"Life! Burn! Nascent Soul! Burn!"
With Ling Feng's resolute roar, a beam of light shot into the sky, and countless energies converged upon him.
"This is! Ling Feng's aura is rapidly strengthening!"
Chiyo watched the figure in the beam of light in disbelief.
They could all clearly sense Ling Feng's aura climbing at an unparalleled speed, surpassing that of ordinary demon gods.
As the light beam disappeared, Ling Feng was enveloped in a cascade of colorful flowing light, his aura surging with immense power.
"One quarter of an hour, peak Nascent Soul?"
"Heh~ That's enough."
"Let me... go completely mad this once!"
Ling Feng's eyes narrowed, and two pistols appeared in his hands.
Black and white gun bodies, gilded barrels, and a crimson Herrscher core embedded at the safety switch.
As molten gold-like scorching flames surged into the sky, a fiery greatsword coalesced within the inferno.
"Playing with fire, naturally I have to use this guy."
Ling Feng took a step forward, transforming into a rainbow light that tore through the sky, leaving behind a massive crater.
Simultaneously, the two mechanical demon gods had finished recharging.
Initially, they were to continue following the orders of the pitch-black will to destroy the protective shield.
However, upon seeing the rapidly approaching rainbow light in the distance.
The two mechanical demon gods emitted a warning-like sound. They sensed an unprecedented threat from that rainbow light!
Strike first, strike hard!
"Boom—"
The two mechanical demon gods decisively attacked, unleashing two unstoppable purple Abyss lasers towards the approaching figure, while countless missiles rained down.
"Crimson Dragon Flame!"
As a fiery great dragon roared past.
In an instant, flames engulfed everything!
"Warning! Warning! Target extremely dangerous! Evacuate immediately!"
Seeing their attack completely annihilated, the two mechanical demon gods immediately "chickened out."
"Trying to leave? Did I agree to that?! Hand over your lives— and leave them behind!"
As Ling Feng roared, surging true essence poured madly into the greatsword, along with the full power of the earth fire.
In an instant, absorbing the majority of the true essence of the peak Nascent Soul and the origin of the earth fire, the greatsword's appearance changed once more.
Ling Feng, looking at the brand-new greatsword in his hand, couldn't help but be surprised.
"This is... Jie Mie?!"
"Five stars to six stars."
"If that's the case..."
Ling Feng gripped the sword hilt with both hands, glaring at the mechanical demon gods, his body erupting in fierce flames, like a supervolcano about to erupt.
"Blazing Flame! One Slash!"
Accompanied by a sunlight-like blinding firelight, flames consumed the entire sky.
"Extremely dangerous! Extremely dangerous! Defend! Defend!"
The two mechanical demon gods quickly gathered all their Abyss power on their surface, attempting to resist this terrifying strike.
Hiss—
Scorching flames swallowed the two mechanical demon gods, along with countless Abyss monsters.
"Phew..."
Half a minute later, looking at the ash-coated mechanical demon gods, Ling Feng finally breathed a sigh of relief.
The greatest danger to Inazuma had been eliminated by him.
However... burning his Nascent Soul and life force through a secret technique... there was no turning back for him now.
His fate was certain— death.
Since that was the case...
"Then let my broken body burn until the very last moment!"
Holding the Jie Mie greatsword, Ling Feng appeared in various locations across Narukami Island, burning them all to ashes with his flames.
In about ten minutes, the majority of Inazuma's Abyss monster army had been wiped out by Ling Feng.
Ling Feng floated alone in the air, the Jie Mie in his right hand, while in his left palm, a ring floated, emitting a faint glow.
"Ei... you still couldn't..."
"But don't worry, in the future... I'll come back with Makoto."
Ling Feng clenched the Resurrection Ring and stored it into the system space.
Ling Feng straightened his back and looked at the pitch-black rift that reappeared.
Ling Feng understood that if the pitch-black mist was not completely cleared, no matter how many Abyss monsters he destroyed, it would be in vain.
"Phew... then, this is the final moment."
He had promised Ei to protect Inazuma, so even at the cost of his life, he would fulfill it.
One man! One sword! Defending a nation!
"Although Inazuma and Japan are very similar, Inazuma is Inazuma, and Japan is Japan. They are not the same!"
"Inazuma was built through the joint efforts of Makoto and me... how can I let you... destroy it!"
Ling Feng raised the Jie Mie high, a look of unprecedented determination on his face!
Back then, when he first arrived in Teyvat, he was an underage child with no power to even tie a chicken.
Even Slimes had bullied him.
But after experiencing one event after another, he had gradually grown to his current level, capable of standing on his own.
"For what I cherish, for what I love..."
