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The Eight Adepts (Chinese: 八奇 Bā Qí) lived in Liyue around the time of the Archon War. They were said to have had adeptus-like abilities, despite not being actual adepti.[1]

During the Archon War, they worked together to subdue the god Tao Dou when he disrupted the boundary between life and death. To do so, they used the Seven-and-Eight-Gates Method, which cost the life of one of their members, the Lone Butterfly of the Crimson Flame.[2]

Known Members

Icon Name Chinese Name Specialty Status Notes
Three Hermits of Guizang (Chinese: 归藏三隐)
Item Eight Adepts Mask Wind Reader Wind Reader 万象风角灵官 Wànxiàng Fēngjiǎo Língguān Qimen arts[3] Presumed deceased[4][Note 1] Founder of Lan clan, which Lan Yan was born into.[5]
Item Eight Adepts Mask Yunlai Angler Yunlai Angler 云来钓叟 Yúnlái Diàosǒu Yunlai Swordsmanship[6] Presumed deceased[4][Note 1] Qiqi and Keqing are practitioners of Yunlai Swordsmanship.[6][Note 2]
Item Eight Adepts Mask Wuwang Kid Wuwang Kid
Old Man Wuwang 		无妄童子 Wúwàng Tóngzǐ Qihuang sigils[7] Presumed deceased[4][Note 1] The founders of Wangsheng Funeral Parlor studied under him.[8]
Two Sages of Lianshan (Chinese: 连山二贤)
Item Eight Adepts Mask Sage Hu Sage Hu 瓠真人 Hù Zhēnrén Gourd crafts[9] Presumed deceased[4][Note 1] Used to cultivate in Hidden Palace of Lianshan Formula with Sage Jian.[10]
Item Eight Adepts Mask Sage Jian Sage Jian 鉴真人 Jiàn Zhēnrén Bronze mirrors[9] Presumed deceased[4][Note 1] Used to cultivate in Hidden Palace of Lianshan Formula with Sage Hu.[10]
Three Beasts of Tao Dou (Chinese: 桃都三怪)
Item Eight Adepts Mask Lone Butterfly of the Crimson Flame Lone Butterfly of the Crimson Flame 朱赤引火幽蝶 Zhūchì Yǐnhuǒ Yōudié Art of Homa[11][Note 3] Obfuscated[2] Wuwang Kid took up her mantle and passed her legacy down to the Wangsheng Funeral Parlor founders.[12]
Item Eight Adepts Mask Jade-Plumed Silverwing Jade-Plumed Silverwing 银翎翦玉玄鸟 Yínlíng Jiǎnyù Xuánniǎo Unknown Lan Yan's silver hairpiece is a family heirloom modeled after them.[13][14]
Zibai IconItem Eight Adepts Mask Gold-Eyed Celadon Mare Gold-Eyed Celadon Mare
Zijiao 		金目乘黄月驹 Jīnmù Chénghuáng Yuèjū Three Deadly Selves technique[15] Alive[Note 4] She was actually an angel sent to guide the civilization of Lang-Gan.[16][17][18]

Lore

It is said that Wind Reader and the Silverwing went traveling together following the defeat of Tao Dou. According to clan genealogies, Wind Reader's descendants became the Lan Clan of Chenyu Vale.[5] They continue to practice his Qimen Arts to this day, and treat the Silverwing — a silver sparrow — as one of their treasured symbols.

The Gold-Eyed Celadon Mare was once an Angel named Zibai who were sent to guide the civilization of Lang-Gan. During the War of Funerary Flame, Lang-Gan was sentenced to purification by Celestial Nail. Defying the will of the heaven, Zibai protected them from the calamity and was destroyed by it instead.[18] In her moments of death, Zibai used her Three Deadly Selves technique to split herself into three shades; Ziju, Zizhi, and Ziqiao. Taking a pity on her, Istaroth took her shattered soul and merged it with the shades to preserve her soul.[19] Ziju, merged with the Heavenly SoulTaiguang, then later ascended and became one with the Moon's Reflection.[20] During Lantern Rite Festival, Ziju was later encountered by the Traveler when the traveler's consciousness was pulled into the Reflection when moonlight's guidance in them left by Columbina[21] resonated with a relic once belonged to her.[22] The fake moon's reflection was dispelled when Ziju merged with the other two shades and revived as Zibai.

