Chapter 69: The Farther from Humanity, the Closer to Divinity

These anchors firmly stabilized Hermes' mental state.

Yet, Mother was ultimately a distant memory, and this anchor had begun to loosen over time.

When he first met Kezi, two people who mutually favored each other naturally grew closer, with Hermes offering no resistance.

“Kezi… I hope Itachi become my next anchor!”

Hermes gazed at Kezi’s figure within Teyvat, a tender smile crossing his face.

Though he harbored this thought, Hermes was not using Kezi—he genuinely drowned in her tenderness.

There was no question of exploitation.

Undoubtedly, at this moment, Hermes could be called a [God] in any world.

The farther one is from humanity, the closer one becomes to divinity; maintaining the balance at the human-divine threshold has always been a crucial trial for Hermes.

Don’t speak of Hermes lacking Dao heart—after all, is a heart devoid of emotion not also a Dao heart?

If a person continuously cultivates and studies without a single beautiful memory, their mental state will inevitably tilt toward divinity.

At that point, when cultivation reaches its end, the person becomes a cold, emotionless Heavenly Dao—something Hermes does not wish to see.

“Huh…”

He took a deep breath.

Hermes carefully mobilized his own power.

It was not a lack of power.

Rather, Hermes’ current scale was simply too immense.

He feared that even a slight misstep might crush Teyvat, a world on the brink of collapse.

Instantly.

Vast, boundless power surged from within Hermes.

The false sky of Teyvat shattered in an instant!

Teyvat was simply too fragile.

So fragile that Hermes had to carefully control every thread of energy to ensure the world’s safety.

To block the quantum tsunami of the Quantum Sea, Hermes had specially shaped a hand vast enough to cover the heavens.

Within the palm of that hand, Teyvat rested quietly, gently protected.

Once all this was complete, Hermes moved Teyvat toward the larger world of Bengtie .

“Kezi, Teyvat’s coordinates have begun shifting—Lord Hermes has begun his action!”

Danheng activated the Star Rail’s various instruments to collect precise data.

“Danheng, record every single data point in detail!”

Kezi’s voice carried a thread of excitement.

She was an exceptionally skilled scientist—otherwise, she could never have repaired the long-fallen Star Rail.

And now,

too many vital data points needed recording.

Whether the mysterious Quantum Sea or what was unfolding now, these were priceless treasures within the cosmic galaxy!

The Quantum Sea was not something one could enter at will!

Without Hermes, they had no way to enter the Quantum Sea at all.

Meanwhile, the Seven Archons simultaneously manifested across the seven nations, stabilizing the people’s hearts.

The shattering of the false sky had caused too great an impact!

Residents of Teyvat with sufficient strength now stared at the sky with strange expressions.

The shattering of Teyvat’s false sky revealed countless hidden truths.

The original Teyvat world had been vastly larger than the current one.

But after countless brutal wars, unrecoverable regions—such as the former Three Moons—had been excluded by the Heavenly Principle, Phanes.

The grotesque, broken ships further attested to the cruelty of past wars.

Many astrologers went mad upon seeing the current sky.

They never imagined that the stars they had studied their entire lives were nothing but this!

The Empress of Fontaine’s expression turned even darker.

She never imagined that the very thing she had longed to break through was truly this!

She, too, was a God of Love.

Seeing this, she broke into cold sweat—she had nearly led her people to eternal ruin.

“Hmm?”

“What an interesting little whale.”

At that moment, a voice—impossibly beautiful, as if the very essence of all goodness in the world—suddenly echoed in everyone’s ears.

Then,

from beyond the heavens, a colossal hand, resembling a primordial titan, slowly reached into Teyvat.

Every patch of skin, every fingerprint on that hand seemed to embody countless truths, symbols of fate.

The next instant,

“Woo~”

A whale-shaped beast, as massive as a mountain range—the Star-Swallowing Whale—leapt swiftly from the Primordial Womb Sea and fled.

Yet,

no matter how hard the whale ran, its distance from the giant hand did not widen—it steadily closed.

The Star-Swallowing Whale, gripped by its tail, could only whimper helplessly, daring not to struggle.

As the hand retreated back beyond the heavens, everyone stood frozen in stunned silence.

Even the Seven Gods, faced with such a spectacle, could only stare blankly.

Yun Jin.

Xing took a moment to open the livestream of the chat group.

Then, with another punch, she blackened Kongs eyes again, murmuring in admiration: “No wonder he’s a senior—casually, effortlessly, he performed divine revelation.”

Recalling how, since arriving in Teyvat after her journey through the starry seas, she had saved countless people and worlds.

“That’s me—beautiful of face, kind of heart, loved by all, adored by flowers.”

“I wonder if Lord Hermes would let me become a Pure Beauty Emissary?”

Ignoring Kong’s darkened face, Xing stood with hands on hips, feeling supremely satisfied.

“Xing!”

Kong covered his eyes, staring at his fist.

Hmm… felt a bit soft?

“Oh? My dear brother, still not satisfied?”

The moment Kong spoke, Xing read his mind perfectly—he was just planning to reclaim his dignity later.

“Itachi idiot brother, Itachi’ve traveled countless worlds with me, yet Itachi fell for Kanria’s trap?”

Xing delivered another punch—Kong’s eyes were now perfectly symmetrical.

“In all our travels together, when have we ever gotten entangled?”

“Why on earth did Itachi take on Kanria’s mess?”

Take me, Traveler Xing—I’m known across Teyvat for beauty and kindness, unable to bear human suffering.

I wielded a blunt sword to resolve crisis after crisis, accepting only a few Mora as payment.

Yet after resolving each crisis, I simply left, leaving behind only the legend of the Traveler.

How did Itachi, my idiot brother, get so deeply entangled?

Is the Abyss so easy to touch?

Is Kanria’s mess so easy to inherit?

Kong, my idiot brother, was completely manipulated by capital—he took on a colossal black debt for others!

“Sister, it’s not as simple as Itachi imagine.”

Kong spoke with a melancholy tone: “I have no choice but to bear Kanria’s burden.”

Watching her brother wear the expression of [Even as I shoulder the entire Kanria Empire, I remain invincible], Xing’s fist tightened.