Chapter Summaries

Yao Lingxi was abducted by traffickers, but she used her spatial abilities to defeat them and their Contract Beasts. Ling Yuan rode away on a bus while a bystander called the Supernatural Bureau, and Lingxi finished the chapter facing the gang’s boss.

• A black-clad man snatched Yao Lingxi, and Ling Yuan boarded the bus instead of pursuing them.
• The man tried to sell Lingxi and used a Superpower Inhibitor, but she complained that he was making her late for dinner.
• A bystander called the Supernatural Hotline, and a Bureau officer pursued the kidnappers with his Contract Beast Dobermann.
• At an abandoned factory, Lingxi revealed she was from the Monitoring Bureau and easily defeated the first thug.
• Lingxi froze the attacking Contract Beasts in space, then opened spatial rifts that began sucking them into the void.

Little Lingxi defeated the abductors and left them in Jiang Cheng’s custody before returning to Ling Yuan’s home. There, her revelation that Xia Annan was Xia Ranran’s father stunned Ranran and forced the two to talk privately.

• Little Lingxi made the thugs surrender, then Jiang Cheng arrived after the young man who witnessed her abduction called the Supernatural Bureau.
• Little Lingxi thanked the young man, left the prisoners to Jiang Cheng, and used Space Shift to return home for dinner.
• At Ling Yuan’s home, Xia Annan joined the others for a meal and was interrupted before he could confront Ling Yuan about the household.
• Little Lingxi came home, recognized Xia Annan as Xia Ranran’s father, and prompted Ranran to ask for an explanation.
• Ling Yuan sent Little Lingxi, Xia Ranran, and Xia Annan to a bedroom to discuss the revelation while the others waited outside.

After Xia Annan returned, Xia Ranran struggled to face her father, so Ling Yuan offered to take her to Teyvat to relax. The next day, Ranran prepared to leave with Ling Yuan, while Tesla and Einstein discussed visiting Teyvat and worked on mech designs.

• Ranran ate with Xia Annan but remained resentful over his long absence, and Ling Yuan later found her troubled by the matter.
• Ling Yuan invited Ranran to visit Teyvat, and she agreed to go with him.
• In Sunset City, Xia Annan and Karna discussed how Xia Annan could make things up to his daughter.
• Tesla eagerly anticipated visiting Teyvat while Einstein worked on Ernesti's mech designs and asked Tesla for help.
• Ranran thanked Ling Yuan, and after breakfast he reminded her they were going to Teyvat that day; she hurried upstairs to get ready.

Ling Yuan and the group traveled to Teyvat, but their portals brought them to Celestia, where the Sustainer of Heavenly Principles appeared as a projection and attacked them. As Ling Yuan and the others prepared to fight, Kevin unleashed An-Utu against the red fluid.

• Ling Yuan invited the group chat members to visit Teyvat, and most of them agreed to go that afternoon.
• Ling Yuan packed with Ranran and moved Ophis, Xiao Li, Bella, Xiao Shi, and Kiana into the Contract Space before traveling.
• The group emerged in Celestia instead of Inazuma, and Ling Yuan realized something was preventing them from entering Teyvat.
• A projection of the Sustainer of Heavenly Principles appeared and ordered them to leave, prompting Kevin to identify her as Honkai.
• The Sustainer's projection sent corrosive dark red fluid at the group, and Ling Yuan launched a Noble Phantasm as Kevin attacked with An-Utu.

After escaping Celestia, Ling Yuan’s group headed for Inazuma, where Ei waited for them. Ling Yuan picked up an Electro Slime as a gift for Baelzebub, and the group approached Inazuma through its stormy seas.

• Ling Yuan stopped Kevin from attacking the Sustainer of Heavenly Principles again, and the group left Celestia on the backs of two Belleronuses.
• The Sustainer of Heavenly Principles rebuilt Celestia, concluded that the outlanders hated Honkai, and decided to observe them.
• Baelzebub asked whether the group had arrived, and Ling Yuan replied that they had encountered an avatar of the Sustainer of Heavenly Principles.
• Ling Yuan left the group to collect a purple Electro Slime as a gift for Baral, explaining that it represented eternity.
• As the dragons flew toward Inazuma, they entered a sea covered in thunderclouds and purple lightning.

Ling Yuan and his companions arrived in Inazuma, where he gave Ei an Electro Slime that survived her slash as a demonstration of eternity. He then took Ranran to the Ph Perfect Fire domain to find upgrade materials for Little Fengyan.

