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

"Um..."

Li Yi touched the friendship letter in her pocket.

The letter she had rewritten many times still hadn't been given the courage to send out.

After reading it once at the place where she commemorated her sister, she felt it still needed more changes...

Of course, the commemorative place was by the roadside where her sister had finally died.

After all, she couldn't go back home now, and the cemetery was too far, she couldn't go there normally.

So the only place she could go to commemorate her sister was the roadside where her sister died.

Although the traces of the battle between Shion and her sister had been completely erased by the Beihai construction team, and the huge crater had been filled in.

Some traces still remained in the end.

Li Yi had erected a memorial stone there, not exactly a tombstone, just a symbol to commemorate her sister.

Besides working at the Disaster Control Bureau, Li Yi would occasionally come to her sister's memorial stone to visit, placing some Miracle Seeds her sister had most wanted in life, of course, imitation merchandise.

And a bunch of merchandise of the Magical Girl Zhu Lu, her sister's favorite.

Then she would take out the friendship letter written to Jiang Si and read it to her sister.

After all, this was what her sister had suggested she do at the very end, and Li Yi wanted to do it perfectly.

Other than that, she actually didn't have much else to trouble her sister with.

Currently, the Disaster Control Bureau had specially rearranged a bedroom for her, letting her live at the Bureau.

Although she could no longer transform, the Disaster Control Bureau's arrangements for retired Magical Girls were always very generous, not only covering food and lodging, but also allowing applications for work and other living expenses.

Especially since Li Yi's family situation was known to everyone at the Bureau, applying for subsidies was quite easy, even her tuition fees were covered by the Disaster Control Bureau.

So most of what she could talk about was actually about the letters—as the final endpoint of the sisters' communication, talking about the new letters gave Li Yi the illusion that her sister wasn't dead yet...

Anyway, when she heard An Shiyu's words, Li Yi subconsciously touched her friendship letter.

Originally, she planned to wait until later, when it was written better, and then ask Keke to help deliver it.

But suddenly, she felt she couldn't delay any longer.

"Pursue, Jiang Si?" Peony pulled Susan behind her, then repeated the question, "Um, little sister An Shiyu, I need to tell you something, please don't be scared."

"This Beihai is a big city, there are quite a few people named Jiang Si. For example, we also know someone named Jiang Si," Peony said, picking up the mouse and starting to operate the computer, signaling Susan to start recording.

"Coincidentally, our Disaster Control Bureau backend can also access some citizen information. Although the information updates aren't very timely, it can save you some effort."

"Which Jiang Si are you looking for?"

An Shiyu nodded and began thinking seriously, "He's a bit short, he was a bit short three years ago."

Tap! Peony lightly hit the enter key, and a photo immediately appeared on the screen. She quickly rotated the monitor so An Shiyu could see.

An Shiyu quickly shook her head, "No, no, no, no, it's not a Shiba Inu."

Tap!

An Shiyu shook her head again, "It's not a cat either, not a pet, but..."

She paused, thinking of the fox mask from their reunion earlier, "Compared to cats and dogs, he feels more like a fox—mysterious, agile, cunning."

Tap!

"It's not a real fox either." Waving her hand, An Shiyu showed a confused expression, "I'm talking about a person."

Susan snatched the computer, giving her friend a fierce glare.

Seeing the "I'll break your legs if you keep playing" look from Susan, Peony awkwardly smiled, picked up her milk tea, and took a sip to calm her nerves.

Susan nodded at the confused girl, "You can describe the person you're looking for more specifically."

An Shiyu blinked and continued, "He's about 1.6 meters tall."

Peony, drinking her milk tea, seemed to choke and started coughing.

"Understood, please continue." Susan began filtering in the software.

"Black hair, black eyes, his appearance looks a bit delicate, but his eyes are very sharp, usually unsmiling..."

Li Yi's gaze drifted, looking into the distance.

"At that time, the bus I was on with him was attacked by a Disaster Beast. His parents passed away then, but he still had a sister, I remember her name was Jiang Keke..."

Keke covered her face and sighed deeply. Susan expressionlessly turned off the computer. At this point, what was there left to check?

An Shiyu tilted her head, looking at the four somewhat strange people, a bit puzzled, "What's wrong?"

Peony bit her straw, weakly pointing at the two girls sitting in the hall next to them.

"The Jiang Keke you mentioned, is over there."

