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Keep in mind that Canria was destroyed 500 years ago, and Dainesreb is at most 500 years old. How could he have participated in the war between the demon gods at least 2,000 years ago?

Furthermore, if the "Prince of Light" is indeed Kong Ge, then when did he travel to Teyvat?

According to the game's background information, shortly after the twins Sora and Luminous arrived on the continent of Teyvat, the "Dark Calamity" occurred, leading to the destruction of Canria.

The Demon God War ended long before that, and the Traveler obviously did not participate in the Demon God War. As for the "Heart of God", as the proof of the "Seven Rulers of the Mortal World", it was issued to the Seven Rulers no later than two thousand years ago. What does it have to do with Kong Ge?

So... does that mean the "Prince of Light" isn't the Skyman, but another "yellow-haired guy"?

But if the "Prince of Light" is not Kong, and the "Moonlight Forest" is not Kanria, then why would he see subtitles with the name of a Kanria person?

Is there a problem with the subtitles that only he can see? Is there a problem with the translation by the subtitle team?

Or perhaps, there are some errors in his reasoning...?

Ultimately, what he needs most are the identities of these three people—"Mother of the Night," "Prince of Light," and "Princess of the White." But who exactly are they?

Chapter 336 The Myth of the Primordial Man

When people are lost in thought, they always forget about time.

While "The White Princess and the Six Dwarfs" resolved some of Han Fulai's questions, it also raised more.

For example, why are there such obvious "time bugs" in this "opera"?

Those questions lingered in his mind for a long time.

He knew that if he resolved those questions, the true face of the continent of Teyvat would reveal itself before him. He was incredibly close to the truth hidden in history by the laws of nature and the gods.

However, he still lacks some crucial clues, which prevents him from drawing a conclusion—perhaps he should ask Wendy. Even if he can't say it outright, just giving him some hints will help him figure out many things on his own.

Thinking of Wendy, he suddenly realized that his hands were empty.

—To prevent themselves from getting separated in the dark, he and Yura had been holding hands the whole time, even during their "show." But now, Yura was gone.

There was no one else in the opera house except him.

"Yura?"

He tried calling out, but there was no response.

Speaking of which, they've already passed the trials, and they've also seen the original version of "The White Princess and the Six Dwarfs," hidden in history. If this were a "dungeon," the rewards screen should automatically pop up and return them to the real world by now.

However, the current situation is that only Yura has returned, while he has not.

It felt like a teammate in an online game suddenly went offline, leaving him alone in a dungeon... and he couldn't find the exit button.

"Wendy? Lord Barbatos? Have you forgotten about me?"

He called out a few more times.

Just then, singing suddenly came from the roof of the opera house.

"The girl defeated the demonic dragon that was ravaging the plains."

Even pot-bellied nobles were terrified by it.

'Mond is freedom'

The wind sings for the people.

A solitary breeze gathers in the forest.

It blew down the tyrant's tower.

The lion cub held its head high in the wind.

Finally, they broke free of their shackles.

And so, the girl earned her a reputation.

—That's Wendy's voice!

The opera house curtain rose again, and two figures, one in red and one in green, appeared on the stage.

The one in red is Vanessa, the legendary founder of the Knights of Favonius, a grassland hero from Munata, and the original "Lion Fang Knight," with her long, fiery red hair.

And the one in green, needless to say, is Wendy.

Facing the Wind God's singing and playing, the Knight Commander, whose face showed signs of hardship, voiced her question:

"Can one truly become a god by ascending to Sky Island?"

The God of Wind answered thus:

"In stories from distant times and spaces,"

The blood of the giant Pangu transformed into rivers;

Prusa's body was cut up.

It nourished all living beings in the universe;

Ymir's brains became the vast sky and clouds.

But the lifeless world was changed as a result.

These... are the myths of the 'original man'.

The myth of the "original man"...!

Han Fulai now understood why he was still in the dream: Wendy hadn't finished telling him what she wanted to say. It was something she couldn't tell Yura, but could only tell him, which was why Wendy had deliberately kept him alone.

From Aberdo, he learned that Wendy was involved in Rhinedot's plan to create the "Primordial Ones," which was why Aberdot was sent to Mondstadt by Rhinedot.

