The UNKOWN god was the one that teleported us to the new timeline. Watch the cutscene, she capture our sibling by turning them into a cube, while we were not. And we meet Paimon when we wake up 👀 How Time Travel/Timeline works in Genshin: In Inazuma where are introduced with the idea of time travel, by using istaroths power, makoto was able to travel to the past However, this time travel is not actually time travel, but rather creating an entirely new timeline, and going to a specific time of that timeline. let me just call this new timeline, timeline 2. What istaroth did was, Go to a specific time in timeline 2, make changes to the timeline, then completely chop off timeline 2, and replace it with the original timeline. This is why Ei, who is part of the original timeline, remembers that the sacred sakura never existed before Makoto left But in timeline 2, Makoto made future Ei plant the sacred sakura in the past, so people of timeline 2, always thought the sacred sakura existed. Everyone besides Ei thinks that the sacred sakura was always there. Ei who is from the original timeline, was outside of the timeline for a period of time when she went to khaenriah to look for her sister And when Makoto and istaroth connect timeline 2 (in which she planted the sacred sakura) back with the original timeline. (without the sacred sakura） Ei experienced some glitch in the matrix She was like: ayo wtf, this tree wasn't here before, the fuck is going on And Everyone else was like:r what are you smoking, the tree always been here Because EVERYONE AND EVERYTHING is from timeline 2 that istaroth created And weaved into timeline 1, Ei is from the original timeline and was outside of the timeline when the replacement occurred Hence why she has memories of the original timeline, where the sacred sakura never existed. And in timeline 2, a seed was planted in the past, so sacred sakura has always been there.

I never took "How about we explore the area ahead of us later" so seriously

With no Paimon, I would've wandered into Sumeru months ago

Example supporting how Paimon manipulates us to make sure we "follow the script", the weird blurring effect as Paimon's calls out to us after seeing our sibling in the "We Will Be Reunited" quest, also her sudden urge to get the fuck out of there, reminding us that we need to help the people there, now that we've been somewhat reassured about our sibling. Paimon is making sure we don't disregard helping the people after seeing our sister. One other thing I found weird is that our sibling ignores Paimon's presence in the "We Will Be Reunited Quest", although I'm more thinking it doesn't matter, it's just a detail I'd like to point out.

This is such a big brain theory. One thing that just popped up in my head after watching the Loki show is, if you want to keep new time branches from going out of control, you weave your time travel actions right before an apocalypse. So if the gods did go back in time and do the initial attack in the new timeline, following it up with the cataclysm makes perfect sense, even though technically in this new timeline Khaenriah hadn't done anything yet to deserve it. And this justifies the Abyss sibling's anger towards the gods, because to them the gods wiped out Khaenriah for minimal transgressions.

Then the world goes back into whatever was happening during the cataclysm (or worse) then the traveler saves the world from destruction and gets paid with 60 primos

Imagine at the end of all this, Celestia just says "as for the reward of saving the world on your journey, its the friends you made along the way."

You know, besides paimon, I think there is one other force controlling our script: The Adventures Guild. If you think about it, they have directed us to a lot of places where we need to go for the script, not to mention being one of our sources of materials for the journey. Sort of like a costume department. It would explain how they could give pure wishes, and how they can literally manipulate the world. If domains are outside of the timeline, like the plane of Euthymia is, the adventures guild would get either you, or both you and your brother out of the timeline so it can be adjusted. So perhaps this isn't all one take, rather a splice of multiple clips. The comparison between Teleporter way-points and the way the abyss travels is made when me meet Dainsleth in the chasm. He also admits that the abyss can control the end destination, so perhaps our waypoints are controlled by the first ones? Also, it would explain how the adventures guild has pure refined wishes from primos (something only done by Paimon), as well as why they send us to the same domain for world level increases. It's a way to get us out of the timeline so that it can be changed. Just some food for thought.

"went scuba diving" Wait a minute... Fontaine just got released and this video is already 1 year old...

When we met Signora in Liyue, Paimon stopped us to fight her because she's "too strong", yet in Inazuma, when we confront her again, Paimon does nothing and we actually won against her

4:44 the reason why Ei was out of the timeline that time was due to the fact that when Makoto was dying she collected her consciousness and put it into something like the plane of euthymia (the domain in the 2nd story quest of Raiden Shogun)

It honestly makes sense, especially with Paimon watching over the traveller, since she’s our “subtle guide” by saying stuff like “traveller, let’s go over there!” with any real reason, and something dramatic happens-

Venti's friend, god of time is ded so we probably can't change time anymore

She already went through the entirety of teyvat, now it’s our turn I wonder how much 5 stars she got

This whole theory makes a LOT of sence, Specially the "we're supposed to follow a script" part. This part of the theory can be solidified by how the stories chapters are labled, noticed how in game they are labled as acts, this fits in because stage plays most usually refer to their chapters as acts.

