Three thousand years old is the perfect age to make a name for yourself! Go, Jing Yuan!

So when the Great Herta learned of the existence of the Herrscher of the Void, it never understood why such a special power could be generated in that "rural place" of Honkai Impact 3rd.

Originally, when a series of tests revealed that Sirin was still unable to draw on the Imaginary Energy of the Honkai: Star Rail world under extreme conditions and could only use the Honkai energy she carried, the Great Herta was somewhat disappointed. However, Sirin's punch that shattered the spatial partition glass containing the power of the Wisdom Envoy gave the Great Herta a new surprise.

"Alright, stop messing with Chen Li. Can you tell me what you felt and experienced when you borrowed that massive Imaginary Energy? And are you able to use an attack similar to the one you just used?" The Great Herta looked at Sirin.

"Huh? I don't know, I just felt very angry at the time. It seems I can no longer use that power. But I can still vaguely feel a connection... although it's only a little." Sirin shook her head.

It has been proven that, in a state of extreme anger, a person can possess the power to Slide Tackle and kill a tiger.

"There's still contact? That means if you practice more in this world, it's possible for you to retain this power for a long time." The Great Herta seemed very surprised.

"Oh." Sirin's reaction was indifferent. She was still more interested in the Chen Li in her arms.

The Great Herta's enthusiasm was not dampened by Sirin's indifference.

Although people still don't know how or what conditions Aeon could meet to successfully ascend to Aeon status after mastering a portion of the Imaginary Energy, from another perspective, What If n't mastering a portion of the Imaginary Energy give one the chance to skip that condition?

Therefore, Sirin's existence is very important for the Great Herta's research into the secrets of the Aeon.

The Great Herta, Ruan Mei, and two other geniuses jointly established a project called the Simulated Universe to explore the secrets of the Aeon and understand the conditions for becoming Aeon, while Sirin provided a certain form of mastering Imaginary Energy.

Combining the two... well, that's practically equivalent to becoming Aeon!

"Bang!"

"It hurts!" Sirin clutched her head, her eyes brimming with tears as she looked at Chen Li had returned to his normal form.

"Don't try to play the victim and gain sympathy, because I didn't use any force at all." Chen Li looked at Sirin with annoyance.

"I don't think you should blame me, Chen Li. It's only natural," Sirin said to Chen Li, tilting her head after a moment of thought.

"What you mean by 'normal human behavior' is pinching and hugging me, and then... never mind, anyway, that's definitely not normal human behavior."

"Yes, I am not human, I am Herrscher, this is the norm for Herrschers."

"..." Chen Li was amused by Sirin's serious nonsense.

Fine, considering your amazing comedic talent, I'll forgive you for licking my face all over earlier.

"Leave me some snacks." Chen Li took action and snatched the gold coin chocolate that Sirin hadn't eaten from Sirin hand.

"As expected of the pressure from the master, the taste is indeed the most delicious. I've decided that if the Xianzhou wants this Miraculous Item, the first thing it must do is to hold a Cute Day every year, and then collect all the snacks collected each year for a grand competition! Whoever has the most delicious snacks will be awarded the crown of Cute Star!" Chen Li tasted the gold coin chocolate with great satisfaction.

"..." Ruan Mei did not understand, but expressed her respect.

Although on the surface, Chen Li seemed to be thinking only about himself.

But Miraculous Item was created by Chen Li, it's perfectly normal for Chen Li to do this.

"Didn't you say you couldn't eat the snacks you distributed yourself... Never mind, forget I asked." The Great Herta remembered that Chen Li's other Miraculous Item had the effect of being able to eat anything.

One of the effects of this Miraculous Item is that the snacks given away cannot be eaten by the giver; if eaten, the giver's stress will return.

The other Miraculous Item has the effect of allowing you to eat anything, and eating it will make you grow.

So here's the question: when logic conflicts arise, which Miraculous Item has higher priority?

"Chen Li, if you were to forge an indestructible spear and a shield that could withstand anything, which one would win in a clash?" the Great Herta asked.

"..." by Chen Li.

"I bet you'll say the Miraculous Item that costs more Crystals will win, but what What If we create two Miraculous Item that are identical in both brightness and the number of Crystals they cost?"

"You really don't know the value of money when you're not in charge of the household... I'll satisfy your curiosity when I can forge Miraculous Item and throw one Crystal at Crystal." Chen Li complained.

"Don't you have any of the curiosity about everything that a genius should have?"

"Not at all! Instead of being curious about this, you should be more curious about how to teach Sirin in the future." Chen Li shook his head.

Chen Li felt that Sirin had great potential. "In the past," Seele broke through the Sea of Quantum with seven punches, and today Sirin broke through the Erudition barrier with one punch.

The Sea of Quantum and the Imaginary Tree have both welcomed their beloved daughters!

...perhaps.