The same plan is also recorded in "The White Princess and the Six Dwarfs". The "shrunken dwarf" in the story once said, "New life is the hope for our continuation".

The verses about the "myths of the primordial man" that Wendy just sang on stage are all myths of Earth!

This refers to the three "original beings" who created the world.

"Pangu Separating Heaven and Earth" is one of the most widely circulated myths in China.

Legend has it that in ancient times, there was a giant named Pangu who split the sky and the earth with an axe. Fearing they would reunite, he supported the heavens and the earth with his head on the sky and his feet on the earth. Eighteen thousand years later, the structure of the sky and the earth gradually took shape, and Pangu collapsed.

After Pangu fell, the breath he exhaled became the wind and clouds; his left eye became the sun, and his right eye became the moon; his hands, feet, and body became the four poles and five famous mountains of the earth; his blood became rivers, his muscles became fields, and his body hair became flowers, grass, and trees... In short, everything in this world was transformed from Pangu's body.

Purusha is a giant in Hindu mythology. Few people may know the name "Purusha" on its own, but if you replace it with "caste system," every online political commentator can talk about it. And India's "caste system" is derived from "Purusha."

In Hindu mythology, the gods created the world from the body of the giant Purusha. His eyes became the sun, his mind became the moon; his mouth gave birth to Indra and Agni, the god of fire; his breath gave birth to Vayu, the god of wind; his navel gave birth to the cosmos, his head gave birth to the sky, and his mouth, arms, legs, and feet formed the four castes of India: Brahmin, Kshatriya, Vaishya, and Shudra.

As for Ymir, he is the ancestor of all giants in Norse mythology.

This giant ancestor appears very frequently in various novels and comics. Even people who know nothing about Norse mythology can often find related anime works on video websites, such as "Ymir the Founding Titan".

In Norse mythology, Odin and others killed Ymir, the progenitor of the frost giants. Ymir's blood became the ocean, his sweat became lakes, his body became the earth, his bones became mountains, his beard became plants, his teeth became rocks, and his skull and brains became the sky and clouds...

...Just like Wendy sang earlier.

—It is no coincidence that Wendy sang a myth that has been passed down on Earth.

At this point, Han Fulai was certain that the cultural heritage on the continent of Teyvat definitely originated from Earth!

Liyue has so many cultural heritages similar to those of China, and Mondstadt has various buildings and myths related to ancient Greece and Rome... Now all of these have been explained by Venti—the "Primordial One" who created the world, the Tenri of the Sky Isle, may also be related to Earth!

At this moment, Vanessa on the stage seemed to have made up her mind after hearing Wendy's answer.

She nodded to Wendy with a resolute expression.

Wendy plucked the strings again, and a gust of wind rose from beneath her feet, gently lifting her into the sky.

"In order to protect everything that has been hard-won,"

Vanessa founded the Knights of Favonius.

In order to protect everything that has been hard-won,

As a contractor of the wind,

Heading to Skye Island...

My beloved people

Please dance to the music.

Live in pursuit of freedom.

Han Fulai, however, discerned subtle emotions in Wendy's poetry—regret, sorrow… as if singing, "The wind howls, the Yi River is cold, the hero departs, never to return."

Vanessa never returned after arriving on the Isle of Skye.

Speaking of which... if we were to say what commonalities these three "primordial beings"— Pangu, Prusa, and Ymir—

They all sacrificed themselves to create all things.

Chapter 337 The Essence of the Eye of God

From the history of Wendy's performance, Han Fulai has glimpsed a historical truth—

After Vanessa, the most famous "Genshin Impact" character, ascended to Sky Isle, she did not become some high and mighty god, but rather, like the legends of Pangu, Prusa, and Ymir, she used her body to mend the sky.

Before Han Fulai arrived, he had learned from Zhongli that thousands of years ago, the people living on the continent of Teyvat enjoyed an era of unparalleled prosperity. At that time, the laws of nature and the four primordial rulers directly responded to the prayers of their people. The ancient civilization of humanity lived in what could be described as "paradise," having almost everything they could want…

Later, Tenri clashed with an outsider over their shared beliefs, resulting in a major battle.

The two fought to the point of cataclysmic destruction, even tearing apart the boundaries of the world.

Ultimately, it was the will of Heaven that prevented the destruction of the world and restored its boundaries.

