Apocalyptic Era: Starting from picking up a Bishoujo

"...Is there some sort of conspiracy within this?" I became suspicious.

"I have had similar thoughts, which is why I let you continue holding the identity of Void Envoy in the past. If you were some sort of means placed by Liu Shuying in the New World, keeping you nearby would allow for better handling," Tai Sui said. "And after long observation, I can confirm, you are innocent.

"It's not something strange when you think about it. Though there are no two completely identical leaves in this world, among the world's 8 billion leaves, there are certainly at least two or three that are extremely similar. You just happen to be one of them."

After some thinking, I asked, "But just that... wouldn't cause me to become an innate manifestation, would it?"

In history on Luo Mountain, there have been countless people with exceptionally high talents for some reason. Born with potential power strong enough to become Impermanence, which sounds groundbreaking yet not absurd. Dong Che once said, most who can become Impermanence often are extraordinary from birth, not merely human but rather Gods walking the world in human flesh. Xuanming is a typical example among them.

Meanwhile, innate manifestation has always been regarded as an "impossible product", Lianshan Liangyi seems to have seen it for the first time and previously never even imagined there would be such a thing.

"I mentioned earlier, your innate manifestation is not entirely due to Liu Shuying. Another half of the reason is probably the Vermilion Bird Seed from Shan Liangyi," Tai Sui said. "'Magic talent,' though it sounds like one thing, is actually a general term for countless talents.

"Originally, you were likely the human with the highest level of cultivation talent in this New World, capable of practicing artifact refining, alchemy, slaughter, cultivation, and even arrays and illusion techniques as well as various attribute powers and spells. You could potentially master all to the extreme with ease. All kinds of luck and destiny enhance you; within this worldview, you could become anyone. Saying you possess virtually wishful thinking talent and luck wouldn't be an exaggeration.

"However, after the Vermilion Bird Seed intervened, all your talents and fortune have been transformed and unified into the power of fire and refining... wherein the refining power wasn't even transformed out, you essentially only possess flame power.

"The extreme concentration of talent has made your flame talent extraordinarily powerful. Often, density's intensity is more terrifying than sheer size and quantity; that's the essence of Power of Great Impermanence. Such immense density twisted even the Vermilion Bird Seed, resulting in some mysterious reaction.

"Among all Four Symbols Seeds, the Vermilion Bird Seed offers the greatest help to Yellow Dragon and carries the highest hopes of Shan Liangyi, containing desires to prove Dao and manifest. As a manifestation of legendary realm, it possesses high-density True Spirit Power. Combined with your nearly wishful-thinking absurd talent, it miraculously formed the innate manifestation talent you had in the past."

Tai Sui did not provide related evidence. Merely describing it this way leaves me somewhat lacking in a sense of reality. But I must admit, it's the most convincing answer I have received so far. I almost immediately accepted it.

Innate manifestation talent ultimately might be fulfilled by the Vermilion Bird Seed from Shan Liangyi... What thoughts would Shan Liangyi have if he knew this happened?

Tai Sui paused for a moment, perhaps giving me time to digest, then spoke again.

"Well, then, back to the initial topic..."

"Although I'm very grateful you informed me about the origins of the innate manifestation talent, if you're asking me for the Divine Seal Fragment, apologies, I still can't agree," I said.

"Still distrustful of me?"

Tai Sui sighed again. Then, his gaze became firm and said, "No other choice, if that's the case—"

Is he planning to do something? Given the current strength of my connection with the Divine Seal Fragment, he can't directly interfere with my life. However, this is the Void Realm, wanting to act against me might not be impossible. But I'm not completely without the power to fight back; the Master of Divine Seal is still very weak, relying on the power of the Third Door, even within the Void Realm, I possibly can suppress and defeat him.

Unexpectedly, in the next moment, he said such words, "—Then, I'll entrust all Divine Seal Fragments to you and let you become the Master of Divine Seal."

"What?" I almost thought I heard wrong.

"I've retrieved two Divine Seal Fragments here, and you've bound two, plus the thirteen you hold. A total of seventeen Divine Seal Fragments. Though one is still missing, in reality, Number Two has three Divine Seal Fragments; if you ask her for one, she certainly won't refuse," Tai Sui said. "As long as you possess over eighteen Divine Seal Fragments, retrieving all remaining Fragments will be but a moment's work. Afterwards, once I step down from the position of Master of Divine Seal, you'll be the master of Doomsday Divine Seal.

"And as long as you have the power of Doomsday Divine Seal, you can snatch the Current World Divine Seal from the Old Fist God and finally synthesize the complete divine seal, saving the world."

"Wait, you hold on a second..." I felt a bit confused.

Also, didn't he inadvertently reveal something very important just now? Snatching the Current World Divine Seal from the Old Fist God... the Current World Divine Seal is currently in the hands of the Old Fist God? The one who seems to only think of battle-battle-battle as the strongest Impermanence actually silently took the Current World Divine Seal?

The ability to see through lies still didn't raise an alarm... everything Tai Sui said is true?

I slightly straightened out my thoughts and then asked, "You are now only able to maintain your self-consciousness by attaching to the divine seal, right? And you say you'll step down from the Master of Divine Seal position... Am I to understand that you will die?"

"You can understand it that way," Tai Sui nodded. "I'm relying on the power of the Doomsday Divine Seal to simulate the nature of the Divine Son to inhabit the divine seal. But in the end, my soul does not match any type of New World power, much less truly match the nature of the Divine Son. So once all seal authority is transferred to you, I can't continue maintaining this ability."

"Are you serious? Giving me the reboot world's button and dying alone... Isn't your wish to make the world return to a familiar state? That way, even if the world is saved, you can't return, right?" I asked.

Hearing this, Tai Sui just replied with a faint sentence, "Success doesn't need to be achieved by me."