The chaos Azhdaha had caused finally came to an end.
Development at Nantianmen could continue.
Azhdaha had been sealed away once more.
Zhongli had obtained a new Memory of Dust.
And Keqing had regained her confidence and grown.
All in all, the incident had reached a fairly satisfactory resolution.
Afterward, everyone returned to their usual lives.
A few days after the incident with Azhdaha.
Inside the Serenitea Pot, Ellin frowned slightly. For the past few days, she had felt that something was off.
It wasn't necessarily a bad feeling.
She simply felt as though two threads had connected to her through some unseen force.
Then a clear, radiant, blazing energy would travel along those threads, crossing distance and space to reach her and become her strength.
This mysterious power strengthened her resolve and made it easier for her to control her powers when attacking, increasing their destructive force.
She had a persistent feeling that as long as that unseen energy never ran dry, neither would her strength.
Closing her eyes briefly to sense them, Ellin found that one of the invisible threads was strong and the other weak.
The stronger one came from Liyue, while the weaker one came from Inazuma.
Ellin couldn't make sense of this unheard-of connection of energy. In the end, she simply went to ask Zhongli.
"Oh?"
"You say you can feel two invisible threads connected to you, bringing you a mysterious power?"
After hearing her out, Zhongli set down his teacup.
"I see."
"So what's going on, exactly?" Ellin asked.
"A god serves their nation and its people, and in turn earns the people's faith."
"The two threads you perceive are none other than threads of faith, formed when people sincerely honor and respect you."
"A god carries the wishes of the people."
"The energy