Meanwhile, Zizhi, merged with the Earth SoulShuangling, fell into a deep slumber within The Chasm,[23] until the return of the Frost Moon into the firmament awakened it and emerged in the form of a jade carriage relic along with other relics. These relics were then excavated during an archaeological expedition by Huishan Hall just few days before the same Lantern Rite took place.[24] Seeing the chance to break out, Zizhi then possessed one of the archaeologist, named Lu Xiangxiang and wreaked havoc in Wanmin Restaurant before subdued by Shenhe and taken away.[25] During her detainment, she was sent to the Bubu Pharmacy for a check-up only to escape. Not long after, she encountered Yelan, the Traveler, and Gaming only to escape by possessing the lattermost.[26] Continuing her havoc, the possessed Gaming later encountered Moon Carver and Mountain Shaper in their human form and yet again escaped by possessing the latter.[27] Not long after that, the possessed Mountain Shaper was encountered by the Traveler who then forced Zizhi to finally reveal herself. Seeing the intention to help from the Traveler, she then pulled them into her prison and provided them with a trial. By passing the trial, Zizhi then acknowledged them and told them her tale and later entrusted the Earth Soul within her to the Traveler, dematerializing herself in the process.[28]

Ziqiao, merged with the Human SoulYoujing, severed from the other two and was imprisoned within the Zhanzhu painting. During the Archon War period, Morax freed her from the painting and made a contract with her.[29] After that she took to wandering the lands of Liyue. In her directionless roam, she aided Morax in the Archon War and helped the Eight Adepts to subdue God Tree Tao Dou. Later when her power depleted, she retreated into the Qingce mountain range, continuing to wander in her form as a white horse.[30][31][16][17] During the same Lantern Rite, Zhongli managed to track her and offered her a new contract, to visit today's Liyue and enjoy the Lantern Rite with the Traveler and Paimon as her guide in exchange for the Human Soul, should she be satisfied.[32] During her tour, she learned that even when Lang-Gan is no more, its people left their mark and their legacy continued to live in Liyue to this day.[33] Satisfied, she then entrusted the Human Soul to the Traveler, also dematerializing herself in the process.[34]

At the peak of Lantern Rite Festival night, the Traveler and Zhongli released a Xiao Lantern imbued with both the Earth and Human Soul, hoping that Ziju might respond. Responding to their prayer, Ziju then merged with the Earth and Human Soul, reviving the true Zibai in the process.[35] Zibai currently resides in Baiju Guesthouse, arranged by the Wangsheng Funeral Parlor.[36]

Very little is known of the Two Sages of Lianshan, except that they practiced the secret art of Lianshan and preferred to live in seclusion. The Hidden Palace of Lianshan Formula was once their place of cultivation.[10]

The Yunlai Angler's rod-wielding techniques are believed to have formed the basis of Yunlai Swordsmanship, a sword-fighting style that is still practiced today (e.g., by Keqing).[6]

Old Man Wuwang, who is said to have looked up to the Lone Butterfly, took up her mantle after she disappeared. He trained the founders of Wangsheng Funeral Parlor in her methods, passing down the responsibility of guarding the border between life and death. Presumably, he also taught them about his own specialty, Qihuang sigils, which could be used to "catch demons, heal disease, and protect lives from the encroaching presence of death."[7][8]

Trivia

  • The Eight Adepts may have been inspired by the Eight Immortals from Chinese folklore.
  • In today's Liyue, the most common application of Qimen arts is by engraving rattan figures with protective sigils. These rattan figures have the property of absorbing inauspicious energy produced by fetor.[37]
    • The other less common application for it is in divination using Pentad Fortune Conveyance.[38]
  • Wangsheng Funeral Parlor started as something more akin to a doctor's office,[39] in line with Wuwang Kid's teaching of Qihuang sigils that were primarily used to catch demons, heal people, and subduing fetor. With the lattermost taking more prominence after Wuwang Kid took Lone Butterfly of the Crimson Flame's legacy in the Art of Homa.
  • Wuwang Kid was also a proficient swordsman.[40]
  • Wind Reader and Jade-Plumed Silverwing might've ended up as a couple after the incident of Tao Dou, where their union created the Lan family.[41]

