[ You decide to implement reforms across the three thousand Soul Heaven worlds for the Human race, Monster race, God race, Ancient race, and Longevity species. You bury the Nine Yang Divine Art inside the stomach of a Heavenly Gorilla, scatter the sparks of the Heavenly Flame across the world, and disperse the Flame Mantra throughout the myriad realms. ]
[ That Empress whom you previously took a liking to is currently only at the ninth rank of the Heavenly realm, so you redirect even more fortune onto her. ]
[ Why? ]
[ No other reason, simply to arrange the myriad realms in such a manner. ]
[ With these matters concluded, you find an otherworldly paradise within the circle of this realm. Here, the mountains are green and the waters clear, with spiritual energy drifting like mist, seemingly isolated from the world. You once considered changing your cultivation to using the body as the Dharma Image since the inheritance of this realm is complete. However, due to the scarcity of the world's spiritual energy, no one can cultivate the authentic system. Yet, just as this thought stirs in your mind, a sentence once spoken by Lu Changsheng suddenly flashes in your head: "An angler must not give up halfway; one must walk a single path to the end, otherwise, there is no guarantee they will not go hungry." You cannot help but laugh, and your heart is once again filled with clear understanding. ]
[ You sit on the shore of the Blazing Sun Lake, building a run-down thatched cottage. ]
[ "To think that on this planet of ice and snow, there would actually be such a wonder," you cannot help but marvel at the miraculous creation of heaven and earth. ]
[ At this moment, an old mortal riding a donkey, with a child trailing behind him, slowly passes by. Although he does not understand what you say, he still reveals a gentle smile to you and says: "Little girl, are you a newly arrived fisher? Heh, shocking, isn't it! This Blazing Sun Lake erupts once every hundred years. It is feared to be within these few days, so you must also be careful." ]
[ You ask the old man where he is going in this frozen world of ice and snow, bringing along such a child. The old man tells you that a few years ago, his child was tested to have cultivation talent. Now that the child has reached the suitable age for cultivation, he plans to send him to the Azure Cloud Sect to practice. You chat with the old man for a while, and a plan has already formed in your mind. ]
[ You gently tap the child's forehead, leaving behind an imprint. When this child grows a bit older, the " Nine Star Hegemon Body Art " will automatically manifest in his mind. This is also a small gift from you to this realm. After the old man and the child depart, you gaze at their retreating figures, your mind filled with endless emotions. ]
[ You begin your own fishing life. ]
[ On the first day, you catch a large fish and give it to the nearby villagers. Utilizing this as a source of comprehension, you use the power of merit to perfect your Hegemon Body Dharma Image, and your cultivation reaches the heavens, as if you have merged into one with heaven and earth. ]
[ On the second day, you achieve the Vermilion Bird Dharma Image with flames lingering around your body, like a divine bird reborn from the fire. For you, the Nirvana realm is already within easy reach. ]
[ On the eighth day, your skills on the path of angling have reached the heavens. The fish in the lake have basically all been caught by you. Those that remain are all demonic beasts that have awakened their intelligence. They rely on the volcanic energy of the planet to barely cling to life. After all, the physical bodies of demonic beasts are powerful, and they do not need to rely on the spiritual energy of heaven and earth. Relying solely on the essence of the sun and moon along with the laws of heaven and earth, they can still survive. ]
[ On the eleventh day, your Four Images realm reaches Great Perfection and your Divine Bridge is completed, meaning you are only half a step away from the God-King realm! You focus on angling, your Dao heart solidifying, as if merging into one with heaven and earth. ]
[ You do not use merit to forcibly raise your cultivation. Instead, you take steady steps, mending your foundation and perfecting your Great Dao. ]
[ On the twentieth day, you continue angling. Currently, the God-King realm is completed, and your Hegemon Body has reached five stars, achieving Minor Completion perfection! Two thousand years have passed within the ring's world, and the old man who previously departed has returned. He asks you: "Young friend, there are no fish in the lake, nothing to be caught. Why do you still stay here wasting your time? What can you not do with such beautiful time?" ]
