In the final showdown in the Sevenfold Heaven, Yaxiu, Sonia, Diya, Weise, and Vichy together held aloft their Kingdoms of Heaven to challenge Supreme Fanxing, the greatest sorcerer of all time. As the protracted war dragged on, both sides exhausted every resource and brought to bear every ounce of martial might, staking everything to contend for the supreme throne of sorcery. Yet the numerical advantage of Yaxiu's five-person party ultimately could not overcome the millennia of foundations Fanxing had built, and they inevitably slipped into a disadvantage. Just as it seemed they were about to lose this supreme war over that slight edge, Yaxiu resolutely sacrificed his final memories, crushing Fanxing by the narrowest of margins, seizing her supreme virtual wings, and taking the world into his grasp. From then on, all time belonged to Yaxiu Heath!
Yet as the price, this new supreme sorcerer lost all his memories. Possessing supreme power but stripped of cognition, he was like a brand-new blank sheet of paper. Depending on how much battle damage each team member sustained, his fate held a variety of wildly different possibilities—
If Diya suffered the least battle damage, she would successfully swoop in to crush Sword Princess and the others, seizing the opportunity to spirit away the unconscious Yaxiu. Yaxiu would awaken in an unfamiliar villa. An aloof, black-haired butler would assist him with washing and dressing, sneaking in a bit of intimate affection along the way;
A dignified, white-haired older sister would examine the condition of his soul body, sneaking in a bit of intimate affection along the way;
He would head to the training grounds to spar freely with a red-haired young lady to test his combat prowess, sneaking in a bit of intimate affection along the way;
And finally, the Witch would tell him everything that had happened in the past, dropping a reminder: "Do you feel as though you ought to have four lovers?" Once Yaxiu replied yes, the Witch would say, "Precisely. That's because you are the shared lover of us witch sisters."
Even if Yaxiu felt something was slightly off, the number of lovers matched. Moreover, little Lisi, a young girl who made him feel warmly affectionate, would testify that what the big sisters said was true. Little Lisi wouldn't lie to him, would she?
What was more, Diya would surely activate her Witch Domain every single night, completely draining Yaxiu of his capacity to think. In the end, Diya would achieve the "Witch's Secret Garden" ending.
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If Weise achieved a breakthrough mid-battle, becoming the Void Realm's first seven-winged god, she would abduct Yaxiu just as all the sorcerers collapsed from exhaustion. Once Yaxiu woke up, Weise would solemnly explain the truth behind his amnesia, adding with gentle understanding, "If you only listen to my side of the story, you'll eventually wonder whether I fabricated false memories. Besides, my knowledge of you isn't exhaustive either, so I will take you to the places you used to visit and introduce you to the people you used to know. I'll stay by your side until you recover your lost past."
Yaxiu would undoubtedly be moved to tears. Compounded by the panic of losing his memories, he would surely spend every night with Weise delving into the functionality and sexual functionality of a seven-winged god. Once the timing was ripe, Weise would take him to meet people like Annan and Tamashi—"consorts" who ranked just beneath the "Queen." Given Yaxiu's trash-can personality, he would almost certainly be unable to refuse them and then drown in guilt. At that moment, Weise would tell him, "It's all right. I love everything about you, and I accept both the good and the bad." By leveraging Yaxiu's guilt, she would thoroughly cement her standing as his chief queen.
Even if Sword Princess and the others tracked them down later, they would never shake Silver Lantern's position. In the end, Weise would achieve the "Silver Lantern's Queen Strategy" ending.
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If Vichy had planned everything in advance, the instant Yaxiu achieved victory she would ambush Sword Princess and the rest, snatching Yaxiu and making a run for it. When Yaxiu woke up, he would see a pink-haired maid caring for him. The maid would tell him that he was the most heinous criminal in sorcerer history, the Spectre Prophet, currently wanted by the entire world. If he didn't believe her, he could ask around on the street: the three strongest sorcerers in the Void Realm were hunting for him like madwomen, willing to dig three feet into the earth just to root him out.
When Yaxiu investigated, he would find that it really was true. Though utterly bewildered by the fact that he was the villain, he would have no choice but to follow the maid on the run just to stay alive. Along the way, he would definitely wonder why the maid was fleeing with him. The maid would tell him that back then, her excessive kindness had offended a villain as wicked as Yaxiu, leading him to bind her with Ruby Chains; even though she wished nothing more than for him to drop dead on the spot, she had to obediently protect him.
