adbindia Chapter 301: Snow Clears and the Sky Brightens, I Inscribe the Great Dao!
Chapter 301: Snow Clears and the Sky Brightens, I Inscribe the Great Dao!
All magic had gone out of control.
During the process of mana manipulation, once there was a possibility of a control error, it inevitably became a failure.
Some Magical Girls even accidentally tripped while turning, and after falling, they bumped into a spell another Magical Girl was using, causing a chain reaction that forced them out of their transformation state.
Of course, for a Magical Girl, the most fatal thing was the interference of their Personal Reality.
【Those who are rude beneath the throne shall not act rashly!】
When the girl on the throne lightly ran her finger across the air, that line of words suddenly materialized in the sky made of numbers.
Then, the sun and moon shone together, and the stars gleamed in unison.
It was as if a boundless fire was roasting everything within the Mental Landscape from the edge of the sky!
The golden light had no temperature, yet it continuously scorched their Personal Realities.
So much so that ordinary Magical Girls felt as if they were trapped in a quagmire, helplessly watching the countless sword energies that rivaled a single strike from the chief true-transmission disciple come flying in—The next moment, the sword tips trembled lightly.
A single flash of sword light instantly split into countless reflections. Bai Mei stood alone with her sword in front of all the Azure Cloud Sect disciples.
Her form was like a ghost, blocking all that rain of ten thousand swords by herself!
She was so fast that when the Magical Girls below looked up, it was as if Bai Mei had conjured infinite doppelgangers in that instant, each one intercepting a single sword energy.
But in truth, those true-transmission disciples who were more familiar with Bai Mei knew.
The senior apprentice sister couldn't actually create clones...
She was just pure speed.
Ever since she went to South China with the Sect Master last time and defeated the Pseudo-Full Bloom, Bai Mei's strength had taken another leap forward. Her speed had reached an unbelievable level!
However, the girl sitting on the throne merely waved her hand.
More numbers exploded in the sky, converging into three ancient, deep green characters!
Bai Mei, who had been knocking down the rain of swords in midair, paused for a moment.
Her entire figure turned ethereal and transparent.
—【Magical Girls at Initial Entry shall not behold the King!】
In the next instant, the terrifying newbie of Azure Cloud Sect seemed to no longer exist in this part of space, but had fallen into the gap between another layer of space!
Just as Bai Mei was exiled, Thousand-Pinweed's Sectumsempra shot straight toward the Prince!
"The Omniscient Domain is a Mental Landscape that analyzes the same attack and provides a countermeasure."
Sitting on her throne, Itaen openly and arrogantly revealed her domain's effect.
"Magical spells of the same nature will become ineffective the second time."
The Sectumsempra, which was comparable to Bai Mei's sword energy, was directly repelled upon touching the girl on the throne!
Before Itaen could catch her breath, the next second, another arrow shot toward the throne like a bolt of lightning!
But Itaen casually waved her hand, easily dispersing it!
"However, I don't need to record data on the spot. All the spells you have ever used, once recorded by the Mirror Kingdom, become part of my Mental Landscape's analytical database. It's very unfortunate that most of the Azure Cloud Sect true-transmission disciples' spells have already been analyzed."
The Mirror Queen propped her cheek on one hand while fiddling with the database before her with the other. "Jiegeng, the Mirror Kingdom has six of your battle records. You are skilled with arrows. Your magic's effect is that it hits the target before the arrow is even fired—or rather, on the premise that the arrow has already hit the heart's vital point, the arrow is then shot. What a pity. In the Omniscient Domain, probabilities can be changed. Even..."
"Rules can also be changed."
The moment her voice fell, firelight blazed in the sky.
The dancing numbers were scorched pitch black, and from within, the first rule engraved in the domain since the Mental Landscape's expansion was revealed—
【Those whose effect precedes the cause are all decided by the King!】
The true-transmission disciples, who had been on the verge of making a move, all fell silent.
