novelraw Chapter 206: The Flames That Burn the World
Chapter 206: The Flames That Burn the World
This world is a bit small.
After leaving South China, he immediately sent the coordinates to Bingtang.
Bingtang found Yueji, who parsed the coordinates, and then directly activated the Two Leaves Navigation.
Jiang Si didn't need to consider any problems; he just had to follow the leaves of Four Leaf and Six Leaf forward—there's no place the Two Leaves can't navigate to!
It didn't take too long to find the old world that stole the Dream Core from the spatial turbulence.
Moreover, the appearance of the old world was visible at a glance.
Almost saturated with cursed pollution, one could feel the entire old world's aura of decay just by getting close.
So, the Golden Calamity Dragon King casually found a safe, independent space and threw Xilan inside.
After all, even a Complete Witch possessing corrupted magic power would find it hard to escape unscathed upon contacting the cursed pollution.
It also didn't have time to protect Xilan.After discarding the burden, the Golden Calamity Dragon King plunged headfirst into the world.
Next, its head got stuck.
The world was small and rotten, the Calamity Dragon was big and tall, and its position was exceptionally conspicuous.
The massive dragon head shattered the world barrier, and after charging in, the entire world began to boil!
The world, already saturated with curses, seemed to want to prostrate itself in worship before it!
However, if it tried to go just a little further in, the entire world began to collapse.
Fearing the complete destruction of the world, which might cause the Dream Core to be flushed away and lost forever, Jiang Si had no choice but to stop for now.
His gaze immediately locked onto the clean island within the pitch-black world and the two people on it who were stirring something unknown.
The Golden Calamity Dragon King let out a low growl towards the island!
All the curses surged up, flooding into the Golden Calamity Dragon King's body!
Thus, it clearly perceived that these curses, without a doubt, originated from the Curse Realm.
They continuously strengthened its body!
"So the girl who ran away hid here."
A somewhat unfamiliar voice came through. Then, as Jiang Si turned his demonic sense inward, he discovered that the Nascent Soul within his body—that is, the Black Dragon—had already awakened.
After leaving the Dangerous Curse Realm, he had suppressed the Black Dragon again, causing both the Black Dragon and The Emperor to fall into slumber.
This was also to avoid the two of them causing him any trouble.
The incident with the Heart Image Remnant had made him much more cautious; he usually tried to avoid having other consciousnesses within his body.
However, at this moment, The Emperor had broken free from the suppression and awakened.
The reason was simple: the power of the curse had already spread to the Black Dragon.
The Emperor then said with a hint of apology, "Sorry for waking up like this. I hope I'm not causing you trouble."
"You are indeed causing trouble."
"..."
Although somewhat hurt, The Emperor continued, "Back when I discovered that the curse would spread to other worlds, that those from the Curse Realm who carried the curse were just ghosts of the Curse Realm, only spreading the curse and never finding a way out, I gave up on outward expansion."
"You should have left earlier."
Regarding Jiang Si's assessment, The Emperor could only smile helplessly: "I am, after all, a person of the Curse Realm."
Then she continued, "At that time, besides the people of the Curse Realm who were eliminated by Mùjǐn, two others escaped, their whereabouts unknown. I was in a hurry to seal off the Dangerous Curse Realm at the time and couldn't find them. I never thought they would be here."
"To destroy a world like this... it truly counts as a sin belonging to me and the Curse Realm."
The Golden Calamity Dragon King lowered its body, its massive pupils reflecting the figures of the two people on the island.
"Ailin."
The Emperor called out the name of one of them. "The other elder, I don't recognize. Probably someone from another old world. Ailin's sister, Leia, should also be nearby. Two sinners and traitors... It's a pity I cannot personally punish them. I can only trouble you."
Jiang Si didn't pay much attention to The Emperor's words, merely looking down at the two.
The old woman among them had taken out her own heart, seemingly activating some kind of magic.
Two Miracle Seeds shone brightly, and then, with the Dream Core at the center, they gradually began to merge.
Even more incredible, the Personal Realities of the two also began to collide and fuse!
