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In order to grant her beloved Inazuma "eternity," and to ensure that Inazuma could survive in the shadow of the world's destruction, she chose the most dishonorable path of "escape," thus beginning a plan for a "wandering Inazuma"...

But this is for the sake of "loving someone".

This is indeed the stance of a "seven-time earthly ruler," and indeed a deity wholeheartedly protecting her people. Perhaps many people cannot understand her thoughts and actions, but no one can criticize her intentions.

“You claim to stand before me to save the people of Inazuma, but I also want to save my country and my people. Although some sacrifices are necessary now, it is for the sake of ‘eternity’ in the future.”

"Now that you understand why I did this, are you still going to try to stop me?"

“Tell me your answer,” Lei Yingdian asked slowly, staring into Han Fulai’s eyes.

Han Fulai silently closed his eyes.

He remained silent for several minutes.

In those few minutes, he thought about a lot of things.

He thought of the promise he made when he traveled to Liyue and signed the contract with Gan Yu;

He thought of the Jade Pavilion, where Ningguang first told him what the "Seven Rulers of the Mortal World" were;

He thought of Yunlai on the sea, and Shenhe tearing off the red ribbon that bound his hair.

He thought of the bottom of the blue lake, and Ke Qing's back standing in front of him;

He thought of the dance Yura performed in front of the statue of the wind god;

He thought of the words Ye Lan uttered before the cenotaph of the Thousand Cliff Army soldiers: "Though the years may pass, only the Thousand Cliffs remain unmoved."

He remembered what Xingqiu had said to him in Qingce Mountain that day: "You are my path of chivalry."

……

Many people and many things appeared in his mind one by one and then disappeared one by one.

He should make a choice, a choice that is worthy of them and worthy of himself.

When he opened his eyes again, his pupils shone like gold.

Lei Yingdian heard the man in front of him say, "You once asked me if I underestimated you... I didn't underestimate you, you underestimated humanity."

"I want to tell you that humanity has its own inherent qualities; we are not the residue left after the Chosen Ones have been filtered out."

"Even without the protection of gods, humans can save themselves."

She saw him raise his hand, pointing to the crack in the crimson sky of "Pure Land of One Heart".

He said, "A man's heart is as firm as iron until death. Let's see if he can mend the crack in the sky."

Above the sky, a "Spear of the God of War" is continuously flying towards the distant horizon.

In that instant, Lei Film seemed to see a morning star piercing the night sky, heralding the dawn.

On the town streets of Inazuma Castle, a pink shrine maiden dressed in a red and white shrine maiden outfit appeared from the crowd.

With graceful, dance-like steps, she walked step by step through the still crowd, crossed the broken wooden bridge, and finally arrived in front of the "Thousand-Handed, Hundred-Eyed God Statue".

Ying and Xingqiu, who were still trying to break the statue, heard a bell ringing behind them.

That is the sacred object of the chief priest of Narukami Taisha Shrine, "the true meaning of Kagura".

"God, God's son? What are you doing here?" Little Paimon rubbed his eyes in disbelief.

When they left Kagemachi earlier, the shrine maiden was sitting inside Narukami Shrine, leisurely drinking tea and saying something like, "I'm entrusting everything to you."

How did she suddenly end up in the city from the mountains?

Can she fly? Was Inazuma's fox actually able to fly?

The priestess shook the Kagura bell but did not answer Paimon's question.

Ying and Xingqiu also stopped what they were doing and looked back at Shenzi.

The goddess smiled and shook the bell, each tremor of which seemed to contain a wondrous power.

Those who heard the bell seemed to awaken from a nightmare and regained their ability to move.

Ying heard the divine child mutter to himself: "After all, compared to the lotus and udumbara that never wither in the pure land without wind or moon, someone as vulgar as me cannot bear this kind of loneliness."

"Those who are without heart or dreams are bound to be bored. They might as well laugh and get drunk, breaking off branches of the Thunder Cherry Blossom and making merry with the unrestrained monsters."

"These are all from the not-so-distant past, and also from a future full of hope."

The bell stopped abruptly, but the swords in Ying and Xingqiu's hands suddenly trembled.

