This is not an MMO game copy

...That way it wouldn't be a bit unlucky.

"I think we shouldn't be superstitious, what do you think?"

Xia Yan said in a tactful tone:

"I have never thought of becoming the Emperor of Heaven, let alone rebelling against myself."

"Tsk, for ordinary people, you are a monk and I am a witch, so we are not superstitious."

Irena gave him a look of disdain.

"Well, you have a point."

Xia Yan had to seriously consider whether his actions would be punished by God.

But it was impossible to make him give up.

Building an artificial virtual heaven around the [Great Holy Grail] can not only turn the [Conceptual Gift - Whip] into treasure, but also realize the idea of ​​turning the [Great Holy Grail] into a low-spec copy of one of the ten great artifacts in the ancient times in a certain comic.

Therefore, this is something that cannot be abandoned. Moreover, in the future 'copy', he will be alone and weak, and he may have the support of the human-machine monkey from the world of Black Myth to cling to, just like this time.

As for kidnapping the intelligent NPC teammate... the miracle that happened to Irena is unlikely to be replicated a second time. Even if the soul of the intelligent NPC teammate is forcibly materialized and kidnapped in the subsequent "copy", the most you can get is a 1:1 simulated doll without self and subjective initiative.

However, it is not realistic to abandon the ghost immortal cultivation method of "Monkey King Visualization Method".

because.

"It's a bit difficult!"

Xia Yan sighed.

Then, with a slight thought in his mind, a vague human-shaped silhouette stepped out from his body.

And at the moment of leaving the body, the vague human-shaped silhouette suddenly shone brightly, bathed in divine light as dazzling as the sun, as if a god was walking in the human world. The area within dozens of feet was covered by the divine light, and this blazing sun glow could be seen even ten miles away.

“Stop, stop, stop, stop, this is dazzling!”

Irena, who was so close, was caught off guard and was immediately blinded by the large searchlight. She quickly raised a hand to block her eyes and shouted angrily:

"Couldn't you have told me in advance? Regarding the cultivation method for ghost immortals, isn't it about cultivating into a pure and spiritual ghost, rather than a pure Yang immortal? Isn't the one that emerges a Yin spirit? What's going on with you?"

"Oh, this is Monkey King's protective divine light combined with the special effects of the [Sun Wheel Armor]..."

Xia Yan's voice rang out in the light.

"...Just as I imagined, the spirit of 'Ghost Immortal Xia Yan' generated by the [Great Holy Grail] is essentially me. To me, it's like the relationship between the Heroic Spirit's main body and Servant on the quantum recording tape."

"Even if the soul is materialized, this connection cannot be changed. The spiritual bases of the 'Ghost Immortal-Xia Yan' that I had the [Great Holy Grail] generate do not contain my memories. Therefore, each 'Ghost Immortal-Xia Yan' is a dead object without a self, yet their spirituality is extremely pure. For the Yin Gods that I cultivated using the Ghost Immortal method, I only need to refine them to accommodate and merge them without any hindrance."

"When each Ghost Immortal Xia Yan's spirit base was generated, a tiny bit of the [Great Holy Grail] and [No Return Error] was loaded onto the soul level. This was the intelligence analyzed and collected from the human-machine monkeys—this is the core of the 'Monkey King's Visualization Method.' However, because the human-machine monkeys always radiate divine light at the soul level, this characteristic was also incorporated into my Yin Shen along with the information loaded into the Ghost Immortal Xia Yan's spirit base, transforming into a thought of the 'Divine Soul.'"

"So, when I took the initiative to let my 'spiritual soul' leave my body, and used the incomplete third-law soul materialization characteristics possessed by the spirit base of 'Ghost Immortal Xia Yan', each thought that made up my 'spiritual soul', to make my 'spiritual soul' manifest and condense into its true form, I also transformed this protective divine light that should only be seen at the soul level into a real form."

"Since the 'divine soul' is always too fragile, I simply stuffed the magical weapon [Sun Disc Armor] into it... You know, as Karna's Noble Phantasm, this golden armor is essentially an existence transformed from light itself. It is also the embodiment of Karna's solar divinity as a demigod..."

