Phanes Was Actually an Interstellar Survivor, Building an Eternal World-Even the Dragon God Grew Grim
However, the beautiful scene was fleeting.
Darkness descended without warning.
An indescribable, profound Abyss appeared, seemingly capable of swallowing all light.
It's like a living plague, spreading from the corners of the universe.
Stars were swallowed, light was distorted, and the seemingly indestructible starship turned to dust the moment it came into contact with the darkness.
The bustling interstellar city, along with its billions of inhabitants, vanished into Nihility before they could even utter a scream.
That was not a war, but a one-sided "erasure".
The entire civilization was wiped off the painting as if it had been forcefully erased by an eraser, leaving not a trace.
"No..." Xiao Xiao's face turned pale, and she couldn't help but take a step back.
Bei Bei and Xu Sanshi immediately stood protectively beside her, but their own expressions were equally grim.
The scene before them was beyond their comprehension.
That wasn't Divine Power, nor any known form of energy; it was a pure, absolute "end."
For the first time, a solemn expression appeared in the Dragon God's enormous golden pupils.
Even at his peak, he had no chance against this "Abyss" that could easily wipe out an interstellar civilization.
"This is... a cosmic catastrophe." His deep voice echoed through the space.
In the final moments of this catastrophe, a beam of light tears through the darkness, escaping from the destroyed core of the civilization.
It was a small, seed-like escape pod.
Inside the cabin, there was only one huddled figure.
The Light Screen provided a close-up.
It was a being with four Light Wings, whose face was obscured.
He/She is the sole Survivor of this great civilization.
[Phanes, the Sustainer of Heavenly Principles.]
[Their homeland was an interstellar civilization that was completely swallowed up by the ' Abyss '.]
[As the sole Survivor of civilization, He carried all the information about His homeland and His last hope, beginning His aimless wandering in the cold, desolate universe.]
The moment the truth was revealed, the entire audience erupted in uproar!
"What?!"
"Heavenly Principles... is he Survivor of that civilization?"
"He... He is actually a Descender!"
Tang San, Huo Yuhao, and Tang Wulin, the three generations of the Sea God Pavilion, all wore remarkably similar expressions at this moment—utter shock.
They always believed that the Heavenly Principles was the primordial god of the Teyvat World, the embodiment of Rules, and a ruthless dictator.
Who would have thought that this high and mighty God King had such a tragic past hidden behind him!
"So that's how it is... So that's how it is..." Rong Nianbing, the God of Emotion, felt at this moment the endless sorrow and loneliness of Phanes that transcended time and space.
"The weight of an entire civilization rests entirely on one person's shoulders... Drifting in endless darkness, watching the stars of his homeland fade away one by one..."
His words left everyone feeling suffocated.
Even the powerful figures of the God of Light system, such as Chang Gongwei and Lei Xiang, fell silent at this moment.
They believe in the light and banish darkness, but what does their proud power of light amount to when faced with an "Abyss" capable of swallowing stars?
Hai Long and Tian Hen, these former overlords, now felt their own insignificance.
Their grudges and affections seem so insignificant in the face of the birth and death of a world.
The images on the Light Screen continued to flow.
That seed-like spaceship drifted through the universe for countless years.
The scene fast-forwards, showing Phanes's growth during his wanderings.
He witnessed the birth and destruction of countless worlds, fought against all sorts of bizarre and powerful beings in the universe, and his power was constantly sublimated in solitude and trials.
The Light Wings behind Him grew ever more dazzling, and His aura became ever more unfathomable.
Finally, after a journey across galaxies, His personhood underwent its final transformation.
He abandoned his former name and became the new "Descender" —Phanes.
[After a long journey, Phanes arrived in the young Teyvat World.]
[Having witnessed this primitive world brimming with possibilities, a desire was rekindled in His long-dormant heart.]
[A wish so grand it borders on madness.]
Everyone's hearts were in their throats.
They wanted to know what this Descender, burdened with a blood feud, was planning to do.
Is it revenge? Is it rebuilding our homes? Or...?
[He wants to create a "perfect world" here.]
[A Cradle of humanity, free from strife and disaster, Eternity unchanging and absolutely stable.]
[An absolute "utopia"... that will never be corrupted by the ' Abyss ' and will never repeat the tragedy of its homeland.]
When the last line of text was written, the entire space fell into a long, deathly silence.
Everyone was awestruck by Phanes's grand vision.
The eyes of Monarch like Emperor Dai Hao and Xue Ye revealed complex emotions. They devoted their entire lives to the prosperity and peace of their nations, while Phanes's goal was to create an Eternity perfect "world"!
"So that... we won't have to experience that tragedy again?" Tang Ya murmured, her eyes filled with sympathy.
She recalled the hatred of her sect being destroyed, a hatred that had once consumed her.
But what Phanes carried was hatred and pain a million times heavier than she was.
"But..." Tang San frowned, keenly sensing the problem, "Eternity and unchanging, absolutely stable...is this really 'perfect'?"
A world that stagnates, a world that allows no "variables," isn't that just a magnificent prison?
"His initial intention was good, it was noble." Huo Yuhao sighed. His Divine Power could sense the heavy sense of protection behind this wish. "But His method seems...too extreme."
To protect, one chooses confinement.
To choose stagnation in order to achieve Eternity.
This tragic Survivor, this powerful Descender, has gone to a paranoid extreme due to the immense trauma of the past.
Everything irrational in the Teyvat World, everything that seemed to be a cold, hard Rules, seemed to have a source at this moment.
The Heavenly Principles are not simply evil.
He was just a badly injured orphan who was trying his best to protect a "new home".
The image on the Light Screen finally froze.
That was above the Teyvat World, Phanes spread out four pairs of enormous Light Wings, looking down at the blue, primordial planet below.
His face was still blurry, but everyone could feel that his gaze contained a sorrow powerful enough to crush a universe, and an unquestionable determination to create new life.
Niu Tian and Tai Tan, the two incarnations of the Titan Giant Ape and the Sky Azure Bull Python, felt the overwhelming aura and even found it difficult to breathe.
That wasn't a suppression of power, but an absolute gap in the level of life.
Gu Yuena closed her eyes, and a tear slid down her cheek.
"So... you're someone who's also lost your home..."