Jiang Rongyue and Jiang Rongyue

Su Qing'an is considering a solution.

Currently, Jiang Rongyue has actively used this forbidden ability to obtain information that other worlds "herself" can collect, thus falling into a predicament where she cannot distinguish between reality and illusion, and even occasionally mistaking human figures for demons encountered in other future side quests.

Because it relies on the experiences of other "selves," the overly complex information is all absolutely true to some extent. Even if one continues to use the cycle of heaven and earth constructed by the Void Sword Qi to make judgments, it is impossible to see through the illusion and dispel the fog. Confirming it with the naked eye will only increase the difficulty of identification.

Under these circumstances, the only option Jiang Rongyue could choose was to remain in seclusion for an extended period.

She was well aware of the harm that would be caused if her power got out of control. If she did not choose to close her consciousness, she would probably fall into demonic possession sooner or later, causing her sword heart to shatter and her self to be lost in the process. It would not be surprising if she destroyed the prosperous and vibrant Chao Xian City in recent years.

Choosing to close one's mind does not mean that the "answers" that were once accepted will disappear.

The Immortal Chi Yuan could certainly try to awaken the other party's consciousness with Udu-dust, but the result would be that Jiang Rongyue, who had just recovered, would once again bear the previous interference.

What Su Qing'an could do was to use his Manas consciousness to forcibly erase a portion of the other party's memories, thus completely forgetting most of the information related to [predicting the future] in an extremely brutal way, achieving a state of unimpeded freedom.

But he was powerless to do anything about it.

The boy only possesses the power of [Creation]. Lacking the power of [Annihilation], trying to perfectly replicate the vitality of a person's body is as absurd as asking plants to grow into a clear, frame-by-frame movie according to their own will. Moreover, even if it could be done with the precision of the Manas consciousness, [Creation] is in a state of being too broken to be of much use, and is simply powerless to do so.

Therefore, Jiang Rongyue's only chance to survive is to rely on this cruel and twisted ability.

She had to kill her other self to achieve her rebirth.

The two of them are now faced with two possibilities.

One possibility is that Jiang Rongyue's consciousness was replaced by "herself" from another parallel world. However, due to the special nature of quantum entanglement, the soul and body that can be pulled over must be completely identical to the Jiang Rongyue they know, and even their personalities and past experiences are almost perfectly matched.

The differences created by Su Qing'an may become imperceptible due to the inheritance of related memories.

The boy could certainly arrive at the true answer through his intuition, but he had experienced the events involving Seele and the Herrscher of Death, which left him with a very deep psychological scar, causing him to be quite hesitant at the moment.

Jiang Rongyue's relationship with the rest of the world is like that of a passive whirlpool and a droplet of water caught in it. They can all be considered ignorant and innocent. Even the soul aura, which is more unique than iris and fingerprint, becomes indistinguishable in this situation.

They are both Jiang Rongyue; the only difference is whether or not they have encountered the Immortal Chi Yuan and Su Qing'an.

In an era of information scarcity, Jiang Rongyue, who was completely unaware of her own abilities, was forced to bear the sin of killing herself. Where can she attribute this mistake?

Having experienced similar situations, Su Qing'an now treats every Jiang Rongyue he encounters with the same serious attitude as before. He will no longer choose to escape as he did before, nor will he choose to drown himself in illusory dreams, deceiving and tormenting himself.

Su Qing'an now understands that pretending to be oblivious and continuing the daily routine is just a facade of gentleness. The best solution is to carefully consider the choices made after both sides have been honest with each other.

Therefore, whatever the outcome, he is willing to face it head-on and take it seriously.

The second scenario is that Jiang Rongyue, whom the two knew, successfully returns. However, to prevent her from continuing to abuse her abilities, the two have no choice but to reveal the true nature of each other's abilities.

And she had no choice but to face this cruel reality.

Su Qing'an made her decision and said softly:

"Hua, use Udu-dust to awaken Rongyue."

"After she Awakened, I used my Manas consciousness to extract and erase a large amount of unnecessary information."

"Then, let's see what fate has in store for her."

The Immortal Chi Yuan had to admit that this was a last resort.

Or, even if one truly possessed the ability to interfere with quantum entanglement measured in Planck time and accurately distinguish which Jiang Rongyue was the one they knew, would they be able to bring themselves to eliminate the other?

It's impossible.

But must these two elders simply watch each other endlessly sink into this lifeless, thoughtless corpse, becoming like stubborn rocks, unable to find release?

I still can't do it.

The remaining methods are simply to kill her directly, thus freeing her from suffering, or to awaken her and let her make choices and judgments, facing the fate she has chosen.

Like Su Qing'an, Fu Hua could only choose the latter.

The girl glanced at Li Shishi, who was still fast asleep, and understood the reason for her actions. Her lips parted, and she whispered a reply:

"Good."

She had no reason to refuse, so she silently extended her fair wrist, letting the red rope binding her break apart on its own, transforming into a blooming crimson lotus flower that floated in mid-air. It then swayed and drifted down to Jiang Rongyue's corpse, emanating a soft radiance that, along with the sun's rays, bathed it in a golden gradient.

