Chapter Summaries

Chen Luo and Herrscher of Knowledge sold enchanted Geo Archon statues in Liyue, and Chen Luo gave three children dolls at a discount. After Herrscher of Knowledge suggested robbing Northland Bank, Chen Luo warned her that The Lady and Childe were there; the children left praising him as a good person.

• Herrscher of Knowledge enthusiastically advertised the statues while Chen Luo carved them and added formations that could soothe the mind and nourish the body.
• Lulu, Afei, and Xiaomeng wanted three statues but had only 900 Mora, so Chen Luo accepted their payment and let them choose any three dolls except the largest one.
• Chen Luo told the children to keep their discounted purchase secret, and they left with their dolls, thanking him.
• Herrscher of Knowledge suggested robbing Northland Bank, and Chen Luo warned that The Lady and Childe were there.
• Herrscher of Knowledge said Childe had three health bars and The Lady had two, while Lulu told her friends that Chen Luo was a good person.

Ningguang followed Lulu to Chen Luo’s stall after discovering Adeptal Formations on a damaged Geo Archon figurine, and she found Shenhe confronting a customer who had broken another puppet. After Chen Luo used an illusion to conceal the damaged pavement, Ningguang examined the figurines and asked to choose one for 5,000 Mora.

• Lulu dropped her Geo Archon figurine, and Ningguang noticed unfamiliar Adeptal Formations on its base.
• Ningguang asked Lulu to lead her to Chen Luo’s stall so she could investigate the figurine’s maker and replace the damaged statue.
• Shenhe crushed a stone slab to make a customer pay for a broken puppet, while the Herrscher of Knowledge inflated its value and Chen Luo accepted 50,000 Mora.
• Chen Luo taught Shenhe to deter troublemakers without immediately fighting, then used an illusion to make the shattered pavement appear intact to Ningguang.
• Ningguang examined Chen Luo’s Geo Archon figurines and asked whether she could choose one for 5,000 Mora.

Chen Luo sold rune-carved figurines to Ningguang and quickly carved a limited-edition likeness of her, earning commissions from Ningguang and Baishi. Ningguang then commissioned a Liyue Millennium board and pieces for 10,000 Mora, leaving Chen Luo set to make them after receiving a sample.

• Ningguang examined Chen Luo’s figurines, sensed their calming formations, and let Lulu choose one while paying for a custom commission.
• Lulu asked Chen Luo to carve Ningguang, and he made a limited-edition figurine in half a minute; Baishi then requested an identical one with Ningguang’s approval.
• Ningguang offered to buy Chen Luo’s entire stall, but he refused, saying the figurines were meant for those with fate.
• Ningguang commissioned an exquisite Liyue Millennium board and pieces engraved with Adeptus Formations, and Chen Luo accepted after asking for a sample.
• Chen Luo quoted Ningguang 10,000 Mora for the custom set, emphasizing that the price was fixed by his sign and their fated connection.

Chen Luo sold Rex Lapis Puppets and began carving a Liyue Millennium chessboard for Ningguang, while Shenhe and the Herrscher of Knowledge helped at the stall. Ganyu arrived, recognized Cloud Retainer’s array patterns in a puppet, and learned that Chen Luo had studied Cloud Retainer’s puppet-making books.

• Ningguang agreed to bring Chen Luo the latest Liyue Millennium version and collect his completed chessboard forty minutes later after seeing him carve a wooden figure with Wind Element Power.
• Chen Luo checked the stall’s earnings, then began carving the chessboard while the Herrscher of Knowledge promoted the wares and Shenhe observed nearby merchants and customers.
• Ganyu came to the stall seeking a Rex Lapis Puppet, and Chen Luo offered her one for free after learning she was genuinely interested.
• Shenhe recognized Ganyu’s name but stayed silent, while Ganyu inspected a puppet and identified its array patterns as Cloud Retainer’s work.
• Chen Luo told Ganyu that he had learned puppet mechanism techniques from books Cloud Retainer had compiled.

