Starting with magical girls, I'll reign supreme for eternity.

Then I looked down again.

This time, his domineering aura was undisguised!

"From this moment forward, I am the king of the Wolf Kingdom. The title of Queen is hereby abolished. From now on, call me the Wolf King."

……

Jiang Si didn't pay much attention to the national war within the magical kingdom.

Just play around with it casually; anyway, the magical kingdom seems to be very well-informed.

At least for now, it's unclear how much this group knows about the truth of the World Tree and the Incubator Cluster.

After all, although the magical kingdom is rarely open to the public, magical girls are still allowed to visit. It's essentially a disguise, so it's probably difficult to find any problems.

It's not too late to figure out the details after we've wiped out the three kingdoms of bears, dogs, and wolves.

"Of course, if you have specific requirements regarding compensation, we can certainly discuss it further,"

The incubator was still patiently trying to persuade him to cooperate, but Jiang Si wasn't very interested.

If someone collaborates with an incubator and acts unilaterally for eternity, can that still be considered unilaterally for eternity?

However, Jiang Si was not in a hurry to refuse or turn against the other party.

When he saw the Beast of the End, he had already put away his arrogance.

These incubators are able to stand up to the Beast of the End and even make it difficult for the Beast of the End to eliminate them, so they must have some formidable trump cards in their hands.

Jiang Si did not feel that it posed any threat to her.

However, it might be useful to me.

At least for Jiang Si, the ability to materialize the soul and the soul of matter is definitely useful for his path to dominance over all ages.

"Well, we can compromise and cooperate with you through your assistants or subordinates. We just need you to maintain the operation of the World Tree. After all, the World Tree is in our common interest. Only by maintaining the operation of the World Tree can we continue to exist, right?"

As Jiang Si climbed higher up the World Tree, she noticed something amiss.

The higher you go, the less your own magic, miracles, and even the power created by negative emotions will disappear.

In the end, all he could rely on was his own body.

Fortunately, his body was strong enough to support him climbing to higher places.

However, the higher you climb, the more you realize how incredibly vast this World Tree truly is.

There is no end in sight.

There is no end in sight above, nor in sight horizontally.

"What exactly do you want to see?"

"Just to see how big it is."

"We can't see it. How could we possibly see the whole World Tree from here?"

Jiang Si ignored it and, without knowing where it had climbed, finally saw a thick tree branch.

That branch already contained the endless universe; when you stepped on it, countless worlds around you were obliterated and reborn.

However, the branch also showed signs of rot.

The withering and decay were so conspicuous that the World Tree in sight looked very old.

After resting for a while, Jiang Si saw a figure.

A magical girl who keeps falling from above.

The magical girl was light blue, her magical armor had a faded paleness, yet she kept pushing upwards, persistent and reckless, but she could never break through the tree branch's restriction and fell down.

Jiang Si moved closer and watched quietly.

When the magical girl who fell from the sky landed on the ground and lay there for a while...

Jiang Si squatted down next to her:

"What's your name?"

The magical girl got up and tried to fly again, but only uttered a single sentence as she futilely crashed upwards.

"Shi Xin".

Jiang Si felt like she had heard the name somewhere before, but couldn't quite place it.

I just watched that magical girl repeating the same pointless things over and over again.

"You are already dead."

The magical girl named Shi Xin paused briefly before charging towards the barrier of the universe above again.

Then it fell like a feather.

Jiang Si casually lifted the back of her collar, looking at the magical girl who was already covered in wounds, "Your mental image fragments are here, and your remnant soul can only rely on these mental image fragments to exist, so no matter how many times you try to break through, you can't get out."

Shi Xin raised her head with a slightly bewildered look, glanced at the sky, and then looked down at her feet.

Am I already dead?

“That’s right, it’s already a remnant soul.”

"No."

At that moment, my heart was desperately trying to rush upwards again, thinking, "I can't die here! I still have a mission to complete!"

"What mission?"

"The branch, we must obtain the branch of time. Only I can do it, only me!"

The incubator next to him laughed, "So it's you guys?"

Jiang Si glanced at the incubator, "You know him?"

"Whether it's the New World or any other world, there will always be magical girls who disappear right under the noses of the magical kingdom. These fully blooming magical girls should, in theory, return to the magical kingdom and nourish the World Tree again, but they disappear without a trace, so much so that the incomplete world's origin can no longer be found. It can be said that these missing fully blooming magical girls are one of the underlying reasons for the collapse of the New World."

"Because we want to break the cycle of the world being exploited!"

Shi Xin glared angrily at the incubator, "It keeps giving birth to magical girls in the world, using the full bloom to steal the world's origin, and then using the full bloom's world origin to nourish the World Tree, destroying the world that everyone is protecting... We must stop this cycle, no matter the cost, no matter how long it takes!"

