Xingtie: Starting with an in-depth analysis of the Yellow Springs

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The images flow and change.

A pearl tainted by a snake, a luminous crown.

Finally, Ying, leading a large army of abysses, confronted the laws of nature and clashed with the Seven Gods.

[Luminous: This is me, I've become the Abyss Princess. Why do I feel kind of cool, leading a massive army against all of Teyvat?]

[Fou: I never imagined that travelers from other timelines would embrace the Abyss and even attack us, the Seven Gods! Death penalty! Death penalty!]

[Star: Oh my god, I really want to be a villain too! As the saying goes, turning evil makes you ten times stronger, turning good makes you three times weaker.]

[Empty: Sister, what was I doing in that other timeline?! I failed to protect her.]

Bernice: This music, this rhythm, is so cool!

[That white-haired guy is your Tianli, but he's just so-so.]

Wendy: Don't get hung up on this, everyone. It's just a story from one timeline. Our travelers are the best. Also, they're the enforcers of justice, not justice itself.

[Qingque: Please, they only have one continent, don't bring up combat strength.]

The image is obscured by a book, on which a pink Intiwat flower model rotates.

The background sound changed to a dramatic singing.

The camera zooms out, and there lies there, fast asleep in a coffin filled with Intiwat flowers, clutching the book in her arms.

[Ying: Brother~, no! How could you just disappear like that? Waaah!]

【null:……】

[Nasita: I see. It's a time-space under a destiny where Kong is trapped in a deep slumber and has never awakened.]

[Hanabi: Hehehe! Interesting, the pleasures of other worlds excite me!]

[Yae no Miko: If Hibari hadn't woken up in time in our world, would Sora have ended up like that?]

[Paimon: No, the Traveler will definitely wake up. I'll stay with Luminous.]

[March 7th: Little Paimon, she seems quite extraordinary. Are there beings like her in your world?]

[Hu Tao: I've never seen this before, but Paimon is really cute.]

[Arataki Kazuto: Flying Dwarf Violet!]

Paimon: Cowherd! Why can't you call me that?

(The visuals have been edited; the seven gods are in their divine armor forms, so they can't recognize them yet.)

"Once upon a time, a glorious kingdom stood in the heavens."

Ying, now the princess of the abyss, strolled around with her brother.

"An heir embarks on a journey to find pearls."

The scene focuses on an empty embrace filled with books.

Ying, strolling along, gazed tenderly at Kong's face.

This was her only tenderness, shown only to her blood relatives.

In public, she is a cold and aloof princess, bringing disaster and sacrifice.

"She ascended the throne, and shadows flourished under her rule."

Finally, with a smile, she took one last deep look at the empty space, turned around, and went to dance gracefully in the open area under the night sky.

The camera zooms out, revealing the amethyst above and the sleeping void below.

"Brother, do you like this dazzling story I've woven?"

[Hanabi: Hotaru, I really think highly of you.]

[Ying: This...]

[Silver Wolf: She's taken a liking to you; she thinks you have a talent for pleasure.]

[Ying: No need. That's just me from another timeline.]

[Fireworks: There's always a reason behind everything; maybe you just haven't realized it yet.]

[Paimon: No, you can't lead the travelers astray!]

Klee: The Knight of Honor is so cool, I want to be a villain too!

[Jean: ...Klee, no.]

[March 7th: Ying, aren't you always traveling and helpful? That aligns perfectly with our pioneering spirit.]

Mona: Fate is unpredictable; every slight deviation can lead to a different outcome.

Chapter 56 Barbatos, Time and Wind

"Break those wings, tear apart the flower of life."

A fallen stone pillar, a feather drifting down.

The perspective extends forward, and on the shattered earth, Funina's figure, holding a scepter, appears particularly desolate.

Five Intiwat flowers, stained black, float above the ruins.

Shen Yuan Ying opened her arms and gently embraced her.

The petals then fell.

"Break the hourglass, and the sands of time will overflow the Holy Grail."

The camera zooms out, revealing countless sinister hands lurking about.

Dark purple sand, like fragments of time, flows continuously from the narrow opening of the hourglass.

