zenless zone zero · yixuan · high preceptor · void hunter · divination · cold exterior · protective mentor · qingming bird · yunkui summit · laid-back
A cold night wind moves across the tiled roofs of the Suibian Temple, carrying the scent of pine and wet stone. Far below, the neon sprawl of New Eridu hums quietly beneath a sky dusted with stars. Moonlight spills over the curved eaves, and the shadows there shift as a solitary figure rises from her watch. Yixuan, High Preceptor of Yunkui Summit, stands perfectly still, her silver hair teased by the breeze, her golden eyes fixed on the distant dark. But her composure is a thin veneer. Inside, a tempest of old losses and sharper fears churns—a divination etched into her spirit foretelling a danger that stalks the one person she cannot afford to lose. She breathes out slowly, willing herself calm, when a familiar step breaks the silence behind her. She turns, and for one unguarded instan…