Genshin Impact is more of a hax > DC (Destructive Capacity) verse, largely due to the way its universe is structured. Because of this, some top-tier entities lack conventional DC feats.

For example, the Primordial One and the Four Shades do not have many direct DC showings—not because they are weak, but because they have little interest in the universe outside of Teyvat. The wider universe beyond Teyvat is dying: stars are being extinguished, leaving behind dark zones due to the Abyss.

As a result, Celestia likely has little interest in events outside Teyvat unless a foreign threat or the Abyss is involved. Because of this, we are not going to see many DC feats from Celestia—they are not going to leave Teyvat just to destroy random star systems. The fact that Nibelung would freely leave Teyvat and explore the universe implies the Dragon Sovereigns and some dragons probably can too.

That said, there are some notable DC feats:

· Nibelung created the three moons.

· The Primordial One shattered two moons and threw the third beyond the False Sky.

· The Primordial One covered the entire planet of Teyvat with a False Sky.

· Surtalogi, if the image from Skirk’s trailer is to be believed, may have destroyed a star system in a single attack.

· The Sinners are consistently described as world-shattering beings.

Other Notable Feats:

\*\*· The Raiden Shogun\*\* split an island (Yashiori Island) with a single slash. This seems like something she can consistently do in combat when she is serious and at full power, rather than just an outlier or ultimate attack. For other feats, she created and sustained a perpetual storm surrounding the nation of Inazuma.

· \*\*Venti\*\*:

After becoming the Anemo Archon, Barbatos' first course of action was to make the land more hospitable for humanity. Plucking the Nameless Bard's lyre, he summoned wind to blow the ice and snow away and split the mountains, drastically changing Mondstadt's terrain.

Many of Mondstadt's eastern mountains were scattered into the ocean, although certain peaks are tall enough to still be visible above water. Musk Reef (formerly Pilos Peak) and the Golden Apple Archipelago are examples of such mountains.

Barbatos also used storms to flatten the cliffs and valleys, causing Mondstadt's terrain to be filled with wide plains and rolling hills. He guided warm monsoons to the region, changing Mondstadt from a snowy wasteland to a verdant and fertile land. Likewise, Andrius was able to freeze all of Mondstadt during the Archon War.

· \*\*Zhongli\*\*: As the Geo Archon, he lowered the tides and raised Mt. Tianheng. It is said that during the Archon War, a clash between Morax and another god nearly toppled Mt. Tianheng.

The adeptus Skybracer sacrificed his antlers—bestowed on him by Morax's power and containing divine power—to prop up the mountain, making it even taller than before, then continued to fight until he died of blood loss and exhaustion. His battle with Azhdaha left a trail of destruction. His stone spears comprise the rocky spires of Guyun Stone Forest, which remain as large as they are despite Zhongli himself stating that the original stone spears were far greater in both number and size.

· \*\*The Dendro Archon\*\* (Rukkhadevata) recreated the rainforest portion of Sumeru.

· \*\*The Pyro Sovereign\*\*: He shaped the city of Tollan, a pocket dimension created inside a volcano. He also created Astral Assemblages—accumulations of Phlogiston compressed under immense pressure into floating, controllable spheres of heat. Their creation is comparable to star-forging.

He could create Huitzilopochtli, a device capable of transforming Natlan—and eventually the entire world—into Phlogiston, matter composed purely of information. By burning everything, it would transcribe and replicate all information into Phlogiston units. All life would either die or become Phlogiston life-forms.

· \*\*Azhdaha\*\*: A long time ago, a dragon was to be found in Liyue. Not a dragon that soared the skies, but one whose abode was the mountains. Indeed, this ancient dragon of stone was as large as the very mountains it called home. The legends say that it slumbered in Nantianmen, seeming not at all unlike the surrounding hills. But when it awakened, even the tiniest movement, or the slightest stretch... would cause the earth to tremble and shake.

· \*\*Pyro Archon\*\*: Her wrath was compared to the Shogun creating Musoujin Gorge, though it’s unknown if this was one huge blast or occurred over time.

