Only a month later, before Yucheng could peacefully await the birth of his tenth child, as Ningguang was about to give birth, Teyvat experienced an unprecedented upheaval.
Snezhnaya, inside Snezhnaya Palace.
An empress wearing an ice-blue gown and a crown sat upright on her throne, her eyes filled with coldness. Seven chess pieces glowing with different colors floated before her, while two rows of her most powerful and most loyal followers knelt below her.
The Cryo Archon's emotionless voice rang out. "Has it been five hundred years? This long-overdue rebellion is finally about to begin."
Yet the Tsaritsa's icy words ignited the fiercest flames in the eyes of the Fatui Harbingers present.
The Jester, Pierro, the Director, was the first to answer fervently. "Everything shall be as Your Majesty commands!"
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
Across the previously peaceful Teyvat, the Statues of the Seven scattered throughout the Seven Nations suddenly shattered simultaneously, then erupted with earth-shaking light that shot into the clouds, making heaven and earth change color.
The place where those lights finally converged was Celestia, suspended high above the world. At this moment, the island that had existed only in legends was finally revealed openly to the world.
Almost simultaneously, every God-level being across Teyvat, whether active among mortals or slumbering, turned to look toward the continent's north.
Snezhnaya, the nation with the greatest military might in Teyvat, now displayed its formidable power to the world. With immense power coursing through it, the entire territory of Snezhnaya actually began to float.
Under the Tsaritsa's leadership and driven by the power of seven Gnoses, Snezhnaya committed the strength of its entire nation and ascended as a whole, taking the lead in raising the banner of rebellion against Celestia and issuing a challenge.
Apart from the Tsaritsa, the Fatui Director, the