Zhongli still did not answer. He merely looked up at the Sky Screen.
"Take a break and watch a true Abyssal catastrophe."
The scene slowly opened up, and the words "Abyssal Catastrophe" drew everyone's attention.
As the scene unfolded, starlight in seven different colors flickered into view one after another.
Those seven colors of flickering starlight represented the seven elements.
When the seven elements converged, they formed a dazzling, colorful world, and Phanes, the Heavenly Principles, appeared on-screen.
At the same time, a voice-over began.
"The throne stands above Celestia, and authority is bestowed upon the seven victors."
On-screen, the elements of seven nations appeared around Phanes, the Heavenly Principles.
Mondstadt's windmills, Liyue's mountain rocks, Inazuma's Tenshukaku, Sumeru's great tree, Fontaine's seabed, Natlan's volcanoes, and the snowbound Snezhnaya Castle.
"Wherever mountains and rivers reach, all is the domain of the gods."
Phanes, the Heavenly Principles, held the seven elements in his great hand, before the scene shifted to the Seven Archons.
Zhongli and Venti, standing center stage in their divine attire, were particularly eye-catching.
"The victors linger in this mortal world under the name of Archons."
"The people dwell beneath the gods' shelter, sometimes lowering their eyes, sometimes lifting them to gaze above."
On-screen, a seed fell from a god's hand, turning the withered land into an oasis and giving those who dwelled there a peaceful home.
"They walked alongside the gods through months and years, yet beneath the earth, beyond the gods' sight, there once existed a prosperous and glorious dream."
The view slowly descended, arriving at the underground nation of Khaenri'ah.
The entire visual style of Khaenri'ah was utterly different from that of the Seven Nations aboveground.
Cold buildings and enormous Field Tillers flashed past one by one, before the view finally stopped before a summoning gate.
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