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Chapter 1068 My only love in life is the seven-foot sword (supplement)
Under the bright sunshine, the osmanthus trees planted in the Langya Marquis's mansion were in full bloom, turning the tables and chairs in the courtyard golden.

The fragrance of flowers filled the air, and the sweet and rich aroma between Su Meng's lips and teeth became even stronger. He looked at his slender white fingers near his mouth, carefully avoiding touching them. After biting into the pastry, his face turned slightly red, and he pulled back a little.

"It smells very good, but it's not too sweet."

This is the highest praise the world can give to Chinese pastries.

Ruan Yushu beamed with joy, but her tone remained cool and aloof as she said, "I only added a little osmanthus honey, but I dried some osmanthus flowers, ground them, and mixed them into the cornstarch. This way, it won't be greasy, and it won't overpower the flavors of the other dishes."

"Autumn is the season for eating crabs, and I even made a 'demon crab' soup. These demon crabs are quite rare now."

"It's just a pity about the North Sea bass; we only found a small one this year."

As she introduced the food, she brought it out, gazing longingly at the exquisitely plated delicacies.

After all the dishes were served, Ruan Yushu looked at Meng Qi, pushed a bowl of stewed mutton soup with mountain delicacies in front of him, and skillfully lifted the lid as if she had done it many times before, turning her gaze away from smelling or looking at it.

She turned her head away, bit her lip, and urged, "Hurry up and eat."

"I can't finish it all, let's eat together," Su Meng said with a smile.

He was also used to this kind of scene.

"..." Ruan Yushu seemed tempted, but in the end she shook her head: "This time it won't work. It contains precious tonics that can replenish your qi and blood and enhance your strength."

"Medicine and food share the same origin, so we can nourish ourselves through food." Su Meng didn't refuse any longer and picked up the wooden chopsticks to taste it.

Guru
Ruan Yushu made a faint, suspicious sound from his throat, and occasionally glanced at the other side of his head.

"Eat if you want. We don't really need this much. If all else fails, I can exchange it with Liu Dao."

Su Meng said with a half-smile, "I've watched you grow up, do you think I don't know what you're thinking?"

"..." Ruan Yushu's expression changed slightly, and he said unhappily, "When you entered the Six Paths of Reincarnation, your cultivation level was not as high as mine."

"How does cultivation level relate to age?" Su Meng was both amused and exasperated, yet also filled with感慨 (a sense of mixed feelings).

Looking back, Ruan Yushu was just a young girl, but her intelligence and courage already surpassed many adult sect disciples. In the Six Paths of Reincarnation, where one could perish at the slightest mistake, the difficulty of survival for a child was unimaginable.

Even so, she held a seven-stringed zither taller than a person and played a war-torn melody of swords and horses, of bloodshed and carnage.

Whenever her inner strength was exhausted, she would take on the responsibility of the horse and the musician, carrying both herself and the zither on her back while feeding them the food she had prepared.

Time flies, and the young Ruan family girl who once stood in front of him still looks childish, while he himself is now capable of standing on his own.

"It's only been a few years, and you've already surpassed me in strength."

Ruan Yushu stared intently at the perch on the plate, but when he looked up, his expression became somewhat lost:
"Be careful on the next mission. It's a pity I can't exchange for a reincarnation talisman to go with you, otherwise the new zither piece I learned might be able to help you."

"The power of the 'Emperor Subduing Heavenly Echo' is immense; even a Dharma Body might not be able to fully control it. It's too much of a burden. You should practice it more." Su Meng shook his head.

"..." Ruan Yushu pursed her lips and said, "Don't talk, just eat quietly."

Their conversation revealed their concern for each other, showing that they were both thinking of the other.

The Langhuan Pavilion became quiet, filled only with the peaceful and warm atmosphere of enjoying delicious food.

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“At the normal timeline, Ruan Yushu was only fifteen or sixteen years old when she entered the reincarnation space. Indeed, if she had met you a few years earlier, she would have been eleven or twelve at most.”

"Hey Xing, you've finally gotten the real Condor Heroes script."

"We don't have bullets of the smallest caliber, so you'll have to bear with it for now. If it really comes down to it, we'll find a minefield for you to be an electric shock kid."

In a corner where no one was watching, Su Lin dragged the azure longsword that was trying to resist, and called to the others to turn on the equipment shredder.

"The problem isn't with me, it's with the world!"

Meng Qi struggled and shouted, "Even fragments of cosmic light couldn't possibly make this possible! It's fake, it's all fake!"

Seeing his appearance, Su Lin knew that she hadn't made a mistake in reporting Meng Zhending for having a mental disorder. Psychologists, due to their long-term contact with mental patients, actually have a high incidence of mental illness themselves.

"And do you really think I'm the kind of pervert who would prey on little girls just because I have two lifetimes of experience?!"

"Xiao Yan, I wasn't talking about you. Put out the fire in the alchemy furnace."

"If anyone's to blame, it's Liu Dao! Yu Shu was so young to be dragged into the cycle of reincarnation. It's obvious that Liu Dao is being inhuman. This must be a conspiracy by the Demon Buddha!"

