Genshin Impact: Reincarnation as a Hilichurl

"I can already see it! It's the light of the Great Sun Carriage. It's not very bright, but at least there is light."

"Strange," Shanhu Gong Xinhai turned his head in Ying's arms, "According to the records in the book, there will be a barrier outside the 'Great Sun Carriage'..."

"That barrier was lifted when we arrived."

"It will recover. Some special 'Eternal Spirits' will restore the mechanism after the trial. Otherwise, the other deep-sea dragon descendants would have come to destroy the 'Great Sun Carriage' long ago. Judging from the current situation, it is probably affected by the black fog..."

"Is that so?" Paimon scratched his head and suddenly reported, "There seems to be no fog in the area near the Great Sun Carriage!"

"Is that the 'Thousand Lights Festival'?"

"Thousand Lantern Festival?"

Coral Palace Xinhai closed his eyes and then opened them again. After confirming that the light that could dispel the black fog still existed, he felt a little emotional and continued to explain: "You should know that before the construction of the Great Sun Carriage, there was only darkness in Yuanxia Palace. At that time, the people of Baiye could only light thousands of lamps to drive away the darkness. I didn't expect that it would also work on this black fog. Perhaps it borrowed the power of the light world... I have only seen it in the Yuanhai Zhuyou Collection before, and I didn't expect to see it here with my own eyes."

"There should be no one else in Yuanxia Palace except us, right? That means..." Ying asked doubtfully.

"It's the special 'Spirit of Eternity'!" Paimon answered without even thinking.

"Whether it's an enemy or a friend, we'll know after we go down and take a look."

Before they landed, a shrine maiden wearing a strange half-mask walked out from the platform below the Great Sun Carriage. She murmured, "Human? Human cub? And... why do I feel so familiar?"

"Wow! It's not the 'Spirit of Eternity'?"

"'Eternal Spirit'? Of course I am not an 'Eternal Spirit'."

"Of course we know now that you are not the 'Eternal Spirit', but how did you get here before us?"

Faced with Paimon's question, the witch chose to remain silent.

Coral Palace Xinhai stepped forward to negotiate: "You are not Yuanshang, right?"

"No, you can call me Ahzhi."

"Aji...why are you wearing a mask? It's too fancy and doesn't suit you very well."

"To cover up the shame, some things happened when I was growing up, and I am worried about scaring ordinary people, that's all."

"Then are you the one who presides over the 'Thousand Lantern Festival' here?"

"Yes." Facing the Heart Sea of ​​the Coral Palace, Ah Yi had a special desire to communicate. She knew that these people were from the ground, and they must have been attracted by the changes in the Abyss Palace. Combined with the fact that the coral king worms in the Abyss Palace had begun to awaken not long ago, it was almost certain that these people were from the Coral Palace. But she still confirmed: "What are you doing here?"

"We are here to solve the anomaly in Yuanxia Palace."

Sure enough, these people were the ones who imprisoned the Deep Sea Dragon Heir...

But now we need someone's help to dispel the fog, so Ah Zhi issued a task: "That's great. I'm already struggling to keep the thousand lights burning, and I'm powerless to solve the spreading darkness."

"Do you know what's going on?"

"It's an invasion from the Void Realm. The inhabitants of the White Night Kingdom believe that there are three worlds: the Dragon Lizard Realm, the Human Realm, and the Void Realm. The darkness of the Abyss Palace is something from the abyss of nothingness, and neither the Dragon Lizards nor the humans can tolerate it."

Paimon interrupted, "But don't deep-sea dragon lizards like darkness?"

"Deep-sea dragon lizards just hate light, because in this abyss, light means human activities." Because he didn't want this misunderstanding to continue, Ah Zhi explained: "In fact, the dragon lizard world refers to the pure and primitive elemental creature world. It is called the "Light Realm" in the book. The seven kings of the Light Realm represent the seven elemental dragons at the top of the wild and primitive elemental forces."

Wang Chen also interrupted: "Can you tell me more about the Void Realm?"

