While reshaping Little Bowl's soul, I also took the opportunity to transplant her binding connection with the Divine Seal Fragment. Or rather, using "transplant" might not be quite accurate; "preserve" is more fitting.

First, I shifted the contact point between the Divine Seal Fragment and Little Bowl's original soul to the independent self component, then transferred the independent self component to the reshaped soul. This is a task that can only be accomplished by combining the Power of the Third Door that compels intervention with the Power of Manifestation. It was thanks to Little Bowl's hint that the binding of the Divine Seal Fragment is limited to the soul level that I could think of this method. If it were bound at the True Spirit Layer like Shan Liangyi's Power Seed, this would certainly be impossible.

This method is limited to special cases like Little Bowl's. Also, because "binding" is closely related to Void Envoy qualifications, and partly due to factors added by Tai Sui after becoming the Master of Divine Seal, I cannot claim to fully understand it, nor can I transfer Void Envoy qualifications from myself or others to unrelated individuals.

I explained these matters in detail to Little Bowl. She remained silent throughout, merely gazing quietly at my face. After finishing, I found myself at a loss for words for a moment.

"Is there anything else you're concerned about?" I asked.

"Brother Zhuang Cheng, you're asking knowingly," Little Bowl said. "You can now replicate and create other people's souls, can't you?"

"...Yes," I nodded.

In the past, it was difficult for me to even mimic the appearance of others with my superficial ability to change lookalikes, unrelated to the precision of my power manipulation. It's like how anyone can draw with a pen, but not everyone can create lifelike portraits; that's more akin to artistic ability. Now, that limitation no longer exists for me. As long as I've seen it, I can replicate the ability, whether it's supernatural power or mortal technology. Even if I lack artistic talent, as long as I modify my soul structure to resemble someone with artistic talent, I can accomplish it.

Anything can be created—material, life, or soul. Perhaps there are rare exceptions, and some things are more challenging to create, but I'm largely omnipotent now. In terms of original ability, I might still lack significantly; I can't create something I've never seen before, nor can I create a sheep with a normal physiological structure without the relevant knowledge, but mere imitation, replication, that's easy for me.

I can easily see through all aspects of Little Bowl's soul, replicate it entirely, and even make slight adjustments on this basis.

It's worth mentioning that since the replication is done directly using my power, it's almost like restructuring a part of my soul into the shape of Little Bowl, inevitably introducing certain limits. No matter what I want to change into, it ultimately remains me, and if forced into Little Bowl's form, it unavoidably violates the core essence of my soul.

It's similar to forcibly using Mazao's Power of Return. Maintaining it for several months is doable, but it's impossible to sustain indefinitely; otherwise, the replicated soul would disintegrate. Of course, if I, the source, became Little Bowl and then used my power to replicate Little Bowl's soul, that conflict would not arise. Clearly, that's impossible, so for the portion of her soul that is a replicated soul, I made slight adjustments to facilitate its absorption and integration without affecting Little Bowl's personality.

No...perhaps this is merely an excuse for myself.

I'm merely transforming detached power into other forms, not altering my consciousness core structure, nor, like required by the "End of the Divine Era" plan, must I continuously supply energy from myself as the output source. Why then do I face no such constraints when creating rocks and wood, yet encounter a time limit when creating souls? Are rocks and wood not even further removed from my soul's core essence?

The answer is actually very simple.

"Brother Zhuang Cheng, since you can create most of my structure, you should also be able to create another me... perhaps you could even recreate 'Sister Mazao' and 'Zhu Shi' as well," Little Bowl said. "Including 'Mr. Zhu', 'Changan', 'Lu Chan'... everyone you've met, familiar and important people, with just one thought, you could create them all, produce as many as you want...isn't that so?"

"...Yes," I nodded once more.

I could create that little white sheep that twists the world's order, and I could create a blank soul, so naturally, Little Bowl should be able to deduce that I can create her current soul.

But she didn't deduce it earlier. It wasn't a particularly complex answer. It's the same situation as with Tai Sui; some answers can't be deduced not because of lack of wisdom, but because the mind unconsciously avoids related thoughts.

When I was wandering in the void, with nothing around, I already thought of this. It wasn't because I was particularly smart, but because there truly was nothing there. In the long, tedious time, I deeply missed Mazao and the others. Then, some crazy thoughts inevitably sparked like electric sparks occasionally.

