While I was in Mondstadt, I never imagined becoming a god.

She could only watch that figure from behind, his lake-blue eyes churning with complex emotions.

Shock, gratitude, guilt, and something else she dared not think about deeply.

Xu Chuan turned around and faced General Lei Dian.

Using the Knight's Undead Invincibility, awaken the power of the Wind God's Heart within you.

The lightning elemental suppression released by General Thunder shattered like glass before this wind elemental power, swallowed up by the roar of the airwaves.

"General Thunder, it's time for you to wake up from your eternal dream!"

Upon hearing this, the entire audience fell silent.

These arrogant, almost insane words startled even General Thunder himself.

Throughout her thousand-year reign over Inazuma, no one had ever dared to say such a thing to her.

This is the first time that someone has questioned their own eternal way.

"interesting."

General Thunder's eyes changed.

Purple lightning suddenly erupted around her, the lightning becoming extremely solid, transforming into a lightning field that lifted her up.

She rose into the air, her long hair dancing wildly and rustling in the lightning.

Then she put her hand inside her chest, fingers together, and slowly pulled it out.

A long sword, its entire body wreathed in dazzling lightning, emerged from her chest.

With each inch the blade was exposed, the thunder in the heavens and earth grew more muffled, and the air became heavier.

"As you wish, I will build you into a statue."

With a single slash, the space itself could not withstand the force of the blade and began to shatter layer by layer.

Cracks spread outward from the blade, like a shattered mirror, the fragments collapsing into a vast expanse of deep, dark void.

The pitch-black rift surged toward Xu Chuan, threatening to swallow him whole.

Xu Chuan stood still, watching the all-consuming, pitch-black rift rush towards him.

This is the moment he's been waiting for.

At the same time, a emotionless, mechanical voice echoed in his mind.

[Ding! You have completed the "Pure Land of Mind" check-in.]

[Reward: Eternal Mangekyou Sharingan - This is an eternity unique to you, born to answer your wishes.]

In an instant, a warm power surged from the depths of his pupils.

That power wasn't elemental power; it was a more primal power that acted directly on his eyes.

Xu Chuan felt that the details in his field of vision had become richer.

Those subtle changes that used to require perception to detect can now be seen with just a glance.

Within those crimson eyes, two lightning-elemental patterns were slowly rotating.

Information about these Eternal Mangekyou Sharingan flooded his mind like a tidal wave.

Left Eye Pupil Technique - Eternal Return.

Give him a unique and eternal space that belongs only to him.

That space was connected to his will, unbound by any external rules, and was his absolute domain.

Right eye pupil technique - Reflecting the world like a shadow.

Projecting space onto the real world.

The area reflected is his domain, where he rewrites reality with his own will.

Faced with the impending closure of the Pure Land of One Heart, Xu Chuan did not hesitate at all.

The markings on his right eye suddenly began to spin rapidly, and his pupil power surged out like a burst dam.

"Reflecting the world like a shadow!"

A scarlet light emanated from his pupils, projecting a void of space.

The dark rift that struck the space did not continue forward after it hit this area.

The two forces clashed fiercely at the collision surface, and the resulting energy shockwaves tore the surrounding air into visible ripples.

Then, to everyone's disbelief...

That space began to backfire on the rift, gradually widening its edges.

Lei stopped sheathing his knife.

"Ok?"

She let out a questioning sound.

One's own pure land cannot be completely closed off.

Behind Xu Chuan, occupying about one-fifth of the entire Pure Land of One Heart, was being held up by some kind of force.

Everyone could see what was happening inside through the forcibly opened crack.

"You really are an unexpected surprise."

Lei's film has taken a step forward.

Behind her, the Wheel of a Hundred Wishes appeared.

It was a ring formed from pure lightning, with countless lightning eyes embedded within it.

These eyes opened simultaneously, and the lightning elemental power, so dense it was almost liquid, poured out like a celestial river bursting its banks, permeating the entire Pure Land of One Heart.

Lei Movies remains silent.

She moved, her entire body transforming into a bolt of lightning.

A blinding purple trail was torn open in the void, and scorching waves of air exploded outwards.

The shriek was left far behind, and by the time people heard the sharp sonic boom, her knife was already slashing at Xu Chuan.

The knife was aimed precisely at Xu Chuan's chest.

This is the combat skill that Lei has honed through countless battles.

In Xu Chuan's eyes, the lightning elemental patterns were spinning to their maximum.

