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

"Hey, hey, hey? Sisters, don't be like that. You are Columbia's sisters, so you are my sisters. And Ronnie is my generation, so you can just call him brother."

Seeing the three moon goddesses almost kneeling in respect, Lu Li immediately stepped in front of them.

"We are filled with fear..."

"I did not know that the Dragon King had come in person. Please punish me."

Hearing Lu Li's words, Arya gently shook her head.

"There's no need for that, lift your head."

"I never expected to meet you all here."

The Nibelungen voice regained its majesty, echoing within the Moon Gate.

With permission from the Nibelungen, the March goddesses raised their heads, their eyes filled with complex emotions as they looked at the illusory dragon before them.

They would never mistake this scent belonging to the Nibelungs.

The Nibelungs are their creators, their fathers, and also the dragon kings who cast them into this endless prison.

"The atmosphere seems a bit tense? Perhaps I can ease the tension."

"Haha, Ronnie, you created March, and I never expected you to sculpt the goddess of March into a human form. So you actually quite like humans, right?"

Seeing that the three gods and dragon seemed somewhat silent, Lu Li took the initiative to step forward and liven up the atmosphere.

Before entering the Moon Gate, although he knew that there had been March goddesses, he didn't really know what they looked like.

March Goddess: "..."

Nibelungen: "..."

"Uh...did I say something wrong?"

"Oh! I remember now, there weren't any humans back then!"

"It looks like that traveler, right? You created this humanoid form based on that interstellar traveler, and I heard you even want to marry him!"

Sensing that something seemed off, Lu Li scratched his head and continued to speculate.

Although the Goddess of March had told him a lot about what happened before the War of Burial Fire, she had never mentioned how their divine bodies were created.

"That... actually, we created this form in the shape of a little person so we could play on the ground..."

Sannada carefully explained to Lu Li.

"..."

You guys are really playful...

Lu Li remained silent for a moment, feeling as if he had said something he shouldn't have.

The atmosphere suddenly became even more awkward, and Lu Li could even see Sanna Da fidgeting with her fingers nervously.

"Ahem, anyway, Laoni, so much time has passed. They were indeed guilty in the eyes of the dragons, and they've been imprisoned for so long. You should calm down now."

Lu Li had no choice but to try to persuade the silent Nibelungen.

The March of Teyvat is a creation of the dragons, personally raised by Nibelungen in Nordkalley, and entrusted with the important task of maintaining the world's operation. Therefore, it holds a very high position among the dragons, even surpassing the seven Great Kings at one point.

However, after the arrival of the ruler of the heavens, their inaction was seen as a betrayal by the dragons. So when Tianli shattered the two moons with a single sword strike, the remaining dragons on the ground cheered.

"Alas...you were once my proud daughters. Now that I have been reawakened from the darkest shadows, my initial anger towards your infidelity has long since faded."

"Isn't imprisoning you here a form of protection? If I win that great battle and drive away the plunderers from the sky, how could the dragons' rage over the betrayal not tear the moon apart?"

After a moment, Nibelungen sighed.

When it first imprisoned the March Goddess, it had already transformed into a jet-black dragon, but it still chose not to kill her, but instead imprisoned her.

It is important to know that if March is shattered, the goddess of March will also perish, but even if the goddess of March dies, March itself will remain intact.

"We know that all punishment is deserved, and imprisonment is already an act of boundless mercy from the Dragon King. We dare not ask for your forgiveness."

Canon clasped his hands together in front of his chest, his voice still respectful.

"Phew... I told you, I no longer have the anger I once felt."

"But he told you about the future, and you should know that I was defeated in that great battle, and two of the three moons were shattered by the plunderers."

"Although Frostmoon is not shattered, a new Frostmoon Goddess will be born in the future."

"That's why I can't let you leave here, because once you go out, you'll disappear."

Nibelungen exhaled and then explained to the three goddesses.

After saying that, he raised his claw and slashed a slit in the side, which shone with white light.

As the creator of the Moon Gate prison, Nibelungen now only possesses a consciousness that coexists with Lu Li's soul, but he can still control the prison if he exerts even a little power.

The moment the exit appeared, a gentle breeze blew in from outside, bringing a touch of life to the deathly silent prison.

Feeling the breeze ruffling her hair, Sanna Da's gaze unconsciously drifted toward the exit, but she was quickly pulled back by Kanon beside her, and had to lower her eyes again, not daring to overstep her bounds.

"Let's go. We don't have much time left. The longer we exist as souls, the more likely something unexpected will happen."

Nibelungen closed his eyes and gave Lu Li a reminder.

"Sigh... okay."

"My dear sisters, I'll be going now. I'll come back to play with you all when I'm resurrected."

Lu Li could only wave to the goddesses of March.

He had considered finding a way to take them away later, but two of them had already broken in March, and Lu Li couldn't guarantee that he could do it.

"Brother Lu Li, don't worry about us. We've gotten used to being here."

Arya, as the eldest sister, smiled and nodded at Lu Li.

After Lu Li reached the door, Nibelungen's form transformed back into that of a small dragon, landing on Lu Li's shoulder.

"Respectfully bidding farewell to the Heavenly Father."

Under the respectful gaze of the March Goddess, Lu Li and Nibelungen passed through the white portal and disappeared into the prison.

And the white portal closed.

"..."

Sannada opened her mouth, her eyes dimming slightly.

"Alright, my dear sister Sannada, that was never something we could ask for."

"Compared to that, our sister's lover, whom we've never met, left us some little toys for amusement, didn't he?"

Kanon came over to comfort Sannada.

Sannada was very lively and active, so after being imprisoned, she would often go out for a stroll, which is how she happened to bump into Lu Li.

They collided in a physical sense.

"All I know is..."

After that, I don't know how much time passed.

Without a reference point, even the goddess of March would find it difficult to accurately calculate all the time periods.

"Pull north."

"Hmm? It seems someone's coming?"

They were playing three-player mahjong together, a game Lu Li had taught them, when Arya suddenly turned around.

Canon and Sannada looked in that direction with a puzzled expression.

A moment later, a graceful figure appeared before the three of them.

"Hmm... Am I late?"

"Has Lu Li... already left?"

……

When Lu Li opened his eyes, he found himself in a pure white world.

"You've awakened, Child of the Stars. Welcome to the birthplace of the stars."

On Lu Li's shoulder, the Nibelungen called to him.

"The birthplace of stars... what is that?"

Looking around in confusion, Lu Li scratched his head in bewilderment.

This pure white area doesn't seem to have anything to do with the stars.

"According to the records left here, this area was left over after the world was created, and of course it has been abandoned."

"In fact, your vague consciousness was preserved here and could not be born, because you yourself cannot exist in the material world."

"Following the instructions left here, I offered my flesh and soul so that your consciousness could connect with this world and thus be born."

"Look, that's where you were conceived before you were born."

Nibelungen raised its claws, and an invisible force propelled Lu Li's soul away.

In the pure white space, a huge ice crystal of strange color floated silently.

Inside the ice crystal, a small, still-developing figure curled up, as if asleep in a long dream.

……