Chapter 1132: The Main World is Fortunate to Have You
Translator: RaidenTL
Chapter 1132: The Main World is Fortunate to Have You
The end of the meeting was merely the beginning of the surging undercurrents.
But I didn't care in the slightest.
Information that remained inaccessible to the vast majority of students was no secret to me.
Between Dean Mei’s strategic layout and the movements of the Rebel Witches, these forces from beyond the Main World rendered the internal strifes within it utterly meaningless.
In truth, the Three Great Transcendent Races still had one last chance to fight back. However, they were never friends capable of unconditional cooperation. It was by their own hands that the "Staff of World Destruction Plan" was transformed into an ultimate farce.
One could say that the Witch Academy had already achieved the feat of subduing the enemy without a fight on a transcendent level. The current stubborn resistance of the Three Top Academies was nothing more than them fulfilling their final duty to the history of the Main World.
It was also a curtain call for their era.
The Main World could not simply force everything at the bottom to align with the whims of the transcendent will just because a consensus had been reached. Furthermore, reshaping the social order of the Main World was a matter of "slow and steady wins the race."
Social development is never an overnight process.
Thus, the series of events unfolding in the Main World seemed, under the pressure of the general trend, to be constantly steering everything toward the direction most beneficial to the world itself.
The Three Top Academies were like the "final bosses of an open-world strategy game," the three great mountains weighing down upon the Main World.
More importantly, they were the three critical nodes that had to be overcome in the "Path of Salvation"—the dismantled version of the main quest, the "Staff of World Destruction Plan."
This was a grand "World Script," and everything had been arranged with absolute clarity.
The only difference between this script and the last was that this time, there was no single Child of Destiny. Or rather... everyone participating in this Path of Salvation was a Child of Destiny.
The more one experiences such hardships, the more one can perceive the essence of providence.
In times of prosperity, luck stabilizes the realm; in times of chaos, it gambles everything on a single house.
A Child of Destiny is not the world’s favorite; they are the world’s desperate gamble when it has run out of options.
The Main World once placed its bet on me, and I severed that connection with my own hands. But in reality?
The Main World hadn't bet wrong.
Even though I severed the Main World Ley Line Shackles and shattered the Misfortune Coin formed from the seed of providence, I was still the one leading the Main World out of this quagmire.
* * *
Dean Mei’s Office.
"Sister Mei... honestly, if you had realized this sooner and accepted the power of the Witch race, would the Main World have ended this farce a thousand years earlier?"
"There are no 'ifs,' Xiao Han. There are no 'ifs'..." Dean Mei looked at me and responded with a smile. "Even if there were, a thousand years ago, you weren't here."
"Under such a grand trend, my individual power is limited after all. In essence, it shouldn't have been necessary, right?" I shrugged.
"You’re underestimating your influence again, Xiao Han... Without you, the Main World would have remained as stagnant as water for a thousand years. The era with you in it is the Golden Age."
"Hmm? Cough... Sister Mei, you’re praising me so much I’m getting embarrassed." I let out a light cough to hide the satisfaction that came with those achievements.
"Without you creating miracle after miracle, the Main World would still be the same old Main World. With the intervention of the four transcendent races, no one would have been optimistic about its future. When you first derived the Great Knowledge Sharing Spell, making ultra-long-distance information transmission through the void possible, the Main World entered the sight of many witches for the first time."
"As you continued to create miracles and were evaluated by a Rebel Witch as having the... 'potential of a Truth Witch,' you entered the sight of the Rebel Witch community."
"When you touched the Primitive Dream Realm and created the Dream Domain Order, your results shook the understanding of far too many Transcendent Witches."
"When you discovered and prepared Dream State Soul Essence, opening a tangible path for the field of dream life, your name was already being sung in the Great Library of the Witch world."
"Without your appearance, the Main World would not have had this stroke of luck. My vision would have been nothing but a delusion. The void is simply too vast—so vast that a single Main World is practically dispensable. If not for the Rebel Witches taking the lead, even the Primal Witch herself wouldn't have taken an interest in this..."