The old woman died first, her corpse rapidly swallowed by the curse, rotting and disappearing within the sludge.
However, the old woman's Personal Reality did not disappear.
Instead, it continuously gained the upper hand, beginning to devour and occupy Ailin's Personal Reality!
"Body snatching?"
Jiang Si blurted out.
The Emperor looked utterly confused. "What body snatching?"
For this ignorant mortal emperor, Jiang Si didn't even have the interest to explain.
He just watched intently as the old woman's Personal Reality gradually covered Ailin's Personal Reality.
A thousand-year-old monster snatching the body of a younger generation to be reborn was a common occurrence in the cultivation world.
However, in this Magical Girl world, Jiang Si had never imagined that systematic body snatching could also be achieved!
He had seen that Mùjǐn could log into An Shiyu's account and fight for her, but that was because Mùjǐn was a remnant soul, had a connection with An Shiyu, and the initiative always remained with An Shiyu. It wasn't a systematic, repeatable body-snatching secret art.
Unless Great Emperor Mùjǐn knew the ancient demon's body-snatching secret technique!
Even considering that similar magic might exist, he had never seen it, nor had he ever thought about how to use Magical Girl power to perform body snatching.
Now, witnessing it firsthand—a decrepit old monster, who had even lost her transformation power, could actually perform body snatching by covering Personal Realities.
Most importantly, this wasn't some non-replicable operation. Personal Reality was something every Magical Girl possessed; even ordinary people had it, just that it wasn't as crucial for them.
Seeing this native, who hadn't embarked on the path of cultivation, achieve body snatching through this method...
Jiang Si felt utterly ashamed for a moment!
He clearly possessed the experience and teachings of countless ancestors, yet he had lost in this aspect to someone who had never received the teachings and experience of the Azure Cloud Sect's founding ancestors!
He had actually never thought of using this method to perform body snatching!
He was truly bringing shame upon the Azure Cloud Sect's founding ancestors!
However, it also made Jiang Si sigh with emotion once again.
The heroes of this world are truly as numerous as fish in a river.
Whether on the path of the Magical Girl or the journey of cultivation, he was still far from reaching the end.
He must always humbly study and explore.
He just didn't know what type of body-snatching secret art the other party was using.
"Cycle of Rebirth Incantation," "Foundation Seizing Great Method," "Heaven-Devouring Demon Palace," or "The Fundamental Sutra of True Enlightenment via the Heavenly Vehicle"?
It definitely couldn't be the "Heaven-Mending Technique," that's for sure.
Taking a deep breath and thinking carefully, Jiang Si looked again at The Emperor within his body.
Perfect, just perfect to let them try it out. "You, come and snatch the Golden Calamity Dragon King's body."
The Emperor was stunned.
Although The Emperor had long known this young man before her was extraordinary, the fact that she basically couldn't understand what he was saying...
Still made her feel a bit uneasy.
What if he thinks I'm stupid, useless, and throws me away?
"See those two people down there?"
Jiang Si pointed at the two for her. "Learn from their example. Perform Personal Reality coverage on the Golden Calamity Dragon King."
Seeing The Emperor still looking utterly confused, Jiang Si couldn't be bothered to waste more time.
"Forget it, I'll help you."
With that, Jiang Si used his personal consciousness to control The Emperor and the Black Dragon. Immediately after, he manipulated The Emperor's Personal Reality to cover the entire Golden Calamity Dragon King!
...
Ailin didn't know why the Disaster Beast that had charged in from above was stuck there motionless.
She originally wanted to break through quickly, then slay the Disaster Dragon above, take her sister, and leave, flying far away.
However, as the Personal Realities fused, she realized she might have thought too simply.
Jade Fox's Personal Reality was far more substantial and weighty than she had imagined!
Heavy and long memories continuously poured into her brain through the collision of Personal Realities.
She clung tightly to the Dream Core, refusing to let go.
The scene of Jade Fox first obtaining her Miracle Seed flooded into her mind.
A young, adorable little girl held her Miracle Seed, having overcome a monster through immense hardship.
That joy, satisfaction, and sense of happiness were all transmitted along with the images.
