The Xianzhou Luofu/History

OverviewHistory

A timeline of historical events on the Xianzhou Luofu ship of the Xianzhou Alliance civilization.

The Xianzhou primarily uses the Star Calendar to keep time. It is similar to the Trailblaze Calendar in that it uses the 12 standardized months and 12 standardized months is equal to one year in the Star Calendar. However, if a readable states the month and day, they rarely note down the Star Calendar Year. The same applies vice versa.

As many of the Xianzhou's historical records and readables are recorded in Star Calendar format and there is currently no stated method to correspond the timeline to either the Amber Era or the Trailblaze Calendar, the timeline below will be noted using Star Calendar Years.

Lone Voyage Era

• Year 0 Star Calendar ― The Xianzhou Alliance leaves its homeworld with the nine initial ships (including the Luofu) to seek out the Aeon Yaoshi, referred to as the Sanctus Medicus at the time, for immortality.

• ~Year 500 Star Calendar ― The Xianzhou Alliance comes into contact with the void song whales.

• ~Year 1000 Star Calendar ― The Xianzhou Alliance witnesses the almighty barrier separating the world from the endless void: the Echidna Skywall, also known as the Celestial Comet Wall, being built by the Aeon Qlipoth. They also made contact with the IPC around this time.

• ~Year 1700 Star Calendar ― Lan, the Reignbow is born.

• ~Year 1400 Star Calendar ― The Xianzhou people wrest control of the ships from the Aurumatons.

• Year ? Star Calendar ― The Xianzhou first came to contact with the heliobi. The Heliobi penetrated the ships' vaults to appear before the Xianzhou aristocrats, declaring themselves a shapeless and rootless race, beseeching Xianzhou to give them a safe berth. The species were adept at creating mirages and illusions to tempt humans. Thus, the people of Xianzhou became addicted to these wondrous creatures of pure energy and indulged in frolicking with them.

• Year ? Star Calendar ― The Heliobi Wars. The Heliobi form a red micro-star in an attempt to capture the Xianzhou fleet. The suicide squad, led by the Reignbow, disassemble and weaponize the ship's auxiliary engines to fight the Heliobi. The Xianzhou's suicide squad send the weaponized auxiliary engine straight into the red star formed by the Heliobi, causing it to undergo early decay and implode into a black hole.

• Year ? Star Calendar ― Yaoshi planted the Ambrosial Arbor on the Xianzhou Luofu, becoming the flagship of the Alliance.

Theophany Era (~6000 years ago)

Note: It is assumed that the Theophany Era occurred after the manifestation of the Ambrosial Arbor ~6000 years ago.

• Year 2605 Star Calendar ― At the end of the year, the Xianzhou Luofu introduces its Yellowjacket Census and Almanac, advising of all death revitalizations on Xianzhou for this year.

• July, Year 2606 Star Calendar ― The Xianzhou fleet sails into the Connant-Farrell star system.

• June, Year 2610 Star Calendar ― The Xianzhou Luofu holds a celebration in search of endless lifespans, granting amnesties and reveling in wine for 30 days. Each Xianzhou dispatches delegations to celebrate together.

Era of Bloodshed (~Year 3000 — 4000 Star Calendar)

• February, Year 3198 Star Calendar ― The Xianzhou fleet was embroiled in chaos. The coarse master messaged each ship in denouncement: "The venerable have long feasted on their blessings of the Abundance, holding the balance of power and enjoying exclusive wealth with their long life, high status, hearty meals, and secret ways — and you view us coarse and young as worse than animals. You suffer from mara, and the whole world is riven by chaos and disaster. You righteous ones should not sit there, doing nothing, but instead rise up to effect radical reform, for the good of all peoples." They launch an assault on the Xianzhou Zhuming, holing up in a delve with an expeditionary force to fight against the nobles.

• December, Year 3287 Star Calendar ― The remaining aurumatons revolt, slaughtering the coarse and the venerable indiscriminately in volumes never seen again.

• February, Year 3288 Star Calendar ― Both sides join forces to defect the aurumatons, and dispatch envoys to negotiate peace with each other.

