Maybe the reason Phanes isn't intervening despite everything going on is that he can't

Basically, Honkai Impact has given us two examples of gods who determine the "laws" of a world (namely, Sa/Vita and Senadina) losing the ability to interact with said world directly. Sa is shown using "representatives" to interact with worlds under her control and Senadina shows that this phenomenon doesn't necessarily happen immediately.
Since Genshin is confirmed a part of the Honkaiverse, this phenomenon could explain why Phanes isn't directly intervening in Teyvat. When he first took control, he still could interact with the world - able to enact divine judgement and be fought as a result - but that time has long passed. Now he has to rely on his "representatives", the Shades, to enact his will in Teyvat.

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Gold_Pineapple76442026-01-05 03:29

You don't need to go search for answers in another game. Phanes didn't lose power of anything, they are just asleep for whatever reason, simple as that.

One_Macaroon33682026-01-05 03:33

a. Shared lore
b. It's not a matter of losing power, but a broader rule of the universe

notthatjaded2026-01-05 03:44

All we know is that Phanes is said to be "sleeping". If it was simply that they could only use their "representatives" to interact with Teyvat, the Shades wouldn't also be acting as if they have no one to lead them as we see in the Gods' Limits trailer.

So until shown otherwise, I'm content to assume that Phanes is actually "sleeping", for a given value of what that means for a divine being.

DeltaOmegaEnigma2026-01-05 03:56

i always took it as Phanes is self cleansing themselves of the abyssal damage they received through being comatose/sleepy just how Venti did long ago

PandiTati2026-01-05 16:30

> That time has long passed

Phanes started their slumber 500 years ago after intervening to stop the surge of Abyssal power emerging from the Kingdom of Khaenri'ah, which in their timeline is literally nothing. Venti slept double that long