The afterlife blew up Gensokyo

"...Trying to force your way into the Celestial Realm?"

He stared at Shen Qi with a strange expression for a while, until she became somewhat uncomfortable. Then, he gave the girl a thumbs up, his face full of admiration.

"Awesome!!!"

Shenqi: "???"

Do you know what the celestial realm represents?

Ignoring the bewildered look on Shen Qi's face, Shi Bai adjusted his posture in the chair, and his expression became serious.

"Or let me ask you, do you know what kind of era the ancient mythological era represents? Do you know what the world was like back then?"

"Uh... I don't know."

Shinki shook her head quite honestly.

"That's good, because I don't know either!!"

With his head held high and chest out, the man looked utterly proud.

"???"

"In short, don't even think about doing anything so reckless in the future. Even I can't get into the Heavenly Realm now, how could you possibly get in?"

Shi Bai yawned and spoke lazily.

"That's how the world works. Since you don't have the power to defy the rules, all you can do is adapt to them. Who can stand against the entire world on their own?"

"what do you mean……"

Shen Qi's expression subtly changed as she clearly understood the hidden meaning in Shi Bai's words.

"Don't treat me like I'm omnipotent. I'm not Doraemon who can pull out countless magical gadgets."

Shi Bai glanced at the girl in front of him, his expression noncommittal.

"You have to understand that all I can do is guide things within certain limits and steer the situation in a positive direction."

"...What would she do if her sister died?"

After a moment of silence, Shenqi suddenly asked this strange question.

"What do you think would happen to a person if all their meaning in this world disappeared?"

Shi Bai shook his head slightly, stood up from the chair, and walked towards the ward.

"This is the rule of the world. No one can fight against the whole world by themselves. The immortal beings of my time could not do it, and neither can I."

"...There's one last question."

Just as Bai was about to leave the pavilion, the girl's voice came clearly from behind him.

"Then... if I were to create the rules of the world, and I were the world itself?"

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Chapter 44 contains some minor details about Shinki.

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Because of Shen Qi's sudden remark, Shi Bai, who was about to leave the pavilion, stopped in his tracks.

After a brief silence, the person retraced their steps and returned to the bench, then looked at Shen Qi with a slightly strange expression.

"What did you just say?"

"Although my attempt to forcibly enter the Heavenly Realm failed and I was weakened to the extreme, I still gained some insights from that extremely harsh environment."

Shen Qi spoke seriously.

“Unlike Eirin, I don’t like staying in one place for thousands of years without moving. Instead, I like to travel around the world. The drawbacks of this era of gods and monsters have long been discovered by many gods and great monsters, but this war, which has lasted for countless years, still shows no sign of stopping.”

"Is it because of the existence of hatred?"

With his arms crossed, Shi Bai looked thoughtful.

"Even if you forcibly try to stop the war, it will still continue, and may even trigger larger riots... Is that right?"

"really."

Shenqi nodded with a very serious expression.

"For example, among the four Heavenly Kings of the Oni Clan on the Mountain of Demons, one of them is an Oni King who wants to end this war and yearns for peace, but her idea is blocked by the other two Oni Kings."

"Two? Aren't there five... I mean, four people among the Four Heavenly Kings of the Demon Clan? Where's the other one?"

Shi Bai raised an eyebrow, looking slightly puzzled.

"This is a war between gods and monsters..."

Shen Qi sighed softly.

"Since the death of the Monster King, one of the Four Heavenly Kings of the Oni Clan, hundreds of years ago, the Oni Clan has not elected a new Monster King. Although the gods have also suffered losses of roughly the same level of combat power, those who have passed away are destined never to return... Under the extreme surge of hatred, not to mention the demons, the Oni Clan is absolutely incapable of achieving peace with the gods, and the Oni Clan is the leader of the demons! Moreover, how many other demon clans have died in this war?"

“Hatred... It seems that this level of hatred is something that can never be let go of.”

Shi Bai narrowed his eyes slightly.

“That’s right, so like Eirin, I’ve always been searching for another possible way to achieve peace between the two sides. But, I learned from Eirin…”

At this point, Shenqi couldn't help but give a wry smile.

"Hatred will never end, but must war really continue indefinitely? Yet peace means the end... Is there really no viable solution in this world?"

"Well, so you're applying what you've learned to other situations. Since there's no feasible method in this world, then I'll just create my own..."

Following Shen Qi's words, Shi Bai crossed his arms and nodded with a look of deep agreement.

"Not bad, you're very courageous and have a lot of ideas. Learn from me... oops, what are you planning to name the world you create?"

"It's just a vague idea in my mind... Are you so sure I can succeed in creating the world?"

Tilting her head, Shen Qi looked at Shi Bai in front of her with obvious curiosity.

"You know, although I have a general idea in mind, I still have no clue about the specific steps, including how to take the first step. Are you so sure I can succeed?"

"Ahem... We should always have dreams, right? What if they come true by accident?"

Shi Bai coughed a few times, making a fist and deliberately shifting his gaze away.

"So, what name are you going to give to the world you create in the future?"

"If we can really succeed in creating the world... since it is a world I created, let's call it the Divine Realm."

After thinking for a moment, with a hint of longing in her eyes, Shen Qi nodded seriously.

