Chapter Summaries

Apep discovered that Nahida was tracking it with an emerald crystal and tried to lure Lin Feng away before attacking her. Lin Feng’s group anticipated the move, and Apep finally surfaced near Nahida and the three Fungi, setting the trap for the confrontation.

• Apep recognized the emerald crystal as a token from Greater Lord Rukkhadevata that could locate it and resonate with the oasis inside it.
• Apep spotted Lin Feng’s disguised incarnation as a Red Vulture and sent Sandworms to lure it away from Nahida.
• Nahida followed the Fire Seed’s guidance while traveling with the three Fungi, concealing the crystal and waiting for Apep to appear.
• Lin Feng warned Nahida that Apep had taken the bait and was approaching underground.
• Apep erupted beneath the group, scattering sand and shattering rocks as the three Fungi prepared to surround it.

Apep confronted Nahida over the Fire Seed and rejected her offer of cooperation, but Lin Feng, Venti, and Zhongli revealed themselves and surrounded the dragon. After Apep fused with Abyssal Power, Lin Feng absorbed it and the four gods subdued Apep, who accepted their proposal to cooperate.

• Apep emerged from beneath the desert, disrupted the ley lines, and demanded Nahida hand over the Fire Seed and Elemental Crystal.
• Nahida offered to save Apep and cooperate, but Apep refused and threatened her.
• Lin Feng revealed himself, and Venti and Zhongli cast off their disguises to join Nahida and encircle Apep.
• Apep embraced Abyssal Power and prepared to fight, but Lin Feng absorbed the power and the four gods beat Apep into submission.
• Zhongli offered Apep one last chance to accept the deal, and Apep agreed to cooperate.

The three Fungi decided to risk returning to elemental form to share their memories with Apep and stop its battle with the gods, but Lin Feng released them after the fight had already ended. After the Fungi helped Apep understand the gods’ intentions, Zhongli bound Apep to a contract, and Apep abandoned its pursuit of Forbidden Power.

• The brown Geo Fungi proposed sharing its memories and emotions with Apep by returning to elemental form, and the Hydro and Anemo Fungi chose to join it.
• The Fungi sent word that they could help establish communication, but remained inside Zhongli’s abode while the battle continued.
• Zhongli told Lin Feng about the Fungi’s message, and Lin Feng agreed to release them after Apep had already been subdued.
• The Fungi emerged and began preparing to sacrifice themselves, but Lin Feng stopped them; the brown Fungi then realized Apep was pinned behind it.
• The three Fungi shared their memories with Apep, helping it understand the gods’ goodwill and easing its resistance.
• Zhongli drafted a contract with the four gods’ power, Apep signed it and regained its freedom of movement, then rejected Forbidden Power.

Lin Feng negotiated a contract with Apep and obtained the remaining fragment of King Deshret’s Authority. After agreeing to help cleanse the Forbidden Knowledge contaminating Apep, Lin Feng and the other gods entered the dragon’s corrupted oasis to begin the purification.

• Apep accepted the contract’s terms, including fighting alongside the gods, keeping their information confidential, and providing Dragon Power from its oasis.
• Lin Feng explained that he wanted the remnants of King Deshret’s Authority, and Apep gave him a gold-and-crimson crystal containing the only fragment it had preserved.
• Lin Feng told Apep that the Abyssal contamination still rooted in its body would return unless they purified its source.
• Apep agreed to send Lin Feng and the other gods into its oasis and used its Elemental Power to protect them.
• Apep swallowed the four gods and guided them into the twisted oasis within its body.

Lin Feng, Nahida, Zhongli, and Venti purged the Forbidden Knowledge inside Apep and restored the Dendro Dragon’s elemental heart. Apep’s oasis revived, and Apep quietly watched its ancient plants bloom again.

• Nahida explained that Apep’s deep adaptation to Forbidden Knowledge made careful purification and elemental replenishment necessary.
• Lin Feng began removing the Forbidden Knowledge while Apep tried to stabilize the resulting elemental voids.
• Nahida, Zhongli, and Venti gathered their elemental powers to replenish Apep, restoring its body and healing the corrupted familiars into Fungi.
• Lin Feng signaled Nahida to let the Seed of Revival return its power to the Heart of the Oasis, which began functioning again.
• Life spread through Apep’s inner oasis as ancient plants sprouted and bloomed, and Apep appeared silently to watch a budding fern.

Lin Feng received Apep’s ancient dragon power and revealed that he planned to combine it with divine power to restore the Great Authority of Dendro. With Apep’s support, he began awakening that Authority, and its emerald energy spread across the world, reaching a silver-haired youth in another land.

