At this moment, shatter the dimensional barrier.

Chapter 157 Four Shadows: You are our new master

Let's go back to the day after the Fontainebleau residents evacuated.

"Father, the people of Fontaine have truly all been taken to another world by the Water God, an entire nation!" Linni, the former Grand Magician of Fontaine, the Winter Fools' House of Hearths, stood in front of the Opikley Opera House's Loujing Spring, taking a deep breath and looking at the 'light membrane' emitting colorful glimmers in the distance.

"Are you sure it's okay for everyone from the Hearth House to come along? Won't there be any problems in the other world?"

After the water goddess Funina led all the people of Fontaine to another world, their father, Arecino, the fourth executive officer of the Fools codenamed 'Servant,' sent all the children of Fontaine's 'House of Hearth' along with the adults who had joined the Fools to the 'other world.'

"Will we ever see each other again?" Lynette twitched her cat ears, her expression blank, but there was a hint of sadness in her eyes. This farewell might be forever.

“Father, Father…” Fimini asked timidly in a low voice.

All three looked at the woman who was standing with her back to them, arms crossed, and not saying a word.

“I won’t stop you if you want to go. There’s nothing wrong with going to another world.” Arecino turned around and calmly looked down at the three of them, her fingers lightly tapping on her arm, making it impossible to guess what she was thinking.

"The gods of the three kingdoms have all made their statements, so the other world should be better than Teyvat, especially the statement of that Geo god. The vision of a god who is thousands of years old is beyond the comprehension of mortals."

She was originally a child of the Hearth House, a cruel and morbid place where hundreds of children fought each other like venomous insects until a final victor emerged, climbing the ladder of power by stepping over the corpses of their friends and peers.

She was the victor. When she had the power, she returned to end all the evil of the previous executor, and she became the 'father,' protecting these abandoned children until they found their 'home.'

However, being part of the Fools, she was somewhat powerless to control her own destiny. Many children joined the Fools and went astray, committing all sorts of evil deeds. However, most of the children wanted to betray the Fools and find their own place.

This kind of betrayal is what she wants to see, so she uses her power to erase the memories of each traitor, allowing them to leave the Fools with completely new identities, while she uses death as an excuse to remove these people from her list.

Only she knew about these things, so in the eyes of the children, she was a cruel, domineering 'parent' who would kill anyone who betrayed her.

Since the water goddess led the entire Fontaine to surrender to the other world, she sent all the children who wanted to escape the Fools to the other world as a way of protecting them.

“I…” Linni was speechless for a moment. He looked back at the ‘door’ leading to another world, and then at his indifferent father, who had brought him to the Hearth House when he and his sister were most helpless.

For him, the Fireplace House was truly home, but now it has been disbanded.

"Wherever Father goes, we will go, because Father is Father."

“I’ll go with my brother,” Lynette said.

“Me too,” Fimini said weakly.

"You don't need to pledge your loyalty. I won't kill you after you do. Go if you want," Arecino said coldly, then turned and left.

The complete disappearance of the Fontaines will soon cause a stir throughout Teyvat, and the news will quickly spread to the other seven kingdoms.

The Wind God and the Rock God are clearly plotting something, and they might transfer all their citizens to another world at some point.

"Father!" Linnie exclaimed as she saw this, and Linette and Fimini quickly followed.

The only people still remaining in Fontaine are the Fools sent there by Winter. There are only a few thousand of them, and with so few scattered throughout Fontaine, it's hard to see any sign of human life in the city.

Just as Arecino was leaving Fontaine with the remaining three members of the Hearth House by boat, the sky darkened.

Arecino looked up at the sky, opened her mouth, and the entire sky over Fontaine turned blood red.

A gigantic, blood-red eye gazed upon the entire land of Fontainebleau, unleashing a pressure that made all life in the kingdom tremble. Shock appeared in the eye, followed by anger, rage, and finally, fear when it fixed its gaze on the dimensional portal. But this was not the end; the eye seemed glued to the sky, its gaze fixed on the earth.

"That's... a god from Sky Island! Quick, get away from Fontaine! Don't let him see us, or the consequences will be unimaginable!" Arecino quickly looked away, already drenched in sweat.

