Genshin Impact: Awakening in the Darkness

"So, the taboo has already appeared." Morax said gravely, processing the news brought by Xuan Yue.

"Well, Xuanqing won't be back for a while, and I don't want to deal with this mess right now. Anyway, they signed a contract, so I'm not afraid they'll renege on their promise." Xuan Yue reached for a pastry from Morax's side.

"How fast is the spread?" Morax casually moved the plate of pastries toward Xuan Yue's side.

"Three years from now, it will sweep across the entire continent, first Sumeru, then Liyue." A terrifying killing intent also spread from Xuan Yue's eyes: "When that day comes, I will make my move."

Morax did not reply, and the atmosphere was unusually heavy.

"Your Majesty, something terrible has happened!" Minghai burst in, causing Morax to stop writing and the Heavenly Emperor to put down his food.

“Your Majesty, the karmic obstacles on the Yaksha side…” Before Minghai could finish speaking, a gust of wind swept past his ear, and he saw that the place where Xuan Yue had been standing was now empty.

Within the Yaksha's territory, many Yakshas were already fighting each other, their bodies shrouded in thick black mist, exuding intense resentment.

The five members of Fushe are intervening in these battles; those who can be knocked unconscious, and those who can't are beaten down.

"Brother, there's too much, I can't suppress it anymore." Water Demon Wipes the cold sweat from her forehead; her physical strength was almost at its limit.

"Ha!" Mi Nu used an earthen wall to trap the fighting Yakshas, ​​buying them time.

“We’ve already sent someone to invite the Emperor. Hold on a little longer.” Mi Nu patted Fanan on the shoulder and looked at Xiao Da’s response on the other side.

"I'll go assist in the response and let Xiao rest." After saying that, Fushe went over and took Xiao away from the battlefield.

"..." Xiao stood next to Fanan, holding his gun, still a little dazed. He didn't know how he had escaped the battle or how he had suddenly gotten to the side. He remembered that Fushe had suddenly come in and reacted with Yingyi in an explosion. He was afraid of being caught in the blast, so he moved aside and then couldn't get back in.

Xiao indicated that his mind was blank at that moment.

"Sigh~" Mi Nu crossed his arms and looked at Xiao with amusement. After spending so much time together, how could he not know Xiao's current situation? He reached out to touch Xiao's head, but was instantly stopped by a gun and silently withdrew his hand.

"Ahem, Xiao, take a rest. The Emperor will be here soon." Mi Nu tried to salvage the awkward situation, but Xiao's eyes only flickered slightly when he heard the word "Emperor," his face remaining expressionless.

"I heard that the Celestial Lord has returned to Liyue. How about Xiao comes with us to pay him a visit after this matter is resolved?" Xiao finally responded to Fa Nan's suggestion: "Sure."

"..." At this moment, Fa Nan and Mi Nu seemed to say: Can't you say more?

"Xiao! Watch out..." Fushe's voice came, and Xiao instantly jumped onto the treetop on alert, but didn't hear the second half of the sentence.

"Xiao, behind you!" came the anxious reply.

At that moment, a hand suddenly attacked from behind Xiao. The distance was too close, and there was no time to dodge. Xiao's fragile neck was grabbed by the crazed Yaksha.

"Xiao!" The four rushed forward to save Xiao, but someone else acted faster than them.

"Divine Judgment!" A beam of golden light pierced through the yaksha's body, and the hand that was gripping the xiao's neck loosened. The xiao was caught by the four yakshas who rushed up and protected it tightly.

The demon fell from the tree and lost consciousness, but it had no injuries.

"Your Majesty the Heavenly Lord." Fu She stood up and bowed to Xuan Yue, who had rushed over, followed closely by the four people behind him.

"Are you all alright?" Xuan Yue asked, looking at the five people bowing before her.

"The Heavenly Lord arrived just in time; we only suffered minor injuries," Mi Nu replied.

"Okay, just the few of you?"

"Reporting to Heavenly Lord, the remaining Yakshas have been settled with Lord Guizhong," the reply came.

"Okay, you guys go ahead, Morax will be here soon." Xuan Yue waved her right hand, dismissing them.

"Come out. You're not some remnant of a demon god, you won't die so easily. Besides—this is just a puppet." Xuan Yue's voice wasn't loud, but if the Five Yakshas were here, they would follow his gaze and see that under the shadow of the tree, "resentment" lingered and did not dissipate.

"Tsk tsk tsk, as expected of His Majesty, you still remember me." The "resentment" flew into the air and merged with the parts that had separated from the other berserk yakshas, ​​and a shadow appeared in front of them.

"It really is you." Xuan Yue's tone was cold and flat, as if she had expected it, revealing the identity of "Yuan Qi": "Jin Yu".

"Your Majesty, I am deeply grateful that you still remember my name." Jin Yu seemed to be smiling as he spoke, but his figure was blurry and difficult to see clearly.

"You came here to force me out." Xuan Yue used a statement of fact, after all, even ghosts wouldn't believe that among the three yakshas standing there, only Xiao was being targeted, which was not the kind of thinking a mad yaksha would have.

"Your Majesty is as clever as ever. Why don't you think again why you thought I was just forcing you out?" Jin Yu's words made Xuan Yue's heart tighten. The next second, Jin Yu laughed wildly and attacked Morax, who had arrived shortly after.

"Accept everything." Morax didn't say much and directly deployed his shield, but unexpectedly, the shadow actually passed right through his shield.

"!" (Oh no, there's no way to dodge it.)

Just as Jin Yu was about to succeed, a black hole suddenly appeared. He was too fast and crashed directly into the black hole.

"Oh dear, Jin Yu, have you forgotten that your sovereign is in charge of 'Order'?" Xuan Yue said this, but there was no smile on her face as she looked at the shadow rushing out of the black hole in front of her.

"Ah, I almost forgot if you hadn't mentioned it. My lord, you were originally—the one in heaven." The amount of information in this sentence was so great that Morax's eyes flickered slightly.

"It seems you know quite a lot, but you've said something wrong," Xuan Yue donned her divine armor, her Shao Yang transformed into a spear, and she swung it towards the shadow.

Jin Yu dodged left and right, but couldn't evade. Why didn't she retaliate? Because the blurry figure of Jin Yu had already developed cracks, beyond repair.

"You!" Jin Yu felt the burning heat on his body and the pain in his soul. He knew he couldn't stay any longer.

"This body is the origin of the world, a witness to all eras, a recorder, and also a transgressor." In an instant, Xuan Yue shattered the shadow formed by Jin Yu into pieces.

"Hahaha, I hope Your Majesty can have the last laugh." Jin Yu's voice echoed around.

"I will, Heaven's will will decide!" Xuan Yue used the Purification Authority once again to cleanse this filthy battlefield.

"Ah!" Jin Yu's scream rang out. In the unknown cave, his body spat out a mouthful of blood and fainted.

“Xuan Yue.” Morax looked at him, meeting Xuan Yue’s gaze. His eyes held a wealth of meaning, which Xuan Yue understood perfectly.

“I will explain, but not now.” After saying that, Xuan Yue pointed to the group of unconscious Yakshas below and said, “Let’s deal with the immediate matter first.”

"can."

Morax turned to inform the Thousand Rock Army, completely unaware that Xuan Yue's palms were sweating profusely: (Did he notice anything? I hope this pretense will be alright. I hope Morax won't ask, because I was just imitating Xuan Qing; those were the words Xuan Qing said.) Poor Xuan Yue silently drew circles in her mind…