Chapter 237

"They must be planning to give Su Bai a warm welcome."

"Let's hurry over there too."

【Liyue, Wuwang Hill.】

【Su Bai and the demonized Su Bai sat on a stone like brothers.】

【The demonized Su Bai truthfully revealed the whole story.】

【The story dates back six hundred years.】

【When Su Bai slew the Demon Lord, the tree seed within the Demon Lord's body silently infiltrated Su Bai's body.】

【"Are you saying..."】

【Su Bai was stunned.】

【The demonized self nodded: "It was that faint sting we felt right after the great battle ended."】

【"I thought a pebble had bounced off my face," Su Bai said helplessly, lying flat on the stone: "I never expected it to be a tree seed."】

【"Yes, the Demon Lord, knowing he could not win, transformed the great tree within his body into a seed to invade our bodies."】

【"It took root and sprouted, hoping to use that power to seize our bodies and be reborn."】

【"Unfortunately, he failed. I completely eradicated his consciousness and inherited this great tree."】

【This was the reason the demonized Su Bai was buried three years ago.】

【While he was refining the Demon Lord's consciousness, his overall state appeared to everyone as death.】

【People, unaware of the truth, buried him with tears in their eyes.】

【Regrettably, the demonized Su Bai has not yet been able to eliminate the demonic qi from the great tree, causing curses to spread across all of Teyvat.】

【But for Su Bai personally, his power has been greatly enhanced.】

【This great tree even retains information on all the worlds the Demon Lord had devoured.】

【"In that case, you could simply refine it completely, then Think of another way to find a method to resurrect everyone, couldn't you?"】

【At Su Bai's suggestion, the demonized Su Bai let out a helpless, light laugh.】

【He pointed to the sky.】

【Su Bai looked up and saw a woman standing high in the air.】

【Seeing Su Bai look, the woman bowed respectfully toward him.】

【"Her direct superior is the administrator of Teyvat's order."】

【"She indeed has the power to resurrect the people of Teyvat, but unfortunately, even if everyone were resurrected, the current environment of Teyvat is no longer suitable for their survival."】

【"And the power of the curse is connected to our source power; I currently have no good way to completely eliminate them."】

【"The final outcome would be that only I remain in this world of Teyvat; if one wishes to live here, one must swallow the Fruit of Satan."】

【"Unfortunately, even if swallowed, one could only survive as a very powerful monster devoid of reason."】

【Su Bai grinned awkwardly.】

【He finally understood the problem his future self had explained.】

【Simply put, because the source of Su Bai's own power had changed, the leakage of power during the process of generating a new power source caused Teyvat's species to become maladapted, leading to a mass extinction of species.】

【Currently, neither the demonized Su Bai nor the administrator of Teyvat has a good solution.】

【The most critical point is...】

【For Su Bai, those familiar faces and those familiar sounds of laughter and joy will no longer exist.】

【The new power generated by the fusion of the two forces is indeed thrilling.】

【But compared to those familiar faces...】

【All this power seems so insignificant.】

【"Then you should discuss it with her, asking her to return to six hundred years ago to inform our past selves of this matter."】

【"Simply have our past selves dig her out before Ning Ke tears the sky, then strike her down with a single sword slash, and that would be the end of it."】

【"As long as Ning Ke dies, the Demon Lord will lose the coordinate to descend upon Teyvat, and everything will not happen."】

【"What you say makes a lot of sense." The demonized Su Bai wore an expression of full agreement.】

【But quickly, he shrugged: "I heard her say that as the Time Archon of the Sky Island, the reason she has the power to exist simultaneously in the past, present, and future is that she owes it to the power of the Nüwa Stone and the Xuanyuan Sword back then, which caused the Sky Island to resume its operation."】

【"As for the descent of the Demon Lord, the inherent power of this event far exceeds their capabilities; as the Time Archon, she does not possess enough power to alter the event of the Demon Lord's descent on the timeline."】

【Su Bai was speechless and looked up at the sky again.】

【The Time Archon of the Teyvat Sky Island.】

【Able to exist simultaneously in Teyvat's past, present, and future.】

【"That woman is waiting there, presumably wanting me to return to the past and act as the past Su Bai to kill the Demon Lord."】

