Starting as a Magical Girl, I Alone Shall Rule for Eternity

Chapter 156: The Azure Cloud Sect's Major Upgrade!

All writing under heaven is a great act of copying, and ever since "Concealing the Heavens" pioneered the numerous highly prestigious systems of Great Emperors and Supreme Emperor's Weapons, the number of plagiarizers has been countless.

Although Jiang Si found this utterly despicable, and nearly wore out the report button from pressing it so much, he always failed because the settings weren't considered plagiarism.

The copyright awareness in that world was still too poor.

Supreme Emperor's Weapons and Great Emperors, including the Nine Dragons Pulling a Coffin, Ultimate Ascent, Turning One's Back to All Living Beings, Nine Heavens and Ten Earths, and the Heaven's Heart Imprint, should be terms unique to "Concealing the Heavens" and should have been copyrighted.

All authors daring to use them were shameless infringing plagiarists who should be sued until they lost their pants.

A case of the ugly woman imitating the frown of the beauty.

Have you ever been a Great Emperor? And you dare to copy?

"According to the Mirror Kingdom's research, Full Bloom requires the support of this world's power. Therefore, a world should only be able to give birth to one Full Bloom. After the power of rules is formed, it takes a period of time to form again. That is to say, after a Full Bloom Magical Girl appears, even if she has already disappeared, there will be a window period where no Full Bloom Magical Girl can be born."

Isn't this just the Heaven's Heart Imprint? Changing its skin and thinking I won't recognize you?

If you're going to copy, copy honestly. Hiding and disguising it as your own original work is even more shameless."However, the Mirror Kingdom's research discovered that this rule doesn't seem to be absolute either. This experiment was conducted in their own world, but they found that in our world, it's not necessarily the same. It's possible for two Full Blooms to be born simultaneously, seemingly due to the influence of the world's rule width and thickness."

Here it comes. After copying, they add their own settings, thinking they're clever, not even understanding why the Heaven's Heart Imprint was initially designed this way.

Copying without using their brains, finding it doesn't apply, then frantically adding patches. It's unbearably clunky.

This is what you call, not even knowing how to copy properly.

"All Magical Girls face a problem after reaching Full Bloom: they cannot bear such immense power. Since the power of rules belongs to the world, the moment a Magical Girl reaches Full Bloom, she will uncontrollably lose power, and this loss is irreversible."

Too petty and small-minded.

A Great Emperor merely has a limited lifespan, yet within that limited lifespan, they can accomplish many earth-shattering, monumental deeds, achieving unparalleled prestige.

The limitation of lifespan instead contributes to their glory.

The stories of numerous Great Emperors converge into an epic. Therefore, "Concealing the Heavens" far surpasses ordinary cultivation novels in depth and grandeur.

Your Full Bloom Magical Girls last only one or two weeks, some dying within a day. What can they possibly achieve?

Forget a glorious epic;

most Full Bloom Magical Girls vanish without a trace.

There's no such tumultuous, magnificent history or grand worldview.

They don't even have "unlucky old age";

it's all "unlucky youth."

A bankrupt version of a Great Emperor living beyond their means, that's what it is.

"But the Mirror Kingdom found a method to ensure Full Bloom doesn't 'leak air.' It can prevent the loss of power and death upon stepping into Full Bloom. However, this method also seems to have flaws. They tried for a long time, but the resulting Full Bloom Magical Girls ultimately couldn't match the strength of a true Full Bloom."

Alternative Path to the Dao. This thing has an extremely wide range between its upper and lower limits. Given the Mirror Kingdom's minor technological arts, they're probably at the lower end.

Being able to rival a flawed minor emperor is already an impressive feat.

After all, they can't even create a Mental Landscape.

"The information we can obtain so far ends here. What follows are some professional terms about how to use the Mirror Kingdom's technology to manufacture Full Bloom Magical Girls. Yueji also couldn't interpret this part. Perhaps we need to find Mirror Kingdom technical personnel to solve it."

Bingtang finally finished reciting the interpreted content and let out a slight sigh of relief. "Regarding this, Lady Ruo Yun, what are your thoughts?"

Jiang Si remained silent for quite a while before letting out a soft sigh.

"The infringement in that world is too severe."

"?"

