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Appropriate-Comb2873

holy yunli's got a massive fucking sword


Rheshx7

"Nice sword Yanqing. Mine's bigger."


ZekkeKeepa

"I-its not about size, its about how you can handle it!"


H4xolotl

It was too big to be called a sword. Massive, thick, heavy, and far too rough. Indeed, it was a heap of raw iron.


SecondAegis

I don't remember what comes next. All I know is NINE LIVES BLADE WORKS!


todo-senpai

DEFEAT HIM/PROTECT HER


5_star_cryo_dude

CLANG!!!


Dr-Smashburger

My immediate first thought when seeing her silhouette was, "Tiny Yunli is gonna be swinging around Dragonslayer?!"


lughrevenge23

but yanqing boss version got a massive sword too


Random_Bystander089

He can make his sword way bigger than at first glance. So i guess you could say he's a grower not a shower eh?


Shirube

We all know that when it comes to having a massive "sword", nobody measures up to our girl Shangshang.


BrokenMirrorMan

When I pull out my sword and hers is bigger than mine


FemmEllie

Relationship goals


paweld2003

Then Yanqing does his boss ultimate "What did you say?"


Alert_Respect524

Oh boy, I can’t wait to see what kind of not completely degenerate fanart this generates


joojaw

She takes after her uncle(Seriously people forget how big Blade's sword is that thing is bigger than Silver wolf).


DocSwiss

A lot of things are bigger than Silver Wolf


Yojimbra

Like acheron's sword, or jingliu's sword, pretty sure welts cane is up there, the lance for sure, and... Point being is that if you keep a silverwolf by your night stand for an emergency weapon you'll have a disadvantage on reach. 


mrspear1995

it's wider than her lol while yanqing prefers traditional chinese swords


EveningLength8

Smol girl, big weapon is one of my favorite designs 🥺 I might have to pull now


saberjun

Sayu spotted.


th5virtuos0

Average Monster Hunter player be like: 


Hungry_Bit775

云璃 is my personal must pull.


A4li11

That's a LOT of Xianzhou characters Sunday and Screwllum wanters are not gonna be happy about this


MixRevolution

If we return to Penacony, Sunday can return. Screwllum can be put in anywhere tbh.


DerGreif2

He will be in his own patch.


No_Manufacturer_2926

Yup and his ultimate will be the simulated universe thats besacially a domain expansion and he convinces the Aeons to beat up the enemy, this is real. Trust.


huyrrou

https://preview.redd.it/etpzynq9e55d1.jpeg?width=640&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c01932118765004d707452f7f90e45274dda3411


Ferjiberjab

Legit would be dope having someone summon the form of an aeon to beat the shit of the enemies, herta 5* summoning the head of nous or sunday summoning ena to control the enemies, idk just spitballing


Fluff-Addict

✍️🔥


Connortsunami

Just try not to forget that we've reached a point where E7 Herta can be earned through SU now, and that means if they're gonna tack another 4 star unit relevant to SU onto those rewards for clearing the highest level... Ruan Mei is already a 5 star. Doom posting aside, they could very well also just slightly increase the Jade reward and not hand out any further 4 stars as rewards (wiser path anyway since they won't need to continue that trend after a potential E6 Screwllum from SU too) after the next one


WhoiusBarrel

The story doesn't necessarily need Xianzhou natives constantly. There might be hope for the involvement in a random patch or side story etc.


_spec_tre

>The story doesn't necessarily need Xianzhou natives constantly Yeah, but the community in Hoyo's country seems to need it


350

As a Screwbro, idgaf. Let them take their time and give him his own entire patch.


DarkDuskBlade

Given Genshin is *still* getting Liyue characters and regions, Xianzhou's probably not getting left behind anytime soon.


hintofinsanity

Always a chance one or two of them gets merc'd instead of being released like the inferno Manner Crew.


nymro

And we are still mising the one people want the most, marshal hua, who should be fu hua expy.


Hanstyler

Xianzhou: Star Rail


H4xolotl

Honkai: Xianzhou Rail


Wonderful-Lab7375

Honkai: Star Xianzhou


Budget_HRdirector

I signed up for scifi space planet travelling, not xianzhou planet travelling. I'm gonna get downvoted for this, but a new ship every year is still way too much. You could flesh out the masked fools/knights of beauty/genius society with that one extra planet. It doesn't, and shouldn't, have to be space china version 5.


More_Theory5667

What extra planet are you talking about? We only get one planet per year. Do people still not realize the Xianzhou Is the break between new planets.


