An eternal love for Bingtang

"Since you care so much, why don't you make a move?"

Only after the Mental Image space completely disappeared and they entered the Magical Kingdom did Shion ask, "You have plenty of opportunities to save her."

"Just as she said."

The voice of the Beast of the End echoed through the universe, now reduced to ruins. "Only Iris like this is the most perfect magical girl."

Is it perfect?

"Absolutely perfect."

Shion couldn't understand the thoughts of a wild beast; after all, it was just a wild beast driven by instinct.

This bizarre aesthetic is probably a side effect of the End.

To search for remaining meaning above nothingness.

It's meaningless.

Shion reached out, her index finger already swallowed by the Black Hole and never to be restored, but the impact wasn't too great. She slowly crushed space, and the phantom of the Magical Kingdom began to slowly appear.

"If you don't act now, her death will be meaningless."

"To be observed by me, to be remembered by me, that already has meaning."

"Aren't you going to fight?"

"I have no interest in battles that yield no results," the Beast of the End said indifferently. "Besides, the true End is fast approaching. At the End, I will devour everything. This is a future that even the World Tree cannot change, and neither can you."

The End nothing more than a link in the natural law of heaven and earth, only it has been manifested as some kind of monster.

Ultimately, the things the two people have to do are quite similar.

"However, once it's all over, I'd like to go to the timeline of the End and see if you're as powerful as you claim."

"I'm also very interested to see if your cheat-like power will remain undiminished even at the End."

"Looking forward to it, after all, the Beast of the End, crushed at the End, sounds quite interesting."

Shion fell silent, and the End also fell silent.

The two of them had actually lost interest in communicating after their previous encounter.

After all, the Beast of the End is indestructible; it is essentially the Great Dao of the End, born at the moment of the End, an immeasurable final calamity.

However, the fact that a single certificate is valid for life means that this also applies at this point in time.

It was precisely because of the existence of the Beast of the End that Shion was able to confirm that this world could indeed lead directly to the Heavenly Dao.

Regardless, Shion indeed has no way to completely eliminate the Beast of the End at present.

As for the Beast of the End, it is not yet at the end of its End, and it doesn't have a good way to deal with Shion.

Fighting would just be a complete waste of time.

Shion plans to go to the Magical Kingdom to deal with Four Leaves and Six Leaves first.

Just as she casually tore open space and was about to step into the Magical Kingdom, another ice crystal flashed by.

The sound of Bingtang also came from the ice crystals.

After a brief pause, Shion gave up on entering the Magical Kingdom.

She turned and glanced into the distance at the desolate New World and a patch of remaining land.

That area looked as if it had been completely frozen in time.

Even the serene Black Hole known as Star's Wrath, which belonged to Iris, could not destroy it.

This reminded Shion somewhat of [Celestial's Remnant Consciousness] or [Eternal New Ark], which were somewhat similar, but it was clear that those things were not the same as these ancestral conceptual realms.

Hearing Bingtang's call, Shion finally turned around, left the ruins of the headquarters, and headed towards the area that had completely solidified.

It wasn't until he got closer that he realized the frozen area was still spreading.

Shion did not rush into the frozen area.

He simply gazed at the icy realm and remained silent for a long time.

No one knows the realm of Bingtang's Mental Image Domain better than her.

Since Bingtang acquired the Mental Image Domain, she has only used it once before, when facing Lu Ya.

Its significant flaws and power, which even Shion found troublesome, meant that Bingtang was rarely used later on.

Before Bingtang obtained the Mental Image Domain, Bingtang was actually at a disadvantage against Bai Mei.

After all, Bingtang was helpless against Bai Mei on the defensive end, and on the offensive end, she was far inferior to Bai Mei.

It can be said that they were completely suppressed.

However, things changed after Bingtang acquired the Mental Image Domain.

The Mental Image of Bingtang is not only the most troublesome type of diffusion, but its speed and range of diffusion are also far beyond what ordinary Mental Image can match - covering half the universe in an instant is not the limit.

Moreover, the Mental Image of Bingtang would Freeze herself beforehand, even to the point of death.

This means that even if the Bingtang dies, the spread of the Mental Image will not stop, and this Infinity Freeze Mental Image even has time-related rules.

