Chapter 493: What Is Tianming? This Is Tianming!

Luo Qianqiu, still unaware that our Star Emperor Kage has sharpened her sword and is ready to strike the Phoenix, continues to enjoy the spectacle without a care in the world.

To fight Kage, this fully-formed Star Lord, within the Tree Sea Multiverse…

Her fate would be no better than the Black Tower’s.

Within the Court of Star Crowns, even the Supreme Sun’s Queen of Wan Shengjie shows no fear of Star Lord Kage.

Kage, a true Star Lord bearing the title of Emperor, is utterly unlike those infant Star Lords—Bian Changtan, Ailuke, and Kiri—who possess only the rank but lack true development.

“The chat group seems quite lively?”

And the Traveler·Kage has returned?

Zhou Zhe eagerly scrolled up the chat interface to see what was going on—and then…

“…”

Subway, old man, phone!

Our fledgling, unaccomplished Zhou Emperor feels as though he’s taken a ton of damage.

Our ever-undaunted Star Emperor Kage aside…

Even without joining the chat group, this Traveler of Teyvat is the legitimate Crown Princess of Teyvat—the Throne of Tianli is unquestionably hers for the taking—

In the future, breaking free from Teyvat like a coiled dragon ascending to heaven, she might even forge a new world of light, matter, and void, reshaping earth, water, wind, and fire.

Yet…

Kiri, the Spark Knight of Mondstadt; Ailuke, the innocent and pure Star God; and Bian Changtan, the infant Yan Di—how could they have attained enlightenment first?

If there’s no trick here, Zhou Zhe will eat his Southern Heaven Gate bite by bite!

Of course…

Floze: “Alright, Qianqiu, stop teasing Kage.”

Floze: “Ailuke and the others have told me everything, exactly as it happened.”

After such a major event, Floze could only temporarily set aside her countless tasks to properly inquire—and then…

She realized that everything that had happened to these three little cuties could no longer be called coincidence.

It was outright 【Fated】.

The #4 member of the Genius Club, the immaculate head maid, Bolka Kakamu, seemed to gain an extraordinary insight from Bian Changtan, and in return, she personally crafted a supercomputer: 【Omniscient Celestial Phenomena · Causal Retrospection】.

Then, incredibly coincidentally, she brought the three little ones into Liyue, and again, by sheer coincidence, witnessed Ningguang, Keqing, Chongyun, and others ascending their Destiny Stars.

Just then, Kiri, blessed by Destiny, suddenly attained enlightenment and invented a brand-new 【Bouncy Bomb Recipe】—then asked Bian Changtan for the supercomputer’s immense computational power.

Bian Changtan naturally didn’t refuse her friend’s request; soon after, she too became fascinated by Kiri’s bomb recipe and dragged Ailuke into it—and then…

And again, incredibly coincidentally!

At that moment, Ailuke once again suddenly sensed her Star God race consciousness complex being drawn out by this moment of enlightenment…

Ultimately,

The three little ones discovered that what had happened to Ailuke perfectly matched the 【Super Bouncy Bomb Recipe】 they had calculated—and then, flawlessly, they implemented the entire scheme and successfully attained Star Lord status.

This entire journey was suspiciously, impossibly coincidental.

What is this?

This is Tianming!

But the members of the chat group, of course, understand what 【Tianming】 truly means within the Tree Sea Multiverse.

Isn’t it obvious? Some unknown immaculate Star God, unknowingly smothering them in affection, allowed these three little ones to grow up happily, playing and feasting—until they simply claimed the Star Lord rank for themselves?

Even more so,

To ensure these three little cuties could grow up carefree and joyful, that immaculate Star God personally secured the Star Lord rank, froze a crucial 【Enlightenment】, and buried it within their fates—waiting only for the moment when the time was ripe…

What is a ripe moment?

Isn't it simply that the immaculate elder feels these little ones still lack sufficient accumulation to claim the corresponding rewards?

Waiting until, after a happy, fulfilling childhood and sufficient experience, they are ready to receive the 【Coming-of-Age Gift】—long prepared, hidden in a gift box—opened at last?

Floze: “@Kage, don’t think your efforts have been in vain. On the contrary, every achievement Itachi’ve gained came from forging ahead through thorns and enduring trials.”

Floze: “Hold your head high, Kage. As your sister, I am proud of Itachi.”

Floze: “As for Bian Changtan, Ailuke, and Kiri?”

Floze: “Someone doesn’t want these little cuties to suffer—so don’t compare yourself to them…”

By the end, even Floze felt a pang of emotion—how utterly indulgent that man was toward these little ones.

Jiege: “…In a certain sense, Tianli indeed has a soft spot for adorable, clever, lovable little ones.”

Jiege: “Though surprising, it’s entirely understandable.”

Jiege wasn’t surprised by the little ones’ extraordinary fortune—she had witnessed similar things more than once.

Although,

Those tales were utterly insignificant compared to Bian Changtan and the others—but in the mortal world, they were unquestionable miracles.

For instance, in her homeland, a lonely little girl who survived by selling firewood nearly froze to death on a bitter winter night—so she lit the firewood she had painstakingly gathered, meant to sell for meager coins.

In that moment, she saw her deceased grandmother, who had loved her dearly, within the flames—and weeping, she reached out, trying to grasp something…

And then, a miracle occurred: the girl reunited with her deceased grandmother.

The grandmother did not return to life, but transformed into a spirit-like entity, becoming the girl’s guardian spirit, eternally watching over her beloved granddaughter.

Later, Jiege accidentally discovered that this girl and her guardian spirit had already begun walking the path of Star Jun, growing ever stronger—and her story had become a 【fable】, a 【fairytale】, a 【story】-based anomaly.

As her tale spread further and wider, this power continued to accumulate.

Jiege could foresee:

When this girl reached the peak of the Star Jun path, this accumulated foundation would become the most solid cornerstone for her leap to heaven.