Simulation of Destruction, Why Am I Always the Arbiter This Time

Eden was like coaxing a child, but her thoughts went quite far.

They had just confirmed their relationship, and she was already talking about being husband and wife.

"We'll practice songs together in the future."

"(⊙o⊙)...Practice songs? Is that necessary?"

"Yes, and it's very necessary." Ye Chang'an nodded affirmatively, refusing to back down on this matter.

His appearance had already changed Eden's destiny. If she deviated from the original trajectory again, Eden might end up dying in some Honkai incident.

Even though his current strength allowed him to fight Honkai beasts and MANTISes, he was truly helpless against an Arbiter.

And then there was the issue of Honkai energy erosion.

Thinking of this, Ye Chang'an suddenly felt it was necessary for Eden to increase her resistance to Honkai energy just in case.

"We can put practicing songs aside for now. I have a passage of syllables to teach you. Once you memorize it, remember to practice it every day."

The Sword Heart Art could subtly improve a person's resistance to Honkai energy. Even if one couldn't cultivate a Sword Heart, it could still have some effect. Every little bit counted.

So, he recited the entire Sword Heart Art, all 462 syllables, to Eden.

Eden found it inexplicable but still followed his instructions.

It took her two days to memorize the entire passage without a single error, but she felt it was very awkward to recite.

"How does this thing sound like hypnosis? It's awkward and uncomfortable."

Eden disliked the syllables of the Sword Heart Art. If Ye Chang'an hadn't forced her to practice, she wouldn't have wanted to.

Even after practicing for a long time, she still couldn't get used to it and became increasingly dissatisfied.

"No, this is really too uncomfortable. Please change it."

As a method for modifying humans in the Previous Civilization, the Sword Heart Art was something called [Divine Sound] that Dr. Mei and Hua had jointly researched.

Divine Sound was a form of subconscious hypnotic therapy that stimulated the brain at a subconscious level to help the body adapt to Honkai.

This was the source of the Sword Heart Art's ability to increase resistance to Honkai energy.

If it were altered arbitrarily, it would likely lose its effectiveness.

But that was under the condition of who was doing the altering.

Now, the one changing it was Eden, a legendary singer whose voice represented an entire era.

In terms of understanding sound, Dr. Mei and Fu Hua combined couldn't compare to her.

Therefore, Eden began to analyze the hypnotic effect of the Sword Heart Art. Once the analysis was complete, she would re-arrange a suitable passage of syllables for it.

She could do this.

Because she was Eden.

Chapter of Creation: Journey to a New World: 9. Sword Heart Art - Eden's Ascended Version

After confessing her feelings at seventeen, Eden and Ye Chang'an officially became a couple.

This news quickly spread throughout the campus after school started, shocking all the students. It was said that a third of the female students fainted on the spot.

Many people didn't believe it until they personally saw the two holding hands and showing affection on campus, and saw the smile on Ye Chang'an's face, which was different from his usual one.

"Wuwu, my music prince, how could you have been taken?"

The girls' hearts were shattered, and they covered their faces and wept, never understanding how Ye Chang'an could have been won over by Eden.

Even childhood sweethearts shouldn't have ended up like this.

Since ancient times, childhood sweethearts often ended up as losers. Those who were meant to be together would have already gotten together, not waited until they were seventeen.

They didn't believe it, they weren't convinced, but they wouldn't cause trouble for Eden.

They weren't in their chuunibyo phase; they knew what they should and shouldn't do.

So, they secretly harbored dissatisfaction towards Eden. It wasn't until they saw Eden's solo performance and their duet at a campus celebration that their dissatisfaction turned into genuine admiration.

Because of Ye Chang'an's presence, Eden rarely performed in public, so most people at the school didn't know how outstanding Eden was.

The childhood sweetheart tagalong of the music prince – that was everyone's impression of Eden.

After she revealed her true brilliance, this impression was completely overturned.

Only Eden was someone who could keep up with the prince's pace, someone they couldn't reach.

The level was too high; they were convinced.

Though they still grumbled.

They would still find ways to poach Eden.

Similarly, some people wanted to poach Ye Chang'an.

"Eden, I was surrounded and challenged by a group of boys again today."

In the dining room of their small villa, Ye Chang'an helplessly complained to his girlfriend. This was the umpteenth time someone had challenged him since they started dating.

Now that Eden was more visible, she was extremely popular with guys. The number of people declaring war on Ye Chang'an out of admiration for her had grown exponentially.

Almost every day, paragons from other fields would challenge Ye Chang'an. Yet, not a single one came from the music field.

People who studied music weren't foolish; they wouldn't bring about their own humiliation.

"Mhm, so did you win?"

"I lost once. That kid didn't play fair; he challenged me to advanced mathematics." Ye Chang'an said indignantly, complaining, "We're still in high school. Using university-level material for a competition is too much of a foul."

"Haha, it is pretty foul, but it's also quite interesting." Eden smiled and popped a grape into Ye Chang'an's mouth as comfort.

She certainly wouldn't tell Ye Chang'an to study advanced mathematics harder. After all, winning or losing wouldn't change their relationship.