Even Bai Mei couldn't escape.

In other words, with her current strength, Bingtang is at least capable of taking Bai Mei down with her.

He is undoubtedly the second-in-command of the Azure Cloud Sect, surpassing the Seven True Disciples in both strength and power.

For Shion, this was the opponent she least wanted to see.

Compared to other magical girls, Bingtang is someone that Shion would find difficult to deal with, no matter how you look at it.

If she could, she really wouldn't want to become enemies with Bingtang.

The magical girl who knows herself best, and who knows herself best in return.

Therefore, Shion first shifted her Divine Sense and glanced at the Golden Calamity Dragon King outside.

The abdomen and hands, which were swallowed by the Black Hole, are gradually recovering.

Now, the New World is finally beginning to fall apart completely due to the destruction caused by this Black Hole.

After the Golden Calamity Dragon King restored its dragon claws, it gripped the New World world, which was still crumbling into pieces. Even the Golden Curse could not stop the world from falling apart.

The dragon claws went from grasping to cradling, even hesitant to exert force, for fear of shattering the world hanging on the World Tree.

The whole world trembled slightly at this, as if in jubilation and laughter.

The Old World has fallen, and a new beginning is finally about to arrive.

Dark magic forcibly held the world together, preventing it from collapsing.

Both the Emperor and the Little Black Dragon were on edge, struggling to maintain order in the world.

But time is running out.

On the World Tree where the Golden Calamity Dragon King confronted him, the girl named Qianye sat barefoot on a branch, swinging her legs. The jingling of the chains and bells was melodious, like her laughter.

"It's almost over."

It was like a verdict, and also like a warning.

Shion glanced at Qianye, but ignored the first magical girl.

Regaining her composure, Shion gazed at the Mental Image before her.

A bone-chilling cold had already enveloped the surroundings.

It continues to expand, and even at an increasingly rapid pace.

The desolate universe transformed into a sheet of ice crystals; the transparent ice blocks were serene yet possessed an unexpected magnificence.

As you walk down, you can see a huge ice palace in the center of the Mental Image space.

Each wall is a complete and unadorned natural ice wall. If you look closely, you can see the vertical stripes that show the ice layer naturally solidified. Each wall is carved with delicate and transparent flowers, like roses.

The ceiling is a classic arched dome, pieced together from huge transparent ice panels, like stained glass windows in a church. Delicate petals occasionally fall from it, and sometimes transparent ice crystal pigeons fly by.

The ice silk, like gauze, spread out on both sides of the lobby, swaying in the cold wind.

The chill was biting.

It's a wedding hall.

Shion walked into the hall step by step, and then heard singing. She rarely listened to songs, so she couldn't recognize what song it was, but it carried a sacred solemnity that filled the entire hall with the solemnity of a church.

Following the sound of the song, I saw the ice-blue girl sitting in the center of the wedding hall.

Sitting on an ice swing covered in ice flowers, holding an umbrella that seemed somewhat familiar to Shion, she swayed gently and hummed a wedding tune.

Until Shion appeared.

The humming song stopped, and the ice-blue girl rubbed her heels against the ice, stopping the swing. Even her shoes were transparent ice-colored, revealing her toes, the rounded curves of her toenails, and the soft flesh that was slightly squeezed when each toe pad met the inner wall of the shoe.

When the skates are pressed tightly against the instep, you can even see the fine blue veins under the fair skin, and the transparent soles reveal the arch of the foot, which is suspended in the air and has a beautiful curve.

The girl, seemingly oblivious to the cold, stood up from the swing, holding her umbrella, and looked at Shion. "You're finally here! I've been waiting for you for so long."

That smile was just like it was when we met for the second time.

"The reason Shion don't let you go to the Magical Kingdom isn't to hinder you. Four Leaves and Six Leaves are actually extremely cunning. If we were to deal with them, the entire Magical Kingdom might suffer. And for the sect leader, causing a ruckus in the Magical Kingdom now would probably be detrimental to the plan; the returns would be low, and the risks would be too great."

As she spoke, Bingtang Tang tossed two Miracle Seed toward Shion, "So I dealt with them for you first."

Shion took the seed and carefully examined it.

