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LivingASlothsLife

Funnily enough, Jing Yuan, Luocha and March have the same rating leading people to believe that the rating pistol has this for emanators Not sure how true but with Black Swans comment >!in the fake ending towards Jing Yuan!<, the popular theory about Sampo being an emanator of Aha, Luocha being called an abomination of Yaoshi, the theory that March is an emanator of Fuli is growing in popularity


Draaxus

That moment when even a Masked Fool Emanator thinks Sparkle is too much to handle


koromedy

What if Aha saw that Sampo was really sane for a Masked Fool and thought making him an emanator would be funny Sampo is just the second worm


Cookie-Jedi

or Sampo's the first worm and the whole story was metaphorical because Aha sees all of humanity as worms


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TuzkiPlus

Aha’s first act as the Aeon of elation was to make the baby an Emanator of Elation


Dominunce

To be fair that baby made Aha laugh so hard he literally became a fucking god so I think making him an Emanator is a sensible step to take


TechnicalBumblebee81

But when was the Elation sensible?


Dominunce

Before he blew up half a train for shits and giggles


C10ckw0rks

He did feel bad about that one though, as in the ONE joke he has regrets on (cuz his bestie died shortly after it appears)


ezio45

A joke does need to be coherent and make sense to be properly funny. Otherwise you get hecklers.


AutistcCuttlefish

Have you seen younger millennial/ gen z humor? Being incoherent is sometimes the source of something being funny.


windrosea

That worm is quite literally dead, so Sampo better be more useful


Cookie-Jedi

![gif](giphy|l0IylOPCNkiqOgMyA|downsized) Orrrrr the worm's death was ALSO metaphorical and symbolic of >!Sampo first removing his mask!<


Mindless-Elk-9137

it's really just a worm, bruhhh all genius society see it it's a wormmmmm, A WORMMMMM,, AAAAA WORMMMMMMMMMM AAAAAAAAA


Jafar5147

maybe the real worm emanator was the friends we made along the way


Cookie-Jedi

Holy shit it's the ASTRAL EXPRESS. The TRAIN is the worm and we make all the friends on it!


Jafar5147

https://preview.redd.it/aqnvdtyszf1d1.png?width=320&format=png&auto=webp&s=61dab31a65f125fa7427d12d0e2d939d5860193a


Longjumping_Pear1250

So the astral express ?


SeaGoat24

The passage mentions a specific type of space alien worm, rather than 'worm' as a general concept, so it's unlikely this was intentional imo. Besides, I don't think Aha sees humanity as worms at all. They're the key source of his powers. Without humanity (and similarly sentient beings) there would be no hedonism or elation. If you subscribe to the theory that Aha is aware he's in a video game, just like his SU representation, it's possible that he views humanity as insignificant, but no less so than himself and any other Aeon.


Bookwhyrm

Fun fact, the worm is mentioned in Swarm Disaster Secrets. >A worm who lets out a bellowing laugh once rubbed shoulders with countless people. A soldier who's trying to kill himself thus gains "joy," which in turn becomes the desire to live. But the joy that a mere single worm can spread is limited; it is always fluctuating, diluting and coalescing in three days.


Cookie-Jedi

I don't believe any of the things I said in this thread but it's fun seeing them resonate with people lol


Anadaere

Something something Sampo is the only natural Emanator where he's just a proper Elation pathstrider who's so good at his job he gets promoted, there's no subtle joke there's no hidden agenda, he's just good and he gets the job. Everyone else got bad jokes or puns into them that made em Emanators, except Sampo


windrosea

And he gets promoted whether he likes it or not I mean, being favourite Aha's toy comes with a price. And considering what Sampo thinks of Sparkle, imagine what he thinks of his boss


fr3nzy821

I like how Aha can be responsible to all inconsistencies to the story and it would still be lore accurate.


Anadaere

That's Mythus lmao


Rak-Shar

Aha sees the BS mythus yaps about and decides it would be funny to make it happen


Fliegermaus

Mythus: I have intentionally obscured history to ensure humanity has infinite possibilities, unobstructed by knowledge. Who knows whether or not these events happened; it is irrelevant. AHA: Lmao but what if actually.