Fighting constantly, fighting endlessly.
From monsters, to humans, and finally, to an entire world.
From a young little girl, to a grown young woman, and finally to a decrepit old age.
"Should we continue forward?"
A voice that made one want to depend on it asked: "Isn't this enough?"
"It's not enough."
Ailin said involuntarily.
Her consciousness and voice were beginning to slip from her control.
"I can still continue."
Even if what lies ahead is a world guarded by others.
Even if facing Magical Girls just like herself, guarding the people they love.
Even if she has already forgotten the initial wish and promise.
Limbs broken, aged and frail, flesh mangled.
She must still keep climbing forward.
Until she saves her own world!
That was an obsession etched into the marrow.
That was a wish so strong it could destroy the world!
Ailin was soon impacted into a state of stupefaction, her gaze vacant as she stared ahead, drool involuntarily trickling from the corner of her mouth.
Something crawled up from the soles of her feet, all the way to her shoulders.
A pair of hands reached into her skull, caressing her brain, causing her entire body to convulse continuously.
The aged Jade Fox, who should have been dead, clutched her shoulders deeply.
The Magical Girl whose corpse kept advancing, murmured:
"Give me your body. I want to save... everyone!"
Her body gradually lost control, her consciousness dragged into endless darkness. Ailin's hand holding the Dream Core began to relax.
*Ding ling ling...*
The bell at her wrist rang as it swayed.
Carried by the wind, it seemed to also blow over some sound.
"Sister..."
Deep within her consciousness, her sister's call rang out.
Her pupils trembled, a moment of clarity appearing.
Ailin fiercely bit her own lip, almost biting it to shreds!
The intense pain allowed Ailin to regain a sliver of her sanity. She gripped the Dream Core tightly again.
She leaped into the filthy mire of cursed sludge!
The curse rapidly polluted the Personal Realities of both. Jade Fox's Personal Reality finally began to waver, even wanting to detach itself from Ailin's body!
"Give me your body! What I want to save is the world!"
"My sister is very cute."
She merely responded thus to the old woman's obsession. "Just her being alive is cute enough to save the entire world."
The fear and despair emanating from the curse caused both their Personal Realities to simultaneously waver and weaken.
Within the curse, there is no such thing as Personal Reality.
Facing inevitable death, there is only the reality bestowed by the world.
However, whether it was Jade Fox's or Ailin's Personal Reality, soaking in the curse did not cause them to disappear.
Instead, with the help of the Dream Core, their fusion accelerated.
Those memories from Jade Fox also gradually began to be overwritten anew by memories of her sister.
Leia's smile, Leia's call, Leia's dependence.
They weren't particularly remarkable memories, nor were there any earth-shattering moments of emotion.
Just very ordinary daily life.
Eating with her sister, sleeping together, taking walks and chatting.
The obsession with saving the world was chiseled through, shattered by the bits and pieces of daily life.
Reassembled into her Personal Reality.
Not even the curse could penetrate it in the slightest.
Nothing in this world is more perfect than my sister.
Nothing in this world is more important than my sister.
Her smile is all the beauty in this world.
I want that smile to shine forever.
A happiness that can be felt even while soaking in the curse.
The disasters brought by everything done for my sister, the struggle labeled as mistakes and sins.
Therefore, it is righteous.
To rebel against this world that cursed my sister.
To take revenge on all those who watched my sister die without lifting a finger.
To want the power to erase everything, to create a world where Leia won't shed tears.
If miracles are useless, then use curses.
If wishes are useless, then use a wish that devours everything.
So...
Ailin abruptly opened her eyes within the filthy, pitch-black curse.
The tightly held Dream Core had already been devoured by the Simplified Domain.
Then, the fused Miracle Seed appeared before her eyes.
She grabbed that dual-colored Miracle Seed.
That insane and intense wish allowed her Personal Reality to forcefully devour Jade Fox instead!
Before her own Personal Reality was assimilated, Jade Fox let out a final, resigned sigh:
"You are truly a madwoman."
Ailin smiled slightly. The Miracle Seed burst forth with dazzling radiance, melting the surrounding curses.
