On a high peak, the stag form of the Adeptus Who Guides the Heavens quietly overlooked the land of Liyue.
Even though his life aura had vanished!
Even though his elemental power had completely dissipated and his body was gradually growing cold!
Even though he had lost the antlers infused with the essence of Morax's Geo power, his body remained as solid as a rock!
Standing tall and unyielding at the summit.
Behind the lifeless Skybracer, Xiao stood blankly, gripping the Primordial Jade Winged-Spear stained with his blood.
Unable to believe what was before his eyes.
His Brother Skybracer had died just like that.
Unknowingly, as Xiao looked at the unyielding stag figure of Skybracer, his eyes gradually grew moist.
"Brother Skybracer..."
As he called out, Xiao could no longer hold himself together.
Thud!
He drove the Primordial Jade Winged-Spear into the ground.
Xiao dropped to one knee behind Skybracer, covering his face and weeping bitterly.
Seemingly affected by Xiao's emotions.
The other Millelith soldiers also drove their spears and swords into the ground one after another.
They dropped to one knee in Skybracer's direction, letting out choked sobs.
Not only that!
The Millelith soldiers, while crying, shouted loudly:
"Skybracer, have a safe journey!"
"Please rest assured!"
"A thousand years from now, Liyue will surely be the one to win the Archon War!"
"A thousand years from now, Liyue will surely become a powerful nation, and its citizens will surely live happy lives!"
"Skybracer, please have a safe journey!"
...
The Millelith soldiers expressed their highest respect to Skybracer.
Amidst the sounds of farewell!
The clouds in the sky gradually turned from white to dark storm clouds.
In an instant!
Lightning flashed and thunder roared!
A cool raindrop fell onto Xiao's tear-stained face.
The rain grew heavier and heavier!
From a light drizzle, it turned into a downpour, pouring over the mountain peak.
As the rain fell upon Skybracer, it washed away the bloodstains on his body, revealing his robust muscles once more.
Making the once blood-soaked Skybracer look lifelike again.
As the rain fell on the hillside, it flowed down the rocks and grass, washing away the pools of adeptal blood.
Gradually!
All the rainwater stained with adeptal blood gathered together, forming a crimson stream.
Following the ridge of the Tianheng Mountains, it gathered more and more.
The stream grew redder and redder.
In the end, flowing toward the north of the Tianheng Mountains, it gradually converged into a new river.
Which later generations would call the Ancient Bishui River.
...
Just as Yaksha Xiao and the Millelith soldiers were bidding farewell to Skybracer.
At Tianheng North Pass!
Moon Carver, Cloud Retainer, Mountain Shaper, and the four adepti who were already stationed at Tianheng North Pass.
Were looking at the devastated battlefield and finally showed relieved smiles.
"We finally won!"
"These gods are truly mad, deploying over a dozen of them all at Tianheng North Pass in a desperate gamble!"
"Hahaha, so what if there were nearly twenty gods? We have seven adepti, and we still defeated them easily!"
"It was not easy at all! I am heavily injured!"
"Hahaha, that is because you are weak!"
"If that guy Skybracer were here, the fight would have been even easier!"
"Hahaha, we should have brought Skybracer with us in the first place. The war might have ended even faster!"
"I just slew three more gods. I have definitely won this bet with Skybracer!"
"That guy Skybracer must be having a lot of free time right now, probably sunbathing on the walls of Tianheng Pass!"
...
At Tianheng North Pass!
The seven adepti faced twenty gods and slew them all.
Although it sounded easy.
This battle was still extremely dangerous, and every adeptus suffered different injuries.
Two of the adepti were even surrounded by the gods and nearly slain.
Fortunately, the other adepti helped them turn the tide.
At the cost of severe injuries, they slew all the gods and ended this battle.
Looking at the branch of the Tianheng Mountains that was nearly flattened by the battle.
Both Moon Carver and Mountain Shaper instantly felt a great sense of relief.
Just as the adepti were about to tend to their wounds.
A familiar tumbling sound suddenly came from behind them.
Cloud Retainer, Moon Carver, and the other adepti hurriedly turned around.
Sure enough, they saw the familiar figure of Ganyu tumbling down the mountain, quickly arriving beside them.
Seeing the chubby, travel-worn little qilin Ganyu.
Moon Carver smiled and said, "Little Ganyu, were you not supposed to stay with Skybracer? How did you sneak out?"
Cloud Retainer also looked puzzled. "That is right, why are you here?"
Mountain Shaper: "???"
Madame Ping also smiled and said, "Little one, did you come to show off your feat of solo-killing a god to the gods?"
The Adeptus of Clearing Rainbows: "Round figure, extraordinary talent!"
Clearly!
The chatty Cloud Retainer had already used her conversational skills to tell the other adepti about Ganyu solo-killing a god.
Normally, Ganyu would be very angry.
She would definitely sulk, turn her head away, and refuse to speak to these adepti.
But now, Ganyu had come with a mission.
Upon seeing the adepti.
Ganyu panted heavily, her face full of urgency. "Hurry... hurry and save Skybracer!"
Moon Carver: "Uh???"
Cloud Retainer immediately sensed something was wrong. "Ganyu, do not rush. Speak slowly. What exactly happened?"
Mountain Shaper: "What is wrong?"
Ganyu had been running all the way and was already exhausted. Even speaking was very difficult for her.
Coupled with her extreme anxiety!
She could only speak in broken fragments. "Gods... very strong... four... hurry and save Skybracer..."
Ganyu spoke in broken fragments while gasping for breath.
Because she could not explain clearly in such a short time, Ganyu was almost crying from anxiety.
She pulled at the adepti, only wanting them to return to Tianheng Pass as quickly as possible to provide reinforcements.
Nearby!
When Moon Carver, Cloud Retainer, and Mountain Shaper heard there were four gods, expressions of shock appeared on their faces.
They dared not delay any longer!
Bidding farewell to the Adeptus of Clearing Rainbows and the others, they hurriedly took the exhausted Ganyu and returned to Tianheng Pass.
Although they still did not know exactly what had happened.
But just from Ganyu's broken words, they could already guess some of it.
After they left, Tianheng Pass must have been attacked by the gods.
And the gods were so strong that even Skybracer could not defeat them.
Otherwise, with Skybracer's proud personality, he would never have asked for reinforcements at this time.