I listened quietly as Dean Mei listed these achievements like she was counting family treasures. I knew the development of some events, but I hadn't realized the full extent of their impact.
Only after Dean Mei laid it all out did I realize I had already done so many incredible things along the way.
No wonder that Rebel Witch named Sheryl kept saying that the stage of the Main World was no longer suitable for my development and that I belonged to the endless void.
Looking at it this way... it didn't seem so hard to understand.
"You have already done enough for the Main World, and you have done enough for the Witch race. But none of this is over yet. The layout of the Witch race and the future development they’ve envisioned—such a heavy burden still rests on your shoulders."
"Sister Mei, you’re talking about the Coming-of-Age Ceremony, aren't you?" Sensing the self-reproach and helplessness in her voice, mixed with countless emotions and thoughts, I didn't hesitate to pierce through her tentative lament.
"Yes. Xiao Han, don't just listen to that Rebel Witch Sheryl’s nonsense. She didn't tell you the true significance of the Coming-of-Age Ceremony to the Witch race at all."
"Even though all of this was forced upon you by us without your consent, to be given expectations and then fail them is considered a sin by many witches. It’s a harsh way to put it, but... it’s the reality."
"I understand all that... In the past, I liked to keep a low profile. I didn't like being praised, and I especially didn't like being burdened with expectations I didn't ask for. I was trying to avoid these meaningless conflicts. But now... my mindset has changed." I met Dean Mei’s gaze and spoke seriously.
"You’re not afraid anymore?"
"I just don't care anymore," I corrected her. "Even if I am not omniscient or omnipotent, I have absolute confidence in fulfilling what I have promised."
"And if—"
"Just like you said at the beginning, Sister Mei: there are no 'ifs'!"
"...Haha! Well said!"
Dean Mei was stunned for a moment before she reacted.
No "ifs"!
"Exactly~" I joined her in a cheerful laugh before continuing. "Sister Mei, let's drop this topic. Why don't we talk about that instead? According to my estimates, by the middle of this break, the Great Spellbook created by the group I formed should be finished. Creating a Great Spellbook from scratch really does consume a lot of time and energy."
"Is that so? So soon?"
"Yeah, I have my own unorthodox way of creating a Great Spellbook."
"Then that way must be very 'unorthodox' indeed." Dean Mei shook her head with a helpless smile.
"By the way, Sister Mei, you probably already know what that Great Spellbook I created is, right?"
"The Great Ordinary Spell."
"Don't you have any thoughts on it?" I asked tentatively.
Even if I didn't fear others' lack of understanding, not fearing it was one thing; caring was another.
"It’s very innovative. I look forward to you proving that the path I once took was wrong, Xiao Han."
"The path you took wasn't wrong at all, Sister Mei. I wouldn't dare say the Great Ordinary Spell is the most perfect interpretation of this [Transcendent Knowledge], but it is definitely the effect I most desire to present."
"That is why you are able to create so many miracles."
"Alright, Sister Mei, stop with the praise. How about I invite you to my lab to take a look? To witness the birth of a Great Spellbook?"
As the conversation neared its end, I extended a sincere invitation to Dean Mei.
Let me state one thing first: this absolutely had nothing to do with coveting Dean Mei’s superb mastery of Reality Editing Technology.
"Alright."
Dean Mei nodded. Now that the affairs of the Main World had settled, she felt a bit lighter, though that didn't mean she wasn't busy.
For instance, the tests Ji Niang was conducting regarding void teleportation still couldn't meet the requirements for the "Great Void Teleportation Art." It was as if the derived techniques had already reached their limit, and the spell itself should have been articulated as a different possibility entirely!
* * *
After I successfully talked Dean Mei into joining my Great Ordinary Spell research group, another experiment I was running simultaneously, the "Self-Awakened Body Cultivation Experiment," was still ongoing.
However, I had been so busy with Main World affairs lately that the iteration of the Halo wasn't as refined as planned.
On the other hand, I had further perfected the Perfect Human Five Senses Training Method!
But this experiment was far more tedious than most could imagine. Of the original thousand participants, less than half of the volunteers remained.
And that number was still decreasing as the days went by.
