In Douluo Continent, my summoning of Naxi Da was exposed by the heavens.

On the sky, Nasita assured the elemental being, "I will take responsibility for it, you don't need to worry."

Ouyang Kong then looked at Naxida beside him and asked, "Naxida, did you already prepare for the worst back then?"

Naxi Da nodded.

"Things can't go that smoothly, and Apep won't trust me. The fire can't be used only once. The Great Tree King was able to sacrifice himself to save Sumeru, so there's nothing I can't sacrifice myself for."

"Why are you, the god of wisdom, so impulsive?"

"It is precisely because I am the god of wisdom that I have chosen this safest method. Just as those elemental beings said, form is not important; essence will not easily change."

Ouyang Kong sighed, patted Naxida's head with great pity.

Of the seven gods, Nasita is the most pitiful.

The scene in the sky continued, with the elemental beings continuing to tell Nasita that the location of the Grass Dragon could be found through the fire.

"That's all I know. Let's get going!"

"And you?"

"Don't worry about me, you guys go home."

Everyone needs to go home, and you're no exception.

"I told you, I've lost my chance to be saved."

King of Grass, thank you for coming to me, thank you for saving the Grass Dragon.

Our clan's past has been protected, and our clan's future has been ensured. We have no regrets!

Before Nasita and the traveler's eyes, this elemental life form transformed back into a lump of pitch-black sludge.

The traveler then used the power of the Lumenite to save a small clump of elemental energy, which was then incorporated into another elemental life form.

"He's the one who deserves to go home; this is the ending he deserves. Thank you!"

As Apep looked at the sky, he was filled with emotion.

"Those little ones have done so much for me."

Apep sensed that new elemental life had been born in the small world within his body, but they had forgotten everything.

Their bodies are new, their memories are gone, are they still the same people? This is a difficult question to answer.

"Should we invite them here for a meeting? Oh well, let nature take its course. I, Appepp, am not so foolish as to actively invite a mere minor deity."

In the sky, Naxida, the traveler, and those elemental beings followed the guidance of the fire and arrived in the desert.

The weather in the desert was terrible, with sandstorms swirling around them.

"We felt her power all around us, sometimes approaching, sometimes moving away. This was her warning; she had already noticed us."

Just as Nasida and her group continued forward, Apep finally appeared.

So enormous, blotting out the sky, that it was the first time anyone other than the people of Tiandou City had ever truly witnessed Apep's massive body.

After witnessing Apep's power, the five great god-kings of the divine realm felt that even the Dragon God of yesteryear was utterly weak.

Neither they nor the Dragon God are capable of creating a small world within themselves, let alone nurturing living beings.

If Apep helps the dragons of the Douluo Continent world, they might be in some danger.

At that moment, Apep's magnetic and authoritative voice also rang out from the sky.

"Tiny gods, tiny humans, leave my territory. In this vast expanse of yellow sand, your frail lives cannot survive."

"We're here to rescue you, Appepp."

"I don't need to be saved, especially not by you, Bouyer."

"You are just like Amon, who existed for only a short time, yet you use the glory of the heavens to call yourself the lord of this place."

"You'd better look ahead at your own path; you'll end up repeating the same mistakes."

Despite Apep's uncooperative attitude, Nasita continued to patiently persuade him.

"I know you hate gods and humans, but you are already very weak. Why not put aside your hatred for now?"

"Put it aside for now! Hah, foolish Buyer, even if you save me, I won't be grateful to you. You are personally reviving the dragon that will destroy Sumeru and the Seven Kingdoms."

At this point, Appepp seems quite naive. A more cunning person would have accepted the rescue first and then turned their back on him.

Nasita didn't take Apep's words to heart. Even if Apep were to recover, she wouldn't have the power to destroy Teyvat.

She was like someone trying to persuade a sick child who wouldn't take their medicine, patiently and earnestly trying to convince them.

"Appepp, you're just sick..."

"That's right! Time will kill everyone. Although I am seriously ill, I am still lucid. I am not like those ancient dragons who compromised with you."

"There's really no need to go that far. What we need isn't confrontation, but the truth."

"Hmph, the truth! It is a shackle that even the god of wisdom cannot escape. I have already paid a heavy price for the truth, and you will sooner or later."

In fact, the Great Tree King had already paid the price of being completely forgotten, a price that was far more painful than Apep's torment by forbidden knowledge.

After saying this, Apep disappeared back into the yellow sand, unwilling to communicate with Nasida any further.

With Apep's disappearance, a new group of strange creatures appeared.

These are also elemental life forms, but they have completely adapted to the "apocalyptic" environment, losing so much, leaving only the obsession and instinct to survive.

"If forbidden knowledge were to run rampant in Teyvat, would all the people of Teyvat eventually become like that? It's hard to imagine what kind of apocalypse that would be."

Fish all over the world are stranded, unable to find a single source of water. It's so tragic.

"King of Grasses, they have been drawn here by the fire. Only the fire can temporarily suppress their pain."

The traveler replied, "We can't communicate; we have no choice but to fight."

"Please show mercy. They are not inherently bad; they are just trying to survive."

After a battle, these mutated elemental life forms were temporarily calmed down, but how to deal with them remains a problem.

"They want to go home."

"Yes, leaving the Grass Dragon's body wasn't their intention either."

"Is there any way to make them return to their elemental form? Years of suffering have made their appearance a shackle."

Perhaps only the Spark and Appepp's Oasis Heart can save them, but using the Spark would involve enormous risks.

Nasita now has to make a choice.

The other two elemental life forms gave the opposite answer.

"We must not use fire anymore!"

"It's not enough for us to go home."

After a brief moment of thought, Nasita used the power of the fire.

"This is a decision I made, and I will bear all the consequences."

Under the power of the fire, those mutated elemental life forms transformed back into elemental power and merged into the body of another elemental life form.