The irony is that even if Lan finally eliminates Yaoshi, the Path of Abundance will still remain through the Sanctus Medicus, the Borosin and the presence of the Mara sickness. Even Preceptor Taoran especulates that the Xianzhou Alliance will become the next "enemy" of the Universe, so it won't be a shock that Lan will turn their back on the Alliance itself.
You fell for Taoran's sophistry. Lan rose to Aeonhood as a counterbalance to the Abundance. You can't have infinite growth in a finite universe, the Hunt is basically population control for the undying Abundance followers. The Xianzhou Alliance is an Alliance of ex-Abundance followers who renounced the Abundance and voluntarily apply strict population limit on themselves. The fact that the Alliance exist at all is proof enough that Lan's Hunt isn't indiscriminate and have a more complex logic than just eliminating all traces of Abundance. Lan also made the distinction between Foxian and Borisin, don't forget the Galaxy Rangers who are blessed by Lan while having absolutely nothing to do with the Hunt against Abundance. The dialogue with Taoran highlights a cultural difference between Vidyadhara and the rest of the Xianzhou. While they are all long-lived, the Vidyadhara descended from Long, they don't have any history (and taboo) with the Abundance. While the Vidyadhara consider their ancestry as somewhat of a curse, the Alliance see a self-balancing reproduction cycle for a long-lived species. While the Alliance is fanatically committed to the Hunt against Abundance, the Vidyadhara see a wasteful war that's slowly decreasing their numbers.
@@exu7325 lan wasnt the counter balance for yaoshi it was destruction lan was created due to the past xianzhou being greedy for eternal life. Maybe marastruck was a curse for peope who desired more made by hooh(equillebrium) because it defies the balance of life and death so to balance it it made another for of death "the death of ones self"
yeah killing the aeon don't really destroy the path, order assimilated into harmony still exist, permanence exist with the dragon clan, beauty and propagation still exist
"The Reignbow Arbiter, the Plagues Author, the Ruins Author. This is a chessgame between Aeons, if you dont stand with the winners you stand to lose." -Jingliu
I don't think it's just Lan but Hooh (the equilibrium) also keeps a close eye on them so neither of them gets too strong, keeping the life and death balance intact
I mean it’s said that paths and ideas never die so if one were to go poof hooh may intervene and ascend someone new to aeon hood. Their emanators are the closest things to embodying their path, and while the ascension may not be immediate in the scale of the HSR universe it’ll be immediate.
Ive done a video on HooH and the equilibrium and its very likely that HooH has already accounted for such an event though what their plan might be is anyone's guess. I imagine it would be far easier to keep them fighting rather than ascend a mortal to challenge or keep the victor in check
The Hunt, in-bodying the chase for vengeance, is a path that will never reach solace or peace. I don’t believe that if Lan were to slay Yaoshi and THEIR followers, that THEY would stop and find respite, THEY would just move on to the next biggest “evil”. For as heroic and valiant Lan and The Hunt might appear, THEY lead a path that only breeds more rage and resentment.
Its not really a problem since theres HooH that will create another Path that would counteract the Hunt. If Yaoshi dies, I'm pretty sure Ruan Mei is gonna ascend into Aeonhood with a path related to Life like Yaoshi.
Nothing is stopping Lan from going after another target once Yaoshi is (hypothetically) killed, he is just a single target unit. Even Feixiao wants to kill a Lord Ravager now after dealing with Hoolay, next target could easily be the path of destruction.
Its implied by the followers of Lan and even by others that you dont want Lan looking at you the wrong way with the ravager being a good example so its very likely that Lan does have others in their sights only Yaoshi is their first
I have a theory that is disconnected from this, but i think Aha and IX are related and they might even be paired. My idea is that Aha is that climbed the Tree of Existence and witnessed the pointlessness of everything, but rather than falling to the despair of Nihility, THEY saw a baby fall and cry, which THEY found hilarious. I see this as either a response to IX's shadow falling on Aha, or IX being born from witnessing the same void and having the opposite reaction. I could even see them ascending at the same time. If they didn't, IX would be first, which would also make Aha the ultimate Doctor of Chaos
I do love this theory so much! It’s kinda rare to see people linking Nihility & Elation together tbh even though Elation is legit the combination of Hedonism & Absurdism. Absurdism and Nihilism are legit almost same thing but in different side of coin! (Very out of topic but the two HSR OCs that I created are legit Self-Annihilator & Masked Fool lol, I would love for my manifestation to become true in official, two characters from these two factions ended become friends in the most unexpected way ever)
@Doflaminguard I understand the theory that Elation and Order are counterparts, but I doubt HooH would facilitate the assimilation of Ena into the Harmony as it would disrupt the balance of Order and Elation. I could see it being a Remembrance/Enigmata/Erudition scenario, however, as I can see all three being related while not being counterparts. What if Order was the meaningless void Aha witnessed when they climbed the Tree of Existence?