As if grasping at a straw, Meng Qi said that the Demon Buddha was the source of all evil in this world, having committed countless misdeeds.

But what is the purpose of the Demon Buddha doing this?
It can't just be for shipping, right? Not every Haotian has that kind of fetish. But that doesn't make sense either, since Su Lin's prediction about the real world's history is actually correct—it was the little foodie who started things first.
"Why are you all looking at me?" Su Lin asked, puzzled.

"Senior Su Lin, now that you've become the Haotian of the real world, is it possible that you could influence the Demon Buddha from the source?" Song Shuhang figured that since he was going to be read anyway, he might as well be a squirrel who satisfied his curiosity.

Upon hearing this, everyone shifted their condemning gazes from Meng Qi and looked at Su Lin with suspicion.

Regarding reputation...
If Su Lin were to say that she had already refined the Demon Buddha, everyone would probably start analyzing what kind of relationship Meng Qi and Su Lin have now.

"Are you all stupid?" Su Lin said calmly. "This is clearly the world that Ruan Yushu longs for."

"So why has the world become like this?"

"Because of that one tear of the Celestial King."

The Way of Heaven is me, all living beings are me, everything tangible is me, and everything intangible is me.

This is the information about the props that Su Lin knows.

"When he made the great vow that 'all beings are with me,' and the tear stone shattered, revealing his intention, this power to create possibilities also encompassed the beings of the real world, responding to the expectations that Ruan Yushu had buried in his heart."

Su Lin said, "You'll understand at a glance. The real world we live in is just a hypothetical possibility."

"Then why didn't you explain yourself clearly just now?!" Meng Qi's entire sword was trembling.

"..." Su Lin scratched his head and said shyly, "Because it's fun."

There was a clang.

The longsword fell to the ground again, pretending to be dead; this time, there was absolutely no other way.

Late at night in the capital, at the Liu residence.

Not long after Su Meng, who was investigating the lineage of Su Nu Dao and Xuan Nu, left, Liu Shengming hurriedly entered the palace to discuss the matter in detail with the Emperor of Da Jin.

Su Meng, on the other hand, traveled westward to find the trail of Wu Jizhen, the Madman of the Six Oceans, and obtained some clues about the contemporary Mystic Woman.

“A while ago, the Su Nu Dao split into the Wu Qing lineage, and the three lineages fought each other, suffering heavy losses. But in recent days, things have calmed down considerably,” Wu Jizhen said.

"I've heard a bit about the Ruthless lineage, and I've also had dealings with Yingning. I never expected her to have such an epiphany."

Su Meng shook his head and asked, "What does this have to do with the incarnation of the Mysterious Maiden?"

“A Mystic Maiden incarnated into a love tribulation but suddenly realized the truth and severed her connection with her original body, causing the current Mystic Maiden to suffer a backlash.” Wu Jizhen, who was also lured by the Mystic Maiden’s incarnation and is still deeply involved, sighed.

He felt jealousy and envy towards the man whose name he didn't know, yet who had accomplished this. He also worried that the true form of the Mystic Maiden would be completely assimilated, leaving him with no chance at all.

"I heard her name is something like Su Su or Su Huanzhen?"

"cough?!"

Su Meng almost spat out a mouthful of blood. He picked at his ears, wondering if he had misheard the name.

"That independent Xuan Nu manifestation is now also at the Dharma Body realm. She founded the Ruthless lineage, and currently both the Joyful lineage and the Xuan Nu lineage allow each other to recruit disciples in the area where the Plain Maiden Path is located," Wu Jizhen said.

"why?"

"It is said that disciples who cultivate the Path of Ruthlessness defy the heavens because of the Path of Ruthlessness, so they are more likely to be entangled in emotional tribulations. Once they enter the tribulation, they become good seedlings of the Joyful Lineage and the Mysterious Maiden Lineage."

"Can this still happen?!"

Su Meng's eyes widened, seemingly surprised that there was such a way to find a partner.

"If the Joyful Lineage and the Mysterious Maiden Lineage are hurt by love, they are also suitable to switch to the Heartless Lineage for cultivation, which will be twice as effective with half the effort."

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Su Meng was dumbfounded. He realized that after this incident, the Su Nu Dao would probably become even stronger in the future, making it even more difficult for him to obtain the Absolute Blade.

After a helpless sigh, Su Meng followed Wu Jizhen to the island, hoping to find Liu Shuyu and see if there were any other opportunities.

"So this is the stage. No wonder his cultivation level is only at the Outer Realm." Meng Qi, who was secretly observing, confirmed the current time point.

“This seems like a normal timeline. At your original development speed, you wouldn’t even have been able to acquire the Absolute Blade, let alone sever your connection with the Demon Buddha,” Su Lin said.

"In a normal timeframe, how could the Su Nu Dao have a ruthless lineage?!" Meng Qi retorted.

The real world was nearly destroyed, and maintaining it by walking a tightrope is bound to have some side effects.

Although I had a premonition, what seemed like a normal restoration of history before joining the chat group actually revealed all sorts of strange things.