"I've come up with a brilliant plan! Come here." The Great Herta beckoned to Chen Li with its finger.

"What plan?"

"I've noticed that when you're being played by other girls, Sirin often unleashes an unprecedented burst of power, so..." the Great Herta whispered in Chen Li's ear.

After Chen Li patiently listened to the Great Herta's plan, his face clearly said, "You're messing with me."

Chen Li said this because the Great Herta was not only "playing" with Chen Li, but also wanted to "play" with Chen Li.

"I suddenly feel that it doesn't matter whether Sirin becomes stronger or not," Chen Li suddenly said.

"That won't do. Sirin has great potential. Can you bear to watch such a promising talent fade into obscurity?"

"You have the heart to do that." Chen Li nodded.

Chen Li can accept the Great Herta's plan, which violates the Heavenly Principles, but he cannot accept it if it harms Chen Li.

"Moreover, compared to you, I have another female candidate whom Sirin can pursue with all her might but is powerless to do anything about," Chen Li said.

"What? There are geniuses more outstanding than me? I don't believe it. And just from a female perspective, there are very few who can compare to me." The Great Herta scoffed.

"The other party isn't a genius. But they are still Emanator, and they possess the Great Thunder. On the contrary, your Great Herta is nothing special." Chen Li looked the Great Herta up and down and couldn't help but sneer.

Here's a joke: the "Big" Herta.

"..." The veins on the Great Herta's forehead bulged.

"One day I will wipe out all of you Great Thunder Faction!"

"The last person to say that has already betrayed their own side and become the person they hate the most," Chen Li sneered again.

Chen Li vaguely remembered hearing Bronya say a line when she played Honkai Impact 3rd, something about how Bronya would one day destroy all the big breasts in the world.

Then Bronya successfully surpassed the efforts of a certain Shenzhou tablet manufacturer that took 50,000 years with her 8 years of growth.

"Beep beep!"

Chen Li's communicator rang.

Chen Li accepted the video call request from Jing Yuan.

"Chen Li, I might not make it." Jing Yuan's first words startled Chen Li.

"What happened? Phantylia call out, or did the Aeon of Abundance come to the Xianzhou to kowtow to you?" Chen Li asked hurriedly.

"No." Jing Yuan shook his head with a heavy expression.

"Could it be that Mobius finally couldn't resist turning the Ambrosial Arbor into a seed of life? Or is Vill-V going to make the Xianzhou stand up?" Chen Li began to worry.

"Neither... Wait, what do you mean by turning the Ambrosial Arbor into a seed of life and making the Xianzhou stand up?" Jing Yuan instantly realized the blind spot.

"That's not important. What's important is what you want to say. Hurry up and say it." Realizing that things weren't as serious as he had imagined, Chen Li quickly changed the subject.

"During my death, I will entrust all affairs of the General's Mansion to Fu Qing. I don't know how long I will be dead, or what kind of competition I will go through and what kind of opponents I will have to defeat before I can return to the world of the living. I only hope... Master Blacksmith, you must, must, must forge Miraculous Item to suppress the Mara-Struck of the Immortal Xianzhou. The Xianzhou will surely reward you handsomely!" Jing Yuan said solemnly to Chen Li.

"Uh, no problem, but what exactly happened?" Chen Li asked, somewhat puzzled.

Based on the timeline, Jingliu should have already taken Baiheng to give Jing Yuan a surprise by now.

Why is Jing Yuan making this final video call to himself in a tone as if he's giving his last instructions?

"I saw Baiheng come to pick me up," Jing Yuan sighed.

"???"

Jing Yuan looked at the semi-transparent shadow of his old friend standing not far from him, rubbed his eyes, and found that the other person had not disappeared, but had come even closer.

If the real Baiheng appeared, Jing Yuan would think that Baiheng had won the Revival Match, but now that Baiheng is attacking in a semi-transparent form, Jing Yuan only feels that he is about to die.

Am I finally about to give in? Is my Mara-Struck about to strike?

For the Xianzhou natives, living too long is also a curse.

For ordinary Xianzhou natives, the age of developing Mara-Struck is already around 1,800 to 1,000 years, but Jing Yuan has endured the pressure alone for 700 years since the Imbibitor Lunae Rebellion! He can be called a legendary king of resilience!

After having Resurrection Card, Jing Yuan felt that dying once would be good for his physical and mental health.

"Baiheng... take me away." Jing Yuan sighed again.

"Huh? Oh." Baiheng scratched his head.

Although Baiheng felt that Jing Yuan's expression was a bit strange, it was really great that Jing Yuan was able to quickly understand the situation!

Moreover, the ability of Heroic Spirits to Wall-piercing by transforming themselves into spirit particles is incredibly convenient!

Chapter 202 At 3000 years old, it's the perfect age to take risks! Let's go, Jing Yuan!