I feel like that Aha is a different version of Nihility's "meaningless", which lies in a different belief. There's nihilism, but then there's also absurdism. Absurdism is a philosophical outlook that explores the contradiction between the human desire for meaning and the indifferent, chaotic nature of the universe. The life you live is irrational and sometimes devoid of true meaning/purpose, and yet it is also a free one
Lan seems far more interested in the chase rather than actually reaching their goal. Its like that joker quote, theyre like a dog chasing after a car, they wont know what to do with it if they ever caught it
its not really that they dont want to, but moreso that they literally cannot kill yaoshi, not because yaoshi is immortal but because doing so would likely result in Lan no longer needing to hunt, and obviously that cant happen, Lan IS the Hunt, which would then result in them needing another target, likely the IPC with their Swarm behaviour, and that may or may not be good depending on whether or not Luocha is more than just an IPC affiliate also this all hinges on propagation IPC being a thing and not voracity IPC cause then thats a whole different situation, anyways fun video idea i like this even tho i havent even watched it yet lol
Ngl ever since it was revealed Luocha has a fragment of Tayzzyronth's corpse in his coffin I always had a feeling that he was associated with the IPC in some way especially considering how Aventurine misled the Intelligentsia Guild into thinking Tayzzyronth's corpse was on Egyhazo when he was younger. Not to mention that stupid blue bug Ruan Mei made
Aeons aren’t afraid of fulfilling their purpose. In fact if they stop wanting too they will disappear, same as if they fulfilled their purpose. So all they can do is relentlessly follow their path until it’s reached it’s end.
My theory is after the abundance is gone lans main target will be the destruction and that’s why elio wanted us to help the alliance in the normal timeline lan is likely unable to stop fighting the abundance before the universe is destroyed though my guess is there will be some time in between when they know what lan wants to do next and this is where we will see the infighting between the generals be at its worst
What I genuinely fear is the question of "What if Lan wasn't the one who dealt the final blow to Yaoshi?". THEY basically ended up a god due to revenge and has basically been stripped of anything else, forever bound to the concept. Imagine if you basically lost everything and spent your whole life hunting the one who caused it, only for someone else to defeat them "for you". Most people would just think "ah, its over". Others would spiral out of control and go for the one who "took their kill because your target didn't die at /your/ hands
@@vietcuongnguyenle8530 The path was literally created specifically to hunt her in the backstory it's directly linked to yaoshi it's entire purpose of its creation was just that fight the abundance. It's not supposed to hunt everything it's just supposed to hunt her and her creations that's it's purpose
@@randomdude6446 the path already exist, it just wait a person become aeon of that path The path not exist to against anything, the natural conflict between 2 path is the conflict between 2 concept base in it nature In this case hunt not have natural conflict against abundance, Lan just decide yaoshi is the prey base in the hatred he have with yaoshi when he still is mortal
@@vietcuongnguyenle8530 The path was created by lan when he ascended for that purpose of hunting the abundance the concept existed but the concept did not form a path until lan became an aeon
- imo why Lan haven't kill Yaoshi yet is coz 1. it not that easy for 1 aeon to kill another, just look at Tayzzy how it took many aeon help just to kill them; 2. I think Yaoshi might not be Lan true main goal since the start. And i don't think hunt is just hunt or Lan don't want to end the hunt either. -> i think Hunt true nature is not revenge but it about the cycle, cycle of life and death, cycle of karma. Why did Lan go after abundance monster? coz those being through Yaoshi have chosen to break away from the cycle of life and death which is unacceptable for Lan. We think hunt as something human do in human context but hunting have been thing animal do long before us, hunt and prey has always been part of cycle of life, Lan hunt philosophy is likely center around respecting this cycle of life that why undead and immortal is unforgiven to Lan. - Lan friendly fire have 2 reason imo: 1. when you as strong as an aeon, all mortal even emenator are ant to u, would you notice if step on one? likely not and would you also able to quickly identify which ant is your or not if you step on one? likely not as well so that Lan too strong too high to notice mortal; 2. Xianzhou alliance to Lan is no different from abundance monster as Xianzhou people mostly are from long life span to immortal people so Lan weeding both abundane monster and the xianzhou at the same time. - Why Yaoshi is not Lan true target even though they are the culprit that behind all the breaking of cycle of life? coz Yaoshi is an aeon and as an aeon they have escape the norm and boundary of the cycle of life so even if Lan go after Yaoshi, Lan won't kill Yaoshi coz Yaoshi is already outside of his jurisdiction
@@xenoemblem7 a hunt without an end is not really a hunt imo so i don't think Lan care that much for having thing to hunt or not. But like i said Yaoshi is already outside of Lan jurisdiction, above mortal norm and rule so that why Lan won't kill Yaoshi, beside the fact Lan can't kill Yaoshi by themselves anyway , and it not really becoz Yaoshi give Lan meaning or something like that. i think it best to look Yaoshi and Lan relationship more like Predator and Prey, in an ecosystem Predator role is to keep prey population in check so i think that what Lan true role is
I don't think that in this case the path of the "Hunt" refers to just the cycle of life and death, it also refers to chasing goals and determination. Completing a goal can also be considered a "Hunt".
@@EpicLegend1337 yeah i think you can broader the idea to just the cycle of anything tbh and a cycle don't go on forever, there a beginning and an end, which then repeat
I think that our favourite Aeon duo, Terminus and Hooh, are involved in this, like with all Aeons. Specifically, Hooh. I believe that as the Path of Equilibrium has been what guides Hooh's actions, Hooh itself guides other Aeons to ensure they maintain their Paths. As such, I believe the Path of Equilibrium only grants Hooh the power it requires for the missions it takes on, allowing Hooh to have the definite capabilities to ensure that the Paths are maintained. Unless said Aeon is terrible and has to be eradicated in which it will just work to ensure that there will be a power to stop the Aeon and Path and something to maintain Equilibrium in the aftermath. This is what's happening now. The Hunt is an eternal slaughter and the Abundance is eternal life. So, Equilibrium is ensuring both are alive so they can balance each other out
I feel like the Hunt path isn't about total eradication but the chase itself, the thrill of catching prey. And as long as there is prey (abundance), there will be something to chase it.