The two looked at the longswords in their hands in surprise, only to find that their swords were now covered with a dazzling golden light.

The priestess lightly waved the Kagura bell in her hand, pointing it at the "Evil Eye" on the statue's chest.

"I wonder if I will still be able to admire the pale purple buds with Your Highness when the snow melts... I cannot truly see through the future, but I know that to reach that future, I must first protect the 'present'."

Chapter 203 What if the Zen gate suddenly breaks through, a beauty like jade and a sword like a rainbow? [4k5]

When faced with a powerful enemy, people have always had two ways of dealing with it.

One approach is to confront the enemy head-on and defeat them;

Secondly, it is to avoid the enemy's sharp edge and bide one's time.

Throughout China's five-thousand-year history, there are countless examples of these two tactics.

When to confront the enemy head-on, and when to make a strategic retreat... such "choices" have often troubled different leaders in different historical periods.

From a historical perspective, there are often instances where, just a few years ago, a marriage alliance and tribute were being paid, only to suddenly turn into a complete 180-degree turn of events a few years later. Of course, there are also instances where, after fleeing, one establishes a small, isolated place until slowly decaying and perishing, or where one, full of ambition, personally leads an expedition and finally returns to become a "gatekeeper emperor."

When faced with the choice between "fighting" and "fleeing," no leader can be certain that their choice is the right one.

No one can accurately predict the future, so we can only wait for time to provide the answer.

Now, the same multiple-choice question has appeared in "One Heart Pure Land".

In Lei's eyes, this is the future she envisions:

The "Crimson Moon Fleet" from beyond the world is about to destroy Teyvat. Teyvat's outer defense perimeter, "False Sky," is already in ruins. Teyvat's strongest force, Sky Isle Prime Minister Tenri, is on his deathbed and will soon be powerless to stop the invasion of the "Crimson Moon Fleet."

The high-ranking Sky Island civil servants who knew this secret made different choices. Some prepared to appoint a new prime minister to take on the great task of saving the world, some prepared to create a new world, and some gathered all forces, including forces from outside the world, to continue the resistance.

Ray Movies believes that Teyvat is doomed to defeat, and the only way out is to escape.

So she prepared an interstellar spaceship called "Ichishin Sora" (Pure Land of One Heart), using the "present" as "fuel" to travel back in time to five hundred years ago, to the era when Inazuma still possessed the "life god" Raiden Shin's "ecological cycle system".

Then, she will lead her relatives and people from five hundred years ago to escape and establish a starship civilization called "Wandering Rice Wife".

As long as the people she loves can continue to exist in the Pure Land, that is her "eternity".

As one of the "Seven Rulers of the Mortal World," she embodied her "love."

She gave Han Fulai a chance to understand the "eternity" she was pursuing, but unfortunately, Han Fulai's answer was no.

So let our beliefs clash. If we're going to deny others' beliefs, we need to have the power to deny them.

Lei raised his naginata again.

As she moved, countless "Evil Eyes" opened behind her head, forming a "Wheel of a Hundred Wishes".

Han Fulai gathered the "wishes" of the rice-growing women and became a being capable of rivaling "the blade of Wuxiang"—in other words, "the blade of Wuxiang" could not harm him.

But Lei's movies are not just about "a single, unexpected slash".

She has not yet been defeated.

"In this fleeting world, not only can one dream when asleep, but everything is vanity." She recited this short song again.

This time, however, she was not simply sighing or reminiscing about the past.

This short song is her "word of power".

The "Naginata no Inari" in her hand slowly changed its appearance—the purple of the naginata, representing thunder, slowly turned into a deep abyss-like black, while the "Sanba crest" at the junction of the blade and hilt transformed into a ferocious "Evil Eye".

"An Untimely Dream, a Common Life of Food".

The film "Ray" reveals the true form of this naginata.

In that instant, time and space within the "Pure Land of One Mind" were all frozen in time.

"Making a vow" is not a skill unique to Han Fulai.

Before entering the "Pure Land of One Heart," Lei Yingdian also made a promise to her subjects from five hundred years ago.

