The Weapon Master Shall Never Die Bare-Handed in Genshin Impact [428]

“Though I am Azhdaha,” Kun Jun said calmly, “I am only a fragment.”

“Heaven and earth. Yin and yang. Two forces in balance… You could think of me and that dragon over there as something like that.”

“We are both split from the same will—two aspects of Azhdaha.”

“So it was him…”

Jia Changjiang, who had long since harbored suspicions, now had confirmation.

“No! Impossible!”

Jiu roared, her voice filled with disbelief and fury.

But Kun Jun went on without pause. “When the seal loosened, your power took shape in the outside world as a child—telling tales of your pain and resentment after being sealed away.”

“Then you realized… that crack in the seal gave you an opening. You abducted the miners, made them dig toward the sealed core, linking inside and out, trying to break through completely.”

Kun Jun’s tone remained steady. “But in the end, we stopped you.”

“Enough!”

Jiu’s voice trembled with rage. “How dare you spew such nonsense! If you’re truly a part of me—then why stand beside that traitor?!”

“Because I awakened during the loosening of the seal, a faint and fractured will,” Kun Jun said, standing tall. “So weak I could only survive by anchoring myself to another’s body.”

“My thoughts were clouded. I didn’t even remember who I was. But whenever something tied to the past came up… I reacted.”

“My only purpose… was to find Morax. To stop you.”

Zhongli stepped forward. “It was a coincidence I recognized you. I should’ve sensed the disturbance sooner.”

“No… It’s not your fault.” Kun Jun shook his head. “I was unrecognizable by then. It wasn’t until I touched the stele that my memories came back.”

“So much time has passed… Secrets forgotten by young mortals—and ancient dragons alike.”

He looked up wearily. “Morax, should I say it, or will you?”

“It matters not. I leave it to you,” Zhongli replied, his gaze soft as he looked upon his old friend.

“You haven’t changed a bit… Then I’ll tell it.”

Kun Jun turned to face Jia Changjiang and Lumine.

“Azhdaha was once Morax’s old comrade—his battle companion. His life far outlasted that of any mortal, a being born of the earth itself. But…”

Kun Jun’s voice dropped. “The earth-born are like the rocks upon the land.”

“And rock has a short memory. The only thing that remains are emotions—deep, powerful ones. Over time, even those fade… and that, in the end, was what doomed him.”

“Erosion…” Lumine’s brow furrowed.

It wasn’t the first time she’d heard that word.

Jia Changjiang, too, remembered the descriptions he’d heard of erosion.

A force decreed by the Heavenly Principles—beyond the reach of power.

Even a long-lived beast like Azhdaha…

“Erosion stole Azhdaha’s reason. He forgot who he once was. He forgot Liyue…”

There was a hint of sorrow in Kun Jun’s voice. “And so, he grew violent. Unpredictable.”

“It was the humans who attacked the ley lines I depended on!” Azhdaha’s voice boomed with righteous anger.

“That’s true,” Kun Jun said. “And that’s why we attacked Liyue in return—leading to the battle with Morax.”

“Erosion made us beasts. No matter how we resisted, we lost the ability to coexist with people. We lost our minds.”

He turned to Zhongli. “You lent your strength to hold our erosion at bay… but it was all in vain. Erosion is part of the natural order—it cannot be fought.”

“In the end…”

Kun Jun looked back to Azhdaha. “We became you.”

“And from your will… I was born.”

He took a step forward. “I am your final contract. I bear witness to the pact between Azhdaha and Morax. You may rage—but you cannot deny me.”

“No!”

Azhdaha’s expression shifted.

She didn’t know how to argue. She just couldn’t accept it.

“No!”

Seeing Jiu like this, Kun Jun spoke loudly and clearly: “I am the last remnant of Azhdaha’s kind will. I represent the spirit of the contract, of noble aspiration, and the desire for peace with humanity.”

“No!!”

Jiu howled. “I am Azhdaha! Born of elemental crystal, bearer of earth’s power and memory! I was meant to endure as long as the mountains and seas—I will never ally with insects!!”

“Morax is no insect.”

“Then a god of insects… is still an insect!” she snapped.

“You’ve forgotten too much!” Kun Jun shouted. “The one who believed in Morax the most—was you and I!”

“Everything you’ve forgotten… I remember. You are the memory of the earth. I—am the memory of coexistence.”

Kun Jun let out a long sigh.

“Do you still remember?”

Azhdaha, blind from birth, was a dragon who could not see.

Kun Jun’s voice was soft. “Heaven stirs all things, mountains and seas take form.”

Jiu froze at the phrase, her expression suddenly complicated.

Morax gave Azhdaha eyes—and led him to the surface.

“Stars rose from the barren earth…”

And when the blind dragon opened his new eyes, the first thing he saw… was Morax—brilliant and blinding like the sun.

“Radiant as the sun…”

Zhongli exhaled when he heard Jiu murmur those words.

And Jiu…

She felt something painful.

Memories long buried began to stir—but faded just as quickly.

Like snow falling into fire.

Gone in a flash—but for that instant, enough to illuminate the past.

The past Azhdaha shared with Morax.

“Is this…”

Her face was filled with conflict.

“You’ve exhausted your strength,” Kun Jun said gently. “You’ll vanish before me. But before that… I’ll share this with you.”

“Even if it’s fleeting… Even if it leaves no trace. Even if it’s the last time.”

Within the seal, Azhdaha recalled the past, her voice low and bitter.

“No… how could it be…”

Her anger rose again. “I won’t accept this as fate!!”

“Maybe it isn’t fate…” Kun Jun’s face was heavy. “But a destined tribulation.”

In the end, Jiu looked toward the group—toward Zhongli.

Her gaze landed on him.

“Mo…rax…”

As her form began to fade, her voice carried a trace of sorrow.

And as she dissolved—not all of it was hatred anymore.

Which is why…

At that very moment, just before Azhdaha’s remnant vanished completely, a figure near Zhongli reached out toward her.

“Still feel unresolved?”

The voice of a mortal echoed in the ears of what remained of Azhdaha’s bitterness.

“Want… to try again?”

“You going to let it all melt away like snow in fire?”

That human voice—

It reignited something within the fading Azhdaha.

The next moment, black mist surged from the seal, rushing toward Jia Changjiang.

And Jia met it head-on.

The jade-hidden stone reveals the vast Eight Desolations.
Brilliant as starlight, peerless in might.
Heaven stirs all things; mountains and seas take form.
From barren earth, stars are born—radiant as the blazing sun.
The moon falls gently on branches; the southern dragon sings.
In that instant of burning brilliance, the heart of stone remains unmoved.

“Morax…!!!!!!”

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