Just how terrifying is this power? Although her strength is not enough to challenge the Seven Gods, she is confident that she is the strongest person below the Seven Gods, and she can even touch the Seven Gods.

But under this pressure, she couldn't even muster the slightest thought of resistance, as if her fate of death was already sealed.

"Yes, yes, Father!" Linni and the other two looked terrified, their bodies trembling as they moved their legs with difficulty.

Four figures appeared in succession in the sky above Fontainebleau.

"Fontaine is completely empty! Fukaros and the Water Dragon King are all gone!" A girl dressed in red and black with long, pale hair spoke angrily, unfurling dark red wings behind her. The wings were made of pure death rules, with eye patterns on them.

"They have such audacity to bring powerful beings from another world into Teyvat and even transfer the powers that belong to Teyvat to another world."

"Hehe, betrayed, huh? The pursuit of a better future is an instinct given to all life since its birth. There's no need to be so shocked, Miss Ronawa." The woman wearing a white hood laughed, her long golden hair falling naturally from the hood, and a divine halo made of DNA spirals ringing together behind her head radiating golden light.

A hint of mockery played on his lips, as if to say, "Look at the seven kingdoms of Teyvat, anyone with even a modicum of sense is rebelling against you."

[Miss Rhinedoth, you seem quite pleased with this, but don't make any excessive movements, or I will stop you. It won't be very effective, but it will prevent you from rebelling against your other sisters.]

A small blue screen appeared beside Rheindorf, and a face exactly like hers appeared, except that the halo behind her was a clear blue.

“I still respect your opinion, Miss Naberius. At least I don’t think that everything Tianli has done for the world is wrong,” Rheindoth said, arms crossed.

[You know that's good, but in terms of the current danger, you pose a far greater threat to Teyvat than any calamity beyond the Sky Veil. I'll be watching you closely.]

"So... have you made your decision?" A woman with long white hair and white clothes said dejectedly. Two golden rings were wrapped around her head, and the hands and clocks were like tassels hanging down from the golden rings, as if she were wearing a hollow hood.

As she spoke, she pointed her slender, pale fingers to the colored light screen behind the Opéra Garnier Opera House.

"How should we deal with the power from another world?"

"At least from my perspective, it is a power that transcends all of us, one that is beyond our comprehension, and time has no effect on it."

A woman with long silver hair, golden eyes, and a cold expression looked at the dimensional portal. Behind her, crimson four-cornered spatial rifts unfolded, like a screen. She raised her hand, and a black and red spatial cube appeared in her hand.

“A spatial passage, no, it’s even more advanced than space, though the exact difference is hard to tell.”

“Ishtar, you must have noticed this a long time ago. Starting a year ago, all sorts of things in Teyvat have been disappearing into thin air. All the things that have disappeared have been taken away by that strange spatial passage. I tried to intervene and expel them, but my power had no effect on them.”

Ishtar nodded: "Asmodeus, you noticed. I've been keeping an eye on everything on the ground. After all, the winds flowing through Teyvat are also my servants."

“I have been watching until that one appeared and first descended upon Liyue.”

"I didn't alert them; I just watched silently. But unfortunately, it was just a very weak divine thought at the time. Because the divine thought was weak, the other party didn't notice me."

"This gave me the opportunity to know the level of that person's power."

"What level is the opponent at? Is it stronger than our master?" Rona asked.

She noticed the other party's arrival in Fontainebleau, but was startled by its aura and didn't dare to investigate rashly. She initially thought it was the fifth descendant coming from beyond the heavens, but by the time she decided to check, Fontainebleau was already deserted.

This infuriated her.

“Well, how should I put it?” Ishtar flicked a strand of her snow-white hair. “I obtained a sliver of his power the instant his divine consciousness dissipated.” As she spoke, a golden thread, the size of a strand of hair, appeared in Ishtar’s hand.

"You'll see for yourselves."

The golden threads emitted a faint aura, which could dissipate at any moment.

But this aura made them shudder, and they looked at Ishtar with great surprise.

"Don't look at me like that. I only fooled him by using a time difference, the instant he disappeared from Teyvat. If I had another chance, I wouldn't succeed," Ishtar said with a smile.

