What The 4 Shades Are Hiding & Zhongli's Secret Origin, Backstory Explained! Genshin 5.0 Theory
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What The 4 Shades Are Hiding & Zhongli's Secret Origin, Backstory Explained! Genshin 5.0 Lore & Theory
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Are the shades trying to sabotage celestia through the 7 thrones since the very start of the archon war and is Zhongli just another example of that?
Well, I doubt the Sustainer is the Primordial one, she's most likely a shade. So, probably not?
@Vencaline Wait who said the sustainer was the PO?
@@TheGamerChronicles999 You kinda did. You referenced when Nahida referred to the unknown god as the heavenly principles. The heavenly principles is more likely than not the Primordial One + 4 shades since the 5 of them each represent a different _principle_ of reality. Plus, the sustainer's powers mimic the herrscher of the void very closely. More likely than not, the sustainer is the shade of space.
@radiantradish4943 If you assume the PO and the HP are the same then sure but I never did in the video nor do I think that now guess it depends on how someone interprets who the PO is
@@TheGamerChronicles999 Before sun and moon confirms that the primordial one is the heavenly principles. If you consider the wiki to be canon, then they are the same by lore.
I love how Zhongli never shuts up in-game but we still know so little about his past 😂 just a thought
right? lol
do you remember the taste of osmanthus wine?
But where are those who share the memory?@@TeddyNONSTOP626
Osmanthus wine tastes the same as I remember
Indeed. It is as you have guessed.
Orobashi dared to challenge Raiden Shogun even though he was ultimately defeated. But the orobashi trembled in fear at the mere sound of Morax's name and fled into the dark sea. this alone shows that Morax really is on a different level.
The fact he was the first one who gave us a hint about our main role - a witness - just out of nowhere, oh he for sure knows everything but doesn’t say anything of that ugh
To add salt to injury it cannot be a coincidence, since :
1) Zhongli pretty much foreshadowed most things that happened with the traveler thought their journey, his two ominous story quest gathered key elements to almost everything that happened in every nation (erosion opposing eternity and the dangers that come form killing gods in Inazuma/Fontaine, that memory is fallible and the traveler is immune to the laws that govern this world in Sumeru as few examples ...) he knew we were immune to Irminsul tempering, because we are a descender, before even Nahida did (the neat part is she still doesn't).
2) His contract to keep his silence wouldn't make any sense if he was to be subject to Irminsul tempering
3) He straight out told the traveler that he's going to wait and see whether their heart is made of Gold.... you know, pretty much like him 😅 adding to the long list of similarities between them (being a star or a meteor as one of them)
I'm pretty sure that the "heart made out of gold thing" was just Zhongli being poetic
Nahida knows we are a descender tho
So Zhongli is a descender himself?
@@PWF-xh4ph No
Nahida is well aware of the travelers immunity to irminsul modifications after the wanderer interlude “Inversion of Genesis”
I think Zhongli has a strong case to be connected to the Shade of Space(probably the Sustainer). Zhongli has always been depicted as The Sun and the Sun is the primary thing we see in Space also In the Scion of Blazing Sun it was said that Deshret fought against The Sun and fell to the earth. Space may also mean dimensional control and Zhongli is a master in that as well. The Adepti whose Domains are already capable of sealing gods inside them for millenniums and been stated to be crude imitation of what Zhongli's domains are by Ping.
The last connection I see is that it was stated somewhere in Liyue that Rex Lapis's constructs are indestructible and the only thing that could affect them was The Abyss which would turn those constructs Black. If Zhongli is connected to the Shade of Space aka the Sustainer then I think the reason why she did what she did was because she was under the control of the Abyss as her powers too turned black
But doesn't anything affected by the abyss usually become blue instead of red? But really good theory though
Ashikai made a similar a theory about this. In the CN text, the term "descended" is intentionally vague and thus implying that he is royalty or a Prince.
Descende could mean tree things;
1) He descended from the sky.
2) He was demoted.
3) That he was tasked with a duty.
All could be true honestly I think the last one is true regardless seems he was definitely sent as the shade of space itself demoted or from the shade of space but where he descended from is the question
Wherever, he did so after the Irminsul tree was made, because if he can remember the greater lord, he is not connected to it, like us. Also, we have us, the chopped up descender, *GAP* and the heavenly bitch.... Someone is the second D.... And he was not born in Teyvat for sure... How much outside of it is another question... Also... Will we ever get to know if Azhdaha is the geo sovereign? Or what happened with it ....
@@TheGamerChronicles999 probably Asmoday's right hand man thats my theory if its the case then everyone should get ready to be betrayed.
Btw, in some Natlan quest with challenges for MC and his lil tepetlisaur companion, Paimon says: "Paimon has many more abilities, wich actually scare, you just don't know about them yet!". So, maybe she is like Zhongli, she knows who she is, but pretending Paimon. Moreover, she never calls herself by "I", "Me", "My", "Mine" etc. assigning all his actions not to “herself”, but to Paimon
Many Gods just fleed from Tyvat during Archon war cuz they just know he's totally in different league.
My personal theory is that Paimon is a creation of the shadow of Time whose purpose is to guide and protect the traveler.
For Zhongli I have the impression that many people miss it but Xiao tells us that Zhongli knows legends of another world and it is all the more strange, it seems to confirm that Zhongli was not born in Teyvat +6000 years ago but that he has lived there for more than 6000 years
True, it was abit too obvious during the 2023 Lnatern rite when she ''unconciously'' completed Venti's rhyme with ''Cultivated by time'' pointing at herself especially since in the newest event she straight out said she was bad at rhyming verses 😂
Also he totally gave Xiao a ''new name'' lmao if we don't get more Xiao's lore crumbs in Natlan I don't know when we will.
You and my name for now should do a collab on a megatheory, cus you 2 are the only theorists thst actually make sense
God bless this comment
THIS
I couldn't have said it better myself.
Hope they do so in the future, there’s so much mystery surrounding Zhongli
check out SiliconOneFour - he's pretty good as well!
A few other points I want to add:
1) Zhongli is closely associated with gold, and gold color is very important in genshin and indicates either descenders or some other great power. Think of the Traveler and Albedo, or how the 5 stars are all gold.