• Apep thanked Lin Feng for treating it and gave him a source of ancient dragon power containing fragments of its Authority.
• Lin Feng told Apep he intended to combine divine and dragon power to restore the Great Authority of Dendro in Teyvat.
• Apep warned Lin Feng that restoring complete Authority would draw the Heavenly Principles’ attention, but agreed to support him beyond their contract.
• Lin Feng began the awakening beside the Heart of the Oasis while Apep and the other gods protected him.
• Apep sensed the Dendro elements responding to Lin Feng and burrowed underground to connect its body to the ley lines and aid the awakening.
• Emerald energy spread from the desert across the world and reached a silver-haired youth as azure ink spread across his page.

Neuvillette sensed that a Dendro-aligned dragon in Sumeru was reclaiming its Sovereign Authority, then informed Furina that the awakening Full Dragon could threaten the gods. He left Furina stunned and requested leave to meet his newly awakened kinsman once his duties allowed.

• Neuvillette noticed that a mysterious power had revived a plant in his office and concluded that it belonged to a Full Dragon wielding Dendro Sovereign Authority.
• Neuvillette reviewed a trade proposal concerning commerce between Fontaine and Sumeru, made revisions, and approved it.
• An Oudinist summoned Neuvillette to Furina after unusual interference caused Clockwork Mechanisms around the Court of Fontaine to malfunction.
• Neuvillette reassured Furina that the disturbance was temporary and explained that the Dendro Elemental Dragon was awakening its complete Sovereign Authority.
• Furina initially pretended that she had known about the dragon, then went blank when she understood Neuvillette's warning.
• Neuvillette asked Furina for future leave to travel to Sumeru and meet his kinsman, leaving her panicked.

Inside Apep, Lin Feng fused the Adeptus Authority with the Ancient Dragon Authority and awakened the complete Great Authority of Dendro. Its resonance spread across Teyvat, and Lin Feng emerged as a genuine God of Dendro, leaving the nations and their ancient powers reacting to his return.

• Apep sensed Lin Feng’s growing power, resolved to cooperate with him, and used Dendro Elemental Power to calm the frightened Aranara who arrived to witness the ceremony.
• Nahida summoned the Aranara to the oasis, where Rana's Memory led them through the desert to Apep.
• As Lin Feng combined the two Authorities, Teyvat’s laws sided with him against the Heavenly Principles’ rejection, and he used his other laws to force the Authorities together.
• Lin Feng completed the fusion and awakened the Great Authority of Dendro, causing its resonance to spread across Teyvat.
• The resonance stirred ancient powers across Fontaine, Liyue, Mondstadt, Inazuma, and Natlan, while White Fluffball and the Blonde Girl found their berry bush replenished.
• Lin Feng opened his eyes in Apep’s oasis as a genuine God of Dendro.

Lin Feng fully integrated the Great Authority of Dendro, becoming a powerful Dendro Dragon and learning to control his influence on the world. He made a pact with Apep to protect the dragons and their territory, then returned to Sumeru and began planning how to gather the remaining Authorities and help Azhdaha.

• Lin Feng examined his new power, sensed an invitation to join Teyvat's system of fate, and chose not to accept it yet.
• Apep offered Lin Feng a Dragon Pact in exchange for a promise to grant the dragons a territory free from disturbance.
• Lin Feng promised to respect dragons' right to live and their dignity, and Apep agreed to recall its people and aid him through a fern from the oasis.
• After Apep taught him to control his Authority, Lin Feng returned to the Sanctuary of Surasthana with the Aranara and reviewed his gains.
• Lin Feng recognized that Apep could defend Sumeru and that he had gained a foundation for gathering more Authorities and helping Azhdaha.
• Lin Feng considered his knowledge of the remaining Authorities and looked forward to traveling to Liyue to contact the Geo Dragon.

Lin Feng practiced controlling his newly awakened Dendro Authority in Sumeru and agreed to return to Liyue with Zhongli and Venti to help restore their friends’ memories and emotions. Meanwhile, Lumine and Paimon remained stranded on an island north of Guyun Stone Forest, with Lumine wondering if anyone would find them.

• Lin Feng used his Dendro Authority to grow fruit trees and mushrooms for the Aranara while practicing control over his power.
• Venti and Zhongli discussed how Lin Feng’s Sovereign Authority could break limits imposed by fate, and Zhongli agreed to delay their departure from Sumeru by a day.
• Lin Feng said he could now stabilize his power and use Dendro Authority to harmonize consciousness and memories, potentially helping Zhongli and Venti’s old friends.
• Lin Feng agreed to return to Liyue with Zhongli and Venti the following day and offered to help them in return for their aid against Apep.
• On an unnamed island north of Guyun Stone Forest, Lumine and Paimon harvested magically ripened golden raspberries, while Lumine wondered if anyone would discover them.

Keqing assessed the continent-wide crop surge and prepared Liyue for monsters spreading from Mt. Tianheng. After returning from Sumeru, Lin Feng learned Zhongli planned to use the crisis to give the Millelith practical combat training, and agreed to leave them ley line projections to fight.