Chen Luo introduced Shenhe to Ganyu and explained that he had brought her to Liyue Harbor to help her adjust to human society. As Ganyu and Ningguang’s intern secretary Lan Ye visited his stall, Chen Luo received commissions revealing Lan Ye’s curiosity about Shenhe and himself.

• Chen Luo introduced Shenhe to Ganyu, who recognized the Crimson Rope Soul Binding Method and chose a Rex Lapis puppet from his stall.
• Chen Luo explained that he was using Shenhe’s strength to teach her how to handle disputes, and revealed that he absorbed her negative aura to temper her fierce nature.
• Lan Ye delivered Ningguang’s chess-set commission and agarwood, accepted Chen Luo’s offer of a puppet, and introduced herself as Ningguang’s intern secretary.
• Ganyu discussed Shenhe’s background with her and explained that the Seven Stars Immortal Conferment Ceremony was not a festival, while Chen Luo said he had arrived in Liyue that day.
• Chen Luo received new commissions asking about Shenhe’s background, why she had come down from the mountain, and who Chen Luo was.

Chen Luo told Ganyu about his work and his origins in another world, then gave her cards granting access to his bar and his help. Yelan discovered that Chen Luo had somehow placed matching cards in her hand, while Zhongli visited Chen Luo’s stall and left with a Geo Archon statue despite having no Mora.

• Chen Luo explained to Ganyu that his portable bar could appear anywhere and recounted helping resolve the Stormterror incident in Mondstadt.
• Chen Luo revealed that he came from a different world and gave Ganyu a Commission Card and a Bar Invitation Card.
• Yelan, disguised as the little secretary, refused Chen Luo’s offer of cards and hurried away, only to discover that the cards had appeared in her hand.
• Zhongli discussed the quality and price of Chen Luo’s Geo Archon statues and asked why Chen Luo had ordered twenty-five coffins.
• Chen Luo offered Zhongli a statue for one Mora, but Zhongli admitted he had no money with him, so Chen Luo let him take it on credit.

Chen Luo completed Ningguang’s Liyue Millennium order and showed her Venti’s Gnosis, which Zhongli identified as dangerous. Keqing then confronted Chen Luo over an alleged lack of business permits, leaving him to figure out how to answer her demand.

• Zhongli bought Hu Tao a Geo Archon doll from Chen Luo and discussed Wangsheng Funeral Parlor’s generous discount.
• Ningguang collected her intricately carved Liyue Millennium board and praised its design and runic effects.
• Chen Luo showed Ningguang Venti’s Gnosis, and Zhongli recognized it as the Anemo Archon’s Gnosis and warned Chen Luo to keep it hidden.
• Keqing arrived at Chen Luo’s stall and, after discussing the upcoming Seven Stars Immortal Conferment Ceremony with Ningguang, demanded his business license and location-rental permit.
• Chen Luo used Keqing’s Fate Threads to discover that Yelan had reported him, then asked Keqing whether she liked Geo Archon dolls, but she said she was not interested.

Chen Luo fled Keqing’s attempts to inspect his stall, then went to the Seven Stars Immortal Conferment Ceremony site to make wishes and draw cards. His draw awarded him the Jade Chamber, which he realized he might be able to sell to Ningguang.

• Chen Luo tricked Keqing into looking away, packed up his puppets, and escaped, leaving a Geo Archon puppet behind.
• Zhongli identified the puppet and pointed Keqing toward Chen Luo, who kept fleeing whenever she caught sight of him.
• Chen Luo decided to visit Yujing Terrace to make wishes and hoped for a piece of the Geo Archon’s remains or a worthwhile commission.
• Chen Luo made wishes at a burner and used his card draw, receiving a four-star Jade Chamber.
• Ningguang approached Chen Luo while Keqing searched elsewhere, and Chen Luo considered selling her the Jade Chamber.

Chen Luo attended Liyue’s Seven Stars Immortal Conferment Ceremony with Lumine, Paimon, and his companions, while trying to avoid trouble with Keqing. When the Geo Archon’s lifeless body fell onto the altar and Ningguang declared that the Lord had been assassinated, the Millelith sealed off the grounds and Keqing headed toward Chen Luo, a suspicious undocumented outsider.

