Chapter Summaries

After Liyue Harbor recovered from the monster attack, Lin Feng introduced Azhdaha, using the alias Kun Yan, to Baizhu and later met Lumine and Paimon. He identified a masked figure as one of The Doctor’s segments and told Lumine to use her Divine Power Crystal against him if they met in an emergency, promising to reimburse the damage.

• Baizhu treated the last wounded patients at Bubu Pharmacy before Lin Feng and Zhongli arrived with Azhdaha, who introduced himself as Kun Yan.
• Baizhu welcomed Kun Yan, and Azhdaha enjoyed Zhongli’s cooking and befriended the green-clad bard during lunch.
• Lin Feng considered bringing Nahida to Liyue for Lantern Rite, then encountered Lumine and Paimon near the southern bridge.
• Lumine told Lin Feng about a masked person with a blue vial ornament, and he identified the figure as a segment of The Doctor, the Fatui Harbinger in the Second Seat.
• Lin Feng warned Lumine that The Doctor could be dangerous outside Liyue and advised her to contact him or use her Divine Power Crystal in an emergency, promising to reimburse the damage.

Lin Feng warned Lumine and Paimon about The Doctor’s crimes, then asked them to seal the Chi’s remains and Archon Residue near Qingce Village. After they accepted the task, Zhongli explained the Chi’s history and chose Guyun Stone Forest as the place for Lin Feng to practice the Authority of Geo.

• Lin Feng showed Lumine and Paimon classified records of Fatui abuses and advised them to eliminate any of The Doctor’s segments they encountered; they agreed.
• Lumine told Lin Feng she and Paimon were heading to Qingce Village, and Lin Feng asked them to seal the Chi’s still-vital remains and nearby Archon Residue with an emerald crystal.
• Paimon accepted the task after Lin Feng promised a reward, and he shared detailed clues and travel supplies with the pair.
• Lin Feng told Zhongli he had entrusted the Qingce Village task to Lumine and Paimon, and Zhongli approved his choice.
• Zhongli explained that the Chi sealed near Qingce Village had become a powerful Adeptus, then named Guyun Stone Forest as a suitable place for Lin Feng to practice the Authority of Geo.

Lin Feng agreed to train his Geo control in Guyun Stone Forest by repeatedly sealing Osial, whose weakening seal also needed reinforcement. After he left to prepare, Laramoth delivered Lumine and Paimon a one-time teleportation crystal for their journey to Qingce Village.

• Zhongli explained that Guyun Stone Forest held sealed ancient Adepti and proposed using Osial as a sparring partner for Lin Feng's Geo training.
• Zhongli said he would unseal Osial so Lin Feng could practice sealing it again, and explained that the exercise would reinforce the failing seal and might let Lin Feng acquire Hydro Authority.
• Lin Feng accepted the plan and agreed on a departure time with Zhongli before leaving to prepare.
• Lumine and Paimon worried about the long journey to Qingce Village and recalled Lin Feng's advice about Ley Line Outcrops.
• Laramoth appeared, handed Lumine a one-time teleportation crystal from Lin Feng, and left after Paimon called him a vegetable.

Cloud Retainer sent Shenhe down from Mt. Aocang with a pendant to steady her emotions, and Shenhe’s first encounter with Treasure Hoarders went badly for them. Meanwhile, Lin Feng and Zhongli reached Guyun Stone Forest, where Zhongli began training Lin Feng to change the properties of his Geo constructs.

• Cloud Retainer gave Shenhe a pendant and encouraged her to leave the mountain, assuring her that it could regulate her emotions and keep her from losing control.
• Shenhe agreed to go down the mountain, then knocked out four Treasure Hoarders who tried to capture her near Qingce Village.
• Shenhe dragged the unconscious Treasure Hoarders in a cage through the wilderness, struggled to find her way, and noticed a blonde girl and a White Fluffball appear nearby.
• Lin Feng waited for Zhongli at Liyue Harbor, and the two set out for Guyun Stone Forest.
• Lin Feng sensed faint Adeptus energy among the islands, and Zhongli gave him a Geo construct as the first step in training him to alter its properties.