Yaxiu would feel both ashamed and grateful, though something would still feel slightly off; he would believe there had to be a reason he had chained her. Yet over the course of their journey, he would discover that despite her venomous tongue, the maid cared deeply for him, even harboring a hidden affection.
After an exhausting escape, the maid would finally confess her feelings and merge intimately with him. With all doubts dispelled, Yaxiu would voluntarily undo the maid's Ruby Chains. From then on, Vichy would be like a bird soaring into azure clouds or a fish swimming into the open sea. Whether she subsequently trained Yaxiu into a supreme tyrant or seized the regency herself, she would be free to do whatever she pleased without restraint, achieving the "Maid's Viper Counterattack" ending.
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When everyone pulled themselves back from their distant fantasies, Diya, who had been munching on a grilled chicken wing, suddenly turned serious. "So long as Fanxing remains alive, she will always be a mortal threat to us. We have to do everything we can to grow stronger, crush Fanxing, and help Yaxiu become the supreme sorcerer!"
"That's right!" Weise nodded. "I'll work hard to advance to six wings, or even seven, to help you all!"
"How could my master ever settle for second best?" Vichy stripped all the meat off a skewer in one bite, her spirit riding high. "Let's trample the world and fate beneath our feet together!"
Yaxiu looked at them expressionlessly. "...Though that is indeed what I meant, why do I get the feeling you all have ulterior motives?"
"Not at all!"
"Don't we all just want you to become the supreme sorcerer?"
"Exactly, exactly!"
"You all really have that much confidence in Yaxiu?" Felix couldn't help chiming in. "You're that sure he can defeat Fanxing?"
"We fight by his side not because we believe he can defeat Fanxing," Sonia said, biting the straw in her orange juice with a soft chuckle, "but because we must defeat Fanxing... As for whether we might lose, that's simply not something we take into consideration. Besides, setting aside whether Yaxiu would even sacrifice his memories, even if he did, did you three really think you'd have the chance to rewrite his life?"
"How would we know unless we try?" Diya curled her lip. "Why wasn't I the first one he met? Why was I just a little later than you? Why are your memories the only ones that get to last until the very end... It's not fair!"
"I'm not looking to alter anything," Weise said briskly. "I just want Yaxiu to be a little happier... to enjoy everything he deserves with an easy mind."
"What rewrite?" Vichy blinked innocently. "I just want to be the maid to the supreme sorcerer, that's all."
"Then by all means, give it a try," Sonia said leisurely. "Let's see who actually manages to rewrite his life. Just make sure you don't end up crying when the time comes."
"Sword Princess, you too?!" Yaxiu stared in shock at his most trusted lover.
Sonia cradled her juice glass and gave a quiet huff. "Isn't this completely normal? If I lost my memories, would you tell me about all the sad things in my past? Would you tell me that I once spent my days fretting and pitying myself over a man? Wouldn't you erase those painful memories for me and leave me with only a happy past?"
"Amnesia is a chance to reshape one's life—a chance for others to reshape it for you."
Yaxiu froze. "So you want to rewrite my past just to erase..."
"That's right," Sonia nodded. "To erase the memories that make me sad—your happy past only needs to have me in it, and that's enough."
Yaxiu sputtered. "Shouldn't you be erasing the memories that make me sad?!"
Sonia challenged him, "Once all the women besides me are erased, do you have any sad memories left?"
Yaxiu opened his mouth, momentarily unable to find a rebuttal. He could only say glumly, "I might look fine on the surface, but amnesia... put it this way. Witch, Silver Lantern, Vichy, I know we're comrades and lovers who have faced life and death together, but I don't really feel secure about our bond. Without past memories to support it, resting solely on my own one-sided feelings, our relationship feels like a castle in the air.
"It's like walking down the street and suddenly having three beautiful girls tell me they were my lovers in a past life and want to rekindle that love in this one. Any normal person would feel anxious, wouldn't they? After all, who's to say it isn't just a dream bubble?
"Maybe that's the real reason I wanted to hide my amnesia... I'm terrified that it's all just a dream bubble.
"So unless there's truly no other choice, I won't sacrifice that final quarter." Yaxiu spread his hands. "I already regret losing my memories of you three so much... If I even lose the last of them, no matter how much you try to help me, I'll feel like a balloon whose string was cut, with no idea where I'll drift."
The balcony fell silent for a moment, save for the crackling of the charcoal.
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