I have a Theory:what if the start of the game is actually the end when the MC found his sibling and they were about to live this world but maybe the sustainer of heavenly principles has been used by the "God of time" as a specific event to be able to make them reverse time over and over again, that's why it seems like the "bad" twin has already traveled through this world because maybe he remember somehow while the other twin doesn't remember anything except the fight with the sustainer (I accept any proof for that theory to be impossible or possible )

Makes me think about archon quests. Remember how in the beginning, lumine and aether were escaping together after the cataclysm of khaenriah? In lumine's memories, she remembers that she and her brother descended upon the land together, khaenriah was then destroyed and they had to leave, but the god stopped them. Aether then reaches the abyss and lumine has to find him while running errands for archons. But from what nahida says, lumine is the only twin that is considered a descendant. Aether apparently has some information in irminsul, meaning he belongs to that world. So the timeline was switched when the twins showed up in teyvat, where only kheanriahn people were monsters, and in the new timeline that it was switched into, suggests thaf aether isnt a descendant, as he was jn the first timeline, but lumine still is and thats why she doesn't have any information in irminsul, even though they were indeed travelling together.

Act: ??? - Khaenri’ah The Dream yet to be dreamed And here we are wondering why the act number is blurred out? Why not act 7? Is it because we are going back to past? Or is it because it’s a part where the gaze of the gods cannot set upon. Which is not included in the script

If the traveller really was set up, then imagine what would happen when he/she realizes this. Will there be a plot twist where the abyss sibling will need to calm down the traveller that got angry after realizing all of the stuff he/she went through was set up by celestia?

This actually means a lot, after the sumeru quest now i understand it much clearly, how our sister is now beloning to this world, while the catacalsm she was in khanreah which made her to be stuck in the timeline that havent changed, this explains why she is on the abyss's side, how she knows his journey will end (saying that "we will meet at the end of your journey" basically means that) and pointing out they will meet again once the dust has settled, so theyre just playing these "Acts" to perform the neccesary changes for world to be rescued before abyss possibly causing more harm. She knows well this happened so she does not try to stop them, she just makes sure everything goes according to the "Acts" thats why shes not shocked when Dvalin got saved, only thing that she got shocked by was knowing it was his brother who stopped him. As for dvalin, this explains how he lost his memory, this part is a bit of a theory but he might have used the "Abyss powers", to stop celestia from actually destroying Khanreah, everytime they try to do it Dain would stop them, so they had to let him do it, but then quickly seal him away and punish him for what he did, then they swapped the timelines. This caused Dain to stay in the new timeline without being transformed, but for his memories to be gone. He probably used the powers to protect the Abyss sibling and khanreah, thats why he says "Defeat me command me to step aside, show me you are worthier than i to rescue her", to sum things up, - Abyss sibling belongs to this world because she actually appeared in the timeline on its creation. - Dain did a big oopsie while trying to save Abyss sibling which caused the actual transformation of its people, hence how he got punished for it. - Dain feels bad for them because he actually feels deep inside its his fault what happened. - The powers we see Dain use is the actual Abyysal powers, the 8th element we see in the TCG. - Abyss sibling knows how this journey ends, she just cant interfere, so she follows us in our every step. - We are just a actor in this play, to save the world from Abyssal powers being used again, hence the trailer using "Acts" and the Natlan trailer being just like a play - God of War's secret is the "Play" we are in, we still yet to know why she chose to tell it to us. - We dont know which "Act" is khanreah in the trailer, the number is eradicated, this also supports the theory of Acts since we wouldnt be in the play anymore if we have reached khanreah that was destroyed to ground 500 years ago, only if we did time travel.

I just finished the Archon Interlude Quest the Perilous Trail and this adds a whole different layer to that. Doesn’t Paimon say when you’re “traveling” through time that it felt like you were also going to another world? Maybe they went to that 1st timeline and that’s how it feels when you go to another timeline entirely. And they mentioned “chaotic” spaces. Maybe those chaotic spaces are the remnants of that other timeline that they traveled to.

Wouldn't it be cool if we were actually the primordial one at the beginning of the game where we choose our twin? Basically like saying "I choose this twin for timeline 2" and then the heavenly principle be like "ok" then proceeds to cube the twin that we later on play as.

This whole “following a script idea” and how the story chapters are labeled as “Acts” got me thinking about how every single harbinger is named after comedia dell’arte personalities- originating from an early form of italian theatre. Now it makes a bit more sense and ads a lot more depth to them in this story.