It is indeed Miracle Seed with Four Leaves or Six Leaves, and one can sense from the Miracle Seed that the Four Leaves, Six Leaves should have been sent to the Other Shore Plateau, losing its physical body.

After thinking for a long time, Shion put away the Miracle Seed. "Thank you for your hard work, but the Four Leaves Six Leaves tests—"

"As the vice sect leader, I do have the authority to score candidates during the assessment, right?"

Bingtang tilted her head and whispered, "Four Leaves Six Leaves have completely taken control of the headquarters and the Magical Kingdom. Their abilities have made them disappear completely. Not to mention the magical girls and Incubators of the headquarters and the Magical Kingdom, even Qianye and the Beast of the End didn't notice them. So I gave them full marks."

Shion nodded. "No problem."

Being able to interfere with Qianye and the Beast of the End, one cannot ask for more from Four Leaves Six Leaves.

Furthermore, since Bingtang, as the proctor, gave the score, she had no reason to change it.

Why did you make the Mental Image like this?

Then Bingtang extended her hand to Shion, "Of course, it's the agreed-upon annulment ceremony. Just because the world is destroyed doesn't mean our promise is null and void, right? Would the Sect Master be so dishonest?"

So Shion took her hand. "Of course not."

The destruction of the world is a small matter; breaking a contract is a big one.

Holding Shion's hand in one hand and holding an umbrella in the other, Bingtang, dressed in a wedding gown, stepped onto the main stage, walking step by step up the clear, solid ice staircase.

"Iris is truly remarkable. The final Black Hole caused the world to collapse prematurely, which in turn compressed the project's timeline. At this rate, we might not even be able to complete the assessment."

While pulling Shion upstairs, Bingtang said, "But Sect Master, don't worry. I always handle these kinds of small matters for you. You just need to focus on the assessment and complete the final plan. I'll take care of all the other troubles for you."

It has always been this way.

It seemed that their relationship had remained unchanged ever since they met and became friends.

Shion just needs to do what she wants; all the other troubles she encounters along the way will be solved by Bingtang.

Whether it's money, personal connections, or other resources.

She never emphasized it or said it aloud, so much so that Shion had gotten used to it all.

Habits are a rather dangerous thing.

It acts like a painkiller, constantly relieving the pain caused by bone friction during physical activity.

And once it disappears, the discomfort will amplify the excruciating pain from every physical activity in daily life.

Every moment becomes agonizing until you get used to it again.

"Actually, I originally planned to wait until all the Seven True Disciples ' assessments were over before I stepped in. After all, it would be pitiful if no one helped clean up the mess in the end. In fact, I even considered asking everyone to give up the assessments at first."

The ice ladder wasn't long, but Bingtang walked very slowly, so Shion quietly followed behind her, keeping pace with her.

"But as you know, the children who are the true disciples have grown up, become stronger, and their thinking has become more mature. Sometimes it makes me doubt myself and whether I am qualified to educate and manage them. Perhaps in some things, they are more mature, smarter, and more opinionated than me. Sometimes I feel anxious and worried about this."

As she spoke, Bingtang suddenly turned her head and smiled somewhat embarrassedly at Shion, "It's like I'm afraid that one day everyone will see through my act of pretending to be mature, like an adult, or that people will criticize me for not being qualified or capable of educating and managing them."

"Who dares?"

Shion let out a cold snort involuntarily.

They acted as if they would beat anyone who dared to say that.

"You see, like this, I always feel like I only have a place in everyone's hearts because of your authority, Sect Leader. Sometimes I wonder, as an ordinary girl, Bingtang, can I really earn everyone's respect and affection?"

Bingtang, who never talks about these things with others, doesn't mind showing her troubles and vulnerability to Shion without any hesitation.

"Everyone's grown up, and it's like I'm the only one left behind. Especially after they stopped listening to me and volunteered to participate in your assessment, I feel like I can't keep up with them. I guess this is what it feels like to watch your own children grow up and eventually drift away from you? Hehe----"

With a light laugh, she finally walked onto the stage, Bingtang gently pulled Shion up.

He then folded up the umbrella.

A magnificent stage, murals made of ice crystals everywhere, and walls that shimmer with the memories of the time the two of them once spent together.

Bingtang hugged her, took her hand, and then asked, "Sect Leader, do you still remember the dance I taught you before?"

