Caught between ice and fire

[You watched Flender and Zhao Wuji progress from simple kisses to passionate embraces and French kissing. You desperately wanted to flee, but you couldn't. In the end, you could only turn your back and pretend you hadn't seen anything.]

[After ten long minutes of torment, you could finally take Flender away to Blue Tyrant Academy to find Liu Erlong.]

[Although you had indirectly killed Yu Xiaogang, practically no one would know as long as you kept quiet, unless Bibi Dong suddenly wised up and recognized you as someone who had been at the scene that day.]

[You moved incredibly fast, yet to Flender, it felt slow, as though you were taking a leisurely stroll. It was as if his senses were misinterpreting reality.]

[You and Flender appeared out of thin air outside a wooden cabin beside a pond within Blue Tyrant Academy.]

["She's an old friend of yours. I shouldn't need to explain anything else. You should know what to do." After giving him those instructions, you left without any intention of staying. The moment you looked at Flender, you couldn't help recalling the sight of him and Zhao Wuji passionately embracing and kissing.]

[After you left, Flender called out from outside the cabin, still doubtful. No sooner had he called than Liu Erlong slammed the door open with a bang and stormed out, cursing.]

["Who the hell is it at this hour? Do you have a death wish, disturbing my sleep?" Liu Erlong froze when she saw Flender, whose expression mirrored hers.]

[The two chatted for a while before the conversation turned back to Yu Xiaogang. For some reason, over the past few days, Liu Erlong had gradually lost her feelings for him and even begun to find him somewhat repulsive.]

[Yu Xiaogang's death had restored the normally love-addled Liu Erlong to her senses, though you knew nothing about it.]

[After some discussion, Liu Erlong and Flender reached an agreement to run an academy together. They would keep the name Blue Tyrant Academy, but establish a separate new class within it called the Shrek class.]

[Without Yu Xiaogang around, neither of them was affected by his intelligence-lowering aura. Affection was affection, loyalty was loyalty, and they kept fairly sensible boundaries between the various aspects of their lives.]

[You arrived at the imperial palace in Heaven Dou City. Everything there continued as usual, with the theft of the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud having little impact. You observed things briefly, then went to check on Qian Renxue.]

[You couldn't say you particularly hated Qian Renxue, nor could you say you liked her. The tragedies that befell Su Laowu and Su Laoliu had largely not been caused directly by her, but by Bibi Dong.]

[After giving it considerable thought, you decided to tell Qian Renxue a few things so she could cut ties with Bibi Dong if possible. If she couldn't and ended up meeting the same fate as in Su Laowu's Simulation, there would be nothing you could do for her.]

[As far as you were concerned, Spirit Hall could be Tang San's enemy or the whetstone that honed him, but it couldn't stand in the way of his progress. You wouldn't concern yourself with those who survived. Though you would sympathize with those who died, you wouldn't stop the war.]

[Some things were bound to happen. You lacked the strength to stop them and had no desire to do so. Becoming a god was your ultimate goal.]

[You had only a hundred and twenty years left. Going to the Divine Realm was inevitable; staying behind would leave you virtually no chance of survival.]

[Through voice transmission, you told Qian Renxue everything about the absurd affairs involving Bibi Dong, Qian Xunji, and Yu Xiaogang in one go. Once you were done, you left immediately. Doing even this much was already more than enough kindness on your part.]

[Several years passed. Through her relentless efforts to follow the traces of your aura, Snow Empress found you in the eleventh year of the Simulation. Ice Empress accompanied her.]

[The moment Snow Empress arrived, she accused you of being a scumbag right in front of Ah Yin, Xiao Wu, Tang San, and Ice Empress. You had been the one to pursue her first, yet once she agreed, you ran away.]

[Faced with such juicy gossip, Tang San and Xiao Wu looked at Ah Yin first.]

["Godmother, did you know Father Ming was fooling around outside? How about I slip him something so you two can just get it done?" Tang San bent down and whispered the suggestion into Ah Yin's ear.]

["Godmother, just break Godfather's legs. A man like him, always running around outside—who knows how many men he's hooked up with? You have to strike first!" Xiao Wu urged her as well.]

[Ah Yin pouted. Was it that she didn't want to? You were the one who couldn't perform! If you could, her child would probably be old enough to run errands by now.]

[You looked at the resentful gazes of Snow Empress and Ah Yin, then at Ice Empress's gaze, filled with envy, jealousy, resentment, and a touch of embarrassed indignation. Finally, you looked at Tang San and Xiao Wu's contemptuous expressions and felt that your good name was gone.]

[You explained, trying to defend yourself. "Are you kidding? I had absolutely no idea you saw that as courtship, okay? I was just looking for friends."]

[Your explanation won no understanding from any of them. Instead, they branded you an irresponsible scumbag.]

[You had grievances, but no one believed you when you voiced them. Just like that, your home gained two more residents, and you had to provide Ice Empress and Snow Empress with meals and money every day.]

[During this time, Ice Empress and Snow Empress often saw you patting Ah Yin, Xiao Wu, and Tang San on the head. They didn't understand why, but as two of the Three Great Heavenly Kings of the Far North, they neither asked nor entertained any desire for you to pat their heads.]

[After Ice Empress and Snow Empress arrived, your life became a living hell. In the mornings, Ice Empress called you a small fry, a pervert, a villain, and more. From noon through the afternoon, Snow Empress questioned you, and you had to tend to her emotional needs. At night, you still had to find ways to coax the sulking Ah Yin out of her mood, lest Tang San and Xiao Wu rebel.]

[You lived as though treading on thin ice, and things only grew harder.]

[In the twelfth year of the Simulation, Tang San and Xiao Wu graduated from Nuoding Academy. With your recommendation, they went to study in Blue Tyrant Academy's Shrek class.]