2) Teapot is literally a tiny thing that hides an enormous space within it, which is clearly manipulation with space, and it is an adepti technology
3) He said our role is to record the history of this world. Might indicate that he knows Traveler's memory can't be tempered with
4) His ulti is a meteor falling from the sky (which is fake so where is it falling from?..) It's kind of reminiscent of a falling star, no? Both come from space
wow
Zhongli is *NOT* a descender
I can also say stuff like Ei spilt reality with her slash so she is a descendant
Etc etc
@@gamesanime7838 Why are you so heated? It's only a theory, a fun possibility to consider, a thought to ping pong with others. It might not turn out to be true, but who are you to stop us from brainstorming it?
@@BruceWayne-sw5xe you know EXACTLY why I am heated
Space is in direct unity with earth and with it stone. They are both a space where you traverse in and are stable areas where everything resides in. That Zhongli is connected with the Shade of Space therefore makes really sense like Venti is connected to the invisible but yet changing and manipulating winds like time. I believe that they are both at least the apostles of the two corespondent Shades and i really hope that the theory gets canon.
Nice video by the way. To this point out of all the others, i really think that your takes on the lore are the closest to the hidden truth. Keep up the good work 🔥 ^^
I never made that connection before between space and stone like how time and wind are always changing that actually makes so much sense thanks for sharing! I also picture time and wind going together but that stone and space is spot on
I’ve noticed this very interesting detail about Zhongli a long time ago, and I can only hope that it helps you out in some way.
The Ley Line Blossoms give us Mora, and EXP Books, they glow Gold, and Blue. But we’ve also seen them glow Red, during Diluc’s 5* Outfit Event, and they were showing memories of Dragonspine.
The Ley Lines in Dragonspine were exposed when Durin was killed, and his blood revitalized the Mountain with Warmth. So … this proves that the Ley Lines are to a specific extent, reliant on blood, and they reflect this blood with their color.
Now, we have Ley Line Outcrops: Blossom of Wealth, which gives out Mora, and glows Gold.
The Topaz Gemstone says “The currencies that flow through this land are my flesh and blood.” So Mora is Morax’s blood.
The Ley Lines are reliant on Blood, and reflect it through their color. Mora is the golden blood of Morax.
And then we have Ley Line Outcrop: Blossom of Revelations, which gives us EXP Books … three different versions. The Ley Lines are reliant on blood, and they reflect it … so this EXP is the blue blood of some deity. I believe, it’s the blue blood of Three Deities, because each Paper has a different signature, and a different Logo attached to them.
I’ve seen this detail before Sumeru was released, and I still don’t have any real idea of who these Three Gods are, the only ones that come to mind are the Three Moon Sisters, but maybe you have other ideas?
Maybe the blue of the exp lines, is the same blue as blue of Celestial Nails? And blue of many petrified trees too. The color of information.
Yellow is likely the blood of Morax or any other god king, Blue is the information stored in irminsul (a tree of souls and memories both of which are depicted as blue. I dont wanna keep going as I can talk about the proof of this forever but the hall of Duat should be enough proof for now), and the red leylines or purple areas are likely simply abyssal corruption altering how they elemental flow takes form as we know that Abyssal power has the ability to modulate elemental energy into its own special new thing.
@@Fuphu Nope, it was clearly mentionned in the lore of the Dialog of the Desert Sages that even in Deshret's time, it was clear that gold was the sole dominion of Rex Lapis, going by Deus Auri at the time. I don't know what you bring up The Hall of Duat and Deshret's treasures, because if you payed attention you'd actually know it's actually the ANTITHESIS to what you just said, because we knew from Liloupar and Taldha that Deshret's gold was ''fool's gold'' mainly just bronze and brass, the same way Remus's golden Ichor was made form an ''immortal' stone he didn't produce and his golden city was also a city made of marble and brass. The ''God king'' is merely a theory popularized by Ashikai, and tough it's fun and has great elements, it's doesn't really hold truth. One thing is for sure, Gold is very valuable to have been a symbol coveted by those powerful dieties, it just adds up a layer of mystery to Zhongli in retrospect.
The only golden blooded god in Genshin so far is Zhongli, there should have existed more individuals like him according to ''The Little Witch and the Undying Fire'', but for now, there is no other golden God King....
@@citoyenneteavanttout7273 I'm guessing you just forgot alot of stuff or hear theories secondhand so you missed out on alot of stuff.
1) The title God King is official and is repeated multiple times in the remuria quest and in books.
2) I don't remember exactly but the locations with god kings are said to have gold coins with different inscriptions on it that look different than mora. This is most apparent in an exploration thing or mini quest in the desert I believe where you find a bunch of gold and its mentioned in passing that it looks different than normal mora. (Can't find the source so you're free to just discredit this as you please).
3) The blue energy is seen in the leylines, in the nails, in tsurumi island, in the chasm and so on. All instances of blue energy is related to either celestia or the leylines or souls and memories.
The reason I brought up the hall of Duat is because its a place where a large number of sumerian souls are gathered and give the area a blue glow, its also likely the power source of alot of the tech in king deshret's kingdom and its even mentioned by Rene de petrichore that the machines seem to have some sentience likely originating from these souls.
I really dont wanna get into blue energy but its pretty much 100% agreed upon by most theorizers that its "information" such as memories or information in the form of souls.
@@kotarouinugami1745blue layline is memory ( none physical elementel enargy)
And yellow layline is well elementel enargy ( physical elementel enargy)
I do feel it is important to mention Morax has the ability to remove both soul and spirit independently from OTHER GODS, as stated in the Chi of yore
Edit: I also think that after new information that perhaps Morax or rather Deus Auri (a latin name that ONLY another dragon calls him in all of teyvat, ad latin is the primordial language of the dragons/ teyvat, also Mora existed before the death of the pyro sovereign as its mentioned being in low supply before the fall of ochkanatlan), perhaps is of they dragon race and that he stole the Geo authority from celestia amidst the destruction of the palace and fled on the celestial horse which are mentioned in the recent Ochkanatlan quest. Also his old self as rex lapis is called an Exuvia which is another name for a shed bug shell, aka a molt. And sice we now know ONLY dragons are capable of solo evolution it makes sense.
