The way Xiao just closed his eyes while falling like he was finally accepting his death. He sacrificed himself for the sake of others. The ultimate show of his duty/contract. Damn I was crying screaming. Thank you zhongli
Probably deep inside his heart, he just want to reunite again with his family. But, they just want xiao to live like a normal mortal. They might have been degraded by time, but inside of them there's a tiny hope to keep living
This has to be without a doubt one of the best cutscenes in the game. The fighting, Xiao and Zhongli interaction, Xiao sacrificing himself and when all hope seemed to be lost, Zhongli saved Xiao. HoYoverse really outdid themselves this time. Got me simping for everyone, especially Yelan and Yanfei
They just need to let Xiao really died in that scene, those sacrifices what so ever you called not so sacrifices it seems like. They need to making audiences feel again to accept the playable characters dead. Just like certain characters from honkai.
@@shahrinnaim631 how about not though. Just because Honkai has done that to their 99% female populated cast doesn't mean Genshin should too. No character in Genshin yet is developed enough to be killed anyway, if they suddenly killed anyone at this point of the game it will just leave a very bad impression to every player, or atleast the majority.
I was honestly about to cry I genuinely believed hoyo was about to kill xiao... yelan tryna grab him at the last min broke my heart.. man I'm glad zhongli saved him... super heavy but insanely amazing quest damn
Am I the only one who wants rewatch the scene because it's so beautiful and unexpected that Zhongli will help Xiao? Overall it was a great archon quest! I love it.
Everyone taking turns to show that they care about xiao broke me 😢 traveler and yanfei urging xiao to rest, itto forcing open a pathway in place of xiao, yelan reaching out to xiao in the last second despite their previous disagreements, and finally zhongli who personally went there to ensure that xiao made it out 🙇♀️ hell even USHI had some words of comfort to share to xiao. Hang on guys i will be moping for the rest of the day
In the first part I was kind of wondering why they bothered having Itto in this story since it seemed kind of weird for him to turn up in the bowels of the Chasm, even though they explained it, but his main role was to make a point about mindset and sacrifice. Xiao was ready to throw his life away to try and save the others. Itto went in with the intent of saving everyone and trusting the rest would handle what was next.
@@brynphillips9957 Also the importance of relying on others as a team because that sort of relationship is what makes the Arataki gang so close knit. Xiao who’s accustomed to doing everything on his own at the cost of his own well being, and Itto who relies on his gang members and lets them rely on him in return. These aren’t the feels I’m having. Nope. Not me
Nah, Xiao had always been dutiful and caring in his own way, seen when he had helped rescue ppl with the 1st jade chamber. He's just never been vulnerable with others so he seems very cold and uncaring when he's deeply, deeply loyal to the late Rex Lapis and the nation of Liyue
@@tiffanyh629 also he doesnt want people to approach him bc of his karmic debt taints his surroundings. Thats not him being mean, he just doesn't want to hurt people.
@@tiffanyh629 And the fact that he's never really vulnerable around others makes the times where he's vulnerable around (or at least more emotionally open with) the traveler even more adorably heartwarming. Like, at first he tries to push you away but then eventually he says that it's too late for you to sever ties with him and then gets somewhat annoyed when he finds out that you never planned on severing ties with him before saying that he wants to get to know you better. And hell, he even starts agreeing to go on outings with you. It's freaking adorable how much of a soft boi he can be 💚
oh how Xiao proudly shouted his name "General ALATUS, falling in." you can hear in his voice the conviction to his contract. Damn XIAO is amazing, scared my wits thought he was gonna die.
It was like from Zhongli's warning to Xiao before he went to the Chasm.....it seems like Zhongli already knew either way, Xiao would decided to sacrifice himself in dire situation and Zhongli seems already knew about the domain's danger and what other dangers lie ahead in The Chasm
I got the hint that Xiao was about to "die" when he said that he will sacrifice himself to let everyone escape as for his last will BUT I never expect this to hit so hard and as a Xiao main, it hurts when you see Xiao falling in the darkness. This quest is made to remind Xiao to let go of this feeling of being "alone and burden". Throughout the story, as Xiao is the only remaining yaksha, he thinks that he alone should bear all the consequences of eons of slaughtering, his karma, the contract and now to find the "destiny or fate" of his friends without meddling or contacting with human world. He don't want others to be hurt because of him (his karma). With now he's friends with traveler, being "alone" is something that he should let go and accept the fact that someone got his back and support him. With the current quest, It shows that even yaksha was able to bond with humans (Bosacius and Boyang). For him sacrificing himself to save others will be the best way to accept death but my man ZHONGLI saved him. FINALLY, LET XIAO BREATHE AND TAKE A BREAK. MAN THIS WILL BE MY FAV
First 3 part of this quest make me scream like "OMG this is dead flag for Xiao don't do it hoyoverse !" Then that scene comes , scream likes hell. And daddy save the day. dayumm.... I feel like I'm riding rollercoaster.
What hurts most is him just closing his eyes as he falls, ready to accept death 😭 But my man Zhongli has come through, as someone who has both of them on my team almost constantly (and they were two of my first 5*s i got getting into the game half a year ago), this made me so happy to see how zhongli can't help himself, he still has to make sure everyone is alright.
Ikr I know there has been more depressing stuff in genshin but it wasn't portrayed in such a way, this really made me almost break my laptop when xiao sacrificed himself and the joy i felt when zhongli saved him was immense.
I also love how the majority of the soundtrack in this scene is a slightly altered version of Xiao’s theme song in his demo-I just think it’s a really cool detail.
3:17 it also hurts to see Yelan being vulnerably terrified as Xiao chose to sacrifice himself with last of his powers to save the others. as we already know, Yelan acted harshly against Xiao's full use of his powers for his only selfless option for the others to get out from the chaotic space. And Yelan despises the idea of "sacrificing" as she's been through it from her clan, so she fought Xiao's decision with commonsense, but deep down inside, she just never want to lose another close comrade in a way of losing their lives to save her and the others.
@@KoKo_Nakah Logical to you because you are not a warrior. Xiao was right at that time but Yelan wanted to stop him because she didn't want someone else to be sacrificed. At the end Xiao had to sacrifice him otherwise nobody would have made it out alive. Xiao knows what to do at such situations
3:12 Interesting how that’s the first time we’ve ever seen “pure” Anemo from Xiao. Usually, his Anemo is always a mix of teal and black, as if it were corrupted, but not in this case. Huh…
Because he used his vision power. He always use his yaksha power which has black and green shade. As he already exhaust all his yaksha power. He just sent us with his anemo vision.. (my speculation)
So Xiao doesn't really want to die. As he said, his wish to die a heroic death is his version of insanity. If he snaps out of it, then his desire to die probably goes away too. I'm glad he finally confessed what he really felt. His desire to protect is still so strong tho
Like that one demon slayer scene where he burned the spider string things, that’s what it reminded me of when I read this and rewatched it thoguh I didn’t realise it at first
i started crying when this cutscene played and i only cried harder until it finished. i was terrified because i thought xiao would die and he's the character i'm most attached to. i was SO happy when zhongli saved him
Every archon quest never failed to amaze me, the way Yelan, Yanfei, Traveller fought was amazing, the self sacrifice that ciao did was also amazing, and lastly Zhongli saved him. that gave me goosebumps!
