Humans are in chaos, despicable outsiders.

"The First Honkai Impact, the Second Honkai Impact, the War of Destiny—"

"What could be salvaged, what could be redeemed, has been quietly rewritten at this very moment... and what cannot be salvaged will be forever remembered and passed down by people..."

"The mistakes he made on his path were constantly being corrected by his successors... St. Freya Academy, Walter Joyce and Himeko Murata in the War of Destiny..."

"These small patches may not be able to fill the void left by those huge mistakes... but they are enough to offer some comfort."

"So now... it's time to respond, my mother—what is your attitude towards that man, and what will your response be?"

The mother and daughter strolled through the quiet forest, having long since left behind the pursuers from St. Freya. The Corruptor, who had been watching the two discuss family matters, wisely shut his incessant mouth.

"That man has traversed five hundred years of time and carried five hundred years of suffering... Although suffering is suffering, and suffering does not bring success; suffering is not worth pursuing, it is enough to temper one's will and make one's heart as hard as iron."

"But he still retained a last shred of tenderness and vulnerability for his family—"

"Alright... Snow, stop talking—no matter how eloquently you try to persuade me, I'm still going to take down Otto!"

Karen interrupted Miss Snow, who was about to continue rambling on about her feelings.

The invincible Saintess Karen began her transformation ceremony, cracking her fists – becoming the Iron Fist Saintess.

"...As long as you're happy, Mother."

Looking at the tree branch that had been crushed into wood powder, the blonde girl wiped the cold sweat from her forehead—

"Beat Otto?! Anyone want to beat Otto? Count me in!"

An untimely voice rang out from the surroundings, filled with excitement and curiosity.

"Come out... or I'll drag you back to that old-fashioned Fu Hua you're talking about and beat you up—"

Snow's eyebrows twitched when he recognized the voice.

Why didn't this unlucky kid go find Kevin or Sue, or go cause trouble for Imotek? Why did he come to me?

The girl, who was heartlessly tormenting another version of herself, looked in the direction of the sound with a stern face. A Shenzhou Tablet 2, dressed casually and whose design was unknown, appeared.

"Wait, are you that immortal from Shenzhou???"

Karen looked at the woman whose face was familiar but whose demeanor was very unfamiliar, and asked a question with some uncertainty.

"Yes, yes, yes—! I love hearing that, Kallen Kaslana, right? I, Fu Hua, am determined to be your friend—"

Upon hearing Karen's question, Shi Bao completely forgot about his unpleasant experience of being beaten by four against one in Destiny, and started to put his arm around Karen's shoulder and call her brother.

However, there's a price to pay for being on friendly terms with Miss Kallen Kaslana... for example, Lord Snow Apocalypse was extremely displeased after being taken advantage of.

"Oh, really? Someone was just beaten so badly on Heavenly Fate Sky Island by the real Crimson Mandarin Duck Immortal and his men that they couldn't even tell which way was which—"

"Oh dear... how pitiful—she is clearly a Herrscher of Knowledge, yet she was knocked down by Kiana Kaslana, who is also a Herrscher, with a folding chair... oh no, a park bench."

"Unable to defeat his own family's old fogies, and even getting soundly beaten by the Kaslana family's allied forces... Now he can only swagger around and swindle people under the guise of some immortal, oh dear~ how pitiful—"

It has to be admitted, the Apocalypse family's mouths can really drive you crazy. Even Karen, standing nearby, felt like giving her nominal daughter a good whack on the head after hearing her sarcastic tone...

Of course, we shouldn't even mention the Ruler of Knowledge, whose temper is even more volatile—

"You bastard! Don't think I'll be afraid of you just because you're a god—"

Miss Snow's secrets were exposed, or rather, salt was rubbed into an unhealed wound, which successfully enraged the little boy, Shi Bao, who was only a few hours old.

The latter grinned at the blonde girl, looking like he wanted to punch her but didn't dare.

"Aha—who ran away from home, abandoning their old-fashioned parents; who was born into a rebellious phase, getting into fights with family members; and who is now homeless and living a life of hardship—!!!"

"It's you, the Herrscher of Recognition!!!"

"You jerk!!! You're even more annoying than that old fogey!"

Shi Bao, who was almost brought to tears by this nasty blondie, pointed at Snow's nose and shouted.

"Not only do I hate you, but you also have to ask me for something. Aren't you angry? You law-abiding person, I'm asking you, aren't you angry?! Aww!!!"

"Mom, why did you hit me?! Go hit this Herrscher if you want!?"

"Rather than a Herrscher, I think beating you up right now is probably the right thing to do—"

Kallen Kaslana, who had punched her daughter twice on the head, looked at the aggrieved Herrscher of Knowledge.

"So, is there something this fairy lady needs our help with?"

"Hmph... To be honest, it's nothing. Hey, God—would you like to switch jobs and work for me? As long as you back me up whenever that old relic decides to punish me!"

"Job change...? What... As a Herrscher, aren't you going to work for the Will of Honkai? Even if you want to turn against them and go on strike... Wouldn't it be a bad influence to just jump ship?"

The blonde girl rubbed her head, which had been gently tapped by her mother, and looked at the rebellious new Herrscher in front of her with a strange expression.

"Huh? Who wants to work for that invisible and intangible Honkai consciousness—don't let me catch that pyramid scheme leader, or I'll beat him up every time I see him!"

"But you're different. First of all, you can see, find, and touch it; it's not some vague, abstract thing. Secondly, you're the heir to that organization called Destiny, right? Working for you means you get... what's that... five social insurances and one housing fund? You'll definitely pay them back, right?"

