Original God, I am the only designated Red King God Envoy of Xumi

Along with it came a brief drizzle, which sprinkled on the desert land, erasing the traces of the abyss and suppressing the power of the abyss once again to the bottom.

It took about another hour for Ying to rush back to the camp and report the good news to Amber.

"Of course I saw the commotion." Amber looked at the giant, water-colored tree. "Mission accomplished. I've already notified the banks in Chi Nian City of the agreed reward. You can just go and collect it."

"Great!" Paimon was very excited when he heard the word "reward". "I got such a big reward. From now on, even if Paimon eats big meals every day, he won't have to worry about not having enough food!"

"Paimon..." Ying knocked on Paimon's head, "If you waste so much, no amount of Mora will be enough for you to spend."

"It's just a joke." Paimon turned his face away in a timid manner. Seeing this, Ying had no intention of pursuing the matter further. Instead, Nashida spoke.

"Speaking of which, Ying, do you have anything else to do next?"

"Well, what's wrong?" Ying looked at Nashida. "I have indeed finished what I was doing. Is there anything I can help you with?"

"Yes, but it's not convenient to talk about it now. If possible, I hope you can come to Jingshan Palace in three days. I will explain it to you then." Nashida thought for a moment and added, "This will also be considered a commission. I will pay you the compensation you deserve."

"Oh, Nashida is too polite!" Paimon's eyes narrowed when he heard the reward. This easy-to-understand look made Ying sigh deeply. After thinking for a moment, she nodded and agreed to Nashida's proposal.

"Then I will take Nashida back to Xumi City. I still need to deal with the matter of Jiaolun Sect." Amber took Nashida's hand and said goodbye to Ying and Paimon. When they came here, they had to bring helpers with them, so their pace slowed down a lot. When they went back, there was no such restriction, so it only took a short time.

On the way, Nashida added some details of the incident to Amber, but those historical facts were not important for the time being. The important matter before Amber was how to deal with the Jiaolun Sect. The current leader of the Jiaolun Sect had betrayed the Jiaolun Sect, and therefore Amber gave up her original plan to absorb the Jiaolun Sect back into the House of the Order.

She turned in another direction and set up a spiritual light research group in the desert. The name was still called Jiao Lun Sect in response to the wishes of the original Jiao Lun Sect members. Although this matter was finalized, she still had to go through the necessary procedures after returning, plus some other matters. It was foreseeable that she would be busy for at least another day.

"Oh, right. Ying and I found quite a few documents this time, and we learned some fascinating information." Nashida pondered for a moment, recalling the records in the documents. "The documents mentioned that Kanria was pursuing a sustainable energy source, and the method for producing sustainable energy was to process spiritual light and the power of the abyss and allow them to fully react with each other."

"...It fits my impression of Kanriya. They pursue things that carry great risks," Amber said, a thoughtful look in her eyes. "Speaking of which, Nashida should have had sufficient exposure to spiritual light, right? What do you think its relationship is to the imaginary numbers I master?"

"Hmm..." Nashida pondered for a moment, "They are very similar. I think they are even the same thing."

Amber narrowed her eyes slightly upon hearing this. This was quite intriguing. If spiritual light really did share the same origin as imaginary numbers, as she suspected, then what about the power of the abyss? That kind of energy... could it be the power of quantum mechanics?

After mastering the power of imaginary numbers, Amber did not stop exploring it. This was reflected not only in her growing strength, but also in her understanding of its essence. At the moment, she had made some breakthroughs. The spiritual light was the power separated by the Flower Demon, and the Flower God was a descendant of the sky. In other words, this was the power from the sky.

Elemental power is incomparable to spiritual light. According to Amber's observation, it is obviously higher than elemental power.

"What else does the literature say?"

"The literature also mentions an elemental force crystal called 'Athos Matter'. This is an extremely pure elemental force crystal. Does it sound familiar to Amber?" Nashida looked at Amber with a smile.

"It sounds very familiar. To be exact, it sounds too familiar to me." Amber shook her head and took a deep breath. Her eyes became more serious. "Explain your discovery to me in detail, Nashida."

The knowledge from the incomplete documents was shared by Nashida with Amber, and the two conducted in-depth discussions on these documents and eventually came to some surprising conclusions.

First of all, there was Athos matter. This high-purity elemental force crystallized amber was very familiar to her. She had worked with it many times and called it "a corner of the original element." According to the records in those documents, if the spiritual light and even the power of the abyss were processed by the method of smelting Athos matter, and then the two forces were allowed to fully react, it might not be impossible to create sustainable energy.