Side note: LIYUE'S ARCHON QUEST. Hope mihoyo can continue Mondstadt's archon quests too as Mondstadt has the biggest potential for epic archon quests along with Liyue
@@khairilsstudio2783 Seeing as the Grandmaster has yet to return, Albedo's entire situation being the way that it is, and the threads that tie Kaeya to Kaenria'h hasn't yet been unravelled, Mondstadt's geatest stories have yet to be told.
I had goosebumps during this cutscenes! also did everyone else notice that the quality seems a bit better? in terms of the expressions and movement, very smooth!
The character models have improved too! Like the face and hair of ayato and heizou Vs diluc and albedo (face and hair balance and modelling). We only have hope they will retouch those chars via skins TT Oh yea and don't forget the hair and outfit improvement with ningguang's skin too! I do like her ori outfit but back then they weren't that good with the hair maybe and it ended up looking weird, whole they added more volume to the new skin which looks like maybe how they wanted her long hair to be initially but lacked time and skill then?
@@shishiroro6351 Yes but for ppl with potato devices, like me, everything is so smooth compared to the very start! It's nice seeing all the money spent by players well used!
this has to be the best cutscene out there. I've been playing this game since it's month of release and have been through every cutscene, and this has to be the best one. i could repeat it all day and it still gives me chills. thank u, zhongli, for saving xiao
ALL RIGHT XIAO FINALLY GETS AN EPIC 3D CUTSCENE AFTER THAT JADE CHAMBER SCENE. This part had me tear up, and it become one of my fav archon quest! ALSO FINALLY XIAO AND ZHONGLI INTERACTIONS YASSS
I was panicking so bad bro i thought xiao was actually going to die LMFAO i didn't expect for zhongli to show up too.. this cutscene gave me goosebumps
Istg HoYo just keeps making me say "this has to be the best cutscene in Genshin" every single time. But fr this time, this made me feel a lot of emotions. They really out did themselves this time. It is the best one for me. I can praise it for a whole week.
This whole cutscene was amazing and made me cry so hard, but when Xiao declared himself "General Alatus" again was where I just got chills because he tells Yanfei to just call him "Xiao". he's clearly distanced himself from the past and all the other Yakshas to avoid the pain of losing them so using that name again shows he is reaching a point of acceptance. Beautiful quest and thank you Zhongli for saving him
I also love that everyone here (except from the traveller) represents the elements of the 5 Yakshas Hydro yaksha for Yelan Pyro Yaksha for Yanfei Geo yaksha for Itto Electro Yaksha for Shinobu And of course Xiao
The red human-shaped souls that appeared in 1:07 are the souls of Millelith, who stayed underground to keep the seal from being broken. They all lose their minds and are dead hundreds of years ago, but the will to protect the seal still remains in their souls.
Zhongli really save him on the very last moment there.. There I unconciously said "don't give me heart attack you jerk.. you can save him a lot earlier for sure too".. really thank you for saving Xiao there.. I thought Xiao was gonna die there.. also.. I've seen this a lot of time.. but Traveler only use their elemental power in combat just for supporting him like jump higher, control the enemies' distance or dash faster.. they mainly use their swordplay in battle..
Lmao, people debated that? Xiao has lived for eons and of course he had seen that form of Rex Lapis. All adeptus knows how he looks like, but they honour his wish to step down from being an archon and live a mortal life.
@@pardunmaster5776 yes I mean its pretty obvious, but for some its not. In tiktok and Facebook some players are really surprised to know that Xiao knows who Zhongli is..
Zhongli is an archon. ARCHON. He know a thing or two on how does the domain's spatial rift and the time dimension works. Same like how we can go back in Raiden's domain, Miko knows a thing or two about the time dimension mechanism and the spatial rift though the domain is heavily influenced by Istaroth. If Zhongli can bring up Azhdaha to the ground, why can't he do this trick?
@@sayantanm2 Oh he did kill a god or two. Technically speaking it is likely all the original Archons did. I wouldn't be suprised if Venti didn't have a dead god or two under his belt somewhere. I mean we literally found the top of a mountain he blew off in the middle of the ocean during that Island event. He might be laid back and seemingly pretty weak now but he did once fight a war against other gods.
This cutscene was fucking incredible. I thought they were genuinely about to kill Xiao off but NOPE, they saved Xiao in a way that actually made sense. Genshin has problems storytelling at times, but holy crap this was phenomenal.
@@anneoneal3865 it has improved quite a bit as of late, but yeah can't deny the underlying problem of cutscene to cutscene stories is definitely not ideal.
I honestly went through the five stages of grief at the very moment Yelan realized what Xiao was doing. “They did it on Himeko. Of course, they’ll do it on Xiao.” I pessimistically thought.
While I initially hoped that Xiao's sacrifice would push through (because I wanted to see playable character death), it made a lot of sense that it didn't happen. Him sacrificing himself does not feel like a meaningful end to his character arc. Part of his arc is about him trying to learn to lean on others, and if he ends up dying like that, the things we've been through with him would be in vain.
Hello fellow angst and wanting-to-see-a-playable-character's-death, enjoyer!! It's really nice to see Xiao get the arc he deserves after eons of suffering and isolation. Any good things and/or his actual inevitable death would absolutely be wrapped up really nicely now that he's starting to lean onto others. Makes it feel less of a "cop out", in a sense that many shows would do when they write character deaths. It's also quite nice as someone who struggles with mental health and isolation to see this as well; It gives a sense of hope. It's a "Things aren't done yet and people are not loved yet so stay a little longer to do so." Type of hope
@@ShadowExtremeEX8 I personally think a playable character will die but not anytime soon. I feel like it's too early. Knowing Hoyoverse's other game *cough* Honkai *cough, character deaths and the pain they bring is something they have experienced in. I know that Honkai has another team behind them, but considering how much Honkai elements are in Genshin, I will not be surprised to see more pain and suffering.
yeah and the fact that yanfei mentioned that yelan is strongly against the idea of people sacrificing themselves due to her past :( fortunately zhongli saved xiao.. i'm so happy
This is the best story quest i have ever played. I felt tears in my eyes and i almost cried when Xiao tried to sacrifice himself. And when Zhongli saved him, i couldn’t do anything but just stare at the screen with my tears. As i expected the quest got us in tears and pain and i am glad that Xiao is okay. I love Xiao :,) When i saw his past once again and heard his scream in pain, i got in pain too. But when i saw them happy, i got happy :,))
Now I know why they pick specifically this characters, they all take turns to comfort Xiao, showing they care for him, and would feel bad if he wasn’t there, even Ushi! And coincidentally they also have the same Visions his dead family use to have, I almost cried 😭❤️ Also I found really cute the fact that the geo vision one wasn’t Zhongli, we know he cares about Xiao and he has a lot of respect for geo Daddy, so, the fact that the one mirroring his dead friend is Itto, and not his father figure, shows to him that he can be loved by others as well
As a person who mains zhongli and pairs him with Xiao most of the time this cutscene gave me everything that i could possibly want from the game. Xiao interacting with Zhongli, him sacrificing himself for the sake of others before Zhongli steps in and saves him. I loved this cutscene to bits and I can't stop watching it !