[ You do not answer, keeping your eyes closed as you fish. Over the next few days, the old man comes every day to bring you a pot of wine. Although you do not drink it, you still feel his goodwill. ]
[ On the thirtieth day, your cultivation is on the verge of the Nirvana realm, and you seem to fall into a state of sudden enlightenment. These past few days, the old man still brings you wine every day, but you do not drink, and do not even notice his existence. For you have completely immersed yourself in comprehending the Dao. ]
[ On the thirty-first day, you comprehend endless Dao intent, gradually understanding yourself. ]
[ Once again, you have turned into an insect. The Swarm is real, the heavens are fake! The 129,600 true realms should all be our Swarm's heartland! ]
[ At Quasi-Nirvana, with a casual strike of yours, more than half of the humans within the circle are annihilated. ]
[ You slaughter even the old man who brought you wine, saying in a cold voice: "This bug is far too pretentious, seeking its own path to death!" ]
[ Your primordial spirit is already in chaos, your mind hazy. ]
[ In your mind, you are grieved to have killed the wrong person... ]
[ "I had originally resolved to die, thinking it would trigger the restriction left by that supreme existence, but it actually did not." ]
[ "So be it, then let me make another small contribution to the human race." You slaughter hundreds of millions of the Swarm outside the circle, with not a single ripple of emotion in your mind, as if all of this is only natural. ]
[ On the thirty-second day, you weep bitterly, your tears falling like rain, because you finally realize how sinful your actions are. ]
[ Having killed so many of your Swarm compatriots, your mind is overwhelmed with guilt. You mutter in a low voice: "The Swarm is the true ruler of these myriad heavens and worlds; the human race is nothing but mere ants." ]
[ You decide to completely exterminate all the people within the circle to console the spirit of the Broodmother. Your mind is resolute: the Swarm's Great Dao is your ultimate resting place. ]
[ On the three hundredth day, you reach Swarm Dao Great Completion, but this is also the end point. Your five-star Hegemon Body half-step Great Completion realm has incurred permanent severe wounds. You sigh to yourself in your mind: "If not for the nurturing of a Swarm Dao supreme treasure, I am afraid I can never become a true insect." ]
[ You continue angling; however... your line is lowered not for Immortals, and you are not catching gods, but... lowering for the supreme Broodmother, catching the Lifeless True Mother. ]
[ Countless Swarm Dao divine abilities and supreme eerie techniques flash through your mind... Where did this information come from? You suddenly realize, as if you were born this way. ]
[ You solidify your Dao heart: the Broodmother's Great Dao is your ultimate resting place. ]
[ On the four hundredth day, your Nirvana insect matures. Although you still possess the Hegemon Body, inside is an insect shell. ]
[ Your Hegemon Body shows signs of entering Great Completion. You suppress it with all your might, thinking to yourself in your mind: "If my Hegemon Body reaches Great Completion, I fear I will never have the fate to meet the Broodmother." ]
[ You suppress all the small-to-medium worlds within this star sector, slowly marching toward the Great World. You discover that all the worlds you see have restrictions set by that mighty figure, yet they do not guard against you! You are ecstatic in your mind: "All hail the Broodmother!" You stop angling, finding that you can no longer catch anything. You sneer: "It seems this path of angling is merely a minor Dao, already suppressed by my Swarm's Great Dao!" ]
[ In Year 37,892, you observe that the three thousand Soul Heaven worlds are flourishing, and there is even a Quasi-Emperor! You intend to spread the Great Dao to this realm, but you still need to make some preparations. ]
[ You import a massive amount of external bug spiritual energy into this realm. Returning to the Purple Cloud Palace, you apply the laws of time to your body. After all, with a Quasi-Emperor present, you fear that your insufficient cultivation might cause unexpected complications. Your Dao voice spreads across the three thousand worlds, as a distant, vicissitude-laden immortal voice seems to echo from heaven and earth, ancient and age-old: ]
[ "Since I attained the Dao as a Heavenly Venerable to educate and transform all things, more than forty thousand years have passed. This transmission of the Dharma is to educate all living beings; I shall pass down the supreme bug dharma, re-establish the realms, set up the supreme path, dividing the lectures into eight sessions spanning six years,..." ]
[ "A hundred years from now, outside the Purple Cloud Palace, all who have stepped into the divine path may listen to the Dao." ]
