With the Geo Archon's death, the situation in Liyue grew ever more chaotic.
For reasons of their own, the Liyue Qixing suppressed news of the Geo Archon's death.
They also concealed his body, the [Prime of the Adepti's Exuvia].
(As Rex Lapis was the Prime of Adepti, his body was also called the Prime of the Adepti's Exuvia.)
However, far too many people had attended the Rite of Descension. Though the Liyue Qixing did everything they could to suppress the news, they could only keep it quiet for so long.
Before long, word of Rex Lapis's death spread throughout Liyue Harbor.
Of course, although his death could not have remained a secret, the news spread so quickly in no small part because Snezhnaya and the Fatui were fanning the flames.
The Fatui's goal was to obtain the Gnosis of Morax, the Geo Archon.
Now that the Geo Archon had fallen, this was their one chance to obtain his Gnosis. They would never let it slip away.
After guiding Lumine to Jueyun Karst to tell the adepti of the Geo Archon's death and provoke a confrontation between them and Liyue Harbor,
Childe quickly put the second stage of his plan into motion. He secretly sent people from Snezhnaya and the Fatui to mingle with Liyue Harbor's citizens and spread word about the cause of Rex Lapis's death.
Not only that, Childe also secretly circulated plenty of false rumors.
For example: the Liyue Qixing had suppressed news of the Geo Archon's death and hidden the Prime of the Adepti's Exuvia because they harbored sinister intentions. They were the ones who had murdered the Geo Archon, killing him to seize power.
Rex Lapis had protected Liyue for thousands of years. Those millennia of history had made Liyue a nation that walked alongside its