The Mirror Queen lazily stretched her waist. She glanced down at the group of old world members.
A bunch of districts and a bat. Not worth looking at.
So she could only raise her head again, looking at the Azure Cloud Sect across from her.
For a moment, she felt a bit refreshed.
Some people were just pleasant to look at.
The Azure Cloud Sect's Magical Girls were like that—refreshing and uplifting.
Strength, appearance, character, talent, birth, bloodline.
Having seen too many districts, the Mirror Queen couldn't help but look at these Azure Cloud Sect Magical Girls with a bit of aggressive greed.
So much so that even Shuangye felt a bit scared.
"I see."
Winter lightly shielded Shuangye behind her like a chick. "Your Mental Landscape is a large-scale virtual reality constructed using Mirror Kingdom technology, isn't it?"
Itaen's crimson eyes studied Winter, then swept across Shuangye beside her.
Recalling the wolves and hardships she had encountered when she first met the three of them, the girl smiled a bit nostalgically. "As expected of the leader of Azure Cloud Sect, a person of talent bearing the bloodline of my Mirror Kingdom."
"From the very beginning, I never planned to use the stolen Full Bloom Mental Landscapes. Another's Mental Landscape is incompatible with one's own Personal Reality. How could it be used properly? It would eventually become a hidden danger. What I want is a perfect, flawless Full Bloom."
She suddenly realized that this term was actually told to her by Simo Tu.
So she paused for a moment before continuing, "Seizing other Mental Landscapes is merely to allow them to step into Full Bloom, providing me with more data and a foundation of mana for Full Bloom."
A sword of ice materialized out of thin air and landed in front of Winter.
Just as the Mirror Queen's voice echoed within the Mental Landscape, a sword of ice gradually condensed in front of every Azure Cloud Sect Magical Girl.
When the sword arrives, it must be drawn.
The Azure Cloud disciples drew their swords without hesitation. At the same time, Winter tilted her head and met the Mirror Queen's gaze. "So, from the very beginning, you never planned to help those old world people."
"People can only rely on themselves."
This phrase was also said by Simo Tu.
It made Itaen feel a bit irritated.
"Only oneself can save oneself. When they sought the Mirror Kingdom's Full Bloom technology, they should have considered the possibility of being used as another's wedding dress."
Keeping her tone calm, Itaen quietly watched the Azure Cloud Sect's Zhu Xian Sword Formation take shape and said in a low voice, "Using these four people's Full Bloom power as a wedding dress, now I only lack a Mental Landscape of my own. Most Magical Girls' Mental Landscapes are not suitable for replication. So-called miracles are things that exceed common sense, existing beyond logic. The Mental Landscape domain is a prime example. At one point, I thought I could never step into Full Bloom myself."
Winter held the massive Zhu Xian Sword.
The seven-colored sword glow did not dim even within the golden Mental Landscape, illuminating the entire domain!
Below, the Twins couldn't help but jump up, cheering loudly for Winter.
Beside her, Sonora had no time to mind her and simply stared fixedly at Winter, her pitch-black pupils tinged with a hint of disgust.
"Fortunately, the Dream Incubator Xiao Qi, who made a deal with me, sent me a piece of Mental Landscape domain data before she was killed by Shion and disappeared. Although I don't know whose Mental Landscape domain it was, a Mental Landscape that manipulates probability through data minimizes the interference of a Magical Girl's miracles. For the first time, we saw the logic behind a Magical Girl's miracle."
Winter's movements paused slightly. Bai Mei, who had been exiled to another space, continuously infused her own mana and sword energy into this Zhu Xian Sword.
This was the Azure Cloud Sect's only weapon capable of contending with a true Full Bloom in the absence of its Sect Master.
What's more, the person before her possessed the power of a fourfold Full Bloom Magical Girl...
If this were the Big Dipper Star Domain, she would be at the Quasi-Emperor Nine Heavens.
If this were the Immortal Pivot, she would be a Great True Lord of Four Cave Heavens.