[ You decide to use a hundred years to completely shed your mortal body to attain the supreme Swarm Dao. A hundred years later, you have completely cast off your mortal body. However, to your disappointment, the Hegemon Body remains from beginning to end, as if this constitution is eternally indestructible and will coexist with the primordial spirit. ]
[ You are slightly disappointed, but quickly adjust your mindset, thinking to yourself in your mind: "Although the Hegemon Body is still here, my Swarm Dao is already at Great Completion. It will not hinder my path of kneeling and worshiping the Broodmother!" ]
[ You see a million followers gathered outside the Purple Cloud Palace, of varying realms, yet they all know that in this hazy Heavenly Realm, all living beings are equal, with only the Heavenly Venerable standing supreme. ]
[ Inside the Purple Cloud Palace, you place three thousand meditation cushions and thirty-six prime seats, allowing those with fated affinity to enter. The crowd is incredibly excited, fighting over the meditation cushions one after another, creating a chaotic scene. You watch coldly from the sidelines, yet silently calculate in your mind. ]
[ A certain low-level Innate cultivator is lucky enough to obtain one of the thirty-six prime seats, drawing the envy of everyone. You use the Swarm Dao divine ability Formless Swarm to scan all the cultivators. You do not find that Empress Ultima, but unexpectedly discover a variable. ]
[ This person is named Meanog, surrounded by dense Immortal Dao fortune. He has likely discovered some "supreme treasure that I had never found" within the three thousand Soul Heaven worlds. This person's cultivation is moderate, at the Divine Bridge realm, yet you faintly sense that he is extraordinary. ]
[ There is also another person whose entire fortune is condensed, possessing the Quasi-Emperor realm. In these forty thousand years, he has dominated the ages alone. Observing this person's past using the intent of the Soul Heaven, you discover that he rose from insignificance, obtained the Flame Mantra, searched for ten thousand fires, battled across the three thousand worlds, and ultimately became a supreme Sovereign, named the Great Sun Venerable. ]
[ There are also other people, all of whom are individuals of great fortune and great mental states. You silently arrange the placement of the meditation cushions. These thirty-six people all possess great strength, great fortune, and great mental states, fully capable of undertaking the responsibility of Swarm Envoys! ]
[ That low-level Innate cultivator gives up his seat. ]
[ You open your mouth and say: "The thirty-six possess great fortune upon their persons, standing supreme and peak." You begin to preach the Dao, your voice like a great bronze bell resounding within the Purple Cloud Palace: "The Mountain Sea path has its Daos, three thousand Daos indeed, but this path does not lead to the truth and carries the risk of the eerie. The Swarm path may be strange, but it leads directly to the Great Dao." The living beings listen as if intoxicated, as if placing themselves within the Great Dao. ]
[ You continue to lecture: "Refining essence to form the seed, refining the seed to form the bug, refining the bug to return to the void, refining the void to merge with the Dao. With great supreme freedom, one is planted with the Dao Seed, and on another day shall become a supreme True Immortal. This method leads directly to Ancient Immortality, offering hope of becoming an Immortal in the future. Turning your head before the gates of the Immortal Realm to face three thousand intents, there lies the Lifeless Holy Mother." ]
[ Those sitting on the meditation cushions have all been planted with the Dao Seed, and in the future, they can submit to my boundless Broodmother! Suddenly, a voice resounds through the Purple Cloud Palace: "You are not the Soul Heaven Heavenly Venerable. That person is already dead, his spirit already destroyed. Where on earth did you come from?" ]
[ Your brow furrows as you discover it is that variable, Meanog. You speak coldly: "Who dares to cause a clamor?" You use the pressure of the Soul Heaven's Heavenly Dao to suppress the three thousand followers, firstly to show your might, and secondly to suppress the scoundrels. You speak coldly: "Inside the Purple Cloud Palace, clamor is forbidden!" ]
[ Suddenly, Meanog's cultivation surges wildly: Divine Bridge Great Perfection, Paramita God-King, Nirvana!... Quasi-Emperor!... 「 Great Emperor 」! Someone cries out in shock: "What! This person actually cultivated into a Supreme Great Emperor in forty thousand years, reaching the same realm as the Heavenly Venerable!" ]
