Insights of Drifting Dreams is the fourth and final part of Xiao's Story Quest, Alatus Chapter: Act I - Butterfly's Dream.
Steps[]
- Go to the southern face of Mt. Tianheng
- Collect the items needed for the ritual
- Censer
- Seven-Star Lamps (0/7)
- Return to Pervases
- Head to the yaksha statues after nightfall
- Talk to Xiao
- Initiate the ritual according to the correct process
- Fire arrows at the glowing area of the yaksha statues as per the ritual process (×2)
- Punish the false adeptus' spirit
Starsnatcher — A Soul in Need of Discipline
- Go to Wangshu Inn and ask Verr Goldet about the false adeptus
- Talk to Xiao and give him the Sigil of Permission
Dialogue[]
Quest DescriptionUnder Xiao's guidance, you prepare to use adepti arts to recover the Sigil of Permission and warn the false adeptus of his evil ways. You will confront the false adeptus in a dream and teach him a lesson...
- (Approach the temple)
- Paimon: Ooh, this temple will probably have the kinds of censers and lanterns that Xiao wanted us to pick up.
- (Talk to the protector of the shrine)
- Pervases: The spirit soars the mountains high, while the body rests as the world goes by...
- Paimon: Um... Sorry to interrupt you, but...
- We'd like to borrow a censer and some lamps.
- Pervases: Well I'll be... Isn't that something?
- Pervases: A pair walk into a shrine, neither to seek nor worship gods or adepti, but to pilfer the tools of worship for their own ends. Hahaha...
- Paimon: We know it's rude to ask, but we just need them for a short while — honest!
- Pervases: For the Dream Trawler ritual, I trust?
- Paimon: Wha— How'd you know that?
- Pervases: I have been in this shrine for far longer than you would expect.
- Pervases: Perhaps as a reward for my faithfulness, I have been endowed with some understanding of the adepti arts.
- Paimon: Wow. Paimon's never heard of that happening before.
- Pervases: Ah, it matters not. Take what you need. It is a fortuitous thing that these items may be of service to you.
- Pervases: ...They served little purpose here, in any case.
- Something on your mind?
- Pervases: Heh, nothing that you need to concern yourself with. Please, take what you wish.
- Well... thanks, then!
- Pervases: You are quite welcome. Please, take what you wish.
We'd like to borrow a censer and some lamps.- (Talk to Pervases again)
-
- (Pervases repeats the last line spoken.)
- (Collect the Censer needed for the ritual)
- Paimon: This censer... should be fine... right?
- Paimon: At least it isn't as run-down as this shrine.
- You return to the vicinity of the temple after transferring the censers used in the ritual
- Paimon: So next... we just need to grab the Seven-Star Lamps, right? The sooner we start, the sooner we'll be done.
- (Collect the Seven-Star Lamps necessary for the ritual)
- Paimon: Paimon thinks we've got all the ones we can use now. But let's say bye to that guy before we leave, shall we?
- (Approach Pervases)
- Paimon: Huh? Where'd he go!? He was right here...
- Statue: I had presumed that once you had acquired what you came for, you would forget about me and simply be on your way...
- Paimon: Ah! It's that guy's voice! ...Hello? Wh—Where are you?
- Statue: My physical form ceased to exist over a thousand years ago. What you witnessed earlier was an illusion, created by the adepti art known as Mortal Lingering.
- Statue: Now that you have taken the Seven-Star Lamps and censer used in the Mortal Lingering ritual, my form is no longer visible to you.
- So you're...
- Y—Y—You're a g—g—ghost?
- Statue: Haha... It is not untrue to say this. The line between adepti and ghosts is a fine one indeed.
- Statue: I was once a junior in the order of the yakshas, bestowed with the name Pervases by Rex Lapis himself. Yet my strength failed, and I was slain in battle.
- Statue: Today was the anniversary of my death. My last wish was to see a modern Liyue, and so I took the liberty of performing this ritual here.
- Statue: That aside... You were sent here by the Conqueror of Demons, were you not?
- Paimon: So, you two know each other then?
- Statue: I sense his aura upon you... that, and the heavy burden of his karma.
- Statue: *sigh* Even after all these millennia, he still must endure such tremendous suffering?
- Statue: ...I am truly ashamed.
- Paimon: Don't say that, Pervases — you sacrificed your life for Liyue, didn't you?
- Statue: Life is a precious thing, yes... But when I think of the burden that the Conqueror of Demons must bear... *sigh* death seems to me to have been the easy way out. A selfish indulgence, even.
