The welcome banquet for Nahida at the night market ended amidst laughter and joy.
As everyone was leaving, Nahida tugged at Jiang Xiaofeng's sleeve.
"Um, please take me back to Sanctuary of Surasthana. If the people from the Akademiya find out I'm missing, they'll be furious..."
Jiang Xiaofeng smiled, squatted down, and patted Nahida's head.
"Do you really think those people in the Sumeru Akademiya of the Church wouldn't have noticed you've been gone for so long?"
Nahida's eyes widened in surprise. "You mean...?"
Jiang Xiaofeng nodded. "Hmph, the so-called Akademiya would be better off just disappearing obediently."
"The center of power should rightfully be God. Although the Akademiya rules over Sumeru, they still want to create a god to replace you, the Dendro Archon, and replace you with a god they created themselves."
"But their god is not yet finished, so you cannot disappear."
"I made a point of showing myself in Sumeru City, so that the Void of Sumeru would remember my presence."
" The Akademiya will probably connect my disappearance with yours now..."
Jiang Xiaofeng picked Nahida up.
Nahida held Arama tightly in her arms.
"Well then, Nahida, enjoy yourself in Mondstadt City for a while. The Akademiya needs a water change."
" Arama, is there anything you want to do?"
Jiang Xiaofeng looked at Arama and asked.
Arama shook his head. "Today, I'm happy."
"So many Nara, all friendly Nara."
" Arama is very happy. Arama will remember everything that happened today."
"If only Aranaga, Arabandhu, and Arana could see this too."
"Arama said."
Jiang Xiaofeng smiled, "If they want to come, that's fine too."
"Anyway, the people of Mondstadt can see Aranara because they have Void Power within them, so you are safe."
Arama nodded. " Arama will consider it."
Jiang Xiaofeng said no more and took Anna back to their room.
Nahida was led by a nun to another clean room.
As soon as Jiang Xiaofeng entered the room, he hugged Anna.
"Hey, what's the rush?"
Anna lay in bed, looking at Jiang Xiaofeng.
With a flick of his finger, Jiang Xiaofeng's armor and Anna's long dress vanished instantly.
Anna: "..."
Jiang Xiaofeng hugged the naked Anna and snuggled into the covers. "Sleeping with my wife is a matter of course."
Anna didn't immediately shrink under the covers. "Is that little child really the god of Sumeru?"
Upon hearing this, Jiang Xiaofeng had no choice but to temporarily stop his mischief. "Yes, but he's just a deity under house arrest."
"This isn't the kind of house arrest I put on the Anemo Archon. Nahida called it house arrest, but it was really just being confined to her quarters."
"So, you think the Sumeru Akademiya will find out, and that won't be a problem?"
Jiang Xiaofeng rolled over and pinned Anna down, knowing the conversation was about to end.
"At worst, we'll start a war; I'm very familiar with that kind of thing."
"After all, apart from the Snezhnaya, the other six kingdoms all use cold weapons, how could they possibly defeat Ark..."
"No, we don't even need the Void Knights to deal with Sumeru; the island's guards and monsters can crush them."
"Ahem, let's not talk about this anymore, Anna, you're a little chilly..."
"Wait, wait a minute, don't touch me like that..."
The night passed quickly...
The next day, Jiang Xiaofeng retrieved the Akasha Terminal that he had left in the Void for Ark and his team to study, and activated it.
"I'm wanted? I'm given a deadline to hand over the Dendro Archon yesterday? Ha..."
Jiang Xiaofeng threw the Akasha Terminal back into the Void and went directly into the interior of the Akademiya.
"You are the new king of Mondstadt!"
The scholars of the Akademiya were on high alert, protecting their research notes and looking very vigilant.
Jiang Xiaofeng sat down directly in the chair behind him, looking at the Great Sage of the Akademiya in front of him.
"A great sage, isn't he?"
"If you want to issue a warrant for my arrest, you'd better be prepared to start a war."
"You should think this through. Your Akademiya has no God."
"You want to create a god? That failed experiment with Electro Archon, you're treating it like a precious treasure..."
Jiang Xiaofeng narrowed his eyes.
However, because of the helmet, no one could see Jiang Xiaofeng's eyes; they only thought that Jiang Xiaofeng had paused for a moment while speaking.
" Dendro Archon... I will not harm her, but your rudeness displeases me greatly."
"If you can't offer enough compensation, then wait for my Void Knights to raze the Sumeru Akademiya to the ground."
Jiang Xiaofeng leaned back in his chair and said calmly.
"How dare you! Who gave you the audacity to say such things!"
"You're nothing but a shameless scoundrel who took advantage of Mondstadt's weakness to steal it!"
"You're nothing but a petty, smug scoundrel!"
"Disgraceful! You are unworthy to be the king of Mondstadt!"
Listening to the scholars' insults, Jiang Xiaofeng clapped his hands. "What a courageous declaration."
"Who told you I'm not a god?"
No sooner had the words left his mouth than the few who had been cursing the loudest were stabbed through the body by armed guards who suddenly appeared.
"Oh no! Enemy attack!"
"Run! Someone's dead!"
Many scholars, seeing the armed guards begin killing without hesitation, fled in terror.
"Enough!"
The great sage gritted his teeth, looked at Jiang Xiaofeng, and slowly knelt down.
"King of Mondstadt, I am the supreme administrator of the Akademiya."
"Issuing the arrest warrant was my mistake. Please, in your great mercy, spare Sumeru."
Jiang Xiaofeng looked at the kneeling sage and smiled, "This is not enough."
"Unless everyone from the Akademiya kneels down, I might spare you."
"Of course, you can also choose to submit to me. If you're all on my side, I won't make things difficult for you."
As he spoke, Jiang Xiaofeng tossed out a cane.
"Whether you kneel before me in humiliation, subjected to public criticism, or swear allegiance to me directly, come on."
The great sage looked at the cane on the ground. "..."
"Mr. Jiang Xiaofeng, the Sumeru Akademiya will not betray Sumeru!"
"Yes, that's exactly what I mean—to make even Sumeru submit to me."
Jiang Xiaofeng nodded and said.
"Since you guys can't manage it anyway, and you don't know how to be ruthless, then I'll take over."
The great sage gritted his teeth and whispered, "Absolutely impossible!"
Jiang Xiaofeng shrugged. "Alright then."
"I hope you are prepared to stop my army."
After saying that, Jiang Xiaofeng and the armed guard disappeared.
The great sage slumped to the ground and issued a command to the Void.
"From today onwards, no one from Sumeru City is allowed to leave Sumeru City."
Send Corps of Thirty to protect the outer perimeter of Sumeru City.
"Hire the Eremites to protect the Akademiya and the House of Daena."
" The Void has caused the people of Sumeru City to begin a cycle of dreams; the god-making plan needs to be brought forward."
" The Doctor, you'd better be prepared. I'll open the Void beforehand and utilize the dream world."
The Doctor emerged from behind the Great Sage.
"You've offended the new god of Mondstadt, haven't you?"
Dottore, also known as " The Doctor," the Harbinger of the Fatui, has appeared.