"Congratulations, Sect Master! You can be called the Celestial Emperor now!"
Qianzhencao, who was right beside her, was the first to sense the anomaly.
The Sect Master was openly and unapologetically radiating this new power. In that mont, Qianzhencao was shocked to discover her own perspective synchronizing with the Sect Master's!
Her five senses were actually being enveloped by this new power. The world beca even smaller, yet clearer!
Even every single piece of information about her own movents was instantly observed.
This kind of penetrating insight that seed to see right through her internal organs was completely different from anything before!
It felt as if every corner of her body was being seen with perfect clarity. It wasn't just the feeling of being naked—it went a step further, like getting an X-ray...
Hmm, there was also a lting sensation, as if she was about to be assimilated. The perspective felt very low too. She wondered if this was a side effect of Divine Sense...
Although the Azure Cloud Sect promoted demonic sense, its effects could only be described as barely satisfactory.
Simple detection was one thing, but in slightly more complex environnts—for example, places with a lot of polluted magic—demonic sense was prone to disconnection issues.
Demonic sense itself was a more precise and minute form of magic. By adjusting the nature and quantity of mana, it was possible to interfere with or even deceive demonic sense searches. Qianzhencao had suffered greatly from this herself.
During a previous battle with people from the old world, the opponent, sohow having obtained intelligence on this matter, had deceived Qianzhencao's reconnaissance, nearly causing her to fail.
Fortunately, her skills were superior.
Even without using defensive magic, she withstood the opponent's attack and counter-killed them.
If she had an advanced version of demonic sense like the Sect Master's, such a situation obviously wouldn't occur.
A detection that could penetrate everything, once deployed, would absolutely not be interfered with by corrupted magic power.
Qianzhencao snapped back to reality. That incredibly profound perspective from monts ago seed as if it had never happened.
She blinked, imdiately sat on her broom, and continuously pulled out flower petals from under her cloak, circling around the Sect Master Celestial Being while scattering flowers.
She even specifically used a Sonorous Charm, causing Qianzhencao's congratulations to echo throughout the vast expanse between sky and sea.
For a mont, it created the feeling of a bustling crowd.
In terms of celebration thods alone, the combined efforts of the seven true-transmission disciples couldn't match her.
As an outstanding graduate of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, Qianzhencao had countless such daily-life-related minor spells at her disposal.
She could always find the appropriate one to use.
And every ti at monts like this, no matter how angry the Sect Master was, her attitude towards Qianzhencao would soften a bit.
The Sect Master was so easy to placate...
Opening her eyes and retracting her Divine Sense, Shion saw Qianzhencao circling around her, scattering flowers. Her slightly transparent purple pupils showed a hint of delight.
Ultimately, the reason Shion disliked her was precisely because Qianzhencao's talent and abilities were truly outstanding.
If she were just a rookie with no potential, Shion wouldn't bother caring about whatever she liked.
Within the Azure Cloud Sect, Qianzhencao was considered the most well-rounded Magical Girl. Shion herself had learned quite a few spells from her.
It was precisely because a genius was wasting her talent on frivolous pursuits that it felt regrettable and infuriating.
As long as she didn't open her mouth about that Harry Potter, Qianzhencao herself was quite a likable disciple.
Capable, driven, full of potential, and very good at reading the room.
Her entire life was ruined by Harry Potter.
Back then, seeing that Shion genuinely didn't like Qianzhencao much, Bingtang had suggested whether they should forcefully expel Qianzhencao and arrange for her to join the Disaster Control Bureau.
But in the end, Shion herself vetoed it.
"What if she goes to the Disaster Control Bureau, works hard, becos even stronger, even surpassing all the true-transmission disciples of the Azure Cloud Sect? If she then single-handedly defeats all our other disciples, wouldn't that make us look like we have no foresight?"
Moreover, she was a Harry Potter fanatic.
Why should she get to experience the journey of a web novel protagonist?
This kind of plot—being expelled from her original sect, revealing her talent in a rival organization, and finally making a triumphant return to slap everyone's faces—
Shion absolutely would not let a Potterhead have it!
