As Kukulkan told her story, Shen Fei and the others learned what had happened here, as well as what had just taken place. A moment ago, the vast majority of Natlan had walked the edge between life and death. If the little Ridge Dragon had not stopped that device, all of Natlan would have been instantly converted into Elemental Energy. In an environment like that, few could have survived, whether human or dragon.
Although Natlan's dragons could innately control Elemental Energy, that did not mean they could survive in an environment flooded with an enormous amount of it. It was like oxygen, the substance humans relied on to live—yet once there was too much oxygen, humans would suffer oxygen poisoning too.
Huitzilopochtli was the name of the device the little Ridge Dragon had stopped just now. At the same time, it also had a simple and straightforward name: the Natlan-wide Elemental Energy conversion device, also known as Sunquake. It had been created by the Fire Dragon King Xukutl back then.
That Fire Dragon King had always wanted to restore Teyvat to the era when it was ruled by the Dragon Race. Huitzilopochtli had been created under those circumstances, using Natlan as the foundation and then expanding Elemental Energy across all of Teyvat. Overall, it was a decent plan, with a chance of success—provided no one interfered. Of course, that was impossible.
At the time, not all of the Dragon Race had agreed with the Fire Dragon King's plan. Quite a few dragons had opposed it, and Kukulkan, who now stood before them, was one of the dragons firmly against it. After discovering that the Fire Dragon King had no way to save the Dragon Race, Kukulkan formulated a plan: find someone to replace the Fire Dragon King, while also bringing