Getting to the point.
The Black Cat's expression immediately turned solemn.
It tried to sit up, wanting to appear more serious, but the Witch held it too tightly. After struggling a few times without breaking free, it simply stopped resisting and let her knead and squish it as she pleased, only perking up its ears to show its gravity.
"First, I came to warn you."
The Black Cat's first words made the Witch stop manhandling it. A warning that made a Legend deliberately cross the Timeline could only concern World Ascension and the wizards like them who had intervened in the ascension process.
"What warning?!"
The little Jade Person frowned, rapidly considering the Xuanhuang Small World's current state as she guessed, "Does it have something to do with those Spirits causing trouble? Or with 'Death'?"
At present, only those two matters lay outside their expectations.
The Black Cat shook its head slightly, then nodded again.
"It doesn't have much to do with those Spirits. They do want to take advantage of the chaos to seize some authority over death—not necessarily because they want to become cold, rigid embodiments of rules. They probably want to become the god of death in the ascended world, or something like a death messenger."
The Black Cat raised a paw and wiped its whiskers. Its tone held a trace of uncertainty before it shook its head. "In any case, they're unimportant—the important thing is the 'Death' you just met."
"I knew it. A Death with an independent will is far too rare!"
The Witch looked around. After confirming that everything was still pitch-black, she instinctively lowered her voice.
"Do you want to bring it back to the laboratory? Tell me what I need to do."
She was still being very tactful.
She had used the