If this were the Luoxia Mountain, she would be a True Person of Four Laws.
Moreover, she possessed the supreme Fruit Position...
"You were in a cooperative relationship with that Dream Incubator?"
"Each takes what they need. She needed our Full Bloom technology, and I needed some of their data, including their computational methods for analyzing Magical Girls. It also greatly reduced the Mirror Kingdom's computational burden."
As they spoke, in Winter's hands, those hundreds of millions of frosty sword energies of various colors merged into one, converging into a single massive seven-colored blade that finally descended slowly!
Even the Mental Landscape of a fourfold Full Bloom Magical Girl began to collapse and be damaged under this terrifying sword energy!
The Mirror Queen couldn't help but marvel.
"Having already been analyzed once, yet still able to cause such destruction—truly incredible. As expected, Azure Cloud Sect's Magical Girls are far more unreasonable than ordinary ones. I really wish you would abide by the theories of scientific architecture."
Itaen extended a single finger and steadily caught the crashing Zhu Xian Sword.
The fingertip was rapidly destroyed. Just as the blade was about to continue cutting down along the wound, a massive stream of numbers surged out from the wound on her fingertip.
Then, Itaen's flesh gradually repelled the Zhu Xian Sword blade out to the tip of her finger!
"I am the core of the Omniscient Domain. Any attack that touches me will accelerate the analysis and computation process."
【Those who commit blasphemy and offense shall be investigated with exhaustive logic!】
The completely analyzed Zhu Xian Sword vanished instantly.
All the Azure Cloud disciples felt a lurch, as if something had been drained from them.
Winter's pupils contracted slightly. A massive wall of ice instantly enveloped all the disciples behind her.
Because above the Prince, an even larger Zhu Xian Sword was slowly taking shape!
"Analyze, simulate, operate. There's no need for miracles. It is a hundred percent achievement realized through computational power."
Itaen looked down at Winter with a gentle yet condescending gaze. "This is the possibility of technology. You are all so excellent; you must all be descendants of the Mirror Kingdom bloodline that have wandered outside. Return, all of you."
"Return to the Mirror Kingdom. You can possess such powerful strength as well. You no longer need to serve under Shion. You can become your own masters, walking alongside me, Itaen!"
The strength of technology lies in its reproducibility. As long as it succeeds, it can be replicated again.
She needed the Azure Cloud Sect's power. These existences far surpassed ordinary Magical Girls and were destined to be completely different from those old world members.
They would truly become her aids and companions!
Yet all the Azure Cloud Sect disciples remained silent, and not a single face showed hesitation or contemplation.
"Sorry about that."
Winter gently shook her head, her tone calm but leaving no room for negotiation. "The Azure Cloud Sect has only one master, forever."
"Other than her, in the heavens above and on the earth below, no one else is worthy of walking alongside us."
Itaen nodded. "Indeed. Magical Girl Winter, you are of my Mirror Kingdom's bloodline. This innate arrogance and pride of yours—no matter how well you conceal it, I could never mistake it."
"Is that so?" Winter smiled gently. Another Zhu Xian Sword appeared in her hand. This time, she fully opened the Heavenly Secret Seal, and pitch-black mana began to coil around her entire body. "I'm just stating the facts. I don't consider this arrogance."
"In that case."
Itaen waved her hand, and the Zhu Xian Sword that had coalesced in the sky above her Mental Landscape came crashing down with a thunderous roar!
"Then I'll just conquer you with strength! That's what Shion did, isn't it?"
"Who knows."
Pitch-black polluted mana spread like patterns on Winter's cheeks. In her normally calm eyes, a rare hint of irritability and pain flickered. Two opposing types of mana surged within her body, nearly causing her Magical Outfit to collapse.
An ancient trace of hostility spread along the sword energy, wild as if it had never been tamed!
The seven-colored glow was tainted by pitch black. The true Zhu Xian Sword energy fiercely struck the simulated Zhu Xian Sword energy of the Full Bloom!
