The REAL Dendro Archon and Sumeru's LIE | Genshin Impact Theory

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This Genshin Impact Theory video will explain the identities of the REAL Dendro Archon and the secrets hidden behind the region of Sumeru. Explaining that details involving the Lesser Lord Kusanali and connecting the dots from all the sources used to foreshadow the events in Sumeru Region. Covering real life legendary stories of the Lady of the Lake and backgrounds revolving the characters in Genshin Impact and even Honkai Impact 3rd.

What are the secrets hidden behind the current Dendro Archon of Sumeru and how is Fatui involved in everything? We will try to uncover the hidden breadcrumbs left by miHoYo in the game of Genshin Impact to help us get a better idea of what’s to come in the future of the story. This video is, in part, related to my previous Genshin Impact Theory video, related to the 8th element and their Gnosis identities relating to the shape of individual pieces.

Special Thanks to Unreal Dreamer for helping me with the video, and everyone and anyone who helped me formulate my thoughts, as well as translations. Too many to name. Much love.

0:00 Real Dendro Archon
0:32 Tears of Themis
1:50 Lesser Lord Kusanali
2:39 Jataka Tales
3:25 Kusanali Gender
4:08 Viridescent Venerer
5:58 God of the Woods
6:55 Calamity vs Cataclysm
7:59 The Blind Boy
9:10 Dendro Slime
10:22 Baizhu
12:37 Su - HI3
15:13 Fatui
17:34 COPIUM
18:39 Just a Theory

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[ayemjake]

Just so everyone new to this channel knows, this guy theorized Signora's death prior to the patch's release release.

[averagebaizhusimp]

Also, maybe the reason why Baizhu is physically frail because his people don't worship him, instead Kusanali. Archon's power comes from worshipping.

[tengu]

A genshin theory making a connection to the honkai lore as well as having a tears of themis sponsor. Geez....

[AB-jtrs]

Dendro and Hydro elemental reaction:
Tea

Effect: spills tea on enemies within a small AoE dealing a single instance of damage. Additionaly, attracts all British people within a 20 meter radius to deal additional damage to opponents

[caramellatt]

if baizhu is the dendro archon, it makes sense why he’s not playable yet even though he’s been in a few major events

[forscythejones]

Ppl saying that genshin impact has no content don't read lines. Half of the content goes to the lore and dialogues, and ppl just skip thru them. Even the new story quest for tsurumi island is way too good and mysterious. Ascension materials, enemies, artifacts etc have backstories not just flavor texts. Let's give credit to the writers.

[arielreis]

The fact that Baizhu is definitely hiding and even Zhongli didn't notice him before means that he is Really good at hiding!

-Anemo Slimes can fly, so Barbatos too (And fainting with only one hit too, just like Signora did), both of them can create wind current too.

-Geo Slimes have geo shield, Zhongli has one the best shield in the game.

-Electro Slimes have two types Purple and Yellow, one of them represents "+" the other "-", there was 2 Electro archon, Baal (Makoto) and Belzebul (Ei)

-Dendro Slimes have the ability of hiding under earth, Baizhu is hiding really well in Liyue, wich is the Geo Nation (Geo = Earth), so the Dendro Archon is hiding under the "Geo nation"... Dendro Slimes can summon tiny Dendro Slimes, And the Dendro Archon can summon a "Lesser Lord" Kusanali

[Sraye]

Theory: Sumeru is lying about who their archon is
Ei: First time?

[misspicasso]

mans didn't make a theory, he just spoiled the next arc 😂

[kerlarkdgrayman]

So the reason that Dendro slimes are good at hiding themselves is because of his nature too. And that's also the reason why I can't get Viridescent

[Ekamin]

Kusanali might be a deceptive replacement for real archon but i think she is also a god(like guezhong or havria). Since the gods of each region all fall under the same primary element, extended life(500+) and in the previous life of buddha, he was a "tree god"(they are called ruksha dewathawo & dewathawa means deity) possesing the flower bush named kusanali.

