Su Yun nearly jumped out of his seat as he watched the Sky Screen. Wait... they were going this big right from the start? Was that really a good idea?
As Nahida looked at the four characters for "Greater Lord Rukkhadevata" in the sky, her heart suddenly trembled.
Those four characters seemed terribly important to her. Tears spilled from her eyes before she could stop them.
The Sumeru group beside her noticed something was wrong, too: the Dendro Archon was crying.
Could this Greater Lord Rukkhadevata have something to do with Sumeru?
Zhongli seemed to recall something, but his expression soon settled. Then he asked, puzzled, "Young friend, do you know this Greater Lord Rukkhadevata?"
Su Yun shook his head. "If even you don't know her, we can only ask Ronava."
Given Ronava's standing, Irminsul probably could not erase her memories.
Ronava held a cake in her hands and took a bite. "As you humans put it, the unknown is what makes things interesting, isn't it?" she said lightly.
Since Ronava had no intention of explaining, everyone turned their attention to the Sky Screen.
Images had already begun to appear. Nahida, Su Yun, and Paimon had boarded the Boat of Consciousness.
After they passed through the contaminated consciousness, the scene shifted again, bringing them to the foot of Irminsul.
Everyone froze when they saw the figure beneath the tree.
"Isn't that Nahida?" Columbina felt a little muddled; she did not even know who Greater Lord Rukkhadevata was.
Alhaitham pushed up his glasses. "You could put it that way. The Dendro Archon became so small because she exhausted her power."
What happened next made Alhaitham's pupils contract, along with those of the other people from Sumeru.
[This recreates how Irminsul and the land looked back then, though it is ultimately a