"In the world I create, there will never be war, and the succubus and her sister can live happily in my world."

"The Divine Realm... do as you please."

Shi Bai nodded, his lips twitching involuntarily.

"But you need to think this through carefully. The path you've chosen is countless times more difficult than the path the succubus chose. Creation is no joke. You will face countless challenges ahead, and there's even the possibility of death... Are you sure you want to choose this path?"

"Isn't that what you said?"

Shen Qi glanced at the man in front of her and laughed.

"We should always have dreams, what if they come true?"

"Yes, dreams..."

Looking at the bright sunshine outside the pavilion, Shi Bai chuckled softly.

Before we knew it, it was already noon.

The midday sun was warm but not glaring, casting a large patch of light through the dense bamboo grove outside the pavilion. The surroundings were quiet, with occasional gentle breezes rustling through the bamboo.

From Shen Qi's words, Shi Bai also learned about her encounter with the succubus and how they met the cursed goddess, the Detective Girl.

However, if we were to go into detail about those events, it would be a rather lengthy description. But if we were to recount them briefly…

—That means the cursed goddess, the Rascal Girl, was a hostage they casually kidnapped.

Although Shenqi said she could never say it that way, the general idea conveyed from her words was roughly that.

"Hmm... what does 'cursed god' mean?"

After thinking for a moment, Shi Bai asked Shen Qi in front of him.

"Cursed?"

“That’s right, that child is hated even by the gods; he is a cursed being.”

As if recalling some past event, Shenqi sighed.

"When she was still in her infancy as a god, the war between gods and demons was very frequent. Infant gods couldn't participate in this war; they stayed in the safest rear, praying for the safe return of the gods who were involved in the war..."

"Uh……"

Shi Bai's expression began to look strange, but Shen Qi continued her narration.

"Then, as time went on, one by one, the gods who were close to her died in various accidents or suffered all sorts of mishaps, the rumor that she was a cursed god began to circulate among the whispers..."

At this point, Shenqi gave a wry smile.

"Did you know that any god who tries to get close to her with good intentions will never return once they go to the battlefield? And all those who attempt to get close to her and befriend her will end up in a very tragic state."

"So in the end, no god dared to approach her anymore."

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Chapter Forty-Five: Poisonous Milk, Rare God Xu Dong

After listening to Shen Qi's story, Shi Bai was at a loss for words.

To be honest, he was quite impressed with this super-poisonous jinx from the East.

Xi Shen Tan Nu, also known as the goddess who brings trouble through gossip, Xi Shen Xu Dong, is also a super jinx. Her ability is to reverse the situation simply by speaking. Her famous work is "Tan Nu Tan Nu, Speak Quickly"... Something seems off.

If she wishes you a safe journey home, you'll definitely disappear halfway there. Conversely, if she wishes you poverty and misery, you'll surely become incredibly wealthy... That's probably what they mean by "poisonous milk" (or "jinx").

However, judging from Shinki's previous descriptions, the current Shinki Tanjo is completely unable to control her abilities.

Compared to later generations who had to speak the words to activate the poisonous milk's power, perhaps now she could activate it simply by thinking about it in her mind...

Thinking of this, Shi Bai's lips twitched involuntarily.

For some reason, he suddenly suspected that the reason why the return point he set was malfunctioning was because of Tan Nu's poisonous prediction.

...After all, even gods can't withstand her poisonous healing, so it's just unknown whether my [immortality] plus [real luck] can withstand it...?

"But I remember she'll be a high-ranking official in the Moon Capital someday... How about I trick her into writing an IOU? The Moon Capital seems to be quite wealthy in the future... No, I should go find Tsukiyo-mi..."

As he walked with his tools toward the small pavilion he had built that morning, intending to find out the cause of the dizziness and teleportation and to correct it, Shi Bai pondered in his mind.

Although Shenqi already had the idea of ​​creating a world at this time, if creating a world were really that simple, then Fengyan and the others wouldn't have needed to sacrifice themselves in such a tragic way.

Creating a world entirely of one's own from scratch? The time and effort required are unimaginable. But before that, what can one do...?

As if he had thought of something, Shi Bai frowned slightly.

Meanwhile, thanks to Eirin Yagokoro's emergency treatment, the succubus and the green-haired loli were finally brought back to their senses.

Just as Eirin Yagokoro possesses an extremely terrifying talent for medicine, a certain future King of Hell also has an extremely terrifying talent for cooking ingredients... down to the bottom.

After realizing that the culprit was actually the loving meal she made for her older sister, the little girl felt guilty for a long time until someone who had repaired the return point and returned persuaded her to calm down.

It was only at this point that the goddess Shinjin finally awoke from her long slumber.

However, she appeared to be quite taciturn. After seeing Shen Qi, whom she knew, she silently found a place far away from everyone and sat down without saying a word.

"So what is she going to do?"

Shi Bai glanced at the Detective Girl sitting far away and asked Shen Qi a question with a slight headache.

He had considered communicating with her before, but she completely ignored them. Apart from nodding slightly in response to Shinki's words, she treated Yagokoro Eirin as if she were invisible.

“This is a way for that child to protect herself. After all, getting too close to her will bring curses and harm... Let her stay by my side for now.”