Asura Yaksha: I Will Bring True Destruction to Liyue!

The video of A Hundred Lifetimes of Reincarnation did not seem to follow a strict chronological order.

As with the Knight of Boreas's story before it, by the time Asura Yaksha appeared, he had already grown into an immensely powerful being.

And compared to the Knight of Boreas, Asura Yaksha was clearly much stronger.

He seemed to have been tempered and tested by the Archon War, gaining a wealth of combat experience. Even his temperament had been honed until he was exceptionally composed, perhaps even excessively silent.

Whatever Asura Yaksha had been through, the audience erupted as soon as they saw the protagonist appear.

[How could such a perfect man exist in this world!?]

[If something like that happened to me, I'd fall in love with him on the spot!]

[The people of Liyue had it so rough back then. They'd already been through a disaster as dangerous as the Archon War, and after it ended, they still had to deal with the lingering resentment of dead gods. They never had a single good day.]

[I heard that throughout those years, the Yakshas always fought on the front lines against the resentment of dead gods, protecting Liyue Harbor with their lives. You can't help but respect them.]

[So our protagonist became Asura Yaksha this time? Was there a Yaksha like that in Liyue's history?]

[I don't know, but it doesn't look like the history books mention him at all...]

[Another piece of hidden history?]

As the audience discussed the video with fervor, Ronova found Asura Yaksha increasingly familiar the longer she watched.

She could not help glancing at Mo Fan, who was fast asleep beside her. After comparing them for a long time, she still could not believe that this lazy, graceless man could be both the Knight of Boreas and Asura Yaksha.

The difference was more than enormous—it was greater than the difference between a dog and a human.

Impossible. Absolutely impossible!

Ronova dismissed the fact that Mo Fan was the protagonist of the video and continued watching.

"Thank goodness, Asura Yaksha is here! We're saved!"

"Lord Asura, please destroy that evil spirit!"

"That was terrifying!"

The survivors cheered for Asura Yaksha, who stood before them, and begged him to kill the Millelith soldier possessed by the evil spirit.

Under normal circumstances, that was indeed what he should have done.

Someone possessed by an evil spirit was beyond saving. Only death could grant them true release.

But after glancing at the frozen Millelith soldier, Asura did not kill him outright. Instead, he placed a hand on the man's shoulder.

"Smack!"

The next moment, a stream of black energy spread out from the Millelith soldier's body and eventually entered Asura Yaksha's own.

As the black energy disappeared, the Millelith soldier, who had been in a frenzy, immediately returned to his senses.

He looked first at Asura Yaksha in front of him, then at the village he had destroyed. His expression changed drastically. "W-what have I done?! I attacked the ordinary people of Liyue. I don't deserve to be one of Lord Geo Archon's people!"

"You needn't blame yourself so much. That was the influence of Karmic Debt, not your true intent," Asura Yaksha comforted him, then went on to counsel him. "If you still feel guilty, then from now on, you should do an even better job of fulfilling your duty: protect Liyue and everyone on this land."

"Lord Asura... I-I understand!"

Moved by Asura Yaksha's words, the Millelith soldier fell to his knees on the spot and wept, clutching his head.

[Damn it, why is he so handsome?]

[He loves his soldiers and his people as if they were his own children. He's practically the ideal general. He's too perfect!]

[He only had to kill the Millelith soldier in front of him to solve the problem, but he absorbed the Karmic Debt inside the man and bore the consequences in his own body. He's practically a saint!]

[Oh my god, how have I never heard of someone so saintly in Liyue's textbooks? What is the Ministry of Civil Affairs doing?!]

[Asura Yaksha is a shining example for all of us Liyueans!]

"Absorbing Karmic Debt..."

Seeing what Asura Yaksha had done in the video, Ronova looked somewhat surprised.

That seemingly simple act was not something an ordinary person could do at will.

It was a power that could only be used by someone who understood the nature of gods well enough and had even gained a measure of mastery over the Law of Death.

Unlike Istaroth, Ronova rarely bestowed her power of death upon mortals. He should not have been able to use that power.

As Ronova pondered why Asura Yaksha could use the Law of Death, Ganyu was deeply moved by what he had done in the video.

She ran up to him excitedly and asked, "Please wait, sir Asura. What was that power you just used? Could I purify the Karmic Debt in those people like you did?"

"Purify...?" Asura responded coolly to Ganyu's obvious misunderstanding. "I'm not as capable as you imagine. If you want to help the people of Liyue, though, I can teach you how to fight."

"R-really?"

"We both have Cryo Visions, so naturally, our abilities have things in common."

"Th-thank you!"

Ganyu's cheeks were flushed.

She had studied adeptal arts under Cloud Retainer before, but she had never learned how to fight.

She was too young, and neither Rex Lapis nor the adepti were willing to let her take part in a real battle.

Now, with Asura Yaksha's help, Ganyu was finally able to learn how to truly fight.

And just as Asura had said, their Visions shared the same element, allowing Ganyu to fully master everything he taught her.

It was a long yet heartwarming time.

Asura became like a master to Ganyu, and like an older brother, or even a father.

He quietly taught Ganyu all the combat experience and techniques he had accumulated during the Archon War.

He held absolutely nothing back.

Someone more perceptive might have noticed that the way Asura held nothing back was just like a dying person trying to leave something behind for the world at the very end...

Asura Yaksha also frequently traveled across Liyue to deal with disasters caused by the Karmic Debt left by the resentment of dead gods.

Each time he defeated someone possessed by Karmic Debt, he would absorb its power directly from their body, bearing the terrible resentment of the dead gods in his own body for their sake.

As he did so more and more often, his appearance grew increasingly grim, as though he were constantly enduring tremendous torment.

But Ganyu did not notice anything unusual about Asura.

She felt a happiness she had never known before. The days she spent training with Asura Yaksha were a thousand, ten thousand times happier than the days she had spent training arduously in the mountains and forests.

And as Asura Yaksha continued his work throughout Liyue, the resentment of dead gods in Liyue Harbor grew increasingly scarce.

Fewer and fewer mortals were afflicted by Karmic Debt as well.

Everything seemed to be moving in a better direction.

Just as Ganyu felt that those happy days could go on forever, shocking news suddenly came from Liyue Harbor-Asura Yaksha had opened the seal on Mt. Tianheng, releasing a great quantity of dead gods' remains and absorbing every bit of the resentment within them!

He claimed that all his past acts of purifying Karmic Debt had, in truth, been intended to absorb the scattered resentment of dead gods and use it to increase his own strength.

His apparent good deeds had merely been a cover for his true purpose.

Now, after absorbing a vast amount of resentment from dead gods, Asura Yaksha's power was no less than that of the terrifying greater gods from the time of the Archon War.

He was about to bring true destruction to Liyue Harbor!