Chapter 114

The light illuminated the entire summit of Mt. Tianheng Mountain.

February summary, and the rules for extra chapters in March.

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Recently, some feedback in the comments section has indicated that people are not satisfied with the plot arrangement of Inazuma. I have read everyone's comments and then made my own summary.

Perhaps I didn't control the amount of humor in the plot well. While writing, I deviated a bit from the central theme of the book, which made some parts of the plot boring. I sincerely apologize to everyone here.

One reader's comment made me realize that my protagonist's premature revelation of the Rock King's identity prevented the plot from developing in a more enjoyable direction. This was indeed a problem with my planning, and I will learn from this experience and pay more attention to the plot's development in the future.

As for what some readers have said, that I didn't draw the Kamisato siblings and therefore harbor malice towards Kamisato siblings, that's not true. First of all, I didn't kill them off, and having Kamisato Ayaka become a shrine maiden to continue managing the rituals is a faithful Yashiro Commission of the original shrine maiden policy.

As for gacha pulls, I don't pull for male characters unless they're exceptionally strong, but I did pull for Kamisato Ayaka in version 2.0. Although I didn't pull for her constellation, I still equipped her with Mistsplitter Reforged. Throughout version 2.0, the main DPS in the Abyss was basically Kamisato and Raikou, although my Raikou setup was even better, with Constellation 3 and Engulfing Lightning.

I've already obtained Kokomi and Kazuha, so the team configuration for Kamisato Ayaka is quite sufficient.

As for why the Inazuma storyline was arranged this way, it's probably because when I rewatched the story, I remembered how disgusted I was by the overall environment and those samurai who couldn't even gather Kazuha in Inazuma. Then, the Inazuma storyline, which forced me to be a tool, also disgusted me. This caused me to have a brain fart and start writing in a somewhat venting way, which made the Inazuma storyline start to become irritable.

After I finished posting it, I realized the next day that I wasn't a player anymore, but a fanfiction writer. Oh no! I'm doomed!

In the upcoming Sumeru storyline, I will always keep in mind my current role to ensure the storyline is more interesting. I apologize again for the Inazuma Sumeru; I will definitely pay attention to it from now on!

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187. V(X) Li's World!

At the summit of Mt. Tianheng, Li Yue held the Hōgyoku in her left hand and stared at her right.

The feeling just now was so amazing! Putting aside the power boost the Hōgyoku gave him, the sheer pleasure he felt during that boost was almost irresistible! No wonder Li Yue liked the Hōgyoku Aizen much; he really is an Aizen pervert! Embedding the Hōgyoku into his own body and then secretly enjoying it all by himself, huh?

Aizen:?

Thank goodness Aizen wasn't here, otherwise he would have given that rebellious son Li Yue a good beating.

After opening the Chat Group and sending the Hōgyoku back to Aizen in the form of a red envelope, Li Yue began to feel the power within her body.

The light just now was actually pure Reishi light. To explain in detail, it was roughly because the Reiatsu expanded rapidly, so it needed an outlet. Thus, Li Yue's Reiatsu erupted, and the light was pure Reishi light. After the spiritual power was released, the power within Li Yue's body stabilized, which made it easier for Li Yue to check if he had gained any new power.

Li Yue sat cross-legged, placed the Enma's Blade on her lap, and then closed her eyes.

After Li Yue closed her eyes, a group of people appeared beside her; four of the Three Great Generals of Liyue Li Yue come over.

"Huh? What's Li Yue doing here?"

Ying saw Li Yue sitting cross-legged there and was a little puzzled for a moment.

"This is Li Yue's method of cultivating power."

Zhongli had seen Li Yue practice Blade Meditation before, so he understood that Li Yue had entered Blade Meditation again, or rather, entered his Inner World.

"Right now, he's probably chatting with those guys in his Inner World."

"Meditation enters the Inner World, which is quite different from my One-Mind Domain."

Raiden Ei's One-Mind Domain is another space where Raiden Ei's will resides, and it can even pull a person's body into it. But Li Yue's Pure Land is different; it belongs to the Inner World of the soul, and others cannot enter it physically.

What was that light just now?

Ying looked at Zhongli and asked about the strange light phenomenon that had just occurred.

Zhongli crossed his arms and thought for a moment before giving his answer.

