Since being suppressed by Jiang Si, the Black Dragon has almost completely lost its independent consciousness.
After all, what Jiang Si experienced in the Mental Image Remnants made her give up on continuing to give the Black Dragon its own consciousness, lest it harm her in some other way.
Even after transforming into the Calamity Dragon, the power and appearance used are still essentially derived from the Black Dragon, and are closely related to the Black Dragon's Nascent Soul.
Therefore, after the absorbed power began to have problems, it naturally attracted the Black Dragon Nascent Soul's nascent soul.
Furthermore, they lifted Jiang Si's suppression, allowing the Black Dragon to awaken.
However, the first problem the Black Dragon will face after awakening is that it is being assimilated by the Calamity Curse Realm.
At this moment, the gray-white Calamity Dragon finally understood what the last Calamity Beast meant.
Just like in some chaotic worlds in the chaotic universe of the Azure Cloud Ancestor—the ultimate sword dao Supreme Northdark Controller, the original heavenly dao was not complete or powerful enough, and could not support the eternal existence of the chaotic world after its birth. So the Celestial Immortal who came from these chaotic worlds merged their own dao with the original heavenly dao to become True Immortal in order to delay the death of the chaotic world.
However, without opening up a world realm within one's body, comprehending the original Heavenly Dao, becoming an Ancestral Immortal, Ancestral Immortal out of the Chaos World, one is ultimately just an ant. One cannot control this world, nor can one make it exist forever; instead, one will be limited by the world itself.
Once the living planet representing the Calamity Curse Realm dies, the Calamity Curse Realm itself will also die.
The Calamity Dragon, having absorbed the curse and power of the living planet and begun to assimilate with the Calamity Curse Realm, will also face death.
The Heavenly Way has collapsed, Calamity Dragon has taken over the position of the Calamity Beast, only to suffer the consequences instead!
Of course, this actually had no impact on Jiang Si.
After all, the Calamity Dragon is just one of his forms; even if the Calamity Dragon dies, it only means he loses the ability to transform.
Speaking of the Nascent Soul Nascent Soul, what exactly is Nascent Soul?
In a battle between cultivators, the physical body may crumble, but the Nascent Soul may escape, and the cultivator may survive!
This is the Nascent Soul!
The same applies to the reverse.
In the fierce battle between celestial beings and humans, the Black Dragon died suddenly, the Nascent Soul took its place, but the original body remained undestroyed!
Can other Nascent Soul do this?
A good Heretical Nascent Soul is no worse than a true Nascent Soul! Such an ingenious design makes one sigh, the Nascent Soul is truly a good partner for us cultivators.
Even in the pursuit of immortality, one must frequently reverse one's thinking.
Moreover, he has completely figured out the principle behind the transformation.
Abandon the Calamity Dragon, then find a new Calamity Egg and cultivate a new Heretical Nascent Soul.
Compared to the classical school's concept of one person and one infant, it is only natural for a cultivator of the new era to have a replaceable Nascent Soul.
At that time, I must replace it with a sufficiently good Heretical Nascent Soul.
The Nascent Soul's self-awareness was erased from the very beginning to prevent it from developing into a inner demon...
"Boss! Help! Boss! I'm going to die!"
The Black Dragon cried out and begged him.
Looking at it now, you can see that the Black Dragon's appearance was indeed terrible.
The scales on its body have started to lose their color.
The jet-black dragon scales quickly turned grayish-white, and soon it could no longer be called Black Dragon, but a grayish-white dragon.
His whole body trembled, as if in some pain, but his dragon eyes gradually faded to grayish-white.
So it shouldn't hurt much later on.
"Boss, I... I'm feeling a little unwell..."
"Dizziness is normal. Take deep breaths and get a good night's sleep."
You can disappear comfortably while you're asleep.
Even so, Jiang Si was not in a hurry to remove the Calamity Dragon form.
Moreover, as the power of the Calamity Dragon gradually disappeared, he also discovered a huge problem.
That is the power of rules obtained from the living planet, and the Mental Image Domain from the Emperor, both of which are actually fused with the Calamity Dragon.