Also Xiao states the weird dragon person statues in qingce are based directly off morax himself, and even zhongli tells us morax has a true form that no we haven't seen yet. And he specifically refers to morax in the 3rd person.
Another iteresting possibility is that Morax may be the child of the "morning star" (cough sun) and one of the moon sisters concieved when the celestial palace fell and then fled on the back of a celestial horse to come to teyvat as purposed in moonlit bamboo forest, as we have to keep in mind the seele weren't just banished many of them died first and that would mean 6000 years ago amidst the events of moonlit bamboo forest that the palace fell to ruin. I think the 3 moon sisters perhaps at one point were the shades and that would explain their banishment as they survived the destruction but were banished along with the rest although that would still leave one shade un accounted for and that seemingly would BE the shade of space. I propose that perhaps there is a more biological connection to Morax if Morax isnt the "morning star mentioned which would ,make him the RULER of the celestial palace or the child of the queen of night and the morning sun, two prominent celestial bodies IN space
ALSO just a fun fact, the symbol on his back is the Quincux which is the most important symbol in alchemy, symbolizing the transformation of non precious metals into, guess what, gold. Oh and the mist veiled exiled reveals that Alchemy is ACTUALLY an adeptal art, which ALL come from morax.
My guess is that he's associated with Qliphloth the Preservation and the IPC. Shields, obsession with collecting information, amber. . . Maybe Rhinedotter, too. Because descenders & Gold.
hmmm intresting, I will be checking that you really picked my interest because somewhat makes sense.
There's also that the demon Morax from the Ars Goetia is linked to alchemy and divinitation.
The void/space is known for chaos. It could be why Zhongli's one line is "I WILL have order."
If we see it from hsr perspective i would've thought order means he's also a follower ena, the order...but i think his cn burst voiceline is different
Not all who comes from beyond teyvat is one who descends that only applies to someone whose will can rival the entire world
1. Protect the world
2. Sustain the world
3. Destroy the world
isn't alice a 'descender' as well, or more specifically also an outlander not affected by imisul? I think a better term is 'outlander' as not all outlanders are descenders but all descenders are outlanders (iirc)
@@twit3537 Outlander:Yes Descender: we still don't know
4. Create the world
@@Vencaline true
@@twit3537outlander are effected by irmansole remember what Nahida said about furina Fontaines fate is written in irmansole a long time ago and even about the whale.the whale was an outlander his is recorded but traveler isn't recorded in irmansole
When u say ‘Primordial one’ multple time fast enough, you’ll hear ‘Paimon’ 😅
Zhongli showed his death as a dragon when we didn't knew about dragon sovereign in Liyue Archon quest. So it won't be much of stretch to see a Geo dragon evolve into a archon through celestia.
Do you guys remember in the first part of the game where the traveler said "Some kind of seal was cast upon me.."? And now remember the seals cast upon objects by the Abyss or the seals on treasures. Y'all see any connection? 😓😓😓😓
22:11 oh My God , that whistling always drives me mad when I'm exploring Lyiue , it's so haunting 😮😮😮😮😮
Also just my opinion but there’s no way the developers would make other nations shine more than Liyue. They guarantee that their Archon will be the strongest and wisest.
Ayo, no one thinks Zhongli is the shade of Life. Everyone thinks he is the shade of Space because of the cube, representing tridimensionality.
But the sustainer also uses cubes
@@FuryUnyieldingyeah, but the sustainer isn't one of the shades. The shades are absolutely acting against the HP.
@@samsaraslight8377 How do you know she isn't a shade? And how would we know Zhongli is a shade?
@@FuryUnyielding because so far the shades actions are against the HP.
They assisted Makoto in planting the tree in defiance of the HP.
They assisted Ageria in transforming the Oceanids in defiance of the HP.
They assisted Xbalanque in defiance of the HP.
They've helped the archons in ways the HP would not approve of, so it doesn't track that they are aligned.
Idk if Zhongli is a shade, so far there's nothing on the forth shade ( shade of space/void ). So he might be it, idk.
@@samsaraslight8377 Yes Ronova helped Xbalanque and Istaroth helped Inazuma but the Shade of Life did not help in creating the oceanids for Egeria. Egeria was creaed as the new heart of the primordial sea after Celestia removed the original Hydro Dragon. Egeria then first created an Oceanid by her first tears. When her followers wished to live on the land, she herself, against the rule of the heavenly principles, took water from the Primordial sea in order to turn them into humanoids. .
Theyll most likely be following the troupe of: "Death is not evil, just following its duty" which means that Ronova isn't technically cruel but just follows the rules of death and her power. The Shade of Life however might be the opposite since Life is seen as pure and good and Death is seen as evil and impure by cliche plots. The Shade of Life may be evil, at least more than the others and may create life as playthings or for her amusement.
Also I think the Sustainer might be the Space shade since she's probably an expy of Kiana and Zhongli might’ve been a high ranking God originated from Celestia who drove the Sun Chariot. Maybe some sort of Sun God since he has a lot of Sun references and is said that Gold, the thing he creates from his blood, to be able to create it, it requires the power of 7 suns without human manipulation.
The vibe I’m getting with that second mural in the quest with our Telaptasaur is that Durin is gonna be revived because he’s the only one that can burn the Irmunsul tree. Since the mural has a black Dragon that is shooting Phlogistan at a gold tree
Lol random head canon, but what if Zhongli is Louis Flemming from HSR? The guy who started the IPC, had a direct vision from Fuli the Remembrance which was the first public appearance of the Aeon and the last time Flemming was seen in public. He was also widely seen as the epitome and full representation of "wealth" within the universe. He kind of fits the bill but why would he randomly show up in Teyvat unless Fuli sent him there for some random reason. Like I said, random head canon.
If the theory proves true, then it would be interesting how the archons/archon thrones that correspond with the Shade that created them are also part of the classical elements: air/electricity, water, fire, and earth…
That cannot be a coincidence knowing Hoyo.