Nah the hunt is eternal or at least until when hooh decides to rebalance the universe. Unfortunately for the alliance they are lock into an enternal war until they all die out or atleast until they no longer have ships or weapons to fight. And if they do kill manage to kill yaoshi, nanook and their legion exist so lan might try to target them this dragging them in to another endless war.
This could be a hinting of the 3rd way to kill an Aeon that Kafka never revealed And with the end of 2.5,we know that Jingliu and Luocha planned to kill Yashi using the corpse of Tazzyronth So maybe with the 3rd time coming back to Xianzhou we would be partook in an Aeon war against Yaoshi,successfully killing it but in the process removing the meaning of existence of Lan and facing the consequences with the Alliance after the fall of Lan(either they just move on or withness the birth of a new one) with the residue of both paths allows us to gey both Hunt TB and Abundance TB
As someone who believes the end goal for the Trailblazer is becoming an Aeon I think Lan is part of their future path. Something bigger than just exploration, or vengeance. Every journeys end is another’s beginning after all.
Even if an Aeon is killed, the concept will still remains. If Lan somehow manages to kill Yaoshi, life will still flourish, similar to how people are still being born after Tazzy was killed. The question is, will Lan becomes more docile after Yaoshi is gone, or would they continue to hunt, causing the universe population to decline? It's not hard to imagine that some bad organizations will follow the Path of the Hunt, just to satiate their twisted need for blood.
After Lan ultimately kills Yaoshi, it's very likely that he dies as well. Remember that Lan became an Aeon creating the Path of The Hunt from his sole hatred towards Yaoshi. Without Yaoshi there is no need for Lan
If Lan kills Yaoshi, then nothing will change globally - Lan has risen in hatred of abundance and has created a path opposite to abundance. Even if the hunter kills Yaoshi, abundance will remain, albeit greatly weakened as an idea and will lose most of its danger. But the hunt will also become insignificant and local. And Lan's personal goal - to kill the Aeon of Abundance has been achieved and as a result they have no reason to be active (unless they have new personal enemies). In general, this is another Chinese symbolism: Yin and Yang. Where one cannot exist without the other. That is why if Lan achieves his revenge - Lan will simply become less active.
but i feel like lan reason to ascend is to hunt yaoshi but they embody the hunt itself not just their personal revenge (seeking justice). which also leads to the galaxy rangers. so after they kill yaoshi, their goal would still be to exact justice
if the Hunt is about revenge then it's not the hunt its the path of retribution and such path needs a conclusion no matter what and as fast as possible, since if you insert justice in it then every second waste means more suffering as proof of the inability of the those carrying the burden, the original saying was "eye for eye, tooth for tooth, wound for wound" anyone taken it farther will become the one at wrong, it does not mean you can't forgive those you seek to get revenge on, and taking your justice doesn't concerns everyone getting blind for example. it is more about the idea that actions have consequences either good or bad if you get blinded by someone for any reason, why would you want revenge on that person as you could be a criminal the answer is pain and suffering simply, you want that person to feel what you feel but once again sometime it's about justice in the mind of the victim no matter the nature of that person if he in evil or good person, will justice serve the good side?, no it will not, justice will balance both sides evil or good as the good thing to do is deferent than the right thing to do, "you hurt that person with no reason only for the hell of it and you will pay the price of your actions" if anyone struggles with the Gray areas between good and evil the reason will always be the lack of knowledge and experience, in the end about the hunt and how he was represented in HSR is proof of the lack of knowledge and experience on the part of who comes with idea, the neuter of the Hunt is Survival as the hunter seek the prey and after getting his fill he will naturally will seek the next prey not playing chase with it and screw everything around him, i literally have spent decade studying the idea of justice as law student and still doing it and mostly will keep doing that to the rest of my life, but it's a fictional work after all and i still enjoying it, having the ability to debate the topic and ideas is part of the fun.
perhaps it is that for Lan to perpetuate its own existence it would need prey to hunt, and Yaoshi being immortal makes her the perfect prey for Lan without needing to go through the hassle of switching targets after every "successful hunt".
There's this whole "aeons come in pairs", like how it's obvious that Hunt and Abudance is a pair, or that Destruction and Preservation are a pair. This is for balance to exist. The hunt is all about hunting, however, if you just hunted everything in the universe, it'd be too dangerous. However, kill the "abundance", which is when there is too much of something, it balances out. The Abundance keeps too many things alive at once due to the semi immortality granted, the Hunt kills them so that there will never be too much
Unrelated, but I definitely believe that Lan the Hunt in origin has nothing to do with the Xiangshou. If he did, I’m pretty sure he’d look more like Xiangshou’s aesthetic, but no, there’s nothing there.
Interesting theory, and good reasoning. Almost like revenge was the motivator that gave Lan the dedication to the pursuit of it that THEY ascended to the path of pursuit itself, and actually accomplishing revenge became secondary at best. I'm not sure this is a problem for the pathstriders so much, at least not the Galaxy Rangers since their Hunts are individual and microcosmic, and there will always be another offender in evil to seek and destroy, so the hunt never actually comes to an end. The Xianzhou on the other hand is bound to Lan's own Hunt. Perhaps if they ever managed to defeat the Abundance merely within themselves they'd attain some sense of freedom, and being mortals would not lose their foundation of identity, but would Lan even still give them THEIR blessing? They'd be alive but very different, in need of a new course in the cosmos. Perhaps they would become like the Galaxy Rangers in that case, following the Hunt for the purpose of greater justice with a wider net, or simply continue to pursue the Abundance elsewhere in the cosmos. Great food for thought, as always. Glad I came back to this one for another watch.
