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

Winter looked up at the Heart Image Remnant, her expression filled with confusion and a faint trace of unwillingness. "Why is it just the two of us who didn't even get a trial?"

After Magical Girls and witches were continuously kicked out one after another, they had also roughly received the news here.

After entering the Heart Image Remnant, there would be a trial in a memory world. All those who failed would be kicked out.

"Could it be because our strength isn't enough?"

Bai Mei beside her tilted her head. "After all, judging by strength, Lady Winter is a Seedling, and I'm just a Sprout."

Many people had been teleported back to the urban areas in their memories, resulting in only the two of them still being near the Heart Image Remnant.

"I thought with An Shiyu by my side, I could go in and help the Sect Master," Winter sighed. "Well, now I can't help at all. I can only wait here, watching helplessly."

Bai Mei hugged Winter's arm beside her.

Actually, back when Winter had just picked her up, Bai Mei had loved hugging Winter's arm and leaning against her side.

Because Jiang Si was very cold back then, and the young Bai Mei simply didn't dare to approach him.

It was only later, after becoming familiar, when Jiang Si told her those web novel stories every day, that Bai Mei discovered her master wasn't actually that cold.

He was simply indifferent. It didn't matter if you distanced yourself from him, and it didn't matter if you approached him. Later on, Bai Mei preferred pestering Jiang Si to tell her stories, so she actually rarely got close to Winter.

Now that only the two of them remained, Bai Mei naturally took Winter's hand and said softly, "If Lady Winter is worried, you can return to the Azure Cloud Sect to rest first. I'll stay here and wait for Master to come out."

"No need for that. Yumo's exam is over too. Four Leaf and Six Leaf's exams still have some time. I don't need to worry about Qinghua either..."

Listening to Winter chattering on about the other true-transmission disciples in the sect, remembering all the big and small details clearly, Bai Mei couldn't help but feel a bit impressed. "You really... remember everything."

"I just remember the things I like."

"You only like Yumo and the others? So biased."

Winter bumped her forehead against Bai Mei's head. "What nonsense are you talking? I like everyone in the Azure Cloud Sect, including you."

"Wasn't I the first? Shouldn't you like me more?"

"Being first doesn't give you special privileges."

"Then doesn't Lady Winter have special privileges with Master either?"

Winter pinched her tender, dewy little cheek. "That little mouth of yours is getting better at talking. Weren't you quite honest when you were little?"

"I picked the wrong one..."

After chatting for a bit, Bai Mei, who had her eyes closed, looked back. "My students are coming. I'll go check on them."

"Mm. Bai Mei, you don't have to stay here with me the whole time either. Return to Jiangming early too. I heard Jiangming currently doesn't have a Blooming Magical Girl either. If a Disaster Beast appears, it might be hard to handle."

Bai Mei looked back at the Heart Image Remnant again. "What a pity."

"What's wrong?"

"It's a pity I didn't get in." Bai Mei said softly. "I also wanted to see the strength of a Full Bloom Magical Girl."

"It would be weaker than her master."

"Mm."

After saying that, Winter suddenly remembered something. "Oh, right. Jiegeng sent me a message yesterday. Why did you steal her qualifying match spot?"

"Lady Winter, that's a false accusation." Bai Mei said softly. "She was the one who wanted to compete with me. I said if I won, she had to help me let Qianjing and the others come out to see the world. She agreed."

"...Jiegeng is still so reckless." Winter sighed. "No matter what, you still have to go easy on them."

"I know."

Bai Mei walked toward her disciples. Midway, on a whim, she looked back.

Winter stood on the iceberg, twirling the umbrella in her hand, snowflakes dancing around her.

A vast, white sea.

Cold river, snow.

However, Lady Winter didn't look like an angler, but more like a stone statue waiting for her husband...

Thinking this in her heart, she also found it quite interesting.

Because when she was little, Winter loved clinging to Master. She would become restless if she left him for just a moment.

Back then, she always thought Lady Winter couldn't live without Master, that she was just Master's shadow.

But later, Lady Winter single-handedly supported the Azure Cloud Sect until now.