"Heavenly Fire—"
"Unsheathe!!!"
Scorching heavenly fire instantly engulfed the entire Inazuma like a vast ocean.
Flames, capable of burning everything, annihilated the entire Abyss monster army and dispelled the darkness that shrouded Inazuma.
However, within these all-consuming flames, everything except the Abyss remained unharmed.
On the horizon where sky and sea met, a fish-belly white appeared, and the land gradually brightened. A red sun slowly rose!
Golden dawn gradually dyed the eastern sky red. Mount Yougou, Inazuma City, were painted a scarlet hue by the brilliant clouds.
Darkness dispelled, and dawn broke!
On Mount Yougou, Sasayuri, Kazari, Chiyo, and Yae watched the newborn dawn with tear-filled eyes, a tear sliding down each cheek.
At this moment, within the Grand Narukami Shrine, a giant Divine Sakura tree stood tall. The dawn light shone on its leaves, and a gentle breeze rustled its branches, causing them to sway softly.
Far away in Khaenri'ah, Ei, holding her Musou Isshin, had just finished slaying a mechanical demon god.
Suddenly, Ei felt another sharp pain in her heart, and tears inexplicably fell.
The last time she felt this way was when she was surrounded and cornered by mechanical demon gods, and Makoto died in her arms like that.
"Ling... please don't have any accidents. Big sister has already... I can't lose any more of the Six Chonin."
...
On the rooftop of Tenshukaku, Ling Feng sat on the eaves, looking at the newborn dawn, a faint smile on his face.
"System, how much time do I have left."
"Approximately one minute."
"One minute... that's enough. My last words have already been left in the Qiankun Fan."
Ling Feng took out the book "Riyue Qianshi" from the system space and began to read.
Half a minute later, Ling Feng slowly closed the book, a flicker of realization in his eyes.
"So this is the original story of the Teyvat continent?"
Suddenly, the book emitted a bright light, and a beam of light shot into his body.
"This is the Mark of the Heavenly Principle?"
Ling Feng calmly looked at the back of his right hand, where a sharp, diamond-shaped pattern had appeared.
"But it's a pity, if I die, this mark will be gone too."
Ling Feng watched his body, like a cracked porcelain vase, slowly become covered in fissures.
With a rustling sound, fragments began to fall.
After falling, the fragments slowly dissipated into white light and then vanished into the heavens and earth.
Soon, Ling Feng's entire being transformed into scattered points of light, disappearing from the eaves.
Suddenly, space shattered, and a spatial rift appeared, sucking all those light points into it.
Following that, the spatial rift was slowly repaired and disappeared.
In the consciousness space, Ling Feng floated in mid-air, his body semi-transparent, a feather of rainbow color emitting a faint glow in his hand.
This feather was the Feather of Resurrection that Ling Feng had obtained previously.
The Feather of Resurrection was now reviving him, but it would take an hour.
"System, after resurrection, we will directly return to Teyvat during the Seven Archons' era, right?"
"Incorrect."
"Ah?"
"Just now, when the host used the EX Heavenly Fire... the zeroth rated power of Divine Punishment, Heavenly Fire Sheathe, not only incorporated all the power of your peak Nascent Soul but also spatial power, the intent of swordsmanship, and so on, unexpectedly splitting open a spatial rift."
"Therefore, the place where the host will be after resurrection will no longer be the Teyvat continent."
"Nani?!"
Ling Feng was dumbfounded. How could such a spatial rift be opened so easily?
As if sensing Ling Feng's inner doubt, the system continued:
"Because the host's spatial power has reached great mastery, and that location had just become a singularity, it was the weakest point in the Teyvat continent's space. There was a very small chance it could be split open."
Uh...
Should he call himself unlucky, or lucky?
Lucky that he hit that extremely small probability, and unlucky that he split open a spatial rift, causing him to be swept into it and resurrected in an unknown world.
"Damn it! Why doesn't this luck come when I'm doing gacha pulls!"
"Ding! Congratulations to the host for completing the special mission 'Chrono-Rescue' and the chain mission 'Truth.' All rewards have been issued."
Ling Feng: ...
Ling Feng's eyes suddenly lit up, and he became agitated, dancing with joy.
"Oh yeah, I'm rich!"
"Host, I suggest you use this one-hour resurrection time to try comprehending laws. If you're lucky, you might comprehend a powerful law."
"Right! Let's do it!"
"Ding! Do you wish to use the Law Comprehension opportunity?"
"Use, use."
"Ding! Used. Please host prepare to enter the Three Thousand Great Daos Domain!"
"Nani, Great Dao Domain?"
In an instant, Ling Feng felt as if he had appeared in an unknown place.