Whenever it's mentioned, they claim it's a tribute. But a proper tribute is at least a series, or at the very least, a genre. They're not even part of the same genre, yet they stubbornly insist it's a tribute. In the web novels of my previous life, even within the same system, different authors would at least change the names and modify the settings. 'Qi Refining Great Master' would be renamed 'Refining Essence into Qi,' 'Land Great Immortal' would be called 'Martial Arts Grandmaster,' 'Golden Core Immortal' would become 'Fire Refined Golden Core,' 'Nascent Soul Dao Master' would be 'Mortal World Supreme,' and so on.

Is your Magical Girl system even from the same family as my great "Concealing the Heavens"? We're not familiar at all.

Compared to the other disciples who looked at each other in confusion, Bingtang more or less guessed what the Sect Master was thinking. "There's no helping it. Web novels encompass everything. There will always be times when settings collide."

"Ah, colliding settings. When they collide, they collide completely."

Jiang Si shook his head, not bothering to explain further to Bingtang.

This world must have a creator. When I achieve the feat of "Dominating Ten Thousand Ages Alone," then I'll settle the infringement issues of this world.

Bingtang gave a somewhat helpless smile. "Then what should we do now? The secret of Full Bloom is pretty much unraveled now. It's similar to what you thought, Sect Master. It's just a lack of foundation, an inability to bear the power of Full Bloom, causing problems upon reaching Full Bloom..."

"That's just the surface appearance."

Jiang Si said lightly, "It's merely the research of those lower cultivators from the Mirror Kingdom. The world in the eyes of lower cultivators is mostly what higher cultivators intentionally show them. The real pitfalls are hidden. If one foolishly believes that just building a solid foundation will lead to Full Bloom, they'll likely fall into a trap."

"In the cultivation world, the most sinister are always those ancient monsters who have lived long. They have resources, time, intelligence, and advantages everywhere. Don't treat them as idiots. We don't have the chance to save and reload. One wrong step, and it's eternal damnation."

Bingtang nodded. "Well said."

Qinghua beside her whispered softly, "? Refers to saving before a choice. It's indeed convenient to have a chance to retry. But if it's the Sect Master, it feels unnecessary. No matter what you say, it only increases favorability..."

The others, like Yumo, although confused, all obediently nodded repeatedly to liven up the atmosphere.

Then Jiang Si smiled slightly. Yueji beside him immediately showed a lovestruck expression.

Such a good teacher...

Yumo glanced at Yueji's eyes, which were practically emitting hearts, and deliberately blew some wind to block her line of sight.

How can you keep staring at the Sect Master like that? It's so rude!

"No need to worry too much. The Mirror Kingdom's research actually proves my idea."

Bingtang immediately asked curiously, "What is it?"

"The feasibility of the Alternative Path to the Dao." Jiang Si took out a Grief Seed, circulating Polluted Magic within his body.

Although Yueji felt a moment of discomfort and even subconsciously wanted to transform and attack, she endured it forcefully upon seeing her most revered Sect Master.

Ever since being captured by the Witch Association for experiments, she had almost developed PTSD towards Polluted Magic. Whenever even a trace of Polluted Magic appeared nearby, she couldn't help but want to attack and pummel the other party.

Xilan suffered quite a bit when she fell into her hands.

This kind of conditioned reflex-like behavior was something she couldn't control. But if it was for the Sect Master, she could endure it.

Jiang Si walked to the side and placed the Grief Seed against his forehead.

Although the Witch Association's Blood Cross mark had disappeared, for Jiang Si, this thing was actually a small magic array that stimulated mana, with traces imitating the structure inside a Miracle Seed in many places.

For Jiang Si, imitating it was extremely simple. Moreover, he felt the forehead Blood Cross was too ugly.

It lacked prestige.

When the Grief Seed embedded into his forehead, surging mana spread out. The Calamity Dragon's scales covered his entire body. A thick dragon tail, dragon horns, and crimson dragon pupils manifested from the Polluted Magic.

Although some had seen it before, when the Calamity Dragon appeared, exclamations of amazement still rose and fell within the Illusory Moon Cavern Dwelling.

Six Leaf even directly climbed onto the dragon tail, hugging it. The Calamity Dragon swung its tail, and she swayed like she was on a swing.