Lin Feng began training his Geo Element control with Zhongli in a Dream Authority-created Consciousness Space, while Lumine and Paimon helped Shenhe reach Qingce Village. Lumine sensed Archon Residue on Jiang Li and went to investigate, as a powerful dragonlike entity emerged from a cave beneath a damaged seal.

• Zhongli explained that Lin Feng’s overwhelming reserves had let him neglect precise Geo Element control and gave him a Geo construct infused with his accumulated experience.
• Lin Feng created a realistic Consciousness Space and brought Zhongli into it to begin intensive Geo training, deciding he would later offer the same opportunity to Lumine.
• Lumine and Paimon met Shenhe, who had captured Treasure Hoarders, and Jiang Li, a local herbalist who directed them toward Qingce Village.
• Jiang Li left in a hurry to gather medicine for a sick person, and Lumine noticed that her quest item reacted strangely when she approached Jiang Li.
• After handing Shenhe’s captives to the Millelith, Lumine and Paimon decided to investigate Jiang Li because they suspected she was entangled with dangerous Archon Residue.
• A nearly complete, hornless dragonlike entity formed from black mist beneath the cracked seal and fixed its gaze on nearby treasure seekers.

Azhdaha learned from Baizhu how his sect’s life-saving contract had consumed generation after generation of healers, while Baizhu resolved to end the cycle without abandoning Changsheng. Meanwhile, Jiang Li entered the cave to gather Archon Residue, and Lumine, Paimon, and Shenhe followed; deep inside, a newly awakened creature sensed them approaching.

• Azhdaha questioned Baizhu about Changsheng’s contract and learned that generations of healers had sacrificed their vitality to save patients.
• Baizhu said he intended to end the cycle of life-for-life sacrifices, but admitted he was willing to try to preserve both his own life and Changsheng’s contract.
• Azhdaha accepted Baizhu’s candor and recalled that Changsheng had once been the Medicine Lord beside an Adeptus in Chenyu Vale.
• Jiang Li rested in the cave before continuing toward the Chi Blood Pool to collect Archon Residue for medicine, despite the danger to herself.
• Lumine and Paimon followed the green crystal’s guidance into the cave to find Jiang Li, while Shenhe sensed the Archon Residue and entered separately.
• A newly awakened creature deep in the cave sensed Jiang Li, Lumine, Paimon, and Shenhe approaching and watched them with greed and resentment.

Jiang Li, Lumine, Paimon, and Shenhe confronted the intelligent Archon Residue lurking in the Qingce seal, but it fused with the remains of the Chi Dragon and emerged as a far more powerful enemy. Paimon recovered the green crystal task item, leaving Lumine to test whether it could stop the transformed creature.

• Jiang Li entered the silent cave, suspected the seal had been breached, and threw medicinal powder at Lumine and Paimon when she saw Archon Residue gathering behind them.
• The Archon Residue ambushed Lumine and Paimon, knocked the green crystal from Lumine’s hand, and forced her to fight while Jiang Li protected Paimon.
• Shenhe released the restraints on her power and froze the monsters blocking her path as she hurried toward the battle.
• The Archon Residue abandoned the crystal and fused with the Chi Dragon’s remains, which burst from the ground as a powerful demonic evil.
• Paimon retrieved the green crystal and brought Jiang Li back to Lumine and Shenhe, while Lumine prepared to try the task item against the newly emerged enemy.

Lumine, Shenhe, and Paimon confronted Chi’s revived Archon body, which Shenhe could not damage, until Lumine used Lin Feng’s emerald crystal to destroy it. Xiao witnessed the crystal’s overwhelming power and left, while Shenhe agreed to travel with Lumine and Paimon; Lin Feng learned what had happened and was left stunned.

• Xiao sensed Chi’s Archon Remnant and went to the battlefield, intending to contain it while help was summoned.
• Shenhe struggled to hold back Chi’s revived body as Lumine and Paimon activated Lin Feng’s crystal and learned how to use it.
• Lumine shielded herself and touched the crystal to Chi’s body while Shenhe restrained the monster.
• The crystal drained Chi’s power and vitality, turning its body to ash as Xiao and Shenhe recognized the vast power behind Lin Feng’s creation.
• Xiao departed, and Shenhe agreed to travel with Lumine and Paimon toward Liyue Harbor.
• Lin Feng sensed the crystal’s activation, overheard Paimon planning to ask him for more food, and was shocked to learn Lumine had encountered Chi’s revival.