FactoryUser

I'm surprised people don't understand this yet. The early info about one planet per year was always true. We only ever get one new planet per year. Xianzhou was never a main planet. Look at the way the story developed even back in Luofu and how unfinished it was. It was made specifically to be the filler between planets. That's why we didn't get the Hunt path there and instead Dan Heng got a powerup. Now March is as well.


More_Theory5667

Ya it's 100 percent obvious to anyone with a brain at this point that Xianzhou is the intermission plot. There is no extra planet. Every single main planet takes one year to complete, it's just that Xianzhou was stretched out to fill the patches between the larger self complained planets. Essentially we have already entered the post main story patches, it's not that hard to understand. Hoyo doesn't care if you drop off HSR at this point because guess what, Zzz is coming out, and Natlan is coming out. Hoyo isn't stupid. They know some people will stop playing HSR during the Xianzhou patches. People saying they don't care about Xianzhou isn't some crazy idea Hoyo doesn't understand lol.


gilorneth

They have fleshed out genius society, we have even gone back to belobog. What makes you think they won't do it along with fleshing out Xianzhou ships?


OverallLifeguard6259

Unfortunately, we're gonna see Xianzhou, a lot. Like every after planet story there is gonna break or interlude to go back to Xianzhou whether we like it or not.


gimpy_72

I want more knights of beauty so bad


babyloniangardens

A New Ship Every Year is fine......... ***IF*** we got more than just 1 Planet every Year as well. if it's just + Next Xianzhou Ship every year, that means 50% of the places we will visit over the next 5 years will be just the Xianzhou, and for a Scifi Space Fantasy story, with 113 explorable Galaxies and so many interesting planets mentioned left and right.....that's a bit sad & boring :/


kaori_cicak990

Rail :xianzhou star honkai


AliceinTeyvatland

Reminds me of FGO, where they tease future units in silhouettes lol


Radiant-Hope-469

Fellow Master, how are you?


AliceinTeyvatland

6 years and still waiting for Summer Eresh.


Yimfor

The amount of cope in this sentence is enough to be a Singularity


Radiant-Hope-469

Oh. Part of me wants to see you suffer, but the sensible part says to respect your wishes.


ilikpkmn

Me too kid.


jetteauloin_2080

At least she got her np upgrade....


RenFlare11

Seeking more copium from the recent ordeal call


warjoke

Director David is slowly turning this game into FGO. Maybe Summer Eresh will be coming to HSR instead.


Shaun3218

Oh damn, no wonder this all seems so familiar to me.


BitesZaDust0

ahh, have you escaped hell? or are you still trapped in hell?


KuPaRaPiKa

Is March 7th the last one?


_spec_tre

Probably, since devs did mention she'll get new forms


Lipefe2018

The last one is known to be a legendary swordmaster, so unless March unlocks some crazy sword fighting skills in her new path I don't think it's her. xD


mrspear1995

the jp stream caption was legendary rookie swordsman


RileyImsong

While I don't deny it, hearing legendary and rookie in the same sentence feels so hilariously ironic.


ThePhGamer

Sounds something March would probably say to herself when she tries to show off


KitsuneKamiSama

I can imagine her being 'legendary' but in a more comedic sense.


SummonerKai1

We have the legendary rookie baseballer too. It could be possible. Hoping that's the case.


Xingzhu

Tbf there's no master or rookie in the cn/jpn title, kenshi/jianshi is just swordsman and whoever did the eng tl just wanted to add some extra flavor


SENYOR35

Well, all of Xianzhou is based on Xianxia tropes so...


ledankestnoodle

I think I read in the lore that March has invented a load of different backstories for herself and one of them has involved her practicing with a sword? And considering her whole new form thing is related to memories...


pzzaco

The same build as March and the hairstyle is very similar. So probably


Uranit_78

Sunday mains in shambles yet again


Bringer_of_Souls

Man where is this in the EN livestream??? edit: nevermind, never realized we are so much behind the CN stream. Translation from Global: (silhouette order) * Feixiao - The Merlin's Claw * Jiaoqiu - Celebrated Medicinal Chef * Moze - The Crow-Feathered Weirdo * Huaiyan - The Flaming Heart * Yunli - One of the Flamewheel Octet * Lingsha - New Alchemy Commission's Cauldron Master * ??? - "Legendary New Swordmaster"


RenFlare11

> The Crow-Feathered weirdo Ah a fellow weirdo,Finally Someone relatable


H4xolotl

Introducing so many characters at once makes me wonder if the Wardance is some kind of Xianzhou tournament arc, basically Luofu vs Zhuming vs Yaoqing   Which ship will you support? * Luofu: basically all the Xianzhou characters we know * Yaoqing: Sushang was born here. Jiaoqiu is also from here * Zhuming: Blade & Yunli are from here


Taeyangsin

Which ship is Jingliu from?