She didn't deserve it!
"It's still far from becoming an emperor. No need for such excessive flattery. I've only just completed the form of Divine Sense; it still requires further developnt and refinent."
When Shion retracted her Divine Sense, she even felt fatigue.
That brief Divine Sense scan, deployed without any conservation, had already exhausted all the newly born Divine Sense. It would be difficult to deploy again in a short ti.
There were quite a few limitations. It was practically a disposable consumable, or perhaps it was due to incomplete developnt. After all, it had just been explored; having flaws was normal.
Later, she would slowly explore and complete it—such as opening a sea of consciousness specifically to store Divine Sense, solving the recoverability issue, and reducing fatigue.
Thus, the path of the Nascent Soul was completely opened.
All that remained was the Purple Mansion...
Qianzhencao obediently put away her flower basket and stopped. "Sect Master, let's call this move Point (Four-Point Spell), okay?"
"Is that English absolutely necessary?"
"It's more orthodox. And listen to my pronunciation, Point~ (Four-Point Spell)." Qianzhencao directly hung upside down on her broom, her hair dancing in the air, while she adjusted her mouth shape. "This is called an authentic London old-school accent. Very classy."
"Do you have to verbally say the parentheses too?"
"This is called an annotation, in case you didn't know the original aning of the English..."
Lunatic.
Shion felt that continuing to talk with this idiot might pollute her database and lower her IQ.
She finally understood. Qianzhencao was trying to drag her into the realm of fools and then defeat her with her abundant experience in that field.
So she chose not to speak and continued flying towards Beihai. Qianzhencao followed behind her. The two flew one after the other. Qianzhencao noticed the Sect Master had no intention of shaking her off, which imdiately relaxed her considerably.
She followed the Sect Master all the way until they could see the tall buildings of Beihai before she couldn't resist and quietly asked again, "Sect Master, can we, or can we not?"
"No. Divine Sense is Divine Sense. It has no other na. Calling it anything else makes cough."
Hearing the Sect Master's refusal, Qianzhencao wasn't discouraged. She just argued further, "It could be used as an alternative na. One thing doesn't have to have only one na..."
"Moreover, the Four-Point Spell doesn't match Divine Sense at all. Don't force a connection here."
"Huh? How is the Four-Point Spell not suitable?"
Shion snorted disdainfully. "That thing just makes the caster's magic wand point north like a compass. It's purely for helping identify direction. What does it have to do with Divine Sense? It's a complete mismatch."
"Conceptual things can be expanded... Wait, Sect Master, how do you know so clearly about it?"
Qianzhencao imdiately sped up and flew to Shion's side, her pair of bright black eyes blinking rapidly. "Sect Master, have you actually read Harry Potter? Did you finish it?"
"Know yourself and know your enemy, and you will never be defeated," Shion said indifferently. "It's just one more boring novel among the many I've finished."
Not only did she finish it, she could rember the Four-Point Spell so clearly.
She must have read it seriously...
"Did you learn the Divine Sense from just now?"
Qianzhencao snapped back to attention, looked up at her Sect Master, who seed to be gazing at her with a hint of expectation.
Instantly, motivation surged within her. "Of course! Qianzhencao has already learned it!"
"Try it."
Qianzhencao was currently the only Lush Leaves in the Azure Cloud Sect. The reason lay in her ability to achieve stable multi-colored mana fusion.
This included polluted magic.
Hearing the Sect Master's request, Qianzhencao imdiately imitated the Sect Master's thod, fusing pure mana and corrupted magic power with dregs according to the optimal ratio.
Then she added the intense consciousness bursting forth from her Personal Reality.
The remaining operational thod was quite similar to demonic sense.
Just as she was about to slowly spread out her Divine Sense to show off to the Sect Master—
Her mana was drained in an instant!
The terrifying consumption rate left Qianzhencao with no ti to react. She directly lost consciousness and plumted towards the sea!
Shion grabbed Qianzhencao by the back of her collar, hoisting her up as she flew towards Beihai.
Finally, so peace and quiet.
