The Lantern Rite's explosive popularity finally brought Liyue into the public eye.
More and more people began arriving, drawn by its reputation and eager to see this wondrous place called "Liyue."
Liyue, year twenty.
The village had tripled in size, and Liyue's population had surpassed two thousand.
Mora, which could originally only be used in Liyue, began circulating throughout the world.
The place had become something of a transportation hub, and trade gradually began to flourish.
Liyue, year twenty-five. Conflicts began breaking out frequently across Teyvat, and the harbor that was Liyue's greatest pride faced unprecedented hardship.
In the unfathomable depths of the ocean, strange monsters seemed to have appeared that had never existed before.
Many ships were destroyed in the waters off Liyue, and tsunamis frequently swept through its harbor with abandon.
Although Morax stopped them every time and there were no casualties, Liyue's prosperity began to decline from that moment on.
Its once-thriving transportation hub was disrupted. Aside from Liyue's own residents, the normally crowded harbor now held only a few travelers stranded in Liyue, unable to return home.
Not only that, displaced outsiders frequently arrived in Liyue, declaring that they wanted to settle there.
Whenever they were asked why, their answer was always that Liyue had a powerful god watching over it.
Meanwhile, the outside world had begun descending into turmoil.
More and more Demon Gods appeared out of nowhere, some good and some evil.
But Teyvat's pie was only so big. If every Demon God wanted a bite, there simply would not be enough to go around.
"Get out! Never set foot in Liyue again!" Only after Morax's stern shout rang out did the defeated Demon God slink away.
"That was the third Demon God today, wasn't it?" Xiu Yuan asked unhurriedly when he saw how