Sword energy and mana continuously eroded, exploded, and blasted apart!
Then gradually subsided into calm.
Many inner sect disciples exhausted their strength and began to fall as their mana was drained.
"Arresto Momentum."
All the inner sect disciples slowly floated and stopped in midair. Even Itaen couldn't help but take a second look at Thousand-Pinweed, who had used the spell.
Blood trickled from the corner of Winter's mouth. The black energy spread toward her pupils, tingeing her ice-blue eyes with darkness.
Yet she still forcibly suppressed it with cold energy.
Unfortunately, she still hadn't met the Sect Master's requirements. Her control over polluted mana was still insufficient.
"Winter!"
The Twins below couldn't help but cry out in alarm.
Because the next second, hundreds of Zhu Xian Sword energies appeared once again above Itaen!
And they had evolved again. This time, the Zhu Xian Sword energies were tinged with a trace of polluted mana, greatly increasing their power!
Letting out a sigh, Winter hesitated for a moment before lowering her head to glance at the ring on her finger.
Just as the sky-full of Zhu Xian Sword energies came crashing down fiercely.
Purple mana began to seep into the Mental Landscape.
All the Azure Cloud disciples looked up at the Zhu Xian Sword energy born from the fourfold Full Bloom, yet not one of them showed fear or retreated. Instead, they kept thinking, evolving, and squeezing out the last trace of mana.
Under immense pressure, they desperately pushed their own strength to new heights!
Just as the Twins were about to faint, flames roared forward, exploding violently in front of the Azure Cloud group!
"Pur..."
The Twins instinctively wanted to call out the Sect Master's name, but the next second, she shut her mouth, looking somewhat dazed.
The other Azure Cloud disciples also blinked, most of them looking confused.
Even Itaen was taken aback for a moment. Then she looked at the girl before her, her mouth twitching.
Then, the voice of the Twins below came through: "What the hell, how is it you, Keke!"
Winter was also a bit surprised. She looked up at the sky outside the Mental Landscape.
Should this... still be within the Sect Master's plan?
Then, from somewhere behind, a voice muttered softly.
"She hasn't learned much of the Flame Emperor's skills, but this timing of a dramatic rescue—she's mastered it ten out of ten."
"Are you sure it's a rescue?"
"Coming out at a time like this must mean she's confident, right?"
"Hopefully..."
Only Yumo whispered, "Two, two Flame Emperors now."
Itaen had taken the Flame Emperor identity through the matter of annulling the marriage; now Keke, with her own experiences, was also aligning with the Flame Emperor.
One was the supreme fire-element Dao Fruit of Heavenly Fire—the one who reversed the fate of Nalan, was humiliated by an annulled marriage, and then seized control of the world. The other was the willful Dao Fruit of He-Dong-Xi—one who lost in fortune for three years, rose from obscurity, and carried a defying momentum.
This was not a simple distinction between good and evil, right and wrong. It was a dispute over the authenticity of identity!
Just as expected, Itaen's face turned extremely ugly.
It was as if she harbored a mortal, unending enmity!
Without any intention of speaking, she summoned hundreds of Zhu Xian Swords again, locking onto Keke alone!
The colossal swords blotted out the sky, slashing down with a terrifying momentum!
"Don't you dare appear before me."
"Watch out!"
"Mental Landscape Expansion."
The chaotic voices mingled together, then fell into dead silence within the Mental Landscape.
The blazing flames, crackling and popping, caused the originally Certain-Hit Zhu Xian Swords to deviate from their course and fall along the edge of the Endless Fire Domain!
Itaen frowned slightly and looked up at Keke.
This girl, whose very appearance made her restless and irritated, whose face bore a slight resemblance to her brother, made it even harder for Itaen to suppress the violence within her heart!
"What are you trying to do?"
"Although I don't know what happened between you two."
Keke continued to expand her Endless Fire Domain.