• April, Year 3288 Star Calendar ― A peace agreement is reached and military affairs are curtailed. Troops are reorganized to defeat the aurumatons.

• May, Year 3290 Star Calendar ― Zhige, the master primus of the aurumaton, leads a force of brave fighters aboard the Xianzhou Yaoqing. The combined forces team up and launch an offensive operation, smashing them to smithereens.

• July, Year 3292 Star Calendar ― All of the homeless aurumatons are herded into the arsenal and dealt with. This suppression marks the end of the aurumaton rebellion.

• September, Year 3294 Star Calendar ― A century of internecine strife had engulfed the Xianzhou fleet. Families were riven asunder, and lives were laid waste. A plan was thus hatched to curb the military and let the people rest. Since the endowment of the Abundance and the eradication of death, industries could hardly meet the important needs of raising the long-life species.

• August, Year 3300 Star Calendar ― The Xianzhou fleet together drafted the Treaty of Harmony, defining laws and punishments, promoting loyalty, and supporting the needy. Order was gradually restored, just as in the legend of the great unification during the Primeval Imperium days. A policy on reproduction and settlements was also drafted, allowing any of the eight ships to settle on fertile planets unpopulated by short-life species to build self-sustaining colonies.

• Year ? Star Calendar ― The Firmamend Sect, following the Firmamend Aribiter, established itself as a pillar of the Xianzhou Alliance's beliefs. The names of many places and buildings were influenced by this, such as the Yaoqing's Amber Avenue, the Luofu's Skywall Delve, the Cangcheng's Amber Palace and the Zhuming's Firmamend Temple.

• Year ? Star Calendar ― Quite a number of people went against the trend and became faithfuls of Yaoshi. They firmly believed that the behavior of the Denizens of Abundance deviated from Yaoshi's will, and the mara-struck only existed because Yaoshi's will was improperly executed. These people called themselves Disciples of Sanctus Medicus. For a long time in history, the Old Disciples of Sanctus Medicus were not a notorious group. They accepted skepticism with an open mind and built apothecaries to help the poor and needy.

• Year ? Star Calendar ― Many intellectuals abandoned their old paths for good and chose to follow the Wisdomwalker on the Path of Erudition. They were called the Wisdom Sect. Most Wisdom Sect members preferred to focus on academic research in their ivory towers than spending time on secular matters. Hence, their presence was not felt much during the Crisis of Belief era.

• Year ? Star Calendar ― Other sects formed besides those who believed in Aeons, some also believed in non-Aeon beings, such as the Homeward Sect that believed in the Primeval Imperium Emperor, the Flint Emperor Sect that believed in the Flint Emperor, and the Reignbow Sect that believed in Reignbow (the version of Reignbow who had not become on Aeon at that time).

• Year ? Star Calendar ― The Homeward Sect was formed, with faith and loyalty to the Primeval Imperium Emperor as largely just a facade. Their choice of belief was not a philosophical one, but a political one. Although the Xianzhou people at that time had never been home, their longing to be back never waned. They declared that they should not continue their voyage alone. Instead, they should answer the call of the emperor and find a way back to their homeland.

• Year ? Star Calendar ― The Reignbow Sect, a sect that sincerely believed in the Reignbow Arbiter, was not of the public's favor. People preferred to ask for protection from already existing Aeons instead of a non-existing one that could only provide emotional support. Despite being marginalized, the sect did not struggle. They kept praying, anticipating the return of the hero.

Crisis of Belief (Year 3400 — 4000 Star Calendar)