Secondly, there are some viewpoints put forward in the literature, which mentions that the power of the abyss can pollute the elements. This probably means that the power of the abyss, like the aura, is a higher power than the elemental power, and it and the aura are roughly the same level of power.

Finally, Amber needs to correct a previous misconception about earth vein power and elemental power. Previously, Amber always thought that earth vein power was higher than elemental power. Now it is confirmed that the so-called earth vein power is essentially elemental power, and they are different forms of power.

So far, what has been shown is amazing enough. Amber once glimpsed the "origin" in everything, and the origin is golden. It is the condensation of imaginary numbers. In other words, everything in Teyvat is the origin, all is aura - all is the creation of imaginary numbers.

The primordial elements also contain the "primordial". Combined with what has been mentioned in the literature and Amber's current conjecture, the elemental force itself may be the derivative power of imaginary numbers.

The History Before the Sun and the Moon records the history before the Sun and the Moon. It mentions that the original Phanes was the creator of the people of Teyvat. It was he who created the humans of Teyvat using the original material. Therefore, all the people of Teyvat have the original "corner".

Amber once retrieved the last piece of the puzzle of memory from Mond and Albedo's words. What she glimpsed was the truth about the Eye of God. It is true that the Eye of God is the crystallization of wishes, but it is not a simple gift, but a means for Sky Island to collect wishes. After the owner of the Eye of God dies, his wishes will be collected into the sky, adding support to the purpose of the people in the sky.

Now, Amber had a deeper understanding. The Eye of God was the crystallization of desire, but what was a desire? Could it possibly be a manifestation of the primordial essence within the people of Teyvat? Their ultimate desire resonated with the primordial essence within them, shaped by the sky. As for why the Eye of God could command elemental forces—imaginary numbers could command the power derived from them—it seemed to make sense.

Amber immediately decided that after returning this time, she would try to command the elemental force with imaginary energy without relying on the Eye of God. If she succeeded, it would prove that this conjecture was correct. If it was correct, it would allow Amber to take a step further in her exploration of the truth hidden in the sky.

Xumi, in the eastern rain forest, in the teaching courtyard, today a traveler who has been away from Xumi for a long time came to visit.

"Counting the time, we haven't seen each other for more than a year. Your story with Nata in Fontaine is really shocking." Amber sat on the chair in the office. The Great Sage's office was quiet at this time. Apart from Amber, there was only Ying, and even Paimon was not here.

"Yes, time flies so fast. Now... I am about to arrive at the last stop of my original seven-country journey, the country of winter where ice and snow are eternal." Ying sat opposite Amber and looked into their eyes. While Amber was observing Ying in the present, Ying was also observing Amber in the present.

Amber is now much gentler than she was a year ago, and the wisdom in her eyes is deeper. She has a subtle temperament. If Ying were to name it, she would name it "motherhood".

Who would have thought that before leaving Xumi, Amber had just taken off her acting hat and became an official great sage, but when they met again more than a year later, Amber had already become a mother.

"Yeah, time flies so fast." Amber took a deep breath and looked out the window. It was the transition from the dry season to the rainy season, and it was windy. The leaves of the giant tree were blown by the wind, making rustling sounds.

"Do you know why I asked you to come here now?" Amber looked at Ying again, leaned forward slightly, folded her hands together, and showed a gentle smile.

"Probably know... right?" Ying hesitated a little. "Are you going to tell me the 'truth' you said you would find an opportunity to tell me?"

"That's right." Amber snapped her fingers, the corners of her mouth curled up. "But not entirely. To be more precise, I want to tell you all the conjectures I've come up with so far. I'll call it the 'Original Conjecture.'"

"Well, go ahead and talk. I'll listen carefully." Ying sat up straighter after hearing that. She undoubtedly became serious.

"Where should I begin... Let me think." Amber closed her eyes and thought for a moment. "Let's start from before the sun and moon."

"A long, long time ago, before humans existed in Teyvat, the Seven Dragon Kings and the Dragon God Nibelung controlled Teyvat. Teyvat at that time was very different from what it is now. There weren't as many laws of the sky as there are now."

"And all this changed after the original Phanes arrived in Teyvat." Amber spoke softly, as if she was telling a story, but when Ying heard it, her eyes widened.

"Yes, Ying, of course you know the original Phanes, but don't be anxious, just listen to me slowly." Amber waved her hand gently, signaling Ying to be quiet. Although Ying wanted to say something, she finally endured it.

