Honkai: Star Rail: You Are the Reincarnation of the [Undying]

(This work contains a great deal of original content, changes to the original setting, and the author’s wild imaginings. Please treat it as a parallel universe. Readers with strong feelings about the original Honkai: Star Rail setting should stay away.)

(The beautiful Stelle on the cover has nothing to do with the story.)

(This work is written in the second person. It is both a challenge the author has set for themselves and a way to help readers immerse themselves in the story. Of course, this means there is no omniscient point of view, so please don’t be contrarian in the comments. The protagonist’s thoughts are not necessarily the truth, and what other people tell the protagonist may not be true either.)

At the beginning of the universe, the first being to come into existence was the dragon of [Permanence]. Its vast body coiled around the entire Tree of Existence, and its immense power held every star and world firmly in place. This was a universe in absolute stillness, an immortal and eternal universe.

The dragon was bored. In a universe of absolute, eternal stillness, it could see no meaning in [Existence]. It knew that as long as it remained, the universe would stay immortal forever.

So it chose to disintegrate itself. With its passing, the stars began to move, intelligent life began to emerge, and civilizations gradually grew and flourished. Of course, calamities and conflicts came with them. In short, the universe began to bustle with life.

And you are the soul it left behind after its disintegration.

Through countless cycles of reincarnation, you have traveled among the stars. [Erudition], [Order], [Preservation], [Elation], [Abundance], [Hunt], [Destruction]... You have left brilliant traces along almost every Path. At last, aboard the train of [Trailblaze], you journey toward a chaotic future.

You are Chen, and you are also Chen, and you are dust.