Genshin Impact, I, a mere mortal, cannot accompany you to the very end.

[I will. I will completely erase your memories, especially those of today. I will utterly destroy them. The reborn you is a completely different person from Qingye Leiming. It cannot intervene, otherwise it would have already done so.]

Will it come?

[This is a calculated move; it will come down, just like you lured the giant snake out last time.]

"That's good."

[Kiyono Raimei, let's go crazy one last time!]

[Remaining lifespan: half an hour]

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This is also a long chapter.

"Be captivated by me, my lovely guest"

Volume 1: Chapter 29 Divine Cut

[Kiyono Raimei, let's go crazy one last time.]

Hearing the system's words, Kiyono smiled.

Winter days are very short.

The sky had completely darkened. He rowed his small boat, surrounded by utter silence. The magnificent sunset piled up on the coastline at the far end of his sight, with large swaths of fiery clouds spreading out and burning brightly.

There was a saying in a past life:

May your life have enough clouds to build up into a beautiful sunset.

Kiyono didn't know if he had enough cloud cover in his life, but he also wanted a beautiful sunset.

We've already rowed far enough.

Kiyono once again became Kiyono Raimei, the old man on the verge of death, his body heavy and powerless in his final moments. He first took a soft breath, then took out a roll of cigarettes from his kimono pocket and lit it.

The faint firelight in the twilight was quite beautiful.

Kiyono smoked for a while, and after the time it took to smoke the last cigarette had passed, he felt he was ready.

An old man at dusk, a lone boat with a pot of wine, and of course, a knife.

Kiyono slowly took out the God-Slaying Blade. Fortunately, the giant snake had washed it with blood, completely ruining its original appearance; otherwise, it would have been recognized by the Shadow just now.

Of course, the serpent gave him its heart blood not for this reason.

He drew his sword, and the glow of the sunset flowed along its arc; it was truly a fine sword.

"According to human reasoning, approximately how long does it take for lightning to streak across the sky and then disappear?"

[Approximately 0.3 seconds]

"Then you will compress all the rest of my life into 0.3 seconds, into that one instant. Just that one instant."

You are greedy.

Kiyono smiled and said, "This body is too heavy. A person's life is too long. In fact, a moment is enough."

Are you ready?

He slowly stood up, looked up at the sky and gazed at the fiery clouds. His gaze continued to rise, reaching its highest point, the very peak of his vision.

"What a beautiful view! It must be even more beautiful from the sky."

He didn't know who he was talking to; all around was silent, with only the whistling sea breeze responding to his voice.

“If you don’t speak, the voices of mortals won’t reach the heavens, so of course you won’t care about their voices. Since you can’t hear them, you naturally won’t care about their lives or deaths.”

Kiyono said softly.

"Whether it's real death, the death of the Great Serpent, the destruction of the Fukushita Palace, or the four-hundred-year-old fate of Inazuma and Hachiyū Island, you don't care at all, and you won't care about these things. No, as long as your own conscience prevails, you're capable of anything. They're all just pawns."

"All our wars started because of you, and you planned them."

"I, Kiyono Raimei, know who my enemy in this life is."

"But you are still ignoring me."

Kiyono leaned on Kamikiri's arm, the crimson glow of the sunset shining everywhere, turning the sea surface blood red.

—"The events of the past."

The sound of thunder echoed across the sea.

“The events of the past, past days and months.”

It's like a forbidden word.

The sea breeze stopped.

"That old woman in the sky!"

A smile crept onto Qingye's lips. He cared about nothing and was afraid of nothing. He laughed wildly, and his words were even more outrageous. He boldly shouted at the supreme being in the sky.

No one dares to do such a thing.

This is simply the ultimate in transgression!

“I’ll give it my all, and I can create a few thunderclaps in the air,” Kiyono Raimei laughed. “The sound will travel very far.”

He said:

"You old hag, if you don't want the whole world to know about your shady dealings!"

He shouted, his eyes wide with anger, "Get down here, you grandpa!"

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changed.

Something has changed.

The crimson sunset faded, the sky lost its color, and something had descended upon this world, with unparalleled majesty and nobility. The sea trembled, the waves gathered, and all the light in the world seemed to converge in one place.

The "reason" of this world has arrived.

It should be said that they are the maintainers of natural justice.

Golden strands of hair floated in the air.

In the center, his empty, vast eyes were devoid of any emotion.

A breathtaking antiquity and majesty.

"Mortal, you..."

She said indifferently, seemingly somewhat puzzled:

"How did you learn this forbidden secret? That thing on you has no right to tell you. Was it the great serpent?... But I saw it from the sky, and it didn't say anything..."

He pondered, and soon, the one who upholds the principles of Heaven spoke with understanding:

"what..."

"So it was that knife, the knife it gave you."

The knife that Tenri mentioned was in Kiyono's hand.

The long, narrow scabbard, the deep black blade, and the fine lightning patterns covering the edge, with faint traces of deep blood, all combine to create a complex and eerie design.

[You have obtained the Heart of Orochi (Demon God Level)]

[Artifact: Divine Cut]

[A destiny intertwined for centuries has dissipated today; the once-worshipping god etched his life onto the blade, and the sword tells the story of his life.]

The serpent said nothing about the reason for their destruction, or how they violated the taboos of the natural order... It told Kiyono nothing, but it engraved everything into the sword.

It etched its entire life into the snake-cutting blade, and the sword told Kiyono Raimei its story.

The moment Kiyono received Kamikiri, memories flooded into his mind.

In the war between demons and gods, in the abyss, in the bottomless abyss, the coral that covered the body was removed, and the people were brought out of the abyss.

It recounted its glory, and it also spoke of its decline.

It also spoke of the past before the sun and moon... the untouchable taboos, and the truth behind the destruction of Haiqi Island.

The giant serpent told Kiyono everything, but it didn't speak; the language of the samurai is the sword.

It's an invitation.

It is inviting Kiyono Raimei.

Or rather, a request.

Four hundred years ago, it submitted to the laws of heaven for the sake of the people, but this proud warrior always remembered this humiliation. It knew who its true enemy was, and the reason it turned into a remnant soul and refused to leave was to take revenge on its enemy!

So it invited Kiyono Raimei, saying it was leaving, but it was still unwilling, so it transformed its body into swords, but Kiyono Raimei was still alive.

That's why it asked Kiyono Raimei, inquiring about his lifespan—'What did you say?'

Kiyono said it would happen in the next few days.

“After death, one must leave something behind in the world. I gave my coral to my people, and I will give my heart to Inazuma.”

It invited Kiyono Raimei, its former nemesis, its old friend, to fight alongside it on the battlefield, raising its sword to the sky!

Kiyono's answer was simple; he didn't say anything, he just raised his glass.

The language between samurai is simple, confined to the sword; the language between men is also simple, just as Kiyono Raimei once said—

Everything is in the wine.

They toasted in the snow, making a silent pact for an eternal paradise and for today's sunrise.

In the final moments of his life, he defied the heavens.

They knew that the end was destined to be failure, but only the grandest death and the most powerful enemy would be worthy of their lives.

God cuts, naturally it is God who should be cut.

Volume 1: Chapter 30 Kiyono Raimei's life ends here.