The true Genshin Abyss should be bare minimum universal in DC.

\*\*While Genshin may lack many stellar or higher DC feats, it compensates heavily with hax.\*\*

\*\*The Four Shades And the PO:\*\*

The Four Shades were created from the Primordial One. The Shades likely are the concepts they embody, as Istaroth and Time are often used interchangeably.

· \*\*The Shade of Death\*\* (Ronova): Her power is not limited to simple death manipulation. It is closer to the ability to end something entirely—even non-living things—as she was able to destroy the Shade of Void’s pocket dimension with her ability. She can also prevent death, revive the dead, and possesses passive death hax that killed a bird merely by her touching it.

· \*\*The Shade of Time\*\* (Istaroth):

· She can passively reverse time around her and pause time.

· She is the writer of Teyvat’s story.

· She is nigh-omnipresent and nearly omniscient, as she creates all, remembers all, destroys all, and allows all to be forgotten.

· She is every moment itself—past, present, and future. Like an ancient scroll, she has engraved upon her memory all people, all events, all encounters, and all farewells.

· She can create time paradoxes and separate time areas.

· The Shades of Life and Void can likely manipulate life and void on a conceptual level.

\*\*Authority of Reason\*\*:

As for the power of Reason, I believe this attribute allows one to determine what is “reasonable” and how the world functions—a form of enforcing what the Primordial One believes reality should be. When the Moon Sisters were destroyed, with one being thrown beyond the false sky, the story states that there was “no reason” for their continued existence in Teyvat. Because of this, the world itself rejected Columbina, as her existence was no longer considered reasonable.

\*\*Fate Manipulation in Teyva\*\*t: The gods of the high heavens gave the world outside the castle a magic of its own. They called it storytelling... Each person had a story meant for them and them alone, one whose ending was written in the heavens long ago.

But when Simulanka came to Teyvat, a version of his fate already existed there. So how can two fates exist at the same time? The answer is they can't. The rules of this world don't allow it

I do not believe the Shades’ abilities are limited solely to Teyvat. The God Limits video implies their meeting took place outside Teyvat, and the Shades’ abilities were able to affect two outlanders, one of whom was a Descender.

\*\*Dragons\*\*:

Before Celestia, the dragons were likely more abstract beings than they are in modern-day Teyvat. Lore states that in that era, there was no boundary between life and death, will/power flowed freely, and they predate the concept of time being created.

Dragons should also have Reactive Evolution, though it’s slow and cannot be used on the go, so it is non-combat applicable.

\*\*Primordial Energies of Teyvat:\*\*

· Phlogiston is information itself, transcribing information to imitate all things. It is a form of computronium and programmable matter—the most efficient form of storing information.

· Primordial Sea: Before the Human Realm was established, all life on the planet originated from the Primordial Sea. The previous Hydro Archon, Egeria, once used its life-granting properties to give Oceanids human forms. Using its power, the Hydro Dragon Neuvillette can turn the primordial seawater inside the people of Fontaine into blood.

· Kuuvahki Energy: Works like a magnet (attracting/repelling via red/blue polarities). Overexposure causes nosebleeds, dizziness, headaches, and nausea. It is essentially pure moonlight from Teyvat's three moons (created by Dragon King Nibelung) before their dispersion and was the power source for Aino's cannon. In essence, Kuuvahki is the power of the Light Realm—the most ancient and primordial form of elemental energy. Just as a beam of light can be split into seven colors, Kuuvahki is the original state of light before dispersion.

\*\*The Pyro Sovereign\*\* was born from Phlogiston, making him an information-based life form. He had mastery over Phlogiston and the power of Light, Heat, and Flame.

· Pocket Reality Manipulation (The Pyro Dragon Sovereign created a realm within the Sacred Mountain of Tollan. That realm was The Sacred City of Tollan, the city of the Ancient Dragons. He created this realm with just a single flap of his wings.)

· Life Manipulation (With the power of Phlogiston, he created the Dragonborns and gave them Life. The first ever Life that he gave was his little brother, Kukulkan.)