"Don't spout nonsense."
"This is love!"
*BOOM!*
The entire world began to tremble even more violently!
The curses continuously flowing into the Disaster Dragon's body even underwent a change.
All the curses began to melt within the dazzling radiance. Fierce and wildly unrestrained mana continuously expanded, expanded!
Until a pillar of mana light that pierced through the world exploded forth!
The entire world turned from pitch-black to a grayish-white.
Immediately after, a gray-green-haired young girl descended from that intense pillar of mana light, slowly landing on the island that had remained undestroyed until now.
The Golden Calamity Dragon King, which had been devouring the world, grew quiet.
All the curses boiling towards the Golden Calamity Dragon King also stopped.
The Full Bloom girl raised her head, looking at the dazzling golden Disaster Dragon in the sky.
She raised her Magic Wand.
The fusion of two Personal Realities had even unexpectedly added a rule for erasing the power of curses.
Because the fusion was completed while soaking in the curse, a power of rules that shouldn't have existed appeared upon her.
Taking a slight breath, gathering power...
All the curses and power in the entire world were mobilized!
Touching upon rules, and, Full Bloom mana!
It wouldn't even be claimed by the world.
A completely flawless Full Bloom.
Looking at the power gathered within the Magic Wand in her hand, a smile bloomed on Ailin's lips for the first time.
Transcending the world.
Transcending everything.
A strike that surpasses the deity before her eyes!
Gray-green mana roared, surged, and crashed thunderously onto the head of the Golden Calamity Dragon King, which was like the sun!
The arrogant, seemingly world-destroying Golden Calamity Dragon King, under the mana cannon almost identical to Full Bloom...
Was pushed, bit by bit, out of the world!
The golden dragon scales were stained gray-green. By the time the mana cannon ceased.
The Golden Calamity Dragon King had vanished from the sky, and the cracks smashed open were completely repaired.
Decades of long-cherished wishes and waiting, Jade Fox and the Black Mountain Realm's over a century of research and effort.
Finally bore fruit at this moment.
This was the power to change the world.
Destroy the Disaster Control Bureau, destroy the Azure Cloud Sect, create a perfect new world.
She turned her head, wanting to call out: "Leia..."
A purple flame suddenly began to burn from the corner of her vision.
Ailin sharply looked up.
On the sky that had just cleared, a pitch-black shadow reappeared!
That indistinct, blurry, massive projection was continuously approaching. Outside the world, the golden beast of calamity still watched covetously. Ailin was certain that Disaster Beast could not break through the world again.
But where did this sudden sliver of unease in her heart come from?
She stared fixedly at the sky. The darkness brought by the golden threat spread like a storm, rapidly expanding as if it would shatter that veil of the world the next second.
Yet, even as the entire sky was completely covered by the projection, plunging the whole world into a deathly silence like a graveyard, no abnormal movement occurred.
Only a single purple point of light was crystal clear.
Ailin noticed that purple star.
Then she realized, how could there still be shining stars in this old world?
A bell tolled, shaking heaven and earth.
The blurriness of the projection was wiped away by the tremor. In the shaking world, Ailin finally managed to see that shining purple star clearly.
It was unmistakably located atop the Disaster Dragon's head!
She watched as the Golden Calamity Dragon King's head seemed to explode, splattering with purple, overwhelming blood!
She heard a low murmur, ringing in her ears, spreading throughout the world.
Then, the bell tolled again, repelling ghosts and gods!
"Heaven and Earth are not humane."
A purple-clad girl was born from the mana. Everything around her was obscured by the celestial curtain, only the girl herself was clear and distinct.
"Treating all things as straw dogs."
A beautiful face, a gorgeous purple gown, and dancing ribbons like butterflies!
Her pupils trembled, filled with the radiance of purple flames!
Her heart had been stirred into frenzy by the sea!
She saw a fair, delicate finger gently part the celestial curtain.
Like a curtain, revealing the violent spatial turbulence outside.
And the roaring, purple ocean!
Immediately after, the bell tolled for the last time.
The world began to burn.