Lady Winter was much stronger than she had imagined.

Just as she was preparing to greet her students and see how Qianjing and the others had performed on their exams...

The Heart Image Remnant behind her suddenly pulsed!

The entire Heart Image Remnant trembled continuously, and then purple mana began to overflow from cracks everywhere!

"Lady Winter."

Bai Mei called out from afar.

She didn't plan to do anything, after all, she was just a swordsman.

The Heart Image Remnant kept spraying large amounts of mana as if collapsing, but the purple mana within it was increasing more and more.

Winter looked up at the unstable Heart Image Remnant and took a deep breath.

If this continued, if the Heart Image Remnant kept collapsing, the force of the spread would likely affect the small city of Anyang outside.

The Magical Girls from the Disaster Control Bureau who had been keeping watch nearby were flying over, but with the magic array Winter had specially prepared—Four Leaf and Six Leaf's Minor Cosmos Curtain Hanging Moon Shadow Array—these Magical Girls couldn't approach for now.

Winter stretched out her hand, and a slowly rotating ice-colored lotus rose from the sea surface.

Driving the floating ice on the sea to squeeze the seawater, it surged violently toward the direction the lotus was spinning.

In an instant, this sea area emitted continuous crashing waves—a huge vortex had clearly appeared!

And directly above the vortex, in the sky obscured by the Heart Image Remnant's anomaly, boundless clouds rapidly gathered. In the blink of an eye, they already covered the sky, blocked the moon, and flashed with lightning and thunder.

Earth-grade technique, Square Image Tribulation Cloud Art!

Before the tribulation clouds could condense into heavenly thunder imagery, countless ice crystals within the cloud layers were pulled into rotation by the ice-colored lotus below. The sky instantly transformed into an inverted sea surface.

With a small ice lotus as the catalyst, the rotation of sea and sky connected at this moment.

Then, it stirred up monstrous waves!

Water spout!

A massive waterspout swallowed the entire Heart Image Remnant. The violent airflow, if left unchecked, would also endanger Anyang.

Yet Bai Mei still did nothing, just watching from there.

Leaves quietly passed through the sky. Countless leaves emitting a faint green glow danced in the air according to a certain trajectory.

The Minor Cosmos Curtain Hanging Moon Shadow Array once again played its role.

It was as if countless distances had suddenly appeared between the sea area where the gray-blue water column was and Anyang. By the time the shrieking gale reached Bai Mei's side, only the salty scent of seawater remained.

Winter stood in the fierce wind, quietly watching the natural wonder she had created.

Large amounts of seawater continuously poured over the entire Heart Image Remnant.

Once this seawater touched the Heart Image Remnant, it rapidly froze. The flowing seawater soaked every part of the Heart Image Remnant, causing the entire surface of the Heart Image Remnant to be encased in ice.

Wrapped within the waterspout, the continuously overflowing mana and damaged areas were continuously drenched by seawater and frozen again.

Soon, the huge Heart Image Remnant had transformed into a massive ice ball.

However, that bizarre Heart Image Remnant did not sink to the seabed due to this mass but continued to float on the sea surface.

Even Winter couldn't help but let out a long sigh at this moment.

Creating a water spout, this kind of natural wonder, wasn't actually very taxing. Instead, the operations after the waterspout swallowed the Heart Image Remnant were more troublesome.

Her ability wasn't originally water control. To control seawater so precisely, pouring it into every crack of the Heart Image Remnant while manipulating ice...

It was truly a task that consumed a lot of energy and spirit.

Finally turning the entire Heart Image Remnant into a giant ice ball, the water column hanging between sea and sky continuously poured down. Within the transparent ice layer, scenes resembling cities flashed from time to time.

It was an extremely magnificent and awe-inspiring sight!

The Disaster Control Bureau Magical Girls who had originally wanted to approach were all shocked into stopping in place. Gazing from afar at that huge, startling, and breathtaking giant ice ball, they went back and forth for a while, unsure of what to do.

Bai Mei, who had originally been going to find her students, turned back.

