Chapter 295

Oh no!

Clinging to Hanazuri's last remnants of consciousness, Luo De felt a sudden panic for no reason.

Those World Tree leaves had indeed been corrupted by him into an existence outside the world, clearly demarcated from Teyvat's World Tree.

But Luo De did not expect that.

The World Tree leaves could not engrave Hanazuri's information.

Originally he thought that.

If his own World Tree leaves became an existence outside the world, then the information engraved into Hanazuri should likewise become an existence outside the world, just like him.

However, this sudden mishap of being unable to engrave truly caught Luo De off guard.

Moreover, time is now extremely urgent.

After the Divine Sakura Grand Purification is completed, the speed at which Hanazuri's remaining consciousness dissipates is extremely fast; at most a few more minutes, and even if Luo De finds a way to record her information, it will be impossible to preserve her consciousness forever.

What's going on!

What on earth is going on!

Luo De, attempting to manipulate the consciousness space for the first time, quickly went through Nadixa's instructions for using his World Tree leaves in his mind.

Before coming.

He had long memorized this user manual backward and forward, every clause and item he could recite fluently.

However.

Yet he did not find a solution within it for the inability to contain consciousness.

The World Tree is Teyvat's World Tree.

All information of any living being in Teyvat, from the moment of birth, is inscribed upon the World Tree; thus using the World Tree's power to contain the consciousness of Teyvat's living beings, even deities, cannot result in a failure to record.

In other words.

Luo De, who possesses World Tree leaves that exist outside the world, cannot use Teyvat's World Tree as a reference.

This really is.

Never before in history.

Luo De unwillingly glanced at the Hanazuri consciousness in his hand.

As time passed.

This consciousness still has only one-third left; if not preserved, meanwhile Yae Miko beside him obviously also noticed something was wrong.

However.

She did not urge Luo De.

Instead, upon seeing Luo De also looking flustered, she let out a deep sigh, and her face filled with an intense, lingering sense of loss and sorrow.

Although she also acknowledged that Hanazuri is Hanazuri and the Fox Shrine Palace is the Fox Shrine Palace.

But Hanazuri is ultimately the last trace left by the Fox Shrine Palace in this world.

If she dissipates.

It would mean that the Fox Shrine Palace leaves no trace left in this world, truly vanishing from the flow of history.

Just then.

Seeing Hanazuri's remnant soul scattering faster and faster, Luo De's eyes lit up as he grabbed Yae Miko and shouted urgently: "Quick, take me to Lei Dian Ying's place!"

Huh?

Yae Miko momentarily didn't react to what was happening.

Luo De then explained at top speed: "In the consciousness space where Lei Dian Ying and the Thunderbolt General dueled, the flow of time differs from the outside; taking me there would slow Hanazuri's dissipation, giving me time to find a way to contain her."

!!!

Upon hearing this, Yae Miko said nothing, turned and grabbed Luo De; in an instant, their figures appeared in a flash of lightning, arriving at a cave beneath Shadow-facing Mountain that is completely invisible to the outside world.

The entrance to the consciousness space of the previous Electro Archon, Lei Dian Zhen, who had been sealed by Lei Dian Ying with his own hands.

Huh?

Standing at the entrance to the consciousness space, Yae Miko frowned slightly: "The time and space here are very chaotic."

I know.

Luo De naturally knew the situation in this conscious space.

At the same time, he also understood.

No matter what time point he entered the consciousness space of the Thunderbolt Sovereign, in the end he surely re‑understood eternity, and the Thunderbolt Sovereign bearing the wishes of myriad people could defeat the opponent.

Therefore, as long as he can smoothly pass through the turbulence of this time and space, he will surely succeed in reaching the time point where the Thunderbolt Sovereign resides, stabilizing the present situation.

Seeing this.

Yae Miko also stopped wasting words.

He warned: "Before entering the space, you must constantly repeat the wish in your heart; only a consciousness strong enough to a certain degree can keep yourself from being swallowed by the huge waves in this abstraction—remember, remember."

Hmm.

Luo De nodded, then clenched the last fragment of residual consciousness in his flower scatter, and strode into the consciousness-space doorway opened by Yae Miko.

What is the wish Yae Miko spoke of?

Actually, Luo De did not know.

But he was clear about one thing.

