Chapter Summaries

Chen Luo discussed the possibility of Zhongli becoming Liyue’s next Geo Archon with Hu Tao, then revealed to Zhongli that he came from another world and showed him his interworld bar. Zhongli recognized Venti inside but hid from him, and he agreed to visit Chen Luo’s bar after the Rite of Descension.

• Chen Luo warned Hu Tao that the Qixing might poach Zhongli and suggested he would be an ideal candidate for a new Geo Archon.
• Hu Tao agreed Zhongli would make a suitable Geo Archon until Chen Luo pointed out that the role would end Zhongli’s work as Wangsheng Funeral Parlor’s Guest Official.
• Zhongli emerged from behind the door, heard Chen Luo mention another world, and asked about it; Chen Luo openly said he was a traveler from one.
• Chen Luo showed Zhongli the bar inside Wangsheng Funeral Parlor, where Zhongli recognized the sleeping Venti.
• Venti began to recognize Zhongli, but Zhongli shut the bar door and claimed he was keeping the alcohol smell away from Hu Tao.
• Chen Luo invited Hu Tao and Zhongli to visit the bar, and Zhongli agreed to come after the Rite of Descension.

Chen Luo returned to Zero Bar after recruiting Zhongli as a customer and heard how Shenhe had completed her commission to find the adepti. He then began experimenting with an Insanely Modified Thermobaric Bomb, turning it into a silver bullet while trying to understand its damage-piercing effect.

• Zhongli accepted Chen Luo's invitation to summon Zero Bar, and Hu Tao later pointed a Fatui messenger toward him when she came asking about the Seven Stars Immortal Conferment Ceremony.
• Chen Luo returned to the bar, found Venti asleep again, and welcomed Shenhe when she arrived.
• Shenhe reported that she had spoken with Ganyu, met Ningguang and Keqing, and delivered two cards to each of them.
• Shenhe refused Keqing's offer of 31,100 Mora as Chen Luo had instructed, leaving him pleased that Keqing still owed him the money.
• Chen Luo studied the Insanely Modified Thermobaric Bomb, failed to uncover how its damage-piercing effect worked, and transformed it into a silver bullet with Void Archive.

Chen Luo experimented with costly modified weapons while harvesting Honkai Crystals through the bar’s multiple doors. Zhongli asked him to carve Noctilucous Jade ceremonial items for the Rite of Descension, and Chen Luo accepted without payment after Lumine pleaded; he asked Lumine to call him when she went to buy Everlasting Incense.

• Chen Luo modified Heavenly Fire Judgment and thermobaric bombs into a powerful but expensive combination, then continued condensing Honkai Crystals in Changkong City through an open Bar Door.
• Lumine entered through another of the bar’s doors and told Chen Luo she had come about the Rite of Descension.
• Zhongli arrived and asked Chen Luo to carve Noctilucous Jade ceremonial items for Morax’s funeral.
• Chen Luo objected to the job, but accepted it without payment after Lumine pleaded that she could not afford to pay.
• Chen Luo asked Lumine to call him when she went to buy Everlasting Incense, then used transparent threads to retrieve Noctilucous Jade from outside the bar.

Chen Luo helped with the Rite of Descension by carving a ceremonial vessel from Noctilucous Jade, while Lumine and Zhongli prepared the other offerings. The chapter left Lumine asking Chen Luo to make perfumed ointment, prompting a new commission.

• Lumine questioned Chen Luo about helping her see the Archon's Remains, but decided to stick with Zhongli's Rite of Descension plan.
• Zhongli left the bar before Venti woke, and Venti briefly drank Wind God's Liquor before falling asleep again.
• Chen Luo began carving the ceremonial vessel and used a door to view the Archon's Remains in Changkong City.
• Zhongli told Lumine and Paimon that the Archon's Remains would be kept in the Golden House before the ceremony at Yujing Terrace.
• The Herrscher of Knowledge considered taking Mora from the Golden House, but Chen Luo told her to wait until Childe and Lumine fought there.
• Lumine returned with Silk Flowers and asked Chen Luo to make perfumed ointment, triggering a new commission.

Chen Luo received a commission to find the half-immortal beast Kirin, but he and the others returned to Bubu Pharmacy without finding any clues. He arranged for Lumine to use the Guizhong Machine and a chess piece he provided, leaving the search unresolved.

• Chen Luo completed Zhongli’s carved Noctilucous Jade instruments and received a disposable Geo Gnosis, which he explained could produce Mora.
• Lumine and Zhongli arrived to collect the instruments and asked Chen Luo to join them in searching for the Kirin, triggering a four-star commission.
• Chen Luo confronted Lumine and Zhongli for forgetting to call him about buying Everlasting Incense, then claimed divination had revealed the connection to the Kirin commission.
• Chen Luo declined to join the search and gave Lumine a chess piece to place beside the Guizhong Machine after Qiqi’s plan to use it to shoot the Kirin.
• Lumine and Zhongli returned to Bubu Pharmacy without finding the Kirin, and Zhongli apologized to Qiqi for failing to fulfill the contract.