Xia Yan paused, then added a surprised tone and continued:

"...Then, I discovered that after the [Sun Disc Armor] was restored to pure divine (sun) light, it perfectly harmonized with the protective divine light originating from the human-machine monkey... Perhaps it was Surya, the sun god of Indian mythology, who was later absorbed into Buddhism and transformed into Sun, one of the Twelve Dharma Protectors. In the "Chapter on Repaying Gratitude by Offering to the Twelve Great Powerful Gods," he is referred to as the ancient Buddhas who came to save sentient beings... Even if the human-machine monkey is a Tianming Ma from the Black Mythology world, with all six senses combined, it can be considered a complete Monkey King. And after all, the Monkey King of the Black Mythology had once attained the status of Fighting and Victory Buddha."

"But isn't this too bright for you?"

Irena asked:

"How many of your 'ghost immortal' spirit bases did you fuse together to turn your 'divine soul' into something like a large light bulb?"

"You haven't asked Justissa?"

"She's your spirit, not mine. How can I ask?"

"You said you were my wife, so why not just ask!"

"Bah, who is your wife?"

Irena spat, blushing.

"Don't change the subject. Answer honestly. How many 'selves' have you merged with?"

"Not many, only about 300 'thoughts' now."

Xia Yan recalled a certain novel's supernatural system also named Ghost Immortal, and muttered softly:

"I'm only at the 'possession' realm of Taoist magic, and I'm still one step away from the 'ghost immortal' realm that breaks the barrier of life and death... But compared to the 'ghost immortals' there who would be forced to retreat by an elite army of a thousand people, my 'spirit' is not afraid of ordinary pure yang things at all. The protective divine light brought by the Monkey King's visualization method, combined with the pure divine (sun) light restored by the [Sun Wheel Armor], is probably about the same as a second thunder tribulation, right?!"

"Hmm? What are you mumbling about?"

"nothing."

Xia Yan retracted the "spirit" that had left his body into his body. The dazzling light that had just covered an area of ​​dozens of feet in radius and could be seen even from ten miles away suddenly disappeared without a trace.

After discovering that the light source, which was comparable to an oversized searchlight, had disappeared, Irena finally lowered her hand that was blocking her eyes. She glared at Xia Yan with some dissatisfaction, then seemed to have thought of something and said hesitantly:

"By the way, you've fused over three hundred 'selves'...are you really okay?"

"To say there isn't any is to deceive yourself."

Xia Yan shook his head.

"It does have an impact, but it's not a big deal... The spirit base of 'Ghost Immortal Xia Yan' that I had the [Great Holy Grail] generate doesn't contain any of my memories. Even if the soul materialized, it would be a blank. Now that it's been combined into a 'divine soul', it's constantly being washed by my subjective consciousness, so it's impossible for it to harbor any other thoughts."

"you sure?"

"I'm certain—well, let's put it this way. My 'divine soul' is currently a composite of over three hundred 'Ghost Immortals-Xia Yan' and me. My subjective consciousness is the core and origin of this 'divine soul,' and the 'Ghost Immortals-Xia Yan' that are repeatedly washed and permeated by my subjective consciousness are ultimately just my 'thoughts.'"

Xia Yan said:

"Unless one day there's a problem with my subjective consciousness, 'thoughts' won't become independent... And if there's a problem with my subjective consciousness, the 'thoughts' that have been repeatedly washed and permeated by it can in turn refresh or reconstitute my subjective consciousness."

"Say it simply."

"Ah! If I die, the three hundred or so 'Ghost Immortals-Xia Yan' that make up my 'Soul' will disperse and become independent, taking over other bodies, reincarnating, and reborn. But as long as they reunite as my 'Soul', whether I'm actively or passively devoured by a 'Ghost Immortal-Xia Yan', my subjective consciousness will eventually be reborn."

Xia Yan shrugged.

"Of course, I'm not sure if the subjective consciousness that was reborn under those circumstances would still be my current subjective consciousness... But I don't intend to 'die' again."

"Okay, let's not talk about this anymore."

Xia Yan interrupted the topic that was about to turn to the field of philosophy, raised his head and glanced at the stone statues that served as the embodiment of the crystallization of the concept of immortal spirits, and then looked at the endless sea of ​​flowers in the interior space of the [Holy Grail].

"Justissa."

'I am here, Master.'

As soon as the words fell, the translucent figure of 'Irisviel' with white hair and red eyes instantly appeared in front of Xia Yan and Irena.

"Change the interior of the Greater Holy Grail."

"You intend to..."

"This is also considered an inherent barrier, right? Please divide the overall spatial structure within the Greater Holy Grail into thirty-six different planes from bottom to top, and then place the golems possessed by these immortal spirits in each of these thirty-six planes."

'no problem. ’

The weapon spirit, Justisa, said with a smile:

"By the way, do you need me to put a yellow robe on you later?"

