He changed Tiwat

Having absorbed the power of wishes, one must naturally respond to those wishes—

Therefore, he gained the power to fulfill these wishes.

Han Fulai stared directly into Ye Mingxiang's bloodshot eyes and uttered these words as if making a vow:

"Only when the people supervise the government will the government not dare to slack off. Only when everyone takes responsibility will the government not collapse with the death of its leader. The Geo Archon has returned power to the people, and I will help the people take over Liyue."

"...You also want to change Liyue, change the world?" Ye Mingxiang asked softly.

Han Fulai nodded earnestly.

"My coming here is the first step in changing Liyue."

"I see... Ha." Ye Mingxiang suddenly laughed. "I don't know why, but I actually want to believe you, to see if you can really keep your word... But now, it's too late."

"Yes...it's too late," Han Fulai sighed softly.

Outside the realm of consciousness, the confrontation between the two continues.

This battle is irreversible and destined to be a fight to the death.

“I’m actually quite curious, why would someone like you want to become a ‘Sky Island civil servant’?” Ye Mingxiang asked.

"It's the Emperor's arrangement," Han Fulai replied simply.

"Is that so... So that's what he was thinking..." Ye Mingxiang sighed, as if she had finally solved a mystery that had lasted for hundreds of years, and nodded. "Then what's next? To convince Heaven's justice just as you convinced me?"

“Of course not. I think what we’re doing is the same thing you’re doing,” Han Fulai replied.

"...Just as I thought." Only now did Ye Mingxiang finally realize why Morax hadn't killed her back then.

He then asked, "How do you compare to Morax now?"

Han Fulai smiled wryly: "It's far from good enough."

"...So even if I plunge into the abyss, I'm still far from being good enough." Ye Mingxiang fell silent after saying this.

A few seconds later, Ye Mingxiang suddenly asked, "Do you know who the most important person is in every hero's story?"

"hero?"

"No, it was me."

Ye Mingxiang rarely showed a relieved smile.

"I like the first step of failure, because failure is always the stepping stone to success."

Han Fulai now understood what Ye Mingxiang wanted to do.

But he couldn't stop it, nor could he prevent it.

The space of consciousness suddenly vanished.

The stalemate between the black greatsword and the red spear has finally come to an end.

The black light of the greatsword was finally dispersed by the spear.

In the next instant, Han Fulai's spear pierced Ye Mingxiang's chest.

Chapter 298 The Black Sun [4k]

The spear pierced Ye Mingxiang's chest, but there was no sensation of the spearhead entering flesh; instead, it made a "crack" sound, as if some glass vessel had been broken.

—In fact, Ye Mingxiang's current body is not made of flesh and blood, but is closer to "cold glass".

The dark purple spiral patterns on his body are a symbol of the transformation of his life form.

As the "Abyss God," formed by the fusion of the power of the heavens and the power of the abyss, and the embodiment of the dark depths of space, his body is no longer a human life form, but rather more like a container of energy.

His ability to transform into this form is due to the "cold glass crystal" embedded in his chest.

Just as the Rock Dragon Lizard has an "Immature Jade" inside its body, and the Ba Che has a "Dragon Offspring Pseudo-Fin" inside its body, in the process of these magical beasts evolving into "energy bodies", vital organs such as the heart will be replaced by the crystallization of power - this is both the source of their great power and their weakness that is not yet perfect, and the defect that they have not fully evolved.

If we consider Ye Mingxiang's transformation as a kind of evolution, the deeper his body is integrated with the "Glazed Frost Crystal," the more thorough his evolution becomes, and the stronger his power becomes—but also the further he is from "human."

As the price for gaining power, his life—or rather, his "personality"—has been slowly fading away as the energy within him merges. When his evolution into an "Abyss God" is completely finished, the personality of "Ye Mingxiang" will also completely disappear. After that, he may become completely dominated by this powerful energy, either becoming an indiscriminate berserk destroyer or a puppet of the Abyss's will... or perhaps these two outcomes are actually not much different.

And this transformation process may be completed in just a few hours.

That's why he was in such a hurry to get to Sky Island, to do what he wanted to do while he still had the willpower.

That's why he made the decision he just made—if he still can't overcome the forces of nature, then while he still has reason, he might as well make himself a "stepping stone to success".

Han Fulai's shot struck Ye Mingxiang's chest precisely at the "Glassy Frost Crystal".

