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

Chapter 250: Pursuing the Heavenly Tribulation

For Thousand-Pinweed, this was the precise point she had been targeting from the very beginning.

To go head-to-head against the senior apprentice sister in a direct clash, the magic she possessed was almost entirely inadequate.

Even her strongest Sectumsempra, even when fused with Divine Sense, barely reached the level of the senior apprentice sister's Sword Energy from before.

With the very first sword strike, Thousand-Pinweed knew the senior apprentice sister had improved again.

However, the Sect Master had also said that when strength is insufficient, one shouldn't think about direct confrontation.

As long as you can win, any method is acceptable.

A Magical Girl should absolutely not let things like morality constrain her imagination.

Thousand-Pinweed kept every single teaching of the Sect Master engraved in her heart, so when facing the senior apprentice sister, she never once considered achieving victory through a frontal assault.

The senior apprentice sister loved to eat ketchup and vomit it as blood.

She had once been curious about what the point of this was.The Sect Master told her it was about imagery. Because vomiting blood after eating ketchup was proof of a sword cultivator's strength, so every time the senior apprentice sister ate ketchup and vomited blood, the power of her next sword strike would be stronger.

Therefore, when challenging the senior apprentice sister, this became the biggest flaw she targeted.

Apparition. Mobiliarbus.

These two incantations, one allows the caster themselves to instantly disappear and reappear in another location, essentially teleportation.

The other is a spell for moving objects.

A simple replacement spell doesn't exist in Harry Potter—or rather, Thousand-Pinweed herself couldn't find one, so she used these two spells to construct her own replacement incantation.

By simply changing the target of the teleportation to an object, she could secretly replace the senior apprentice sister's ketchup without anyone noticing.

Of course, just this alone would still be very difficult to make Senior Sister Bai Mei fall for it. So from the initial mana consumption, to later imitating the usage of the Disarming Charm she saw at the Central Bureau when the Incubator copied itself.

Using the threat of throwing Senior Sister Bai Mei out of bounds to force her to explosively unleash formidable Sword Intent and Sword Energy in an instant, reaching the realm of "the body as the sword," making her treat her own body as a weapon, thus allowing the Disarming Charm to take effect and directly dispel Senior Sister Bai Mei's transformation.

Then dragging her into the domain, rapidly expanding it beyond the boundaries, preventing the senior apprentice sister from escaping, forcing her to take the damage head-on within the domain.

This entire elaborate layout, all of it, was to make Senior Sister Bai Mei fail to notice that she had replaced her ketchup!

After eating the super-explosive ghost pepper noodle sauce she had meticulously prepared, Senior Sister Bai Mei would have a hard time reacting immediately, because this ghost pepper sauce started out sweet too!

By the time she had eaten a lot of it, without any defenses, it would inevitably cause a stomach perforation.

In other words, Thousand-Pinweed had won!

"Wow!"

When Thousand-Pinweed suddenly sat up, she found herself dazedly arriving at an airport.

Surrounded by fellow Harry Potter enthusiasts.

"Why are you only arriving now, Thousand-Pinweed?"

"You promised to spread Harry Potter to the whole world. Is there a problem with the promotion at the Azure Cloud Sect?"

"No problem."

"Even if only for a little while, the new Harry Potter branch sect can still be considered the chief branch sect," Thousand-Pinweed revealed a smile. "For the Great Dao of magic cultivation, I've done my best."

Finally, sitting beside her was her longtime supportive friend, Qinghua, looking at her with a grin. "So, how was it, Senior Sister Bai Mei?"

Thousand-Pinweed adjusted her witch hat and sighed. "Incredibly strong. I feel she wasn't even using her full power."

"Nonsense! If she used her full power, even the Sect Master would have trouble holding Beihai without transforming! Also, how long are you going to sleep? Don't lose again, Thousand-Pinweed!"

Thousand-Pinweed's eyes snapped open. For a moment, she felt as if she had been cut in half at the waist.

Only then did she realize it wasn't real; it was just an illusion.

An illusion brought on by the sword cultivator's Sword Intent.

It made no difference from actually being cut in half. Even though she was perfectly intact, there was an illusion that her lower body had vanished.

Struggling to lift her head, black ghost pepper sauce dripping from the corner of her mouth, she saw Senior Sister Bai Mei over there, swaying as she stood up.

Although her face was also flushed red, and tears fell from her tightly closed eyes.

She still managed to utter a word of praise:

"Truly remarkable, Thousand-Pinweed."

"I probably won't forget you for the rest of my life."

