Temple of Space is a unique area in Genshin Impact with multiple cultural combined into this one map. There are Luyang Academy that is based on Liyue, Mahavaipulya Chamber that is a combination of many nations, and Desert Pavilion that is based in Sumeru’s desert area.

Luyang Academy is not completed though as almost all of the academy is sealed inside a painting, and you need to find said painting to complete the map. To do that, you need to start and complete a certain quest in Genshin Impact, called Long Live Life. This guide will help you complete Long Live Life in Luyang Academy, from start till the end.

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Long Live Life Quest Guide in Genshin Impact

Note that you need to start the ‘A Day the Grand Temple Inscribed with Ages’ quest before you can start this quest. ‘A Day the Grand Temple Inscribed with Ages’ is the second quest under the A Long Day in the Mountain Quest Chain released in Genshin Impact version Luna VI. It’s the continuation of ‘The Wind Has Ceased’ quest, where we will unlock The Temple of Space, a whole new sub-region like Enkanomiya and The Chasm: Underground Mines.

If you did not unlock the teleport waypoint at the entrance of the Luyang Academy in Genshin Impact yet, don’t worry. First, go to Central Pillar Hall via the Temple of Aether – Mnemonic Nexus, and head northeast to find a portal that will fly you to the platform on the east. Continue with the path there until you reach the teleport waypoint.

The puzzle for this location is all about World in a Painting mechanism. The paintings in this area have pockets of space sealed inside them. Dex can restore the space trapped within the painting and manifest objects from the painting into the physical world.

Once you’re at the Luyang Academy, investigate the strange ink mark and the room at the edge of the academy. If you noticed, there’s basically nothing in here, and that’s because the whole academy is sealed inside a painting.

After examining everything and you’re at the miniature building, find the Ink-Man inside it. You can see it like in the image above. You will then be transported to another space to progress the quest.

Keep following the Ink-Man to let it continue showing the way. On the table, there will be a painting. Let Dex pick it up, and align it with the background so it can manifest the building in real life. You can then go to the newly solidified building.

The second painting also has the same mechanism. If you’re confused on where to align it, refer to the image above for the right spot and continue the quest.

Now, investigate the painting to be transported back to the original Luyang Academy. More spaces will be unlocked so you can just follow the quest navigation until you reach the last room and find the first of Zeitlind’s belonging.

Although you found the item, this sub-quest is still not over yet as you need to still follow the Ink-Men until you reach a room with 2 paintings. Call Dex and let it help manifest the items in the painting to reality.

There will be another 2 paintings afterwards for you to manifest, and a new path will emerge for you to save the next NPC. If you remember, you already met this person by the Statue of the Seven in Dornman Port, but he’s not the real one though.

The trap will appear and you need to run away from the inks. If you find a dead end, it’s not. There will be a painting nearby for Dex to use and manifest a path for you to run. This will happen multiple times so keep an eye out for paintings on the tablets.

At one point, you will get cornered by the inks from both side and they will trap you here for a minute. What you need to do here to is to survive and avoid the ink botches until a new painting will spawn and use Dex to manifest the path. Continue with the quest navigation until you meet Daozi again.

Once you enter the painting, snatch the star to fully unlock the whole area of Luyang Academy and turn those Ink-Men back to humans. Talk to the NPCs navigated by the quest to complete all the task here.