This was the consequence of being obsessed with Harry Potter—not a single bit of cunning in her.
How could soone who read too many fairy tales possibly survive in the cruel world of cultivation?
The consumption rate of Divine Sense even made Shion feel fatigued. Naturally, others using it would end up like this.
It perfectly matched her understanding of those at the Forming Infant stage.
However, she felt that even a Nascent Soul great power might not withstand one large-scale use.
She needed to find a way to improve it before teaching it within the Azure Cloud Sect...
Divine Sense didn't just have detection functions; it could also block others' reconnaissance.
It would be most useful for avoiding those Incubators from the Disaster Control Bureau.
At this point, she had to consider thods to deal with those things.
At the very least, the Azure Cloud Sect's every move shouldn't all be known by them...
"Where on earth has Xilan gone?!"
During this period, Jialan was practically going crazy from busyness.
Over there, she was helping the old world communicate with the Mirror Kingdom and negotiating with the Prince of the Mirror Kingdom... That guy suddenly went crazy for so reason.
She said she was already married and preparing to hold a wedding.
All old world entities had to first consider sending her wedding gifts before they could participate in the Mirror Kingdom's Full Bloom Plan.
Jialan thought she had misheard. She asked several tis in a row to confirm—
This person really was getting married.
She was truly fucking insane.
The Mirror Kingdom's restoration hadn't shown any hope yet, and now she turned around and said she was getting married.
Jialan finally understood why the Prince had been so unwilling to give up on Simo Tu back then, even to the point of falling out with the Witch Association.
Call it going crazy for love.
"You're not restoring the kingdom anymore?"
"Don't worry. This wedding is also for the restoration plan, even for our Heavenly Fire Attainnt. Only if the marriage goes smoothly can all plans proceed smoothly."
"You're not actually in love with him, are you?"
"Absolutely not. You'll know when the plan is over."
Then why the hell are you smiling like a blooming flower?
If she didn't know better, she'd think a sunflower had blood.
You look completely like a little girl who's fallen in love.
Where did that cold, ruthless restoration Prince go?
No wonder the seniors all said falling in love was like being possessed by evil.
However, Jialan had no intention of criticizing other people's relationships.
Back then, she wanted to bring Simo Tu back, which led to the falling out with the Prince of the Mirror Kingdom. Now she was considered part of the Simo Tu faction—the New Witch Association. It sounded very promising, and she planned to defect to the New Witch Association.
Of course, the main reason was that Simo Tu was too strong.
In her eyes, the Golden Calamity Dragon King's strength was already sufficient to establish a new Witch Association.
Previously, she wanted Simo Tu to return because she felt his strength was still beneath that of the Witch Association.
Now, having seen the Golden Calamity Dragon King, she started considering that the position of President... Simo Tu might not be unqualified to sit in it.
Just as she was preparing to jump ship and make a big move—
Over here, Yun Ke suddenly ran off with the production line.
She said the situation in South China was tense now. Their previous intrusion into the Guangzhou Disaster Control Bureau had led to them being targeted by South China's Magical Girls. Staying here was impossible—absolutely impossible for the rest of their lives. Only by running could they maintain the factory.
If they didn't run now, they might not get another chance.
So, in just three days, the entire underground factory along with those several hundred people simply vanished without a trace.
At the ti, Jialan thought she was seeing things.
She had just gone to a eting with people from the old world. How co when she returned, her ho was gone?
This factory and production line were both things she had set up. In principle, they were her assets.
Yet Yun Ke just took them and left South China.
When she finally managed to contact Yun Ke, the other party very coldly said this was Simo Tu's order. If she had any problems, she should go find Simo Tu.
Then she could no longer be reached.
She had no idea where Simo Tu was. So, while helping the old world negotiate cooperation with the Prince, she also inquired about Simo Tu's contact thod.
The Prince said she didn't know either.
This was the person about to get married.
She didn't even have her own husband's contact information.
It drove her crazy.
Currently, all personnel of the Azure Cloud Sect were rushing towards the Central Bureau. This was the perfect opportunity for the New Witch Association to develop. If they missed this chance, who knew when the next opportunity for the New Witch Association's developnt would co.