"The 'Fu Huang Shen Tian Xiang' that the little foodie practiced before was also something I don't remember the Ruan family having. It must be the influence and changes that Fu Xi brought to history."

Meng Qi's voice was filled with deep confusion: "But now the Su Nu Dao has also preserved the changes you made before."

Is this the true reality or a universe derived from a certain period of history?
The Overlord's Blade is a divine weapon unique in all the heavens, past, present, and future. Since it exists in the present Su Nu Dao and has not yet been taken by her, it must be related to her.

"We took a stroll around Luo's territory and discovered that Gu Xiaosang in this timeline had already perished." Ye Fan's figure gradually appeared.

Using the City of All Heavens as a medium, he completely eliminated his own existence and causality with minimal cost, without interfering or taking action.

"Xiao Sang!?" Meng Qi's sword, imbued with his true spirit, trembled instantly, his words revealing an uncontrollable panic.

"This timeline?" Su Lin asked, puzzled.

"The concept of a world line isn't quite right either. It's more like many fragments from the real world were piled up together without any order of precedence."

Iwamori emerged from the River of Time, surrounded by the passage of time: "But the historical paths in these fragments are different, resulting in a situation similar to the splitting of world lines. I saw that in other fragments, there was still Miss Xiao Sang, and I also saw the scene of Fellow Daoist Meng Qi's death."

Upon hearing this, Meng Qi's excitement subsided slightly, but a hint of surprise still lingered: "The real world has turned into a pile of fragments of cosmic light?"

It's not quite the same as the origin of the universe that was previously eaten by everyone.

The fragments of cosmic light in the real world may be the result of battles between powerful beings, changes in the heavens and earth, or other opportunities. Some are the result of the earth splitting into several pieces, while others are the result of ruptures in time, creating certain possibilities.

However, these fragments of cosmic light all share a common characteristic: they are very unstable and incomplete, and only a very few can survive for a long time.

"That's not quite right. Each fragment feels like the real world itself, equivalent to the multiverse. But the long river of time that records history is accommodating and devouring each other, and the fragments are also merging with history."

Iwamori considered for a moment and said, "I estimate that when only one river of time remains, the original Real World will be restored, and the world's course may not necessarily be the history we know."

Only by reaching the true other side, or by using special methods to elevate one's perspective, can one discover the current state of the real world.

Even Iwamori, after observing for a long time, felt that the sense of chaos and conflict was impacting his innate nature. The various historical paths that took different directions, from personal development to the course of the world, were all interfering with other fragments.

It likely involves other figures from the other side of the world.
"So it's not just this Su Meng who is a manifestation of my true nature, but there are many more scattered manifestations of my true nature?" Meng Qi asked in surprise.

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Su Lin rubbed his chin: "A first-person perspective corner game? That's interesting."

“Sparrow food, it’s time to activate the Ape God,” Xing nodded and said, “Feeding bananas might cultivate Dr. Ape Origin.”

"Stop messing around! I only have this one account!!!" Meng Qi exclaimed in despair.

This completely makes up for the regret that I didn't have a 'self' and could only fabricate or absorb the 'Ananda' self, and these 'selfs' all have their own true nature and spirit.

That doesn't make sense.
Under normal circumstances, since the person carrying their own consciousness has not perished, based on the true realm they have already attained according to legend, even while waiting for rebirth, they can gather all the true spirits and achieve resurrection simply by relying on instinct.

But how did the true spirit end up scattered across the heavens?!
"Another interesting thing is that the Six Paths of Reincarnation space runs through these fragments, and the demonic Buddha behind it seems to be trying to target those 'you' in order to devour their true spirits."

Iwamori laughed and said, "There are occasional successes, but they are all manifestations of true spirit, so they have no impact on the current history."

All that scheming only resulted in swallowing an avatar?

The Demon Buddha is probably both anxious and helpless right now, which is truly laughable.

But if he continues like this, he might be able to occupy a sufficient number of Su Mengzhen's spirits.

When only one stream remains in the river of time in the real world, reality will deviate drastically.
'We need to find a way to awaken and bring back all these 'other self' spirits, but this is something we can't rely on others for.'

Meng Qi pondered, "The Haotian Mirror could indeed help me increase my efficiency."

Thinking of this, he asked Su Lin to lend him the fragments of the Haotian Mirror.

“I don’t have that timeline,” Su Lin said.

Indeed, the Haotian Mirror was shattered into pieces. One part was in the hands of the Azure Emperor, while the other part was with Su Wuming or Jiang Zhiwei in the Sword Washing Pavilion.

Given how history has become in the real world, we can only "borrow" it for now.

“Actually, there’s another way; there’s no need to ‘borrow’ it,” Su Lin said.

"any solution?"

“I can ‘lend’ the Azure Jade Void Sword.”

"???"

"My only love in life is the seven-foot sword."

Su Lin looked at 'it' and said, 'You've become a sword now.'

　I took a day off and didn't go to work. My head is still a little feverish. I only started coding around noon.
　　Flu season, take precautions (don't wait until tonight, it might not be enough).
　　
　
(End of this chapter)