The journey of a heroine starting from the Dragon Clan

As dusk gilded the Jianmu tree, Mu Qingzhi was leaning on the top of the sacred tree and looking at the human world. The giant tree that maintained the passage between heaven and earth was humming under her feet, and the chakra flowing through its roots was like the breath of billions of stars.

However, compared to the feat of creating the world, the work of repairing the rift in time and space at this moment is like knitting a sweater... at least that's what Mu Qingzhi herself thinks.

After all, under the premise that all uncertainties have been eliminated, the remaining work is just to thread the needle along the established pattern.

…This should have been the perfect closing moment.

According to the original plan, she should have turned into stardust and dissipated in the glow of resurrected Kaguya, leaving the world as gracefully as the Crimson World's followers bid farewell to Shana's world. People would shed tears in front of the empty altar, and the legend would be forever frozen on her cold profile when she controlled Black Zetsu.

She had really planned this before, and even spent several nights tailoring a script for herself. In the script she had woven for herself, she would become the guiding jonin for Naruto and Sasuke, and then betray Konoha at some point, just like Sasuke in the original plot, using this as an opportunity to advance the main storyline to the greatest extent.

When she was drafting the script, she had already decided on her own ending in advance, and even designed some pretty cool exit lines...but in the end, she still chose to burn the script completely.

…She can’t really let go of things.

She hated tragedy and wanted everything to be perfect, so she did so many unnecessary things in the previous worlds. But why did she have to exclude herself from perfection?

That morning, when Mu Qingzhi saw Hongdou and Quan coming to her house with breakfast and asking her to go to work together, she suddenly realized.

...or it can be said that it is a sudden enlightenment, just like a thought that makes the world wider.

Some things are hard to give up. She asked herself whether she was as carefree as the system. Even though a long time had passed, she still missed Eri, Shana and the others. Not to mention that in the world of Naruto, she had actually lived from scratch for more than ten years.

——Letting go has never been her path.

"…Are you sure this is okay?"

After staring at a white-haired woman who was sitting in a chair in a daze for a while, Otsutsuki Toneri turned to look at her with an indescribable expression on his face.

"Don't worry, with Jianmu here, she won't be able to cause any trouble. What's more, there are the tailed beasts guarding here, so it's foolproof."

Unlike Sheren, Mu Qingzhi looked calm.

"The one who knows the Otsutsuki best is still the Otsutsuki. There is no harm in keeping her. Although she may not cooperate at the beginning, it is actually very easy to deal with people who are in love... Why are you glaring at me? I have done what I promised you before perfectly."

Facing the angry gaze of a certain Black Zetsu, Mu Qingzhi rolled her eyes.

"Don't think about destroying Jianmu, and don't try to play any tricks. This is my territory. Everything you have is under my control. Do you understand?"

Black Zetsu: “…”

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"How is it, did her performance meet your expectations?"

Within the system, Shen Cifang shifted her gaze away from the light screen in front of her, turned her head and looked at the girl beside her who was yawning with her eyes half closed, leaning on her shoulder.

"It's just so-so, but still far behind me."

With her eyes half-closed, the girl turned her head to look at the light screen in front of her.

"She's just like you, stubborn, but cuter than you."

After a slight pause, the girl added something extra.

"Of course, I'm not saying you're not cute, but if you can stop having a cold face all the time, you'll be cuter than her."

“…That’s not what I’m asking.”

He sighed seemingly helplessly, and quietly adjusted his posture to make the girl more comfortable, with a calm look on his face.

"What I want to ask is, has she ever received your approval so far?"

"Why do you need my approval? I am no longer..."

"But once upon a time, you were the Pure White Heart itself."

Before the girl could finish her words, Shen Cibian interrupted her in a calm tone.

"You are not an inheritance, nor a successor. You are the original Pure White Heart. There is no doubt about that."

"So what? Something like the White Heart shouldn't have self-awareness. I'm just a mistake."

The girl smiled slightly at herself.

"If it weren't for this fatal weakness, I wouldn't have implicated everyone. This family that was built with great difficulty has been shattered because of me, and it almost caused..."

"It's just a little accident. Besides, we didn't lose. At most, we won and lost together."

Interrupting the girl's words again, Shen Cifang spoke calmly.

As for this, Shen Cifang was not in a hurry. He just sat quietly beside the girl, patiently waiting for her answer.

"You've hidden a lot of things from me."

After a long silence, the girl sat up and turned to look at her.

"I've always been very confused. Even if there is an error in the coordinates, there shouldn't be an error in the time that would cause the initial creation of the world to be advanced so long. You did all this, am I right?"

“I don’t deny that.”

Lowering his eyes, Shen Cifang responded in a calm tone.

"But only in this way can we find a way for you to survive. The White Heart is you, and you are the White Heart itself. The emergence of a successor means your demise, but in order to correct that mistake and get everything back on track, you will not hesitate, but I can't just sit there and watch."

“So you’re targeting spiritual authority.”

Sighing, the girl turned her head and looked at Huo Zhi, who was mopping the floor in the villa with a depressed look on her face and wearing a maid outfit.

"The appearance of [Corruption of All Living Things] was not an accident, and it was not a coincidence that we were found and caught up so quickly. Everything was in your plan, and the reason you did so many things was just to use the birth of "her" to verify one thing... After so many years, you are still so crazy."

——When she said this, the girl sighed heavily.

"But my experiment worked, didn't it?"

Although all his plans were exposed, Shen Cifang's tone remained the same as always without any fluctuation.

"Although it is a little difficult to replicate it on you due to the difference in status, as long as she can advance the [Spirit] authority to the level that I have achieved in the two authorities of [Time] and [Space]..."

"Then everything will be fine."