As you've mentioned that Zhongli remembers the original Dendro Archon because he's not from Teyvat and since you also mention Paimon: Paimon doesn't remember the original Dendro Archon, though.
saw a theory saying that paimon was actually kiana from fly me 2 the moon and genshin is the 61th final level of the game or wtv. that would explain why paimon is the mascot of the game since kiana is hoyoverse’s baby
Some months ago I came to the personal theory that
- Teyvat is in Samsara cycles for as long as there are moons left ( or until the world is deemed perfect )
No new souls aside descendars enter, all reincarnate but then become recorded and part of Teyvat
- Teyvat is a prison and the Seven are the guards
- The abyss is the natural state of the world ( upside down world. Fake stars )
And Zhongli (either and / or)
- voluntary left Celestia
- is from an earlier samsara cycle with full memories from this
- is a descender God
- is a shade, himself
We can rule out him being a descender as he is affected by Irminsul and doesn't have a will to rival the world.
What about his voiceline about the remaining original archons?@@AndrewsMobs
Amazing lore video. I love Zhongli due to his insane power mysterious background!
my name for now is where it's at
@CurioNox8 Yeah they're great! but why are you saying that here to be rude? Disrespectful? If u commented that on their video that would probably make their day to hear that but it seems you are trying to be rude
I wonder if GI will have a part 2 that tie with the HSR universe. Zhongli have so many similarities with the preservation and there’s a theory that the comet/rock structure during his idle is actually his true body or something. What if he’s a fragment that falls off of Qliphloth a long time ago during the Aeon war. I really want to see some theory’s that connect GI with HSR
If they do have part 2 I hope they don’t delete part 1 considering what happens with honkai impact’s previous games
Big reach but what if Zhongli is Nibelung and he was helped by shade of space to give him a place in teyvat again after being defeated a second time, bound by a contract to stay silent about himself so as to go unnoticed.
A thing I noticed: Zhongli's chinese name is 钟离. The first word translates to clock, while the second word means to leave or to depart.
Which could be hinting from the very beginning that he will fake his death, and with clock which is obviously associated with time is a bit of a coincidence considering the fact both of these are shades.
Venty could be like kusanali being a branch of the world tree he is a branch of time
I didn't realize Zhongli was such a mysterious being until recently when I asked myself what do i know about him and my answer was nothing 😂
If paimon is the primordial one and traveler is the dragon king, both diminished and memories tampered with. That would mean the whole point of the journey was for these two to become friends. So they have been literally telling us the answer all along. "the real treasure is the friends we make along the way."
Paimon can't be PO because PO is described as androgynous and Paimon isn't even a descender, traveller being the dragon king makes no sense, the dragon king is likely the third descender .
Isn't the Serenitea pot an Adeptus art that manipulates space?
perhaps the shade of Space was responsible for that art.
You know what's funny to me; why does everyone assume the Primordial One stopped at 4 Shades?
The 4 shades probably - "you may have one the battle" (second who came) but you lossing the war your archons actually are ours muahahahah I agree is it possible zhongli is the shade of space since he can summon a meteor from nowhere in the sky and could have ruked like istaroth in mondstat at one time?
Soooooooo no one is gonna talk about the fact that Zhongli used a sword instead of a spear in the cutscenes?
It's known he uses other weapons or at least confirmed to have used spear, sword and bow before.
@@Male_Ficent and they gave the least damaging weapon in the entire game to the most powerful character
The only thing... My understanding is good old zong is simply a primordial dragon and not a descender 🤔 ... And is aloy even being considered in the count
I don't think aloy is cannon
@sanyogitanegi3881 fair enough, but I still doubt the videos line of reasoning, far as I'm concerned there's more likely candidates for descenders
@@oo7sk8punk my guess is that their are more than 4 Outlanders people out of tevyat but only 4 of them can be considered a decender
do you mean decender as "one of the four decenders", "demoted from celestia" or "an outlander from space"? He cant be one of the four Decenders because we already know who they are: the primordial one, someone evil, someone dead and the traveller. none of them can be zhongli
technically you're right, but the second one, how do you know they're evil ? with all what's happening in Natlan it kind of seems like PO in some stories is evil as well.
Every time you said, "where did he come from..." I kept imagining the rest of that dreadful song continuing...ah, cotton-eye Zhongli, where will you go?
Can we just remember that Keith voiced a Zhongli line "Celestia...I have not been back in a long while..." that was supposed to be the line instead of his now infamous "Osmanthus wine..." one? Wouldn't it be wild if the Shades once dwelt in Celestia a long time ago before they got ousted by the heavenly principles, and had a child with them which was Zhongli, either the youngest Shade or an actual son of one? That would explain the fondness in this deleted voice line, and his deeper, hidden motivations. What if the heavenly principles stole his home and his family from him? And he "descended" to not only make sure the archons pre-determined by the Shades took their place, but to ensure they would later on rebel or assist in the rebellion? Teyvat's version of Christ (no blasphemy meant Lord), since now "angels" are known to exist in-game so biblical references are definitely free territory to explore.
The story could change since the beta
Wait, showing 6k years ago is not showing directly before the Archon war (that was 3k back, roughly?). Also Paimon is subjected to Irminsul - she forgets. That doesn't point towards the Primordial One.
It's true, rather it coincides with the war of vengeance/the fall of the seelie race.
@@citoyenneteavanttout7273 But do we know the exact time of that war (in millenia)?. Last time I checked we were all working with very rough estimates. By the time Zhongli descended, Guizhong and her people were already in place and prospering and as far as I know, the only big war that came after that was the Archon war. 🤔
@@Rihorama what I meant is you're correct. He should have descended about the time of the fall of the Seelie race and the Hall of stars, which all points out to have accused after or during the war with Nibelung that almost torn the world ablaze, which is a long time since before the Archon war started. And prospering isn't a world we would use to describe Guizhong's people before Zhongli descended, since we know that they merely were thought farming AFTER the Guili assembly was formed under his protection and at that time Shanhui Fort Dynasty (Zhongli's own Civilization) was commercially thriving already.