GENSHIN THEORY: -I noticed something in Genshin Impact while I was playing and I wanted to share it with all of you. -As you know, all the abyss monsters such as abyss mages and hilichurls were once citizens of Khaenri'ah. -And we also know that the Abyss Order’s members are all citizens of Khaenri'ah as well. -All of the Khaenri'ah transformations into monsters seemed to be grouped based on class, rank or profession. For example all of the Black Serpent Knights transformed into the Shadowy Husks and only Shadowy Husks. -This means we can guess what some of the other Khaenri'ah monster’s original professions were before they transformed. -Firstly, let's talk about the Abyss Lectors. -The Abyss Lectors are a part of the Abyss Order and are enemies. All Khaenri'ah monsters are all assumed on profession so what would have been the original Abyss Lector’s roles as a part of Khaenri'ah? Well on the wiki page we can see this line of text: “ These creatures are evangelists that can chant malefic poetry of the Abyss to command their powers. “ Evangelists are “ a person who seeks to convert others to the Christian faith, especially by public preaching: “ (as by the dictionary). Genshin has heavy themes of Gnosticism so this must not be a coincidence. And the last line of text reads: “ Within the Abyss Order, Lectors refer to themselves as "exegetes."[1] “ Exegetes are “an expounder or textual interpreter, especially of scripture.” And down below when we see what the Abyss Lector’s names translated into other languages, we see this: Chanter, cantor, bard and scholar. These all refer to people who preach and teach in one way or another. Mostly, the cantor and scholar caught my attention. A cantor is someone, “an official who sings liturgical music and leads prayer in a synagogue.” And scholar is “a specialist in a particular branch of study, especially the humanities; a distinguished academic:” This means that Abyss Lectors used to be Khaenri'ahn people (most likely scholars or officials) who taught, most likely in a way of music, chanting or speaking to preach and educate others about certain things. And based on how gnosticism is presented here, we can only assume that they are preaching about religion, if not at least something related to the divine and gods. This is backed up by their design as during their attack they start chanting and they both hold some sort of object such as a book or an orb. And if they were an official who carried these duties out, by some extent, we can assume that they might possibly be priests. This can also be confirmed since religious roles do exist in Genshin as Barbara is a deaconess and Monstadt has a church dedicated to their god. -Next we have Abyss Heralds. Abyss Heralds are another form of enemy presented by the Abyss Order. On their wiki page we can see this: “ They can transform with an Abyssal Gospel.[1] “ A gospel is “the teaching or revelation of Christ:”. Once again, very heavy themes of gnosticism. When at the bottom of the wiki page, their names translation part, we can see this: Apostle, emissary and herald. A emissary is “a person sent on a special mission, usually as a diplomatic representative.”, an apostle is” each of the twelve chief disciples of Jesus Christ.” and lastly “an official messenger bringing news.”. And from wikipedia I gathered this: “An apostle (/əˈpɒsəl/), in its literal sense, is an emissary, from Ancient Greek ἀπόστολος (apóstolos), literally "one who is sent off", from the verb ἀποστέλλειν (apostéllein), "to send off". The purpose of such sending off is usually to convey a message, and thus "messenger" is a common alternative translation; other common translations include "ambassador" and "envoy".” This means that Abyss Heralds are and were most likely messengers of some sort and based on the heavy gnosticism theme around it such as including the words “gospel” and “apostle” we can assume they were messengers related to the theme of divinity and gods. -This is backed up by the Abyss Mages being a magician or sorcerer based on the word: mage “a magician or learned person.” and in their monster forms they also represented that with them using magic and spell casting as a form of attack and holding a staff with them. Also backed up by the Black Serpent Knights as they were Khaenri'ahn royal guards and in their monster form they are represented once again, as guards and protectors with their designs having them carry large swords and armour. -This means that Abyss Lectors were most likely Khaenri'ahn scholars or an official who seeks to spread the teachers of a god/their god by using poetry and music and that Abyss Heralds were most likely Khaenri'ahn messengers on a diplomatic mission, mostly likely having some connections to gods. Not to mention that both Abyss Lectors and Abyss Heralds drop a thing called “gloomy statuettes”. The description on the item reads: “An idol made in the likeness of some unknown person. Even though this carving has seen many years pass, it still has not been damaged in any way. It seems that its previous owner must have cherished it like some holy icon.” The “holy icon” they are talking about in the description most likely refers to a god or deity of some sort. And they must have treasured this in some way as the description reads: “ It seems that its previous owner must have cherished it” Not only that but this is also a drop material for Shadowy Husks/Black Serpent Knights. -This begs the question, why would Khaenri'ah have priests and messengers who seek to spread godly teaching and messages if they themselves are a godless nation? And more of all, did Khaenri'ah worship a secret god? EDIT: Things to consider: what if the Abyss Heralds, Abyss Lectors and Abyss Mages AREN'T from Khaenri'ah? ANSWER: 1. Abyss Lectors/Heralds all look incredibly similar to the Black Serpent Knights (who we know is from Khaenri'ah) 2. The Abyss Lectors/Heralds, Shadowy Husks and Black Serpent Knights all share the Gloomy Statuette drop. If the Abyss Lectors were from Sal Vindagnyr and carries the token of a deity, thats fine. But the Black Serpent Knights also do too? This wouldn't make sense. 3. The Genshin Wiki backs this up as on the topic of Khaenri'ah they said that the Abyss Order emerged from the downfall of Khaenri'ah and also this "The Abyss Order originates from the destruction of Khaenri'ah by the gods;[2] it seeks to destroy the countries under the protection of The Seven in revenge.[7] The people of Khaenri'ah turned into the monsters of the Abyss.[8] Thus, it is thought that Abyss Mages, Abyss Heralds, and Abyss Lectors were once people from Khaenri'ah, possibly its aristocracy and knights / defending people"

youve helped me undertsand so much haha all ur theories make sense and i think i have a hang of it now

the attention and foreshadowing and world building in Genshin is insane. I never questioned why the teyvat trailer introduced the regions in acts as if using a script. Can't wait to see how the story unfolds.

god i hope that im still alive when genshin finally ended their story

“Follow the script” reminds me of Elio’s scripts

Some of the best (mostly tragic) stories I've encountered was like watching a trainwreck in motion. You saw it coming, you braced for it but nothing could prepare you for actually witnessing it. Foreshadowing is a big part of good storytelling and with the amount I'm seeing from Genshin Impact I wouldn't be surprised if MiHoYo/Hoyoverse were to go with this route.

