"Enduring such loneliness, yet for the sake of eternity..."
"You indefinitely extend the timespan of this solitude..."
Yae Miko looked at Raiden Ei before her and spoke softly.
"Tell me, why was the sky of this place once so dim..."
"And yet at this very moment, it now glows with light?"
Yae Miko looked at Raiden Ei, one hand over her chest, asking with furrowed brows.
"This is your Plane of Euthymia, your inner world."
"Hehe~ Actually, you're very happy to see me again; you could no longer bear the loneliness of this place, could you?"
Yae Miko said happily with her eyes slightly closed.
"I have nothing to say about that."
Raiden Ei closed her eyes slightly, speaking with a tsundere attitude.
"Hmm~ Well, I have endless things to tell you."
"Oh yes, let me tell you about everything that's happened over these hundreds of years."
Yae Miko looked at Raiden Ei with a smile at the corner of her lips, speaking cheerfully.
"Haha... how long would it take to recount hundreds of years of events?"
Raiden Ei opened her eyes, looking at Yae Miko before her, asking with a light laugh.
"A fox spirit memory is excellent."
"I won't forget a single detail from these hundreds of years."
"Ah~ It would probably take several hundred years to tell it all..."
Yae Miko looked at Raiden Ei, spreading her hands in resignation.
"Heh... hehe... Miko."
"I thought I would never have a chance to meet with you like this again."
Raiden Ei looked at Yae Miko before her, laughing happily.
"Being able to see you is a variable in eternity..."
"A pleasant surprise."
Raiden Ei looked at Miko before her and said with a smile.
"Hehe, since you've honestly admitted it."
"Can we continue to be friends?"
Yae Miko looked at the happy Raiden Ei before her and asked with a light chuckle.
"Such childish conversation..."
"However, since I lost to your plan, I will abide by your will and abolish the Vision Hunt Decree."
Raiden Ei looked at Qiu Bai and the others before her, speaking gently.
"But regarding eternity, and whether this nation should move forward."
"I need to think about it more."
Raiden Ei touched her chin, murmuring.
"My, my, the childish one from beginning to end has always been you."
Yae Miko looked at Raiden Ei before her and said with helpless criticism.
"By the way, Morcius, who has touched the God of Eternity."
"What is your view on eternity?"
Raiden Ei looked at Qiu Bai before her and asked softly.
"Eternity in my eyes?"
"Hmm..."
Qiu Bai touched his chin, thinking for a moment.
"Eternity..."
Qiu Bai frowned, murmuring.
"My concept of eternity?"
"To make this world fair, beautiful, and continuously advancing."
"Even if such methods threaten the world itself, or are not approved by the Heavenly Principles."
"Then I would oppose the Heavenly Principles, resolve the crisis of the world, and stride toward a more distant future..."
Qiu Bai crossed his arms over his chest, looking at Raiden Ei before him, speaking slowly.
"Isn't that approach a bit too naive..."
"Only the Heavenly Principles cannot be opposed."
Raiden Ei shook her head at Qiu Bai grand discourse.
"Oppose the Heavenly Principles?"
"Is there any power that can resist the Heavenly Principles..."
Raiden Ei looked at Qiu Bai before her and asked with confusion.
"The Heavenly Principles?"
"Hehe..."
Qiu Bai crossed his arms over his chest, smiling when he heard the term 'Heavenly Principles'.
"The so-called Heavenly Principles are already severely injured and in slumber."
"And they're nearly extinct."
Qiu Bai looked at Raiden Ei before him and said with a light chuckle.
"The Heavenly Principles... extinct?"
"Aren't they the eternal Heavenly Principles? How could they become extinct..."
Raiden Ei turned around, looking at Qiu Bai before her, asking naively.
"Hahaha..."
"Probably got into a fight with someone."
Qiu Bai looked at the adorable Ei before him and said, unable to help but laugh.
"A fight..."
"What kind of being could contend with the Heavenly Principles and beat them to the point of severe injury and near-death?"
Raiden Ei looked at Qiu Bai before her and said with surprise.
"I don't know..."
"But now the Heavenly Principles are in slumber, so go seek what you believe to be a more beautiful eternity."
Qiu Bai looked at Raiden Ei before him and said with a light chuckle.
"Go seek..."
"An eternity unbound by the Heavenly Principles."
Qiu Bai looked up at the sky of the Plane of Euthymia and murmured.
"Not bound by the Heavenly Principles, even if they are now in slumber."
"But the erosion empowered upon my body will still limit me."
Raiden Ei looked at Qiu Bai before her and shook her head.
"Little one, can you understand what they're talking about?"
Yae Miko looked at Lumine beside her and asked strangely.
"I don't know."
Lumine shook her head upon hearing this, also with a puzzled expression.
She didn't understand what the Electro Archon was saying to Qiu Bai.
"Oh my~"
"I don't know either."
Yae Miko seemed disappointed upon hearing this, then turned her gaze back toward Qiu Bai and Raiden Ei.
"I told you, erosion no longer exists for me."
"And I can also eliminate erosion..."
Qiu Bai looked at Raiden Ei before him and said with a light chuckle.
"Eliminate erosion..."
"You have the power of the principles, so you yourself won't erode, but how can you help others eliminate erosion?"
Raiden Ei looked at Qiu Bai before her and asked with confusion.
"I am the God of Yin and Yang, but more essentially speaking."
"My existence has already surpassed the Seven, reaching the level of a Law Ruler."
Qiu Bai looked at Raiden Ei before him and explained with a smile.
"Surpassing the Seven..."
"Like the Ruler of Time, Istaroth?"
Raiden Ei looked at Qiu Bai before her and asked with surprise.
"That's right."
"If I can advance half a step further, I can become the Ruler of Yin-Yang, Morcius."
Qiu Bai crossed his arms over his chest and spoke slowly in response.
"Thank you, Morcius..."
"For sharing this knowledge with me."
Raiden Ei looked at Qiu Bai before her, smiled and nodded.
"It's nothing, I'm just telling you what I know."
"It's a simple gesture."
Qiu Bai looked at Raiden Ei before him and said with a smile.
"Ruler of Time, Istaroth?"
"Ruler Yin-Yang, Morcius, what is all this about?"
Lumine looked at Raiden Ei and Qiu Bai before her, scratching her head in complete confusion.
"Ruler of Yin-Yang..."
Qiu Bai looked at his hand and murmured.
He now felt that his power could simultaneously represent time, space, life, death, and reason.
Yin and Yang represent past and future, which is time.
The ability to create worlds, which is space.
Yin and Yang can also represent life or death.
And finally, reason represents balance.
As well as the Five Elements, which can represent the essence of all things.
"Is this the power I originally had as a creator?"
Qiu Bai crossed his arms over his chest, murmuring in his heart.
He now believed that his original self truly possessed the ability to recreate wind, water, earth, and fire—to recreate the world.
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