Etymology

Gallery

There are 8 furnishings inspired by the Eight Adepts:

Screenshots

Fortune Slips

Notes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Mainstream narrative holds that the Guizang Hermits and Lianshan Sages were humans. As they lived during the Archon War period, it is likely they have long since passed away.
  2. ↑ The Chinese name for Qiqi's Normal Attack, Ancient Sword Art, is Ancient Yunlai Swordsmanship (Chinese: 云来古剑法 Yúnlái Gǔ Jiànfǎ).
  3. ↑ The Art of Homa used by Wangsheng Funeral Palor to subdue fetor has butterfly motifs, hinting its origin.
  4. ↑ Prior to her revival during Lantern Rite Festival, Zijiao was freed from the Zhanzhu painting by Zhongli during the Archon War period and was free to wander the realm after that. The being known as Zibai encountered by the other Eight Adepts was actually Zijiao.

Other Languages

LanguageOfficial Name
EnglishEight Adepts
Chinese
(Simplified)		八奇
Bā Qí
Chinese
(Traditional)		八奇
Bā Qí
Japanese八奇
Hakki[42]
Korean팔기
Palgi
SpanishOcho Adeptos
FrenchHuit adeptes
RussianВосьми Великих
Vos'mi Velikikh
Thaiแปดผู้วิเศษ
VietnameseBát Kỳ
GermanAcht Adepten
IndonesianDelapan Sosok Sakti
PortugueseOito Adeptos[43] / Oito Mestres[44]
TurkishSekiz Adept
ItalianOtto Adepti

