Kokomi looked at Qiu Bai silhouette and nodded with a smile.
"The Archon War..."
"It was merely pointless destruction driven by the laws of this world."
Qiu Bai turned around, gazing at the moon that had already risen, murmuring.
"Mr. Qiu Bai..."
Kokomi stared at Qiu Bai back, his white clothes complementing his long hair.
With his handsome features, Kokomi found herself momentarily entranced.
This was her first time truly meeting a god.
And this deity was actually standing right in front of her.
Walking with her, talking with her.
Such an approachable yet composed god.
He seemed like a completely different person from the one rumored to have vanquished gods.
"Hehe, I'm quite envious of The Traveler..."
"A god accompanying them on their journey... that's something most people wouldn't even dare to dream of."
Kokomi smiled, also looking at the rising moon and the lights flickering on in the village below.
"A god from Liyue?"
"No wonder he's so beloved by the people of Liyue."
Kokomi smiled as she looked at the houses below, murmuring.
"Kokomi, you should rest soon."
"I'll take my leave now."
Qiu Bai turned around, looking at the cute and beautiful Kokomi with a smile.
"Yes, Mr. Qiu Bai should rest early too."
"I need to return to Sangonomiya Shrine. Thank you for sharing all this with me."
Kokomi nodded with a smile.
Then, to Kokomi shock, Qiu Bai nodded and vanished instantly from where he stood.
"The power of a god?"
Kokomi looked around but couldn't find any trace of Qiu Bai, then murmured in surprise.
The scene shifted to Qiu Bai appearing on top of enormous snake bones.
This was the remains of the god Orobashi after his death.
"The residents here endure fierce storms and lightning every day."
"Crops can't grow, and most people have already left?"
Qiu Bai stood with his arms crossed, looking at the environment below.
With a sweep of his divine consciousness, he found that only a small number of people were willing to stay here.
Most of the villagers had already evacuated.
"The divine resentment left by Orobashi after his death."
"Along with the miasma in the sky, causing relentless storms."
And prolonged exposure to the tainted divine aura was extremely harmful to the body.
Qiu Bai raised his head.
Apart from the portion of the void he had previously restored with his divine power,
The other areas still remained covered in dark clouds, with storms pouring down constantly.
"He could have escaped to the Dark Sea beyond, avoiding the new Seven Orders."
"Yet he perished to help the people of the Kingdom of Byakuya."
Qiu Bai lowered his head, looking at the enormous snake head, and sighed.
Orobashi was also a valiant god.
He could have escaped to the Dark Sea.
But because he fell to what was then Enkanomiya, he did so much for these humans.
Even though he ultimately transgressed taboos, he still provided shelter for these humans.
With no intent to attack, he died under the Raiden Shogun blade.
"Hmm..."
"Now, this should finally fulfill the last wish in your heart."
Qiu Bai looked at the massive snake head, murmuring.
Then he flew high into the sky, overlooking the massive snake head below.
The entire Yashiori Island, including the whole snake head and body.
Even the island where Tatarasuna was located fell under Qiu Bai gaze.
"Is that the Mikage Furnace?"
Qiu Bai stood high in the sky, his gaze turning toward Tatarasuna, murmuring.
He hadn't expected that these two enormous islands would both be affected by Orobashi divine resentment.
Qiu Bai frowned, looking at Orobashi remains extending across the massive islands, feeling somewhat emotional.
This wasn't a game—these two islands were incredibly vast.
Just because of Orobashi divine resentment, they had become uninhabitable.
Fierce winds and storms blew past Qiu Bai white clothes.
Yet they left no trace of rain, as he stood like a deity in the high heavens.
Then he placed one hand behind his back and extended the other.
At his fingertip appeared a white light as dazzling as the sun.
Like a sphere, it floated at Qiu Bai fingertip.
With a gentle flick, the sphere of light as radiant as the sun flew between the two islands.
The sphere burst into an enormous light, illuminating both islands within its glow!
The light continuously burned away the divine resentment on both islands, like dark mist being consumed in the air!
The divine resentment around the Mikage Furnace, and the monsters affected around Tatarasuna,
All had the divine resentment on their bodies burned away in the radiance of the light!
The electro power in Musoujin Gorge, as well as the divine resentment in the river,
And the miasma in the high sky, were all dispelled under this white light.
Even residents sleeping outside the two islands were awakened by this dazzling light and quickly looked out their windows.
"Hey, wake up, wife."
"Quick, look outside the window!"
A man about to fall asleep patted his sleeping wife, pointing outside and shouting loudly.
As if it were daylight, residents walked out of their homes to look at the sphere that shone like the sun!
"What, what is that?!"
"Such dazzling light!!!"
The Fatui around the Mikage Furnace also stared wide-eyed at the white light in the sky, shouting loudly.
"What are you yelling about so early in the morning?!"
"You idiot!"
The Pyroslinger lying beside the Fatui was awakened by their shouts.
The Pyroslinger looked at the Fatui beside him, covering his eyes and shouting.
He thought it was already daytime, as it was so bright outside.
"No, sir, it's still night!"
"Suddenly, I don't know why, a sun appeared!"
The Fatui recruit beside him quickly explained to the displeased Pyroslinger.
"What did you say?!"
Hearing this, the Pyroslinger immediately stood up.
He looked at the sun in the sky, then at the distant sea.
The range of the white light had already covered the two islands, gradually weakening as it extended outward.
In other words, only the sky above the two islands was illuminated by the light.
"What's going on?!"
The Pyroslinger looked at the sun in the sky, utterly bewildered.
"What, what is that?"
On the front lines, Gorou and the soldiers engaged in battle
All stopped, influenced by this white light, and stared blankly at the sky that looked like daylight.
"It's not raining anymore."
"And that thing in the sky, like the sun, what exactly is it?"
Wandering outside the barracks, Kaedehara Kazuha looked at his hands and murmured blankly.
Looking up, Kazuha was completely speechless with shock at the scene before him.
But this sun lasted only a few minutes before disappearing.
The daylight sky returned to night, and many resistance soldiers and Shogunate forces stared blankly at the sky above Yashiori Island and Tatarasuna.
Now, the sky above Yashiori Island was no longer filled with dark clouds and endless lightning.
The beautiful starry sky revealed itself before them, and they could no longer hear the sound of lightning striking.
"This, how is this possible..."
"The miasma caused by divine resentment, just cleared away like that."
A Shogunate soldier who had pinned a resistance fighter to the ground stared blankly at the beautiful starry sky in the distance.
For a moment, he was so shocked that he forgot he was on the battlefield.
Time seemed to stand still, as both warring sides stared blankly at the beautiful starry sky.
The sea breeze blew across the faces of many soldiers, and the sound of waves crashing on the beach arose.
It seemed as if time had also stopped at this moment.
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