If the Calamity Dragon form disappears, these two powers may also disappear.
For Jiang Si, this was absolutely unacceptable.
You absolutely must get the reward every time you run a dungeon!
His favorite part of reading books used to be the inventory check after the dungeon was finished.
The joy and satisfaction of a bountiful harvest can never be replaced by any story.
Now that he has lost the Golden Throne and his Black Card has been damaged, he has suffered heavy losses.
All this effort was made so that the Calamity Dragon form could be further improved and wouldn't be eliminated.
After all, Dragonblood Warrior is his favorite form.
But now that the power of the Calamity Dragon is about to completely dissipate and perish along with the Calamity Realm, he can accept it, since it's just starting over.
But if the power of the Golden Throne and the living planet also disappears, it's as if all my hard work has yielded nothing.
For Jiang Si, this was absolutely unacceptable!
Therefore, he still intervened, managing to somewhat ensure the survival of the Calamity Dragon.
However, even by interfering with the spread of gray-white death through one's own intense Personal Reality, it is impossible to restore it to its original color.
These gray and white things have already determined a certain outcome and can no longer be disturbed.
Living planets and the Calamity Realm share the same origin, so much so that the Calamity Dragon, which merges with the power of living planets, is essentially a deathly gray.
It cannot be dyed back to black.
Furthermore, due to the characteristics of the Calamity Curse Realm, these grayish-white areas are different from those of other Old World outside.
Compared to the Gray-White Remnants of Magical Girl Killer.
The grayness here is closer to the result of a curse; a curse that follows you like a shadow cannot be restored to its original color by your Personal Reality. Even Shion's magic can only destroy it...
Unless one cultivates Divine Sense.
Using changes in individual Divine Sense, the curse is rapidly dismantled and absorbed, altering the predetermined outcome!
"Boss, I think I saw my mom."
She's doing very well, you don't need to worry about her.
"It seems like Mom is waving at me, it seems like she's talking..."
What did she say?
"If you don't give it to Tang, we'll cause trouble."
"Then which mother of yours is he/she?"
Isn't that a joke made by Lu Ya?
Speaking of which, Jiang Si still doesn't understand the joke. She'll tell it to Bingtang next time.
See if Bingtang Bingtang knows anything about these things.
Maintaining the Black Dragon's body, which was in a state of semi-consciousness, Jiang Si attempted to transfer the Mental Image Domain and the Death God Curse to the Dharma Shion.
However, in the current state, even the slightest touch of pure magic will produce a violent reaction, making it impossible to transfer.
These powers will disappear instantly once you transform into a magical girl.
"Boss..."
Black Dragon said weakly, "I want to live, boss, I don't want to die..."
Then think about it.
For Jiang Si, the current situation only allows her to abandon the Black Dragon and find a way to transfer her Mental Image Domain and the power of rules.
"You won't die."
The Calamity Dragon raised its head and looked at the creature that suddenly jumped down from its head.
The girl gently stroked the dragon's head.
The Emperor closed his eyes and whispered:
"No, I won't let you die."
Then, Jiang Si did indeed sense a hint of death.
Death is a common occurrence in the Calamity Realm.
People born with a curse are constantly tormented by it.
A curse is a manifestation of death.
As the ruler of the Calamity Realm, the Emperor has witnessed countless deaths.
She witnessed the death of her parents when she was very, very young.
The Calamity Realm is clearly a hellish place, yet people keep giving birth.
The purpose of procreation is very simple; it is not out of love or anything else, but simply to prolong one's own life.
Because long ago, before the Calamity Realm was completely swallowed by the curse, if a child was born, he would inherit the curse of his parents, thereby lessening their curse and allowing them to live longer.
The longer a child lives, the more curses parents can avoid.
For those in the Calamity Realm, this was as natural as it seemed.
In order to survive, and even to alleviate the pain brought by the curse, having children as early as possible and as many as possible is everyone's way of survival.
Each child is not born to bear love, but to bear the curse of pure desire.
But the Emperor was an uncursed child, and being uncursed was a miracle to others.
But for her parents, it was an even more devastating curse.
Because no one bears the burden of their curse, their lives cannot be extended by the birth of a child.
