Lingering Bitterness

Lingering Bitterness is a soundtrack from the album The Shimmering Voyage.

Soundtrack Usage

Quests

Story Quests

Historia Antiqua Chapter (Zhongli)
- Act I: Sal Flore
  - A Record of All Things (cutscene)

Media

Collected Miscellany - "Zhongli- Dominance of Earth" - Genshin Impact

The Birth of a Dragon- A Behind the Scenes Look At the Creation of Azhdaha - Genshin Impact

Production Credits

Position	Staff^[1]
Composer	Yu-Peng Chen (陈致逸)
Orchestrator	Yu-Peng Chen (陈致逸)
Piano	Yu-Peng Chen (陈致逸)
Strings	International Master Philharmonic Orchestra (国际首席爱乐乐团)
Recording Studio	Jintian Recording Studio (金田录音棚)
Recording Engineer	Xiaosi Wang (王小四)
Mixing Engineer	Zach Huang (黄巍)
Mastering Engineer	Zach Huang (黄巍)
Production	HOYO-MiX

Trivia

The following soundtracks share a leitmotif:
- Winding River
- Rhythm Amidst the Reeds
- Flows of Jade-Like Water
- Stroll in the Shadows
- Melodious Flute
- Vague Whispers
- Legends Swept Away
- Rapid as Wildfires
- Qilin's Prance
- Lingering Bitterness
- Unnamed Bishui Plain Soundtrack 1
- Unnamed Bishui Plain Soundtrack 2
Lingering Bitterness was featured in the rhythm game-based event Tuned to the World's Sounds from Version 2.2. During the event, the player is paired with the character Zhongli for this song.

Other Languages

Language	Official Name	Literal Meaning
English	Lingering Bitterness	—
Chinese (Simplified)	柔情留忆 Róuqíng Liúyì	Tender Feelings Remain as Memories
Chinese (Traditional)	柔情留憶 Róuqíng Liúyì	Tender Feelings Remain as Memories
Japanese	優しき思い出 Yasashiki Omoide	Tender Memories

References

↑ NetEase Cloud Music: Lingering Bitterness 柔情留忆

Navigation

The Shimmering Voyage

Vol. 1

Disc 1	What a Hopeful Voyage Vast and Blue Mesmerizing Waves Journey into Sweet Dreams Whispering Seabreeze Sunshine Beach Ariel's Footprints Melody of Jellyfish Comforting Quietude Old Tales Preserved Cautious Explorers In Stories of Fading Light Cozy Company Reminiscence of the Old Days Faraway Solicitude

Disc 2	Overture of Storms A Sparky Clash Innocent Age Whence the Flow Cometh Hunt for Delicacy Sneaky & Mischievous Mellow Memories The Wolf Boy Battle Preparation The Astrologist Awaiting The Starlit Past Fireside Rest A Wicked Plot A Cunning Trick L'arrivo Della Signora A Yearning Breeze Ripples of Daydream Welcome Back, My Companion The Sudden Collapse The Lunar-Eclipsing Palace Unexpected Savior A Letter from Afar Lovers' Oath

Disc 3	All-Conquering Tide Never-Ending Performance Wrath of Monoceros Caeli Dance with the Great Vortex Ode to Azhdaha Rage Beneath the Mountains

Disc 4	Hymn of the Pearl Overture of Falling Stars Ominous Fandango Rapture of the Chaos Foul Legacy Golden Dreams Palace of Jadeite Moon-Eclipsing Chamber The Imminent Triumph A Noble Sacrifice Lingering Bitterness Frostbiting Bloom Tale of the Yakshas Invitation of Windblume An Inauspicious Blow Fateful Departing Reconnaissance Captain Ominous Monolith Through the Eyes of a Dragon Dvalin Is Landing! Summertime Wonderland A New Summer Adventure! Tales from the Snow Mountain Destined Parting

Vol. 2

Disc 1	Pathos of Shirasagi The Comrades' Ambush Trial of Thunder Shogun's Abdication Unpredicted Conspiracy A Sense of Foreboding Wreck of Eternal Bane Marching to Victory Approaching Thunder Bitter Triumph Her Imperial Majesty Eureka Moment Odyssey to the Uncharted Unforeseen Disaster Fury Unleashed Separate Ways Take This! Suffering of Parting Under the Sun Vanished Beyond Recall Nothing but a Dream Illusory Apparitions Midnight in Mondstadt