• Keqing received reports that crop yields and quality had risen across Liyue and other nations, while scholars investigated the cause.
• A Millelith officer told Keqing that Geovishaps and other monsters from Mt. Tianheng were threatening villages and trade routes, and that the troops were ready to deploy.
• Keqing ordered the Millelith to follow Rex Lapis's instructions and promised to seek supplies for them, then called for a meeting of the Liyue Qixing.
• Lin Feng, Zhongli, and Venti returned to Liyue, where Lin Feng asked Zhongli why he wanted them to leave some monsters alive.
• Zhongli explained that the Millelith needed practical combat experience after five centuries without large-scale warfare, and Lin Feng agreed to leave ley line projection monsters for training.

Lin Feng and Zhongli observed the Millelith’s mobilization and discussed how their ancient spears let warriors unite their convictions, while Zhongli reflected on the sacrifices of Liyue’s past. Lin Feng arranged for hundreds of Aranara to help capture Geovishaps and projected their mission for Zhongli and Venti to watch.

• Lin Feng and Zhongli watched the Millelith march out and agreed that the troops were qualified despite their lack of experience with large operations.
• Zhongli displayed an ancient Millelith Spear and explained how its power linked soldiers’ minds and amplified their shared convictions.
• Lin Feng examined the spear’s runes and praised its ability to turn belief and will into strength.
• Zhongli reflected that the Millelith’s sacrifices had once been necessary but insisted that people’s lives should not be used as bargaining chips.
• Venti asked whether Lin Feng needed help catching Geovishaps, and Lin Feng explained that hundreds of Aranara would assist the Millelith.
• Lin Feng gathered Dendro Element from Mt. Tianheng and projected the Aranara’s operation for Zhongli and Venti.

Lin Feng sent hundreds of Aranara to capture Geovishaps near Mt. Tianheng, where the Millelith mistook their chaotic, overwhelming force for a disciplined Sumeru elite unit. After collecting the creatures, Lin Feng found the missing Geovishap Hatchling hiding near Apam Woods and sent Laramoth and Ranbirika to retrieve it.

• The Millelith found that the Geovishaps around Mt. Tianheng had already been captured and praised the unseen Sumeru reinforcements for their supposed discipline and efficiency.
• Lin Feng watched the Aranara overwhelm Geovishaps across the mountains through brute force and teleportation, then stored the sleeping creatures away.
• Lin Feng searched for the missing Geovishap Hatchling after Laramoth's three little ones asked for help and discovered it tunneling near Apam Woods.
• Lin Feng dropped Laramoth and Ranbirika onto the sleeping Hatchling, then stored it with the other captured Geovishaps.

Lin Feng wandered Feiyun Slope while wondering where the Traveler was, as Xiao Bai secretly searched the wilderness and found Aether. Xiao Bai abducted Aether from the Abyss Order and alerted Lin Feng, who returned home expecting another strange trinket.

• Lin Feng browsed Feiyun Slope, fed Xiao Bai candied hawthorn, and reflected on his inability to locate the Traveler with his wide-ranging scan.
• Xiao Bai left Lin Feng's shoulder and searched the wilderness west of Liyue Harbor until he found Aether in an underground ruin.
• Abyss Lectors Clive and Milton argued with Aether over the Order's restraint, and Aether said he would seek out Lin Feng when he was alone.
• An intruder shattered the ruin's Abyssal barrier, and the Abyss Lectors discovered that Aether had vanished before they could protect him.
• Xiao Bai told Lin Feng he had found the target, and Lin Feng teleported home to Yujing Terrace, suspecting Xiao Bai had brought back something strange.

Lin Feng confronted Aether after Xiao Bai unexpectedly brought the Abyss Order’s Prince to his home, and demanded an explanation for the Order’s actions. Aether described the Order’s divisions and goals, but Lin Feng rejected his proposed alliance and offered him safety only under a binding contract, warning that refusal would lead to the Order’s destruction.

• Xiao Bai brought Aether from his hiding place to Lin Feng’s home, where Lin Feng recognized him as the Abyss Order’s Prince and demanded a reason to let him go.
• Aether abandoned thoughts of escape and argued that their power disparity left room for negotiation; Lin Feng agreed to hear him because Aether’s order had tried to avoid harming ordinary people.
• At the table, Aether explained that the Abyss Order consisted mainly of cursed Khaenri’ah survivors divided into factions, and that the Order opposed the native Abyss creatures and did not intend to destroy Teyvat.
• Aether proposed that Lin Feng cooperate with the Abyss Order against the Heavenly Principles, but Lin Feng rejected the alliance, saying the Order could not claim mastery over the Abyss and that he would use such destructive power only as a last resort.
• Lin Feng offered Aether safe departure in exchange for a binding contract to control his subordinates, then warned that Xiao Bai’s ability to find him meant the Order could no longer hide and would be wiped out if it refused or acted irrationally.