- Paimon: Pervases...
- Statue: Haha, I apologize. Birthdays are joyful occasions, but by the same token, it is hard to not be melancholy on the anniversary of one's death.
- Statue: The Mortal Lingering will not last much longer. Take care, you two, and please pass on my regards to the Conqueror of Demons...
- We will!
- You take care too, Pervases...
- Statue: *sigh* If only I could taste some authentic Grilled Ticker Fish once more...
- Statue: By wave and storm I hunt for fish, by wind and snow I slay evil...
- Statue: ...
- Paimon: Huh? Looks like he's gone, then... Paimon really hopes that at least someone will remember Pervases the Yaksha.
- Paimon: We should get going. But let's come back here and make an offering sometime.
- (Talk to Xiao)
- Xiao: Have you gathered the items for the ritual?
- Xiao: Hmm... This censer, and these lamps... Their designs are flawless, almost as if they were made specifically for use in the adepti arts. Where did you come by them?
- We got them from a yaksha named Pervases...
- Paimon: Oh! And um, he says hi!
- Xiao: Pervases...
- Xiao: Yes, this does have the hallmarks of something Pervases might do.
- Xiao: As I thought, it seems that he could not leave Liyue behind either... I hope that its present state will allow him to rest in peace.
- Xiao: Well then, Let us begin preparing for the ritual.
- Xiao: Place the censer in the middle, and surround it with the Seven-Star Lamps. Adorn the area with the items of abject cold. Once this is done, we shall proceed.
You prepare the ground for the Dream Trawler ritual...
- Xiao: Yes, this will do. Now, the next step is the key to performing Dream Trawler...
- Xiao: There are four steps to performing this ritual: offering incense, meditation, incantation, and loosing an arrow.
- Paimon: Ah... Seems like a real rigmarole.
- Xiao: Adepti arts are the product of millennia of study by adepti. Do not dismiss their mystical workings as "rigmarole."
- Xiao: Failure to take this seriously could cause the technique to devour one's own body, or cause the spirit to be sundered from one's flesh permanently...
- Paimon: Agh! Stop talking! Paimon's sorry!
- Xiao: When offering the incense, we place the incense into the censer with reverence for Rex Lapis in our hearts.
- Xiao: Meditation is to empty ourselves of trivial thoughts, and to focus on the target of the art we are performing.
- Xiao: Then, we shall recite the incantation in a loud voice: "Devayaksha, Bring Forth Sin!"
- Xiao: Finally, we will loose an arrow towards each of the yaksha statues to enlist their authority for our contract.
- Xiao: If all goes well, Starsnatcher's soul will be brought forth shortly.
- Understood.
- *gulps*
- Xiao: If you have no other questions, let us begin.
- Paimon: Hmm... Well... let's start by offering up incense, shall we? You know, with respect for Rex Lapis and everything...
- (Initiate the ritual according to the correct process)
- Paimon: Then we meditate... Ugh, Paimon really doesn't wanna think about that fraud!
- Hmm...
- Paimon: Hmm...
- Ohh...
- Paimon: Ohh...
- Ahh... Hmm...
- Paimon: Ahh... Hmm...
- Devayaksha, Bring Forth Sin!
- Paimon: Uh, bring forth sin!
- (Blue sigils appear on the yaksha statues' waists)
- Paimon: It looks like the yaksha statues are glowing at the waist. So we just fire one arrow each at the glowing parts, right?
- (Fire arrows at the glowing area of the yaksha statues as per the ritual process)
- Paimon: We finished the ritual, and we followed all the instructions to the letter!
- Xiao: ...Close enough.
- Xiao: Leave the rest to me. You two get ready to greet him.
- Starsnatcher: Where is one... Huh? You two look familiar.
- Starsnatcher: What's with one's body? One feels... light. Weightless!
- We summoned your spirit forth with an adepti art.
- Starsnatcher: An adepti art? Hahaha! You dare don the guise of an adeptus in one's presence?
- Starsnatcher: But as for the matter of one's present location... One could have sworn that one was dozing off to sleep at Wangshu Inn not a moment ago...
- Guess what? You're already dead.
- Starsnatcher: Dead!?
- Starsnatcher: Impossible! One was just lying in peaceful repose at Wangshu Inn...
- Starsnatcher: Wait... that must be it... of course it must! Haha, as expected of an adeptus such as oneself...
- Starsnatcher: One must indeed be in a dream!
- Paimon: Ugh, there's no helping this guy, is there?
- Oh, you're not dreaming.
