What's the point with that quite lackluster story in Endwalker?

[Rulakir]

It was admittedly really confusing because she said both "it was the only way to defeat almighty Zodiark" and "yes, it is as you said" to Y'shtola questioning if giving us the potential to manipulate of dynamis was the purpose of the Sundering in the same line. Was that her purpose all along? Or was that just her trying to make the best out of the bad situation? It's not nearly as clear as anyone in this thread would tell you. I'd be really interested in learning how that line was in the original Japanese and how it was translated in other languages.

Yoshi-P answered this in the Q&A LL.

4:27:25 - Was sundering the star the only way to save it?

Venat did not think the Ancients could stop Meteion being so dense in aether. She didn't think they could change as a people and thought that would always be their own undoing.

Yes, do you have image or video links? Or can you point to an unending journey where I can look?

Just off the top of my head:

- the cutscene after Qitana Ravel
- the cutscene in the Ocular where Emet describes the sundering
- the cutscene of Elidibus on the moon at the end of 5.0

Honestly, I think everyone should NG+ ShB after EW.