Four Leaf originally wanted to call her sister back, but seeing Six Leaf having so much fun, she couldn't help but feel curious too.

After all, she was just a child. Seeing her sister having so much fun, and with the Sect Master and Lady Bingtang not saying anything, she also ran over and swayed together with her sister.

Yumo really wanted to go too, but there wasn't much space left on the tail.

Glancing at Yueji, seeing this inner disciple biting her handkerchet and looking at Four Leaf and Six Leaf with envy, she felt comforted.

Hmph, be envious! Not just Four Leaf and Six Leaf, Yumo also has plenty of time with the Sect Master. Inner disciples are far behind!

"I've also found the knack for using Polluted Magic. If we can use Polluted Magic to tread the Alternative Path to the Dao, it might not be inferior to Full Bloom. Corrupted magic power doesn't have the various restrictions of Pure Mana;

the path is broader."

He then said, "You all should also try it."

The several Magical Girls all shook their heads repeatedly.

"Only you can withstand Polluted Magic without being affected." Bingtang sighed. "Both Bai Mei and I have tried. It doesn't work;

instead, it affects our transformation state."

In fact, Jiang Si had always wanted to promote the cultivation method of Polluted Magic, but the results always ended in failure.

Regarding the disciples' inability to withstand the corruption of Polluted Magic, he genuinely felt regretful.

My path is lonely indeed.

He then asked about the progress of mana fusion cultivation. Bingtang and Yumo's progress had always been high, so he mainly asked the others present. After checking Qinghua, Four Leaf, and Six Leaf's progress, Jiang Si felt it was good, but ultimately still lacking.

Jiang Si sighed slightly. "The effects of borrowing so much mana to make the Shion Puppets were still this poor. It seems they're not very useful. Let's stop this practice in the future."

Bingtang and the others' expressions turned bitter. "We've disappointed the Sect Master."

"It's fine. This expedition into the forbidden zone verified many aspects of the 'Taiyi Yin-Yang True Cultivation Way.' I've gained new insights into Pure Mana and have also advanced my understanding of the relationship between realms and promotion."

The Calamity Dragon smiled slightly, appearing rather magnanimous.

"I have prepared all the conditions for your breakthrough to Blooming: the Heart Demon Tribulation, the Heavenly Tribulation, and the Killing Tribulation after the breakthrough! Once your senior apprentice sister returns, I can act as the Dao Ancestor preaching in the Violet Palace, bestowing upon you all the Azure Cloud Purple Qi."

"Now, with external enemies arriving and the great era of contention upon us, various forces are watching covetously. The Azure Cloud Sect urgently needs to enhance its strength. Therefore, I have established a Heart Demon Dojo. From today onwards, all true-transmission disciples must undergo the Heart Demon Tribulation until they achieve Dao Heart perfection. I urge everyone to strive together."

"Don't be like the Disaster Control Bureau, obsessed with civil engineering, wasting opportunities!"

After that, the nightmare for the Azure Cloud Sect disciples began.

......

The Heart Demon Tribulation obtained from Mùjǐn, although it couldn't replicate the space as vividly as Mùjǐn could.

Mùjǐn could even send tribulation-takers to corresponding spaces, achieving it across worlds.

But simulating the Heart Demon space and simply blocking memories within it could achieve a similar effect.

It was used to train the many disciples' mental states until they reached perfection.

These days, all Azure Cloud Sect true-transmission disciples had to undergo tribulation. Those who could advance should stop suppressing their levels and all ascend to Blooming, just in case.

As for the new realm and the preaching event, Jiang Si planned to wait until Bai Mei returned to discuss it with her.

Bingtang's wisdom in this area was not as good as Bai Mei's.

When he left the Azure Cloud Sect, it was still the middle of the night.

Glancing at his phone, Keke probably hadn't woken up yet.

Therefore, Jiang Si wasn't in a hurry to go home. Instead, he found a remote place and teleported to his Main God Space.

The Main God Space had expanded quite a bit more.

Previously, when dealing with the Mirror Kingdom's backup system space for the Heart Image Remnant, he obtained many system modules and resources. Bringing them back for the Main God Space to devour voraciously allowed the Main God to level up significantly. It was said that besides the space getting bigger, the Main God also became more intelligent and comprehensive.