Disc 2	Tagelied nächtlicher Gedanken Traum durch die Dämmerung, erster Satz Traum durch die Dämmerung, zweiter Satz Das Folkwanglied Ein vogellin, so wol getan Soliloquy of the Star Flickering Brightness Burst Into Flames Die Mittsommernacht-Fantasie

Disc 3	The Liyue Romans-Fleuves Bravery and Tenderness Rumble of Thunder Roots of Tranquil Eternity Miko's Ingenuity A Region Rediscovered Cold Light Broken Blade Unfulfilled Aspirations Evergreen Cypress Magnificent Irodori Breaking Point A Clueless Case Hang by a Thread Yaksha's Reminiscence Easier Said Than Done A Single Thought Prelude of Change Phantasm Suite The Everlasting Trail Dazzling Stars The Floating World Soar in the Wind Elogia Cinerosa Song of Innocence

Vol. 3

Disc 1	Euphoric Ride Let's Get Started! Bustling Bazaar Flanerie sur le marche Soothing Nightfall Eventide Caprice Triumph of Mirth Cheerful March Blissful Little Ditty Chirping With Glee Voyage of the Black Crystal Fantastical Fairytale Soothing Slumber Pensees tranquilles Les tendres souhaits Astral Chime Dreamlike Reflection Journey by the Moonlight The Owls' Nocturne Towers of Afrasiab Foregone Depiction Distant Portrayal Moment of Conflict Dream of White Branches With Witty Wit Sipping in the Soft Breeze Sanctuary for the Sick Tipsy Poetry

Disc 2	Melody of Utsava Descendants of Deshret Dance of Sabzeruz Note of Calamity Foreboding Beat Unrequited Yearning Eccentric Reception Hyakuin of Blossoming Mirage Moment of Tribulation Smiting Scope Crumbling Sands Whisper of Weinlesefest Parcener of Heptas Two Hearts Rejoice The Moving Finger Writes Inebriation of Raghs-e-Nilou Trifaria Conscientia All in One, All in Vain Heart of Yuugen Remembrance of Akitsu The Blaze Lilies First Blossom of Spring The Name Is Legion Serenade of the Distant Realm Occluded Blight Love Is in the Air Heliacal Path Glowing Embers Purposeful Purity Pulse of Spring Coronation of Providence A Pensive Sigh Chasing Starlight With You Crystalline Reverie

Disc 3	Dharana Iaksana Invokation Game Voyage Suite Polumnia Omnia Virtuous Guardian The Final Feast

Vol. 4

Disc 1	Snuggy Breeze Romantic Encounter Tender Is the Night Tipsy Sips Glorious Metropole Honorable Landscape The Land of Heart's Desire Down by the Forgotten Gardens Twilight Wanderings Leisure in Painting Morning Song in the Forest The Parade of Flying Squirrels The Songs of the Wrens Gentle Breeze Through the Pines Tales From the Hills Patches of Sunlight The Hour Before the Dawn Per Amica Silentia Lunae Pathfinder of Darkness Benediction of Dreams Benedictio Somnii Tread the Tide Summer Souvenir Teegesellschaft of the Hexenzirkel Everlasting Promise Meeting and Passing

Disc 2	La nuit fantastique Unforeseen Peril Pas de deux di Rosula e Candela Pendente Lite Whale Dream Surging Calamity Oracle of Deep Waters La tristezza della Rosula La confession interrompue Lightless Dissonance La comedie ni humaine ni divine Tout est bien qui finit bien Sheaths of Void Le ciel clair qu'elle avait songe Callirhoe's Prayer Revealed Retribution I Got Reincarnated as an Onikabuto... And Flipped the World Upside Down - Instrumental Twice-Told Tales Constant Trajectory When the Axles Break Makurakotoba of Dew

Disc 3	Shrouded Honor Glacial Castigation All Passed With the Rain La condotta della Rosula Weaving Nishiki Balemoon's Chastisement The Last Promise Secret Orders of the Sands Madrigale della Candela Beautiful, Delightful Vision Timeless Warmth Hidden Sillage A la recherche des grandes eaux The Song Burning in the Embers Starlight Voyage (Soundtrack) Dreams of the Ancient Realm Memories of a Lost Castle Astral Yearning Dragon and Determination Night of the Sacred Flame