As for the Prince's engagent to Simo Tu, Jialan actually found it hard to take seriously.
After all, this thing really looked unreliable no matter how you viewed it.
She didn't know what thod Simo Tu used to hook the Prince like this, but for Jialan, it didn't matter.
The stronger Simo Tu's abilities were, the more convenient the establishnt of the New Witch Association would be.
The problem was she couldn't contact Simo Tu now, so she couldn't do anything.
She heard only Xilan could directly contact Simo Tu.
But she had already searched all over South China and hadn't seen a single trace of Xilan!
The miserable Jialan had no choice but to return to her lonely, desolate little villa.
In pain and hardship, she lay rolling around in the swimming pool.
Unable to bear it, she called a friend to complain.
"President, I really can't find any trace of Simo Tu anywhere. It looks like this New Witch Association can't be established!"
"Don't rush. Also, if you want to start a New Witch Association, why are you telling ? I'm the President."
"What does it matter? Starting a New Witch Association won't hinder you."
"That's true."
The girl on the other end sighed. "But isn't this considered a rebellion? Asking , the President of the Witch Association, for advice seems a bit too much."
"Just tell if you'll help or not!"
"Is it possible that Simo Tu thinks you're not worthy of being mbers of the New Witch Association?"
Jialan was stunned. She kicked the pool water with her feet. "That makes sense. Putting myself aside, Yun Ke, Twins, and Xilan—they clearly aren't people who can accomplish things. Simo Tu is probably dissatisfied."
"Wait, what do you an 'putting yourself aside'? You're the main issue. You're the one who can't contact Simo Tu."
"Impossible. Simo Tu would definitely need my power. He couldn't possibly not want ," Jialan said seriously. "It's very likely because of Twins, Yun Ke, and Xilan that he's unwilling to make contact."
"I think you'd better include yourself."
"I asked you for advice, and you're here to pick a fight, right?!"
"Don't be impatient," the President said gently. "The fact that Simo Tu is unwilling to contact you now, or thinks you're useless, is probably true. The most urgent matter for you now is to prove your abilities to Simo Tu."
"Do you have a plan?"
"Do you know about a plan the Witch Association failed at in the past?" The President's voice suddenly beca mysterious.
Jialan lay floating on her back in the pool, frowning. "The Heart-Destroying Plan to destroy the ntal Landscape trial grounds?"
"Right. Although it failed, quite a few assets were left behind, including routes there and the vital points of the trial grounds."
"......"
Jialan was sowhat speechless. "President, do you think just , Twins, Xilan, plus a Yun Ke can do it?"
"This isn't a question of whether you can do it. It's a question of having to do it." The President laughed very happily. "Impossible? I don't understand."
"For the New Witch Association to be established, there must be a reason that can convince everyone, right? As long as you can complete this plan, how many people from the Witch Association would join the New Witch Association? As long as you lead this plan to success, you will logically beco the leader of the New Witch Association."
"Even if Simo Tu returns, he won't be able to change that! Then you can turn the tables, using the establishnt of the New Witch Association to control Simo Tu instead."
"Wow, as expected of you. Cunning old fox."
"Will you do it?"
"You have to help."
"No problem," the President agreed without hesitation. "After all, the Central Bureau... I personally constructed that place."
The President added another tempting line: "Obstructing this ntal Landscape trial between the Azure Cloud Sect and the Disaster Control Bureau, even directly destroying the trial grounds so future Magical Girls can never obtain ntal Landscapes again—such a grand undertaking will definitely make the New Witch Association's na resound throughout the world!"
Jialan lay at the edge of the pool and sighed. "I hope so... Ah, Xilan, Xilan, where on earth have you gone? If only we could contact you and notify Simo Tu..."
......
In a remote, isolated space.
Within a great forest unknown to anyone.
Xilan, with her clothes in tatters and her mana nearly depleted, crawled and stumbled forward like a wild person.
Erging from the forest, she gazed at the endless cliff before her. Unable to bear it, she let out a despairing roar towards the sky.
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