"I've seen Li Yue unleash such a light before. At that time, Li Yue had awakened her own soul power and displayed that blue light, which was the same color as the light just now. It's highly likely that Li Yue has awakened a new power or her power has been strengthened. Because when the light just burst out, I personally felt the pressure."

When Li Yue's power was first awakened, his Reiatsu was at the level of Kensei Muguruma. Now, thanks to the enhancement of the Hōgyoku, his basic Reiatsu has reached the level of Kenpachi Sixty Carts. If Li Yue before had just touched the threshold of Demon God and could not put any pressure on Zhongli, then Li Yue now has finally reached the forefront of veteran martial arts Demon God and can put pressure on Zhongli.

"So, Li Yue's power has become even stronger?"

"That's right. Although Li Yue could use the power of multiple Demon God before, his power itself was constant. He was just using the power of the Demon God and the elements they controlled. His own power didn't actually increase much. But now, his own power has increased many times over. Under these circumstances, when he uses the power of the Demon God and the elements, the power will increase exponentially."

"That's a good thing."

Venti praised him from the side.

"After all, the stronger Li Yue is, the happier we should be, right?"

"That's true."

Zhongli nodded affirmatively.

"The higher Li Yue's future is, the brighter our future will be."

After all, the four of them were already preparing to make Li Yue the new leader of Teyvat. The stronger this leader was, the more beneficial it would be for the creatures of Teyvat and for the Seven Archons.

"I wonder what new changes Li Yue will bring this time."

Under the expectant gazes of the four, Li Yue slowly opened her eyes. The moment she saw the four of them, Li Yue was stunned.

"Huh? What are you all doing here?"

"You made too much noise before, and we noticed the unusual activity here, so we came to check it out."

Zhongli, who was in charge, offered an explanation.

"What's going on now? Has your power become stronger again, Na?"

"That's right, my power comes from my soul. Today my soul has become even stronger, and as a result, I have awakened new power."

Li Yue got up from where she was.

"Oh? You've awakened a new power?"

Everyone looked at Li Yue with curiosity, and sure enough, Li Yue had undergone a new change and awakened a new power.

"What is the new power?"

Venti immediately pressed for more details.

"You should know that my soul can accommodate other souls and consciousnesses, right?"

"That's right, you mentioned this before. Is this ability also related to this?"

"Yes, before my ability was to absorb other souls, but now it's different. In addition to being able to absorb souls, I can now summon all the souls within my body!"

"Huh!? It can be summoned!?"

All four of them stared wide-eyed. Did that mean...?

"However, they can only be summoned for a limited time and cannot leave me, because the power they need to survive is provided by my soul."

"I see."

Everyone nodded in agreement. This made perfect sense. After all, the dead cannot exist indefinitely and must have a source to sustain their existence. Li Yue was that source. Although they couldn't leave Li Yue, it wasn't bad. Before, being inside Li Yue ensured their survival, and now they could even leave Li Yue's body, gaining a certain degree of freedom. What more could they ask for?

"There are some things I need to tell you, especially Nahida."

Li Yue's expression turned serious, and he squatted down to align his line of sight with Nahida's.

"Nahida, I'm sorry. Actually, I found your mother a long time ago. The Dendro element I use is the power I got from your mother."

"About this matter, I..."

"Nahida!"

Nahida was about to say something, but Venti interrupted her halfway through.

"Actually, I knew about this, but I'm sorry I haven't told you before."

"Um?"

In response to Nahida's doubts, Li Yue continued to explain.

"Because I felt that if I told you, but you couldn't see your mother, it would be an even deeper despair for you, so I never told you. But now it's different. Now I can let your mother come out and meet you!"

Nahida was taken aback, then realized that her current persona should be completely unaware that the Greater Lord Rukkhadevata was inside Li Yue's body.

She glanced at Venti, who was frantically winking at her, and quickly replied.

"Really? Li Yue, did you really save my mother?"

"That's right, you'll see in a bit."

Li Yue drew his Enma's Blade, and as his Reiatsu increased, a blue light began to appear on the Enma's Blade.

Li Yue's special ability Bleach is naturally the power of the Enma's Blade. The increase that the Hōgyoku brings to him is Reiatsu, while the increase that the Enma's Blade brings is the ability to conceptually separate his own internal parts, such as the Demon God in his Inner World.

While maintaining their spiritual energy supply, they can be allowed to appear in the outside world and use Elemental Power to fight, drawing upon Li Yue's Reiatsu.

