[1.5] The Domain Mural and the Genesis Pearl - A Genshin Impact Theory

[@Erowax]

Some symbol/item in Genshin, probably linked to some big lore: shows up Ashikai: “Ah sh*t, here we go again...”

[@Ashikai]

it's so true.... help...

[@Mazarach]

@@Ashikai complete the save kusanali quest line. i was ripping my hair out over the fatui information

[@Starryhologram]

Absolutely LOSING my mind at the last part (around 29:20 ) because Dainsleif’s constellation is an ouroborus. His title is also Bough-Keeper which means tree-keeper and you’ve already theorized that Dainsleif would go to the Irminsul trees to answer Lumine’s questions about Teyvat and the world. So using your theory, Dainsleif is the snake guarding the tree of life and the philosopher’s stone/child. This could add another layer to his line, “Defeat me and command me to step aside to prove that you are worthy enough to save her.” That he says in the Travail trailer.

[@whenth2420]

omg wow that changes everything.

[@Ashikai]

Yeah! I couldn't remember if his constellation information was a leak or not and the video was long af as it was so we'll probably touch on this a little bit in the next (final) part. :D

[@whenth2420]

@@Ashikai you know after watching this video.. I'm more convinced that the BP cutscene is about Lumine and Aether. Because maybe they are going around from world to world in search of this genesis pearl (that can bring back the tree of life Maybe*) so that they can take it back to their own world and revive the dead tree of life. And also Lumine is referred as Princess by the abyssal creatures kinda nodding towards the line from BP that says the first heir was corrupted and believed herself to be the queen of this world. Also she was the first one to wake up in teyvat.

[@Starryhologram]

@@Ashikai yeah, it says it on the wiki, but I really cant find an official source for his constellation being an ouroboros. maybe im not looking hard enough though haha

[@ziqdam1396]

WHY ARE YOU SO GENIUS?!

[@Enviosity]

I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS VIDEO ALL MONTH :D

[@cchuck-]

Kappa

[@wayne5665]

Omg it's envi

[@LeeJaehwanTOS]

*returns to streaming after*

[@hyser-grem]

Stolen mr strimmer

[@Slushy.o0]

f2p player ❤️

[@xeventidex]

genshin has this way of making you delve deeply into the most interesting and abstract concepts about reality whilst failing miserably to get a decent artifact for the 100th time that is just... sublime. a great game indeed. and a great channel! congrats on these videos, miss. that's the best lore-related content i've seen so far, you're so good at this.

[@smuglumine9379]

Bruh imagine the final boss is a huge snake

[@salhb737tm2]

The world snek

[@Eldritch_Soup]

Kinda reminds me of the world serpent but that’s an organisation so probably no connection there

[@shadowlitten547]

@@Eldritch_Soup or the one from many myths across the world

[@sidharthbommineni7780]

@@Eldritch_Soup trails?

[@renji35]

bro i swear your daily genshin commissions must take hours because you keep investigating random things LMAO

[@RavanaMuse]

LOL. Relatable. This is me

[@RavanaMuse]

Even here watching a third time because I saw something funky in Inazuma

[@crusty_twig]

Now imagine how long an archon quests would take

[@hunterlavish]

I'm just trying to figure out how she found all those obscure "pearl" references in game

[@louloudaki_]

i feel that except i just get lost collecting all the nearby things that sparkle while picking up the enemy drops and end up in a totally different place than i started

[@kyosmic]

The other symbol which she said was an owl actually looks more like a snake to me ngl. But seriously, her theory vids are always mindblowing

[@mymusic11525]

I was going to say this too bc it was bugging the hell out of me. ALL I saw was a snake. I have no idea how she saw an owl 😅

[@florencefauna]

Sameeee I was looking for a comment about this to make sure I wasn't the only one.

[@crusty_twig]

It kinda looks like a girl with a mask too when flipped

[@iknowyoursearchhistory]

Looks like a spiders face to me

[@Ashikai]

POST-VIDEO NOTES + CORRECTIONS: - So the picture of the emerald tablet (illustration) with the triquetra on it is not the one that's supposed to be here. The triquetra is not in the original (historical) illustration, but was added later for flair in a TV show. I was trying to get a higher res version of the illustration and did not notice the difference. I have since found a better one on... wikipedia. Go figure. Here it is for those of you who want to see it - upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6b/Houghton_Typ_620.09.482_Heinrich_Khunrath%2C_Amphitheatrvm_sapientiae_aeternae.jpg - A Triskelle isn't a uniquely Irish symbol, it's an ancient Celtic symbol. - I mentioned this in the video but your mileage will vary when it comes to interpreting the Kabballah. I wanted to clarify that I am specifically referencing Hermetic Qabalah which is quite a bit different from Orthodox Kabbalah. Neither interpretation is necessarily wrong as they are both correct within their own contexts. I like to use metaphors I think a lot of people can understand, so this is also including my own interpretations. For example, traditionally, Chockmah means Wisdom whereas Binah means Understanding , but those are too abstract for me for practical use. So I liken Chockmah to a seed that is only fully usable when planted in the Ground(Binah), or else it will not sprout and grow. I treated each Sephiroth this way. The following is taken straight from wikipedia's tree of life page, just as an example of how I reached these conclusions, "After "Binah", the universe gets down to the business of building the materials it will need to fulfill its evolution and be creating new combinations of those materials until it is so dense that, by the stage of "Malkuth", the initial pure limitless energy has solidified into the physical universe."