• ~Year 3400 Star Calendar ― The "Flaming Catastrophe," one of the Three Sufferings of the Era of Bloodshed. The Xianzhou Alliance encounters a Dyson tree, also the mortal enemy of the Primeval Imperium — Muldrasil, homeland of the Wingweavers, feeding off nearby stars. A war breaks out as a result.
  • Fatigued from the Civil War (the "Living Catastrophe" of the Three Sufferings), the aurumaton rebellion, and their emigration plan, all the prisoners in cryo-hibernation are released to counter the invasion — including the Reignbow.
  • The Reignbow heads into the prison deep within the Xianzhou Zhuming to persuade the imprisoned Heliobi leader, the Flint Emperor, to help the Xianzhou fight off the Denizens of Abundance.
  • The Reignbow and the the Flint Emperor make a deal, allowing the Flint Emperor to possess their physical body, in exchange for the power of the Heliobi.
  • Inspired by the Reignbow's sacrifice, the Xianzhou residents make the same deal, forming suicide squads and marching alongside the Heliobi. This is the origin of the name "Cloud Knights."
  • The ships of the Xianzhou Alliance enters battle formation in this order, from the nearest to Muldrasil to the furthest: the Yaoqing, the Luofu, the Yuque, the Zhuming, the Fanghu, the Cangcheng, and the Xuling.
  • The Reignbow Arbiter appears as the Aeon of the Hunt and shoots their Sky-Shattering Lux Arrow from the bow of the Yaoqing, using their famed bow "Xuanyuan", causing great casualties among even the furthest ships, the Xuling and Fanghu. The arrow smashes into the Ambrosial Arbor, penetrating Muldrasil, and severing the connection between the Luofu and Muldrasil, turning the tide of the war against the Abundance legions.
  • After the battle, the Reignbow disappears and the seven ships gathered with a Xuling messenger to authenticate, share content, and review the details. This declaration is the final product, hereby creating the Xianzhou Alliance.

• Year ? Star Calendar ― Following the destruction of the Denizens of Abundance's territory by the divine arrow, the people of Xianzhou came to realize that the Reignbow Arbiter truly existed. The Divination Commission, followed by the IPC, the guild, and the other sects, acknowledged the birth of a new Aeon: The Hunt.

• Year ? Star Calendar ― From a fringe group, the Reignbow Sect transformed into a popular sect that could compete with the Firmamend Sect almost overnight. The subsequent conflict that transpired was not a religious one, but one to determine the future path of Xianzhou. The Firmamend Sect insisted on abiding by the Firmamend Arbiter's will and was strongly against Xianzhou's involvement in the war with the Denizens of Abundance. The Reignbow Sect opined that hiding and defending is not enough to fend off the Denizens of Abundance. For the survival of the Alliance, only by following the path of The Hunt and cleansing the enemy could the future be secured.

• Year ? Star Calendar ― Following consecutive victorious expeditions and the numerous appearances of the Reignbow, the Reignbow Sect slowly gained traction among the people.

• Year ? Star Calendar ― After a mass exodus their homeworld, the Vidyadhara join the Xianzhou Alliance.

• Year ? Star Calendar ― The Foxians leave their homeworld and join the Xianzhou Alliance. After the Foxians joined the Alliance, many of them who wished to rebuild their homeland, the Verdant Sect, merged with the Homeward Sect.

• Year 4100 Star Calendar ― The Reignbow Arbiter becomes the undisputed main Aeon of the Xianzhou Alliance.

Year 4800 — 8100 Star Calendar

• Year 4800 Star Calendar ― The five lineages of the Vidyadhara made alliance on the Yuque, putting their sacred vow into writing. "This oath shall remain unbroken, standing stronger than even earth and steel." Imbibitor Lunae was bound to watch over the Ambrosial Arbor on the Luofu.

• Year ? Star Calendar ― Imbibitor Lunae Yubie, high elder of the Luofu at the time, made a decision to move the entire delve of Scalegorge Waterscape underwater to help the Luofu seal the Ambrosial Arbor.

• Year 5700 Star Calendar ― Lord Ravager and Overlord Celenova boards a Xianzhou Ship and requests a ceasefire with the Xianzhou Zhuming, requesting the ship to change course and assist in attacking the homeworld of the wingweavers.

• Year 6804 Star Calendar ― Lord Ravager and Overlord Zephyro ignites the sun of New Bethlehem, scorching its planetary surface with huge amounts of radiation and instantly turning it into glass.