Coughing, Bai Mei wiped her mouth. "Making me eat so much of that ghost pepper sauce."

What Sword Intent can cut apart has no end.

Although dispelled by the Disarming Charm, Sword Intent is something that can be comprehended again.

As long as she wishes to cut, the sword is in her hand!

"In that instant, I made a great vow—"

With her eyes closed, Bai Mei reached a hand towards the sky.

"To protect the stomachs of all who love ketchup, I vow not to eat ketchup for dinner, to save food for the world, solely to cut down all chili sauce!"

Clenching her hand towards the moon as if grasping something, it seemed a "Pepper-Slaying Sword" truly appeared in her hand. "—I vow not to attain sainthood until all chili sauce is gone!"

"And so, the sword answered me! Granting me exclusive cutting power against chili sauce!"

Without needing any help, Bai Mei regained her Sword Intent and continued to expand it.

As long as it was before the ghost pepper sauce affected her internal organs.

She simply needed to expand her Sword Intent onto the ghost pepper sauce itself and cut it down along with it.

From the first day she mistakenly ate spicy chicken sauce, she had already realized this flaw.

Your intelligence was still one step short, Thousand-Pinweed.

Bai Mei felt the almost undispersible, painful spiciness in her mouth, took a sharp "hiss" of breath, then laughed freely.

A blessing in disguise.

Mistakenly eating the spicy chicken sauce back then actually allowed her to prepare in advance.

"Thousand-Pinweed has lost the ability to fight."

The Sect Master, standing to the side, merely swept a glance and gave the verdict. "Winner, Bai Mei."

Meanwhile, Thousand-Pinweed curled up, clutching her stomach.

Now, she was the one with the stomach perforation...

Most importantly, due to the transformation cooldown, she had to endure it for at least another two minutes or so before she could transform again.

"Save me, Qinghua, Teacher..."

Qinghua sighed, taking out the seven white candles she had prepared long ago and arranging them around Thousand-Pinweed in the shape of a spoon.

"Don't be afraid. Super Qinghua already predicted you'd lose. I've set up these Seven Star Lamps for you to prolong your life. You won't die. It'll be fine soon."

"Soon... is... how... long..."

Super Qinghua gave a thumbs-up. "It takes effect as long as the seven-day lamps don't go out."

Thousand-Pinweed stared blankly for a moment, then just looked towards Jiang Si, her eyes brimming with tears.

"Wahhh, save me, Teacher, Teacher..."

Jiang Si squatted down, looking at the little witch curled up on the ground. Having lost her transformation, her golden hair was already dirty from the ground, saliva involuntarily dripped from her mouth, and her gaze was vacant and dull.

"Still want to play with Harry Potter magic?"

Even though she was nearly driven stupid by the pain, when asked this, Thousand-Pinweed still desperately grabbed onto the Sect Master's pants, then said with tear-filled eyes, "I... I can't betray Harry Potter, Teacher..."

Jiang Si, frustrated by her lack of progress, pinched her cheek and pulled. Thousand-Pinweed just kept crying with a miserable face. "Spare me, Teacher..."

"Open your mouth."

Thousand-Pinweed obediently opened her mouth. Then, purple mana poured into her mouth in its entirety.

The mana pressed down on the little witch's tongue, sliding completely over the soft flesh reddened by the spiciness, clearing away the industrial capsaicin—although using a hand to press the tongue would be more convenient, Jiang Si found it dirty.

Although the little girl was somewhat scared, her hand clutching the Sect Master's pant leg trembling nonstop, she didn't dare move a muscle, just looking pitifully at her Sect Master.

Soon, the pain between Thousand-Pinweed's brows rapidly began to disappear.

The burning, painful sensation in her stomach quickly vanished.

Once she was better, Jiang Si let go. Thousand-Pinweed touched her own stomach, then broke into a smile through her tears, immediately hugging him. "Thank you, Teacher! I will definitely work hard to manage the Harry Potter branch sect and not bring shame to the Azure Cloud Sect!"

"Get lost!"

Qinghua quickly pulled Thousand-Pinweed aside to prevent her from getting beaten up again.

Then she sighed. "Look at you. As soon as you come back, you challenge Dandelion, then challenge Senior Sister Bai Mei. Can't you just settle down? Everyone is about to be exhausted by you."

"It's fine. If I didn't do this, how would the Sect Master notice me..."

That might be true, "But you lost every single time."

