Miraculous Forging Guide Starting from Honkai

The name she used while walking among humans was Tonghua.

As for why Chen Li knew so clearly, it was because...

"All right, all right. As my only believer, how could I possibly hurt you?" The blonde girl walked up to Chen Li, rose onto her toes, and gently stroked his head.

Yet the sly smile on her face made her words impossible to fully trust.

"I told you, stop calling me that." Chen Li sighed.

Chen Li had come to ask this Evil God to examine his body. But she had not discovered anything about the Miracle System.

"But didn't you sacrifice all my believers and summon me? Before that, though, could you explain where your World Beacon went? It's very important to confirm whether my cute and charming little believer has been possessed by someone else." The blonde girl's smile remained cute and charming, yet the mottled sunlight spilling into the living room cast ghostly shadows across the entire space.

Countless rat silhouettes glowed crimson-eyed, snake-haired monsters hissed with the sounds of venomous serpents, and even Snow White, Little Red Riding Hood, and Cinderella—figures who could not have been more wholesome—were twisted into horrifying abominations. Every movement they made stirred the deepest fears in living beings' hearts.

Countless classic fairy-tale characters occupied every shadowed corner of the living room. The extreme contrast alone was enough to unsettle anyone, while the countless aberrations watched Chen Li before the Tonghua Evil God with malicious intent. Their dense, eerie aura was enough to make even the strongest-willed person briefly lose their sanity.

Yet Chen Li was long accustomed to it.

After all, these freaks had been the ones putting him to sleep every night...

If trying to knock Chen Li unconscious with a brick counted as putting him to sleep, that was.

"Oh... I can't understand it. Not a single bit." Tonghua held the Miraculous Forging Guide in her hands, and merely looking at the words on its pages made her head ache.

It was hard to imagine that an Evil God in charge of fairy tales could not understand a book.

Wasn't this supposed to be her bread and butter?

Being defeated in the field she was best at dealt Tonghua a crushing blow.

Still, after coming into contact with the book, she could vaguely sense the aura of the World Beacon, which put her at ease.

Her cute believer had not been possessed, at least. Something strange had merely happened to him.

Tonghua knew that Chen Li's days were never peaceful, but she had never expected things to become this chaotic.

"Um... Tonghua, can I discuss something with you?" Chen Li asked somewhat awkwardly as he looked at Tonghua, who had returned to normal.

"What is it?" Tonghua watched Chen Li warily, her heart immediately rising to her throat.

She had watched Chen Li grow up. Whenever he addressed her in that tone, he was definitely about to ask something of her.

Oh no. She was in for it!

"We've known each other for four years now, right?" Chen Li sat beside Tonghua and spoke with great feeling.

"Mm, four years. I still remember how, four years ago, you accidentally barged into the church's ritual grounds. You were nearly caught and made into a sacrifice, but you used a Relic to sacrifice all my believers to me instead and summon me." Tonghua nodded.

Back then, the "Tonghua Evil God" had descended because she found Chen Li's "fate" completely impossible to see through and rather interesting.

Otherwise, those "believers" who did not even know her true identity, who had somehow picked up a book on Evil God summoning rituals and started summoning an Evil God, should have counted themselves lucky if they managed to summon a Slime!

Then the Tonghua Evil God had flipped the car—because of the one-use Relic Chen Li's parents had made him carry to ensure his safety.

As a result, Chen Li learned her true name, and she could only have him as her sole believer.

Who knew where a child had gotten such a high-level Relic? Worse, it targeted her one and only weakness with perfect precision.

It was like the Chain of Heaven being used against a demigod.

So whenever those "companions" from her "world" wanted to come to this world, she would use her own miserable experience to warn them: never answer believers' calls, and never come to this world!

For an Evil God to have their true name grasped by a human was already one of the most terrifying things imaginable.

The degree to which they could be controlled was even worse than a cat being grabbed by the scruff of its neck.