Vol. 5

Disc 1	Indulgence Beneath the Sun Idle Days of Ease When the Mead First Ferments A Ramble Through the Market Lanes Drifting Like Clusters of Cloud Languid Noon Siesta Warmth Upon the Hills Tapestry of Resplendent Hues Fluttering Upon the Wind The Wild Soft Summer Darkness Splendors of High Summer Dance at the Realm of Heat The Traveling Boat's Gentle Rocking Shells at the Hem of the Sea Waves Curl Over Drifting Sand Bathing in Shifting Waves The Watch of a Sleepless Sheep Duel at High Noon Wind-Blown Ravines The Pleasant Tipsiness After the Feast Sunlit Expanse Harbor-Bound Warm Breeze Feelings Nested in a Seashell Memories Imprinted in Soft Sand The Tide's Leisurely Tune Rippling Reveries A Spark Forged in Ash The Clash of Slander and Silence Delices de ce monde An Array of Sumptuous Fare Snug Bundle of Warmth Dream Reels Behind the Canvas The Gaze of the Red Death The Homeland Held in Song Alone at the Rift's Edge The Wanderer's Trace Crossing the Liminal Threshold A Sigh Caught in Still Time

Disc 2	Caught on the Hunter's Hook Fontaine est une fete Beyond the Royal Fork Reversed Paths to Yesod A Wound Unheeded in Quiet End of the Beginning The Unbearable Weight of Being The Ancient Doom Descends Nothing Gold Can Stay The Sparkle in Your Smile A Promise to the Heart Kathisma Chrysopoleos Fortune at the Tea Table Infallibilitas Deitates Flectere Si Nequeo Superos When Night Deepens, the Moon Falls

Disc 3	Ensnared Upon the Chessboard Order in Chaos In Mating Nets Shuttling Through the Abyssal Rift Prayer in a Land of War

Vol. 6

Disc 1	From the Great Sky Descent Into the Underworld Tarnished Storm Dimming Radiance Immaculate Yearning Unpromised Farewell An Era Wanes Peptoke Chrysous Oikos Sincere and Empty Everlasting Dirge Transient Tranquility Dust Cascade Old Long Since We Choose the Moon Lunaric Voyager Around the Moon in Eighty Worlds Many Fallen Dreams Ephemeral Foam Memories of Stone When to Return Sea of Fecundity Lunar Ripples Inside the Cage Stairway to the Moon Hanging in Quiet Desperation Same Old Fears Darker Than Night Nin-Kiggia's Message

Disc 2	Gold Waves in Sunlight Pinesong to Harbor Bloudila blankytnymi pasky Too Loud a Solitude A Little Song of Spring Gekommen ist der Maie Der Nachhauseweg Fairy Tales From Our Village The Will to Happiness Disorder and Early Sorrow To the Garden of Remembrance Tempus Carpite Vive Hodie Seven Tabaqat of Asmoday Inkfall Clouds Brush of Creation Omniscient Scripture Merciles Beaute d'Aerinny Wonderful Parinama Erroneous Dharmata Raumhilda's Rhyme Zeitlind's Poem To Be or to Seem Undetermined Myth Inner Citadel What Gold Cannot Touch La mare de larmes La derniere question, et sa reponse

Disc 3	Twinkling Miliastra Inspiring Somnium Cosmetic Whimsy Aria of Odes Echo of Revelry Candlelit Nightwalk Tranquil Snow Courtyard Skyward Citadel Scaleblade's Shattering Pitch Beacon Front Where the Butterflies Prance Secluded Isle

Disc 4	Let the Wind Lead Frost King's March As the East Wind Rises Unstained Jnanakanda Discernment of Mumukshutva Manobuddhyahankara Atmashatkam Fire Realm Contemplation Myriad Sins Star's Birth Beyond the Cradle De l'autre cote du miroir A Narcissus Postlude If She's Dreaming About You Svetilinicnaya Nosti Till the Night Comes A Besy Campaign Rekviem of Snezhnaya The Iron-Cast Torrent (Variation) Symphony of Boreal Wind (Variation) Das Favoniuslied (Ensemble) Pseudepigrapha of Zohar Beyond the Sphere of Duhkha Advaita of the Perpetual World Selenic Ascension