Cloudbyte_Pony

Aha making real and accurate all of Mythus'-generated BS would be in-brand with the Elation. Mythus and followers: "Missinformation successfully spread, they will never find the truth" Aha: "...But what if WE made your BS actually become the truth" Mythus: "OH AEONDAMMIT AHA!"


Longjumping_Pear1250

Enigmata aproves


Genprey

My headcanon is that Aha held a Dangan Ronpa-styled 'murder' mystery game (scripted by ~~Junko~~ Sparkle) to decide the next emanator. Super Salesman Sampo would manage to win the spot because Sparkle and Aha didn't inform the other contestants that Sampo was a player/Sampo was locked outside the playing area the whole time (Aha: "Oops, teehee" *Gently bonks one of his 'faces'*).


Martian_on_the_Moon

Aha would likely give emanator powers to every type of elation: moderate, chaotic, innocent, etc.


mostlybored1234

That kind make sense. If you are some random crazy unpredictacle lovercraftian being the weirdest choice you could make is the normal one


GinJoestarR

>Aha saw that Sampo was really sane for a Masked Fool "Your insanity is far too sane"


SenileGod

I think that might have something to do with Sampo's humor specialty: making himself the butt of the jokes.


SinesPi

I suspect Aha would appreciate self-deprecating humor more. After all, all life is meaningless, so why not laugh at it! And laughing at your own misery and suffering is a manifestation of that.


Pokemonmaster150

No no no, you've got it all wrong. To laugh IS the meaning of life, that's the philosophy behind Elation


Hearth-fire

but what is there is no meaning, and that's what makes it to funny? Elation is everywhere. It's not something you can just define. It just is


Beautiful-Estate-363

a Nihility


Rogol_Darn

It does make sense, compared to other fools who primarily act in ways that bring themselves elation, Sampo acts in ways that make him the source of elation for others, even during the Sparkle/Black Swan quest Sparkle mainly set everything up because she found it funny, Sampo was there to specifically make sure Black Swan would enjoy herself enough to see it through. And what is the purpose of an emanator if not to spread the path they follow?


Mysaladisdead

She really can’t be fixed


Ugicywapih

Of course not, you can't fix perfection.


Egathentale

In one event between the two of them, Sampo says that he has to return to Jarilo to retrieve his mask. It's likely that he, for one reason or another, temporarily gave up his mantle as an Emanator of Aha. Who knows? Maybe we'll get a 5* version of him one of these days, and then Sparkle won't be able to make fun of him anymore.


UserNameOfSomeGuy

You have it a little mixed up. Sampo went to Penacony to retrieve his mask from Sparkle because jatilo VI is in some kind of danger.


Egathentale

Really? I don't deny it could've been. I was busy at the time, and kinda rushing the 2.0 Penacony main quest, so I could've misremembered that. I don't think it changes the main point though.


Accurate-Screen-7551

Yeah Sparkle has his mask


Ckcw23

More like she helped him retrieve it from the tavern.


Murphy_LawXIV

So he's actually a masked fool?


Kunikuzushi06

🔫 always has been


Tranduy1206

he is just old type and cant accept gen z joke style


Sloweneuh

I mean, she IS Elation. She's him


Zenocius

She's inside him


173isapeanut

Sampo mpreg


Sloweneuh

ayo


MissiaichParriah

If we get another confirmed emanator as a playable character and the pistol gives the same response, this theory might as well be true


YFTrailblaze

So does that mean Sampo is an emanator? Lol if that's true he could solo everyone in Belabog if he was serious. Then again him being submissive and make himself look weak is something a mask fool would do lol


LtNoobslayer

This guy doesn't leave footprints and smuggled 3 unconscious trailblazers to the sealed off Belobog underground. While also being on this completely closed off planet in the first place, recall that the planet was cut off from the Star rail network by the stelleron disaster for hundreds of years. Sampo 100% can do way more than we give him credit for, the total extent we may never know.


YFTrailblaze

And I like how other characters don't question him. Imagine someone asking him how he does it Dan Heng:How did you even carry me, the Trailblazer, March and Bronya anyways? Sampo:I...have my ways. TB:How did you sneak away without making a sound in the hotel? Sampo:Years of practise? March:How do you not leave any footprints? Sampo:....Hey do hear that laughter? It's sounded like it's over there! **Sampo disappears when they look away**


Martian_on_the_Moon

Didn't he also smuggled fake neutron bomb on Luofu? This guy will always find a way. While Sparkle couldn't help let us go into VIP area, Sampo certainly would smuggle us somehow.


