He changed Tiwat

—The pain of humiliation.

Being brought down to the dust by a despised opponent, unable to maintain the lofty posture of flying high in the air, is truly humiliating.

Therefore, he wanted his opponent to pay a price sufficient to erase this humiliation.

Han Fulai wasn't prepared to pay any "price," but if one had to say he was willing to give the "stragglers" some compensation...

"The principles of Heaven will prevail."

He decided to give the skirmisher another shot.

The secret to Liyue's military strategy: only the poor play with tactics. We're so rich now, let's blow it up!

Han Fulai swung his arm down, and golden light shone in the void once more.

Just as the second celestial star was about to be launched, the petrified hands of the "scattered soldier" were freed.

The "scattered soldier" then clasped his hands together, forming a mysterious hand seal.

"When the six senses are clear and bright, all appearances disappear."

For the first time since the start of the war, the "scattered soldiers," who did not need to chant incantations, used "words of power" and hand seals.

Han Fulai suddenly felt everything go black.

He can no longer see.

"Scattered Soldiers" wasn't called "Scattered Soldiers" from the beginning, nor was he the executor of Winter's End from the start.

He doesn't actually have a name.

He was born more than four hundred years ago and was an artificial life form created by Thor himself.

The doll that shed tears from birth was never given a name and only possessed a small golden feather as a token.

His powers were sealed by Thor, and he was placed in the Borrowed Scenery Pavilion near Tasha Sands, where he spent his days staring blankly at the empty beauty. Fiery red maple leaves, exquisite carved window frames... In this magnificent prison, he lost all senses.

Later, a kind-hearted samurai named Katsuragi accidentally wandered into the mansion while working and brought out the doll that was in a daze.

He thus gained the happiest memory of his life—in the bustling, noisy Tasha, he briefly became a human being, an ordinary person.

Katsuragi, Mikoto Nagamasa, Niwa, Miyazaki... and many other long-forgotten residents of Tasuna would teach him to read and write, teach him to start a fire and cook, pass on their forging skills, and accept him as a friend.

People even specifically asked him, "Don't you want a name? Everyone outside calls you Kabuki-zhe."

He doesn't dislike the title.

Those who are considered "extraordinary" often refer to people who dress in bright colors and behave in unusual ways. However different they may be, it still symbolizes that they are human and part of the group.

Unfortunately, no matter how much he liked the name, he was eventually forced to give it up. It lost its meaning when he no longer wanted to be human.

After the disaster of Tasha, he left Inazuma and wandered aimlessly in the world.

He abandoned the title of "The Bizarre" and returned to a state of being nameless and faceless. Until "The Clown" found him, he never thought of having a name again.

Ultimately, whether he's called a doll or a kakushi, these are just names people give him. Since he no longer keeps company with people, there's no need to care about these empty titles.

The clown, however, persuaded him to travel with him to the land of winter, where he could serve the fools.

In his native land, a stranger received him. The man, who introduced himself as "Doctor," warmly welcomed him and invited him to become an important reference in his experiments and participate in his great research.

The "doll" technology originated from Canria, who was made even more special as Thor's creation.

The "doctor" was very interested in this field and conducted research and experiments on it for decades, finally obtaining the technical foundation that would later be used to make "slices".

In return, the "Doctor" unlocked the seal hidden within his body, greatly increasing his abilities to the point that he could fight against lower-ranking executives.

Even at this point, he still did not ask for any name.

His colleagues always called him "the puppet," and he defined himself that way, firmly believing that he was a puppet who was not afraid of death and would not be consumed.

By order of the Queen, he led a force to explore the Abyss, where he spent a long time. During this time, he was injured more than once, but was repaired by the "Doctor," growing stronger with each injury, only to be wounded again by even more powerful enemies.

Later, he returned to Winter with the results of his exploration of the Abyss, was appointed the Sixth Seat, and his mission changed from exploring the Abyss to being on standby to support the Fatui's secret operations in various countries. The "Scattered Soldiers" in "Scattered Soldiers" became his name.