[@drinkthestorm275]

The ice shards in Dragonspine show the weird swirly triskelle symbol thing when you break them!!!!!

[@beashemmad.sayson545]

@@drinkthestorm275 i forgot what they look like

[@strgz5329]

the six eyes also remind me of the amount of wings the twins had in the beginning of the game, and perhaps if it relates to them in some manner

[@strgz5329]

and the image highlighted at 10:10 reminds of the keys to the shrines of depth/domains

[@Raurraurraur]

I'm wondering if the reason that the majority of the knights of favonius are gone for now is to find any leads of the pearl. Its entirely possible that the one that first proposed the expedition was Alice given her mystery and apparent knowledge of the world.

[@teateakira5971]

I didn’t know Alice was a knight

[@crusty_twig]

@@teateakira5971 I don’t think she’s a knight, just some old magic lady going around wanting to destroy cliffs and dropping her child off to some random people who have better things to do to go play chess with her friend or something (correct me if I’m wrong)

[@RavanaMuse]

You know how I said we never see the moon this close? Only in domains? Well now I am convinced that I'm only close to the sun while watching your videos. BECAUSE MY WIG IS SCORCHED. Amazing video!!

[@mintcreamtea4677]

Not super related to the majority of the video (which was great by the way! fantastic work) but if the Genesis Pearl is a seed, and the word for "god" and seed is the same in Hilichurlian, do you think there could be a possible connection between the two? It's shown that hilichurls can harness the elements, so it's understandable that they would view the source of the vessels through which elemental energy flows as divine. That combined with the theory that at least some hilichurls are corrupted Khaenri'ahns would have interesting implications as well

[@Ashikai]

That is entirely possible! The Hilichurls are a lot smarter than we give them credit for.

[@prophetkat]

I can't fathom how you do all this research. Even more so I'm baffled how mihoyo combined so much real life history and lore to make this game.

[@stella9832]

great video and you explained a really complicated theory in a way that's easy to understand. kudos! it was kinda amusing tho everytime you cut to kaeya standing next to diluc because it just makes me imagine kaeya saying the same things as you with an ^_^ face and diluc's just.... kaeya pls just go lizard hunting with klee

[@manoelafvb]

I can't freaking NOT imagine Luz Noceda playing genshin impact and nerding over the lore of the game. Thank you for your voice Ashikai

[@nabieladrian]

"It's just a gacha game" they said.

[@renji35]

could the broken trifecta thing on the symbol that represents the moon correlate to the missing moons? and maybe the trifecta thing on "earth" represents the overworld of teyvat, khnarea (idk how to spell it), and celestia?

[@jazzeetazzee7800]

For the broken triquetra, I saw another theory that talked about how it may be representing the three moon goddesses that can be found being talked about in one of the stories in the books that you can find while adventuring. I haven’t watched the video in a while, but I’m pretty sure one/all of the moon goddesses are now dead, which is why the moon in Teyvat doesn’t have phases. And thank you for the video! It was really interesting! It seems I’ve fallen down the Genshin lore videos rabbit hole lol

[@Tzen03]

I am loving your Genshin lore theories! Can't wait for more. :)

[@TheCheeseman1983]

Love the video! I have a few scattered musings that may spark some ideas. First, in the Pale Princess, after the Prince of Light is betrayed and killed, his body is specifically noted as being stashed in a tree hole. I can’t help but suspect that this may be a metaphor for the the Irminsul tree, given the symbolism of the rest of the story. Next, what if the red cubes Lumine witnessed during the fall of Khaenri’ah are actually the souls/memories of the citizens being sealed inside the tree/leylines? After all, the Sustainer does seal the other twin into a cube in the opening. This may only be the most recent of such events, the tree may contain the anguished souls of countless innocents of past civilizations that have been unjustly imprisoned. If the previous speculation is true, what if the Abyss Order monsters weren’t the intended result of the gods’ interference, but rather an attempt on the part of the alchemists to escape such imprisonment, which ended up having (presumably) unintended consequences? It’s notable that the Abyssal Twin never actually says that the cursed form of the Abyss denizens was an act by the aggressors, merely that Dainsleif failed to prevent the kingdom’s destruction, and was forced to witness its citizens transform into monsters. The two events are only described as contemporary, not causally-linked. Assuming the previous conjectures are accurate, perhaps khemia is an attempt to harness the sealed power of the true creator/source of enlightenment, which is symbolically represented as the Genesis Pearl, sealed inside the earth and protected by a dangerous serpent (the Sustainer). The travelers were sent to “retrieve the pearl” insomuch as they are supposed to release the seal and restore the means by which people can escape the domination of the false gods/demiurge.

