At this moment.
Everyone stopped discussing Nahida and looked up at the giant screen in the sky.
People from other nations all watched with amusement.
The people of Sumeru hoped that Lin Mo could pull Nahida down from the throne of the seven Archons and bring back the former Greater Lord Rukkhadevata to take charge of the Akademiya.
Zhongli, Ei, Venti, and even the Tsaritsa all perked up their ears.
They listened carefully to the judgment that the Heavenly Principles was about to pronounce on Nahida.
Zhongli, Ei, and Venti had never committed a mistake as serious as Nahida’s.
Therefore, they could infer from the Heavenly Principles’ judgment on Nahida.
What kind of fate awaited them if the Heavenly Principles were to rectify or even judge them.
There was no need to mention the Tsaritsa.
If her crimes were to be spoken of, they were far more serious than Nahida’s.
After all, Nahida had only committed negligence and been too forgiving of war criminals, overlooking the mistakes of her people.
Her crimes and errors, while not small, were not very serious either.
However, the Ice God, Tsaritsa, was different. She had committed the crime of betrayal and rebellion!
Without the Heavenly Principles, there would be no current seven Archons ruling over Teyvat.
Not even humans or mountains, rivers, and lakes.
The Ice God, Tsaritsa’s, plan to collect the Gnoses and raise the banner of rebellion against the Heavenly Principles was undoubtedly naked betrayal and rebellion!
Even if she had her own reasons and justifications.
“The Dendro Archon, Buer, as the administrator of the World Tree, allowed others to enter the center of the World Tree, allowing them to successfully modify the World Tree, and has committed the crime of dereliction of duty.”
“As a god of a nation, she sheltered and protected war criminals, concealed the true identities of war criminals, allowed them to live among the people of Sumeru, ignored the demands and aspirations of Sumeru's bottom-tier people, and went against the rules of divine love for mankind that I have set, failing to fulfill her basic responsibilities as a god of a nation.”
“Therefore, I, the First Throne, the Heavenly Principles, hereby pronounce: Depriving Buer of the godhood of the God of Wisdom and confining her to the Palace of Alcazarzaray, until the mountains crumble and the oceans dry up.”
Lin Mo’s voice, imbued with supreme authority and oppression.
Echoed through the sky over Teyvat, lingering for a long time.
Heaven and earth seemed to fall silent at this moment.
For a while.
Leiosly: “This verdict... all I can say is, it’s truly worthy of the Heavenly Principles? It’s even harsher than I expected.”
Furiosa: “This is basically a life sentence, and she’s also deprived of her godhood… if compared with Fontaine’s law, it’s basically the highest penalty below death.”
Lumine: “So this is the Heavenly Principles’ method? It’s so harsh!”
Paimon: “I thought it would be enough to lock Nahida up for a few hundred years, but… if we knew the outcome would be like this, Traveler and I would have stopped her at all costs!”
Cyno: “Well, now it’s done. We went through all that trouble to save Little Grass King from the Palace of Alcazarzaray, and now she’s back there. And, unless something unexpected happens, she’ll probably never be able to get out again.”
Tighnari: “But… if Little Grass King is deprived of her godhood, who will be the god of Sumeru?”
Zhongli: “Maybe the Heavenly Principles will resurrect Greater Lord Rukkhadevata and have her retake control of Sumeru.”
Alhaitham: “Instead of hoping that the Heavenly Principles will resurrect Greater Lord Rukkhadevata, we should be more optimistic. Sumeru has been fine all this time while Little Grass King was imprisoned by the Akademiya for five hundred years. Losing the godhood won’t cause Sumeru to collapse.”
Cyno: “But no matter what, losing the godhood will inevitably cause Sumeru to gradually fall behind in Teyvat. In the past five hundred years, everyone just thought Little Grass King was not taking care of things, not that there was no god…”
Cyno: “I still hope that the Heavenly Principles can resurrect the god known as Greater Lord Rukkhadevata.”
Jean: “I still think the Heavenly Principles’ punishment of Little Grass King might be a bit heavy…”
Furiosa: “I think it’s fine. If you’ve learned about the prophecies of Fontaine, you know the Heavenly Principles has already shown mercy.”
Paimon: “Oh, that’s right, the former Hydro Archon, Focalors, committed a mistake, and the punishment was inflicted on both the Hydro Archon and the entire Fontaine. Thankfully, it was resolved perfectly in the end.”
Paimon: “Wait… the Heavenly Principles can’t see what I’m saying here, right?”
Nahida: “.......”
Furiosa: “........”
Venti: “Hehe, as expected of the God of Mouth, Paimon.”
Lumine: “This chatroom must have been created by the Heavenly Principles, do you think he can see it?”
Paimon: “Sorry sorry, I didn’t mean to! I’ll shut up… uff!”
Nahida: “Even though it’s a bit dangerous, I think we should be fine. After all, the prophecy has already come true, and the Heavenly Principles has supposedly finished punishing the Hydro Archon and Fontaine.”
Paimon: “I hope so!”
Venti: “Let’s get back to the matter of Sumeru. Now that the Heavenly Principles has stripped Buer of her Archon status, if he wants to maintain the seven Archons’ ruling structure, he should arrange a new god for Sumeru.”
Zhongli: “That’s indeed a possibility. That’s how the former Hydro Archon, Focalors, came about.”
Others may not know.
But old-timers like Zhongli and Venti are very clear.
During the Archon War, Fontaine was still the territory of the god Remis.
Later, a huge change occurred in the Remulian Dynasty ruled by Remis.
Remis fell.
The Remulian Dynasty collapsed, and Fontaine became a wasteland of many seas.
With Fontaine leaderless, the Heavenly Principles released Focalors from her cage in the primordial sea.
She took charge of the wasteland of many seas that was Fontaine.
Therefore, now that the Heavenly Principles has stripped Nahida of her godhood.
Unless something unexpected happens, he should arrange a new god.
It could be the deceased Greater Lord Rukkhadevata, or it could be a new god.
No one can predict whether the Heavenly Principles will choose the former or the latter.
After all, both are possible.
Immediately.
Countless people saw that Lin Mo, sitting on the throne in Celestia on the giant screen, extended his hand.
Then.
A point of energy radiating a dazzling emerald green light streaked across the sky, heading straight for Celestia.
It finally landed in Lin Mo’s palm.
That was the Dendro Authority, which originally belonged to the Dendro Archon.
Then.
The image on the giant screen shifted, and Nahida, kneeling on the ground with a vacant expression, appeared on the screen.
Beside Nahida, the Wanderer stood with his fists clenched tightly.
The Wanderer looked at Nahida, who was kneeling on the ground, his expression and eyes complex.
The punishment that the Heavenly Principles had inflicted, no one could change it.
Nahida, who was lost and dispirited at this moment, was undoubtedly pitiful and deserving of pity.
But
Pitiful people must have something hateful about them.
If she hadn’t gone through her own series of inexplicable operations, she wouldn’t have ended up like this today.
Without the Heavenly Principles’ intervention, she was truly the one who called the shots in Sumeru.
If she had chosen to reveal the Wanderer’s true identity from the very beginning.
Perhaps there would have been dissenting voices in the Akademiya, or perhaps Cyno would have protested to her because of this.
But what of it? It would have all been in vain.
But once the Heavenly Principles intervened, the outcome would be completely different.
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