It took him a hundred years to go from an unnamed puppet to a "scattered soldier".

During those nameless centuries, he cultivated a supernatural power called "the non-self of all phenomena".

Chapter 129 With the Six Senses Purified, All Phenomena are Without Self [4k]

"When the six senses are clear and bright, all appearances disappear."

As the "word of power" was activated, the "scattered soldiers" closed their eyes.

"The first sense, deprivation."

As a result, he and Han Fulai both lost their sight.

Anyone who suddenly enters a completely dark environment will instinctively feel panic and fear. This is a completely natural bodily reaction, a self-protective mechanism ingrained in human genes that keeps people away from dangerous environments.

Therefore, Han Fulai's actions of summoning Tianxing were somewhat halted due to his sudden blindness.

Although this pause lasts for less than half a second, in this level of combat, half a second is long enough for someone to die many times over.

"The second sense is deprivation."

The sounds of "scattered soldiers" disappeared, along with the lingering echoes of thunder in the auditorium and the billowing dust from falling stars... all vanished without a trace.

The world fell silent instantly.

A terrifying silence.

No matter how quiet a place is, a person can always hear the sounds their body makes—the sound of blood flowing, the sound of heartbeat, the sound of joints colliding… These sounds inherent to the human body have always accompanied humankind.

But now Han Fulai can't even hear those voices anymore.

Losing both sight and hearing in succession would make even the most composed person feel uneasy and bewildered, and Han Fulai was no exception.

Such a psychological shock is enough to drive a person mad. In fact, ancient Rome had similar punishments, locking people in absolutely silent dungeons where they were deprived of sight and hearing... Most of the prisoners later went insane or committed suicide.

Moreover, the absence of sight and hearing means that he has lost his sense of direction and ability to control his environment.

He doesn't even know the enemy's location, let alone how to attack.

Fortunately, he activated the Jade Shield in advance, which provided him with a sense of security that made him invincible, no matter where he was.

He took a deep breath and clenched his fist.

The smell of smoke indicated that he was still in the auditorium, and the tactile feedback from his fingers proved that he was holding the Salt Sorrow Spear; his body was still there.

The "scattered soldiers" then recited the subsequent incantation.

"The third sense is deprivation."

"The fourth sense, deprivation."

"The fifth sense, deprivation."

In a place where Han Fulai could neither see nor hear, the "scattered soldiers" unleashed three "word spirits" in one go.

Suddenly, the smell of smoke and dust that he could still smell disappeared, as did the sensation in his fingers, the solidity under his feet, and even the feeling of his own body... all of it vanished.

Having had his five senses stripped away, Han Fulai was left with only his remaining consciousness, which was now trapped in a cage devoid of anything—a cage called the body.

This condition is generally referred to as "vegetative state".

The body is still alive, the heart is still beating, and the brain is still functioning, but it can't do anything and is no different from a dead person.

The "scattered soldiers" had by then been completely freed from the petrified state of "the heavens and the myriad phenomena".

He moved his body somewhat awkwardly, like a toddler taking his first steps, walking step by step toward Han Fulai, who stood motionless opposite him.

In fact, he was able to successfully launch this "no-self" attack against Han Fulai thanks to "Doctor".

He has many tasks to complete upon returning to Inazuma: assisting the "Lady" in obtaining Thor's "Heart of God," assisting the "Rich Man" in ensuring the supply of "Crystallized Bone Marrow," and so on. But his most important task is to assist the "Doctor" in conducting experiments.

But this experiment was not the "Doctor's" research on improving the Evil Eye on Hachiman Island, but a much grander goal—"to become a god."

This is also why he previously told Han Fu that "you and I are both on the ladder to godhood."

The reason he was so bored in the auditorium of the Evil Eye Factory was not because he was willing to be a watchdog for a "lady" who was two ranks below him, but because the "evil spirit" energy in the Evil Eye Factory was of great use to him.