Li Yue now has four Pokémon!

As for how to separate these Demon God, it's quite simple.

Li Yue gripped the Enma's Blade in reverse, pointing it at her abdomen.

"Wait, what is this position?"

Looking at Li Yue's posture, Ying thought it was just too Inazuma.

"It's alright, this is a necessary condition for activating the ability!"

Li Yue gave a simple explanation, then stabbed himself directly in the abdomen.

Instead of the expected blood, light burst forth from Li Yue's body, transforming into four figures that landed behind Li Yue.

The four Demon God —the gigantic Boreas standing 4 meters tall, Morax dressed in divine armor and wearing a mask, Raiden Ei wearing a kimono with the same color scheme as Raiden Ei, and the Greater Lord Rukkhadevata radiating a faint green light and wearing a white dress—all appeared.

The only thing that hasn't manifested is the Enma's Blade, because it's the source of Li Yue's power. If she were to separate herself, then the Enma's Blade would have power.

"After activating this ability, the power of my Inner World will be temporarily unusable due to the separation."

Under everyone's watchful eyes, Li Yue slowly pulled the Enma's Blade from his abdomen. The five colors of highlights in his hair also disappeared, turning back into its original pure black.

"But instead, the four of them can stand by my side and fight alongside me."

"I named this move '..."

"Li's World!"

188. Zhongli, you owe your success today entirely to the Emperor's patronage!

At the summit of Mt. Tianheng, four of the Three Great Generals of Liyue were chatting happily with the people around them.

Nahida accompanied the Greater Lord Rukkhadevata during his mother's reunion. Nahida sat directly on the Greater Lord Rukkhadevata's lap, and the two whispered to each other. Raiden Ei accompanied the Makoto Raiden sisters during their reunion. The two sisters leaned against each other side by side, looking very comfortable. Venti accompanied the Boreas, although it was mostly Venti was constantly scolded by the Boreas for not doing anything productive. Zhongli was by Li Yue's side, and beside Li Yue was the Vago Monarch, Morax.

Because Li Yue had just entered their Inner World and given them a heads-up, none of the people who came out of their Inner World gave themselves away. On the other hand, Zhongli's group finally arrived at the scene that Li Yue had been looking forward to.

"Come, come, Zhongli, this is the consciousness of the Vago Monarch! As a Liyue citizen, quickly kowtow to the Archon!"

Pulling Zhongli, Li Yue pointed to Morax's consciousness and made Zhongli bow.

Zhongli looked at the part of his consciousness that he had separated with his own hands and couldn't help but twitch his eyes. He never thought that there would be such a day when he would see his own consciousness as an ordinary person, and even have to bow to himself!

"No."

Morax sensed Zhongli's speechless mood and quickly waved his hand to indicate that there was no need for such formality.

But Li Yue wouldn't agree.

"How can that be? Your Majesty, Zhongli is a talent you personally approved, someone who can help me manage Liyue!"

Zhongli raised an eyebrow, noticing a key point, and Li Yue's next words confirmed that Zhongli hadn't misheard.

"But the Emperor recommended you, otherwise you wouldn't have your current position. Hurry up and thank the Emperor!"

Li Yue patted Zhongli on the shoulder and urged him on.

Zhongli stared at Morax, Morax was wearing a mask, but the corner of his mouth behind the mask had begun to twitch.

Is this even possible? Li Yue did indeed enter his Inner World before and said that he found someone named Zhongli to help manage Liyue. As a separate consciousness, Morax naturally knew who Zhongli was. Letting Zhongli manage Liyue was definitely not a problem. Anyway, it wasn't him who was tired. The main body was tired, so what did it have to do with him, the retired clone?

But he never expected that he would be released to see the real body one day. Li Yue even brought up his words of acknowledging the real body back then. Wasn't he digging a hole for himself?

But now, he had no choice but to bite the bullet and go for it. After all, he was just an avatar, and he was inside Li Yue's body. So what if the main body took a liking to him? The main body couldn't do anything to him right now.

"Indeed, I noticed you, Zhongli, a long time ago. When Li Yue told me that someone could help him govern Liyue Harbor and suggested your name, I felt that you were very suitable."

"I see. Thank you for your kindness, Your Majesty. Zhongli is just a minor guest of the Wangsheng Funeral Parlor. I may have seen a little more, but there is still a limit to what I can do."