Stunned for a moment, An Shiyu turned her head to look, staring at Keke for a long time before suddenly realizing, "I, I remember now, the one who always clung to Jiang Si back then, making Jiang Si hold her..."

"Wah wah wah, you, you can't say that randomly!"

Keke almost threw her milk tea, waving her right hand frantically, "I didn't!"

Yiyi beside her whispered, "It's normal to like your brother when you're little..."

"I already said I didn't!"

Seeing Keke so averse to talking about childhood matters, An Shiyu immediately realized she might have said something wrong.

She tried to remedy it, "Sorry, maybe I remembered wrong. I didn't think properly before speaking, sorry."

Such a sincere apology actually made Keke feel a bit at a loss.

After all, An Shiyu wasn't actually lying.

She uncomfortably shifted in her seat, saying softly, "It's, it's nothing. Anyway, everyone tends to forget things from the past."

"Mhm mhm, thank you, Keke, for not minding." An Shiyu breathed a sigh of relief, then said with a smile, "Long time no see, Keke, you've grown so tall, and become much prettier too."

Keke wasn't very good at handling such conversations, just nodding slightly, "Thank you..."

She immediately turned and grabbed Li Yi's hand, whispering, "We're doomed, Yiyi, she's so formidable."

Yiyi's consciousness seemed a bit ethereal, vaguely responding with an "Mhm."

Over there, An Shiyu tilted her head curiously, not knowing what the two girls were whispering about, but she didn't pay it much mind.

Since she was Jiang Si's sister, she naturally had to work hard to build a good relationship, become friends...

"But, Jiang Si already has a girlfriend."

Susan, who had been steadily sitting at the front desk, suddenly interjected.

An Shiyu was stunned, "Already, has a girlfriend?"

"Yes."

Susan's originally somewhat stiff expression gradually became natural and cold, "If you're here to pursue Jiang Si, sorry, you're too late. You can go back now."

Peony immediately tugged at her friend, "Wow, what are you saying? We finally get a new Magical Girl, and you're driving her away?"

"She doesn't come with good intentions, better advise her to leave early."

"How is she not coming with good intentions?"

"A Magical Girl who comes for love, how can she protect Beihai?" Susan said coldly, "On the contrary, she'll cause us trouble. If she angers Shion, how will the Disaster Control Bureau get along with the Azure Cloud Sect then? Better go work at another Disaster Control Bureau. Our Beihai isn't suitable for you, Miss An Shiyu."

An Shiyu stood there at a loss, glanced back at Camellia who had already left, then lowered her head. After a long while, her tone was despondent, "I see, that, that's really regrettable."

Keke and Li Yi simultaneously breathed a sigh of relief.

No matter what, it seemed An Shiyu wasn't like Iris, the type who could unhesitatingly say "just make him change girlfriends" even if Jiang Si had a girlfriend.

With a personality like that, if Jiang Si didn't have a girlfriend, it would be really dangerous...

Peony glanced at her friend Susan, then at Li Yi—completely uncompetitive in front of An Shiyu, you two.

Good thing Shion had long since taken hold of Jiang Si.

Feeling relieved in her heart, Peony spoke again, "Beihai is still lacking Magical Girls after all. If she's willing to stay at the Beihai Disaster Control Bureau, it's good for us. Moreover, An Shiyu isn't the kind of bad child who would ruin someone else's relationship, right? An Shiyu?"

An Shiyu, who had been stunned for a long time, finally nodded after a while, saying, "Yes, yes."

She murmured, originally wanting to say some nice, appropriate words, but then Keke beside her suddenly asked with concern, "You, why are you crying?"

"Huh?" An Shiyu touched her own face and realized there really were tears. She hadn't noticed at all, but the tears kept falling uncontrollably. She wanted to wipe them clean, not wanting others to see her in such a sorry state, "I, I didn't mean to cry."

But the more she wiped, the more they came, the more she wiped, the more they came, until finally she crouched down:

"...Sorry, I originally wanted, originally wanted, I didn't mean to cry, sorry, I've caused you trouble, but, but the tears came out on their own, they don't listen to me, really, sorry..."

Hearing An Shiyu trying hard to suppress her sobs while still constantly explaining and apologizing.

Susan, who had originally wanted to drive her away, swallowed the unpleasant words she was about to say, glaring at Peony beside her, "Look at you, making her cry."

"Hey, you were the one who first said Jiang Si has a girlfriend, why blame me..."

