In a certain mountain village in Shenzhou...
A certain lucky person was kneeling on the ground, looking at the glowing magic circle before her.
As a first-time summoner, a girl named Yang Yuxin, who had never encountered any mysteries other than Honkai, didn't know if this was a normal phenomenon.
Even her exposure to Honkai was only because her parents died at the hands of Honkai Beast.
She didn't know if such a summoning duration was normal, so she could only kneel on the prayer mat, closing her eyes and praying to the idol in the magic circle.
The magic circle, which had been flickering with a fixed rhythm like breathing, suddenly burst into dazzling light. Even with her eyes closed, she felt it.
When she opened her eyes, she saw an unfamiliar figure standing before her.
The idol in Yang Yuxin's home was a family heirloom passed down from countless generations ago.
Unfortunately, this heirloom wasn't valuable; its material was just ordinary clay, without even a coat of paint.
But with one glance at the figure before her, she knew she had succeeded.
Her long crimson hair gently fluttered in the breeze, and her adorable face even made Yang Yuxin feel that the young woman before her was about the same age as herself. However, the composure in her eyes told her that the person before her was a very mature adult.
And her sexy, mature figure was also proof of this.
A loli face with a huge bust...
It was probably like that.
Although there was a slight difference from the idol, having looked at the idol for so many years, Yang Yuxin recognized the person before her at first glance.
"Scarlet Phoenix Immortal! This is great, thank you for responding to my prayer."
Listening to the young girl's voice, Fu Hua looked at her own body with some surprise.
Not to mention the red hair, Fu Hua didn't remember her figure being this good. Although she didn't care, such a change still made her a bit curious.
"It is I. What is your name?"
But more than her own changes, Fu Hua was more concerned about her Master before her.
"Um, my name is Yang Yuxin. Our family has always worshipped the Scarlet Phoenix Immortal, and I've always admired you."
"Yang Yuxin, is it?"
While Yang Yuxin nervously introduced herself, Fu Hua was also observing the little girl before her: fourteen years old, no older than fifteen, with a slight amount of Honkai energy in her body, but completely insufficient to be a warrior, and her movements showed no training.
Just an ordinary person...
Fu Hua made this judgment, but why would such an ordinary person...
"Why do you want to participate in the Holy Grail War?"
Fu Hua knew why Yang Yuxin was chosen: because her desire for the Holy Grail surpassed everyone else's.
Yes, that's right, everyone!
Yang Yuxin was not just in the top three; she was even the first place!
Others didn't know this, but Fu Hua, as Takatsuki's friend, did.
"I want to defeat Honkai!"
Defeat Honkai…
What a direct answer. There are countless people in this world who want to defeat Honkai, but at present, only Yang Yuxin yearns for it to such an extent.
"Why do you want to defeat Honkai?"
To the Scarlet Phoenix Immortal's question, Yang Yuxin didn't hide anything. Although her language ability wasn't good, repeating herself constantly in many places and with somewhat jumbled sentence order, Fu Hua still understood what she wanted to express.
Yang Yuxin's parents both died at the hands of Honkai Beasts. According to her description, they were only rush-type Honkai Beasts, but for ordinary people, a rush-type is deadly enough.
In fact, the Yang family and Honkai seemed to have some inexplicable connection.
No one in the Yang family had ever died of old age. From their ancestors onward, people had constantly died at the hands of Honkai Beasts, as if it were a curse.
But each time, someone would narrowly escape death and procreate, repeating the cycle.
And now, only Yang Yuxin remains as the sole descendant of the Yang family.
The Yang family believed it wasn't just bad luck, but that they had been targeted by Honkai for some reason.
And a long, long time ago, an ancestor of the Yang family was once saved by an Immortal.
That's right, it was the Scarlet Phoenix Immortal whom they worshiped.
And that statue was carved by the ancestor based on a fleeting glimpse of the Immortal.
Afterward, some descendants of the Yang family would occasionally be saved by someone suspected to be an Immortal.
Entangled with Honkai to this extent, if it were anyone else, they might have become a warrior against Honkai long ago.
But for some reason, the Yang family members had always been ordinary people.
They even received immortal arts from the Immortal but couldn't learn them at all. They constantly tried to break the curse but couldn't find a way.
And in Yang Yuxin's generation, her parents also fulfilled the curse, dying at the hands of Honkai. So she wanted revenge, not just to break the curse. After learning about the Holy Grail, she made a decision.
To seek revenge against Honkai!
Even if it meant sacrificing her life, she would make Honkai pay the price.
"Descendants of someone I once saved, huh."
Fu Hua couldn't remember at all. It wasn't that she forgot; she simply couldn't forget memories. It was just that she had saved too many people, and she couldn't match them up at all.
"Can I see that secret manual?"
"Of course, Scarlet Phoenix Immortal."
Yang Yuxin immediately scurried back into the house and quickly retrieved a very old, yellowed book.
Seeing the cover, Fu Hua knew what it was.
Edge of Taixuan…
Fu Hua looked at the girl in front of her, her eyes filled with anticipation.
Even with a heart full of revenge, this girl had not been consumed by hatred to become a vengeful spirit.
Perhaps it was because the object of her revenge was special, or perhaps the girl herself wasn't entirely for revenge; the purpose of her revenge was simply to survive. Rather than revenge, it was a struggle.
A struggle for survival.
Fu Hua didn't ask anything more about whether she had truly considered participating in the Holy Grail War, nor did she mention the dangers of the Holy Grail War, because this girl had already made up her mind from the very beginning.
A pitiful and tragic girl…
"Yang Yuxin, you should know, the Holy Grail cannot defeat Honkai. That person also said so."
The girl nodded: "But he also said that one Holy Grail isn't enough. Since he said that, it means there's more than one Holy Grail, right? If one isn't enough, then use a second, a third! One day, Honkai will be defeated! No matter the cost!"
Fu Hua's eyes widened as she looked at the girl in front of her. She felt that she might have been a little wrong; this girl possessed a resolve that even she couldn't comprehend.
Unlike her own instinct to eradicate anything demonic, the young girl in front of her was truly walking this path with her own will.