"We'll skip the war in between, there's nothing much to say. Anyway, Phanes defeated the Dragon Kings and the Nibelungen. He created the humans of Teyvat and established the first 'Order of the Sky', which is the predecessor of the current Law of the Sky."

"Here, I'll put forward my first hypothesis. Phanes is the first to arrive. He comes from beyond this world, from a world higher than Teyvat. The power he wields is called imaginary numbers—yes, that's the power you're about to piece together, Ying."

Words like a gentle breeze poured into Ying's ears, causing her pupils to tremble. She knew that Amber, like herself, was searching for the truth of the world, but she didn't know that Amber had already understood it to this extent. Amber had not traveled through many worlds like her, but she...

——But she knew of the existence of the original Phanes, and used this to infer many other things.

"Imaginary numbers are indescribable. They transcend the limits of all words and language. The essence of imaginary numbers cannot be explained, but can only be experienced. They are the soil of creation, and everything derives from them. For example, elemental forces are incomplete and differentiated imaginary numbers. If the seven purest elemental forces are pieced together, what is born is imaginary numbers, the origin."

Amber casually picked up a crystal dice from the desk and played with it between her fingers. She looked at Ying, who was both surprised and thoughtful, and spoke again: "And this is what you are doing, Ying. When winter comes, you will not easily obtain the final elemental power. You must be mentally prepared to face various tests."

"...I understand, Amber, I understand." Ying closed her eyes and opened them again. After a moment's silence, Ying recovered. She took a deep breath and said, "I just didn't expect that you understood it to this extent..."

"How much do you know? Do you know that you and your brother come from the same place as Phanes?" Amber tilted her head slightly, closed one eye and lied to Ying, who looked horrified at Amber's lie.

"Ying, has anyone ever told you that you are not good at managing facial expressions?" Amber closed her eyes and shook her head, lamenting Ying's few shortcomings.

"...That's what many people have said." Seeing that she had been tricked, Ying was a little frustrated after she realized it. "Amber, are you really going to tell me something? Are you really not tricking me?"

"You know there's no need to do this. If you want to know something at this point, why don't you just ask me directly?"

"Oh, it was just a joke~" Amber smiled and waved her hand, "Besides that, I don't have anything else to confirm with you."

"Anyway, let's continue. After the war, the dragons were driven to the corners of the world, and humans began to live on the surface. This lasted until the arrival of the Second Throne, the Second Coming."

"The Second Advent came from the depths of the Abyss. His arrival broke the laws of heaven and caused forbidden knowledge and power, which Phanes could not tolerate, to rise from the earth. The battle between the two Adventers caused the sky to collapse and the earth to crack. Some humans fell into the earth and were infected by the rising power of the abyss."

"The humans who sank underground fought for survival against the dragons driven there by Phanes. They prayed to Phanes to save them, but what finally arrived was Phanes's messenger, Istaru, the Ruler of Time."

“…” Hearing this, Ying closed her eyes, took a deep breath, and adjusted her state.

"Istaru made the underground humans and dragons reach an agreement, dividing their respective territories. But when the underground humans asked if they could return to the surface, Istaru remained silent. How could they have known that Phanes would not allow those contaminated by the abyss to return to the surface again?"

Amber gently tossed the 20-sided dice in her hand. The dice rolled across the table, and the one that finally landed facing the sky was 1. This made Amber smile and shake her head: "It seems my luck is not very good."

"...Aren't you going to continue?" Ying saw that Amber was silent for a long time, and spoke half-expressing doubt and half-requesting. Amber thought for a moment and began to tell the story again.

"It's not that I don't want to talk about it, but I'm a little embarrassed. At this point, the element of speculation becomes even greater."

"The third descender, named Sora, forsook the sea of ​​stars and is your blood relative." Amber retrieved the dice. "After Phanes's battle with the second descender, Phanes feared the arrival of a second such descender. Thus began the endless cycle of reincarnations. Islands in the sky were built, and civilization on earth arose and then abruptly ceased. And underground, neglected by Phanes, those abandoned by him resolved to rebel."

"Since the sky does not accept them, they seek the embrace of the abyss, which is the dark ancient country - Kanreya. As for the third coming, its landing place is Kanreya."

"At that time, Kanreya's ambitions were discovered by Sky soon after. Seven gods conquered Kanreya according to Sky's will. Kanreya was researching sustainable energy at that time, and this was the only possibility for them to defeat Sky." Amber tapped the table with her fingers, which seemed to strike at Ying's heart. She took a deep breath and suddenly held Amber's hand.

"Tell me, Amber, tell me." Ying looked into Amber's eyes, which were the same color as Amber's and were full of urgency. "Tell me what you know! Tell me your guess!"