At Bubu Pharmacy, Qiqi’s search for a cocogoat ended in confusion, while Chen Luo met Baizhu and Changsheng and tested his powerful Infinite Serpent on the pharmacy’s dried snakes. The group continued their business as Chen Luo secretly touched Baizhu’s Dendro Vision and revealed his ten-colored Elemental Eye.

• Qiqi gave Chen Luo the dried snakes he had requested, and Paimon explained that coconut milk came from coconuts rather than cocogoats.
• Baizhu introduced himself as Bubu Pharmacy’s owner, and Chen Luo asked Changsheng about her scales and shed skin before summoning Infinite Serpent to eat the dried snakes.
• Changsheng and Paimon feared Infinite Serpent, while Zhongli sensed its overwhelming power and Chen Luo sent it back into his shadow.
• Paimon asked Baizhu for Everlasting Incense as Chen Luo removed the disguise from his Elemental Eye, which now showed ten colors.

Chen Luo and his companions finished preparing the Rite of Descension while arranging payment for the Everlasting Incense and discussing new business with Baizhu and Childe. Zhongli invited everyone to a port tavern for dinner, promising to bring Mora this time.

• Chen Luo replicated the Dendro Element with his Elemental Eye, while Lumine sought help paying for the three-million-Mora Everlasting Incense.
• Childe agreed to cooperate with Baizhu and paid for the incense after learning Qiqi was attached to Chen Luo’s coconut milk.
• Baizhu revealed that Chen Luo had negotiated a ten percent discount on future dried snake purchases instead of a discount on the incense.
• Chen Luo and Lumine joined Zhongli at Yujing Terrace, where he finished arranging the Rite of Descension supplies.
• Zhongli invited the group to dinner at Three Bowls Not Crossing Port and assured them he would bring money.

Chen Luo tried to postpone his promised visit to Mobius’s laboratory because he planned to help Lumine in another world, but Mobius confronted him and made him accept a commission to arrive on time. As the two versions of Mobius began arguing, Chen Luo retreated to the bar, where Raven reflected on how quickly her wishes had come true.

• Chen Luo declined to join Zhongli and Paimon for a meal because he needed to open his shop, while Little Senti was invited to go in his place.
• Mobius confronted Chen Luo for repeatedly delaying his visit to her laboratory, and he explained that he planned to help save a country in another world.
• Mobius pretended to feel hurt when Chen Luo chose another world over her laboratory, but Memory Mei Biu Si exposed her act.
• Mobius issued Chen Luo a commission to visit her laboratory in the Previous Era the day after tomorrow, then argued with Memory Mei Biu Si about their future and past selves.
• Chen Luo escaped to the bar while the two Mobiuses continued their hostile exchange, and Raven told him that finding her brother and gaining a villa island had left her feeling strangely empty.

Raven invited Chen Luo to dinner at her newly built villa, but Otto arrived demanding to know why Kallen had not been revived. Chen Luo realized Otto’s strict expectations were the obstacle, then Otto faced Durandal’s demand to spar with him and Chen Luo offered to sell him coffins.

• Raven told Chen Luo the villa on her island would be finished the next day and invited him to dinner, just the two of them.
• Otto rushed into the bar and pressed Chen Luo to explain why Kallen had not been revived after Cecilia and Yae Rin returned.
• Chen Luo told Otto his future self had prepared a revival method with fewer side effects, and Otto accepted the explanation.
• Otto said he wanted Kallen restored with her full memories and identity, leading Chen Luo to realize Otto’s high standards prevented the commission from being completed.
• Chen Luo asked Otto how he could improve his reputation before Kallen returned, and Otto worried that his victims, including Durandal, might turn Kallen against him.
• Durandal arrived with Black Abyss White Flower and asked Otto to spar, while Chen Luo offered to sell him some coffins.

Chen Luo welcomed Sirin and Irena to the bar while Raven accepted Sirin despite her resemblance to the Herrscher of Void. Little Evil God brought a hungry blonde girl to eat for free and tried to make her keep the bar a secret, leaving Chen Luo and Raven to consider how to use her boasts as evidence.

• Chen Luo explained to Raven that Otto had exchanged two Herrscher Gems for Otherworldly Coffins, and he expected the Gem of Desire to come to him soon.
• Chen Luo hurried upstairs when Little Sirin woke, then introduced her to Raven, who said she held no grudge against the girl.
• Irena visited the bar, and Chen Luo identified her as a different Irena before she ordered a glowing croissant that blinded her.
• Little Evil God brought Pekora and a platinum-haired girl with a dark mark on her forehead to the bar, promising the girl free food if she served her and kept the bar secret.
• Chen Luo told Raven to gather evidence of Little Evil God's remarks, while noting that the blonde girl seemed to have ignored most of them.