• Chen Luo met Lumine and Paimon, gave Paimon ten portions of Three-Colored Dumplings, and warned them not to admit they knew him because he faced a large fine.
• Chen Luo, Lumine, and Paimon attended the Seven Stars Immortal Conferment Ceremony, where Ningguang activated the elemental resonance device as the gathered officials and spectators watched.
• Darkness corrupted the clouds, and a lifeless divine body fell from the sky onto the altar, scattering the offerings and throwing the crowd into chaos.
• Ningguang examined the body and announced that the Lord had been assassinated, ordering the Millelith to seal off the area and inspect the spectators.
• Keqing spotted Chen Luo among those closest to the altar and walked toward him, while he worried that his suspicious position and lack of identification would make him a suspect.

Keqing confronted Chen Luo, collected fines for his sales and tree-cutting, then Ningguang summoned him and Shenhe to help contact Cloud Retainer about the Geo Archon’s assassination. Chen Luo accepted the commission and was asked to report exactly what he had witnessed.

• Keqing caught Chen Luo, and his commission rewarded him for finally standing still.
• Chen Luo paid Keqing 21,100 Mora for illegally selling goods, then another 10,000 Mora for cutting down trees.
• Ganyu arrived and relayed Ningguang’s request for Chen Luo and Shenhe to come over.
• Chen Luo asked the Herrscher of Knowledge to take a few pieces from Morax’s body to soak in liquor.
• Ningguang asked Chen Luo to contact Cloud Retainer and report what he saw, explaining that Shenhe was Cloud Retainer’s disciple.

Chen Luo accepted the Liyue Qixing’s commission to tell the immortals what happened at the Seven Stars Immortal Conferment Ceremony, then went to Mona’s home instead of setting out for Mt. Aocang. He arrived as Mona opened the door, and their conversation turned to astrology and whether Chen Luo could learn it.

• Ganyu suggested that Chen Luo explain Shenhe’s situation to the immortals, and Chen Luo accepted several commissions to report the ceremony’s events fairly.
• Chen Luo requested 62,200 Mora as compensation, and Keqing paid him 31,100 Mora while promising the rest later.
• A Millelith officer reported that a blond foreigner with a floating white creature had fled, and Ningguang ordered a wanted notice after Chen Luo pretended not to know her.
• Chen Luo followed Mona’s Fate Threads to her home, where Mona greeted him before he could knock.
• Mona accused Chen Luo of showing off his occult ability, and Chen Luo claimed that reading was his strong suit.

Mona gave Chen Luo a Treasure Hunting Compass, which he considered lending to Lumine after receiving her commission to find the Three-Eyed Five Manifestations Adepti and clear her name. Before leaving to handle it, Chen Luo told Mona about his ability to learn from books by touching them, leaving her exasperated and ordering him out.

• Mona gave Chen Luo an astrology-made Treasure Hunting Compass that pointed toward nearby valuable, ownerless objects.
• Chen Luo received Lumine’s commission to find the Three-Eyed Five Manifestations Adepti, clear her name, and remove her wanted notice for 500 Primogems and a random reward.
• Chen Luo asked Mona whether he could lend the compass to someone, and she told him he could do as he wished with it.
• Chen Luo asked Mona to gather her astrology books so he could touch them and learn their contents through Furniture Mastery.
• Chen Luo explained that touching a book let him comprehend and apply its knowledge at a proficient level, prompting Mona to angrily push him out of her home.

Chen Luo joined Lumine and Childe in Northland Bank, exposed the Fatui’s Hundred Taboos Scroll as a counterfeit, and revealed that he could provide genuine copies. Childe offered to buy them all, leaving Chen Luo poised to profit while the Fatui prepared for their plans in Liyue.

