Chapter 35

Never imagined that one day, my emotions would be broken down by a story.

Lumine: "Men only know how to fight, fight, what's there to fight about? And brother, travel is travel, who says I can't reach the end with anyone I travel with? Su Bai accompanying me is not allowed, and you just have to stop me — are you sick in the head?"

Aether: "....."

Yae Miko: "Oh no, little sister's really angry now."

Lisa: "How terrifying, Lumine. I didn't expect her to care so much about a past-life story."

Jean: "Lumine, I know you're very irritated, but please don't be irritated for now. The Su Bai from your past life didn't die — he's awakened again."

Lumine: "Eh, really? It really is true, he didn't die."

Aether: "....."

Still alive?

He's actually still alive.

【Su Bai lay before a great gate, slowly opening his eyes.】

【Everything around him was extremely bright.】

【Countless rows of stone pillars floated in the air, with thick layers of clouds below.】

Venti: "Ehehe, what a wondrous place — is this heaven?"

Zhong Li: "Mm..."

Nahida: "Why do I feel those rows of stone pillars look so familiar?"

Apep: "The Nails of Frost?"

The Nails of Frost?

Even without having seen them.

Anyone born in Teyvat, anyone who knows its history, can clearly understand what the Nails of Frost represent.

They are the punishment descended from Celestia upon Teyvat.

They can be regarded as the physical manifestation of "divine punishment."

What do rows upon rows of Nails of Frost represent?

The people of Teyvat would not fail to understand where Su Bai had arrived.

Teyvat.

Celestia.

Paimon: "Wah! Su Bai... Su Bai was actually summoned by Celestia..."

Venti: "As expected of Mr. Su Bai. To celebrate your being summoned by Celestia, how about a drink?"

Zhong Li: "Come to think of it, it's very strange. He wielded such tremendous Abyssal power, yet instead of being punished by the Nails of Frost, he went straight to Celestia."

Alhaitham: "This is a fine opportunity to learn."

Arataki Itto: "What! How can you all say Su Bai was summoned to Celestia?"

Kuki Shinobu: "Boss, can we please stop talking."

Kamisato Ayaka: "So exciting. Once Mr. Su Bai pushes open that gate, we'll finally get to see what Celestia really looks like."

Abyss Order: "He got straight to Celestia like that? Su Ye is mighty."

Venti: "Su Ye is mighty."

Qiqi: "Su Ye... mighty..."

Furina: "Su Ye is mighty."

Klee: "Su Ye is mighty! (scattering flowers)"

Jean: "Klee, you mustn't speak out of turn."

【A long corridor connecting to the great gate.】

【Su Bai stood quietly.】

【Looking around.】

【Purple-black flames rose unbidden from his hands.】

【But the power of the Abyss was transformed into a wisp of purple-black aura and absorbed by the Nails of Frost.】

【"This is..."】

【"The power was absorbed?"】

【Su Bai was stunned for a moment.】

【However, the next second.】

【A sudden sound rang through his mind.】

【The Sustainer is dying, the Creator has not yet arrived, but the world shall not burn again, for you shall ascend to the Godly Throne.】

Everyone: "???"

The Sustainer? Heavenly Principles?

Heavenly Principles is dying?

A new Heavenly Principles is being born?

The continent of Teyvat instantly exploded into an uproar.

No wonder they all said Heavenly Principles had been silent for so long.

So this was the truth all along.

Yae Miko: "No way, no way — could that opening really have been Su Bai ascending to the Heavenly Principles' throne on Celestia?"

Lei Dianying: "Su Bai... will become Eternity..."

Xia Luodi: "Th-this is b-big... this kind of thing probably can't be made into a feature, right? Our newspaper doesn't dare."

Furina: "Huh?!!! Su Bai became the new Heavenly Principles? No no no... this..."

Neuvillette: "Furina, what's wrong with you? Have you gone home now?"

Furina: "No."

Neuvillette: "That's good then."

Thud!

Lumine suddenly collapsed to the ground.

Mumbling: "Su Bai, is the new Heavenly Principles?"

Paimon: "......"

"Hey, Lumine."

"You're acting really strange."

"If Su Bai really were the Heavenly Principles, there's no way he could have appeared in Teyvat in this life."

"I think you're becoming obsessed."

Right!

Paimon's words finally jolted Lumine awake.

If Su Bai really had become the Heavenly Principles.

Then at this moment, he should be on Sky Island in the heavens.

Paimon: "I say you guys don't have to get so worked up. If Su Bai became the Heavenly Principles, how could he possibly be talking to you in the livestream?"

Su Bai: "What a fuss over nothing."

Lumine: "Ugh! How did you two end up on the same side?"

Keqing: "Has no one noticed that Su Bai's Abyss power was absorbed by the Skyfrost Nail?"

Tianquan Ningguang: "It should have been purified."

Cloud Retainer: "No, I don't think it's that simple."

Mountain Shaper: "After Su Bai's Abyss power was absorbed by the Skyfrost Nail, it seems a voice only then sounded in his mind."

Ganyu: "Like some kind of mechanism activating."

Cloud Retainer: "The Skyfrost Nail absorbed the power of the Abyss, and then activated some kind of mechanism?"

Nahida: "Could it be that the power of the Abyss was converted by Sky Island's Skyfrost Nail into some kind of power that Sky Island can use?"

【Venti: "Traveler, When you reunite on your journey, you must remember the meaning of the journey itself."】

【"The birds, poetry, and city-states of Teyvat."】

【"The Tsaritsa, the Fatui, and the monsters are all part of your journey."】