"I remember that was the first time I triggered a transmigrator's passive..."

"Stop. Just tell me what you want." Tonghua interrupted Chen Li's casting.

"Tonghua, do you have any items with the scattered type?" Chen Li asked.

"Scattered? Would a dandelion work?" After thinking for a moment, Tonghua took out a dandelion.

"A dandelion? Are there dandelions in fairy tales?" Chen Li froze for a moment, but still took the dandelion.

This dandelion did indeed have the scattered trait. It was just... very different from other traits.

Scattered (False)

This obviously could not be used.

Chen Li suspected that it was because the item had neither endured the tempering of time and fate nor was it truly a dandelion in essence. It was merely a projection of the Evil God's power.

"You've read too few fairy tales. But this dandelion really wasn't taken from a fairy tale. It came from a widely circulated story whose exact name can no longer be identified," Tonghua said.

"Tonghua, has your Authority now reached stories?" Chen Li asked thoughtfully.

"Mm. This truly is a wonderful world. Even an identity like an Evil God can be acknowledged. Identity is profession, and by carrying out professional duties, one can gain experience and expand one's Authority." Tonghua spoke with a satisfied expression.

This world was simply too wonderful.

She could not let those companions come here and compete with her.

Competing with the local Evil Gods was already exhausting enough.

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Evil God Guardian—Chen Li!

"Tonghua, do you remember our agreement?" Chen Li suddenly asked.

"I remember, I remember. As an Evil God, I can't harm the world or slaughter innocents indiscriminately. Haven't I done that? Stop constantly worrying about whether I'll cause some huge disaster, okay? You know better than I do how deep the waters of this world run. So what if I'm an Evil God? Didn't this world accept Evil Gods too?"

"All right..." Chen Li nodded.

"But then again, your World Beacon is considered destroyed. So what about your status as a guardian..." Tonghua asked tentatively.

"Hold on, let me check." As Chen Li spoke, the Miraculous Forging Guide in Tonghua's hands instantly appeared in his own.

Though the Tonghua Evil God had only been in this world for four years, her initial status was exceptionally high, and she knew much about matters between worlds.

Chen Li had only learned from her that everyone's Personal Career Panel was what was known as a World Beacon.

It had sounded bizarre the first time he heard it, but on reflection, it made perfect sense. After all, wasn't the one thing everyone in this world possessed a personal panel?

Identity was profession, and profession was identity.

The personal panel recorded all of a person's information. At the same time, it had many basic functions.

For example, one's identity was one's profession. Performing the duties expected of that profession increased experience, and upon reaching a certain level of experience, one gained a "trait" slot. Usually, one slot was gained every ten levels, though there were exceptions. Traits, in turn, helped professionals carry out their duties better.

For instance, when a teacher reached a high enough level, they would gain the "teach and nurture" trait, making students more obedient and allowing the teacher to level up faster.

It was precisely because of the Personal Career Panel that the Main World, with its ever-increasing number of strange things, could still proceed in an orderly fashion. Everyone performed their own duties.

But after ordinary professions continuously leveled up, at most they could grant health, longevity, and freedom from illness and disaster. They would not turn everyone into Superman.

Of course, there were also special profession card inheritances. Kang Feng, whose shield Chen Li had shattered with one shot, was a shield warrior.

There were many ways to obtain such special professions. One could acquire a special profession card, or perform one's original job exceptionally well and advance into a hidden profession...

Ever since the personal panel appeared, it had not only established everyone's division of labor in society but also given everyone a possible path upward.

Of course, it was not without side effects.

For example, lifespans were now locked to the panel. They could only be increased by raising one's profession level and receiving world rewards.

Thus, the Personal Career Panel was both a benefit granted by the world and a form of restraint.

For instance, Chen Li's former Personal Career Panel had contained an additional privilege—guardian.

And the one under his guardianship was naturally the Evil God beside Chen Li!

Strange, wasn't it? Chen Li was actually the guardian of the Tonghua Evil God.