"I only remember martial arts."

"I didn't teach you that kind of thing."

Although somewhat reluctant, Bingtang still held Shion's hand and slowly and lightly began to dance in the center of the icy wedding hall stage.

Shion's movements weren't stiff; she neither refused nor took the initiative, but simply followed her movements quietly.

It's like leading a well-behaved, obedient puppet.

Only at times like this do I feel like I can completely control Bingtang.

However, Bingtang never intended to control everything about her.

Even if she could hold it, she would involuntarily let go, allowing Shion to dance freely. Even if she didn't move much, that was enough for Bingtang.

Everything she longed for was already contained within it.

"Only Bai Mei, Yumo, and Blue Flower remain. The three of them have been preparing for a long time, so Sect Master, be careful."

"I know."

"However, don't be too strict; relax the requirements a little."

It's more like a stroll than a dance. Following the movements of the Bingtang, it's elegant and pleasant. While chatting, it feels like you could stop at any time to have a tea party.

Aren't you coming?

After a long while, just as the dance was about to slow down and almost stop, Shion asked, seemingly casually, "Not with the disciples, are we?"

Bingtang Tang blinked. "Does the sect leader want to give me a score?"

"No."

"So, in the sect leader's eyes, I'm not perfect."

"No."

Shion sighed, as if she had a headache, "What I wanted to ask was—"

"I know, I know. What does the Sect Master want to ask? Should I, like the other true disciples, become his enemy and demonstrate my abilities before him, showcasing everything I've learned from you, right?"

Bingtang interrupted her, the ice flowers still falling and piling up on their shoulders and heads. "Fighting the sect leader is the fastest way to establish a relationship with him and let him know your methods. Everyone knows this."

"It's not just those within the sect; even those outside the sect, whether it's Miss Prince, Miss Lu Ya, or even Miss Iris, were only noticed from the very beginning because they stood opposite the sect leader and fought against you. Especially in life-or-death battles, they shone even brighter, showcasing the unique qualities of each girl. Their beauty left a deep impression on the sect leader, perhaps making them unforgettable."

That is the meaning of the battle.

The fastest and best way to communicate with the sect leader is through battle—a desperate, life-or-death battle.

As long as you stand opposite the sect leader and force him to take things seriously, you will definitely be remembered.

To convey all my heartfelt wishes, all my emotions, and all my abilities.

If possible, you must become the sect leader's enemy and see what it means to make the sect leader take this seriously.

There are quite a few people who think this way.

Opposite the sect leader, under the gaze of everyone, that most dazzling moment.

In novels, the character with the most screen time is always the protagonist's formidable rival.

Instead of the female lead who is next to the main character.

Don't worry.

However, Bingtang cupped Shion's face and whispered, "I am your shadow. I will only follow behind you. Even if everyone in the world becomes the sect leader's enemy, I will not leave. I don't need the opportunity to become the sect leader's enemy, nor do I need to fight the sect leader to prove myself. Even if you don't understand me at all in the end, it doesn't matter. Even if no one sees me, it doesn't matter. I just need to stand by your side. That's enough. A shadow doesn't need to shine."

The cold air slowed Shion's breathing, seeping into her lungs through her mouth and nose. Shion stared at the Bingtang staring at her for a long time before finally nodding in her Freeze stiffness.

"Good."

Then, Bingtang took Shion's hand and lifted her up. After spinning around under Shion's arm, she bumped into Shion's embrace, tilted her head slightly, and looked at that indescribably beautiful face. However, after only admiring it for a moment, she said, "Sect Master, could you grant me a small request?"

"What?"

I want to see Jiang Si.

Shion casually deactivated her transformation, and Bingtang nestled into Jiang Si's arms, chuckling softly, "Finally, I feel a little bit like I'm getting married."

"You don't dance at a wedding."

"Oh dear, can't it be our unique characteristic?" she said Bingtang, then took his hand. "Sect Leader, do you remember the first time we met?"

At some point, Bingtang retrieved the umbrella. She opened it and then let Jiang Si hold it, saying, "This is the one you gave me that day."

"I can't tell."

"Silly, it's because I've been repairing it all these years. I've replaced a lot of parts, but the core has never changed. It's still the same umbrella you used to have."