[weirdweird]

Here's some of my other speculations and observations until ver 3.3:

[Baizhu and Cryo]
- According to Qiqi's lore Story 5, it is mentioned that she is aware of other ulterior motives of Baizhu in employing and keeping her around, where Qiqi holds a Cryo vision. In Xiangling's voiceover "About Baizhu", it states that "I can smell Mist Flowers! It must be Dr. Baizhu!", suggesting that Baizhu frequently works with/brings along Mist Flowers, which are capable of "continues to emit cold". In Qiqi's lore Stroy 4, it is learnt that she was killed in a crossfire between some unknown superior beings. In the general lore, it is also stated that "She prefers cold weather, as the heat reminds her of death...", suggesting that fire is a fatal cause of her death. Finally, according to the Chinese story description of the item "Viridescent Venerer's Determination", the God of Woods was killed during the Cataclysm. Summarising these hints, I question if there was a possibility that the ex-Dendro archon secretly escaped from the disaster and faked his death to avoid the chase-down from the unknown "Heavenly opponents", where he was alleged to be involved in some speculative (scientific) collaborations with Khaenri'ah. Given that Dendro is naturally fragile against Pyro, could the ex-Dendro archon be severely burnt by some "heavenly/superior flame" during his escape, where the archon was unable to heal with mortal methods and could only stablise his life with the aid of Cryo elements?

[Baizhu, Sumeru and Coconuts]
- Qiqi loves coconut milks, but where did she find the coconuts? If one travels into the space of Serenitea Pot and talks with Tubby, there are two purchasable furnishings in the Realm Depot called "Silversand Coconut Tree" and "Whitesand Coconut Tree", which are described to grow under warm-moist climate. More interestingly, the description of the Whitesand Coconut Tree mentioned the document "Seven Mountain Treatises", which was also (only) mentioned by Baizhu during the Liyue quest about "Smaragdus Jadeite". For "Silversand Coconut Tree", the description mentioned that the Fatui has been collecting a huge amount of its seeds recently, reminding me the collaboration between Baizhu and Childe for a pipelined supply of coconuts during the "Guizhong" quest. In short, it seems that Baizhu does have some connections with Sumeru. Is it just because he studied there before like Lisa, but just doesn't want to talk openly about Sumeru like other Sumeru academics with Sumerian names the traveller met on the journey? One key here would be to ask the question: is Baizhu originally from Sumeru and intentionally adopting a Liyue-etymology name.

[Dendro Hypostasis and God of Woods]
- Sumeru was co-ruled by three god-kings. To "defeat" dendro hypostasis, one uses the power of dendro to heal the three piths to restore the central cube. Interestingly, it somehow resembles the Sumeru plot of problems faced by the God of Wisdom, Scarlet King, Goddess of Flowers and the speculated injured God of Woods.
- If one looks closely at the "Vine Jail" attack of the hypostasis, there is a tree (a wood) at the centre. If one observes even closer, there are 3 clusters of cubes with 3 distinct colours at the end of branches. It is as if the God of Woods branches out to 3 god-kings.
- The coloured stains on the hypostasis look like burnt wood. During the restoration phase, the colour of the restoring bar is quite intriguing: deep green but not the dendro light green. In fact, dendro attack damages are in dark green. After restoration, the cube's colour is also darker green. Interestingly, Baizhu's hair colour is of darker green, of course by coincidence. His arms are also wrapped with bandages which makes one wonders what (burnt) scars are hidden underneath.

[Garden of Eden in Genesis]
- In the biblical story, there are tree(s) that bear forbidden fruits in God's garden: the tree of life, knowledge of good and evil. Does that remind one of something? A tree (God of Woods) that bears the fruit of life (Goddess of Flowers), fruit of knowledge of good (God of Wisdom) and fruit of knowledge of evil (Scarlet King).

[More on Dendro Slimes]
- Above the main body, the "flower" actually consists of 3 distinct layers. You can even burn and destroy the flower permanently as if the goddess of flowers was dead.
- It can spread 3 seeds that grow into 3 small dendro slimes. If the parent slime is dead, all small dendro slimes will die out too. One wonders if the God of Woods is really dead.

[Baizhu's vision and pursuit of immortality]
- It could be real, but from someone else, for instance, the perished Goddess of Flowers. The vision linking to a snake-shaped ornament is really interesting too.
- Many think Baizhu pursues immortality for himself. It could also be about bringing back one of his beloved perished Goddess of Flowers, which may be a forbidden action in Teyvat.

