I, the leader of the esoteric sect, am doing great things in the infinite world!

These remnants were not only the losers of the Demon God War, but also corrupted by the Dark Outer Sea. As time passed, even the Rock King's artifact that suppressed them was stained with pitch-black filth.

The stability of the Teyvat world system is ensured by the seven ruling powers, but the forces of the Dark Sea can even erode the ruling powers.

Zhongli became more vigilant. If Li Lin were to falter, he would unleash the immense power of his divine will accumulated over 3,700 years to suppress all the boiling resentment of the demons and gods.

However, Li Lin simply stretched his hand out into the air, made a grasping motion, and stuffed it into his crotch...?

crotch?

Zhongli shuddered and quickly retreated back into the cave.

It seems Li Lin has his own way of dealing with this, so I shouldn't interfere. If I steal Master Li's thunder later, who knows what kind of retaliation he might take.

In a sense, Zhongli guessed correctly.

Li Lin does indeed have the means to deal with the Demon God's Regret, and for him, suppressing the Demon God's Regret is simpler than suppressing Oser.

Inheriting the heart of God, suppressing Oser, and resolving the grudges of the Demon God—these three tasks, in Zhongli's view, are from easy to difficult, but for Master Li, it is exactly the opposite.

Because he inherits the heart of God, he may receive the gaze of the God of War, or even have his gaze directly upon the God of War, which is usually a death sentence.

The ethereal and elusive grudge of the demon god was, for Li Lin, merely an influence similar in nature to the mysterious aura.

Although it may affect people's minds and worsen the environment, that's just one kind of impact. If it can be acknowledged by the dark green desktop background, then it can be accepted.

Li Lin's right hand kept grasping at the influence of the Demon God's Regret in the air, while he reached out and opened the window used for sacrifice, stuffing the excess Demon God's Regret into the window and offering it to the two officials in charge of the White Sun Forging Furnace and the Double-Horned Axe.

[Impact: The Demon God's Lingering Regret]

[The influence of the third-order winter phase.]

The lament for what is not entirely gone lingers, even the air is permeated with the smell of tar. The signs are unmistakable!

[A third-order influence! Power and danger intertwine and merge into one.]

The firelight and twilight swirled around Li Lin's hair, illuminating his expression, which could be described as joyful. And with his movements, the demon god's lingering resentment, which had accumulated beneath the Lonely Cloud Pavilion for thousands of years, was completely dispelled in a short time.

Even Oser and Ba Che were not spared, but they died too quickly, and Li Lin failed to obtain any demon limbs.

Oser and Bazha's bodies surrounded Guyun Pavilion, unknowingly helping the Liyue people block the first wave of impact, so they died without pain.

This can be considered a form of euthanasia.

However, Li Lin had no time to get angry, and the second attack began.

Fortunately, the intense impact of the first explosion made the people of Liyue realize the change in the situation. Ningguang raised the Jade Pavilion, and the Liyue Navy and the Southern Cross fleet were retreating as quickly as possible.

Even so, the tsunami triggered by the explosion at Guyun Pavilion was still about to reach the bottom of Qunyu Pavilion. Ships that had not yet evacuated to a safe distance were torn to pieces, and people were thrown out in the violent turbulence, about to fall into the vortex.

However, as they touched the water, a huge golden barrier suddenly opened up.

That's the Jade Shield.

Someone in the distance walked slowly through the raging waves, and the wind and waves calmed wherever they passed.

That was Zhongli, the former Rock King Emperor.

But now that he has relinquished the Heart of God, he has also relinquished the authority to govern the mortal world. How can he possibly calm the waves and protect so many innocent people?

......

On the Lonely Cloud Pavilion, Li Lin suddenly turned around and placed his right hand on Zhong Li's chest.

"Willpower?"

Zhongli stared in astonishment at Li Lin, watching him stuff the accumulated power of his vows, accumulated over three thousand seven hundred years, back into his body.

