The afterlife blew up Gensokyo

"The Dragon God is truly powerful. I even have a vague feeling that it could easily kill me. I didn't inform you before because it was for your own good, after all..."

"Of course the Dragon God is very strong. After all, he represents the will and power of the entire world. I know that, of course."

Pointing back at himself, the man wore a proud expression.

"...But the Dragon God belongs to my family!!"

"........."

"I'm telling the truth. If you had called me here when you started creating the Demon Realm, you would never have suffered such severe injuries at the hands of the Dragon God. And that was only because he held back; otherwise, you wouldn't even be able to stand up right now, believe me?"

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

When Gensokyo was fully established and the Hakurei Great Barrier was opened, the Dragon God made his last appearance in Gensokyo.

Amid thunder and torrential rain, Gensokyo was plunged into brief, complete darkness. At this moment, the sages of the youkai swore an oath to the dragon god with their own existence, guaranteeing eternal peace. In an instant, the flood receded, sunlight once again shone through the sky, and light returned to the earth.

Even a single Gensokyo requires the collective oath of the Dragon God by the sages who created it, such as Yakumo Yukari, Matara Okina, and Ibaraki Kasen, so how much more so would a complete world like the Demon World?

...It's a miracle that Shenqi didn't die.

Furthermore, Shi Bai dares to guarantee that Xiao Ye held back by a huge amount of money; otherwise, where would Shen Qi get the energy to pretend to be nonchalant and run around like that? Does she really think that representing the highest rule of a world is a joke?

"With such audacity, aren't you afraid of divine retribution... You would be absolutely powerless to resist such destructive power."

Looking up at the sky, Shenqi was utterly speechless.

"I knew no one would believe me if I told the truth..."

Shi Bai pursed his lips and squinted at the distance.

"I can help you with something small, but I won't do anything that obviously requires a lot of effort and energy, like helping someone to the point of tears... unless you can offer me a price that satisfies me."

"The price..."

Leaning back on the soft sofa, looking at the man standing in front of her, Shen Qi fell into deep thought.

"That's right, I'm a very principled person."

Turning his head, Shi Bai solemnly extended his hand.

"As long as you have money!!"

"Hmm... how about I give you half of this world?"

Blinking her eyes, Shen Qi suddenly uttered something astonishing.

"I'm giving you half of the demon realm I created. Shouldn't that price satisfy you?"

"What???"

Shi Bai almost doubted that there was something wrong with his ears.

"I am the God of the Demon Realm, the creator of the Demon Realm. I am willing to give you half of the Demon Realm, do you want it?"

Nodding, Shenqi repeated her previous words very seriously.

"You have a fever? Why are you talking nonsense?"

Raising an eyebrow, Shi Bai casually tossed over a packet of 999 brand cold medicine.

“Since the last era, you have been planning to create your own world, spending countless years in the process. I have not been able to help you at all... You are the creator god of the demon realm.”

Shi Bai's face remained noncommittal.

"I've already said it, I'm a person of principle. If you need my help, it's simple: just have money."

"I am serious, and I have thought about it carefully."

Sitting up straight, Shenqi's expression was more serious than ever before.

"The Demon Realm is currently in a state of disrepair, and if we can get you involved, the construction of my Demon Realm will progress by leaps and bounds."

"...Did you reverse what you really meant and what you wanted to say?"

"Uh……"

"What would I need half the demon realm for? You probably don't know some things... Anyway, if you want my help, just pay me!!"

Even if you say that, but...

She turned her hand over, and Shenqi looked completely innocent.

"In order to create the Demon Realm, I have squandered all the wealth I had accumulated over the years. When I escaped from Takamagahara, I even took everything from Takamagahara... Now I don't have a single penny left."

"...Those gods in Takamagahara are truly pitiful."

Shi Bai raised his head, speechless.

"So, all you have to offer right now is the Demon Realm?"

"Uh... I've secretly moved all the buildings constructed by the gods in Takamagahara over here. I plan to make some minor modifications and use it as the center of the Demon Realm. I've even come up with a name for it: the Palace of Ten Thousand Demons..."

At this point, Shenqi seemed a little embarrassed and turned her head away.

"...The gods in Takamagahara are truly pitiful."

"Didn't I already leave Takamagahara to them...?"

"So, you originally planned to move Takamagahara into the Demon World along with it from the very beginning?! !!"

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Chapter Fifteen: Punching Casella, Kicking Herzog

Takamagahara was the dwelling place of the gods, built by Shinki.

Without her integration, that place might still be a mess. It's fair to say that Gaotian originally belonged to her.

Although the gods in Takamagahara seem to have suffered a bit, Shinki still managed to leave behind their most precious possessions... However, it's likely that the gods in Takamagahara are not in the mood to care about this right now, and are probably searching the world for their runaway Amaterasu Omikami.

"So I'm telling you, you were too impulsive. Wouldn't it have been better if you had just called me?"

Frowning as he looked at the weakened Shen Qi before him, Shi Bai shook his head.

“You should know my style of doing things. I don’t do things I’m not sure of. If you had called me at that time, you wouldn’t have been so badly injured.”

"Yes, you could have helped me if I had called you over back then... but then what?"

After a moment of silence, Shen Qi raised her head.

"Your sins cannot be increased any further."

"........."

“Not only you, but the succubus is also angry with me, because when I created the demon realm to face the dragon god, I also sent him away. It’s just that in front of her, I always pretended that nothing was wrong.”

