Chapter 1621

The War of the Twin Cities.

"Fu Li... was not born?"

Jinx felt his head buzz, then go completely blank.

"Not born..." he repeated, his expression wooden as he slumped into the chair, "Then what exactly did Xilian see in her dream? That deity in the dream... the one who cast a glance toward the stars—what was it?"

"How could that be? Who is the deity followed by the Garden of Recollection? Could it be that the Garden has known all along but kept it hidden?"

Viktor pressed his forehead, his already bloodless face now even paler, he kept rubbing his brow, then quickly dismissed his own earlier guess, "No... the Black Swan is also of the Garden, the deity of the Memory Path has not yet been born—this couldn't stay hidden. The Star God's glance, including Fu Li appearing above the venue during Fleming's retreat and locking eyes with it, is real."

"But I remember when Fu Li glanced at the stars, even the Black Swan felt that gaze—if Fu Li doesn't exist, then who cast that glance?"

"Children, I think your thinking is still trapped." Hei Mo Ding Ge jumped onto the chair in front of the whiteboard, drew a straight line with his pen, "If we treat time as a straight line, one end is now, the other is the future. Then could it be that this glance did not come from now, but from—"

Hei Mo Ding Ge's pen landed precisely at the line's end.

"Professor, are you suggesting... that Fu Li cast this glance from the future, and the glance is now upon the star?" Jinx shook his head slightly, rejecting this obvious counterintuitive answer, "No, no... Professor, how could that be..."

"The Black Tower Lady said that a Wu Luo Jing Zi will ascend at the end of time to become the deity of causality." Hei Mo Ding Ge emphasized, "Children, the point is not the 'deity,' but 'causality,' as the Black Tower Lady stressed—Wengfaluo Si's causality has gone wrong."

"And if the Black Tower Lady is correct, and Xilian's consciousness spans the stars, then it means she is no longer a mere Wu Luo Jing Zi, nor merely an Envoy."

A drop of cold sweat slid down Jinx's forehead: "Then, then she..."

Hei Mo Ding Ge nodded: "Jinx, the answer you find hardest to believe in your heart is probably the truth."

—

Dragon Clan.

"Changtui, do you think this could be possible?"

Upon hearing the Black Tower say "Fu Li has not yet been born," Chips Girl's first reaction was to find it absurd.

"It's not a question of possibility—since the Black Tower said so, this is objectively true." Jiu De Maiyi set down her cup, turned to gaze at the night view of Dong Jing from the window, "Nowadays, records of Fu Li are extremely scarce; the Black Tower's account may be the most important information currently available about Fu Li."

After all, this is something the Black Tower dug out of Erudition Venerate's mind—she has no reason to lie, so Jiu De Maiyi must consider what exactly happened here.

"That said, but the Star God doesn't exist... could the Garden not know? That's impossible."

"I also think the Garden couldn't possibly not know, but the Black Swan from the Garden knows nothing about this—when Fu Li's glance swept over Wengfaluo Si back then... her reaction didn't seem fake."

"In other words, the news that 'Fu Li has not yet been born' is absolutely secret even within the Garden—only a small group, the Garden's core, knows Fu Li's true state." Su Enxi frowned.

"Such a colossal lie sealed without a leak... it seems the Garden's people are no pushovers either." Jiu De Maiyi rubbed her temples hard, "But aside from the Garden... what about the Incineration faction? Other powers? Do they not know 'Fu Li has not yet been born,' or do they know and choose to keep this secret with the Garden? This is also worth discussing."

—

""Do you remember? If one is to uphold the belief of 'Remembering' the universe, He will only ascend to godhood at the end of time. And at that moment of ascension, His 'Memory' will penetrate the past, becoming what people see as 'Fu Li'.""

"Xilian widened her eyes: 'Ah...'"

"The Black Tower paused, then continued: 'That's why He is so aloof, that crystal body is merely an empty shell. I don't know how the Garden could have kept this hidden until now—they have reasons to do so—but these don't matter.'"

""We who are 'in the present' cannot tell who became Fu Li, but we can be certain He will be born. And those who might become Fu Li share the same traits—they are called the 'Children of Memory,' the Wu Luo Jing Zi.'"

"Xilian recalled what those Rememberers had said to her and San Yue Qi before—they had briefly mentioned the 'Children of Memory.'"

""So, this name is not about someone's 'past'..." Xilian lowered her head in dejection, "but my 'future'."

"The Black Tower added: 'Or perhaps, it is the 'present'.'"

""""

""Erudition Venerate... revealed two paths for me. On both paths, you stand." The Black Tower slowly turned her back, gazing into the distance of Fate's Narrow Gap, "One, follow this 'Memory' path you have stepped onto, break free from this world, head for the stars. This also means Wengfaluo Si's causality has nothing to do with you, at least not with the present you."

""""

"Xilian stepped forward: 'Please continue.'"

""Two... you stop your steps, complete 'Conclusion' at the cost of yourself, becoming the 'Memory' that runs through Wengfaluo Si." The Black Tower let out a soft sigh, "This may be the choice every Wu Luo Jing Zi must face."

""This means I will remain forever in the 'past'."

""Not only that, you will close Wengfaluo Si's causality. This is a closed world, so whatever influence 'Memory' brings to it will all converge into 'your' influence."

—

The Valkyrie of the End.

"I roughly understand now—what little Xilian saw in her dream of Fu Li is exactly what great Xilian sees after threading her 'Memory' through Wengfaluo Si."

Until now, Shi Jia has finally understood who told those prophecies to little Xilian and Bai E. It was great Xilian, by closing Wengfaluo Si's causality, turning this place into a 'cycle'—by herself spreading divine revelations to enlighten little Xilian, giving her the 'Ru Wo Su Shu,' then having little Xilian feed the memories of Qian Wan Shi to De Miu Ge, watering the seeds of memory into bloom.

"Nowadays, Xilian is actually not much different from the Star God Fu Li. Only she chose to 'Conclusion' at this moment, not at 'the end of time'."