When it came to Kong, Ying's blood relative, Ying showed eagerness. Amber understood this very well. She did not deliberately keep Ying in suspense, but told her story after tidying up her words a little.

"Sustainable energy. It uses the method of smelting Athos matter—the method I master—to process the two forces of 'Origin' and 'Abyss'. By fully reacting the two, they can unleash nearly infinite energy."

"For Kanriya, it is very easy for them to obtain the power of the abyss, but how should the Origin solve it? Should they pray to Phanes to share some with them?" Amber made a small joke, but it was obvious that Ying did not have the leisure to listen to these jokes. Seeing this, Amber shook her head and returned to the topic.

"Before the Kanreya Incident, Sora traveled through Teyvat, witnessing everything that happened there and learning the truth hidden within Sky. This led him to choose Kanreya's side. Upon his return to Kanreya, he faced the key to victory—sustainable energy. The Third Advent offered him all of his 'Origin.'"

"...Ha." Ying exhaled deeply, her head lowered so Amber couldn't see her expression. Worried, Amber patted Ying's shoulder and said softly, "This is just a guess. I'm sure you'll meet again soon, after you complete your journey through winter."

"So, don't be so sad. You still have to keep moving forward towards the sea of ​​stars. Teyvat is not your destination."

"...Yeah." Ying's voice was muffled, but she finally raised her head. She took a deep breath, slapped her face hard to calm herself down, and signaled Amber that she could continue.

"At this point, there's actually not much more to say. Sustainable energy appeared too late, and Kanrea's defeat was inevitable. As everyone knows, Kanrea was destroyed, and its people were cursed. Their 'originality' was robbed, and under the curse, they became ugly monsters."

Amber put down the dice and tucked the few unruly strands of hair behind her ear. "Next, let's speculate about the purpose of the sky. Regarding this, I want to start with the Eye of God."

"Eye of God?" Ying raised her head and looked at Amber. She had not yet fully recovered from her previous speculations.

"Yes—Ying, you don't have the Eye of God, so you don't understand what it feels like to use it. Let me tell you, it's a feeling of resonance with something in your body. It's like an extension of yourself, allowing you to manipulate elemental forces like your own arms."

"..." Ying was silent. She knew Amber had not finished speaking and was waiting for her to continue.

"The so-called Eye of God is the crystallization of wishes - but what are wishes?" Amber put the fingertips of both hands together, and the tower-like gesture appeared again.

Although it was a question, Amber didn't intend to let Ying answer it. After a moment's pause, she spoke again: "Wishes are the original material that Phanes mixed into humans when he created them. In other words, every Teyvatian has a piece of the original."

"It is usually dormant, only becoming active when the ultimate pursuit is manifested. Thus, it is captured by the sky and shaped into the Eye of God. Because ordinary people possess only a fraction of the Primordial Energy, they can only manipulate a single element. However, due to the 'possibility' of the Primordial Energy, the possessor of the Eye of God can display many unique 'traits'."

"Like the healing wind and the inspiring rock, no matter what, the Eye of God will turn into an empty shell after its owner dies. This is proof that the sky has taken back this 'original'."

"The sky is collecting the primordial? What's the purpose?" Ying asked the question, and Amber responded immediately.

"It's to envelop Teyvat, shaping it into the shape the sky desires, a shape that can last forever. This is somewhat similar to the eternity that Inazuma Thunder God wants to create."

“…I think I understand.”

"The Phanes of the Sky wants to shape Teyvat into what he wants, but this is not what the people of Teyvat want. Teyvat has been shrouded in a false world for too long, and has almost forgotten what the real starry sky looks like."

"Your blood relative witnessed the injustice of the sky, and thus he gave up his original nature. However, this did not change the outcome of the battle, and Kanreya was still defeated."

"Having lost everything, and since he, not from Teyvat, wants to rebel again, his only option is to embrace the abyss. Now, he will use all his might to rebel against the sky, but his power alone is definitely not enough."

Amber looked into Ying's eyes and offered her advice: "You must meet him before the end. Only when these destined twins work together can they break through the sky and let Teyvat go in the direction Teyvat wants, not the direction the sky wants."

"My brother and I...are we working together?" Ying muttered to herself, raising her head slightly to look out the window, in the direction of Zhidong.

"Yes, the fusion of Primordial and Abyss is the only possibility of defeating Sky." Amber spoke seriously, holding Ying's hand. "If Sky disregards the wishes of the people of Teyvat and insists on its own way, treating Teyvat like a child's toy box, then we will stab it even if it has all our strength."

