Reshaping the Grand Finale: The Other Shore of Deep Space

What time is it now?

"Three years before the Heavenly Emperor's Calendar."

Why the first three years?

"Because there are still three years until the birth of the Heavenly Emperor."

A new calendar system, with its reversed cause-and-effect approach, appeared in everyone's consciousness.

Although no one knew who the Heavenly Emperor was or why he was born three years later, everyone naturally accepted this new calendar.

Even in the void and chaos of the dead land.

Even souls that have long since lost their consciousness will naturally develop such ideas.

However, no one here can calculate the time.

In the midst of chaos, Shi Xin stared blankly at the pitch-black sky, which resembled a vortex.

Although she suddenly knew about the Heavenly Emperor's Calendar, she did not know what time it was in the Heavenly Emperor's Calendar.

The surrounding area was filled with the remains of many magical girls.

A soul wandering aimlessly has long lost its sense of self here.

They didn't know who they were, where they came from, or what they should do.

But the Shi Xin is different.

Even though she had endured a long time here, she still refused to lose her mind.

She endured endless loneliness and pain, and in this maddening torment, she clung desperately to her last shred of consciousness, refusing to let go.

Did that Time Branch actually come in handy?

Has anything actually changed?

Are we all still being dominated by a hopeless future?

Did the sacrifices of our predecessors and our own efforts ultimately have any value?

Perhaps it was because she was too greedy; she wanted to know the result.

Because I was truly unwilling to accept it, and I really didn't want everything to be in vain.

Even if it meant enduring millions of years of loneliness and torment, she was unwilling to lose her consciousness.

Day after day, she gazed at the sky, that pitch-black, swirling sky, an eternal darkness without a single ray of light.

There was no sign of light appearing.

Gradually, she began to wander around like the other wandering souls.

Wandering aimlessly until finally merging into the darkness, feeling nothing at all.

In her hazy state, she seemed to see some familiar magical girls.

Those who told her of the inevitable destruction of the world, who told her she had to seize Time Branch and find a way to change the despair of her predecessors from the past.

They didn't know if it made any sense.

But as long as there is a possibility, all the magical girls will struggle to fight for that possibility.

One after another, generation after generation, until she came to it.

Because she possessed an ability similar to the Time Branch, Shi Xin stepped over the corpses of many magical girl predecessors and touched that one and only possibility.

Looking at the empty eyes and faint aura of those predecessors, Shi Xin's consciousness struggled slightly once again.

I couldn't help but cry.

This is a deadly place that no one can find.

This is the final resting place for all the magical girls who gave their lives.

This is the ruins of all miracles, the graveyard of hope.

No light can shine here.

When you are no longer surrounded by the desires of others, when all strength and warmth have left you, and you are alone in the cold darkness waiting for death.

Shi Xin couldn't help but reflect on the meaning of what she had done back then.

I'll start to feel resentful and heartbroken for all the magical girls' hard work.

So she wanted to know if anything had changed, if anything had been successful, even if it was just a tiny change.

To prove they existed, to prove the significance of their efforts.

However, this place is pitch black; it is a land forgotten by the world.

Time cannot reach this place, and even the existence of space is uncertain.

No matter how hard you try, no matter how many companions, friends, and relatives you have, you are alone when you die.

Especially magical girls.

The desolate wilderness after death will never offer them any warmth or noise.

This is as punishment for those who steal the essence of the world and abuse miracles.

They could only wander and drift on a dark, desolate land where no one could see today, until they completely disappeared.

The magical girl seniors before her were disappearing one by one, and Shi Xin, her Shi Xin blurred with tears, reached out her hand, trying to grab them.

But all she could grasp was a patch of black dust.

She didn't want it all to be in vain.

If in the end everything is meaningless, then what was the point of them?

Kneeling on the ground, Shi Xin's fingers gripped the hard, dry soil beneath her repeatedly, almost tearing her hands to pieces.

