"Morax" gritted his teeth, struggling to withstand the onslaught from the three Qiu Bai!
On one side, he had to fend off Qiu Bai's true form, and on the other, the Yin and Yang incarnations—each wielding half the power of the original!
Inside the dark protective barrier, Fanan was completely stunned.
"Immortal Lord... you're so strong."
Even within the barrier, Fanan's face was pale from the overwhelming divine pressure.
Morax gritted his teeth—his divine power was clearly running out.
Glancing left and right, he suddenly retreated at high speed!
The Yin and Yang incarnations couldn't stop their attacks in time due to inertia and ended up striking toward each other!
Qiu Bai's pupils contracted sharply. He also retreated in an instant.
The black and white divine powers looked as if they were merging, yet at the same time clashing violently. A massive explosion of divine force erupted from the collision!
The Yin and Yang incarnations were blown away by the blast's shockwave!
They shot backward, crashing through two mountains before finally stopping.
Dust and smoke billowed on both sides.
"Damn, this Morax guy…"
"He's such a schemer."
Qiu Bai stared blankly at the figure of "Morax" in the sky, not expecting him to pull a move like that.
"But looks like he's at his limit too."
Qiu Bai narrowed his eyes, watching Morax as he hovered in the air, gasping for breath.
After a moment, "Morax" steadied his breathing. Another spear—Vortex Vanquisher—appeared in his hand.
He drew back his golden divine power and gave a faint smile in Qiu Bai's direction.
"So, we're going hand-to-hand now."
Qiu Bai returned the smile. A longsword materialized in his hand as he withdrew his own dark divine power.
Qiu Bai knew this Morax was completely out of divine energy.
But he still had plenty left—and it was steadily recovering.
The two clashed once more, weapons ringing out with sharp clangs in the sky!
They battled from the air down to the ground, then from the ground into the sea!
"Shit!"
With a cry, Qiu Bai was blasted from the ocean's surface!
He slammed into a mountain, shattering the stone ridge behind it!
Clutching his bleeding arm, he gritted his teeth and glared toward the sea.
"No wonder you're the God of War. You really know how to handle a weapon."
"But who said I was going to fight you one-on-one?"
Qiu Bai channeled his white divine power to heal the wound. In moments, his skin was smooth and pale again.
Watching as "Morax" slowly emerged from the sea, Qiu Bai smirked slyly.
Two figures—one black, one white—shot up from between the mountains.
Each wielded a longsword, flying straight toward "Morax"!
"Count me in!"
Qiu Bai laughed loudly and launched himself toward Morax as well!
Clangs of weapons rang out once again. Even the War God Morax couldn't handle three attackers at once.
After holding out briefly, he was finally pierced through by Qiu Bai's Chaos Sword!
"Morax" plummeted from the sky!
Boom! He slammed into the ground!
Qiu Bai recalled his two incarnations, then looked toward the spot where Morax had fallen.
All of Guili Plains—and even the surrounding ocean—had been turned to stone by the aftermath of Morax's death.
Qiu Bai scanned the area around him. The scene looked like the end of the world.
Lightning and thunder tore through the sky. Torrential rain poured down, and massive oceanic waterspouts still ravaged the sea, gradually turning the entire Guili Plains to stone.
The enormous sea waves that were about to crash into the plains instantly petrified, casting a giant shadow over the land.
Qiu Bai gave it one final look, then flew toward Fanan.
"Fanan, it's over."
"We should return to reality now."
Qiu Bai looked at her pale face and infused some white divine power into her, helping her recover.
"Immortal Lord!"
"You're amazing! You actually beat the Emperor!"
Only now did Fanan react. Pressing her little hands against her cheeks, she looked at Qiu Bai with admiration.
"Heh."
"I told you I'd be fine."
Qiu Bai chuckled and waved her off, then turned his gaze toward the giant black face in the sky.
With a wave of his hand, he lifted the seal covering its enormous mouth.
"This... this is impossible!"
"How can you be this strong? Why didn't I see you during the Archon War?!"
The Archon of Dreams stood in utter disbelief, staring toward Qiu Bai and shouting in confusion.
How could a god this powerful have gone unnoticed during the Archon War?
"There's a lot you don't know."
"Now it's time for us to leave."
Qiu Bai glanced at the Archon of Dreams floating in the sky, then paid her no further attention.
He sat cross-legged in midair and slowly closed his eyes.
Dark-white divine power surged from his body and gradually faded into the dreamscape...
"This... this is impossible!"
"How could my authority be broken so easily?!"
The Archon of Dreams looked on in disbelief as Qiu Bai vanished.
She kept trying to locate his presence within the dream realm, only to realize—Qiu Bai was truly gone.
She turned her gaze to Fanan, just about to sneer at the lone straggler...
Then Fanan's figure disappeared too.
"What the hell?"
"Am I not the Archon of Dreams?!"
The Archon of Dreams stared blankly at where Fanan had vanished. Qiu Bai disappearing—fine, he could overpower Morax. But what was with this Yaksha?
...
In the real world, Qiu Bai extended a finger, dark-white divine energy emanating from it.
He gently tapped Fanan's forehead, and she awakened from the dream god's control.
"Immortal Lord, we're awake."
"Where's the Archon of Dreams?"
Qiu Bai's eyes shifted toward a nearby woman.
She was strikingly seductive, her eyes half-closed—until they slowly opened.
"I see now… you're the Yin-Yang Immortal Lord from the dreams of Liyue's people, aren't you?"
"No wonder you were able to defeat the God of Geo."
The seductive woman looked toward Qiu Bai with clear fear in her eyes.
Her black pupils shimmered with an eerie glow—there was no doubt, she was the Archon of Dreams.
"I don't have time to talk."
"Once I'm done with you, I still need to collect Mora from them."
Qiu Bai pointed at the unconscious figure behind him. A strange black aura began swirling around his palm as he raised it toward the woman.
"As a reward for giving me a satisfying fight..."
"I'll grant you a painless death."
Qiu Bai spoke coldly as he faced the Archon of Dreams.
By his estimate, she only had the power of a lower-tier god.
And the fact that she'd manipulated Xiao for centuries—just that alone had already sealed her fate.
"No..."
The woman opened her mouth to say something.
But before she could finish, her body dissolved into specks of black light, vanishing completely.
Not even a trace of divine resentment remained—just like that, Qiu Bai had erased her.