Everything Has an End, Everything Has a Beginning (Part 3)

"Host! What are you doing!"

The familiar words arrived, though late. Ye Xiqing rubbed her ears: "Redeeming the male lead, can't you even see something as simple as that?"

The system was extremely agitated: "Is this salvation?! You're just sealing the male protagonist away!"

Ye Xiqing immediately stopped its ignorant words: "Suppressing the soul and body is called sealing. Sending a person into the Mirror of Inner Demons is not sealing, it is psychological therapy."

"The Heart Demon Mirror is a top-tier immortal artifact in the cultivation world. In the Yao Li Sect, only high-ranking disciples like Zhuan Li are qualified to be equipped with it to temper their inner demons and assist in cultivation."

"I gave such a high-level immortal artifact to the male protagonist who killed me, and instead of saying I'm kind-hearted, you even slander me."

"What the male protagonist needs is emotional redemption. As long as his emotions are redeemed, does the location matter?"

system:……

"So, do you plan to release the male lead...?"

"Hehe." Ye Xiqing smiled and raised her hand to apply another layer of Heart Cocoon to the Heart Demon Mirror.

"The male protagonist's inner demons are too heavy. Perhaps he needs to go through several more mental trials."

"If he can see through his inner demons and overcome them, then he will be able to come out on his own without me having to release him."

"You've solved both the protagonist's mental health issues and the world's safety problems. Have you ever met someone as kind and resourceful as me?"

system:……

It enthusiastically explained the relationship between proportion and base to Ye Xiqing, trying to use this to make Ye Xiqing understand the absolute gap between her and the male lead.

However, it seems to overlook one problem: as the base increases, even a small percentage will have a surge in absolute value.

100 is divided into 10, 1000 is divided into 100, which is equal to the entirety of the 100 worlds.

In the high-energy world of cultivation, even if you share a 1 with all other cultivators, you're still considered a cultivator, with plenty of strength and resources.

Ye Xiqing didn't understand why Zhuan Li was so conflicted about whether or not to kill the male lead. She could have just used whatever methods she had on him. It wasn't a choice between two options.

Even if the male protagonist possesses 90% of the power, before awakening all his power, he still has to share it with all the immortals, whose initial conditions are even stronger than his.

Ye Xiqing does not oppose the theory that "one should not be judged as evil because of the sin of prophecy," and she does not oppose the vast majority of theories in the world.

Anything that can be summarized into a theory must embody the wisdom and thought of countless people, so there's nothing to question about it.

But she was speechless at people who apply a single theory to all problems, especially those who are reborn, whose future is already certain to happen, yet still have such a big heart.

No one would eliminate all nuclear weapons prematurely just because they might pose a threat, but no one would also place nuclear weapons in a busy urban area.

According to the system's description, the male protagonist's power is equivalent to all nuclear weapons combined, and he has even become sentient, possessing human-like intelligence.

Even a box of firecrackers knows to be kept away from flammable materials, but a sentient nuclear weapon is allowed to roam around and explode wherever it wants, all thanks to the heroine's love and influence.

Although the original plot proved that this method was effective, Ye Xiqing's mind naturally resisted this logic.

Dangerous goods should stay where dangerous goods should stay. The Mirror of the Mind is not the real world, but a world derived from the human mind.

All the NPCs in the game are derived from the inner world of the person who enters the game. In other words, the world will become what the person who enters the game perceives it to be.

The greatest enemy of man is always himself. The Mirror of Inner Demons can visualize the greatest fears, desires, and weaknesses in the heart of a cultivator, which are the so-called inner demons. Cultivators use this to temper their hearts.

Ye Xiqing didn't actually appear on screen, but in their brief interaction, she created a savior image for the male lead—a perfect redeemer, since the male lead himself added the soul to the character.

The female lead doesn't necessarily have to be the one to redeem the male lead; she can do it herself and be self-sufficient.

The male protagonist obtains his own personalized psychologist. The people in the Mirror of Inner Demons are not real people; they are either formed from the mirror's energy or from the male protagonist's spirit. It doesn't matter if the male protagonist suddenly goes mad and everyone is wiped out.

