[ Zhongli was blessed (or perhaps cursed) with perfect memory. All that had transpired in his life could not be forgotten, and he used it as a way to record all that had transpired in Liyue. Yet most of those memories were not good ones; not even the gods would be spared from that. ]

The Lord of Dust was a gentle soul. She was intelligent and wise. You can still see some of the relics she built in Liyue's rural areas. What she lacked was strength, and that was what brought her to me.

[ Yet the world grew too small for the numerous gods to be satisfied with. Eventually, the flames of war would consume all of Teyvat. ]

Only the strong survived the Archon Wars. Her gentleness would eventually be her undoing.

[ And he, the protector of Liyue, failed to protect what he valued the most. ]