[@TheCheeseman1983]

Another thought, what if the trees we see in the domains are petrified because the Sustainer/demiurge has tried to disable them? Perhaps they are attempting to control access to the tree’s power, using gnoses/visions as a means to siphon off that power and channel it into their own followers? Furthermore, what if the reason the traveler is capable of resonating with, and then controlling, elemental power is because that is actually the traveler’s power that had been stolen from them in the first place? Perhaps the reason the other twin seemingly has their power is because they already resonated with all the elements over the course of their journey, reclaiming the power that had been stolen from them? Smachurls are capable of wielding elemental power in a more primal way, from their stronger connection to the leylines. Abyss monsters may use Khaenri’ah technology to channel the Abyssal power to manipulate the elements. The Harbingers’ Delusion is likely modeled after the Khaenri’ah tech, but less regulated and safe.

[@henoji777]

Your voice sounds kind of like Eula so imagining her talking about these awesome theories is an added bonus

[@Ashikai]

LMAO That's 6 genshin characters people think I sound like now. XD

[@BattyButtercup]

1 year later... "10 Top Mystery Murals of Genshin Impact!" 1. domain mural. 2. dragonspine treasure vault mural &/or the code in that pit Albedo sent us to (Sal Vindagnyr). 3. the murals/text carvings in the chasm. 3. the murals under Tsurumi Island. 4. the murals in Enkanomiya (& as explored in the Three Realms event). 5. the aranara carvings in old vanarana. 6. the murals within ruins of sumeru's desert. 7. the murals on top of the mausoleum pryamid. 8. the mural in the golden slumber chamber. 9.the mural/carvings on the floors of domains. 10. [i kinda ran out of/started mixing up specific murals three number points ago]

[@HopeWorkOut]

One of the best Genshin lore channel!!

[@Muoteck]

What I found interesting is that travelers' wings from the intro have the exact same shape and configuration as the "eyes" on the mural. And one (our MC) is helping or working with Celestia's archons, while the other is working with the Abyss. That fits the imagery on the tablet perfectly.

[@SilverPheonix42]

some spoilers for the games (somewhat referenced) so....I'm watching this after completing all of the main quest story, and um Ashikai I love how this theory hit it on the head. Irminsul and how in the summer quest we find out that its basically dying and causing a withering. Oh my gosh, I am absolutely freaking out on this you did this a year before Sumeru even came out!!!

[@SleepyShilohZzz]

Hey Ashikai! I've shown your video to my yeshiva (Jewish school where you debate and learn about the sacred texts etc, Kabbala being one of them and the most complex of all) And I just wanted to tell you that they all appreciated it and found your interpretation very interesting (also, some of them started to play genshin because of that lol)

[@mateogamboa9876]

The triquetra with the lines related to the moon is something very interesting, in the game there is a myth about three moons

[@Saint_8312]

Your lore theories are always fascinating and the amount of research done is just amazing, I love them. Now it makes sense why and how Khaenriah - an underground civilization - becomes the most advanced civilization, by mastering the art of khemia a.k.a alchemy, since they are the closest to the alchemical tablets and the "alchemy-benches" (the irminsul trees), since alchemy itself is the "art of creating anything", and the theory that every (well not every, but majority) form of "power" in Teyvat is sourced from within the earth itself, becomes even more plausible. Also perhaps the advancement of Khaenriah contributed to the "sour-ness" of the irminsul tree, somehow it was being misused by the citizen of Khaenriah (which led to Khaenriah's demise), to the point that the tree;s thought became ominous, i think it is very likely that the "misuse" is related to the things that Dainsleif really hate (remember Albedo's trailer, where Dainsleif said that if Albedo were to make any mistake, Dainsleif will take matters into his own hands directly), which also supports the theory that Dainsleif is the one guarding the pearl.

[@NikhilKumar-jd5sm]

your theory is the most intriguing theory out there. enjoy it a lot.