Keke crouched beside her, carefully stroking An Shiyu's hair.

The red hair was soft, warm, and trembling slightly, making Keke's heart feel infinitely pitying. Keke comforted her in a low voice:

"Don't cry. Although, although Jiang Si has someone he likes, you can still become friends. And there can only be one lover, but there can be many friends. You can totally become good friends, right?"

An Shiyu, her face streaked with tears, tried hard to wipe them away, sobbing, "Mhm, mhm, it's just, I just couldn't help it when I thought that in the future, I might not be able to talk to Jiang Si, not see him... And, and, leaving Beihai, I don't know, where to go..."

Peony glanced at Susan, "You made her cry, you have to take responsibility, right?"

"What does it have to do with me?" Susan curled her lip, "If she insists on staying at the Beihai Disaster Control Bureau as a laborer, whatever, I can't stop her."

"I knew you, Susan, are the best, sharp tongue but soft heart..."

"Get lost."

Here, Keke wiped her tears while helping An Shiyu up. After hesitating for a moment, she still asked:

"Then, do you want to come stay at my house first?"

An Shiyu's crying subsided a bit. She sniffled, her voice still choked, "Is that okay?"

"Of course it's okay. Our house is big, one more person doesn't matter. And recently Jiang Si isn't home, I'm quite lonely living alone..."

There was a "thud" sound, as Li Yi's milk tea fell to the ground.

Everyone looked over. Li Yi was silent for a while, then bent down to pick up the shattered milk tea cup, saying seriously:

"I'm going too."

......

Sitting cross-legged atop a high-rise building in BH City, Jiang Si, who had been breathing in the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, slowly opened his eyes.

"My innate spell, I've finally mastered it."

Mastered what? Wasn't it like this from the beginning?

Jiang Si was slightly stunned, sending his spiritual sense inward to observe.

It was actually that Nascent Soul black dragon, its thoughts connected to his!

Smiling slightly, Jiang Si wasn't angry.

This precisely meant his realm had taken another step forward, truly achieving mental communion with his Nascent Soul.

This was something to celebrate.

"This trip to Hulin City served two purposes: first, to experiment with the modified 【Spell·Myriad Beasts, One Heart】, testing the combat effectiveness of my main body after reaching the Nascent Soul stage; second, to identify as many flaws as possible in this body's Nascent Soul, preparing for the method to complete the Nascent Soul. Currently, both objectives have been achieved."

After all, the path of beast taming was unfamiliar to him. He couldn't grasp the essentials and ultimately needed practical combat to try it out.

The three hundred class B Disaster Beasts in Hulin City gave him further insights into Disaster Beast control methods.

He connected the complex determinant arrays, using fear as the core for transmission.

This gave him super-strong control over large numbers of low-level Disaster Beasts.

And once the continuously transmitted fear was concentrated, it could easily break through the defenses of high-level Disaster Beasts.

Not only could he attempt to control A-level Disaster Beasts.

As long as there were enough Disaster Beasts as nourishment for the fear emotion, continuously flowing into his own Nascent Soul.

Both his control over the Nascent Soul and the Nascent Soul's strength would reach a higher level!

This was the true advantage of the beast control path—making the controlled beasts elevate the beast master, willingly becoming the beast master's cultivation resources. What sublimated from this was 【Earth-Grade Spell·Myriad Beasts, One Heart】!

But then he heard the black dragon muttering in his heart: Are you fucking thunderstruck stupid? From beginning to end, besides learning how to control Disaster Beasts, what the hell did you master?

"That statement is incorrect. Now that we are of one mind, this is proof that the innate spell has been mastered."

Bullshit! I'm about to be assimilated by you! What one mind! This is you trying to control my brain! I'm about to become your puppet, of course we'd be of one mind then!

Ignoring the Nascent Soul's nonsense, Jiang Si quietly felt his own power.

Having verified his innate spell, plus the massive supplement of polluted magic—no, immortal power—the immortal power within his Nascent Soul was more abundant, his realm further stabilized, taking another step forward.

Now his physical body could already fight against a Blooming stage Magical Girl. An ordinary Blooming stage might not even be his opponent.

However, he still hadn't reached the ideal level.

In Jiang Si's own view, he still needed to complete his Nascent Soul form. A single innate spell wasn't enough.

His innate magic treasure—he needed to hurry up Ruo Yun in Jiangming City. He had given her so much time and resources, there should be some results by now.

