>>719096023
There is no contradiction at all, my confused friend. You simply have a rigid definition of certain words in your head, and it's clouding your ability to understand English (which is a malleable language; the opposite of rigid).
My post that you quoted there does not contradict itself: reread it (look at you, you speed reader). It calls out how the scope of Genshin's story has ballooned over the years to add a half dozen additional factions/tiers of power. it was better when it had a clear goal (find [which is to say "reunite with"] the sibling) and a clear conflict (the sibling is the head of an antagonistic faction). Even at this stage we had two additional conflict factions: Celestia and the Fatui (even though it has always been obvious that the Fatui are actually mostly on our "side").
Adding the Hexenzirkle, the Dragon Sovereigns (which is actually two groups? Data versions and actual breathing dragons?), the Heavenly Principles, and I guess you'd call the blonde ladies the Shades(?)... it's a muddled mess now because it exists to sell new banners and keep the gravy train rolling.

>>719096135
You have actual brain damage if you cannot comprehend the middle stage of "listens to all the quest dialogue but doesn't read the in game books and artifact sets." Like, actual developmental disability. That middle ground is where the lore fucks everything up, because being ignorant of the lore should not impact understanding of the story (the Archon quest).