Both sides paid a heavy price in that war, with two of the original four rulers sacrificing their lives in the battle.

However, the dangers of the war still exist, because after Teyvat's borders were torn apart, external forces invaded the world.

That "external force" must be the "abyss".

Tenri was injured in that battle. Afterwards, in order to mend the boundary of the world and eliminate those "forces outside the world", Tenri's way of mending the boundary of the world must be the same as those legends about "original people" on Earth, "mending the sky with his own body".

Such an action was extremely taxing even for the most righteous person, forcing them to fall into a deep sleep.

So before falling into slumber, He summoned the "Sky Island Civil Servants" who had made a pact with Him, and made them start a "Demon God War" where they either rose or left.

The victors of the "War of the Demon Gods" are the current "Seven Rulers of the Mortal Realm," each ruling a region of the Teyvat continent and "governing the people on behalf of the Emperor."

As for Vanessa, who ascended to Sky Island a thousand years ago, it's less about becoming a god and more about becoming a "sacrifice to the gods." She has probably... become a part of Teyvat...

However, one question remains in this story—

Why Vanessa?

Couldn't Vanessa's role be replaced with someone else, or another demon god?

As Han Fulai pondered, Wendy, playing the lyre, slowly walked off the stage.

The curtain closed behind him, and the spotlight on the theater ceiling followed his steps until a circular beam of light enveloped both him and Han Fulai.

How could Han Fulai possibly sit and watch the play? He quickly got up to offer Wendy his seat—after Yura disappeared, the only seat left in the theater was the one right under his bottom.

Wendy, of course, didn't hold back and casually sat on the only "throne" in the theater, even crossing her legs.

Without any unnecessary pleasantries, Wendy got straight to the point: "The original version of 'The White Princess and the Six Dwarfs,' and the true ending of 'The Legend of Vanessa,' which is unknown to the world... These two historical accounts should fill in many of the clues you need. Now, tell me what you know."

Han Fulai's lips twitched slightly—Wendy reminded him of his thesis advisor from his university days.

The professor throws a bunch of materials at his students, telling them to read them carefully, and then report their reading results and paper progress at a group meeting... Honestly, it's not much different from an exam...

Fortunately, Han Fulai has never backed down when facing exams.

Since this was a dream realm that the Sky Isles couldn't see, he didn't hold back and immediately began by explaining to Wendy in detail what he had learned from his trip to Mondstadt, starting with his plan to replace the laws of nature with artificial "Primordial Beings".

This includes Abedo's true identity, the Lawrence family's relationship with the "Time Ruler," the secret of Mondstadt's "Guardians of the Four Winds," the "One Body, Two Souls" deity, the "False Heaven" and the "Fate System," as well as the "Observer's" concept, and Wendy and Zhongli's plan to return the world's "fate" to humanity... until Vanessa "mending the heavens with her own body."

Wendy's smile grew wider as she listened, and she nodded frequently, clearly very satisfied.

Of course, when reporting to the mentor, it was inevitable that the mentor would need to answer questions. Han Fulai also raised his doubts with Wendy, including the "time bug" in "The White Princess and the Six Dwarfs", the questionable identities of the characters, and questions about Vanessa.

When faced with Han Fulai's question, Wendy did not answer directly, but instead asked him a question in return: "In your opinion, what is the 'Eye of God'?"

This issue had been discussed with Gan Yu by Han Fulai when he returned from the bottom of the giant rock abyss.

So he answered without hesitation: "It is the order of Teyvat."

"Sky Isle has established a unique path to godhood using the 'Eye of God' system. The people of Teyvat should have unlimited potential, but now, all other paths have been blocked by Sky Isle. They are left with only the 'Eye of God'—'Gengod'—'Ascending Sky Isle'—the only 'path to godhood'."

"People now only know the 'Eye of God' as the only way to obtain extraordinary power, and they only recognize this 'orthodox' method—that only those chosen by the gods can possess power. In this way, humanity will not consider whether humans should inherently possess greater power."

"It's like the old aristocracy, who artificially divided people into two classes: 'nobles' and 'commoners,' and made everyone accept that some people are born nobles, that nobles are inherently superior to commoners, and that they should enjoy privileges..."

Wendy narrowed her eyes slightly as she listened to Han Fulai's words.