"Who's coming—"

The words she opened her mouth to speak didn't come out, but they seemed to be desperately trying to tear her body apart from her heart.

"Someone, please help them!"

Even just a little bit would be fine; please don't let their end be so tragic.

The magical girls who gave their all for everyone deserved a better ending.

If this is punishment for losers, Shi Xin punish only one person.

Because Shi Xin didn't do better, because Shi Xin had no idea what happened to the Time Branch in the end, and because Shi Xin wasted everyone's efforts.

So, it's all my fault. Please, anyone, come and help them, give them the happy future they deserve. I'll do anything you ask. If there is a God, I beg you----

Perhaps it was truly the divine who heard the sinner's repentance and prayers; through her blurry, tear-filled eyes, Shi Xin saw glimmers of light.

In this dark wasteland, it was the first time she had seen light since she fell into this place, for who knows how long.

She crawled forward with her bloodied hands, then with all her might.

He stretched out his skeletal hand toward that tiny ray of light.

They clung tightly to the light, refusing to let go.

Do you need any help?

That was the first time she had ever heard a sound in such a desolate place.

The clarity dried her tears, and her vision brightened in an instant.

The girl in purple, as exquisite as a carefully sculpted porcelain doll, stood before him. Her fair hand, which he had gripped so tightly it was now covered in blood, filled Shi Xin with an involuntary sense of guilt, as if he had defiled a work of art.

She kept opening her mouth, trying to speak, but couldn't utter a single word.

"I see."

But the other person only responded to her indifferently yet affirmatively.

Then, she saw the many magical girl souls that had begun to dissipate being recreated.

She was pulled up by the other person.

Shi Xin heard the girl ask softly again, "Can you walk?"

She nodded vigorously.

So the girl took her hand and slowly began to walk outside.

All the wandering, lost souls behind her were drawn in, and the scattered magical girls were also reshaped in her purple flames, all chasing after this single ray of light, step by step, walking towards the outside.

Soon a long queue stretched out behind him.

As she walked, Shi Xin noticed that the surroundings were getting brighter and brighter, and the darkness behind her was getting farther and farther away, and her senses were becoming clearer and clearer.

The intense heat emanating from those hands almost set her ablaze.

"Us----"

She discovered that she could actually speak.

I couldn't do it no matter how hard I tried before.

Where are we going?

The purple-clad girl didn't turn around. Like a silver river, they walked from the unknown, desolate darkness all the way to the outside world.

All souls paused, staring blankly upwards.

Looking at the sun, moon, mountains, and rivers, and at the towering buildings and steel forests everywhere.

Silence.

"Go home."

The purple-clad girl spoke softly, and the many souls behind her began to scatter in all directions.

Shi Xin saw someone travel back hundreds of years, and the purple-clad girl beside her gently fiddled with something.

And so, in the long river of time, ripples were created, changing something.

She saw the souls of the dead returning to their bodies, escaping their inevitable fate.

I've truly returned home and started a new life.

So going home wasn't a metaphor after all.

Shi Xin thought that the so-called "going home" was just a metaphor, meaning that the world itself was home.

Surprisingly, they actually sent everyone back to their own homes.

Even though these families belong to the past.

The original torment, pain, resentment, and anger.

In that instant, all that remained was a bewildered sense of helplessness.

Some things come too suddenly, making it difficult to change one's emotions. She looked at the magical girls who had risked their lives to save everyone, now returning home with smiles on their faces.

I felt that everything had meaning.

It was gradually pulled out of nothingness.

I felt truly To Live, and experienced that feeling called happiness.

She wiped the tears from her face and discovered that her hands had also recovered.

The abrupt, dreamlike scene took Shi Xin a long time to process.

In the end, all the souls departed, leaving only her.

"Aren't you leaving yet?"

The purple-clad girl, who had patiently waited until the end, looked at her and asked, "Waiting for what?"