• Mona returned Chen Luo’s 500,000 Mora and promised to give him an astrology book later, while Chen Luo left to handle Lumine’s commission.
• Chen Luo appeared with Shenhe and the others in Northland Bank, where Lumine introduced him to Childe and showed him a Hundred Taboos Scroll.
• Chen Luo identified Lumine’s scroll as a Fatui counterfeit, and Shenhe explained that its main flaw was its weak adeptal energy.
• Chen Luo produced a genuine Hundred Taboos Scroll and revealed that he had dozens more, prompting Childe to offer to buy them all.
• Chen Luo accepted Childe’s offer after receiving commissions to sell the scrolls, and Childe considered their potential use in the Fatui’s plans.

Chen Luo sold Childe 49 Hundred Taboos Scrolls for 1.5 billion Mora, then prepared to help Lumine and Paimon contact the adepti while planning for the Fatui’s likely trouble. He explained why Lumine’s flight had made the Qixing suspect her more, leaving the group to continue toward the adepti with her wanted status unresolved.

• Chen Luo considered how he could fight Osial, the Vortex God, with his own abilities and help from allies, and resolved not to let the conflict endanger civilians.
• Chen Luo sold Childe 49 Hundred Taboos Scrolls for 1.5 billion Mora, while Lumine and Paimon questioned the price and Childe agreed to the purchase.
• After Chen Luo and the others left, Childe ordered a hidden subordinate to investigate Chen Luo and how he had appeared in Liyue.
• Chen Luo said he would donate 750 million Mora to Liyue’s post-disaster reconstruction and told Lumine and Paimon they needed to contact the adepti to clear Lumine’s wanted notice.
• Lumine explained that she distrusted the gods because one had taken her brother, and Chen Luo argued that the Geo Archon and the Qixing were unlikely to be responsible.
• Chen Luo told Lumine that fleeing, especially alongside Childe, had greatly increased the Qixing’s suspicion, and Paimon asked whether the wanted notice could still be revoked.

Chen Luo took Shenhe and his companions to Wangshu Inn to find Xiao before Ningguang’s message reached him, hoping to notify the adeptus and secure his commission rewards. There, Chen Luo and Herrscher of Knowledge sensed Xiao’s ancient karmic debt and struggled to resist the temptation to consume it as Chen Luo continued evaluating Shenhe’s readiness for society.

• Lumine fled from the Millelith while Chen Luo stayed behind, and a captain recognized him as Ningguang’s messenger to the adepti.
• Chen Luo realized he needed to reach Xiao at Wangshu Inn before Ningguang’s message did, so he used a Teleport Anchor and the Herrscher of Void’s power to travel there with Shenhe, Sirin, and Herrscher of Knowledge.
• Herrscher of Knowledge sensed something delicious near Wangshu Inn, and Chen Luo realized that she and he could consume karmic debt, though doing so risked affecting their minds.
• Chen Luo sensed Xiao’s karmic debt and switched off most of his Inner Demon’s Body to resist the temptation, while Herrscher of Knowledge hid in his Sea of Consciousness.
• Chen Luo asked Shenhe whether she had learned anything from observing the Seven Stars Immortal Conferment Ceremony and continued assessing whether she was ready to enter society.

Chen Luo brought Shenhe to Wangshu Inn to deliver news of the Geo Archon's assassination to Xiao, drawing the wary yaksha out with special almond tofu. Xiao learned that the Geo Archon had been assassinated during the Seven Stars Immortal Conferment Ceremony and immediately questioned the Seven Stars' role.

• Chen Luo decided Shenhe could enter society after she had more time to digest her killing intent, and Shenhe asked to keep visiting the bar.
• Chen Luo used Ningguang's token to ask the Wangshu Inn boss to arrange a meeting with Xiao, then set out special almond tofu to lure him out.
• Chen Luo, Shenhe, and Sirin ate three servings of almond tofu while waiting, and Xiao appeared when Chen Luo hinted that he might eat the last serving.
• Xiao ate the remaining almond tofu as Chen Luo explained the Geo Archon's assassination during the Seven Stars Immortal Conferment Ceremony.
• Xiao expressed shock at the news and asked what role the Seven Stars had played.

