At heart, the Great Serpent was no villain. He was actually a pretty decent fellow, but he had taken two paths that could only lead to death.
He had stepped onto the first knowing what lay ahead.
On the second, he had simply been sentenced to death without even realizing it.
As everyone knew, none of the Demon Gods defeated in the Archon War had come to a good end.
They either died, were sealed away, or ended up serving dishes in a restaurant.
As someone defeated on two battlefields, the Great Serpent had only two options.
Either scrape by for the rest of his life, never able to hold his head high again.
Or die.
That was not even the cruelest part. Worse still, after fleeing to Enkanomiya, he accidentally uncovered Teyvat's greatest secret.
"Before Sun and Moon"
In fact, in the earliest days of Teyvat, there had been no Heavenly Principles, no Demon Gods, and no humans.
It had been a world inhabited by dragons and elemental beings.
In other words, everyone in present-day Teyvat, including the Seven Archons and its supreme ruler, the Heavenly Principles, was a foreign invader.
There had been Seven Nations back then, too, but they had been ruled by the Seven Elemental Dragon Sovereigns.
Later, the Heavenly Principles arrived in Teyvat and defeated them all.
The Heavenly Principles was also known as the [Eternal Throne], the [First Throne], and the [Primordial God].
Afterward, the Heavenly Principles created the Four Shades. Including himself, there were five of them, each corresponding to one of the five artifacts.
Mountains and rivers, flowers and trees, and even humans had all been created by the Heavenly Principles.
Thus, the humans of Teyvat were an introduced species, not native inhabitants.
After the Dragon Sovereigns were defeated, their subjects were