The male protagonist already controls 90% of the world's energy. Why should the others, who share the remaining 10%, take the risk of his explosion? Let him find a place and play by himself.

After sending away the people who make up 90% of the population, the whole world suddenly feels more beautiful.

The male protagonist, a living person, just vanished into thin air; there had to be some explanation. Ye Xiqing went directly to the disciplinary department of the sect that was about to leave and recounted how those male disciples had bullied their fellow disciples.

What a sect needs most is unity. Keeping such disciples will only bring disaster. It is hoped that they can be expelled as a warning to others.

Then, she will take on the role of her master in accepting the bullied disciple and bringing him into Fuwei Peak. From now on, he will be under her exclusive jurisdiction over Fuwei Peak.

Although Yaoli Sect is a cultivation sect, it also has its own set of human relationships and social customs. The sect is divided into inner disciples and outer disciples.

The inner disciples are likened to the chairman's relatives, while the outer disciples are likened to company employees. Ye Xiqing's status among the inner disciples is not the highest, but it is definitely higher than that of the outer disciples. The people of the Discipline Hall immediately agreed.

One advantage of being a cultivator is that if you stay in seclusion for hundreds of years, everyone will think you are in seclusion. Once you close the mountain gate, no one will notice anything unusual.

Only Ji Xia, the vicious junior sister from the original story, came to Ye Xiqing to ask about the male lead's recent situation.

In the original storyline, this villainous female supporting character was initially very kind to the male lead, but her kindness was tainted with malice.

She seems to be nice to the male lead, but she actually enjoys the feeling of being adored by everyone. The difficulties the male lead suffers are all retaliations from her admiring men, which she deliberately tries to win over.

When people fight over her, she may seem to cry and try to stop them, but she's actually thrilled. She loves using other people's admiration to prove her charm.

Therefore, her tainted goodwill not only failed to purify the male protagonist, but also led him, who already lacked a sense of right and wrong, further astray, ultimately causing him to become completely demonized.

But regardless of whether it's genuine or not, this sea-loving junior sister is really dedicated. While everyone else was completely unaware that the male lead had disappeared, she actually rushed to her Fuwei Peak to visit him.

Can Ye Xiqing allow the wicked female supporting character's poisonous good intentions to taint the pure and innocent male lead? For the sake of world peace, she must do everything in her power to protect the male lead and resolutely keep the female supporting character at arm's length.

I picked up my pen and wrote a letter of recommendation: "Junior sister, I've discovered that your aptitude is perfect for studying mind control at Moonlit Cliff, 800 miles away."

What? You're saying you're from Medicine King Peak?

Take my advice, this major isn't right for you. I'll write you a letter of recommendation; you should switch to mental health.

Ji Xia originally went to find the fish she raised, but ended up leaving with a recommendation letter from Moonlit Cliff in a daze.

The system tried to stop the vicious female supporting character for the first time, but failed. It turned to look at Ye Xiqing and said through gritted teeth, "Host, don't think that it's so easy to stop the male lead from becoming a demon. Even the Heart Demon Mirror can't stop the demonic energy from gathering."

"I've already told you how powerful the male protagonist is. If he can be trapped by a celestial artifact that's so common in the cultivation world, then why did the celestial realm in his previous life perish?"

Ye Xiqing smiled and said, "Because the immortals in their previous lives didn't receive modern education. They only cultivated martial arts skills and not intelligence, so they were a bit slow-witted."

system:……

After telling the system a lame joke, Ye Xiqing chuckled to himself, then said seriously, "There are only two ways to break through the Heart Demon Mirror: either you must see through your inner demons, or you must have absolute martial prowess that surpasses the mirror's owner and shatter it."

"Given the male lead's chaotic mind, the original storyline would have required finding him an external spiritual support so he could overcome his inner demons on his own. Maybe he'll have to wait until his next life."

"And those stronger than me... System, I'm not dead, I can cultivate."

system:……

I really don't know why I always ask her such nonsensical questions. Questions are static, but she is dynamic. Does she think that only questions are permanent and her own progress bar will never move?

After clearing the area, Ye Xiqing began looking for ways to improve her cultivation.

