I, the Lord of the Fifth Throne, am the source of all things!

After his death, the fragments of Duanmu Lian's soul formed a completely new Duanmu Lian, who also possessed the same memories and personality.

So, is this brand-new Duanmu Lian still the same Duanmu Lian?

The soul is still one's own soul; no one else's has been mixed in.

However, the memories, emotions, and personality within the soul will vary due to different experiences, which is the difference between Duanmu Lian and Duanmu Lian.

"Dalian, did I change the process of imprinting past life memories afterward, or did I make it more refined and perfect?"

Duanmu Lian left the Sea of ​​Souls and suddenly appeared before Dantalian, who had been waiting for him for a long time. This time, however, he addressed her as the more affectionate Dantalian.

He had already seen some of his previous generation's memories and thought that the girl Dantalian was very credible.

At the same time, Duanmu Lian also made some guesses about her memories of her past life.

He didn't feel that those were memories imprinted by the system, after all, they were so real.

"Yes, after the previous Lotus dies, a new Lotus will automatically be born from the Sea of ​​Souls, and your initial situation is similar to 'The Truman Show'."

Dantalian nodded in response to Duanmu Lian's question, and then led her to a place.

Before long, the two arrived at the foot of an incredibly mysterious and enormous divine tree.

The divine tree was so enormous that it could be described as towering, and the entire tree radiated an incomparably mysterious and profound light, as if just one glance would draw one's soul in.

"This is the Reincarnation Tree, a strange ancient tree containing the power of the Six Paths of Reincarnation, and the remains of your body from a certain generation."

Dantalian looked at the towering tree before her with a sorrowful expression and told Duanmu Lian about the origin of this ancient tree.

"My...body remains?"

Looking at the enormous ancient tree before her, Duanmu Lian felt an indescribable sense of familiarity.

This ancient tree felt like a part of his own body, giving him an urge and a sense of warmth to become one with it.

"Yes, when your consciousness or soul projection is reincarnated, it is ultimately uncontrollable; it could be a human, a beast, a plant, or anything else."

Listening to Dantalian's words, Duanmu Lian, who had seen the memory catalog of her original self, nodded in agreement.

After all, that lotus was reincarnated as a Predator, an alien!

It's not surprising what the subsequent projections and reincarnations will look like.

Dantalian gazed intently at the ancient tree before her, and continued to explain with utmost admiration: "This ancient tree is the body of one of your past lives, also known as the Dao Fruit. That lotus cultivated the Dao of the soul and reincarnation, and even comprehended and devoured reincarnation in various worlds with the concept of the law of reincarnation. After death, it left behind this divine tree remnant with the complete law of reincarnation to cleanse and refine the soul."

This ancient tree of reincarnation is the corpse of a certain generation of Duanmu Lian.

That generation of Duanmu Lian followed the Eastern system of cultivation. After being reincarnated as a tree, she transformed into human form and began her own path of cultivation.

Besides the Way of Plants and Trees, the other party also cultivated the Way of Soul and Reincarnation by chance.

It can be said that nearly 70% of the worlds that Duanmu Lian experienced were fantasy, martial arts, and mythical worlds with a cultivation theme.

If this ancient tree were placed in some fantasy world, it would be considered a celestial tree, a divine medicine, or a spiritual root.

The Reincarnation Tree also plays a significant role in the interior space, and it helped in the creation of the new Duanmu Lotus.

Its soul's refinement is also thanks to the Reincarnation Tree.

"Lian, come and look at this."

After introducing the Reincarnation Tree, Dantalian led Duanmu Lian to a special place under the tree.

That was where tree roots broke through the soil and wrapped around a bead the size of an egg.

This 'bead' is beautiful, crystal clear and exquisite, more captivating than any gemstone or jade artifact.

However, its interior is even more fascinating.

"This is!?"

As she approached to examine the bead entwined by the roots of the ancient tree, Duanmu Lian's expression turned to one of horror.

Because that tiny bead contains a universe within it!

This is not a descriptive term, but a literal one!

Within a round bead the size of an egg, Duanmu Lian saw an incomparably magnificent and profound universe.

"The Pinball Universe is also the location of your 'past life'."

As she spoke softly, Dalian reached out her fair hand and gently touched the tiny marble that contained the entire universe before her eyes.

Next, the Milky Way galaxy appeared inside the bead, and then the view quickly zoomed in to the solar system, and finally to the China region on Earth.

This pinball universe is one of the high-dimensional technologies that a certain generation of Duanmu Lian learned from the Men in Black world.

It can also be described as a highly effective and incredibly useful technology.

In addition to creating your own universe, you can also create other universes the size of marbles.

At this moment, Duanmu Lian remained silent.

Because he saw his past life, or rather, his own corpse lying on the bed in his room, in the tiny marble.