If Dainsleif end up turning on us because he prefer the original timeline, Hoyoverse should make an anime, and Dainsleif will be the top 1 anime betrayals. I will feel more betrayed if Dainsleif turned on us than finding out Paimon is the Unknown God.

I think genshin impact will always be underrated despite the fact that its famous. There's so much hidden interesting lore in the game. Even the npc whom we never have to interact with has a unique story. Books found all over teyvat have so many secrets and story which we can't understand at the moment. I feel like even if you finish the archon quests and all, its impossible to unlock every secret there is in genshin. Even if you think that the story is lacking or something, theres so much effort and thought that was put into them and we just don't know about it

"Random sentence that no one will notice." I gotchu bro

Dude i just recently subbed to your channel...the videos you make are mindblowing and srsly...I cant wait for more of such content that you create! 😍😍

Lol wether this theory is over exagerated or not I dig this over all other lore/theory channels. You keep it new and fresh while other just copy off each other. Keep it up!

Wow. I actually believe this theory, it makes so much sense, and coming from a guy who doesn't read up on a lot of lore it really seems convincing.

I'm a bit shocked for the information we may are loosing because it is only in Chinesse. Thanks for your translation and video! I have so much fun and this video from a year ago can still be true. Love your creativity!

All of this kind of makes me wonder about Alice, Albedo said that she's a near omnipotent sorceress and during the Island event she knew that someone was saying something bad about her (it was Paimon). So I wonder if there are different timelines, then is Alice aware of it? She's quite possible very old and might have some Eris connections and maybe a connection to at least a few fallen civilizations, so is she trying to make sure everything follows the script? Or is she trying to throw things off? Or maybe she doesn't care about it? Anyway this is a pretty cool theory, I've also kind of wondered (mostly as a joke) if there's a time loop, which is why both siblings are the canon traveler and abyss sibling. Because each loop as a different sibling so both might have gone through this journey hundreds of time but the sibling we chose is the final version of the journey.

Dainsleif finally got to go out and touch grass before returning back to mihoyo's basement and be locked for many patches. He's allow to see a outside window for the collected miscellany

"the ginger summons a 3 headed loch ness ocean demon" LMFAOOOOO

Thats why Scaramouche asked about changing the past and it fits with Dottores sentence to Nahida “The skies over Teyvat are fake”.

So this is why wanderer said. "The skies in teyvat are fake." Stars, as Mona says, can tell and predict a person's story meaning the skies are codes and they're scripted, thus why WANDERER SAYS ITS FAKE. Fate is being manipulated by the gods themselves to save the past.

This might be possible thing And also this might be the third timeline already, the other twin might be the first one that was deployed to fix the timeline without a guide, and because of that she was deceived at the end of his/her journey hence turning his back against the job. Since the other one failed to do the task and worse they are trying to spread the abyss again on the timeline, the Celestia now deployed the second twin/ Aether but now with a guide so it will not stray from the path. My added theory can describe the Battle Pass story, which Venti is Narrating who also know the songs/ story of past and future

"Then, the thread of all fates will be yours to be reweaved" - Dain So later at some point we will try to defy the fate that Celestia has "scripted" for us. The story will go real crazy there

Yeah sooo ive noticed that "Random sentence that no on would notice" sentence @ 5:42 lol just wanted to let you know i noticed it lol love that vid!!! New Sub!!

"random sentence that no one would notice" us, who noticed: don't you dare to underestimate us

Here's another thing If Paimon can fly, how did she end up drowning in the first place? Was it intentional so that they could meet and travel together without Paimon being sussed out? Edit: eyy 1.4k this is a first Edit: I think Paimon can indeed fly and not just levitate or float because there's a few quests where she admits that she flies and does it 1. Paimon said "since she can fly", she can check the top part of that big ass tree in Nantianmen I think, then went on with the job 2. In the new world quest in Sumeru, she said "since she can fly", she can clean the top part of the Statue There's another one but I can't remember it anymore plus she does not correct people whenever they call her "flying companion"

I like this chopping of timeline idea. I had a slightly different version that involves the butterfly effect. That when you alter a point in time that you have to fix the timeline backwards and forwards until there are no contradictions anymore. It is like a stone you throw into the water. The bigger the change (bigger stone), the bigger the ripples and distortions are in space time. And therefore the more work it becomes to fix the timeline. So their change is a smaller one with wiping out khanriah before it becomes too big but that was one they could manage with their combined efforts.