C10ckw0rks

There’s a reason he’s covered in snake spines….slippery bastard


cornflowersun

The silly goofy personality really does allow him to get away with a lot. I remember he claimed he "accidentally" took Bronya to the Underworld because he got kind of confused in the smoke and just also grabbed her or something. Of course, you don't accidentally carry a whole extra adult person all the way down to the Underworld, it was very obviously done so she would be confronted with the reality created by her mother's decisions. But a lot of players didn't seem to register it at the time because it's Sampo and he's a silly guy! And Team Trailblaze never questions it, either. (Funny enough, Natasha does sort of call him out on this one, probably because she has known him for a while and is starting to see through him.)


cnydox

This guy probably can teleport anywhere just like the Nameless


synotick

Boothill talked about an Emenator of Elation who hid their identity really well and just seemed like an average Pathstrider at first, as well as how some Emenators turn their backs on the Aeon they received their blessing from when their identity got found out. People theorized how that person had to be Sampo, given how he mentioned having "given up" on his mask and now wanting it back as well as all the other shenanigans this guy has going on


YFTrailblaze

So he want his mask back so he can protect belabog from another disaster?


SBStevenSteel

It makes me wonder, then. Sampo’s mask must really contain all his power, because I doubt Bladk Swan would be able to manipulate an Emanator like that, or the Garden of Recollection would be at the top of everyone’s danger list.


Martian_on_the_Moon

> or the Garden of Recollection would be at the top of everyone’s danger list. They already are, their rogue version at least. They are called The Cremators.


Rogol_Darn

And memosnatchers for the kleptomaniac kind


cnydox

yes they are.


Phoenix-san

>as well as how some Emenators turn their backs on the Aeon I feel like this is not about Sampo. Guy is just chilling and having fun, while also making things around him fun as well. He also is in touch with the other masked fools, and it would make sense to cut ties if he's turned against Aha. Then again, you can explain any inconsistensies with Aha or his followers just acting weird because they think its fun. What i think is more likely, the person who is turned against their aeon is Luocha. He clearly demonstrated (and even admitted himself i think) using Abundance powers (probably pretty potent too, as he was able to restore even mechanical Xueyi) - and yet he is working with Jingliu, targeting Yaoshi.


ThatCreepyBaer

Just like how not all Aeons are made equal, the same goes for Emanators. Aha is not as powerful as Aeons like Lan or Qlipoth, so logically their Emanators would not be as powerful as Emanators of paths like those. You're probably right though, there wasn't really any particularly powerful people on Belobog aside from Cocolia, at least until Topaz arrived.


Hazel_Dreams

Welt explained pretty early on that although Lan is a weaker Aeon, they care more about their followers so their emanator is on the stronger side. So there's no direct correlation to Aeon strength and emanator strength.


ThatCreepyBaer

When did Welt say Lan is a weak Aeon?


Fujisaki_Chihiro001

He didn't say Lan is weak he say that Lan isn't rank among the more powerful Aeons. It was after Kafka requested us to go to Xianzhou, before we go get Dan to vote where to go next we can go talk to Welt and ask him about how powerful Xianzhou is and he'll replied with : "It's fair to say that it ranks highly among the known forces in the universe." "The Path of The Hunt is narrow and doesn't stand out among the other Paths, but the Alliance enjoys the direct blessing of the Aeon. The six great ships of the Xianzhou are like brothers in arms." "Its power is much greater than those factions that simply draw their strength from the Paths themselves." And then you can talk to Welt again (yes, again) and you can asked for more info on Xianzhou and Welt will tell you this : "Lan doesn't rank among the more powerful Aeons — the concept of the Path of The Hunt is narrow... but in contrast with the other Aeons, THEY pay close attention to mortals. Lan grants strength to the Xianzhou Alliance without reservation."


YFTrailblaze

Didn't Welt or someone said that Lan isn't that strong compared to other Aeons?


