She Is the Exalted One Who Looked Down on Heaven and Earth, While Su Qing'an Became an Empty Shell

Chao Xian City.

This is the only immortal city outside of the thirty-six main cities. It has experienced the changes of dynasties since nine hundred years ago. While it is still prosperous in this era, it also has a very special status.

Whether it's the palace of that Your Excellency located beside Chao Xian City — Mount Taixu.

The fact that the original prototype of the Shan Hai Series, [Dragon Court], was developed and manufactured here proves that this place is unique.

As the Ark warship named [Dragon Court] wandered in outer space, resembling an artificial star, it remained immortal for hundreds of years, becoming the hub of the entire world's Sky Net. It then took on the task of detecting most of the world's data, as well as serving as the vessel for Udu-dust and [Fellow Daoist].

Even with its heavy computational load, Taixu Continent remains the most rigorously monitored region. When [Fellow Daoist] detect this region, the amplification is increased to the level of a Primordial Stigmata user, allowing them to easily surpass the powers that try to conceal and ignore the Herrscher's habit of controlling Honkai Energy particles to stay away, thus detecting the other party's existence.

Therefore, even when Satou Yunona, who possesses the power to control the Timeline and electromagnetic force, was talking nonsense, she never had any intention of actively engaging in this area.

To put it bluntly, Taixu Continent is a forbidden area that none of the Herrscher who have emerged from the Lostbelt phenomenon want to approach.

Even though there is a wonder created for Su Muxi here that can directly link to the [Moon Worship Palace], everyone knows that these so-called teleportation points are not actually under the complete control of this Your Highness.

If His Your Excellency desires, the group could be confined within the [Moon Worship Palace] at any time, no longer able to easily roam the world using their original methods, and instead become prisoners in place.

They are now in a tacit and delicate state. Even though they know that their actions may be seen as a loud conspiracy, they still have to gamble on the arrogance of the current Your Excellency. After all, the difference in strength between the two sides is too great. If they do not choose to act in this way, they will not even have a foothold. It can only be considered a last resort.

Going directly to the Taixu Continent, or even Chao Xian City, would be tantamount to directly confronting the other party, informing them of one's existence, and forcing that Your Excellency take things seriously, thus initiating a major battle under circumstances where victory is impossible.

Therefore, for Bronya and the others, coming to this place was naturally a taboo among taboos.

Meanwhile, outside Chao Xian City, Mount Taixu remained desolate. This region, which was once home to numerous markets and villages nine hundred years ago, has never regained its former bustling state since His Your Highness was placed under house arrest.

After that period, the many rules and cultural spirit that [Chaoxian] had painstakingly established and maintained for two hundred years collapsed and shattered overnight.

For the immortal's chief disciple who died of natural causes, and her partner Li Shishi, the two founders of the "Immortal Pilgrimage," perhaps it was a blessing that they did not get to see such a future.

Time flows on, and the sea of clouds stretches endlessly.

The murmuring sound of the Cloud Cliff Sea has remained unchanged for nearly a thousand years.

Looking closely from between the extremely high peaks, one can glimpse that the source that once flowed like a celestial river has long since dried up, and only a World Bubble full of ocean has replaced the original main vein, continuing to maintain the same environment as nine hundred years ago.

In addition, it is also obvious that both the original buildings here and the whole of Mount Taixu have ignored the rapid development of technology and the changes of time.

Fuyun Temple.

A young man with snow-white hair and black eyes sat on the edge of the corridor, facing the courtyard where plants had withered and flourished. His face, which had stood the test of time, was as calm as ever, and a faint smile seemed to linger on his rosy lips. However, his eyes, which were like black mercury, were empty and could only reflect the scenery in front of him.

It is an exquisite human figure, yet it also resembles a living corpse, so sacred and desolate, like a mirage existing here.

The emperor, who should have been seated in the palace on the throne, sat Your Excellency beside him, and they fell into a silent coexistence.

The woman had rose-red eyes and snow-white hair that cascaded down her back. Her expression was often nonchalant and indifferent, and her gaze, whether lowered or raised, held a haughty and aloof demeanor. At around twenty years old, she possessed a stunningly beautiful appearance, yet her aura, imbued with the weight of time and an air of self-importance, sent shivers down one's spine, creating a stark contrast with her alluring looks.

Her physical age had changed after multiple gene fusions and modifications, completely shedding the naivety and immaturity that she once needed to temper with her temperament. Her alluring figure undulated gracefully between the black robes woven with dragon patterns using gilded threads. Perhaps having passed through the superficial developmental period, the contrast between her fuller figure and slender waist became even more striking.

