I'm in the Teyvat running group

The Magic Missile is a case in point. This spell actually involves some of the principles of spatial and causal spells, but it is actually an evocation spell. If you are not a prophetic school of thought, you can say that you will suffer if you do not learn it.

The same applies to Yunxiu. In the early battles, magic missiles really helped him a lot. It wasn't until he was dealing with legendary monsters that magic missiles gradually became a trump card. But in reality, his magic missiles are still quite powerful.

"Is the principle behind those magic missiles related to space?"

"No, but it's actually a very good starting point. Oh, here comes the Moon Shaving, and he says it's the best, of course."

A figure suddenly fell from the sky, landing at the entrance of the hall before transforming into an ordinary middle-aged man. Even so, he could not conceal his otherworldly and ethereal aura.

He looked at the doorway in surprise, seemingly not expecting so many people to come, but he calmly walked in quickly.

Seemingly somewhat unaccustomed to the situation, everyone fell silent for a long time. Several minutes later, Xiaoyue gently raised her hand, and twenty-five light orbs appeared at her fingertips. Then she said, "Today, we will talk about magic missiles."

"This technique seems simple, but it hides the principles of spatial magic..." Looking at the curious eyes of the students below the stage, Xiaoyue seemed to have finally calmed down. With a light flick of her hand, dozens of light bullets flew towards a leaf outside the classroom, making dozens of holes in the leaf.

He stretched out his hand, smiled, and picked up the leaf, then looked at all the students below and asked, "Gentlemen, why does this light blast bend?"

"Because it floated there?" A student cautiously raised his hand, but Xiaoyue smiled and shook her head.

"Is it because the shortest distance is when turning?" Another student seemed to relax a bit after seeing Xiaoyue's attitude: "But isn't the straight line the shortest? Why is the curve the shortest?"

“You’re right, the curve is indeed the shortest—because space isn’t a straight line.” Xiao Yue conjured dozens more magic missiles in his hand, examining them closely, and then laughed heartily.

"The space of Teyvat itself is not a straight line, but rather curved and uncertain. The magic missiles travel along the path of space itself, not the path you think they travel."

Chapter 381 The Seven Gods of Heaven Gather Again

Yunxiu originally thought that Xiaoyue would teach in a rather obscure and difficult way, which was within his expectations, since Xiaoyue was only given the opportunity to experience life in the beginning.

Although the Tai Academy still offered an annual salary of two million Mora plus a small courtyard house, he only needed to attend one class per week. The Li Shui Academy offered similar treatment.

This is basically a perk for the immortals. After all, having such a powerful being permanently stationed in Liyue Harbor is certainly a good thing. As for classes and such, consider them as an extra perk. Therefore, Yunxiu and Tianji didn't have much confidence in these two...

Unexpectedly, Xiaoyue's lectures were truly profound and clear, explaining the spatial principles of low-level spells in great detail. At the end of the lesson, he even released his improved magic missiles, increasing the number of missiles at each level from one to two, doubling their combat power. Naturally, the effect on Yunxiu himself was not significant, but it was a boon for all mages who had not yet broken through to the legendary level.

"Are you surprised? Master has always taught in this way, so it's easy for us disciples to learn. But I didn't expect Master to teach these things so well."

"I've been discussing Dao with this old deer for so many years, and I know his level. As long as it doesn't involve crucial matters, he's still very reliable."

The lesson was taught quickly, but for most students, the knowledge they gained from this lesson was likely to be more than what they would gain from years of studying spellbooks. This top Teyvat immortal's mastery of spatial magic was indeed far beyond most people's imagination. Yunxiu initially thought he might be on par with Alice.

But judging from the current situation, Xiaoyue's cultivation level is clearly higher.

"The class is over, and he left quickly. I knew he still didn't dare to interact with students outside." Watching Xiaoyue transform into a streak of light and disappear after finishing his lesson, Xianyun made a rather disdainful sound. After sensing for a moment, he continued, "It seems he has returned to his residence. Let's go take a look."

The four of them arrived at the small courtyard that the Imperial Academy had prepared for Xiaoyue. Although it was called a small courtyard, it was not small in size.

It is about ten meters wide and about fifteen meters deep, a small courtyard with two floors of rooms. It is basically only for one or two teachers to live in. This is a house prepared for legendary powerhouses. It doesn't look very big on the outside, but it actually has space expansion inside.

As for the arrangements, you can submit them to someone from the Imperial Academy, or you can arrange them yourself. However, given Lao Lu's aesthetic sense, he'll probably do it himself most of the time...

