Jingtian

Jingtian (Chinese: 竟天) was a historical figure and the previous Master Diviner of the Xianzhou Yuque's Divination Commission.

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As the Master Diviner of the Yuque, Jingtian was the only person who had the permission to manipulate the Cloudpeer Telescope, the ultimate astronomical observation device in the Xianzhou Alliance.^[1] He was the master of Fu Xuan and Yao Guang.^[2] Of his two students, Fu Xuan eventually left the Yuque because she could not accept his prediction that his life would end in her hands,^[3] while Yao Guang went on to become the Seer Strategist and Arbiter-General of the Yuque.

Appearance

Jingtian wore a somewhat aged pilot's outfit. After losing his left arm in Thalassa, he created a wooden ingenium to act as a prosthetic.^[4][5]

History

War in Thalassa

The young Fu Xuan saw the operations and rites conducted by Yuque diviners, divining the brilliant future for her where she would claim the throne of the Yuque's master diviner. The divination results was submitted to Jingtian, and he agreed to personally supervising her tutelage.^[6]

On the day when Fu Xuan became a Yuque diviner^[6] and sought Jingtian for the first time, she found herself unable to believe that the man before her was the master diviner her elders had regarded so reverently. They discussed the ongoing warfare in which the Yuque's Echojade Fleet were currently laying out a defense at Thalassa in coordination with the Yaoqing's encirclement and eradication of abominations. He predicted that the Alliance was fated to lose this battle as his divination was gleaned from the newly arranged "Deca-Light Reflection Barrier" matrix. She questioned his interpretation of this divination, and he recognized her as an apprentice that doesn't just accept things.^[4]

To prove his view that everything is predetermined, Jingtian told Fu Xuan his story on the front lines. He had ventured deep into Thalassa the past few weeks, fought the abominations, and gained the trust of the local water dwellers by protecting them from the borisin, though at the cost of his arm.^[5] In return, the water dwellers told him a shocking piece of news: a great tide known to the Thalassans as the "Devil's Tide," caused by the gravitational influence of their moon, would arrive within a month. None would be able to keep fighting the abominations in such abyssal conditions without the help from the Fanghu Vidyadhara's cloudhymn magi. This piece of intel did not exist on any guide, nor was it recorded in the Alliance's data bank.^[4]

Debate with Fu Xuan

Fu Xuan spent the happiest time in her life studying in the Yuque's Divination Commission. She learned about predestination versus free-will, about matrix calculations versus human choices. She recalled she was always arguing with Jingtian on every issue regarding divination and fortune-telling. Those were not aggressive confrontations with sharp words, but heated discussions between peers. And yet, though the two agreed on many topics, there was one issue they could not come to a consensus: Nous had granted divine volumes outlining the matrix calculations to the Xianzhou centuries ago. The Xianzhou Yuque's Divination Commission had pored over them to interpret and manifest the wisdom within, ultimately constructing the best divination matrix in the entire Alliance. Thought this is a point of pride for Yuque's diviners, Fu Xuan felt it was nothing short of culling the future possibilities of the Xianzhou people within the narrow path set out by the matrix.^[3]

During a debate, Jingtian admitted that he chose to take Fu Xuan in as his student after knowing about his predetermined future. After he consulted the Deca-Light Reflection Barrier and interpreted the hexagram, he firmly believed that his life will end in her hands. However, he was waiting for her to take over his position and become the Xianzhou Yuque's master diviner, because it had all been predetermined.^[3]

Fu Xuan admired everything about Jingtian as a diviner. However, she could not accept how he willingly sank into the blinding abyss of fatalism and regarded it as an acceptable way of life, despite being a diviner who could peek into destiny. Therefore, Fu Xuan ran away from the Xianzhou Yuque despite her family's dissuasion and the hurdles she had to cross. She ran away like a self-exiled escapee, plunging into the Luofu's Divination Commission with its more unrestricted culture and devoted herself to calculations. Not only did she want to part from the Xianzhou Yuque, she also wanted to prove with her own hands that her teacher's prediction was nothing but his own ludicrous delusions.^[3]

Third Abundance War

Centuries passed thus, and the flames of war descended again in Year 8072 Star Calendar.^[7] Diviner Fu Xuan calculated ceaselessly at her job. The grand armies of the Denizens of Abundance formed for the third time and launched a surprise attack on the Xianzhou Fanghu. The Yuque and the Luofu were close to the Fanghu, and it was their duty to give assistance. The divination revealed that all Xianzhou armies would meet a devastating defeat if they choose to face the assault head-on; however, should they keep up a defense, there would be a chance to change the tides of battle. The hexagram did not reveal how this chance will come about. She calculated and divined over and over again, yet the results given by the Matrix of Prescience never changed.^[1]

Fu Xuan outlined the pros and cons in writing and submitted the divination results to the Seat of Divine Foresight. However, as she expected, the outcome of the meeting between the Arbiter-Generals concluded that they must not take on a defensive position, not when such overwhelming numbers of the Abundance Axis were assaulting the Fanghu. The Cloud Knights of the Luofu and the Yuque must rise to face the enemy, buying time before the Yaoqing's army can arrive.^[1]

On that day, Fu Xuan bore witness through the Projection Sandpit to the Alliance's army being decimated. Not only did the borisin bring fleets and mechabeasts numerous enough to block out the sky, they even summoned the incarnosphere Ketu Mirage from ancient legends. This evil gravitated toward the Fanghu, hellbent on bringing annihilation to all lives onboard, recreating the tragedy of the fall of the Xianzhou Cangcheng. And the only thing people could do was watch as it neared.^[1]

A bold idea surfaced in Fu Xuan's mind. She spoke her thoughts face-to-face with General Jing Yuan. It was no longer possible to obtain victory with the forces available to the Cloud Knights. The only chance of victory lies in making the Reignbow manifest themselves. She planned to ship the Yuque's Cloudpeer Telescope to the Fanghu using a Navis Astriger, and send out an SOS signal to the last observed location of the Reignbow's Lux Arrow. As the person who voiced this plan, she was willing to be on the front lines and execute it. Jing Yuan approved her plan and would take all responsibility as the one who made the suggestion to the Alliance. However, Jing Yuan pointed out that she did not have the permission to manipulate that device. She then realized that Jingtian was the only person who had the permission to use the Cloudpeer Telescope.^[1]

In the end, Jingtian successfully executed the plan suggested by Fu Xuan, and presumably died on the front lines as the Lux Arrow fell. She eventually admitted that he was right all this time and there is only ever one path in destiny.^[1]

Character Mentions

Character Stories

Character	Stories
Fu Xuan	Character Story: Part I Character Story: Part II Character Story: Part III Character Story: Part IV
Yao Guang	Character Story: Part II Character Story: Part IV

Relics

• Diviner's Astral Robe
• Diviner's Cloud-Soaring Boots
• Diviner's Extrapolation Jade Abacus
• Diviner's Ingenium Prosthetic Hand

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Trivia

Etymology

• 竟天 Jìngtiān literally translates to "all over the sky."

Other Languages

Language	Official Name
English	Jingtian
Chinese (Simplified)	竟天
Chinese (Traditional)	竟天
Japanese	竟天
Korean	경천
Spanish	Jing Tian
French	Jingtian
Russian	Цзин Тянь
Thai	Jingtian
Vietnamese	Jing Tian
German	Jingtian
Indonesian	Jingtian
Portuguese	Jingtian

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