Fu Hua casually grabbed her clothes, paused, and then organized her thoughts—

"And most importantly...didn't you just say you were going to fight Otto? I'm an expert at that! Little sister Kallen, let me tell you...if you want to fight that old bastard Otto Apocalypse, punch him in the face. The sound of that steely face creaking under your fist is really, really wonderful—"

...

"You're discussing beating up the boss's father in front of your new boss whom you're about to switch jobs...? What the hell?"

Snow's expression gradually twisted as he listened to Shi Baokai's talk.

"Hey, I'll ask you one thing then, little boss, do you want to beat him up? Do you want to? Hurry up, or I won't include you when I'm hitting him—"

"Fine, take me with you. I suggest you go and recruit a few more people from Anti-Entropy..."

Chapter 318 Otto, are you the only one obsessed? I ran away from home with Karen.

The initially tense atmosphere gradually dissipated as the three reached a highly unified consensus on the ideas of the mourner, the fiancé, and the scumbag father. Incidentally, all of the above refers to the same person—our respected Mr. Otto Apocalypse.

"So when you came out, you beat my old man to a pulp?"

Sitting on the tree stump, Snow watched Shi Bao vividly describe his glorious exploits, and his expression finally twisted in disbelief. Karen, on the other hand, listened with fascination as Shi Bao recounted which parts of her fiancé felt good and which didn't...

"Speaking of which, why did you beat up Otto, Ashi?"

Not knowing how to address this girl who had the same face as the immortals of Shenzhou, Karen simply and naturally gave her an alias.

"That scumbag not only tricked me, but also shot me with the Judgment of Heavenly Fire at the end!!"

"Do you know how much damage it would do if a kid woke up to find a blond guy holding a Divine Key, pointing it at his forehead and saying, 'Red Lotus Immortal, I wasn't lying,' and then immediately shot him on the spot?!"

"Um...that's an area where my knowledge is lacking...I think if a normal child were shot by Skyfire, they probably wouldn't be able to run around alive..."

Karen wiped away her cold sweat, chuckled awkwardly for a moment, and then decisively changed the subject.

"So, shall we set off now?"

Miss Saint proposed another motion.

"Ah... I think we're not going to see Otto now—after you finished with my dad's Soul Steel body, did you notice where his consciousness transferred to?"

Snow looked at Shi Bao, the brat who suddenly got excited after hearing that he could go and beat people up again.

"Huh??? I don't know—I didn't notice. A proper Herrscher doesn't use authority to beat someone up. Someone like me, whose martial virtue is overflowing, of course punches land squarely! That's what makes it exciting!"

The purity of the treasure has been greatly improved!

“Then we probably won’t see Daddy—even if we’re standing on the sky island of the Destiny headquarters right now, he probably won’t show up.”

"That old geezer is probably taking this opportunity to hide somewhere, looking completely bewildered, and is making his final preparations."

Snow turned his head away unhappily, seemingly annoyed that he hadn't been the first to beat up his own father.

"Is it my fault? -- Then what are we going to do, new boss? --"

Shi Bao also pursed his lips, inquiring about the next course of action—

"How about we take advantage of your old man's apparent absence and seize his throne? If he can sit on the throne, that white-haired dwarf can sit on it, and so can you—"

"No way! Whoever wants to live that kind of life of overwork can go ahead, but I'm definitely not going to... I'm a god! The strongest and freest being on earth! I can live however I want—!!"

Deep in the forest behind St. Freya Academy, a Herrscher and a Saintess of Destiny witnessed this historic moment and the declaration that would guide the girl's future activities... Similarly, this was also the most important factor that would make Theresa, Otto, and even Imotec feel aches and pains, and even grit their teeth in resentment in the future.

"Ghost... whatever makes you happy... wait—"

"Let's get down to business—where are we going next?! Are you going to live like a savage in this deep forest?!"

"Let's go to the dock and get some fries!"

"Are you a seagull that's become a spirit?!"

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"...Um, are you two done arguing?"

The Jizo-mage, or rather, Miss Ling, who had been quietly keeping quiet, finally couldn't sit still any longer—

"Ah...maybe?"

The three people who were arguing were stunned for a moment when they saw the third person who had intervened.

"After you're done arguing, send me to the resurrection first—! Oh, right, there's one more thing—this is your daughter!!!"

"My dear Comrade Snow, your intelligence has contained a serious error! We encountered an extra passenger with a standing ticket when we passed through the dormitory area—"

The space around Jizo Mitama rippled, tossing out a blonde girl with purple eyes and a small black crown hair ornament. The girl instantly darted in front of Snow and rubbed against the blonde girl vigorously—

"Ah...it's Ningdi...Come here, Ningdi—go call Grandma Karen!"

Snow caught the blonde little girl who darted over, picked her up, and pointed to Karen beside her, beginning to acknowledge her as a relative...

"Wait, wait, Grandma Karen...? Kid, what's going on?"

Karen, who had once again become the center of attention, pointed to the blonde child who was affectionately touching her daughter, looking somewhat puzzled.

“This is my daughter—Ninti Apocalypse; wow, Mother, don’t get me wrong, she’s an adopted daughter—!”

Seeing Miss Karen's face change rapidly, Lord Snow Apocalypse instantly activated his survival instincts and quickly explained the relationship between the two.

"I see..."

Miss Karen nodded with a sigh of relief and waved to Ninti, who was nestled in Snow's arms...

"Come here and let me hug you—"

"Hmm... How is Grandma Karen?"