[ In your mind, you snort coldly: "The Swarm is far superior to the people here in the same realm. Inside the Soul Heaven Ring, your cultivation is unparalleled as a flawless Great Emperor, mastering the endless laws of the Soul Heaven, so why should you fear this person?" You speak coldly: "Meanog, what is your intention? If you stop now, out of pity for how hard it was to reach your Great Emperor cultivation, I will let bygones be bygones. As my ascension is imminent, I can even let you govern the three thousand Soul Heaven worlds." ]
[ All living beings are in awe. The Heavenly Venerable is compassionate, and even when a mad disciple tries to kill his master, she still advises him to lay down the butcher's knife. ]
[ Meanog had come prepared. Transmitting his voice across the three thousand worlds, he exposes the fact that you severed Samsara, making it impossible for living beings to enter reincarnation after death. Meanog says: "This person can no longer be called the Soul Heaven Heavenly Venerable. She has already sided with the External Heavenly Fiends, plotting to subvert the three thousand worlds. The sudden appearance of the eerie spiritual energy in this world is the best proof, descending together with the Soul Heaven Heavenly Venerable." ]
[ The crowd falls into brief contemplation... ]
[ You laugh aloud: "Absurd! I wish to bring salvation to all living beings, but I do not deliver those without fated affinity. This three thousand worlds does not welcome you." You want to banish this person from the Soul Heaven Ring, but discover that you cannot do so. You observe this person's life once more, finding that he does not belong to the past, nor does he belong to the present. ]
[ You engage in a fierce battle with Meanog. You hold a slight upper hand, as countless laws are deployed in full force, utilizing Swarm Dao divine abilities and the worldly power of the Soul Heaven, shaking the three thousand worlds. Meanog is injured, and her disguise fails, revealing her devastatingly beautiful appearance. She was disguised as a man, actually being that very Empress onto whom you had poured countless fortunes of destiny in the past. ]
[ In your mind, you smile bitterly: "Breeding a tiger only to bring disaster upon oneself." However, all of it ends here. Suddenly, golden light erupts from within Ultima's body, revealing the Innate Sacred Dao Embryo! How is this possible? The crowd gasps, feeling her constitution is matchless, with the potential of becoming an Immortal. You alone are struck with horror. This is impossible, as your past observation of this woman showed she was merely an Innate Dao Embryo. ]
[ The conditions for the birth of an Innate Sacred Dao Embryo are extremely harsh. While the Chaos Physique has the distinctions of Innate and Acquired, the Innate Sacred Dao Embryo can only be born from the offspring of a union between a Sacred Body and an Innate Dao Embryo of the Myriad Realms. It is absolutely impossible to be transformed post-birth. ]
[ This woman is actually breaking through to the Great Completion Sacred Dao Embryo at this moment! You want to stop her, but you cannot, as the Innate Sacred Dao Embryo isolates all eerie forces. ]
[ Once she successfully breaks through, you are finished... ]
[ Helpless, you flee the Soul Heaven Ring, adjusting the time flow between the inside and outside to one hundred years outside to one day inside. You sever your connection with the Soul Heaven Ring and throw it hundreds of millions of miles away. You know that it is only a matter of time before this woman breaks through the Soul Heaven Ring. Currently, you have no other choice but to ascend to the Upper Realm, search for the Swarm Nest, and seek the aid of the great Broodmother. However, you need not worry in the short term. ]
[ In the Blazing Sun Realm, you comprehend the laws of the Upper Realm, and ascend to the Upper Realm. ]
[ Three years later, you arrive at the Upper Realm... The structure of the Upper Realm is similar to the lower world. There is also a supreme mighty figure who drew a circle to protect the Human race. However, the difference is that the Upper Realm's spiritual energy still remains. Within the circle, the Human race currently has a half-step Great Emperor ancestor presiding over them, who reportedly survived the great heaven-and-earth transformation forty thousand years ago, along with several Quasi-Emperors. ]
[ Fifty years later, you break through to the Nirvana realm, qualifying as a Swarm Staff, and gain a foothold in the Upper Realm as well. You are summoned by a Swarm Captain, an existence comparable to a Quasi-Emperor of the Human race: "I hear you have awakened a Swarm Dao special ability, allowing you to freely traverse the restriction set by that existence?" ]
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[ The Swarm Captain orders you to act as an undercover agent within the Human race, which you happily accept. ]
