{PS: Since the names of Zibai's three corpse spirits are too much of a mouthful, I'll just distinguish them as the heavenly soul, earth soul, and human soul. Also, aren't you all on holiday? Why are the stats still so low...}
Meanwhile, Zhong Li had found Zibai's earth soul in the wilderness-the incarnation in the form of a horse.
He talked with Zibai's earth soul for a long time before finally persuading her to follow him back to Liyue Harbor.
{Liyue has changed so much... Morax.}
Zibai's earth soul had shrunk down and was sitting on Zhong Li's shoulder, marveling at Liyue Harbor's beautiful scenery.
"Six thousand years have passed, after all. As the old saying goes, even after three days apart, you should see someone in a new light, let alone after six thousand years in which everything and everyone has changed..."
"But there is some good news too. Zibai, do you still remember Guizhong?"
Zhong Li strolled leisurely through Liyue Harbor like an old man out shopping, asking the translucent white horse on his shoulder as he walked.
{Of course I remember her. But wasn't she already...}
The little white horse Zibai had become looked at Zhong Li, hesitating to finish.
"She was successfully revived through the methods of those Descenders. And that catgirl's methods are even more outrageous than your authority over time. It was also my first time seeing someone who would not suffer a backlash from time..."
"I imagine you remember that defying the cycle of life and death is something Celestia above cannot tolerate."
"Your case is easier to explain, since your souls and three corpse spirits are all still present, but Guizhong's soul truly returned to heaven and earth back then..."
Zhong Li began explaining to the little white horse on his shoulder