I'm in the Teyvat running group

And those who did not escape from under the Heavenly Nails... naturally, the same applies.

However, as we delve deeper and conceptual things become more and more prevalent, even products like raw stones are unlikely to exist anymore. Instead, many things are vague, like souls or consciousness, such as celestial spirits. Although they do exist and can be perceived to some extent, they are actually untouchable. What you touch is only the celestial spirit's perception.

Night Goddess herself seemed to sense a strange energy entering, and soon she extended a wisp of energy to Yunxiu's side.

"Hmm?" Sensing this peculiar energy, Yunxiu easily took a step and arrived directly in the deepest, strange space. Here, reality began to return. A strange building stood at the core of the Night God's kingdom. Yunxiu knew that this should be the body of the "Night God".

Compared to what we see in the game, the Night God here seems much more realistic. He probably does have more support and didn't encounter any major upheavals 500 years ago.

"It is you... the one who once fought against the Primordial One."

"The Primordial... Heavenly Principle? No, that's not right either. This is actually a question I've never been able to understand. Since the Nibelungen are the creators of the world, why is Heavenly Principle, who came later, called the 'Primordial'?" Yunxiu asked with considerable confusion. This was a question that had been troubling him since he started studying the Primordial Theory.

"The 'primordial' referred to here is the 'primordial' of the laws and the world, not the world itself. The primordial completely changed the world, and even reshaped it to a certain extent..."

"I see... If that's the case, then if someone recreates the world in the future, wouldn't that person also be called the Primal?" This was something Yunxiu had been wondering about. If that were the case, the original storyline should have been that the Traveler would eventually recreate Teyvat, so the Traveler would indeed become the Primal...

"It seems that I accomplished quite a lot in the other timeline, and it seems that you were not greatly harmed."

"Yes, five hundred years ago, the original you left behind the 'lower corpse' which left the kingdom of the Night God and transformed into the power of the Dragon King, sealing the loopholes in the world... giving me more power."

Severing the Three Corpses? When did I learn this? Wait, it seems Zhongli mentioned it to me before, and we even had some conversations about my past self? So what exactly happened on this other timeline?

In other words, on that timeline, I successfully severed my three corpses. The upper, middle, and lower corpses were born in a peculiar way and then became the third descendant, a great being of the dragon race, and the supreme being who could ascend the throne of Heavenly Principle in the future. These were "my" three corpse gods.

If that's the case, it certainly explains a lot of things.

The three Yunxiu did many things in different directions, left behind a lot of clues, and profoundly changed the history of Teyvat.

Judging from the characteristics and personalities of the three corpses, the lower corpse is most likely that great being of the dragon race...

There's been very little information about the Corpse so far. It's possible that it transformed into the Third Adventist, or that it had some kind of agreement with the Third Adventist, allowing them to coexist. This wouldn't be unusual in Teyvat history.

The corpse then ascended to godhood at some point in the future, but regretted it... and then passed on its influence back.

“Was my ‘corpse’ from five hundred years ago the one who possessed the power of the dragon race?” Yunxiu asked cautiously. “So he was able to forcibly steal the power of the Nibelung root using the Ascension Technique and then forcibly seal the rift?”

"I sensed the aura of the dragon race from him... I took him in about six thousand years ago, but he never said who he was. He would only occasionally use the life force he had painstakingly accumulated to go out a few times. After he returned about thirteen hundred years ago, he never went out again until five hundred years ago."

Over 1,300 years ago... that was probably around the time the Four Winds Guardians were established. If it really was his own corpse, then going out at that time would most likely be to awaken Venti so that he could deal with the situation in New Mondstadt.

When Mondstadt was first established, it was ruled by three great houses. However, the Lawrence family betrayed Mondstadt's creed, overthrew the statue of the Anemo Archon, and established a dark regime. Vanessa, a Munata exiled to Mondstadt, successfully challenged the dragon Usagi with the help of Wendy, established the Knights of Favonius, and became the lord of Mondstadt and the first Grand Master of the Knights of Favonius. The era of the Knights of Favonius truly began.

As for five hundred years ago, it should be when he, having accumulated energy for over eight hundred years, finally sensed that gap.