【"In that case, as long as the past Su Bai is not outmaneuvered by the Demon Lord, the tree within our bodies will cease to exist."】

【Su Bai let out a long breath; the matter seemed far easier than he had thought.】

【If he just went back, summoned the Xuanyuan Sword, and killed the Demon Lord with a single slash, the matter would be over; with a seed already inside him, hosting a few more wouldn't matter.】

【As long as the past self's body does not contain this demon seed, the future self will naturally change again.】

【"Hmm..."】

【"But I must remind you: the tree seed within your current body has already begun to sprout, and your source power is changing silently."】

【"The Xuanyuan Sword is inherently connected to our source power; if you touch it, I fear it will transmit the demonic qi within your body to the Xuanyuan Sword."】

【Su Bai: "Hah?"】

【He rose to his feet in anger.】

【"Then why did you bring me here?"】

【"Even if you had to bring someone, you could have brought me from another timeline."】

"For example, me before the Cataclysm of Khaenri'ah five hundred years ago: at that time, I had the Seed within my body and the Xuanyuan Sword in my hand."

The Demonized Su Bai's lips twitched slightly, and he said with a face full of apology: "Don't get too excited."

"Let's put it this way: it's not that I don't want to."

"You, with the Xuanyuan Sword at your side, she cannot carry you through time and space."

"You, who just lost the Xuanyuan Sword—that is, you right after the Cataclysm of Khaenri'ah ended five hundred years ago—she also cannot carry you."

"It's not that I don't want to; it's that she cannot carry you..."

"And the reason she can carry you, five hundred years after the Cataclysm of Khaenri'ah, is that they, the Sky Island, have finally transformed the power of the Nüwa Stone and the Xuanyuan Sword."

"And the power of those otherworldly demons and the corpses of Demon Lords that were swept away by the Xuanyuan Sword in one stroke."

"Although she, as the Time Archon of Teyvat, exists in Teyvat's past, present, and future."

"Her power manifests differently after major events on each timeline."

"In short, after choosing and choosing, only you are the most suitable."

Yanshang: "I feel so dizzy listening to this."

Dvalin: "Me too; I can't understand it at all."

Alhaitham: "As for the issue of time travel, it is indeed too profound."

Lumine: "Listening back and forth, I only understood one thing: the Time Archon Istall cannot carry Su Bai through time travel."

The Sustainer of Heavenly Principles: "That is correct. Although Istall can exist simultaneously in Teyvat's past, present, and future, as far as Istall is concerned, her own power cannot carry Su Bai through time travel. The Istall who can carry Su Bai is the Istall who has completed the transformation of power. That is to say, the Sky Island spent five hundred years transforming the power of the two great divine artifacts and the corpses of the demons purified by the Xuanyuan Sword. The Istall five hundred years after the Cataclysm of Khaenri'ah is the strongest Istall; only then did she possess the ability to carry Su Bai, who lacks the two great divine artifacts and has been enjoying five hundred years of mortal life."

Neuvillette: "Uh..."

Skirk: "So the strongest Time Archon is needed to carry the weakest Su Bai."

Furina: "I see. Although it is very profound, does this not mean that my dear is extremely powerful?"

Focalors: "He can no longer be described merely as powerful."

Venti: "How terrifying! So Old Su's abilities have reached such a level, and the outside world is so terrifying as well..."

The Sustainer of Heavenly Principles: "Hmph! None of you are satisfied with the False Sky; you all dream of breaking the False Sky to obtain so-called freedom. If there were no protection from the False Sky, facing threats from the outside world, what would your odds of victory be?"

Venti: "Uh... it doesn't matter... we have Su Ye..."

The Sustainer of Heavenly Principles: "....."

The Sustainer of Heavenly Principles: "You really are a credit to yourself, Barbatos."

Paimon: "Wait a minute. The Time Archon takes Su Bai from this era back six hundred years to kill the Demon Lord, yet he cannot call upon the Xuanyuan Sword. How can he fight the Demon Lord then?"

Kamisato Ayaka: "He doesn't need to fight the Demon Lord. He only needs to tell his past self about the matter, so that his past self can be careful not to be schemed against by the Demon Lord. Isn't that enough?"

Yae Miko: "No wonder she is the White Heron Princess of the Kamisato family; her mind turns so quickly."

"I understand."