I first went out and found Mr. Zhu within the residence, and then handed over Zhu Jiu's soul to him.

Whether Zhu Jiu should awaken now is something that Mr. Zhu, as his biological father, has more standing to decide than me or Little Bowl. And just like we thought, Mr. Zhu also believes we should wait until Zhu Shi returns to the real world before taking action.

As for the components of Zhu Shi's childhood soul, Mr. Zhu hopes to keep them with me. After Zhu Shi returns, I'll personally hand them back to her.

"However, she might not accept it," Mr. Zhu said.

Zhu Shi has never been interested in recovering the soul components she lost in childhood, nor does she have any intention of restoring romantic feelings. In fact, she sometimes shows an inclination that "it's better not to restore them." She's my openly betrothed fiancé yet seems perfectly comfortable with my intimate interaction with Mazao, likely because her understanding of this aspect is in a twisted, blank state. She herself is fully aware of this.

If such a distortion actually fosters harmonious relationships, there should be no attempt to restore it to normalcy—this is her personal belief.

However, the real distortion might not just be this part. Zhu Shi's current soul has somewhat reluctantly formed in a manner to better adapt to combat and conflict, based on the purpose of sacrificing for the family. Yet, the essence of her soul still pursues peace and gentleness. I've never forgotten that killing is still deeply painful and burdensome for her, but she always wants to bear this burden for those around her. She's never been truly indifferent; she's just become adept at enduring.

The Zhu family no longer requires Zhu Shi to make such sacrifices, and this self-distortion formed to endure pain should come to an end.

I also hope she can find happiness.

How our relationship should be managed henceforth is a challenging issue I must face in the future. We cannot choose to fully surrender from the start just because we're afraid of failure. In another perspective, this is also a different kind of adventure from the "magical adventures" I must embrace in the future.

Then, I focused a part of my Perception and observed another hidden location set up by Gua Tianshi a thousand miles away.

Xu Gou and Ai Ye are currently arranged there, along with Mazao's parents and others. Xu Gou's injuries have almost fully healed, and he is now in a condition to fight, but unfortunately, his fighting ability won't be sufficient for the battle between me, Shan Liangyi, and Old Fist God.

He is our ally, and naturally, he might be targeted by Shan Liangyi, so temporarily hiding is necessary. The reason Gua Tianshi arranged Xu Gou at another place seems on the surface to be making him hold the fort there, but in reality, it might be basic precaution.

The alliance with Xu Gou is based on Little Bowl maintaining Ai Ye's presence through Spirit Communication, and he's willing to faithfully abide by the contract largely because of my existence. If my death is confirmed, he might have the motive to kidnap Little Bowl. Gua Tianshi, who was previously severely injured and near death, naturally could not keep potential dangers close. The other hidden place presumably doesn't know the specifics of our hidden location.

Shan Liangyi was likely recuperating from previous injuries from the battle with Old Fist God, and based on recent perceptions during a declaration of war, Shan Liangyi has almost fully recovered at this point.

Although the upcoming battle is between me and Shan Liangyi, immediately afterwards, I must deal with the Master of Divine Seal, Tai Sui, and possibly have to fight Old Fist God to the death. After that, there may not be much time, so it's necessary to check for any oversights during this lull. Adequate preparation is a crucial key to living without regrets.

Then I connected to the "Firefly" I left with Weichi to check the progress of the new Teleportation Door he was constructing. At this point, he's already in the rush phase, with a dozen or so White Evil adept in Arrays assisting him, but completing a new Teleportation Door in a short time is impossible. Previously, it took him ten days to half a month, and even though he has accumulated a lot of experience this time, a one-night completion is still impossible.

I roughly investigated the time-space history there and then remotely created a Teleportation Door, but it was of no use.

"This is like carving a mark on a moving boat," Weichi said to my "Firefly," "Earth, the Solar System, the Milky Way ... even though they appear stationary to our instincts, they are actually racing through the dark universe at unimaginable speeds. Our state of space-time is constantly changing because of this, so a Teleportation Door must consider this factor and cannot be created in one go."

Waiting for Weichi to finish is an option, but Old Fist God is unlikely to have that much patience, and Shan Liangyi seems eager to make a move. One night was tolerable, but if action isn't taken soon, Shan Liangyi might just come over himself.