- Dreamers, after all, feel no pain.
- Starsnatcher: Huh? What is the meaning of this? Do you truly think that one will permit such insolence in one's own dreams?
- Paimon: ...Alright, time to take him down a peg.
- (During the battle)
- Starsnatcher: Argh! Such impertinence! Where are one's followers when one needs them?
- Starsnatcher: Hey, hey! Stop it! Stop it— Ow! What's happening? Is this really not a dream!?
- (After defeating Starsnatcher)
- Starsnatcher: P—Please, stop! I surrender, I surrender! Argh...
- So, do you believe us now?
- Starsnatcher: Yes! Yes, I do! I thought I was going to die...
- So, are we still going to do this "oneself" song and dance?
- Starsnatcher: N—No, no, never again! Y—You almost killed me...
- Starsnatcher: How did I ever have the misfortune to meet you two...
- Starsnatcher: Please, great adepti, spare my life. I won't do this every again, I swear it...
- Paimon: We did call your spirit here, but we're not adepti. He, however, is.
- Xiao: You deceive the masses with quackery, masquerade as an adeptus, exorcise demons without exterminating them, and display a callous lack of regard for life.
- Xiao: One day, you will reap that which you have sown... For those who invite the infernal into their lives, there is no redemption!
- Starsnatcher: Ah... I... You're...
- Paimon: Seems like Xiao's got him scared stiff.
- Starsnatcher: O great adeptus... might I ask your name?
- He is the Conqueror of Demons.
- He is the Vigilant Yaksha.
- Starsnatcher: It really is you! It's truly you! Never in my life did I imagine that I might meet the Conqueror of Demons, the Vigilant Yaksha himself!
- Paimon: You know about Xiao?
- Starsnatcher: Of course! My grandfather was a folklorist — I learned the tales of the Conqueror of Demons at his knee...
- Starsnatcher: To this day, I am an avid collector of books concerning the yakshas.
- Starsnatcher: But ever since I discovered a Sigil of Permission while rummaging through my grandfather's personal effects...
- Starsnatcher: At first, I was just imitating the adepti for fun... but slowly I began to stray further and further from the righteous path...
- Paimon: Huh, so to sum you up... you're Xiao's biggest fan?
- Starsnatcher: Y—Yes. Thank you for allowing me to witness the Conqueror of Demons in the flesh — it's like a dream come true!
- Paimon: Uh, that wasn't quite our intention...
- Starsnatcher: O Great Conqueror of Demons, please allow me to swear this oath before you...
- Starsnatcher: I swear to turn away from the evil, to live an honest life, and to never again stain from the name of the adepti!
- Xiao: I will remember your oath... Now go.
- Starsnatcher: Thank you... A thousand thanks for your forgiveness... and for all that you have done for Liyue...
- Paimon: He seemed very earnest when he was making that oath there. Guess he won't be tricking anyone anymore.
- Paimon: Oh, wait! We haven't gotten the Sigil of Permission back yet. Let's head over to Wangshu Inn first thing tomorrow and look for him!
- (Interact with the Mist Flower)
- Mist Flower: This was once used in adepti arts to lower the ambient temperature. Somehow, it has yet to be plucked and carried off...
- (Interact with the Censer)
- Censer: Not only is this censer used to place incense in reverence to the gods, but it is also used as the centerpiece of the Dream Trawler adepti art.
- (Go to Wangshu Inn and ask Verr Goldet about the false adeptus)
- Paimon: Hey there, Boss. Starsnatcher's staying here right?
- Verr Goldet: Starsnatcher... Hm... You mean the false adeptus who wore a mask?
- Verr Goldet: He signed in here under the name Wang Ping'an.
- That's a... really normal name.
- So a really, really ordinary person after all.
- Verr Goldet: He's already checked out. He said he wished to go on a solo pilgrimage...
- Verr Goldet: Ah, yes. He also requested that I give this letter to a traveler who journeys together with a "talking fairy"... should they come asking for him.
- Paimon: Talking fairy... Who's that?
- Verr Goldet: ...Well anyway, you must be the traveler. Here's the letter.
- Paimon: How strange that he would leave a letter for us. Is this the final attempt to fool us, maybe?
- Paimon: Come on, open it! Paimon's curious!
- Letter from Starsnatcher
- By the time you read this letter, I will have embarked upon my journey of self-improvement.
I regret that I cannot apologize to the two of you in person, but I hope that you will forgive me.
Since the Conqueror of Demons appeared to me in a dream, I have not slept. My nights have been spent thinking about how I may fulfill my vow.