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Bruh ur videos makes so much sense, like I'm getting iq from your every videos 🤯 😂 amazing loved it ❤

One thing I’ve always wondered is that we saved Paimon who was supposedly drowning near the coast. And in the opening cutscene of the game the Island of Time and Wind is shown to be closest to the coast. Coincidence? I think not. It shows even more proof that Paimon is somehow connected to the Island of Time and Wind and it’s God (who is supposedly Istaroth).

There are some misunderstandings: -Celestial gods cant travel in time -Istaroth is the only one who can control time, she is not a celestial god, she is a shade of the Primordial One, and because controlling time is against the Heavenly Principles, she has to hide -Khaenri'ah got attacked by Celestia, because humanity had the controll, which is against the Heavenly Principles -Khaenri'ah had nothing to do with the Abyss before they got attacked -Celestia cant controll the traveler, bc he is from another world, hence he is actually against the Heavenly Principles

Bro it's so fun watching your theory vids especially going to bed lol

😂😂😂 loving the editing and also bery good theory

My assumption is :- That the other twin who woke up earlier than us and who saw the destruction, they got scared of it and then both the twins tried to escape this world. However the sustainer knew the traveller is the one who can help them to secure the timeline. Since the twin knew about it, they couldn't have chosen them so they chose the other traveller ( the MC ). Now let's talk about Paimon. I think she is innocent. What my belief is, is that Paimon genuinely doesn't have any memories, she is just a guide created by Celestia to help the traveller and 'guide' them to take right actions for a favourable timeline. Paimon might think that she is taking action or that her thoughts are of her own free will but they are not. All things that seem natural to her are not, they are the instructions by Celestia, she was made for the sole purpose of guiding the traveller to take the right 'action' at the right 'time'. Now about Lumine, I think she genuinely wants to protect the Abyss and citizens of Khaenriah as she cannot just sit around and let the Gods of Celestia completely erase them. She feels 5he pain and wants to destroy Celestia for their incompetence and their wrong sense of justice and their ideology.

So, what if paimon is actually with them, not guiding the traveller but more like controlling him

Bro this shart makes way too much sense +1 sub

Watching this gives a new understanding to the Abyss Twin's line at the end of the We Will Be Reunited quest about how they'll be reunited in time and how they've always had enough time.

Holy shit it all makes sense now. How can u come up with this shit and write it so comprehensively that layman's like me will understood easily? I mean, wow, we all thought Paimon must be Istaroth but now maybe she is just a familiar?

I came back to tell u that after wtaching the 3.6 livestream today, and getting a glimpse of nahida's act 2 story quest, that you theory has been proven, congradulations.

finally! something about genshin lore and it makes sense! yey celebration this confirmed my theory so this is basically Tenet not Teyvat...Teyvat name just to avoid copyright

woah man this actually, makes a LOT of sense. considering honkai has already done the same, it wouldn't be a surprise if genshin did too. I always knew he meant something when he said "then, all threads of fate will be yours to REWEAVE" and it just got me thinking, what the hell do we reweave? This video is such a genius

This is going to be so damn emotional when we reach the end game. I'm already crying.

Out of all the lore videos, this is made most sense, easier to follow and funny. Truly a big brain move

This makes me wonder if the tsaritsa is from the original timeline. If the first timeline ended after everything got corrupted, and as dainsleif said in the chasm that only a celestial gods power can get rid of the curse, wouldn't she try to have a contingency plan for if the abyssal corruption got out of hand like it did in the first timeline? Idk, just spitballing here, but it really does make me curious, so please add your thoughts

This also explains why Traveller's sibling says: "I've already been through this journey" or something like that. The Traveller's sibling has been OUT of the timeline also when Khaneria was destroyed.

Man, I would love to come back to this video in about 5 years from now, when hopefully Genshin's story is finished. Just to know if any of these theories were correct. Hopefully one day I can find this vid again and congratulate you and the people who were correct (maybe not in all the theories but for some).

Your theories are the best fr

To not be confused. Think of the time line as save files and your going back and forth on new and old save files.

I'm never going to end this journey as traveler. I'm staying with my harem.

in the Dainslief's quest she(abyss sibling) tells us that she has already travelled this world once, which means that she knows how the gods manipulated the timeline and kinda saved the world as you told, but this only shows how the abyss has some powers which defies celestia( thats something like how the sibling knows about the original timeline and also the timeline reset and how celestia manipulates everything thats in teyvat) and one of which may be knowing how the sibling knows what happened in the original timeline( the zombie apocalypse thingy) which is why celestia is highly against abyss because their powers and abyssal powers do not match or let's say co-op and we might also assume that abyssal powers may have an upper hand over the celestial powers which celestia got to know about and is keeping the abyss in the mud for this, IDK udk no one knows now but for sure something fishy has been going on in their garden of gods second is that since the timeline was reset and merged with the original one and makoto dies in both the timeline, the sacred sakura tree was planted Ei was in the euthymian plane and without her gnosis. so she might be only one in teyvat who felt that change in timeline from the original one and if this is the case, she might come up with some answers in the end-game story! Wei told about khaenriah being outside the timeline, but think if the part which is outside the timeline is inside the eternal shogun's body where Ei meditates. And because the shogun was a puppet, programmed to never change which supports the thought that shogun is not affected by timeline changes no matter what(eternal=no changes caused by time), shows how she might have evaded the timeline shift done by istaroth ** dont take seriously :D