The Certain-Hit effect of a Mental Landscape relies on the Mental Landscape's boundary. When two Mental Landscape domains expand simultaneously and their boundaries push against each other, the Certain-Hit effect from Mirror Queen Itaen's Mental Landscape was bound to fail.
The Zhu Xian Sword's power was immense, but it was also extremely difficult to control. Without the Certain-Hit effect from the Mental Landscape and without Itaen personally controlling it, the Zhu Xian Sword could barely even hit anything.
However, Bingtang frowned slightly, a look of worry on her face.
She was naturally aware of this too. The Azure Cloud Sect's internal competitions had already figured out the rules of many domains.
But the Omniscient Domain, as a self-made Mental Landscape of the Mirror Kingdom, had unclear characteristics, unfixed rules, and no one even knew if it was expansion-based or replacement-based...
Rashly expanding one's Mental Landscape—if it collapsed, and one's Personal Reality melted down—then she would truly become a burden...
"But if you dare to hurt my brother, if you dare to hurt anyone else, I will absolutely, never forgive you."
Actually, upon hearing the news of her big brother's death, Keke hadn't collapsed like before.
After all, Keke had grown up.
She was no longer going to cry and blame others for not protecting her big brother, or hope that someone could find a way to save him.
She had quietly left Silver Lotus, asking and asking again.
Looking everywhere for news and traces of her big brother.
From outside all the way to the Mirror Kingdom, everyone was saying that her big brother was dead.
That he fell out with Itaen and was killed, maybe Teacher Shion had also made a move.
This matter left her a bit confused, but when she saw Itaen.
The originally somewhat chaotic thoughts sorted themselves out.
No matter what happened to her big brother, she had to handle it herself.
Calm down, Keke. Brother might not really be dead.
Itaen is right in front of her. She likes her big brother and also takes care of her. She wouldn't lie.
Handle it calmly and maturely. Can't let everyone, can't let her big brother down...
"So, where is my big brother?"
Itaen sneered and simply said, "So what if I killed him?"
"Then I'll kill you!"
Consciousness and the ability to think were devoured by flames in an instant.
But the next second, the Zhu Xian Swords densely surrounded the Endless Fire Domain, instantly shattering it!
It seemed to extinguish her raging fire.
Itaen looked down at her with haughty disdain. "Is that all?"
All the Azure Cloud disciples let out a sigh.
Just as expected!
Realm trumps everything!
Not only had she lost her domain, her Personal Reality was melting down, and she wouldn't even be able to release any more spells!
Winter immediately moved forward to protect Keke, even intending to forcibly expand her own domain.
But Keke was exceptionally calm. Without any warning, she canceled her transformation.
Not to mention the Azure Cloud Sect, even the Twins and Sonora below were startled.
To cancel her transformation at a time like this, even if Winter protected her, if she actually took a hit, she would definitely die!
The Mirror Queen's movements even paused for a split second, but she immediately raised an eyebrow.
She still swung the Zhu Xian Sword down!
Yet Keke pulled out a dagger and plunged it straight into her temple!
Even Winter, who was about to expand her Mental Landscape, couldn't help but stop and stare blankly at this younger sister.
Blood streamed down her little face, but a harshness very similar to Jiang Si's shone in her eyes!
For a moment, because of their slight resemblance, Winter even had a hallucination of Jiang Si!
Finally, maintaining a shred of clarity, Keke, who had somehow taken out a Grief Seed, pressed it against her forehead.
The polluted mana rapidly repaired her brain.
At the same time, her other hand tightly clenched the Miracle Seed.
Just as the Zhu Xian Sword was about to fall, two streams of mana—polluted and pure—erupted simultaneously!
"Embers Rekindle." Black and red flames blazed, engulfing her body!
"With my broken body, become the blazing sun!"
The invincibility frame of the transformation deflected the Zhu Xian Sword.
The next second, Keke pressed her hand against her heart again without a pause. "Mental Landscape Expansion!"