After learning of the Geo Archon’s assassination, Chen Luo gathered the adepti and arranged for Lumine to seek out the remaining ones. The group left to find Moon Carver and Plam Leaf, while Cloud Retainer stayed behind to collect her thoughts.

• Xiao listened to Chen Luo’s account of the Rite of Descension and agreed to meet with the other adepti at Cloud Retainer’s abode.
• Chen Luo told Cloud Retainer that the Geo Archon had been assassinated, and Shenhe calmed her when she began threatening to suppress Liyue Harbor.
• Cloud Retainer asked Shenhe to accompany Chen Luo, then chose to remain alone and think through the assassination.
• Chen Luo used Fate Threads to predict that Lumine would soon summon him, so he took Shenhe and the others to the bar to wait.
• Lumine and Paimon arrived after escaping the Millelith, and Chen Luo told them that Xiao and Cloud Retainer had been notified while Moon Carver and Plam Leaf remained.
• Shenhe explained where the remaining adepti could be found, and Lumine agreed to go with Chen Luo to look for them.

Chen Luo and Lumine traveled through Jueyun Karst to inform the adepti that the Geo Archon had been assassinated and Lumine had been placed on the wanted list. After Chen Luo completed his messenger mission, Lumine realized her name had not been cleared, and Chen Luo began to tell her something he had been wanting to say.

• Chen Luo reassured Lumine that the Millelith had not followed her, then joined Shenhe and Paimon in meeting Moon Carver.
• Shenhe and Paimon told Moon Carver about the assassination and Lumine's wanted status, and Moon Carver agreed that the other adepti should be informed.
• Chen Luo explained that Cloud Retainer and the Demon Slayer had already been notified, then Moon Carver went to Cloud Retainer while Chen Luo's group headed for Plam Leaf.
• On the way to Plam Leaf's abode, Chen Luo gave 100,000 Mora to a man whose brother was trapped in amber and collected Walking Wasabi seeds.
• Plam Leaf reacted with shock to the news, and Chen Luo completed his messenger mission, earning 810 Primogems, a random reward, and Favorability with Ningguang.
• Lumine questioned why the mission was complete before her name was cleared, and Chen Luo said he had something he wanted to tell her.

Chen Luo returned to Liyue Harbor with Lumine after helping her find four adepti, then learned that she had commissioned him to show her the Archon's Remains. He headed to Wangsheng Funeral Parlor to collect coffins and considered whether a piece of the remains in his inventory could fulfill her commission.

• Chen Luo told Lumine that he was the Qixing's messenger and explained that Ganyu had recommended him.
• Lumine and Chen Luo returned to Childe, who told them the Qixing had restricted access to the Archon's Remains and tried to prompt Lumine to investigate.
• Chen Luo left Lumine and Childe, then received a commission to help Lumine see the Archon's Remains.
• Chen Luo considered showing Lumine a piece of the Archon's Remains in his inventory, but doubted that it would satisfy the commission's required result.
• Chen Luo arrived at Wangsheng Funeral Parlor to collect the twenty-five coffins he had ordered.

Chen Luo collected twenty-five coffins from Hu Tao and asked about Wangsheng Funeral Parlor’s most expensive model, while the Herrscher of Knowledge appeared and sparred with Hu Tao. Two missions completed, and Chen Luo learned that Zhongli would handle the Rite of Descension as Liyue dealt with the Geo Archon’s apparent death.

• Hu Tao showed Chen Luo the twenty-five coffins, and he stored them using his spatial threads.
• Chen Luo teased Hu Tao about her treasured hat, then tested his ability to detect lies as the Herrscher of Knowledge appeared and Hu Tao attacked her with a flaming spear.
• Chen Luo asked Hu Tao about the most luxurious coffin, but abandoned the idea when she quoted a price of two billion Mora.
• Chen Luo heard that his missions to promote Wangsheng Funeral Parlor and clear Lumine’s name were complete, and the Qixing had withdrawn Lumine’s arrest warrant.
• Hu Tao told Chen Luo that Zhongli would handle the Rite of Descension and reflected on the Geo Archon’s death.