My personal opinion on Gensokyo

"Haha, Lord Shangyang, the supreme commander of all the monsters in the world! Thank you for assisting the cause and effect of fate and fulfilling the fate of that Kikyo's death."

"Thanks to you, sir, I have benefited a lot! Hahahaha..."

A thought mixed with evil and maliciousness was laughing triumphantly. Along with this disgusting evil thought, the deep purple Four Souls Jade also trembled, as if mocking Shang Yang.

"Oh... you're quite courageous. It seems you have indeed been infused with the causal power of 'fate', suppressing the good will of the shrine maiden Tsuiko deep within the Four Souls Jade."

After hearing the mocking words conveyed by this evil thought, Shang Yang smiled indifferently and spoke slowly.

"However, even if you were to transform all the causal forces of 'fate' lurking within the Four Souls Jade into your own evil thoughts, transforming you into a creature of destiny capable of seeing 'history', to me, you would still be nothing more than a weak ant."

"You dare to appear before me? Aren't you worried that I'll completely crush your self-awareness, leaving you a mere puppet controlled by fate?"

"The evil thoughts hidden deep within the Four Souls Jade, Qu Ling?"

"Hahaha... stop bragging! Lord Shang Yang!"

Hearing Shang Yang's contemptuous words, which he did not take seriously, Qu Ling's evil thoughts became more rampant.

"I might as well tell you plainly that the spirit of that shrine maiden, who was as disgusting as Tsuiko, has been reincarnated. And, it's not in this era, but in the distant future!"

"You'll never see her again!"

"I admit that your power has surpassed my, Qu Ling's, expectations. However, you are merely an existence trapped in this Warring States era! Meanwhile, I, Qu Ling, have been recognized by the unquestionable destiny of this world!"

"The Four Souls Jade of this era is but a shadow of my own spirit. My power, following the causal forces of fate, flows along the long river of time, towards the distant future, where it will be reincarnated alongside the spirit of that deceased witch!"

"Even if you defeat this illusion of the Warring States Period, you will only defeat a tiny illusion of my Qu Ling."

"You don't even have the power to cross the river of time and interfere with the distant future hundreds of years later, so how can you erase my consciousness?!"

"That makes sense. As expected, it's the evil spirit, the emanation of the resentment of countless monsters killed by the miko Tsuiko hundreds of years ago."

Hearing Qu Ling's wild laughter and sarcasm, Shang Yang still smiled indifferently and spoke casually.

"The terrifying evil thoughts of hatred and darkness... But do you really think I can't do anything to you?"

Before Shang Yang finished his last word, even the rampant evil-minded Qu Ling instinctively felt a sense of alarm in his heart, and subconsciously wanted to disperse the remaining phantom of the Warring States Period five hundred years ago, and follow the flow of time to the distant five hundred years later.

The Liangyi Sword comes out.

Pure white light flashed.

A stream of brilliant pure white light cut through the flow of time during the Warring States Period and broke into the flow of the long river of time!

The pure white light traces the flow of time, extending infinitely. The long river of time seems to be stained with the brilliant pure white light like uncut jade...

The flow of time in the distant future was impacted by this sharp "sword energy", rolling endlessly, and the long river of time was surging and turbulent.

As the long river of time flows, the Four Souls Jade, which is controlled by the evil Qu Ling who completely suppresses the good intentions of the witch Cui Zi, is pursuing the tributaries of the long river of time flowing into the future. Seeing the terrible scene of the long river rolling and surging, it is extremely stunned and screams in fear in almost disbelief at the turbulent flow of the long river of time.

"Impossible! How did you know that the spirit of that shrine maiden was reincarnated in Tokyo, Japan five hundred years later?!"

Before Qu Ling could react, the terrifying power of the pure white light instantly dispersed the rich cause and effect of "fate" that still remained in the flow of time!

Countless causal connections of "fate" crumbled and disintegrated, completely dissipating and crumbling under the turbulent river of time...

The cause and effect of "fate" that maintains the future and is anchored in history was severely damaged by this sword that flows through the long river of time.

Volume 5: Miko of the Warring States Period: Chapter 308: Winter, Past and Future

Not only was most of the rich "fate" karma flowing in the long river of time dispersed by Shang Yang, but even the evil thoughts of Qu Ling in the Four Souls Jade were affected. Although the Four Souls Jade itself had already arrived in the distant future five hundred years later, Qu Ling's evil thoughts, which still remained in the flow of the long river of time and suppressed the good thoughts of the witch Cui Zi with the help of "fate" karma, were also cut off by Shang Yang's sword.

The evil thoughts that still remained in Qu Ling's mind in the flow of time were shattered by Shang Yang's Yin-Yang sword energy. Because of this, the good thoughts of the witch Cui Zi, who had already arrived in the depths of the Four Souls Jade in the distant future five hundred years later and was suppressed by Qu Ling's evil thoughts, immediately seized the opportunity and forced Qu Ling's evil thoughts back to the depths of the Four Souls Jade again.

The pale purple Four Souls Jade, which had been filled with evil energy due to the help of "fate" karma and contact with Shang Yang's evil spirit, once again showed a soft pale pink glow.