Ironically, the newborn worsened the curse.
Therefore, not long after the Emperor was born, his parents died a violent death.
She watched as her parents struggled in despair, resenting her birth and cursing her future.
The girl, who could not be infected by the curse, could not understand their anger and resentment.
I still remember my parents' last curse before they died.
Later in the town, she met many people, but the one who raised her was actually Lika, who had once fought against the curse alone.
That was an era when no one realized how terrifying it would be if the curse were allowed to spread, because although the curse was painful, it wouldn't cause everyone to die prematurely.
While everyone else was only thinking about having more children and increasing their lifespan, only Lika was thinking about how to reduce the curse.
While everyone else was thinking about how to coexist with the curse, only Lika was thinking about how to completely eradicate it.
She even considered killing the cursed infants, leaving only the uncursed ones at birth—a terrible act that would leave no one able to alleviate the suffering caused by the curse.
Everyone thought she was crazy.
Because before the Emperor, there were no babies born without a curse, and there haven't been since.
Isn't this just extinction?
Without children to share the curse, the curse will only continue to increase.
Isn't this just making it impossible for everyone to survive?
Lika was eventually driven out of town.
When the Emperor saw Lika again, she had been tormented by the curse to the point of being unrecognizable.
Instead of having children to share her curse, Lika bore the curse alone and was lonely in her old age.
No one understood her, and no one helped her.
However, the methods she researched for combating and mitigating curses ultimately continued to be used.
The Emperor's last meeting with her was at the edge of a cliff, where the old man, dedicated to eradicating the curse, lit a bonfire.
Why not spread the curse?
The Emperor, who was warming himself by a campfire on the edge of a cliff, couldn't help but ask her.
As long as I get married and have children, I can survive.
Lika shook her head, only sighing that she wished the Emperor were her daughter.
At that time, the Emperor did not understand what Lika meant.
She didn't know this until she saw the magical girl with her own eyes and understood love and happiness.
Because she didn't want her child to struggle in a hell of despair.
She didn't want her child to share her curse and pain. If she could, she wished she could have a girl like the Emperor, uncursed and capable of happiness.
Perhaps, if Lika hadn't been cursed, she could have become a magical girl.
At the very least, she's more suited to be a magical girl than I am.
The Emperor was by Lika's side until her final moments.
Because, for the Emperor, she was indeed raised by Lika; without Lika, she would have simply waited to die among her parents' corpses.
She has always regarded Lika as her mother.
However, this adoptive mother, even on her deathbed, remained the same as her biological parents.
She was given the same curse.
Sometimes, Emperor would wonder if they were not immune to curses after all.
But her curse remained forever in her soul.
The curse from both her biological parents and her adoptive mother has always accompanied her and has never disappeared.
However, her body was never tainted by the curse.
But the Emperor still couldn't understand why Lika would do something so meaningless in the end.
Why did she, who fought against the curse her whole life, end up fearing death?
After that, she encountered the Sacred Beast again.
The Sacred Beast led her through many things, and during that time she became the town's hope and salvation.
Everyone hoped that one day she would succeed and break the curse.
But she thought to herself, "I wish someone else could do this."
Why should I be the one putting in the effort while others reap the rewards?
Why can't others do the work while I enjoy the fruits of their labor?
Perhaps it was because of this thought that she was ultimately unable to meet the expectations of the Sacred Beast and others.
Gentle, kind, and selfless.
The characteristics that the Sacred Beast kept emphasizing to her were beyond the Emperor's imagination and ability to achieve.
Even the Sacred Beast died because of the curse.
For Emperor, the despair and denial before death are like a curse.
So much so that even the Emperor himself completely abandoned this path.
Even Sacred Beast from other worlds will be cursed and killed if they stay here for too long.
But the Emperor could never be tainted by the curse.
Let alone people from the Calamity Curse Realm, even in other worlds, she would be an absolute anomaly.
The townspeople's expectations of her turned into rejection of her as an outsider.
From isolation to eventual hostility and hatred.
It was like a trial of heretics.
She didn't want to become like Lika; she hated being isolated.