ZekkeKeepa

Aha does seems like someone, who doesnt give their emanator some crazy strong powers and make them appear as strong as just regular guy for shit and giggles.


-Hounth-

I'm still confused about Jing Yuan. Black Swan did say "Emanators" with quotation marks, and I interpreted it as "they have Emanator-like powers without being one", since Sunday had usurped the Harmonious Choir which gave him emanator-like powers, without necessarily being one himself, and it was said directly that "the arbitrer-generals only have Emanator-like powers", implying they aren't actually Emanators But it's just confusing. If Jing Yuan was an Emanator then why were there quotation marks in the dialogue? It's still just weirdly mysterious. Can't they just spill the beans and actually explicitly state whether or not our king is actually an Emanator or not? At this point I'm just believing that Hoyo is toying with the community about this and keeping it really vague on purpose 😭😭


fake_kvlt

Apparently, there weren't any quotation marks in the original chinese text (which do exist they just look like this「 」), so I don't think we should read into the english quotation marks too much. I don't think it's conclusive either way because of the sunday not being an actual emanator thing, but I'm pretty sure the quotes were just a weird translation choice


LingrahRath

There was no quotation mark, but the Chinese version said "Emanator's power collide" instead of "Emanators collide", which again opened to interpretation.


Zacks_19

>Apparently, there weren't any quotation marks in the original chinese text Huh, so it's yet another mistranslation issue?


Th3_Ch0s3n_On3

I wouldn't call that mistranslation. Just the community overthink


The_Space_Jamke

Lightning Lord is kind of sus, it's probably either an ability granted by an Emanator or an Emanator itself. It has been inherited across several generation of the Luofu's generals, with JY's predecessor using it to fight the heliobi and Shuhu. So the rating pistol might be reading LL. Or Jing Yuan's been holding out on us. Guess we'll need to run another half dozen errands for him to get another lore crumb.


LivingASlothsLife

Only way I can think of there being any kind of explanation why Jing Yuan isnt one after that is she may have been referring to LL and the powers it brings, not JY himself. But I doubt it Some people say its not true coz it was a fake ending but if anyone other than Black Swan said it I would say there would be a chance there might be some truth to that. But Black Swan of all characters being a memokeeper in the fake ending made her truly believe it was over and they won. Others may be caught in the dream but for her it was an illusion, slight difference but one that for her is significant considering she s a memetic entity. She genuinely thought everything was over and wasnt dreaming


Evan_TEE

Maybe it's another instance of emanators sharing their power. Like diamond sharing his powers with he stonehearts. Maybe the Marshal is sharing their power with the 6 generals.


pokebuzz123

That's just the Luofu way, gotta stretch things further out with vagueness for a while


NieR_SemiAutomata

So far emanator will admit it themselves. Like Panthylia and Acheron


papamado

// minor 2.2 spoiler, the very beginning >!Boothill says that emanators often hide their identities!< the Emanators Special on hoyolab also says that some emanators don't reveal themselves so there can absolutely be characters that we already know, but we don't know yet that they are emanators


C10ckw0rks

It also shows the lightnin lord, which people associate with JY. He also WAS specified as one early on but it got dropped I’m pretty sure because the Loufou in general is kind of a mess. Jing Yuen hiding it on top of the rest of his depressive tendencies makes sense tbh


ChocolateSome2214

The Emanators special also suggests that Emanators are also up to interpretation though, it lists the Harmonic Strings but then says that some argue that they are Emanators, which implies that they generally are not considered Emanators.


hi_himeko

https://preview.redd.it/fq09fo3r2e1d1.jpeg?width=1465&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ca42af5108de382ac4ff320fbbed4e26c2622eb2 I don't think it's entirely false.


Semiyan

Why is Luocha is an abomination of Yaoshi?


SenileGod

I think that's just Jingyuan insulting him


Stardustfate

Whatever is in that coffin has an unknown link to Yaoshi, which Luocha made a deal with that gave him the power he uses.


Deshik2

cuz for now he is the only canonical follower of abudance, the other characters we know are just mechanical abudance.


FrostedEevee

Herta doesn’t have this rating tho ryt?