Weichi added, "Of course, if you were to accelerate time flow around here so it seems to the outside world we finish in an instant, it should be possible."

"That's unnecessary; just proceed at the normal pace," I said.

Even though I could just return to the Post-mortem World to meet Fa Zheng again, Little Bowl also mentioned that Fa Zheng is temporarily unwilling to entrust the Divine Seal Fragment to me.

Moreover, upon reflection, Fa Zheng never carried the Divine Seal Fragment with him. As a Void Envoy, my perception of the Third Door Impermanence has not generated any feedback, indicating he hid it elsewhere from the start. He likely anticipated the situation of losing to the Evangelical Institute and didn't want the fragment to fall into enemy hands after his death. So, forcibly taking it from Fa Zheng would be useless.

Although simulating the Third Door's spiritual power through the Power of Manifestation to force Fa Zheng to reveal where he hid the fragment is possible, it would be questionable to do this to an ally, and Shan Liangyi was among Fa Zheng's anticipated enemies, so such a simple approach might already be addressed in Fa Zheng's plans. Impermanence can turn impossibilities into possibilities, so even pushing open the Third Door should not cause them to be underestimated.

More importantly, I could sense Shan Liangyi intently staring at my mana fluctuations appearing in Saltwater City.

I definitely don't want to activate a Teleportation Door to Mazao in front of Shan Liangyi.

Even relocating Weichi and the others to Gua Tianshi's hideout to build a new Teleportation Door would be futile. This concealed Barrier can only obscure the destinies of those inside. Doing anything else is fine, but if it involves significant time-space shifts like large-scale time acceleration, Shan Liangyi, who is skilled in Space-Time Power, will undoubtedly sense it. Even Gua Tianshi can continuously monitor if Teleportation Doors are forming and activating in the real world, so it would be far-fetched to assume Shan Liangyi couldn't do the same.

I returned to the room where Little Bowl was.

Speaking of acceleration, I have accelerated another matter.

That is the process of Little Bowl digesting the soul I created and replicated within her.

This was something Little Bowl requested.

Because shortly, she intends to become the soul of the divine seal. If this truly happens, whether the internal soul digestion process will continue normally becomes unknown. The most crucial thing is, she herself wants to face the upcoming battle in a complete state. Naturally, completing this important task requires her full self on the battlefield.

Originally, for her to complete the digestion process, it would take several years, and using various methods, the time could not be reduced below three months without causing major issues akin to forced growth. However, after witnessing the omnipotence of the Power of Manifestation, especially its effects in the soul-related field, she quickly realized this power could accelerate her soul transformation as well.

No need to use the power of the Third Door to distort the world, no involvement in manipulating time and space, and no side effects would occur; under the nurturing of the Power of Manifestation, Little Bowl swiftly completed the unification of her soul in a short time.

Now, Little Bowl can be truly considered newly born.

Since the soul she digested used my replicated soul as nourishment, Little Bowl's current composition is over ninety percent of my components, so when she says she is my daughter, it is not unfounded.

In the past, she was the embodiment of the Dreams symbolizing daughter Zhu Shi and mother Zhu Jiu or could be considered a daughter born between Zhu Shi and Zhu Jiu. Now, she can be viewed as a daughter born between me and that mother-daughter duo.

Meanwhile, we coexist in an equal relationship and have promised to be together forever.

I can't help but feel that the relationship between Little Bowl and me is as decadent as the characters in Greek mythology.

Little Bowl, as the person involved, contrasts sharply with the innocent angelic appearance of a young girl. Sometimes I feel that this taboo relationship seems to imbue this child with an indescribable allure.

"Now, my soul completely belongs to me," Little Bowl said happily, "and I, completely belong to Brother Zhuang Cheng."

It was as if suppressed affection surged forth suddenly; while she used to be somewhat restrained, now she frequently clings to my arm, waist, thigh, or hugs my neck from behind, breathing in my scent, becoming very clingy.

If I hadn't specifically observed and confirmed, I would truly think her personality structure might have changed. In other words, she always wanted to do this and had just been holding back until now.

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