Original God's Dark Priest

After receiving the news, Safir could no longer sit still. He immediately left Mondstadt and rushed towards Starfall Lake.

After confirming that she had left, Wendy ran to Liyue immediately.

In the Yanshang Tea House, Zhongli was sitting there as usual, quietly sipping his tea. Wendy came in quickly like a gust of wind and grabbed Zhongli's arm, causing him to frown.

Before Zhongfa could speak up, Wendy's voice rang out: "Old man, this time I can't just stand by and watch no matter what you say!"

"What happened? Why are you making such a fuss?" Zhongli steadied the teacup in his hand and calmly wiped away the tea that splashed onto his sleeves.

Wendy's face was pale: "Sapphire knows."

"Know what? Is there anything she can't know?" Zhongli put down the cup and his expression became a little more serious.

Wendy thought that Zhongli probably did this because he had a premonition that something big was going to happen, so he didn't want to lose his composure. So he told his discovery with confidence: "She realized that she was being plotted against. When she came to me just now, the look in her eyes made me think she was going to kill me with a knife."

"Crack" the cup was fine, but the table was cracked.

Zhongli slowly raised his arm, and the table in front of him shattered into pieces.

Wendy:……

Zhongli:……

Chu Yi: What serious illness do you two have?

"Sorry, compensation for this table..." Zhongli wanted to say something else.

Chu Yi took over the conversation very skillfully: "Put it on the boss's account."

“…Then I’ll have to trouble Miss Chuyi.” Zhongli said, and stood up and took Wendy away from the Yanshang Tea House.

The two gods wandered aimlessly in Liyue Harbor. Zhongli didn't know where to go, and Venti had no idea either, so he just followed silently.

After a long time, he seemed to have calmed down, and Zhongli slowly said: "Boss Phil is smart, it's not surprising that he can guess something. If she asks, just try your best to cover it up, why panic?

Being too flustered will only arouse suspicion. You are like this now, I am afraid you can’t hide it even if you want to.”

“No…” Wendy really wanted to ask if you guys in Liyue are all heartless from the same lineage?

That one is a little heartless and this one is an old heartless. Now that the matter has been exposed by him, they just say they are hiding it. What are they hiding?

If I really piss that guy off in Mondstadt, who will be responsible?

The two most ancient gods who lived for thousands of years sat face to face in silence on the bustling streets of Liyue Harbor. They could only pray that Saphir would get a satisfactory answer in the Midsummer Courtyard, otherwise it would not be so easy to resolve the situation if the young lady came back and made trouble.

Saphir left in a hurry, which attracted Ying's attention. She and Paimon looked at each other and quickly followed.

Sato was originally going to act with Ying today, but after noticing this change, she finally chose to act alone.

Cole and his companions were guests, so naturally they did not want to get involved. Only Xier, who belonged to the camp of Mond and the Fatui, followed Ying to where Saphir was.

At the entrance of the Midsummer Courtyard Secret Realm, looking at the secret gate flashing with blue light, Little Paimon asked doubtfully: "Is this the place? Ying, are you sure you are not seeing things?"

"There's no doubt about it! I watched her run in and then she came to pick you up!" Ying was so sure that she wanted to pat her chest to make the guarantee.

Xier nodded slightly: "It should be correct. Unless she came here and left using Shadow Escape, otherwise, she is inside."

"Why did Safir suddenly come here? Is there some secret here?" Little Paimon floated in the air, puzzled.

Ying and Xier shook their heads together. If they knew, they wouldn’t be here.

In the end, Ying made the final decision: "Let's go in and take a look!"

The three of them touched the gate to the secret realm together. With a twist of light, their figures disappeared from the spot.

Just after they disappeared, an abyss mage suddenly appeared, stared at the gate to the secret realm for a long time, and then left.

"What did you say? Ying and her friends entered the Midsummer Courtyard?" Kong was a little surprised after getting the information from the Abyss Mage. Logically speaking, that place was not something Ying should come into contact with now. He was a little worried that if Ying met that person there, things might get out of control.

Thinking of this, he stood up from his seat, began to pace slowly, and muttered to himself: "Should I remind Saphir to let her take Ying away...

No, no, this is simply trying to cover up one's own faults. If I say it directly, without telling him what will happen, that guy will probably get curious and go in to find out...

