Paimon looked at Lumine beside her, saying somewhat helplessly.
"Hahaha, you two go ahead and find the resistance."
"I'll catch up with you shortly."
Qiu Bai said with a chuckle, seeing Paimon little expression.
"Qiu Bai, you're not coming?"
Lumine looked at Qiu Bai with confusion.
"Mmm, you go ahead first."
Qiu Bai nodded, then vanished from the spot.
When he reappeared, he was on a hillside.
Before him stretched the vast sea, with the sun high in the sky shining on the water surface, and seagulls flying over the waves.
Faintly visible on the beach below were some Nobushi and Kairagi ronin.
"System, claim reward."
Qiu Bai said in his mind, standing with his hands behind his back as he looked at the scenery before him.
[Ding!]
[Reward claimed: Double divine power!]
The mechanical voice of the system rang in Qiu Bai mind.
Then a warm current surged through Qiu Bai body, and feeling the powerful divine power within him, he couldn't help but smile slightly.
"System, open host panel."
Qiu Bai commanded the system.
[Ding!]
[Name: Qiu Bai/Qiu Xue]
[Age: 5000+ Year]
[Identity: Formed from the Yin and Yang energies of heaven and earth, native god of Teyvat, the eighth deity of the mortal realm, Archon Morcius, the Archon of Yin and Yang, God of Balance, Yin-Yang Immortal, Immortal Lord, Ruler of Yin and Yang (Half-step)]
[New Authorities: Bestow "Vision", Restore lifespan of beings, Power of the Five Elements, Ability of the Eight Trigrams.]
[Divine Power Level: Peak Top-tier Archon!]
[Comprehensive Strength: Half-step Law Ruler!]
[Weapon: Yin-Yang Chaos Sword]
[Item: Yin-Yang Divine Heart]
"Half-step Law Ruler, huh?"
"Still not strong enough. That Ruler of Void was a mid-level Law Ruler."
Qiu Bai murmured, clenching his fist.
"But at my current strength, even if all Seven of the mortal realm came at me together."
"I fear they would no longer be my match."
Qiu Bai smiled, looking at the distant sunset.
"Bestow Visions, huh?"
"A Yin-Yang Vision?"
Thinking of this, Qiu Bai mouth twitched.
When he had transformed into Qiu Xue before, he had thought about giving Razor a Vision, but it had failed.
"System, why can I bestow Visions now?"
"When I couldn't before?"
Qiu Bai asked curiously.
[In response to the host, the Seven Archons can influence the bestowing of Visions, but Visions are granted by Celestia.]
[The host is now considered half a Law Ruler, so you can bestow Visions yourself.]
The system explained slowly to the curious Qiu Bai.
[In a sense, they aren't Visions.]
[But their function is completely identical to Visions.]
The system explained to Qiu Bai.
"I see..."
Qiu Bai murmured, stroking his chin.
"But... the most important goal now."
"Is to recover my lost memories."
Qiu Bai murmured with his eyes half-closed, feeling the warm sea breeze.
He had strange dreams several times, but he couldn't remember the content of the dreams.
In an instant, he had completely forgotten them.
And then there was the familiar feeling he had when seeing that field of flowers, as well as Ei sense of familiarity with him.
If he really was their big brother, but had no memory or feelings for them.
And Ei had also lost the memory of that big brother.
Even if he did recover those memories, Ei and the other gods probably wouldn't remember him.
Would he go to Ei and say he was her big brother?
Thinking of this, Qiu Bai lips twitched.
"That would be too foolish."
What would he do, walk up to Ei and say: "Ei, I am your big brother."
"Now, it is the time of extinction!"
Thinking of this, Qiu Bai couldn't help but cover his forehead.
"Besides, this matter hasn't been settled yet."
"Everything is still in the realm of speculation; whether I am that big brother or not is unclear."
Qiu Bai sighed, shaking his head.
"The system also said it bonded with me a thousand years ago."
"The system doesn't know about anything before that either."
Qiu Bai said in his heart.
"So, ultimately."
"I need to find the answers myself."
Qiu Bai said, crossing his arms and looking at the sea before him.
After recovering his memories, perhaps all the answers would be revealed.
If he could truly recover his memories, then he could seek the next goal.
That would be to find out why the gods, Azhdaha, Ei, and Makoto had forgotten him.
Then find a way to help them recover their memories.
And there was also that book formed by the laws of Yin and Yang, the fragments created by him personally.
And the issue of his birth a thousand years ago.
But his appearance over three thousand years ago would also be resolved.
And when he had crossed over, Sumeru had just emerged.
The storyline had only progressed to the Flower God birth celebration; he didn't know what happened afterwards.
"The mysteries of this world."
"Are truly numerous..."
Qiu Bai sighed, looking at the sea before him.
"The goal is clear, the logic is sound."
"The first objective now is to recover my memories."
Qiu Bai frowned, murmuring.
"Hmm..."
Qiu Bai stood on the hillside with his arms crossed, pondering for a moment.
"And that Ruler of Void..."
"Why did they come to glance at us? Could all this be the doing of Celestia?"
Qiu Bai said with a frown, his eyes glowing faintly as he looked at the position of Celestia high in the sky.
"Forget it, thinking about it now won't help."
"Let me go find Lumine and Paimon first."
Qiu Bai shook his head. For now, he would focus on completing the tasks given by the system.
Since he didn't know where to find solutions, he would strive to become stronger quickly.
He sensed Lumine location with his divine power, then vanished in an instant.
Just as he appeared, a Shogunate soldier with a tachi slashed at him!
Qiu Bai frowned slightly and quickly retreated backward.
"Qiu Bai, how did you suddenly appear here?"
Lumine, standing on the beach with her Dull Blade in hand, asked with confusion as Qiu Bai suddenly appeared.
"I came to find you, of course."
"Doesn't the atmosphere here seem a bit off?"
Qiu Bai looked around.
In front of him stood more than a dozen Shogunate soldiers, while behind him were Lumine and Paimon.
"A helper?"
"Stand aside, don't get in our way!"
A Shogunate soldier shouted with furrowed brows at the suddenly appearing Qiu Bai.
"Qiu Bai, quickly take care of these Shogunate soldiers!"
"Save these resistance fighters!"
Paimon shouted loudly at Qiu Bai back.
"The resistance?"
"Isn't that Teppei?"
Qiu Bai murmured in surprise, seeing Teppei in the distance.
"Oh, so he's a helper!"
"Brothers, charge! Take them down!"
The Shogunate soldiers, hearing Paimon words, raised their tachi and shouted loudly at Qiu Bai.
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