“If even a simpleton like Lei Yingdian can do it, you certainly can too.” Li Lin forcefully pushed Zhong Li towards the sea. “Three thousand seven hundred years of vow power is enough for you to create a golden body of the Rock King Emperor. Since humans cannot perfectly govern a country, let the law govern it.”

Compared to Morax, who is over 6,000 years old, the "Geo King," who was born from the power of Liyue's wishes over the past 3,700 years, might be a better ruler.

He will coexist with Liyue and grow old with her. He is a legal being and a personified god.

The Geo Archon will make Liyue a better place.

This thought flashed through Zhongli's mind as he fell from Guyun Pavilion.

An immense power of will gathered in Zhongli's empty chest, enabling him to briefly wield worldly power once again.

But what about Li Lin?

Towering waves enveloped Li Lin, and amidst the storm, only a small boat, seemingly on the verge of breaking apart, sailed towards him.

It was a small boat that had been moored to the edge of Guyun Pavilion beforehand, and a figure holding a knife stood on the bow of the boat.

The ronin from Inazuma brandished his long sword, slashing out transparent sword energy that mingled with the howling winds around him, propelling the small boat through the crests and eddies at an unbelievable angle.

"Riding the wind!"

Maple Leaf's small boat rose with the raging wind, precisely navigating wave after wave, and extended the hilt of his knife to hook Master Li, who appeared to be closing his eyes and waiting for death.

Master Li, who was counting down to return to town, was blown away by the Happy Wind Man's Stomp Slash, and then Wan Ye grabbed his collar and pulled him back to the small boat.

"You fucking...?"

I had already built up the atmosphere and was planning to "sacrifice myself" and return to Liyue, but then some guy named Wind Spirit appeared out of nowhere and controlled me?

Sitting in the small boat, Li Lin swayed slightly, and the look in his eyes as he stared at Maple Leaf in front of him began to change.

"No, we're still at sea." Fortunately, Li Lin was quite pragmatic and knew he needed a boatman, so he didn't have a breakdown on the spot.

But with wave after wave of giant waves surging up, their small boat, though able to ride the wind, was difficult to discern direction in the dim light.

Despite trying her best to sail towards Liyue, Maple Leaf was involuntarily driven southeast by the giant waves.

221 I am evenly matched with the shogunate (referring to the Coral Palace)

After the storm subsided, the giant waves gradually calmed down, but Maple Plains Mange discovered in despair that they could no longer see the location of Lonely Cloud Pavilion.

Dark thunderclouds and swirling thunderstorms blocked their way back.

As they battled the storm, they were swept along through General Thunder's thunderstorm blockade. By the time the aftershocks of the explosion dissipated within the thunderstorm zone, they were already adrift in the territorial waters of the Inazuma Islands.

Should we rely on a small boat to break through the thunderstorm zone and return to Liyue, or should we resupply nearby first?

The rational Kaedehara Manyo chose the latter.

Although the shogunate has not yet withdrawn his arrest warrant, there are so many islands in the Inazuma Islands, and the number of savages on the islands is countless. The Coral Palace and the Raiden Shogunate are in subtle opposition... In the end, he is just a fugitive, which is not unusual in Inazuma.

All you need to do is keep a good disguise.

Realizing this, Kaede Manba shook his head. He had been away from Inazuma for quite some time, and even the freest and most unrestrained wind would hesitate when it approached its hometown.

Kaedehara Manyo drew his sword and slashed it into the water. Sharp sword energy pierced the water from the blade, and a few moments later, several sea fish floated to the surface.

“Mr. Li, if you can still activate the Eye of God, you can grill these fish.”

Manyo used his Tigerfish Knife to cut open the fish's belly, removed its internal organs, and threw them into the sea: "Although both Liyue and Inazuma have the habit of eating raw fish, we are at sea... Although the physical fitness of those who possess the Eye of God is good, since we have the means, it is better for us to process the fish before eating it."