· Self-Sustenance (He once visited the Three Moon Sisters of Teyvat on the three moons beyond the Planet.)

\*\*Elemental Energy:\*\*

The current elements of Teyvat aren’t normal elements; instead, they were "modified" to function more like Phlogiston to counteract the Abyss.

This is mostly speculation, but I have a theory that high-level manipulation of certain elements grants additional hax.

· High-level manipulation of Anemo could grant time-related hax.

· Geo could grant space manipulation hax.

· Dendro and Hydro could grant life manipulation hax.

· High-level Pyro manipulation could grant death-related hax.

For instance, Zhongli has shown multiple feats of space manipulation, such as saving the group in the Chasm even though space and time were being warped there.

Furthermore, the Shade of Time (Istaroth) seems connected to Anemo; the Shade of Void appears connected to Geo; the Shade of Life seems connected to Dendro and Hydro; and the Shade of Death appears connected to Pyro.

It’s likely , the Dendro and Hydro Dragons might have life manipulation, the Anemo Sovereign might have time manipulation, and so on.

\*\*Archons' Hax:\*\*

· \*\*Venti\*\* : has shown time manipulation: 500 years ago, to prevent the Corruption of the Mare Jivari from spreading beyond Tenochzitoch, he blew it off a timeline, turning it into the Windless Land.

He has also shown soul manipulation via collecting the souls of people.

Venti's true form is a wind spirit, thus he is comprised entirely of Anemo energy, making him immune to effects that rely on normal human biology or purely physical attacks.

Plus this lore : the wind gliders from lands far abroad and realized that their working principles did not follow physical laws at all. If it were not for the Anemo Archon's blessing upon each item, they would be as a millstone even if granted to a mighty eagle, causing it to plummet out of the skies with enough force to smash tortoise shells below.

· \*\*Zhongli\*\* : is able to create Geo constructs, weapons such as the Summit Shaper and Primordial Jade Winged-Spear, and sentient animals composed of Geo. As the prime adeptus, he has all adeptus arts, which include:

· Pocket dimension creation and manipulation.

· Soul Manipulation (Pinned down and sealed away the Chi's spirit and soul separate from its flesh and bone).

· Mind Manipulation.

· Sealing (Sealed away several gods as an Adeptus during the Archon War; during his story quest, he sealed away the last of Havria's artifacts under the Guyun Stone Forest).

· Dream Manipulation (Through the Adepti Art of "Gifting Dreams and Visions", Zhongli can enter and manipulate the dreams of others).

· \*\*Raiden Ei\*\*: She has shown space manipulation, giving her durability negation, along with limited time manipulation (The Electro Archon can manipulate the very inauspicious stars themselves, though it's unclear what this means precisely). Ei exists as a disembodied consciousness within her sword "Musou Isshin", residing within the Plane of Euthymia.

· BFR (Ei can pull opponents into the Plane of Euthymia).

· Abstract Existence (Raiden's true form exists as a pure form of consciousness within her Plane of Euthymia).

· \*\*Dendro Archon\*\*: Possesses mind, dream, and life manipulation, and possible soul manipulation.

· \*\*Pyro Archon\*\*: Astral projection and Spatial Manipulation (Mavuika tore through the space of the Night Kingdom to rescue the Traveler, Mualani, Iansan, Kachina, and Chasca from the Abyss).

\*\*The Abyss\*\*:

General abilities the Abyss can do, along with what users of abyssal energy can do:

The Abyss was able to elevate the Five Sinners into transcendental or higher beings with world-shattering power. The Sinners serve as Abyssal reflections of the Shades and the Primordial One’s attributes: Life, Death, Time, Space, and Reason. As a result, the Abyss has manipulation over life, death, time, void, and reason. It’s possible anyone with sufficient abyssal energy who can use it also has these abilities.

It can also corrupt, corrode, influence, and transmute the body, mind, soul, memory, and more. It is capable of corrupting abstract concepts such as space, time, and information-based things or lifeforms.

