The afterlife blew up Gensokyo

Mahjong, chess and cards, musical instruments, books, stories, amusement parks, local specialties... With one themed shop after another springing up like mushrooms after rain in Sky City, the entire celestial realm has entered a brand new era.

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"How are things? You shouldn't be bored in the Heavenly Realm anymore, right?"

On a summer afternoon, when the famously unruly celestial being, who was taller than the Emperor, sat atop a tree trunk, gazing blankly at the sunlight filtering through the leaves, a lazy voice drifted down from below.

When the emperor looked in the direction of the sound, she saw a rather repulsive-looking fellow standing under a tree with his arms crossed, eating peaches. The greeting she had heard earlier had come from that person, and she hadn't even noticed when he had arrived.

"You dare to show your face again..."

Upon seeing the man below who had tarnished his life with an indelible stain, the emperor was immediately enraged. Without thinking, he took a peach from his hat and threw it at the man.

"So much time has passed, where have you been?!"

"Hey, hey, hey, last time you were clearly trying to trick me, weren't you? I was the one who was wronged, so why do you seem to be the one who was more wronged than me?"

He raised his hand with remarkable precision and took the peach, while someone who happened to be strolling by rolled their eyes in exasperation.

"Anyway, you're a girl too. It's not a big deal if you get caught peeping at other girls while they're showering. But if I got caught, wouldn't I have no shame?"

"Hmph, you dare say you never spied on them? Otherwise, how would you know the exact time and place they were showering?"

With his arms crossed, looking down at the figure below, the emperor let out a cold snort.

"Based on my deduction, you must be a frequent offender, right?"

"Ahem... You can eat whatever you want, but you can't say whatever you want, otherwise you, Jiang Lai, will be held responsible. My job requires me to travel all over the Celestial Realm, and accidentally discovering that place is a pretty high probability event, okay? Besides... ahem!!!"

Almost choked to death by the peach in his mouth, Shi Bai looked up and gave the other person a slightly annoyed look... then coughed even louder.

"What's wrong with you?"

Looking at the person below who was bending over and coughing, the emperor sitting on the tree trunk couldn't help but look quite suspicious.

"Hmm... Girls should pay attention to etiquette. Don't wear skirts and sit so high. It's very unseemly."

He leaned against the tree in a different direction, and after a brief moment of contemplation, Shi Bai answered quite honestly.

"To be honest, I would suggest you wear something safe..."

Before he could finish his sentence, a dozen peaches were hurled at him like machine guns by the enraged emperor.

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One hour later, Sky City.

"So you're such a grown-up, why do you still like riding roller coasters?"

Looking up at the sign in front of him, Shi Bai, who had been forcibly dragged here, sighed helplessly.

"Hmph, you've hurt me so badly, do you think it's possible that I won't get any compensation?! Especially just now... and..."

Unable to finish his sentence, the emperor simply grabbed someone's arm and strode towards the arena.

"I'm definitely going to spend all your money today!!"

"Ah... I'm actually not interested in money. To me, money is just a number, and one hundred million is just a small part of it..."

The emperor, inexplicably and quite annoyed, decisively stuffed a peach into the man's mouth to shut him up.

"I see!!"

Half an hour later, Shi Bai, pale-faced and trembling, slowly got off the roller coaster. He turned around and looked at the famous Emperor beside him, who looked normal and even a little eager. Suddenly, he clapped his hands as if he had a flash of inspiration and looked like he had just realized something.

"What do you unserstand?"

With a look of disgust, the emperor helped the other person to a chair and sat down. He tilted his head with a hint of curiosity.

"Most celestial beings or immortals are cultivated from humans, right?"

Shi Bai held up a finger in front of him, his face serious.

"The human body is completely incomparable to the body of a celestial being or immortal. Things that can harm ordinary people are utterly useless to celestial beings or immortals, right?!"

"Yes what's the matter?"

The emperor looked completely bewildered.

"When humans encounter danger, their bodies secrete adrenaline to activate their physical energy, which makes people feel excited. Because your celestial bodies are very robust, you need even greater stimulation to feel excited, right? So this kind of extremely dangerous roller coaster perfectly meets your needs."