Li Lin's methods of grilling fish can only be described as tragic. Fortunately, Wan Ye stopped Li Lin in time and snatched two fish that were barely edible.

“…I was worried that it might not be possible to distribute it equally.” Maple Leaf’s face showed no sign of frustration, and he looked quite pleased with himself. “Now that concern is gone. Mr. Li, please have something to eat.”

"If nothing else goes wrong, we'll probably need to sail for another week." Kaedehara Manyo said, looking at the sky and feeling the wind direction with his hand.

Li Lin nodded in agreement: "Well said. I'll go back to my hometown to get married after the movie 'Thunder' is finished."

Unable to understand that Li Lin was joking and planting a flag, Kaedehara Manba stared wide-eyed in surprise, probably extremely shocked that Li Lin could have a wife.

"So, what are you going to do next? Contact Liyue?" Maple Leaf took a bite of the slightly charred grilled fish.

Of course, he wouldn't take Li Lin's words seriously. Surely no one would be so daring as to beat up General Thunder and Lightning?

In this world, the only ones who could rival the Thunder General in pure martial arts are probably the Rock King from the neighboring country during the Demon God War, or the God of War from Nata in the Land of Fire.

As for one-sided beatings, that's a setting that even novelists probably wouldn't dare to use lightly.

Li Lin pondered for a moment and said, "Hmm, it's probably about first intervening in the war between Coral Palace and the Shogunate, successfully overthrowing the Shogunate, forcing Coral Palace's Heartsea to abdicate, then declaring that the entire Inazuma territory belongs to Liyue, relocating the residents, and finally, before the Inazuma ley lines can't hold on, setting off a big firework display to amuse my wife... That should be it?"

Maple Leaf's hand trembled slightly. Between finishing the grilled fish first and asking Li Lin a question first, he chose the latter.

"why?"

Li Lin answered matter-of-factly, "Because it's fun! Surely no one actually follows the main storyline of a game, right? I can still overtake others and achieve my goals by taking the wrong path. Isn't that better than following the rules and being a lackey for the company's administrators?"

Kaedehara Manyo asked in confusion, "Why do you say that? And it sounds like you have a lot of opinions about the company magistrate."

Li Lin's narration was somewhat incoherent and contained many incomprehensible terms. Of course, Wan Ye was not the type to get hung up on a particular term.

Among the three Inatsuma magistrates, the shrine magistrate, who seems to be the most unassuming, is only in charge of cultural preservation, rituals, and various traditions. Due to the overlap in their functions, he is closer to the Narukami Taisha lineage and belongs to a rather pure aristocratic class.

Compared to the Tenryo Magistrate who oversees all aspects of Inazuma's politics, war, and security, or the Kansei Magistrate who guards remote islands and oversees all commerce, the Shabu Magistrate should never be the one to be labeled.

"Mainly, I prefer the goldfish from Naganohara to the turtle from Kamisato." Li Lin made no attempt to hide his preference. "As the new King of Rock, I must say that the flower girls from the Naganohara family are good! The flower girls from the Kamisato family are not good!"

Wan Ye opened his mouth as if to say something, but then stopped himself.

He wanted to remind Li Lin that the "White Heron Princess" of the Shinto family was the object of everyone's love and respect in Inazuma, and that Li Lin would easily get beaten up if he spoke like that in Inazuma.

However, he quickly realized that the person in front of him was not some crazy person who only talked big... He was a crazy person with super strong action, willpower, and superb martial arts skills, but with a very narrow mind.

Offending the Shinto family and the magistrate might only make life a little harder, but offending Li Lin, who was right next door, and the fact that Oser was literally tortured to death serves as the best example of what not to do.

It's possible that it won't be Li Lin who gets beaten up, but rather innocent civilians from Inazuma City.

Given Master Li's personality, he might very well blow up the sewers of Inazuma City in a fit of anger, leaving every household in Inazuma City drinking pure, unadulterated sewage...?