Chen Luo welcomed Pekora and Little Evil God's friends into the bar, then used a recording of Little Evil God's deception to threaten her upstairs. Meanwhile, Durandal and Little Sirin became the focus of the next scene.

• Chen Luo recognized Pekora, offered her free food, and received a commission when she eagerly accepted.
• Raven served Pekora a family bucket as Little Evil God urged her to work hard to repay the meal and keep it secret from Lily Bell.
• Lily Bell, Medusa, and Minos arrived after Lily Bell followed Little Evil God, and Chen Luo reassured Medusa that the bar would protect everyone from her petrifying gaze.
• Chen Luo welcomed the newcomers, then led Little Evil God upstairs and showed her a recording of her treatment of Pekora, threatening to reveal it to Lily Bell.
• After Chen Luo and Little Evil God returned downstairs, Lily Bell asked what had kept them upstairs.

Chen Luo made a deal with Little Evil God for her snake meat in exchange for keeping her secret and granting limited wishes, while she received three figures for Garden Lily Ling, Medusa, and Minos. Durandal brought Otto’s damaged body to the bar and encountered Little Sirin, whose presence left her uncertain about their connection; Chen Luo suggested Sirin might one day be Durandal’s big sister.

• Little Evil God revealed the three figures, and Garden Lily Ling, Medusa, and Minos were pleased with them.
• Chen Luo explained that he had contracted with Little Evil God to obtain snake meat in exchange for secrecy, limited wishes, and gold.
• Durandal delivered Otto’s mangled Soul Steel Body to Chen Luo and asked him to open a door to St. Freya Academy.
• Durandal noticed Sirin and considered the complicated history linking the Herrscher of Void, Cecilia, Otto, and herself.
• Durandal left for St. Freya Academy, and Chen Luo told Sirin that Durandal might one day have to call her big sister.

Chen Luo learned from Pekora that angels could sense the mark left by an angel he had killed, and that several methods could conceal it. Though he had not mastered any method completely, he called Medusa upstairs to help him use demonic realm power.

• Pekora ate enough rice balls to complete her task, thanked Chen Luo, and asked to work at the bar so she could keep eating there.
• Pekora sensed that Chen Luo had killed an angel and told him that only angels could detect the lingering mark, while Angel's Recognition could weaken their perception.
• Pekora explained that becoming an angel, cultivating holy light, or covering the mark with demonic realm power could also conceal it, though each method had risks or limitations.
• Chen Luo realized he had partial access to all three methods but had not mastered any of them, and called Medusa upstairs to help him use demonic realm power.
• Medusa warned Chen Luo that demonic realm power could harm humans and urged him to be careful before returning downstairs.

Chen Luo entered the Demon Realm to strengthen himself and Infinite Serpent, but the realm’s energy began assimilating them. After surviving a dangerous transformation and returning to the bar, Chen Luo was left bloodied and exhausted while Infinite Serpent gained a new form and powerful growth.

• Medusa agreed to set up a Teleport Anchor in the Demon Realm in exchange for a limited-edition articulated Little Evil God figurine.
• Chen Luo entered the Demon Realm alone and was overwhelmed by its energy, which strengthened him and Infinite Serpent while beginning to alter his personality.
• Chen Luo fed Infinite Serpent five and a half of Little Evil God’s tails, triggering its dramatic growth and a transformation into a half-human, half-snake form.
• Chen Luo’s body repeatedly broke apart from the power he received, but Little Evil God’s regenerative trait helped him recover.
• Sensing an ominous presence nearby, Chen Luo returned to the bar with Infinite Serpent and shut the door before an unidentified figure appeared in the clearing.
• The Herrscher of Knowledge helped Chen Luo up, and he said he needed an hour to recover from his physical and mental exhaustion.

After overexerting himself, Chen Luo was too weak to leave the bar and tried to avoid Herrscher of Knowledge’s insistence on bathing him. He was carried to the third floor despite his protests, then later returned to work shaken and asked Raven how she would respond to someone who bathed her against her will.

• Chen Luo explained that Little Evil God's flesh had strengthened him but left him exhausted, and Herrscher of Knowledge questioned whether he could move or resist.
• Herrscher of Knowledge decided to bathe Chen Luo and used his fear of alarming customers to prevent him from seeking help.
• Sirin arrived and vowed to protect Chen Luo, but Herrscher of Knowledge tempted her with the idea of giving him a thorough bath herself.
• Herrscher of Knowledge carried Chen Luo to the third floor, and Sirin followed to keep him safe from her.
• Raven questioned Chen Luo's absence and disheartened appearance, and Chen Luo asked how she would deal with someone who bathed her against her objections.

