Chapter 86: Vicissitude: Hua III
Nuwa discovered that the early humans of this civilization era held a special belief in supernatural phenomena, which gave her the idea to use legends to spread knowledge from the previous era. She processed her and her companions' actions into mysterious stories and spread them far and wide. To ensure the stories spread more effectively, Nuwa used yellow clay to craft clay statues of them and changed The Celestial into a more popular image [ Stigmata Jingwei ].
Fuxi, who possessed the mission of a pioneer, worked with The Celestial to collect a large number of seashells—which early humans of this civilization era used as currency—along the southern coast of Shenzhou to accelerate the formation of an economic system, and put them into circulation.
Fuxi also managed the Terminal, a spherical quantum computer that recorded the knowledge and technology of the previous civilization era. Because the technology of the Terminal was too advanced for the early humans of this era, she sealed the Terminal in various locations around the world. She gave the scrolls recording the locations of the Terminal's seals to The Celestial, entrusting her to protect these places from the intrusion of the Honkai until humanity could rely on its own strength to pass the test of history and find the Terminal. These scrolls were lost over the long passage of time.
In 2100 BC, because Fuxi and Nuwa taught the humans of the current era knowledge beyond their time, it led to the appearance of the Judgment-class Honkai Beast—Chiyou. The Celestial was far away and unable to intervene. As a result, Nuwa and Fuxi died in battle, Ji Xuanyuan sealed Chiyou with her own body, and the Project Ember was proven a failure.
Afterward, The Celestial traveled the land of Shenzhou together with the Book of Fuxi, slaying demons and eliminating evil, protecting the peace and prosperity of the realm, and living in harmony with the people of Shenzhou, leaving behind many heart-warming tales. As time passed, the old friends around her left one by one. Over time, to avoid developing unnecessary emotions, The Celestial stopped getting close to mortals.
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[ Honkai Impact 3rd - Theresa: Perhaps this is the negative side effect brought by eternal life. ]
[ Genshin Impact - Baizhu: Perhaps you are right, but while eternal life might be a shackle for you, for me, it is something I seek but cannot obtain. ]
[ Genshin Impact - Hu Tao: You guy! How many times have I said it? Immortality—things that go against the order of Yin and Yang should not be touched. ]
[ Honkai Star Rail - Shuhu: Wanting immortality, that's simple enough. Just follow us and believe in Lord Yaoshi. ]
[ Honkai Star Rail - Lan: Damned Abundance abomination, eat my arrow!! ]
[ Honkai Star Rail - Shuhu: Ah? Where did that arrow come from! ]
[ Honkai Star Rail - Yaoshi: Why did you provoke that guy? ]
[ Honkai Impact 3rd - Otto: Sigh, the Aeon of The Hunt and the Aeon of Abundance are really fighting every single day. ]
[ Honkai Star Rail - Xuanyong: This is quite ridiculous, actually. The Xianzhou people sought immortality, and when immortality was bestowed upon them, they regretted it. ]
[ Honkai Star Rail - Jing Yuan: … ]
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In 551 BC, The Celestial defeated the demonic beast Qiongqi in the Northern Wilderness and saved Li Er, who had fought until she was exhausted.
In 549 BC, Li Er ascended Mount Taixu. A dozen years later, Li Er left Taixu and no longer dressed in red. Carrying a sword named Ruoshui, she traveled the world, teaching sword techniques and Daoist arts to the world. In her old age, Li Er returned to Taixu and was buried by The Celestial under a pine tree at the summit after her death.
In 517 AD, The Celestial, as was her custom, held a remote projection meeting with Kevin and other pioneers every ten years to exchange intelligence, learning that the Ark Project had failed.
In 718 AD, a hundred years after the founding of the Great Tang, the Honkai became increasingly rampant. Every year, The Celestial went to Chang'an City to fight demonic beasts alongside the Great Tang army. During the hundreds of years The Celestial guarded it, the Great Tang stood firm amidst the Honkai, becoming the brightest pearl of the East.
