Women Reached a Consensus: Tuo Dou Did Not Understand the Firmament

The so-called original novel could only serve as a reference; it could not be taken as absolute truth.

Since I had come to this world, it meant this world truly existed. I could not possibly be a fictional character from a novel.

The women holding Notebook Copies: Exactly!

We were absolutely not fictional characters in a novel.

In the novel, I had not originally existed. I should have perished with my parents ten years ago, on the road when the Xiao Clan retreated from Jia Ma Holy City to Wutan City.

"Retreated from Jia Ma Holy City to Wutan City?"

"Xiao Ting of the Xiao Clan in Wutan City, Jia Ma Empire. This Queen has found you!"

Deep within the Magma World beneath the desert, Medusa lazily stretched. A smile blossomed across her peerlessly beautiful face.

Once she confirmed Xiao Ting's origins, she could capture him and imprison him by her side.

A human who knew the growth of a Dou Di and understood the countless opportunities across the Dou Qi Continent, while still weak enough—he was qualified to become Medusa's forbidden possession.

But the instant that thought arose, Medusa felt as though someone had gripped her heart. Her soul and the snake soul of the Purple Nether Flame Snake were dragged into an eternally lonely, dark world, as if they were about to be exiled.

He must not be actively harmed in any way. The existence of the Notebook Copy and the contents of the Notes must not be revealed! Understanding dawned on Medusa, and her gaze shifted slightly. "These Notes are even more overbearing than this Queen."

If she could not harm him, then she would not harm him. She could simply take another approach and keep Xiao Ting... no, win him over gently.

The reason I could still be alive was likely the butterfly effect caused by reincarnation, though it might also be because this world was real enough.

In my previous life's world, the author of the novel Strange Fire Firmament—or, in this world's terms, a novel writer—used the pen name Tiancan Tuodou.

A novel was ultimately just a novel. It imposed subjective settings on every character's personality, and its plot logic was simplistic.

But real people were all complex. They were not puppet-like paper-thin characters.

Tuo Dou did not understand the Firmament. He was merely a novel writer.

"Well said." All the women holding Notebook Copies nodded in agreement.

They were living, breathing people with independent thoughts, not puppet-like paper-thin characters beneath someone's pen.

"Tuo Dou does not understand the Firmament, nor does he understand me." Xiao Yi Xian's eyes gleamed brightly. "Otherwise, if I ever get the chance to visit the world where Xiao Ting lived in his previous life, I will make him give me an explanation. Why did he arrange such a miserable past for me?"

"Tuo Dou!" Within the Mo Tie Mercenary Group, Qing Lin, who had always been cautious and perceptive, revealed a trace of hatred in her eyes. "You had better not be the one who arranged for me to suffer so much. You had better truly be just a novel writer."

Great Dao Notes chose me and made me a World Observer. It should be because it wants me to restore the truest version of the world of Strange Fire Firmament.

According to what I learned in my previous life, my cousin—the protagonist of that novel—was the Child of Luck in this world.

From the perspective of a novel, as a character written by a novel writer, his success was inevitable.

But from the perspective of reality, everyone was the protagonist of their own life. If someone recorded their entire life, it would likewise make a wonderful story.

Since my cousin is the Child of Luck, I can follow him and record his rise, while observing and documenting this world alongside him.

And I can also take a look at Yun Yun, whom he only met once; Queen Medusa, whose only hard part is her mouth; Xiao Yi Xian, whom countless men could not let go of and wished to possess; Qing Lin, the model personal maid; as well as all manner of other geniuses and beauties.

"Only met once?" Yun Yun felt as though some kind of malice had enveloped her.

Thinking of how the Misty Cloud Sect and Xiao Yan would become mortal enemies, a guess inevitably surfaced in her heart.

Could it be that Xiao Yan admired her, yet she paid him no attention and merely concluded that they had "only met once," leaving the young man heartbroken?

Yun Yun was not being narcissistic for thinking this. Even if everything Xiao Ting wrote in the Notes was true, and Xiao Yan would become a Dou Di in the future, that was still the future.

At present, Xiao Yan was merely a minor cultivator from the Xiao Clan of Wutan City, not even a Dou Practitioner.

Meanwhile, she, Yun Yun, was the sect leader of the Misty Cloud Sect, a Dou Huang powerhouse, and the foremost female cultivator in the Jia Ma Empire.

Those who admired her were as numerous as fish crossing a river, and even the Pill King Gu He was no exception.

It was perfectly normal for a young man, newly awakened to love yet possessing an adult soul, to fall for her.

If love went unfulfilled and turned into hatred, that would be even more natural.

"I need to find a way to meet Xiao Ting naturally and confirm what I suspect." Yun Yun furrowed her delicate brows and pondered seriously.

At the same time, within the Magma World.

Medusa's expression was extremely colorful, and her hands itched to seal something.

What did he mean by saying the only hard part of her was her mouth?

Was that a description of her snake body?

"Doesn't sound like a compliment." Medusa snorted softly and silently added another mark to Xiao Ting's account.

Not being allowed to hurt Xiao Ting did not mean she could not frighten him.

This Queen had her own methods.

"Countless men could not let go of her?"

"Was he talking about me!?"

Xiao Yi Xian held the Notebook Copy in her hands, her face filled with astonishment before a blush quickly spread across it.

Judging from Xiao Ting's words, from the perspective of the female characters in the novel alone, she was very popular.

Moreover, unlike the mercenaries' fondness for her, it was affection born from knowing everything about her.

"I am the model personal maid?"

Qing Lin had never imagined that she would receive such recognition.

She did not foolishly assume it referred to another person with the same name, because she was the one who had received the Notebook Copy.

"So that means I will be valued and needed!?" Dazzling light bloomed in Qing Lin's eyes.

For now, I should go meet the number one fair, rich, and beautiful girl in the Dou Qi Continent—Xun'er.

The moment those words appeared, all the women with Notebook Copies widened their eyes, their attention completely drawn in.

For Xiao Ting, who knew everything about the Dou Qi Continent, to call someone "number one in the Dou Qi Continent" left no doubt about the weight of that title.

What sort of woman could receive such an evaluation!?

"Let me see just how much Brother Xiao Ting knows about Xun'er."

Xun'er rested her cheek on one hand, smiling sweetly with warmth in her eyes.

If Brother Xiao Ting knew everything about her, then he should not misunderstand her.

And he should clearly understand just how tempting her soft rice was, and that he needed to hold on tightly.

As a World Observer, it is necessary for me to carefully record Xun'er.

On the surface, she bears the surname Xiao and is a distant cousin with very little blood relation to me. She arrived at the Xiao Clan ten years ago.

But in truth, she comes from the Gu Clan, one of the seven great Dou God Clans. She is the only daughter of the Gu Clan's patriarch, a Late Nine-Star Dou Sheng powerhouse; the inheritor of the Gu Clan's perfect Dou Di bloodline; the owner of the fourth-ranked Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame on the Heavenly Flame Ranking; a Dou Sheng before thirty, and a Dou Di before fifty.

Yun Yun, Medusa, Xiao Yi Xian, Qing Lin: ???

At that instant, the four women felt as if they had become illiterate.

With such origins and achievements, Xun'er was the true protagonist of Strange Fire Firmament, wasn't she?