There are not many people who knew of Shi Tian's return to Earth. Their reactions are varied, though the one who reacted the most was none other than Kiana.
"Hmph…"
She did not peek through the residence. Knowing Shi Tian entered Seele's 'house' and did not leave for an entire year spoke of everything she needed to know.
"Even if I knew it…"
Seeing is one thing from expectation. To have one's lover, whose very soul is bonded onto yours, also to do it with others elicit negativity.
Jealousy, to be exact.
Shi Tian is the luckiest bastard to have the understanding Kiana by his side.
Nonetheless, she was still affected by it. Her heart tightened. She wanted to monopolize his love and attention. As she had previously admitted, she is a very greedy Tuna.
But…
Thinking of Seele's similarly deep feelings—bordering the strongest obsessions on the world—Kiana could not say anything else. She loves him just as much as she does.
For that alone, she gave Seele a chance. Shi Tian willingly bore the burden of loving two… three people at once.
It was because of these things did Kiana act "generously".
"Hum. We'll sort it out once we talk together."
The goddess on the Moon fell asleep once more.
*****
I never knew managing a harem is difficult.
Three girls took up my energy. Seele and Veliona drained me physically and mentally. My thoughts wandered to Kiana in the process of doing so, which dealt a critical damage in my mind. Thinking of a girl while spending time with another girl is scummy.
Scumbags have it easy. They do not consider their partners' emotions, appearing and disappearing as they please. They do not care about their partners wholeheartedly, only during the time they are by their side.
However…
I condone them the most.
Such behavior is not love… at least not in my perspective. I would rather be inconvenienced thinking of ways to balance my affection than to become a monster like that.
A healthy relationship is a product of mutual effort. One-sided love is just as bad as a toxic relationship. In the scumbags' case, they pass on the inconvenience of understanding, balancing, and resolving the problems of the relationship to their partners only. They make no efforts in attaining mutual understanding, merely focusing on temporary satisfaction. The scumbags' Dao is but a false Dao.
I want to be a true great immortal lord with a harem. I wish to be able to fulfill my current partners' needs, emotions, and desires. Only then can I pride in myself as the Venerable of the Beginningless Dao (lit. Wushi Tianzun).
…
The legendary sage time soon ended.
I looked at the current battle situation. Veliona fell asleep. Seele remained awake, though barely. Pushed underneath me, she gave a pitiful yet enchanted look.
Just then, I remembered the time.
Six months…
Six months!!!
I have an appointment with Teriri and Siegfried!
This thought cooled my burning body down.
"We'll have to continue it next time."
"Um..? Okay…"
Seele's disappointed look did not escape from my eyes. Her swan-like neck dripped with beads of sweat. Our breaths became entangled. Our lips soon touched, followed by the tip of our tongues. Our noses touched each other.
Like a kitten, her head swayed left and right as our noses touched again and again. Her tongue became more elastic and flexible during the process.
It took time before we could extricate ourselves from our reverie. I pulled out my hands from the sunken bed mattress.
In an attempt to cool down, I shifted the topic of our conversation somewhere else.
"How is the Bubble World?"
"It remains frozen."
The Bubble World inside Seele did not work as I expected. Time got frozen to the moment we broke the barrier down. Only when she brings others out would time continue for them.
"Can we do something to help them?" She asked gently.
"Not for now. Our power is insufficient to pull it off."
I used to think that being a Nascent Soul Realm cultivator is enough to reverse time in this world—that I can do it given the Honkai hacks. I was gravely mistaken.
The "Past" and "Future" of this world are flawed. I have some guesses. For once, they are artificially generated by the Imaginary Tree, akin to a computer server that "stores" and "predicts" data. Since the server itself has a problem, its data also has a problem.
There is also the possibility of Aeons taking the role of "Past" and "Future". That might be the reason why I saw the "Past" and "Future" of this world being so clouded. Only the "Present" remains unaffected. My best guess is that the "Present" exists as a special timeframe. It is the origin of the "Future" and the one that records the "Past".
In the past, only the present exists as the future;
In the future, only the present exists as the past.
Only in the present can there be the past and the future, a complete temporal frame.
For now, though, it does not matter much.
The Nascent Soul Realm is enough to reach all three levels of the "Present". The "Past" is relevant to the Divine Transformation Realm, while the "Future" is relevant to the Void Refinement Realm.
To be able to 'resurrect' the dead from the past, becoming a Void Refinement Realm cultivator is the safest option. It is also important to find the Imaginary Tree's secrets on its temporal dimension.
"A thousand years at maximum. I can help them by then."
"One thousand years… It's not very long."
Seele nodded affirmatively.
"Will we have children by then?"
"Ah?"
I got stumped by her question. I managed to get my bearings back in the next moment.
"How many do you want?" I asked.
It was Seele's turn to be silenced. Her facial expressions showed the internal turmoil she is going through.
One thing's for certain:
It's all about horniness.
"Three… no, four..?" She paused before hastily continuing, "That's four each for us."
Four… each.
Can we handle that?
I voiced my complaints with my actions…