The great vow she made five hundred years ago is still being carried out by her today.

Since the other party has used "willpower", then let's use "willpower" to counter "willpower".

Consider the desire for "now" versus "eternity"—which desire is stronger?

Where lightning flashes, it casts a shadow.

I am the shadow.

With "no thought," Inazuma cleared away all obstacles to his progress.

However... with each step forward, something was lost, and eventually, even she was lost.

Those deeds are still told under the shade of every cherry tree, but the marks left on this country by those "losses" still burn painfully.

"Just go after it, even if it's just a fleeting glimmer of light."

"We at least have 'this moment'."

She once said that.

But I witnessed a nation running at full speed lose everything in the face of justice... Perhaps only by freezing time can the lightning not be extinguished.

"This moment" is a fragile illusion; only "eternity" is closest to the truth of nature.

Now, I am no longer a shadow.

"This body is the most supreme and noble body."

"We should hold the great power over the world."

"This body should be given to my subjects as a dream."

"That is, the eternal and unchanging through thousands of generations."

Lei's film released the "power of her will" sealed within her naginata.

His real sword is named "Dream of One Heart" (Musou Isshin).

The Shadow's martial art is called "Musou no Hitotachi" (Musou no Hitotachi).

In the language of Inatsume, the pronunciation of "dream" and "no thought" is the same, just like light and shadow, which are always two sides of the same coin.

Raiden Shin's "Dream One Heart" represents his beliefs and dreams.

The film "The Light of Nagi-no-Kage" created by Lei Films also represents her own beliefs and dreams.

This "dream" is an "untimely dream," an out-of-time dream that seems impossible to achieve, but it is also the "eternity" that she promised to her subjects five hundred years ago.

The Inatsume people today call "eternity" "Tokoyo" and "the God of Eternity" "the God of Tokoyo." "Tokoyo Stoker's Food" is the food of the Eternal Kingdom—this is a folk legend. It is said that if you eat "Tokoyo Stoker's Food" made by General Raiden himself, you will be qualified to enter the Eternal Pure Land.

Of course, this is just a legend. For example, Yae no Miko knows very well that Rai Dianying has never made any edible food—but eating Rai Dianying's "Eternal World Food" might actually allow one's soul to return to the mortal world and enter the eternal cycle of the earth's veins...

For Lei's films, "Changshi Zaoshi" is merely a symbol, representing the dividing line between "impermanence" and "eternity".

Although time and space in "Pure Land of One Mind" are controlled by her will, at this stage, she can only manipulate the changes in space and the flow of time.

She can change the appearance of the Pure Land at will, and she can also slow down or speed up the flow of time within the Pure Land. For example, the few minutes that Ying spent in the Pure Land fighting with her were just a blink of an eye from the outside...

However, no matter whether the flow of time within the Pure Land slows down or accelerates, it cannot be "stilled".

She could indeed achieve a state similar to "a dream of wealth and glory," making a hundred years in the Pure Land equivalent to a few minutes in the outside world—but whether a day in the Pure Land is equivalent to a year or a moment in the outside world, time will always continue to pass.

The time people spend in the Pure Land does not stand still.

Even in the Pure Land, there is aging and wear and tear. Although the time is extremely long compared to the outside world, it is still "impermanent" and not "eternal".

Only when she activates her "words of power" and releases the "desires" for eternity sealed within the naginata will time in "Ichishin no Sora" (Pure Land of One Heart) stand still, becoming an eternal Pure Land.

The moment she activates "Dream of the Untimely," she becomes the embodiment of "Time Ruler," the only being capable of action in the frozen spacetime.

This means true "invincibility," surpassing even the "invincibility of a thoughtless slash."

Originally, she should have waited until the "Thousand-Handed, Hundred-Eyed Statue" had accumulated enough "power of will" to "go back to the past" before activating the "Dream of Extraordinary Time," usurping the power of "governing time," allowing the Pure Land to cover the entire island, and reversing time...

But because of Han Fulai, this "variable," she had to release her "untimely dream" ahead of schedule.

The "willpower" depleted by releasing the "untimely dream" this time may need to be accumulated again over several years.