• Ling Yuan and the two Belleronuses flew through Inazuma’s thunderclouds, drawing attention from Kokomi, Kujou Sara, Guuji Yae, and the people below.
• Ei welcomed Ling Yuan and his companions to Tenshu-kaku, where the visitors shared refreshments with her.
• Ling Yuan presented Ei with an Electro Slime and challenged her to slash it; the Slime survived her Musou Isshin, leaving Ei in disbelief.
• Ling Yuan and the others departed, and Ranran stayed with him as the group split up to explore Teyvat.
• Ling Yuan and Ranran entered the Ph Perfect Fire’s domain to seek upgrade materials for Little Fengyan, and Ling Yuan used the Oath of Judah to confront the awakened creature.

Ling Yuan and Ranran left Inazuma and met Venti beneath Mondstadt’s Sky Tree. After proving his powers resembled Morax’s, Ling Yuan shared a farewell song that moved Venti and Ranran, and the chapter ended with Venti asking for wine.

• Ling Yuan captured the Ph Perfect Fire and three Pearls of Burning Shadows, then reassured Ranran that the elemental creature would revive.
• Ling Yuan and Ranran traveled to Mondstadt and met Venti, who introduced himself as the finest bard in Teyvat.
• Ling Yuan demonstrated Rock Element abilities to convince Venti that he was telling the truth about being Zhongli and Guizhong.
• Ling Yuan stopped Venti’s familiar tune and gave him a different melody to play on the Sky Harp.
• Venti played Fleeting Blossom's Farewell, and Ranran felt a sudden ache that eased when she held Ling Yuan's arm.
• Venti thanked Ling Yuan for the song, then insisted that he still wanted wine.

Ling Yuan and Xia Ranran toured Mondstadt, where they met Klee and showed her how to use a second Vision. The chapter left Ling Yuan teaching Klee a new attack at Stormbearer Point while Jean rushed toward the explosion at Whispering Woods.

• Venti gave Ling Yuan his Anemo Vision as thanks for the wine, then vanished into the breeze.
• Ling Yuan and Xia Ranran met Klee at Goursquare Lake as she planned to use a bomb to catch fish.
• Ling Yuan used Planetfall to smash a Rock Element crystal into the lake, stunning Klee and drawing Jean and the Knights of Favonius toward the woods.
• Ling Yuan took Klee and Xia Ranran to Stormbearer Point, where he gave Klee a Rock Element Vision that she successfully used alongside her own Vision.
• Ling Yuan began teaching Klee Fiery Volcanic Eruption, but faltered when she said she had never seen a volcano.

Ling Yuan trained Klee to make increasingly powerful bombs near Windrise while the Traveler and Paimon investigated a celestial star that had fallen into Mondstadt. Ling Yuan recognized Sora, summoned a selection of weapons, and urged him to replace his Dull Blade.

• Ling Yuan encouraged Klee to strengthen her Pyro abilities, and Klee eagerly agreed to help Jean.
• Jean, Diluc, Eula, Sora, and Paimon investigated a massive boulder in Goursquare Lake, and Venti identified it as Ling Yuan's doing.
• Jean offered Sora a reward to visit Windrise, so he and Paimon set out to find Ling Yuan.
• Ling Yuan showed Klee his meteor attacks and urged her to develop powerful Bouncing Bombs, including bombs modeled on Ningguang's Jade Chamber.
• Sora and Paimon confronted Ling Yuan, who stopped Sora from attacking and summoned weapons for him to choose from, criticizing his Dull Blade.

Sora met Ling Yuan, a traveler from another world who admitted to causing the meteor incident at Goursquare Lake, and later learned that Venti had brought the Mondstadt group to him. Ling Yuan apologized to Jean and Diluc, but Venti suddenly clutched his heart, leaving the group concerned.

• Ling Yuan identified himself as a traveler from another world, gave Sora three longswords, and admitted that he had dropped a meteor into Goursquare Lake because he wanted to eat fish.
• Ling Yuan argued that the meteor had harmed no one and could create islands where treasure chests might appear, persuading Paimon that he was not a bad person.
• Klee defended Ling Yuan to Sora, and Jean arrived to question how Klee had gotten there.
• Ling Yuan teased Venti for bringing the group and introduced himself to Jean as the Dragon Knight; Diluc asked about the lake, and Ling Yuan said the meteor would disappear after a day.
• Klee admitted that she had wanted to blow up fish, while Jean accepted that the Knights could not control Ling Yuan and that Venti did not seem concerned.
• Venti suddenly clutched his heart, and Eula asked what was wrong.

