Bengtie: My death fueled their madness.

In the fairy tale, a young magician meets a girl who is tasked with saving the world.

"Mr. Magician, you are very powerful. Could you escort me back to my homeland to save the world? I am willing to pay any price."

"...Really, you'd do anything?"

"I'd be willing, even if you ate me."

"Interesting... then come with me."

These fragments of memory crashed into Qi Zhimu's body.

Besides that, there are many other memories, including parts of hers.

After all the fragments of memory disappeared during the fall, a white light appeared at the edge of the field of vision, gradually enlarging.

Just as it was about to fall into the white light, Black Tower instinctively closed its eyes.

The next second, I realized that my feet were on the ground.

The sensation of embracing Qi Zhimu vanished instantly, and she immediately opened her eyes.

However, the sight before her eyes stunned her, and tears quickly welled up in her eyes.

A familiar figure was lying on the suspended staff, arms as a pillow, legs crossed without any regard for appearances.

He tilted his head and cast a slightly complicated look at the girl, then a smile played on his lips.

"Hey kid, I told you to smile more, why are you still crying so much?"

Overwhelmed with emotion, Heita rushed over and hugged him tightly.

The tiny creature nestled into his arms. Qi Zhimu sighed silently, saying nothing, but gently stroking the top of the girl's head.

"It's all your fault...it's all your fault, isn't it..." Black Tower choked up.

She should have realized it sooner… she should have realized it…

Without a doubt, the original human Qi Zhimu and her experiences were absolutely real.

However, there was nothing false about the experiences of the magician Qi Zhimu and her.

Just because...

The magician Qi Zhimu is a phantom life form born because of her.

She couldn't accept the fate of the original human, Qi Zhimu, and hated her own powerlessness, which gave rise to an extreme obsession.

The knowledge of spacetime that I had not yet fully grasped was suddenly integrated in a short moment.

And I finally understand why illusory life forms are born.

The initial failed jump on Azure Star caused a chaotic interweaving of time and space, resulting in a confusion of history and the disappearance of past timelines.

The erroneous coordinates transported the memory void here, connecting to the Azure Star, and partially merging reality and illusion.

Anyone who enters the Memory Mist will find their entire history belonging to the Azure Star lost in a chaotic spacetime, causing the world line to automatically fill in the gaps.

Thus, fictional things that do not belong to historical events and do not exist in the timeline are born under various factors such as time, space, memory matter, imaginary energy, and human consciousness and obsession.

—Historically known as: a life of illusory existence.

The magician Qi Zhimu is a being who was resurrected due to her obsession after the original body died.

Not only him, but from the Deadly Mirror Image to the final many perilous worlds, all were born from the Black Tower, existing only in the closed subspace within the Memory Mist.

Initially, Qi Zhimu, who had no magic, came to her side because of the Black Tower's call and promised to take her home.

With the unwavering will of an ordinary person as their guiding principle, they overcame numerous obstacles and ultimately protected her as she returned to Azure Star.

But he eventually died in the no-man's-land.

Unable to let go of her grief and obsession, Qi Zhimu, a powerful and omnipotent magician, appears, combining the stories from her memories, and encounters her consciousness incarnation, retracing the difficult path she once walked.

All enemies and most world levels have been significantly strengthened in terms of both power and difficulty.

However, the core concept Black Tower had for the mage Qi Zhimu was: he had no rivals.

No matter the world, no matter how powerful the enemy, as long as it's within the subspace of the Memory Mist, and as long as it's a phantom life form nurtured within it, even a Star God—

He would kill her to show her.

That Star-Shattering King Insect, which was responsible for breeding, was born as the most powerful enemy guarding the pass.

A ethereal life form that disrupts the established balance cannot normally be born.

However, the creator of the world, and the embodiment of the creator's consciousness, the magician Qi Zhimu, resides in the subspace that gave birth to everything.

In the simplest terms: she is the power of this world, the master who knows nothing about herself.

As for why he couldn't recognize Qi Zhimu, it's because he didn't take away any of the sad memories of Qi Zhimu's death.

—They all remain within her body in the real world.

The magician Qi Zhimu couldn't recognize her because she wrote all the settings.

In addition to his vague memories, he also possesses traits not originally belonging to the human Qi Zhimu, such as being hypocritical and arrogant.

When the magician Qi Zhimu sent her back to Azure Star, it was actually her consciousness returning to her original body, but she was unwilling to easily touch that regret.

She once asked what the destiny of the magician Qi Zhimu was.

He didn't answer at the time, saying he would tell her when he returned to Azure Star and prepared to devour her.

Now, she understands everything.

The magician Qi Zhimu's destiny is to return to Azure Star alive with her, which is also her deepest obsession.

She wanted to use this to change the fate of the original human, Qi Zhimu, to alter the cause and effect of the past, and to redeem Qi Zhimu for dying while saving her.

The destiny of ethereal beings was foreseeable from the very beginning, but the magician Qi Zhimu was different.

Initially, he could only blindly search for uncertain goals imprinted on his destiny.

It wasn't until he went through many things with the Black Tower that he gradually realized what was going on.

On the day he returned to Azure Star, he suddenly uttered a seemingly random sentence: "So, it was all for naught after all..."

The boy and girl who vowed to save the world together ultimately could not reach the future they hoped for.

One person remains forever at the starting point of new life, becoming the guiding light leading to the end, bringing light to the lonely girl embarking on her journey.

When the girl crosses the streetlights, she will reach her destination.

only……

Hei Ta looked up and met Qi Zhimu's eyes.

"Brother Mu, we'll go back together, right...?"

A smile appeared on Qi Zhimu's face, but he slowly shook his head.

"...My little tower will definitely become the most remarkable person in the history of Azure Star...no, even in the entire universe, he will be worthy of being called a great person."

Hearing Qi Zhimu's irrelevant answer, Hei Ta's pupils trembled involuntarily.

"I don't want that kind of future, I only want you!"

"You little...stubborn girl..."

Qi Zhimu sighed again.

"Stop deceiving yourself. You should know the two causal paradoxes within yourself."

Black Tower's expression and body froze instantly, his eyes quickly dimmed, and the sorrow flowing within them was heartbreaking.

Yes…she knows, she knows it all now…

Her survival was based on the irreversible fact that Qi Zhimu was dead.

If the original human Qi Zhimu were alive, let alone saving Azure Star, even the ethereal being he would never have been born.

A cause-and-effect relationship that cannot be closed can never become a reality.

If her consciousness returns to her original body, the closed world that nurtured the magician Qi Zhimu will perish due to the loss of its core, including Qi Zhimu.

Not going back would indeed allow Qi Zhimu to stay with her forever, but it would also mean that Qi Zhimu would never be able to fulfill his promise to send her back to Azure Star.

That planet... will disappear into the long river of cosmic history.

Qi Zhimu stroked Heita's cheek and looked at her tenderly.

"The invincible mage who doesn't actually eat people is just one step away from fulfilling his promise to the girl, so..."

"Wake up, go save Azure Star, our home, and then live your own life."

"The confident and flamboyant Black Tower of the coalition government is very attractive. I like it very much and don't want to see it turn into a cowardly and timid coward."

"Please don't make me a dishonest liar, okay?"