing her throat, she began to speak to Xilan leisurely: "Witch Xilan, congratulations on unlocking the viewing permission for world-ending futures. As the sole chosen one, you can select one of the following keywords to watch. Different keywords correspond to different paths."

"【Rat King (White)】, 【Sky Collapse (Purple)】, 【Reverse Borer (Green)】, 【Knife Runner (White)】, 【Killer Bee (White)】..."

"What the heck, they all sound ridiculously overpowered! I'll go with 【Sky Collapse】. That one sounds the coolest."

"And she chose the weakest one." Black Keke curled her lips. "Selection complete. Beginning playback of the 【Sky Collapse】 timeline——"

[The 3664th reincarnation. The world has undergone some changes.]

[At 0 years old, you are born...]

Jiang Si thought for a moment: "A simulator style, isn't that a bit too wordy?"

"Ah, just watch it first."

Black Keke narrated the narration while playing the reincarnation memory footage of Xilan destroying the world:

[On the day you are born, you lie in a rare roadside baby crib. Happiness +1]

"Isn't that a trash can?! How could that be happiness?! I was abandoned right after birth?"

[There are many plastic toys in your baby crib. They squeak when pressed. At 0 years old, you play with them endlessly. Happiness +1]

"Those are adult products! Who has no morals?!"

[After birth, you spend a wonderful three days. When thirsty, drink rat urine. When hungry, eat the Pixies of South China. Until the Witch Association picks you up.]

"How is this any different from growing up in a cesspool..."

Xilan, who had been excited earlier, now saw her pathetic state as a child. Her face turned black. Although her miserable environment already made her face dark, now it was even darker.

Only Jiang Si nodded.

Born to devote herself to eliminating pests and helping environmental protection. Sure enough, her nature wasn't bad.

Time to whitewash her...

[At 3 years old, you first come into contact with Disaster Beasts. You are very interested.]

[At 4 years old, you learn that there are beings called Magical Girls who rule the world, oppressing the Witch Association and the world. The reason you are so unfortunate is all the fault of the Magical Girls.]

"Yes, yes, yes."

[At 6 years old, you complete the witch experiment and become a formal member of the Witch Association.]

[At this moment, you feel you are a chosen little witch. You definitely have an S-level Disaster Beast sealed inside you. You were born to become the President of the Witch Association. Confidence +1.]

"Yes."

[The next day, the chosen little witch is tripped over by Twins, who also became a witch the same day in the witch crash course while vying for second-to-last place. Confidence -1.]

"Yes, yes... Hey, no, no!"

[When Twins' bare foot, sticky with cola, stomps on your face, you make a decision. The humiliation of wasting cola today must be repaid tenfold in the future. Happiness -1.]

[At 7 years old, more and more Witch Association members kick you out of their teams. Fame +1.]

[At 8 years old, your reputation as the King of Getting Kicked Out of Teams is already known to all. You're so poor you can only eat grass for a living, but you still don't think it's because your ability is too trashy. Fame +2, Confidence +1.]

[At 10 years old, a mutation occurs in Beihai. Magical Girl Ruri is born and defeats two of the Witch Association's captains, Red Lian and another general!]

Jiang Si's face was full of relief.

So that's how it was. When he wasn't around, Keke had really shone brightly, hadn't she?

Although he was still dissatisfied with Keke's current growth, when compared horizontally, Keke's growth rate among Magical Girls was indeed astonishing. Even without his training, Keke's growth wouldn't have been too bad. The direction would just have been a bit off.

[In June of the same year, after eating all the grass at the doors of various Witch Association branches across North China, you arrive in Beihai and begin years of entanglement with Ruri... During this process, Magical Girl Ruri continuously defeats the Witch Association's cadres and powerful Disaster Beasts, but she can never catch you. Because the glamorous and dazzling Magical Girl Ruri will never imagine that you, a dignified witch, would even dare to merge with a pit latrine just to survive. Confidence +1.]

Jiang Si suddenly felt a surge of respect.

Especially combined with the stench of the sewer now, that flavor, it hit hard!

Xilan couldn't help but defend herself: "I would never do that! No one could force me to that point!"

Fortunately, Black Keke had the courtesy to cut out the scene of Xilan merging with the pit latrine, so they wouldn't lose their appetite later.

[Not long after, a great calamity arrives. Numerous S-level Disaster Beasts attack the new world. Magical Girl Ruri gives her all, Full Blooms, and in three days, cuts down over two hundred S-level Disaster Beasts. Ultimately, she exhausts her power and dies.]