In 1400 AD, as Honkai disasters began to occur frequently, The Celestial walked across Shenzhou in the guise of the Immortal Phoenix. Because of her immortality and eternally youthful appearance, she was called an Immortal. Under The Celestial's guidance, the people of Shenzhou learned how to utilize Honkai energy for their own purposes. They called it True Qi, which gave rise to various methods.
After thousands of years of evolution, Shenzhou gradually formed a special ecosystem independent of the imperial court—the Jianghu. Within it, the warriors of Shenzhou spontaneously gathered together, forming sects that treated martial arts, which refined and utilized True Qi, as intangible cultural assets.
The Celestial was indifferent by nature. Occasionally, someone would accompany her, but she spent more time in solitude. To uphold her promise to Fuxi, The Celestial guarded Shenzhou throughout the long years, even if she was alone and betrayed by all.
Between 1446 AD and 1467 AD, The Celestial took on seven disciples, known in the Jianghu as the Seven Disciples of Taixuan.
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[ Honkai Star Rail - Xuanyong: Oh, it's these unfilial, unrighteous, and ungrateful wolves. ]
[ Honkai Impact 3rd - Lin Chaoyu: ! ]
At this moment, on Mount Taixu, Lin Chaoyu saw Xuanyong's comment and became somewhat panicked, but Su Mei beside her instantly grabbed her shoulder and shook her head.
"Don't panic. The plan has reached the final step. We absolutely must not reveal any flaws because of such a trivial matter." Su Mei frowned, looked up at the stars in the sky, and revealed a meaningful expression.
"I was overthinking." Lin Chaoyu also knew she was a bit like a bird startled by the mere twang of a bow; after all, this matter involved killing her own master. In the land of Shenzhou, this was something that would be despised by all.
[ Genshin Impact - Xiangling: Eh, Brother Xuanyong, why do you say that? ]
Among the many Aeons in Honkai Star Rail, only Xuanyong, the Aeon of Destiny, and Aha, the Aeon of Elation, were the easiest to talk to. The others were either full of destruction or riddlers that no one could understand.
[ Honkai Star Rail - Xuanyong: Hehe! ]
[ Genshin Impact - Lumine: It's over, Barbatos Syndrome has already started human-to-human transmission. ]
[ Honkai Impact 3rd - Murata Himeko: Barbatos Syndrome, what kind of strange symptom is that? ]
[ Genshin Impact - Zhongli: That is troublesome to explain, so I won't. ]
The others in the inventory livestream saw Zhongli say this, and their mouths twitched instantly; after all, they were still waiting for the answer.
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In 1476 AD, a fire broke out on Mount Taixuan, and The Celestial was murdered by a conspiracy of her seven disciples. At that time, golden light shot into the sky from the summit, illuminating the area for a hundred miles. On that day, The Celestial's whereabouts became unknown, and the seven disciples scattered, all remaining silent about their master's fate. Martial arts legends claimed that The Celestial had achieved perfection in her cultivation and ascended to immortality. After The Celestial's death, her youngest disciple, Su Yi, secretly hid her body in a stone chamber. For the next twenty years, Fu Hua, having lost most of her memories, absorbed True Qi in the stone chamber to heal her injuries.
In 1496 AD, although the injuries to The Celestial's body had healed, she had lost all her memories. Together with the phantom of Lin Chaoyu that remained in her mind, she embarked on a journey to find the truth and the seven Xuanyuan Swords. In Sichuan, she saw the Yi Jian Villa destroyed by fire and understood that Su Yi was dead.
The Celestial was left on the verge of death at Tianqiong Peak, losing the vast majority of her power and her immortality. To protect Shenzhou, and coupled with the debt of gratitude for Otto saving her life and her obsession with the Project Ember, The Celestial reached a deal with Otto and became a Valkyrie under his command, changing her name to Fu Hua.
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