Her Your Excellency never looked toward the courtyard; she merely gazed silently and gently at those around her, her patience unlike that of a madwoman who would alter the genes of all humanity and colonize the entire civilization with her mind. She seemed more like a lover whose heart would never change, devout and pure.

Fu Hua reached out and smoothed the boy's wind-blown hair. His expression remained unchanged; only his instinctive breathing proved that this body still retained life.

Since the Lostbelt began to overlap in the world a year and a half ago, she, who had worked with others to eliminate a similar phenomenon once, knew where the root of everything came from.

Apart from Su Qing'an, who is an ascended being, there is no one else who could plunge the world into such a bizarre and fantastical state.

But the woman didn't care what the world would become, nor whether other humans would be harmed. She only cared that the underlying reason behind this matter was threatening the life of the only person she cared about and loved.

The very nature of the Lostbelt phenomenon signifies the loss of Personal Record.

The fact that Personal Record have been scattered to this extent, and even become a common phenomenon, can only mean that the Manas consciousness, which should be constantly repaired over time, has instead fallen into a weaker state than before.

This is why all the records contained within the [Stigmata] began to fall into chaotic disintegration, indirectly leading to the continuous accumulation of the [Lostbelt] phenomenon.

The reason why Su Qing'an was able to retain his self and survive in the world in human form is essentially due to the entanglement and balance between the two paths of dimensional ascension.

According to their initial considerations, if too much time passed, there was a dangerous situation where the Manas consciousness, having recovered most of its strength over time, would completely overwhelm the Planetary-class essence, disrupting the balance.

Therefore, it is judged that it will be awakened in the middle, and devour a certain amount of demon corpses in advance to continue to maintain the original balance.

However, the current situation has been reversed for unknown reasons. The deterioration of the Manas consciousness will sooner or later cause another path of dimensional ascension within the core to backfire.

However, this was not a problem that could be solved by feeding the corpses of demons. With the other party unconscious, she found it difficult to think of an effective solution to the continuous weakening of the Manas consciousness.

Even after entering the Manas consciousness once, he only glimpsed the other party entering a strange state as if in an empty shell. Apart from knowing that the root of the other party's soul seemed to have been mostly emptied, he still couldn't find any opportunity to find a solution.

Fu Hua possesses all of the other person's memories, so she can roughly guess many possibilities that ordinary people cannot imagine, but possibilities are ultimately just possibilities, and they cannot put her at ease at all.

At the current rate of dissipation, even if the Planetary-class essence ignores the coercion of logic and remains in a docile state, the collapse of the Manas consciousness is equivalent to the arrival of death.

Ten years.

This judgment was based on data collected by the research department.

However, Su Qing'an's body retained a lifespan even longer, so the Your Excellency did not allow it to continue sleeping in the hibernation chamber. Instead, he ignored the world's disturbances and simply accompanied the empty shell, watching the years slowly turn.

She gazed into the man's eyes and said softly in a gentle tone:

"The world is boring without you."

"If there's no other way, I'll let you eat all those accumulated demon corpses, so you can continue living that way. Then I'll carry out that plan and wander with you between the trees and the sea."

If we cannot live as intelligent human beings, then let's all become disordered and chaotic monsters.

As long as we can be together, it doesn't matter what kind of situation we end up in.

Whether the Proper World would collapse as a result, or whether the nearby Leaf World would be affected, was never within her consideration.

Fu Hua can love the people and things she loves.

Therefore, it doesn't matter what kind of peaceful and happy world we make.

On the path to enabling the other party to Awakened unharmed and attain true happiness and longevity, any ideas or things that hinder the efficiency of achieving this result must be removed.

For the current Immortal Chi Yuan, nothing in the world matters except for himself.

--Even Su Muxi is the same.

The woman became incomplete more than seven hundred years ago. She abandoned all her weakness, pity, morality, empathy, righteousness, and even the Fu Hua of the past. She tightly grasped the pitch-black fire in the name of love, burning and melting herself and the world. In the end, she forged this unparalleled will and strength over the long years.

She is Fu Hua who only cares about Su Qing'an.

She is the Immortal Chi Yuan has protected the Shenzhou for thousands of years.

She is the one who destroyed human civilization and the race's ability to progress, committed countless crimes, yet still reigns supreme, looking Your Excellency the world.

Fu Hua silently gazed at the boy. She retrieved a pure white, illusory rose from her Sea of consciousness, letting it fall into her palm, and softly said, word by word:

"This is a brand new Key of Consciousness, Tu Mi."

She curled her lips into a smile and murmured:

"You once said that the flower language of the rose of Sharon is 'the last lover'."