• Year ? Star Calendar ― The Old Disciples of Sanctus Medicus existed in secret for thousands of years before becoming the Cold Springs Sect, which overhauled the entire Xianzhou healthcare system. The Cold Springs Sect published a statement to clarify that they had abandoned the erroneous belief in the Plagues Author after a terrorist group calling themselves the Disciples of Sanctus Medicus started wreaking havoc.

• Year ? Star Calendar ― 93 years after Li Hua's hatching rebirth, the Cold Springs Sect re-discovered how Liu Hua's Medical Compendium had a vision before its time and offered critical value to the field of medicine, and regarded the book the standard for medicine.

• Year ? Star Calendar ― The Cold Springs Sect's innovative thoughts were gradually acknowledged by the various groups in the Alliance, and Liu Hua's Medical Compendium also finally gained importance.

• Year 7142 Star Calendar ― A serious plague erupts on the planet of Yaguoret, which is under the Intelligentsia Guild's rule.

• Year 7143 Star Calendar ― Lord Ravager and Overlord Zephyro stirs up a huge cyclone, smashing the ecosystem on Aedirn into smithereens.

• Year ? Star Calendar ― Jing Yuan is invited by the previous Sword Champion of the Luofu to her team, thus forming the legend of the High-Cloud Quintet.
  • During this time, their feats include:
    • Driving out the borisin invading Thalassa.
    • Destroying the alliance between the Houyhnhnms and the wingweavers in the Abundance Axis.
    • Rescuing the Xianzhou Yuque.
    • Defeating the living planet Ketu Mirage.
  • After less than a hundred years ― The High-Cloud Quintet falls apart.

• Year 7379 Star Calendar ― The Sedition of Imbititor Lunae. The Imbibitor Lunae Dan Feng caused turmoil that threatened the sacred wood. The Cloud Knights joined forces with the Vidyadhara Preceptors to assault him. The title of Sword Champion among the Luofu Cloud Knights has remained vacant since.

• Year 7380 Star Calendar ― The sword master of the Xianzhou Luofu, Jingliu, succumbs to mara and goes insane. She manages to escape Starskiff Haven before being confronted and defeated in battle by her disciple Jing Yuan.

• Year ? Star Calendar ― The previous Sword Champion, a legendary swordmaster with 13 outstanding accolades, violates the laws of heaven and resulting in her name being wiped from the face of the cosmos.

• Year 7658 Star Calendar ― Lord Ravager and Overlord Zephyro drills straight through the Moonshield's outer shell, launching an attack on the planet core that crushed the entire world.

• Year 7900 Star Calendar ― The Cloudpeer Telescope detected Reignbow Arbiter's manifestation at three coordinates in the Consternation Starzone: The Yadav variable star; the Cerulean Nightmare; and the Knucklebone. It is predicted to be plagued and the Cloud Knights' Rainbowfall Fleet successfully deals with the borisin Bluefang Pack.

• Year 7954 Star Calendar ― The Cloudpeer Telescope detected traces of Reignbow Arbiter's Lux Arrow nearby Laevateinn-XVI. Upon investigation by the Cloud Knights' Vernalbolt Fleet, the planet was already destroyed.

• Year 8072 Star Calendar ― The Third Abundance War.
  • The Xianzhou Yaoqing and the Xianzhou Fanghu alerts the Xianzhou Luofu about the assembly of the Denizens of Abundance army once more, as well as the revival of Ketu Mirage, the roaming star — and an attack on the Fanghu.
  • The Luofu dispatches four brigades of Cloud Knights to help them fight: the Rainbowfall Fleet, Vernalbolt Fleet, Pyrocrane Fleet, and Starlance Flee.
  • Dan Shu's friend Yufei is enlisted in the third great war between the Alliance and the Denizens of Abundance.
  • Yufei is sent to the field hospital.
  • Just as the Xianzhou faces defeat, the Reignbow Arbiter descends onto the physical plane and annihilates the borisins' fleet using their Lux Arrow, causing collateral damage to the field hospital and killing Yufei.
  • During the course of this battle, the Xianzhou Luofu loses over 63,000 fighter jets and over 120,000 pilots, and nearly one-fifth of the Xianzhou Fanghu's delves are destroyed by the Lux Arrow's bombardment. Among the casualties are Caiyi and Guangyuan.