The surrounding ice reflected the rain of that day, and the boy, who was going against the flow of the crowd, casually tossed away an umbrella.

The umbrella tumbled through the rain, splashing mud, and finally landed next to the injured girl lying on the ground.

Jiang Si turned her head away, then remembered, "It wasn't a gift for you; I forgot to take it back later."

"----Can you stop spoiling the fun?" Bingtang pinched Jiang Si's earlobe resentfully, but couldn't bring herself to actually pinch it, so she could only threaten her. "Anyway, it's very important to me. Didn't you ask me before why I always carry an umbrella?"

"When?"

"Hmph, I forgot too!"

She said it as if she were sulking, but Bingtang finally burst out laughing, "Forget it, sulking with you is the stupidest thing to do. Just forget about it, it's not important anyway."

"It's quite important, isn't it?"

Bingtang Tang paused, then looked at Jiang Si with a serious expression and said, "She's probably curious about what kind of immortal cultivation path you're following."

"I knew it. I never expected anything from the start, so don't expect me to be sad. I won't be sad at all. I'm used to it—"

As she spoke, the girl couldn't resist leaning on Jiang Si's shoulder and biting his ear—only there did it not break his teeth. "I walk the ruthless path, specializing in killing fickle men!"

Jiang Si then laughed at her words.

Bingtang stood up, looked at his smile, and reached out to press her hand against the corner of his mouth. "Good, that's it, keep it up."

Not far away, on the ice surface, the scene from when Lu Ya first arrived appeared.

Most of the conversations were vague.

But until the very end, the question Lu Ya asked remained crystal clear.

It was so clear that even Jiang Si could hear it perfectly.

"At what point did your time stop?"

Releasing Jiang Si, Bing Tang, dressed in a wedding Bingtang, walked towards the ice surface. "Because I don't know if we'll have a chance to meet again, I couldn't answer her question last time. In any case, I must answer Miss Lu Ya's question, so please pass on my message if you see her in the future."

There's no need to explain anything further.

The surrounding ice surface was covered with girls lying on the ground, looking up at the boy's back in the rain.

Life was frozen in that instant, and that instant became Mental Image, becoming eternal.

The ice extended to the edge of the world, and the crumbling New World began to stagnate.

It was frozen in time at the moment the girl wanted to stay.

"I'm sorry, Jiang Si. It's not just that I don't want to be your enemy; I also don't want to hurt the disciples. Calling them children might be too arrogant, but they're like my sisters. Watching them die at your hands, or having to do it myself, is unbearable. I thought I could do it, but it seems I'm much weaker than I thought."

"But I absolutely cannot interfere with your plans, so after much thought, it seems this is the only way."

Bingtang reached out and touched the ice surface; the coldness spread from her Mental Image to her skin, slowly engulfing her.

Ice flowers, like snowflakes, fell.

The girl stared at the ceiling.

She has hated snow and rain since she was a child.

For the injured, those things are like finely ground salt.

Just like that day after my mother passed away from illness, my father coldly drove me away, and it was raining heavily outside, making it unbearable.

but.

Bingtang turned her head, took out her ice-blue Miracle Seed, and handed it to Jiang Si.

Around him, I don't know when it started.

Even rain and snow have started to take on a romantic feel.

I even came to like snow.

It's like this moment that's about to become eternal.

"Wishing the sect leader in advance a life of unparalleled dominance throughout the ages."

"I will always be there, waiting for you, supporting you, watching over you, forever—"

She climbed onto the boy's body and pressed her cold lips against his, feeling his warmth and softness for the first time. "I will love you forever."

Only when the lips that touched hers turned to ice did Jiang Si reach out and take the token from her arms.

Jiang Si stared at the two characters "Bingtang" that she had carved for a long time, then reached out and wiped them clean.

It looked like it had some kind of dirt on it, but it was actually perfectly clean.

"Thanks for your hard work."

He responded to the Bingtang as usual, and waited for a moment as usual.

Then I realized there would be no further response.

Then he nodded again, as if talking to himself, "Same."

Jiang Si put away the token and turned to leave the Eternal Space.

He paused briefly at the doorway, staring blankly at the barefoot girl who had appeared out of nowhere.

Jiang Si sighed.

Shuangsheng ----

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