The boundary of the Mental Landscape began to push outward once more. The Zhu Xian Swords, having lost their Certain-Hit effect, missed again.
An almost suicidal re-transformation.
Even Itaen, who was filled with prejudice and malice, fell silent.
Below, Sonora's eyelids twitched as she murmured, "Resetting her Personal Reality like this?"
"Their family's all like this." The Twins couldn't help but interject. "Her brother was even crazier."
"Hah?"
Although after resetting, she managed to defend against the Mirror Queen's attack again, Keke's Mental Landscape couldn't hold out much longer.
A massive number of Zhu Xian Swords continuously attacked the shell of the Endless Fire Domain, making the entire Mental Landscape teeter on the verge of collapse.
Until a soft, marshmallow-like, wobbly piece of jelly appeared in Keke's hand.
The Dream Core.
Her reward from South China.
At this moment, it was continuously surging out pitch-black polluted mana. Keke took a deep breath.
The regret of not rejecting the Mirror Queen's invitation before, the anxiety over her big brother disappearing again, the anger at seeing the wounded in South China along the way...
The Zhu Xian Sword was about to shatter her Mental Landscape again.
She pushed Winter aside and, holding her Dream Core, charged straight into the Zhu Xian Swords.
"You are special, Keke. You have two Personal Realities." The panda girl appeared in her mind. "Perhaps it's because of your experience as a Witch that you have one extra Personal Reality that others don't have."
"I want to kill her."
"Don't let anger consume you, Keke. When Personal Realities collide, only the most determined one will dominate. The other may disappear forever..."
"Give me power!"
Within the Dream Core, the panda girl sighed softly and muttered, "What is this... just like my sister... alright, alright. I'll help you anyway."
Keke glared at Itaen with murderous eyes. The blood still trickling from her temple dripped onto the Dream Core.
The jelly-like Dream Core greedily absorbed all the blood, then its outer shell cracked, erupting with a brilliant radiance that devoured everything!
Winter's eyelids twitched.
The Buddha's body and the Karma body. Holy Light and Demonic.
Two colossal phantoms of sacred statues rose up beside Keke!
The surging vast ocean of light and dark mana momentarily even overshadowed the three thousand blazing heavenly fires of the Mental Landscape!
"Transform again!"
Another invincibility-frame transformation. The Omniscient Domain naturally began to analyze and simulate.
But the high-frequency operation squeezed the computational power maintaining the Mental Landscape itself, causing a chunk of it to collapse!
Itaen immediately switched to manual mode and terminated the analysis and simulation process of Keke's re-transformation, finally restoring the Mental Landscape to normal operation.
The Prince remained silent, merely staring coldly at the girl who had transformed a second time.
This younger sister she had once been willing to recognize.
A black-and-red Magical Outfit. Pure mana and polluted mana flowing together in perfect harmony. One pupil was pitch black, the other a glass-like crimson red.
Almost identical to the Full Bloom transformation of Jade Fox and the others back in South China...
With a wave of her hand, the Mental Landscape of the Endless Fire Domain instantly expanded to the outside of the Omniscient Domain!
The Endless Fire Domain had always been an expansion type; it just couldn't fully spread within the Omniscient Domain.
Now that she had stepped into the realm of Full Bloom, the Omniscient Domain could no longer trap the Endless Fire Domain.
Keke stood tall before the fourfold Full Bloom Great True Lord!
In one step, she moved behind Itaen. The Mirror Queen merely looked at her indifferently. The Buddha's Fury Lotus, constructed from seven types of mana, was held in Keke's hand as she slammed it directly onto the other's face!
The terrifying heat and impact caused slight burns on Itaen's face, but they healed rapidly.
"This data was also fully recorded long ago."
"I'll kill you!"
Keke's heterochromatic eyes held a madness as if she wanted to tear Itaen apart!
The same Buddha's Fury Lotus appeared in Itaen's hand, and they clashed with a thunderous impact!