[Miscellaneous]
- The cloth design of Baizhu and the tool "Boon of the Elder Tree" have some resemblance, which was interestingly shown on Nahida's demo at 0:43 for a second.
- Dendro ascension material "Nagadus Emerald Gemstone" has an intriguing naming. "Naga" is a divine being of half-human half-serpent form.
- Sumeru region logo looks like a tree bearing some fruits. The dendro icon is hidden in a tree and beneath the geo ground.

[Ahriela]

While playing chess with "God", Su asked if he can make himself a piece. "God" said no because that's obviously cheating. So, Su decided to make somebody like him to play the role he would.
Smoking really hard here, lol.

[dreaming_spheal]

I like how he's explaining a whole disaster that destroyed an entire nation and I'm just vibing to the jazzy background music

[UnrealDreamer]

Holy heck dude mind blown, you absolute mad lad I can’t believe you made all those connections from the convos we had

[TinkRomero]

If Baizhu is indeed the Dendro Archon who became inflicted with the Curse, it happened 500 years ago, and he faked his death 500 years ago. He came to be the guardian of Qiqi during Hu Tao’s life so this confirms him being in Liyue for at least 10 years. This means he has kept himself hidden very well in either Sumeru or Liyue, maybe even both. As his profession in being a doctor, his capability of being hidden may be due to him being a herbalist of sorts not that well known as he wouldn’t want to gather too much attention until he set up a good home base, or the Bubu Pharmacy. However an interesting thing about Bubu, is that it means No Fortune Telling, and Qiqi has a Fortune Preserving Talisman. And these Talisman were likely placed by Baizhu, however these Talisman are called Ofuda Talisman which are used by the Onmyodo, from Inazuma. This would mean that Baizhu has some relation to Inazuma and we happen to know of an Onmyodo practitioner who went to Liyue. This practitioner visited Liyue around 500 years ago, meaning that Baizhu would of had to been around at that time and encountered Kamuna Harunosuke. So he most definitely is more than Human.

Edit: I was looking in the Living Beings Archive and noticed this description of the Dendro Samachurl, “one that awakens the might of Dendro” maybe a sign that the Dendro Archon is truly “asleep” and waiting to “awaken”?

[galaxydust_]

I'm going to add more into this. Them adding corrosion as a mechanic was probably on purpose to start getting us use to the idea of it which plays into this theory. Qiqi has also not had a story quest and that is noteworthy because pretty much every other Liyue character has been involved in a story quest in a big way now. Qiqi was just a minor character in the Archon quest and got forgotten about since then with a little appearance in Moonchase. Same can be said for Baizhu, with him being even more mysterious. This would also explain why we haven't met any other Dendro users. Finally I'm willing to bet either Baizhu is the Archon and he dies because of the Fatui or he's the Archon who betrays Celestia and tells us information we aren't supposed to know because Celestia caused his illness. This could set us up for a trial in Fontaine which would be Celestia's first attempt at getting rid of us. This is all a theory though.

[Shiiwata]

now that i think about it the legend of the white snake might make more sense for baizhu. his theme is all about snakes and he literally has one on his shoulder. the tale is about a white snake, bai suzhen who can turn into a pretty woman and marries a young man named xu xian and they open a medicine shop together. the man didn’t know his wife was a snake demon and basically died from shock when he found out so his wife goes on a quest to find a herb that will bring him back to life. so changsheng might not actually be a snake, baizhu might not be his real name and this might be why he is sick. this is also one of chinese's most popular tales i think? so it would make sense for mihoyo to draw inspiration from it because liyue kinda represents china. anyway i do hope we will get another male archon before we move to only females lol so if it turns out to be baizhu that's also fine with me.

[franklinz]

MiHoYo has played the "god turns into tree" trope three time already. We have Vinessa turning into the large oak at Windrise, Azdaha's tail turning into a tree as he was sealed, and Makoto becoming the sacred sakura tree after she died in the war 500 years ago. It would be expected that the former dendro archon (probably Greater Lord something) also turned into a tree. But the difference being that the current dendro archon might be able to communicate with them with dendro powers.

[thuglifeganyu]

Mihoyo: "This guy knows much, what do we do?"