Though in terms of strength, the Tonghua Evil God could kill Chen Li with one punch, Chen Li was still the Evil God's guardian.

After all, Chen Li was the only survivor among those who had brought the Evil God into this world.

And before the Evil God's age in this world reached "adulthood," she could not shake off the status of being under guardianship.

This was also why, apart from her true name, Chen Li could restrain the Evil God.

Yet no matter how unwilling Chen Li was to give up, he found no mention whatsoever of guardians in the Miraculous Forging Guide.

As a result, the smile on Tonghua's face grew ever brighter.

"Looks like... one more restraint on me is gone. My dear believer, let's see how you stop my affection this time."

Tonghua stood up, pressed Chen Li onto the sofa, and ran her fingers across his chest.

Granted, Chen Li held the Tonghua Evil God's true name, but Tonghua bet that he would not dare use it.

It was like having the power to flip the table, yet not daring to do so lightly, because that was the final bottom line.

But the Tonghua Evil God was clever. She never crossed Chen Li's bottom line, only tested it again and again at its edge.

Therefore, whenever Chen Li was with Tonghua, he could only barely use his status as her guardian to stop some of Tonghua's actions.

And only barely.

So unless necessary, Chen Li did not particularly want to meet Tonghua.

But now he was in trouble. His guardian status was gone.

"All right, don't resist. I watched you grow up, so just think of it as being bitten by a dog." Tonghua coaxed Chen Li in the tone one would use on a child.

"Stop." Chen Li said through gritted teeth.

Tonghua's movements stiffened.

"Hm?" Chen Li, who had only been putting on a brave front, suddenly brightened when he saw Tonghua pause.

"Stand up and sit properly. Children need to sit properly, and you're not allowed to lay your hands on your guardian either," Chen Li continued.

Then Chen Li saw the disgruntled Tonghua, who, despite her obvious resentment, could only obediently sit beside him.

"Well, what a disappointment for you. I may not have seen the words 'guardian,' but the status is still active." Chen Li smiled, holding the Miraculous Forging Guide.

"Tch. Sooner or later, I'll snap this personal panel in half." Tonghua said unhappily.

In truth, the weaker someone was, the more they felt the personal panel system was exceptionally superior.

The stronger someone was, the more they felt that the Personal Career Panel's restraints outweighed its benefits.

"You'd have to be willing to give up the conveniences the personal panel brings first. Isn't your Fairy-Tale Authority transforming into Story Authority? Could you bear to give that up?" Chen Li said noncommittally.

Fairy tales belonged to stories.

If she could transform Fairy-Tale Authority into Story Authority, the Tonghua Evil God would become even stronger.

"Tch, just wait. As the world's largest book publisher, I'll complete the transformation in ten years at most." Tonghua said unwillingly.

This was how the Tonghua Evil God carried out the duties of being the Tonghua Evil God.

When the Tonghua Evil God first arrived in this world and received the world's acknowledgement and a panel, she had three choices for increasing her strength.

One was to start from being an Evil God and do what an Evil God should do.

One was to start from fairy tales and spread fairy tales.

One was to start from being a god and gather more faith.

But Chen Li, who knew the Tonghua Evil God's true name, would not allow her to spread chaos. Moreover, in a world filled with strange things, an Evil God spreading chaos was indeed likely to draw the attention of a legendary investigator carrying Relics, leading either to sealing or being tricked into losing everything.

And because Chen Li, the Tonghua Evil God's only believer, never spread faith, the third path was also blocked.

Thus, Tonghua could only choose the second path.

First, she would become the world's largest fairy-tale distributor through somewhat irregular means, making her identity as the Tonghua Evil God more stable.

Then, through legitimate means, she would defeat other book distributors, seize control over the dissemination of stories, and gradually transform fairy tales into stories. Along with a few minor methods and rituals...

Though the process would be slow, in a world where identity was profession, this method was still fairly effective.