The "Spiritual God" energy of Ba Yun Island is the residue of the demon god Orobas, and he needs to absorb as much of this demon god's residue energy as possible and make it his own, so that his own energy can reach a critical point where he can become a demon god.

He had been "in seclusion" here before the factory alarm sounded.

If Ying and Xingqiu hadn't killed Natashika, the palace supervisor, Borenka, eager for credit and reward, would have been turned away when he brought Han Fu over. "Scattered soldiers" wouldn't listen to reports from their subordinates at such an important time; he didn't even bother with Borenka's direct squad, leaving everything to the palace supervisor at the factory.

If Han Fulai hadn't also possessed divine inheritance and wasn't walking the ladder to godhood, he wouldn't have engaged in so much idle chatter given his personality. This was simply... a person who had been lonely for many years encountering a "kindred spirit" and couldn't help but want to talk a little longer.

Han Fulai possesses the defensive divine skill Jade Shield passed down from the Rock King Emperor. Even if a "scattered soldier" can "use basic attacks and throw forbidden spells", it will be impossible for him to break through his defense in a short time.

Therefore, he used a true "forbidden spell," a "mental attack" that no shield could defend against.

The idea that "all phenomena are without self" is a form of "spiritual attack."

Such a powerful "mental attack" is certainly not without its limitations.

One limitation is that he and his opponent will be in a state of simultaneous sensory deprivation; the second limitation is that the target of this move cannot be stronger than him.

Even if the time was only half a month earlier, the strength of "Sanbing" and Han Fulai was actually only about the same. However, he had now absorbed most of the "evil god" energy left in the Evil Eye Factory, making him slightly stronger than Han Fulai. Therefore, he was able to successfully "hard control" Han Fulai using "All dharmas are without self".

Although he, like Han Fulai, had lost all five senses, it did not affect his actions—his body was originally a puppet, and his five senses were merely "sensors" to him. His consciousness as the "main body" was not damaged by losing those "sensors."

For an ordinary person, severing the five senses would mean becoming a "vegetative person" who can't do anything. However, he can use the method of his soul leaving his body and then re-possessing it to turn his body into a "puppet" controlled by his own consciousness to continue fighting. It's just that there's an extra step of "self-possession".

This is also the result of his decades of exploration in the abyss and the continuous transformation by the "Doctor".

The Abyss is a terrifying place. Back then, the nameless puppet who had not yet obtained the "Skirmisher" position was seriously injured many times during the Abyss exploration missions. Many times, he was carried back to the laboratory in a broken state, just like a real puppet.

Even though the body can heal itself, the time it takes to heal is extremely long—from the perspective of a god like Thor, hundreds of years are but a fleeting moment, and it is considered very fast for someone to recover from a serious injury in a few days or months.

But the tasks assigned by Her Majesty the Queen cannot always be left for him to slowly repair.

In order to ensure that he would have enough combat power to complete the mission even when his body was injured, the "Doctor" specially found a supernatural method that was most suitable for him from the Vahumana Academy of the Sumeru "Causale School" - "No-Self of All Phenomena".

This method is not for human use, but is a legacy of the "Red King" who once ruled the Sumeru Sand Sea.

The "Cause Theory School" is a school of thought that studies the source, composition and nature of knowledge, and the origin of this school comes from the study of the residual theories of the "Red King".

It is said that the "Red King" created a peculiar life form called "Spirit Suppressor" through certain "forbidden knowledge".

The defining characteristic of "Spirit Suppressors" is the separation of their soul from their body. Their souls can reside in any suitable vessel, and as long as their soul consciousness is not completely worn away, they are virtually immortal. Even today, thousands of years later, a large number of "Spirit Suppressors" still survive in the desert, awaiting the return of their king.

Of course, even within the Sumeru Order Institute, research on "Spirit Suppression" is top secret, and even an executive officer of the Winter Kingdom would not have the authority to access such secret research... But the "Doctor" just happens to be able to get his hands on these things that can be called "forbidden knowledge".