The lifespan of the Xianzhou Long-Life Species is theoretically infinite, but its Remembrance capacity is finite.

Long-Life Species experience an ever-increasing threshold for their emotions, their Remembrance become thin and dull over time, leaving only the most extreme and vivid sediment—which is almost certainly the remnants of painful and regretful memories.

The Long-Life Species is that they no longer feel joy and happiness, only the pain, regret and hatred etched in their hearts like scars. Under these extreme emotions, their human self begins to collapse, which is the beginning of the Mara-Struck.

This event is also recorded in different worlds. Just as Hua in the Land of the Past possesses 50,000 years of Remembrance, and because of special reasons, she has the ability to remember everything she sees, she will often delete memories that are not important to her in order to prevent herself from collapsing.

Jing Yuan had never been possessed by Mara-Struck, but through reviewing the records of the Ten Lords Bureau, Jing Yuan learned that once one falls into the Mara-Struck, five symptoms would appear: "Residual Injury," "defiled," "anger," "Other Transformation," and "neutrality." These five symptoms do not necessarily appear simultaneously. For example, Jingliu's symptoms were clearly "anger"—a state of mind that generates resentment and harms others, with emotions fluctuating intensely between sorrow, joy, resentment, and anger.

However, regardless of which of the above symptoms one experiences, it is unlikely that one would have an old friend leading the way for them before their death, leading them out of the General's Mansion and stopping in front of a small alley.

Jing Yuan didn't know if this was normal, just like he said at the beginning, Jing Yuan had never been possessed by Mara-Struck.

"..."

Jing Yuan stood in front of the alley and saw Baiheng's phantom image stop next to an unfamiliar woman.

As Jing Yuan stopped in front of the alley, the stranger turned her head.

Jing Yuan was certain he had never seen this person before, but the way this person looked at him gave Jing Yuan a very strange feeling.

"Long time no see, Jing Yuan," the woman said slowly.

Jing Yuan was still puzzled.

"You forgot to take off your glasses." Baiheng reached out and took off the Disguise Glasses that Jingliu always wore.

"Huh? Oh." In front of Baiheng, Jingliu showed an unusually cute and innocent side.

After Baiheng removed the Disguise Glasses that Jingliu was wearing, Jing Yuan, who was standing at the entrance of the alley, slowly widened his eyes.

"I told you Jing Yuan is the smartest among us. I used the properties of spirit particles to become invisible and appeared in front of him. He got up and followed me without saying a word, obviously realizing where I wanted to take him. Talking to smart people is so time-saving and effortless." Baiheng kept praising Jing Yuan's intelligence in Jingliu's ear.

"I think... Jing Yuan seems to have no idea what's going on." Jing Yuan Jingliu, looking at Jingyuan, who was standing there dumbfounded, a familiar Formation Blade in his hand, but he kept gripping and releasing it, looking extremely strange.

"Hmm, how could that be? If you don't believe me, ask Jing Yuan... Hmm? Jing Yuan, what's with that expression on your face that says, 'You've made a certain decision, only to find out you misunderstood, but because of some even more serious situation, you can't relax at all'?" Looking at Jing Yuan's face, which was full of worries, Baiheng tilted his head in confusion.

"..." Jing Yuan hesitated, wanting to say something but then stopped.

"Um... Little Jing Yuan, you should know about Jingliu's disciples, right?" Baiheng, realizing he might have made a mistake, still tried to struggle a bit.

Jing Yuan nodded.

"You know that the new disciples of the Jingliu can forge Miraculous Items, right?"

Jing Yuan nodded again.

"Then you should have known the moment you saw me that it was the work of a disciple of the Jingliu, and since I wanted to take you somewhere, you should have immediately guessed that I was going to take you to see the Jingliu or a disciple of the Jingliu, right?"

Jing Yuan fell silent.

In fact, Jing Yuan was taking time every day to watch the advertisements in preparation for Baiheng's resurrection.

The "Cloudy Five" can never go back to the past, that's a fact, but not being able to go back to the past and not missing it are two different things.

The word "resurrection" has always been captivating and a timeless topic, precisely because everyone has something they wish to reclaim.

However, Jing Yuan never expected that there were other ways to revive the dead besides the Revival Match!

Jing Yuan didn't know if Chen Li was behind it, but he knew he had really seen a ghost today!

"Wait a moment, I'll send a voice message to the Miraculous Forger." Although he didn't know what kind of Miraculous Item Chen Li had forged this time, Jing Yuan could clearly understand one thing from Baiheng's words.

Chen Li successfully broke down his defenses once again!

Theoretically speaking, Jing Yuan should have arrested Jingliu, a wanted criminal from the Xianzhou, but theoretically, Baiheng is not yet able to be resurrected.

Then why do you believe in this theory? It will distort the meaning of the sacrifices made for the Miraculous Item!