Genshin Impact: I, Heavenly Principle, Will Make Teyvat Supreme

Chapter 167 - The Teyvat Pantheon Should Love Each Other

Generally speaking, looking out for fellow pantheon members is considered an unspoken rule of the Teyvat pantheon.

Although there are many factions within the Teyvat pantheon, and there are competitive relationships among them, all the gods tacitly agree on the concept that the pantheon is one big family.

Even though the pantheon now has many members, this belief remains unchanged among them all.

As a result, the atmosphere within the pantheon is very relaxed. Communication between members is easy and natural. Helping each other out is the norm, and being considerate of fellow teammates' emotions is just part of daily life.

Of course, the most important reason for this is that Noah, the Heavenly Principle, is also the will of the entire pantheon.

He wants the pantheon to live in harmony, and so this will subtly influences the entire pantheon.

It's like the head of a large family requesting everyone to love and care for one another, and all family members naturally abide by this rule.

After all, only when the pantheon is united internally can it face external threats effectively.

Otherwise, just look at the Greek pantheon—what a mess that is. If they encountered a pantheon like that, it would only take a little manipulation and division to take down the entire Greek pantheon without shedding a drop of blood.

Moreover, the pantheon is currently in a rising phase and united against outside forces.

The other seven Lower Gods also chimed in with smiles:

"Yes, yes, we've heard about it too. Tornado is the ace S-class hero of this Earth. Who knows how many people she saved before we even arrived."

"Truly amazing. At the very least, we haven't done enough in that regard."

"Tch, how many people have you saved? Saying Tornado is one of the two main pillars of this world wouldn't be an exaggeration."

"Yeah, one is that guy Blast, and the other is Tornado."

"Without Blast and Tornado, humanity would've been doomed long ago."

It must be said that ever since the pantheon's chat group module was established, over 90% of its members spent most of their time in the group chatting and joking around.

In this kind of environment, even someone with social anxiety would, over time, become a chatty veteran, casually joking and flattering like a pro.

Even though Tornado is an S-class hero and not socially anxious, she usually talks a lot and has heard plenty of praise before.

However, flattery depends on who's doing it.

She's always been powerful, so praise from ordinary people feels expected. But when someone more powerful than her compliments her, she can't help but feel embarrassed.

"Even though my psychic powers are strong, Blast is still more powerful. Actually, I'm not as amazing as everyone says..."

Tornado, usually confident, was uncharacteristically shy after being praised so much.

"Since everyone wants to see my abilities, then watch me next."

Tornado quickly looked ahead toward the sewer. Large, bizarre-looking monsters were charging out, arrogantly shouting:

"Hey!"

"You must be the invading S-class heroes!?"

"We've been waiting for you here a long time."

"Your invasion route has been exposed!"

"We..."

Before the monsters could finish speaking, Tornado raised her hand and activated her psychic power.

Her entire body emitted a faint green aura, and the monsters were also enveloped in the same glow.

"What Kamisato Ayato said before was right—villains sure do talk a lot."

Tornado's childish-looking face turned sharp, and she casually clenched her palm.

Pfft!

All the monsters were instantly crushed by an invisible hand, turning into chunks of meat. Multicolored fluids exploded in all directions, splashing across the entire tunnel.

At that moment, the sound of clapping echoed.

Clap clap clap

The applause wasn't coming from the teammates behind her. Tornado looked over and saw two men at the end of the tunnel clapping while swaggering toward them.

Since joining the pantheon, those who admired Tornado had developed faith in her, and her psychic powers had fused with a bit of that faith power. As a result, she could instantly tell whether she was facing monsters or humans.

Expressionless, Tornado said, "Oh, two Dragon-level monsters. You're called something like Wind and Fire, right?"

The two monsters grinned.

"I'm Hellfire Flame."

"And I'm Gale Wind."

"Looks like you know us. But you should know—we've never shown ourselves since becoming monsters."

"Gyoro was right. You people have some weird ability to know things."

"But still..."

Tornado impatiently interrupted, "Villains really do talk too much." She was becoming more and more convinced of the truth of that statement.

It always seemed like the strong monsters she had killed in the past would go on and on before the fight—introducing themselves, boasting about how powerful they were, etc.

