BOOM—
A bolt of lightning struck the ground beside Su Xuan, shattering stone into fragments.
The debris hit his telekinetic barrier and powdered instantly.
Su Xuan didn't even blink.
His gaze simply settled on the lone warrior sitting beside the ruined shrine — a strangely twisted figure, more corpse than man.
Su Xuan raised a hand.
There was no surge of elemental power, no warning, no motion.
The warrior's neck snapped with a clean crack.
Thud.
He collapsed into the mud.
Everyone watching through the vision-projection froze.
Even Inazuma's warriors recognized that form immediately.
It was not a samurai.
It was a Sea Gancho — a "living" corpse, a victim of the Tatarigami.
[That was Washizu, the elder of Higi Village.]
[When no treatment existed for the Tatarigami infection, he clung to the belief that sacrifice could save his people.]
[Many villagers died under his desperate rituals.]
[In the end, the corruption consumed him as well — leaving him neither human nor ghost.]
[Even now, warped as he is, he still seeks to 'save' the village through sacrifice.]
[Had I not acted, he would have tried to offer me up next.]
[So — I simply granted him rest.]
A cold silence swept through every viewer.
Lightning… endless thunder… madness… grief.
Higi Village was not merely destroyed.
It had rotted while still breathing.
Ei finished fastening her clothing in silence.
Her hand pressed lightly at her chest — guilt flickering behind her calm eyes.
The Tatarigami disaster…
The rebellion…
The suffering of a whole island…
All of it could be traced back to her Sakoku and Vision Hunt Decrees.
Had she simply watched her nation with her own eyes…
Things would never have decayed to this point.
But regret is the most useless thing in the world.
[In truth, I can restore Washizu.]
[I could purge the corruption from his body… return his sanity… and then use his memories to restore every villager of Higi Village.]
[It is within my power.]
[But I will not do it.]
[It is not my place. I owe them nothing.]
[If I break my boundary once, people will never stop coming to demand resurrection.]
[Immortality and reversal of death… are the desires of all beings.]
[It is precisely because I can do it — that I must not do it casually.]
Liyue — Jueyun Karst
Cloud Retainer's talons trembled on the stone.
"Reverse… life and death… through the reflection of memory…"
Even for the Adepti — who forged mountains and split rivers — such a miracle bordered on blasphemy.
Wangsheng Funeral Parlor
Hu Tao almost dropped her polearm.
"Hold on— hold on— hold on—"
Wangsheng existed to guide souls onward.
If death could be undone casually…
Hu Tao could practically see herself hawking talismans at street corners for pocket change.
"Thank Mora he has principles."
"Otherwise my business model would die before the dead do!"
Yashiori Island
Su Xuan approached the shattered Warding Stone.
He took out a mirror.
Plain. Silvered. Unremarkable.
The moment he raised it—
The stone's fractured, time-worn form appeared within the mirror's reflection.
Then—
The reflection rewound.
Years peeled backward like ink washed off parchment.
Cracks sealed.
Erosion reversed.
Lost components — the embedded Magatama Pillar and Focus Stone — reformed from nothing.
When the reflection stopped—
The Warding Stone was whole.
So, too, was the real one.
Su Xuan dusted off his hands.
"First one's done. On to the next."
He walked away.
Only now did the observers breathe.
Yae Miko's fan slipped from her fingers.
"He… restored it. Completely. As if time had never touched it."
Ayaka could barely speak.
"I… I did see it… He only used… a mirror."
The diary updated:
[The item is called the Qiankun Mirror.]
[It can invert Yin and Yang, reverse time, expel corruption, and restore what was lost.]
[I simply adjusted the Warding Stone's timeline back to when it was newly forged.]
[The same principle applies to restoring a person.]
[Reflect the individual, recall the memory, reconstruct the form.]
[Also, any negative divine erosion — such as the 'wear' suffered by the Seven Archons — can be removed with one application.]
[And yes — I tested it on myself first. I anchored my body's time.]
[Meaning: I am now immortal. No aging. No decay. No drawbacks.]
Liyue — Jade Chamber
The teacup shook in Ningguang's hand.
Her voice was barely audible.
"…Immortality… without price…"
Her eyes sparkled like treasure vaults bursting open.
Drool threatened.
"If… one could purchase this ability…"
Beidou, somewhere at sea, suddenly sneezed.
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