The oppressive force of the Skyfrost Nail had yet to fade from the Sky Screen when the Scarlet King's figure appeared on it once more.
Following the Scarlet King's gaze, they saw countless people driven mad by Forbidden Knowledge. Eleazar erupted, and black scales sprouted across countless bodies, condemning them to agonizing torment.
Collei couldn't help trembling. Memories of her past suffering came flooding back. She, too, had once been tormented by Eleazar.
Tighnari placed a hand on Collei's shoulder and gave her an encouraging look.
"Master..."
"Collei, that's all in the past. Pull yourself together!"
"Mm, I understand. Thank you, Master!"
The scene on the Sky Screen changed again. This time, the Scarlet King stood before a colossal figure: the Grass Dragon King Apep.
"Amon, the time has come!"
"Yes! The time has come. Then I'll leave it to you! And let me say... I'm sorry!"
The Grass Dragon King Apep then swallowed the Scarlet King. But the Scarlet King had tricked her.
Knowing he had made a grave mistake, he drank most of the Abyssal poison, turning his body into the final means of restraining the Grass Dragon King Apep.
Apep, too, was tainted by Forbidden Knowledge after absorbing the Scarlet King's power. She could only rely on her immense elemental power to suppress its corruption, leaving her unable to do anything else.
The elemental life-forms that had originally lived inside Apep fled their homeland when their environment was destroyed. They came to Teyvat and transformed into the forms of Teyvat's inhabitants.
This gave the people of Douluo Continent and the gods of the Divine Realm an even clearer understanding of Apep's power.
She contained a world of her own within her body, and could even give birth to life. Not even the Five God Kings of the