As soon as she entered, Yunxiu saw her son Yunsong reading a handwritten spellbook under a ginkgo tree on the side, while Xiaoyue stood beside him with her hands behind her back, looking at it carefully.

"Xiaoyue, with your senses, you should have noticed that we're waiting for you. Why didn't you wait a bit and come back together?" Xianyun crossed his arms and glanced at Yunsong again: "How can a child understand this level of spellbook?"

“He does understand. This child saw my life force the moment he saw me. He is very suitable for cultivating this lineage of magic passed down by the Emperor. After Yi Xiaodao Tian perished, no one has learned this lineage since.” Xiao Yue smiled faintly and patted Yun Song’s little head, saying, “Yi Xiaodao Tian’s physical cultivation is the strongest among all of us. The perception of life force is the foundation of the method.”

Xianyun remained silent for a moment. Yunxiu hadn't expected Yunsong to have such exceptional talent in this area. It was likely because Aru's soul possessed an extremely strong ability to sense life force. The methods of Heguan might also be related to this. However, Yunxiu had actually read through all the information that Heguan had unearthed. It wasn't that there was nothing at all, but rather that it wasn't very relevant.

Could it be due to the gene optimizer? That's possible...

Perhaps because these words touched on something painful for Xianyun, she left after a few casual words, while Sasa Yuro and Tsukihime stayed behind.

It seemed that Yun Song had basically finished his homework. The group casually found a table and sat down to drink tea.

However, after only a few minutes of drinking, Zhongli and Ruotuo returned together. They were clearly surprised to see the four of them gathered together, especially Ruotuo, the Dragon King, whose expression seemed to be that of someone who had seen something terrifying.

"I never expected you to actually come here to teach. When the Emperor told me this news, I thought he was joking." Tuozi sat down casually, his eyes wide open: "How could he really agree? Did Yunxiu use some strange magic?"

"There's nothing wrong with coming to teach, and I can also mentor some apprentices." Xiaoyue didn't feel any pressure, after all, the immortals were just joking around.

“Alright, I’ll believe you for now…” Ruotuo Dragon King scratched his head, then said seriously, “But since it’s rare for us to get together, let’s call the others over too. Now that Guizhong is back, we can talk about many things. The Seven Gods just met and discussed the current situation in Teyvat.”

“Then I…” Yueji quietly peeked out, about to speak, but was interrupted by Zhongli.

“When Yueji goes back, your mother will probably say the same thing to you. Why don’t you just listen here and save yourself the trouble of running back and forth?” Zhongli’s expression was quite serious, which Yueji, the mischievous child, sensed was completely different.

"What's going on? Aunt Bai Chen didn't say anything when she was resurrected a while ago, did she?"

"I advise you to wait for the Emperor to explain things clearly. After all, given his status, even if we communicate telepathically like this, he will be able to hear us."

"what!"

Yueji looked up abruptly and saw Zhongli's ambiguous smile. She instantly wilted like a frostbitten eggplant and even said somewhat guiltily, "Your Majesty, if I say that I really don't have any other information, would you believe me (?﹏?)?"

“Of course I believe you, but I think you probably don’t want me to say a few more words to your mother.” Zhongli said with a smile, “You should stay by Yunxiu’s side this time. I will explain things to your mother on your behalf.”

Although the reason was unknown, Yueji seemed to have heard good news and quickly changed her mindset. She sat quietly next to Yunxiu. Soon, almost all the immortals of Liyue turned into light and landed in the courtyard. Xianyun, who had just left, Lishui, who lived next to Xiaoyue, Narumi, who was pondering something at the Archaeological Association, Ganyu and her mother Ganlin, Grandma Ping, Yanfei and her father, and all the immortals, big and small, landed here.

Finally, there's the immortal Gui Zhong, who was just pulled out of the ley lines a few days ago. He's one of the current demon gods of Liyue.

Yunxiu even saw several immortals who only appeared in legends but never actually appeared.

As Zi Bai's feet gently landed in the courtyard, all the immortals finally arrived.

"Everyone, this is the third time I have gathered the immortals... and the second time Gui Zhong has participated in the gathering." Zhong Li waved his hand as everyone arrived, then looked at Yun Xiu and smiled, "The first thing... is to introduce Li Yue's new immortal. Some of you may have met him before, and some may not, but he is not younger than any of you. You can address him as fellow Daoist."

Most people here have seen Yunxiu before, or at least heard of it, so they pass by quickly.

"As for the second matter... it is something I discussed with the gods a few days ago. Teyvat has now reached a critical juncture. We must do something very important in order to truly usher in the final moment."