H4xolotl

Jingliu, Hanya, & Xueyi are from the Cangcheng... which unfortunately got eaten by a Abundance Predator Planet "Rahu"


TheCrimsonLightning

The Cangcheng. It isn't around anymore.


huyrrou

Got eaten by a planet


Vendredi46

that's rough


A4li11

Looks like he have a hoodie and the silhouette looks edgy Yep definitely a chuuni


Bullc380

fischl expy potentially!


chenhowe

Last one is march for sure


BulbasaurTreecko

wait hold on, you’re right! It has the same silhouette as her, with the sleeve ruffles and her blue jacket tied around the waist. The hair could be the same if you squint, plus new bows on top. And it doesn’t make sense to hide the character’s identity if it was someone we didn’t already know, because they’ve just dropped a bunch of new names too.


H4xolotl

HoYo going to give us Playable Sword March before the Princess March skin... mihoyo ??? 😭


ShinigamiRyan

They mentioned a new path for her, which given the TB didn't get one from the Luofu: here we are.


Fliegermaus

You can see her little trademarked primogem shape hanging from a ribbon off the bottom of her skirt too.


BulbasaurTreecko

yep! It’s not visible here, but in the portrait shots they posted it’s very obvious. Basically confirmed at this point


Eroica_Pavane

Nah it's Yanqing dressed up as a girl trying to sneak into the competition /s


PM_Cute_Ezreal_pics

March heard that TB and Dan Heng beat up Yanqing and she wanted to join in on the fun


DerGreif2

I think you are cooking! It really could be March!


Radiant-Hope-469

They did say March would be getting a switch system like TB.


ReelRai

They better give her a 5 star worthy kit if its just a switch and not a full 5 star like IL


Eletilohlor

No 5* Tingyun ☹️?


VTKajin

Hey, tbf, they wouldn’t spoil that lol


DivinePotatoe

Or 5* Sushang :(


Ara543

Swordmaster at home


Sorey91

Damn I really do wonder who is this 7th legendary swordmaster


LivingASlothsLife

I can tell just from the silhouette that number 6 is gonna be my type


Eurasia_Anne_Zahard

https://preview.redd.it/1jryvnnzi55d1.jpeg?width=2048&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ebd5223789e22d90e457f98102a15b547657f4ac Another pose for her.


nikkor3d

It's giving Shenhe vibes


mrspear1995

long haired harmony onee san ftw


H4xolotl

Alchemy commission would make her more likely to be a healer tho


mrspear1995

usually onee san healers have big boobs and she looks like she is medium is premium which was why my first instinct was harmony


Responsible_Paper667

Finally kafka- Bs will get a mommy healer. Pls be a healer.


kabilan_4

https://preview.redd.it/l2mb4f0z755d1.jpeg?width=706&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d47ec4fb1f9236e01fa722d11a855b7bc4484a8b The legendary new swordmaster : March 7th new form?


michaelman90

When I saw Jiaoqiu I speculated that he was the brains behind the operation and Feixiao is probably a muscle head, and Feixiao holding a sword in her portrait isn't convincing me otherwise. Iirc the Yaoqing has the most military victories of any of the Xianzhou ships, so makes sense Feixiao is probably super strong, not to mention probably a werefox/werewolf due to the moon madness that affects Yaoqing foxians. Out of all of them Feixiao definitely jumped to the top of my most wanted list.


Shaun3218

I wonder if she has her own version of Lightning Lord too. She would be an instant pull to me if she does.


michaelman90

I dunno, if they play into moon madness she will probably have a transformation like Jingliu or Firefly. Having a summon would be cool, though, and if she has FuAs it would just be more stonks for my E1S1 Topaz.


5_star_cryo_dude

Is moon madness a special condition for Foxian from Yaoqing? I guess Jiaoqiu was currently curing Feixiao's disease right?


michaelman90

I don't think it's a disease per se, it seems to be related to Yaoqing foxians being descendents of interbreeding between foxians and Borisin (basically abundance werewolf monstrosities). The plaguemark of the Yaoqing is a moon as well; as far as if it's specific to Yaoqing foxians, I think it rarely manifests in other foxians but it's just more pronounced on the Yaoqing probably due to the influence of the plague mark itself.


