At this moment, shatter the dimensional barrier

Bang! A sharp sound of slamming the table rang out, followed by a questioning voice.

"Hazar! It's come to this! Are you really not going to release the Little Lucky Grass King?!" An old man with long black hair and round glasses glared at the white-haired old man whose expression remained unwavering.

“Nafis, as a sage of the School of Life, don’t get so agitated,” said the Great Sage Azar. “Oh, you retired long ago; you’re a former sage.”

“You…” Nafis gritted his teeth and pointed at Hazar: “You’re insane! Hazar, Kavaja, you’re all insane! You’re going to be insane, huh? Then I’ll be insane with you. I’ve already told my student Tinari about how the great sages of all ages imprisoned the ‘Little Lucky Grass King’.”

“Tinari is now a forest ranger, just like all the forest rangers in Sumeru.”

“If you don’t release the ‘Little Auspicious Grass King’, I will let the Sumeru people know everything.”

"Even if you kill me here, it won't do any good. Now that things have come to this, we absolutely cannot let you push Sumeru into the abyss!"

Even before he became a sage, he found it strange that he had never heard of the 'Little Lucky Grass King'.

He was shocked when he learned from the previous 'Great Sage' about how the 'Great Sages' had imprisoned the gods.

However, he had already become a sage, and because he truly had no reverence for the 'Little Lucky Grass King' at the time, he pretended not to know anything.

However, it was truly unexpected that the Great Sage Azar had launched the 'Artificial God Project,' attempting to create a god to replace the Little Lucky Grass King.

This was unacceptable to him, and he vehemently opposed this absurd plan. As a result, he was ostracized by the most powerful sage and other sages who supported the plan, and was eventually 'retired'.

He thought he would retire and live an ordinary life until he died, but unexpectedly, the end of the world came and the gods of other countries collectively moved their countries away from Teyvat.

If he continues to pretend he knows nothing, Sumeru will definitely be destroyed by those madmen.

"Hmph! Foolish! How did a foolish scholar like you become a sage of the School of Life Theory?" An old man with gray hair sneered, pointing his finger at the 'Palace of Pure Goodness' under the canopy of the giant tree at the highest point of Sumeru City.

"With her weak strength and lack of intelligence, she thinks she can take us to another world? Don't be ridiculous!"

"If we release her, we'll be the first to be punished! At that point, not only will Sumeru not be saved, but it will be destroyed!"

"You really won't let me go!" Nafis glared at the sages who had their arms crossed.

“Azar, Kavaja, I still stand with Nafis this time. You must release the Little Lucky Grass King.” The Indochine Sage Iskandar glared angrily at the Great Sage Azar.

The device that imprisoned the 'Little Lucky Grass King' was originally used by the Great Tree King to isolate himself from the outside world and meditate quietly. Unexpectedly, it was able to trap the gods instead, and the control device has always been in the hands of the 'Great Sages' of each generation.

"Hmph, you are all hopeless. This time I still support the Great Sage. I don't think the Little Auspicious Grass King's power is enough to save Sumeru." The Sage Kavaja of the Knowledge School said with a cold snort.

"Madman! Fine, just wait until all the Sumeru people know about the blasphemous and foolish things your great sages have done throughout the ages!" Nafis said angrily.

"If the Little Auspicious Grass King hadn't been imprisoned, he would have definitely become a powerful god within five hundred years, and Sumeru would definitely have avoided destruction like other countries! It's all because of you!"

The water god of Fontaine is also a second-generation god who ascended to the throne five hundred years ago, and now He is taking Fontaine to another world.

He believed that the Little Lucky Grass King must have been imprisoned for five hundred years to have lost its power!

From the very beginning, the 'great sages' of all time led Mount Sumeru toward its destruction! The 'great sages' of all time were sinners!

"Hmph, so what if the Sumeru people know the truth? A god who cannot save Sumeru will not allow the Sumeru people to follow him." Azar sneered dismissively.

He didn't think anyone would be foolish enough to worship a god who couldn't save them in the face of the apocalypse.

"Lock them up first," Cavajra said coldly.

Several guards rushed in, but Nafis and Iskandar did not resist; instead, they remained calm.

……

Jingshan Palace

There used to be guards watching over the gate, but now it's empty, and even the gate has been opened.

The Pure Goodness Palace is very large, with every corner covered in gorgeous patterns of emerald green and gold. It is very large and spacious. In the center is a platform that resembles a bed. Above the platform floats a ball of light composed of emerald green runes. The ball of light is connected to the surrounding rhomboid crystals by several lines of light.