[@WeazelSenpai]

15:54 I thought some will appreciate the actual direct Hebrew Translations to the words in these spots so here we go: which heavily hints at each region's Archon's Base desire 1. Kether (Keter) [כתר] = Crown 2. Chokmah (Khokhmah) [חכמה] = Wisdom {Sumeru Archon} 3. Binah (Beenah) [בינה] = Intelligence 4. Chesed (Khesed) [חסד] = Grace (like a religous favor or charity) 5. Geburah (Gvura) [גבורה] = Heroism {Venti Anemo Archon?} 6. Tiphereth (Tif'Eh'Ret) [תפארת] = Grandeur or Magnificence 7. Netzach (Netsakh) [נצח] = Enternity {Electro Archon} 8. Hod (Hod) [הוד] = Glory or Splendor 9 Yesod (Yessod) [יסוד] = Element or Base of a principle {Geo Archon ?} 10. Malkuth (Malkhoot) [מלכות] = Monarchy {Tsaritsa in Sneznaya? Cryo Archon}

[@anname7373]

Chesed more accurately translates to kindness. We don't have a concept of 'grace'. Grace is a christian concept. Source: I am jewish, I was raised jewish. Also melech translates to king, but I guess there might be permutations of it that mean monarchy.

[@WeazelSenpai]

@@anname7373 but you're forgetting these are Kaballah terms which Chesed doesn't speak about kindness but the type of religious grace towards religioun. And Malkuth is not Melech. Melech is a king while Malkuth is Monarchy. Hebrew is my first language it's hard to miss :D

[@anname7373]

@@WeazelSenpai in that case, I defer to you, you know more than me! I grew up with hebrew but was denied it as a language. Also, I didn't know the kaballah had any mention of grace at all.

[@WeazelSenpai]

@@anname7373 Sorry about the denial of the language, hey it's never too late to refresh :D. And regarding the grace thing, I might be wrong here but I'm pretty sure that's where it came from originally but it might have been somewhere earlier in the bible I couldn't really tell you for sure. Another fun fact, the Cube hypostasis are all Hebrew Alphabets Alef - (alef) - א - Electro cube Beth - (beit) - ב - Anemo Cube Gimel - (gimel) - ג - Geo Cube Daleth - (da-let) - ד - Cryo Cube He - (hei) - ה - Hydro Cube (vav) has no cube and jumps straight to the next Zayin - (zayin) - ז - Dendro cube (also in slang means a male rooster wink wink XD because of how it looks) then the skip is real and after 8 more letters comes: Ayin - (ayin) - ע - Pyro Cube (which sounds the same as the word ayin which means "Eye")

[@anname7373]

@@WeazelSenpai I noticed! I got confused by the old-hebrew versions of the letters tho.

[@valeriekim4209]

It is now 3.1 and I’m losing my shit that deduction led you to the thought of Irminsul tree dying way back in 1.5. You’re a genius

[@bakasamaaaaa]

I'm so glad that there are actually people who'd like to delve deeper into genshin impact's lore and it makes me appreciate the game development so much more (wow that rhymed HAHAHA) thank you for this! ❤️

[@lorileary6106]

a triquetra with moon squiggles in a world with a legend of 3 moons.. Love the video, btw!

[@MaliTheUnSpoken]

The tree of knowledge, tree of life, Genesis pearl kinda remind me of the Garden of Eden, how depict it

[@cyntheziser]

The current dendro archon is the God of Wisdom Kinda sus 👀

[@RedtheMudkip]

I absolutely love your vids! I always appreciate video games with deep lore, & you're really giving Genshin the love it needs :D

[@chaddickhaut140]

Notice how the six "eyes" around the "winged figure" bear a striking similarity to the eye-like metal bits on the Twins' wings in their confrontation with Susty? There are six of those, too. In the Bible, seraphim are described as having six wings, too, and some of its descriptions of angels say they are covered with eyes (or, at least, have many eyes all around their person). I think HoYo is intentionally invoking the seraphim comparison, and I have to wonder how that would tie in to the mural.

[@Arcanarts]

I saw this video for the first time at 3.1 and it messed up my thoughts. First, congrats for predicting the dying Irminsul so early. Second, now I'm truly fearing the "experiment in blasfemy" of Dottore. 3.2 is probably going to be illuminating and really chaotic.

[@Ventus1105]

Love the video, really highlights how much care has been taken in regards to the game when players can delve into lore this deep, things not everyone would appreciate as they just go about their day using their resin. I will say I was personally surprised when you mentioned the Sephiroth(Familiar with them via a different game called Lobotomy Corporation) but I should've expected it when dealing with the tree of life. Can't wait to see more from you!

[@clawth4rne]

i know this sounds dumb but….what if the thing ascending in the tablet is the traveler? we are looking for the unknown god, and each time we’re close to ascending to divine, so what if the tablet describes our journey? also the fact they both have wings…..