Kiana and Cecilia battled Dvalin at the Dragon's Ruins while Venti and the others arrived to support him. As Jean, Diluc, Eula, and Sora prepared to join the fight, Ling Yuan blocked their way and asked them to spar, making clear that he would not let them interfere.

• Kiana and Cecilia fought Dvalin after finding him at the Dragon's Ruins, and Kiana proposed taming him as a mount for Mei.
• Ling Yuan opened an Imaginary Space and brought Venti, Jean, Diluc, Eula, Sora, Paimon, Klee, and the others to the ruins.
• Kiana struck Dvalin with Void Lance while Venti used the Sky Harp to strengthen Dvalin's wind field.
• Jean, Diluc, Eula, and Sora prepared to help Venti, but Ling Yuan dropped a Noble Phantasm in their path and challenged them to spar.
• Ling Yuan told the group that he would not allow them to interfere in the battle below.

Ling Yuan revealed that he was allied with the dragon and its fighters, then fought Jean, Eula, Diluc, and Sora while Belleronus battled Dvalin and Cecilia faced Venti. Ling Yuan defeated the Mondstadt group and ended by pulling the frightened Paimon into an affectionate embrace.

• Ling Yuan transformed into his Honkai Dress and told Jean he stood with the dragon and its allies.
• Diluc charged Ling Yuan, who blocked his attacks and punched him away as chains dragged Jean and Eula to the ground.
• Cecilia evaded Venti’s arrows while Belleronus and Dvalin traded attacks, and Belleronus ultimately blasted Dvalin into the ground with Dragon’s Breath.
• Ling Yuan taunted the defeated group, knocked Song of Broken Pines from Eula’s hands, and held a sword at her throat.
• Paimon shielded Sora from Ling Yuan, who instead pulled her close and rubbed his cheek against hers.

After Dvalin’s misunderstanding was resolved, Venti brought Ling Yuan and the others to Mondstadt, where Ling Yuan decided to seek out Barbatos’s offerings for a meal. The chapter left Venti frantically blocking their way to Favonius Cathedral to protect the food that kept him fed.

• Ling Yuan stopped the fighting and reunited with Cecilia, while Venti and Dvalin explained that the clash had started because of a misunderstanding.
• Venti persuaded Jean to compensate Ling Yuan and the others with a meal, and Dvalin stayed behind at Dragon's Ruins as the group headed to Mondstadt.
• Jean left to record the incident, while Diluc and Eula went their separate ways, and Venti led the others toward Angel's Share.
• Ling Yuan questioned Venti’s plan to get wine from the tavern and proposed going to Favonius Cathedral to eat Barbatos’s offerings.
• Venti blocked Ling Yuan and the others, explaining that the offerings were his food supply, and Ling Yuan remarked that only Barbatos lived so poorly among the gods.

Venti tried Ling Yuan’s divine wine and became desperate for more, trading eight unactivated Visions for another bottle. Meanwhile, Raiden Mei arrived above Seirai Island after a teleportation experiment and prepared to fight a bat-like opponent.

• Ling Yuan treated the group to a meal at The Hearth, where Amber greeted them and Ling Yuan ordered several dishes.
• Venti tasted Ling Yuan’s wine, found it astonishing, and lamented that ordinary wine would never satisfy him again.
• Venti offered a Vision in exchange for more wine, and Ling Yuan gave him another bottle.
• Venti placed eight unactivated Visions on the table as payment for the bottle.
• Raiden Mei arrived above Seirai Island after Dr. Tesla’s experiment with the Statues of the Seven teleported the group to different waypoints, and she faced a bat-like figure.

Raiden Mei fought the Raiden Shogun while Kevin battled Tartaglia and Rosalyn on the Guili Plains. Meanwhile, Ling Yuan planned to create Visions by sealing Elemental Constructs inside them, then agreed to take Noelle along on the group’s outing.

• Raiden Mei drew her Heavenly Fire Greatsword and attacked the Raiden Shogun with scarlet lightning.
• Kevin fought Tartaglia, and Rosalyn transformed into the Crimson Witch of Flames to join the battle.
• Ling Yuan gave Visions to Kiana and the others and proposed sealing an Electro Hypostasis inside one to grant its wielder Electro power.
• Venti eagerly agreed to test the Vision, and Ling Yuan invited the group to take an after-dinner stroll.
• Noelle asked Ling Yuan and the others to take her along, and Ling Yuan agreed.

