Sirkok: “It must have something to do with the World Tree. The World Tree records all memories on Teyvat. If all records about a person were erased from the World Tree, it’d be as if that person never existed in the world, and naturally, no one would remember them.”
Nahida: “So, can we understand that all memories about the Great Lord Rukkhadevata have been wiped from the World Tree, so no one remembers who she is?”
Sirkok: “That’s how you can understand it. And as we all know, the Dendro Archon of Sumeru controls the World Tree, so...”
As soon as Sirkok said this.
Countless people were shocked!
Even terrified!
If Sumeru truly had a God named the Great Lord Rukkhadevata in the past.
And now she’s forgotten by everyone, then the reason for her being forgotten by the world is undoubtedly the current Dendro Archon, Lesser Lord Kusanali!
The scenes that played on the giant screen after this also confirmed Sirkok’s deduction.
【“Can you tell me about why you created me? And what happened when you died?” After a brief chat, Nahida got back to the main topic.】
【“Hmm, I know, you are seeking ‘answers,’ aren’t you?”】
【The Great Lord Rukkhadevata spoke softly: “On the day the incident happened, even the sky lost its color. All the other Archons besides me were summoned to the land called Khaenri’ah, but I had another, more important task, which was… to protect the World Tree!”】
【“The disaster came with the contamination of forbidden knowledge. Almost at the same time, I, whose consciousness is connected to the World Tree, sensed something amiss. Mental pain tormented me.”】
【“By the time I reached the World Tree, it was already being corrupted by forbidden knowledge. If not for the fact that I had worked together with the Tsaritsa to control the contamination of forbidden knowledge a thousand years ago, I would have been helpless then.”】
【“Forbidden knowledge… What is it?” Nahida asked.】
【“It’s knowledge that doesn’t belong to this world. It is also an ‘unfathomable truth.’ It comes from the depths of the Abyss. Even I can’t comprehend it.”】
【“The world is constantly rejecting it, but it’s also causing the world to develop various bad ‘symptoms.’”】
【“If we let forbidden knowledge continue to contaminate the World Tree, I fear that all of Teyvat will fall apart...”】
【The Great Lord Rukkhadevata explained in detail how she created a void to cleanse the forbidden knowledge and how she was contaminated by forbidden knowledge as the embodiment of the World Tree in the process of cleansing the forbidden knowledge.】
【“Even if I die, my existence and everything related to me will still be preserved in the World Tree as memories and knowledge, so forbidden knowledge will never be eradicated.”】
【“But I can never erase myself. It’s a paradox.”】
【“So, I broke off the purest branch of the World Tree, as my reincarnation, and left clues, just for you to come here and completely erase me, who was contaminated, from the World Tree.”】
Seeing this.
The people of Sumeru were instantly shocked!
“So, the God who taught the people of Sumeru wisdom, repelled the Abyss and forbidden knowledge, was the Great Lord Rukkhadevata…”
“So, the current Lesser Lord Kusanali really was born only five hundred years ago? She’s the reincarnation of the Great Lord Rukkhadevata!”
“Wuwuwu, the Great Lord Rukkhadevata!”
“…”
For a moment, Sumeru City was filled with cries of sorrow.
At the same time, in the chat room.
Cyno: “The truth is really like this?!”
Paimon: “But I don’t remember anything at all!”
Furiosa: “Oh dear, oh dear, didn’t that Sirkok fellow just say that if someone’s existence is wiped from the World Tree, then no one remembers them?”
Paimon: “Eh… you’re right. What about you, Traveler? Do you remember?”
Lumine: “I do. I don’t originally belong to Teyvat, so the World Tree can’t affect my memories. That’s why I still remember the existence of the Great Lord Rukkhadevata. That’s what happened when we were in the Great Lord Rukkhadevata’s consciousness space.”
Sirkok: “Looks like I was right.”
Zhongli: “Since the Traveler, who is a witness, has acknowledged it, I think this is the truth.”
Raiden Shogun: “So, the God who won the Archon War with the Tsaritsa, dealt with the Black Serpent and saved the World Tree, was not the current Lesser Lord Kusanali, but the Great Lord Rukkhadevata, who has been forgotten by everyone…”
Alhaitham: “It’s a truth worth noting.”
Dehya: “So, all the achievements recorded in ancient books were those of the Great Lord Rukkhadevata, not Lesser Lord Kusanali?”
Nahida: “My head… my head hurts right now!”
Nahida: “Did I erase the existence of the Great Lord Rukkhadevata?!”
Scaramouche: “Then what? What is Heavenly Principles trying to express? If I remember correctly, this is a trial against Lesser Lord Kusanali, right? You can’t convict her on this alone.”
Cyno: “Even if the past achievements were created by the God called the Great Lord Rukkhadevata, we can’t convict Lesser Lord Kusanali on this alone, just based on this truth being erased from the World Tree.”
Cyno: “The Great Lord Rukkhadevata also said that if she didn’t erase her existence, forbidden knowledge would continue to contaminate the World Tree, causing Teyvat to fall apart.”
Tighnari: “The Great Lord Rukkhadevata was indeed great, but Lesser Lord Kusanali, as the reincarnation of the Great Lord Rukkhadevata, erased the existence of the Great Lord Rukkhadevata and saved the world at the same time, didn’t she? How can you say she is guilty instead of innocent?”
Nahida: “At least so far, I haven’t seen anything about the Dendro Archon that warrants a trial.”
The truth may have been beyond everyone’s expectations.
But for now.
Everything that was shown in the clips, Nahida was not guilty in any way, let alone guilty enough to be tried by Heavenly Principles in front of the entire Teyvat.
Even.
The fact that Nahida had been confined to the Palace of Alcazarzaray for five hundred years by successive Grand Sages is a testament to her victim status.
At the same time, she erased the existence of the Great Lord Rukkhadevata, saving the World Tree.
And indirectly saving the world.
Although this was her duty and obligation as the administrator of the World Tree.
But Heavenly Principles, you shouldn’t be trying her when you could be praising her, right?
…