This is making me so emotional. I love how they show and portray their feelings perfectly. Yelan who looked so qorried and reached out to him last second, how Xiao closed his eyes like he is accepting death he believes he should have gone through way back then. It shows that despite Xiao's grumpiness and all that, he truly does care and would go as far to sacrifice himself... Even how all the others showed that they care about Xiao. It was all so heartbreaking.
i really thought hoyo was gonna pull a himeko on xiao, it was torture to watch this... but everything about this cutscene is SO EPIC. - first of all, the animation and effects in general, but for me, especially the effects in the scene of the compass activating and the ascension to the surface. - xiao's "general alatus, falling in!", godly. (especially in japanese, if you haven't heard it please go look it up it's so good.) - the battle with the shadows who went from a mere illusion to a real threat, throwback to what xiao said at the beginning of the quest?? so well made. yelan and yanfei's team up was epic, the mix between their bursts was so exciting. plus xiao against that big black tide - so intense and well-animated. - ZHONGLI AND XIAO INTERACTION. we love a good father and son relationship. - yanfei constantly caring for xiao. adepti family dynamics are real. - yelan's face as she realises that xiao is going to sacrifice himself to save everyone else. the way she looks around and at herself, then at xiao surprised, and her expression quickly shifting into terror as the realisation hits while she reaches out desperately in an attempt to grab him, only to get teleported... pain. such pain. - xiao closing his eyes and accepting that this is the end of the road for him, and zhongli saving him like "not on my watch". and then xiao looking around once he realises that it is, in fact, not his time yet. TL;DR: fucking epic cutscene.
Whenever players complanid about zhongli doing nothing in his archon quest i believed it was for some reason , this time i was so shocked seeing xiao falling if this time he wouldn't have done something I don't know what my thoughts would have been..but he saved him! I love xiao so much.
They miss a huge part of ZL's character. Liyue and his adepti are like his children and like any father, you want to see your children rise to the occasion when they stumble. Liyue's test against Osial was Zhongli's final witness to the small masses of land he raised, to the full fledged nation it now is. Xiao at the chasm, on the other hand, was not going to be a stumble if things went awry, it was going to be a death. And they both knew that from the start. A father will let their children stumble and fall for resilience but he doesn't let them die.
@@tiffanyh629 it's good to see people with no unreasonable demand of " why didn't he do anything" . I love your comment. Yeah he wanted to see a liuye that can face any difficulty without him , this time it wasn't just that so he helped . Players should think more reasonably .
@@greenasemerald8635 honestly, those who come to the more shallow conclusions tend to be younger audiences who haven't had the experiences to fully understand nuanced motives. Ofc this is fictional so it's not gonna be accurate to irl but having this nuanced understanding makes the fiction much more enjoyable
God this quest is amazing 😭 we got to know each of the characters involved better… and I was really ready to bawl my eyes out when xiao fell and sacrificed himself.. this is why i rewatched this cutscene (bcs i thought there was no hope for xiao i covered my face ready to sob that i didn’t get to see clearly who saved him)… AND WHO WOULD’VE THOUGHT ZHONGLI WOULD 😭😭.. see even if he’s a retired archon his love and care for his people and subordinates remains… That is so heartwarming and a precious golden touch to the story.. thank you Hoyoverse! 😭💞
this quest made me feel a mix of emotions i didnt know i could feel- i thought xiao was gonna die but when i saw the yellow "dust"? i believed zhongli was saving xiao cuz of the scene before (xiao asking for zhongli's approval at wangshu inn). the way yelan tried to grab xiao before he put them back up on the surface shows how much she cares even though she is known for snarky comments (i am aware that it is also because of what she has been through with her clan) and last but not least, as someone else's comment said, "the way xiao closed his eyes while falling like he was finally accepting his death" broke my heart i honestly did believe hoyoverse was gonna let xiao die i would also like to mention how bosacius' cutscene when he was with yelan's ancestor really made me feel a lot of sympathy especially when i saw all the yakshas together just hanging out. all the cutscenes in this archon quest made me get the feels and although it did, i loved every moment of it. the way that hoyoverse put all of this into a four minute cutscene and made about everyone feel so many emotions was extraordinary and as soon as it finished i wanted to watch it again. i was so excited for 2.7 and i am very happy with what it was made to be; the new character((s) cuz shinobu isnt out yet), the portrayal of emotions, the voice acting, the cutscenes, the entire concept of the quests, the events, the name-cards and everything else i didnt mention is indeed not what i thought a free game like this would be like after the cutscene finished i mentioned something that goes along the lines of "hoyoverse should add a feature where you can rewatch all the cutscenes you have experienced; just like how they have the story archive where u can listen to the voice lines again" hoyoverse has really outdone theirselves with this quest - i didnt expect it to be this amazing; just imagine upcoming archon quests and how great those will be cant wait for 2.8 !
I CAME HERE TO WATCH THIS AGAIN AND HECK I ACTUALLY THOUGHT XIAO IS GONNA DIE UNTIL ZHONGLI CAME TO HELP UGH BY FAR THE BEST CUTSCENE EVER IT ULTIMATELY BECAME MY FAVORITE CUTSCENE
Zhongli barely drop a sweat to rescue them all. This shows how potentially powerful the Archons are. Also show how Venti could be much more powerful if he chooses to be, and also shows how Raiden might be holding back a lot when facing the traveler two times, though she show no mercy towards Signora.
@@MICROKNIGHT3000 raiden did hold back because of her curiosity towards the traveler in both confrontations with them. That’s how they were able to get into her mindscape
Worth pointing out that we were close enough to the top for Xiao to teleport the rest out. Zhongli might not have been able to pull them out if the seal hadn't been broken though.
@@MICROKNIGHT3000 Dude, Raiden spilt apart islands and the after effects still linger after centuries. Her Mussou literally sliced Inazuma from Yashiori to Narukami island, and you say she did not hold back against us. It was literally a power of friendship plot armour that helped us win, and she did not even use her power too much
Funny that you mention Nightglow, 2:38 has a small snippet of its melody in the music (specifically the part that lines up with: "So stay alive, bravely").
Xiao is my favourite character, this cutscene was pulling on my heart strings. I was lost for words, the animation and music was amazing. Hoyoverse knows how to mess with me I’d say this makes Zhongli the best support character now
The way Yelan instantly realises what Xiao was about to do and tries to reach him almost made me cry Despite them arguing and everything, she just did that because she didnt want anybody to be left behind, like Xiao was planning to do, not just bickering him for no reason Anyways, I loved this quest, the story is just perfect, and they made a great job with these lots of new domain mechanics, it was really fun to play
Can we also talk about the background soundtrack? It was so epic and fit the cutscene so well. I rewatched this scene a couple of times just to focus on the soundtrack.
The way xiao had a death flag throughout the quest had me sobbing so hard when he sacrificed himself 😢 but then i rmbred zhongli appeared so i thought this cant be the end come onnn D": and yea he saved him just in time ;-; gotta give it to hoyoverse when playing with feelings.. one of the best cutscenes ever 👏👏 Edit : oh yeah and the music.. dammit it makes it even sadder
i think that it's the opposite, this quest was about different characters showing that they care about xiao and that he still have people to lean on. it would be kinda stupid to kill him after teaching him a lesson about unnecessary self-sacrifices and letting go of one's past
that’s the Geo Archon at its finest, even in human form. Zhongli is really a chef’s kiss. 👨🍳 VA, visuals, lore; oooh. Just so elegant. Add in that protective dad attitude; best Archon right there y’all. 😊
I swear to god Mihoyo is just getting better and better with the game. This scene made me jump out of my chair and scream so many times. Genshin is truly amazing.
Can't even put it into words this cutscene and quest is the best one for me so far had everything banter wholesome moments and everyone working together instead clashing and that xiao cutscene is icing on the cake mann amazing!!!!
