Guizhong's sacrifice in that war-torn era had undoubtedly been a tragedy.
Now that Guizhong had returned to life, it was nothing short of wonderful news for the adepti.
Even the adepti, who had long learned to take worldly affairs in stride, could barely contain their joy.
They gathered on Mt. Aocang and held a lively banquet to welcome Guizhong back, talking and drinking together without pause.
Before they knew it, the Archon War had become something that happened nearly two thousand years ago.
They had been parted from Guizhong for nearly two thousand years.
It was worth mentioning that Guizhong's Remnant Soul had been sealed inside the Memory of Dust.
She could not perceive the passage of time outside and retained only Guizhong's memories and consciousness from before her death.
Thus, the Remnant Souls within Ellin's twenty-one Memories of Dust knew nothing of the earlier conversation between Zhongli and the Remnant Soul that had emerged from the Memory of Dust Guizhong left beneath the Dragon-Queller Tree in Nantianmen.
At the banquet, the adepti's eyes shone with emotion.
After nearly two thousand years apart, they had so, so much they wanted to tell Guizhong.
During the banquet, they introduced Ellin to Guizhong and together offered Ellin their most heartfelt thanks.
Patiently, bit by bit, they told Guizhong everything that had happened in Liyue over the years.
The banquet lasted a very, very long time.
When it finally ended, all the adepti wore smiles.
It was also on that day that four stone stools were placed beside the stone table outside Cloud Retainer's abode.
The stools bore the following inscriptions:
Here resides Cloud Retainer
Here sits Guizhong
Here is a seat lent to the Geo Archon
-Here is a seat gifted to Qingling
Perhaps no one was happier about Guizhong's resurrection