Send someone to intercept her? That doesn't seem very reliable. Ying's strength is no longer the same as before. Ordinary Abyss Mages are no match for her. If we send an Abyss Singer, it would be telling her clearly that I don't want her to go.

This doesn’t work, that doesn’t work, what should I do…”

Just as he was hesitating, a female voice sounded in his ears: "Don't worry about it, just let it go. The gears of fate have already shifted. If you want to change the world, don't you need such a 'variable'?"

"Who!" Kong was very alert. He didn't notice anyone approaching, but the voice didn't sound like an illusion, which made him a little panicked.

But no matter how he asked, that person seemed to have disappeared and never gave any response.

"Disrupt the plan and let nature take its course..." Sora held onto the chair beside him and slowly sat down, "I hope so."

Inside the Midsummer Courtyard, Saphir destroyed the Formless Thunder guarding the bottom layer with one strike. After confirming that there were no more monsters in the entire secret realm, he looked at a portal that was slowly emerging.

"This is a portal leading to the outside world. No, Wendy clearly told me that the answers I wanted to know were in here, so why did she let me leave after dealing with this guy?" Saphir narrowed his eyes, trying to analyze it all.

After a few seconds, she seemed to sense something and walked around the portal and to the other side. A deep purple vortex immediately appeared before her eyes: "I see, it's a double-sided portal. Going through the front side will lead you out of here, but going through the other side will lead you into the secret realm."

Without hesitation, she entered the spinning deep purple vortex and disappeared.

But what she didn't know was that when she stepped into the portal and left here, a figure exactly like her slowly emerged from where Wuxiang Lei had been, standing there like a guard...

Black sky, blood-red sun, broken earth, cracked rock statues...

This was the first scene that Saphir saw after entering the vortex. The air around him was filled with the breath of destruction and death. The already broken laws of Teyvat were further destroyed, and this place had become a dead land.

"Is it so desolate... Is this the 'past' Teyvat?" Saphir said softly as he slowly walked to the front of the rock statue.

She noticed the black blood that had long dried on the statue, and also discovered that the statue had lost its charm and had completely turned into a dead object.

There is only one thing that could cause such a change: the death of the rock god Morax.

In other words, Zhongli is no longer here.

Saphir took a deep breath and forced herself to calm down. Reason told her that this was not true, so she could not have any emotional fluctuations and had to observe everything around her carefully.

This land is not vast. Perhaps because of the tsunami and rising sea levels, the surrounding area has long been submerged by sea water, leaving only a few scattered pieces of land for people to settle down.

The sea that submerged the land did not look safe either, because the water was all black and mixed with the corpses of various creatures. The stench mixed with the moist, fishy and salty sea breeze blew in one's face, making people feel nauseous when they smelled it.

Saphir forced herself to calm down and not think about this. She had already activated the assassination creed and was scanning all the surrounding areas continuously to ensure that she could react immediately if someone appeared.

But one minute passed, ten minutes passed, and after waiting for an hour in this almost doomsday-like environment, still no one showed up.

Saphir felt a little strange. According to Wendy, there was the breath of Asmodeus here. Asmodeus was the maintainer of the laws of nature and also the ruler of "space". The space protected by her breath should not be like this.

unless…

"Unless, I have entered your memory, Asmodeus..." Saphir reached out and touched the cracked rock statue. The moment she touched it, the rock statue dissipated like dust blown by the wind.

A young girl appeared in the rock statue.

The moment she saw the girl, Safir's pupils suddenly shrank, because this girl looked exactly like her, but her clothes were completely different, and her temperament was also different.

"This is... me?" Saphir was a little uncertain.

The girl in white divine clothing opened her eyes, revealing golden pupils. She looked at Saphir quietly, and after a long time she spoke slowly: "Is it the Fatui this time? Well, Barnabas must be won over..."

It is not difficult to guess the identity of Saphir's Fatui, because there is the Fatui logo on her clothes. This time, she did not wear the Iris Dream prepared for her by Ningguang, nor did she wear the formal dress given to her by Zhongli. Instead, she wore her own uniform, so it is not surprising that she was recognized at a glance.

She was just about to say something when the girl in front of her suddenly turned into a sky full of golden light and disappeared in an instant.

It was so fast that she didn't even have the chance to reach out before the other person completely disappeared.

"What's going on...Why did it disappear...What kind of answer is this?" Safire was a little annoyed.

At this moment, a female voice sounded, answering her question: "Su died in the last reincarnation, but her obsession kept her alive until now. She is satisfied after seeing you."

