The Embers of King's Teyvat Journey

The sparks were compressed, compressed, and compressed again in the embers' hands! They converged into a single point, burning and drilling with all their might.

Finally, where the firelight flickered, a crack began to appear. It wasn't black and red like the sustainer, but rather a pure white, a dazzling white.

The appearance of the crack was like a horn, a horn that shattered something solid. From there, the tiny white particles began to expand, growing larger and larger.

Finally, endless light appeared, piercing through heaven and earth, and everything else paled in comparison.

In the light, Ember saw a group of people who had come here. At that time, Mondstadt was still a frigid land, and they lived and prospered here.

He then saw icy nails fall from the sky, destroying the ancient, silvery trees. From then on, even the fiercest winds of the gods could not blow away the snow and wind of this place.

He has seen many things, from the moment the first ray of light appeared in the world until now...

Light is time! It records everything!

Ember looked back on everything that had happened, both tragic and joyful. However, he couldn't interfere with such a distant past for the time being, because he wasn't even sure he could pull Joseph out of the picture.

The time was right, and Ember made his move.

The rusty gauntlet was plunged into the flowing light, and in an instant, it turned into dust within the light.

Even creations of the gods cannot escape the fate of being eroded by time. Only the gods themselves can remain at peace within the flow of time.

Beneath the armor lay the hands of Ember, hands that had not been shown to anyone for countless years.

Can that be called a hand? Countless faces twisted and merged, barely forming the shape of a "hand".

The eyes of those "people" were festering, orange-yellow, and frenzied; on their "faces," countless red and white dots dotted the surface, and the oozing, writhing lumps of flesh were the only part of their "hands" that were connected to life.

From the gaps between the human faces, fiery red light kept emerging, and it seemed that the light was growing stronger and stronger.

"Really, it's ugly!" Yu Jin looked at his palm and laughed self-deprecatingly.

His hands groped and clawed at the shimmering light, but it was like trying to catch the moon's reflection in water; he grasped nothing at all.

"Heh, this little bit of power is really not enough, is it?" Yu Jin looked at himself clumsily trying to scoop something up from the time, and felt a little emotional.

But his gaze quickly turned serious, and he laughed loudly, shouting, "I have stirred you before, I am now, and I will be in the future!"

"Crackling!" An even more intense roar of flames erupted from within Ember's body. The power of fire began to manifest on his armor, melting large sections of the iron and sending molten lava flowing over every part of Ember's body.

Flames suddenly erupted from his arm, engulfing everything in flames. His palms were now formed from solidified flames!

The burning palm now extends completely into time!

It's normal for God to reverse time.

"Got it!" Ember saw his hand suddenly reach out from the space and grab Joseph as he fell.

"Come back here!" Ember roared, his hand pulling the still bewildered Joseph away from time.

The moment Joseph emerged, the light that seemed to reach the heavens and earth vanished, and the Dragon Ridge Snow Mountain returned to its usual tranquility, as if nothing had happened.

"Heh... heh..." The moment Joseph emerged from the Time Realm, the darkness within Ember seemed to sense his weakness and launched an attack on him all at once.

Ember knelt on the ground, feeling endless pain coursing through his body. His flesh began to have its own consciousness; it tore and struggled, trying to escape from Ember.

Madness, tyranny, cruelty... countless dark thoughts churned in Yu Jin's mind, trying to dominate his actions.

"Go... go quickly..." Yu Jin lay on the ground. Every word he uttered was heavily stressed, as if countless people were roaring at the same time.

"Boom!" Joseph heard Ember's warning and exploded without even a shout. Only a writhing mass of flesh remained on the ground, blood instantly staining the earth and Ember's helmet red.

"Heh... heh heh." Yu Jin let out a few eerie, dry laughs. He laughed for a long time, until his stomach hurt.

He stared at the lump of flesh for a long time, and under his gaze, Joseph's flesh began to flow back, and the lump of flesh transformed back into a human form.

Looking at the newly born "Joseph," Ember tapped his head and said in a soothing tone:

“Come on, go down. You are Joseph, Joel’s father, you love Joel, you have successfully completed your snow mountain adventure, now you should go back and celebrate.”

The pain in Yu Jin's body seemed to disappear. He lowered his head and pondered for a while, as if everything that had happened to him had nothing to do with him.

He seems like a completely different person.

As if realizing something was amiss, Ember added to "Joseph," "You'll be free when Joel dies of old age."

After saying this, Ember watched as "Joseph" slowly walked down the mountain and disappeared into the snowstorm.

"Chirp—, chirp—" The only sound on the snowy mountain in the dead of night was the sound of Yu Jin's iron boots treading on the snow.

Ember walked to the spot where Joseph had died, where only the white of snow remained. He dug up a handful of fresh soil, climbed the cliff, walked to the cave, and came to Joseph's grave.

Yu Jin dug a new, large pit next to the grave mound, and without a word, placed the fresh soil he was carrying into it. Then, little by little, he covered it up again.

Soon, a new grave mound reappeared before Ember's eyes.

He sat down directly in front of the grave mound. At this moment, the embers' body had begun to calm down. His body was no longer tearing at each other, and his mind was no longer filled with madness.

"Hahaha, trash!" Ember laughed. It's always the same. Should we say they truly are a collection of sins and the dark side of humanity?

After all, stupidity is also a sin.

"You all seem to always forget how I absorbed you into my body in the first place." Yu Jin's voice changed from its previous lightness to coldness.

"Tch—well, that's fine too. It's easy to get into trouble if you keep it bottled up. And just now, something happened. Don't you think so?" Yu Jin seemed to be asking a question, or perhaps mocking himself.

