Ye Luoli: The tides rise and fall, the moon whispers softly.

【Fairyland, Water Crystal Palace】

"This puppetry technique is really amazing," Shui Qingli said, slightly surprised.

He originally thought that the Puppet Mastery was just a special spell that could create puppets, but he never expected that the puppets he created would not only be completely under his control, but he could even use them to monitor Xinling and the others at all times.

For Yu Shuiqingli, this was an unexpected delight.

However, fairies created using puppetry are ultimately different from normal fairies. Qianqian was somewhat worried: "I'm afraid that when Anling's fairy power is extracted to open the gate, her identity will be discovered."

“There’s no need to worry about that. I split the magical orb given to me by the Fairy of Light in two and sealed one part of it on An Ling. Even if Mandora uses An Ling’s magic to open the gate, she won’t lose her fairy power.” Shui Qingli said with great confidence, having made preparations in advance. “That’s why I felt comfortable letting An Ling go to Xin Ling’s place as an undercover agent.”

An Ling's defection to Xin Ling was at Shui Qingli's behest, which is how Shui Qingli learned that Xin Ling's "battle" with Mandora would take place in ten days.

In other words, the original main storyline will begin in ten days. The tragic ending of the fairyland in his previous life forced him to pull himself together.

【Fairyland, Floating Cloud Pavilion】

Xinling summoned her followers Zhuo Yan, Moli, Liangcai, and Hei Xiangling to Fuyun Tower. After all, with a great battle imminent, she had no choice but to discuss the matter with them.

"Eh? Fairy Xinling, where's the peacock?" Jasmine was the first to notice that the blue peacock hadn't come to Floating Cloud Tower, and asked Xinling with some confusion.

"Yes, yes, where did the peacock go?" Reminded by Jasmine, Bright Color also noticed the absence of the blue peacock: "Could it be that she didn't receive Fairy Xinling's message?"

"Peacock...something's happened." Xin Ling paused for a moment. Anyway, she definitely couldn't tell anyone else that Blue Peacock had stolen magic and been discovered, and was now frozen in ice.

Not only that, she also had to tell the others not to go to the peacock's house, lest the matter be exposed: "By the way, none of you should go to the peacock's gem nest to disturb her recently."

"Alright." Although the others didn't know what Xin Ling was up to, they naturally didn't doubt her intentions.

Perhaps something really happened to the blue peacock.

"Alright, don't worry about Peacock anymore." Xin Ling sighed softly, informing them that a great battle with Mandora would begin in ten days. "I've summoned you all here today because I have important matters to discuss."

“Mandora has just issued me a challenge; I will fight her in the Huayan Mirror Palace in ten days.”

"What?!" Apart from An Ling, who happened to be present and already knew the news, the other fairies were all very surprised.

"Fairy Xinling, is war already inevitable?" Jasmine frowned slightly. She was not a combat-type fairy and naturally disliked war.

"Yes, yes," Hei Xiangling said, "If they fight, they'll both be badly injured. Is there really no other way?"

"Unfortunately, there's no way to stop the war now." Xin Ling shook her head. If she could, she wouldn't want to fight against her own sister.

But those who walk different paths cannot make plans together. The moment they each firmly chose their own path, they were destined to stand on opposite sides: "My sister is determined to destroy the human world, and I cannot persuade her otherwise."

"Why does Mandora insist on destroying the human world?" Zhuo Yan asked, puzzled. "The human world is so wonderful, shouldn't we protect it?"

"It's probably because Mandora feels that the human world's influence on Fairy Realm is too severe," said Anling, who had been silent in the corner.

At this moment, the other fairies noticed An Ling's presence.

Liangcai noticed that Anling looked unfamiliar, so she asked Xinling, "Fairy Xinling, who is this fairy?"

"My name is Anling, and I am a Dark Feather Flower Fairy. I am skilled in some shadow magic." Anling introduced herself in a brief introduction, still unable to hide her coldness.

“Anling is a fairy who just joined us and wants to protect the human world with us.” Fairy Xinling smoothed things over, “Now that we’re all partners, we must get along well.”

"Hello, my name is Jasmine/Zhuoyan/Liangcai/Heixiangling."

"Hello."

The fairies introduced themselves to each other and exchanged greetings, thus becoming acquainted.

"The most important thing now is the big battle in ten days. Everyone should be mentally prepared." Xin Ling said solemnly, "No matter what the final outcome is, everyone must pay attention to their own safety."

"Great!" The other fairies were full of confidence.

Xin Ling already had a plan in mind for this battle against Mandora:

If she wins this battle, she will naturally not have to worry about the safety of the human world, and may even be able to win back Mandora's heart.

Even if they lose this battle, she is confident that she can use her unique sealing magic to sever the connection between the human world and the fairy realm, and they can continue to fight against Mandora while hiding in the human world.

【to be continued…】

[TO BE CONTINUED…]

[LiLi's Words]

This is the last chapter of the first volume, "Mirror Flower, Water Moon, Past Events." It was originally planned to be 50 chapters, but somehow it ended up being 60.