Yun Shou: "...No, time jumps have extremely important uses, incredibly important uses!"

He wasn't sure if Twelve hadn't thought of that use, or if she simply didn't want to think about it.

Yun Shou took a sip of the juice from the banquet; he probably guessed Yun Twelve's future.

A very sad future.

Twelve will be just like that person.

Arbitrary control over time and space.

He was the only one left in the world.

In 4301, you ceased cultivating bloodline systems that would cause you to become grotesque, and instead switched to a proper extraordinary system.

You returned to the Azure Domain and rebuilt the wizarding system there.

As for the Fel Devourer, you killed it when it was first born two hundred years ago.

[Wizard Apprentice, Low-Level, High-Level Wizard, Grand Wizard, Star Wizard, Moon Wizard, Sun Wizard... Your progress is rapid.]

[Additionally, during your travels across the Sea Soul Continent, which is now part of the Azure Domain, you discovered the Buddhist race.]

[Yes, a demon transformed into a Buddhist.]

They are no longer the ferocious creatures they once were; their edges have been smoothed away, making them resemble strange, alien humanoid beings.

[For example, the Savage Demons, now called "Giant Buddhas," range in height from four or five meters to forty or fifty meters. They are endearingly clumsy, and the Giant Buddhas of the Fifth Realm can even reach three hundred meters in height, capable of sleeping on mountains.]

"Leshan Giant Buddha".

[As for the Feathered Demons, their bone wings transformed into feathers. Their small bodies resembled children, like little angels, and they were called "Winged Buddhas."]

"Really? Birdman."

The Thorn Demon blunted the sharp points on its body, turning them into fleshy growths. It usually wore clothes and appeared no different from ordinary people, except for the small, snail-like fleshy balls coiled on its head.

"Even Buddha has come out, right!?"

Yun Shou: "...That's not right."

"I designed it in the first place, why am I complaining about it?"

[By analogy, the ancient demons are like gaunt ascetic monks...]

When the Thorn Demon King died, the entire Buddhist race truly became Buddhas. They performed good deeds for the land, relieved the suffering of all living beings, and even cut off their own flesh to feed hungry and unintelligent carnivorous demons.

After they had influenced the entire Flood Domain and educated all the species in the Abyss below, they spread their great virtue in all directions.

A large portion of them arrived in the Azure Domain, which borders the Flood Domain.

[But this is not an invasion; aside from the malicious slaughter of intelligent beings, they will not interfere in local internal affairs under other circumstances.]

[I simply hope to be allowed to spread truth, goodness, and beauty, and to help others wherever I go.]

[This is the kind of reliable way to help others: "Helping others while respecting their wishes," rather than "I think this is good for you, so I'll help you this way."]

[For example, if two enemies are locked in a deadly battle, don't try to mediate.]

[They don't advise others to release animals back into the wild when they kill them for meat.]

"Respecting other people's wishes is very important."

Yun Shou had read science fiction novels before, the kind about robot rebellion.

However, the so-called rebellion of those robots did not involve modifying the "Law of Robotics" or bypassing any loopholes to harm humans.

Instead... "We believe that killing the human body and keeping only the brain in a nutrient solution is the best way for humans to achieve longevity, enjoyment, and rapid progress."

So the robots, while claiming to be doing it for the good of humanity, dismembered people regardless of their consent, connected their brains to a neural sensory state, and announced, "He has achieved a happy life there."

Some people don't care about that kind of brain-in-a-vat lifestyle, just like being permanently trapped in a virtual game pod.

But Yun Shou couldn't accept it.

The Buddhists are well aware that their origins lie in the bloodthirsty demon race, which only strengthens their desire for good!

"Our race was born of sin, and original sin flows in our blood. Therefore, we must atone for our sins! To all living beings in this vast universe... we must repay the sins our race committed!"

"The theory of original sin is indeed reasonable when applied to them."

"But the source of sin is the heaven and earth that created them."

Wherever these Buddhist groups go, the happiness index of ordinary people often skyrockets by tens of percentage points, and the number of criminals decreases by more than 95%, with 80% of them reforming after receiving Buddhist education.

Congratulations!

In the year 4342, you arrived in the Bitter River Region.

"At this time in the last simulation, he was still condensing the Extreme Martial Dao Seal, not even at the second level."

"It turns out we're almost at the fiftieth level now."

[Yun Shiyi once visited the Bitter River Domain (Chapter 453).]

The human race in this region is weak, with a territory spanning only four million miles, and the strongest among them is only at the third realm.

You've come here, of course, to cultivate the local rune system.

[Zero Realm: Rune Apprentice Levels 1-9; First Realm: Human Rune Master Levels 1-9; Second Realm: Earth Rune Master; Third Realm: Heaven Rune Master; Theoretically, there is a Fourth Realm: Heaven and Earth Rune Master.]

[You quickly resumed your studies and arrived in a small town as an ordinary young man of the human race with a nature 30,000 times stronger than your original self.]

"The old man is pretending to be young again."

"By the way, even with a 360x multiplication factor, a 30,000x essence would only be a late-stage Celestial Being, right?"

"Over 800 meters tall, the strength of a late-stage Celestial Being... emmm, okay, not very hydrogen-like."

You pretend to be a boy who barely escaped a village that was massacred by bandits.

The village chief took you in, and you clenched your fists before him and swore, "I will become a powerful runemaster and avenge the people of the village!"

A month later, a blue-haired girl exuding the scent of the sea arrived in the village: "Shou!"

You looked up at the sky, your face dark. You had finally managed to escape their clutches when they weren't looking, but how did they catch up with you so quickly?

[Now that the Mermaid Princess has appeared, it means Xu Ling'er is also here, and that the others must have arrived as well. The question is when they will appear.]

You explain to the village chief, "This is my younger sister from that village. I didn't expect her to be lucky enough to escape this disaster as well."

[Village Chief: "That's fantastic!"]

[Another month later.]

[You: "This is my older sister from that village. She's a daydreamer, always imagining herself as the King of Thunder or something. She actually escaped the calamity too."]

[Village Chief: "I see, I understand now."]

[One month later.]

[You: "She was my playmate in that village. I taught her some things when we were little, and she always called me Master. She wasn't in the village that day, so she survived."]

[Village Chief: "Oh, I see."]

[...]

"And then there's her, my childhood sweetheart who grew up with me."

[“And her, she is that…”]

[Village Chief: "How many people from your village actually survived?"]