Predictably, the remaining students were mostly those who already had some modicum of achievement in Body Cultivation.
Among them, I recognized a few girls I had met briefly before, likely back when I first encountered the power of Body Cultivation.
There was Liv, the coach senior sister I had met at the Body Training Hall.
And Tao Ling, one of the few geniuses I knew who had real talent in Body Cultivation and had even cultivated Body Cultivation Internal Energy!
I had met her at the Body Training Hall as well.
However, after I stopped going there, we had basically lost contact.
The volunteers who could stay this long understood, to some degree, that whether the experiment succeeded or failed, it wouldn't affect the improvements they gained during the process.
The cultivation and enhancement of the five senses was a very novel experience for them.
But it was still insufficient to rely on this kind of training alone to cultivate the foundation of Perfect Human Body Cultivation.
As for what was missing... even I didn't fully understand, so I could only keep making various attempts.
* * *
After the Witch Academy announced the opening of travel between the Expansion Realm and the Core World, the most violent reaction came from the families.
But faced with the unbridled beasts released from the Expansion Realm, the families found their strength lacking.
Their so-called home-field advantage was trivial before the "grand trend." Faced with such a terrifying opponent, it was inevitable that they would try to use underhanded tactics.
But they underestimated my resolve.
Any tumor hindering the development of the Main World—if they dared to reach out a hand, I’d chop it off; if they dared to stick out a foot, I’d chop that off too!
Their grievances couldn't even reach me before being intercepted by Millian.
The Calamity Group joined hands with the Ninglan Central Territory—this was Millian’s home turf!
When they couldn't convince Millian through force, they tried to use logic and moral high grounds. But did Millian care for that?
Clearly, she did not.
They could only watch helplessly as the Core World was "carved up" piece by piece, and a social order so alien it terrified them was established.
It eliminated the classes born of power within ordinary society, realizing a people-oriented, comprehensive development under the Transcendent Academy.
The existence of transcendent power inevitably created differences in life levels. Forcing the elimination of the distinction between the transcendent and the ordinary would only create greater conflict.
It was better to simply remove the academies that dominated transcendent power from the equation from the start, ensuring harmony and equality in the outside society.
To build an ideal utopia.
You could stay in an ideal world until you grew old, a place without oppression or exploitation.
And the existence of the Transcendent Academy was to ensure the fairest "advancement channel" for this society.
You cannot have your cake and eat it too; the Main World has no room for such greed.
In fact, the previous Main World followed a similar model, with the Transcendent Academy standing above society and ordinary people having no access to transcendent power.
The difference was that they couldn't ensure that all ordinary people lived in comfort.
I wasn't sure if my ideas were correct, but the human yearning for a beautiful order couldn't be wrong. What could be wrong were only the methods and means used to realize that wish.
Just like now.
As my philosophy was gradually decoded, many thought I was mad, but there were just as many who felt a deep yearning for the future I described.
After all, on the road I traveled, I was soaked by the rain, so I wanted to hold up an umbrella for this world.
I hoped every family could be happy, every parent could love their child, and every person could establish correct values...
Precisely because I knew this was impossible, I was constantly making changes within the scope of my ability.
The power of a single Little Witch is limited, but the ordinary power of the masses can achieve much.
My will would be conveyed to Millian, and Millian would carry it out without hesitation.
The reconstruction of the Main World’s order was both a trivial matter of the present and a monumental task for the future.
As Millian grew busy, so did Cleveland.
Now, it was time to start toppling the three great mountains weighing on the Main World and give them a dignified exit.
They would yield the stage of the Main World to welcome those witches and Rebel Witches who were throwing themselves into its construction.
They would turn this place into a stage facing the endless void, where the grandest Coming-of-Age Ceremony would be held.
By entering the fray personally, they would draw the gaze of every faction in the void.
The Main World’s greatest advantage was its nearly limitless growth potential, which meant it could accommodate a nearly infinite number of world communities.
Even if the keynote of the Main World had not yet been set, an unlimited world community meant infinite possibilities.
This would become a void domain with even more potential than the Grand Market of the Divine Kingdom!