Blue Planet — Villa
Seeing the increasingly intense barrage in his livestream, Luo Chen raised an eyebrow slightly.
They hadn't even officially begun Nahida's evaluation yet, and half of Teyvat was already preparing to storm the Akademiya.
If this kept escalating… what would happen after the full story was revealed?
Still—
He wasn't opposed to it.
Given Azar and the Akademiya's crimes, no ending would be too harsh.
In the original future, Nahida had simply been too kind.
Shaking his head lightly, Luo Chen continued.
Formal Evaluation — Past Experiences
"Let's begin with their past."
"As with the previous Archons, we'll trace their history first."
"Time: roughly 2600 to 3000 years ago."
"Yes."
"The Archon War."
"At that time, Sumeru was not divided into rainforest and desert."
"It was all desert."
"Three major gods ruled the land."
"Goddess of Flowers — Nabu Malikata."
"Scarlet King — King Deshret."
"And Greater Lord Rukkhadevata — Buer."
"The Scarlet King was the strongest among them."
"But…"
"He fell."
"To charm."
The Three Gods
Deshret was powerful.
Proud.
Brilliant.
Yet he was captivated by the Goddess of Flowers.
Though she only regarded him as a friend.
After hearing of Rukkhadevata's wisdom, the Goddess of Flowers brought Deshret to visit her.
At the banquet—
After the customary exchange of praise—
She posed three questions.
A test of wisdom.
A test of alliance.
Rukkhadevata answered flawlessly.
Thus—
The Three Gods formed a covenant.
Together, they led Sumeru into a golden age of co-rule.
Like Morax, Guizhong, and Marchosius in Liyue.
Unlike other nations—
There was no betrayal.
No civil war.
Even when Celestia offered divine authority—
Deshret refused.
He chose shared rule instead.
Ancient Sumeru flourished.
Chat Reaction
Even Teyvat was surprised.
Compared to Mondstadt's rebellion.
Liyue's divine slaughter.
Inazuma's chaos—
Sumeru had been… peaceful.
Until—
Luo Chen's tone shifted.
The Turning Point — Rebellion
"It was not accident."
"It was intention."
"And the source…"
"The Goddess of Flowers."
Though paradise flourished—
She often sighed in sorrow.
When pressed, she revealed forbidden truths about Celestia.
She warned Deshret:
Do not seek the master of the Four Shades.
Do not peer into the secrets of the sky and abyss.
But some people—
When told not to act—
Become determined to act.
Deshret was one of them.
He envisioned:
Uniting all mortal wisdom.
Breaking free from divine rule.
To achieve this—
He sought forbidden knowledge.
He and the Goddess of Flowers both desired a world ruled by humans.
But they were naïve.
Gods love humanity.
Humanity does not always love itself.
Ambition.
Greed.
Madness.
History would prove it.
Still—
They began a hidden rebellion.
A rebellion that would doom them.
The Goddess' Sacrifice
Before it began—
The Goddess of Flowers visited Rukkhadevata.
She foretold a future:
The Abyss would flood the world.
She gave Rukkhadevata a fragment of divine light.
A safeguard for the coming disaster.
Then—
She aided Deshret.
Using herself as a bridge.
Using the oasis as fuel.
She dissolved in radiant brilliance.
She did not regret it.
For in her philosophy—
Flowers bloom most beautifully at the moment of death.
Tragedy ensures remembrance.
Deshret obtained forbidden knowledge.
But paradise collapsed into sandstorms.
Only two gods remained.
The covenant broke.
Rukkhadevata chose creation.
Deshret chose obsession.
Rukkhadevata's Path — Creation
She sang near the primordial root.
The Ashvattha Tree answered.
From it grew the first Aranara.
Small, cabbage-like forest spirits.
Born from seeds.
The first was Aramuhukunda.
With their help—
She created the Varuna Device.
Rain fell.
The rainforest was born.
She befriended a tiger—
The Forest King.
She cultivated the divine bird Simurgh—
Guardian of life and death.
Preparing for the prophesied catastrophe.
Deshret's Path — Forbidden Knowledge
Deshret, grieving, built the Eternal Oasis.
There, time stood still.
He negotiated with Apep, the Dendro Dragon.
A being that harbored resentment toward the heavens.
They struck a deal:
After Deshret's death, his knowledge would belong to Apep.
A safeguard.
It would fail.
He empowered the Jinn.
Liloupar unleashed Abyssal chaos.
A mortal kingdom fell to sand.
Still—
Deshret continued.
He promised his people a utopia.
Aru.
But he himself sank deeper into forbidden knowledge.
Until—
Like Liloupar—
He lost control.
The Abyss spread.
Aru collapsed.
At death's edge—
Deshret remembered.
What he truly wanted was never a human utopia.
It was discourse.
With the Goddess of Flowers.
With Rukkhadevata.
Too late.
With his final clarity—
He begged Rukkhadevata for aid.
Then chose self-destruction.
Apep arrived.
Swallowed him.
And with him—
The source of corruption.
Rukkhadevata cleansed the spreading Abyss.
But—
Everything has a price.
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