No wonder the Emperor could sense his condition, and no wonder the words, "Emperor, I can barely be considered your child..." came out of his mouth.

It's no wonder that Zhongli said he would see the real me in the future. Whether the real me refers to the present Yunxiu or the future Yunxiu who defeats Tianli and ascends to godhood, Zhongli will definitely see him.

And it's even possible that they've already met once before.

As for why "Long Yunxiu," who had clearly seen the Emperor at birth, ultimately denied her own existence and even said that it was the only time they met, it was probably because she didn't want the Emperor to know about her situation... at least to ensure that this old father wouldn't be so bothered by her sacrifice.

If it were Yunxiu herself, she would definitely do the same.

When something is destined to require sacrifices, the best approach is to minimize the psychological burden on everyone involved.

"So, do you know where his wife, Taranis, went?" Yunxiu thought for a moment. If she could find this angel now, it would be a good way to find out. Moreover, she was indeed his "wife." After all, one of the Three Corpse Gods was also a complete self. However, even now, the "Severing of the Three Corpses" had not actually happened.

Yunxiu probably figured out what was going on with this timeline.

It is highly likely that Yunxiu himself failed at some point in the future, and then severed his three corpses, putting himself into different time periods. The most crucial corpse went to challenge the laws of nature and sat on the path that he had no choice but to sit on.

After all three corpses tried and failed, it is very likely that they used some kind of magic to tamper with time, reset their own timeline, and were "born" in Liyue again, the same time when Yunxiu's mother and they suffered together.

One of his three corpses married Taranis. This event had not yet occurred in his own timeline, but it had already happened in the past timeline. He just hadn't experienced it yet. For his present self to go back to the past, this was the future for him, but for the world, it was already a fait accompli.

His own deceased companion lamented that he had rejected many relationships in his life, which left him with many regrets. If he could do it all over again, he would naturally not reject Xiangling.

This is probably the fundamental reason why she didn't subconsciously reject so many girls after her timeline was reset... Yunxiu really couldn't imagine how much Xiangling must have suffered in the previous timeline.

"Taranis... is my friend. You sent her to another world to preserve her last secret. She will return at the most opportune time."

Yunxiu nodded. It was normal that Yeshen didn't know about this. The only one who knew about it was probably Taranis. Yunxiu guessed that even he himself probably didn't know. He probably used teleportation to randomly find a safe world and then forcibly sent himself there using the Prayer spell.

However, in that world, Taranis was also known as the "Descendant".

"So, what kind of help do you need now, or is there anything you need to tell me?"

"Taranis is an archangel of Mondstadt, and I am an archangel of Nata. In the beginning, there were eight angels under the command of the first angels. Among all these angels, 'Marikata' and 'Zibai' are the two most special. Now, both of them are in a strange state, and they may be fully resurrected. I hope you can lend them a helping hand."

"As for me... I have basically completed the gathering of the ley lines. As long as I defeat 'Gustot', I can survive for a long time. Heaven will not pay too much attention to me... He no longer has the energy for that."

"Why are these two angels... so special? Could it be that they are not only angels, but also have a crucial connection with other beings?" This was also what puzzled Yunxiu, because the Emperor had previously said that he would ask Zibai to find her, but according to the Night God's current words, it seemed that the two of them were in a very special situation...

Chapter 341 Time Sand Reshaping and Soul Forging Light

"Zibai... is in a peculiar state of neither dying nor living. The 'Lord of Time' condensed her state into that moment, and the 'Lord of Rock' also bestowed upon her the technique to sever her three corpses. What is active outside is her three corpse gods, but this is not long-lasting... and this torment will continue for a long time."

This was similar to what I had guessed. Zibai was a peculiar being living in this world, but this did come at a price.

Just as Zibai himself said, "One day on earth is a hundred years in heaven." In that kind of space, there must be an endless torrent of time, endlessly cycling through the changes of time without being able to feel them and the crazy arrival of time. This is an extremely terrifying sight, and it is even beyond words.

In this situation, Zibai's personality would inevitably be distorted.