[@eranlevy1140]

Well, at 20:58, the story told by Venti for me represents very closely the story of the 2 siblings (the mc and her brother/his sister) and to why did the mc's sibling started to help the abyss. You can see a lot of things that sounds close to the story, like the hero thinking she's the queen of the kingdom of darkness (or you can say the literal name of the sibling "prince of the abyss") or the the part of a follower who already went in her footsteps (the mc). it doesn't look from the story that the followers actually knows what's her final goal actually is (except of general idea of returning the peal), the only thing Venti says is that "a second crowned has already taken up the PATH where the first had stumbled". Moreover Venti literally tells you "this is the story of YOUR JOURNEY, of your tale to be told" like it's literally tells you it's your story (as the follower). as for the kingdom, I will use the reference from another theory video (kzbin.info/www/bejne/oKLciIB_mZyrbcU 2:08) that's talking about that the sibling were send by the true god to save the world of Teyvat, after the first sibling failed and became the prince of the abyss, the second sibling wakes up and start his/hers journey around the world of Teyvat. that's at least my theory about this cutscene, I hope you'll read it. I'll be happy to hear your idea about this theory. tnx anyways for reading!

[@emaitchess3821]

Holy crap I'm making sense of so much stuff now with all the new beautiful information u put together here, thank you! Not just Genshin lore wise, I didn't even know about the emerald tablet till right now and I've always had this fascination with alchemy in fiction and literature, this is making my mind to go in the overdrive for so so many stuff!

[@luizaugustorosa1141]

SO GOOD!! And I look foward to the next one about the genesis pearl!

[@moni9236]

something I feel that you should know is that, out of the seven metals in alchemy, the one that represents the sun is Gold. along with the line about wisdom ascending and the current sumeru archon being the god of wisdom, this is leading me to think that Gold is the dendro archon. also, I think your theory about the emerald tablet might be proven right thanks to one of albedo’s talent descriptions. it reads: “This Geo bloom has an unusual property mirrored in the aim of alchemy. To rise from the earth, into the sky, and become the sun” loved your theory btw!

[@Martyn_Wolf]

"As above as is below" - The design is identical on top and bottom as it represents the duality and what we look for outside can be found within in us The emerald tablet script is vaguely similar to that of Tao De Cheng is terms of duality and connection.

[@affanpathan4844]

Your theories are amazing. I love them. Keep up the good work.😌

[@sleepycryptid8275]

12:15 Maybe the Khemia alchemists knew that the moon was false.

[@Nezxmi]

The symbol that you flipped and called an owl, looks very much like someone sitting in some sort of ornate throne to me.

[@Ashikai]

I've heard both owl and snake but that's the first time I've heard a throne. Lots of possibilities...

[@noodle6178]

ooooooo actually looking at it that way it reminds me a lot of the person on the throne with fatui around them that shows up for the snezhnaya chapter in the story preview (not sure if its supposed to be the tsaritsa or not cause none of the other chapters had that nation's archon as the character shown)

[@luongtuanhung6723]

@@noodle6178 it Pulcinella, the Leader of the Fatui, who is in charge of anything military-related in the country. She is the 1st Harbinger I think. Despite being an important figure, I don't think the throne point to her specifically since she is not that significant to the story of the world so far.

[@renodeeno]

@@luongtuanhung6723 pulcinella isnt the first harbinger? the first harbinger is pierro, the jester. the mocking mask in the pale flame artifact set tells you this. pulcinella is theorized to be the fifth harbinger.

[@scousersuk]

Thank you so much for these insightful videos they really help a lot I honestly struggle sitting through so much dialogue in the game but when the combination of your voice and explanation of the game are put together like this it actually makes me interested to learn more :)

[@Boomdizzle99]

When Sumeru comes put your channel is really gonna blow up. Sumeru is supposedly the center of academia in teyvat and is bound to be FULL of secrets and lore and alice has a connection to sumeru. Hopefully she becomes a playable character then!

[@nocturnal3427]

wow you're so underrated! this is one of the best genshin theories i've heard.

[@zee.mp4]

as someone who loves making smaller theories about any story they read or watch, it is so fascinating to see someone make such a detailed one. you need a lot of research for that. you really deserve my sub.