Ling Yuan defeated the Electro Hypostasis and turned its core into an Electro Gnosis, which he gave to Kiana. Venti hurried off to Dragonspine, while Ling Yuan, Noelle, and Laxus went to Windrise, where they paused beneath the Sky Tree.

• Laxus struggled to fight the Electro Hypostasis with lightning until Ling Yuan arrived and bound it with the Chains of Heaven.
• Ling Yuan compressed the Electro Hypostasis, extracted its core, and used it to create an Electro Gnosis.
• Ling Yuan gave the Gnosis to Kiana, and Venti suggested trying the Cryo and Anemo Hypostases before rushing toward Dragonspine.
• Noelle offered to show Ling Yuan and Laxus around Mondstadt, and the three traveled by Teleport Waypoint to Windrise.
• At Windrise, the group saw wind Elemental Crystal Butterflies fluttering around the Sky Tree as a gentle breeze passed by.

Ling Yuan spent the day at Windrise with Noelle, Sora, Klee, and the others, then discussed Jean’s need for time off and Sora’s trip to Liyue. Later, Venti appeared before Barbara at the cathedral pretending to be Barbatos, but she recognized that he had just eaten barbecue.

• Ling Yuan told Noelle that Venti was Barbatos, and she realized the statue resembled him.
• Ling Yuan and Klee set off Bouncing Bombs in the pond, then the group ate grilled fish at Windrise.
• Ling Yuan warned Sora not to get involved when the Rite of Descension came in Liyue and proposed taking Jean out for some fun.
• Venti arrived from Dragonspine, agreed Jean needed time off, and Ling Yuan urged him to help make it happen.
• Venti appeared before Barbara at Favonius Cathedral as Barbatos, but she guessed he had eaten barbecue from the oil and cumin on his mouth.

Venti recruited Barbara for a task, while Kevin defeated Tartaglia and Rosalyn before asking Xiao to teach him how to use a Teleport Waypoint. In Mondstadt, Jean received a letter claiming Barbara had been taken to Starfall Lake, where she found her sister safe with Klee and Venti.

• Venti told Barbara about Ling Yuan’s task, and she agreed to carry it out.
• Kevin defeated Tartaglia and Rosalyn in Guili Plains, then met Xiao and asked him to teach him how to use a Teleport Waypoint.
• Jean found a letter saying Barbara was being held at Starfall Lake and learned Barbara had gone missing from the cathedral.
• Jean asked Ling Yuan and Sora for help, and Ling Yuan opened a way to Imaginary Space so she could reach Starfall Lake.
• Jean found Barbara safe with Klee, while Venti retreated into the forest.

Jean and the others returned to Mondstadt, where Venti revealed that her leave had been arranged, then took the group to Liyue for sightseeing. The chapter ends with Venti playing a song in Dihua Marsh as Xiao brings Kevin to meet the travelers.

• Jean learned that Barbara had received a letter claiming something precious had been buried at Starfell Lake, and Venti arrived while the group investigated.
• Jean brought Barbara back to Mondstadt, where Kaeya showed her a genuine leave form and Barbara and Paimon encouraged her to rest with Klee.
• Venti used Imaginary Space to take the group to Dihua Marsh in Liyue, while Xiao agreed to bring Kevin along after Kevin asked to join him.
• Jean agreed to travel with the group after seeing Klee's excitement, and Venti played a song for everyone with his lyre.

Ling Yuan’s group arrived in Liyue and met Shenhe and Xiao, while Kevin reunited with Kiana and the others. The group learned that Bronya was in Sumeru, and Kevin chose to explore Teyvat on his own.

• Ling Yuan suggested visiting Mt. Aocang to gather information, and Venti and Jean explained Liyue’s connection to Morax and the adepti.
• Klee ran up to Shenhe, introduced herself, and learned that Shenhe was looking at the scenery and was not an adeptus.
• Xiao appeared and greeted Venti, while Shenhe recognized Xiao as the Vigilant Yaksha and he remembered her as Cloud Retainer’s disciple.
• Kiana asked Kevin why he was with Xiao, and Cecilia explained that the group had been sent near Ling Yuan while Kevin had arrived by a Teleport Waypoint.
• Kiana said Mei had not replied and Bronya was in Sumeru, then invited Kevin to join them; Kevin declined and went to explore alone.