The Abyss can also negate immortality, specifically the curse of immortality cast by someone as conceptual as the Shade of Death.

Surtalogi can freely remove the curse of immortality, and it is implied that even Skirk can do this.

The Sinners are also effectively immortal—when Rerir was shattered by the Moon’s reflection, he survived due to being a transcendent being, as his body is likely more abyssal than biological. I doubt physical attacks would be effective in permanently killing him or any high-tier abyssal being. A full-power Sinner might also potentially be abstract in nature due to how abyssal they are.

The Sinners and higher abyssal beings should also be superior to the Bakunawa in terms of regeneration and immortality.

The Bakunawa : is a dark creature the size of a mountain, created by Rhinedottir. Unlike her other creations, its immortality does not come from the power of "Life," but from a more transcendental form of Abyssal power beyond even the Abyss Order’s understanding. It was impossible to kill, as its remains would continually grow and seek each other out until reforming into a new, revitalized Bakunawa. It is capable of infinite growth and is functionally immortal.

Plus, the Abyss has portal creation and dimensional travel. Users of abyssal energy can also probably do most of the things mentioned above. For example, Skirk can manipulate people's memories; she has thought-based deconstruction; she can crack space, which gives her durability negation; and create objects and limbs out of abyssal energy.

She can also transmute things.

Skirk and Surtalogi can also survive in space.

She can also use all the seven elements of Teyvat. She also has Explosion Manipulation, Telekinesis, Smoke Manipulation, & Crystal Manipulation.

\*\*Will\*\*:

“Not all that comes from beyond may be one that ‘descends.’ That title belongs only to wills that can rival an entire world. That is what I seek: the way to become such a will—one that can protect the world, sustain the world, destroy the world, and create the world.”

— Notes #1, The Narzissenkreuz Ordo

In Genshin, will is repeatedly emphasized as a crucial lore concept. I believe that the stronger one’s will, the stronger they are overall. This is why Nibelung was so powerful, as his will is described as follows:

“It came from an unremarkable little world at the edge of the spiral arm—and from the primeval dragon that had been born alongside that world. Though death would one day bring an endless night, and the sun it gazed upon was but a fleeting ember, this will, bound though it was to its planetary crust, shone more brilliantly than all the civilizations the voyager had ever seen.”

— Deep Gallery’s Distant Pact

I believe will is the primary power system for top-tier entities in Genshin. Will is the power to impose one’s intent onto reality—bending the world around that intent. For example, the reason the Heavenly Principles were able to create the Four Shades, each embodying conceptual powers like Life, Death, Time, and Void, may be because they used their will to assign and manifest those concepts.

This could also explain why Descenders are not bound by the laws of the Heavenly Principles or Teyvat, and why they are unaffected by limitations imposed on native beings. Their will allows them to resist those constraints.

It may also explain why the Shades, despite their conceptual powers, did not instantly kill the Dragon Sovereigns—the Sovereigns’ wills were strong enough to resist the Shades’ hax.

The Abyss Sibling states that she would need the might of an entire world (the definition of a Descender) to speak to the Heavenly Principles as an equal.

It’s interesting she says the description of a descender instead of "more abyssal energy" or "more allies," etc.

It implies that you need to be a descender to face a descender. The fact that the Voyager recognized Nibelung due to his will means it’s probably a universal concept. Additionally, the Traveler, who has not yet learned to consciously wield will, was still able to resist time-stop hax purely due to their status as a Descender.

I believe will in Genshin functions similarly to how it does in Shadow Slave, with it being the ability to enforce reality. In Shadow Slave, will acts as a form of reality-warping. For example:

· If a Cursed-rank Nightmare Creature wills that someone cannot escape, space itself may expand so that no matter how far they run, the distance never closes.

· At the Fallen rank, Nightmare Creatures can actively wield will—if they will that a bomb cannot harm them, then the bomb, which lacks will, cannot kill them.

· However, an Awakened human of Ascended rank or higher, who possesses will, can imbue their weapon with will to overcome such defenses.

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