So annoying.

"Just die already!"

Tornado's psychic power spread out in an instant.

Now enhanced by the power of faith, her psychic power had leveled up in quality.

Previously, she might have needed seven or eight moves to deal with two Dragon-level monsters like this. Now, it only took one.

After all, faith power is the stage just before becoming divine power.

Buzz buzz buzz!

A green glow quickly spread through the space in all directions, covering more than half of the Monster Association's base—even though it reached a depth of 1,200 meters.

Even without the boost from faith power, Tornado's psychic strength was already enough to pull the entire Monster Association out of the ground.

"W-What!?"

"Why can't we move!?"

"We're Dragon-le—"

Pfft...

Before the ninja brothers could finish speaking, they were compressed by psychic force into a clump no larger than a fist. All the liquid inside was squeezed out like oranges in a juicer.

"Huh? I think I can actually pull the entire Monster Association out from underground!"

After squashing the two Dragon-level monsters, Tornado blinked as she realized how much her enhanced psychic power now covered.

In the past, she would've just acted on her own and done it without asking.

But now, she looked over at Jean and Kamisato Ayato, both stronger than her.

Jean was surprised. "Eh? How did I not think of that? No, I actually missed this point entirely."

Kamisato Ayato was also briefly stunned. "Yeah, I didn't think of it either."

Was it because their power was so overwhelming that they subconsciously stopped thinking strategically?

Or was it that their thought processes couldn't keep up with the rapid growth of their strength?

Jean nodded. "Then, I'll leave it to you, Tornado. Please pull the entire Monster Association out from underground!"

Kamisato Ayato agreed. "This kind of large-scale manipulation is something only Tornado can do easily. We're not good at this."

Tornado was pleased to hear that. So they weren't good at this—her role was still irreplaceable.

"Alright! I'll pull the Monster Association out right now."

"Heaaaah—!"

Tornado instantly unleashed her full psychic power, expanding its range to envelop the entire land where the Monster Association was located. Not only underground, but even the abandoned city above was wrapped in green light.

"Come up from underground—!!!"

RUMBLE RUMBLE RUMBLE—

The entire land was rumbling.

A magnitude ten earthquake erupted across the entire region, spanning hundreds of kilometers where the abandoned city stood. The tremors even reached towns where people still lived.

The ground cracked and rose. Skyscrapers in the abandoned city toppled in the shaking, and it seemed as if some terrifying monster was burrowing up from underground.

It was as if the Monster Association was gripped by an invisible giant hand, being slowly pulled up from deep below the surface.

RUMBLE RUMBLE RUMBLE——

The Monster Association was structured like an underground dungeon, layered floor by floor, with over a hundred levels. Each level covered an area of several dozen kilometers.

This was an enormous man-made structure. Even Lower Gods couldn't shake it.

Even a Middle God would have to go all out to accomplish such a feat.

Tornado was a very special case. She couldn't win in a direct fight with a Middle God, but she could achieve what even a Middle God would need their full strength to do.

There were quite a few such special existences in the pantheon now.

Noah shifted his attention and thought that in the future, such special beings could be classified into a new rank.

Those with power surpassing their current tier but who hadn't yet fundamentally ascended to the next level could be classified as "Exceptional Rank."

For example, a quasi-god with power beyond a quasi-god would be an "Exceptional Quasi-God"; a Lower God with power exceeding their level would be an "Exceptional Lower God."

...

At this moment, the Monster Association was being roughly dragged upward from underground by psychic force, causing its internal structure to collapse.

RUMBLE RUMBLE RUMBLE...

Many monsters inside were crushed into pulp by the collapsing structure.

Screams echoed constantly.

"Aaaaah!"

"What's happening!?"

"It's collapsing!"

"Run!"

"Help!"

Deep within the Monster Association, Psykos, who was already tense from the S-class heroes' invasion, looked even more grim.

The other monsters might not know what was happening, but as a fellow esper, how could she not?

A massive psychic force was lifting the entire Monster Association out of the ground.

"It's Tornado! It can only be that woman!" Psykos's face twisted with rage.

"She actually wants to pull the whole Monster Association out!"

As someone who also had psychic powers, Psykos understood Tornado better than most—especially since she used to be friends with Tornado's sister, Fubuki.

