Guili Plains suffered greatly from the chaos of war, with demon gods constantly respawning along the borders. Rex Lapis was forced to lead expeditions to subdue the invading demon gods, leaving the Guan Xing and Guizhong behind to guard the home...
Then came the assault from an ocean demon god. Even though the Guan Xing stood in front to block it, she could only preserve a sliver of Guizhong's consciousness within the Chains of the Mortal Realm...
Don't ask why the Guan Xing couldn't save her. The answer is that this is simply how Liyue's history records it. When constructing history, one must respect some historical facts—only by mixing truth and fiction can it easily lead to misunderstanding.
But if an explanation is wanted...
Success came from the ley lines, and defeat also came from the ley lines.
When the ley lines flowed smoothly, the Guan Xing was strong; when they were disrupted, the Guan Xing was weak.
Although the Guan Xing had sorted out the ley lines early on, the ocean demon god disrupted the ley lines' operation without any warning using water,
leaving the Guan Xing powerless against the demon god. In the end, Guizhong fought to the death and held on until Morax returned to reinforce.
It was from this point that the story of the Guan Xing always smiling ended, and the story of the wise sage king Guan Xing always weeping began.
Because Guili Plains was destroyed, the Guan Xing had no choice but to migrate the people to Liyue Harbor.
Afterward came facing the passing of one adeptus friend after another...
Shift-of-Heaven Guiding-the-Sky True Lord used her own antlers to support the collapsing Mt. Tianheng, then passed away in battle.
The stove god Marchosius merged her power into the ley lines and vanished...
And there could still be an afterword: the yaksha Tongque died on the battlefield five hundred years ago...
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Finally, when Morax achieved victory in the Archon War and ascended to the position of Geo Archon, even though victory was won, the wise sage king Guan Xing —who had led Liyue's people after Guizhong's departure—smiled through tears...
Then, together with the other surviving adepti, she began a new era of managing Liyue.
Managing people's livelihoods, developing the economy, regulating the ley lines...
The Guan Xing was always busy measuring every piece of land in Liyue, researching what kind of crops could grow on what soil...
Later, she established three key ley line regulation nodes in the suburbs of Lisha: Dunyu Ruins, Lingju Pass, and Qingxu Pool.
In short, she was as busy as could be—until one time when the wise sage king fainted from exhaustion. That night, observing the stars, she judged that her days were numbered. She bid farewell to everyone and returned to Guili Plains, the place where her good friend Guizhong had departed...
Afterward, the wise sage king lit the Seven Star Lanterns to extend her life, hoping to see more of this land she had poured her heart into.
But because the Seven Star Lanterns observe a person's fortune, and the era the wise sage king lived in ultimately belonged to adepti and gods...
In the end, extending life with the Seven Star Lanterns failed. The wise sage king passed away in Guili Plains, in the same place her friend Guizhong had died.
After the wise sage king's death, considering how extremely important her position had been, Rex Lapis divided her authority into seven parts.
This is the origin of the Liyue Seven Stars...
"Your Imperial Majesty, what do you think of such a story?"
The old uncle looked at the outline he had compiled, slightly fatigued.
The Rex Lapis cat-dragon plushie stared blankly at the outline Cid had written.
"Your Imperial Majesty?"
Cid was slightly puzzled.
However, the Rex Lapis cat-dragon took quite a while to recover, then let out a very human sigh.
"It's nothing. I just remembered those old friends."
The Rex Lapis cat-dragon also wrote a "Reviewed" on the outline submitted by young friend Cid.
Afterward, the Rex Lapis cat-dragon plushie held the outline in silence for a long time, then finally said to Cid:
"If you officially start writing, as usual, let me read it first."
Good news: His Imperial Majesty seemed very satisfied.
Bad news: It seemed a bit too good. In the future, if the old uncle wanted to slack off, he'd probably have to think twice.