Chapter 303

"The me in the mirror."

That fellow who had brought her the immortality curse and all this painful performance in the past had also vanished.

Sitting on the throne, Furina did not feel happy.

She only felt boundless pain surging toward her.

Furina covered her face, tears streaming down.

"That's not right! That's not right! I should have had a better way!"

"It can't be like this! It shouldn't be like this!"

"I had other ways! Who would like this kind of performance destined for sorrow!"

"If I had power... if I had sufficiently powerful strength!"

"Strength!!!"

Furina suddenly looked up, her gaze piercing through the ceiling to see the overcast sky.

"I shouldn't be here! I have already grasped the opportunity to change everything!"

The scene before her creaked like shattered glass; the world seemed to be collapsing.

"I want to... I want to..."

Furina's gaze suddenly focused, her tear-filled eyes burning like torches.

"I want to cultivate immortality!"

"Since humans cannot solve the problem, then I will become an immortal!"

"Focalors, the law cannot save Fontaine, but cultivation can!"

"No matter what kind of despair it is, as long as I cultivate! I will definitely be able to resolve the crisis in the most perfect posture!"

"Focalors! This time, it's my turn to curse you!"

"I will make you serve as the Hydro Archon again, for five hundred years, five thousand years, fifty thousand years!"

Furina's gaze was firm as she shouted. The next moment, the illusion before her shattered like a bubble.

She stood in the Heart-Questioning Array without moving.

It was as if those five hundred years of life were all illusory.

That solo performance she had truly experienced for five hundred years felt like a long, long dream.

But she had only stayed here for a few minutes.

A fleeting moment of life...

For the first time, Furina experienced the power of cultivation firsthand.

Only by cultivating immortality could one truly grasp one's own destiny, and even the destiny of the world.

She wanted to become a true powerhouse and make this world run in the way she expected.

She had had enough of this hypocritical performance.

From this moment on, she would grasp everything.

"Congratulations, Furina..."

Zhongli took a deep look at Furina; he was clear about her background.

He had even seen everything in the Heart-Questioning Array just now through the permissions given by Jiang Yan.

He felt some emotion regarding the tragedy of this human girl performing the duties of a god.

His tone could not help but soften.

"Furina, you are the first person to pass the first level of the Heart-Questioning Array. Do you wish to continue?"

Furina nodded decisively.

Being just an outer sect disciple would not allow her to fulfill her wish.

She had to continue moving upward.

To the point where she could achieve everything.

Furina looked back at Clorinde, who was still wandering in the Heart-Questioning Array, but judging by the situation, she would likely come out soon.

Furina thought no more.

At this moment, she had completely understood what she needed.

Sacrifices like the ones in the Heart-Questioning Array that could have been avoided, that cliché hero-saving-the-world plot she hated most.

She would absolutely not allow it to happen again!

Taking a step forward, Furina said fiercely:

"Focalors! Don't think you can die so easily! You cursed me for five hundred years, so I will curse you to live well for fifty thousand years!"

"Your world-saving drama is truly rotten! Let this goddess show you what true world-saving is!"

Familiar darkness enveloped Furina.

This time...

She became Focalors, waiting to execute herself in the Oratrice Mecanique d'Analyse Cardinale...

Zhongli sighed deeply and said softly:

"Performing the duties of a god in a human body, suffering through five hundred years of painful life."

"Furina can be called a true god."

"Perhaps, she will become the second person to pass through the nine levels of Heart-Questioning."

"With a Heavenly Spiritual Root and the nine levels of Heart-Questioning, Furina's future is limitless... Shushan has gained another proud disciple."

"The Sect Master might be very pleased."

Alice sighed and said in a low voice:

"It really has been hard on this child..."

"However, the Heart-Questioning illusion was derived by the Sect Master using great magical power to communicate with the fate trajectory of Teyvat."

"Which means it truly exists, so..."

"That guy, I seem to be somewhat familiar with it."

Hearing this, Zhongli and Venti immediately perked up, looking at Alice with great interest.

To be honest, that Deep Sea Demon Whale looked terrifying, but its strength was just so-so.

For the two original Archons, Zhongli and Venti, they had enough means to deal with it.

But the existence behind the Deep Sea Demon Whale was a different story.

"That thing... I seem to have heard of it before; it's the pet of an old friend's disciple."

Alice mentioned it softly, and Venti suddenly perked up, asking curiously:

"Is it from your Hexenzirkel? Could it be Rhinedottir?"

"No, it's the 'Ebon Knight'."

181. Breaking Through the Heart-Questioning Array, Achieving Shushan Inner Sect Status

Seeing that most people were still wandering in the Heart-Questioning Array for the time being, Alice simply took the opportunity to talk to Zhongli and the others.

"To be precise, it's the pet of Skirk, the disciple of the Ebon Knight, Surtalogi."

Zhongli frowned slightly and said hesitantly:

"A top-tier Demon God-level Deep Sea Demon Whale as a pet?"

Alice spread her hands.

"Surtalogi, Rhinedottir, and even I are the same; we all travel through the Sea of Quanta."

"In Rhinedottir's words, we are people who pursue the extreme in certain aspects."

"Rhinedottir is the extreme of alchemy, while the Ebon Knight is the extreme of power."

"According to my speculation, Skirk's realm should be on par with the peak of Qi Refining and Spirit Manifestation."

"Surtalogi is at least a half-step into Spirit Returning and Void Manifestation, or perhaps even the early stage of Spirit Returning and Void Manifestation."

As soon as she finished speaking, Venti looked at Alice with a hint of teasing.

"Then why are you only at the late stage of Qi Refining and Spirit Manifestation? You guys are so strong, why did you agree to my proposal of discussing poetry when you challenged me back then?"

Alice was immediately annoyed, staring at Venti with puffed-up cheeks.

"Please! Everyone has their own specialty, okay! That Rhinedottir made a bunch of terrifying alchemical monsters, isn't her own strength about the same as mine?"

"Furthermore! You and Zhongli, do you two count as normal Archons? Two perverts! Do you want me to expose your true colors!"

"Do you want me to repeat your relationship with the First Throne's Time Archon?"