Transmigrated as a Heavenly Principles Clone and Fell in Love with Zhongli [Genshin Impact]

[Complete! Thank you, dears, for all your love and support over the years! The main story is told in third person. Check out my ongoing story: My Childhood Friend Betrayed Me, So I Chose the Campus Heartthrob. What Do You Regret?]

Blurb:

Qianchuan, a die-hard Zhongli fan, falls fast asleep one night after staying up late grinding commissions. When she wakes again, she has transmigrated to the streets of Liyue, where she immediately meets Mr. Zhongli, now a consultant at Wangsheng Funeral Parlor. She has no money and can only cling to the retired God of Wealth for support. Apart from having all seven elemental powers, she’s nothing special, and only knows a little about traveling through time and space.

I was so overwhelmed with joy at meeting Zhongli that I lost my head. I’d planned to take things slowly, becoming his friend one step at a time before looking for a chance to get closer and see if we could fall in love.

But then Celestia told me I was a Celestia proxy, and my mission was to eliminate all the gods who sought to overthrow Celestia’s rule. Zhongli was one of them.

Impossible. If I die, fine, but Zhongli can’t die!

So I was forced to live a double life, secretly hiding my identity and getting stronger while trying to protect Zhongli.

Zhongli, consultant at Wangsheng Funeral Parlor:

I met someone today who reminded me of you. But in the past four thousand years, I have met so many people like you who were not you. My heart can no longer be stirred.

You said we would meet again one day, but four thousand years is a very long time. Even a rock can grow weary now and then.

It was almost time for me to leave. I was reluctant, but Zhongli was waiting for me in the future.

Young Morax did not wear such a solemn expression, which made it easier to find the courage to take liberties with him.

I had been keeping an idea in my heart for a long time.

“Grant me one last wish,” I said softly.

“What is it?”

“Close your eyes.”

Morax obediently closed his golden eyes, his thick lashes perfectly still.

I rose onto my toes and kissed him.

His lips were soft and warm, just as I had imagined.

He opened his dazzling golden eyes and stared at me in shock, looking utterly disbelieving.

I smiled triumphantly.

“Morax, one day, we’ll meet again. Live well, and look forward.”

As he stared at me in disbelief, my figure faded like smoke.

He reached out frantically, trying to grab me, but it was no use.

I didn’t hear what he said to me.

[We will meet again.]

It will just take a long time. Hang in there, Morax.

A note from the author: Nothing more than a pilgrimage. I couldn’t stand how much Zhongli was being changed, so I decided to write my own story!

This is a love story that travels through time, a slow and steady romance. Every twist of fate is the best arrangement destiny could make.

The heroine is a die-hard fan of the Geo Archon, but she acts very cautiously and keeps herself in check around Zhongli. He is Liyue’s oldest god, and deserves to be carefully wooed.

Before starting this story, I researched a great deal of Genshin Impact’s story and background, but I can’t possibly know everything.

After all, this is fanfiction about winning Zhongli’s heart, so some details are bound to be fudged. Please don’t nitpick the original story’s canon. Anything that doesn’t match is my own interpretation.

I’ll do my best to keep the Geo Archon in character. If there are any serious inconsistencies, feel free to let me know. I’ll do my best to understand the other characters too, but I can’t guarantee they’ll all stay in character.

I firmly believe that the charm of fanfiction lies in the original characters, so keeping them in character is the reason I started writing this.

Now, let’s watch the heroine win the heart of Zhongli, consultant at Wangsheng Funeral Parlor, and the young Geo Archon, Morax!

Check out my upcoming story: My Childhood Friend Betrayed Me, So I Chose the Campus Heartthrob. What Do You Regret?

[Closed-Off, Sincere Heiress x Long-Time Admirer, Talented but Tragic Poor Student] | Male lead has long coveted the lofty heroine and fights his way to the top / Second male lead chases her after losing her, then crawls around in the shadows

Mu Qingyao is a newly minted heiress. She has had a crush on her childhood friend Pei Linchuan for over a decade, always giving him her whole heart and looking after him. Even after his family goes bankrupt, she stays by his side.

On the day the college entrance exams end, she tells him how she feels, full of hope, only to hear the same rejection she got three years ago: “Sorry, I don’t plan to date anyone during my four years of college.”

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She isn’t angry, embarrassed, or demanding an explanation. She’s simply tired.

If you want to leave, I won’t stop you.

From now on, we’ll each go our own way.

I’ll take the broad road, and you can take your narrow bridge. I won’t bother with you again!

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The top student in the school and its unanimously recognized heartthrob, Zhao Yiyan is Mu Qingyao’s high school class president and the rival she’s been silently competing with for three years. He tells her, “Your grades are good enough to get into Tsinghua too.”

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Mu Qingyao is surprised. Why would the usually aloof and distant campus heartthrob strike up a conversation with her? She asks casually,

“What, beating me for three years in high school wasn’t enough? You want to keep beating me in college too?”

Zhao Yiyan hides a smile. “I’m just stating a fact.”

Mu Qingyao assumes the two of them will never cross paths again.

Later, when Pei Linchuan harasses her, Zhao Yiyan steps in to help. They share their first meal, and after that, she realizes he might actually be a pretty good guy...

Her dying love-struck brain starts stirring again.

But until Zhao Yiyan confesses, she absolutely won’t assume he likes her!

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Despite all of Mu Qingyao’s uncertain suspicions, Zhao Yiyan remains unruffled.

Little does she know that this cool, composed, brilliant campus heartthrob has coveted her for a long time.

Whenever life weighs on him until he can barely breathe, he sees that radiant girl who seems like a princess. The gulf between them seems as vast as heaven, and yet he can’t bear to give up.

Before he can be sure he is worthy of her, he can only show her through his actions that she deserves the very best love.

Zhao Yiyan: When will that proud little swan finally fall into my arms?

Theme: Love is eternal. True love means ending up together, no matter what.