A manuscript written by Fu Xuan during her spare time discussing the art of divination, calculations, and all kinds of anecdotes relating to divination.

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The Diviner's art lies in surveying the past to predict the future. Humans walk the Paths, while stars cross the sky: Observing these situations can produce future predictions. All of this is based on the diviners ascertainment of the present situation (or the past, because the present is constantly becoming the past).

However, the founder of the Divination Commission system, Master Xuan Yao, said, “Only the universe and the Aeons cannot be foretold.” In her opinion, the universe and the Aeons it birthed are utterly beyond prediction.

The reasoning is simple: Nobody can observe the universe from all angles at once and predict the future. Omniscience is unattainable. Putting aside the universe, those known as Aeons are also extremely powerful due to THEIR various complex elements. THEIR future is like that of the universe itself, and beyond the ability of our calculations.

From the perspective of a celestial body, an Aeon is by no means dead but rather a living creature with a transcendent mind. But viewed from the perspective of a living creature, the Aeons fill the skies like celestial bodies themselves. They are incomparably huge, move according to their own Path, and rarely communicate with mortals like us.

Based on observational records, Master Xuan Yao has sorted all known Aeons into three categories:

Arbiters: Determining mortal births and deaths, which are highly connected to the rise and fall of civilizations.
The Sacrosancts: Difficult to predict as good or evil; often unable to even know where they head for.
The Authors of Calamity: The main culprit behind all disasters. Avoid, or be annihilated.

The Aeons currently known to us are:

[Lan, the Reignbow Arbiter]
[Qlipoth, the Firmamend Arbiter]
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[Nous, the Wisdomwalker]
[Akivili, the Cloudstrider]
Aha, the Joyseeker]
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[Yaoshi, the Plagues Author]
[Nanook, the Ruin Author]
[Tayzzyronth, the Swarm Author]

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[Reignbow Arbiter]

Lord of the Path of The Hunt. We know them as Lan, god of the Skybow.

THEY rarely appear before mortals, and only portents of THEIR presence are vestiges of the Lux Arrow tearing across the sky. Reignbow tirelessly hunts the undead abominations created by Yaoshi the Abundance.

Reignbow Arbiter first appeared around Year 3400 Star Calendar with their Sky-Shattering Lux Arrow severing Abundance's Ambrosial Arbor. Since then, the Xianzhou natives had risen out of chaos, madness, and decline. This also marked the formation of the Alliance.

To this day, one of the chief duties of the Divination Commission is to monitor the decree of Reignbow's arrow and interpret its meaning.

[Firmamend Arbiter]

Lord of the Path of Preservation. Also known as the Amber Lord; and as Qlipoth, god of the skywall by the Interastral Peace Corporation.

Observational records suggest that the Amber Lord strives to isolate contact between planets. The celestial-sized structures they've built — the Subspace Crystalline Barrier — separates and protects all worlds. Based on records from around Year 1000 SC, the nine initial Xianzhou ships first set sail on their journey and witnessed the almighty barrier separating the world from the endless void: The Echidna Skywall.

But contrary to the act of separation, the main faction devoted to the Amber Lord, the IPC, has facilitated civilized trade and contact between the stars with their fleet — the largest in the entire universe. Like a silent giant, Qlipoth has allowed them to trade and emigrate so much so that an Emanator of Preservation has appeared at the IPC. Despite their actions running counter to the Aeon's wishes, no remonstration or censure has been forthcoming. Food for thought, indeed.

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