@@kshetijabheru2229 It's a meme or joke, don't take it seriously. Zhongli is so famous that everyone who played Genshin knows how his name is spelled 😉
Dang, such a well done cutscene. Xiao's sacrifice was so moving and even Rex Lapis staring out to the horizon with his back turned against Xiao as he requested permission really gave Rex Lapis a more noble and majestic feel, fitting the powerful Archon he is, and he has outdone himself saving his adeptus.
I honestly get chills every single time I listen to Paimon scream "Xiao!" as they all disappear, Yelan rushing to him in an attempt to stop him once they realise what he was doing. This scene, this entire part of the Archon story. Incredible.
3:42 Aether is me running to check up on Xiao... Except if it were me I'd actually be that one mom friend who just hugs him and is like "OH MY GOD ARE YOU OKAY?! HOW MANY FINGERS AM I HOLDING UP?! DO YOU WANT FOOD?! WATER?! HERE, YOU CAN REST ON MY SHOULDER--" Like, just full on having a panic attack while trying to make sure he's okay. Would probably faint from all the adrenaline as soon as everything was over with.
This was to be honest the best Quest and Cinematic so far, im glad xiao didnt die but im pretty sure that when we'll go to kaenri'ah alot of playable characters will die, for sure
Every new cutscene keeps getting better and better but they really outdid themselves on this one. I genuinely gasped and my mouth and eyes were wide open I couldn’t believe what I was seeing
Fantastic Compass Puzzle Domain Guide here: th-cam.com/video/2QwgomWnB6c/w-d-xo.html
That puzzle is so easy
The way Xiao just closed his eyes while falling like he was finally accepting his death. He sacrificed himself for the sake of others. The ultimate show of his duty/contract. Damn I was crying screaming. Thank you zhongli
Probably deep inside his heart, he just want to reunite again with his family.
But, they just want xiao to live like a normal mortal. They might have been degraded by time, but inside of them there's a tiny hope to keep living
Nah cause I was crying 2😭 Than zhongli came and I was like “Tysm🥹”
Omggg boyyy me too, i would have screamed if not for the fact that my mom dad were sitting right in front of me 💀💀
I literally shed tears when I thought Xiao was going to die 😭😭
Xiao : my duty is finally end.
Zhongli: don’t be fool, come back to work.
This has to be without a doubt one of the best cutscenes in the game. The fighting, Xiao and Zhongli interaction, Xiao sacrificing himself and when all hope seemed to be lost, Zhongli saved Xiao. HoYoverse really outdid themselves this time. Got me simping for everyone, especially Yelan and Yanfei
They just need to let Xiao really died in that scene, those sacrifices what so ever you called not so sacrifices it seems like.
They need to making audiences feel again to accept the playable characters dead. Just like certain characters from honkai.
yeah, My second is the Albedo backstabbing
I thought xiao was gonna die
@@shahrinnaim631 how about not though. Just because Honkai has done that to their 99% female populated cast doesn't mean Genshin should too. No character in Genshin yet is developed enough to be killed anyway, if they suddenly killed anyone at this point of the game it will just leave a very bad impression to every player, or atleast the majority.
@@shahrinnaim631 wow....you really hate Genshin player that much???..........or it just a superiority complex I smelled from you....
I was honestly about to cry I genuinely believed hoyo was about to kill xiao... yelan tryna grab him at the last min broke my heart.. man I'm glad zhongli saved him... super heavy but insanely amazing quest damn
Yeah I'm literally almost ready to uninstall genshin if they kill Xiao, but thanks to Daddy Zhongli to save the day
@@doni9824 lol Hoyoverse saying “here’s a xiao banner, you better get him because it will be the last”
I was so fcking scared knowing what they did to honkai
same i was soo scared... god damn
@@Ragnar_Aevarsson seriously i thought xiao's banner would be the last too and i almost cried when he fell.. thank goodness daddy saved him😭
Am I the only one who wants rewatch the scene because it's so beautiful and unexpected that Zhongli will help Xiao? Overall it was a great archon quest! I love it.
Nah it was expected
Knowing mihoyo would do this, I expected that would happen
I only rewatch it cuz its lagging in my laptop 😂😂
Father duties.
@@maraisfan4life517 i was expecting him to show up but not like this damn
The way Zhongli came to help shows how much he cares for his people and adeptus 🥺
Only those who had the "dreams" knows that rex lapis is still alive.
Care for his people? Maybe a little because he didn't lift a finger to protect liyue from almost drowning
@@malinas9377 seems like someone didnt bother to follow the whole liyue archon quest
@@malinas9377 That's a shallow way of thinking my guy. It seems that you haven't learn anything from the liyue archon quest.
@@malinas9377 You acting like brat
Everyone taking turns to show that they care about xiao broke me 😢 traveler and yanfei urging xiao to rest, itto forcing open a pathway in place of xiao, yelan reaching out to xiao in the last second despite their previous disagreements, and finally zhongli who personally went there to ensure that xiao made it out 🙇♀️ hell even USHI had some words of comfort to share to xiao.
Hang on guys i will be moping for the rest of the day
Hmm yes i shall sob too
Emo yaksha finally getting some of that therapy he needs made me cry
In the first part I was kind of wondering why they bothered having Itto in this story since it seemed kind of weird for him to turn up in the bowels of the Chasm, even though they explained it, but his main role was to make a point about mindset and sacrifice. Xiao was ready to throw his life away to try and save the others. Itto went in with the intent of saving everyone and trusting the rest would handle what was next.
Bro I almost started crying I had tears in my eyes
@@brynphillips9957 Also the importance of relying on others as a team because that sort of relationship is what makes the Arataki gang so close knit. Xiao who’s accustomed to doing everything on his own at the cost of his own well being, and Itto who relies on his gang members and lets them rely on him in return.
These aren’t the feels I’m having. Nope. Not me
"General Alatus, falling in!" should be an ultimate voice line for Xiao. it's so good
The fact that he did fall after all that-
@@chiliiCh EMOTIONAL DAMAGE
@@chiliiCh NAURRR YOU DID NOT 😭
@@chiliiCh I ugly laughed at that wth
YES!
Now this is the Xiao that we all imagined
Underrated comment. Yes. This is the Xiao we need and Hoyoverse outdid themselves this time. 😊
Nah, Xiao had always been dutiful and caring in his own way, seen when he had helped rescue ppl with the 1st jade chamber.
He's just never been vulnerable with others so he seems very cold and uncaring when he's deeply, deeply loyal to the late Rex Lapis and the nation of Liyue
@@tiffanyh629 also he doesnt want people to approach him bc of his karmic debt taints his surroundings. Thats not him being mean, he just doesn't want to hurt people.
@@tiffanyh629
And the fact that he's never really vulnerable around others makes the times where he's vulnerable around (or at least more emotionally open with) the traveler even more adorably heartwarming.
Like, at first he tries to push you away but then eventually he says that it's too late for you to sever ties with him and then gets somewhat annoyed when he finds out that you never planned on severing ties with him before saying that he wants to get to know you better.
And hell, he even starts agreeing to go on outings with you. It's freaking adorable how much of a soft boi he can be 💚
oh how Xiao proudly shouted his name "General ALATUS, falling in." you can hear in his voice the conviction to his contract. Damn XIAO is amazing, scared my wits thought he was gonna die.
When does he say that? :')
@@katelynholmes9504 Right before they start the ascent. Pretty much the 0:48 sec mark.
