Afterward, the Portal closed, and the golden shield around the perimeter shattered as well, leaving behind only an empty rocky outcrop.
Everyone present looked at the empty rocks, then at the Divine Dragon's corpse that had gone cold in the center of the altar, and understood that all of this was real, not a dream.
The Vago Monarch, who had lived for six thousand years and ruled Liyue for three thousand seven hundred years, had fallen. The most terrifying criminal in Teyvat's history had been born as well!
The entire Yujingtai instantly descended into chaos. Only Lumine and Paimon, as outsiders, were somewhat bewildered, and Paimon could not help asking Lumine a question.
"Didn't we see something like that just now in Mondstadt?"
The Wanted Great Criminals Zhongli and Li Yue
The Vago Monarch Morax had fallen!
This news could not possibly be contained. There had simply been too many people from all kinds of nations in Liyue Harbor today!
Nor could Ningguang make everyone at Yujingtai keep their mouths shut, much less lock them all up.
After a series of interrogations to determine whether any spies planted by Li Yue remained among them, Ningguang allowed the people to leave. Though it was said to be an investigation for spies, it was really just for show. Even if there truly were spies, she could not uncover them now.
Thus, after those who had witnessed the Vago Monarch's fall left Yujingtai, they immediately spread word that the Vago Monarch had been murdered. Liyue Harbor's stock market promptly crashed! Merchants began to worry about Liyue's future.
This differed from Zhongli's original plan. In the original plan, Morax would have suddenly died without anyone knowing why, while the Qixing would vouch that the Emperor had encountered heavenly calamity and thus died suddenly. Liyue