She supported the still motionless Winter. "It's still taxing if you don't break through to Blooming, right? This kind of thing."

"It's fine." Winter pushed away this true-transmission head disciple. "It just takes some effort. It's not difficult."

Bai Mei nodded, glancing into the distance.

Winter looked up at the huge Heart Image Remnant ice ball. Seawater was still pouring down continuously. That terrifying sense of cracking never slowed down.

"I hope the Sect Master resolves it soon..."

......

Jiang Si had originally wanted to charge straight to the last layer in one go and fight that Magical Girl Mujin.

After all, as the first Full Bloom Magical Girl he had seen, Jiang Si was already eager to test her depth.

However, the structure of this Heart Image Remnant was layered and complex, not only making it easy to get lost...

But also producing endless Mirror Beasts of all kinds. The further back you went, the higher the quality and quantity of Mirror Beasts.

By the time he charged to the seventh layer, Jiang Si could already see a city full of A-level Disaster Beasts.

Even transforming into the Calamity Dragon made dealing with them extremely strenuous. One dragon breath couldn't kill them; it took about ten seconds of continuous blasting to drown them to death.

In this situation, the numerous A-level Disaster Beasts had room to fight back.

As everyone knows, killing in one hit and not killing in one hit are worlds apart, let alone not killing in ten hits.

He had already begun to struggle by the seventh layer. By the time he reached the eighth layer, he saw a city full of Calamity Dragons.

In just this short while, the other side had already copied his Calamity Dragon into hundreds and thousands of cannon fodder.

Even Jiang Si, looking at the sky, ground, buildings, and streets filled with Calamity Dragon replicas, felt a hint of trouble.

Of course, the most important thing wasn't this. The most important thing was the Magical Girl Mujin at the far end of the defense line, staring at him from a distance.

She would occasionally take a cheap shot at him.

Spatial-piercing slashes, thrusts, or simply various building collisions and mana impacts. She just wouldn't leave the ninth layer where she was, simply harassing and attacking.

And Jiang Si needed to deal with these sudden attacks from Mujin while clearing those Disaster Beasts.

It was like those annoying levels specifically designed to irritate people in various trash games.

The Calamity Dragon's scales could withstand most damage, especially having extraordinary resistance to Polluted Magic.

Its effectiveness in physical defense was also exceptionally outstanding, making it difficult for Jiang Si to break through in one go.

The hundreds and thousands of Calamity Dragons weren't meant to defeat him, just to delay him.

Then the attacks from the distant Magical Girl Mujin would suddenly descend, knocking him back to the starting point of the defense line.

Of course, the opponent's attacks were also gradually strengthening, seemingly testing his limits.

After falling down once again, he didn't pause for a moment, charging toward the eighth layer again. But on the way, he discovered Xilan had inexplicably followed him up, hanging onto his tail. 𝘧𝓇ℯℯ𝑤ℯ𝘣𝓃ℴ𝓋𝑒𝑙.𝑐𝘰𝑚

"Simo Tu-sama, Xilan will follow you to the death..."

Jiang Si flicked his tail, sending her flying to the fifth layer.

When Xilan, dizzy and disoriented, fell to the fifth layer, she initially wondered why Simo Tu-sama was so mean, throwing her out like that.

Did he have some dissatisfaction with her or something?

But when she looked up, she saw a familiar figure.

Magical Girl Qingluán.

The usually group-oriented Magical Girl was actually alone now, looking injured all over.

Xilan understood immediately.

This was the mission Simo Tu-sama had given her!

To capture the lone Magical Girl here!

That's why he specifically threw her to the fifth layer!

And because he was worried her strength wasn't enough, he even specifically threw her right in front of the lone Magical Girl.

She was so moved she almost wanted to cry.

"I will absolutely not fail Simo Tu-sama's trust!" She made this resolution, blocking Qingluán's path.

"Don't even think about getting close to Simo Tu..."

Before she could finish speaking, Qingluán had already kicked her to the ground.

Qingman looked at the unconscious Xilan and also breathed a sigh of relief.

