Cross through Teyvat, and you'll become stronger by taking the hits!

Having seen Hu Tao go out with him when he was a child, Lu Li had completely exhausted his anchor points in the outside world.

He could only continue walking deeper into the Moon Gate.

"Five hundred years is not a long road. You will soon see what my proud youngest daughter looks like at birth. When the time comes, I will open the door for you."

Noticing that Lu Li's steps inside the Moon Gate were somewhat sluggish after losing his external anchor, Nibelungen could only encourage him from the side.

"Um……!"

Lu Li rallied his spirits; there was no turning back now that he had come this far.

What would a baby pigeon look like five hundred years ago...?

Although the appearance probably won't be much different, I'm still really looking forward to it...!

"Speaking of which, do you know why she, as the goddess of the Frostmoon, wasn't born in Frostmoon, but in Teyvat?"

Leaning on Lu Li's shoulder, Nibelungen chatted with Lu Li.

"Hmm...yes, why?"

Hearing the question about Nibelungen, Lu Li also became puzzled.

The reason why Columbia was born in Teyvat was not answered when Lu Li traveled through time.

"Could it be because Shimotsuki was thrown outside the celestial canopy by the Heavenly Principles?"

Lu Li asked curiously.

"That's right, but not comprehensive."

"Even if the canopy is thrown out, Frostmoon remains an integral part of Teyvat and its connection to Teyvat continues. Therefore, the goddess of Frostmoon will be born, but the goddesses of Moon and Rainbow Moon will not be born again."

Nibelungen shook its head, then raised its paw and swiped it through the air.

The next moment, it used the power of light to weave a sci-fi style projection interface.

An image of a planet appeared on the interface; it was Teyvat.

"The reason why the youngest daughter was born is that the raiders of Sky Island fell into a deep sleep five hundred years ago."

"Just like how the new water elemental dragon Navelette was able to be born smoothly after the demon goddess named Agoria in your memory was released and left the primordial womb."

"The dormant principles of nature are no longer able to suppress the will of the planet itself, so Teyvat, like the birth of a new generation of elemental dragons, gave birth to a new Frostmoon goddess."

As Nibelungen explained, a related PowerPoint presentation also appeared in the illusory projection.

"Oh...that makes sense, but why wasn't she born in Shimotsuki?"

Lu Li looked curiously at the projection interface that was floating in front of him and moving with him.

"As you said, Frost Moon was thrown outside the celestial canopy, and the planet itself could not allow it to be born through the celestial canopy."

"However, the region called Nordkalai contains energy highly correlated with the moon, making it an ideal cradle for nurturing a new moon goddess."

"So it chose Nordkalé."

"If it weren't for the existence of the lunar force, she wouldn't even have been born."

As he spoke, some scenes of Nordkale appeared on the projection screen.

That is where three bright moons once rose in Nibelungen, but in Nibelungen’s memory, the energy of lunar moment did not yet exist in Nordkale at that time.

"I see. Although there is no moon, there is still the lunar torque."

"It's just that my poor little pigeon hasn't been to the moon yet."

Lu Li nodded knowingly.

At this moment, Nibelungen retracted the projection interface that had been floating in front of him.

"We have arrived at the time of the birth of the youngest daughter of Nordkale, five hundred years ago."

"I'll open the passage, hold on tight to me."

Nibelungen grabbed Lu Li's shoulder with his claws, signaling him to stop.

Lu Li immediately cooperated and watched Nibelungen's actions with anticipation.

Countless white rays of light were gathered by it, swirling and flying forward, transforming into a pure white oval portal.

Lu Li couldn't wait to pass through the portal in front of him.

The next moment, Lu Li arrived at a clearing on Xixi Island covered with blue Prayer Moon Flowers. The bright moonlight under the starry sky was enough to see his surroundings clearly.

At this moment, an invisible rhythm of life had already quietly emerged in this area. The Moon-Praying Flowers all over the ground trembled rhythmically like a heartbeat, and each tremor spread from near to far like a wave.

Besides Lu Li, the unseen observer, there were also many animal friends gathered around.

