Chapter 1 The End
In the world of the Main Gods, Xiao Man skillfully mended the rifts in the small worlds, ensuring the normal operation of the three thousand small worlds, and also guaranteeing the safety of Yong'an and Cang Xuan.
The Fire God sat to the side, propping his chin with one hand. "Bored, aren't you? Guarding the three thousand small worlds every day. You could completely ignore the other small worlds, as long as you ensure Cang Xuan and Yong'an's safety."
Xiao Man, while monitoring the situation of the three thousand small worlds, slowly replied, "If problems arise in other small worlds, the strong individuals from those worlds will seek other means of survival, inevitably breaking into other small worlds. Their intrusion could potentially cause harm to those other small worlds. For the safety of others, the best method is to keep them within their respective small worlds."
"You are becoming more and more like a Main God."
"I am not a Main God," Xiao Man stated coldly. "Fire God, why are you still here?"
"I am waiting for someone," the Fire God said slowly. "I don't know how long I'll have to wait, but I must wait for him here."
"If the person you're waiting for never comes, will you continue to wait?" Xiao Man asked, confused.
The Fire God switched hands propping his chin, looking at Xiao Man and smiling. "And you, are you going to take over the duties of the God of Time and Space, and manage these three thousand small worlds? Or are you also waiting, waiting for the one you love to find you?"
Xiao Man was silent for a moment, her fingers unconsciously tracing over the continent of Yong'an. The previously scarred continent of Yong'an had been almost entirely repaired. It wouldn't take much longer for Yong'an to return to its original state.
"I only wish for them to have a hundred years of peace."
"And after a hundred years?"
"After a hundred years, I can't control it anymore," Xiao Man said leisurely. "I am not the master of these three thousand small worlds. I am merely looking after them temporarily because I have to protect my children."
"If the one you love finds you first, will you leave with him?" the Fire God asked curiously. Family or lover, how would Xiao Man choose? Would she choose to be with her lover, or continue to protect her children?
"This is perhaps not a problem I should worry about."
"Then who should worry about it?" the Fire God asked, her curiosity piqued. "Could it be that you already have an answer in your heart?"
"He would not make things difficult for me," Xiao Man said softly. "In my life, I met two exceptionally good people, but in the end, I failed them both."
"You have a big heart, to hold two people," the Fire God's words were laced with sarcasm. In her opinion, a person's heart was small, so small it could only hold one person, yet Xiao Man's heart held two.
"Before the world, personal affections and love are of no consequence," Xiao Man's expression was calm, her tone lingering. "We both chose the world. It was only that in the end, between the world and me, he chose me. But when I chose the world, I had already sealed him in my heart and accepted another."
"Don't you think it's unfair to the other person?"
"What is fairness?" Xiao Man looked at the Fire God and asked earnestly. "In matters of love, where is there fairness?"
"Then who is the person you yearn for in your heart now?" the Fire God asked, her curiosity burning. She wanted to know who was her dearest. "Who is the person you love the most?"
"The person I love the most, Xiao Junyan," Xiao Man answered without hesitation. Her child was the person she loved the most.
"Your child."
"Yes, my child."
"Who is the man you love in your heart?" the Fire God rephrased her question, wanting to know if Xiao Man loved the initial flutter of the heart or the long-term companionship.
Xiao Man looked out at the three thousand worlds, remaining silent for a long time. Su Dan Novel Network.
"Is it difficult to answer?"
"It's not difficult to answer," Xiao Man said softly. "But I don't want to answer."
"Why?"
"I have guilt in my heart," Xiao Man whispered. "For the sake of the world, I chose the person who stayed by my side, but I unintentionally caused his death. I think if he hadn't met me, he might have lived a happier life."
"Don't you wish to see him again?"
"I wish never to see him again," Xiao Man's voice was as light as dust. "I wish him peace and prosperity, happiness and stability, rather than meeting me again and being drawn into various dangers. He was originally a piece of fine jade from the mortal world, needing no carving, yet I ruined him."
"Did you ever ask for his thoughts?" the Fire God murmured. "In your eyes, you brought him danger, but in his eyes, perhaps, this was the happiness he desired."
Xiao Man's thoughts drifted far away. When Wen Mohan passed away, he had told her that he regretted nothing about meeting her. But she didn't want him to be entangled again. He was such a good person; he deserved someone better.
"So, you love someone else," the Fire God said meaningfully. "That's why you are waiting for him."
Xiao Man did not reply, transforming the laws of time and space into runes and infusing them into the small worlds with cracks, mending them. She didn't know if Nangong Yu could find her, but the God of Time and Space had imprisoned her in the Main God's world, and there would be a price to pay.
"Fire God, can Main Gods die?"
"They can fall, just like the God of Time and Space. When their divine spark shatters and they are no longer able to maintain their divine bodies, they will undergo Nirvana rebirth. However, Nirvana requires time, and the repair of the divine spark takes a long, long time." The Fire God seemed to have seen through Xiao Man's thoughts. "The God of Time and Space hid his divine spark to guard against you. Destroying his divine spark will not be an easy task."
Xiao Man smiled. "You're overthinking it. I have no intention of destroying his divine spark."
"Then what do you intend to do?"
Xiao Man looked out at the three thousand worlds, her smile becoming more profound. "You guess."
The Fire God stared at Xiao Man for a long time, then sighed. "It seems you will be leaving here soon."
Xiao Man smiled noncommittally. While using the laws of time and space to repair the three thousand worlds, she was also contacting her people. The Fire God couldn't possibly not have noticed, but she didn't stop her, indicating her tacit agreement with Xiao Man's actions.
"The Main God's world is too boring," the Fire God stood up and floated in the air. "I also plan to leave here."
"You're leaving?"
"If you leave, I will be the only one left in this Main God's world, which is too lonely and desolate." The Fire God looked in a certain direction. "Xiao Man, the one to pick you up has arrived. I should be going too."
"The one to pick me up?" Xiao Man was puzzled.
The Main God's world suddenly cracked open, and two figures appeared.
"Mother."
Xiao Man's body trembled. She turned around in disbelief. She had thought she would be trapped in the Main God's world for at least a hundred years. She never imagined that after only twenty years, her child would find her!
"Man'er, we're here to take you home."
Xiao Man's eyes welled up with tears as she rushed towards the two. She could finally embrace her child! Their family was finally reunited!
The Fire God watched the reunited family and silently disappeared. With its master gone, the Main God's world ceased to exist, and the three thousand small worlds were free. This time, it was her turn to go find him.
-- The End --