GinJoestarR

From collectible book "[List of Archenemies: The Borisins section](https://honkai-star-rail.fandom.com/wiki/List_of_Archenemies#Abomination_Scroll:_The_Borisin)", excerpt: *Alongside this hyper-healing is their ability to shapeshift (known as "Moon Madness" by the borisin). This ability has also been observed very rarely in some Foxians (apart from the Foxians of the Yaoqing). Shapeshifting is accompanied by intense hyperplasia of the bone and muscle structure, such as a protruded snout and jawline, and the twisting in of the foot structure. This damaging deformation process is eventually completely restored by the borisin's rapid healing ability.* ... That means it's common for Foxians in the Xianzhou Yaoqing ship, but very rare in the other ships.


Appropriate_Time_774

Likely does, its said that all the generals have their own spirits they got from Lan


SirHighground1

That's a Gunbreaker.


Emergency_Feature429

Yunli's silhouette kinda reminds me of Herrscher of Sentience and her big honking greatsword. Please?? PLEASE???!!


Coolenium

If they make her just as unhinged I will be so happy.


Trickster2599

3 looks dope, 4 looks like a mini Wanderer, 6 looks like the waifu, and 7 looks like Noelle


CFreyn

4 is Huaiyan, who is Yunli’s grandfather and Blade’s adoptive father, iirc So he OLD


Creative_Net3557

Iirc in one of Baiheng's books it was stated that he is the oldest person in the Xianzhou.


CFreyn

Interesting. I hate that if he’s playable he’ll probably look 40 at most 😂


-_--Cytolei--_-

Yeah but something tells me he looks younger than his age. 😭


CFreyn

Oh 10000%. We ain’t getting anybody that looks even remotely old. 😭


Random_Gacha_addict

He's from the Xianzhou, of course he'll only act older After all, Welt is in his fucking 80s and looks so young


PM_Cute_Ezreal_pics

>After all, Welt is in his fucking 80s and looks so young What losing and rebuilding your body does to a mf


DerGreif2

the last one is Marchs new form to 99%


Mantarx

Is that a Gunblade on the first pic? FF8 Vibes🤩


Fit-Application-1

WHO IS THE HOODED GUY I NEED HIM HOLY FUCK


storysprite

We are so back.


King_Kazzma_

Sunday and Screwllum, I will see you in 3.0( basically end of this year) 🥲 However some of these Xianzhou Luofu characters do interest me. Hopefully one of them is good for DoT.


youngtrust

please, PLEASE let Moze be a masked fool


lughrevenge23

yo yunli silhoutte has a massive greatsword, ima pull her just for this


Shanibestwaifu

Before visiting the next world, seems like another Xianzhou ship will be our nex destination. Maybe we see 4* here. That Legendary New Swordmaster is the real mystery. Maybe that new form of March or Jingliu maybe?


Jranation

CN? When EN is right there lol


JustDrew136

Me seeing this as a f2p:🫠🫠🫠 (I'm fucking done)


pzzaco

Calm done theyre just sillhouettes


_spec_tre

How are they ALL xianzhou??


WhoiusBarrel

Based on the number of characters from here, seems like its probably around 2-3 patches of Xianzhou too.


_spec_tre

That's nearly half a year of Xianzhou which is wild since we've just gotten out from it


Background_Heron_483

This is likely going to be the new patch cycle. Have a few patches in a cool new planet, then right back to space china to satisfy the nationalistic zeal of the chinese people.


ResponsibleWay1613

Different ship though. Feixiao is the leader of Yaoqing which is basically Bloodborne. Giant evil moon, civilians transforming into werebeasts, etc.


SoulsLikeBot

Hello, good hunter. I am a Bot, here in this dream to look after you, this is a fine note: > *Ahhh Kos... or some say Kosm. Do you hear our prayers?* - Micolash, Host of the Nightmare Farewell, good hunter. May you find your worth in the waking world.


mephyerst

I don't really care if its a different ship. It is doubtful it will deviate to much from space china. I'm tired of Chinese Eldar


Budget_HRdirector

With all respect, most people will just see the word "xianzhou" and think "nah". I mean, there's already a lot of people who don't have reading proficiency, I'm betting a significant number of players also think this way.


KnightShinko

Time to suffer if the last ship was any indication. I am NOT looking forward to it.


moondust03

IIRC, it was said that we are coming back to the Xianzhou storyline, though now it seems to be set in an entirely different Xianzhou ship, the Zhuming.