"I, I----"

Shi Xin's memory became clearer and clearer. She recalled many things and looked at that beautiful face. "Have we met somewhere before?"

There's always a sense of familiarity.

"Illusion."

Shi Xin nodded blankly, then asked softly, "Why, why do you want to help us—"

Is it because of the Time Branch? Or is there something they can do for the girl before them? Or perhaps, it's simply out of pity?

I carefully sought an answer.

But then they heard the girl tilt her head, her gaze sweeping across the river of time, and look at another girl, pointing with her finger.

Shi Xin looked in the direction she was pointing, then paused, startled.

That was his own daughter.

"Go back as soon as possible and register the child's birth."

The college entrance exam is coming up soon.

Is it just because of this?

Shi Xin felt a mix of amusement and exasperation, but the next second, her consciousness plunged into a moment of darkness.

When she opened her eyes again, she found herself lying in a hospital bed.

She heard crying nearby, turned her head to look, and saw the heartbroken little Chilian crying. She couldn't help but smile.

She peeked out and hid under Little Chilian's head, like a female ghost.

He made a face at Little Chilian.

"Mommy, I'm back to find you!"

Startled, Chilian fell to the ground with a thud, kicking her legs and retreating a considerable distance.

This immediately made Shi Xin giggle.

Chi Chilian, with tears streaming down her face, stood there stunned for a while, then burst into even louder sobs and threw herself into her arms.

He slammed his head against her chest, making Shi Xin cough incessantly.

"Sweetie, Mommy was wrong, don't cry, or you won't be able to be a magical girl anymore—"

Cries and laughter emanated from the ward, and more people poured in, leading to even more chaos.

The Beast of the End silently watched the girl before it, and dug out all the dead bodies.

Those who were involved with the World Tree and whose souls had already dissipated were actually no longer in the river of time. She painstakingly dug them out one by one, restored them, and then sent them back to their original worlds.

It's described as a perfect world, truly without a single flaw.

He seems to have obsessive-compulsive disorder.

"Some people die of natural causes, isn't that unnecessary?"

"To manipulate the souls and lives of others at will—this is a great supernatural power. How could it be unnecessary for you all to prove my ultimate skill?"

Never mind, as long as you have fun.

Even the Beast of the End couldn't tell whether the other party truly thought that way.

Or is he just making excuses to cover something up again?

It only knows that it has less and less food to eat, and that's all it does.

She even took out the food that had been eaten.

However, the other party did not intend to starve it to death.

The current Nameless Immortal Emperor – this is what she calls herself. At this moment, the Nameless Immortal Emperor can create the World Tree at will, and destroy it at will.

She will create a pile of ruins to stuff into its belly, filling the worlds that have been eaten.

In terms of the End, there is no difference.

It followed the Nameless Immortal Emperor upstream in the river of time, watching her casually alter time and space, and even the cause and effect of the world.

Yet everything remained orderly and perfectly regulated by her great power.

But nobody remembers her.

The third year before the Heavenly Emperor's calendar.

End, she watched as she personally manipulated the captain's Calamity Beast, leading Keke and her parents to the beach; she also saw that although Yinluo and Yinlian had broken up, they were ultimately not separated by life and death; An Shiyu's parents and Keke's parents met on the bus, and the two families became friends through a trip, with An Shiyu even becoming Keke's friend before Yinlian did.

The Azure Cloud Sect was still established, but this time there was no sect leader, Keke was unable to establish a relationship with the Azure Cloud Sect.

Under Yitaen's leadership, the Old World entered Chongxu and borrowed a piece of land Chongxu to survive.

Not long after, Yitaen seized power, and the entire Chongxu became her empire, rapidly degenerating from a capitalist society into a feudal society.

Jade Fox, accompanied by White Fox, became the chief magical girl of the Chongxu Empire.

They are constantly clashing with the Freedom Resistance Army led by Su La Sonora.

