As the new Geo God took the throne, the all-powerful Liyue Qixing suddenly found eleven massive mountains piled atop their heads!
At the very top stood the new Geo God, Li Yue, along with the Three Great Generals of Liyue he had brought with him. They had fundamentally monopolized Liyue's armed forces. What supervision of Liyue's military by the Three Great Generals? That was clearly just handing the Millelith's command authority over from the Liyue Qixing to the Three Great Generals.
As for civilian affairs, if the Adepti hidden throughout Liyue Harbor had once merely observed in secret, then the current seven Adepti or half-Adepti were now openly keeping a close watch on the Liyue Qixing. Per Li Yue's demands, these Adepti would be publicly stationed in Liyue Harbor.
Cultivating in the wilderness? What exactly had any of you cultivated? Get over here and work! Ganyu, Grandma Ping, and Yanfei were already permanent residents of Liyue Harbor, so bringing in a few more Adepti was no issue at all. Especially Xiao—he had previously refused to approach mortals because of Karmic Debt, but now that its interference was gone, there was no problem with him staying in Liyue Harbor either.
Keep farming monsters however you usually did, but when you rested, just come to Liyue Harbor.
There would definitely be people with connections among the Liyue Qixing and their subordinates. If those connected people could not resolve an issue, one could directly report it to the Adepti and have them intervene. No matter how well-connected someone was, they would have to handle matters impartially then.
Let the Liyue Qixing suffer a little for the benefit of all Liyue's people. It was a necessary sacrifice. They would understand, right?
Of course, most importantly, whenever Li Yue was absent from Liyue Harbor, all