Jiang Si frowned: "It feels like this has little to do with Xilan so far."

Xilan quickly chimed in: "Yeah, yeah! This is a scam!"

Black Keke had no choice but to console her: "It's coming soon."

[After Magical Girl Ruri dies together with all the Disaster Beasts, she uses her Heart Image Remnant to seal most of the Disaster Beasts. However, one S-level Disaster Beast's remnant fails to be completely sealed...]

A bit pathetic, Keke.

As Jiang Si sighed inwardly, Xilan was stunned, with a look of unease on her face: "Wait."

[You ultimately merge with the remnant of the S-level Disaster Beast. Not only do you obtain all the Disaster Beast's abilities, but by upgrading with the Disaster Beast's power, you also merge Magical Girl Ruri's Full Bloom Heart Image Remnant. The only drawback is that your consciousness is taken over by the S-level Disaster Beast, and you become an End of All Things with both a Mental Landscape and the power of a Disaster Beast!]

"I knew it! This is just picking up scraps! And the consciousness is devoured by the Disaster Beast, it has nothing to do with me at all!" Xilan snorted coldly. "And what does this have to do with Sky Collapse..."

[But you didn't accomplish nothing. Before losing consciousness, you managed to get angry. This causes the Disaster Beast that became the End of All Things to be affected by your will, and it chooses to continue merging. This time, the target of the merge is the new world.]

[Five hundred years later, the new world is finally decomposed into hundreds of pieces by your completed self-destruction after the merge. Purple ending achieved: Sky Collapse.]

"How can it be even more ridiculous?"

"Impossible. Absolutely impossible." Xilan immediately denied. "You made all this up! I finally won once, there's no way it was that embarrassing."

"How could it be? I personally experienced it..."

Before she could finish, Black Keke suddenly fell silent. Her pupils contracted as she stared at Xilan.

They saw Xilan slowly dragging out from behind her a massive Disaster Beast remnant that seemed to fill the entire sewer!

Her face turned cold and harsh as she said: "Enough! What's this about losing consciousness after merging? Lies, all lies!"

In that instant, Jiang Si actually sensed killing intent and malice from Xilan.

"I don't need to pick up scraps! I, Xilan, can still become the End of All Things that destroys the world!"

Black Keke gasped sharply.

This girl had actually set foot on the path of the End of All Things ahead of time! Somehow, she had found an S-level Disaster Beast's remnant!

Seeing that she was about to completely merge with the S-level Disaster Beast remnant, Xilan stared at her with a greedy and ferocious expression. "You're the first one I'll kill, President of the Witch Association! You've been hogging the position of president for so long, not obediently handing it over to Simo Tu-sama. You deserve to die!"

Black Keke glanced at Jiang Si, who was watching Xilan's performance with a look of mild interest. She took a step back. "Wait! Forcibly merging with an S-level Disaster Beast remnant will cause you to disappear!"

Xilan laughed heartily: "Let me show you what true merging is... Oooohhhh!"

As soon as she started merging with the S-level Disaster Beast remnant, she fell to the ground and started rolling around wildly in pain.

"Xi, Xilan is going to, oooh, going to disappear, ooohhh! Simo Tu-sama, save me..."

Jiang Si punched her right on the forehead.

Clang! The sound echoed throughout the entire sewer.

The ground cracked, sewage splashed everywhere. The S-level Disaster Beast remnant inside Xilan's body was immediately forced out.

Xilan, who had been struggling and yelling, quieted down, her limbs twitching.

"Stop stuffing trash into your body." Jiang Si coldly lifted her up. "Do you really think you're a trash can? Throw it away."

Xilan immediately obediently threw away the Disaster Beast remnant and said, "Oh."

Then Jiang Si suggested: "Let's go out first."

The three of them immediately headed out of the sewer. Xilan looked back somewhat reluctantly at the nest she had built in the sewer, but in the end, she followed Simo Tu-sama out.

Fortunately, it was night outside. The stars filled the sky, so even if a rat crawled out of the sewer, it didn't have to fear being melted by the sun.

Then, the three of them went directly to a clothing store on the street. The shop was already closed, but they didn't care and just broke in.

In the past, Xilan naturally wouldn't have dared to do such a thing. Making such a big commotion would definitely get her chased by the Azure Cloud Sect. Once caught, it would be over.

But now, with Simo Tu-sama around, she wasn't afraid.

She followed the two of them into the clothing store boldly and changed clothes openly.