Lin Feng made Aether sign a contract to restrain the Abyss Order while allowing safe research, offering future help lifting the curses on uninvolved Khaenri'ah civilians. After Aether explained the Order’s search for the missing Loom of Fate component, Lin Feng asked whether Aether’s sister had awakened and where she was.

• Lin Feng warned Aether that he would destroy the Abyss Order if it continued to threaten Teyvat, and Aether agreed to review his contract.
• Aether learned that the contract targeted his leadership and the Order’s harmful actions, while permitting research that would not contaminate the world.
• Lin Feng explained that he kept the Order because its knowledge could help prepare for the Abyss’s invasion, and promised to help free unrelated Khaenri'ah civilians from their curses.
• Aether signed the contract and agreed to restrain the Order and share its research; Lin Feng revealed that he had the Eye of the First Ruin Guard and would keep it until a suitable time to return it.
• Aether said the Order had accelerated its Loom of Fate plan after sensing the missing component, and Lin Feng identified the sleeping Caribert.
• Lin Feng asked Aether whether his sister had awakened and where she was.

Lin Feng learned that Lumine had awakened far from the continent, gave Aether a communication tool, and sent him away before joining Hu Tao and Zhongli. On a remote island, Lumine and Paimon hooked something powerful and were dragged into the sea.

• Lin Feng asked Aether about Lumine and learned she had awakened in a distant area beyond the continent.
• Lin Feng gave Aether a communication tool and an Elemental Crystal, then Xiao Bai abruptly transported him away.
• Hu Tao invited Lin Feng to Liuli Pavilion, where he met a drowsy Zhongli.
• On an island north of Guyun Stone Forest, Lumine and Paimon discussed their isolation while fishing.
• A powerful catch pulled Lumine and Paimon into the water.

Lin Feng found Lumine and Paimon drifting near the Dark Sea and accidentally reeled them in while fishing. After treating them and explaining their dangerous location, he offered to take them back to Liyue Harbor, and Lumine joined him with his fishing rod.

• Lin Feng reached the remote island and used his fishing line to pull Lumine and Paimon out of the sea.
• Lumine woke after Lin Feng treated her, and he introduced himself as a Sumeru Akademiya scholar and explained that he had accidentally hooked them.
• Lin Feng told Lumine and Paimon they were near the Dark Sea, and Paimon apologized after Lumine realized they had gone badly off course.
• Lin Feng offered to take them back to Liyue Harbor and created a wooden boat with Dendro Elemental Power.
• Lumine thanked Lin Feng, asked to keep his fishing rod, and happily picked it up before boarding the boat.

Lin Feng treated Lumine and Paimon to a meal, explained the Adventurers' Guild and Teyvat's power levels, then offered Lumine a specially appointed researcher position with the Sumeru Akademiya. Lumine accepted and agreed to accompany him to a nearby Statue of the Seven for an elemental tolerance test.

• At Wanmin Restaurant, Lin Feng watched Paimon and Xiao Bai eat and learned that Lumine had fished Paimon out of the sea after being stranded on a deserted island.
• Lin Feng advised Lumine to join the Adventurers' Guild and explained that elemental power was rare, while Lumine was already strong by ordinary standards.
• After the group left the restaurant, Lumine thanked Lin Feng and promised to repay his kindness, and he proposed hiring her as a specially appointed researcher for the Sumeru Akademiya.
• Paimon enthusiastically accepted the offer after hearing about the generous pay and housing benefits, while Lumine asked about the requirements.
• Lin Feng said the main requirement was tolerating places with high concentrations of Elemental Power and invited Lumine to accompany him to a nearby Statue of the Seven for a test; Lumine agreed.

Lin Feng brought Lumine and Paimon to a Statue of the Seven, where Lumine gained Geo Elemental Power by touching it. After passing their employment assessment, they received Akasha Terminals for commissions and communication, along with a cryptic warning to keep their head-protection function enabled.

• Lumine and Paimon asked about the Statue of the Seven, and Lin Feng explained that it represented Liyue’s Geo Archon, Morax, while the unfamiliar statues on merchant caravans came from Sumeru.
• Lin Feng asked them to sense the stronger elemental activity near the statue; Lumine felt drawn to it and touched its base.
• The statue lit up, and a golden orb entered Lumine, allowing her to sense the world's elements and obtain Elemental Power.
• Paimon tried to conceal Lumine’s origins with a story about a mysterious island, and Lin Feng confirmed that both travelers had passed their employment assessment.
• Lin Feng gave Lumine and Paimon Akasha Terminals that could connect to Sumeru’s task system outside the nation.
• Lin Feng warned them to keep the terminals’ head-protection function enabled, revealing that disabling it required solving three advanced calculus problems.