[@chaledy8998]

The inversed image at 12:32 reminds me more of a cobra than an owl, you can see the eyes, the hood and the pointy teeth so it could be a reference to the serpent in the story

[@Isaactopia]

I seriously enjoy your detailed videos. Why have I not found this channel until now. I've been playing this game since day one when it came out. Awesome video. :)

[@Pyramid789]

I love listening to your lore theory while trying to sleep. So relaxing and interesting 😌

[@shellkai369]

I have found your videos of 3.5 archon quest, I love your presentations of things, I appreciate the in-depth explanations and takes on different aspects. (and I'm writing this as I'm watching all your videos from day one back to present.) I am looking through comments when I have some remarks, and I found people have raised those, so this is an appreciation comment. I appreciate you. ^^

[@lynnthomas8457]

Im coming back to this after the Sangonomiya and Ekanomiya stuff, and HOLY CRAP. The battle pass story is the abyssal twins story. She's after the "Genesis pearl" on the orders of the evil queen, likely somthing from the Abyss. The snake likens to Orobashi, and the pearl to the Sangonomiya pearl. What is the Abyss Order after in Ekanomiya. Knowlege. A PEARL OF WISDOM, the information of the soul of this world. And what is Imundoul, both the tree of knowledge, and of the memories of the people.

[@dragon_nova_luna]

i kept thinking of azdaha when about ley lines and of honkai with their ark projects when mentioning a seed of life

[@jaydream9029]

Yes, a new video! I'm always excited for one since they're so high quality!

[@dibzybd9741]

12:38 personally when i see this image without flipping it upside down, i think i see an angel/demon/some human-like creature with horns and bird wings

[@jroyalcrown]

Got this channel recommended in my feed, now I cant stop, these are really well researched you deserve more views

[@UnlimitedMichi]

Yoooooo, coming back after the Aranara quest so many things make sense

[@Mrioddo]

This sequence of videos goes deeper than the depths of the abyss... This is the 4th linked one in a row (even though I already read/thought about lots of lore before) that hooks me and I still need to go back to first one to finish it! I wonder if I'll manage to reach and get all stars on the last floor of this abyssal expedition and how I'll use "the condensed hopes and dreams of universes that once were" to "meet" or "entwine" the "fated".

[@maxe-nw3yg]

loved the theory so much, and even after looking through all of the lore vids u r the only one that gave a good explanation about the marks in the domains with the emerald tablet and i loved it truly, even the way u explained it was fantastic , so keep up the good work and thanks for the hard work in looking up all of that

[@kallistiravenhurst5232]

Thing about the relation between fruit and seeds that might be neat for the theory:: the fruit can be viewed as either 'food' for the seed once it sprouts [assuming the fruit rotted around the seed] or as a lure to get an animal to relocate the seed into a better situation for growing. In a sense either way the fruit is used as a way to help the seed grow. Food for thought

[@tairalovesurmum]

27:36 she predicted sumeru omg..

[@ei9601]

Ok, this might sound random af but here goes nothing. DISCLAIMER: I'm not a Honkai Impact player nor an expert of it's lore, i'm just trying to connect some dots based on basic stuff i know about Honkai. If we follow your line of thoughts, the tree is the center of everything, the core of the world, and the pearl is the tree itself. My assumption to this is based on the Gnostic Chrous story, The Unknown God was the girl sent to retrieve this Genesis Pearl, the power of this world, but she couldn't do so, the boy is Dainsleif, his lover (random assumption based on his dialogue when he says that "she too loved these flowers") Now, you might say that this doesn't make sense, Dainsleif is "from" Khaenri'ah, or so we have been told, BUT what everyone is ignoring is the fact that Dainsleif was one of the royal guards of Khaneri'ah and based on what our sibling said, he failed to protect Khaenri'ah, and our sibling says it as if Dainsleif didn't even try to protect Khaenri'ah in the first place, thus why the hate towards him. My theory is that Dainsleif couldn't protect Khaenri'ah because he is not from Khaenri'ah to begin with, he lost his memories as far as we know but as i said i think he comes from the "heavens" to retrieve the "genesis pearl", and he figured out how to do so but then he learned the truth, that his lover, the Unknown God, merged with the tree and now is a part of it, retrieving the tree would mean it's destruction and that would lead to the death of his lover, thus why he became the "bough-keeper". He joined the civilization of Khaenri'ah with the hope of finding a way to separate his lover from the tree and go back with her to their homeland, taking the genesis pearl as well. Protecting Khaenri'ah would mean to kill the Unknown God A.K.A destroying the tree, which is something he can't do, thus why he failed to protect Khaenri'ah, thus why he didn't do anything to protect them. Now, here is where i make huge random assumptions (aside from the ones i already made), i think the tree's energy is actually Honkai energy, Honkai or Houkai is described as a " manifestation of the unpredictable Will of God", now this sentence is way too abstract to take anything from it but we can make a few assumptions from it. God can be seen as the world itself instead of an entity It's unpredictable will can be understood as chaotic And if we analyze the world of Teyvat (and ours as well), the world's true nature is indeed chaotic, this can be seen in slimes for example, they appear because random elemental energy gathers in a specific place and it becomes condensed, giving birth to what we know as slimes, it's not an intentional event but rather something that happens randomly without any specific order, pure chaos. If the energy flowing through the tree is indeed Honkai or Houkai energy, in this case, chaotic energy, then that would explain why the Unknown god resembles so much to the Herrscher of the Void. And she might be one of Honkai Impact characters, could be the real Kiana Kaslana or Kallen Kaslana, my assumption that it might be some of them is because apparently their bodies can assimilate the chaotic energy better than others, thus why the transformation of the unknown god is different. It's core would be the tree itself. This assumption about the tree's energy actually being Honkai Energy would tie it with what it's known about it in Honkai Impact, which is that when humanity reaches a certain milestone in technology it causes a cataclysm to destroy humanity: The Unknown God (a Herrscher) saying "the sustainer of heavenly principles (god A.K.A the tree) the arrogation of mankind ends now", then destroying Khaenri'ah because they got access to the power of the tree.