If that person's divine sense hadn't been so weak, and if it hadn't happened at the very moment their consciousness left Teyvat after dissipating, she wouldn't have dared to try anything clever.

That moment also fooled Morax and Barbatos, who thought Sky Island knew nothing.

"Omnipotent power, such a level is beyond what the master can compare to. If it is this kind of power, it can directly confront even the Abyss, and even cover it up." Rhinedot, the God of Return, said in shock. It is unbelievable that there is actually a power called 'omnipotent' in the world.

The existence that can generate this power is itself equivalent to the source of all power. How can the one-sided erosive power of the abyss compare?

He then looked at the three people who were deep in thought with a hint of amusement.

"So, have you made up your minds? Are you ready to love your new master?"

Teyvat is doomed, and the Sky Isles know this better than anyone. The abyss beyond the False Heavens is invincible; Teyvat is nothing more than a bubble in the abyss.

Bubbles can burst at any time, so the four Shadows have been plotting for power outside of Teyvat for a long time, even considering loving a new master to maintain Teyvat.

Those two twins who were summoned from beyond the heavens had their guidance.

Without the intervention of these three, no matter how advanced Kanria's technology and alchemy were, it would have been impossible to break through the illusion of the Twin Heavenly Generals set up by Heavenly Law and summon such a being.

Now that a powerful being, whose status is far higher than that of Heavenly Principle, has appeared right in front of them, they will definitely cling to him without hesitation.

Asmodian stared into the dimensional portal and said, "If such a supreme being exists, Teyvat will neither fear the Abyss nor be destroyed."

On the other side of the passage lies the world ruled by that being, but such a being must command an immense number of gods, all of whom are far more powerful than them.

“But he took everything from Fontaine, and he’s made his stance clear,” Jonawa said. “You can go to his world, but he won’t protect Teyvat.”

“Teyvat is a mess to begin with. How could such a powerful entity possibly abandon its own base to come here? Don’t dream about it.” Rhinedoth shook his head.

"So, I think you should just move everything from Teyvat there. Anyway, this world won't last more than a few thousand years."

The divine wheel behind Rheindott changed from gold to blue, and his voice became calmer: "What Ms. Rheindott said is not without reason."

"Teyvat was also taken from the dragons by us. Although we have managed it for a long time, it is still just a sinking ship. No matter how magnificent the ship is, we can't let everything sink with it."

“Even you said that, Nabe?” Ronava sighed.

“I also support Nabe’s statement. We should make a decision right now. After all, our master has been asleep for so long, and we can’t find where he is.” Asmodeus said coldly. She was originally going to leave Sky Island soon as planned to pave the way for the 'new master' who was originally planned.

But an even better option emerged, prompting her to shift her original plan to the alternative.

“I support it too. Even if our master were awake, she would make the same choice.” Istar said in a somewhat dejected voice, “It’s just that we can’t find where she is sleeping, nor can we tell her.”

“Since you have all made the same decision, I have no choice but to follow suit,” Jonawa said.

"And then? Just wait here for him to reappear?" Rheindorf asked. "Of course not, he's always been in Fontaine, though only as a divine thought." Asmodie's golden gaze looked at a certain space in Fontaine, and through layers of spatial interlayers, he saw the figure with its eyes closed.

This time, she directly felt the power of that figure.

Omnipotent, ignoring all the rules of the world, Teyvat's power completely disregarded him; a mere thought was enough to suppress her in a short time.

This is just a divine thought, not a clone or a shadow. To put it simply, a divine thought is just a fleeting idea or a wisp of thought of a deity.

If the divine sense is this strong, how powerful must the physical body be?

“Asmodeus, he’s already felt your gaze. To him, you’ve overstepped your bounds,” Istaru said. “Hopefully, he won’t be angry.”

"Oh~" Rhein-Dort noticed it too, following Asmodé's gaze.

Jonawa was also ready to wait for the other party to wake up.

However, after waiting for several minutes, ten minutes, and half an hour, the other party showed no sign of waking up, which puzzled the four gods, who looked at each other in bewilderment.

"Does the other party not care about this wisp of divine thought? Or do they simply ignore us, even if we directly confront them with such a presumptuous act?" Naberis frowned slightly. If they didn't care about them at all, then the basis for their allegiance would no longer exist.