"Your Majesty, I heard that after Sister Guizhong returned, the Seven Rulers and the Dragon Kings had a gathering. Is this true?" Yanfei's father stood up and said, "Could it be that another war between demons and gods is about to begin? But the gathering of the gods should be to resolve this matter. Is that how I should interpret it?"

"It's not that a war between demons and gods is about to begin, but something even more important than that. Ruotuo, you tell us."

“Alright.” Ruotuo Dragon King was quite pleased. He was someone who really enjoyed doing this kind of thing. Looking at the bustling crowd of immortals, he slowly said, “Teyvat is now almost entirely enveloped by the Abyss, and the Abyss’s envelopment is making the barrier of Teyvat thinner and thinner.”

"Although we can alleviate the situation through some means, time is running out. Alice and Ms. Barbielos of the Witches' Guild summoned all the ruling gods a few days ago precisely for this matter."

"The Seven Gods' final decision was to release some of the pressure from the Abyss into Teyvat through an opening, then purify or seal it away. This would alleviate the pressure as much as possible and also reduce the intensity of future wars."

"If that's the case, then can't we just go through the Dead Domain directly? We in Liyue can easily send some of our immortals to carry out missions in the Dead Domain." Lishui Dieshan asked, puzzled, "The Dead Domain is already severely polluted, so even if some problems arise, they should be insignificant, right?"

“Unfortunately, according to Ms. Barbiros’s calculations, that’s not the case.” Ruotuo Dragon King nodded to Lishui to sit down first before continuing, “Because this time we actually need to open a gap in the False Heaven, so it will be much more troublesome.”

"Our final choice is to open the False Heaven, releasing a portion of the Abyss's power into Nordkalai. This would also allow us to smoothly complete the mission of extraditing the 'True Moon.'"

"And this 'flood' power and the demons will require everyone's joint efforts to deal with; all seven gods will be involved this time."

Chapter 382 Dragon Devours the Void Realm: Disaster Strikes

“The Abyss power surged from all over Teyvat during the breach five hundred years ago; it existed in Inazuma, Soroku, and Mondstadt. Won’t it appear again this time?” Narumi Kizaru can be considered one of the victims of the Abyss’s corruption. He looked at Zhongli and Ruotuo and asked quite seriously, “If that’s the case, doesn’t that mean that even if the Seven Gods intervene this time, they might not be able to reach the front lines?”

“This abyss pollution is controllable. The Seven Gods will face different opponents, so the pollution should not occur in any country. However, the Seven Gods are indeed unable to go to the front lines.” Ruo Tuo Dragon King nodded, and then added, “If the Seven Gods defeat the enemy, they will return to help as soon as possible. But unfortunately, you cannot even intervene in the other area’s opponents.”

The immortals present fell silent. Nata's Night Watchers War was actually relatively easy because the preparations were so thorough that the battle for resurrection and return was also relatively easy.

Aside from being a bit tired, the immortals who went to Nata to fight didn't actually suffer too much pain, which is completely different from what the Emperor said today.

“If we don’t speak up this time, the final outcome will probably be that the Abyss will overflow to all countries.” Granny Ping sighed, thought for a while, and then continued, “I know about the situation in recent years. Hu Tao just recently orchestrated the Eight Wonders Peach Refining Capital. A lot of the black energy of the calamities is actually a kind of Abyss.”

“Yes, if I’m not mistaken, Inazuma will likely face a similar disaster soon… Although the last Divine Cherry Blossom Purification cleaned up a lot, Inazuma is still too close to the Dark Sea.” Yunxiu squeezed Yueji’s small hand before continuing, “Without any additional help, we really can only rely on ourselves to find a solution now.”

"So, what is the time?"

"Nine months... to be precise, it's eight and a half months from now, so we have about seven months to prepare." Ruo Tuo Dragon King looked at the immortal who had spoken and sighed, "But in reality, we don't have that much time. We might need to conduct an experiment during the Moon Festival. This time, let's try something simpler, such as trying to find the origin of Maxius."

Rice crust?

There's even something about him...

Yunxiu scratched his head. This was something he hadn't expected at all, although in reality, finding the origin was indeed simpler than opening a gate...

Maxius, also known as Guoba, poured his power into the earth for Liyue to resolve the issue of the Demon God's remains. Although this resolution was a one-time event, there is no guarantee that there will be no chance of recovery. Guoba's original power still exists; he just needs to be re-injected or returned to possess the Demon God's power.

Liyue currently has three genuine Demon God-level combatants. Of course, the Emperor has an incarnation, so there should be four or five, but Guiji is not good at combat.

Although the Demon God of the Hearth is also not good at fighting, this demon god has other strengths, and because its essence is not truly one of destruction, but merely shrinking after losing power, its resurrection will not cause any waves, which is different from returning to the end.

