Genshin Impact: Demon God of Shura

Within a short hour of Lan Tian issuing the emergency summons signal, Luo Xue and the others arrived at the courtyard. The once spacious inner courtyard now appeared somewhat crowded. The stone table that was originally located in the center of the inner courtyard was lifted to a corner by Lan Tian using his divine power, and replaced by a large cedar wood conference table, which made the atmosphere of the courtyard more solemn.

As soon as Luo Xue and the others stepped through the gate of the courtyard, they saw Lan Tian and Morax sitting in the main seats facing the gate, looking at them with serious expressions. They were slightly taken aback, but quickly recovered and sat down in the special seats that Lan Tian had prepared for them, all looking at Morax and Lan Tian sitting side by side in the main seats with serious expressions.

As for why everyone was able to find their own assigned seats... it's because Lantian placed a standee in front of each seat, with each person's title and name engraved on it. For example, the standee in front of Morax was engraved with: Rock King Emperor Morax, while Lantian's was engraved with: Asura War God Rolxius.

However, after Luo Xue and the other immortals who arrived later took their seats, they found that apart from Gui Zhong and Maxius who were already seated, the five seats next to Morax were empty. But when everyone took a closer look at the nameplates in front of those empty seats, their eyes widened slightly.

Looking to the right from the standee of Maxius, the names on it are: Egolia, the goddess of water; Buyer, the goddess of grass; Raiden, the god of thunder; and Raiden, the god of thunder—almost all of them are demon gods! Of course, there is an empty space between the standee of Maxius and Egolia, and the name on the standee in front of the table is: Fukaros, the servant of the goddess of water.

[The God of Asura... he actually has so many demon god friends? That's terrifying...]

This was a shared thought among Luo Xue and the others.

"Are you all here?"

Before anyone could think any further, Morax turned to look at them and asked.

"Your Majesty, Lord Shura, all members of the Thousand Rock Army and the Shura Palace are now on high alert, ready to fight at any time!"

Upon hearing this, Luo Xue, who was standing in front of him, was the first to speak and reply.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty the God of War, apart from some of the immortals who remained in Minlin, all the other free immortals have already arrived."

Following closely behind were the True Lord of the Die Shan Mountains, who had transformed into human form along with the other immortals.

"No need to be so serious, everyone's not here yet, just relax."

Seeing that everyone seemed to be affected by the serious expressions of himself and Morax, and were all very reserved, Lan Tian shook his head helplessly and said.

"Those... those empty seats for the God of Asura..."

It seemed that Lan Tian was the first to speak, breaking the somewhat serious atmosphere. The Moon-Climbing True Monarch, whose expression relaxed slightly, pointed to the seats of Ergolia and the others, and said hesitantly.

Upon hearing this, everyone except Morax, who sat calmly beside Lan Tian with his arms crossed, turned to look at Lan Tian. Lan Tian immediately understood the doubts in everyone's hearts and smiled faintly.

"That's easy, just wait a moment."

After speaking, Lan Tian picked up the Shura Token at his waist, closed his eyes, and used his divine sense to communicate with Ergolia and the others who were far away on the other side.

A moment later, Lan Tian raised his hand towards the five empty seats, and five beams of azure divine power began to fly towards the seats.

Then, under everyone's watchful eyes, the blue projections of Agoria and the others appeared one after another in their respective seats. Although the projections of Agoria and the others still had their eyes closed, this made everyone except Morax gape in astonishment.

"Hello, Blue Sky, and Morax the God of Rock. This is our first meeting. I am Agoria, the Goddess of Water. Blue Sky has mentioned me to you before."

The first projection of Egolia to open her eyes nodded slightly to greet Lantian and Morax in the main seat, and then waved to Luo Xue and the others with a gentle smile. Luo Xue and the others also stood up to respond.

"Brother Lantian! Your Majesty!"

Fukalos followed closely behind, smiling and waving to the blue sky and Morax.

After receiving nods of approval from Lantian and Morax, Fukaros greeted Luo Xue and the others, and then began chatting with Gui Zhong beside him.

"Is this the courtyard house you mentioned, Blue Sky? It has a very classical beauty."

After greeting everyone, Raiden smiled and asked Lantian.

"Morax, the Geo Archon... Could he be the Geo God whose martial arts skills are on par with Blue Sky's, as Blue Sky mentioned before? I really want to spar with him..."

After greeting everyone, Lei Yingdian lowered her head and began to murmur softly. However, what Lei Yingdian did not know was that her "soft" murmur was about the same volume as normal speech to Lantian and Morax, the two high-level demon gods.