This is a god-level sealing device. Not to mention a god like Morax, even the Vortex Demon God couldn't be trapped. At most, it could only trap some weak demon gods whose power and might couldn't be fully exerted.

Inside the sealing device was a small figure that looked exactly like the Great Tree King Buyer when she was seven or eight years old. Her eyes were tightly closed, and there was a trace of crystal-clear moisture on her eyelashes. Her pointed elf ears drooped listlessly.

It looks like she had just been crying.

"As a deity, you willingly allow yourself to be imprisoned and even weep for yourself. It's truly disgraceful." A cold voice echoed in the Pure Goodness Palace, directly reaching the sealing device.

"?" Nasita slowly opened her eyes upon hearing the voice and looked up.

Few people come to Jingshan Palace. In her five hundred years of memory, apart from the great sages of past dynasties, only the occasional curious guard would push open the door.

What came into view was a young man with short, black hair that reached his ears and golden eyes. The aura of a high-ranking deity made her feel suffocated for a moment.

A god! And a very high-ranking god! Although it is unclear how powerful the other seven ruling powers of the mortal realm are, they are likely to be more powerful than the seven ruling powers of the mortal realm.

"You...you are?" Nasita was somewhat embarrassed and dared not look directly at the other person. She, a god imprisoned by her people, must be seen as foolish and derelict in the eyes of other gods. Thinking of this, she felt even more depressed, and her eyes lost their light.

"Hmph." A glint flashed in Luo Sheng's golden eyes.

Snap! Snap! Bang—

The sealing sphere imprisoning Narcida instantly developed cracks, which spread rapidly, and with a bang, the seal shattered.

Nasita landed slowly on the ground in surprise, but kept her head down, not having the courage to look at the god who had released her.

“I’ve seen gods who doubt themselves before, but this is the first time I’ve seen a god who doubts themselves to the point of cowardice,” Los Saint said mercilessly as he walked up to Narcida.

"As a god, his will was shattered by a few dissenting voices."

"Naxida, as the deity of Sumeru, have you ever truly listened to the voices of Sumeru's people? Or have you ever truly strived to become a worthy deity?"

Nasita felt even more inferior after hearing the criticism from the high-ranking deity: "I am not a qualified deity. Compared to other deities, I am weak and have neither the ability nor the wisdom to meet the expectations of my people."

"Foolish!" Los Saint raised his hand to slap Nasita across the face, but stopped when he was only a meter away. Nasita suddenly closed her eyes, and the wind blew across her cheek.

"You can't even put up a fight?" Luo Sheng said with some disappointment.

"To me now, you are no different from a human little girl."

Chapter 181: The Riot in Sumeru City, Rescuing the Little Grass God

“…” Nasita lowered her head. She felt that what the high-ranking god in front of her said was right. Compared to the other seven gods, she was no different from an ordinary human child.

"So immature, so very immature, like a budding new shoot on a branch." Luo Sheng looked calmly at Nasida, who seemed to be obediently being scolded by her teacher.

“Furina was also appointed as the Water Goddess in a time of crisis. Her situation was similar to yours. She also faced doubts from the people of Fontaine when she was in charge of the Water Goddess position, and they even discussed her abilities to her face.”

"But she bravely faced everyone's doubts and firmly declared to everyone that she was the water goddess and the ruler of Fontaine. No matter what doubts there were, the facts could not shake her identity."

Funina is still a mortal, but Fukalos left her Navelette. Although Nasita has no backer, she possesses the power of a demon god. Although she is too young to unleash her full power, she still has the strength of a seventh-order demon.

“Nasita, why do similar circumstances lead to such drastically different outcomes?” Luo Sheng looked at the little grass god with her eyes closed, as if she were about to drop tiny pearls, and showed no mercy in his words.

Language is the cheapest way to wake someone up, while personal experience is the most expensive way.

Moreover, Nasita wasn't really a child. Although among the gods, a five-hundred-year-old was no different from a child, Nasita had been using her dream powers to 'enjoy the scenery' in Mount Sumeru every now and then for the past five hundred years.

"Yes, I am too weak. I do not have the power and wisdom of the Great Tree King, and I cannot meet the expectations of my people." Nasita raised her head, her four-leaf clover-shaped eyes shimmering with tears. Because she was a god, she controlled her tears and did not let them fall. If it were an ordinary person, she would not have lost any little pearls.

"This has nothing to do with the strength of one's power. One should do what one is capable of with the strength one has," Luo Sheng said calmly.