In fact, such an energy core should be stored deep within the body, under the most secure protection. As long as this energy core remains intact, he could actually regenerate his body like the "Apostle of Fate." However, Ye Mingxiang deliberately allowed her energy core to meet the spearhead of the Disaster-Suppressing Spear.

Ye Mingxiang looked at the young man opposite her.

There are four types of people in this world. Now, I am no longer one of them.

In response, Han Fulai simply said, "But I am still here."

He will survive, he will succeed, and he will use his wisdom to become the one who changes Teyvat.

"...Is this considered a contract?" Ye Mingxiang asked.

Han Fulai nodded slightly, responding to this Tianquan Star from four hundred years ago in the way that belongs to the people of Liyue—

“The contract has been made, and those who break their word shall be punished by being eaten by rocks.”

Ye Mingxiang closed her eyes, and the Thousand Rocks Ancient Sword fell from her hand.

His eyes never opened again.

The "cold crystal" scattered and turned into powder.

The "Disaster-Suppressing Spear" in Han Fulai's hand, made from the branches of a silver-white ancient tree and the statue of Irming, also shattered.

It has accomplished its mission admirably.

But the story doesn't end there.

Because out-of-control energy is gushing out of Ye Mingxiang's body.

Energy in the universe is conserved.

As a being of energy, the demon god thus gained "immortality".

Even if the physical form and personality are obliterated, the energy still exists, only in a different form.

Just as the death of the Salt Demon God Heuria creates "Salt in the Earth," the death of Ye Mingxiang, the newly born "Abyss God," will similarly cause the energy that is the essence of her existence to overflow wildly.

In addition to the power of the heavens and the energy of the abyss, his body also contains a large amount of "karmic obstacles".

The energy that has lost its container is like a breached dam, creating a new "dark calamity".

Han Fulai was the first to be affected.

For Jiang Xue and Ye Lan outside the city, less than five minutes had passed since the appearance of that "outdoor" barrier.

They stood at the edge of the rock hall, watching the black and white barrier with bated breath.

They had no way of knowing what was going on, but they were probably even more nervous than the two people involved.

As bystanders, all they can do now is wait for the outcome.

Just then, they saw the black and white barrier suddenly collapse, and the eerie blue light of the "Layered Rock Nail" and Han Fulai's blue figure reappear in mid-air.

Ye Mingxiang's body has disappeared.

This should indicate that Han Fulai achieved the final victory.

Jiang Xue felt a mix of emotions, a blend of relief and sorrow, his expression a mixture of joy and grief. He was relieved that his brother Han had finally resolved the anomaly in the Layered Rock Abyss and settled this grudge; he was saddened by his senior brother's passing and the fact that, even in the end, the two brothers could not reconcile.

He really wanted to ask Han Fulai what the battle was like, and what his senior brother had left behind... but he soon realized something was wrong.

Han Fulai had his back to them at that moment and did not turn around.

His arms were outstretched, as if he were embracing something.

What is he doing?

Ye Lan had the same question in her mind.

And they soon got the answer.

Because Han Fulai's arms were gradually opening uncontrollably, as if something was slowly pushing away the restraints on his hands, about to break free.

Then, they saw the thing in its physical form.

The thing was expanding, growing larger and larger, until it was no longer a size that Han Fulai's thin body could conceal.

Beyond Han Fulai's back, Ye Lan and Jiang Xue simultaneously saw "it".

That was a black sun!

Although no one had ever told them what it was, just seeing its image was enough to evoke the image of a "black sun"—even if it emitted not light and heat, but malice and curses.

Its appearance is remarkably similar to the emblem on the "Black Serpent Knight" armor.

The armor of the "Black Serpent Knight," the banner of the "Dark Shell," and even the robes of the Abyss Apostles all bear the emblem of the sun.

Although the colors of the coat of arms differ depending on the organization and status, the design remains the same.

That is the symbol of Canria.

Although Kanria has been destroyed, the records, ruins, secret realms, and even mechanisms and mechanical creations it left behind have continued to demonstrate the existence of this godless kingdom for hundreds of years.

As Liyue's most outstanding intelligence operative, Yelan has gained a considerable understanding of Kanria through the intelligence she has pieced together from various ruins over the years. Therefore, she knows very well what the Sun Crest represents—"The Black Sun Dynasty".