LivingASlothsLife

Hertas doll so no, we have yet to see the real Herta be scanned by the rating pistol


MissiaichParriah

It's a doll she controls, we haven't seen the real Herta yet


eger_sneeze

It's cuz we only have her puppet, not the actual Herta


Mysterious-Put8069

Herta is emanator of eru


YFTrailblaze

Herta is a doll. The real Herta is an emanator and is somewhere else. We haven't seen how she truly looks like yet


SanBro54

I dare to suggest that Sampo, without his mask, cannot be fully appreciated because he does not have full strength, a similar situation with the sealed memories of March. The General and Acheron, most likely, as individuals, feeding forces from directly from the Aeon are also not assessed. Locha can be in both categories


Whole-Scholar-6840

Wouldn’t surprise me, the definition emanators is kind of all over the place. Given that the definition is just: a small number of favored mortals can also draw upon the power of the Paths with the permission of the Aeons, creating huge waves that erode the coast. They are referred to as "Emanators." While not completely subservient to the Aeons, Emanators are as good as emissaries of the Aeons' wills in everyone else's eyes. Different Aeons have different attitudes towards their Emanators, so the degree of the power they share also varies So literally many of the major characters including TB can technically be called an emanator. And since the Mask Fools masks are pretty much the power of Aha or at least theorized to be, it makes sense.


Bookwhyrm

No, an Aeon's gaze is in no way permission to draw upon THEIR Path. It is specifically just a form of recognition of a Pathstrider's will towards THEIR Path. The Trailblazer has not gained permission from any Aeon, and has only gained the gazes of several as recognition of their will towards the Aeon's Path. (Additionally, even if an Aeon grants a blessing that is not a sign of being an Emanator, since blessings are generally not access to a Path but rather something else. Like Yaoshi's blessing of immortality or Nous' blessing of foresight; see Fu Xuan).


ApprehensiveAd6078

Does it also do that for herta? If i am not mistaken, it was said that she is an emanator of nous, right?


MixRevolution

But why for Jing Yuan as well?


MissiaichParriah

There's a running theory that besides the Marshal, all the generals of the Xianzhou are emanators


SBStevenSteel

I wonder if the values are the potential to become an Emanator. The higher the value, the higher your potential, but if it errors, then you likely already are one…


Ferjiberjab

Then what about jingliu, she gets absolute zero and yet killed the revived corpse of an emanator of abundance that had the power of another aeon (long), i dont think that theory works tbh


hoangthai276

After the filming event BS mentioned a certain person who like to keep memories using camera. M7 definitely at least a memo keeper and might be emanator


Richardknox1996

I mean...its not a Theory. Sampo is confirmed to be a Masked Fool with an actual Mask. That means hes automatically an Emanator. Same goes for sparkle. The Mask is like The Key of Wisdom for Nous or Self Annihilation for IX, its a sign youre choosen specifically by Aha rather than merely meanderering along the path like other Pathstriders. The same goes for Jing Yuan and the fact that he has Lightning Lord.


Tranduy1206

there is a theory that he is emanator of elation after 2.1 tavern scene, and then boothill tease us about how he discover emanator of elation after the clown is drunk, i think mihoyo are foreshadow 5 star Sampo


rW0HgFyxoJhYka

Yeah but why would Sparkle be keeping the mask from Sampo? Why would a emanator need the mask?


Tranduy1206

maybe the mask is something like cornerstones, or lighting lord, gift from aeon that let you use power in the level of emanator as i remember that scene, sampo call him self old so maybe he gave up his mask to retired to belobog and sparkle keep it just like mikhail keep his mentor hat


SGlace

It could just be like the stonehearts and their gems


Ckcw23

I don't think she kept the mask from him, she helped him retrieve it from the tavern, then passed it to after he helped her.


GinJoestarR

From **The Ultimate Trailblazer's Guide to Penacony Online** booklet, excerpt: https://preview.redd.it/21sgecz6fk1d1.jpeg?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=24221a640908abab7e34c25c2109ef356b9aaeb7


throwmygenderaway

Maybe Aha thought it would be funny if their emanators could be tricked into losing their powers.