She even took a bath, sprayed on some fragrant perfume, and got rid of the stench that had soaked into her from the sewer.

When she came out, she was a bit smug, showing off her figure and outfit to Simo Tu-sama.

Not to mention anything else, her development was better than that of ordinary girls. The curve of her chest was just right, and the lines of her waist and hips looked very alluring against her new clothes.

As long as she didn't open her mouth, she was a great beauty.

Just talking about her figure alone, Black Keke felt she was better than all the girls she had seen so far. In simple terms, it was the kind of figure that the older generation would like, one that could bear many children and bring good fortune.

"Simo Tu-sama, look how awesome I am! I'm absolutely invincible in these clothes!"

It was just that opening her mouth lowered her looks.

Black Keke couldn't help but sigh: "I really can't imagine someone like you destroying the world fourteen times and causing me a lot of trouble."

"Could it be that you're just too much of a pushover?"

Earlier, hearing her say so many reincarnations, she thought it was Dark Souls.

Turns out it was Dynasty Warriors, and she was still here lamenting how hard Dynasty Warriors was.

"Of course not." Black Keke immediately retorted. "After all, every time I start over, my power disappears. I have to gather intel again. Achieving a perfect ending takes a lot of effort..."

On the other side, Xilan asked again: "I must have a path that doesn't involve picking up scraps, one where I gradually get stronger and become the End of All Things, right? Like other routes of 【Rat King (White)】?"

"That's picking up scraps from the Witch Association's Lamenters."

"What about 【Reverse Borer (Green)】?"

"Picking up scraps from Mirror Kingdom technology."

"What about 【Knife Runner (White)】?"

"Picking up scraps from Chongxu's artificial Magical Outfits."

"..." Xilan was instantly filled with despair. "Isn't it all picking up scraps!"

"In the fourteen recorded destruction timelines, they basically all go the same way." Black Keke said mercilessly. "If it deviated even a little, the final End of All Things wouldn't be you."

Before Xilan could get dejected and throw a tantrum, Jiang Si patted her on the head preemptively. "A king of picking up scraps is still a king. Be content."

Thinking it was a compliment, Xilan immediately perked up again.

After that, Black Keke quickly led the two of them out of the clothing store. Jiang Si took out some money and placed it on the counter. Before leaving, he also helped close the door.

Following Black Keke to the roadside, after searching for a while in a corner, they found a stray cat.

The stray cat, looking skinny and as if it might die at any moment, was picked up by Black Keke. "By the way, this stray cat has destroyed the world twenty-one times."

Xilan, who had just been comforted, widened her eyes: "Wait! Why is it more than me?! And it's just a stray cat! It doesn't even have mana!"

Black Keke smiled darkly: "Well, from the perspective of the End of All Things, your probabilities are about the same. It's just that it's a bit luckier..."

"After all, in tens of millions of reincarnations, any Tom, Dick, or Harry can become the End of All Things."

"So, did you lose to these Toms, Dicks, and Harrys?" Jiang Si asked.

"No. Once I find that it's irreparable, I start preparing for the next reincarnation. So, who becomes the End of All Things doesn't matter. I just make a record and kill them in advance in the next reincarnation."

Black Keke said this nonchalantly while crushing the stray cat.

Then she took out her records again, as if announcing exam results.

She recited seriously:

[Twins is the first End of All Things to break ten thousand times.]

"What the heck! Why does she have so many more than me!"

[Captain, forty thousand times.]

Xilan immediately said on the captain's behalf: "I win!"

Black Keke smiled and continued flipping through her memory fragments.

[Red Lian, one hundred and forty thousand times.]

Jiang Si's heart stirred. As expected of the Spring Autumn Cicada and the revival gu, truly not to be underestimated.

[Red Crane, two hundred and twenty thousand times.]

"Who is this?"

"Hulin City. The one who imprisoned An Shiyu and did experiments, raising Disaster Beasts like babies."

Jiang Si thought for a long time but couldn't remember. He just felt that anyone from the corners of his memory could destroy the world.

[The Emperor of the Curse Realm, half a time.]

"Hmm?"

Little Black Dragon and The Emperor inside Jiang Si's body immediately became restless. "What does half a time mean?"

"It means that the curse of the Curse Realm could have spread and devoured the entire world. But in the most successful reincarnation, The Emperor's self-destruction took all the curses with him. In the other reincarnations, The Emperor suppressed the curse until the very end."

"As expected of my mom!" Little Black Dragon said proudly.

The Emperor just smiled bitterly. Hearing that the Curse Realm almost destroyed the world left him with mixed feelings.