the consequence after watching too many kpop timeline theories is me not being surprising by timeline combinations, thanks for your effort and i love your theories sm

love the editing, love the theory

I’ll see if I can come up with my own theory, now that I’ve found Dainsleif’s Introduction. “The confluence between the past and future.” Confluence is defined as either the junction of two rivers, or a merging. If the past and future are considered as two separate rivers, and are somehow merging, Wei is on to something. “The original calamity had been overturned, yet the island in the sky set the earth to burn.” Now here is where I have different ideas. Somehow, the original calamity was overturned. AND YET, the island in the sky, Celestia as the Archon’s call it, STILL set the earth to burn. Thus meaning, SOMEONE tried to stop Khaenri’ah (most likely) from burning, and yet Celestia still destroyed it! To top it off, they did everything they could to sweep it under the rug. Anyone that even gained a hint of what they did was destroyed, and even whole nations were ruined. Now here’s a big what if. Our sibling says they already traveled the world once. What if they traveled the world BECAUSE of the destruction of Khaenri’ah, and was trying to find a way to stop it? What if Dainsleif was helping them? What if they actually did succeed, but Celestia still destroyed it? “Chalk pursues Gold, in this time inopportune, the eclipse is swallowed by the crimson moon.” Chalk and Gold. Where have we heard those two words before? That’s right. Albedo and Rhinedottir. For those that don’t know (spoilers), Rhinedottir’s last assignment for Albedo was to uncover the “truth and meaning of this world.” Albedo is still attempting this mission using the Art of Khemia. Whatever happened, or whatever Rhinedottir did in this time, most likely had a major impact to why Khaenri’ah fell. Now we look at the next line. If you don’t know (spoilers), the Eclipse is referring to the Eclipse Dynasty, the ruling dynasty of Khaenri’ah. Whatever happened in this time, the crimson moon somehow LITERALLY SWALLOWED Khaenri’ah. How? Rewatch the video: We will be reunited. You can see the crimson moon in the background as literally everything is being sucked in. Interestingly, Sustainer of Heavenly Principles seems to be here as well. “The future must atone for bygone mistakes, as the bond familiar falters and breaks- of the same blood, elders and the youth... Such is the cycle of the world, in truth.” This is a lot to unpack. However, the future must atone for bygone mistakes makes me believe that what we’re doing is somehow atoning for the mistakes made in the past. Perhaps, we’re repairing the damage that had been caused. Bond familiar makes me think of our sibling. Of the same blood really makes me think of our sibling. Perhaps they faltered and broke, and we’re trying to save them. I feel we may have more info about this line in the future, but right now it still remains vague. “Dain, what is that strand of blonde hair to you? Someone you must kill? Or the object of your penitence?” This is in reference I believe to our final fight with Dain. This may be in reference to us. Are we someone he must kill, or will we be the reason he repents? If he needs to repent, then what did he do? Now, we just got the trailer for 2.6. In this trailer we see a golden light of some sort and Dain, the husks, and the corrupted Hilichurls being affected. Yet, we’re not affected, and the Lecter isn’t. For this, let’s think back on the word Eclipse, and also on the moon, the sun, and the earth. Chalk. The essence of all life. The sun, we’ll let it represent Celestia. Khaenri’ah… the moon? What is an eclipse? Well, there are two types. Lunar eclipse and solar eclipse. At one point in time, ver. 1.1, the name of the Eclipse Dynasty was changed to Blacksun Dynasty. It was reverted again in 1.2. A black sun occurs during a solar eclipse, when the moon completely blocks the sun. Khaenri’ah is a nation where the “gods’ gaze does not fall.” Makes sense. If we think of Celestia as the sun, and Khaenri’ah as the moon, then when the sun is completely blocked by the moon, it symbolizes how, for just a moment, humanity can overpower Celestia. At the same time, a lunar eclipse occurs when the moon is entirely hidden in the earths shadow from the sun. A time where Celestia completely overpowers Khaenri’ah. And when would such a time occur? A crimson moon. A blood moon. A lunar eclipse takes place, and the moon turns red from the light of the sun. The opposite of a solar eclipse, where the moon blocks the sun completely. In version 2.6, Dain and the ones wielding the Abyssal power is affected by a blinding gold light. The light of the sun, of Celestia. Why? Because they use the power of the moon. The antithesis of the sun. Under the light of Celestia, all beings wielding the power of the abyss are hurt, and it is during the blood crimson moon that Khaenri’ah fell. Now, there was a secret message from the ruin guards in Dragonspine, stating that “For the nation, we can't forgo this skyborne power, but we failed.” They failed to obtain the pillar of Celestia that fell into Dragonspine. They wanted that pillar for something. The Abyss wanted it. What could be in The Chasm? Another pillar. What’s surrounding it? The power of the Abyss. The Abyss wants the pillar of Celestia for some reason, and I’ll bet it has something to do with a lunar and solar eclipse. What if their aim is to start a solar eclipse, the opposite of the lunar eclipse, and create a black sun that blocks the power of Celestia completely? We know that The Tsaritsa is attempting to rebel against Celestia. They’re obtaining the gnoses for that purpose. However, we have an example of that failing in the past. The lore from the tiara artifacts. When Dragonspine was still receiving blessings from Celestia, the people received a message from the gods saying they would have a hundred years of good fortune. The people were happy, but what would happen after those one hundred years? Celestia never answered. And so, the people questioned Celestia, and attempted to search for answers themselves, seeking out “antediluvian ruins and long-buried altars of sacrifice.” Antediluvian means before the flood. Ruins from before a flood? Now where does it look like a flood has occurred in the past? That’s right. Musk Reef, home to the portal to the Spiral Abyss. They tried to seek answers from the Spiral Abyss, a place Celestia thought to have been “sealed off.” Thus, they destroyed the Frostbearing Tree, likely the culprit that sent the people to the Abyss to get their answers (The Frostbearing Tree has been mentioned and acts like a sentient living being, and the people of the time received guidance and blessings from it). Celestia obviously doesn’t like the Spiral Abyss, probably for good reason. It leads to The Abyss, or at least near it. Now, let’s look at the trailer again. We see a spiral of rocks leading downwards. Doesn’t that remind you of something? Oh yeah. The spiral Abyss spirals! More specifically, the Moon Spire! The Abyssal Moon Spire is said to connect to the unknown, while the corridors connect worlds. If there’s a similar spiral in The Chasm, and Dain says that the Abyss are connected there, doesn’t that mean that whatever is going on, they’re trying to bring something into the Abyss? Perhaps, Celestia’s pillar? …Well, my theory crafting brain is done. Good day.

