Honkai Impact: Starting from Wandering with Kiana

"Those who fall into demonic possession must be punished; this is the rule of the Taixu Sword Sect. From the moment they begin cultivating the Sword Heart Technique, it is etched into their minds like a steel imprint. This is what is known as divine sound... or perhaps a precept..."

"Do you remember Hishiko Maru? Back then, we had no choice..."

Fu Hua closed her eyes, and the patterns and flames on her body began to gradually dissipate.

"It seems regaining my memories isn't a good thing; my emotions have become even more unstable..."

Seeing that Fu Hua had regained her composure, Jiu Xiao curiously circled around her, scrutinizing her closely, and said with slight surprise:

"Fu Hua, what... what state were you in just now? You completely lost your human aura for a moment! You were more like... more like a Honkai Beast! No, not even a Honkai Beast..."

"That's a deliberate collapse, a fusion warrior's ability. It's a posture that appears when emotions are out of control, or when humanity is deliberately reduced, allowing instinct to take the lead."

Fu Hua covered her forehead, swaying slightly. Jiu Xiao quickly reached out to support her, but Fu Hua pushed him away.

"Excuse me, I've been reviewing some memories lately, and now my hyperthymesia is acting up again... I'll be leaving for a bit."

"Do you need help?"

"No... I can handle it myself."

Fu Hua returned to her room and took out the Feather of Destiny, placing it in front of her. After a brief pause, she activated the Feather of Destiny to once again strip away her memories.

When Jiuxiao, worried about Fu Hua, followed her over, there were already many more memory feathers on the table.

"You keep peeling away your memories like this... Isn't there a solution for hyperthymesia?"

"That's true... but my body is already in a terrible state. When the Sword God pierced my head, part of my brain was destroyed, and even if it regenerated, it would still be damaged."

Later, I went through some more things and was so badly injured that my self-healing ability disappeared... and my immortality ceased to exist.

Now, I have to have my memories stripped away every three or four years.

Jiuxiao pressed further, "With such advanced technology, can't Tianming heal you?"

"No, I don't trust Otto... Besides, even Otto couldn't heal my wounds..."

Thinking of this, Fu Hua, who had been looking serious, smiled and thought of a joke that could lighten the mood.

"Unless a Herrscher core suddenly emerges within me, a miracle of Herrscher transformation would be enough to bring me back to my peak~"

A cold wind blew by, and Jiuxiao hugged himself because of the cold.

"Fu Hua, it's so cold to hear a joke like that from you..."

"Oh, does that mean my lame jokes are pretty good? Haha..." Fu Hua awkwardly scratched his head.

"Haha..." Jiuxiao also laughed awkwardly a few times.

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Jiuxiao has already mastered the Taixu Sword Qi, but he doesn't need to delve into the Heart Essence. This is because Jiuxiao cultivates the Heart Essence only to reach the Taixu Realm. No matter how much he studies the Heart Essence afterward, it will only allow him to mobilize more Honkai energy.

Mobilizing Honkai energy—what could be faster than using Herrscher powers to link to the Imaginary Space? Especially since Nine Heavens directly plugged the door into the Imaginary Tree.

Even though the Tree of Imaginary Numbers didn't grant Jiuxiao its power, it still gave Jiuxiao strength far exceeding that of other Herrschers.

At least Jiuxiao is not like the Herrscher of Rock from the previous civilization; his powers are not as powerful as those of Eden Star.

The Form and Meaning have been honed quite well in the Nine Heavens, but the Soul and Spirit are still a mystery.

However, Jiuxiao can directly simulate the attack power and form of Shenyun using his massive Honkai energy and mental power.

At that time, Jiuxiao was very excited to ask Fu Hua to demonstrate, but the divine essence that Jiuxiao imitated—the Taixu Sword God—cut Taixu Mountain in half with a single sword strike.

Then on that day, Jiuxiao witnessed a true man-made collapse...

However, Fu Hua's self-inflicted collapse lasted only a few seconds before he collapsed. Aside from still resembling a human, Fu Hua's internal structure was virtually identical to what it was like after he was backstabbed by the Seven Swords of Taixu.

"Mountain...my Mount Taixu..."

Upon waking, Fu Hua stretched out a trembling hand and pointed it towards the heavens. Her haggard appearance made it seem as if she would pass away at any moment.

Jiu Xiao grasped Fu Hua's hand and pressed her back to the bedside.

"Don't worry about me. Taixu Mountain has been repaired and will be exactly the same as before!"

The Nine Heavens directly altered the gravitational direction of the two mountains on either side of Mount Taixu, binding them back together. Because the sword light was extremely sharp, the two mountains adhered perfectly, with the only issue being a slight reduction in overall height!

After confirming that everything was alright at Mount Taixu, Fu Hua let out a long sigh.

At the academy, Kiana could drive me crazy all the time, but I never expected that even after leaving the academy, I would still be driven crazy by Jiuxiao.

"Nine Heavens, remember that sword strike of yours. Although it was a mimicry, it still possessed the essence of your spirit. Or rather, it was the nascent form of your own spirit."