"no."

Xia Yan waved his hand quickly.

"That would be really unlucky."

……

……

After finishing the summary of technical tests and finalizing the overall structural planning of the future internal space of the [Holy Grail], Xia Yan did not stay for long before returning to the outside world.

Although he really wanted to take Irena to do some activities that were beneficial to physical and mental health and that he had not done for a long time.

But how to say it... With the human-machine monkey following him all the time, Xia Yan couldn't shamelessly drag Irena to do exercise. Coupled with the busy and hurried training, he hadn't been able to relax since entering this "copy" world for a year.

Unless he was ready to end this 'copy', the [Great Holy Grail] and [No Return Error] had not yet completed the analysis and collection of intelligence on the human-machine monkey, and he had not completed the practice of the 'Monkey King Visualization Method'. The current results were only a low-profile copycat version of the body-protecting divine light. Even with the blessing of the [Sun Wheel Armor], it was certainly a passive permanent sacrificial halo for ghosts and the like, but for entities that were not ghosts or spirits, it was at best just a large daylight.

According to the calculations of the [Great Holy Grail] and [The Error of No Return], the information carried by more than 300 'Ghost Immortal-Xia Yan' spirit bases can barely restore a low-profile version of [The divine light shines like heaven's pardon, and the dark underworld is bright everywhere]. More 'Ghost Immortal-Xia Yan' spirit bases are needed to carry more information, so that there is a chance to piece together low-profile versions of [Bronze Head and Iron Arms], [Anti-body Technique], [Out-of-body Technique], [Immobilization Technique], etc.

"It'll only take two more years of hard training... Well, I remember in that novel, the 'Possession' realm only has about 300 thoughts. Above that is the 'Ghost Immortal' realm. An average first-tribulation Ghost Immortal only has 2,000 to 3,000 thoughts. If I want to complete the 'Monkey King Visualization Method,' I'll have to reach the level of a third or fourth-tribulation Ghost Immortal, right?"

Thinking of this, Xia Yan stepped on a low-profile copycat version of the somersault cloud, left the troposphere and returned to the Shuntian Prefecture capital on the ground, and returned to the mansion allocated to him by Zhu Yuanyu. He dismissed the maids in the mansion, took out the seal of the Daoluo Si official and hung it in the lobby of the mansion, then turned around and left without any reluctance.

After all, after collecting and "pardoning" the conceptual crystals of the gods and spirits, he had already done what he wanted to do, and there was no need to continue to care about the Emperor Jiajing in this "copy" world.

As for whether the other party could cultivate the way of ghost immortals and then become a god through incense in his lifetime, that had nothing to do with him.

So, after giving up the house, land, maids, servants and wealth that Zhu Yuanyu had given him as a gift, and returning the seal of the Daoluo Si official position, Xia Yan left the capital of Shuntian Prefecture after completing the same "hanging seal and sealing gold" achievement as Guan Erye.

Afterwards, he found a place with beautiful mountains and rivers and isolated from the world, and continued to practice in seclusion for a period of time.

Immediately after he came out of seclusion, he called out Irena, and under the escort of the human-machine monkey, they continued to move westward. Time passed quickly as he was in seclusion and practicing, and occasionally went out to the west.

In the blink of an eye.

Two more cycles of spring, summer, autumn and winter passed.

Until one morning, Xia Yan suddenly felt an inspiration. He lowered his head thoughtfully and took out a few pieces of pink crystal fragments to play with them in his hands.

"I see……"

After a moment, he seemed to understand something, turned his head and looked towards the direction of a certain island country, gazing into the distance.

"...Three years. Speaking of which, I've been stuck with the Inuyasha gang's main storyline for three whole years. Kagome in the original novel should have graduated from high school by now, ready to stay in this era and get fucked up, right?"

"In a sense, this is the official end of Inuyasha's story... Well, I've been stuck in this 'copy' for so long, it's time to go back and clean up this mess."

(PS: I'm about to end this 'copy'... Uh, it might be a bit anticlimactic, but it's meant to be used for the protagonist to level up and develop... I haven't been dragging it out for too long, so please forgive me, everyone... This chapter has explained the final upgrade stage. In the next chapter, I'll end this 'copy' and return to the real world to prepare to fight the boss... As for what the next 'copy' will be... Well, I'm still considering it~)

The third instance: 96. The divine power of destiny and the return of the end of the instance (4k+)

Three years is not a short time for many people. An average person may only have more than thirty three-year periods in his or her lifetime.