The results of the challenges were merely talking points for their leisure time, and they served as a decent spice for their romance.

Ye Chang'an wasn't one to dwell on such matters. After his rant, he got back to the main topic, "How's your Sword Heart Art training going? Have you felt any changes?"

They had been dating for eight months, and Eden had also been practicing the Sword Heart Art for eight months.

The possibility of her cultivating a Sword Heart was slim, but her resistance to Destruction energy should have increased somewhat.

However, resistance couldn't be quantified numerically. Ye Chang'an didn't know exactly how much it had increased, or if it could withstand the erosion of a minor Destruction.

"Hmm~ Sword Heart Art..." Eden interlaced her fingers, propped her chin, and looked at Ye Chang'an leisurely, speaking with a smile.

"There have been big changes. You'll be greatly surprised when you hear about them."

She hadn't told him about modifying the Sword Heart Art yet, planning to surprise him once it was completed.

And now, it was completed.

"Hm? Can these changes be heard?" Ye Chang'an asked, bewildered, before being pulled into the bedroom by Eden and made to sit on the edge of the bed.

"Sit here, and I'll play something for you."

Eden picked up her harp and sat opposite Ye Chang'an, closing her eyes with a smile as she strummed the strings.

A gentle melody spread out. Ye Chang'an closed his eyes to listen, not yet sensing anything unusual.

Every time he listened to Eden's music, he felt a sense of peace, thoroughly enjoying the process.

But as the melody faded, he gradually sensed something was off.

His sea of consciousness, which had become abnormally barren due to the shattering of his Sword Heart, surged with a sweet spring, gurgling and rapidly nourishing the dried riverbed.

It was a potential precursor to his Sword Heart's revival, yet it also seemed unrelated to his Sword Heart.

"Eden, what piece is this?"

He opened his eyes and asked, a suspicion forming, but he dared not be certain.

"It's the Sword Heart Art."

Eden smiled, put down the harp, leaned against his shoulder, and hummed softly, the tune being the very melody she had just played.

Ye Chang'an was shocked but didn't rush to ask. He continued to feel the changes in his sea of consciousness.

The sweet spring continued to surge, and the moist riverbed gradually formed a shallow body of water. New springs also began to appear.

The shallow water gradually rose, covering the scattered fragments of his Sword Heart, dissolving and assimilating them like strong acid.

After all the fragments disappeared, Ye Chang'an felt it.

—I can manipulate Destruction energy.

He shouldn't have been able to manipulate Destruction energy without a Sword Heart, yet he felt he could, and he did.

A ball of flame ignited at his fingertip, his eyes wide with astonishment. Eden was also surprised.

"Chang'an, when did you learn magic? How did you conjure this flame?"

Eden reached out to touch the flame at Ye Chang'an's fingertip. She could feel the heat; it was indeed fire.

But she wasn't burned, so it seemed it wasn't real fire either.

"It's so magical," Eden exclaimed.

"It's you who's magical," Ye Chang'an dispersed the flame and placed his hands on Eden's shoulders, his face filled with excitement.

"What was the tune you played and hummed just now? It's similar to the Sword Heart Art, no, it's quite different, uh, that doesn't seem right either."

His words were jumbled with excitement. Eden quickly covered his mouth and laughed, "Don't get too worked up, I'll tell you."

"The melody just now was the Sword Heart Art, but not entirely.

Hmm, how should I put it? You could say it's my modified version of the Sword Heart Art.

The original syllables were just too awkward, difficult to pronounce and unpleasant to hear. I really couldn't accept it, so I studied it carefully and recomposed the syllables."

Ye Chang'an calmed down a bit. After careful consideration, he still found it hard to believe.

"Is something like this really possible?"

"Why not? The syllables in the Sword Heart Art are essentially a form of hypnosis. There are many ways to achieve hypnosis, and even with sound, you can choose different syllables for hypnosis. As long as the outcome isn't significantly different, the process can be altered to be more comfortable."

Eden had seen through the root of the Sword Heart Art and, from that root, had reversely deduced and reconstructed the path to the origin.

This is achievable, just like someone else has done something similar.

Otto Apocalypse.

That fusion of genius and madness had also modified Immortal Chi Yuan's Tai Xu Sword Qi, but Otto's modification was merely a simplification.

Whereas Eden's modification

was an elevation!

Chapter of Creation: Journey to a New World : 10. Sword Heart Art (×) Chang'an Law (√)

Thinking that Otto had once modified Tai Xu Sword Qi, Ye Chang'an accepted the fact that Eden had modified Tai Xu Sword Qi.

Then came happiness, immense happiness.

"Hahahaha, Eden, you're amazing, truly worthy of you."

He picked up Eden and spun her around happily, his smile as bright as a child who had just received candy.

Eden was also happy, letting him spin her a few times before patting him to stop.

Any more spinning and she'd get dizzy.

Ye Chang'an: (^▽^)

He put Eden down, his smile undiminished, looking a bit foolish.

Eden couldn't help but pinch his cheek and playfully said, "Alright, stop smiling. If you keep smiling like that, you won't be leaving this room tonight."

His smile was too pure, so pure that it made Eden's heart flutter, and she might not be able to hold back.