According to the "Doctor," Ahmar, the "Red King" of Sumeru, is a descendant lost from the sky.

He was the king of the four corners of the earth, deeply revered by countless people of the three great tribes, and worshipped by the elusive spirits. Yet, whenever he looked up at the heavens, recalling the ninefold paradise above and the merciless punishment of centuries past, Ahmar would inevitably lower his noble head and let out a sigh of despair. For this, he always longed to return to the high heavens.

The technique of creating "Spirit Suppression", or rather, "the absence of self in all phenomena", is Ahmar's attempt to ascend back to heaven - in Liyue's parlance, it's roughly called "transcending the three realms and being outside the five elements".

The effect of "no-self" is similar to a "mental attack," but it is actually just a byproduct. Its real purpose is to allow a living being to abandon the physical body and elevate the soul.

Beings below the level of demons can use this method to elevate their souls to the strength of gods, while Ahmar, who is himself a demon, hopes to use this method to reach the level of ruling Sky Island and even "Heavenly Principle".

Of course, Ahmar ultimately failed for some reason, but the teachings he left behind were found by the Sumeru Church and passed down to the "Doctor," becoming the ladder for the "scattered soldiers" to ascend to godhood.

The "spirit of words" used by the "scattered soldiers" just now is called "Six Entries into Pure Clarity, All Forms Vanish".

The so-called "six sense organs" refers to the six senses of a person: namely, the six senses of sight, hearing, smell, taste, touch, and mind.

These "six sense organs" correspond to the "six sense objects," respectively symbolizing "form, sound, smell, taste, touch, and mental objects."

For example, when people see a beautiful member of the opposite sex, they are tempted by appearance and their hearts are moved; when they see delicious food, they are tempted by appetite and their hearts are moved... All these kinds of "six sense objects" can confuse people's minds and prevent them from seeing true wisdom.

The Liyue Asgardians also have similar sayings, such as "The five colors blind the eye; the five sounds deafen the ear; the five flavors dull the palate; galloping and hunting drive the mind mad; rare goods lead to wrongdoing. Therefore, the sage focuses on the belly, not the eye, thus rejecting the latter and choosing the former," which are essentially saying the same thing.

Therefore, mortals are mortals, and gods are gods.

The immortals of Liyue practice the "Great Cavern Miro Dharma," which divides immortals into six realms. Similarly, the "Six Roots" corresponding to the "Crimson King's" "All Dharmas Without Self" are also divided into six realms.

When the "six dusts" corresponding to the "six roots" are completely eliminated, it is called "purification of the six roots, turning away from dust and uniting with enlightenment." Reaching this state means one has the qualifications to become a god.

Beyond the "six entrances to pure clarity," one goes a step further to "all forms are without form," seeing through to the point that "all forms are illusory," and achieving the state of "all dharmas are empty of form, neither arising nor ceasing, neither defiled nor pure, neither increasing nor decreasing," which is the state of a deity.

In the inscription erected in front of his cave in Aozang Mountain, the True Lord Liuyun Jiefeng described himself as "having no increase or decrease in nature, no purity or defilement in mind, being free from action and law, and thus a carefree immortal," which also refers to this pursuit.

According to the scriptures left by the "Red King", the practice of "absence of all phenomena" has "four stages", namely "Sotapanna", "Sakadagami", "Anagami" and "Arhat".

Those who attain the "Sakadagami" fruit are demons.

Attaining the "Anagami fruit" is equivalent to "the seven ruling positions in the world".

Attaining the "Arhatship" means severing all afflictions and being forever freed from the cycle of rebirth—corresponding to the Teyvat continent, it would require at least the level of a ruler from Sky Island.

The current "scattered soldier" is still in the "Sotapanna" stage, which means he has just begun to acquire the qualifications to become a god. This is because, as a creation of the gods, he is born with a divine soul at the level of a demigod, and can easily abandon his senses and is not tempted by the "six senses" of mortals, which is very suitable for this method of cultivation.