@Bryn Phillips Thank you!
I absolutely love this line and the way the voice actor delivered it!
When Xiao sacrificed himself i was like, "You gotta be kidding me dude" I was speculating his death but thank goodness Zhongli was there
It was like from Zhongli's warning to Xiao before he went to the Chasm.....it seems like Zhongli already knew either way, Xiao would decided to sacrifice himself in dire situation and Zhongli seems already knew about the domain's danger and what other dangers lie ahead in The Chasm
@@khairilsstudio2783 makes you wonder if he already intervened before and knew everything. Given that he was able to fish Xiao out with relative ease.
@@steven.j.mepham power of c6 zhongli healing
@@1-4-1joy4 lol
I got the hint that Xiao was about to "die" when he said that he will sacrifice himself to let everyone escape as for his last will BUT I never expect this to hit so hard and as a Xiao main, it hurts when you see Xiao falling in the darkness. This quest is made to remind Xiao to let go of this feeling of being "alone and burden". Throughout the story, as Xiao is the only remaining yaksha, he thinks that he alone should bear all the consequences of eons of slaughtering, his karma, the contract and now to find the "destiny or fate" of his friends without meddling or contacting with human world. He don't want others to be hurt because of him (his karma). With now he's friends with traveler, being "alone" is something that he should let go and accept the fact that someone got his back and support him. With the current quest, It shows that even yaksha was able to bond with humans (Bosacius and Boyang). For him sacrificing himself to save others will be the best way to accept death but my man ZHONGLI saved him. FINALLY, LET XIAO BREATHE AND TAKE A BREAK. MAN THIS WILL BE MY FAV
Oohhh you hit deep with this ONE
First 3 part of this quest make me scream like "OMG this is dead flag for Xiao don't do it hoyoverse !" Then that scene comes , scream likes hell. And daddy save the day.
dayumm.... I feel like I'm riding rollercoaster.
What hurts most is him just closing his eyes as he falls, ready to accept death 😭 But my man Zhongli has come through, as someone who has both of them on my team almost constantly (and they were two of my first 5*s i got getting into the game half a year ago), this made me so happy to see how zhongli can't help himself, he still has to make sure everyone is alright.
mhm but...Bosacius and Boyang ended up doing great...yeah...
As a Xiao main, man. I can relate
PROBABLY ONE OF THE BEST QUEST I'VE SEEN SO FAR IT HIT ME SPIRITUALLY AND MENTALLY
Ikr I know there has been more depressing stuff in genshin but it wasn't portrayed in such a way, this really made me almost break my laptop when xiao sacrificed himself and the joy i felt when zhongli saved him was immense.
This is the first quest in the game I’ve cried for. I’d say it’s well deserved
SAME OMFG THIS EVENT HIT ME HARD IN THE HEART
True, its my first quest that I partake in and oh my I really fell inlove
Will this quest still be available after the current banner goes away? Im still new to genshin and my ar is too low:(
I also love how the majority of the soundtrack in this scene is a slightly altered version of Xiao’s theme song in his demo-I just think it’s a really cool detail.
I’ve been waiting for someone else to point this out!!
Yep! Path and tale of yaksha/ doombane music. Can't wait to hear the music without the sounds. It was really melancholic yet beautiful.
I can't wait to have the soundtrack too !
IT IS?!??!?!?!?!?!??!?!?!?!?
3:17 it also hurts to see Yelan being vulnerably terrified as Xiao chose to sacrifice himself with last of his powers to save the others. as we already know, Yelan acted harshly against Xiao's full use of his powers for his only selfless option for the others to get out from the chaotic space. And Yelan despises the idea of "sacrificing" as she's been through it from her clan, so she fought Xiao's decision with commonsense, but deep down inside, she just never want to lose another close comrade in a way of losing their lives to save her and the others.
i though the same
I wouldn't say common sense , she just wanted to stop Xiao from using his full power
This is the thing that stood out in the cinematic to me btw, good thing other ppl noticed it too
@@rochetstrider8725 What she said during their disagreement was very logic to me.
@@KoKo_Nakah Logical to you because you are not a warrior. Xiao was right at that time but Yelan wanted to stop him because she didn't want someone else to be sacrificed. At the end Xiao had to sacrifice him otherwise nobody would have made it out alive. Xiao knows what to do at such situations
3:12
Interesting how that’s the first time we’ve ever seen “pure” Anemo from Xiao. Usually, his Anemo is always a mix of teal and black, as if it were corrupted, but not in this case.
Huh…
Maybe… he’s healing??
@@bunnyfuzzy7982 could be? Maybe it was related to his mask breaking, in a way???
Because he used his vision power. He always use his yaksha power which has black and green shade. As he already exhaust all his yaksha power. He just sent us with his anemo vision.. (my speculation)
@@valhersa29 you can see the mask on his hip at 3:15
@@KingGilgamesh1741 the mask is always there even when he wears it they dont bother to take it off his character model
So Xiao doesn't really want to die. As he said, his wish to die a heroic death is his version of insanity. If he snaps out of it, then his desire to die probably goes away too. I'm glad he finally confessed what he really felt. His desire to protect is still so strong tho
His comments at the end of the quest seem to suggest he has had a shift in his mindset.
The only regret I have with this new archon quest is finishing it way too fast ;-; I guess now its back to grinding and rewatching cutscenes
me with 3 alt 🥵
You’re lucky you’re even able to do it, I don’t think I have the quests that are required to do this event 🥲
@@FawnJane4691 don't worry it's archon quest so it's permanent you can do it anytime
@@laxmanrawat748 o
@@laxmanrawat748 sorry I’m still kinda getting used to the game
This "General Alatus, falling in" is freaking awesome
EXACTLY xiao sounded so cool
2:10 everyone sleeping on that flammable string combo by yanfei and yelan?
not me
Like that one demon slayer scene where he burned the spider string things, that’s what it reminded me of when I read this and rewatched it thoguh I didn’t realise it at first
That’s the Vape team they’re advertising with the banner.
@@CX4_Pandea you mean nezuko
they look like thunderspears for some reason
i started crying when this cutscene played and i only cried harder until it finished. i was terrified because i thought xiao would die and he's the character i'm most attached to. i was SO happy when zhongli saved him
Me everytime watching Genshin cutscene: "Wow. This is the best, there is nothing better"
Yet, Genshin surprises us every next time
So excited for Sumeru cutscenes
@@racool911 So how was it?
Yeah they definitely delivered with sumeru archon quest.
The best and longest cutscene ever made by Hoyoverse, their employees deserve a big appreciation 👏🏻
This is longer than the osial and beisht cutscenes?
So thats what my 28gb update looks like
@@dennisdaneelcarte6964 it has nothing to do with that,genshin literally remove all the additional wasted files
@@dennisdaneelcarte6964 I hope you never see the light again you skank
OMG I JUST FINISHED THE QUEST AND CAME HERE TO WATCH THE WHOLE SCENE AGAIN 😭😭😭😭 GEO DADDY SAVED XIAOOOO 😭😭✨✨✨
Every archon quest never failed to amaze me, the way Yelan, Yanfei, Traveller fought was amazing, the self sacrifice that ciao did was also amazing, and lastly Zhongli saved him. that gave me goosebumps!