"Cough cough, Shadow, we can hear you..."

Lan Tian looked at Lei Yingdian, who was still "softly" murmuring, with a bit of shame, and couldn't help but feel sorry for Lei Yingdian...

"what?"

Lei's spellcasting was forcibly interrupted. He subconsciously looked up and stared at the blue sky with a blank expression, creating an adorable contrast!

"Pfft!"

Many immortals, including Maxius, Luo Xue, Gui Zhong, and Fukaros, couldn't help but chuckle when they saw Lei Yingdian, who had seemed very serious, suddenly display such a silly and cute expression.

[This Thunder God before me... seems rather cute.]

"Shadow, didn't I tell you not to suddenly make such an expression before we came?"

Lei Dian looked at his adorable but highly skilled younger sister with a helpless expression, both amused and exasperated.

Everyone chuckled at this, seemingly enjoying the interaction between the two Raiden sisters.

……

"Hello, Blue Sky, Morax, am I too late? My apologies!"

The last to open his eyes was Buyer's projection. As if noticing that he was the last to arrive, he looked at Blue Sky and Morax with some embarrassment, and then bowed to apologize, remembering that he was Blue Sky.

"It's alright. My old friend and I didn't specifically require you to be there at a certain time, so there's no need to feel offended by it."

“Buyer, there’s no need to be so reserved. Morax just looks a bit serious, but he’s actually very easy to talk to, just like me.”

Upon seeing this, Blue Sky and Morax quickly raised their hands and used a wisp of their divine power to gently press down on Buyer's shoulders, stopping his movements.

After introducing everyone to each other, Lan Tian's previously gentle expression vanished, and he turned to the crowd and spoke seriously:

"Gentlemen! The reason I have summoned you here so urgently is that I have recently learned of a war that will affect the entire continent of Teyvat. I call it the War of the Demon Gods, and it is about to begin!"

boom!

Blue Sky's blunt and straightforward words caught everyone present, except Morax, off guard. They all stared in astonishment at Blue Sky and Morax, whose faces were serious.

"Your Majesty, what the God of War just said..."

One of the immortals seemed a little dazed, staring blankly at Morax as he spoke.

"As my old friend said, this news is indeed true."

Morax nodded seriously and confirmed Blue Sky's intelligence.

"This……"

Seeing that even the oldest Rock God Morax here had confirmed Blue Sky's information, everyone felt somewhat dazed and began to look at each other in confusion.

The atmosphere in the entire inner courtyard became serious at this moment.

After everyone calmed down, Lan Tian then spoke seriously:

"Gentlemen! Now that things have come to this, I no longer intend to hide it from you. Let's see what this is."

After saying that, Lan Tian raised his hand and took out his God Heart, showing everyone the Asura God Heart that was floating in his palm.

"God of Asura, what is this?"

Yi Xiaodao Tianzhenjun looked at the Heart of God in Lan Tian's hand with a puzzled expression.

"This is an item that has been within me since my birth. I call it the Heart of God. The information about the Demon God War was given to me by my Heart of God. No! To be precise, it was the object connected to my Heart of God who tried to tell me."

Lan Tian looked at the Asura God's Heart in his hand and explained seriously.

"Brother Blue Sky, who is your Divine Heart connected to?"

Seeing the serious atmosphere, Fukaros, who had been hesitant to speak, timidly asked the question that everyone was most curious about.

Turning his head to look at the somewhat timid-looking Fucaros sitting in her seat, Lantian gave her an encouraging and indulgent look before speaking succinctly and seriously:

"Earth veins".

boom!

As soon as Lan Tian said this, it was as if a thunderbolt struck the hearts of everyone present. They couldn't sit still any longer and all stood up, staring at Lan Tian with wide eyes and incredulous expressions.

Of course, besides Blue Sky, Morax, who had already received the news, and Fucarus, who was somewhat at a loss, were still sitting in their seats.

Lan Tian raised one hand and made a downward gesture. Only then did everyone belatedly sit back in their seats. However, judging from their expressions, everyone still seemed to find it hard to believe.

"My reaction was similar to yours when I first learned about it, but that's not the most important thing right now. The most important thing is that I've learned... this war between the demon gods is to select a few of the strongest demon gods to rule the entire continent of Teyvat as the rulers of the mortal realm, and according to the ley lines, the victors of this war... can only be seven demon gods, and there can only be seven demon gods, which means..."

Lan Tian stopped speaking there, but everyone immediately understood what he meant.

"This means that, apart from the six of us demon gods present, only one of the other demon gods can remain..."