"So... spend a little more time with me, Qing'an."

The woman watched as the pure white rose in her hand merged into the boy's body like a bubble, penetrating into his unsuspecting mind. With the help of the records copied from the Udu-dust and the remaining fragments of the mind, she allowed the chaotic consciousness to build a broken personality capable of driving the body.

Ultimately, the pure yet flawed Su Qing'an was thus formed.

The emptiness and void in the boy's eyes faded considerably, revealing a hint of indifferent emotion. A faint glimpse of a pure white rose slowly blooming deep within his pupils could be seen. His expression changed; the smile on his lips vanished. He was still gazing ahead, yet he uttered a barely audible whisper:

"Magnificent..."

Fu Hua gazed at the other person, who now seemed more vibrant, and a look of satisfaction crossed her face.

Although in order to preserve the purity of the other person, the technology of simulating a personality was not used, resulting in her only reacting and responding according to the framework of memories and the instincts of consciousness, this is enough for her to be greedy and happy now.

The immortal embraced the somewhat clumsy and foolish boy, lowering her eyes to feel the warmth in his arms. A nostalgic smile appeared on her face as she softly murmured:

"Yes, I'm here."

Su Qing'an did not reply. He just stared blankly at the neatly trimmed courtyard, like a doll that had come to life.

Overall, the effect of the 'Tu Mi' (荼蘼) was merely to add a few more subtle reactions to the body, change the frequency of eye blinking, and occasionally cause the other person to utter a few words that were difficult to understand...

However, this stems from Her Your Excellency's obsession and fastidiousness; she is unwilling to allow even a simulated personality, such a virtual creation, to defile the other's body. Therefore, the current situation is a result that was expected long ago.

The woman let him rest his head on her lap, gently stroking his soft hair. Her slender white fingertips occasionally brushed against his porcelain-white skin, but then, as if suddenly remembering something, she asked softly:

"All your old friends are here."

"Want to take a look, Qing'an?"

The boy blinked unmoved, gazing at the inverted world before him. His soft, snow-white hair obscured his eyelashes, and the emotions in his eyes were unreadable.

Fu Hua took out another Divine Key, created from the Herrscher of the Void Core of this era, which was different from the one from the previous era [Thousand Worlds One Ride].

--[Haotian Mirror].

Judging from its appearance, this Divine Key is shaped like an ancient mirror that can be placed in a sleeve. There is also a clear groove on the back for putting something in, and it seems to be an empty shell that has not yet been inserted into the Herrscher Core.

This is strange.

However, a closer look at His Your Excellency's posture reveals the true reason behind the design of the Divine Key.

Between the woman's jet-black, gilded robes, a belt accentuated her already slender waist, making her even more alluring, but the most striking feature was the eighteen Herrscher Core embedded in it.

She casually plucked a core corresponding to the Herrscher of the Void from among them and placed it in the groove of the [Haotian Mirror]. Her fair fingertips gently tapped the mirror surface of this Divine Key, as if issuing an inviolable decree, allowing the Heaven and Earth Qi to wash and resonate, creating invisible waves that swept across the distant fallen leaves and ancient trees.

At this moment, a holographic image was reflected from the mirror and displayed in front of the two people, showing the scene of [Moon Worship Palace] at this moment.

[Moon Worship Palace], Main Hall.

Su Muxi digested the information given by the merging of the three feathers, her lowered eyes revealing a hint of realization, and she murmured softly:

"So it really is because of Udu-dust and Heart Seal?"

"Xiao Fu..."

She gazed at the new feather in her hand, which still held fragments of her consciousness, her expression complex.

This is one of the original self and parts of Fu Hua's personality that she was forced to abandon after being tricked. If it weren't for the Karma backtracking of the Lostbelt phenomenon, no one would know where these Heart Seal exist, or the truth hidden behind them for seven hundred years.

Bronya murmured the message conveyed by the feathers.

Fu Hua is not the complete Fu Hua; she possesses a self-disciplined personality within the Udu-dust, and a disordered Heart Seal.

What I received in that brief moment was a collection of fragmented keywords that I had to piece together in my mind.

She could only extract the important information that the current Your Excellency was indeed not the Fu Hua she knew, but she found it difficult to grasp the hidden information within.

Kiana and Satou Yunona had roughly the same amount of information as their counterparts, and could only make vague and inaccurate guesses at the moment.

Su Muxi noticed their confusion and said:

"In the timeline you've experienced, you should all know that Xiao Fu used to periodically use the Udu-dust to strip away her memories, turning them into Heart Seal and burying them in various corners of Mount Taixu. The reason is that hyperthymesia would make it difficult for her brain to handle such a massive amount of information."