"The so-called 'fighting repeatedly despite repeated defeats.' Didn't a predecessor of our sect keep fighting despite repeated defeats, only giving birth to a demonic embryo after a hundred defeats, ultimately turning the tide, defeating the Seven Heroes of Chaos in one fell swoop, and finally achieving the Emperor's path... I can also walk the path of the Chaotic Ancient Great Emperor..."

As soon as these words were spoken, Jiang Si, who had originally looked utterly disgusted, had a gaze that softened considerably. Even Bai Mei looked somewhat surprised.

"You know this quite clearly? You even know about the Seven Heroes of Chaos? How many times have you read it?"

"Not as many times as Harry Potter..."

"Not more than twice, right?"

Thousand-Pinweed didn't make a sound, just picked up the witch hat from the ground—this witch hat wasn't part of her Magical Outfit, but one she bought herself.

Her dirty face still bore undried teardrops. "I just wanted to learn a bit about it!"

Qinghua couldn't help but cover her forehead. "Idiot, if you just honestly said you liked 'Concealing the Heavens,' the Sect Master would definitely be happy. Why do you have to be so stubborn? You've clearly read it many more times than I have, you know more about it than I do..."

"Qinghua."

Before she could finish, they heard the Sect Master say calmly, "It's your turn."

Qinghua, who had just been frustrated by her lack of progress, stiffened.

"Huh?"

"Come spar with me."

"No way, Sect Master!"

...

After thoroughly disciplining Qinghua, Jiang Si also formulated a set of training plans for her.

Although Super Qinghua wore a tearful, miserable face, she dared not disobey the Sect Master's order and could only return with a deathly pale expression, carrying her training plan, to sleep first.

Thousand-Pinweed, who had lost the fight, didn't linger either. She took the opportunity while Jiang Si was dealing with Qinghua to make her escape.

However, before leaving, Thousand-Pinweed also taught Bai Mei a magic trick for vomiting blood.

In the future, she wouldn't need to prepare ketchup every time, and Bai Mei's flaws were reduced by one.

Jiang Si suddenly realized that Thousand-Pinweed, in terms of realm alone, could now be called "Half-Step Pseudo-Holding Flourishing Branches, Three-Colored Lush Leaves, Pseudo-Late Stage, Minor Perfection."

She possessed mechanisms from the Flourishing Branches realm and even the Cycle Sea realm, and consistently maintained the highest realm among the seven true-transmissions.

However, it didn't matter. Cultivators cultivate both life and destiny, seeking both mechanisms and numerical values.

If the numerical values are insufficient, no matter how many mechanisms you have, you can't remove that pile of descriptors from the realm name. This is the darkness of the cultivation world.

Thousand-Pinweed's current mana level only qualifies her to sit at the Lush Leaves table. It's a pity this Potterhead maniac, who gets a little cocky as soon as she grasps a mechanism, doesn't understand this.

More important than this, however.

Why isn't my Heavenly Tribulation system reacting?

Since establishing the Heavenly Tribulation, there hasn't been any reaction from the system during the recent universal ascensions. He even specifically asked Thousand-Pinweed if she got struck by lightning after returning, and the answer was no.

This made Jiang Si somewhat suspect if his Heavenly Tribulation system was broken.

The Heavenly Tribulation he spent so much effort preparing had, to this day, shown no reaction at all.

Although to ensure accuracy, he reduced the scanning of lower cultivation practitioners to avoid constant thunder strikes,

but for every level above Blooming, each one should trigger heavenly thunder.

It was one thing that not a single heavenly thunder was triggered at the Central Bureau, as they likely had shielding magic arrays there. But after leaving the Central Bureau, it seemed no heavenly thunder had been triggered anywhere else either.

Jiang Si felt a bit depressed about this.

To seek the Golden Core, the Purple Mansion caused rain to fall for half a year over half the world's territory, continuously and unceasingly, just to gather enough spiritual atmosphere.

When the Golden Fire manifested in the world, under the governance of the Year Guardian, the "Stove Lord" re-ascended to the "Earth Sovereign" Golden Position, and was able to forbid all humans in the world from consuming blood food and Human Pills, causing the Purple Mansion to vomit vast amounts of yellow earth.

Mu Changsheng's empty attainment of the Dao Fruit caused all true lords in the world to go into seclusion, exchanging it for a thread of vitality for Foundation Building.

When it came to him, he attained the Heavenly Tribulation, yet now it had no impact whatsoever, not even a twitch. Is my Heavenly Tribulation some bottomless pit that only eats and never spits?

Upon returning to the sect, Jiang Si complained to his eldest disciple.