Upon realizing that unprecedented possibility, I also sensed immense void and annihilation in it.

Everything can be created, everything can be achieved, perhaps also signifies everything can be lost.

Before this, I had never realized that "omnipotence" could be so terrifying.

And compared to a complete divine seal, my level of "omnipotence" is merely child's play in a sandbox. This might also indicate an even deeper darkness lurking within the "omnipotence" of the complete divine seal.

The existence of Doomsday and the destruction of super ancient civilizations might be just the tip of that dark iceberg.

"You don't have to worry about me casually creating new Mazao or Zhu Shi," I said. "I know what things can be done, and what things cannot be done."

"I'm not worried about Sister Mazao or Zhu Shi... well, to say I'm not worried at all would be a lie. But the person I am more concerned about is you, Brother Zhuang Cheng..." Little Bowl looked at me.

"Then from now on, please supervise me more, and don't let me go down that wrong path," I said earnestly.

Little Bowl seemed a bit surprised, then laughed, "Of course, happy to serve!"

I looked at the two glowing souls in my hands and asked, "Should we return Zhu Jiu's soul to her now?"

"Let's first hand it over to Mr. Zhu and let him decide," Little Bowl said. "Although it's not impossible to awaken Zhu Jiu now, Zhu Shi surely wouldn't want to miss the moment his biological mother awakens. After waiting so long, Zhu Shi deserves that right to witness the moment.

"As for Zhu Jiuxing's soul component, it must only be returned after Zhu Shi's return...

"At that time, Zhu Shi will rekindle romantic feelings. Brother Zhuang Cheng, are you prepared?"

I didn't know what to say, so I simply replied, "When the time comes, everything will fall into place."

Little Bowl laughed, then carefully sensed her soul again. Then she flashed a strange smile and said, "Now, most of my soul components are made up of Brother Zhuang Cheng's flames, so you could say I've become a dependent created by Brother Zhuang Cheng..."

"You and I now have a very clear power connection," I sensed as well, "No longer needing to equip you with 'Fireflies' or mark you with a thermal energy marker. Your existence itself is equivalent to my large 'Firefly.' I can directly transmit the flames into your body, allowing you to become as strong as Impermanence in one go.

"However, you have a poor affinity with combat actions, and having so much power may not allow you to suppress Tai Sui on your own. And since we will enter the Divine Seal Fragment later, I would need to bind at least one Divine Seal Fragment if I want to transfer my power into it."

"No, what I wanted to say was...how should I address Brother Zhuang Cheng now?" Little Bowl revealed a mischievous smile, "Brother Zhuang Cheng is essentially recreating me; should I call you 'Dad'? Or, since I'm now a dependent of Brother Zhuang Cheng, should I call you 'Master' instead?

"Before, when we didn't know my origins, Brother Zhuang Cheng also speculated with Sister Mazao whether I could be the daughter you and Zhu Shi would have in the future. I didn't expect that I would indeed become Brother Zhuang Cheng's daughter one day.

"Brother Zhuang Cheng once seriously discussed with me the possibility of us falling in love, or letting me fall in love with you. Do those words still count?"

Seeing her smile like a mischievous demon asking, I replied solemnly, "They count."

"—Eh?"

Little Bowl's arms wrapped around my body suddenly stiffened, and she seemed a bit flustered, shyly asking, "Is this...is this a joke?...Ah, I understand, it's like usual. Brother Zhuang Cheng only wants to see me embarrassed and shy, right...?"

"Not entirely," I said sincerely, "It's just that with being a brother, a father, and having master-and-daughter dynamics and so on, it's too complicated to calculate. Upon careful consideration, what Mr. Zhu said before was right, I seemingly don't need to think about all those miscellaneous matters.

"Whenever I can't see the way forward, it's you who guide me. It has nothing to do with being a romantic relationship; you've long been an inseparable part of me.

"If you like me too, we should just stay together forever.

"Would you stay with me, Little Bowl?"

The current Little Bowl is no longer the Dream Avatar who, having achieved a small piece of her dream, could transcend the attachment to the earth and ascend on the spot.

As if she realized this, Little Bowl tightened her embrace, obscuring her expression from me.

After a while, she eventually murmured, as if speaking from within covers, "Mm, we shall always be together, never to part..."

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