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The maintainer vaguely sensed something, but her duty to uphold justice left her no time to think too much about it.

The battle high in the sky has officially begun. You know the Suppressor will show no mercy, just as Heaven's justice will condemn all transgressors. As the Suppressor of Heaven's justice, this woman also possesses a rational to the point of being ruthless.

[The battle between these two figures standing at the pinnacle of Teyvat quickly attracted the attention of others. The Seven Gods descended to the distance, watching you in astonishment, or rather, watching you, for no one had expected the 'Madman' to possess the power to strike a Maintainer.]

The people of the land, too, felt the Emperor's power and, upholding the glory of Shurima, charged madly towards their enemies at Nasus's command.

[Your battle with the Sustainer lasted ten days and ten nights. Facing him solely as the Emperor of the Desert, you would inevitably be overwhelmed. But when the colossal disc rose high in the sky, bathing it in divine light, both you and the warriors of Shurima felt a surge of power.]

"What kind of power is this?!"

In the sky, the maintainer's pupils contracted.

It wasn't an abyss, nor did it carry that ominous curse, but when she tried to trace the origin of this power, her mental strength was instantly shattered by an inexplicable will—a seemingly supreme power that left her utterly unable to muster the slightest thought of resistance.

This is more terrifying than the abyss, yet more sacred.

Bathed in the radiance of the sun's disk, your power surged once more. You unleashed this power, attempting to force the Maintainer to retreat temporarily, thus making time to deal with Kanria. Unfortunately, this rigid woman did not retreat; instead, she unleashed even greater power to counterattack.

At that moment, the sky collapsed, the earth cracked, and terrifying dark clouds shrouded everything. Flames burned across the sky and the earth, and the blood of countless soldiers built scarlet walls.

At this moment, the insignificant people on earth raised their heads in terror. Under the power of God, they could do nothing but pray that the calamity would end quickly.

"This is impossible?!"

Lascaux also sensed the will of the Desert Emperor, a fear rooted deep within his soul.

Even the Seven Gods were shocked.

"This guy is even more terrifying than that dragon from Mount Sumeru!" the God of Fire exclaimed in shock.

"Morac, are you confident you can beat him?" Barbatos asked.

【'...'】

After three more days, you finally unleashed the power hidden within the sand soldiers, resulting in a devastating defeat for both you and the Sustainer.

"Hmph, hmph..."

In the sky, the Sustainer let out a few muffled sounds, retreated, and looked somewhat disheveled, completely losing its original sacred appearance.

She looked at Su Chen with a puzzled expression in her eyes.

She didn't understand. Although Su Chen's power was special, she could actually sense that she was more powerful than Su Chen.

Despite fighting for so long, he has been unable to defeat Su Chen, and instead, Su Chen has seized an opportunity to severely injure him.

"Surprised?"

Su Chen gasped for breath, and the Desert Emperor's figure lost its sacred radiance. Despite his heavy injuries, he laughed: "Because of me, there are countless lovely people standing behind me. Their fates are all in my hands, so I cannot fall. As for you, as the one who maintains the order of nature, you could be called a machine, wouldn't you? You have your principles, and I have mine."

Those who maintained the relationship remained silent.

"Should we continue fighting? If so, you'd better think carefully about how much energy you should save to deal with the trouble on the ground," Su Chen said calmly. "I don't care, since I'm not the one maintaining the order of nature anyway."

If this continues, things will get very bad... Although her injuries were less severe than Su Chen's, they weren't much better, and the Sustainer quickly assessed the current situation.

"Next time, I will bury you with my own hands."

After giving Su Chen a deep look, the Sustainer finally left, dragging his heavily injured body with reluctance.

"You're welcome anytime," Su Chen said in a low voice.

Watching the maintainer walk away, you waited a while in the distance, making sure it wouldn't sneak away, before turning and leaving as well.

[You did not join the battle below because you were already at your limit. The sacred sun disc collapsed behind you, and without its support, you nearly fainted. Fortunately, the Great Tree King and the Flower Goddess arrived and took you back to the dungeons of Nerimager.]