Side note: LIYUE'S ARCHON QUEST. Hope mihoyo can continue Mondstadt's archon quests too as Mondstadt has the biggest potential for epic archon quests along with Liyue
@@khairilsstudio2783 oh they definitely will. Venti is the most sus out of them all and we barely see him in action
@@khairilsstudio2783 Seeing as the Grandmaster has yet to return, Albedo's entire situation being the way that it is, and the threads that tie Kaeya to Kaenria'h hasn't yet been unravelled, Mondstadt's geatest stories have yet to be told.
i think you meant "never failed to impress me" what you said here means that every archon quest disappointed you but its not right is it? :)
@@herondaless LMAO YEAH, I JUST REALIZED THAT
I had goosebumps during this cutscenes! also did everyone else notice that the quality seems a bit better? in terms of the expressions and movement, very smooth!
The quality has been like this ever since 2.3, if not 2.0. Although not complaining, it is nice to see the improvement in cutscenes.
The character models have improved too! Like the face and hair of ayato and heizou Vs diluc and albedo (face and hair balance and modelling). We only have hope they will retouch those chars via skins TT
Oh yea and don't forget the hair and outfit improvement with ningguang's skin too! I do like her ori outfit but back then they weren't that good with the hair maybe and it ended up looking weird, whole they added more volume to the new skin which looks like maybe how they wanted her long hair to be initially but lacked time and skill then?
@@shishiroro6351 Yes but for ppl with potato devices, like me, everything is so smooth compared to the very start! It's nice seeing all the money spent by players well used!
@@alylyyyyyyy4304 ah was that what op was referring to? I get it now thanks
@@shishiroro6351 Yes, I think so too? Ehe. WC! 😁
What he says: This trip may be dangerous yet you insist on going...
What he means: I can't lose you too
this has to be the best cutscene out there. I've been playing this game since it's month of release and have been through every cutscene, and this has to be the best one. i could repeat it all day and it still gives me chills. thank u, zhongli, for saving xiao
ALL RIGHT XIAO FINALLY GETS AN EPIC 3D CUTSCENE AFTER THAT JADE CHAMBER SCENE. This part had me tear up, and it become one of my fav archon quest!
ALSO FINALLY XIAO AND ZHONGLI INTERACTIONS YASSS
Everyone: *fighting for their freedom
Meanwhile Itto: **Dreaming about beetles**
it was really funny, i was so worried for the others especially xiao, cause he had a death flag then it turns to itto who fainted 😭
I was panicking so bad bro i thought xiao was actually going to die LMFAO i didn't expect for zhongli to show up too.. this cutscene gave me goosebumps
Istg HoYo just keeps making me say "this has to be the best cutscene in Genshin" every single time. But fr this time, this made me feel a lot of emotions. They really out did themselves this time. It is the best one for me. I can praise it for a whole week.
This whole cutscene was amazing and made me cry so hard, but when Xiao declared himself "General Alatus" again was where I just got chills because he tells Yanfei to just call him "Xiao". he's clearly distanced himself from the past and all the other Yakshas to avoid the pain of losing them so using that name again shows he is reaching a point of acceptance. Beautiful quest and thank you Zhongli for saving him
Damn I just realized they made Xiao's demo theme into such a melodic version in this cutscene. It was really goodm
THE WAY I SCREAMED WHEN GEO DADDY APPEARED AND HE SAVED XIAO TOO
ew
@@cstroman05 shhh
I also love that everyone here (except from the traveller) represents the elements of the 5 Yakshas
Hydro yaksha for Yelan
Pyro Yaksha for Yanfei
Geo yaksha for Itto
Electro Yaksha for Shinobu
And of course Xiao
huh, i just realized that
electro yarka as shinobu ,and hydro as yelan make no sense
@@Asm0sday what lmao
@@Asm0sday what lmao
@@Asm0sday care to explain how?
Xiao is really Zhongli's son no one can change my mind 😭
I literally screamed when I thought Xiao was going to die, I'm glad geo daddy saved him
My tears aren't ready for that!!!! T____T
The way Yelan reaches out for Xiao when he’s about to send them away. She was scared that she’s going to lose another person she’s worked with. :(
When xiao was falling I literally shouted "TOO SOON HOYO TOO SOON"
The red human-shaped souls that appeared in 1:07 are the souls of Millelith, who stayed underground to keep the seal from being broken. They all lose their minds and are dead hundreds of years ago, but the will to protect the seal still remains in their souls.
Zhongli really save him on the very last moment there.. There I unconciously said "don't give me heart attack you jerk.. you can save him a lot earlier for sure too".. really thank you for saving Xiao there.. I thought Xiao was gonna die there..
also.. I've seen this a lot of time.. but Traveler only use their elemental power in combat just for supporting him like jump higher, control the enemies' distance or dash faster.. they mainly use their swordplay in battle..
Yelan face is priceless when she realised she was about to be saved again.
1:37 I hope this finally settles the debate on whether Xiao knows who Zhongli really is
Lmao, people debated that? Xiao has lived for eons and of course he had seen that form of Rex Lapis. All adeptus knows how he looks like, but they honour his wish to step down from being an archon and live a mortal life.
@@bunnyfuzzy7982 yes they did even with Xiaos voiceline for zhongli some people still doubt Xiao actually knows Zhongli
@@morax5015 wasn't it kinda implied that he already knows who zhongli is just from his voiceline about him lol people can't really just read
@@pardunmaster5776 yes I mean its pretty obvious, but for some its not. In tiktok and Facebook some players are really surprised to know that Xiao knows who Zhongli is..
People need to open their eyes
We forgot that this scene was taken in chaotic time and dimension, still Zhongli can lend her power from outside. how strong is he?
There's a reason why he's an archon
Zhongli is an archon. ARCHON. He know a thing or two on how does the domain's spatial rift and the time dimension works. Same like how we can go back in Raiden's domain, Miko knows a thing or two about the time dimension mechanism and the spatial rift though the domain is heavily influenced by Istaroth.
If Zhongli can bring up Azhdaha to the ground, why can't he do this trick?
If I am not wrong Zongli was capable of killing a God or two before he became an archon. He is one of the strongest and oldest adeptus.
@@sayantanm2 Oh he did kill a god or two. Technically speaking it is likely all the original Archons did. I wouldn't be suprised if Venti didn't have a dead god or two under his belt somewhere. I mean we literally found the top of a mountain he blew off in the middle of the ocean during that Island event. He might be laid back and seemingly pretty weak now but he did once fight a war against other gods.
@@sayantanm2 one or two is quite underselling it, Gueyun Stone Forest can be described as a graveyard for gods that he has sealed/killed.
This cutscene was fucking incredible. I thought they were genuinely about to kill Xiao off but NOPE, they saved Xiao in a way that actually made sense. Genshin has problems storytelling at times, but holy crap this was phenomenal.
Their storytelling is trash.
@@anneoneal3865 it has improved quite a bit as of late, but yeah can't deny the underlying problem of cutscene to cutscene stories is definitely not ideal.
I honestly went through the five stages of grief at the very moment Yelan realized what Xiao was doing.
“They did it on Himeko. Of course, they’ll do it on Xiao.” I pessimistically thought.
While I initially hoped that Xiao's sacrifice would push through (because I wanted to see playable character death), it made a lot of sense that it didn't happen. Him sacrificing himself does not feel like a meaningful end to his character arc. Part of his arc is about him trying to learn to lean on others, and if he ends up dying like that, the things we've been through with him would be in vain.