A vibrant scene of life, where everything flourishes.

Everything seemed to have changed, but the final result was much the same.

However, the Nameless Immortal Emperor did not interfere much with this world. As she traveled along the path of the perfect world, she spent most of her time staying in those worlds that had been devoured.

The Heavenly Emperor lived for countless years before this time.

The world where the Nameless Immortal Emperor originally resided existed before the World Tree was born, therefore the journey took even longer.

By the time the Nameless Immortal Emperor arrived at his doorstep, the Beast of the End was already somewhat tired.

She cast aside the End and took a look around at life at home.

Not only do they have sons and daughters, but their maternal grandparents, with whom they previously had a strained relationship, were also brought over and live in a courtyard house.

So I didn't think much of it and was about to leave when I saw my mother climb the mountain again, once more, in the flow of time.

It fell into the seabed.

So on that day, she went up the mountain with her mother and found her sitting on the edge of the summit, lost in thought.

When a strong gust of wind blew by, the old man swayed precariously and was almost blown off.

She grabbed her mother and pulled her back.

The old man was also quite frightened. He patted his chest, still shaken, and it took him a long time to come to his senses.

Why sit there if you don't want to die?

Faced with the girl's somewhat cold question, the old man seemed at a loss, and then, as if he had done something wrong, he said embarrassedly, "I... I don't know why, but I always feel that sitting by the mountain makes me think of something, something important."

"Maybe it's because I'm getting old, but I always feel like I've forgotten something important, and I can't remember it. Sometimes I even wake up anxiously in the middle of the night. Then I dreamed that there was a child sitting on this mountain. I can't remember his name, but I always feel like I know him and miss him. So I came here to sit for a while and see if I can remember him—"

Seeing that the girl's expression gradually calmed down and she wasn't so angry anymore, the old man also relaxed. "I'm sorry to have troubled you. Ah, I'm getting old, and I can't do anything properly anymore."

"Nothing."

"Wow, little girl, you're so pretty! Can Grandma hold you?"

My mother is just that kind of outgoing person. Whenever she sees a cute child, she'll happily ask for a hug, regardless of whether it's appropriate or not.

The Nameless Immortal Emperor was about to leave when he heard his mother sigh, "These days, children don't want to play with old people anymore; they just think they're in the way—"

She hesitated for a moment, then went over and let her mother hug her.

However, the old man, while holding her, suddenly felt a sense of déjà vu. "Oh my, this feels so familiar, girl, haven't we met somewhere before?"

"No."

"So in your past life, were you our daughter? Or perhaps our granddaughter, haha."

Talking nonsense, the old woman not only held the little girl but also turned her around and made her sit on her lap. Holding the little girl, she really seemed to be holding her own granddaughter, stroking her head, "So good, so good. I wish our wild girl was as well-behaved as you—"

The Nameless Immortal Emperor let out a cold laugh.

I used to hold other children and lament that I wished I could be as well-behaved as them.

Generally speaking, other people's children are always better.

She didn't say anything, but just sat on her mother's slightly uncomfortable lap, quietly gazing at the endless sea.

It's like when I was a child, after my mother and father had a fight, they would take me to see the sunrise.

The old man, in a daze, unconsciously murmured, "My Si'er— "

Then the old man himself became confused, chuckling foolishly, "Oh dear, who is Si'er?"

It's impossible for me to remember anyway.

So she jumped off her mother's lap, waving her hand to stop the mountain wind, "Go down, don't come up the mountain alone, it's not safe."

"Okay, okay."

After escorting his mother down the mountain and waiting for her to return home, the Nameless Immortal Emperor continued on his way.

In the long river of time, she saw Lu Ya lying unconscious in the hospital.

So she returned to the alley.

"Don't run! Lu Ya!"

"Danger!"

For some reason, Lu Ya ended up here, only to be met with a truck heading straight for her.

Behind her were several students from other schools who were chasing after her.