"In the timeline I experienced, Xiao Fu did this because she had a different understanding and breakthrough regarding the Void Sword Qi. She was able to enter a state known as [Sword God]... well, for ease of understanding, let's just call it the Ascended State."

"In short, entering this state can indeed elevate all abilities to another level, but the cost is that emotions and memories will be rapidly worn down."

"Therefore, in order to prevent herself from completely losing herself, she habitually extracts many memories and emotions into her Heart Seal, making her normal state close to the indifference of Ascended State."

She carefully chose her words and continued:

"What I'm about to say is a conjecture based on this information. The process and details may not be correct, but the outcome is what we are seeing now."

"First, during the first two hundred years, we can confirm that Xiao Fu was in a complete state. However, after Xiao Su fell into a long slumber, she had to face the pressure of not being able to collect enough demon corpses within a fixed period of time, as well as the fear of losing her as a result."

"You all know her personality. Her actions of deliberately developing technology for her own selfish reasons, causing the Honkai to escalate, have always been listed as prohibited because they would harm too many innocent people."

Kiana nodded and speculated:

"Based on our current information, even though she had already done so, and even developed the breeding Honkai to a certain peak, she still only gradually returned to the plan of collecting demon corpses in modern times."

"So the Class President at that time probably already realized that if they accumulated resources step by step, it would take so long that it wouldn't be impossible for it to exhaust Su Qing'an's remaining lifespan."

Bronya said softly:

"She must be very anxious and terrified. During this process, she would unconsciously think about what kind of ending would come from developing her power according to her own bottom line and waiting for the Honkai to evolve on its own."

"She will fall into a void of despair and a fantasy of regret, she will wonder if she will feel disgusted with her current choices in the future, she will start to think whether these bottom lines are more important than Xiao Su, and she will be torn between the happiness of All living beings, her own happiness, and his happiness."

"Fu Hua undoubtedly favors and loves the other person. No matter how much she shifts her own perspective, she never changes her original intention to save him. For someone like her, being caught in a choice inherently involves a scale with one side constantly shifting."

"And this process will continue for two hundred years. She will face the possibilities that come with upholding her principles, as well as the temptation that she can save her lover with a higher probability by lowering her principles a little."

Satou Yunona guessed:

"Furthermore, Xiao Xi, you told Bronya before, right? Fu Hua has all the memories of her previous encounters with Su Qing'an, so she must have lost him more than once."

"If I were her, I wouldn't allow someone to be hurt again because of my own concerns, given my past memories and experiences."

"... In this situation, even I, as the Class President, don't think it's an exaggeration that things have escalated to this point."

She sighed:

"None of the three of us have experienced the torment of immortality, but even just imagining it is enough to feel its weight and despair."

"I wasn't certain that the other person could maintain their initial self-confidence, because in that situation, whether or not Su Qing'an could Awakened was itself a hope. It was intertwined with the lingering longing, a poison that softened the self and will. If one wasn't careful, one would unknowingly fall beyond the bottom line they had set before."

Su Muxi nodded and said:

"Your concerns are also Xiao Fu's concerns; she doesn't have the confidence to resist this frustration purely through willpower."

"Or rather, she was unwilling to let the negative emotions that could potentially interfere with the entire civilization be measured by her willpower."

"So Xiao Fu made a decision, a decision that directly led to the current outcome."

Kiana, holding onto the previous keywords, speculated:

"Is it Heart Seal? The Class President started regularly extracting negative emotions such as frustration, hesitation, and doubt about the future into Heart Seal. As long as this process is maintained, she will not have the motivation to reclaim the Heart Seal because the related emotions are being extracted."

Bronya commented:

"Theoretically speaking, doing this should indeed allow one to maintain their original intentions in the long run."

"But she failed, and the reason she ended up like this is related to the Heart Seal. Combined with the hints from Udu-dust and the self-disciplined personality, the Class President must have encountered unexpected situations during this process, or even... being schemed against."

Su Muxi nodded in agreement and stated:

Let me just explain the process that led to this result.

"Due to the overlapping records of the [Lostbelt] in the early years, Udu-dust recorded the self-disciplined personality of a Xiao Fu. For Xiao Su, that was the most idealized Fu Hua, a lover whose heart would never change."

"Her existence directly caused the accumulated longing and self- Heart Seal of two hundred years to surge into the Sea of consciousness in an instant, peeling away a part of her personality and forging an unconscious personality to fill the void."

She paused, her clear, cool murmur echoing through the hall:

"Thus, the invincible and undefeated Your Excellency has been forged."