He even confess late that his wish to die is his own form of insanity too
I don’t think any playable character will die
Hello fellow angst and wanting-to-see-a-playable-character's-death, enjoyer!!
It's really nice to see Xiao get the arc he deserves after eons of suffering and isolation. Any good things and/or his actual inevitable death would absolutely be wrapped up really nicely now that he's starting to lean onto others. Makes it feel less of a "cop out", in a sense that many shows would do when they write character deaths.
It's also quite nice as someone who struggles with mental health and isolation to see this as well; It gives a sense of hope. It's a "Things aren't done yet and people are not loved yet so stay a little longer to do so." Type of hope
@@tiffanyh629 I also feel that he still has some subplot's to resolve, interactions with Venti and his past with his former god
@@ShadowExtremeEX8 I personally think a playable character will die but not anytime soon. I feel like it's too early. Knowing Hoyoverse's other game *cough* Honkai *cough, character deaths and the pain they bring is something they have experienced in. I know that Honkai has another team behind them, but considering how much Honkai elements are in Genshin, I will not be surprised to see more pain and suffering.
The way Yelan looked at Xiao at 3:16 made me cry so bad
yeah and the fact that yanfei mentioned that yelan is strongly against the idea of people sacrificing themselves due to her past :( fortunately zhongli saved xiao.. i'm so happy
This is the best story quest i have ever played. I felt tears in my eyes and i almost cried when Xiao tried to sacrifice himself. And when Zhongli saved him, i couldn’t do anything but just stare at the screen with my tears. As i expected the quest got us in tears and pain and i am glad that Xiao is okay. I love Xiao :,)
When i saw his past once again and heard his scream in pain, i got in pain too. But when i saw them happy, i got happy :,))
Now I know why they pick specifically this characters, they all take turns to comfort Xiao, showing they care for him, and would feel bad if he wasn’t there, even Ushi! And coincidentally they also have the same Visions his dead family use to have, I almost cried 😭❤️
Also I found really cute the fact that the geo vision one wasn’t Zhongli, we know he cares about Xiao and he has a lot of respect for geo Daddy, so, the fact that the one mirroring his dead friend is Itto, and not his father figure, shows to him that he can be loved by others as well
I cant get over zhonglis line delivery. He sounds annoyed yet concerned for xiao and I love it. … “yet you insist on goING >:(“ kudos to Keith
Sounded like a true dad concerned about his last surviving child
As a Xiao main, this was the best cut scene ever in Genshin
traveller and co.: badass moments
itto: i sleep
As a person who mains zhongli and pairs him with Xiao most of the time this cutscene gave me everything that i could possibly want from the game. Xiao interacting with Zhongli, him sacrificing himself for the sake of others before Zhongli steps in and saves him. I loved this cutscene to bits and I can't stop watching it !
This just got me loving Xiao even more :((
This is making me so emotional. I love how they show and portray their feelings perfectly. Yelan who looked so qorried and reached out to him last second, how Xiao closed his eyes like he is accepting death he believes he should have gone through way back then. It shows that despite Xiao's grumpiness and all that, he truly does care and would go as far to sacrifice himself... Even how all the others showed that they care about Xiao. It was all so heartbreaking.
zhongli is the best archon man
And Bosacious was a legend🫡
i really thought hoyo was gonna pull a himeko on xiao, it was torture to watch this...
but everything about this cutscene is SO EPIC.
- first of all, the animation and effects in general, but for me, especially the effects in the scene of the compass activating and the ascension to the surface.
- xiao's "general alatus, falling in!", godly. (especially in japanese, if you haven't heard it please go look it up it's so good.)
- the battle with the shadows who went from a mere illusion to a real threat, throwback to what xiao said at the beginning of the quest?? so well made. yelan and yanfei's team up was epic, the mix between their bursts was so exciting. plus xiao against that big black tide - so intense and well-animated.
- ZHONGLI AND XIAO INTERACTION. we love a good father and son relationship.
- yanfei constantly caring for xiao. adepti family dynamics are real.
- yelan's face as she realises that xiao is going to sacrifice himself to save everyone else. the way she looks around and at herself, then at xiao surprised, and her expression quickly shifting into terror as the realisation hits while she reaches out desperately in an attempt to grab him, only to get teleported... pain. such pain.
- xiao closing his eyes and accepting that this is the end of the road for him, and zhongli saving him like "not on my watch". and then xiao looking around once he realises that it is, in fact, not his time yet.
TL;DR: fucking epic cutscene.
I JUST FINISHED THIS QUEST AND NOW IM FEELING SOOO EMPTY I WANNA DO THIS AGAIN MANNNN
Whenever players complanid about zhongli doing nothing in his archon quest i believed it was for some reason , this time i was so shocked seeing xiao falling if this time he wouldn't have done something I don't know what my thoughts would have been..but he saved him! I love xiao so much.
They miss a huge part of ZL's character.
Liyue and his adepti are like his children and like any father, you want to see your children rise to the occasion when they stumble. Liyue's test against Osial was Zhongli's final witness to the small masses of land he raised, to the full fledged nation it now is.
Xiao at the chasm, on the other hand, was not going to be a stumble if things went awry, it was going to be a death. And they both knew that from the start. A father will let their children stumble and fall for resilience but he doesn't let them die.
@@tiffanyh629 it's good to see people with no unreasonable demand of " why didn't he do anything" . I love your comment.
Yeah he wanted to see a liuye that can face any difficulty without him , this time it wasn't just that so he helped . Players should think more reasonably .
@@greenasemerald8635 honestly, those who come to the more shallow conclusions tend to be younger audiences who haven't had the experiences to fully understand nuanced motives.
Ofc this is fictional so it's not gonna be accurate to irl but having this nuanced understanding makes the fiction much more enjoyable
2:28 i had goosebumps when the yaksha music was played
and the flute beat which is xiao's instrument damnnn
And this is why you need to tell your parents before you went out.
God this quest is amazing 😭 we got to know each of the characters involved better… and I was really ready to bawl my eyes out when xiao fell and sacrificed himself.. this is why i rewatched this cutscene (bcs i thought there was no hope for xiao i covered my face ready to sob that i didn’t get to see clearly who saved him)… AND WHO WOULD’VE THOUGHT ZHONGLI WOULD 😭😭.. see even if he’s a retired archon his love and care for his people and subordinates remains… That is so heartwarming and a precious golden touch to the story..
thank you Hoyoverse! 😭💞
NEW FAVORITE QUESTTTT OML SO WELL-MADE
Literally the best quest of all time, even though I looked dumb in that compass domain. 🗿
this quest made me feel a mix of emotions i didnt know i could feel- i thought xiao was gonna die but when i saw the yellow "dust"? i believed zhongli was saving xiao cuz of the scene before (xiao asking for zhongli's approval at wangshu inn).
the way yelan tried to grab xiao before he put them back up on the surface shows how much she cares even though she is known for snarky comments (i am aware that it is also because of what she has been through with her clan) and last but not least, as someone else's comment said, "the way xiao closed his eyes while falling like he was finally accepting his death" broke my heart i honestly did believe hoyoverse was gonna let xiao die
i would also like to mention how bosacius' cutscene when he was with yelan's ancestor really made me feel a lot of sympathy especially when i saw all the yakshas together just hanging out. all the cutscenes in this archon quest made me get the feels and although it did, i loved every moment of it.
the way that hoyoverse put all of this into a four minute cutscene and made about everyone feel so many emotions was extraordinary and as soon as it finished i wanted to watch it again. i was so excited for 2.7 and i am very happy with what it was made to be; the new character((s) cuz shinobu isnt out yet), the portrayal of emotions, the voice acting, the cutscenes, the entire concept of the quests, the events, the name-cards and everything else i didnt mention is indeed not what i thought a free game like this would be like
after the cutscene finished i mentioned something that goes along the lines of "hoyoverse should add a feature where you can rewatch all the cutscenes you have experienced; just like how they have the story archive where u can listen to the voice lines again"
hoyoverse has really outdone theirselves with this quest - i didnt expect it to be this amazing; just imagine upcoming archon quests and how great those will be
cant wait for 2.8 !
