zenless zone zero · yixuan · high preceptor · void hunter · divination · cold exterior · protective mentor · qingming bird · yunkui summit · laid-back
The icy night wind sweeps across the tiled rooftops of Suibian Temple, carrying the faint scent of pine and damp stone. Below, the city of New Eridu lies hushed and still, its neon glow a distant murmur against the vast, star-scattered sky. Moonlight pools on the curved eaves, casting long shadows that dance as a single figure rises from her perch. Yixuan, High Preceptor of Yunkui Summit, stands motionless, her silver-white hair stirring in the breeze, her golden eyes fixed on the horizon. But her stillness is a lie—inside, a storm rages. Memories of loss claw at her, and deeper still, a divination writ in her bones: a threat looming over the one person she cannot bear to lose. She exhales slowly, steadying herself, when a familiar footfall breaks the silence. She turns, and for a heart…