"Human beings are often those who have more power, and those who do so are more likely to drown out the voices of the majority of ordinary people."

"What do most people crave? Have you ever thought about it?"

"The majority of ordinary people are the cornerstone of a civilization and a country, not those who hold power."

"The common people's life wish is nothing more than to have enough to eat, to be warmly clothed, to have dignity, and to have a warm home, hoping for fairness—such simple happiness," Luo Sheng said, like an old father.

"How many ordinary people do you focus on? You mostly focus on those in high positions of power. They can't get more power or more delusions from you, so you give up on yourself."

"How foolish! As a god, one should take care of the majority of ordinary people, the foundation of civilization, and give them the right to be well-fed, clothed, and have happy families, so that one's people can follow in one's footsteps and gain freedom, fairness, dignity, and hope."

“Look at what you’ve done!” Luo Sheng continued, “How many people in Xumi are still starving, how many people are suffering injustice, and how many people are abusing their power to oppress and exploit the majority of ordinary people.”

"When ordinary people need you to uphold justice for them, you want to gain the approval of the small group of people who oppress and exploit ordinary people."

Los Saint's words were like a bomb dropped into a lake, causing Nasita's heart to churn. Her petite body trembled uncontrollably as she recalled everything she had seen in Sumeru.

One by one, the people's suffering and injustices came to mind.

“I, I, I… No, no, I, I wanted everyone to be happy, I…” Nasita’s voice trembled, but she couldn’t find any way to refute it, because there was no way to refute it. She really hadn’t done anything.

“Buyer must be heartbroken to see his successor so despondent. Now tell me, do you want to change things?” Los Saint sighed.

“I want, I want all those who suffer injustice and hardship in Sumeru to be happy.” Nasita looked at Los Santos’s four-leaf clover-shaped eyes with longing.

"Then let me see how you do it. Go back and lock her up again, and let yourself feel how powerful the people of Sumeru are." With a wave of his hand, Narcida was sent flying back into the 'sealing device'. The sealing device was restored, and after it was done, her figure gradually faded away.

"Wait! High deity, who are you?" Nasita asked anxiously upon seeing this.

“It is the will of Heaven, but not Fanes,” Los Saint said calmly, and then his figure disappeared.

“Heavenly justice…” Nasita’s eyes widened, and she opened her mouth, but all the words she wanted to say were stuck in her throat. It wasn’t Fanes.

Is that... Lord Tenri from another world?

She knew everything that was happening outside: Fontaine, Liyue, and Mondstadt had all followed the laws of another world and left the soon-to-be-destroyed Teyvat.

Although she said that the Grass God was the purest branch of the World Tree, she was currently unable to connect to the World Tree and therefore could not know what kind of world-ending catastrophe was happening in Teyvat.

"Should I have the people of Sumeru release me?" Nasita already knew what she was about to do; the words of the otherworldly Tenri had snapped her out of her daze.

It is the duty of the gods to seek happiness for the majority of ordinary people.

Her cheeks flushed with shame, realizing how naive she had been to want the approval of those in power, such as sages and scholars.

"I have to go and see what's happening outside!" Nasita quickly activated her dream powers, transferring her consciousness out and possessing the android doll Catherine at the Adventurers' Guild reception.

When she learned that the sages of the Church of Christ wanted the Sumerians to seek refuge in other kingdoms, her hopes were shattered, and she truly gave up on herself, causing Dina Zede, the Sumerian people who believed in her the most, to also leave.

At that moment, she thought that she couldn't save the Sumeru people, and the sages of the Faith Institute were right, so let the Sumeru people go to find a god who could save them, and she would perish along with the world...

The city of Sumeru was in even greater chaos. Caravans that had been heading to Mondstadt were returning one after another, and all sorts of negative emotions erupted, with some even breaking into conflict.

Just then, the 'Forest Ranger' holding a megaphone stepped forward angrily and shouted at the Sumeru Man who was having an emotional outburst.

"Listen up, everyone! Our divine Lord Little Lucky Grass King has never abandoned us!"

"Instead, Lord Little Lucky Grass King was imprisoned by that damned 'Great Sage' and those beasts who support the Great Sage!"

"No! It was imprisoned by the Great Sage of five hundred years ago using a device left behind by the Great Tree King, right when the Little Auspicious Grass King was born!"

"Our gods have been imprisoned for five hundred years!"

"This is why great sages throughout history have held absolute power over Mount Sumeru!"

In an instant, all the Sumeru people who had erupted in emotion were stunned, and then looked incredulously at the 'Forest Ranger' who was shouting with a megaphone.