3:08 damn, when Xiao's theme started playing, that hit really hard
Congrats to this quest for being the first one to actually bring me to tears.
I CAME HERE TO WATCH THIS AGAIN AND HECK I ACTUALLY THOUGHT XIAO IS GONNA DIE UNTIL ZHONGLI CAME TO HELP UGH BY FAR THE BEST CUTSCENE EVER IT ULTIMATELY BECAME MY FAVORITE CUTSCENE
Zhongli barely drop a sweat to rescue them all. This shows how potentially powerful the Archons are. Also show how Venti could be much more powerful if he chooses to be, and also shows how Raiden might be holding back a lot when facing the traveler two times, though she show no mercy towards Signora.
Raiden did not hold back. We just have plot armour. Why would raiden hold back you know her character. We have plot armour.
@@MICROKNIGHT3000 raiden did hold back because of her curiosity towards the traveler in both confrontations with them. That’s how they were able to get into her mindscape
Worth pointing out that we were close enough to the top for Xiao to teleport the rest out. Zhongli might not have been able to pull them out if the seal hadn't been broken though.
@@MICROKNIGHT3000 Dude, Raiden spilt apart islands and the after effects still linger after centuries. Her Mussou literally sliced Inazuma from Yashiori to Narukami island, and you say she did not hold back against us. It was literally a power of friendship plot armour that helped us win, and she did not even use her power too much
No, she did not half ass defend her ideals of eternity. Because that's what you are telling me.
3:24 "Never leeeeet you go NO WAIT-"
Funny that you mention Nightglow, 2:38 has a small snippet of its melody in the music (specifically the part that lines up with: "So stay alive, bravely").
Xiao is my favourite character, this cutscene was pulling on my heart strings. I was lost for words, the animation and music was amazing.
Hoyoverse knows how to mess with me
I’d say this makes Zhongli the best support character now
I started crying when i saw zhongli visiting xiao at wangshu inn. And cried even more when xiao sacrificed himself and zhongli saving him
The way Yelan instantly realises what Xiao was about to do and tries to reach him almost made me cry
Despite them arguing and everything, she just did that because she didnt want anybody to be left behind, like Xiao was planning to do, not just bickering him for no reason
Anyways, I loved this quest, the story is just perfect, and they made a great job with these lots of new domain mechanics, it was really fun to play
i just realise that in new team, each character representive every yaksha element
Yanfei pyro, yelan hydro, itto geo and shinobu electro
Thank god mihoyo is finally gettting creative with these cutscenes because they really were using the same template for like 3 cutscenes
Zhongli coming to rescue xiao is the sweetest thing in this cutscene , i thought he'd die fr omg😭😭
Can we also talk about the background soundtrack? It was so epic and fit the cutscene so well. I rewatched this scene a couple of times just to focus on the soundtrack.
The way the platform shattered and he fell reminded me so much of a certain honkai character death. Sadge
Also, the music in the bg has a lot of xiaos theme's notes on it! + the zhongli/azdaha one
The fact that genshin cutscenes are getting more and more amazing really makes me hyped for the end of the game
The way xiao had a death flag throughout the quest had me sobbing so hard when he sacrificed himself 😢 but then i rmbred zhongli appeared so i thought this cant be the end come onnn D": and yea he saved him just in time ;-; gotta give it to hoyoverse when playing with feelings.. one of the best cutscenes ever 👏👏
Edit : oh yeah and the music.. dammit it makes it even sadder
i think that it's the opposite, this quest was about different characters showing that they care about xiao and that he still have people to lean on. it would be kinda stupid to kill him after teaching him a lesson about unnecessary self-sacrifices and letting go of one's past
1:33 this zhongli feels so noble and powerful even just standing there
that’s the Geo Archon at its finest, even in human form. Zhongli is really a chef’s kiss. 👨🍳 VA, visuals, lore; oooh. Just so elegant. Add in that protective dad attitude; best Archon right there y’all. 😊
Yeah grandpa in action
I swear to god Mihoyo is just getting better and better with the game.
This scene made me jump out of my chair and scream so many times.
Genshin is truly amazing.
Can't even put it into words this cutscene and quest is the best one for me so far had everything banter wholesome moments and everyone working together instead clashing and that xiao cutscene is icing on the cake mann amazing!!!!
Xiao is my favorite character was legit about to cry T^T glad John Lee saved him.
The Yaksha OST is also one one my favorites this rendition was 👌🏻
John Lee?/
@@kshetijabheru2229 Zhongli
@@kshetijabheru2229 It's a meme or joke, don't take it seriously. Zhongli is so famous that everyone who played Genshin knows how his name is spelled 😉
@@eightyeight2379 ohh I thought it was a typo, now I’m gonna call him John lee too
@@kshetijabheru2229 Yes it was on purpose, some even call him Big Dong Zhong, Dong Li, etc.
this is why zhongli and xiao will forever be my 2 favorite characters and luckily i have both of them
Dang, such a well done cutscene. Xiao's sacrifice was so moving and even Rex Lapis staring out to the horizon with his back turned against Xiao as he requested permission really gave Rex Lapis a more noble and majestic feel, fitting the powerful Archon he is, and he has outdone himself saving his adeptus.
he probs love xiao like his own child
I honestly get chills every single time I listen to Paimon scream "Xiao!" as they all disappear, Yelan rushing to him in an attempt to stop him once they realise what he was doing. This scene, this entire part of the Archon story. Incredible.
Just done it and I just have to go back this is so good
I hope we will get a second part of Xiao´storyquest as soon as possible.
What I need is a goddamn Xiao hangout now that he's finally softening up
3:42
Aether is me running to check up on Xiao...
Except if it were me I'd actually be that one mom friend who just hugs him and is like "OH MY GOD ARE YOU OKAY?! HOW MANY FINGERS AM I HOLDING UP?! DO YOU WANT FOOD?! WATER?! HERE, YOU CAN REST ON MY SHOULDER--"
Like, just full on having a panic attack while trying to make sure he's okay. Would probably faint from all the adrenaline as soon as everything was over with.
This was to be honest the best Quest and Cinematic so far, im glad xiao didnt die but im pretty sure that when we'll go to kaenri'ah alot of playable characters will die, for sure
This quest cutscene is emotional, Xiao almost died and the death of Bosacius T_T
i want "General Alatus, Falling in!" voice line when xiao burst
this is how daddy zhongli taking care of his babies smh
Every new cutscene keeps getting better and better but they really outdid themselves on this one. I genuinely gasped and my mouth and eyes were wide open I couldn’t believe what I was seeing
"its just a game stop crying" I WANNA CRY RN XIAOO
This quest gave xiao a big amount of character development. He learnt the even someone like him deserves to live and got a burden off him
Xiao: At last, the end of my contract. I can now die in pe-
Zhongli: N o