In this world, Ye Xiqing possesses all of the original owner's memories. After all, the cultivation world is different from the basic world, with many unique settings that are common knowledge in this world.

Without memories, she can't even fly. For an immortal to not be able to fly is like not being able to open a car door in the real world—it's an embarrassing thing, of course, it's unacceptable.

Therefore, Ye Xiqing does not need to learn cultivation knowledge from scratch.

The upgrade system in this world doesn't have a strict hierarchy. In short, immortal power needs to be cultivated, and breaking through realms requires "comprehension".

Everyone has their own path. Immortal power is the mana bar, and "path" is the level bar. Without mana, you can't use skills, and without leveling up, the mana bar won't be long enough.

The original owner specialized in cultivating the "Path of the Common People," but Ye Xiqing didn't know what that was.

Although she inherited everything from the original owner, comprehension is a very personal thing. She and the original owner were not the same person, so of course they could not have the same insights.

After the change of personnel, there was no significant drop in cultivation level, but Ye Xiqing no longer wanted to cultivate the original path. Being killed nine times by the male protagonist made it seem like there was no future in it.

As a decisive factor in cultivating immortality, changing paths is sometimes not a simple matter; it's equivalent to crippling one's martial arts skills and starting all over again.

But sometimes it's quite simple. For example, someone who cultivates the Path of Ruthlessness can change their major by falling in love.

Ye Xiqing originally cultivated the Path of All Living Beings, which, judging from the name, shouldn't be a very violent cultivation method, so it shouldn't be so difficult to switch majors and end up suffering greatly. However, just in case, Ye Xiqing still set up an array in advance to prevent the male protagonist from coming out.

Watching Ye Xiqing's series of actions, the system felt that she would not succeed, but the shadow Ye Xiqing had cast on her in the past was too great, and the system reflexively wanted to stop her: "Host, it's useless. No matter what you choose, you'll just be going around in circles in that one percent."

"It's like a realm; once you're stuck below this critical threshold, no matter how hard you try, it's useless."

"The world imposes limitations; this is the ceiling for ordinary cultivators."

Ye Xiqing said indifferently, "Don't I have you?"

If a normal host said this, the system might be very proud, but facing Ye Xiqing, the system still said: "Yes, the host has a system, but the host should also have discovered that the system can only modify the mission world, not make a decision."

"The male protagonist can utilize 90% of the power of this world, which is the core setting of the world. This world is also an advanced world. Unless the host pours all the points he has earned in so many worlds into this world."

"Would the host be willing to use all the points that can be exchanged for real currency in a single mission world?"

Upon hearing this, Ye Xiqing couldn't help but glance at the system and smiled, "Of course I'm unwilling, but does conquering this world really need to be so complicated?"

Ye Xiqing opened the system shop, which was now fully open to her, but she only selected a familiar item: [Soul Transfer].

After equipping the [Soul Transfer] skill on himself, Ye Xiqing bought a large number of books.

While the system was still wondering, Ye Xiqing spoke up: "System, when I said you exist, I wasn't referring to your system shop, but rather to the fact that you sent me back to my past life, which made me understand some things."

The system immediately perked up; it didn't believe that it could understand anything from sending it back in such a short time.

Seeing that it couldn't keep up with the train of thought, Ye Xiqing smiled and said, "Even in such a short time, it's enough to get a lot of information, such as that I was once killed by the male protagonist."

"And what message can a death convey? Pain."

"You might ask me what information pain can convey. Actually, it can convey a lot. For example, what level of pain would one experience if they died from a magical attack?"

"Pain is a feeling that cannot be faked. I've been waiting to see what the immortal's pain is like—whether it will be stronger or weaker."

"Then the answer was the same as before: the pain limit did not exceed the severed hand in the sixth world, and it was not much different from the torment suffered in the fourth world."

"So here's the problem: someone gave me a strangely shaped vehicle and said it was an alien vehicle, and I believed them."

"If I excitedly disassemble the vehicle only to find it's just wires inside, should I still trust it?"

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Author's note: Qingqing: A war at the level of immortals, yet with the same pain as mortals, what kind of expression should I use to face it? [Rainbow fart]