Now i have a very interesting theory: What if its all a timeloop? What if aether's and lumine's gameplay is not actually two seperate timeline but actually is on a same timeline but just different times? Lumine travels the world the same way aether did since they are both guided by paimon, meets zhongli, venti and everyone and when she reaches the end of her journey, goes back in time and create khaenriah, the place gets destroyed and founded the abyss, and then aether wakes up and travels the world, recreate khaenriah and so on.

Just something interesting I wanted to add (not sure if anybody has already suggested this), but I think this also may add up to the "sky is a hoax" thing that Scaramouche mentions. Thanks to Mona, we know for a fact that people's fates are written in the stars. By following the video's direction, perhaps the fact that Celestia decided to cut off the old timeline and create a new one to add in, messed up the people's supposed fates. For example, maybe NPC 1 was supposed to have a smooth walk from point A to point B, but because of the new timeline, they suddenly meet their doom by falling off an unexpected ditch, something that was never supposed to happen. Perhaps because of this chaos, Celestia thought it fit to replace the original sky with a fake sky to prevent the madness from continuing, hence "the sky is a hoax."

This theory is very interesting and I think that it's quite plausible. On the other hand, why would all the gods of Teyvat ignore or even struggle to control/destroy these abyss powers that turned everyone into monsters? As far as I know lorewise the gods would have no problem ending a whole nation of monsters if they teamed up. Morax was able to kill other gods easily, I feel like it's pretty fair to assume and imagine that if he were to team up with the other 6 gods they would be able to end a couple thousand monsters. And as of right now (2.7 event quest) we learnt that khaenri'ah engaged in a battle that took place on The Chasm's ground which led to the monsters being unable to make their way further into teyvat by the sacrifice of the electro Yaksha, bosacius, which led to the sealing of The Chasm. What are your thoughts on this? In your theory you state that celestia ended khaen'ria early in the timeline to prevent the spread, and yet somehow they still were spreading 500 years ago. Just doesn't add up. Also, how exactly would Ei be able to just chase Makoto into the past like that? What were the other gods doing? If the unknown god needed help from us to "fix" the timeline, why wouldn't she allow us to travel with our sibling. Or why did our sibling turn evil in the first place and joined the abyss's side theoretically? We know too little

lets just take a moment to appreciate Wei for making this easy to understand and concluding all the info into big brain plots

I love stories where the timeline has to be tampered with to continue. This feels very exciting.

The picture is totally like the Gherman final boss fight in Bloodborne :-o

wei,i didnt skip advertisement.just to appreciate your work.

"Show me that you are worthier than I to rescue her" If this timeline thing is true, I could easily see the twist that Dainslaif is Aether from timeline 1

What if the loading screen in the beginning, the "heavenly realm", is the way to different timelines. It has more than just one way. Everyone that played Mario or other adventure games knows that you cant pass a level without clearing it. Maybe its the same in genshin. When the game loads (loading files, etc.) There is no door. The door only appears ones the "loading" finished. But just like mentioned in the beginning, there are other ways aswell. The door prevents us to move forward and lumine always says that they are trapped here. In the opening scene paimon tells that the siblings wanted to leave and travel to another World. What if its just like in zelda. In zelda there are no different Worlds, but different timelines. Maybe the siblings wanted to fix the conflict between celestia and the abyss, but the unknown god didnt want it. Why? Because the "fix" to that is to restore the first timeline, where the abyss had all the Power. But why would the solution be to give the abyss all the Power back? Because the didnt do something wrong. They gain all that Power just by develop themselfes. But why would the siblings fix that Problem? I dont have to repeat, that the siblings arent like the people of teyvat. They can controll every Element, which also is shown by their accessories. The glowing in the armor and the earing represents the Element you selected. In the opening cutscene the armor and earing have glowed white. And the color white is a bundle of all colors together. But what am I getting at now? Lumine means as much as light and aether means something like "the spread of light. So if iam not wrong, this proves that the siblings are a higher being. Maybe even higher than the primordial ones

Wei, you're so good I feel like I got spoiled really bad. 😭

When we discover everything, I'll come back to this video... Hear my words!