However, Xilan didn't care about any of that. She immediately waved her hand and shouted excitedly, "I win too!"

[Black Dragon, seven hundred and seventy thousand times.]

Little Black Dragon was momentarily stunned. "Me?"

"After all, it's an S-level Disaster Beast." The Emperor said with a smile. "But you can't destroy the world now, okay?"

"Of course! My mom is still around, how could I bear to..."

[Mirror Kingdom, one million nine hundred and forty thousand times.]

"This number is understandable..."

[Lu Ya, the first witch of Chongxu, three million times.]

The Emperor and Little Black Dragon both fell silent.

Only Jiang Si nodded and simply praised: "As expected of Daoist Lu Ya."

However, everyone basically understood. There was nothing much to say about the End of All Things. Any Tom, Dick, or Harry, if lucky enough, had a chance to become the End of All Things in tens of millions of reincarnations.

What was truly powerful were those who became the End of All Things more and more times.

Just like college entrance exam scores, the higher, the stronger.

[Weave Walker, sixteen million four hundred thousand times.]

Jiang Si frowned. "Weave Walker?"

"Or, to use a name you're more familiar with." Black Keke tilted her head. "The Dream Incubator. Becoming the End of All Things, destroying the world sixteen million four hundred thousand times."

Xilan immediately raised her hand. "Ah, I'm familiar with this one. Weave Walker. My S-level Disaster Beast remnant was sent to me by someone calling themselves a Weave Walker."

Black Keke was stunned. "Ah? They're moving that fast? Damn it, we need to speed up the cleanup..."

Jiang Si frowned. "The Dream Incubator, isn't only Fengqin left?"

How could that person become the End of All Things?

"Who told you that only Fengqin is left of the Dream Incubator?"

Black Keke suddenly said mysteriously, "Do you know the truth about the new world? About the essence of this world..."

"A Pinduoduo world."

"Heh, Shion told you even this?"

"I saw it myself."

"Fine." Feeling a bit rebuffed, Black Keke continued glumly, "Yes, the new world is pieced together from over a hundred broken worlds. The Dream Incubator, the Weave Walker, the weavers of worlds. Why do you think they weaved such a world? Actually, it's so that everyone could survive!"

She had originally wanted to gradually reveal the secret through questions. But seeing Jiang Si raise his hand as if to slap her, Black Keke spoke faster and faster, not daring to wait for Jiang Si's answer!

"Stop talking nonsense."

Seeing Jiang Si calm down, Black Keke breathed a sigh of relief and continued:

"Fun fact: In the earliest reincarnations, the new world was intact!"

"In later reincarnations, the new world gradually collapsed. Each reincarnation, the new world broke into more pieces. So, the Weave Walkers used their own dying worlds to patch together and maintain the new world's existence."

"Now, they want to reclaim their own worlds!"

Jiang Si nodded seriously, then suddenly spoke: "Wait, is your simulator story over just like that?"

"Is this really the time to ask that?!"

...

South China, lakeside.

Clear sword energy, carrying a crisp and pleasant dragon's roar, burst on the lake surface, creating brilliant splashes.

Bai Mei, slowly sheathing her sword, sat by the boat, watching the Disaster Beast sinking to the bottom of the lake, feeling slightly pleased.

She picked up a flask of wine and took a hearty gulp.

Lake, sword, boat, wine.

All the imagery was complete. Bai Mei felt her Sword Intent slowly advancing.

However, no matter how sharp the Sword Intent, it couldn't cut through the slight melancholy that drifted lazily at the head of her bed. Bai Mei sat down heavily.

Half her body tilted, leaning against the boat, supported by half her body, she enjoyed the moonlight with her Mind's Eye.

Nothing much happened today. Enjoy the moon, kill the beast, get drunk, compose poetry.

She shook the homemade gourd of wine she had made. The fizzy fruit beer gurgled inside. After taking another gulp, she got in the mood and swung her sword again while swaying on the boat.

"Loaded, a boat full of autumn colors."

The sword energy was sharp, the cold air pervasive.

"Suddenly bursting, ten miles of sword light!"

After reciting the poem, she felt her literary aura, sword aura, and righteous aura interweaving into one.

The lake water blurred under the sword energy, also becoming clear and sharp.

It surged upward.

As if the lake were the sky, the dense lake water rushing upward was like a torrential downpour, straight into the night sky!

Drunk and drowsy, she lay by the boat, half her hand hanging outside. Bai Mei reached out, her fingertip touching the lake's surface.

