"In the past, Liu Shuying was a student that Tai Sui cherished as dearly as his own child, but to seize the divine seal and fulfill her own wish, Liu Shuying betrayed her mentor Tai Sui, deeply hurting him." Little Bowl recited as if to organize his own logic, "And now, facing Brother Zhuang Cheng, who bears a high resemblance to Liu Shuying on a soul level, Tai Sui has largely projected the image of Liu Shuying onto you.

"On one hand, he is wary of you, yet on the other, he holds expectations for you. Even though now you've become somewhat different from Liu Shuying, he still cannot rid himself of his preconceived impressions. Under the recognition conditions personally set by Tai Sui, the Divine Seal Fragment still judges you as Liu Shuying, and the low compatibility between you can be seen as a direct reflection of Tai Sui's perception of you.

"In Tai Sui's eyes, both you and Liu Shuying are extremely self-centered individuals, harboring only personal desires and knowing only self-gratification... You wouldn't possibly freely relinquish the 'Power to Customize the World.'

"He didn't arrive at this conclusion through rational and logical calculation; he never doubted it from the start, nor did he ever think about it!"

Little Bowl once told me this—Tai Sui possesses near-omniscient power, capable of finding answers to whatever issues he has.

However, this ability has its weakness; if Tai Sui has never questioned something, then he won't receive any answers.

The current situation exposed Tai Sui's weakness completely.

Even though we are employing such a simple strategy, something even I, not particularly wise, can easily conceive, Tai Sui couldn't even begin to imagine it.

"It's not about the level of wisdom but a consciousness blind spot caused by life experiences..." I suddenly understood, "With the power to freely shape the world placed right before them, no normal person would willingly relinquish it. Let alone someone like Liu Shuying, who betrayed him so deeply, and someone who could be another Liu Shuying in nature."

On such a crucial matter, even with the trust between Little Bowl and me, we must reaffirm each other's trust.

"Tai Sui hopes you become the Master of Divine Seal and achieve his wish. The specific plan is for you to first succeed him as the Master of the Doomsday Divine Seal, then obtain the Current World Divine Seal, and finally save the world with the power of the complete Master of Divine Seal." Little Bowl, seemingly standing from Tai Sui's perspective, pondered his possible mindset, "As long as you accept his plan, from the first step, the supreme power in your hands will not be subject to interference from anyone else.

"Yet...what does it mean that the first step is to hand the Doomsday Divine Seal to the little girl you've cherished and protected, and only with her authorization can you use the power of the Doomsday Divine Seal? Even if you were to explain this possibility in front of Tai Sui, he would most likely still not suspect that 'Brother Zhuang Cheng might choose this path.'

It is indeed the workings of destiny; in fact, not only I but even Liu Shuying has far exceeded Tai Sui's predictions. Just like how I could entrust the opportunity to wield the Doomsday Divine Seal to Little Bowl first and finally have Mazao use the Power of Return to save the world, Liu Shuying is even able to relinquish the Current World Divine Seal, allowing Old Fist God to decide the shape of the New World.

The reason past Tai Sui couldn't stop his student was because he never truly saw the other person's true nature.

And this time, Tai Sui may still not see the true nature of Liu Shuying and me.

"Speaking of which... Little Bowl, if you became the soul of the Doomsday Divine Seal, can you revert back afterward?" I pondered on this question, "Tai Sui, after being killed by Evangelist Master Yan Mo, could only maintain his existence through the divine seal. I feel he shouldn't survive without the divine seal, though it might be because he isn't yet the complete Master of the Doomsday Divine Seal and can't rebuild his soul outside the environment of the Doomsday Divine Seal..."

"No." Little Bowl said directly, "Forcibly running one's existence on the Divine Seal Fragment using the power of the Divine Son is a binding far deeper than the 'binding' technology developed by Tai Sui in his lifetime.

"I think it's using the power of the Divine Son combined with Seal Authority to achieve a higher dimension of synchronization with the Divine Seal Fragment. Its principle might be akin to how Brother Zhuang Cheng, under conditions possessing Seal Authority, can exceptionally integrate his Power of Manifestation into the Divine Seal Fragment possessing True Spirit Power, and how the Tai Sui simulating the Divine Son can make his Spirit exceptionably enter the inside of the Divine Seal Fragment under the same conditions.

"From that moment on, Tai Sui has already become a part of the divine seal system. This binding relationship isn't limited to a soul level; based on my observations of the Divine Seal Fragment and the soul components of Tai Sui inside it, it's likely to involve the True Spirit Layer. Trying to detach from the divine seal in such a state equates to destroying the divine seal itself.

