The next day,
Tu Shan Yaya was ready for the sacrifice.
The whole world plunged into a sea of joy.
Now that the aura had returned,
and the problem of Aolai had been solved,
they were about to be promoted into the Realm of the Gods.
How could such a happy event not stir delight?
Across the Four Quarters, among the monster clans,
and the Human Alliance,
altars everywhere blazed to life.
The site chosen as the main altar took the earth's dragon-veins for its base and the heavens themselves as its platform.
Dongfang Huaizhu arrived with her younger sister.
The three Tushan sisters appeared as well.
Tu Shan Yaya wore an ice-blue long dress; that beautiful figure—even Dongfang Huaizhu, a woman herself, couldn't help thinking it was a bit much.
A true fox spirit:
that body was a crime.
Especially those long, white legs.
Tu Shanhonghong was more restrained, but cool and elegant—beauty of a different, indispensable kind.
She was, after all, the eldest sister.
Her bearing was something ordinary people could never match.
As for the youngest of the three, Tu Shan Rongrong, she seemed a shade paler—unsurprising, with two sisters so dazzling and alluring.
She belonged to the purely cool type,
clad in a light yellow dress.
Having cultivated divine law, she had long since shed her diminutive form; now she was nearly her eldest sister's height.
Behind the three stood Cui Yuling, king of the leech demons.
This time, she would also be a sacrifice.
And it was the demon herself who had volunteered.
Tu Shan Yaya knelt at the altar's center and prayed devoutly. "Great Eternal God, I, Tu Shan Yaya, with the aid of the goddess Dongfang Huaizhu, have pacified the world. I pray you will hear the voice raised here…
"This time, with Heaven destroyed,
the world has become our home again.
Our world returns to orthodoxy…"
To restore God's rule to the world naturally required the Eternal God's hand.
To promote a world—
with one heart,
all prayed together.
Far away in the Realm of the Gods, Liu Che had been waiting a long time, keeping a close watch on the happenings in the fox demon world.
What he had not expected was
that Dongfang Qinlan would choose to serve him.
Forget it—seeing such sincerity, he would accept, if reluctantly.
The blue sky became starlight in an instant.
In the divine radiance,
flames soared, time flowed…
Across the interweaving of various laws, a pair of eyes took form.
A vast voice rolled down from the God Realm.
"This fragment-world is qualified and may be promoted into the divine."
As the words fell, everyone looked skyward and saw countless stars blaze.
Tu Shan Yaya's heart leapt.
She recognized this as Tanjirou's planet; at last, they had succeeded!
This time, Liu Che chose to act personally. With the Law of Fire stirred only slightly, the gaps of the fox demon world shattered at once.
Before the world could be swallowed by the Sea of Chaos,
his own God-Domain had already wrapped it tight.
"Ding… Your disciple Tu Shan Yaya has sacrificed a world. Your God-Domain gains: +15% to divine power, +15% to domain area; the Law of Love is compatible with this world; your Law of Love has grown by 30%."
"Ding… Your believer Tu Shan Yaya has sacrificed the leech essence Cui Yuling; a ten-thousandfold increase is triggered; your Way of Life has been perfected."
"Ding… Your disciple Tu Shan Yaya has sacrificed the world's destiny and its Heavenly Court… a thousandfold increase is triggered; you have obtained a God-Domain construction: Dreamy Sky City."
Only three system chimes sounded.
But Liu Che was satisfied.
The little beauty Cui Yuling had completed the Way of Life outright; she would likely become a master of the Life department in time—he would leave her to Lin Qing'er to manage.
What truly caught Liu Che's attention, though,
was that Tu Shan Yaya's fox demon world could actually strengthen his own laws.
The power of Love had grown stronger.
That, he had never expected.
Liu Che had thought law-growth required comprehension alone.
As it turned out, conquering worlds worked as well.
If he conquered the world of Inuyasha, and then the world of Fighting Fire,
surely he would be able to break through to Creation God, no?
"It seems I should spur Xiaofeng and Xun'er—those two girls are progressing faster…"
Liu Che rubbed his chin and made up his mind.
He looked down at the Kikyo in his arms, kissed her, and said, "How about we go play in the lower realm?"
Play?
Kikyo blinked. She could return to the world she had once known.
After all, it had been some time since she came to the God Realm.
Kikyo was no stranger to the Nether.
She simply hadn't gone there yet—she accompanied the god every day instead.
He treated her very kindly; whether reading or strolling, he took her along.
He had silently kept her sister's words in mind all along.
That, too, had made Kikyo admire him—and gradually, love him.
As for the past—
the ties were severed, wholly dead.
Now, if he asked this, did it mean there was something she needed to do?