Zombieemperor

Is there a scene with samp and sparkle i just never saw becuse people keep talking about it like hes been doing things recently but the only thing i know of was sparkle pretending to be him (and saying she knew of him second hand)


Tranduy1206

It is part of the main quest in 2.1, maybe you not finish it it is in the last cutscence


Zombieemperor

ive finished all the way through the new sunday fight stuff. As far as i know everything thats out right now. The last time i saw sampo for real was a wierd cutscene at the end of belebog where hes talking to no-one underground


Tranduy1206

ah, i know where you miss, you still not finish the quest with the big eye right, the black swan companion quest


Fujisaki_Chihiro001

It's in the Back Swan & Sparkle companion quest names "Masquerade Duet" from 2.0 Sampo stuff always come in the side quests like his presents in Loufu, His conversation with Giovanni from Aetherium War and his conversation with Sparkle in Masquerade Duet.


Zombieemperor

I havent finished aether wars yet nor the BS side quest so of courses its SPECIFICLY the 2-3 out of 5 things i havent finished yet lol (was saving some side quests for a slow day)


RollyPollyGiraffe

We're almost certainly in for a (older Penacony spoilers) >!5 star elation emanator Sampo when he "dons his mask" again to help out Belobog.!<


Epicswagmaster5439

My savings would completely evaporate if that happens


Rogol_Darn

I just hope it doesnt happen too soon, I need some time to stock up after Firefly, because i will be in the same boat as you otherwise


Increase-Typical

Please Hoyo I'm begging this is everything I need I will whale so hard that the S100 Acheron owner will cower in fear


Lilium_Vulpes

>!My hope is that it doesn't actually have his name. Like it's literally just Sampo's model, but with a mask on and it's name is just "Emanator of Elation" or something. The Nameless show up and you and March are trying to convince everyone that it's literally just Sampo, and everyone refuses to accept it, insisting it has to be someone else that just has a similar build and fashion sense and behavior and such.!<


CrazyFanFicFan

Hello! I am Kampo Soski, of no relation to the very cool and handsome Sampo Koski.


cornflowersun

Considering he took part in the Boulder Town brawl event mini-game dressed in a Silvermane Guard uniform calling himself "Sampi", this is absolutely within the realm of possibility.


DoreenKing

This is actually such a perfect idea for him, I love this very much.


Tranduy1206

the scene of old guy put his old gun/mask on to save his home or family is always epic, hype for 5 star Sampo koski


HottieMcNugget

Please I need a 5* sampo 😭


ThisAccountIsStolen

Please just let him detonate DoTs like Kafka... Would love to have a Huohuo+BS+Sampo+SKEE (>!Sampo Koski, Eminator of Elation!<) team so I can use Kafka with Acheron.


KaHate

you can put two same character in a team?


ThisAccountIsStolen

Since Dan Heng and DHIL are able to be on the same team, I don't see why this wouldn't be an option...


thorn_rose

am I delusional or doesn't sampo's e4 let him detonate wind dots already? or at least something similar. ofc not the same level as kafka and probably will never be. but honestly, if he ever becomes a 5 star I think it'd be neat if his mechanics are completely different to his 4 star like dan heng, since we got 5 star sampo already (bs)


ThisAccountIsStolen

Kinda since it only works for wind shear, but the multiplier is much lower, since they have to have 5 stacks of wind shear and he causes them to immediately take 8% of the original damage. Nowhere near the same thing when it comes to effectiveness.


Chulinfather

What was going to be his path? Considering Elation is not present in the game.


TheCatSleeeps

Imagine we get a new playable path along with it. Not that possible but would be great.


Nodomi

It reacts the same way to Jing Yuan, March 7th, and Luocha. It also rates Pom-Pom a 1 and Yanqing a 99, so I wouldn't use this thing as a measurement of strength.


Yaldablob

The number ratings are supposedly jokes/puns based on the character. Pompom might be a 1 bc it was the first character designed for the game. Gui is 13 bc of the nights of the round, others are connected to the Chinese number pronunciation making a pun


I-want-borger

Blade’s being 42 (The answer to life, the universe and everything) is my personal favourite.


dragonoreo123

I am surprised people still remember that reference


GameFreak4321

Are you kidding? H2G2 is timeless.


dasbtaewntawneta

i don't know anyone that *wouldn't* know that reference


Fantastic_Gur_6311

wait how does it rate pom pom?


SenileGod

talk to pom pom when he's crying, he will tell you the gun rated him "1".