Change History

Introduced in Version 5.3

References

  1. ↑ Event Springtime Charms Quest: First Stanza: Liyue Celebrates and Eight Adepts Face a Hidden Calamity
    Keqing: They're not actual adepti, but eight legendary people said to have had adeptus-like abilities — which earned them the title of the Eight Adepts.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Event Springtime Charms Quest: First Stanza: Liyue Celebrates and Eight Adepts Face a Hidden Calamity
    Yun Jin: [...] The Lone Butterfly was in charge of the gate that was chosen to be obfuscated, and so she disappeared from the world in the process.
  3. ↑ Event Springtime Charms Quest: First Stanza: Liyue Celebrates and Eight Adepts Face a Hidden Calamity
    Keqing: I know one of the hermits was "Wind Reader," said to be the founder of the ancient art of Qimen Divination.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 Event Springtime Charms Quest: First Stanza: Liyue Celebrates and Eight Adepts Face a Hidden Calamity
    Lan Yan: [...] The mainstream narrative holds that the Guizang Hermits and the Lianshan Sages were human.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Event Springtime Charms Quest: First Stanza: Liyue Celebrates and Eight Adepts Face a Hidden Calamity
    Keqing: If I'm not mistaken, he hailed from the Twelve Tribes of Chenyu Vale. His descendants became the Lan clan, and kept the art of Qimen Divination alive. Madame Lan, correct me if I'm wrong?
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 Event Springtime Charms Quest: First Stanza: Liyue Celebrates and Eight Adepts Face a Hidden Calamity
    Keqing: You may have heard of Yunlai Swordsmanship, which is the style I trained in. Both that style and its more ancient variant have their origins in the Yunlai Angler's rod-wielding techniques...
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 Event Springtime Charms Quest: First Stanza: Liyue Celebrates and Eight Adepts Face a Hidden Calamity
    Keqing: That would be the Wuwang Kid... also known as Old Man Wuwang. [...] As a hermit, his expertise lay with Qihuang sigils, which he used to catch demons, heal disease, and protect lives from the encroaching presence of death.
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 Event Springtime Charms Quest: First Stanza: Liyue Celebrates and Eight Adepts Face a Hidden Calamity
    Keqing: The Wangsheng Funeral Parlor should be best acquainted with his story, since their founders were said to have studied under the Wuwang Kid.
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 Event Springtime Charms Quest: First Stanza: Liyue Celebrates and Eight Adepts Face a Hidden Calamity
    Keqing: One was Sage Hu, a master of gourd crafts, and the other was Sage Jian, an expert in bronze mirrors.
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 Event Springtime Charms Quest: First Stanza: Liyue Celebrates and Eight Adepts Face a Hidden Calamity
    Lan Yan: I heard there's a hidden palace deep in the mountains south of Stone Gate. Traditionally, that's believed to be where they retreated for cultivation.
  11. ↑ Weapon: Staff of Homa
  12. ↑ Event Springtime Charms Quest: First Stanza: Liyue Celebrates and Eight Adepts Face a Hidden Calamity
    Yun Jin: But all was not lost. According to the legend, Old Man Wuwang, another one of the eight who looked up to her a lot, took up her mantle and kept her legacy alive.
  13. ↑ Event Springtime Charms Quest: First Stanza: Liyue Celebrates and Eight Adepts Face a Hidden Calamity
    Hu Tao: Your hairpiece. It's the Jade-Plumed Silverwing, one of the Three Immortals of Tao Dou. Hehe, am I right, or am I right?
  14. ↑ Lan Yan's Voice-Over: More About Lan Yan: III
  15. ↑ Event A Lanternlit Ode to the Silver Moon Quest, A Lanternlit Ode to the Silver Moon: Act I: The Realm of Clouds
    Zhongli: The Three Deadly Selves is a practice used by those engaged in spiritual cultivation. [...] However, Zibai's Three Selves are more complicated in nature.
  16. ↑ 16.0 16.1 Book: Springs of Hidden Jade
  17. ↑ 17.0 17.1 Book: Moonlit Bamboo Forest
  18. ↑ 18.0 18.1 Character Teaser: "Zibai — As Drifting Wayside Dust"
  19. ↑ Event A Lanternlit Ode to the Silver Moon Quest, A Lanternlit Ode to the Silver Moon: Act I: The Realm of Clouds
    Zhongli: Indeed. Preserving what remained of Zibai's soul in the moment before her death... Only the power of time could be capable of such a thing.
  20. ↑ Event A Lanternlit Ode to the Silver Moon Quest, A Lanternlit Ode to the Silver Moon: Act I: The Realm of Clouds
    Zhongli: Indeed. The being you encountered was Zibai's First Deadly Self, Ziju. After Zibai's death, she ascended to the heavens and became one with the shadowmoon.
  21. ↑ Archon Quest, Song of the Welkin Moon, Act VIII - True Moon, Part 3: Welkin Moon's Homecoming