5:11 I never cared about the fact they decided to make Paimon make us go around from the destination we wanted to check. But after seeing this moment, I asked myself *Why can't Mihoyo/Hoyoverse teleport us without warning instead of making us go back as Paimon appears suggesting to explore that place later*

This theory gets me thinking that maybe we will visit the PRE-cataclysm khanriah with all the advanced tech in an attempt to stop the cataclysm. I personally think that will be cooler than a region that is just a massive ruin with cubes and abyss monsters.

This is actually a great theory

this is somehow making so much sense. and, about the "Loom of Fate" in the last character story of the Traveler (in the story tab in game) i think it is about combining the two timelines together.

What if our abyss twin (Lumine) discovered the abyss power ? We might have to go back in time and perhaps stop our sibling discovering the abyss power. In Dainsleif’s introduction says “Dain what is the strand of blond hair to you ? Someone you must kill ? Or the object of your penitence ?” This blond hair person is the abyss twin, but why do you ask ? What hit me like a truck is the used words “kill” and “penitence”. Kill meaning ending someone’s life and penitence means to have pity of forgiveness on someone. So clearly Dain has to take an option either to end that person’s life or have pity for them or in another words to “save them”. Who Dain wants to save from the abyss?Lumine. This person is most definitely Lumine, he has pity for her and he wants to save her from the abyss. After all, he’s name Bough Keeper does mean to protect a branch of a tree or we can say to protect the timeline. He’s main duty is to save the timeline, he’s the fate himself like Aether. They both can re-weave the fate but only one person can go 500 years ago and save Teyvat. Why we might fight in the end, Dain wants to save Lumine while our current traveler might a different alternative at the end of the journey or maybe not. This fight will not only affect the timeline but also will affect the person they both care for; Lumine. That’s why there will be a fight between our traveler and Dain , it will be decided what will happen to Lumine’s fate. Of course, that I think if Aether manages to traveler 500 years ago this can end in two ways: Lumine understands and will NOT teach or inform the Khaenriah’s about it or she won’t accept our request and we will have to fight her to stop her and in the end well... I don’t really think I need to say it. This can theoretically be confirmed at the end of the Teyvat Chapter Trailer where Aether sits alone in a field full of (Lumine’s) favorite flower looking sad at his hand. it could indicate that something had happened to his sister. This is just a theory tho

This is a really nice theory that you made up. I almost believed in this theory but if this is true. It would be insane. But to be honest I have a feeling the traveler would get tired by all of this. Because he's/she's involved in so much shit

5:43 “random sentence that no one would notice” lmaoo

“Random sentence that no one will notice” I NOTICED

I just love how we treat genshin as if it were a real world thing and not just a game with infinite mysteries

me who doesn't play genish impact yet i know the characters and most of their backstory.Idk why but it's interesting to watch theories of this game from your channel...

This explanation is actually... Really good 👍

I think the heavenly principles bound our twin to this world so she can't leave after causing disaster, and that's why she's "at war with destiny". Maybe when we reweave all threaes of fate, we will weave their fate out of Teyvat so we can leave together.

this actually makes sense cause the anemo statue says that it is waiting for a noble soul to arrive so that the thousand winds can unfold a new story, plus the waypoints say that they are placed in a certain order, maybe it has some relation to this theory? also "loom of fate", this term is found in traveler's story and is also the codeword for abyss' initial operation.

The main flaw in this theory is that Teyvat has a single timeline due to it being a bubble universe. This is confirmed by Ei's story quest. Ei did not know about the tree because she planted it. There was only one Ei ever, throughout its timeline. This alone tells us that timeline splitting isnt a thing in Teyvat, since if it was, the new Ei would immediately feel that the tree was always there as well. She didnt because her initial encounter hadnt happened yet.

I'm so incredibly fascinated with how these past theories link up to the present seamlessly. every archon quest explores a "theme" that connects to the lore and truth of the world. the samsara in sumeru, and in fontaine... the idea of a script to follow? fontaine in general having themes of things being a play or story?

maybe that was why nahida was kept sleeping and greater lord rukkedevata erased herself from irminsul so that nahida could do the things in new timeline. And we can see the same thing in Raiden. However when it comes to the venti and zhongli it is not the same because venti is basically an alcholic and does not bother with the shit happening in this world anymore so it is not a thread to the timeline situation. When it comes to the zhongli he just basically made a contract means that he will follow the instructions in order to create the prescripted timeline. That is why he just said to us that he can not tell anything bc he made a contract.