However, at this moment, Psykos became strangely calm.

"Looks like the entire Monster Association is going to fall."

No... perhaps the future I saw wasn't the true future—just one possibility?

Think about it carefully: so many S-class heroes from parallel worlds have gathered.

And there's even that genuine God-level human.

Whether the monsters have a chance of victory is uncertain.

As the creator of the Monster King Orochi, Psykos knew his abilities better than anyone. If he went all out, he could definitely shake the planet.

Orochi absolutely had the power to kill those invading heroes.

But after killing them, Orochi would be exposed, and would definitely attract that God-level entity.

"Since the battle has already come to our doorstep, I'll just let them have the Monster Association."

Psykos decisively gave up on the Monster Association.

Once Orochi was exposed and that God-level entity arrived, the resulting clash would be something she could never hope to survive.

After seeing clips of the previous battles between God-level beings, she felt that Orochi might not even be a match for them.

She feared that even if Orochi won, an even stronger God-level being might show up.

Fortunately, she had always appeared using the identity of her monster clone, Gyoro Gyoro, so no one knew her true identity.

"I should leave here first, lie low for a while, and figure out just how deep humanity's hidden strength really is."

As a former S-class esper who once ranked just below Tornado, it was easy for her to break free of the psychic force surrounding the Monster Association and escape.

However, what she didn't know was that two divine consciousnesses had already observed the entire Monster Association clearly.

No matter how strong an esper was, they couldn't sense the gaze of a god.

...

RUMBLE—

After being pulled out from a depth of 1,200 meters, the Monster Association now stood like a massive ant nest, towering straight up. Fragments of steel and concrete fell from the sky like snow.

Countless monsters tumbled out from the structure.

Seeing the scene, the seven Lower Gods began praising Tornado.

"As expected of Tornado! Truly amazing, way stronger than me."

"Exactly! Psychic power is just ridiculous."

"With this kind of power, she's not far from a Middle God."

Tornado's strength in battle was about on par with a Lower God, but no Lower God could accomplish what she just did.

Tornado raised her chin proudly. "Hmph, my psychic power is second only to Blast." But inside, she was overjoyed.

Jean said, "My power is better suited to clearing weaker monsters. Leave the Dragon-level ones to you all."

Kamisato Ayato nodded. "Don't worry, I'll take care of the Monster King." Then he looked to the seven Lower Gods. "The remaining Dragon-level ones are yours."

Although he could have defeated them all instantly by himself, credit was important. Since everyone came together, he couldn't just hog it all.

Otherwise, no one would want to team up with him next time.

BOOM!

A massive red monster, as tall as a building, violently tore through the structure and emerged.

This monster's entire body looked stitched together—composed of parts from other monsters it had eaten.

The Monster King Orochi. He was once a human named Orochi Mitsu, who voluntarily allowed Psykos to transform him into a monster. His glowing eyes turned toward the ten people floating in mid-air.

"S-class heroes... kill them all!"

A hoarse, indistinct voice came from Orochi's mouth. The eight horns on his head extended like octopus tentacles, each growing a new head. Every mouth opened wide, as did the main one.

Blinding light and scorching heat burst out in an instant.

...

Still in the One Punch World, Noah watched the battle and smiled slightly.

"Monster King Orochi, huh... let's see if a Middle God can kill you."

Orochi was a fusion-type monster.

Leaving aside his other, less relevant abilities—

As a high-Dragon-level entity, his potential to reach God-level stemmed from two main powers:

First, a suction ability that could absorb energy from the planet's core—strong enough to cause massive earthquakes and shake the entire planet.

If core energy erupted, it could even raise entire continents.

Second, even if his body were destroyed except for his heart, he could assimilate surrounding matter to regenerate a new body—even potentially assimilating an entire planet.

However, both abilities came with conditions. Now that the One Punch World had merged into the Teyvat Universe, in order to absorb core energy or assimilate a planet, Orochi would first have to break through the laws of the Teyvat Universe.

Breaking through the universe's rules was no easier than directly challenging Noah, the Heavenly Principle.

If Monster King Orochi lost those two abilities, then he was just an ordinary high-Dragon-level monster.

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