The Celestial Nail

The scene on the sky screen changed once again.

An eagle appeared before everyone.

The eagle spread its wings and soared into the sky.

As it rose, a tropical rainforest appeared before everyone, stretching as far as the eye could see.

The scene on the sky screen rapidly sped forward.

The eagle flew on and on, swift as lightning.

It flew over one treetop after another, one river after another, one boundless expanse of green after another.

In a corner of the sky screen, a line of small text quietly appeared:

"The eagle's flying speed is approximately equal to the full speed of a flying ten-thousand-year Soul Beast on the Douluo Continent. At this speed, flying from the easternmost end of the Heaven Dou Empire to the westernmost would take about half a day."

"And in this rainforest, it flew for a day and a night."

The eagle glanced back.

The treetop it had departed from was still at the edge of its vision, blurred into a speck of green dust.

The greenery ahead still stretched as far as the eye could see.

"???????"

Seeing this, everyone was shocked, but they could not help thinking deeply as well.

Teyvat was far too vast.

A single rainforest was already who knew how many times larger than the Heaven Dou Empire.

The scene continued.

The eagle flew on and on.

Suddenly, an enormous green creature came rushing in with its bloody maw flung wide open.

It swallowed the eagle in a single gulp.

The green creature was an enormous lizard, with a gigantic wing growing around its body!

It was about the same size as the hundred-thousand-year Soul Beast, the Titan Giant Ape.

Everyone scratched their heads.

They did not quite understand what the sky screen meant by showing them these scenes.

But that did not stop them from being shocked.

"Was that green beast about as powerful as a hundred-thousand-year Soul Beast?"

"And that jungle is way too big, isn't it?"

"I feel like it's much, much bigger than the Heaven Dou Empire."

"And when that so-called Celestial Nail comes down later, it can destroy this whole rainforest?"

"No way. In this rainforest, there are probably dozens, if not hundreds, of creatures like that green dragon."

",,,,,,,,"

Heaven Dou City.

Lin Feng, Little Paimon, and Zhongli were leisurely drinking tea in a teahouse.

He paid no attention whatsoever to the Celestial Nail being shown on the sky screen.

Little Paimon was wolfing down the sweet pastries she had just bought. "Delicious! They're so delicious!"

Beside her, Zhongli quietly drank his tea.

He saw those scrolling comments on the sky screen.

Yakshas, adepti, Guizhong.

All had left him amid the Erosion of the years.

Fortunately, Lin Feng had awakened five hundred years ago and moved Teyvat next door to the Douluo Continent's plane.

After five hundred years of development, Teyvat had progressed very rapidly, and Liyue had also entered a truly peaceful and prosperous age.

As Rex Lapis, he had long since stepped down from his position as the Geo Archon and wandered leisurely between the Douluo Continent and Teyvat.

He saw that, in the Douluo Continent section, Hu Liena, Dai Mubai, and the others were all shocked by that enormous green lizard-like creature.

He could sense the strong air of youth in it.

"Ah~"

"I would buy osmanthus flowers and carry wine in the same boat, yet it would never be like those youthful journeys..."

Seeing Zhongli's sigh of emotion, Lin Feng felt the same way.

He had long since abolished Teyvat's rules of Erosion.

Even without the Erosion from Teyvat's laws, one would still suffer the Erosion of time.

After experiencing enough, after enough years had passed,

there were very few things that could stir your emotions.

Zhongli was different from him. He was not a transmigrator, but a genuine Archon.

The only one who could stir Zhongli's emotions was probably that person.

(Nahida (one thousand years of cultivation version): That lizard-like creature should belong to the same Dendro Dragon clan as Apep, the Dendro Dragon. There should have been around several hundred such creatures back then.)

Star Dou Great Forest.

Da Ming and Er Ming looked at each other in astonishment.

They simply could not understand what the sky screen intended by showing this scene.

Wasn't it supposed to be taking stock of how powerful the Celestial Nail was?

Why was it showing these scenes?

They could not understand.

That did not stop them from being shocked.

In the scene,

the pressure from the green lizard creature made them tremble. In their perception, it was even more terrifying than many of the Soul Beasts over a hundred thousand years old that they had encountered.

The God of Wisdom had actually said there were hundreds of those green lizard creatures!

Even their Star Dou Great Forest did not have hundreds of Soul Beasts over a hundred thousand years old, did it?

What the sky screen described was no tropical rainforest. It was practically an oversized version of the Star Dou Great Forest.

Thankfully, thankfully.

Damn it.

What was on the sky screen was another world. If it had been the Star Dou Great Forest,

the two beast brothers might have been swallowed whole by those green lizard-like creatures while walking along one day.

At the thought, they began shivering all over.

Meanwhile.

Over on Tang San's side.

He had also arrived in Heaven Dou City with the Clear Sky Sect's Titled Douluos quite some time ago.

Now, the powerhouses of both the Douluo Continent and Teyvat were all concerned with just how powerful the Celestial Nail was.

This was the perfect chance to seize someone from Teyvat in Heaven Dou City and take them back to a god to claim a reward.

His original target had been Raiden Ei in Heaven Dou City.

But it was only a thought.

He had seen Raiden Ei's Milk-Scented Blade for himself.

Capture Raiden Ei?

He was not sure he could defeat her.

Even if he could, he would be severely injured.

Then, never mind going to the Divine Realm to claim his reward-Bibi Dong would probably lead the people of Spirit Hall over to kill him without hesitation.

She would kill him and befriend the people of Teyvat.

Then he discovered a perfect target.

It was that unidentified flying object drinking tea in the teahouse, Little Paimon.

He had probed Little Paimon.

She did not have the slightest bit of attack power.

Little Paimon was on very good terms with Raiden Ei and the others, so she must know a great deal about Teyvat.

Most importantly, the teahouse where Little Paimon was drinking tea was many, many streets away from the restaurant Raiden Ei ran.

As for Zhongli and Lin Feng, who were with Little Paimon, he automatically ignored them.

In his perception, Zhongli and Lin Feng were just two street loafers.

They were not worth mentioning.

"Hahahaha, Little Paimon."

"Don't blame me. If you must blame someone, blame your own bad luck."

"Once I get the rewards from the God Kings, that will be the time I destroy Spirit Hall."

Just to be safe, Tang San first turned his gaze toward the sky screen!

He saw that

on the sky screen,

voices had begun to ring out.

"Look, the Celestial Nail has descended!"