Moreover, since it's a state between life and death, how to come back to life is still a big question.

Since the Emperor hasn't contacted me yet, it means there's no solution. I'll wait until there is.

"I've heard some things about Zi Bai's situation from the 'Lord of Rock' you mentioned, so I'm fairly clear on it. As for her Three Corpse Gods, since they're still around, there must be a way for her to survive." Yun Xiu thought for a moment and decided to put that issue aside for now, because it was definitely under the Emperor's control. The fact that he hadn't come looking for her yet meant that the problem hadn't been solved.

As for when it will be resolved... given the relationship between Zibai and the Moon, it's highly likely that the Colombian issue will also need to be addressed.

In the original story, Columbia's problem was completely solved by pulling the moon into the false heaven. This is actually not that difficult now, but Yunxiu actually wants to rescue the Goddess of March as well. The Goddess of March is still very useful, and it would be good even if she could be rescued to become the administrator of her own world.

Moreover, he was originally influenced by the PhD, the rich man, the rooster, and even Huo Dewang, but now that he has killed the PhD and arrested the rich man once, he has become much more obedient, and the rooster goes without saying.

According to Ying, Huo Dewang was eliminated in Nordkale some time ago.

Therefore, there are definitely not that many competitors, so naturally, more ways can be found to solve these problems. As for how to solve them... we'll have to wait and see. Right now, my most important task is to solve the existing problems.

"But does that 'Marikata' have anything to do with our current situation?" This was the question that Yunxiu was more puzzled about. There was very little information about the Flower Goddess in the original story. Only a few pieces of information were passed down, and they all stopped abruptly after the Flower Goddess's death. She had no clue what kind of deity this was.

"Yes... Marikata's identity is not simple. Not only is she an angel like me, but she is also our mother, the daughter of the first angel. That's why she was pursued by the primordial offspring and the master of the World Tree..."

"She holds the most secrets and has the freest identity. Although she doesn't have the deep relationship with the Red King as the legends suggest, it was still a 'rebellion' he wanted to launch, but it didn't succeed. However, I know that Marikata actually escaped the attack of the Sky Nails and has survived to this day."

The Goddess of Flowers... is she still alive?

This... is unlikely, right? You know, the Crimson King is truly dead. Although the Tree God is not dead, he is indeed very secretive about that history because the forbidden knowledge did happen. Back then, he brought back a mushroom beast from the bottom of the Abyss of Layered Rocks. When the Tree King was about to leave, he even gave him a divine artifact.

This at least shows that not much of that history has changed, and that the goddess of flowers is indeed very likely dead.

"If you can find the Flower Goddess, then the matter that Lord Vulcan discussed with me some time ago will have a greater chance of success... My friend's secrets are more numerous than we imagined."

Hmm... If that's the case, it's definitely worth searching for the Flower Goddess. But if the Flower Goddess is really still alive, in what form would she appear?

In the original story of Genshin Impact, the identity of the Flower Goddess is not explicitly stated, but the original angel did exist, namely the so-called "Morning Star Goddess" Koitar, and her lover was the boy possessed by the Third Adventist, the Saint of Zhongbei Serdavonen, who is also one of the incarnations of Yunxiu.

Yunxiu guessed that one of her incarnations was the Third Descendant, but it seems that the Third Descendant might be someone else, namely Salerenin who was cut into seven pieces, and Yunxiu herself was possessed and then cooperated with him.

If Flora Marikata is indeed the daughter of the original angel, then she, like Serania, is also her own child?

Serania is the "First Sea Gods' Envoy," but in reality, she is the child of the Dragon Clan's Supreme Elder and the angel Taranis. If Marikata is indeed her and Koitar's child, then it is not surprising that she is the First Angel's Daughter and the leader of the Seven Angels.

But the problem is, if that's the case, it's impossible that I didn't leave any information behind...

Even a word or two of wisdom would be helpful, but right now we're completely clueless.

"She is the daughter of the first angel, so who is her father? If we want to find this angel, where should we look?" Completely clueless, Yunxiu could only continue to ask the Night God what was going on, but since the Night God hadn't revealed this information from the beginning, she probably didn't know either.