Im watching in 2025 and the god of death is Ronova and the god of time is Istaroth
If we look at the murals in domains, the ones that have a reversed copy below, in the centre, or rather at the beginning of them we see a circle with an ingwaz rune-like symbol inside, which has a meaning of the seed of life. But its shape is really similar to geo symbol, which has the only square vision out of all 🤔🤔🤔
And about Paimon - the old official art with her, had her wielding a scepter. Pretty straightforward 😅
Thank you for another great video.
I swear, no matter how many characters we get, none will ever be as cool as Zhongli. The man has such cool lore and characterization he could have his own game. Bro has the golden AURA. No other characters in Genshin has made me feel emit such presence. The closest rn is probably Capitano.
Also Paimon sleeves design resembles the statues of the seven and the Celestial Nails. And she has 6 of them! Coincidence?!
If Zhongli is from another world, how likely is it that he's from Star Rail and is a lost High Elder of the Luofu?
If anything he'd be an Emenator of Qlipoth imo
Not to mention to, there’s a book you can get in Fontaine that is called perinheri that could be fatui known as the captain, in the book that was talking about a unknown woman came defeated nation that was destroyed by Deus Auri, my question is what crimes that he committed that the hydro dragon knows as neuvillette will bring judgment
After reading this book I found something even crazier, the fatui capitain apparently wasn’t perinheri but the man in the fight list, and guess what was his surname? ALBERICH, what is actually very very sus, perinheri seems like a reference to arlecchino, even more for being related to Angelica which is seemingly a reference to columbina that goes well with arle as we can see in her voice lines she says columbina is the most sane in the fatui.
I could be wrong but they called Alberich the capitain of the knights of Khaenri’ah and this is the title of capitano what makes us wonder what he had been gone thorough
@@Vivihorsesegames wait a minute, didn’t dain mention “alberich” when he was saying that he will have his vengeance?
@@sgt_malice4521 wow this is going so far, because Alberich is kaeya’s family, and he mentioned his grandpa or smth created the abyss, it was also an Alberich and capitano is also Alberich and now it makes so much sense because capitano use powers of abyss, he probably got them because he’s from the family that founded the abyss.
Dain was seeking vengeance of the creator of the abyss and maybe even from capitano, and the leaks say we will have Dain quest in 5.2 what means Dain is coming for capitano?
I heard that the inspiration for artifacts came from “Tarot cards“ and “William Blake‘s Poetry“. There’s a Magician who commands the four (classical) elements.
Magician = Phanes (obviously)
Chalice of Water = Shade of Space/Void & Hydro
Wand of Fire = Shade of Death & Pyro
Sword of Wind = Shade of Time & Anemo
Coin of Earth = Shade of Life & Geo
The last one IMMEDIATELY reminded me of Zhongli since he’s canonically the only one who can create Gold (Mora) and has authority over the geo element. The shade of life = Zhongli theory has probably been out for atleast over a year now and I still can’t let go🙏
Zhongli is the first mc of genshin
I'm not saying he is the shade of death because I'm inclined to agree with the wyob theory. But zhongli, the decimator, as the shade of life?
You mean, the guy that literally works at a funeral parlour...
"To cleanse the land and defend our safe harbor"
I feel like there is some very important parts of Venti’s story missing in game right now 🤔
my funny theory is : zhongli is Qlipoth, the Aeon of The Preservation. he s been silent because retired
This can't really be right since Qlipoth glanced down at Stelle in the fight with Cocolia. But it's sort of possible Zhongli is an emenator of preservation
LMFAO "woah dude the traveller's got the PRIMORDIAL one.. act normall.."
There are some differences between the adepti (a group based on reaching buddhist enlightenment and divinity) and yokai. Even if they have long lifespans they're on opposite sides of a spectrum. The cn equivalent would be yaoguai. I wouldn't just lump them in together
@MB-tj7xh forsure there are differences I just meant similar as there are different types of yokai just like adepti
Morax apeared long before archon war, bro
Sudden thought, and maybe it’s been stated before. But the primordial one broke itself into 4 shades after the second who came won that war. The second who came is the m current ruler of celestia.
This is incorrect. Phanes created the four shades after defeating the Seven Dragon Sovereigns. To my knowledge, there’s also no confirmation that the Second Who Came is the (sole) ruler of Celestia, as Phanes’ rules for Teyvat are still intact and they created the gnoses together from the remains of the Third Descender. This indicates that they were working together rather than against each other.
The creation of the gnoses furthermore took place after the destruction of heaven and earth, which happened during the War of Vengeance against Nibelung (Before Sun and Moon states that war was “rekindled, as it was in the world’s creation” [which was against the dragon lords and could thus refer to the battle against Nibelung]), so they possibly even fought together against him.
Zhongli is stiil to this day my best character
Zhongli is that 🦴 the heavenly principles are having while asleep
i must have missed a lot when i was taking a break, i’m seeing a lot of footage for stuff i’ve never played, is that zhongli footage in those video from an event or a quest?
No, I’ve been playing nonstop and haven’t seen these animations in the acc game. Prolly fan made
So we the travelers are like the new zhonggli and we aren’t actually racing to the end we are racing to a new beginning
Zhongli doesn't remember Rukkhadevata. People thinking this have misread the lines, but his lines do change in reference to her.
The specific line leading people to this theory is: "As time passed, many of The Seven's titles changed hands, and only two of the first Seven remain in positions of rulership: Rex Lapis and the Anemo Archon."
The line *ORIGINALLY* read: "As time passed, many of The Seven's titles changed hands, and only two remain of the first Seven: Rex Lapis and the Anemo Archon. "
The phrase "in positions of rulership" is added when Rukkhadevata is erased.
Consider that Nahida is *NOT* in a position of rulership. With the changes made to Irminsul to erase Rukkhadevata, the history as written is that the sages of Sumeru removed Buer from rulership and took control of Sumeru.
Therefore, this line does *NOT* mean Zhongli remembers the original, because it's 100% accurate. They're the only two Archons remaining in positions of rulership.
If Zhongli *did* remember Rukkhadevata, his lines to the Traveller about us serving as a witness of history would have no meaning whatsoever.
If this is the case, then Zhongli shouldn't count himself as well since he's no more in the position of rulership, the Anemo Archon said himself that he doesn't really govern Mondstadt and he was called by Zhongli as the absentee archon so he's technically not in a position of rulership either, and Nahida is DEFINITLY still in a position of rulership.