Ah Zhi turned her gaze to Wang Chen. Inexplicably, she felt a little close to this person: "I don't know much about the Void Realm, because the Void Realm doesn't reveal much. Even so far, I don't know any creature that can live perfectly in the Void Realm, like that guy in the abyss——"

"Excuse me," Ying asked, "Is the guy you are talking about the Fire Abyss Chanter who calls himself a scholar and likes to deceive people?"

"Yeah, that guy is full of nonsense, but he does have some knowledge. He even knows about the three realms of Yuanxia Palace and the triangle... Speaking of the triangle, let me finish the main story first, okay?"

Seeing that no one spoke this time, Ah Zhi continued to preach:

"The source of the black fog in the virtual world is the high towers in the triangular area on the edge of the Abyss Palace. Those towers are the 'Towers of the Virtual World' that were restored by the guys in the Abyss according to the traditional form.

“To eliminate the black fog, you need to climb to the top of the Void Tower, then activate the Cone Chisel of the Light Realm above and let the power of the Light Realm in.

“That’s why I said that guy has some knowledge, but I don’t know what the point of him doing this is…

"As I just said, I still don't know any creature that can survive perfectly in the Void Realm. The abyssal power spread by the Void Realm Tower is not only harmful to the Light Realm and the Human Realm, but it is also a chronic and addictive poison for that guy.

"Maybe that guy just likes to betray and play tricks on others."

"Are you finished?"

"That's it."

"Well, let me summarize it!" Paimon grasped the main point accurately, and summarized and repeated: "The reason why the black fog appeared in Yuanxia Palace is that the Void Tower released the power of the Void Realm. The solution is to climb to the highest point of the Void Tower, activate the mechanism and let the power of the Light Realm in. Then the mastermind behind the scenes is indeed Yuanshang!"

Ah Zhi nodded, and Ying and Xin Hai also indicated that they understood.

Only Wang Chen wanted to ask something else: "Aji, how do you think the three realms exist relative to each other? Do they completely overlap, partially overlap, or are they independent of each other?"

"Hmm? I can't answer that. I can only say that there are definitely overlapping parts in the three realms. For example, this Yuanxia Palace is a place where the earth veins of the human world, the elemental currents of the light world, and the undercurrents of the virtual world are all very strong."

Perhaps he was not satisfied with his answer, so Ah Zhi added: "If I were to classify them based on my feelings, the human world would be the most superficial - it is the world we live in now. The light world is deeper than the human world - it can only be reached through special means, and the virtual world is the deepest - it is difficult to access normally."

"Then... do you know the essence of the 'Umijigorei Festival'?"

Hearing this question, Coral Palace's heart subconsciously looked at Wang Chen, and then looked at Azhi with expectation.

Ah Zhi was a little hesitant. After two seconds of silence, she asked, "What is your relationship with the Coral Palace?"

Wang Chen replied: "We are the brave men who came to get the coral last time."

"It's you... According to the book, the essence of the 'Sea Spirit Festival' is to use the life force of the Serpent God to forcibly awaken the second subordinate, the Coral King Worms. They are decomposers that transform wild elements into gentle elements of the human world. The huge coral is a symbol of the King Worm tribe being awakened by the blood of the Serpent God."

Wang Chen already knew these things, and he asked them specifically for Coral Palace Xinhai to hear. Although he couldn't find a way to completely solve the problem of holy land, by pooling everyone's wisdom, maybe there would be a way.

Azhi continued, "Unfortunately, the Coral King Worms will also be suppressed in the black fog. If we want to continue the 'Sea Spirit Festival', we must control the black fog."

Wang Chen thanked him and said that he needed some time to digest some information.

"If you decide to go and deal with the black fog, please accept this 'Box of Mushu'." Ah Zhi handed over a box. "This is what I found in the 'Great Sun Carriage' when I was looking for a solution. It can absorb light and then offset the darkness of the virtual world in a small range. When facing monsters protected by the black fog, you can also use the power of the 'Box of Mushu' to beat them back to their original form."