But this doesn't work if timelines converge. They convergered so contradicting histories are both somehow true? It isn't supposed to happen because it defies logic. We are talking about a video game though.
Well there are different ways to interpret things. The Rock Salt from the ancient sea might not be referencing the Great Sea, instead the Lanayru Sand Sea. Rito could still evolve from a group of the Zora on a timeline besides the Adult Timeline. We have the Tunic of the Wild which looks like...