[@Uncommonization]

I just discovered your chanel, you'r crazy, I love it ! Seriously your theorys are great and they'r full of humour. Cheers from France !

[@TylerSolvestri]

Same, I'm used to watch the Laughing Man, and Facepalm, and then I found her which is good, she is more active >_

[@ninjay2205]

I love these lore videos the more i watch i feel as if it took them more time to create Genshin then i thought

[@Stasia.Chronos-stasis]

Your videos make people actually pause n think how rich and intricate a storyline Genshin ~ Honkai verse has. Hats off to the effort n eagerness. Hopefully you'll keep on stumbling upon such logical theories. Take love ^^

[@robertsanssouci2093]

My new theory is this; Dainsleif is looking to purify the world tree and that will unleash all the collective memories freeing the unknown god (the person he loves) from her corruption. The travelers are homunculus, just like Albedo, except their souls aren’t from Tevat. They’re from somewhere else. Someone is sending purification beings across the universe to occupy homunculus bodies and purify corrupted worlds. Worlds corrupted by Honkai

[@robertsanssouci2093]

Furthermore; Dainsleif and the traveler are at odds because the traveler knows freeing the unknown god means one of the twins must absorb her powers to free her. And that will kill them. The sacrifice Dansleif is cursed from doing himself. Hence why it’s his punishment. Because he wants to do it himself but he cannot. So he needs one of the twins to die to free her. And the other twin would rather try to use the abyss power to fight her (won’t work). Meanwhile the being controlling the Unknown God is Gold. Who has also been corrupted. This is where Albedo comes in. Albedo will learn how to kill Gold.

[@robertsanssouci2093]

And even more; This is why La Signora will fail. She believes she needs seven elements to defeat UG. This is wrong. You need the seven elements to be able to absorb the curse out of her. She’s doing it artificially by collecting gnosis. You do it naturally because you are made for this purpose. Oh and Tevat is a planet that has been encased by a giant wall to contain one of the Honkai. And it’s being observed externally almost like an experiment. Tevat will be the first planet to defeat one of the Honkai and it will be the universes first glimmer of hope 🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼

[@jessicaaudet3296]

"Nope" - KEYEAS FACE THO - @1:19

[@megabuster3940]

Just started the video That mural thing in the domains reminds me of the Gate of Truth from FMA

[@anayamelendez5760]

Such an underrated channel. keep up the great work

[@ivyvega5110]

This theory was absolutely aMAZING. I love how thorough and interesting your videos are! Though i do have one question, when i was looking at the “owl” carving on the domain tablet, i also saw something that looked like a snake (with eyes and fangs and slender body). Could it be possible that the domain tablet is actually visually representing the snake on either side (above and below) of the pearl, almost as if its looping around/ protecting/entrapped around it like the battle pass story intro and this theory suggests?

[@NeptunCristalPower]

12:30 "cause it doesn't look like anything." Looks like a horned Demon with Wings to me xDD

[@jinx3709]

Damn.. you're so underrated. I'm so interested on genshin theories

[@torivor3441]

I saw that, and immediately gave up on interpreting it.

[@aashnaroy7496]

I WAS JUST THINKING ABOUT THIS OMG thank you for making this vid

[@purplekush8553]

I love your videos! A lot of work must be put into them, but they are fascinating!

[@fayhills8934]

I also think that the that we face is part of the transmutation process. Little bit like ingredients where the resin are the last one that we add to the mix. The circle in the center of the stone tablet can represents the space where the transmutation taking place. The triquetra with the broken part may refer to the third moon. The 4 "eyes" on top and on the bottom remind me to the portal that the abyss is using to move in all Tyvet.

[@orbit127]

when you mentioned the owl in the mural i remembered what kaeya tells to us in one of his voicelines.. i wonder what he really meant🤔

[@bananabread9877]

honestly the intro to this video gets me everytime its comes back on autoplay... not going to get distracted... not going to get

[@taffy9627]

i absolutely love ur theories, and your voice is so gooddddd !!

