Becoming the heavenly principle in teyvat

The vision ended, in the real world only a few seconds had passed.

But in those seconds the shades had discovered something about their new master, he is incredibly powerful.

Of course they already knew that he was powerful, some even suspected that a little more than Phanes in her prime but...they never thought he would have such...terrifying power.

Yes, terrifying, because what else could they call the ability to absorb other worlds and steal part of their resources to give them to another, in this case Teyvat?

And on top of that, their master just told them that he plans to do it en masse with the help of all of Teyvat in order to bring this world back to it's original glory, no, he wanted to surpass that.

And what do they think about this? Well...

They were ecstatic, all of them, Rhinedottir for different reasons than the others.

Ronova, Istaroth and Naberius had just learned that their purpose of existing could finally be realized, that they and Teyvat as a whole would become stronger than before with each annexed world and that, therefore, they could achieve even better results because of that.

In a nutshell?

If some of them still had any doubts about the new heavenly principle before, then they've been completely burned now. What has remained in the ashes is an unwavering loyalty towards their new master.

Of course, that's not exactly the case with Rhinedottir, who seems to be going through various degrees of shock and other emotions that are very difficult to decipher at a glance, until it remained in one, devotion.

A face of devotion that borders on madness.

For Rhinedottir there was only one purpose in her life, to create the 'perfect' being, for this she has traveled through several worlds, done things that no one in their right mind would do, in fact, several of her creations can be found wandering around Teyvat.

But while Rhinedottir is powerful, she knows that she is not enough to survive in worlds more dangerous than Teyvat, she knows of the existence of beings in parts of the tree that could finish off Phanes with a snap, that's why she still didn't want to risk going to those worlds and investigating those beings, but what she just discovered changes everything.

What Elohim is planning pretty much means that Teyvat will be able to evolve to levels never before seen in the imaginary tree if they play their cards right, so yeah, she too has become completely loyal to this new heavenly principle, her master.

"What are your orders master, do you want us to bring in the archons?" Ronova asked with a gaze and voice of complete submission, something that perhaps the others would, in another moment, notice she only did with Phanes in the past, that is if they didn't have the same expression on their faces.

"No, I'll call them here, I already want to see what reaction they'll have." I said with a pleased face and a brief chuckle, he had noticed the change in the shades and was very happy about it, they noted.

"Are you going to summon all the archons, master?" Rhinedottir asked, still looking at me with the same face as before, only a little more relaxed, as if she were looking at a work of art.

"No, only Barbatos, Morax and Beelzebul" I said and my small smile was replaced with a frown, I was thinking about the other archons , especially the hydro and cryo archons, the first one is dead and the second one is planning to rebel against the heavenly principle's, but it doesn't matter since I am generous and will allow her to redeem herself if she leaves those rebellious thoughts behind.

The shades realized that their master was dissatisfied with something.

"Master, If there's something bothering you, just give us the order and we'll take care of getting it out of your way." Ronova said with displeasure about her master dissatisfaction

"Ah, don't worry Ronova, it's not something I can't handle" he said and they wanted to tell him that helping him was their reason for existing but they decided not to question him.

"My lord are you not going to ask about Asmoday?" Naberius asked and he smiled at her as a sign that he was listening and for some reason that made her blush slightly.

"I already know where Asmoday is, but I'm fine with letting her have some fun on her 'vacation', I'm a generous boss after all~" I said with a brief chuckle at the end

"Well, it's time to summon the archons" I said, my eyes lighting up and a faint glow surrounding my body, a sign that I was using my authority.

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Mondstat

Venti was feeling very well (oops) today, since Diluc had been generous and had given him a very expensive bottle of wine, he tried to reject it at first but the second time he couldn't resist anymore.

This is how he found himself drinking at the bar.

Well that was until he felt that

If Venti hadn't had the sensation engraved in his memory, he might have forgotten what it felt like to be summoned to Celestia, but that was impossible, the only being who has the authority to summon the archons to Celestia is...the heavenly principle.

Oh...Oh

A cold sweat ran down his back, and if he were human he was sure he would have vomited the wine.

If Phanes has found out how little presence I have had as archon, well... let's say it won't be pretty, who knows, if she got off on the wrong foot maybe she'll destroy all of Mondstat.

But if he refuses to go it would mean certain death for both of them, so with a grim face he left the wine on the table and shot out the door, something that Diluc noticed, he knows it but he doesn't care, when he was far enough away from Mondstat he made the wind lift him up, in road to Celestia.

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Liyue

Zhongli was attending a performance of Yun Jin in heyu tea house, drinking very expensive tea (which he put on the bill of...).

Until he felt that.

Now, Zhongli will never admit it, but a chill ran through him when he felt that, he knew what it meant, he was being summoned to Celestia, but it didn't make sense, Phanes should still be asleep.

So, how?

He didn't give it much more thought before leaving his tea and walking out the door. In the end, the faster he responded, the better everything would turn out for Liyue. He knew he had a punishment prepared for him.

He had abandoned his gnosis and his position, Phanes won't like that, but he will do what he can to ensure Liyue survives.

When he was far enough away from Liyue he used his powers to make a geo platform and used it to fly towards Celestia.

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Inazuma

The Raiden Shogun was practicing in her training room in Tenshukaku when she felt it.

Of course she immediately asked Ei since she didn't recognize the feeling, but Ei had felt it too and she had recognized it.

She knew what it meant and it didn't look like it was going to end well for her.

Why? well, let's make a list

First, She has been chasing 'eternity' for years, something that could be considered going against the heavenly principle's, of course she knew that if they really cared they would have already sent one of them to to finish off Inazuma, but that didn't make her feel any better.

And two, she had lost her gnosis thanks to Yae Miko, something that they won't like either, all in all, it doesn't look good.

But even knowing that it was still better not to delay so as not to endanger Inazuma, she took control of the Shogun and shot out with lightning towards Celestia.

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Minutes later, Celestia

Venti arrived first, followed by Ei and then Zhongli

Although only seconds apart. They naturally nodded to each other, it was not a time for meetings, everyone knew that.

Even so, they noticed how they were the only archons there, which made them more nervous and almost certain that they would not get out alive, but for their nations it was something they were willing to do.

They began to climb the steps (they seemed to have no end) toward the throne room as normal people, they did not dare to use elemental energy here.

When they reached the top of the stairs after a few minutes they came across a figure sitting relaxed on the steps, Venti recognized it instantly but didn't want to name it for fear of retaliation, using the true name of a god may not be taken in the best way, but it was not necessary, Zhongli already knew who she was and Ei could make a guess.

'A shade' thought Ei, who had only met Ronova and seen Asmoday from afar in kaenri'ha, so she discarded them, and from how she looked she imagined it was Istaroth 'the shade of time'.

"We greet one of the four shades" they said, at the same time with a straight face and bowed.

"Hmm, whatever, my master told me to welcome you" she said with a disinterested and tired face, of course those who know her would know better, but this is not the case.

Hearing that, everyone thought the same thing: 'So she woke up earlier than expected...'

"Hmm, follow me" she said without looking at them and began to advance towards the throne room, they did as they were ordered, when Istaroth was in front of the doors they opened by themselves.

She came in and starting to fly to her seat said "master, I have brought them as you ordered"

"Thank you, Istaroth" a...¿¡young man?! said while sitting on the throne of the heavenly principle

And their minds suffered a small, brief shock.

'That's not Phanes...' they thought