That is, when he initially entered the Oneheart Pure Land together with Ying and fought the Thunderbolt Sovereign, he had once accepted the wish-power of Inazuma's people and in one fell swoop reached a divine realm comparable to the Thunderbolt Sovereign.

And those wish-powers at that time.

Now it is precisely the people's wishes borne by the Thunderbolt Sovereign.

As long as he follows this feeling, he will surely find the way to a fully comprehended new eternity, and will have prepared the Thunderbolt Sovereign that has undertaken to bear the wishes of all people, to fulfill the dream of Inazuma's subjects.

As Luo De stepped through the doorway, his vision instantly became bizarre and fantastical.

The dazzling purple light mixed with an uncomfortable spatial pressure, and the chaos of time made Luo De feel waves of nausea.

Entering this consciousness space was completely different from entering the Pure Land of One Mind.

Even with Luo De's will, he still felt some difficulty moving here.

Fortunately.

After Luo De successfully shattered the Vision and restored his descendant identity, his will became even stronger than before.

Therefore, even without the guidance of the Inazuma citizens' wishes, he did not become lost in time and space as Yae Miko had said.

"Sure enough, it works."

Walking through the time turbulence of the consciousness space, Luo De checked the residual consciousness of Huasanli.

Just as he had guessed.

After entering the true consciousness space of Raiden, Huasanli's consciousness dissipated and came to a halt, as if her time had stopped.

If that's the case.

After a moment's thought, Luo De began to recall the feeling of gathering the Inazuma citizens' wishes, and as the wishes coalesced and grew clearer, a brand-new doorway suddenly appeared in the time turbulence; around it, time was stable and space was exceptionally solid, unlike the chaotic other regions of the passage.

This was not the moment when Leiying was about to defeat the Raiden Shogun.

Considering that preserving Huasanli's consciousness might take a long time.

The point in time Luo De chose was relatively much earlier.

At the instant the new doorway appeared, he didn't hesitate and dove straight in.

"Finally out——"

Luo De, whose vision suddenly cleared ahead, ignored the clashing of blades from his ears, first checked Huasanli's residual consciousness, confirmed it was still in a stable state, and then lifted his gaze to the battlefield ahead.

Leiying and the Raiden Shogun seemed not to have noticed Luo De barging in, still locked in fierce combat.

Only see crisscrossing heavenly light; wherever the poleaxe and longsword passed, everything was terrifying blade light capable of ripping apart sky and sea.

Luo De sucked in a breath of cold air and dodged away from the two.

The two were top-tier deities giving their all.

The aftermath of their battle was not something Luo De could bear—"Huh?"

Originally Luo De thought he still couldn't withstand the battle aftermath of Leiying and the Raiden Shogun as before.

But when he discovered his body no longer produced goosebumps in the face of blade light capable of cleaving an island, Luo De suddenly realized that after completing the Sacred Sakura Grand Purification and consuming a vast amount of abyssal power, he seemed no longer so fearful of the Electro Archon's pressure.

This feeling was not an illusion. Although Luo De still didn't dare to try blocking a blade, he could confirm that he was indeed no longer fearful of blade light originating from the Electro Archon.

"Hey, the improvement is pretty big."

Luo De chuckled, then stopped pondering this matter and instead continued researching how to preserve Huasanli's residual consciousness.

The current known situation is:

Since his own World Tree leaves no longer belong to Teyvat, the Huasanli that still belongs to Teyvat cannot be recorded into the previously prepared folder.

And since those World Tree leaves have been eroded into an existence beyond the world, they are naturally in an irreversible state.

Therefore, it cannot be reversed back into Teyvat's World Tree leaves.

If Luo De wanted to let the consciousness of the Teyvat-belonging Huasanli enter those World Tree leaves that clearly reject her,

then there is only one method left.

"Let Huasanli's consciousness also accept the corruption of the outside world and become an existence beyond the world."

"No."

Luo De thought for a moment: "Stripping away the information of her existence in Teyvat should also work."

However, implementing either of these methods is somewhat difficult.

Leaving aside how to use one's own external-world power to corrupt Huasanli's consciousness, erasing her Teyvat-related information also certainly requires the power of that World Tree in Sumeru.

"Erase a person's information from the World Tree."

Luo De shook his head and directly abandoned this idea.

This is fundamentally impossible.

Nadixa and the Great Merciful Tree King indeed have the authority to do so.