Meanwhile Lan has stepped into a role of cosmic checks and balances, simply ensuring the Abundance does not grow too far for the balance of life and death. The cosmos seemingly didn't have a need for an Aeon of Vengeance, as it doesn't seem to be a cosmic trait, like you said it is inherently unbalanced and only would lead to endlessly escalating violence on a universal scale, which yeah that would be bad lol. It seems implied that the Paths exist silently and unconsciously until a being or entity embodies it sufficiently to tap into it at the grand scale level and become its archetype and leader, fulfilling an underlying need of the cosmos itself (at least at the time). On that note, if it hadn't been the Abundance that initially drove Lan to ascend, if there had been no Abundance threatening the stability of the universe, would Lan have even ascended at all if he'd shown equal dedication to the pursuit of some other, perhaps more mundane rite of vengeance? Maybe not, maybe willful intent and accomplishment are only half of what is needed for Aeonhood, and cosmic context and circumstance (encompassing an underlying need for an embodiment) are also required. This would imply that Nanook and others hold, or held during their ascension, the qualities that match a higher need for that qualities of the universe as a whole, and these universal needs are evolving and refining all the time. Could it be that the universe has a current need for an Aeon for a path that wants to come into fruition, and Ruan Mei will fulfill that role? Oohk I'm excited now. lol wow seems this video really set off the ol' fixation circuits dinnit 😅
Lan and yaoshi are made for each other. An aeon and path focused on persistently chasing and another aeon and path that's the personification of immortality.😅 Historians will say they were great friends or great enemies
the thing is that lans path is the hunt and its mainly about ambitions and ddetermination even if one day abundance will be dead its path will still remain just like swarm still exists even after tazzyronths death so will abundance persist to live for abundance IS the life itself yaoshi is more of a distraction for lan yaoshi will be dead lan will find themselfs another goal it may try to hunt down destruction it may try to all of destroy the smarm but the thing is that lan just cant stop and it will find enemies for itself until every star in the universe fades away and that can easily turn hunt into another malevolent aeon i mean some galaxy rangers deeds can be deemed as a crime so why cant an aeon whos whole path is to seek certain things andd destroy them cant?
I don't know if they could do it alone. They needed multiple Aeons to kill Tazzy, and most scuffles between Aeons aren't enough to allow murder (Aha fought with Nanook once, that's why Nanook got those scars). However, the Godkiller plans that Luocha cooked up might be enough, we don't know if it'll be a good thing though
Lan and Yaoshi look like dramatic lovers that constantly break up and start dating again with Lan being creepy stalker and Yaoshi enjoying it to me, honestly
As far as I'm aware, Lan is out to hunt the Abominations of Abundance, not Yaoshi THEMSELVES. That would explain why The Hunt has never ceased, as the Aeon was never the target
I really hate this because ANYONE who are blessed by Yaoshi are seen as abomination by lan, there's peaceful snake people who tried to make a contact with Herta but because they are cured and blessed by abundance, lan killed them all, genocidal mfker
This is what I hate, anyone blessed by abudance are seen as abomination by lan, there are peaceful snake people who are cured and blessed by yaoshi who tried to make business with herta but lan killed them all! lan is a Genocidal mfker ugh. No matter people argument you cannot look away from that fact
The irony is that even if Lan finally eliminates Yaoshi, the Path of Abundance will still remain through the Sanctus Medicus, the Borosin and the presence of the Mara sickness. Even Preceptor Taoran especulates that the Xianzhou Alliance will become the next "enemy" of the Universe, so it won't be a shock that Lan will turn their back on the Alliance itself.
You fell for Taoran's sophistry. Lan rose to Aeonhood as a counterbalance to the Abundance. You can't have infinite growth in a finite universe, the Hunt is basically population control for the undying Abundance followers. The Xianzhou Alliance is an Alliance of ex-Abundance followers who renounced the Abundance and voluntarily apply strict population limit on themselves. The fact that the Alliance exist at all is proof enough that Lan's Hunt isn't indiscriminate and have a more complex logic than just eliminating all traces of Abundance. Lan also made the distinction between Foxian and Borisin, don't forget the Galaxy Rangers who are blessed by Lan while having absolutely nothing to do with the Hunt against Abundance.
The dialogue with Taoran highlights a cultural difference between Vidyadhara and the rest of the Xianzhou. While they are all long-lived, the Vidyadhara descended from Long, they don't have any history (and taboo) with the Abundance. While the Vidyadhara consider their ancestry as somewhat of a curse, the Alliance see a self-balancing reproduction cycle for a long-lived species. While the Alliance is fanatically committed to the Hunt against Abundance, the Vidyadhara see a wasteful war that's slowly decreasing their numbers.
Yeah I don’t know if Taoron is the best person to quote.