"The divine is the ultimate of change. Even without a sword, there is a sword. By relying on the divine, the sword is transformed, and the sword energy is formed on its own, thus connecting with the divine essence."

"God is the ultimate in transformation, the wondrous being that encompasses all things, and cannot be questioned by form."

Jiuxiao seemed to understand, but not quite. That sword strike appeared to be incredibly powerful, but ultimately it was not divine essence.

Because that sword strike could not achieve another description of its divine essence:

"Neither formless nor needing form, this sword fills space; it is space. Therefore, it is omnipresent and invincible."

Soul Essence is just for fun, and Jiuxiao is too lazy to learn it, nor does he want to. Because Soul Essence belongs to the realm of "having no sword in hand, but having a sword in one's heart, and thus having a sword everywhere."

But Jiuxiao is a Lawbringer. Once he learns the Divine Essence, he can simply cleave everything in his path, people and objects alike. When poor, he can use precise strikes (using Soul Essence to cut people down); when rich, he can unleash overwhelming firepower (Li Sushang's ultimate move).

Chapter 185 Let's make this clear first: if you eat them, you can't eat me.

"Fu Hua, can you tell me how old you are?"

"I can't remember exactly, but it should be over 50,000 years old. If we don't count the time it's been dormant, it should be several thousand years old, right?"

After a moment's thought, Jiu Xiao clung to Fu Hua's leg.

"Jiuxiao? What are you doing?" Fu Hua was a little surprised and tried to shake Jiuxiao off.

"A woman three years older than me is like a gold brick, a woman thirty years older is like a kingdom, Fu Hua, you're 30,000 years older than me, isn't this just taking off straight away!"

"Nine Heavens, you're overthinking it. If we can't defeat the coming of the end, we can't fly with you, but we can die together with you."

"Hey."

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Fu Hua and Jiu Xiao stayed at Mount Taixu for more than a month, successfully causing chaos and destruction.

Jiu Xiao had seen most of Fu Hua's memories, but most of them were about what happened before Fu Hua joined the Fire Moth. Jiu Xiao wanted to know what happened after Fu Hua joined the Fire Moth.

Fu Hua, however, said that she did not retain this memory.

"There's already a place that holds all my memories, so I don't need to keep another copy. I'll let you go there sometime, and you should go there."

"I hate riddle tellers, can't you just say so directly?"

Jiu Xiao rolled her eyes at Fu Hua, who then patted Jiu Xiao's head in an annoyed manner.

“The gatekeeper has not yet returned, and I do not yet know his attitude. I cannot allow you to appear before him until I have ascertained his stance.”

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Jiu Xiao and Fu Hua sat on a giant purple phoenix. This phoenix was the most beautiful, the most powerful, and the most like the phoenix in mythology that Jiu Xiao had chosen from more than two hundred birds.

"Purple Flame Phoenix, charge! Target: St. Freya Academy!"

"Ha-"

"Shut up!" Jiu Xiao angrily kicked the phoenix at his feet twice.

"You're a phoenix! Don't give me that chicken-like crowing!"

"Chirp! Chirp chirp!!"

"I said you are, so you are! Don't underestimate yourself, you bastard! The mere difference between species can be overcome by the omnipotent Honkai energy!"

Fu Hua put on an eye patch and began to close her eyes to rest. What was so interesting about a purple phoenix? It was incomparable to her former Jingwei.

(Fu Hua has a mount called Jingwei in Honkai Impact 2, which is quite nice.)

A few hours later, Theresa from St. Freya Academy received an urgent message from Himeko.

"Headmaster, a Honkai Beast has been detected approaching St. Freya Academy's airspace at high speed. Should we notify Huihuo to come and shoot it down?"

"What kind of Honkai Beast is it? Is it very dangerous?"

"Its shape is very similar to the phoenix described in Chinese legends, but its flames are purple..."

Himeko paused for a moment; she had received the latest intelligence.

"It's alright, Headmistress. Cortana sent word that it's a new Honkai Beast created by Nine Heavens..."

"Oh... then that's not surprising. I wouldn't be surprised by anything he pulls off."

Theresa hung up the call with Himeko, took the "Houmu Adventure" comic book out of the drawer again, and opened it with a grin.

Himeko, following the data Cortana provided, compiled the information on the Purple Flame Phoenix and uploaded it to Schicksal's system. By standard, this Purple Flame Phoenix should be rated Emperor-level. If Jiuxiao were to suddenly have a brain fart and create a pseudo-Herrscher core for it, it would likely be rated as a Judgment-level Honkai Beast.

What is our Emperor-level Purple Flame Phoenix doing? It's currently chattering away, trying to escape from Kiana's arms.

As it drew closer to St. Freya Academy, the Purple Flame Phoenix shrank from over twenty meters to less than a meter, transforming into a chubby purple red kite pillow.

It's so cute and cuddly that Kiana fell in love with it at first sight and excitedly showed it off to everyone else while holding the Purple Flame Phoenix.