However, this intelligence aspect vanished without a trace after Shion ordered the Main God to upgrade the big glowing sphere image into an even larger white light bulb.

When he entered, Ruo Yun was leaning against the wall, seemingly already asleep.

And Hyacinth wasn't there.

When he entered the Main God Space, Ruo Yun, leaning against the wall, opened her eyes, transforming with extreme vigilance.

But as soon as she saw the familiar fox mask, she immediately relaxed, calling out with slight excitement:

"Saint Hall Envoy!"

Jiang Si nodded without responding, simply opening the recorder to take a look. "How was this mission?"

"Completed perfectly!"

Ruo Yun immediately said proudly, "Not only did we obtain intelligence related to the Mirror Kingdom, we also got many Mirror Kingdom props. We uploaded them all to the Main God in exchange for points. After I returned, the Main God told me that the Miracle Seed could expand the Main God Space's range and asked if I wanted to proceed with the expansion. I originally wanted to wait for you to return, but Hyacinth said you always wanted to expand the Main God Space..."

"Mm, no problem." Jiang Si nodded, approving of Hyacinth's statement. "Expanding the space was the right move."

Ruo Yun immediately sighed in relief. "I'm glad the Saint Hall Envoy agrees."

"You've advanced to Blooming?" Jiang Si looked at her somewhat surprised. "Early Blooming, six revolutions?"

Scratching her head, Ruo Yun seemed a bit embarrassed. "When I came out of the Heart Image Remnant, I met my friends. I got so excited at the time that I broke through..."

"A breakthrough in the heat of battle, unstable foundation. You need to solidify your foundation afterward. Don't slack off and waste your talent."

"Yes!"

These Magical Girls' breakthroughs are quite casual...

"Where's Hyacinth?"

"She went home first."

Oh, right. Unlike Ruo Yun, Hyacinth wasn't a homeless orphan.

Thinking this, Jiang Si flipped through the list again. There were many props Ruo Yun had submitted in exchange for points.

Then he saw something.

Prism.

After clicking on it, the introduction inside clearly displayed.

[The core of the Mirror Kingdom's reflection technology. Can be crafted into the Mirror Kingdom's special weapon, reflecting all mana attacks...]

He was stunned for a moment. Jiang Si clicked again. There were actually two Prisms.

"How many points did you exchange the Prism for?"

"Three thousand."

Such a bargain price.

Jiang Si looked at the displayed price of five thousand points for purchasing the Prism again and asked, "How many points do you have in hand now?"

"A little over eight thousand..."

This trip to the Heart Image Remnant yielded quite a harvest. Various items, calculated by the Main God according to the values Jiang Si had set, were ultimately exchanged for a little over eight thousand points.

"Is there anything you want to exchange for?"

Ruo Yun shook her head somewhat awkwardly. "I don't know. There are too many things in the exchange list. I can't look through them all. I don't know what would be good to exchange for either. For now, I want a concealment function magic and a speed-up magic, but I'm not in a hurry. For current combat, the exchanged Gravity Magic and Buddha's Fury Lotus are enough to handle most situations..."

Shui Ling and Gan Jing's growth and progress were also considerable, but they still lost to her quite easily.

Mainly because of the Buddha's Fury Lotus. Even without it, she could win, but the Buddha's Fury Lotus undoubtedly greatly enhanced her strength and also made Ruo Yun's mana control more proficient and delicate.

After all, if mana control isn't good, the Buddha's Fury Lotus could blow up in her own face.

"In that case, I have a recommendation."

Ruo Yun immediately looked at the Saint Hall Envoy with anticipation.

Last time, it was upon the recommendation of another Saint Hall Envoy that she exchanged for the Buddha's Fury Lotus and Gravity Magic. They were very useful.

Points were hard to come by. Ruo Yun didn't want to waste a single one, so waiting for the Saint Hall Envoy's recommendation was the safest.

The Saint Hall Envoy surely wouldn't trick her.

"The Supreme Emperor's Weapon I mentioned to you before, do you remember?"

Ruo Yun immediately nodded. "I remember!"

The strongest weapon, capable of elevating the user's strength to another level.

