After the fourth simulation ended, the witch had briefly entered a state of high alert.
She claid that war was imminent.
To protect Xu Xi, she trained relentlessly, preparing for an unknown enemy.
But now, she told him the war was over.
“Master, I won.”
A fleeting hint of a smile seed to flash across her otherwise calm and elegant face, but it disappeared so quickly that it was easy to doubt if it had ever been there.
In stark contrast, when Xu Xi returned to the courtyard, he was t with a very different sight.
At the entrance stood his chanical servant.
Expressionless as always, she still spoke to him with utmost respect.
Yet, there was sothing strangely cold about her tone, a quiet eeriness in the way she said—
“Master, are you preparing to sleep?”
“Ailei can’t sleep.”
Crack—
Crack—
The heavy snow had weighed down the courtyard trees, causing their brittle branches to snap with crisp, sharp sounds.
The night stretched on endlessly, flickering lights casting shifting shadows across the snow. Ailei’s silver-blue eyes glowed brilliantly in the darkness, sharp and piercing.
A witch with little emotion… smiled.
A chanical servant, capable of deep feelings… remained expressionless.
It was as if their roles had been reversed, creating an inexplicable contrast.
The night grew darker, the snow more surreal.
Standing beneath the swaying, frost-covered branches at the courtyard entrance, Xu Xi looked up at the moon. He instinctively pulled his coat tighter around him, suddenly feeling the chill settle into his bones.
It was strange.
Even though he had already ascended to godhood in this reality, the cold of this world felt sharper than anything he had ever experienced in his simulations.
Ever since Earth had undergone its ascension, celestial phenona had beco increasingly unpredictable.
“Ailei.”
“Yes, I’m here.”
“Can you prepare a cup of hot coffee for ? I’d like to stay up a little longer.”
Since his chanical servant couldn’t sleep, Xu Xi decided to delay his own rest as well.
At the sa ti, he turned his gaze toward the witch.
“Krisha, can you prepare a late-night al for ? I guess I’ve been out for too long… I’m feeling a little hungry.”
“…Yes, Master.”
“…Yes, Master.”
The chanical servant and the witch finally broke their silent standoff.
Ailei was loyal.
Krisha was obedient.
At Xu Xi’s command, they imdiately set aside their tension and went to work, quickly restoring a warm atmosphere to the house as they brought him hot coffee and a late-night al.
“Looks like I’ll be staying up later than usual tonight.”
Inside the study, Xu Xi sat at his desk, staring at the coffee and food placed neatly before him.
He fell into deep thought.
Only now did he realize sothing—
The dangers and enemies that Krisha and Ailei had ntioned before…
Had they actually been talking about each other?
“Well, at least the misunderstanding is resolved.”
“From now on, they can slowly build their relationship. I’ll act as the diator.”
Xu Xi let out a quiet sigh.
This would be a long-term effort.
He picked up his coffee—then suddenly rembered sothing.
Skillfully manipulating space and ti magic, he took his first sip of coffee and his first bite of food at the exact sa mont.
Perfect.
Not a single imbalance.
Feeling the warmth of the room, savoring the efforts of both girls, Xu Xi smiled in satisfaction.
The night was long.
He decided to continue his research into transcendence, preparing for future breakthroughs in cultivation and martial ascension.
—
—
Just as he had predicted, he ended up staying awake until three in the morning before finally retreating to his room to rest.
By the ti he woke up again, the chanical servant and the witch had already returned to their usual selves.
There was no longer any tension or coldness between them—everything seed back to normal.
“Master, I cleaned up so trash for you.”
During breakfast, Ailei, precise and elegant as always, spoke with a hint of apology in her tone.
She inford him that after he had gone to sleep, she had eliminated so lurking predator civilizations that had been hiding on Earth.
And why did she do this?
Her answer was simple.
“They were intruding on your domain. They were filthy and evil creatures, lurking in the shadows, waiting to kill. I couldn’t allow them to exist any longer.”
“Please rest assured, I didn’t harm any lawful civilizations.”
Loyalty.
Righteousness.
Xu Xi felt a sense of pride in her actions.
“Ailei, you did well.”
“Thank you for your praise, Master. It was my duty.”
She maintained her usual composed deanor—
Except for the fact that her ears twitched rapidly.
Very well.
Everything had gone smoothly.
Not only had she eliminated a nuisance, but she had also received praise from her master.
The score was even now.
But the real competition had only just begun.
Ailei-Class Combat Mode… engaged!
—
“Master, I prepared new tea for you.”
“Master, I made fresh tonic soup for you.”
“Master, I’ll take care of everything in the courtyard.”
“Master, your intelligent housekeeper, Ailei, is at your service 24/7.”
“Master…”
“Master…”
Ti moved quickly.
The old trees in the courtyard had grown another ring, witnessing new leaves sprout and old ones fall.
Cold, empty streets.
Warm, bustling doorways.
As the last rays of the sun disappeared over the horizon, the new year officially arrived.
Perhaps life had been too fulfilling lately—
Waking up every day to Krisha and Ailei’s greetings, imrsed in their constant attention—
Xu Xi found himself dazed when he realized the new year had actually co.
Ti had passed too fast.
So fast he hadn’t even noticed.
“Happy New Year, Master.”
Visiting the Heavenly Sword Sect in the capital, Xu Xi presented Li Wanshou with Dragon Blood Spirit Tea.
This ti, he had accelerated its aging with ti magic, giving it the richness of a hundred years.
It had cost a few extra dragons, but that was a minor issue.
“Not bad. At least you still rember to show respect to your Master.”
The old man stroked his white beard, his expression serious yet satisfied.
But in the very next second, his face twisted into frustration.
He demanded to know when Xu Xi planned to ascend.
“Soon, soon. Next ti, for sure.”
Xu Xi grinned.
The old man glared at him, his mustache bristling, but after a while, he sighed and drank the spirit tea in one gulp.
“Hmph. Useless disciple!”
With a huff, Li Wanshou tossed him a small wooden box.
Inside was a dazzling, rune-etched pill.
“This is… sothing I accidentally refined. It should be beneficial for you. Take it.”
“Rember—don’t co back until you ascend!”
And with that, the old man flicked his sleeve and sent Xu Xi flying out of the sect.
Xu Xi chuckled.
Standing outside the sect, he called back, “Understood, Master.”
After that, he made his way to the Supernatural Bureau to visit Red Dragon.
Or rather, to thank him.
After all, the cultivation and refinent of Dragon Blood Spirit Tea wouldn’t have been possible without Red Dragon’s generous contributions.
As a New Year’s gift, Xu Xi presented him with a large chest filled with fire-elental gemstones infused with law fragnts.
For Red Dragon, these weren’t just valuable treasures to hoard—
They could also help him comprehend the Laws of Fire and step into the demigod realm.
“Loyalty!”
With a fierce expression, the massive red dragon slamd a claw against his chest in a soldier’s salute.
He declared that offering his dragon blood for such a grand and sacred cause had been his duty and honor!
“Good, good. Little Red, I see great potential in you.”
Xu Xi nodded in satisfaction.
As the saying goes—
A dragon who understands the tis is a wise dragon.
And Red Dragon certainly fit the description.
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