@@exu7325 lan wasnt the counter balance for yaoshi it was destruction lan was created due to the past xianzhou being greedy for eternal life. Maybe marastruck was a curse for peope who desired more made by hooh(equillebrium) because it defies the balance of life and death so to balance it it made another for of death "the death of ones self"
@@ForTheViolenceTaoran still can have a point
yeah killing the aeon don't really destroy the path, order assimilated into harmony still exist, permanence exist with the dragon clan, beauty and propagation still exist
"The Reignbow Arbiter, the Plagues Author, the Ruins Author. This is a chessgame between Aeons, if you dont stand with the winners you stand to lose." -Jingliu
Plot twist: Lan and Yaoshi are actually friends and they are just playing tag
Big plot twist
Pretty intense game of tag using a bow and all 😂
I don't think it's just Lan but Hooh (the equilibrium) also keeps a close eye on them so neither of them gets too strong, keeping the life and death balance intact
I mean it’s said that paths and ideas never die so if one were to go poof hooh may intervene and ascend someone new to aeon hood. Their emanators are the closest things to embodying their path, and while the ascension may not be immediate in the scale of the HSR universe it’ll be immediate.
Ive done a video on HooH and the equilibrium and its very likely that HooH has already accounted for such an event though what their plan might be is anyone's guess. I imagine it would be far easier to keep them fighting rather than ascend a mortal to challenge or keep the victor in check
The Hunt, in-bodying the chase for vengeance, is a path that will never reach solace or peace. I don’t believe that if Lan were to slay Yaoshi and THEIR followers, that THEY would stop and find respite, THEY would just move on to the next biggest “evil”. For as heroic and valiant Lan and The Hunt might appear, THEY lead a path that only breeds more rage and resentment.
Its not really a problem since theres HooH that will create another Path that would counteract the Hunt. If Yaoshi dies, I'm pretty sure Ruan Mei is gonna ascend into Aeonhood with a path related to Life like Yaoshi.
Without Yaoshi, Lan would be the next menace the universe has to kill like Nanook, lmao it's foolish trying to kill dearest Yaoshi
Nothing is stopping Lan from going after another target once Yaoshi is (hypothetically) killed, he is just a single target unit. Even Feixiao wants to kill a Lord Ravager now after dealing with Hoolay, next target could easily be the path of destruction.
The next target would probally be the aliance themselfs,they are all cursed It some of yaoshi blessings
Its implied by the followers of Lan and even by others that you dont want Lan looking at you the wrong way with the ravager being a good example so its very likely that Lan does have others in their sights only Yaoshi is their first
I have a theory that is disconnected from this, but i think Aha and IX are related and they might even be paired. My idea is that Aha is that climbed the Tree of Existence and witnessed the pointlessness of everything, but rather than falling to the despair of Nihility, THEY saw a baby fall and cry, which THEY found hilarious. I see this as either a response to IX's shadow falling on Aha, or IX being born from witnessing the same void and having the opposite reaction. I could even see them ascending at the same time. If they didn't, IX would be first, which would also make Aha the ultimate Doctor of Chaos
I do love this theory so much! It’s kinda rare to see people linking Nihility & Elation together tbh even though Elation is legit the combination of Hedonism & Absurdism. Absurdism and Nihilism are legit almost same thing but in different side of coin!
(Very out of topic but the two HSR OCs that I created are legit Self-Annihilator & Masked Fool lol, I would love for my manifestation to become true in official, two characters from these two factions ended become friends in the most unexpected way ever)
Elation's counterpoint is the Order which Elation killed via absorption of Harmony. Elation is basically Freedom and Selfishness.
@@Doflaminguard Xipe killed Ena by absorbing her not Aha though it's suggested that he was a part of the scheme alongside either Qlipoth or HooH
@Doflaminguard I understand the theory that Elation and Order are counterparts, but I doubt HooH would facilitate the assimilation of Ena into the Harmony as it would disrupt the balance of Order and Elation. I could see it being a Remembrance/Enigmata/Erudition scenario, however, as I can see all three being related while not being counterparts. What if Order was the meaningless void Aha witnessed when they climbed the Tree of Existence?
I feel like that Aha is a different version of Nihility's "meaningless", which lies in a different belief. There's nihilism, but then there's also absurdism. Absurdism is a philosophical outlook that explores the contradiction between the human desire for meaning and the indifferent, chaotic nature of the universe. The life you live is irrational and sometimes devoid of true meaning/purpose, and yet it is also a free one
This is a quote from WoW: "A hunter is nothing without the hunt", which I think suit Lan really well.
Lan seems far more interested in the chase rather than actually reaching their goal. Its like that joker quote, theyre like a dog chasing after a car, they wont know what to do with it if they ever caught it
its not really that they dont want to, but moreso that they literally cannot kill yaoshi, not because yaoshi is immortal but because doing so would likely result in Lan no longer needing to hunt, and obviously that cant happen, Lan IS the Hunt, which would then result in them needing another target, likely the IPC with their Swarm behaviour, and that may or may not be good depending on whether or not Luocha is more than just an IPC affiliate
also this all hinges on propagation IPC being a thing and not voracity IPC cause then thats a whole different situation, anyways fun video idea i like this even tho i havent even watched it yet lol
Nah. If Lan IS the Hunt then they won't care about themselves dying if it meant Yaoshi ends as well.
When going on a Revenge, Prepare two graves.
This would also ruin the equilibrium of the universe I would imagine
HooH might have to step in again
Ngl ever since it was revealed Luocha has a fragment of Tayzzyronth's corpse in his coffin I always had a feeling that he was associated with the IPC in some way especially considering how Aventurine misled the Intelligentsia Guild into thinking Tayzzyronth's corpse was on Egyhazo when he was younger. Not to mention that stupid blue bug Ruan Mei made
@@silverhawkscape2677 that line goes hard asf
Aeons aren’t afraid of fulfilling their purpose. In fact if they stop wanting too they will disappear, same as if they fulfilled their purpose. So all they can do is relentlessly follow their path until it’s reached it’s end.