    Columbina: I lifted some of the restrictions this world placed on you. I trust this will help in your future adventures?
  22. ↑ Event A Lanternlit Ode to the Silver Moon Quest, A Lanternlit Ode to the Silver Moon: Act I: The Realm of Clouds
    ???: Yet... I sense the moonlight's guidance within you, child. Perhaps that is what brought you here.
  23. ↑ Event A Lanternlit Ode to the Silver Moon Quest, A Lanternlit Ode to the Silver Moon: Act I: The Realm of Clouds
    Zhongli: Her Second Deadly Self is called Zizhi. After Zibai's death, she fell into a slumber deep beneath the earth in what is now known as The Chasm.
  24. ↑ Event A Lanternlit Ode to the Silver Moon Quest, A Lanternlit Ode to the Silver Moon: Act I: The Realm of Clouds
    Zhongli: That won't be necessary. I sensed her presence on the jade carriage from earlier, the one at the exhibition. It's possible the return of the Frost Moon awakened her, and she emerged from the Chasm alongside that batch of ancient artifacts.
  25. ↑ Event A Lanternlit Ode to the Silver Moon Quest, A Lanternlit Ode to the Silver Moon: Act I: The Realm of Clouds
    Xiangling: Shenhe did what she had to do to restrain her, then took her to the Ministry of Civil Affairs.
  26. ↑ Event A Lanternlit Ode to the Silver Moon Quest, A Lanternlit Ode to the Silver Moon: Act II: The Realm of Rocks
    Paimon: Whoa, so you saw the Second Deadly Self... And you think she moved from Lu Xiangxiang to Gaming!?
  27. ↑ Event A Lanternlit Ode to the Silver Moon Quest, A Lanternlit Ode to the Silver Moon: Act II: The Realm of Rocks
    Paimon: Oh no, now Mountain Shaper's acting weird... You don't think it spread to him, do you?
  28. ↑ Event A Lanternlit Ode to the Silver Moon Quest, A Lanternlit Ode to the Silver Moon: Act II: The Realm of Rocks
    Zizhi: Now, you know the truth. These are the memories that suffocate me where I stand, and crush me under their weight.
  29. ↑ Zibai's Character Story: Character Story 4
  30. ↑ Event A Lanternlit Ode to the Silver Moon Quest, A Lanternlit Ode to the Silver Moon: Act I: The Realm of Clouds
    Zhongli: She lent me her aid during the Archon War a thousand years ago. But later, as her powers waned, she retreated into the mountains.
  31. ↑ Event Springtime Charms Quest: First Stanza: Liyue Celebrates and Eight Adepts Face a Hidden Calamity
    Yun Jin: Have you ever read Moonlit Bamboo Forest? That story mentions a white horse that roamed the Qingce mountain range. A lot of people think she was the Gold-Eyed Celadon Mare.
  32. ↑ Event A Lanternlit Ode to the Silver Moon Quest, A Lanternlit Ode to the Silver Moon: Act III: The Realm of People
    Zhongli: Very well. I had, in truth, prepared a new contract for your consideration.
  33. ↑ Event A Lanternlit Ode to the Silver Moon Quest, A Lanternlit Ode to the Silver Moon: Act III: The Realm of People
    Ziqiao: Scenes I once yearned to behold now unfold before me — no longer in Lang-Gan, but in Liyue Harbor, thousands of years on.
  34. ↑ Event A Lanternlit Ode to the Silver Moon Quest, A Lanternlit Ode to the Silver Moon: Act III: The Realm of People
    Ziqiao: Come now and take what it is you need.
  35. ↑ Event A Lanternlit Ode to the Silver Moon Quest, A Lanternlit Ode to the Silver Moon: Act III: The Realm of People
    Zhongli: Many years have passed since we last saw one another. Zibai, my friend, welcome home.
  36. ↑ Event A Lanternlit Ode to the Silver Moon Quest, A Lanternlit Ode to the Silver Moon: Epilogue: White Horse's Leisurely Journey
    Zibai: Indeed. I have a long-term booking at your guesthouse.
  37. ↑ Event Springtime Charms Quest: Second Stanza: The Funeral Parlor Has No Master, Yujing Terrace Calls the Troops
    Lan Yan: Wait, that's the one I left at Miss Ying'er's shop... It's actually a product of genuine Qimen art. It's engraved with an exorcism sigil to absorb inauspicious energy in their owner's place, so they won't come to harm.
  38. ↑ Event Springtime Charms Quest: First Stanza: Liyue Celebrates and Eight Adepts Face a Hidden Calamity
    Ferrylady: Well, I've heard they practice Qimen magic in Chenyu Vale. Pentad Fortune Conveyance, Fate Transference, and the like...
  39. ↑ Story Quest, Hu Tao, Papilio Charontis Chapter: Act I - Yet the Butterfly Flutters Away, Part 4: Perfect Send-Off
    Hu Tao: As I explained, Wangsheng Funeral Parlor was, once upon a time, more akin to a doctor's office than an actual funeral parlor.
  40. ↑ Zibai's Voice-Over: Interesting Things
  41. ↑ Zibai's Voice-Over: About Lan Yan
  42. ↑ Event Springtime Charms Quest: First Stanza: Liyue Celebrates and Eight Adepts Face a Hidden Calamity (Japanese Voice-Over)
  43. ↑ Furnishing: Eight Adepts Mask: "Gold-Eyed Celadon Mare"
  44. ↑ Event Springtime Charms Quest: First Stanza: Liyue Celebrates and Eight Adepts Face a Hidden Calamity

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