The disc standing deep within the underground palace has also lost its luster. You are not surprised by this; you were barely able to fight the Maintainer thanks to the power of the Sun Disc. If it weren't for your final verbal attack that intimidated the Maintainer, you would probably have died in that battle.

"Why is there no power?" Standing before the sun disc, the Flower Goddess looked anxious. She and the Great Tree King had intended to bring you here to guide the power of the disc to heal you.

"I've overexerted myself," Su Chen shook his head slightly. Ultimately, the power of the Sun Disc was related to him. Under normal circumstances, the two would promote each other and form a positive cycle. But now that his power was exhausted, he could no longer activate the Sun Disc and draw upon the Dragon King's power.

This situation requires time to recover.

Seeing this, the Great Tree King released its divine power, mobilizing the power of the World Tree to heal Su Chen.

The Flower Goddess picked the purest honey for Su Chen, its power infused with the essence of the flowers, possessing a remarkably strong healing effect.

But all of this was just a drop in the ocean for Su Chen.

[Simulation time remaining: 77 days.]

...

The war between Shurima and Kanria was forced to a halt due to the battle high in the sky. Both armies, suffering heavy casualties, withdrew, leaving behind a terrifying battlefield resembling mountains of corpses and seas of blood.

This was an unprecedented blow to Shurima, with the total number of garrison casualties exceeding half.

The situation in Kanria was equally dire; a large number of soldiers had died, and countless tractors had been torn to pieces by brutal force.

And what followed was a true catastrophe for this human kingdom.

A divine oracle from the heavens commanded the seven gods to descend upon Kanria and destroy its very foundation.

When the Seven Gods received the news, they were not surprised at all, because anyone who witnessed that war would not think that Kanria was just an ordinary human kingdom.

As it raced forward at breakneck speed, it violated the taboos of this world and was intolerable to the natural order.

If she hadn't encountered Su Chen along the way, this order would have been carried down by the Keeper of Heavenly Principles. And because she was injured at the moment, she did not appear before the gods immediately.

Shurima, the royal city of Narimar.

"Heaven has issued its order."

The Great Compassion Tree King arrived at the underground palace and spoke to Su Chen, who was recovering from his injuries.

"Just destroy Kanria?" Su Chen opened his eyes, a look of doubt appearing on his pale face: "They actually bypassed Shurima."

"Perhaps they're worried about causing chaos. Compared to Shurima, the power of Kanria is more worthy of attention. Besides, when Shurima attacked Kanria, the Constituents of Heaven fought against you again." The Great Tree King sighed softly. "This shouldn't have happened. From the perspective of Heaven's justice, what exactly is something that must be eliminated?"

The Flower Goddess said, "The heavens fear all uncontrollable factors, including delusions and transgressions. Even those lowly mortals, when they harbor such presumptuous thoughts, will become targets of the laws of heaven to eliminate."

Su Chen chuckled: "Don't be so resentful. Considering both sides, neither of you is wrong. As far as Heaven is concerned, it is the manager of this world. It detected a 'virus' that could potentially destroy the world and then eliminated it. In this process, it doesn't care whether there are innocent people among those perceived as the virus, or whether the perception is wrong."

The Goddess of Flowers gently shook her head: "Therefore, I believe that this judgment itself has flaws, and the natural order is imperfect."

Su Chen remained noncommittal.

In reality, no matter how perfect the rules are, there will always be factors that are overlooked. If the principles of nature were truly comprehensive and so powerful, then there would be nothing to fear at all.

Of course, while he understands, when it comes to their stances, even if Su Chen sees the maintainer again, he will not hesitate to stab her a thousand times over.

But now, because of the divine decree, the seven gods have descended upon Kanria, signifying that calamity is imminent.

This calamity is not only for the people of the seven kingdoms, but also for the seven gods.

"What's wrong?" Seeing Su Chen looking at her, the Great Tree King thought she was worried about her, so he smiled and said, "Don't worry, although Kanria is powerful, this time it is the Seven Gods who have descended. Besides, I don't need to go directly to the front line. My mission is to protect the World Tree."

That's precisely why it's even more dangerous... Su Chen said solemnly, "Beware of the intrusion of forbidden knowledge."

