Chapter 122 – The Inscriber: Born to Remember

Morax looked at the Dragon King Azhdaha before him and also revealed a smile.

“Azhdaha, welcome back.”

Morax said with a smile.

“I never thought that one day,”

“I would be able to speak with you like this again.”

Azhdaha, with his mountain-like stature, gazed at Morax and said with a smile.

“Thank you, Morpheus.”

“For some reason, seeing you gives me a familiar feeling.”

Azhdaha looked at Qiu Bai and spoke with a hint of strangeness.

“A familiar feeling?”

“That’s odd. I only saw you once a thousand years ago.”

“And at that time, you were already corrupted. How could you feel familiar with me?”

Qiu Bai looked at Azhdaha, somewhat puzzled.

“Haha, I don’t know why either.”

Azhdaha chuckled, speaking in human language.

“Sigh…”

Morax, standing beside Qiu Bai, seemed to recall something and let out a sigh.

Azhdaha transformed into a golden light, then continuously shrank.

The intense light made Lumine and Paimon instinctively cover their eyes.

After a long while, the golden light gradually took on a human form.

Upon closer look, this person appeared to be around twenty years old, dressed in ancient Liyue attire of golden hue.

His golden eyes seemed to reflect the shadow of a dragon, and his build was somewhat robust.

“Haha, it’s much more convenient to move around like this.”

“Morax, I can sense that something seems off about you.”

Azhdaha turned his head and looked at Morax, asking softly.

“Azhdaha, I am no longer the Geo Archon.”

Morax crossed his arms and spoke calmly.

“Haha, I can feel that.”

“But can Liyue manage without Rex Lapis?”

Azhdaha looked at Morax, gesturing as he asked.

“If there are no gods in the world, this shall be a nation of humanity.”

“I was once humanity’s god, and it is only right that I witness their rise and fall.”

Morax turned around, looking at the micro-world created by Qiu Bai, and spoke calmly with his arms crossed.

“Causality lies with the heavens. If our mission is complete,”

“we should bravely embark on the path of departure.”

Azhdaha flew to Morax’s side and spoke softly.

“Haha, I’ve already repaired both of your Erosion.”

“Why are you still speaking such disheartening words?”

Seeing this, Qiu Bai flew to the side of the two, crossed his arms, and said with a smile.

“Haha, well said.”

“Since we have laid down our burdens, we should live well as ordinary people.”

Azhdaha looked at Qiu Bai beside him and said with a smile.

Lumine and Paimon stood behind, quietly watching the backs of these three figures.

Both remained silent, and Lumine felt that the three before her were overwhelmingly powerful.

“Why do I feel like that bard,”

“is completely out of place with these three?”

Paimon turned around, waving her hand at Lumine as she spoke.

Lumine nodded in agreement. After all, Venti had been beaten up by a Fatui Harbinger in front of the church.

“Venti said that fulfilling divine duties accumulates Divine Power.”

“But no matter how Paimon looks at it, Zhongli without his Gnosis still seems incredibly powerful.”

Paimon scratched her head, unable to make sense of it.

“Traveler.”

“There is something I wish to speak with you about.”

Morax turned around and addressed Lumine and Paimon.

“What does Zhongli want to tell me?”

Lumine placed a hand over her chest and spoke to Morax.

“I personally brought an era to an end.”

“I have been pondering how to record those… histories I have brought to an end.”

Morax waved his hand, speaking to Lumine.

“History can be recorded, but history is not reliable.”

“Time possesses immense power; history becomes distorted over the years.”

Morax stroked his chin, speaking softly.

“I need to find a better method of recording, to engrave true history.”

“Stone carving is an ancient form of record.”

“But even seemingly unchanging bedrock, this seemingly unchanging world, and I… may all vanish one day.”

Morax lowered his head to look at Lumine, speaking slowly.

“Zhongli…”

Paimon gazed at Morax, murmuring.

“So, Traveler, I thought of you.”

“You are one who has journeyed across distant skies and traversed starry seas.”

“By engraving history into your memory, it can one day travel with you to other worlds.”

Morax placed a hand over his chest, speaking deliberately.

“As a Traveler, as long as you can record,”

“Then the eras and history of Teyvat will have a preserved copy.”

Morax looked up at the sun in the sky.

“Witnesses come to bear witness.”

“Those who remember are born to remember.”

Then he turned his head, crossing his arms, and spoke steadily.

“Witnesses come to bear witness; those who remember are born to remember.”

Lumine heard Morax’s words and murmured them several times.

Azhdaha, the Dragon King, sighed upon hearing this.

“Heh, let’s go out.”

“Our old friends must be getting anxious by now.”

Azhdaha crossed his arms, smiling as he spoke.

“Dragon King, are you alright now?”

“So, what do you all plan to do from now on?”

Paimon scratched her head, addressing the three.

“Heh.”

“I intend to continue serving as a Consultant for the Wangsheng Funeral Parlor.”

Morax looked at Paimon, smiling as he spoke.

“I’m the same as Morax.”

“I’ll also continue as a Consultant.”

Qiu Bai likewise said with a smile.

“As for me…”

“Morax, Morpheus, is the Wangsheng Funeral Parlor still hiring?”

Azhdaha thought for a long while but couldn’t decide what to do, smiling as he asked the two gods beside him.

“Heh, I imagine the Director would be quite happy to take you in.”

“I’ll speak with the Director.”

Morax chuckled, waving his hand as he spoke.

“You three are all going to be Consultants at the Wangsheng Funeral Parlor?”

“Hu Tao having the three of you as subordinates is truly something else.”

Paimon waved her hands, complaining somewhat helplessly.

After all, who could have imagined that Liyue’s most powerful forces would all be working at the Wangsheng Funeral Parlor?

“Alright, anything you wish to say can be discussed outside.”

“This place is not suitable for lingering.”

Qiu Bai crossed his arms, looking at the group, speaking calmly.

“Morax, take them out first.”

“I need to destroy this place.”

Qiu Bai looked down at the terrain ravaged beyond recognition, frowning as he murmured.

Morax nodded, then took Azhdaha, Lumine, and Paimon, flying into the black hole.

Qiu Bai watched them leave, then turned his gaze to the land below.

On one finger, two streams of Yin and Yang Qi appeared, swirling continuously.

Then he slowly directed the Yin-Yang Dual Qi downward toward the ground.

The moment the Yin-Yang Dual Qi touched the ground, a massive earthquake rumbled.

Countless beams of light shot out from the earth, followed by a violent explosion that engulfed the entire world!