Even for Kagome, who is no longer an ordinary person, more than a thousand days and nights are not a short time. After falling into the Bone-Eating Well, she traveled back to the Warring States Period hundreds of years ago and was involved in the changes caused by the Four Souls Jade. Since then, she has been traveling back and forth between two different time and space, embarking on a fantasy journey of encountering various monsters. After going around in circles until today, she inadvertently realized this and was suddenly filled with emotion.

But Kagome was used to it.

Of course, there is no way to get used to it...

...Although due to some irresistible interference from dimensionality reduction factors, especially the final boss being killed on the spot, Kagome's journey to collect the fragments of the Four Souls Jewel became quite smooth, it also made the development of her relationship with her two-life bootlicker not so smooth.

However, the soul of Kikyo's obsession, which had originally separated from her, was passively saved and returned to the main body by the human-machine monkey, which also made Kagome gradually awaken the memory of her soul's previous life as "Kikyo" over the past three years.

Thus, not only the power that she should have possessed, but also the knowledge that all shrine maidens possessed, as well as the complicated emotional entanglement with her past life's bootlicker, were slowly accepted by Kagome along with the memories of her past life as 'Kikyo'.

Now, under the influence of Kikyo's memories, she has become accustomed to the various societies of the Warring States Period hundreds of years ago, and has become more and more adept at getting along with her own bootlicker. What's more, the misunderstanding before her death in her previous life has long been understood to be Naraku's doing, which has made this love affair spanning both past and present lives go more smoothly.

If Kagome didn't have family to worry about in another time and space.

In addition, the last few pieces of the Shikon Jade are still missing and have not been found so far. This gives Kagome enough reason to convince herself to travel back and forth between the two time and space. Otherwise, she might start to think about whether she should stay in the Warring States Period hundreds of years ago and achieve a happy ending with her two-life bootlicker.

Sometimes, Kagome had thought privately more than once that it would be better not to find the last few missing fragments of the Shikon Jade.

This idea became more and more important in Kagome's heart after the monk Miroku and the female exorcist Sango got married and gave birth to three children in three years.

After all, she couldn't explain why, but she always felt that she could travel back and forth between two time and space through the Bone-Eating Well, while the rest of the people and monsters in the team, except Inuyasha, could not. Perhaps it was related to the Shikon Jewel.

Combined with the fact that the Shikon Jewel disappeared after the cremation of Kikyo's body in her previous life fifty years ago, and her soul was reincarnated hundreds of years later at the end of the 20th century, even though Kagome did not have much in-depth understanding of the time paradox, she vaguely realized that the reason why she and Inuyasha could travel back and forth between two time and space might actually be due to more than just the influence of the Tree of Ages and the Bone-Eating Well.

It's also possible that there's some kind of time paradox going on with her—

——Since it is unlikely that reincarnation can suddenly cross time and space and arrive hundreds of years later, it means that Kikyo's soul and the Four Souls Jade should have reincarnated more than once during this period. It was only in 1996, hundreds of years later, that Kikyo's soul and the Four Souls Jade bound to it truly completed their "awakening."

So, theoretically, in the era "fifty years after Kikyo's death" that Kagome arrived at through time and space, there must have been another Kikyo's soul and the Four Souls Jade, which could ensure the integrity of the entire closed loop of time and space.

Even though she didn't know much about the more specific academic theories of the time paradox, Kagome still vaguely realized that if all the fragments of the Shikon Jewel were collected and the Shikon Jewel was complete again, her fantasy journey across time and space might come to an end.

Therefore, out of the girl's selfishness, after she was unable to sense the missing last few fragments of the Shikon Jewel, Kagome no longer had the motivation to look for them.

Even her teammates were more or less aware of her thoughts.

Miroku and Coral were the first to suggest temporarily stopping the collection of the Four Souls Jade fragments.

Then, after the lovers finally got married, Inuyasha, who had said more than once in the past that he would use the Shikon Jewel to turn himself into a complete monster, no longer mentioned the last few pieces of the Shikon Jewel, let alone his 'goal' of using the complete Shikon Jewel to make a wish to remove his human part and completely become a big monster.

Apart from the occasional trivial episode where some unknown little monsters, overwhelmed by their own desires and demonic nature, come to the village and try to seize the fragments of the Four Souls Jade, but are beaten to death by the people living in Maple Leaf Village.

Everyone tacitly chose to ignore the existence of the Four Souls Jade.