Chapter 1086: Weng Faluosi 3.1 (132)

Demon Slayer.

"Only one person can survive to the end, to witness the 'Recreation of the World'……"

Shan Yi's body kept trembling, as if struck by an invisible electric current. He clenched his lower lip tightly, the fear on his face almost overflowing.

"And does this prophecy mean that Aglaea, Wandi, Feng Jin, Ti Bao, and Xia Die will all die? This… how could that be possible?" Shan Yi took a deep breath, his face turning pale, "Is the only person who can survive in Weng Faluosi the 'Savior' Bai E?"

"I don't want this to be true either." Tan Zhilang lowered his head sadly. "The 'Recreation of the World' now sounds like an infinitely beautiful word, but if Bai E knew that this beautiful world was built on the corpses of companions…… would he feel lonely?"

"Mm… you two—Especially you, Shan Yi, don't cry and whine first thing in the morning!"

Yi Zhuzhu, wearing a boar's head covering, walked into the room; as soon as he entered, he saw Shan Yi lying on the bed, shouting things like "No no no——", tears rolling down like glass beads.

The Yi Zhuzhu under the hood furrowed his brows, rushed over and gave Shan Yi's butt a hard "smack"—

"Wah! It hurts! You idiot boar!" Shan Yi jumped up, covering his butt like a grasshopper, "Quickly apologize properly for my butt, you bastard!"

"Tsk… only you would cry over this prophecy." Yi Zhuzhu ignored Shan Yi's shouting, "... That woman's prophecy is like saying 'One day, Great Yi Zhuzhu will be gored to death by a mountain boar'; even if this is destined to happen, I won't let it come to pass so smoothly!"

After saying that, Yi Zhuzhu turned to his companion beside him: "Hey, Tan Zhilang, I ask you… if we slay demons, in the end only one person can survive, and this is some… damn fate's arrangement, what would you do?"

Being questioned so seriously by Yi Zhuzhu, Tan Zhilang couldn't help but be startled.

He had never considered this question. On the road of slaying demons, aside from wanting Nezuko to return to normal, he had always pursued "everyone living together", but if fate were truly this cruel……

"... I will resist."

Tan Zhilang clenched his fists and slowly lifted his head.

"Oh oh! That's right!" Yi Zhuzhu happily patted his shoulder, "If the prophecy were really that accurate, why didn't it foretell two extraterrestrial pioneers descending midway through the Fire Pursuit Journey? This shows her mother's prophecy isn't 100% accurate!"

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""Mom…!""

""Ti Bao suddenly opened her eyes, finding herself lying on a rocking chair in the bath palace.""

""Did you have a nightmare?" Aglaea asked concernedly."

""Ti Bao rubbed her somewhat dazed head: '…Maybe. Clearly *we* haven't dreamed in a long time.'"

""Before the gate arrives, you can still rest for a long time.""

""No… *our* hearts are still thumping.""

""Aglaea: 'Perhaps that rough spear-wielding old soldier frightened Ti Ning, also affecting you. If you wish, I can now use golden thread to rip open his chest.'"

""A Ya…! Don't always say such scary things……"

""It's just a joke. If necessary, I wouldn't wait until now." Aglaea shifted tone, "Want to talk about that dream? If it festers long in the heart, it can become a root of illness."

""Ti Bao lowered her head dejectedly: '*We*… dreamed of Mom. However, the dream itself means nothing… just dreaming for no reason at this time, making one somewhat uneasy.'"

""You mean……"

""…It's Ti An." Ti Bao said sadly, "Even if *we* from now on no longer use the power of the 'Hundred Worlds Gate'… her soul breath is slowly drifting away from her body. Time… probably little remains."

""Aglaea proposed: 'Perhaps… let her transfer the duty of Gate Craftsman early, so as an ordinary child she can live carefree to the end, which is not a bad thing.'"

""I understand your idea, A Ya. But on this matter… *we* have already made up our minds." Ti Bao said seriously, "Soul wear, until returning to dust, that is *our* fate. Once, *we* also had a fully connected body. If we liken that body to a great tree, then trunk and branches will wither at the same speed due to fate."

""Now *we* have split into countless selves… although we lost the trunk, we also gained another choice…… *we* can decide how the branches decay in the manner most beneficial to the Fire Pursuit Journey."

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Absolute Zone Zero.

"It sounds like Ti Bao's body isn't just three…… Could it be that those dolls in the dream earlier are all her body after the soul split?" Ju Fu Fu earnestly rubbed his chin, "Just how many 'Ti Bao' were there originally? Dozens? Hundreds?"

But upon reflection, it also makes sense: in the era before the Heichi had swallowed vast tracts of Weng Faluosi land, the city-states on the ground were as numerous as sparks. Relying on only three "Ti Bao" would certainly be insufficient to contact all Weng Faluosi city-states; as a Demigod, her most important duty was to bind the entire Weng Faluosi together. Yet to accomplish this nearly impossible task, relying on just a few Ti Bao is definitely far from enough.

Yi Xuan let out a light sigh: "Splitting the soul into countless parts is indeed the most beneficial way for the Fire Pursuit Journey, but for someone like Aglaea who has accompanied her for hundreds of years, this is overly cruel……"

"Cruel?" Ju Fu Fu picked a meatball from the hot pot and put it in his bowl, "I don't really get… Master, what are you saying?"

"Aglaea must have witnessed countless farewells in her lifetime. Like Xia Die and Bai E, those Golden Descendants, their lives are a single line; departure is like gouging a knife into the arm—even if the pain is unbearable, the wound will eventually heal. But the departures of the Ti Bao are like a small knife continuously wounding her over thousands of years…… even the most numb person would feel pain."

"Actually… I think Aglaea's suggestion just now is very good." Ye Shunguang said softly, "... Let Ti An now transfer the duty of Gate Craftsman; isn't that great? Let her live healthily, no longer participate in the Fire Pursuit Journey—perhaps that could break the prophecy 'only one person can survive to the end', accompanying Bai E to witness the arrival of the Recreation of the World."