Wave after wave of scorching heat surged like a terrifying tsunami within the Mental Landscape.
The flames of the Endless Fire Domain roared, intensifying the fire lotus. Yet it was still completely suppressed by the casually formed fire lotus in Itaen's hand!
Itaen even reached out and grabbed Keke's right wrist, but Keke didn't hesitate for a second. She simply ignited her entire arm, then used her left hand to condense more mana into it.
"Kill you kill you kill you kill you kill you kill you kill you—!"
Until her voice was hoarse, Keke ignited herself!
The high temperature caused her Magical Outfit to slowly drip like wax. The surrounding heat was as viscous as liquid, bringing a strong sense of suffocation.
With her own body, she bloomed an even more intense Buddha's Fury Lotus!
"Die!"
No extra moves. Just wave after wave of fire lotus bombardment, pouring her fury onto Itaen!
Itaen shook her head and reached out to grab Keke's head.
But Keke ignited her own head too!
Lunatic!
Itaen immediately grabbed a fire lotus as well. The two lotuses clashed once more!
Below, the Twins' eyes widened. Her mouth hung open. She finally snapped back to her senses.
She quickly summoned the Vine Captain, who hadn't appeared in a long time.
"Look, Captain!"
Sonora, startled by the excited Twins, watched as both the Captain and the Twins had tears streaming down their faces!
"See that? That's the scientific achievement of our Beihai Witch Association, the ultimate masterpiece! Witch Keke and her second Personal Reality! Now, together with Magical Girl Keke, they've achieved Full Bloom! The peak technological power of the Witch Association vs. the peak technological power of the Mirror Kingdom!"
"This prosperous age, it is as you wished!"
The Captain just said with a resounding voice, "With my own strength, I have single-handedly fought the entire Mirror Kingdom, and I have won again!"
Confirming that the Twins were fine and even had time to brag with the Captain, Winter let out a helpless sigh of relief.
Then, the Azure Cloud disciples behind her all exclaimed, "Will a winner be decided!"
"Who is the true Flame Emperor!"
Taking a deep breath, Winter watched Keke, who, even in her rage and self-immolation, was still easily suppressed by Itaen. A flicker of pity passed through her eyes.
She pressed her hand to her heart, intending to pull her younger sister back and calm her down first...
The impact of the colliding fire lotuses abruptly subsided.
Not only that, but everything froze.
When a small purple spark rose from between the two Flame Emperors' fire lotuses, all sounds vanished.
Countless flames and numbers twisted, as if caught in a vortex, all merging into that tiny purple spark.
Black-gold and bright fire, like a dragon and a koi, Yin and Yang Combined.
Then...
One gave birth to two, two gave birth to three, and three gave birth to all things.
Turning into countless fire lotuses, twinkling like stars, flying into the sky!
As the fire lotuses rose like stars, the Mental Landscape peeled away layer by layer. A massive gap appeared above, revealing the sky!
In the profound silence.
Suddenly, heavenly music resounded:
"Years of accumulated fire, diligent cultivation, receiving the ring and the incineration mantra, the dragon soaring over Cloud Lanes."
"A robe of ten thousand flames, a ruler for a weapon, the sun and moon rising together."
"Enduring countless battles, the heart of the elixir never grows cold..."
"......"
"Snow clears, the sky is pure; the Great Dao is my inscription!"
When the last line of the vast heavenly music quietly faded, and everyone looked up.
All they could see was the solemn black-gold, pressing down upon all things!
The black-gold Magical Girl stood silently in the high heavens, unreachable to both Keke and Itaen.
On her finger, a breathtakingly beautiful fire lotus slowly bloomed.
Her majestic golden vertical pupils drooped slightly.
"I am the Flame Emperor."
The two Mental Landscapes—the Endless Fire Domain and the Omniscient Domain—which had been overlapping and constantly colliding, simultaneously collapsed as the black-gold fire lotus slowly descended!