Someone seemed quite excited.

"So, in conclusion, I've finally found the reason why you immortals and celestial beings are all masochists!!!"

Emperor: "..."

P.S. Good morning!

Chapter Nineteen: The Dragon God's Reputation Was Harmed

The changes in the celestial realm and the influx of various new things broadened the horizons of the beings residing there.

In particular, the novel "Shura Field Player" recently serialized in the newspaper by a guy with the pen name "Nine Lives True Body" has opened the door to a new world for these people in the Celestial Realm.

As for newspapers, Tianzi also subscribed to them, so she knew the meaning of the new term "masochist" that Shi Bai mentioned.

"...Saying something like that in public, aren't you afraid of getting beaten up?"

Sensing the dangerous gazes directed at him from those around him, the emperor's lips twitched slightly.

"My greatest strength is honesty. I've never known what lying is. Besides, do you think they can beat me?"

Shi Bai slumped back against the bench, looking rather unconvincing, and curled his lip in disdain.

"Of course, that was just an analogy. After all, if you want to cultivate to become a Celestial or Immortal, you can't succeed without extremely arduous cultivation. In this process, they will experience a lot of trials. It is precisely because of these experiences that they shouldn't be considered masochists after they become Celestials or Immortals."

"Wait a moment……"

Suddenly, the emperor's expression changed as he inexplicably connected something to Shi Bai's words. He hurriedly tried to stop the other party from continuing, but it was too late.

"A true masochist would refer to those who ascend to the heavens as celestials or immortals without any training, such as delinquent celestials. Because they become celestials or immortals without any training whatsoever, but their thoughts remain at the level they had when they were human, they inevitably become more enthusiastic about stimulation. In this case, if they still retain the reactions of mortals to potential threats, then having a masochistic personality would be understandable... Hmm? What's wrong with you?"

After rambling on for a while, the man noticed the emperor in front of him, who was bowing his head and clenching his fists, seemingly lost in silence. After thinking for a moment, he thoughtfully handed him a can of cola.

"This weather is indeed too hot. Standing in the sun for too long can easily lead to heatstroke. I would suggest you..."

"I'll bite you to death!!!"

Out of the corner of his eye, he caught sight of a reporter not far away, who had a look on his face as if he had found a big news story and was writing furiously. Realizing that his reputation was likely to be further damaged, Tianren was so indignant that he pounced on the despicable guy in front of him.

Not far away, the reporter who was out covering the news during his day off was writing furiously with an excited expression.

[In the Celestial Era, in the Scarlet Sky City, the notorious delinquent prince, Hinami, was exposed by her mysterious boyfriend during a date as a possible masochist. The two then flirted openly in public, oblivious to their surroundings, attracting a crowd. According to this newspaper…]

"Holy crap... you must be a dog, right?"

A dozen minutes later, looking at the several clear and fairly neat teeth marks on his hand, Shi Bai's lips twitched.

"I didn't specifically name you... why are you getting so worked up?"

"Besides me, could there be any other unruly celestial beings in the heavens!?"

Sitting on the other side of the chair with his arms crossed, the emperor, who was very self-aware, turned his head to look in another direction.

"Masochistic... You can't even handle a roller coaster like this, yet you have the nerve to make fun of me for no reason?"

"But I remember that 'Bad Celestials' clearly referred to a group, how did it become a single individual..."

Shi Bai rolled his eyes as he put his hand down.

"Besides, I'm just a weak, helpless, and pitiful human being. Those inhuman roller coasters are simply not suitable for me, okay?"

"Humanity?"

Turning his head, the emperor looked the other person up and down with the same gaze one would give a conman.

"Can humans do what you've done? You're neither a celestial being nor an immortal, yet you can reach those absolutely secret and hidden places at will... Speaking of which, who exactly are you?"

The emperor narrowed his eyes slightly.