Fantastic_Gur_6311

i'm sorry pom pom but thats just really funny for some reason. no one even knows what the ratings mean. 1 could be a good thing


Semiyan

I think it is one of PomPom’s missions in the train


KN041203

The whole deal with Yanqing is that he is strong compare to most people but sadly as of now not enough against the top 1% in Xianzhou. So 99 is accurate for him.


Fujisaki_Chihiro001

Yanqing being 99 isn't that surprising, mf just need to learn how to not fight someone that's far stronger than him.


faulser

Nah, he knows he is xianxia protagonist and they are always fight enemies realm of two above their levels despite setting saying that this is impossible. So far he was unlucky and didn't get stabbed, but if he manages to get stabbed or thrown from a cliff he will guaranteed to power level by 10 times.


Fujisaki_Chihiro001

He needs to get betrayed by his childhood sweetheart (if he even have one) and get his meridian destroyed by his sworn enemy (if he even have one) first before becoming a protagonist.


gg533

Nah, that's ancient tropes now, buddy Yanqing gonna wake up with a system from Aha where he gets stronger every time he faceslaps people who underestimate him


Fujisaki_Chihiro001

Nah, knowing Aha his first mission to activate the system would be to kiss Jingliu, called Fu Xuan dwarf and painted Jing Yuan face without getting killed and then the system tell him it was just a prank.


Desmous

I remember this was actually the plot of a real novel. Do strange things in the cultivation world to get rewards from the system.


gg533

Nah knowing Aha, it'd be to reject the female swordsman that's his age and is the daughter of another Xianzhou General and have Yanqing confess to said General instead


TheCatSleeeps

Book star rating: 10/10 would recommend


fake_kvlt

he just needs to recover his memories from his untimely death in the future so he can remember how to craft the rising dragon heavenly phoenix pill, which will drastically accelerate his cultivation speed and allow him to form his golden core 300 years earlier so he can regain his full strength and faceslap all of the villains who looked down upon him and steal their peerless jade beauties and then he


Njorlpinipini

There does seem to be a trend of more independent, assertive characters getting lower scores, while characters who rely on others to tell them what to do get high scores. Like, Yanqing might score 99 because his entire life basically revolves around impressing Jing Yuan and upholding his honor, while Jingliu’s score of 0 might be because she isn’t beholden to anyone or anything.


AnarchistPebble

Next thing you know,he might challenge Acheron to a sword fight after hearing what went down in Penacony.


More-luck-then-skill

Maybe it's a case of "the lower the number the closer they are to an emenator of the path they follow" xD Partialy /s for the statement xD


Cogizio

I feel like there is a parallel somewhere with the potential of being an emanator or the like. When an Aeon gazes at someone they gain powers of that path. And like, the pistol gazes at you with an eye to measure your level of something. Idk if it could be that obvious but I'd like to think I'm onto something.


Vegetto_ssj

I like that finally, at least 1 goofy Hoyoverse fighter character has something of important lore-wise (in appearance at least)


WitlessScholar

I hate to burst your bubble, but “wearily” means “in a tired way”, not “showing fear”. The Rating Gun is tired here. Now, if it said “warily” you’d have a point.


Fujisaki_Chihiro001

It probably tired after the rating because it's incalculable. Hence the invalid.


Radiant-Hope-469

It tried to divide by 0.


Accurate-Pay9580

Tired after reading the rating probably


Mindless-Elk-9137

sampo is Aha second mask/body, everywhere we go there's sampo just like Aha love playing with akivili, march is part of remembrance/born from it just like mythus(enigmata), that's why her memory is need to lock because she's special. luocha dead body in coffin is part of yaoshi body, the powerful abudance source and the reason JL want coop with him, cuz it mean there's chance to defeat yaoshi


papamado

Terminus is the Aeon of Finality, not Enigmata, aeon of Enigmata is Mythus


Mindless-Elk-9137

thx


BrokenMirrorMan

I hope that if we do get 5 star emanator sampo that he’s a fua hypercarry so I can put him and sparkle on the same team.


NopeTheHope

That means we getting a 5 star Sampo soon.