"Haven't fought such a weak opponent in a long time."

"Fighting all the way here, I was starting to doubt myself..."

"The existence of the Witch Association is still quite necessary..."

Little White beside her also showed a smile. "Yeah, it's been hard work all the way. But Qingying, your magic wand is about to break, isn't it?"

Qingluán looked at her magic wand. It had already developed cracks during the previous battle with Simo Tu.

Although she had repaired it quite a bit, there wasn't enough time after all. After several rounds of high-intensity fighting, it showed signs of cracking again.

For South China Magical Girls, the magic wand is an important reliance. Although they wouldn't lose their combat ability even if they lost their magic wand...

Their combat ability would undoubtedly be greatly reduced.

"It's fine."

"It still matters." Little White said. "If you lose your wand and can't 'swipe the card,' your combat power will drop by more than half. Xiao Qing, we've been separated from Hongmian and Iris. If you lose half your combat power, you might die, you know?"

"It's fine." Qingluán took a deep breath, dragging the unconscious Xilan, and walked forward step by step. "Since I've already come in, I've made my resolution. I want to know the secret of Full Bloom, to save my senior. I want to resolve the Heart Image Remnant crisis. If I can't do it, then I'll die here."

"Mm, of course I know. Xiao Qing is a good child, a very excellent Magical Girl. After causing her mother's death, she's been fighting desperately. Born with the resolve to sacrifice her life for others, to make up for her past mistakes, Xiao Qing has been working so, so hard."

Little White rubbed her cheek against Qingluán's face. "You simply don't cherish your own life. It was like this back in Jiangming City too. But, Magical Girl Qingying can't watch her teammates die, right? Iris and Hongmian might still be fighting hard somewhere, in life-threatening danger. Now that you've lost most of your combat power, how will you save them?"

"They might die because you lost your combat ability."

Qingluán stopped walking and took a deep breath. She looked around.

Still trapped in the Beihai space. This was the fifth layer of the nine-layer defense line. On the way, because of Mirror Beasts and sudden attacks from above, Hongmian and Iris had fallen somewhere unknown. She simply couldn't find them.

The space here was layered and complex. Qingluán could only continue forward. As long as she kept going forward, they might meet.

If she turned back, she might miss them somewhere.

"Since you've already made the resolution to sacrifice yourself, why not make your life carry more weight and value?" Little White whispered in her ear. "As long as you achieve Full Bloom, with your strength, Qingluán, saving Iris and Hongmian, resolving the Heart Image Remnant, none of it would be a problem."

Qingluán hugged Little White, this companion who had been with her since childhood, without the slightest hesitation. "When the time comes, I will. Little White, you'll stay with me, right? Help me tell Iris and the others everything about Full Bloom, and then go save my senior."

"Of course." Little White tilted her head, revealing a gentle smile. "We're the best partners!"

She hugged her friend, also responding with a relieved smile. "Mm, as long as Little White is here, I'm not afraid of anything."

A massive dragon body descended from the sky once again!

Qingluán, who had wanted to confide some of her thoughts, immediately dragged the unconscious Xilan and flew to the side.

The terrifying dragon body crushed Beihai's buildings. The entire city, no, it should be said the entire space seemed to let out a groan.

The huge crater continuously swallowed the surrounding high-rise buildings, streets, and streetlights. Cracks were even continuing to expand.

The ground showed signs of collapse. Qingluán felt the space beneath her feet had a feeling of being unable to bear the heavy pressure, twisting and on the verge of collapse.

But ultimately, it wasn't pierced through. When the dust settled, that huge Calamity Dragon lay in the crater.

Then it got up, sitting in the crater like an obedient child, looking up at the pierced sky.

The faint green Magical Girl figure gradually disappeared, and the space was healing again.

"Did you see Iris and Hongmian?!"

Qingying asked, but received no response. The Calamity Dragon completely ignored her, just lost in thought.

The Calamity Dragon's power wasn't enough.

Jiang Si took several deep breaths. After charging a few times like this, he could roughly figure it out.