It's not the only think that rings a bell regarding his possible immunity to irminsul tempering, his ''contract to keep silece'' is another one, since if Irminsul tempering was to affect him, there wouldn't be any need for the said contract to begin with.
Also, he practically said during his battle with Azhdaha verbatim : ''He who bears the weight of memory is destined to shoulder the burden of truth. As it ought to be.''
as a reference to himself being the one who bears the weight of memories.
@@citoyenneteavanttout7273 - and yet the fact remains that if you start a brand new Genshin account, you will see the lines change in that manner, exactly as I outlined, the moment you complete the AQ that erases Rukkhadevata.
There's no reason to tie that change specifically to that quest being completed if he still remembers her.
@@DrakeWurrum Zhongli’s story and voice lines, especially after the Sumeru quest. His updated story now implies that, out of the original seven Archons, five have died, leaving only Venti and Zhongli as the surviving original Archons. This goes beyond just saying that they are the last two in rulership; it emphasizes that they are the only ones still alive from the original group. In Chinese, it’s explicitly mentioned that
" 此後，世界不斷變遷，他曾熟悉的一切都在逐漸消逝。
七神之位更迭再更迭，酒會上的七人已逝五人。"
which roughly translate to
(“the positions of the seven gods have changed again and again, and five of the seven people at the reception have died”).
If Zhongli's memory had been tampered with by Irminsul, like the rest of Teyvat, he would logically consider Nahida as the original Dendro Archon, since everyone else believes that to be true. However, his awareness of the original Archons suggests that either his memory wasn’t altered or there’s something unique about his relationship with Irminsul.
@RenakoAmaori - nowhere in any of his updated text is it implied the other Archons died.
I must *again* explain this: his text changes after you complete that Sumeru Archon quest.
It wasn't updated with a patch. It specifically changes after you complete that Archon quest to new text that adds small adjustments to change the meaning.
There is only one reason that would happen: Irminsul changed his memories.
@DrakeWurrum then look for "departed". The CN text says "died". But the updated text says "departed" in English. Which is the same thing.
I think that Zhongli is indeed connected to the shade of space because of everything that happened in teh Chasm. But I don't think he is a descender. He may be an otherworlder but it's different. Fatui that know most of the secrets of the world, know that there are 4 descenders and Morax can't be anyone of them. The First And Second came before him and the third is already dead. The fourth is the traveler. Besides all descenders are extremely elemental compatible, but Zhongli can only control Geo. There can also be a 5th Descender but then Zhongli would be the 4th and the traveler would have been the 5th because of the order they arrived in teyvat. The reason why he remembers the former Dendro Archon is because of his otherworlder status. I believe Irminsul can't affect, those not belonging to teyvat, both Descenders and Otherworlders. As for why Abyss sibling is recorded by it, They now belong to teyvat because of something we don't know yet. I also think the Primordial One won the war against the Second Descender. Because if the 2th is the Dragon King then the dragons like apep would have taken over teyvat. But this is just my guess.
He is likely a Celestial god
Also second isn't the dragon king, dragon king is likely the 3rd.
@AndrewsMobs Are you sure? Because It would make sense that the second led the war of vengeance if he was the Dragon King. Besides, Apep stated that he came back with the power of Darkness to face the Primordial One once again.
@@SuperMCGamer-wg4pc SWC is a known descender and we know Abyssal creatures while outlanders are not really descenders if they don't possess a will to rival the world.
The second is likely the Abyss itself and we know it has a will of its own and that it wants to destroy the world, which would take a will that rivals the world, since the Abyss is also an outlander this would make it by definition a descender and we know only the Abyss so far has the strength to rival PO.
Regarding Nibelung, all 7 sovereign correspond with the 7 elements, it makes logical sense that the king of the sovereigns himself may have the ability to control all 7 elements, we know there are 7 elemental gnosis made from the remains of the 3rd descender.
Next, we know the Primordial One and "the one who came after" worked together to stabilise the world, no way in hell would Nibelung work together with the PO given how much he hates it.
It is safe to assume that if Nibelung is a descender then he is the third descender whom the first two worked together to defeat maybe during the "war of vengeance" and used his remains to create the 7 gnosis.
We can exclude Nibelung being the 4th and 2nd descender for these obvious reasons, if he is a descender then he is likely the 3rd one.
Zhongli being second who came makes sense, ie the guy who was fighting Phanes when AbyssNibelung decided to spice things up bringing chaos and heresy into the mix. Also could fit with the narrative where the usurper and second who came made third descender juice into the gnoses to the first contract.
SWC is a descender, Zhongli clearly isn't.
@@AndrewsMobs Morax could be a descender, nothing proves otherwise.
@@LuizFelipe508-ty2id The fact that there are only 4 listed descenders.
If the shades were created by the Primordial One and rebelled giving power to archons would that mean that contrary to Gnosticism theory of the Primordial One being the demiurge they would be an aeon (sophia) and the shades are the demiurge? I am not an expert in Gnosticism but that is what I can get from what I know.
only thing about paimon being HP is that HP is stated as being "androgynous" while paimon is very clearly female in both design and voice. not saying that its impossible for paimon to be HP, but its just something to consider.
What if Zhongli is the actual incarnation of the dragon of Geo and he created aegdaha as a distraction
Susty can't be the heavenly principles, she's the *sustainer* of them
i believe he was the sun chariot, therres that Greek mythology story of a sun chariot that messed up and made the sun fall into Earth, just like how i think paimon was a moon sister, what if she gave her power away to keep the moon lit up in the sky?
At this point I don't even care what he is, like let bro enjoy his retirement-
Zhongli situation is like kalpASS situation. We don't really know where they come from.
lets go had a feel it would be today!
I like how you think back on him giving the land to the people, by faking his death.
What if the sustainer got corrupted by the red space behind the fake sky
Paimon being a food lover is sus, is she really eating food or some kind of energy that the food produces.
Also why is Paimon so childish, she's almost like ajaw to be honest, why, if she was the primordial one, why would she become so silly? Something doesn't addd up.
