As for the Heavenly Principles, Yucheng himself held no prejudice against him. Although he had seized the Dragon Race's world, he had also created humanity and had the Seven Archons protect them, making humans the masters of Teyvat. As a human himself, Yucheng could be said to have enjoyed the Heavenly Principles' protection as well.
However, for unknown reasons, the Heavenly Principles had sparked an Archon War across Teyvat that would leave only seven victors. Then, during the Khaenri'ah Cataclysm, he had forced six Archons to join the battle, leading to the deaths of the first Hydro Archon, Egeria, and the first Electro Archon, Raiden Makoto.
It was also after this cataclysm that the surviving Seven Archons' views of the Heavenly Principles had changed drastically.
Never mind the Cryo Archon-even Ei would probably be unable to resist confronting the Heavenly Principles if she saw him, demanding to know why he had sent her older sister, whose combat abilities were weak, to Khaenri'ah instead of her, who was renowned for her strength. Had he done so, her sister might not have had to die, and with her own strength, she would most likely have escaped unscathed.
Now that Raiden Makoto's younger sister had become his woman, his attitude toward the Heavenly Principles naturally had to change according to Ei's.
Perhaps finding the atmosphere too heavy, Ei asked, "By the way, since I'm yours now, why don't we have Scaramouche change his surname to Uchiha too?"
As Ei said this, Scaramouche, who was far away in Sumeru attending a meeting of the Sages, suddenly sensed a certain malice and involuntarily shivered. He hurriedly stood up and looked around.
Nahida, who was speaking on the platform, asked in confusion, "Mr. Scaramouche, what's wrong?"
After sensing his surroundings and finding nothing unusual, Scaramouche could