My theory is after the abundance is gone lans main target will be the destruction and that’s why elio wanted us to help the alliance in the normal timeline lan is likely unable to stop fighting the abundance before the universe is destroyed
though my guess is there will be some time in between when they know what lan wants to do next and this is where we will see the infighting between the generals be at its worst
What I genuinely fear is the question of "What if Lan wasn't the one who dealt the final blow to Yaoshi?". THEY basically ended up a god due to revenge and has basically been stripped of anything else, forever bound to the concept. Imagine if you basically lost everything and spent your whole life hunting the one who caused it, only for someone else to defeat them "for you". Most people would just think "ah, its over". Others would spiral out of control and go for the one who "took their kill because your target didn't die at /your/ hands
even lan can't resist that yaoshussy
Uhhh...
@@s2ephantom70 nah that yaoshussy is mid, i bed lan is after that qilpothussy
shi he lowkey valid for that 😭
On god
God...
Or, The Hunt could just designate a new Prey.
When one hunt ends, another could begin. There are other big game in the HSR universe, after all.
The path of the hunt was created specifically to counter the abundance so prium mobile might not allow that
@@randomdude6446 yaoshi is just a prey
The path is not exist for yaoshi, yaoshi is just a target
@@vietcuongnguyenle8530 The path was literally created specifically to hunt her in the backstory it's directly linked to yaoshi it's entire purpose of its creation was just that fight the abundance. It's not supposed to hunt everything it's just supposed to hunt her and her creations that's it's purpose
@@randomdude6446 the path already exist, it just wait a person become aeon of that path
The path not exist to against anything, the natural conflict between 2 path is the conflict between 2 concept base in it nature
In this case hunt not have natural conflict against abundance, Lan just decide yaoshi is the prey base in the hatred he have with yaoshi when he still is mortal
@@vietcuongnguyenle8530 The path was created by lan when he ascended for that purpose of hunting the abundance the concept existed but the concept did not form a path until lan became an aeon
- imo why Lan haven't kill Yaoshi yet is coz 1. it not that easy for 1 aeon to kill another, just look at Tayzzy how it took many aeon help just to kill them; 2. I think Yaoshi might not be Lan true main goal since the start. And i don't think hunt is just hunt or Lan don't want to end the hunt either.
-> i think Hunt true nature is not revenge but it about the cycle, cycle of life and death, cycle of karma. Why did Lan go after abundance monster? coz those being through Yaoshi have chosen to break away from the cycle of life and death which is unacceptable for Lan. We think hunt as something human do in human context but hunting have been thing animal do long before us, hunt and prey has always been part of cycle of life, Lan hunt philosophy is likely center around respecting this cycle of life that why undead and immortal is unforgiven to Lan.
- Lan friendly fire have 2 reason imo: 1. when you as strong as an aeon, all mortal even emenator are ant to u, would you notice if step on one? likely not and would you also able to quickly identify which ant is your or not if you step on one? likely not as well so that Lan too strong too high to notice mortal; 2. Xianzhou alliance to Lan is no different from abundance monster as Xianzhou people mostly are from long life span to immortal people so Lan weeding both abundane monster and the xianzhou at the same time.
- Why Yaoshi is not Lan true target even though they are the culprit that behind all the breaking of cycle of life? coz Yaoshi is an aeon and as an aeon they have escape the norm and boundary of the cycle of life so even if Lan go after Yaoshi, Lan won't kill Yaoshi coz Yaoshi is already outside of his jurisdiction
Good point🧐
And my take is that Yaoshi's existence is making Lan's have meaning, cause Yaoshi keeps making things for Lan to *hunt.*
@@xenoemblem7 a hunt without an end is not really a hunt imo so i don't think Lan care that much for having thing to hunt or not. But like i said Yaoshi is already outside of Lan jurisdiction, above mortal norm and rule so that why Lan won't kill Yaoshi, beside the fact Lan can't kill Yaoshi by themselves anyway , and it not really becoz Yaoshi give Lan meaning or something like that. i think it best to look Yaoshi and Lan relationship more like Predator and Prey, in an ecosystem Predator role is to keep prey population in check so i think that what Lan true role is
I don't think that in this case the path of the "Hunt" refers to just the cycle of life and death, it also refers to chasing goals and determination. Completing a goal can also be considered a "Hunt".
@@EpicLegend1337 yeah i think you can broader the idea to just the cycle of anything tbh and a cycle don't go on forever, there a beginning and an end, which then repeat
I think that our favourite Aeon duo, Terminus and Hooh, are involved in this, like with all Aeons. Specifically, Hooh. I believe that as the Path of Equilibrium has been what guides Hooh's actions, Hooh itself guides other Aeons to ensure they maintain their Paths. As such, I believe the Path of Equilibrium only grants Hooh the power it requires for the missions it takes on, allowing Hooh to have the definite capabilities to ensure that the Paths are maintained. Unless said Aeon is terrible and has to be eradicated in which it will just work to ensure that there will be a power to stop the Aeon and Path and something to maintain Equilibrium in the aftermath. This is what's happening now. The Hunt is an eternal slaughter and the Abundance is eternal life. So, Equilibrium is ensuring both are alive so they can balance each other out
I feel like the Hunt path isn't about total eradication but the chase itself, the thrill of catching prey. And as long as there is prey (abundance), there will be something to chase it.