“I think they’re just busy with something in their own world,” Rheindorf said.

“Then we can only wait. They’ve already sensed our arrival and will wake up sooner or later,” Rona said.

After saying that, the four gods floated in the sky above Fontainebleau.

The four of them staying there didn't bother them, but the other two gods they ignored were sweating profusely—or rather, only one god was sweating profusely.

Under the big tree where the wind blows in Mondstadt.

Wendy glanced at Fontaine's condition. The wind blowing from Fontaine carried some information to him, and his face suddenly turned pale. He took out a handkerchief and wiped away sweat that hadn't even appeared on his forehead.

"Oh my god... How could it be so fast? That shouldn't be the case. Haven't they not looked at the ground for over a hundred years? Even if all the Fengdan people have left, it should take at least a few days before they notice."

Oh no, what if they arrest me and interrogate me? With time revealing everything, I'm doomed!
What to do, what to do... Don't panic, don't panic, calm down.

What if they also choose to pledge allegiance to the new master? Right? Teyvat is doomed anyway, and anyone with a normal brain would choose the only correct answer.

Wendy took a deep breath and quickly calmed down.

Ritsuki
Zhongli had already informed the upper echelons of Liyue about his plan to move Liyue to another world, and now the upper echelons of Liyue were fully prepared.

They were just waiting for their Geo Archon to give the order so they could organize all the Liyue people to migrate.

Moreover, the events in Fontaine, thanks to Zhongli's efforts, have become the biggest sensation in Liyue. It initially caused panic in a short period of time, but people calmed down when they thought of the Rock King who had protected them for thousands of years. Their gods must have arranged everything for them, and they only needed to wait for the King's divine decree.

Heyu Teahouse.

The opera performer was reciting the story on stage, vividly depicting the tale of the Rock King Emperor suppressing the eight sea monsters, and the audience below couldn't help but applaud.

Zhongli calmly sipped his tea, then suddenly paused, his gaze turning towards Fontaine.

He remained completely calm. He knew the will of Heaven and could guess that they, as the shadows of Heaven, would make the right choice. Therefore, after the Fontaine incident, he did not hide what he wanted to do.

Everything was as he expected.

First, send immortals to the other world to communicate with the local native civilization. Through these exchanges, they can get to know each other and develop goodwill. Then, once Liyue moves there, communication will be easier.

All conflicts boil down to two things: resources and a lack of understanding.

With Mars promised by Lord Tianli, Liyue, a planet so large, cannot possess entirely. Therefore, he plans to allocate half of its resources to the native civilization in exchange for things that are invisible and intangible, such as friendship.

Everything paved the way for the people of Liyue.

At this point in time, Mars is probably already habitable.

Time passed little by little.

After waiting for five whole days, the Four Shadows finally witnessed the awakening of Luo Sheng.

Everyone turned their gaze downwards.

As Luo Sheng emerged from the spatial interlayer, he looked up at the crimson eye in the sky—the embodiment of the Great Power of Death.

Looking through the blood-red, ominous sky, Luo Sheng saw four figures in the clouds. He smiled slightly and said, "You've waited for me for so long without leaving. You have quite the composure."

Asmodel, who possesses the power of the sky, and Ishtar, who possesses the power of time, would certainly be able to detect this wisp of his divine thought, after all, it carries such immense power, as bright as the sun in the sky.

Instead of launching a direct attack, they waited for him to "wake up," which suggests that they had already prepared very friendly terms for him.

"The four of you, come down and have a chat," Luo Sheng said. Although it was only his divine sense, he had already determined the strength level of the four shadows.

Their powers are all in the range of [15], which is the level of primary power god-king. However, since the four powers of life, death, time and space are the highest in the rules, their strength is doubled. One shadow is roughly equivalent to more than two power Navelettes, and the level of primary power god-king is elevated.

As soon as Luo Sheng finished speaking, four figures appeared in front of him. Apart from Rhinedot, who had blond hair and heterochromatic eyes, the other three had white hair and golden eyes, exuding a powerful sense of divine pressure. However, this pressure was very restrained and was not released at all.

"We have met the supreme beings from another world. We are the shadows of the laws of this world. My name is Ronawa." Ronawa spoke first, and then bowed her head slightly to show her respect.