[ One hundred years later, because you possess a five-star Hegemon Body, you establish countless military merits within the Human race, already becoming a pillar of strength for them. In this era, having a bit of insectification on one's body is an extremely normal thing; rather, not having any insectification makes one out of place. Conversely, as long as a living being can enter the circle, they are considered human, so there is no need to worry. As for your body being almost completely insectified, no one questions it at all; after all, you passed the restriction ward. ]
[ Three hundred years later, piled under countless resources and having received a supreme Swarm treasure awarded by the commander, your Swarm Dao foundation is solidified. You break through to the Quasi-Emperor realm as a Swarm Captain, standing on equal footing with that other Swarm Captain. Currently, you are still an undercover agent within the circle. ]
[ Five hundred years later, you hear from the half-step Great Emperor ancestor that every one thousand years, the world's Origin must be used to repair the restriction ward of the circle; otherwise, the ward becomes unstable, and there is fear that the Swarm will seize the opportunity to enter. ]
[ "No mistakes can be made; once a mistake occurs, there will be no turning back." Overjoyed in your mind, you swiftly inform the external Swarm. ]
[ Five hundred and five years later, acting from both inside and outside, you destroy the barrier restriction, causing a tragic massacre. The Human race is defeated and flees the Upper Realm. You lead countless Swarm forces to conquer the humans. All hail the Broodmother! ]
[ One thousand years later, you destroy countless human strongholds. You discover that the Human race has begun to carve out a new path due to the scarcity of spiritual energy, utilizing a toy called technology. ]
[ You wage war in all directions... The Broodmother is highly pleased. ]
[ You slaughter trillions of humans... The Broodmother is highly pleased. ]
[ Three thousand years later, your Swarm Dao talent is astounding, and you now step into the half-step Insectoid realm. Insectoids, as the name suggests, are practitioners of the Swarm Dao who combine the principles of the bug path, becoming new living beings close to the Dao. Your strength today is comparable to, and even surpasses, the Ancient Great Emperors! You receive a direct command from the supreme Broodmother: "Sever the fortune of humanity, devour the Heavenly Dao, and you shall be granted entry into the Swarm's Dimensional Domain in the future." ]
[ Three thousand one hundred years later, you have not discovered a single trace of the Human race during this period, as if they have vanished into the starry sky. You feel a faint unease in your mind; though the Human race is weak, they are extremely tenacious, comparable to the cockroaches of our race. You begin to suspect whether some conspiracy is brewing. ]
[ Three thousand five hundred years later, you grow increasingly anxious, and your superiors have begun to lose their patience. The Human race has fled; if they are not eradicated root and branch, there is fear that unexpected complications will arise. ]
[ In the same year, you receive a transmission from the Swarm of the Upper Realm: "The Human race has counterattacked; the Upper Realm has fallen!" Shocked in your mind, you immediately rush back to the Upper Realm at top speed. ]
[ When you reach the Upper Realm, the sight before you makes you wail in grief. The Swarm's territory in the Upper Realm has been completely destroyed, countless Swarm corpses are piled like mountains, and the Broodmother's statue has been hacked to pieces. You are filled with profound sorrow, having failed the Broodmother's expectations. Outraged, you decide to infiltrate the Human race's territory to seek vengeance for the Swarm. ]
[ Infiltrating the human territory alone, a wave of imperial pressure descends upon you. An old acquaintance, that little Empress, is currently already in the Great Emperor realm. She looks at you coldly, her eyes filled with hatred: "Today, I will avenge her!" ]
[ Innate Sacred Body Dao Embryo...! ]
[ Shocked in your mind, you did not expect this woman to have grown to such an extent. As a half-step Insectoid, you originally thought you could exchange a few moves, but you did not expect her to be so terrifying... The laws of heaven and earth shatter, the stars fall, and the Swarm is completely annihilated. ]
[ You are completely annihilated, no longer existing in the world. ]
[ You enter Samsara... ]
[ You wait in a very, very, very long line. You do not know how much time has passed, but eventually, it is your turn. ]
[ A faceless, noseless, earless being questions you.... ]
[ "How did you die...?" ]
[ The lingering memories of your lifetime surge toward you.... ]