Bai Mei's response was simple. "The empty attainment of a Dao Fruit's imagery is indeed an unprecedented great achievement, ancient and modern. But if you don't nurture it, how can it grow into a true Dao Fruit? How can it compare to a native one? Sect Master, how long have you nurtured it since you attained the imagery of the Heavenly Tribulation?"

Jiang Si, who had been looking at his eldest disciple, averted his gaze. "It's been a few days too..."

"A few days definitely isn't enough, Teacher. After empty attainment, whether it's a Dao Fruit's imagery or a Dao Fruit itself, it must be warmed and nurtured with years as the unit of time, based on one's own cultivation."

Faced with Bai Mei's somewhat helpless chiding, Jiang Si remained silent for a moment before snorting. "So I say Fruit Position cultivation is trash..."

So in the end, you still have to spend time nurturing it. Too troublesome. For a moment, Jiang Si didn't really want to attain any Heavenly Tribulation anymore.

Can't it just move on its own like the Azure Cloud Sect and the Saint Hall...

Afterwards, they chatted about the next step of universal ascension.

For Jiang Si, he had already obtained a domain and acquired Divine Sense. Now, the complete path to transcendence for the Nascent Soul stage was only missing the final step.

Opening the Sea of Consciousness.

The multi-colored mana storage for Forming Infant can be pseudo-held through magical treasures, but if the storage of Divine Sense isn't resolved, the Nascent Soul realm will ultimately be like Full Bloom—a fleeting illusion.

In Jiang Si's view, the Sea of Consciousness is essential. This was the "Predetermined Fate" he set when he originally divided the new three realms.

Intent emerges from the Heart Sea, Divine Sense leaves the body, Three Flowers Gather at the Crown, Five Energies Pay Homage to the Origin!

Divine Sense is the power of the Primordial Spirit, and the Nascent Soul is naturally the form of the Primordial Spirit!

This is the true profound mystery behind the two characters "Nascent Soul" in the Nascent Soul realm. If you cannot open the Sea of Consciousness to permanently retain Divine Sense and allow it to grow with you, then you can never be called a true Nascent Soul!

While casually chatting about the future of Nascent Soul methods, he suddenly remembered something and asked Bai Mei:

"By the way, why did you leave Jiangming?"

While offering incense to several ancestors in the spirit hall, Jiang Si asked amidst the misty, swirling immortal qi. "Bingtang said you plan to leave Jiangming for a long time?"

"Yes, I plan to go guard South China." Bai Mei also offered two sticks of incense following her teacher. "Now that the world is in great turmoil, foreign races frequently invade, and the people of South China suffer unbearably. How can we cultivators sit idly by and do nothing? The situation in Jiangming is stable now. If I continue to stay in Jiangming, it would be turning a blind eye to the suffering of South China, an irresponsibility towards the peace of the world!"

"The truth?"

"My hands are itching. It's easier to find people to cut down in South China."

"Go ahead."

After all, she was a girl who dared to fight Disaster Beasts with a tree branch since childhood. Keeping her cooped up in Jiangming, where there were few opponents, was indeed unfair to her.

Her previous battle against the Pseudo-Full Bloom in South China gave her a satisfying cutting spree. She probably got the urge again and wanted to go to South China to find some opponents.

Recently, members of the old world have been getting restless, and South China is a severely affected area. Having Bai Mei go guard it is indeed a good choice.

As long as she ensures those old world members don't cause any trouble before she attains the Heavenly Fire.

However, the great contention era is about to arrive; we must improve the quality of Magical Girls...

Thinking this, Jiang Si directly connected his mana to the puppet in the Main God Space. This puppet could both provide mana to the Main God Space and allow him to use his consciousness to return and check the situation at any time.

"Main God, where's my Heavenly Tribulation? Where did you put my Heavenly Tribulation?"

[All universal ascension Magical Girls have been locked. However, the current number of tasks is numerous, the system is busy. Tasks are being postponed according to priority, with Main God Space operation as the highest priority. Additionally, puppet mana provision is insufficient, mana accumulation is required...]

Jiang Si, controlling the Shion Puppet, checked the backend.

The Heavenly Tribulation tasks were queued up to a damn sixty years later!

This wasn't just an empty attainment anymore; this was a white attainment of the Heavenly Tribulation Dao Fruit!

Jiang Si controlled the puppet and waved his hand grandly:

"Immediately raise all Heavenly Tribulation tasks to the highest priority! Complete them as quickly, as stably, and as perfectly as possible! I'll provide the mana!"

[Received. Heavenly Tribulation task priority has now been set to highest. Unified tribulation undergoing initiated.]