Meeting Kikyo's questioning gaze,
Liu Che smiled faintly. "I've no other motive. I simply feel the progress in your world must be hastened—and there's one more task for you."
So, not for play after all.
Kikyo breathed a soft sigh. "Please, speak plainly, my God."
"It's a minor matter. In the original timeline, when you died, your soul split in two.
"One half of your soul would become a little girl named Kagome. I've interfered with your fate here—but on another timeline,
"Kagome still has it hard. I want you to rescue her."
A wry glimmer touched Liu Che's eyes.
Not only did he mean to take Inuyasha's first love; he meant to take his wife as well.
Don't blame me—
how can one not claim Kagome if one already has Kikyo?
The shrine maiden beauty in his arms understood.
God wanted to have two of her.
Truly greedy.
"Very well, then I'll set out tomorrow… and give my sister a dream along the way."
"Remember—no mischief."
Liu Che spoke with a crooked smile.
But Kikyo was puzzled. How could she be mischievous?
Had the god encountered something?
She wanted to ask, then thought better of it—if the god did not say, there must be a reason.
…
At that time,
in the fox demon world,
the planet continued to expand, sprung like a coil; countless mountains rose from the earth.
The sky grew wider.
The land grew broader.
The aura they had obtained from the heavens before had already intoxicated them.
But upon entering the God Realm,
a stronger immortal qi emerged before their eyes.
Immortal qi—
light, holy, rife with many elements.
Even without cultivation,
creatures of this world
could live to two hundred years.
A thought welled in the hearts of all intelligent beings:
Our world has been promoted!
The world boiled with jubilation.
When the planet stilled, a portal opened before Tu Shan Yaya and the others.
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Dongfang Huaizhu said to the Tushan sisters, "Come with me. I have just received the god's instructions—everyone is to go over."
By "everyone," she meant Tu Shan Rongrong as well.
The latter was stunned.
She had not expected even this appearance to meet the god's eye.
For a moment, excitement surged.
Her old inferiority fell away.
Compared to her two sisters, Tu Shan Rongrong had always been a bit self-effacing.
Her mind was quick,
but she still fell short of the others.
After arranging the directions for managing the world, they stepped into the divine radiance and went to the Eternal Temple.
In the All-Worlds Chat Group—
The Fox Who Only Loves Money: "Hey… first time going to the Eternal Shrine, I'm a little excited!"
Kaoru: "???"
Spirit of the Demon Sword: "Congratulations—another devout High Priestess!!!"
Tosaka University: "Come to me in the Saints' Cemetery. I've prepared so many pretty outfits."
Pudu Sentient Beings: "Good grief, lying in broad daylight!"
Ninja Scientist: "Fox, don't be as stupid as me—stop dreaming about Rin Tosaka!!!"
…
Tosaka University: "What do you know—that's called an open scheme. We're just bringing the sisters closer. Shoo, shoo…"
The Fox Who Only Loves Money: "Wait—my sister loves keeping busy. I'll go after I receive my reward."
Ji-Shi Witch: "Envy… I wonder when I'll get to go to the God Realm and visit Sister."
Vampire Queen: "You absolutely can. Work hard and nothing's impossible—go for it…"
The Fox Who Only Loves Money: "I've seen your sister—she's so beautiful~~~"
By then, Tu Shan Yaya had reached the Ziwei Palace.
She knelt before Liu Che.
Kikyo stood beside him in a plain dress,
a faint blush on her face.
Below, all were visibly nervous under Liu Che's gaze.
Cui Yuling nearly fainted.
"You did well this time. As for that world… after so long, becoming what it has is normal.
"In view of the efforts of you three sisters—
"I award you: the Blood of the Divine Fox; to Tu Shanhonghong, the Fire-Law shard-power; to Tu Shan Yaya, the Frost-Law shard-power; to Tu Shan Rongrong, the Soul-Dream shard-power.
"As for the world itself, others will administer it for now. You three will cultivate here for a time."
"Oh—thank you for the god's gift."
They bowed their heads in unison.
Tu Shan Yaya asked softly, "Lord God, may I visit the Saints' Cemetery first?"
"Off to work?"
The little fox nodded.
In truth, she wanted to see Rin Tosaka. As for work—
all had concluded.
It wouldn't be tiring.
Liu Che smiled. "Go, then. Tu Shan Rongrong can go as well."
At that, the women exhaled as one.
Truly, the god was gentle.
Not so forbidding.
No wonder so many loved him.
Seeing how approachable he was, Tu Shanhonghong ventured, "My Lord God, do you know where the Tree of Suffering is? Is it… all right?"
"It's… uh… down on a certain Hell-star," Liu Che said, expression a little odd. "Why—do you want to see it?"
Ever since that tree arrived in the God Realm, it had fully let itself go; with all sorts of writings, it had fooled many people. Predict.