Nah the hunt is eternal or at least until when hooh decides to rebalance the universe.
Unfortunately for the alliance they are lock into an enternal war until they all die out or atleast until they no longer have ships or weapons to fight.
And if they do kill manage to kill yaoshi, nanook and their legion exist so lan might try to target them this dragging them in to another endless war.
This could be a hinting of the 3rd way to kill an Aeon that Kafka never revealed
And with the end of 2.5,we know that Jingliu and Luocha planned to kill Yashi using the corpse of Tazzyronth
So maybe with the 3rd time coming back to Xianzhou we would be partook in an Aeon war against Yaoshi,successfully killing it but in the process removing the meaning of existence of Lan and facing the consequences with the Alliance after the fall of Lan(either they just move on or withness the birth of a new one) with the residue of both paths allows us to gey both Hunt TB and Abundance TB
As someone who believes the end goal for the Trailblazer is becoming an Aeon I think Lan is part of their future path. Something bigger than just exploration, or vengeance.
Every journeys end is another’s beginning after all.
The classic line is "When gods battle, its mortals that lose".
Even if an Aeon is killed, the concept will still remains. If Lan somehow manages to kill Yaoshi, life will still flourish, similar to how people are still being born after Tazzy was killed. The question is, will Lan becomes more docile after Yaoshi is gone, or would they continue to hunt, causing the universe population to decline? It's not hard to imagine that some bad organizations will follow the Path of the Hunt, just to satiate their twisted need for blood.
After Lan ultimately kills Yaoshi, it's very likely that he dies as well. Remember that Lan became an Aeon creating the Path of The Hunt from his sole hatred towards Yaoshi. Without Yaoshi there is no need for Lan
The Lan situation just got worse
If Lan kills Yaoshi, then nothing will change globally - Lan has risen in hatred of abundance and has created a path opposite to abundance. Even if the hunter kills Yaoshi, abundance will remain, albeit greatly weakened as an idea and will lose most of its danger. But the hunt will also become insignificant and local. And Lan's personal goal - to kill the Aeon of Abundance has been achieved and as a result they have no reason to be active (unless they have new personal enemies). In general, this is another Chinese symbolism: Yin and Yang. Where one cannot exist without the other. That is why if Lan achieves his revenge - Lan will simply become less active.
Lan wants nothing more than ending Yaoshi.
but i feel like lan reason to ascend is to hunt yaoshi but they embody the hunt itself not just their personal revenge (seeking justice). which also leads to the galaxy rangers. so after they kill yaoshi, their goal would still be to exact justice
It IS my crazy theory about it, HEAR me out guys
Lan the Hunt might be turning into Yaoshi the Abundance
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if the Hunt is about revenge then it's not the hunt its the path of retribution and such path needs a conclusion no matter what and as fast as possible, since if you insert justice in it then every second waste means more suffering as proof of the inability of the those carrying the burden, the original saying was "eye for eye, tooth for tooth, wound for wound" anyone taken it farther will become the one at wrong, it does not mean you can't forgive those you seek to get revenge on, and taking your justice doesn't concerns everyone getting blind for example. it is more about the idea that actions have consequences either good or bad if you get blinded by someone for any reason, why would you want revenge on that person as you could be a criminal the answer is pain and suffering simply, you want that person to feel what you feel but once again sometime it's about justice in the mind of the victim no matter the nature of that person if he in evil or good person, will justice serve the good side?, no it will not, justice will balance both sides evil or good as the good thing to do is deferent than the right thing to do, "you hurt that person with no reason only for the hell of it and you will pay the price of your actions" if anyone struggles with the Gray areas between good and evil the reason will always be the lack of knowledge and experience, in the end about the hunt and how he was represented in HSR is proof of the lack of knowledge and experience on the part of who comes with idea, the neuter of the Hunt is Survival as the hunter seek the prey and after getting his fill he will naturally will seek the next prey not playing chase with it and screw everything around him, i literally have spent decade studying the idea of justice as law student and still doing it and mostly will keep doing that to the rest of my life, but it's a fictional work after all and i still enjoying it, having the ability to debate the topic and ideas is part of the fun.
perhaps it is that for Lan to perpetuate its own existence it would need prey to hunt, and Yaoshi being immortal makes her the perfect prey for Lan without needing to go through the hassle of switching targets after every "successful hunt".
There's this whole "aeons come in pairs", like how it's obvious that Hunt and Abudance is a pair, or that Destruction and Preservation are a pair. This is for balance to exist.
The hunt is all about hunting, however, if you just hunted everything in the universe, it'd be too dangerous. However, kill the "abundance", which is when there is too much of something, it balances out. The Abundance keeps too many things alive at once due to the semi immortality granted, the Hunt kills them so that there will never be too much
Unrelated, but I definitely believe that Lan the Hunt in origin has nothing to do with the Xiangshou. If he did, I’m pretty sure he’d look more like Xiangshou’s aesthetic, but no, there’s nothing there.
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Interesting theory, and good reasoning. Almost like revenge was the motivator that gave Lan the dedication to the pursuit of it that THEY ascended to the path of pursuit itself, and actually accomplishing revenge became secondary at best. I'm not sure this is a problem for the pathstriders so much, at least not the Galaxy Rangers since their Hunts are individual and microcosmic, and there will always be another offender in evil to seek and destroy, so the hunt never actually comes to an end. The Xianzhou on the other hand is bound to Lan's own Hunt. Perhaps if they ever managed to defeat the Abundance merely within themselves they'd attain some sense of freedom, and being mortals would not lose their foundation of identity, but would Lan even still give them THEIR blessing? They'd be alive but very different, in need of a new course in the cosmos. Perhaps they would become like the Galaxy Rangers in that case, following the Hunt for the purpose of greater justice with a wider net, or simply continue to pursue the Abundance elsewhere in the cosmos.
