Raiden Shogun Ei Goes from a Lone Hero to a Paranoid God, Creates a Puppet to Bear Wear in Her Place, Seizes Visions and Locks the Nation Away
Huo Yuhao clenched his fists. His emotional perception allowed him to feel the overwhelming sadness of Raiden Shogun Ei on the Light Screen more clearly than anyone else. It was a kind of despair of being abandoned by the whole world and left with only himself.
She's all alone now...
No, it's worse than that.
The images on the Light Screen began to flow again.
Raiden Shogun Ei walked out of the Tenshukaku; she was going to greet the soldiers returning from the battlefield of the Abyss.
However, what she saw was not a triumphant procession, but a scene of utter devastation.
[At the grand shrine, Lord Kitsune Saiguu exhausted all his power to purify the Abyss's defilement, and ultimately... he assimilated and vanished into the defilement.]
A witch knelt on the ground, sobbing as she reported the news.
In the scene, Raiden Shogun Ei's figure suddenly swayed.
Kitsune Saiguu, the close friend who always teased her with a smile, yet offered her the most sincere advice when she was lost, the white fox who promised to see all the beautiful scenery of Inazuma together, is gone.
Before she could even recover from this devastating news...
Another message arrived.
[Tomochika... was corrupted by the dark demonic beast during her battle and fell into the Abyss... Her final request was to General Mikoto to execute her.]
Raiden Shogun Ei's pupils suddenly contracted.
Tomochika, her bravest general, the carefree Oni Clan girl who always said she would use her long sword to cut down all enemies for her, is gone too.
One familiar name after another has become a cold tombstone.
The scene shifts to the habitat of the Tengu clan. Feathers are scattered all over the ground, and many Tengu have lost their once-proud wings, looking dejected.
The Tengu clan suffered heavy losses in this Abyss invasion.
Sister, best friend, loyal subordinate...
In a short period of time, everything she cherished left her.
It was as if the whole world was telling her a truth in the cruelest way possible.
Nothing is Eternity.
"That's enough! Stop playing it!"
The Mad God Lei Xiang could no longer bear to watch. He suddenly stood up, pointed at the Light Screen, and roared angrily.
This towering man had red eyes and a choked voice.
That's too cruel.
This is no longer a war, but a form of torture, a slow and agonizing death, directed at Raiden Shogun Ei.
She had to watch helplessly as everything she had protected and cherished crumbled and vanished before her very eyes.
"So that's how it is..."
Gu Yuena murmured to herself, watching the increasingly lonely and cold figure in the Light Screen, a sense of indescribable sorrow welling up in her heart.
She seemed to understand something.
In the Light Screen, Raiden Shogun Ei returned to the empty Tenshukaku.
She reached out and gently stroked the katana her sister had left behind.
Images of her sister's gentle smile, Kitsune Saiguu's cunning eyes, and Tomochika's hearty laughter flashed through her mind...
Each scene, each frame, was once so vivid.
Now, only memories remain.
[Wear]
Two cold words appeared on the Light Screen.
In the scene, a blooming Scarlet Sakura blossom withers and dies in an instant. A hard rock turns into sand and gravel in the wind and rain.
Finally, the image freezes on Raiden Shogun Ei's face.
Her appearance remained unchanged, but her purple eyes seemed to have lost all their luster, leaving only a lifeless look, as if they had witnessed thousands of years of time.
She finally understood.
The passage of time, the changes of things—everything points to the same end point— Wear.
Life fades, friendships fade, and even Gods will have their will and Remembrance Wear away over the endless years.
This, perhaps, is the most real and cruel Laws under the guise of "Heavenly Principles".
Since all changes will lead to loss and destruction.
So...
If we could stop time and make everything Eternity and unchanging, could we combat this "Wear"?
Could it be that... we can keep Inazuma frozen in that moment when his sister was still alive, and all his friends were still around?
A crazy and obsessive idea took root in her mind.
She seeks "Eternity".
An absolute, static, and unchanging "Eternity".
She wanted to use this method to defy the lofty principles of Heavenly Principles!
Everyone in the God Realm Committee was stunned by Raiden Shogun Ei's idea.
"Using stillness to combat change? Using Eternity to approach the Heavenly Principles?" Tang San frowned, immediately understanding Raiden Shogun Ei's thoughts. "This... this is a wrong path!"
"This is more than just a wrong path; it's utter madness!" Zhou Weiqing couldn't help but exclaim. "To fight death, must all new life be stifled? What kind of logic is that!"
"She's not crazy, she's desperate." Rong Nianbing shook her head, her expression complex. "When a person loses everything, all they can hold onto is their most obsessive thoughts. She doesn't want to stifle new life; she's just... terrified of losing it all again."
Yes, I'm afraid of losing it.
The pain of loss had completely overwhelmed her.
On the Light Screen, Raiden Shogun Ei made her decision.
She went to the deepest part of the Tenshukaku and began to create a perfect doll, using her own body as a model.
A being that cannot be Wear, has no emotions, and only perfectly executes the will of "Eternity"—General Electro General.
[I will abandon this body; from now on, only the 'General' will be Inazuma's god.]
She will stand in my place, bearing the Wear of time, witnessing Inazuma's unchanging nature for millennia, for Eternity.
[And I will enter the Sanctuary of Oneness, and in silence, contemplate the ' Eternity ' way that is closest to the principles of Heavenly Principles.]
The moment the flawless doll opened its eyes, the air in Inazuma seemed to freeze.
A new Thor has been born.
Immediately afterwards, two imperial edicts were issued from the Tenshukaku throughout Inazuma.
[Sakoku Decree: The four borders of Inazuma are sealed off, severing all contact with the outside world.]
[Vision Hunt Decree: Collect all the Vision throughout the land, and in accordance with the will of the gods, unite the desires of all people to forge an Eternity foundation.]
The news caused an uproar throughout the entire Douluo God Realm.
"Isolation? Confiscating the Vision?!" Emperor Dai Hao stared at the Light Screen in disbelief. "Is she trying to turn her people into caged birds?"
"The Vision ... it is the condensation of desires, the driving force for people to move forward. To take it away is to take away people's future!" Ning Rongrong's face turned pale; she could not understand this behavior.
"How... how could she have become like this..." Tang Ya murmured, her eyes filled with heartache.
How could that lone hero, so admirable in his defense of the nation, issue such a cold-blooded and ruthless decree?
She hasn't changed.
The Dragon God, who had been silent all along, suddenly spoke.
His voice was deep and authoritative, drawing everyone's attention.
"She was simply protecting what she had left in her own way. In her view, change and desire were the root of pain and loss. Therefore, she wanted to completely eradicate these roots."