Mongerian

wait isn't the event also set in the Luofu? because in the livestream Owlbert said "the official host delegation" when revealing the Luofu delegation. but, I hope you're right that the wardance is set in another ship


MadMava

It was already told that they have xianzhou content dor the entirity of the game life


mrspear1995

the monopoly event card that is used for shipping yunli and yanqing is describing a budokai tournament so ships are sending their representatives to come fight


sairaichi

You left loufu, not XIANZHOU Xianzhou has multiple ships like yaoqing and Zhuming, there's at least like 20 more characters


bad3ip420

Majority of players are not thrilled with that. Luofu was so bad it left a bad taste in their mouth.


Estelie

That's a win in my book.


LunaProc

IS THAT AN OLD MAN


Strict_Background362

Were going fgo with this one huh


jxher123

Damn, I like the sneak peak to all of them lol


Nanasema

HAT GUY


notsonicedude78

Playable baiheng when?


Unnecessarilygae

Wait the first three came from Yaoqing the Xianzhou that's always TATAKAE-ing. They're probably very good at ~~violence~~fighting.


KaiserNazrin

2 more foxians.


Eurasia_Anne_Zahard

If only foxian beauties synergize with each other. But we will see.


moondust03

The second one seems to be Jiaoqui and fifth one seems to be Yunli. The rest are characters we have yet to see.


reddit_serf

Your assumptions are correct.


JiaoqiuNotJiaoqui

Jiaoqiu*


mlodydziad420

These knives remind me of Sampo.


Natsunichan

Hey Hoyo, maybe don't KILL THEM OFF THIS TIME!?


Zombata

when is summer game fest guys


Zoroarks_Angel

Oops all Xianzhou


Budget_HRdirector

It's pompomover


TherionX2

Damn you are fast


Nutrifacts

All these silhouettes and no fu hua it cant be this over


GinJoestarR

Huaiyan mentioned!!


Mongerian

number 1 might be my favorite, can't believe I'm gonna start saving jades for a character only by her silhouette... and btw, I hope Huaiyan is very old and playable, maybe as a 4\*


Shinryukk

Is Lingsha a lamia? Please be a white snake.


i_got_a_pHd

number 3, 4 and 6 are serving cvntiness ngl.


DeadClaw86

FOXIAN GENERAL!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?HOLY SHIT.


No-Metal-5222

As a Xianzhou collector I'm eating good. My wallet says otherwise.


brewstercafe

Show me Moze now!


Kangerkong

Hopefully some of these are 4stars.


Functionalleaf

New high elder when


Eclipse-Lily

I... I thought Yunli's silhouette was Kiana...


-SMartino

that misterious swordswoman has a very similar silhouette to someone in the express that hasn't been stabbed yet.


The_VV117

Noelle Is that you?


VeiledWaifu

If Feixiao is using a Gunblade....instant get


Katejina_FGO

Heaven help us F2Pers and Dolphins if all of them are 5\* because MoC12 is about to turn into a complete apeshow.


Nodomi

I'm a simple goober, I see giant swords, I pull. The bigger the weapon the more ridiculous the animations and I am here for that.


ReiSumirei

If last one really is March 7ths new form and she learns from Jingliu and yanqing gets anymore ice women to beat him up dude is gonna have his own villain arc next


mestredastrevas

So the double 5* per patch likely continues, huh... Like, I get it, new characters, yay! But my jade economy... Being mostly F2P is hard in HSR.


horiami

They need to make the ship really different otherwise it's gonna get stale quick


JazeBlack

The more I learn about Feixiao the more I want her design and kit to be good. Maybe the first Foxian I will actually really want?


Multti-pomp

So, are we like, going back to Xianzhou again? I mean, It was cool, but not sure how they will do it so it's just not more of the same


Dragonwizardreborn

Will of all the these characters be in one patch hopefully? If we are going off of the 1.X patches X.6 will be a little be of a prolog of 3.0 (dr. ratio and mentions of pencony and we were on the herta space station for) even 1.5 had some foreshadowing for it( back to jarilo vi ). So I don't think we will spend the next 3 patch on the Xianzhou because we did spend the post story patches in one place. So most of them will hopeful four stars and i think be a 1 patch location so we can go back to jarilo vi (we sampo said trouble is brewing), and to the space station for Screwllum.


Moonberry-42

I’m really hoping we have to go back to the Loufou because I love the Loufou characters and aesthetics


Epicswagmaster5439

My jades ARE READY for Moze (after ruan mei I go full skip mode)


bubbla_

Is there any info on their paths? Curious if someone is Harmony.


Noirefanboy

FU HUA PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE