Glancing around, Twilight found a nearby shop window and examined the reflection within.
Ash-colored long hair, grayish-white eyes, a frail body... The first impression was somewhat sickly. Although Yaoshi's blessing had resolved the energy imbalance within her body, the previous illness still left some of its original characteristics on this new form.
As the esteemed Aeon of Abundance (Probationary Intern Version), possessing endless life and healing power, yet looking like a sickly ghost herself, had to be somewhat ironic.
But Twilight wasn't particularly bothered by such minor details.
She just carefully examined her own face. Although this appearance seemed drastically different from her former self at first glance, closer observation revealed the facial features hadn't changed much. At most, it could be described as a mature, older sister version of Twilight. It was just the vast difference in aura that made it hard to associate the two immediately.
Looking at the surrounding scenery, Twilight roughly estimated the time, understanding it was likely the day the Express crew planned to force their way into the Shackling Prison to use the Transmutation Arcanum. If the original story played out, the entire Luofu would likely bid farewell to the galaxy in just a few more hours.
So, what should she do now...
Pondering her options, Twilight walked towards the Shackling Prison. People passed by her, yet seemed unable to see her.
Although she was instantly killed by Lan just seconds after appearing, Twilight was no mere cannon fodder. With her current strength, as long as she didn't want to be seen, likely no one besides the Aeons themselves could detect her presence.
Born from the hands of Erudition, fused with the Seed of Terminus, ascended to the seat of Abundance, and unbound by the constraints of any Path... In a sense, she was now freer than even the Aeons. No one in this world could stop her. She could do anything she wanted, no matter how absurd.
In just two or three steps, she crossed half the Luofu and arrived at the entrance of the Shackling Prison. While waiting for her old acquaintances to arrive, Twilight sorted through all the information she knew.
Firstly, it was confirmed: the white-haired person she previously worried about competing with her for Caelus's favorability and screen time was, unsurprisingly, herself... Twilight could only say she expected this early on.
Her past self was indeed given a hard time by this damned—no, should be dear—self. But after arriving in Penacony, her perspective shifted considerably.
The Asdana system, where Penacony resided, was quite magical. The Memon essence there was extremely rich, easily resonating with people. When she first arrived in Penacony, she glimpsed fragments of memory through its will. The content showed herself confronting the Express crew on the Xianzhou, and scenes of her alone with Caelus on the Herta Space Station... But Twilight didn't remember doing such things.
Combined with her previous confusion about the white-haired rival, it led her to deduce—perhaps the one who left these memories was her future self.
After all, in the original timeline, there shouldn't have been a white-haired rival competing for favorability, and she just happened to possess a Seed of Terminus of unknown utility.
Now, the situation basically confirmed her speculation. The scene of her confronting the Express crew was actually Phantylia's rampage. And the memory from the Herta Space Station likely came from the future's past; her future self would probably travel even further back in time—sigh, time-related abilities were truly troublesome to sort out.
However, since she was the Dabai Caelus spoke of, then what about Caelus saying he killed the Dabai who attacked him, all to protect her in the very beginning...?
Though somewhat unclear about her future self's exact thoughts, Twilight chose to trust herself; after all, believing in oneself requires no reason. And now, she planned to stir up some trouble according to her own ideas first.
Putting other things aside for now, as an extremely petty person, Twilight absolutely couldn't accept being shot dead by Lan's arrow and almost thinking she had messed up! That guy, cruising around the galaxy in a wheelchair, dared to offend her and thought he could get away?!
Yes, Twilight indeed couldn't defeat Lan. But who decreed defeating someone could only be done on the battlefield head-on?
Twilight had her own, more malicious plan...
As everyone knew, although Lan's pettiness was extreme, He held exceptional favor towards the Xianzhou Alliance, almost unreservedly granting them the power of The Hunt Path. Twilight dared say the Xianzhou held a special place in Lan's heart; otherwise, which Aeon would personally intervene when Their followers got into a fight?
Followers of other Paths praying for Aeon help might at most get a glance and a bit more power. But Lan was different. If the Xianzhou called, He really showed up... Disregarding how many Xianzhou natives died from friendly fire, the point was, did the arrow shoot or not!
Even regarding Lan shooting her earlier, Twilight actually suspected the Xianzhou might have secretly called Him and reported coordinates. Otherwise, why shoot only her and not Yaoshi? Even if it was just a phantom...
But regardless of Lan's motive for attacking—whether because she became Little Abundance or because Phantylia caused too much destruction—Twilight blamed Lan for everything. Don't ask why; it's just fans' actions, the idol pays the price, just like how the infamous followers of Abundance successfully ruined Yaoshi's reputation.
So, what Twilight planned to do was—NTR Him!
She, Twilight, would make the Xianzhou Alliance return to the embrace of the Path of Abundance!
She was half an Aeon, after all, and one solely focused on NTRing Lan, willing to spend vast amounts of time, effort, and power on the Xianzhou... Just thinking about it, Twilight had at least nine ways to make the Xianzhou return to Abundance's embrace.
Nine!
One must learn to think outside the box. Can't deal with Lan? Can't she deal with the Xianzhou? The Aeon of The Hunt, madly eradicating Abundance's undying abominations across the galaxy, only to discover His beloved Xianzhou got NTR'd back to Abundance midway... Hehehe, this TM was Twilight's ultimate humiliation for Him!
It was like being bullied by the blond delinquent at school and being unable to beat him up. You could completely reverse the thinking and pursue his mom instead~
Not enough actual damage, but the humiliation is maxed out—and very satisfying.
Hunt, say goodbye to your Xianzhou!
Thinking of her evil plan, Twilight couldn't suppress the smile on her lips any longer.
Later, first deal with Phantylia, revive Twilight normally, avert the Luofu's destruction—then use this Luofu as a base, the supporting Zhuming and Yaoqing as stepping stones, and fiercely make the Xianzhou fall back into Abundance~
She wondered what would happen if she continued reviving Twilight while she herself was standing right here... If she could run two alt accounts by then, she'd just stay here and focus on her NTR revenge grand plan!
After all, she was so petty; how could she magnanimously let this matter go?
So even if the opponent is mighty, she must despise them!