"Countless worlds are nurtured on the Imaginary Tree. It is the law of the universe's operation, the mystery of the cycle of life, the place where all essence and origin are formed, and the birthplace of all truth and law.
Time flows along the trunk of the Imaginary Tree, branching out into infinite worlds like a crown.
To resurrect a person is not so much a resurrection as it is cutting an individual from a past point in time and pasting them into the present. This is tantamount to toying with time.
Time on the tree is like a branch. To reverse time is to break the branch apart. The tree won't care much about a single branch, but all the worlds on that branch will be destroyed due to its deviation."
"So the question is, if resurrection is impossible on the Imaginary Tree, can it be done in the Sea of Quanta? Yes, it can.
The Sea of Quanta is a world formed by the convergence of countless worlds as droplets. Thousands of parallel worlds intersect within it, but here, it is the will that builds all the bridges.
The worlds of the Imaginary Tree are real worlds based on matter, while the worlds of the Sea of Quanta are soul worlds constructed by will and spirit.
The Imaginary Tree records the fact of a person's death, while the Sea of Quanta takes away the soul of the deceased."
"The Imaginary Tree will not resurrect a person, but the Sea of Quanta sometimes pities the world and will quietly return a soul to its vessel."
Otto's eyes widened, his hands and feet turning cold. Just as Judah said, Otto had gone mad. He had been mad for a long time...
In five hundred years, for every Kallen Otto resurrected, he killed another. Time can drive a person mad, and Otto was no exception... There was a time when Otto resurrected Kallen not for the sake of resurrection, but for the sake of torture and murder...
Even after he came to his senses, Otto would not deny what had happened. So Otto was running away... he entrusted resurrection to others, to gods, to the Imaginary Tree...
"Heh, if humans had a sufficient understanding of the Imaginary Tree and the Sea of Quanta, do you think there would be so many tragedies in the world?" Otto laughed self-deprecatingly.
"I think it's unlikely... Anyone can go to the Sea of Quanta and the Imaginary Space, but to truly meet the real Sea of Quanta and Imaginary Tree is wishful thinking.
Of the myriad worlds, the only ones who can reach the Imaginary Tree are those with the power to overturn the universe, or the former Herrscher of the Void and the Second Divine Key."
Ryn shook his head regretfully. If he hadn't stumbled upon the Tree and the Sea by chance and received their blessings, he might have had to wait until he could rewrite the universe with a single thought to attract their attention and open the path to an audience.
Or find the Second Divine Key and have the coordinates of the Imaginary to open the path to the Imaginary Tree.
As for the Herrscher of the Void... Ryn heard that she had met the true Honkai God and was given four authorities by it. That was probably the privilege of someone who could run straight back to the Imaginary Tree!
However, according to records, the Second Herrscher, Sirin, was a pufferfish. She got incredibly puffed up with pride, and then deflated immediately after being poked.
The sound of a knife being sharpened, *kachakacha*, came from behind them. Everyone turned their heads in unison to see Mei sharpening a knife at them, the "kind" smile on her face sending shivers down their spines.
"Having fun, are we? Each of you holding a little cutie."
Mei was so envious; she also wanted to hug a cute little loli. But then, Mei slammed the kitchen knife down right next to Ryn and Kika.
"You two cheating little cats, having a great time, aren't you! Looks like I came at a bad time!!"
"No, you came at just the right time."
Ryn subconsciously went along with Mei's words, and everyone present froze.
But the words were out, and there was no taking them back. So Ryn silently opened his arms and pulled Mei over as well.
Mei, half-reluctantly, sat on Ryn's other leg. On her way down, she even used her butt to nudge Kika, pushing her into a corner.
The murderous Mei was gone, and the gentle, elegant Mei was back. Ryn, with a girl in each arm, was lost in pleasure, and everyone could only exclaim at his audacity.
(This is a novel, don't think too hard, just have fun. Don't try this in real life, you'll really get chopped up.)
But Ryn's happiness didn't last long. Mei had to leave because food was still cooking in the kitchen. Before she left, she grabbed Kika by the scruff of her neck and dragged her away too.
As soon as Mei and Kika left, Judah thoughtfully handed Theresa a Soulium cleaver. Theresa grabbed the cleaver and charged at Ryn.
"You bastard, commit suicide to atone for your sins!!"
"Whoa, whoa, Auntie, it's not that serious! I'm on your side!!" Ryn caught the blade with his bare hands, half-kneeling on the ground.
Theresa kicked Ryn over and stepped on his face.
"Pah, scum!"
"I want them all, I won't give up a single one, how can you call me scum! Besides, I wasn't the one who initiated it!!"
"Just because you didn't initiate it, you can have them all!!! Go explain yourself in hell!"
Seeing that Theresa really wanted to chop him a few times, Ryn turned and fled. If he got hit by that Soulium cleaver, it would be a real disaster.
Ryn ran, and Theresa chased. The small, cute loli, looking fierce, chased after a graceful young man with a large cleaver, creating a beautiful scene in the academy.
"Tsk, what a messy circle."
The people left on the sofa couldn't help but marvel.
The commotion had lifted Otto's gloomy mood a little. He was going to verify what Ryn and Yae Sakura had said about souls.
Seeing Kallen's idle hands, Otto knew his chance had come.
"Big sister Kallen, I want a hug," Otto said, stretching out his arms and acting spoiled towards Kallen.
"Oh, it seems Luocha still dislikes me. Here, Kallen, you can hold her! I'm going to help Mei with the banquet." Yae Sakura handed little Otto to Kallen, looking a bit sad.
Kallen took Otto and pretended to be angry, pinching little Otto's nose. Then, smiling brightly, she held Otto, stood up, and kissed Sakura's cheek.
"It's okay, Sakura. Even if Luocha doesn't like you, you still have me! I like Sakura the most, most, most~"
"Mm..."
Yae Sakura covered her blushing face and quickly ran into the kitchen.
"No~ My big sister..." "No~ My Kallen..."
Hiyokumaru and Otto both bit their clothes, looking resentfully at Kallen and Yae Sakura respectively.
"You two little brats, mind your own business!"
Kallen lightly tapped Hiyokumaru and Otto on the head. These two precocious kids, what were they playing the victim for?
Otto snuggled into Kallen's arms. This was the tenderness he had longed for for hundreds of years.
"Kallen, do you know Vera?" Otto asked cautiously.
"Vera... Although I don't know which Vera you're talking about, I do know one~ But that was a long, long time ago. Otto and I picked her up from the battlefield... It's a pity I couldn't take care of her for long before I defected from Schicksal, but Otto will definitely take good care of her! Vera is our salvation..." Kallen thought for a moment, then spoke with nostalgia.
"Is that so..." Otto buried his head in Kallen's embrace, not daring to look at her.
Otto didn't know what a soul was truly like, but from this Kallen, he felt an unprecedented sense of reality.
Kallen thought she was a data entity resurrected by Ryn... but why did this data entity have memories that Otto had not given her...