"For the friends you know, for the hopes of all Teyvat people, rebel against the sky, Ying, and take the real starry sky back from Phanes!"

Chapter 127: Fusion and Separation

"Huh..." Amber stood in the center of the experimental site in a large workshop of the Ministry of Education. She adjusted her breathing and stabilized her strength.

According to her speculation, the opportunity for the creation of the Eye of God was the original active part in the bodies of the people of Teyvat, which was shaped by the sky. If this speculation is followed, there should be no possibility for visitors from outside this world - the Descendants - to obtain the Eye of God.

Amber herself is an exception. Here, Amber speculates that half of herself was accepted by Teyvat, or that this body has undergone some changes after coming to this world.

Then came the aura, or imaginary number. The other half of Amber herself - the half belonging to the sea of ​​stars had evolved into something similar to a "door" after being activated a few years ago. As long as Amber wanted, she could mobilize the power of imaginary numbers from the other side of the door. There was probably a limit to the energy that could be mobilized, but the level that Amber currently controlled had not yet reached its limit, and Amber was not sure whether it could raise its limit for the time being.

"Everything is ready here, Amber." Outside the testing ground, Nashida stood quietly, with four-leaf light flashing in her eyes as she observed the flow of energy.

Amber nodded when she heard that. She took a deep breath and communicated with the energy in her body. In the past, she always tended to mobilize it first and then achieve various effects. This was the first time she made a fuss about the mobilization process.

Frankly speaking, this feeling is not pleasant. It's like blowing hard into a clogged straw. It's so blocked that even if you breathe in and blow out desperately, it's the same. But after trying more than a dozen times, those slight "vibrations" are not fake, proving that the manipulation can indeed be deepened. Even if it doesn't conform to Amber's original idea, it should have other effects.

Amber concentrated on the experiment, while Nashida was always paying attention to the flow of energy in Amber's body. Both of them were concentrating, and the venue was silent for a while - fortunately, only Amber and Nashida were present in this attempt, otherwise, in the eyes of others, the two of them would look more like they were simply maintaining a serious expression and in a daze.

This lasted for several minutes before there was finally some movement. Amber felt that the severe blockage had cracked a little, allowing a little air to pass through. As Amber opened her eyes, flames ignited on her fingertips.

"Hmm..." Amber narrowed her eyes slightly, and the flame burst open with a loud bang. This was an overload reaction derived from thunder, and the thunder here was not mobilized by Amber through the Eye of God.

"Did it succeed? How does it feel?" Nashida asked. Amber did not answer immediately. She nodded and concentrated on communicating again. When she opened her eyes again, what bloomed from her hands this time was not a flame, but a raging flame, which sprayed towards the reinforced wall like a dragon's breath.

"...to this extent." Nashida blinked. She was making an assessment. The previous level of release was already the full force release of an ordinary owner of the Eye of God, but Amber had just found a new way to use it, right?

"This feeling is wonderful..." Amber waved her hand gently, and invisible wind gathered around her body, lifting her into the sky. With another snap of her fingers, a tide appeared out of thin air, washing away the burn marks left by the flames on the wall.

"Essentially, it's converting imaginary energy down into elemental forces—either a single elemental force or multiple elemental forces. For me right now, supporting more than three elemental forces simultaneously is a bit cumbersome, but there's no need to worry about that for now. In practice, using more elemental forces simultaneously isn't necessarily better."

Amber pondered for a moment. Facing Nashida's eager gaze, she composed her words, "At the beginning of the process of mobilization and transformation, the imaginary numbers being mobilized are like a central pipeline, and the elemental forces are like the seven taps within it."

"Opening just one of them is naturally different from opening two or more. If you want to pursue the effect of a single element, it is more appropriate to use the former."

"And—as my initial research showed, the elemental forces mobilized in this way do not possess unique properties, such as fire that heals or rock that inspires."

"For me... it's broadened my abilities and made me more versatile, but it didn't raise my ceiling." After saying that, Amber looked at the palm of her hand. The feeling of mobilizing imaginary numbers, converting them into elemental power and flowing through her body was amazing.

"If that's the case, then our previous hypothesis is confirmed." Nashida put away the record and slowly walked over to Amber. "That is—the combination of the seven elemental forces is spiritual light. So, if Ying reaches the end of her journey and gathers all seven elemental forces, she can regain her original power by combining them."

"It's probably not as simple as it sounds, but it's almost there." Amber thought for a moment, narrowing her eyes slightly. "Actually, what I'm more concerned about is Ying's blood relative, that is, Kong."