Zhong'li: "only two remain of the first Seven" to "only two of the first Seven remain in positions of rulership."
Nahida is now considered the Original by Zhong'li and is simply not a ruler.
I wish people would stop stating otherwise.
He is absolutely effected by Irmunsul and I THINK that's because he's the Primordial Dragon Sovereign of Geo, a native.
You were correct in the first half but dropped the ball on the last sentence lol, the geo sovereign is obviously Azhdaha.
@@AndrewsMobs I do love Az, but he's just the lord of Vishaps. That theory is as good as any though.
@@pakman9794 It's confirmed in the CN version, same title as the other sovereigns.
And Zhongli obviously isn't a sovereign, Celestia isn't dumb enough to give a sovereign one of the seven seats.
@@AndrewsMobs Incorrect as that CN confirmation exists alongside conflicting declarations. Further, it makes sense if Zhong'li became the god of contracts by making a contract with The Heavenly Principles.
@@pakman9794 Everything points to Azdaha being the sovereign, even Zhongli points out that he is basically young compared to Azdaha
Also Azdaha was as big as a mountain which is standard size for a prime sovereign
We don't know why Zhongli is so obsessed with contracts and how he became the god of contracts in the first place
If erosion is only a part of teyvat, what does that say about zhongli's real reason for stepping down as archon
Zhongli is just simply HIM 🐐
Who’s the guy on the right when the picture of Cloud retainer, Zhongli, and Madame Ping comes up? Looks like a geo catalyst user. Is it moon carver or mountain shaper? His design is very… Pantalone without glasses and a Liyue outfit. 🤷🏻♂️🤷🏻♂️🤷🏻♂️
Great video as always
I want to ask a question: What are the secret identities of Aether and Lumine, and who are they truly? In the gameplay, we know that the main traveller is the 4th descender of Teyvat while the the Traveler's twin remains unknown. It would be interesting if you could uncover more hidden details of Genshin Impact about the twins, I would highly appreciate the new information that was discovered by you.
i have a wild assumption. spoilers ahead.
these are all assumptions from the current 5.1 archon quest (which is still mindblowing to say the least).
you said that it is clear that paimon may be the primordial one -- however, i stand to question that. sure, she can have a lot of direct references to celestia, but that doesn't guarantee (and i don't see her as being the one who tried to attain forbidden knowledge) that she is THE primordial one.
if ever she is the primodial one, for sure, our sibling must've known or recognize that immediately. the cutscene suggests that our sibling was already awake during the cataclysm. she's also trying to undermine celestia, so its rather ironic that lumine hasn't figured out the floating entity next to us.
also, the fatui, who seem to have direct knowledge to the scheme to overthrow celestia aren't threatened with paimon.
my guess is that she could definitely be the last alive moon sister (we just saw mavuika tear apart a fraction of the fake sky, paving a way to see the corpse of a moon sister).
paimon has more resemblance in the logo of welkin moon, and it would plot everything in place. she could also be in deep slumber after being in a close-to-death status.
also we have already established the fact that the moon sisters reigned before the era of humans, and back when seelies' race was still dominant in the past. that would perfectly fit the question on why these humans never really recognize paimon at all.
also, among all entities in teyvat, don't you think that there's a direct resemblance to a floating seelie to paimon who basically floats and guide us to whatever plan that we go to?moreover, there are current theories that seelies belonged to the celestia, as angels even. that would suggest that the moon sisters are weaved directly to celestia.
i think it's also feasible that paimon is the only alive sibling of the moons, given that she is unique to the current style of teyvat but not a descender. take in mind that she's a native of tevyat, given that she's knowledgeable of all the circumstances but she can't force to remember everything. she's not in her prime state --- almost exactly as the traveller's disposition.
about venti:
i think that he himself is the incarnation of the shade istaroth. he's the only archon that jokingly said (in his voiceline) that the drink in celestia is bland and made comments about the fruits. yes, he was a part of a thousand winds, but don't you ever wonder if these winds are species or a single entity?
to say the least, there were no records of them as species. we can therefore say that he's basically the (holy spirit) in abrahamic sense.
the thousand winds was the instrumentalization of the shade of time to help the people of monstadt. it was a subtle move to interferre and give these people freedom.
that's the only realistic reason why venti can leave monstadt alone to visit other places and go to a deep slumber for hundred of years without consequences or "erosion". he is an original archon, as he is directly a part of the four shades himself.
there were no other requirements for archons, be a god and live on during the archon war. is the community sure that the shades themselves didn't try to pursue a region of their choice?
that would make barbatos' name unquestioned, cloaked with utmost divinity, and with authority.
this theory could also support why his realm is the safest place for all the refugees of other nations (kaeya and vanessa), and even the witches of hexenzirkel's direct projects and dearest entities (klee and albedo).
it's all because barbatos, who happened to be the shade isaroth, can stand against celestia or the abyss if ever questioned.
@@soni1891 Paimon is the most obvious choice for Istaroth, she literally has time powers unlike Venti.
The Unknown God/Asmoday/the Heavenly Principles/the Shade of Space could all still be that same person. It looks _very_ much like she is being heavily corrupted in the opening cutscene. Any motivations or beliefs or loyalties she may have had prior could have been overruled by that corruption and changed her priorities and personality entirely, getting bad enough that she had to go into hibernation/sleep for 500 years after she imprisoned us. I don't a have a dog in that theory race, but it's possible, I guess.
How did I miss Ei mention istaroth wtf!? must of mashed to buttons and missed that part lmao
Zhong Li can't be a descender, the First Descender is the Primordial One, the Second Descender is unknown but it is known they worked with the 1st Descender to create the gnoses from the 3rd descenders body and the Traveller is the 4th descender. I doubt he is shade though he clearly knows far more than he lets on and I wouldn't be surprised if he is connected to the Shades in someone though being one seems a bit of a stretch
I'd rather believe Zhongli is the Geo Sovereign Dragon rather than taking this Descender theory. Why? Here's the quick catch
1. His true form was a DRAGON. Yep, a DRAGON. He can manipulate his form as how he wants to.
2. A Hydro Sovereign has the Power that exceeds the logic of the Archon itself. Most of them has the power of the corresponding elements, but Zhongli and Mora? It doesn't seemed right. Especially when we knew that Neuvillette is the "God of Life" that grants life alongside the Hydro Sovereign, there's a chance that Zhongli as the "God of Contract" while holds the title of Geo Sovereign and Geo Archon.