She felt she was only one step away from becoming a Sword Immortal. If she reached out a bit, she could pluck the curved moon from the sky.

Ever since she had tasted fruit beer last time, Bai Mei had become addicted. Whenever the Sect Master wasn't around, she would indulge from time to time.

Now, she had gotten a wine gourd and deliberately matched various imageries, all to walk the path of the Drunken Sword Immortal.

To pluck the Dao Fruit of the Drunken Sword Immortal...

In the distance, Blackberry and other Magical Girls of South China heard the commotion and came to take a look.

After finding it was Bai Mei again, they all shook their heads and turned away.

After all, this chief true-transmission of the Azure Cloud Sect had been acting crazy in South China for quite some time...

When drunk, she would recklessly release Sword Energy. The good thing was that she wasn't prone to violent drunken rages. As long as one didn't get close, it was safe.

The lake dew that had shot into the sky began to fall, clattering onto the lake surface, creating sounds like pearls striking jade.

"Senior Sister, you're secretly drinking again behind the Sect Master's back."

Although her eyes were closed, judging by her expression, Bai Mei seemed to sober up a bit. She turned her head slightly. "Tiyana?"

"It's me."

With an "Aiya," someone stepped onto the boat. The heavy sound, without even looking, told that this person was quite big.

"You've gained weight?"

"Not at all!" Tiyana immediately retorted. "It's voluptuous, voluptuous! Hmph! Blonde hair, blue eyes, and big boobs. Hasn't Qinghua told you?"

"There's no need to be so perfectly standard."

"That's just my bloodline. I can't help it."

Tiyana, the one with the best figure among the seven true-transmissions, yawned.

Bai Mei took another gulp of wine, trying to get back into the mood and continue nurturing her Sword Heart and Sword Intent. "Didn't the Sect Master send you to Chongxu?"

"Chongxu is now managed by Jiegeng and Thousand-Pinweed. Thousand-Pinweed's Harry Potter Branch Sect has recently opened. It's stable for now. Anyway, you know her temper. She doesn't need my help."

"Have you ever beaten Thousand-Pinweed?"

Hearing Senior Sister Bai Mei's question, Tiyana paused. "Why do you ask?"

"Just curious. Thousand-Pinweed loves challenging people everywhere. You're close to her. She must have come after you a lot."

"She can't find me."

"That counts as a loss."

"How is that possible! To challenge me, she has to find me first before it counts as a win!"

"According to the Sect Master's rules, it counts as a loss."

Tiyana, who had been full of righteous indignation, suddenly fell silent.

The boat drifted on the lake. Tiyana snatched Senior Sister Bai Mei's wine gourd and took a big gulp. "Fine. I really can't beat her. I'm the weakest among the seven true-transmissions anyway."

"Everyone usually calls Four Leaf and Six Leaf the administrative true-transmissions."

"Ah, I wish I could be an administrative true-transmission too. But, just like the Sect Master said, if you follow the Path of Caution for too long, you really become a dog. Your courage gets smaller, your practical experience gets less. Soon, it'll be the true-transmission battle. Senior Sister, do you think I can still keep my position as a true-transmission?"

"Hard."

"Right?"

Tiyana sighed deeply. "I know it's hard too. If I have to be fully prepared for everything before making a move, then every time, there's no psychological burden. Because every move is one hundred percent certain. I don't want to take risks. But without the great terror between life and death, I just stagnate and gradually fall behind..."

As she spoke, she took another two gulps.

"Hey, that's mine." Bai Mei reminded her. "Don't drink it all."

"I'm a Path of Caution cultivator, and also a loose cultivator. I've learned a jumble of things. I learn whatever is good for self-defense. Thousand-Pinweed's Harry Potter magic, the sect's Dao techniques and immortal arts, the witches' and Disaster Beasts' abilities. I learn whatever I can. We loose cultivators believe that many skills don't weigh you down. In the end, I know a little bit of everything, but nothing well..."

She poured out everything she couldn't say to Lady Bingtang and the Sect Master to her senior sister.

"Last time, *hic*, last time when I got the world bubble and was promoted to the Cycle Sea, you don't know, Senior Sister, I habitually hid my abilities. As a result, even the Heavenly Tribulation couldn't gauge my strength, so it gave me the lowest-level tribulation. This caused my Magical Outfit not to be tempered enough. I almost failed to advance. I was so anxious, I was running while throwing away all the items that suppressed and hid my aura. Only then did I barely manage to get a bigger thunderbolt to strike me for the promotion."