It was as if the whole world was dissected into countless intersecting lines in his eyes, and the actions of Lei's movies were leaving clear projections on those lines.

He dodged to the side at the last second.

The blade grazed his shoulder, slicing a visible spatial rift in the air behind him.

In an instant, Xu Chuan reacted, golden light condensing into the base of the projection in his palm, and the Corruption Sword appeared in his hand.

He gripped the hilt of his sword tightly and, taking advantage of the moment when Lei Yingdong was sheathing his blade, slashed horizontally.

Clang!

Sparks flew as Dream's heart clashed with the Corrupting Sword.

A terrifying recoil force came from the sword, and Xu Chuan was knocked back more than ten steps before he could barely regain his footing.

Is this the weight of the seven gods of the mortal world?

This was the first time he had felt strained since his life force had been enhanced during the thunderstorm.

Before Xu Chuan could even catch his breath, Lei Movie's next move was already upon him.

In the blink of an eye, the two had already exchanged dozens of fierce blows.

To outsiders, it's impossible to see what's happening.

The square in front of the Thousand-Handed and Hundred-Eyed God statue was deathly silent.

Everyone looked up at the torn spatial rift and the flashes of lightning that kept bursting within it.

All that could be seen was a purple light, flashing incessantly, and two blurry figures collided, separated, and collided again amidst the lightning.

Each collision would explode into a dazzling spot of light, and in the blink of an eye, the two figures had already switched places.

It's too fast, too fast for the naked eye to keep up with.

The triumphant smile on Kujo Takayuki's face had frozen at some point.

No, this is not what he thought.

General, you should have cleaved that arrogant fellow in two with a single stroke.

But now they are actually engaged in a fierce battle.

That Liyue person is still standing.

“The general is just testing us,” Kujo Takayuki said to himself in a low voice. “The general certainly hasn’t used his full strength yet.”

Even with the blessing of the Heart of the Wind God, Xu Chuan still felt he couldn't keep up with the pace of the ridiculous movie.

Her fighting skills have been honed over a thousand years to the point where there is not a single superfluous movement; every strike is a sure kill, and every step is a calculated move.

This can't go on.

His combat experience was far inferior to Lei's, and he couldn't keep up with her pace.

The whistling sound of the blade cutting through the air grew louder and louder. He felt his arm starting to go numb, and each block felt like he was taking a lightning strike with his bones.

When the next blow from Lei's movie comes.

Knights never die unarmed—activation.

The Heart of the Wind God and the Heart of the Thunder God erupted simultaneously within him.

The turquoise wind and the purple lightning, two elemental forces, burst forth with immense power.

His aura rose at a visible speed.

The entire Pure Land of One Heart trembled for a moment.

Lei's pursuit paused slightly.

She clearly sensed that the person in front of her had undergone a dramatic change in aura just a moment ago.

The lightning elemental power surging from his body gave her a strange sense of familiarity.

"The Divine Child actually gave you the Heart of Thor." There was a hint of surprise in her voice.

Xu Chuan did not answer.

Taking advantage of the brief pause she made, he used the power of the Twin Gods' Hearts to forcibly break through the speed barrier.

With his cooperation, the two forces no longer simply overlapped, but instead created a deeper reaction.

He transformed into a blur of blue and purple, his series of dodges and advances flowing smoothly like mercury, weaving and roaming through the curtain of blades set up by Lei Yingdian.

boom!

The sword of decay and the heart of dreams collide once again.

This time, it wasn't Xu Chuan who was pushed back; he stood firmly in place, the stone slab beneath his feet cracking like a spiderweb, but his body remained completely still.

Lei Yingdian took a slight step back, dissipating the force on his sword.

A light flashed in her eyes, a light that contained not anger, but pure fighting spirit and a relentless edge that seemed to slash at the enemy.

If it weren't for the golden light protecting him, Xu Chuan knew he would have had countless wounds on his body long ago.

Each time the blade grazed the skin, a burst of golden light would automatically erupt at that moment, dissipating most of the blade's force.

Even so, he still had several shallow marks on his arms, and a section of his robe sleeve had been cut off.

"How could this be? The General couldn't suppress that Liyue person directly!"

"That's it, the general must not have used his full strength yet... that must be it..."

People on the viewing platform had already started whispering among themselves.

The murmurs were low, but they sounded particularly jarring in the quiet square at that moment.

Driven by the power of the two divine hearts, Xu Chuan's every move contained immense power.