If a Peak Blooming Great Perfection wielder held a Supreme Emperor's Weapon, they could even contend with a Full Bloom!

This was the power of a Supreme Emperor's Weapon. Ruo Yun had long yearned for it, but the exchange for a Supreme Emperor's Weapon was simply too expensive.

"Now that you've submitted two Prisms, I'll exchange one for you. You figure out how to use this Prism to craft a Supreme Emperor's Weapon."

The Saint Hall Envoy said with a serious tone, "Void Mirror!"

Ruo Yun's eyes immediately sparkled, then she cautiously asked, "Preparing to craft a Supreme Emperor's Weapon now... isn't it too early..."

"It's already sufficient. Your ability is originally in forging. Now that the key material has appeared, it's the perfect opportunity to start the task of forging a Supreme Emperor's Weapon."

Saying this, Jiang Si added temptingly, "Don't you want to defeat your teacher, Bai Mei?"

Upon hearing she could defeat Bai Mei, Ruo Yun immediately became somewhat excited, but still said, "I... I'm not sure if I can craft it."

"No rush." Jiang Si said in a low voice. "The materials aren't complete enough yet. You're still short some points. Work hard to earn more points first, exchange for the Void Mirror's manufacturing blueprint, and then forge the Void Mirror's core life artifact. At that point, it will be me who needs your help to craft a Supreme Emperor's Weapon."

Ruo Yun immediately nodded repeatedly. "The Saint Hall Envoy's request, Ruo Yun will not hesitate to fulfill!"

"Very good."

Just as the Saint Hall Envoy was about to leave, Ruo Yun asked again in a small voice, "Saint Hall Envoy, when will you return next time?"

"Don't know. Why?"

"No, no reason."

Looking at the somewhat timid Ruo Yun, Jiang Si thought for a moment and waved his hand. "Main God."

"I'm here, Saint Hall Envoy."

Good thing he changed the title in advance.

"Create a personal space for Ruo Yun."

Ruo Yun's eyes widened.

"Creating a personal space requires ten thousand points."

"Deduct it from my points."

"Received."

After responding, the Main God Space quickly began to carve out a personal space for Ruo Yun.

After this round of upgrades and expansion with Mirror Kingdom props, it already had the scale of a large sports field. Creating a personal space for Ruo Yun wasn't difficult;

it could even be made quite large.

Ruo Yun watched as a personal space of her own was rapidly established, with a bed, a desk, a wardrobe, even various furniture. She was stunned for a long while.

After a good while, she finally said breathlessly, "Thank you, Saint Hall Envoy... But, but, ten thousand points is still..."

"It's fine." Jiang Si waved his hand. "If you can craft the Supreme Emperor's Weapon, Void Mirror, these are all trivial matters. Don't let me down."

Being expected of, being praised, being valued.

Most importantly, possessing the ability and motivation to live up to others' expectations.

And continuously growing strength.

Ruo Yun took a deep breath.

Since her parents passed away, this was the first time she felt so clearly that she was truly alive.

Just as the option said when entering the Main God Space.

Do you want to truly live?

Right now, I am truly living. Mom, Dad, and also, Teacher Bai Mei.

Ruo Yun has been reborn.

So she revealed a brilliant smile, responding to the Saint Hall Envoy with all her might:

"Yes!"

Handing over the Void Mirror blueprint to the Main God to create was fine. After all, it was a Mirror Kingdom thing. The upgraded Main God was fully capable of providing the blueprint.

Previously, he hadn't properly prepared the blueprints for Supreme Emperor's Weapons, mainly because this world didn't place enough emphasis on weapons, leaving him confused about crafting them.

Now that the Mirror Kingdom had jumped out, it really solved many troubles for him.

As long as he could figure out how to obtain their weapon technology for reflecting mana attacks from the Mirror Kingdom, the materials for the Void Mirror would also have a lead.

The Mirror Kingdom had already been unsealed;

this shouldn't be difficult.

Before that, he needed to ask Yueji from the Disaster Control Bureau about intelligence on the Mirror Kingdom...

Returning home, he quietly closed the door, changed his shoes, and was about to go back to his room to sleep when,

looking up, he saw Keke sitting quietly on the living room sofa, her eyes fixed directly on him.

"Where did you go so late, brother."