It's not difficult to awaken Jiang Rongyue from her self-imposed isolation. Her current state is like a deep sleep, but since her body has been damaged to the point of losing its vitality and only her soul remains, she naturally cannot be awakened by the noise and disturbances from the outside world.

But Udu-dust could easily step into a world on the same level as it and call upon its soul, just like waking up an ordinary person.

It was an eternally silent, pitch-black world, like a sea constantly sinking into a giant whirlpool. All around were silent undulations and surges. Like a fish, she naturally sank deeper and deeper with the gentle ripples of the water, seemingly without end.

Jiang Rongyue's consciousness was completely blank, so the numerous starlight chasing her simply passed through her, like a reflection in water, without causing any impact, merely repeating the same behavior over and over again.

And in the midst of this constant and unchanging descent, a crimson radiance, as if the heavens and earth were created, spread out near this soul, radiating a clear arc.

At the same time, the man's whisper also stirred ripples in my consciousness.

[Rongyue.]

[Jiang Rongyue.]

[I am Chi Yuan, can you hear me?]

Her long-dormant consciousness slowly loosened its self-sealed valves, as if icy Seawater was suffocating her mouth and nose, forcing the girl's mind to revive. However, this also caused the ceaseless starlight to transform into a massive flow of information, filling her soul once again, making it difficult for her to discern the current situation and gain the right to think freely.

Master?

Jiang Rongyue was puzzled by the fact that she was still alive, yet she knew very well that the only reason she would Awakened was because of the existence of the Immortal Chi Yuan and Su Qing'an.

But her brief struggle was quickly broken, and she was then caught in a vortex of complex information, making it impossible for her to respond to the other person's whispers. She even instinctively wanted to return to her self-imposed isolation to avoid the intense pain that felt like her soul was about to collapse.

And at that very moment, the manifestation of the Manas consciousness arrived as promised.

It was as if we were facing the destruction and blossoming of a Milky Way, and a human life was placed into the infinite vastness, becoming nothing more than a speck of dust in the ocean.

Jiang Rongyue could only feel that everything about her was being watched and observed by an ineffable, majestic being. Her consciousness, which was being disturbed by a jumble of information, was enveloped by an inexplicable sense of insignificance in an instant, bringing a chilling loneliness.

The persistent starlight, however, seemed frozen in place, crushed and annihilated one by one.

At this point, her consciousness finally returned to a level where she could communicate with people.

The mere instantaneous contact with the Manas Consciousness cost Jiang Rongyue a long time before she came to her senses. Therefore, neither the immortal nor the boy on the other side had time to provide any information during this gap. They could only let her, having successfully rid herself of the burdensome information, step directly into the mysterious and unknown quantum entanglement in a state of confusion.

This was not the first time Jiang Rongyue had entered a state of death. As always, she could only feel her consciousness sinking into a strange haze, and her past memories would replay like flowing water from a first-person perspective until they reached a certain branching point and then abruptly stopped.

It's a wonderful feeling, like looking at your past life trajectory and the path you've walked in a mirror.

That was the life of another [Jiang Rongyue], a woman so similar to her that only their paths diverged.

Two identical souls, seemingly twins, stood on either side at a strange point of entanglement. Before them lay a portal to the outside world, radiating a kaleidoscope of light and color, as if proclaiming the ultimate truth of the world.

This is not a field where it's about who is stronger.

As long as you reach that gate first, you will have a chance to be reborn.

[Jiang Rongyue] also witnessed this scene. She was clearly the first to realize their current predicament, yet she chose not to move forward. Instead, she looked back at their past, watching their lives unfold like a replica, and whispered:

"A life lived without hope or expectation, in a daze and confusion, like a blade, is both boring and dull."

The girl listened to the voice that seemed to surge from the depths of her heart, and drifted into a daze, sinking deeper into her "memories," where she could no longer hear any sound.

It's strange, they're clearly on an absolutely equal footing.

However, Jiang Rongyue, who Proper World, was in a dazed and confused state.

[Jiang Rongyue] gazed at another version of herself, whose human form was maintained by her Soul State, and looked down at her own slender hands, which were gradually disintegrating, yet were already slowly returning to their original state.

The moment she stepped into this realm, she chose to have her soul collapse, thus allowing another version of herself to momentarily succumb to the myriad complexities that arise from it.

For [Jiang Rongyue], whose past experiences are basically consistent with those of the Proper World, except for a major branch that occurred five years ago, it is normal that she cannot perceive the meaning and beauty of living.

She still hadn't found her place in these five years, and the Jalana in her chest seemed to have cleansed her entire soul, leaving it as if it were nothingness.

Jiang Rongyue genuinely believed that dying directly was not a problem. She naturally thought that entrusting the future to another version of herself was more hopeful, so she chose to give up her chance before even glimpsing much of the other person's life.

This is a morbid, distorted, deformed, yet extremely pure personality.

However, as long as they can match Jiang Rongyue of their Proper World, they will inevitably embark on the same path and make the same choices.