The final outcome actually hinged on a crucial point, namely the critical period of the battle in Nata, coupled with the demise of Gusteau and Nata's own resurrection mechanism from the Nightwatch Wars, which is why it succeeded. However, in reality, it was naturally not that simple.

"I would like to ask Your Majesty, who exactly is the opponent that the Seven Gods are facing this time... At least there was a clear objective in the incident in Kanria five hundred years ago. Is the objective this time so simple?" It was Gan Lin who spoke. She was also the most composed among all the immortals present. After all, for this immortal, the most important thing now was probably no longer life or death.

“I cannot say, for if I do, he will know who it is. In fact, our conversation this time was also conducted on the other side of the ‘door’.” Zhongli glanced at Gan Lin and said, “I suppose you all can already guess who our opponent is this time, so I don’t need to say more.”

Yunxiu nodded, and several immortals around her also showed expressions of sudden realization. None of them were fools, so they could naturally guess who they were going to deal with.

The Nibelungen is the opponent who manipulates a portion of the Abyss's will behind the scenes, and even has an opponent who is like a 'Black Angel'!

Many of the immortals had fought alongside the Emperor in the war between demons and gods, and most of them had experienced the battle five hundred years ago. Naturally, they knew who their opponent was, and soon everyone fell silent.

However, after saying this, the matter was basically over. Ruo Tuo Dragon King and Zhong Li casually gave a few more instructions and then let the immortals leave, leaving only Yue Ji, Gui Zhong, Xiao Yue, and Yun Xiu behind. The group followed Zhong Li to Xiao Yue's room, which had been expanded and was similar to the place Yun Xiu had seen Xiao Yue in Nata.

Ding!

With a flick of his finger, Zhongli activated Jade Star of Eternal Protection, sealing off the space once again. The entire small space was firmly locked, effectively separating it from Teyvat itself.

This is also why Yunxiu knows Zhongli's usual methods, and even wants to learn them, but it is clear that this is not something Yunxiu can learn, at least not now, because at least the spell Yunxiu has seen is more and more powerful each time. She has seen him use this spell four or five times. This time, perhaps because it is indeed much more important, the Emperor is probably going all out... probably?

With a constitution modifier of 68 and a saving throw difficulty of DC50, plus an additional 1200% boost based on elemental energy, this is still the base shield.

"Morax... This is the second time I've seen you go all out recently. Is it because what you're about to explain is just too important?" King Ratna shook his head and said helplessly, "Although I know it's necessary, there's no need to be so nonchalant. At least show your true form, right?"

“You don’t have any either?” Zhongli said with a smile, then glanced at the others present: “The immortals certainly don’t know everything, but this is for their own good. The core matters are not suitable to be told to everyone.”

Yunxiu finally understood what was going on with Zhongli. Even if you saw him unleash his full power, you can't say for sure if it was his true full power. Theoretically, Zhongli's complete form is the combination of the three and the use of the power of laws and contracts. It's just that the power of this complete form is too terrifying.

So what I saw before was most likely one of his three incarnations... and even the incarnations weren't using their full power.

Just like how Yunxiu can now throw a magic missile without using his full strength, even so, his level 12 magic missile can still deal 360 million damage in one hit, which is enough to kill most level 9 monsters.

Of course, it's a bit weaker than Zhongli's avatar casually throwing out shields worth tens of millions, but this is an Emperor, isn't he? There aren't many people in Teyvat who can surpass him.

Zhongli pondered for a while before recounting the details, and Yunxiu finally understood what had happened at the end of the Nata War.

Simply put, the war had actually already taken place once. The Sky Rulers Asmodern and Nibelungen did want to intervene in the resurrection of the End, but they were stopped. Zhongli, in his full form, fought with the Nibelungen's messenger. The Sky Rulers were forced to retreat by the threat from the Witches' Guild, which is why Zhongli arrived late, because the battle had just ended at that time.

The Seven Gods gathered for this very reason, along with six witches from the Witches' Guild and five elemental dragon kings. Of course, Funina didn't go, but Vilette was present.

The Fire Dragon King has vanished, and although the Ice Dragon King is still relatively weak, he also participated. The Thunder Dragon King has disappeared, but Thunder King took Serania with him. This gathering took place outside Teyvat, which was also to "keep the secret."

In Teyvat, any exit will be recorded by the ley lines, and once recorded, many things are irreversible.

Therefore, even Zhongli is unlikely to speak directly. If he were to cover up the fates of so many people, he would be discovered. So, in reality, only Xiaoyue is still "within the world," while the others are not recorded, so there is naturally no major problem.