"Angels do not reproduce through union, but are born from the heart; Marikata is an example of this..."

"As for how to find her, that angel is related to the 'Lord of Time,' so if 'time' exists in the place of the Lord of the Red Sands or the Lord of the Rainforest, it is very likely that she exists there."

"Eternal Oasis? I don't know if you've ever heard of that name."

Of all the things related to time in Sumeru, this was the only one Yunxiu could think of: time is frozen in the Eternal Oasis.

"No... I've heard of the existence of the Eternal Oasis. The Eternal Oasis is essentially the power of dreams, a frozen slice of a dream, which is why it can exist eternally. But this is not the power of 'time'."

"The true power of 'time' lies in its ability to be reshaped or constructed; this is the true meaning of time."

Can time be reshaped or reconstructed?

If that's the case... then there is indeed someone in Sumeru who seems to have encountered the magic of time.

That's Farusan. Although this old lady is said to have traveled through a hundred years, she was actually influenced by the Red King's Ruins. She herself has no concept of a hundred years, and her mind is no different from a hundred years ago. In reality, she is only about 20 years old... Yunxiu worked with Farusan for a period of time.

It's clear that time has affected Farusian, which is why she's reached this point.

Moreover, she was influenced within the ruins of the Red King, so it's quite possible that Farusan actually came into contact with all of this.

Seeing Yunxiu deep in thought, Ye Shen seemed to understand something and quietly spoke up.

"It seems you already know some information... then I won't disturb you any longer. Once we find that person, we can begin this final battle... and also the one Lord Vulcan once mentioned..."

"Hargentus, once the ruler of the mortal realm and one of the guardian deities of Liyue..."

After saying this, Night Goddess quietly fell silent, as if the long conversation had completely exhausted her energy. However, Yunxiu could sense that her power was still maintaining the progress of the Night Watchers' war. A large number of monsters were being eliminated, and many strange things were being sorted out by these people.

Some of the warriors even began cleaning up the environment for Night God, clearing away some ruins and debris...

This is something that is done in every Nightwatch War.

Yunxiu did not leave immediately, but instead joined the warriors in clearing out the monsters. His powerful combat strength made dealing with these things much easier, and even several legendary figures combined could not reach his level. In terms of pure combat strength, the difference might not be that great, but Yunxiu had far too many methods.

The spell to summon elemental spirits was also easily mastered by him, summoning tens of thousands with a wave of his hand. Although he didn't have the power to summon hundreds of thousands with a single move like Funina, the sheer number of elemental spirits was enough to easily deal with most of the small and medium-sized monsters. Many of the elemental spirits he summoned were already at the seventh or eighth ring level, which was weaker than the average seventh or eighth ring spellcaster, but their sheer number made up for it.

Dozens of eighth-ring mages firing magic missiles in unison can take down many monsters, and in terms of strength, Yunxiu's own base bonus is too high, making his elemental spirit combat power extremely terrifying.

Now that the Seven Dragons Staff has been fully fused, it has a whopping 35 points of Intelligence modifier! What does that mean? Generally speaking, these summoned monsters maintain their health and attack power based on the caster's own modifier. Such a high modifier directly results in terrifying numbers. Although due to specialization and a series of other reasons, it often cannot be compared with professionals, it is still very powerful.

Moreover, he has many wide-range support spells, which have greatly enhanced the combat power of many people.

It was precisely because of this that the Night Watchers War ended very smoothly, eliminating a large number of monsters in a short period of time.

Upon returning to Nata, Yunxiu quickly sought out True Monarch Xiaoyue Zhuyang and the legendary expert sent by Sumeru, now the Grand Disciplinary Officer of the Instruction Academy, Seno, to discuss the situation.

How can we find the ruins that Farusan once entered in the Sumeru Desert and discover the existence of the Flower Goddess?

Chapter 342 Seeking Miracles Across a Thousand Valleys

Seno's strength was naturally extremely formidable. Even before he had fully acquired Hermanubis's legacy, he was already a legendary powerhouse, far surpassing most ordinary legends in strength. That's why he was able to suppress the Order of the Church almost single-handedly.