Five hundred years later, it is deep winter.

Higurashi Shrine, a remote street somewhere in modern Tokyo, Japan.

The heavy winter snow has lasted for three days. The thick snow covers all urban areas of Tokyo, the modern metropolis, the capital of modern Japan. Looking out from the Tokyo Skytree, Tokyo is covered with a vast expanse of thick white snow.

"Wow~!!!"

A loud cry echoed through the thick snow-covered Higurashi family.

Hearing the loud cry, a young mother with a gentle smile on her face hurried to the bedroom of the Higurashi family.

Seeing the baby crying loudly in the cradle, the mother in an apron couldn't help but smile very gently. She walked to the cradle, stretched out her hands, carefully took the child out of the cradle, and rocked the baby gently while asking softly.

"What's wrong~? Kagome? Are you unhappy? Good~be good~don't cry, it's not good to cry all the time..."

Perhaps the mother's gentle smile infected the baby, and the baby who was crying loudly just now stopped crying. He smiled happily in his mother's arms, babbling and waving his little hands, trying to grab his mother's face.

Seeing the baby's performance, the smile on the young mother's face couldn't help but become more gentle. She carefully put the child back into the cradle, gently rocked the cradle, and gently instructed.

"Little Kagome, Mommy is going to make lunch now. Remember not to cry anymore. Mommy knows that little Kagome is a strong and brave child."

As if the child understood what his mother said, the smile on his little face became happier and happier, and he waved his little arms energetically.

Looking at her child, the mother smiled gently again, slowly turned around and left the bedroom.

After the mother left, the child, who seemed very energetic, seemed to feel tired. He put down his waving hands, closed his eyes quietly, and fell into a deep sleep.

And it was at this moment that in this bedroom where only the baby was, black and white air currents seeped out from the tatami on the floor.

The black and white air currents intertwined with each other, and gradually a somewhat ethereal "human figure" condensed in the bedroom.

"The time is slightly off. It seems to be a month after Kagome Higurashi was born."

Looking at the child sleeping peacefully in the cradle, the young man with gray hair and a somewhat ethereal figure seemed to be lost in thought.

Five hundred years ago, the "sword energy" formed by the Yin-Yang Sword, which used the power of the two yin and yang and distorted everything in the world, broke through the barrier of time. Seizing the opportunity in the flow of the long river of time, one sword defeated most of the "fate" causes and effects that remained in the long river of time, while cutting off most of Qu Ling's evil thoughts. At the same time, a trace of Shang Yang's consciousness also flowed into the flow of the long river of time, and along the flow of the long river of time, came to the distant future five hundred years later.

Looking quietly at the cute little child sleeping in the cradle in front of him, Shang Yang could see with his eyes that deep in the child's pure and kind soul, there were traces of lingering thoughts with deep regret and unwillingness.

The lingering thoughts filled with deep regrets refused to dissipate, but merged into the depths of the soul of the newborn baby, still maintaining an independent posture and sleeping quietly in the depths of the child's soul.

That was the soul of the shrine maiden Kikyo, from the Warring States Period five hundred years ago, belonging to Kikyo's longing...

The causal force of "fate" in the bedroom is extremely strong, especially around the sleeping baby. The causal force of "fate" is extremely strong around the baby.

The 'fate' cause and effect that was originally intended to maintain the anchored "only history" was caught off guard, and most of it was blown away by the flow of the long river of time by Shang Yang, while the remaining 'fate' cause and effect all came here five hundred years later.

Although the cause and effect of "fate" constantly surrounds the baby, trying to penetrate the baby's soul and make this child, Kagome Higurashi, a part of the "only history", no matter how it tries to penetrate Kagome Higurashi's soul, it is as if there is an invisible wall blocking the penetration of the cause and effect of "fate", so that the cause and effect of "fate" can only change the cause and effect related to Kagome Higurashi's soul, and cannot merge with Kagome Higurashi's soul and existence.

Shang Yang watched all this quietly and nodded slightly.

In Shang Yang's eyes, although Kikyo's heart was sleeping deep in the soul of the baby Higurashi Kagome, in the depths of Higurashi Kagome's soul, in addition to the traces of Kikyo's thoughts, there was also a light blue jade lotus, which wrapped Kikyo's sleeping thoughts and stayed quietly in the depths of the baby Higurashi Kagome's soul.

That is Shang Yang’s primordial spirit, the Green Lotus.

After seeing all this, Shang Yang, with a ethereal figure, raised his hand and gently touched the child, the future Kagome Higurashi.

There was no sense of touch. Shang Yang's hand was like a phantom, unable to touch anything.

This is understandable, as the one here was originally just Shang Yang's illusion.

However, even though he could not reach her, Shang Yang did not care. He just smiled gently and spoke in a vague tone.

"I'll be waiting for you in the distant past, five hundred years ago, Kikyo."

As these ethereal words were spoken, the illusory figure of the young man with gray and white hair also disappeared, and the bedroom of the Higurashi family returned to silence, as if nothing had happened.

Five hundred years ago, the war 2 (two) ⒉ Yi Shan Ling Bai Er` <In the era of the Kingdom of the Pyongyang, in late autumn and early winter, outside the shrine of Maple Village.