As soon as he finished speaking, Saphir suddenly jumped up, and the Netherworld Chain appeared directly and shot towards the direction where the voice came from.

"Ding!" There was a sound of metal clashing from the other side. Saphir did not hesitate and directly detonated the chain.

In an instant, a thick fog of death spread out with the violent explosion, obscuring her vision.

Because of the assassination field, Saphir did not lose her perception of this space. She could sense a tall figure appearing in the field.

"Asmodeus, the upholder of justice..." Saphir swallowed, this enemy was much stronger than ordinary gods.

"I'm glad you still remember me. Su, no, I should call you Aurora." Asmodeus waved his hand to disperse the mist, his unchanging face full of indifference and indifference.

Looking at the culprit who left Ying and Kong here, Saphir felt very nervous: "You seem to know me very well, so you should know that my name is Saphir, and Aurora is just the winter name given to me by Barnabas."

"Su is Saphir, Aurora is also Saphir. This name is not recognizable to me. I will only call you by the 'unique' name of your reincarnation this time." Asmodeus said lightly.

When Saphir heard this, he looked at Asmodeus with a strange look in his eyes: "What about you?"

"You can call me Asmodeus, although that's not accurate." Asmodeus said, a red cube appeared in his hand.

Saphir could see that this was the ability that sealed Ying, and it looked like Asmodeus was going to use the same method against her.

With a warning in her heart, Saphir dodged quickly. The moment she dodged, red crystals began to condense where she was. If she had been a little slower, the outcome would have been predictable.

Because of her extreme dodge, she triggered the ability of time stop. Relying on the time stop, Saphir directly launched the Heart-rigging, intending to give the opponent a ruthless blow first.

But just when she appeared in front of Asmodeus, Asmodeus's originally stagnant body suddenly regained its mobility. She raised her hand and pinched Saphir's right hand. Even though her palm was pierced by Wu Ai Li Kong, there was no expression on her face, as if she could not feel any pain at all.

Saphir was horrified and tried desperately to break free from Asmodeus's grip, pouring strength into his weapon continuously, trying to limit the opponent's power with salt crystals and seek a chance to break free.

"You are too weak. It is not the right time for you to come here. Even with the blessing of Istaru, it is far from enough." As Asmodeus finished speaking, countless scarlet crystals began to spread around Saphir's body, and were about to completely submerge her.

"Compared to Su...you are not half as good as her." Asmodeus said, slowly closing her eyes. Saphir vaguely saw the crystal tears sliding down the corners of her eyes.

This discovery surprised her: "You... cried?"

"..." Asmodeus did not speak any more. In her opinion, any conversation was no longer necessary.

They gave up all possibilities and bet everything on this reincarnation, but the reality dealt her a heavy blow. Failure seemed inevitable, which made her very angry. At the same time, a crazy idea came into her mind.

"If I can't grant her the land of her dreams, then I will turn it into a gift of liberation. The endless cycle of reincarnation has ended. Go to sleep, and I will be there soon. Su, wait for me for a while. I will soon..." She whispered, and it seemed that she was planning a killing move.

But just as she was about to kill Saphir, a brilliant golden light suddenly burst out from Saphir's body, the Nether Mode was released and the Seraph Mode appeared.

An aura no less powerful than that of a god spread out without reservation, causing Asmodeus's dull eyes to flash with a gleam of brilliance.

Her scarlet crystal was destroyed in an instant, and Wu Ai Li Kong was also pulled back with extremely powerful force.

Saphir grew wings on his back, and his whole body radiated dazzling golden light: "The breath of the divine realm... I see, with one thought, it turns into a small world, and you have comprehended the laws of space to such a level, it is not easy.

But there is no law of time here, so the passage of time has lost its meaning. In the final analysis, it is just a crude method. Asmodeus... No, you are not Asmodeus, you are just an afterimage. Afterimage, just honestly fulfill your obligation to guide me. Whether I am qualified to continue moving forward, let your real body judge. "

As she spoke, she reached out and took out Veronica, and her whole body turned into a sun, releasing an awakening skill: Holy Light Apocalypse.

"Follow God's will, and victory will be ours."

The golden light spread throughout the entire space. The broken earth, the black sky, and the turbid sea all melted like spring snow, revealing a barrier that sparkled with azure light before her.

"Now, can we have a good chat?"