Chapter 163

Su Bai began his actions once more.

Seven infusion tubes on his back flashed with bright light.

In an instant.

The trunk of the World Tree shimmered with waves of radiance.

The light spread along the trunk of the World Tree, beginning to extend toward the roots.

The next moment, Su Bai's consciousness suddenly appeared within the void.

Layers of slices surrounded the void.

Their contents were precisely the long-term development history of Teyvat.

Enveloping every person's experiences from birth to death.

Su Bai glanced around broadly, having no intention of peering into Teyvat's development history at such a moment.

His gaze kept flipping backward as if searching.

Searching for the two figures crucial to his mission.

The one-eyed king of Khaenri'ah, Ilmar.

Rhinedottir, the Gold.

The power consumed to erase a person from the World Tree is minuscule.

But such an act cannot change everything currently happening in Teyvat.

Su Bai had already glimpsed the truth through Scaramouche's experiences.

What he needed to do was retrieve the information files on Ilmar and Rhinedottir.

And modify their wills before they attempted to contact the forbidden knowledge of the Abyss.

This act of forcibly altering someone's will requires consuming vast amounts of spirit and power.

The further back in history, the greater the energy consumed.

Amid countless slices, Su Bai discovered traces of Khaenri'ah.

Following Khaenri'ah's development, he finally found Ilmar and Rhinedottir.

Unfortunately, the catastrophe had already struck Khaenri'ah during that era.

With no other choice, Su Bai could only push the two's history further backward.

Clarifying the information locations of the two and the overall historical trajectory of Khaenri'ah.

This time, Su Bai quickly found Ilmar and Rhinedottir before they had yet grasped the forbidden knowledge.

"What remains is..."

"Forcibly implanting into you the dangers of forbidden knowledge."

Su Bai placed his hand upon Ilmar's slice; the instant the two made contact, a dazzling light flared.

Khaenri'ah was the nation in Teyvat closest to the Abyss.

A nation of atheism.

Su Bai did not have the time or power to alter the wills of every single one of them.

The King's will could almost represent everything.

Among them, Khaenri'ah was divided into two factions: one was the faction opposing forbidden knowledge, like Pierro.

The other faction was the one advocating for accepting and researching forbidden knowledge, led by Rhinedottir.

"I only need to make the two of you, just like me, deeply loathe the forbidden knowledge of the Abyss, standing in eternal opposition to it for this life."

"That should be enough to prevent the catastrophe of your Khaenri'ah."

The logic was not difficult, but in actual practice.

Su Bai found that for powerful beings like Ilmar and Rhinedottir, their wills were so firm that modifying them was not as easy as imagined.

Moreover, the side effects of infiltrating the World Tree were even more terrifying than his deductions had predicted.

How long had passed?

Perhaps an instant, or perhaps an extremely long moment.

Su Bai finally breathed a sigh of relief.

The modification targeting Ilmar succeeded.

Alice: "Did he... really do it..."

Dai Yin: "Forcibly altering the will of the one-eyed King, this..."

Ilmar: "Truly worthy of Mr. Su Bai; could he really accomplish such a thing?"

Aether: "After all, he was the King of Khaenri'ah; the firmness of his will is something ordinary people cannot achieve."

Zhong Li: "That proves The Sage succeeded; the will of the King of Khaenri'ah has been tampered with. Truly incredible."

Alice: "No, regarding the catastrophe of Khaenri'ah, my friend is the most crucial figure; perhaps The Sage Su Bai does not understand her madness."

Rhinedottir: "Shh, Alice, do not say such things. What if Mr. Su Bai absorbs the memories of the reincarnation and seeks revenge on me after it ends?"

Scirka: "Uh, the current barrier of Teyvat is already so thick that my Master cannot return; Rhinedottir, even if you wish to leave Teyvat, it seems impossible now."

Rhinedottir: "(Help)"

Su Bai: "....."

Furina: "You still have the mood to reply? In your past life you were so reckless; you... you are going to die again..."

Lisa: "By Young Lady Alice's meaning, even if the King of Khaenri'ah strongly opposed contacting forbidden knowledge, Rhinedottir would still quietly contact it with her team."

Alice: "One hundred percent."

Rhinedottir: "....."

"Next is the other key figure, the Gold, Rhinedottir..."

Su Bai placed his hand on Rhinedottir's slice, just about to alter her will.

Suddenly, Su Bai's consciousness began to waver.

Everything before his eyes grew blurry and indistinct.

Furina: "What is happening?"

Nahida: "No good, Mr. Su Bai must be suffering from overload damage, affecting his consciousness."

Furina: "How is that possible? Su Bai only altered one person's will; how could he be unable to withstand it? He is clearly so powerful."

Zhong Li: "This is modifying the Irminsul, and modifying a figure in the Teyvat world who can change all history; the power it bears is beyond our imagination."

Venti: "Old Su, keep going! Whether you can turn the tables depends on creating a new world."

Abyss Herald: "Wow, so thrilling! Go for it, Su Ye."

Su Bai shook his head, but he felt no clarity.

Instead, his consciousness grew heavier and heavier.

Until the blurry scene before his eyes slowly turned black.

Beside the Irminsul, outside of consciousness.

Su Bai, clad in bright red armor, leaned against the Irminsul, motionless.

After his eyelids twitched a few times, they slowly drooped shut.

Furina: "What is going on? Why has Su Bai's armor, which transforms power, turned so red?"

Dottore: "Could it be that due to power overload, the mecha was scorched by high heat, causing it to turn red?"

Scaramouche: "What!"

Tartaglia: "Impossible. That would require terrifying power."

Skirk: "No, look closely; that is not the mecha changing color."

Yae Miko: "Bright red liquid is dripping onto the ground; that is..."

Keqing: "Oh my heavens, that is blood."

Nahida: "Ugh!"

Neuvillette: "Even if pain sensation was discarded, his body still cannot withstand the harm of the backlash from such powerful force."

Zhong Li: "The key is that Su Bai's identity as the Great Sage cannot accept the power of Teyvat; even if forcibly transformed, there will still be damage."

Furina: "No, Su Bai cannot end like this; he once deduced; how could he possibly fail?"

Mo Na: "The accuracy of deduction is measured by the power gap; perhaps Mr. Su Bai did not expect modifying the Irminsul to be such a terrifying matter."

Ningguang: "Mr. Su Bai's body, this..."

Baizhu: "Sigh..."

"I..."