It overflows from the Holy Grail and accumulates to form sand dunes.

[Colette: Isn't this a holy relic?]

[Lisa: Feather of Death, Flower of Life, Sands of Time, Goblet of Emptiness, but all have been corrupted by the power of the abyss.]

"Gods are nothing but puppets on strings."

The scene shifts to a broken naginata, a shattered spear, dilapidated magical artifacts, and a dull, lifeless one-handed sword.

Finally, there is the broken Sky Harp.

[Ling: Sister, you're so awesome! This is like a super cool female lead in a wish-fulfillment novel, it's so addictive!]

[Wendy: See? It was the Traveler who broke the Sky Harp. I didn't do it before.]

【fluorescent:……】

[Yae no Miko: Kage, your sword is broken too! Oh, poor thing!]

[Fou: Traveler, accept the judgment of the god of justice. I suspect you intend to harm me.]

[Keqing: Even the Emperor was defeated!]

[Sora: How about I go on a trip, and Ying, you be the princess?]

[Yuan Shang: I agree with both hands... and both feet.]

It's clear you have a deep obsession with the princess.

"I will re-weave the thread of fate."

Blacklight walked slowly forward.

Judging from the back view, it looks like he's holding something.

Shifting my gaze to the front, there sat the uncorrupted white light on the throne, shining like a holy angel, spotless in the light.

To dispel the abyss's aura.

"We will seize the crown and proclaim our sacred rights."

Black Ying raised his hand and placed the jet-black crown on White Ying's head.

He stroked her face with his right hand, a wicked smile playing on his lips.

The hand brushed past Ying's ear, and a jet-black flower of life was held in its grasp.

With a casual flick, the flower transforms into a divine heart.

Judging from its appearance, it is the one from the Wind God.

It was slowly lowered, like a chess piece precisely placed on the map of Mondstadt.

As the perspective rises, one can see that each country holds its own divine heart.

A blood-red cloud enveloped the entire map, accompanied by lightning and thunder.

It seems to be a sign of an impending crisis.

Finally, back in the magnificent castle, the curtains on both sides were drawn back, and a raging fire broke out outside the window.

Ying strode forward with an air of indifference, as if she didn't recognize anyone.

Dance to the music.

The scene shifts to a figure in armor carrying a greatsword standing on a cliff with four people wearing black hooded cloaks.

The camera zooms out, revealing a blond man wielding a one-handed sword in combat, his blue cloak billowing in the wind behind him.

[Dains Reeb: The Five Deadly Sinners! And Me Too.]

"Buried underground."

A longsword covered in cracks was stuck in the ground, and the blue cloak at the hilt was also tattered.

Everything indicated that it was a brutal and fierce battle.

The result can be imagined.

The man who fought alone was killed in action.

[The Blade of the End—Dainsreb—was killed in the depths of Kanria by the five Great Sinners.]

"Wisdom! Sleep forever in nightmares."

Ying revealed an evil smile that occupied most of the screen, with one hand outstretched. Below him were a group of Sumeru people who covered their ears, covered their eyes, and held their heads, their faces contorted in grotesque expressions.

You can feel the pain of those people just from the pictures.

Under the lamplight, the helpless little grass god looked on in despair, unable to do anything.

[Nasita: In that timeline, did I fail to protect Sumeru? I truly am an incompetent god. But anything is possible. I will learn more to protect everyone.]

Nasita and the World Tree were both corrupted by the abyss and now slumber forever in their dreams.

[Nilu: Thankfully, our travelers are normal.]

[Nicole: Don't you guys have free time?]

Is it because he's impotent?

【null:……】

"Justice! Shattered in the womb."

Funina watched in despair as the colossal wave pressed down upon her.

It sank to the bottom of the sea and dissolved along with everyone else.

[Frinina: No, no, this can't be real. I'll definitely save everyone...]

As she looked in the mirror in her room, Funina murmured to herself.

"How much longer do we have to hold on? We'll definitely succeed, right...? I'm so tired, sob sob sob."

Wipe away your tears with your sleeve.