The kingdom of Kanria, which was destroyed five hundred years ago, was also known as the "Black Sun Dynasty." Unlike the seven kingdoms ruled by the Seven Rulers of the Mortal Realm, the totem they worshipped was not the elemental emblem of the gods, but a black sun.

During a past mission, Yelan encountered a peculiar Hilichurl tribe in a secret realm.

Unlike ordinary Hilichurls, this tribe wielded far greater elemental power; all the Hilichurls in the tribe could use some form of elemental force in combat. Furthermore, they possessed a religious-like organizational structure, even constructing a tall altar for their shaman and worshipping it. The shaman leading them stood atop the altar, organizing tribal rituals like a priest in a church.

After defeating the Hilichurls, Yelan saw the totem drawn by the Hilichurl shaman on the altar—a black sun totem.

That group of Hilichurls was probably transformed from the remnants of the Kanreia.

For the Kanriyans, the black sun they worship may be the source of their power. Even after transforming into monsters, they have not forgotten their worship of the black sun.

And what does the black sun that has now appeared in this rock hall represent?

—It probably represents a "black hole." That's what Han Fulai thought.

Unlike Ye Lan and Jiang Xue, who were standing at a distance, Han Fulai was closest to the black sun and could see it most clearly. This was certainly not a "sun"—it was more like a "corpse of the sun."

Seeing this sight, he finally understood what the sun emblem of Canria represented.

In creation myths, the sun, which brings life to the earth, always represents the creator god. If Teyvat is a world created by divine law, then why would a theocratic kingdom that defies divine law worship the "sun"?

And this black sun revealed the truth to him.

As a time traveler, Han Fulai naturally possessed some astronomical knowledge. Stars like the Sun typically have three fates after they die: "white dwarf," "neutron star," and "black hole."

Upon seeing this black sun, Han Fulai immediately thought of black holes.

A black hole is a black sun.

Black holes are not entirely black; they also emit light. In images of black holes taken by scientists, a halo appears around the outer edge of the black hole, much like the sun radiating light.

But in fact, that halo is the accretion disk of the black hole.

An "accretion disk" is a disk-shaped structure formed around a compact celestial body such as a white dwarf, neutron star, or black hole, where matter falls towards the central body due to gravitational pull. Therefore, a black hole can appear to resemble a black sun.

What Kanria worshipped was the destruction of the sun—the demise of divine justice.

After Ye Mingxiang died, the energy that was no longer restrained dissipated, and his body was instantly swallowed up by this dark energy.

Then, a black sun appeared where he stood, representing the "Abyss God" and the essence of the "Dark Space." Perhaps the "Dark Space" spoken of by the Kanria royal family is, in reality, a black hole.

Han Fulai's first reaction was to resonate with the Liyue Theory, just as he had done when expelling the remnants of the Sea God, and use that power once again to "sweep away all harmful insects." To expel karmic obstacles, nothing is more effective than a power that sweeps away all demons and monsters.

Even though it was dangerous, Han Fulai was much stronger now than he was back then, and he estimated that he should be able to withstand the backlash from using his power.

—But tragically, the ley lines here had just been severed by the "Layered Rock Nails," and he himself had asked the "Layered Rock Nails" to do it...

Therefore, he could only temporarily activate the Jade Shield and use it in reverse, enveloping the dark power like a wall, and continuously compressing it with his demon god-level power, constantly shrinking the space of the wall.

It should be said that he did a pretty good job. Through his efforts, the dark energy that could have engulfed the entire rock hall was compressed to the size of a basketball and tightly wrapped in the "explosion-proof box" formed by the jade shield.

After temporarily suppressing this power, he immediately contacted the "Wishing Stone"—after all, eliminating the power of the abyss was its job.

Han Fulai, as a candidate "Sky Island civil servant," has made great contributions to Sky Island this time. First, he helped clean up the pollution of "Layer Rock Nail," and then he took action to deal with the rebellious "Abyss God." Compared to the current group of seven ruling officials in the mortal world who slack off every day, he is simply an excellent civil servant and deserves to be commended by the Sky Island authorities.

So the "Wishing Stone" immediately indicated that it would help, as long as Han Fulai could hold on for a while longer until it regained its strength—it had just used up a lot of energy when it smashed the giant serpent of the ruins, and it had not yet recovered—otherwise it would have already attacked Ye Mingxiang, the traitor.