3. Neuvillette wanted to judge every archons but he has a soft side to the other five but not Zhongli (Deus Auri, a new Alias that means God of Gold). Is there any indications that Geo Sovereign Dragon is equivalent with God of Gold? Like Neuvillette and God of Life thing.
4. If we see it in detail, Zhongli's eyes are different towards other archons that has a characteristics on their own. HOWEVER, his eyes and Neuvillette are just similar (Eyes Theory are not a strong Theory Indication indeed, but there's a chance).
Back then, I was cancelled because of this, but 4.4 showed them a different perspective🤣. Zhongli was afraid to do a direct confrontation towards Neuvillette, even speaking about his name.
To be fair, after Sumeru's story quest, Zhongli doesn't say he and Barbatos/Venti are the only original Archons left anymore. He says they are the only original Archons left IN A POSITION OF RULERSHIP, which is true since the Dendro Archon was imprisoned by her followers and no longer ruling Sumeru.
Then, what about Venti? He tells us that he does not rule over Mondstadt and how the people of Monstadt will no like him ruling either. It is The Knights of Favonius ruling Mondstadt.
However, this would not matter as Zhongli's Character Story clearly tells us that 5 of 7 have "departed" even after the Irminsul Wipe of Rukkadevata.
That's what I thought too but the changes happened after Rukkha erased herself from Irminsul, the Sages had been defeated and Nahida returned to power. So why did he still say 2?
@@jadepuguon1177 because even in the rehashed history, Nahida wasn't in power for the last 500 years. She came back to being in power now, but that isnt the same as "remaining" in a position of power.
In the rehashed history, people believe Nahida lost all power and memories during the Khaenri'ah problem, so the sages back then, dissatisfied, locked her up for 500 years, so yeah...she didn't remain in power. She was tossed aside for 500 years.
If paimon is one of the moon sister she'd be the only one remaining according to the lore
What if? This divine Throne is = the Divine Power that came from the shades? like how Venti and Makoto affiliated with Time, Egeria with Life, and Natlan with Death?
maybe Zhongli is affiliated with Phanes himself and that's where the contract begins?
there is this thing in my head like remember they said that this "second who came" was actually the one who started the Archon War? and then there is this theory that the second who came defeated the first descender and overthrew them in Celestia... what if they fleed and went to the seven archons for help? because Egeria is an Archon who used the Divine power but still she was imprisoned by the Celestia?
Neuvilette said that the Gnosis is made from the remains of the third descender? and MC is the fourth descender .. isn't that also stating that it was the second who came is the ones that killed/took the third descender and used its power to create the Gnoses?
lastly, my theory is what if?? Lumine and Aether have the same ability where they can control elements? but what if Lumine became the third descender because the heavenly principles took her power and dragged her to Khaenriah?
We got shade ruler of death in 5.1
I have a question, where does Zhongli *still* state that him and Venti are the only original Archons? Because none of his voicelines mention that and the only context I remember that being mentioned was either during the Liyue or Mondstadt AQ.
It got changed, it's in his character story, but basically it got changed to only 2 of the og archons being in rulership, Zhongli is no longer in rulership so this can only be referring to Venti and Nahida, meaning Zhongli considers Nahida to be the og Dendro archon, so he is indeed affected by Irminsul.
@@AndrewsMobs Yeah, I found that, but like... That doesn't make much sense as the Character Stories (as well as Artifact lore) should be entirely unaffected by Irminsul changes, Nahida's character Story still tells the whole thing. Same goes for Raiden's that should've been changed after the 3.3 AQ, because they still imply Scara's existence.
I'd argue that it probably was just a change in wording, but the weird part is just that both of the Versions still exist and it only changes after deleting Rukkhadevata.
@@Rougelesss Yeah I agree it is weird, I also was thinking about it more and it makes more sense to consider the character stories to be said from a third perspective, so basically a narration about the characters life story.
However if it is indeed a narration then it shouldn't be changed whatsoever, for some reason they changed it in a minor way, it's possible the narrator is actually a character who is affected by Irminsul.
@@AndrewsMobs "As time passed, many of the Seven's titles changed hands, and only two of the first Seven remain in positions of rulership: Rex Lapis and the Anemo Archon."
Makes me wonder whether you actually read his character story 5 or you just heard this reasoning from someone else cause it was clear as day talking specifically about him and Barbatos.
@@Male_Ficent Idk why you responded to a comment from 2 months ago lol, I already read the whole thing by now
Also at the time the character story was written, Nahida wasn't in a position of rulership but was alive which is why it clarified as "only 2 in position of rulership".
Meaning whoever narrates the character story is affected by Irminsul.
Your theories always just make the most sense!! Great video!
@@RealRivals20 Thanks!
@@RealRivals20 😊🙃👍
If anything, what I wanna know is if this Tianwang from the Perinheri book is real and Morax actually defeated them… are they from celestia? cuz Tianwang translates to “Heavenly King” of all things like what’s up with that?
(I get its a book but Pierro in Arlecchino’s CS said the book has truths, so who knows if this god is true or not…)
That book is ominous.... the The Little Witch and the Undying Fire is also an aminous book that sublety references Zhongli, overall, Fontaine did a great job in making him more sus than ever.
@@citoyenneteavanttout7273 Isn't that the book in the theatre? i haven't read it yet... what does it have on Zhongli tho? That book is like 7 (or was it 8?) vols long...
How can Paimon be the Primordial One if she is affected by the changes in Irminsul?
@@0Harebrained0 same way our abyss sibling can when they should be a descender?
If you didnt say it i never notice paimon has a crown XD
Where did he come from, where did he go, where did he come from gold eyed Zhongli
I think he may be be an outlander but not a descender I don't think his will rivals the world he could be an outlander because there have been many outlanders like Perinheri an outlander who was trained and raised to be a descended but his will was not strong enough to rival the world and disappeared