Not only have I deceived you two, but I have also exploited the hopes and dreams of my believers.
People in dire straits oft become weak, thirsting blindly after something to believe in.
With my lies, I brought them false salvation, while their true desires grew farther and farther away.
I know in that long-gone era, the desires of mankind were not as complicated as they have now become.
The Conqueror of Demons shouldered the desires of Liyue's people as he contended with demons.
Wearing his mask, he concealed the weakness brought by human desire.
As a false adeptus, I am one who always wears a mask.
A true adeptus only need to wear it when facing demons.
If I wear a mask to hide the evil that has corrupted my heart...
Then the Conqueror of Demons wears a mask to hide the part of him that is human.
And yet, he wears the face of a demon king only that he might subdue all demons...
Once I had realized all this, I became deeply aware of my own ugliness, and I understood what it truly means to be an adeptus. I set off on this journey over hill and river, strengthening my body and spirit, not because I harbor any hope of fully atoning for my sins. I do it only to earn the right to be counted among the believers of the adepti.
I have already asked someone to return the money I cheated others of. A few goods remain in my possession, but they are of no use to me on my journey of self-improvement. Please take them. Please take the Sigil of Permission that my grandfather left me as well — I am no longer worthy of it.
I wish that you will be granted that which you desire. May we meet again.
Wang Ping'an, a Sinner
- By the time you read this letter, I will have embarked upon my journey of self-improvement.
- Paimon: ...
- Paimon: Huh, seems like he actually left us a few nice trinkets...
- Paimon: Along with... Woohoo! The Sigil of Permission!
- Paimon: Paimon hasn't met a bad guy like him in a long time...
- I'm actually quite touched...
- This is all thanks to Xiao.
- Paimon: Yeah... Anyway, let's go take this Sigil of Permission to Xiao, shall we?
- (Talk to Xiao and give him the Sigil of Permission)
- Paimon: Ah! There you are.
- Paimon: We got the Sigil of Permission back. Do you wanna take it?
- Xiao: You have my thanks.
- Xiuhua: May I take your order, sir?
- Xiao: One Grilled Ticker Fish.
- Xiuhua: Certainly, we'll prepare it for you immediately!
- Paimon: Huh? No Almond Tofu this time? Well that's not like Xiao.
- Xiao: Ticker Fish was Pervases' favorite dish...
- Xiao: I just want to... see how it tastes.
- Paimon: Huh...
- Xiao: By wave and storm I hunt for fish, by wind and snow I slay evil...
- Xiao: ...
- Xiao: Was there anything else? I... am accustomed to eating alone.
- We'll leave you be then...
- Come on, Paimon...
- Paimon: Uh huh! And so, Detective Paimon and the trusty Traveler solved the case, and quietly slipped away...
- (Talk to Xiao again)
- Xiao: ...
- Paimon: (Xiao seems a bit lost in his memories... Best we don't disturb him...)
Trivia[]
- Devayaksha means "Divine Yaksha."
- Wang (王) is the most common surname in China (and in the world), meaning King. Wang Ping'an (王平安) is also supposedly a pretty common name there too. Ping'an means peace.
Other Languages[]
| Language | Official Name | Literal Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| English | Insights of Drifting Dreams | — |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 诸境神游忽觉迷 Zhū Jìng Shén Yóu Hū Jué Mí | Sudden Realization While Wandering the Realms |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 諸境神遊忽覺迷 Zhū Jìng Shén Yóu Hū Jué Mí | |
| Japanese | 諸境神遊、ふと迷う Shokyou Kamiasobi, Futo Mayo'u[!][!] | |
| Korean | 꿈에서 얻은 깨달음 Kkum-eseo Eodeun Kkaedareum | Enlightenment From A Dream |
| Spanish | Proyección astral | Astral Projection |
| French | Rêves à la dérive | Dreams Adrift |
| Russian | Потерявшийся во сне Poteryavshiysya vo sne | Lost in dream |
| Thai | ส่วนลึกของความฝันอันล่องลอย | |
| Vietnamese | Cõi Thần Mộng Mị | |
| German | Einsichten aus dahintreibenden Träumen | Insights of Drifting Dreams |
| Indonesian | Tersesat Dalam Mimpi | Lost Inside the Dreams |
| Portuguese | Pensamentos de Sonhos à Deriva | |
| Turkish | Akıp Giden Rüyaları Anlamak | Understanding Drifting Dreams |
| Italian | Esplorando dei sogni fuggevoli |
Change History[]
Released in Version 1.3