Looking at Shi Bai, who was frowning and silent in front of her, Shen Qi calmly stretched out her hand, and a black, almost tangible darkness slowly emerged in her palm.

"There are some things that the succubus has no right to know, but do you think I don't have the right to know?"

How do you know I can't handle it?

Turning his head to look into the distance, Shi Bai spoke calmly.

"I am immortal, you are underestimating me far too much."

“This is no ordinary sin, but the original sin that represents an entire world. Only after truly coming into contact with this kind of thing did I realize just how terrible the burden you carry is.”

After taking a deep breath, Shenqi withdrew her hand.

"This thing appeared on me a long time ago, and as my progress in building the Demon Realm accelerated, it multiplied and became more and more numerous, clinging to me like a malignant tumor... You should understand, right?"

"It appeared so early... No wonder you wanted my help at the beginning, but later you almost never mentioned it again."

As if he had thought of something, Shi Bai's brows furrowed even more.

"So you're just plain stupid. It's much better for two people to share the burden than for you to bear it all by yourself, right?"

“I appreciate your kindness, but this is my own business, and I can’t drag you into it. After all, your condition is so bad, and if something unexpected happens, I’ll regret it.”

Shen Qi shook her head.

"You must have been trying to suppress something all along, right? Otherwise, you wouldn't have chosen to go to the underworld."

"So what? I'm not going to die anyway, I'll just sleep for a few more decades. But as you are now, you won't be able to leave the Demon Realm until you completely cleanse yourself of those original sins."

Shi Bai's face remained noncommittal.

"That kind of thing is extremely troublesome. Are you sure you can handle it? As the creator god of the demon realm, doing this is equivalent to taking the entire world on your shoulders. There will be huge trouble in the future. It's just a matter of choosing the lesser of two evils. You can't even make the most basic choice?"

"Will it be decades? Centuries? Millennia? Or perhaps a permanent slumber? I don't have many friends, and I really don't dare to gamble."

Shen Qi shook her head, a hint of worry in her voice.

"I only bear the weight of one world, but how many do you bear? The original sins of so many worlds have been piled on your shoulders, you must be exhausted, right?"

"...Did Xiao Siji tell you?"

Shi Bai narrowed his eyes slightly.

"No, I figured it out myself."

Looking at the man in front of her, Shen Qi's expression was quite complicated.

"Perhaps it's because of the increasing original sin that's clinging to me, but when you brought Xiao Shiji here last time, I clearly saw the scene behind you..."

"Oh, what you see is my substitute—Wasting Time, that's a substitute with a 5A-level panel."

Shi Bai pursed his lips and interrupted Shen Qi.

"I know my own situation perfectly well, and you don't need to worry about me. Let me put it this way: those things have no effect on me whatsoever. You can think of them as things like cause and effect. After all, I've wreaked havoc on so many worlds and rewritten the original destinies of countless people... I'll deal with them later, but not now."

"……cause and effect?"

"Ah, that's right, you can totally understand it that way."

Shi Bai yawned, feeling slightly sleepy, and simply sat down on the sofa as well.

"Of course, you can also interpret it as fate, destiny, or something like that... For example, you've painstakingly spent a long time collecting a room full of rare and out-of-print figurines, but one day, a brat suddenly runs into your room and messes up all of them, like putting a Gundam's head on Hatsune Miku's body... What would you do then?"

"Hmm... do you mean those racing cars I dismantled and that huge Gundam model?"

After thinking for a moment, Shenqi answered very seriously.

"If someone actually did that, I'd probably beat that person up, right?"

"If it were me, I would first open the Eight Gates Formation to the eighth gate, then pick up that brat and jump ten meters high, followed by a Lotus Flower, Level 8 Collapse, and Chaotic Cloak Hammer Technique in mid-air."

Shi Bai glanced at Shen Qi beside him, then answered with his eyes half-closed.

"Uh……"

"Hmm... the things I did in other worlds are just like this brat."

Nodding, Shi Bai offered a very fair assessment of his past behavior.

"For example, in the Dragon Clan world, he trained... I mean, he trained Lu Mingfei to prevent him from becoming a simp, threatened Lu Mingze, caused a ruckus at Kassel College, saved Xia Mi and Erii, beat up Herzog... He made a complete mess of that world, so it's quite normal for him to be hunted down and cursed by the world's consciousness."

"Hmm... Your past experiences seem quite interesting... Could you tell me about them in detail?"

Her eyes lit up slightly, and Shen Qi sat up straight.

"I'm very curious about your past experiences."

"What's there to be curious about? In short, I am the one who breaks the rules of the world."

Seeing Shen Qi, who was practically right in front of him with an intrigued expression, Shi Bai couldn't help but roll his eyes.

"In short, the reason I'm telling you all this is to tell you one thing: you have absolutely no need to worry about me. Do those things affect me? Yes, but not as much as you might think."

Even if the impact isn't that huge, there will still be some impact eventually, right?

Blinking his eyes, the demon god looked completely innocent.

"I just don't want things to get worse for you, that's all... Or is it that you'd rather see me get hurt than that?"

"...Do as you please."

Shi Bai glanced at Shen Qi beside him speechlessly, then stood up from the sofa.

"If you're injured, then you should rest quietly. What are you thinking about all day? But remember this, after this, you'll owe me 100,000 yuan."