"Power capable of splitting the entire Abyss with a single sword…"
"And Dainsleif says it's only a legend. What does that even mean?"
Xuehua stared at the screen, utterly confused.
She had no clear idea just how powerful someone would need to be to split the Abyss itself.
But one thing Dainsleif said had shocked her.
He claimed that Gui Xu's power before leaving Liyue in ancient times was still far from enough to split the Abyss.
But back then—
Gui Xu's strength had been on par with the Geo Archon.
If even that level of power couldn't split the Abyss—
just how terrifying was the Abyss?
The chat exploded with speculation.
[Wait, I remember this guy. Isn't he the one from the "Travail" trailer?]
[Yeah! "We will seize the power to defy this world from beyond." That guy.]
[I think he was narrating the entire trailer.]
[So what exactly is the Abyss to be this ridiculous?]
[Seriously. Even Gui Xu at the height of the Archon War couldn't split it.]
[Why does Dainsleif sound angry though?]
[It feels like he's blaming Gui Xu. Like if Gui Xu really could split the Abyss, why didn't he destroy it completely instead of leaving Teyvat.]
[But he literally said it's just a legend.]
[Also… Gui Xu actually left Teyvat, right?]
[Yeah, and after leaving he supposedly traveled across countless other worlds.]
[Wait… what if the legend is actually true?]
[Still doubtful. It's just a story.]
"You… you're okay, right?"
Paimon looked nervously at Dainsleif, who had suddenly become angry.
Why did the mention of Gui Xu trigger such a reaction?
"…"
Dainsleif exhaled slowly.
But just as he had said—
to him, it was merely an absurd legend.
Perhaps thinking about the Five Sinners had stirred something within him.
Strangely, whenever that ancient god was mentioned—
he felt anger.
After becoming sinners, those people had ascended beyond ordinary existence.
Each of them possessed power capable of rivaling the world itself.
Yet when the Cataclysm of Khaenri'ah occurred—
not a single one of them stepped forward to stop it.
Perhaps it was because he had long since lost any expectations of gods.
Just like the legendary ancient god.
Even if he truly had the power to split the Abyss—
he still hadn't destroyed it.
He had merely cut it open…
and then left the world behind.
What kind of act was that?
Was it simply a demonstration of power?
"It's nothing."
Dainsleif shook his head.
"As I said before…"
"It's only a legend."
"Gui Xu…"
"So what exactly is the Abyss?"
Paimon scratched her head and asked.
"The Abyss is a power that comes from outside the world."
"It is the common enemy of humanity in Teyvat."
"The Abyss Order is merely an organization that draws upon the power of the Abyss."
"The Abyss itself is not a specific enemy."
"Ordinarily, humanity only has to deal with the disasters and anomalies it causes."
"On the surface, it appears to simply destroy everything."
"Because it is not a living being, logic and planning are irrelevant to it."
"But in truth, the Abyss is both dangerous and cunning."
"It can infiltrate the ley lines, read the memories of Teyvat, and launch targeted destruction."
Dainsleif explained calmly.
The chat reacted immediately.
[I was literally about to ask the difference between the Abyss and the Abyss Order.]
[So the Abyss Order just uses Abyss power. They aren't the Abyss itself.]
[Then… is Dainsleif using Abyss power too?]
[Probably. He did say they obtained the power to deny this world from beyond.]
"I see…"
Paimon nodded thoughtfully.
"Dainsleif."
"You're saying that if Gui Xu truly had the power to split the Abyss…"
"Then that level of power should also be enough to destroy it completely, right?"
Lumine asked after thinking for a moment.
After all—
Qiu Nian was their friend.
They couldn't casually reveal that they personally knew him to someone of unknown origin.
And besides—
Dainsleif had said that when Gui Xu left Liyue during the Archon War, his strength was still far from enough to split the Abyss.
But back then—
he had been equal to Morax.
So just how terrifying was the Abyss?
Lumine still had no clear sense of its scale.
"Yes."
"That conclusion is obvious."
Dainsleif nodded.
"If he truly had the power to split the Abyss…"
"And still had enough strength afterward to leave this world and travel to others…"
"Then logically, he should also have been capable of destroying the Abyss completely."
"Of course, this is only my deduction based on what I know about the Abyss."
"Wait a second!"
Paimon stared at him in disbelief.
"When Gui Xu left Liyue in ancient times, his power was already comparable to the Geo Archon."
"And that still wasn't enough to split the Abyss?!"
To her, Gui Xu and Morax were practically invincible beings.
Was the scale of the world about to expand again?
"You know quite a lot."
Dainsleif looked at her with some surprise.
"It seems the Geo Archon has told you certain things."
"As I said before—"
"Even though that ancient god was extremely powerful back then…"
"Trying to split the Abyss would be like an ant trying to shake a tree."
"And that tree releases poisonous gas."
"The moment the ant approaches…"
"It dies."
Dainsleif explained with a metaphor.
"Th-that terrifying?!"
Paimon instinctively stepped back.
The chat exploded once again.
[No way… the Abyss is that insane?!]
[So Gui Xu and Morax during the Archon War are just slightly bigger ants in front of the Abyss?]
[Not just ants shaking a tree—the tree also poisons them.]
[This is ridiculous.]
[The worldbuilding just expanded again.]
[Now it really does sound like a legend.]
[But maybe… just maybe… Gui Xu really did split the Abyss.]
[In Mahāyāna Lore Scholar's theory, Gui Xu stayed in Teyvat for a while after leaving Liyue.]
[So maybe he became stronger during that time?]
[Strong enough to split the Abyss described by Dainsleif? Yeah… that probability feels like zero.]
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