In this state, he couldn't charge to the ninth layer. After all, this was the Heart Image Remnant of a Full Bloom Magical Girl.

"You, are you okay? I told you, charging directly like this would be difficult..."

Jiang Si tilted his head to look at An Shiyu, who had inexplicably appeared on his shoulder again. "Do you know where the Miracle Seeds that disappear in the Heart Image Remnant go?"

An Shiyu was stunned. "Miracle Seeds? Miracle Seeds don't disappear in the Heart Image Remnant. I've never heard of such a thing."

Jiang Si looked at himself again. Aside from his own purple Miracle Seed, the other seeds were still there.

Only that purple Miracle Seed had disappeared.

"In the Heart Image Remnant, only one kind of thing disappears." An Shiyu said softly. "That's things other Magical Girls create using their own Personal Reality. They're actually fantasy objects. They disappear because of collisions between Personal Reality rules..."

Jiang Si was stunned. "I've never encountered this in other people's Mental Landscapes."

Iris's Mental Landscape hadn't interfered with his Miracle Seed at all.

"Mental Landscapes also have differences in quality. No matter what, this is ultimately the Mental Landscape of a Full Bloom Magical Girl..."

"So that's it. No wonder."

Jiang Si murmured. "No wonder I couldn't find it."

An Shiyu said softly again, "Why are you looking for this? Boys can't use Miracle Seeds. Miracle Seeds can only transform into Magical Girls. Being able to transform into a Disaster Beast is already amazing..."

"It ultimately depends on the Dao Heart."

Jiang Si said faintly, raising his dragon claw and suddenly clenching it together. "All paths under heaven ultimately rely on one word: belief."

Just as An Shiyu was about to ask what he meant...

She suddenly felt an abnormal palpitation!

Thump!

The Heart Image Remnant trembled violently.

Immediately after, as if melting, from the edges of the Heart Image Remnant—that Pure Mana was continuously seeping out.

And as this mana flowed and dripped, from faint green, it gradually turned purple!

That liquid-like mana, after turning purple, instantly burned like flames. The spread of the flames was extremely fast. Soon, the entire Beihai was immersed in a purple ocean!

Then, cold blue mana from outside continuously covered the edges, solidifying, freezing.

Mana from other layers continuously gathered toward this area, trying to extinguish the flames, melt the ice.

But when the faint green mana fell, it only produced violent explosions.

Isolated in other spaces, muffled explosions continuously sounded.

Like tolling bells.

Under the tolling of the bells, not to mention the Pure Mana within the Heart Image Remnant, even Qingying's mana was actually being absorbed, gathering in the Calamity Dragon's hand.

Rich, dazzling purple light continuously overflowed from that terrifying dragon claw!

"A mere seed, I'll just make another one!"

An Shiyu felt an obsession so intense it was somewhat terrifying to her, an obsession that seemed about to materialize!

About to swallow her very existence!

Everything in this world seemed to become insignificant under this intense desire. Blazing purple flames suddenly bloomed from the Calamity Dragon's hand!

The dragon claw continuously melted within those purple flames, until it turned into a lean, thin, small hand.

Then a robust arm, muscles bulging, blue veins like mad snakes writhing on it, unstoppable blood overflowing from within!

Just like that, a human hand grasped the light, and the overflowing miracle!

Every part of the Heart Image Remnant seemed to let out a mournful sound, continuously shedding mana!

Qingying and An Shiyu both stared dumbfounded at the terrifying Calamity Dragon.

A monster covered in Polluted Magic was continuously gathering the Pure Mana that belonged only to Magical Girls!

Not begged for, not waited for.

But chased after, created, grasped with his own hands, bit by bit!

A miracle belonging only to him!

A purple, pure Miracle Seed.

Just like that, appeared in his hand.

Beautiful—!

The crater beneath his feet ultimately could no longer bear it.

Within the flames, space collapsed!

Under everyone's gaze, he fiercely clenched the Miracle Seed.

"Heaven and Earth are not humane."

Terrifying purple mana pierced through the nine layers of space!

"Treating all things as straw dogs!"