Without the influence of forbidden knowledge in the desert, the power of the Great Tree King was not damaged, so dealing with forbidden knowledge should be better than the ending in the game.

Su Chen couldn't be sure either; at this point, he could only try to make arrangements in advance as much as possible.

[You know time is running out, and there's not even time to say a gentle goodbye to the Great Tree King and the Flower Goddess. No matter what happens next, you will eventually leave.]

Your greatest hope now is that the Great Tree King and the Flower Goddess can survive the disaster.

"Alright, don't always be like this, everything will be alright." The Great Tree King bent down and said softly, "There's good news... Well, I'll tell you when this is over and we get back."

Su Chen asked suspiciously, "What good news could there be now?"

The Great Tree King rarely showed a sly smile: "You'll find out when the time comes."

[The Great Tree King is heading to the World Tree's location on the orders of Heaven. Although you very much want to go with him, your injuries are too severe, and the Sun Disc cannot be reactivated. Under these circumstances, going would only cause trouble.]

You ordered all soldiers to be recalled from the front lines. After a brief rest, they began to strategize around the Seven Pillars (the seven great monuments). You put Nasus in charge of the entire Shurima campaign, informing him of a terrible and devastating calamity that was to come. Although Nasus did not know what the calamity was, he obeyed your will.

The entire Shurima is now in a state of high alert, ready for battle.

[You have Aatrox stationed at Narimarjad to oversee the last line of defense for the royal city, and at the same time, you have ordered Sivir to lead three Ascended to Sumeru to set up defenses.]

Having done all this, you stand at the front of Narimar's towering palace, gazing at the blood-red sunset sky.

'War is about to begin,' you think to yourself.

I glanced at the time indicator on the simulation interface; there were only 60 days left.

The hands of time seemed to be ticking beside Su Chen's ears, constantly reminding him that the final farewell was approaching.

At this moment, Su Chen felt a pang of reluctance.

The current prosperity, the civilization and glory of Shurima, will likely suffer a severe blow in the future. He cannot even be sure if Shurima will still exist in five hundred years.

Having accompanied him for over two thousand years, witnessing his rise, prosperity, and peak, he realized that time, which passes in the blink of an eye in the eyes of God, is nothing compared to a year, a decade, or even a century. But now, he only hopes for a few more years.

"Speaking of which, I thought the same thing back when I was the Human Emperor..." Su Chen suddenly chuckled, feeling that although he had experienced thousands of years of simulation, the essence of things had not changed.

"What is Cardodia doing at this time?"

Relaxing, Su Chen suddenly thought of something.

I had considered the issue of time overlap before. When Cardodia participated in the Kanria War, there should have been an overlap with the simulated time of Rustan, but I couldn't find the answer even after thinking about it for a long time.

Unfortunately, there's no time now, otherwise he really wanted to go and see Inazuma in person.

"Perhaps we can find the answer in the subsequent simulations."

Regarding the simulation limitations and the time constraints... Su Chen raised his head, his golden eyes reflecting the afterglow of the sunset. At this moment, he relaxed, not thinking about anything, and felt the restlessness in the air, a result of the impending war. For mortals, a peaceful life is the greatest gift from the gods.

Su Chen infused his will into the yellow sand, which gradually spread throughout the entire Shurima territory, calming the uneasy.

At that moment, the people of Shurima seemed to sense the Emperor's will, so they closed their eyes and prayed, their souls joining Emperor Azir's.

He didn't know how much time had passed—a day, two days, or ten days... When Su Chen opened his eyes, a notification sound rang in his mind.

Your innate talent level has increased. Results will be announced after the simulation.

An innate talent? Oh, the will of darkness... Su Chen clenched his fist, feeling as if some kind of change was happening to him.

He wasn't quite sure whether this was the effect of faith gathering or talent enhancement. In the end, he rarely took his inherent talents into account when simulating, because after reaching the level of a god, the effect of his inherent talents was no longer sufficient.

However, after this upgrade, it should be gold.

As I was pondering, I heard a voice beside me.

"I thought you were going to sleep here for a long time."