"Flowers bloom and wither, the strong prey on the weak—these are the laws of nature. Why do you always want to change them? Are you the kind of person who would snatch a fawn from a tiger's mouth to satisfy your own compassion? Magical girls, you're always like this."

The incubator said with a troubled expression, "The world was born because of the World Tree, and it perished because it nourished the World Tree. This is the normal cause and effect, the law of nature. It is because you have tried to change the law of nature time and time again that disasters have occurred, accelerating the withering of the World Tree. Have you ever considered that you yourselves are actually the villains?"

"If this is what leads countless worlds to destruction and plunges countless people into despair, and if this is called the law of nature, then of course we must overthrow it!"

"Ah, I can't stand it. Look at them, Mr. Jiang Si. They only think about what to protect. They only see the dead in front of them. They can't use a higher perspective to observe the whole world and the universe. They only care about temporary gains and losses. How can these emotional girls save the world? How can they compare to you?"

Jiang Si ignored the incubator's flattery. He simply looked at Shi Xin, whose eyes were red and who was very excited, and asked, "How many of you are there?"

"Eight people."

"Are eight people just going for the World Tree?"

"..." Shi Xin seemed to finally calm down a bit, then sniffed, "There's no other way, we have to do this. No one but us knows, and no one can know, the secret of the World Tree. As long as we can get the Time Branch, we can change the past, save the world, and save more people..."

“We tried many methods, but the flow of time on the Time Branch is different. No one else could touch it, only I could, because my mental image is related to time. Everyone else died, torn apart by the rules of the World Tree. They carried me all the way to the side of the Time Branch. I must get the Time Branch. I can only get the Time Branch!”

The voice was so obsessive it bordered on madness; even the pure magic began to seep into it with tainted magic.

The magical girl, tormented by suffering and pain, shows signs of falling into depravity and becoming a calamity beast.

Then he raised his head, magic surging around him, "No one can stop me, I'm going to get the Time Branch..."

"The Time Branch has been taken away."

Upon hearing Jiang Si's casual remark, Shi Xin immediately fell silent, then shook her head, "Impossible, except for me..."

"You must have taken it down," Jiang Si speculated. "But by the time you got the Time Branch, you were probably going to die anyway, so you threw it away."

Magical girl Shishin stared blankly, then looked at the incubator, "Did I...did I take the Time Branch?"

"of course."

The incubator didn't mind answering the question, "Besides you, no one else should have been able to touch the Time Branch. And it was precisely because you relentlessly stole the Time Branch that the World Tree's cycle went wrong, causing it to wither rapidly and further accelerating the demise of other worlds. You didn't save the world; instead, you destroyed even more worlds."

"I see..."

Following Shi Xin's somber reply, Jiang Si asked again, "Regret it?"

Then Shi Xin grinned and said, "No, I feel relieved that I was able to complete the task everyone gave me. I didn't let them down. It's really great..."

The incubator tilted its head: "Hmm? You're not sad about the destruction of the world anymore?"

"Of course I'm very sad, but..."

Shi Xin's body gradually disappeared as the mental image dissipated. "I believe that there will always be magical girls who can move forward and change all of this, absolutely."

Once Shi Xin disappeared, Jiang Si turned her head to look at the incubator, "Is that Time Branch really that important?"

"of course."

The incubator seemed somewhat excited. "That's an extremely important branch! Only that one branch can go back to the past, change the past, and help the World Tree exist forever. Without that branch, the World Tree can only wither away in the future... Have you seen it?"

"No," Jiang Si asked again, "Is it okay if it's lost? Aren't you afraid someone else will get it?"

Then the incubator smiled again, "Of course it's related, but there's nothing we can do if we can't find it. Besides, if the World Tree withers, all the branches that fell from the World Tree will also wither and disappear, so it's meaningless."

Jiang Si stood on a tree branch, and above her, the World Tree's drooping branches swayed continuously.

Each branch contains a great deal of power of rules.

However, the most important Dao Fruit is not present, causing the rules governing these branches to weaken continuously.

"When the World Tree is destroyed, no one will survive, no world will continue to exist, and everything will fall into a void of chaos. Only the Beast of the End can cleanse everything. Do you want this kind of ending?"

Jiang Si smiled slightly, and then her enormous dragon wings unfurled from behind her.

Then the dragon's horns, claws, and tail gradually covered its entire body.

The Golden Calamity Dragon King roared and bit down on the roots of the World Tree!

Chapter 369 Battle Against the First Magical Girl! (7000 words, requesting monthly votes)

Today, a comrade from the Bear Country sent me a message saying...

This was the best summer he had experienced since enlisting.