"I've felt something was off about you ever since I first met you. You possess such terrifying power, appear and disappear without a trace, your origins are unknown, and if you wanted, you could even single-handedly instigate war and conflict in the Heavenly Realm. Although there's no evidence to prove it, aren't all the changes that have occurred in the Heavenly Realm recently the work of you?"

"So what if it is? So what if it isn't? Why care so much?"

Shi Bai yawned and replied lazily.

"Making the Celestial Realm a better place isn't my responsibility or obligation; it's your job. So, how's the Celestial Realm now? It shouldn't be so boring anymore, right?"

"It has indeed become less boring... You haven't answered my question yet. You talked about your job before, so what are your job responsibilities?"

The emperor seemed rather relentless.

"Hmm... I guess I'm a land surveyor. No matter where in the celestial realm I am, I have to go there."

After thinking for a moment, Shi Bai replied as such.

"I've traveled to every corner of the celestial realm... Oh, right, you haven't told me your identity and name yet, so let me introduce myself first."

After a brief moment of thought, he took a deep breath, stood up from the bench, and gracefully bowed to the other person with his hands clasped together in front of him.

"My name is Bina, the daughter of the Neither Thought Heaven nor the Thought Heaven, the young lady of the Bina family, and a well-known 'bad celestial being' in the heavenly realm. Please give me your guidance."

"Uh... Hello, hello. My surname is Shi, and my given name is Bai. I am a handsome young man who is 18 years old."

Someone extended their hand quite enthusiastically.

"...18 years old?"

"Of course! I'll stay 18 forever!!"

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In June, the sun shines brightly.

"I've met the real Dragon God! The real Dragon God isn't as majestic as you described; he's quite approachable!!"

Beneath a waterfall on the side of Xuan Yun Hai, facing Yong Jiang Yi Jiu, he extended a finger in front of him with a serious expression, much more so than the Emperor.

Perhaps it was a case of "no pain, no gain," or perhaps it was because the two were naturally compatible. Despite everything that had happened before, they still became very good friends.

"It is the Dragon God."

Soaking his feet in the cool spring water, Yongjiang Yijiu corrected the emperor's grammatical error with great dissatisfaction.

"The Dragon God is the guardian deity of this world, an existence of absolute majesty, and it is impossible for him to appear before you. Even we, the Dragon Palace Envoys, can only listen to the decrees of the Dragon God, so as a rogue celestial being, you have absolutely no chance of ever seeing the Dragon God."

"Hmph (*￣m￣), I knew you wouldn't believe me, but I have enough evidence to prove it."

He shook his feet, which were soaking in the spring water, creating ripples on the surface, which made the emperor look even more proud.

"I ask you, has the Heavenly Realm undergone earth-shattering changes during this period? And who in the Heavenly Realm is capable of accomplishing all of this?"

"Clearly, only the Dragon God can do this."

Yongjiang Yijiu nodded.

"so what?"

"I told you last time why I was in Xuan Yun Hai, right?"

"You're saying the person who framed you back then was the Dragon God? Don't be ridiculous."

After a moment's thought, Yongjiang Yijiu shook her head without hesitation.

"You'd better stop reading those fantasy novels. The Dragon God is such a majestic being. First of all, the Dragon God would never do such a trivial thing, let alone reform the Heavenly Realm just because of your few complaints. It's just a coincidence, and you're just wishfully connecting these things with that."

"No, it absolutely cannot be a coincidence."

Recalling the question the other party had asked her twice, she saw the same unwavering expression on the emperor's face.

"The dragon god, who was wandering in the heavens, accidentally encountered a girl with a troubled heart. He granted her wish, and that is the complete version of the story."

"...I think your girlish heart has come at a very inopportune time."

"This isn't some girlish sentimentality; it's just a deduction based on relevant facts!!"

"Oh, then you'd better not go around telling everyone about your fantasies, or you'll just become a laughingstock. The Dragon God is an existence of absolute majesty, how could he possibly go on a roller coaster with you like you say? And claim to be forever 18 years old..."

"Iku, have you ever seen the Dragon God with your own eyes?"

Suddenly, he grabbed Yongjiang Yijiu's shoulders with both hands, his gaze more intense than that of the famous Emperor.