A few days had passed since the Frost Descent solar term. In the forest outside the shrine, the large yellow leaves had already fallen in the cold north wind, leaving only dry branches, making the forest look particularly desolate.

Watching his pure white Yin-Yang sword gradually disappear, Shang Yang sighed softly. Even though he took this opportunity to disperse most of the cause and effect of "fate" that remained in the flow of time, and in the process severely damaged Qu Ling's evil thoughts deep in the Four Souls Jade, there was nothing to be happy about.

Platycodon grandiflorum, still passed away.

Even though her soul has been safely reincarnated in Tokyo five hundred years later, and even though her longing for Kikyo has not disappeared, it cannot deny one fact: Kikyo is gone.

On his left hand, the wound that Shang Yang had unconsciously pierced with his nails had already healed, and the dark red blood that had seeped out of the palm of his hand had already solidified on the pure white sleeves of Platycodon.

The frail witch leaned quietly in the young man's arms, her eyes gently closed, her beautiful face pale and her complexion gentle, as if she had fallen into a dream and was sleeping soundly.

The white sandalwood paper used to tie up the witch's long black hair had been torn at some point, and the long black hair like a waterfall spread out evenly and fell into Shang Yang's arms.

He silently gazed at the gentle face of the witch in his arms as she gently closed her eyes. If there was no sound of breathing, no one would know that this weak body had completely lost its life.

"I owe you this."

The slender index finger gently touched the soft face of the witch, and the young man's tone remained as gentle as before.

In this way, maybe she would be willing to hear...

A piece of crystal light gently fell on the witch's soft face.

The slender index finger also touched this crystal.

Cold.

As if foreshadowing something, as the crystal fell, more and more countless crystal snowflakes gradually floated down from the sky and landed in every corner of the earth.

Snowing.

Winter is here.

Volume 5: The Miko of the Warring States Period: Chapter 309: Ice Lake

The sky is full of heavy snow, and the falling crystal snowflakes indicate the arrival of this winter snow.

This is the first snow in early winter, and also the first heavy snowfall this year in the small and remote village of Maple Village.

The first snow of the year should melt as soon as it hits the ground, but this heavy snow seems to be different.

The fluttering snowflakes drifted down wantonly under the cold north wind. Soon, a thin layer of snow fell on the ancient shrine and the dark red torii gate, and the ground was covered with silver frost.

Looking up at the heavy snow, Shang Yang sighed.

Although I know that this is not a strange weather like snowing in June, but this heavy snow really came at the wrong time.

When I met the witch, it was a cold winter night, and snowflakes were also falling all over the sky...

"...Sister Kikyo?!"

Gasping for breath, after Shang Yang's protective restraint dissipated, Feng hurriedly ran up the stone steps one by one and arrived in front of the shrine. The first thing she saw was her sister, leaning quietly and lifelessly in the arms of the young man with gray hair. She subconsciously screamed in surprise, rushed over, and anxiously shook her sister's weak shoulders.

"Sister Kikyo! Sister Kikyo, what's wrong with you?!"

Seeing Xiao Feng rushing over and shaking Kikyo's weak shoulders with an anxious look on her face, Shang Yang sighed again and spoke slowly.

"...Feng, let your sister have a good rest."

"No way! There's nothing that will happen to Sister Kikyo!"

Staring at his sister who was not breathing and had no heartbeat, Feng was already in a state of panic. He held back the tears that were about to flow from his eyes, let go of his sister's weak shoulders, raised his little fists and hit Shang Yang again and again, choking and questioning.

"You must have done something to Kikyo-nee! Return Kikyo-nee to me!"

Hearing Feng's questioning that was about to make her cry, and looking at Feng's anxious and flustered look, Shang Yang remained silent, without explaining anything, but just raised his hand and gently touched Feng's forehead.

poof...

Feng's small body fell weakly on the ground covered with a thin layer of snow and fainted.

Many farmers in the village have also rushed to the shrine, eager to ask Kikyo to go to the village to see what happened to the raging fire that had just mysteriously ignited and disappeared, and whether there was a monster causing trouble.

Looking at the people coming up the stone steps of the shrine in groups of three or four in the distance, the owner of the Cloud Courtyard was silent for a moment, and then slowly spoke as if talking to himself.

"...I'll leave this to you."

"……Do not worry."

Although there was no one around, a cold and ethereal girl's voice sounded in Shang Yang's ears.

"Will you not come to this village again until the miko in your arms returns to this era?"

"That's right, so I'll have to ask you to pay more attention to this village in the next fifty years. Thank you for your hard work, Yiji."

Hearing the cold and ethereal girl's voice, Shang Yang shrugged and spoke frankly.

“It’s not hard or not hard.”

Her Royal Highness the Second Princess of the Moon City spoke in a light tone.

"If you're not in a good mood, I can play with you."

Hearing Mian Yue Yiji's indifferent words, Shang Yang comforted her helplessly.

"...I'm not to the point where I need to fight with you to relieve my emotions. Don't worry, I'm fine. I'm just feeling a little emotional."