"Even the hardest rock could not withstand the erosion of time."
"Perhaps, one day in the future, I will become the ender of this world..."
New Zhongli Mansion.
Ruinous Dragon King glanced sideways at Zhongli and met his gaze for three seconds, the corner of his eye twitching slightly.
"Morax, is there anything else you want to say—or any other stories you want to make up?"
Ruinous Dragon King's expression remained unchanged, but his eyes held a trace of resentment at having been "abandoned."
They were brothers, after all. Was there any point in hiding things so deeply?
Zhongli: "..."
After a moment of silence, Zhongli looked at the Sky Screen and said,
"Rottard, it is not that I did not wish to tell you the secret..."
"Is it because of a contract with the Heavenly Principle again?"
This time, Ruinous Dragon King even answered for him!
Unfortunately, his guess was wrong after all.
"It is not."
Zhongli paused before continuing.
"I have mastered powers from beyond this world. Any one of them would be enough to resolve the Erosion imposed by the Heavenly Principle."
"Yet once I use such power, Teyvat may very well expose its location because of it, attracting immensely terrifying beings."
"Whether I wish it or not, once I am completely eroded, I will inevitably use those powers beyond my control..."
"The world may not be destroyed by my own hand, but it would be destroyed because of me. Calling myself the ender of the world would not be inaccurate."
Upon hearing this,
Ruinous Dragon King was dumbfounded. He had never expected that this was why Morax refused to use those powers.
He would rather suffer Erosion and endure torment than bring disaster upon Teyvat.
But once he was completely eroded, it would no longer be