The Lost People of Teyvat

Chapter 366 Fontaine Original Sin
sky island,
Tianli opened his eyes, with no intention of turning back, his golden eyes were calm: "You are here."

"Well, you seem to be waiting for me... for a long time?"

"It's just a trance, it won't last long."

"It's quieter here than I thought. Is there no one on the island?"

"I got them out of the way ahead of time."

"That's no wonder."

Chen Tianfeng came close to Tianli, stopped, looked at the seven illusory pillars, raised his eyebrows slightly, then retracted his gaze, sat down cross-legged like Tianli, and placed the long sword across his legs.

"Want to play a game of chess?"

"Pointless."

"Make a pot of tea?"

"Pointless."

"Pour wine and drink together?"

"Pointless."

"Then what makes sense?"

“Getting straight to the point and not wasting time is meaningful.”

Tianli still looked at the illusory pillar and said, "Otherworldly God, are you coming to Sky Island this time for the Fontaine prophecy?"

"good."

Chen Tianfeng nodded and admitted it frankly.

There was nothing to hide about his purpose of coming to Sky Island. Moreover, after controlling half of the world of Teyvat, he had a hunch: there was a high probability that there would be no conflict in this search for justice.

"Then, the gods from other worlds..."

Tianli finally turned his gaze, his golden eyes reflecting Chen Tianfeng's figure, and said, "Are you here for the Fontaine humans, or for those pure water elves disguised as humans?"

A pure water elf disguised as a human?

Chen Tianfeng narrowed his eyes slightly, and several guesses suddenly popped up in his mind, but he was not sure: "What's the difference?"

"If it's the former, there will be no conflict between you and me. If it's the latter..."

Tianli paused and said seriously: "I have no choice but to fight you, even if the world of Teyvat will be shattered."

"Those pure water elves will soon become complete humans. There is no difference between the two." Chen Tianfeng shook his head.

"No, there is a big difference. As long as those pure water spirits are not completely transformed, they will be pollution and affect the stability of the world of Teyvat."

Tianli turned his gaze back to the illusory pillar and said, "Otherworldly God, you should know that I once led a demon war that swept the entire world, and selected seven earthly rulers... Then, do you know why I did this?"

Chen Tianfeng did not answer, but just listened quietly. Tianli did not care whether he answered or not, and tacitly did not give Chen Tianfeng time to speak, and continued: "It is to consolidate faith and stabilize the world."

In the beginning, although the world of Teyvat was a little fragile, its overall framework was complete and did not require too much effort to repair and support.

Heaven created gods and humans, and engraved the motto "God loves the world" deep in the soul of the demon god. He then ordered the demon god to walk on the earth, protect humans, and collect faith.

Although the world at that time also had disputes, it was generally harmonious and beautiful. Unless there were special circumstances, even if there were conflicts between the demons, there would not be an endless war between the gods. The law of nature was high in the sky, and it could maintain the normal operation of the world of Teyvat by relying on the power of the chaotic beliefs that were differentiated by the gods and had different amounts, qualities, and types.

But the good times did not last long. After several battles that were beyond the capacity of the world of Teyvat to withstand, the world framework became incomplete and almost completely shattered.

The vast but scattered faith of the past is no longer able to support the operation of the world.

The Heavenly Law divided the corpses of the defeated into seven parts, stripped away some of the ancient dragon's authority, and built seven thrones of gods and seven hearts of gods. The purpose was to condense the past numerous and chaotic beliefs into seven strands, sacrificing quantity for quality, creating seven pillars of the world, completing the framework, and thus continuing the operation of the world.

So there was a war between demons and gods.

So there were seven gods.

Gods are in their positions, and the Heart of God gathers and collects faith. The Eye of God helps people with outstanding talents among humans, so that they can gain purer faith. At the same time, this kind of help is not only for the power of faith, but also for obtaining the [wishes] of the owner of the Eye of God.

Restricted by the rules of the world of Teyvat, or in other words, restricted by the rules of this starry universe, the souls of all living beings are divided into three parts: [soul], [memories] and [wishes].

Faith and desire both originate from the soul. From a certain perspective, desire and faith have many similarities and can be transformed into pillars, and their effects are better than those of faith.

"The rules I created only apply to faith born from human beings. If the pure water elves were just pure water elves, their faith would not be gathered and would not affect the safety of the world. If they were completely human, the power of faith they gathered would also only help maintain the stability of the world."

Tianli said calmly, "But Egolia's creation of a human was only half successful."

"So the Fontaine people today are neither pure water elves nor humans. Their power of faith will be gathered, but they cannot be used. At the same time, it will pollute the pure power of faith and affect the pillars of the world."

Chen Tianfeng sighed with emotion and said, "This is the [original sin] of Egolia and the Fontaine people."

Tianli nodded and said, "So I made a prophecy, letting the flood mixed with the original fetal sea submerge Fontaine, and let everything return to normal."

The flood mixed with the original fetal sea can dissolve humans disguised as pure water elves, but it will not let humans die from suffocation. It can clear the pollution while ensuring the survival rate of normal humans to the greatest extent.

"No, that doesn't make sense."

Chen Tianfeng thought for a moment and looked at Tianli: "If what you want is to get everything back on track, then why don't you just wipe out all the humans transformed by pure water elves from the beginning, instead of going through so much trouble to set up a prophecy?"

Heaven is absolutely capable of “setting things right” right from the start. Even if He has not yet recovered from old injuries from repeated battles, He is not something the Pure Water Elves can resist, not even with Egolia.

"Because when I decided to erase them, I accidentally caught a glimpse of the future."

Tianli's expression did not change at all, he was majestic and calm: "I see that if we leave them here for the time being, the second water god will take some measures to pull an ancient dragon king with full authority into the human camp - this is what I am happy to see."

"But a quick glance did not allow me to see the exact moment when the Ancient Dragon King surrendered. The humans disguised as pure water elves cannot reproduce in normal ways, and will inevitably squeeze the living space of humans. The more they are, the fewer humans there will be. It's no different from parasitism."

“Hence the prophecy.”

Tianli looked at Chen Tianfeng and said, "The time node of the flood outbreak is not set randomly. It is when half of the people of Fontaine are humans disguised as pure water elves, the judgment in the prophecy will truly come. And this is also the limit of what I can endure."

"I see."

Chen Tianfeng exhaled, "It's a very cold decision, but it's not a mistake - at least you won't think it's a mistake."

He paused, thinking that he had said something nonsense, so he turned his head to look at the seven illusory pillars, his eyes fixed on the one with a crack: "Is this the pillar formed by the faith of the Fontaine Water God? It has turned into this state. Your concentration is really good."

Chen Tianfeng praised him, not noticing the strange flash in Tianli's golden eyes, and continued: "But why are these pillars all gray and white? Haven't you thought about making them different colors like the seven elements, so that they can be distinguished?"

"They were originally seven different colors, just like the seven elements."

Tianli stared at Chen Tianfeng, as if to say, "Guess who caused them to become like this?" He said expressionlessly, "Besides, it is not the pillar of Fontaine, it represents Inazuma - the Inazuma whose Heart of God you devoured."

(End of this chapter)