"Don't be silent! Weren't you just saying things perfectly fine?" Yu Jin talked to himself like a madman, with no audience, or perhaps the only audience was someone he could see.

“It’s been a long time since I’ve seen blood,” Yu Jin suddenly said, then his voice became lighter again.

"Since you can't die anyway, I'll just kill you one more time."

Chapter 52 Life

2023-08-28

At the initial hearth, the four gods huddled together, shivering by the campfire.

Opposite them were the embers that had just gone to the world outside the Initial Furnace.

The Ember Armor was now covered in blood and chunks of flesh, with thick, sticky blood plasma hanging in threads outside the armor, refusing to fall to the ground.

He has just emerged from the mountain of corpses and sea of ​​blood he created.

“You four are very good.” Yu Jin sat cross-legged by the campfire, reaching out to warm his hands. Under the scorching heat of the flames, the bloodstains and chunks of flesh turned to ash and disappeared into the distance.

"You didn't help them when they were messing around, so it's no wonder I've been so good to you." Yu Jin smiled and looked at the four guys opposite him who looked like quails.

"It stinks, doesn't it? Actually, I didn't want it to be like this either, but unfortunately they're just crazy people who try to escape whenever they get the chance." Yu Jin scratched his head and said helplessly.

Seeing that the embers seemed to have returned to normal, the Deep Ones breathed a sigh of relief and stretched out their hunched bodies.

The state of the embers was terrifying; even He had only witnessed it a handful of times.

"Heh, since you don't want to talk to me, I'll just leave." Yu Jin looked at the Four Gods for a while, yawned, and felt bored.

He could always quickly recover from this state on his own, but those around him couldn't. Of course, there weren't many living people who had actually witnessed him in this state.

Soon, Ember's figure disappeared from the Primordial Furnace. Seeing that Ember was completely gone, the Deep Ones were finally relieved.

The aura emanating from the embers was so powerful that they almost couldn't breathe. Unfortunately, this power could only be used for killing, which the embers disliked.

"Let's go outside and take a look?" the Deep One suggested. He loved to see suffering. So did the madness and corruption. As for the First Flame? He was a fool, and fools follow their leader.

So, the four perpetually reclusive otaku (?) ran to the periphery of the initial furnace.

The original primordial furnace was located at the center of the world, and it was also the highest point in the world. This was perfectly replicated within the Ember.

The world outside the Primal Furnace is a wasteland, with only a narrow path leading to the Primal Furnace standing atop the world.

The Deep Ones stood on the outer edge of the primordial furnace, looking down upon the world filled with blood and flesh.

Those who are melted down by the fire will be banished outside the primordial furnace, carrying with them their pure malice.

The darkest and ugliest parts of human nature, when they settle down, become the profound. Because of their purity, they can come together and ultimately give rise to the consciousness of the profound.

Outside the furnace, they are the revealed, purposeful malice encountered by the embers. Madmen are all different, so they each have their own thoughts, and thus cannot generate a unified consciousness like that of the profound.

"Tsk, this is truly tragic. It's even worse than the undead being smashed into mincemeat in the Undead Settlement." You Sui looked at the writhing chunks of flesh trying to come together and scoffed.

He had always looked down on these guys; not only were they bad, but they were also incredibly stupid. They were simply not on the same wavelength as a wicked and clever villain like himself.

……

Ember opened his eyes, looked at the two grave mounds before him, and sighed again. He was still somewhat weak; even pulling Joseph, who had only recently died, out of the ground was already a struggle.

Adding to the chaos caused by the bunch of stupid eggs inside him, Joseph died instantly. Fortunately, his soul was absorbed by time, preventing it from being corrupted.

"Alas, the line between life and death is so difficult." Yu Jin sighed for a moment before ceasing his sorrow. To bring back someone who has truly died is arguably the most difficult thing in the world.

Of course, it would be much easier if there were any remnants of souls or something similar.

Fortunately, Joel's "father" did return, which is a somewhat acceptable ending.

"Damn, how many days have passed?" Yu Jin looked at the light coming from the cave and suddenly had a bad feeling.

My request!!!

Ember dashed down the mountain, traversing the snowstorm and the camp, heading towards Mondstadt.

He was only thinking about the commission now, and didn't even care about the increasing number of monsters on the way—after all, they had all been blown away by the embers.

Covered in dust and smoke, Ember arrived at the Adventurers' Guild in a flurry of activity.

"Towards the stars and the abyss!" Catherine remained unchanged upon seeing Ember arrive.

"Catherine, is the deadline for my caravan escort job over?" Ember asked anxiously, leaning on the counter. The last time he did this was when he misunderstood Yousui and ran away.

"Yes, the commission period hasn't expired yet, and the caravan is departing this afternoon." Although she was puzzled as to why Ember asked this, Catherine still told him the truth.

Then Catherine turned around and took out a bag of Mora, saying to Ember, "Mr. Ember, this is the payment for the Dragonspine Mountain mission last time. Please check if the amount is correct."

"Oh dear, how could I possibly accept this?" Ember said, but before Catherine could even see what Ember was doing, the Mora in her hand was already at Ember's waist.

When Yu Jin, the money-grubber, opened the package, he found a whopping 20! He had thought he wouldn't get the money, but unexpectedly, he received 5 more than he had expected!

What a double blessing today!

A palpable sense of joy emanated from Yu Jin. Influenced by this aura, even Catherine began to smile.

However, Ember's joy quickly turned to sorrow, for he thought of the life form he had created in Dragonspine.

Even Ember himself didn't know what it was. He just looked at it, and then Joseph stood up again from the lump of flesh.

"Hiss—" Yu Jin felt a toothache, because based on past experience, if such lives were not guided, every single one of them would be a terrorist!