"Asmodai."

"Istaru."

"Rheindorf/Naberies"

"Speak, what do you want after waiting for me for so long?" Luo Sheng said with a smile. Although he already considered the four figures in front of him as his own, he couldn't possibly show any impatience.

It's the other party who needs his help, not the other way around. If he went over and asked if he wanted to come to my world where the treatment was negotiable, he would be lowering himself too much.

“You already knew the future this world would face, so you accepted Fucarus’s request, right?” Asmodie asked.

“Oh~ This world has become connected with my world, so I feel pity for the inevitable demise of life in this world. I don’t mind letting the humans, intelligent beings, or even gods of this world live in my world,” Luo Sheng said with a smile.

"You probably already know some things, like the treatment I promised to Liyue and Mondstadt."

Los Saint looked at Ishtar. In fact, when he first descended upon Teyvat, he vaguely sensed another gaze, but it was too faint and mixed with the aura of the Thousand Winds. At the time, he thought it was the power emanating from Venti.

After all, Wendy possesses a piece of time bestowed by Ishtar.

It's only now that I realize it wasn't Wendy, but Ishtar who was secretly watching.

Time is a truly unreasonable thing, and it wields immense power. It's not surprising that even a divine sense at the level of an immortal could have a misperception at that time.

Therefore, Istaru must know what he and Wendy Chung promised each other.

"I apologize, I was a bit presumptuous at the time." Istaru had already realized that the other party knew about her previous spying.

Los Saint waved his hand, not minding, but then changed his tone: "However, don't expect that by siding with me I will choose to save Teyvat. There is no point in saving a world that is about to die."

Asmodian's cold gaze softened slightly: "Therefore, we have reached a consensus to relocate everything from Teyvat to your world, and you will become our new master."

“We have no conditions. As long as you accept everything about Teyvat, we will be at your beck and call,” Jonawa chimed in.

“Me too,” Naberiz said with a smile.

“I’m just like everyone else,” Istaru said.

"Then the contract is established." Luo Sheng smiled. Everything was as expected. He had become their lifeline. No matter what unreasonable demands he made, they would agree because they had no other choice.

“Yes, our new master.” Asmodeus’s tense nerves relaxed, and he said willingly.

“Master,” Ronawa also spoke.

“Master.” Istaru.

“Master…” Naberius said. As for Rhinedot, she had no choice in this situation, but she was not unwilling either. She had finally escaped the abyss, and if she did not submit to a new master, she would fall back into the abyss in the future.

"Where is your former master?" Los Saint looked up toward Sky Island, but he did not find Fanes' figure, nor even his aura.

“She has been asleep for a long time, and we don’t know where she is,” Asmodie said.

"You don't know?" Los Saint was somewhat surprised. As Fanes' shadow, how could he not know where Fanes was sleeping? Was that reasonable?

The four of them remained calm, seemingly accustomed to such things.

'If it were my true form, I should be able to detect it. This wisp of divine sense is still too weak.' Los Saint was somewhat disappointed. He didn't even know about the Four Shadows. Could it be that Fanes was already gone...? He hoped not. He still really wanted a mid-level powerful god-king of the combat type as a subordinate.

Tiamat is a mid-level powerful god-king, but while she can take a beating, she's really bad at fighting. She's like a floor tile among mid-level powerful god-kings.

“So next, I’m going to move Liyue to my place. You guys come and help me out.” Luo Sheng said to the four of them.

After saying that, he disappeared.

"Yes, Master." ×4.

The four gods followed Los Saint's figure, and when they reappeared, they were already in Liyue.

Luo Sheng appeared directly in the 'Heyu Teahouse', with the Four Gods following behind him. They immediately spotted Zhong Li, who was listening to a play. Zhong Li, who was drinking tea, felt the five auras behind him and his spirits trembled instantly. He knocked over his teacup, soaking one of his trouser legs.

hum~
The rules of time instantly enveloped the entire land of Liyue.

The bustling streets fell silent instantly, everyone's expressions froze in that instant, seabirds hovered in mid-air, and the waves of Liyue Harbor seemed to solidify in an instant.

Time in Liyue seemed to freeze at this moment, except for Zhongli, whose trousers were soaked.

(End of this chapter)