Great food for thought, as always. Glad I came back to this one for another watch.
Meanwhile Lan has stepped into a role of cosmic checks and balances, simply ensuring the Abundance does not grow too far for the balance of life and death. The cosmos seemingly didn't have a need for an Aeon of Vengeance, as it doesn't seem to be a cosmic trait, like you said it is inherently unbalanced and only would lead to endlessly escalating violence on a universal scale, which yeah that would be bad lol. It seems implied that the Paths exist silently and unconsciously until a being or entity embodies it sufficiently to tap into it at the grand scale level and become its archetype and leader, fulfilling an underlying need of the cosmos itself (at least at the time).
On that note, if it hadn't been the Abundance that initially drove Lan to ascend, if there had been no Abundance threatening the stability of the universe, would Lan have even ascended at all if he'd shown equal dedication to the pursuit of some other, perhaps more mundane rite of vengeance? Maybe not, maybe willful intent and accomplishment are only half of what is needed for Aeonhood, and cosmic context and circumstance (encompassing an underlying need for an embodiment) are also required. This would imply that Nanook and others hold, or held during their ascension, the qualities that match a higher need for that qualities of the universe as a whole, and these universal needs are evolving and refining all the time. Could it be that the universe has a current need for an Aeon for a path that wants to come into fruition, and Ruan Mei will fulfill that role? Oohk I'm excited now.
lol wow seems this video really set off the ol' fixation circuits dinnit 😅
As Illidan said to Maiev in Warcraft, "The Huntress is nothing without the Hunt." So if Lan actually defeated Yaoshi then what becomes of Lan?
Lan : time to hunt something else
Lan and yaoshi are made for each other. An aeon and path focused on persistently chasing and another aeon and path that's the personification of immortality.😅 Historians will say they were great friends or great enemies
the thing is that lans path is the hunt and its mainly about ambitions and ddetermination even if one day abundance will be dead its path will still remain just like swarm still exists even after tazzyronths death so will abundance persist to live for abundance IS the life itself yaoshi is more of a distraction for lan yaoshi will be dead lan will find themselfs another goal it may try to hunt down destruction it may try to all of destroy the smarm but the thing is that lan just cant stop and it will find enemies for itself until every star in the universe fades away and that can easily turn hunt into another malevolent aeon i mean some galaxy rangers deeds can be deemed as a crime so why cant an aeon whos whole path is to seek certain things andd destroy them cant?
claretwheel temple fully understands this issue they think the reason all is shitty is because there no equality between the hunt and the abundance
Very enemies to lover. Very cutesy. Very demure
Lan is a tsundere?
It would make sense he's the hunt not the catch
Here me out. Aeons just blindly follow their path. Lan just care about Hunt, and nothing else. For Lan, killing Yaoshi is not the goals.
LAN needs to focus on nanook
I do wonder whether they will given what phantylia has tried to do
Nah. Lan will kill Yaoshi. They are the incarnation of revenge. I can definitely see them vanishing once their purpose is done.
I don't know if they could do it alone. They needed multiple Aeons to kill Tazzy, and most scuffles between Aeons aren't enough to allow murder (Aha fought with Nanook once, that's why Nanook got those scars). However, the Godkiller plans that Luocha cooked up might be enough, we don't know if it'll be a good thing though
Now would it be funny if Lan is a slave of his own Path
for Equilibrium
only if HOOH allows it but my guy is about balance. too many rabbits hunting season, starts.
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Blade might achieve the death he seeks before you reach your goal it seems 😂. Stay strong friend
It feels criminal to be this early lol
Lan and Yaoshi look like dramatic lovers that constantly break up and start dating again with Lan being creepy stalker and Yaoshi enjoying it to me, honestly
They do seem like they have a very toxic codependent relationship 😂
As far as I'm aware, Lan is out to hunt the Abominations of Abundance, not Yaoshi THEMSELVES.
That would explain why The Hunt has never ceased, as the Aeon was never the target
I really hate this because ANYONE who are blessed by Yaoshi are seen as abomination by lan, there's peaceful snake people who tried to make a contact with Herta but because they are cured and blessed by abundance, lan killed them all, genocidal mfker
This is what I hate, anyone blessed by abudance are seen as abomination by lan, there are peaceful snake people who are cured and blessed by yaoshi who tried to make business with herta but lan killed them all! lan is a Genocidal mfker ugh. No matter people argument you cannot look away from that fact
@@seliamila1005 I: Agreed...
My suspicion on Lan is that he just looks like a larger Legion Centaur, hence friendly fire for fun with destruction as its subconscious
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The xianzhou: THE HUNT IS WITH US!🗣🗣🏹
Lan: nuh uh
xianzhou people will not like this theory
I think some of them are starting to realize
Lan gave up
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@@LuquiTheFarmer funny 😂
Advanced humour
Lan become 4G/5G LTE
Hahaha I laughed at this more than I should have
Lan/Yaoshi is just toxic yaoi/yuri
Or maybe Lan is just a tsundere
Wow! You a follower of Nihility now? Lol JK
I follow finality actually 😂
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