Therefore, although Jiang Rongyue had clearly entered this space before, she still failed to perceive the true nature of her abilities and the whole truth.

The reason was simply that she Awakened later.

However, for even a fleeting moment at night, she would be rendered dazed and confused by the fragments of her own shattered soul, unable to know anything except the reality of her rebirth and resurrection.

[Jiang Rongyue] gazed at the memories of another version of herself after they branched out. Before it completely collapsed into nothingness, she could feel the disintegration of Jalana. Her lips curled up slightly, and her usually cold peach blossom eyes revealed a rare tenderness and smile in the moment before her death.

So, it turns out, I can find such a future too.

There is no regret for prematurely collapsing oneself, no jealousy or sorrow.

Even if Jiang Rongyue were to return to the time when she first entered this place, she would still not choose to make a move.

Because she understood that this was an ending that only she could reach, a unique anomaly and the final destination in all parallel worlds.

And this is true for each and every one of them.

The result that Jiang Rongyue arrived at in this Proper World was a utopia that no other color could be mixed in with her and attempted to taint it...

Thus, this extremely distorted quantum phenomenon, linking countless parallel worlds, combined with a host whose personality is pathological, twisted, and deformed, yet also extremely pure, became distinct from the original historical trajectory and future, intertwining to form a bizarre cyclical spiral, fixed upon Jiang Rongyue of the Proper World, like an ouroboros.

However, from the perspective of Su Qing'an and Fu Hua, who could only observe from the outside, it was clear that they could not discover this secret. The two could only perceive a fleeting quantum fluctuation.

A girl dressed in gray linen clothes, wearing a black bamboo hat, and carrying a hundred-forged sword at her waist appeared out of thin air before us.

Jiang Rongyue seemed not to have reacted to the current situation yet. After a moment of stunned silence, she took off the bamboo hat that covered her face, revealing a face that had lost all its childishness after five years. Her eyes, which had been filled with weariness and coldness, melted with a hint of joy and delight when she looked at the two of them.

Her lips moved as if she wanted to say something, but she could only manage a dry greeting:

"Master, Grand Martial Uncle, it's been a long time."

After hearing the greeting, Fu Hua roughly understood that Jiang Rongyue from the Proper World had been reborn, but she still couldn't help but feel relieved after the boy conveyed a definite answer through the Udu-dust.

Although it's hard to bear the thought that one of hers is destined to die, human nature dictates that one would naturally lean towards the one they truly know and understand.

The immortal walked in and looked at the girl he hadn't seen for five years. Her figure had become more mature, and her slender yet powerful waistline was very eye-catching under the contrast of her tight-fitting clothes and belt. Her overall demeanor was upright and natural.

As Fu Hua approached, one could sense her unconscious tension, as if she were somewhat nervous, followed by her questioning.

But at that time, Chi Yuan had no such thoughts in her mind. She only sighed that, unlike herself who was stuck in her youthful years, Jiang Rongyue was in the prime of her life.

But in just five years, it was enough for a girl who still harbored a childlike spirit to grow into the mature person she is today.

In just ten years, the difference in lifespan will create an unreasonable sense of alienation through the contrast in appearance.

Xiao Yun chose to descend the mountain and never return because of this consideration, so that the immortals would not see his aged and decrepit appearance and he could preserve his memories of himself at their best moment.

And that was indeed the case. When Fu Hua buried her remains in the Mount Taixu, what came to mind was that person's spirited youth. No matter how composed or calm she was, at that age, she exuded boundless vitality and energy, which was always unforgettable.

Chi Yuan gazed intently at her features, her thick eyelashes lowered before she looked up to meet her gaze. She swallowed the truth about her true abilities for the moment, and responded to the other's greeting:

"Long time no see, welcome back."

In Jiang Rongyue's eyes Grand Martial Uncle, even after five years, still looked almost the same age as before, as if he, like her master, had stopped the flow of time. She first obediently nodded in response, and then met the gaze of Su Qing'an, who was walking silently towards her.

If that crimson glow was caused by Udu-dust, then the vast and magnificent visual experience must have been given by him.

Su Qing'an extended his palm, and Jiang Rongyue reflexively half-squatted down, letting the other's fingertips lightly touch her forehead. At the same time, the man's whisper fell:

"Come and see the truth about your abilities, Rongyue."

"That's not something that can be used recklessly."

The Manas consciousness bestowed upon her a wealth of information and knowledge that would take half a day to explain in words, leaving the girl who received this truth stunned for a very long time. She suddenly Bai Qi why, in that mountain forest full of demons, she had survived time and time again, yet the thought of not wanting to live kept echoing in her mind.

She didn't really care about whether she could survive, but she wasn't someone who was obsessed with suicide either.

Now the answer has finally come to light.

Because those thoughts were never her own, but rather the choices made in advance by other "selves" who had the same fate. That's why she, who was repeatedly selected to be the last one standing, always retained that lingering regret of choosing to die after each death.

It turns out that my current life is built upon the corpses of countless others like myself.

Jiang Rongyue lowered her eyes, remaining silent.

That's not something that can be used recklessly.

The boy's murmurs lingered in my mind, like a nightmare.