Sitting next to Lan Tian, ​​Morax calmly added, his tone carrying a heavy sense of seriousness for the first time.

"That is not true, Morax."

Just as Agoria and the others were exchanging bewildered glances, Blue Sky shook his head at Morax and explained:

"According to the ley lines, there can only be one spot in the same region. In regions like Raiden Shin, where twin demon gods exist, a winner can only occupy one spot, not two. Moreover, a defeated demon god does not necessarily have to die in battle. Apart from the case of death, a demon god can be sealed or exiled to a region outside Teyvat, which I call the Dark Outer Sea."

Upon hearing this, everyone lowered their heads in deep thought. But soon, the Grass God, Buyer, noticed the key point in Lantian's words and looked up at him, saying:

"Wait a minute... Blue Sky, according to what you just said, only one demon god can exist in a region. But here, besides you, the god of Asura, there are also three demon gods: Morax, the god of rock; Hargentus, the god of dust; and Maxius, the god of the hearth. Are you suggesting that you kill each other?"

Upon hearing Buyer's words, everyone looked up at the demon gods born in Liyue, including Lantian, their eyes filled with solemnity. In particular, Luo Xue and the other immortals from Liyue looked on with disbelief and...panic.

Swish!

"Lord Shura! Lord Emperor! Lord Guizhong! And Maxihus! This is absolutely not allowed! Liyue needs you!"

Luo Xue was the first to lose her composure, quickly standing up and shouting loudly at Morax and the others, her eyes and tone full of pleading.

"Yes, yes! God of War! Emperor! Absolutely not...absolutely not!"

"Absolutely not! God of War! Emperor!"

Following closely behind, True Lord Li Shui Die Shan and True Lord Xiao Yue Zhu Yang also hurriedly stood up and advised Lan Tian and the others.

Although the other immortals did not stand up with True Lord Lishui Dieshan, they all pleaded with Lantian and Morax not to do so.

"Brother Blue Sky..."

Upon hearing this, Fukalos placed his hands on his chest and looked at Lantian and the others with a worried expression.

The scene suddenly became chaotic, but Lan Tian's calm and unhurried words immediately quieted things down.

"I already have a solution, why should I risk my life against Morax and the others?"

Swish!

Upon hearing this, everyone fell silent. Their attempts to persuade each other froze in mid-air, and they stared blankly at Lan Tian and Morax, who remained calm and composed.

Seeing that everyone had quieted down, Lan Tian spoke up to explain:

"First, as the victors of the Demon God War, you will receive a certificate of identity, namely the Heart of God. I have already obtained the Heart of God, which means that I can choose to participate in the Demon God War or not, because... since my birth, I have been the eighth ruler of the mortal world, independent of the seven great rulers of the mortal world—the Ruler of Judgment, and I am also known as... the God of Judgment."

"What!?"

The group, who had just calmed down and sat back down, were once again shocked by Lan Tian's words. However, this time they were clearly numb and did not stand up again, but the demons, including Ergolia, were dumbfounded.

"Blue Sky, you..."

"Brother Blue Sky!?"

……

Ergolia and the others stared at Lantian in astonishment, clearly shocked by the identity Lantian had revealed. Even Morax turned to look at Lantian beside him in surprise, as Lantian had not told Morax about his identity as the ruler of the mortal realm.

"Although you might not believe it, I can say for sure that—a demon god whose power I can absorb and which becomes a part of my power has a very high probability of becoming one of the seven ruling powers of the mortal world, which means..."

Lan Tian's gaze swept over Morax, Maxius, Gui Zhong, Ergolia, Buyer, Raiden Shin, Raiden Film, and others, and he smiled faintly, the meaning of which was self-evident.

Before Ergolia and the others could even show a happy smile, Lantian's next words were like a water dragon descending upon their heads.

"Don't be too happy yet. You have only just gained my initial approval. Whether you can truly become one of the rulers of the mortal world depends on whether you can survive and win the war between the demons and gods."

Upon hearing this, everyone immediately calmed down and began to lower their heads, frowning in deep thought.

At this moment, Maxius, who had remained silent, turned to look at the blue sky and asked in confusion:

"Master, now that you and the Emperor have already assumed the status of rulers in the mortal realm, what about Gui Zhong and me? We can't really just kill each other, can we?"

Gui Zhong, standing beside Maxius, also looked up at the blue sky, his grey-white eyes, full of curiosity, blinking as he gazed at the blue sky.

"That's easy. Since only one demon god can exist, can't we just abandon our demon god identity?"

Lan Tian smiled and looked at Gui Zhong and the other two.