[@BGCFAN]

Sepiroth, Qlipoth?! Malkuth etc, 29:00 . Ive read these references within the game Lobotomy Corporation as well. It's so cool to see the same inspirations being used differently in other media :D

[@sylvy.]

your videos are so addicting idk why 😭😭😭

[@willfisher4770]

Based on the Fontaine World Quest - Melusine Quest and Book of Esoteric Revelation, is the "World Formula" referencing the Kabbalah? Because the second I saw the symbol on the first enigmatic page I ran to your channel to scour for where I'd seen it before and I knew I was right when I saw the Kabbalah again!

[@ran8167]

Reminds me of the time i was just paying attention to the domain and symbols while my co-op teammates are fighting enemies.

[@Ree_DV9]

Soo good soo much info that can make you speculate a lot, once again 👏👏👏👏👏

[@hazmatsuitgirl5922]

At this point it's illegal how unnoticed your theories are. So far your the one I've found that has done the most research n gone the most in depth, so thank you! (I'm sorry for my terrible writing, I'm terrible at putting my thoughts down ahahaha) On another note. Firstly, in regards to the theoretical world structure of genshin (the Celestial-centric theory) could it be that celestia holds the pearl , which would explain why in the battle pass story its in the sky. Also, now in regards to Albedo, I do theorize that he was created by Rhinedottir using alchemy, which explains why his design even matches that of the domains and the tree. Also, when he said that ominous thing where he hoped the traveler would stop him, couldnt it just be in regard to uncovering the truth and retrieving the "seed", or even creating one, which might put the life of the people of teyvat at risk? I dunno I'm really bad at explaining these things but I hope it makes sense!

[@Ashikai]

Not sure, Re:Albedo. I think the reigning theory right now is that he's technically Durin, or was made from the remains of Durin. It's never explicitly confirmed though.

[@gealachriamh42]

I’m farming artifacts while watching this and am now staring at the muriel

[@CardCaptor32584]

Thank you... I too have walked away from my treasured domain loot to stare at the wall from as many angles as possible.

[@drinkthestorm275]

My headcanon has always been that the artifacts, weapons and materials are actually representations of the leyline memories, made by the tree using the cosmic energy (resin) we give it. I can see that being both as a workplace for alchemy and an sacrificial altar at the same time, after all we do need to earn the blessing by combat and give the tree materials before getting our reward, and while this might be forcing it a bit id also consider the information we acquire from descriptions to be akin to "revelations" gifted to us by the tree of knowledge. The tiaras sure do make the entire process seem as ritualistic and spiritual as it is useful and methodic. I am so very curious about that "ancient capital" too...

[@drinkthestorm275]

Sort of Crack sort of not theory: What if Alice and Klee are Seelie? That race certainly seems elvish enough, beautiful form, immense wisdom and i think one of them actually gave Andrius his power? Which would fit Alice's "near-omnipotence" Maybe Alice dodged the curse by not being in Teyvat at the time? Idk, apparently there was at least _one_ who managed to escape it for a time (because Andrius)

[@Ashikai]

Haven't heard Seelie suggested, but I have heard it suggested than Alice is a Traveler like the twins... I DUNNO THO she's so sus! So many possibilities....

[@drinkthestorm275]

@@Ashikai Just found out that the emerald tablet is also called by Tabula Smaragdina, remind you of something? (Hint: take the first s out of sus) And we make a whole ass microcosm out of it, omg Mihoyo

[@Ashikai]

@@drinkthestorm275 That's a name I haven't heard before. Interesting...

[@nanandco]

i really really like this and i want to point out (im still watching the video) that although hillichurls have very few words in their language but they have a word for 'seed' and are known to collect seeds although they do not plant or practice any sort of farming!

[@amorimjt]

I MISSED YOU!!! I was crazy for the next Genshin video

[@yamakaze951]

The tablet trifecta symbol, with the moon with squiggly line, made me imagine it as the three moons united into one...

[@louloudaki_]

one thing that’s confused me since the beginning of the game is what even are the elemental oculi like anemoculi and so on and why do they float and spin and why do the statues need them and so many and how does that make the rewards? could it be similar to the whole trees and resin things? how do the statues heal infinitely? why can you teleport to them? what even are teleport waypoints? is this all connected? am i overthinking an open world game mechanic made solely for convenience? why are oculi (generally) hidden or at least hard to get to? agh

[@coolkieyt]

You make these theory videos so fun and you sound like Yanfei 😭😭😭 Tysm for making these :]

[@VaioletteWestover]

Why is your narration always sooooooo funny. xD

[@letspresso]

I absolutely love your videos. I am so hyped for the next part!! ❤️