The corners of Bai Mei's mouth twitched slightly, as if she wanted to laugh.

After all, the Sect Master had set up the Heavenly Tribulation as part of the promotion process. Only by enduring a sufficiently powerful Heavenly Tribulation could one achieve universal ascension. That tribulation itself also helped Magical Girls become stronger.

One could say it was an opportunity for the disciples.

Moreover, to later ascend to Chongxu, one had to undergo the tribulation's baptism anyway.

The Sect Master planned to turn Chongxu into the Azure Cloud Sect's own Immortal Realm, providing a place for the disciples to ascend.

"In the end, the Sect Master told me that someone like me would eventually be kicked out of the seven true-transmissions... Just like the one before who was kicked out by Thousand-Pinweed..."

"The Sect Master also said she's about to start the true-transmission replacement battle..."

Tiyana's gaze was a bit dazed, staring at the night sky. "I don't want to lose my position as a seven true-transmission, Senior Sister."

"Then work harder."

"Anyway, someone like you, who's always in first place, wouldn't understand the thoughts of us bottom-dwellers, living in constant fear..."

Bai Mei didn't know how to comfort her for a moment.

Actually, being able to climb to the position of seven true-transmission was already remarkable.

Moreover, with the technology of transforming with world bubbles now widespread, the Sect Master had given each true-transmission three world bubbles.

Stepping into an alternate Full Bloom was only a matter of time. In terms of combat power, they could still help the Sect Master.

But, as Tiyana herself said, being at the bottom meant always worrying about being eliminated.

The Sect Master didn't like people who stood still.

"Senior Sister, let me tell you a secret."

"What?"

"Actually, my true identity is a Weave Walker."

"What's a Weave Walker?"

"Heh, it's, it's, hard to explain. About the same as being in a competitive enemy relationship with the new world? Anyway, our goal is actually to reclaim our own world..."

"Oh."

Bai Mei listened drowsily and didn't take it to heart. "Have you told Lady Bingtang?"

"No. I've only told you."

Tiyana said, as if a bit disappointed. "If I told everyone I'm a Weave Walker, it would be over. After all, the Weave Walker is considered an enemy of the Azure Cloud Sect."

"An enemy?"

"Yeah, an enemy."

The quiet lake rippled. A faint chill began to freeze the lake's surface. The moonlight was drawn into the dark clouds.

The lake light and the night both lost their color.

"Originally, I thought, since I'm already a Path of Caution cultivator, it wouldn't matter if I just stayed cautious for the rest of my life. But recently, all sorts of chaotic things have happened. My old companions have been coming to me again, telling me many things. Of course, I haven't agreed to anything yet. I'm doing well on my cautious path. Why would I take risks? Right, Senior Sister."

Bai Mei, drowsy and confused, breathed calmly, as if about to fall asleep.

Tiyana's voice was like a lullaby.

"But since Master said I can't go on like this, I can't just turn a deaf ear and pretend I didn't hear, continuing to muddle through day by day. After that day, I was very troubled. I kept thinking and thinking about what to do to make Master satisfied, to break through my own limitations."

Just as Bai Mei lifted her sword, she realized that both the sword and herself had been frozen.

A thin layer of ice crystals covered her body.

"After thinking it over, there was only this one way."

The senior apprentice sister's own disciple, the one named Qianjing, had the ability of crystal sealing.

Lady Bingtang's ability, freezing.

And then, something seen before at the Sect Master's, something directly independent of time, the 【Pseudo-History】.

Three kinds of seals were all overlaid on Senior Sister Bai Mei's body.

Just before Bai Mei slowly opened one eye, she was completely sealed.

Even her ability to think was thus paralyzed.

Watching Senior Sister Bai Mei's seal gradually sink to the bottom of the lake, Tiyana clutched her own chest.

Her wildly pounding heart felt like it would burst out of her chest. And she almost wet herself.

Her whole body was trembling slightly. With her legs crossed, her hands were unstable.

On the quiet lake, the boatload of stars and moonlight was gradually reflected again. The wind-stirred ripples made everything seem like a clear dream after a great intoxication, hazy and mysterious.

It wasn't until Senior Sister Bai Mei's aura completely disappeared that Tiyana finally let out a big, open-mouthed gasp.

Excitement, lingering fear, unease, mixed with the thrill of adventure and a long-lost pleasure.

"So, in my capacity as a Weave Walker, I have to deal with all seven true-transmissions."

"After all, for me, these are risks with less than fifty percent probability."