Ling Feng looked at the energy light pillars around him, sweat beading on his forehead, and swallowed.
This is the Three Thousand Great Daos?
He felt that in front of these Three Thousand Great Daos, he was weaker than an ant, billions of times weaker. Cells? Atoms? Particles? Not even that.
As expected of the Three Thousand Great Daos.
Terrifying, terrifying.
"System, how should I comprehend?"
"Just cultivate as you did before. What laws you can comprehend depends on your destiny."
"Go, host!"
Uh...
Is it that simple?
Never mind, let's do it.
Ling Feng sat down cross-legged, calmed his mind, and soon entered a state of enlightenment.
About fifty minutes later, Ling Feng reappeared in the consciousness space.
Ling Feng felt the power within his body, remaining silent.
Perhaps it was because he often played with fire, but he comprehended the Law of Fire.
Fire, among the Three Thousand Great Daos, was considered a common Dao.
But, Ling Feng was already content. Having a law was already very good.
After all, his spatial power was still just origin power.
Power generally progresses from weak to strong: Intent, Origin, Law, Rule, Heavenly Dao, Great Dao.
"By the way, System, what world will I be in after resurrection?"
Ling Feng asked curiously.
"After system detection, the world the host will resurrect in this time is the Honkai Impact 3rd world."
Ling Feng: ........
He really hoped he wouldn't trigger the extremely small probability of the Feather of Resurrection, or else he'd be in deep trouble!
A few minutes later, Ling Feng disappeared from the consciousness space. When he opened his eyes again, he found himself on a rooftop.
Then, he discovered that his cultivation had not even reached the first level of Qi Condensation.
However, he noticed that his cultivation was recovering at a very, very slow pace.
Ling Feng: .........
Ling Feng now wanted to curse. He actually hit that 5% probability!
"System, can I return to Teyvat now?"
"No, unless the host crosses the spatial rift again to return to the Teyvat continent. Currently, Honkai Impact 3rd is the system's main world."
Ling Feng: ...
I#￥%@#%*@#~！@
Fine, if I can't go back, I'll go to the Fox Spirit world and wait for my strength to recover.
Then, Ling Feng fell silent again.
Because the status of Tu Shan Hongye was displayed as "in secluded cultivation."
What was he doing today! He was truly out of luck!
Could it be that, like the last time he drew lots, it was an extremely inauspicious omen!
Damn it! Sometimes, when one is unlucky, they can even choke on water!
Speaking of water, Ling Feng suddenly felt very thirsty. Could it be that because his cultivation hadn't recovered, he had reverted to being an ordinary person who didn't practice辟谷 (abstinence from grains)?
Never mind, he'd drink some water first to replenish his fluids.
Ling Feng took a bottle of water from the system space and drank it greedily.
Suddenly...
"Cough, cough, cough..."
Damn it, he actually choked on water.
Forget it, he wouldn't drink anymore.
Ling Feng threw the water aside, sat down cross-legged, and pondered what to do, like a headless fly.
"Let's look at the map."
Ling Feng opened the system map and, upon seeing the name of his current location, his pupils gradually shrank.
"Pfft! Changkong City?!"
"This is Changkong City?!"
Ling Feng got up from the ground and walked to the edge of the rooftop to look. He saw that Changkong City was still intact, with cars coming and going on the streets.
"Changkong City hasn't experienced the Honkai yet?!"
"Then, what timeline am I in right now?"
Ling Feng quickly took out the phone provided by the system and tried it. He found that he could access the internet and immediately began to search.
Soon, he learned the current timeline.
It was currently the year 2013 AD, and the Honkai event in Changkong City was in 2014. This meant he still had one year before the Third Honkai.
Ling Feng was no longer worried. With one year, even at his slowest pace, his cultivation should recover to the Foundation Establishment stage.
At that time, dealing with ordinary Honkai Beasts would not be a problem, plus he had the Law of Fire and spatial power, and so on.
His survival would essentially be guaranteed.
"Ding! The "Honkai Impact 3rd" main mission "Enrollment" has been issued. Please check the detailed mission content yourself."
"Main Mission: Enrollment wap.kanshu伍.net"
"Mission Difficulty: Simple"
"Mission Time: Three days"
"Mission Description: Join the St. Freya Academy as a student within three days."
"Mission Reward: A luxurious villa in Changkong City, 100 Willpower."
"...System, what is the meaning of this mission? I finally escaped from that prison and gained freedom, and now you want me to go back by myself?"
"I'm telling you, even if I jump off this rooftop today or choke on water, I won't go to school."
"Host, have you forgotten that your beloved Kiana is at St. Freya Academy?"
"Hey, host, what are you doing?"
"What else can I do? Figure out a way to enroll!"