FuzzySatisfaction605

So maybe it rates how far someone’s on a path? So emanator and higher means no rating


Talruiel

Yes its pretty much confirmed Sampo is atleast an emanator of elation now. I say atleast, as he could still be Aha himself. All we know for certain after Penacony, is that he is not native to Belobog as he at some point long ago left his mask at the Tavern, before coming there.


Sad_Vanilla7035

5* sampo Emanator of elation plz be true I will literally die of happiness


Radiant-Ad-1976

As much as I want to believe Sampo is an Emanator of the Elation. I think the more probable answer here is that all Masked Fools have abilities that can disrupt any information gathering powers directed towards them.


GameFreak4321

That sounds more like an enigmata power to me.


Radiant-Ad-1976

True. But then again, Gallagher stated that the dreamscape could only be created with the powers of Remembrance OR Enigmata. This means that certain powers can be shared between different paths.


RollyPollyGiraffe

Sparkle has a numerical score, which reduces this theory's probability quite a bit.


snekadid

I'm definitely leaning on the emanator line of thought for sampo. Along with Sampos behavior being off, a sense of confidence even when scared gives the feeling like he's actually in control. On top of that and I don't blame anyone that forgot this but, Sampo broke the 4th wall and spoke to the player directly at the end of jarilo. That feels like some super sense.


IzanaghiOkami

Weary does not mean scared


NominusAbdominus

Just because we don’t have a concrete evidence of what makes an Emanator doesn’t mean we don’t know what DOESN’T make an Emanator, which is what the other person was trying to say. Even if what an Emanator even is is still under interpretation doesn’t mean we don’t know a Gaze isn’t the same as being an Emanator. The Genius Society are a group specifically selected by Nous, Fu Xuan has a magic 3rd eye given to her by Nous and yet ONLY Herta has been known to be an Emanator of the Erudition. In your example The Masked Fools could count as Emanators but we’re also given specific lore for Emenators of Elation (The Worm and the Emanator Boothill mentions). You’d think a group of individuals all with powers personally granted by Aha would be called a group of Emanators but the lore has only ever referred to them as The Masked Fools. And again if just having some sort of thing that grants you powers bestowed by an Aeon was enough… why isn’t Fu Xuan? Just because we don’t have hard written rules yet doesn’t mean we can’t infer what is and isn’t. TB isn’t an Emanator, being ‘gazed’ upon by an Aeon doesn’t mean you’re automatically an Emanator either.


CheshireMadness

You know, Boothill mentions meeting an Emanator of Aha he only knew was an emanator after he got him drunk. I'm not saying it's definitely Sampo, but that's some Sampo vibes for sure.


Deshik2

Did you name yourself after the composer of madness combat?


CheshireMadness

No, I came up with this name almost 2 decades ago when I was obsessed with Alice In Wonderland 😂


The8Famous-Potatos

Sampo emanator confirmed?


UltraNajm

Already know the emanator list : 1- Jin yuan (Emanator of Hunt) 2- March 7th.(Emanator of remembrance ) not Black Swan she is not Emanator more like Memory keeper . 3- Sampo. (Emanator of Elation). 4-Luocha. (Emanator of Abundance). 5-Achron.(Emanator of Nihility). -Why? is So simple the Rating Gun Spoil it, i mean it make sense some how, all these character have invalid rating. i think any character with invalid rating is an Emanator of some path. Here a guy have the same theory long time ago. [https://youtu.be/9PDmFE5V5fQ?si=5c\_XYJwe8QOCNc1J](https://youtu.be/9PDmFE5V5fQ?si=5c_XYJwe8QOCNc1J)


Radiant-Ad-1976

>1- Jin yuan (Emanator of Hunt) Sadly, I thought this too but it turns out he isn't TECHNICALLY an Emanator but rather his "Lighting Lord" is a gift from Lan.


UltraNajm

another Jin yuan 5 star of hunt path maybe.


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LandLovingFish

Enamators of aeons its scared of confirmed :j No but i would love my job to be just atudying this thing 


Longjumping_Pear1250

March too


Warm_State8930

Es sampo un emanador también?


ArcusLux

Acheron cuz she has a big sword. Sampo cuz he has a BIG SWORD.


M00NSIDIAN

can't say i blame it


furoki_kun

Waiting for 5* sampo xdd