The town was reduced to ruins.
She was Emperor who was never favored by the world's curse.
She is also an ordinary girl who is constantly plagued by human curses.
Until the Personal Reality is realized in the Mental Image Domain, manifesting as the Golden Throne.
The Emperor finally felt the true meaning of the curse for the first time.
Their pain, their despair, their struggles, only manifested in her at this moment, making her no longer an outsider different from everyone else.
She became an ordinary member of the Calamity Curse Realm, no longer the miracle that was different from everyone else and could bring possibilities.
Even though she suppressed the effects of other curses with the Death Note, she could still clearly feel the pain caused by the curses.
But for the Emperor, it brought an unprecedented sense of peace.
She finally accepted her identity and no longer felt uneasy or confused about her differences.
I also understood the madness of those people in the past, and even felt sorry for my own biological parents.
He was full of hope that he could use himself to get rid of some of the pain and curse, but in the end, he only hastened his own death.
The despair born from hope is perhaps the most maddening thing.
Lika's final fear may have stemmed from jealousy stemming from a feeling of injustice.
An old man who spent his life fighting against the curse and trying to eliminate it inevitably felt jealousy and resentment as he looked at the child who did nothing but remained unaffected by the curse.
In the final moments of their lives, they all chose to bestow the same curse upon her.
An empire was established, reached its zenith, and then collapsed and fell.
The Emperor ultimately met the end of her life as an ordinary girl from the Calamity Curse Realm.
And now, I have witnessed firsthand the disappearance of the Calamity Curse Realm.
She didn't feel resentful or sad, just a little melancholy.
All curses will then vanish, disappearing into the unknown void along with the Calamity Curse Realm.
She should have disappeared along with the Calamity Curse Realm, just like that.
I don't want to die.
Until she heard the voice of the Calamity Dragon.
"I want to live..."
Until she witnessed the terror of the Calamity Dragon.
In a daze, I seemed to see my biological parents struggling in bed when I was a child.
He stared at her with a twisted, ferocious expression, cursing her while simultaneously expressing his will to survive.
And then there was Lika's foster mother, who, on her deathbed, clung tightly to her hand, never revealing any weakness, and in her final moments, fearfully uttered the same words to her.
I don't want to die, I don't want to die...
I want to live.
The sounds blended together, making it increasingly difficult to distinguish which voices were coming from which.
The Emperor, regaining his senses, touched the golden crown atop the Calamity Dragon.
A familiar power surged into her soul, and the girl was adorned with magnificent golden clothes, golden hair, and golden-red scorpion-like pupils, which were no longer empty and cold as before.
He gently held the ferocious, enormous dragon head, as intimately as if embracing a lover, and said, "Don't worry."
The Calamity Curse Realm is a world that exists only within curses.
Similarly, all its power can only be maintained within the curse.
Even if the source of the curse is completely destroyed, the world that chased back and the Calamity Dragon that absorbed the source of the world will face extinction.
However, the world may not be able to completely eliminate the power within the Calamity Dragon.
All you need to do is give it a new, inescapable curse.
That was a curse that lingered in the Emperor's soul.
The curse came from the biological parents and the adoptive mother before her death.
It interferes with her Personal Reality, guides her to create the Mental Image Domain, and is even the reason why the Emperor has been able to maintain his immortal soul to this day.
The Emperor lowered his head and kissed the dragon's head, whispering softly.
It tells the story of the hopes and despair of every living being in the Calamity Curse Realm since time immemorial.
It was once the cruelest curse, but now it can be the most beautiful blessing.
"Please, bear all the curses and live on forever."
The world, which had been filled with the gray and white of death, was once again illuminated by the dark light!
The eternal curse instantly engulfed the gray-white dragon's body, and then--
It has been dyed the color of a witch again.
Stroking the shimmering golden black scales, the hand gradually became ethereal.
It transformed into specks of golden light.
As the Emperor gradually disappeared, the corner of the Calamity Dragon's mouth twitched slightly.
You seem to have misheard...
Now that things have come to this, it was actually his own Nascent Soul demons that made him say he didn't want to die.
It seems I can't quite bring myself to say it...