Chen Luo learned that Misaka Mikoto was desperate to stop the Level 6 Shift Project and offered her a wish in exchange for her soul. She commissioned him to help her personally defeat Accelerator and end the project, leaving Chen Luo uneasy about how she could win.

• Chen Luo confirmed that Pekora could no longer sense the angel he had killed, though she warned that other angels might still detect him.
• A new customer, Misaka Mikoto, entered the bar, and Chen Luo used his demonic appearance to convince her he could grant wishes.
• Chen Luo warned Misaka Mikoto that he could not resurrect a group of people, and she instead asked him to help her defeat Accelerator herself and abolish the Level 6 Shift Project.
• Misaka Mikoto's four-star commission offered Chen Luo 1,200 Primogems and other rewards, but her demand that she personally defeat Accelerator made him lose his smile.
• The chapter explained that the project planned to use twenty thousand Misaka Mikoto clones as sacrifices to help Accelerator reach Level 6.

Chen Luo accepted Misaka Mikoto’s wish to defeat Accelerator and signed a contract making her acknowledge him as her boss once he fulfilled it. With the next experiment only five minutes away, he began considering how to help her stop it and save the next Misaka Sister.

• Chen Luo told Misaka Mikoto he would grant her wish without taking her soul, then had her sign a contract promising to call him Boss after he fulfilled it.
• Misaka Mikoto explained that she wanted to defeat Accelerator herself because her victory would help discredit the experiment in Academy City’s records.
• Chen Luo learned the next experiment was scheduled in five minutes and that Misaka Sister 10031 was next.
• Misaka Mikoto asked whether they could stop the experiment in time because she could not bear for another Sister to die.
• Chen Luo said they could make it, despite his injuries, and considered using the Herrscher of Knowledge’s abilities to disrupt Accelerator’s calculations.

Chen Luo entered Academy City with Misaka Mikoto to stop an experiment, using the Sky Floating Line surveillance network to find the target. Aleister and Aiwass observed his arrival as Accelerator began fighting Misaka Sister 10031.

• Chen Luo arrived with Misaka Mikoto at the wrecked laboratory, and she urged him to reach the experiment before it began.
• Chen Luo infected Aleister's Sky Floating Line nanomachines to locate the experiment, while Aleister and Aiwass discussed Chen Luo and his unusual abilities.
• Chen Luo opened a spatial passage and left with Misaka Mikoto as Aleister considered the damage to his surveillance network.
• Misaka Sister 10031 fired at Accelerator, whose Vector Control reflected her bullets.
• Misaka Sister 10031 launched a grenade at Accelerator, who emerged unharmed and watched her flee.

Chen Luo gave Misaka Mikoto a guaranteed-hit revolver that made its target laugh, letting her overpower Accelerator without using a conventional attack. Accelerator collapsed laughing after Mikoto shot him repeatedly, but Chen Luo warned that the injured Misaka Sister was still bleeding.

• Accelerator chased a wounded Misaka Sister and prepared to attack her before Chen Luo arrived and caught Misaka Mikoto's reflected Railgun.
• Misaka Mikoto asked Chen Luo to help her defeat Accelerator herself, and he handed her a revolver.
• Mikoto shot Accelerator, and the bullet bypassed his Vector Control and made him laugh uncontrollably.
• Chen Luo explained the revolver's laughter effect and warned Mikoto that Accelerator might be physically vulnerable while laughing.
• Mikoto repeatedly shot Accelerator until he collapsed, and Chen Luo reminded her that Misaka Sister 10031 might bleed to death if they wasted more time.

Misaka Mikoto defeated Accelerator with Chen Luo’s Friendship Revolver, then learned that Misaka 10031 believed she hated the Sisters and tried to stop her from continuing the experiment. Chen Luo healed the injured clone and brought everyone into the bar, where he reassured Mikoto that the experiment would end.

• Accelerator laughed uncontrollably after Misaka Mikoto shot him with Chen Luo’s Friendship Revolver, and Chen Luo teleported Mikoto to the injured Misaka 10031.
• Herrscher of Knowledge cheered Accelerator on, then caught a bullet when Misaka 10031 fired her assault rifle at him.
• Misaka Mikoto took the rifle away and argued with Misaka 10031 about continuing the experiment, then discovered the clone thought she hated the Sisters.
• Chen Luo accepted Mikoto’s commission and healed Misaka 10031 with Holy Light, but Accelerator attacked them by hurling chunks of concrete.
• Chen Luo opened the Bar Door and brought everyone inside, then told Mikoto that surveillance footage would make her defeat of Accelerator a reason to end the experiment.