These animals, raised in the environment of lunar torque, have a strong ability to sense lunar torque, so they all gathered around and quietly stayed on the periphery, seemingly waiting for something.

Such a peculiar commotion naturally attracted a person with antlers growing on their head who happened to be nearby—a priest from the Frostmoon Children.

Lu Li ignored her, since Columbia's birth was witnessed by the Frost Moon Children.

At this moment, the rhythm of the invisible life had reached the frequency of a heartbeat, and strands of pure white moonlight, like silk threads, were separated from the scattered moonlight.

On the meadow covered with moon-praying flowers, the moonlight intertwined and wove together, eventually forming a human shape, and from the form of energy, it gradually nurtured a delicate body with skin as white as snow.

A goddess of the frost moon was born from the earth, little by little.

The girl was completely naked and did not wake up immediately, but instead lay on a nearby rock.

Strangely, she was naked, without even an eye patch, and her hair was naturally loose, but the winged headdress on the back of her head had been with her since birth...

"Little pigeon..."

Looking at Columbia, who was still asleep and lying on the rock under the moonlight, Lu Li felt that this scene was sacred and so beautiful that he couldn't bear to disturb it.

However, he still raised his hand and covered Nibelungen's head.

Nibelungen: "?"

They're even wary of their father-in-law?!

At that moment, around Columbia, under the rays of moonlight, many moon spirits were born around her due to the power of her birth.

With the power of the moon spirits, the moonlight was woven into long, flowing gauze.

Then they draped the gauze over Columbia...

"Well……"

The girl, draped in moonlight gauze, opened her eyes in confusion and instinctively grabbed the gauze wrapped around her chest to prevent it from falling off.

Then, as if sensing something, the girl looked up at the night sky and raised a hand toward the moon.

"moon……"

This scene is almost identical to the "Kutar" statue that the future Frostmoon Child will worship.

However, the newborn Columbia soon discovered the problem.

The moon you see is not the real moon...

The real moon seems to be somewhere far away, beyond the reach of the heavens...

This left her momentarily confused.

After her initial confusion, she raised her hand and, following the method the Moon Spirits used to create Moonlight Veil, wove a beam of moonlight into a hollowed-out, semi-transparent eye mask.

Just as the blindfold was finished being woven and was about to float down into Columbia's hands, a hand suddenly reached out and grabbed the blindfold in mid-air.

"Hmm...?"

Although she was just born, Columbia was not a child who grew up from scratch; she was born with some knowledge of the natural environment.

Therefore, since she couldn't see Lu Li, she was somewhat at a loss when she saw the blindfold ignoring gravity and remaining suspended in mid-air.

"Little dove...the moon is an illusion, but the world is real."

"So, happy birthday, little dove."

Lu Li reached out and touched Columbia's head before handing her the blindfold.

Although Columbia couldn't see anyone, she could feel the gentle caress on her head.

It feels so warm...

Who is it...?

"Mother?"

Colombia looked at the eye mask "floating" in front of her, hesitated for a moment, and then tried to call out.

But there was no response.

"..."

This made her feel a little disappointed, and she raised her hand to take the blindfold.

"Thanks……"

After thanking the unknown entity, Columbia picked up the blindfold and put it on.

Looking at the moon spirits around her and then at the small animals on the periphery, Columbia suddenly remembered a melody.

That was a lullaby she heard when she was still half-conscious...

"Dormi cara columbula,O columbula mea..."

"Sleep peacefully, my white dove, the moon is bright and flawless..."

"May flowers bloom in abundance on the edge of dreams; please, tonight, have no more fear..."

"Hmm?"

Just then, two unfamiliar singing voices rang out simultaneously beside her, one male and one female, as if two people were sitting next to her, singing in perfect harmony.

But the sound was not very clear, as if it came from another time and space.

"..."

Nibelungen looked at Lu Li, who was sitting next to Columbia, softly singing a lullaby, and couldn't help but raise his little paw to scratch his head.

Strange, why is there another person singing...?

Why does it sound like it's coming from the Moon Gate?

Could it be my other three daughters...?

……