Seeing the Main God system start working, Jiang Si nodded with satisfaction, connecting the Miracle Seed's mana to the puppet.

While providing mana, he withdrew his consciousness.

He glanced at Qinghua again. "Qinghua, come with me to the old world during this time."

Since he planned to help the Magical Girls undergo tribulation, he naturally needed to help protect their path, to prevent old world people from coming out to take advantage.

"Huh? Boss, Qinghua is really busy..."

With a cold laugh, just as Jiang Si was about to properly conduct some ideological education, he suddenly looked up!

Holy crap, that fast?

Qinghua, who had originally buried herself under the blankets trying to avoid being conscripted by the Sect Master, also sat up immediately and rapidly activated the sect's grand formation.

Even Bai Mei slowly raised her head, her expression extremely serious.

When the three of them came out of the Illusory Moon Cavern Dwelling, they saw the celestial phenomenon.

The sky above Beihai was slowly gathering thunderclouds, swirling like a vortex.

Purple lightning churned within, like a giant dragon!

Meanwhile, Keke and Silver Lotus, also in Beihai, naturally woke up instantly from their sleep, sensing the abnormality. The two flew out of their house and saw the churning thunderclouds in the dawn sky.

They could both clearly sense that lightning was firmly locked onto them!

"What's going on?"

"The weather changed?"

"Purple... lightning?"

"Teacher Shion's mana?"

Keke looked at the sky in astonishment, momentarily at a loss.

She didn't know whether to hide or resist. If it was Teacher Shion's doing, there must be a reason, right?

Silver Lotus's heart was even more uneasy. Could it be that she was heard calling Miss White Fox a vixen, and now she's going to strike her with lightning?

Surely it's not that merciless...

While the two were each uneasy in their hearts, the thunderclouds continued to spread,

Reaching as far as the unseen horizon.

Jiangming City.

In Jiangming, where it hadn't rained since Chilian's death, densely packed thunderclouds finally appeared again.

Shui Ling and Qianjing, under Bai Mei's tutelage, who had just broken through to Blooming, also looked up at the thick, dark clouds gathering in the sky, their faces somewhat bewildered.

Both were trembling as they picked up their phones to call their teacher.

Finding the call wouldn't go through, Qianjing directly took out her Miracle Seed.

As long as she crystallized and held on until her teacher returned, that would be victory!

...

Compared to North China, in South China, where more Magical Girls had recently broken through to the Blooming level, the thunderclouds stretched as far as the eye could see!

All the Magical Girls looked at the sky. Only that little one wearing a black school uniform, the girl who had once repelled the calamity dragon with a stone, flew up into the sky.

"Everyone, don't be afraid! Protect South China with me!"

Then, dense crowds of Magical Girls flew up together, resonating as they confronted the heavenly thunder!

...

The situation at the Central Bureau was even more dire.

Jincha looked at the thick thunderclouds in the sky with an ashen face. The roaring purple thunder, before even landing, was already making the entire Central Bureau sway precariously!

"What is... the meaning of this?"

Hongmian also stared blankly at the sky, her face pale. "Does Miss Shion still intend to destroy the Central Bureau?"

Everyone could see that purple mana came from Shion.

Soon, the Central Bureau collected information from all regions.

"Report! Thunderclouds have appeared in South China, North China, and East China!"

Jincha let out a somewhat despairing cry. "What does she want to do?!"

...

Jiang Si smiled slightly, extremely satisfied.

Because he was also locked on.

Immediately after, a mechanical, pleasant female voice began to spread to the ears of every Magical Girl locked on by the thunderclouds.

[All universal ascension targets located.]

[Illegal promotions: One hundred thirty-two. Legal promotions: Thirty-six.]

[All promotion level inspections complete.]

[Selecting Heavenly Tribulations matching the strength level of each target.]

[Heavenly Tribulations prepared.]

[One-Nine Wind-Thunder Heart Demon Tribulation x26]

[Three-Nine Killing Heart, Eliminating Infant, Future Tribulation x132]

[Primordial Unity Heaven-Blasting Purple Firmament Nine-Nine Divine Thunder x10]

[Primordial Chaos Unified Qi, Five Elements Creation Nine-Nine Divine Thunder x1]

Deep purple, terrifying electric plasma, like waterfalls, began to pour down continuously all over the world!

The roaring, flashing thunderlight illuminated heaven and earth in deep purple!

An aura of apocalyptic destruction filled every region, accompanied by Magical Girls falling amidst the lightning.

As if it were the end of the world!