"That's also why Brother Zhuang Cheng can't destroy the Tai Sui soul components inside the Divine Seal Fragment... I think that not only Brother Zhuang Cheng, even Tai Sui can't normally erase himself from the inside of the Divine Seal Fragment, he can't even die.

"There is only one way to achieve this goal."

I immediately derived the answer and said, "That is someone succeeding— or usurping the position, becoming the new 'Divine Seal Soul.'"

"Looked at from another angle, this is also a kind of immortality." Little Bowl said, "If I can live on with Brother Zhuang Cheng in the future, I have no complaints, especially since this is a precious position many yearn for. If I really don't want to continue, I can find a successor in the future. As for how to determine who the right candidate is, there's plenty of time in the future, no need to worry now.

"However, this approach does have a flaw...

"Currently, I am still Zhu Shi's Dream Avatar from childhood, and if I become the soul of the divine seal in this form, the soul of Zhu Jiu, who serves as the base material, will never return, and Zhu Shi's romantic feelings will never be restored."

Upon reaching this point, she sighed gently, "But the arrow is on the bowstring and must be released. We absolutely cannot let this reason alone hinder the subsequent 'End of the Divine Era' plan. I can distinguish which is more important."

Seeing her like this, I thought for a moment and then said, "—If it's just this issue, I have a solution."

"Are you referring to the 'Blank Soul', Brother Zhuang Cheng?" Little Bowl said, "Currently, Brother Zhuang Cheng is a Manifestation and Enlightenment practitioner. You should be able to create the blank soul as described by Gua Tianshi. As a container, it can indeed hold my independent self component, separating Zhu Jiu's soul and Zhu Shi's childhood dream before the plan begins.

"However, my independent self component is still in the growth stage, not accounting for much of the soul and cannot truly operate independently. Compared to a complete soul, it's at most a small organ. Using computer software as a metaphor, it's not yet a self-sustaining program. My current personality structure still depends heavily on support from the other two.

"If I were transplanted into a blank soul now, it would take a long process to grow into a complete personality.

"Not to mention whether I will face a self-identity crisis, turning hostile and unrecognizing others, or whether I can continue to retain the qualification of a Void Envoy, the power of the Divine Son will undoubtedly be lost first, as it originates from the childhood power of Zhu Shi—Zhu Jiuxing. Without that, I cannot become the Master of the Doomsday Divine Seal.

"Equally fatal is... that we don't have much time to wait for a future me to redevelop."

I listened to these words seriously and then replied, "What you're saying poses no problem at all."

"What?" Little Bowl was momentarily stunned.

I looked at my own hands. This is something I could accomplish, but whether or not to actually do it, even knowing it's necessary, there's a slight hesitation in me. Yet soon, I steadied my heart.

"Little Bowl, do you trust me?" I asked.

Without hesitation, Little Bowl said, "I trust you, Brother Zhuang Cheng."

"—Then, I'll begin."

I stepped forward, extended my hand, and placed it atop Little Bowl's head.

An orange flame was released from my hand, engulfing Little Bowl in an instant, yet it did not reduce her to ashes. Her body became a shifting phantom within the flames, then split into three different colored lights gathered in my palm. The colors were white, blue, and green, with the latter two representing Zhu Jiuxing and Zhu Jiu, while the white was Little Bowl's independent self-component.

With the raging flames still in place, I cast the white light into them. The flame's color and shape changed, ultimately transforming into a doll-like charming and cute young girl in a white dress.

Little Bowl reappeared in front of me.

She slowly opened her eyes, looking at me in a moment of daze, then saw the blue and green lights in my palm. Her gaze shifted slightly, as if recognizing what these lights symbolized.

"I..."

She then looked at her own hands, falling into contemplation, seemingly verifying step by step the state of her body and mind.

"I don't seem to have changed at all?" Little Bowl said in confusion, "The original personality, the power of the Divine Son... are all still here?"

"...Aside from your independent self-component, I recreated the components of your last soul, along with the power of the Divine Son," I answered, "The last step is to 'install' your independent self-component inside, which would complete the task.

"Then, just like the body's metabolism, the soul components I simulated and created will gradually be digested as nutrients over time. Even if you achieve the Dream Avatar obsession ahead of time, the soul will not vanish to the heavens, and the Divine Son's childhood talent will not disappear. Your independent self-component percentage will grow and develop along the established veins during the digestion process, eventually becoming the same personality structure as now.

"Finally, your soul will become something that belongs solely to you."

Listening to this explanation, Little Bowl silently gazed at me.

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