[ You speak.... "I think I was once... by someone named Ult..." ]
[ Ding! You have been erased from this piece of Ancient History; in this simulation, you have completely vanished. ]
[ You died... ]
[ Ding! Simulation complete! ]
[ Evaluation of this simulation: Throughout your life, you fought heroes, escaped the treacherous, laid low for longevity, and became an Insectoid! ]
[ Score of this simulation: Double heroes of human and insect; longevity possesses its own path. ]
[ You may select two of the options below to manifest: ]
[ First: Half-step Great Emperor (Half-step Insectoid) ]
[ Second: Nine Yang Divine Art (Endless Flow) ]
[ Third: Five-star Hegemon Body (Minor Completion Hegemon Body) ]
[ Fourth: Swarm Dimensional Domain Coordinates (Coordinates forty thousand years later) ]
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[ Forty-eighth: Old Man's Wine ]( Mortal-grade )
[ Forty-ninth: Angling Great Dao (Unknown, transcending laws). You once followed a Longevity Being, slightly learning his path of angling, which benefited you immensely. The path of angling: what is baited is fish, what is comprehended is the Dao, and what is cultivated is the mind. This Dao can assist you in spying on the laws of heaven and earth, comprehending the life and death of all things. ]( One ten-thousandth )
[ Fiftieth: Innate Sacred Body Dao Embryo, possessing the invincible physical body of the Sacred Body and the close-to-Dao power of the Innate Dao Embryo. Like the Chaos Physique, it is also a constitution that does not fear the restriction of Great Emperor laws. A Great Completion Sacred Body Dao Embryo can fight a Red Dust Immortal. ]( Acquisition cause unknown )( Suspected to come from Ultima )( Suspected to be replicated )( Conflicts with the Hegemon Body )
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[ Seventy-first: Soul Heaven Ring, an Acquired Spiritual Treasure possessing boundless power, capable of slightly comprehending the Dao of Time, and completely comprehending the laws of time. ]
[ Seventy-second: Can obtain complete life experience ]( Will definitely affect personality )
Noir hesitates.
The Soul Heaven Ring's utility is also extremely great, as it is an Acquired Spiritual Treasure that can slightly comprehend the Dao of Time, and even completely comprehend the laws of time. However, she only has two selection opportunities. If she still doesn't select her cultivation this time, she fears that even after nine simulations, she will still be unable to escape.
Noir ultimately selects the five-star Hegemon Body and the Angling Great Dao.
A six-star Hegemon Body is a Great Completion Hegemon Body, capable of challenging Great Emperors. A nine-star perfect Hegemon Body is capable of stepping into the Red Dust Immortal realm. The Angling Great Dao carries the words "Great Dao" in its name, from which one can see its extraordinary nature. Within the simulation, the Angling Great Dao once helped you perceive your own eerie state, angling supreme Spiritual Treasures, and even allowing you to find a sliver of hope for survival amidst desperate situations.
In Noir's mind, she sighs with emotion: will this person Lu Changsheng appear again in the next simulation?
What kind of existence is he, in the end?
Noir recalls the fragmented snippets within the simulation. Lu Changsheng was like a being of the heavens, and even an Immortal King did not possess such an endless Great Dao.
As for his appearance as a mortal within the simulation? Haha, it is feared that his cultivation was simply too profound, already transcending the comprehension of the mortal world.
As for that suspected replication, Noir suspects it is related to her own Replicate Upon Death, but she does not dare confirm it. She plans to try it out when she has an opportunity in the future....
[ Manifesting... ]
Noir senses the power of the Hegemon Body's divine marrow within her body. With a single strike, she can shatter this lower world.
The Hegemon Body visions soar into the sky, spreading across the myriad realms. Even the mighty figures of the Upper Realm observe it.
The 「 Angling Great Dao 」 is a Great Dao that transcends laws. Every time you begin angling, it is also a process of your primordial spirit roaming the heavens....
Leaving the Nortound Continent, Noir discovers that beneath the Nortound Continent, there is a colossal black tortoise supporting this realm. This black tortoise's strength is at the Divine Bridge realm.
She feels surprised, but is quickly at ease. With Noir's current strength, it is already sufficient to overlook this realm.
Yet, she currently feels a bit lost in her mind: "Escaping the Mountain Sea Great World, where can I go? The Immortal Realm? The Immortal Realm will also eventually be infected."
Noir decides to think no further, focusing on her immediate path first.