Dalian had previously said that his situation was similar to The Truman Show, and now it seems she was right.

If he wasn't mistaken, his past life was a script set up by 'Duanmu Lian'.

And this has happened countless times.

After all, it's better to let people experience Duanmu Lian's life firsthand than to simply leave a memory imprint.

The sense of déjà vu that Duanmu Lian could feel was also generated by her soul repeating her past life experiences countless times.

This can also be said to be the necessary process and foundation for producing the individual 'Duanmu Lian'.

In the beginning, that is, after the death of the original Duanmu Lian.

When the new consciousness was born from the fragments of his soul, it was a direct imprint of Duanmu Lian's past life memories.

That was a time when the methods were relatively rudimentary.

Later, when Duanmu Lian became capable and competent, she naturally perfected this process generation after generation.

The Soul Abyss, which stores a vast number of Duanmu Lian's souls.

The ancient tree of reincarnation, which refines, cleanses, and regenerates souls.

And as an experimental site for the production factory, a certain generation of Duanmu Lian directly used an entire universe as a base to create Duanmu Lian's version of the Truman Show.

"I haven't seen my memories from the previous generation yet, so may I ask, how strong was that 'me'?"

After seeing the 'Marble Universe' in front of her, Duanmu Lian, who had just come to her senses, looked at Dalian beside her with complicated eyes and asked with some curiosity.

"He walked the path of magic and became a demon god, countless times stronger than the 'A Certain Magical Index' you remember..."

Dalian explained what the previous generation Duanmu Lian was like; the other party was a perfect demon god who achieved perfection through the magic system.

After mastering the path of magic, he also made a great breakthrough in the realm of divinity, and his own strength far surpassed that of the demon gods in A Certain Magical Index.

To put it simply, the previous generation of Duanmu Lian was far more powerful than any of the infinite demon gods in the world of A Certain Magical Index.

"By the way, could you please take a look at how Lian died in the memory palace? He... he must have left me a message, right?"

The mere mention of the previous generation's Duanmu Lian caused Dalian to become dejected.

Duanmu Lian also knew that the girl was very sad, because the crying she heard when she was dying in her previous life came from Dalian.

The realization of her own birth also meant that the Duanmu Lian she knew had died.

"...good."

Duanmu Lian nodded, then used her privileges to begin viewing her previous self's last memories.

Five minutes later, he told Dalian everything he had seen.

The previous generation of Duanmu Lian was incredibly powerful, but the people he encountered during his travels in other dimensions, or rather, the "gods," were equally formidable.

Those were the three goddesses from the world of Tenchi Muyo, and Masaki Tenchi, who had already become a god.

Those three goddesses of creation can be said to be gods of the multiverse level.

The three goddesses are beings that transcend the three-dimensional world, reaching higher dimensions or even beyond.

However, they still do not know whether there are higher dimensions above them, so they seek breakthroughs, seek hope, and seek something that can reach beyond dimensions.

Wavering between the beginning and the end of hope, the three goddesses took different approaches.

The sudden appearance of the demon god Duanmu Lian from another dimension, whose strength was comparable to theirs, greatly excited the three goddesses.

However, Duanmu Lian clashed with them because of disagreements.

The final result was that Duanmu Lian killed the eldest sister of the three goddesses, Bai Mei Jiu Yu, and the youngest sister, Fang Xi Shen.

Overwhelmed by the remaining Tsunami and the arriving Masaki Tenchi, he ruthlessly injured Tsunami in a desperate attempt to take them all down with him, then self-destructed, utterly destroying the world created by the three goddesses.

This can be described as a rather magnificent and grand exit.

In a situation where she faced four opponents alone, the Demon God Lotus took down two enemies and seriously injured another, demonstrating that her combat strength was naturally no weaker than that of the Seeking God or the Overlord God.

As for what was said to Dalia, that is indeed true.

"[It seems my generation failed to reach the end of everything, Dallian. I can't bring you back any new books you haven't read this time... I'm sorry.]"

"I'm sorry for not keeping my promise..."

"[I'm sorry that you, who are afraid of loneliness, will be alone again...]"

"The book we wrote together... you'll be the one to put the final period."

"[Don't end with tears, after all, we live a very long time, and happiness and joy definitely make up the majority of our lives.]"

"[Please take care of the 'me' who is born afterward, my beloved Book Princess Dalian. You are the meaning of my existence as a human being, and it is my good fortune to love you and be loved by you.]"

Duanmu Lian passed this part of her memory to Dalian, and the words of the previous Duanmu Lian, full of melancholy and helplessness, echoed in the girl's mind.

This time, however, Dalian did not cry or shed tears. Instead, she clenched her fists and trembled all over.

Tick-tock —

However, tears still fell, but they were not Darian's.