As for cultivation techniques, it was a bit regrettable. He was still missing the Witch Association's Complete Witch Transformation Profound Art. This thing was hard to find, he could only keep trying in the future, but he definitely had to get it.

And his main body had jumped levels too drastically, his realm was unstable, his immortal power reserves inferior to a true Golden Core stage, needing time to settle—this issue had been partly filled thanks to the selfless dedication of the Saints of the Hall. He could continue seeking out Saints of the Hall later.

The missing breath of innate qi—no leads for now, he could quietly wait for an opportunity...

This way, he had finally seen the road ahead somewhat clearly.

Previously, even though his main body's realm was now Nascent Soul after undergoing tribulation, it could only barely compare to the extreme early or mid Golden Core stage. It was only because of his profound foundation that he could display strength surpassing ordinary Blooming stage.

In contrast, his transformed state's realm had already reached the Nascent Soul Formation stage—that is, Half-Step Full Bloom. Considering that Half-Step Full Bloom might be hard to understand, Jiang Si had delineated another transitional state between Golden Core Peak and Nascent Soul.

Right now, Shion was clearly in this state!

Even if he could make up for the Nascent Soul's deficiencies.

But in the eyes of ordinary people, the gap between these was like orthodox versus unorthodox, true fruit versus external path, true methods versus false methods—it was a world of difference, a gap in status!

Therefore, although this only contained his speculation, the two existing cultivation paths—the Magical Girl path of pure magic and the Perfect Witch path of polluted magic—could together be called this world's orthodox paths, to be named—

【Supreme Unity Yin-Yang Orthodox Position Cultivation Path】!

"Bro, is that what these two powers are called? Did you get the worldview wrong?"

And the main body's Disaster Beast Nascent Soul path needed to be called 【Borrowing the False to Cultivate the True Method】.

"You do know it's false."

This way, the entire system could be called the so-called 【Two Paths, Three Heavens Road】.

"Wait, what two paths three heavens..." Halfway through speaking, Jiang Si suppressed the Nascent Soul to avoid disturbing his train of thought.

All the Great Dao paths he could currently find were: two orthodox cultivation paths plus one external path.

However, in Jiang Si's view, what distinction was there between orthodox and unorthodox? Any path he walked was orthodox!

Therefore, his current main body's Disaster Beast method also had a true name—

【Borrowing the False to Cultivate the True, Heaven and Earth, Only I Path】!

Only, this path was newly opened now, with far too many areas needing completion. The grand name could wait until he accomplished great deeds far surpassing his predecessors before announcing it widely.

Currently, the biggest problem lay with the Complete Witch path of the 【Supreme Unity Yin-Yang Orthodox Position Cultivation Path】.

The territories of the three major Witch Associations under East China's jurisdiction had basically been cleaned out, yet no related technique information was found.

The Complete Witch Transformation Profound Art—I'm afraid only the Witch Association headquarters would have corresponding information.

But even the Disaster Control Bureau didn't know where the Witch Association headquarters was.

These so-called crooked demons and evil paths were truly hateful, always obstructing the path to heaven.

If they had offered the Complete Witch Transformation Method early on, why would I be stuck here wasting time? I should have long since mastered the 【Supreme Unity Yin-Yang Orthodox Position Cultivation Path】! Taking another step forward on the Great Dao path.

In the hands of those inferior cultivators, whether genius treasures or profound techniques, they were all wasted. Waiting for me to make full use of them.

Thinking of this, he stopped meditating, stood up, and circulated his immortal power for two great heavenly cycles.

No obstructions, the Nascent Soul's speed in mobilizing immortal power was also faster.

Just as he was about to go home, Winter, like an ice flower, walked over from behind.

Jiang Si glanced back. Yumo, who had been hiding and following behind earlier, was nowhere to be seen.

Probably chased away by Winter.

"Twins has obtained some news." Winter adjusted her temple hair, saying seriously, "Currently, the Witch Association and the Disaster Control Bureau are preparing to enter the Heart Image Remnant. The Heart Image Remnant was left behind by a Full Bloom Magical Girl. Inside, there might still be the undispersed power and consciousness of a Full Bloom Magical Girl. If one can enter, perhaps they can learn the secrets of the Full Bloom realm."

Jiang Si slightly nodded, hands behind his back, murmuring:

"Finally here, huh? The Forbidden Zone of Life, and the Great Emperor who severed himself with one strike!"