• Year 8096 Star Calendar ― A young soldier named Yanqing rises to fame from the tournament hosted by the Seat of Divine Foresight, and is conferred the rank of Cloud Knight Lieutenant.

Unknown Time Period

• Dan Shu becomes one of the leaders of the Disciples of Sanctus Medicus.

Present

Year 8100≥ Star Calendar

• March 15, Year 8100 Star Calendar ― Bailu escapes the Alchemy Commission with the help of Banxia.
• The Lord Ravager Phantylia smuggles a Stellaron onto the Xianzhou Luofu, planting it in the Ambrosial Arbor's delve, and takes on the identity of Tingyun, a foxian and Whistling Flames Guild Amicassador.
• The Stellaron Hunters board the Xianzhou Luofu at some point.
• A Stellaron burst occurs on the Xianzhou Luofu.
• Blade is captured by the Cloud Knights and brought to The Shackling Prison in front of Jing Yuan for interrogation.
  • Blade manages to escape captivity at some point.
• Kafka contacts the Astral Express Crew, persuading them to resolve the Stellaron crisis on the Xianzhou Luofu, rescue Blade and clear the Stellaron Hunters's name.
• The Astral Express attempts to dock on the Xianzhou Luofu with permission, to no response.
  • The Jade Gate is hacked by Silver Wolf to let the Astral Express in.
• Trailblazer, March 7th and Welt disembark the Express on the Xianzhou Luofu.
• The Astral Express Crew encounters Tingyun, who brings them to Central Starskiff Haven.
• The Astral Express Crew goes to the Palace of Astrum to meet with Yukong, the Helm Master of the Xianzhou Alliance's Sky-Faring Commission.
  • Yukong rejects the Astral Express Crew's aid, suspecting them of working with the Stellaron Hunters.
  • The crew meets Jing Yuan, the general of the Cloud Knights.
  • Jing Yuan requests the Astral Express Crew to locate Kafka's whereabouts.
• Dan Heng boards the Xianzhou Luofu and encounters Sushang and Luocha.
• The Astral Express Crew head to Stargazer Navalia to pursue Kafka.
• Kafka is captured by Fu Xuan, head of the Divination Commission.
• Fu Xuan interrogates Kafka using the Matrix of Prescience in the Divination Commission.
• Fu Xuan hands Kafka over to the Astral Express Crew.
• Blade escapes from the Divination Commission alongside Kafka.
• The Ambrosial Arbor is revived using the Stellaron.
• The Astral Express Crew heads to the Artisanship Commission to seal the Stellaron.
• Blade reveals Dan Heng's true identity as Imbibitor Lunae.
• Dan Heng, with his Imbibitor powers, works with Jing Yuan to defeat Phantylia, who occupied a powerful body made from the Ambrosial Arbor.
• The High-Cloud Quintet reunites again from their last meeting 700 years ago, though on a much more somber note.
• August 2, Year 8100 Star Calendar ― Lingsha is appointed as the Head of the Alchemy Commission aboard the Xianzhou Luofu.
• To quell worries after the Stellaron crisis, Jing Yuan hosts the Luminary Wardance.
  • Borisin pirates manipulated by Phantylia infiltrate the Luofu in order to free the former borisin Warhead Hoolay, successfully doing so.
  • Due to concerns about Jing Yuan's conduct, two other generals, Feixiao and Huaiyan arrive to the Luofu to question him.
  • The borisin manage to infiltrate The Shackling Prison and free Hoolay, resulting in a hunt by the Alliance that successfully kills Hoolay.
  • The Luminary Wardance is held, with Yanqing serving as the Luofu's ringmaster. Luka, Svarog, Hook and Lynx arrive to the Luofu, where Luka is placed as a runner-up and manages to improve Belobog's reputation with his performances.
• A delegation from Kalevala arrives on the Luofu in order to return a sword from a Cloud Knight that was stranded on the planet. Yunli tries to destroy the sword, but after some convincing and hearing it out, learns its story before destroying it.