Shion looked ahead at the river of time again and realized that these students from outside the school were thugs who had come to cause trouble for Lu Ya.

Essentially, he's a pursuer, but his methods are rather unconventional.

They seem to think that intimidation and fighting can win a girl's heart.

Because she used to be by Lu Ya's side, most of these kinds of people had already run away, and now her traces of existence had been erased.

The group of thugs kept pestering her, and finally managed to catch Lu Ya here on this day.

The world's inertia of development meant that, had she not already reached a higher level, she would likely have been powerless to change it.

Just before the truck crashed into Lu Ya, the nameless Immortal Emperor walked up to Lu Ya and casually stopped the truck.

The wheels and engine roared and howled like a rampaging beast.

But in the end, she gently pressed down with one of her fingers, and the whole car sank, almost falling into the ground!

The three thugs behind him were stunned for a moment, then turned and ran!

Lu Ya seemed startled as well, clutching her chest and staring blankly at the girl who had suddenly appeared before her. She stammered for a moment, "Y-hello, thank you—"

The sober truck Driver immediately got out of the truck to make a phone call, and the Nameless Immortal Emperor went over and punched him in the stomach.

The truck Driver's eyes widened, and he collapsed to the ground, unable to get up due to the pain, his eyes rolling back in his head.

We are all To Live to the fullest.

The girl spoke expressionlessly.

"I thought it was a speed bump."

I stepped on his head again.

"Take your concerns to the insurance company."

The truck Driver managed to squeeze out the word "nervous" before passing out.

Lu Ya, who was watching from behind, was stunned for a moment before bursting out laughing.

"That's outrageous! That's something a truck Driver would say!"

"To me, they are flesh and blood."

After saying that, she turned and left.

Lu Ya chased after him, "Hey, hey, what's your name? Let's get acquainted! I haven't thanked you yet!"

Even so, she did not linger. After confirming that Lu Ya was not in any danger, she moved on from there.

As time went by, Lu Ya grew younger and younger, reaching the time when her parents were young, still deeply in love and inseparable.

Further on, before my parents were born, the mountains and rivers shifted, and the city's myriad lights were washed away into a desolate wasteland.

Until the world was born.

She continued walking towards the end of the river of time.

There are many more worlds waiting for her.

Every world is noisy; billions of worlds, trillions of years, transform into a continuous torrent.

The scale of time is endlessly stretched within a single step, then turns into a fleeting silence after the next step is taken.

Time is merciless; it brings neither joy nor diminishes pride.

Only a lingering sense of peace remains.

She continued walking forward without stopping, heading towards a more distant and ethereal end.

Suppress all darkness and misfortune!

No one will remember her, and she will no longer remember anyone.

He simply traversed the long river of time, creating a perfect world for all things and beings, nipping all tragedies in the bud.

Through the vicissitudes of time, across the long river of history, it has brought blessings to all living beings and become the embodiment of the Way of Heaven.

When you've traveled far enough and seen enough in the long river of time, many things become less important.

The World Tree, curse, eeriness, filth, ominous.

They are all just fleeting passersby on the stage beneath our feet.

Step by step, she went deeper and deeper, further and further away, until even the Beast of the End could no longer find her.

She stepped into a place unknown to anyone, relentlessly pursuing the dark and ominous, heading towards the end of eternity, as if she would never look back.

No one could walk alongside her anymore, and she no longer wished to walk with anyone.

The End Point desolation, the invincible silence, the emptiness devoid of joy or sorrow, the boundless expanse beyond birth and death.

On the river flowing against the current, there stands a saint, eternally immortal, yet forgotten by all.

Until a certain moment, in the deep sky of the long river behind me.

A soft call came from behind.

The distant call was so faint that it was almost imperceptible.

But this finally made her pause slightly.

He turned to the side and looked back.

The sound grew louder and louder, accompanied by vibrations, spreading to every corner of the river of time!

"Jiang Si!"