Morax looked at the Geo Dragon King before him and also smiled.
"Azhdaha, welcome back." Morax said with a smile.
"I never thought there would come a day."
"When I could talk to you like this again."
The mountain-sized Geo Dragon King looked at Morax in front of him and said with a smile.
"Thank you, Morcius."
"For some reason, seeing you gives me a familiar feeling."
The Geo Dragon King looked at Qiu Bai in front of him and said strangely.
"A familiar feeling?"
"That's odd, I only met you once a thousand years ago."
"And at that time, you were already corrupted. How could you have a familiar feeling about me?"
Qiu Bai looked at the Geo Dragon King with puzzlement.
"Hehe, I don't know why either."
The Geo Dragon King laughed, speaking in human language.
"Sigh..."
Morax, standing beside Qiu Bai, seemed to recall something and sighed.
The Geo Dragon King transformed into a golden light, then continuously shrank.
The intense light made Lumine and Paimon involuntarily cover their eyes.
After a while, the golden light gradually transformed into a human form. Upon closer inspection, he appeared to be around twenty years old, a young man wearing golden ancient Liyue attire.
In his golden eyes, there seemed to be the shadow of a dragon and his build was somewhat robust.
"Hehe, this form is more convenient for moving around."
"Morax, I can sense that you seem a bit strange."
Azhdaha turned his head, looking at Morax in front of him and asked softly.
"Azhdaha, I am no longer the Geo Archon."
Morax folded his arms across his chest and spoke calmly.
"Hehe, I can sense that."
"But can Liyue function without the Geo Archon?"
Azhdaha looked at Morax in front of him, waving his hand as he asked.
"If there were no gods in this world, then this would be the realm of humans."
"I was once the god of humans, so I should bear witness to their rise and fall."
Morax turned around, looking at the microworld created by Qiu Bai, arms folded across his chest as he spoke calmly.
"Fate is heaven's decree. If our mission has been completed, we should bravely embark on the path of departure."
Azhdaha flew to Morax side and spoke softly.
"Hehe, I've repaired both your erosion, yet you're still talking such gloomy words."
Seeing this, Qiu Bai flew next to the two, arms folded across his chest as he said with a smile.
"Hehe, well said."
"Since we've put down our burdens, we should live well as ordinary people."
Azhdaha looked at Qiu Bai beside him and said with a smile.
Lumine and Paimon stood behind them, quietly watching the backs of these three figures. They remained silent, as Lumine felt that these three before her were incredibly powerful.
"Why do I feel that the bard doesn't fit in with these three at all?"
Paimon turned around and waved at Lumine.
Lumine nodded in agreement, recalling how Venti had been beaten so badly by the Fatui Harbinger in front of the cathedral.
"Venti said that fulfilling godly duties accumulates divine power."
"But Paimon doesn't understand why Zhongli without a Gnosis, is still so powerful."
Paimon scratched her head, unable to comprehend.
"Traveler."
"I have something I want to tell you."
Morax turned around and said to Lumine and Paimon.
"What does Zhongli want to tell me?"
Lumine placed a hand on her chest, looking at Morax.
"I personally ended an era."
"I've been thinking about how to record those histories that I ended."
Morax waved his hand, speaking to Lumine in front of him.
"History can be recorded, but history is not reliable."
"Time possesses great power; history becomes distorted over the years."
Morax touched his chin, speaking softly.
"I need to find a better record to engrave true history."
"Stone carving is an ancient form of recording."
"But seemingly unchanging rocks, the seemingly unchanging world and I perhaps will all disappear someday."
Morax looked down at Lumine and slowly spoke.
"Zhongli..." Paimon looked at Morax in front of her and murmured.
"So, Traveler, I thought of you."
"You are one who traverses the firmament, crossing the sea of stars."
"If history is carved into your memory, then someday in the future, it can travel with you to other worlds."
Morax placed a hand on his chest and slowly spoke.
"As a traveler, as long as you can record, then the eras and histories of Teyvat will have a backup of their existence."
Morax raised his head to look at the sun in the sky.
"The Witness comes to witness."
"The Rememberer is born to remember."
Then he turned his head, arms folded across his chest and spoke steadily.
"The Witness comes to witness. The Rememberer is born to remember."
Upon hearing Morax words, Lumine murmured them several times.
The Geo Dragon King hearing these words, also sighed.
"Hehe, let's go out."
"I'm sure those old friends are getting anxious."
The Geo Dragon King folded his arms across his chest and said with a smile.
"Azhdaha, are you really alright now?"
"So what do you all plan to do in the future?"
Paimon scratched her head and asked the three people in front of her.
"Hehe."
"I plan to continue serving as a consultant at the Wangsheng Funeral Parlor."
Morax looked at Paimon and said with a smile.
"Same as Morax."
"I'll continue to serve as a consultant."
Qiu Bai also said with a smile.
"As for me..."
"Morax, Morcius, is the Wangsheng Funeral Parlor still hiring?"
Azhdaha thought for a while, unable to decide what to do and asked the two deities beside him with a smile.
"Hehe, I'm sure the Director would be happy to have you."
"I'll speak with her about it."
Morax smiled and waved his hand.
"All three of you guys want to be consultants at the Funeral Parlor?"
"Hu Tao having you three as subordinates is really something else."
Paimon waved her hand, somewhat speechless as she commented.
After all, who could have imagined that Liyue's strongest fighting forces would all be working at the Funeral Parlor?
"Alright, whatever you want to discuss, let's talk about it after we get out."
"This place isn't suitable for a prolonged stay."
Qiu Bai folded his arms across his chest, looking at the people in front of him and spoke calmly.
"Morax, take them out first."
"I need to destroy this place."
Qiu Bai looked at the terrain below, which was damaged beyond recognition and muttered with a frown.
Morax nodded and led Azhdaha, Lumine, and Paimon into the black hole.
Qiu Bai watched as they left, then turned his gaze to the earth below.
On one finger yin and yang energies appeared, continuously rotating.
Then he slowly released the yin-yang energies toward the ground.
The moment the yin-yang energies touched the ground, a massive earthquake occurred. Countless lights shot up from the ground, and then the entire world exploded violently!
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