But erasing the information would also erase Huasanli's existence from all Teyvat people.

Then what meaning would there be in preserving her consciousness?

So after thinking it over,

there is only one method left.

"Come on, let me try to see if I can turn you into an existence beyond the world as well."

This time.

Luo De no longer attempted to send Huasanli to the World Tree's leaves, but instead chose to send her consciousness into his own consciousness space.

Soon.

The effect of doing this appeared.

The originally tranquil Huasanli, upon entering Luo De's consciousness space, immediately woke up.

However.

Because her consciousness had dissipated considerably, the Huasanli who woke up again appeared somewhat dazed, and she even failed to recognize Luo De's appearance.

"Who are you."

The dazed Huasanli tilted her head and looked at Luo De.

"I'm Luo De; do you still remember me?"

Luo De stroked his chin, looking thoughtfully at Huasanli before him.

At the same time, he secretly sighed.

"It really is the Fox Abstinence Palace."

After all, it is a soul formed from the memories and obsessions of the Fox Abstinence Palace.

In the consciousness space, Huasanli no longer wore the fox mask, her body lacked the foul aura of Abyssal Power, pure as a newborn infant, and the true appearance she revealed was clearly a Fox Abstinence Palace without any fox traits.

"Luo De?"

Huasanli struggled to recall.

One after another, many names spilled from her mouth.

"Shenzi, Sasayuri, Chiyo, Great Hand Gate,, Five Hundred Treasuries, Zhen, Ying."

She recited all the names she still remembered, but she did not mention Luo De's name.

"It looks like only the memories of the Fox Abstinence Palace remain."

From Huasanli's performance, Luo De drew a conclusion.

Due to the dissipation of consciousness.

The current Huasanli has lost many memories.

The good news is.

She lost the memories from after the Black Calamity ended up to the present five hundred years, while the memories from five hundred years ago, although likely not entirely retained, still appear to have retained quite a bit.

"Right!"

"Divine Cherry Blossom Great Purification!"

"Divine Cherry Blossom Great Purification!!!"

On the other side, Huasanli, who was reciting names, suddenly raised her voice, anxiously asking Luo De: "Has the Divine Cherry Blossom Great Purification been performed? Is the Divine Cherry Blossom Tree still safe? Is Inazuma now safe? Have those dark dirty shadows been completely killed?"

"Sigh—"

Looking at the anxious Huasanli, Luo De let out a light sigh.

He didn't really want to retain Huasanli's consciousness anymore.

This is completely a little Fox Abstinence Palace.

How could this still be Huasanli!

"Forget it."

"Let's just follow the contract."

After thinking it over, Luo De still gave up the idea of ignoring it, and began patiently chatting with Huasanli, telling her everything about Inazuma's current situation.

"Has the Black Calamity been eliminated?"

"As expected of Ying, as expected of the deity I favored~~"

"Was the Divine Cherry Blossom Great Purification solved with your help?"

"Thank you so much for helping Inazuma a great deal~~"

"Ying has become the new Chief Priest."

"Hehe, who would have thought that the little guy who liked to lie on everyone's shoulders could now stand on his own~~~"

One piece of good news after another filled Huasanli's residual consciousness with a cheerful aura.

The originally gloomy and silent maiden now wore a full-faced smile, occasionally emitting a bell-like laugh.

"Huh?"

While Huasanli was happy about Inazuma's current situation, Luo De noticed that her arms began to show symptoms of Abyssal Power erosion again.

Originally, there were none.

Moreover, although her body again showed symptoms of the Abyss, it lacked the foul feeling that Abyssal Power should have.

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Luo De blinked, thinking of the reason: "Is her residual consciousness being repaired?"

This was an unexpected joy.

Originally, Huasanli's consciousness dissipated greatly after the Divine Cherry Blossom Great Purification, to the extent that even her personality changed considerably after waking up.

As for those symptoms identical to Abyssal erosion,

In fact, she was not eroded by the Abyss again.

But because it is the power from outside the world that is subtly transforming her.

It's just too slow.

At this pace, it will likely take several years to complete.

However, Luo De did not complain.

Instead, he spread his consciousness, observing the fierce battle outside whose intensity did not diminish, while continuing to chat with Huasanli, so she would not be too bored in this bare consciousness space.

(End of chapter)