The Earth Veins Run Amok, Abyssal Corruption Spreads, the Four Shadows of Heavenly Principles Slaughter the Dragon Clan, Tang San: The World Origin Is Severed

Gu Yuena gently took his hand. The power of the Silver Dragon King within her was trembling too. Looking at the solitary figure on the Light Screen, she said softly, "Though he hangs high above the world, from this moment on, he too has fallen into the Abyss."

Yes, that Curse was the Abyss Phanes could never escape.

Shrek Academy.

Bei Bei's mouth hung open for a long time. "Wait... That's it? The winner ended up worse off than the loser?"

"This isn't a question of who had it worse." Xu Sanshi's expression was unusually serious. "That Curse is like a maggot burrowing into bone. He'll never be rid of it. That Phanes is basically carrying around a powder keg that could explode at any moment."

"And the prophecy is even more terrifying." He Caitou adjusted his glasses. "A new 'Usurper' will be born? And from among the 'people' he created himself? That's not raising a tiger to invite disaster. He's personally training the person who'll dig his grave!"

Xiao Xiao and Tang Ya exchanged glances, both seeing the fear on the other's face.

A fate that crumbled from within was more despairing than any powerful external enemy.

Star Dou Great Forest.

Niu Tian and Tai Tan, the two giants, were silent for a long time.

They had spent their lives pursuing pure strength, but what they had witnessed today made them understand that once power reached its peak, the game was no longer about power itself.

"Plots, Curses, prophecies... These things wound more deeply than swords," Tai Tan rumbled.

Star Luo Empire Palace.

Dai Hao's brows drew tightly together. As the Empire's Marshal, he had gleaned a deeper horror from that prophecy.

"Abandoned by all... The collapse of order..." he murmured. "A supreme ruler who has lost absolute control and suffered grave injuries will see his country plunged into the most brutal internal strife and conflict."

Beside him, Emperor Xue Ye was just as pale.

As the ruler of the Heaven Dou Empire, he understood better than anyone what the word "order" meant to a vast empire.

Once the order established by Phanes collapsed, the disaster facing the Teyvat World would likely be even more terrifying than the Abyss Invasion.

Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.

Ning Rongrong gazed at Phanes's battered body on the Light Screen. As a support-type Deity, she could better sense the weakness that came from having exhausted one's Origin.

"He's so tired..." she said softly. "What he needs most now is a long period of rest. But will that Curse give him the time?"

The answer seemed to be no.

Everyone understood that the throne of a victor who had suffered grave injuries and been struck with a vicious Curse would be more perilous than ever.

Countless eyes would watch that supreme throne from the darkness.

Just as the prophecy had said.

A new "Usurper" was about to take the stage.

Ye Yinzhu gazed silently at the Light Screen. Zi, standing beside him, asked softly, "Yinzhu, do you think... that world called Teyvat has been saved?"

Ye Yinzhu was silent for a long while before slowly shaking his head.

"No."

"This is only the beginning of another disaster."

The scene on the Light Screen did not linger long on Phanes's solitary figure.

While everyone was still shaken by the vicious Curse and ominous prophecy, the scene suddenly shifted. The viewpoint soared impossibly high, revealing the entirety of the Teyvat Continent to everyone.

But this was no longer the vibrant world they had seen before.

The ground cracked apart. Deep chasms, like ugly scars, stretched across mountains and plains. From their depths surged not lava, but a viscous, black energy that radiated an ominous aura. The Earth Veins, the energy vessels on which this world depended for survival, writhed like giant serpents gone wild. Everything in their path withered.

The sky was no longer clear. Gray mist veiled the land, and a visible corruption spread from the Abyssal rifts, tainting every inch of ground.

[The war has ended, but the laws of the Teyvat World are in disarray. The Earth Veins run amok, and Abyssal corruption continues to spread.]

The cold voice-over sounded like a chilling postscript to this brutal victory.

Divine Realm.

Tang San's expression turned utterly grave. As the God King who wielded the Authority of the Divine Realm, he understood better than anyone what this meant.

"The World Origin has been damaged, and the Law Chain has already begun to fracture." His voice was low. "This is more fatal than mere destruction. It's like a person's meridians have been severed. Even if the external wounds heal, the inside has already completely collapsed."

Huo Yuhao extended his spiritual detection, trying to sense the state of that world. But after only a brief contact, a torrent of chaotic, violent information, filled with pain and wailing, crashed into his mind. He couldn't help but groan.

"What terrifying resentment and chaos... That world is weeping."

At last, Sky Island made its move on the Light Screen. Four beams of light shot from the magnificent Temple floating in the heavens, descending upon the land like Divine Punishment from above.

[Heavenly Principles Phanes has returned to Sky Island to recover. The Four Shadows of Heavenly Principles have been ordered to eliminate the remaining Dragon Clan.]

The scene shifted, becoming a one-sided massacre.

Each of the four figures wielded unimaginable power. They swept across mountains and seas, hunting down the dragons who had survived the war. The ancient dragons, once soaring through the heavens and ruling over the elements, seemed so fragile before them.

Beams of light pierced the dragons' scales, and Divine Power tore their flesh apart. Cries of defiance rang across the skies, only to fall silent moments later.

Dragon God Temple.

"No!"

A roar that shook the Divine Realm burst from the Dragon God. His colossal body shot to its feet, golden eyes burning with fury unlike any he had felt before. He saw his kin, dragons who shared his proud bloodline, being systematically wiped out.

"This is a massacre! This is genocide!" The Dragon Prince's eyes were bloodshot too, his nails digging deep into his palms.

The Golden Dragon King Bloodline within Tang Wulin roared and surged wildly. Grief and fury from the deepest roots of his bloodline threatened to overwhelm his reason. He could almost feel the despair and defiance of his kin as they died.

Gu Yuena clasped his hand tightly, the Silver Dragon King's power continuously flowing into him to soothe his raging bloodline. But her own body trembled too. Her eyes held an irrepressible sorrow.

"They're... eliminating every potential threat." Her voice carried a trace of coldness. "Anyone who might challenge their order has to be erased. Just as they did to us back then."