After studying Geo Element control with Zhongli, Lin Feng agreed to test his skills by releasing and resealing Osial. Osial emerged from beneath Guyun Stone Forest, but Lin Feng immediately began sealing him again with restored Stone Spears.

• Lin Feng assessed Chi's Authority as a useful addition to his defenses and thanked Zhongli for helping him train in the dream.
• Zhongli praised Lin Feng's rapid progress and said he could now attempt to seal Osial again.
• Lin Feng agreed to test his skills before returning to Liyue Harbor, while Zhongli concealed his presence nearby.
• Osial sensed the seal weakening, escaped into the sea, and attacked with storms and a colossal tsunami.
• Lin Feng used his Geo Authority to restore the Stone Spears and began sealing Osial again moments after his escape.

Lin Feng trained his Geo resonance against Osial, then used the divine throne’s Authority to seal it securely before heading to Liyue Harbor. There, Jiang Li revealed that her husband Jialiang was gravely ill and sought help from her former junior brother, Baizhu, who welcomed her family to Bubu Pharmacy.

• Lin Feng used Geo resonance to battle Osial, then activated the divine throne’s Authority and sealed Osial again.
• Lin Feng joined Zhongli, who returned the Geo Hypostasis to its island, and prepared to review his training.
• Lumine, Paimon, Shenhe, and Jiang Li’s family arrived near Liyue Harbor with help from an Aranara.
• Jiang Li told Lumine, Paimon, and Shenhe that Jialiang had a severe mental illness and that Archon Residue had temporarily suppressed it.
• Jiang Li explained that her former junior brother Baizhu might be able to treat Jialiang and went with her family to Bubu Pharmacy.
• Baizhu greeted Jiang Li as his Senior Sister and invited her family to share a meal.

Jiang Li reunited with Baizhu, who offered to help her family, while Lin Feng prepared a mysterious mission reward for Lumine and Paimon. He revealed the reward as a juvenile Chi Dragon, leaving Paimon unconvinced that the little creature could be useful.

• Jiang Li met Baizhu at the clinic, recognized how much he had grown, and planned to explain her family's troubles after their meal.
• Changsheng told Jiang Li that Baizhu had already sought favors to help her, and Baizhu acknowledged he had access to rare medicinal ingredients.
• Paimon warned Shenhe to avoid frightening or harming people, but Shenhe immediately leaped up to Yujing Terrace and left Paimon exasperated.
• Lin Feng praised Lumine and Paimon for completing their dangerous mission, promised a revised reward, and hinted that Lumine might care for a useful new companion.
• Lin Feng restored a juvenile Chi Dragon and, the next morning, gave it to Lumine and Paimon; Paimon doubted the little lizard could be more useful than her.

Lin Feng tested Lumine and Paimon against a newly hatched Chi Dragon Cub, whose overwhelming power convinced them to take it along on their travels. The cub joined their team and received the name Rice Ball, though Lumine worried about the added food expenses.

• Paimon dismissed the Chi Dragon Cub as an ordinary lizard, while Lin Feng offered it as a potential companion and arranged a combat test.
• Lumine struck the cub with her strongest attack, but its scales remained unharmed.
• The cub fired a powerful Geo Elemental Cannon that carved ravines into the ground and split a nearby hill, while Lin Feng protected Lumine and Paimon.
• Lin Feng explained that the cub was a juvenile Chi Dragon that needed adventures and powerful food to grow, and said it could survive by absorbing elemental energy if food ran short.
• Paimon asked Lumine to take the cub along, and Lumine agreed despite worrying about the cost of feeding it.
• Paimon named the Chi Dragon Cub Rice Ball, and it happily accepted its place on the team.

Zhongli was dragged into promoting Wangshu Inn's funeral packages and awkwardly pitched them to Lumine and Paimon, who refused. Lin Feng laughed at the encounter, then followed Lumine and Paimon to Wanmin Restaurant to check on Guoba as he prepared to address the problems at Guili Plains and master the Authority of Geo.

• Zhongli discussed sending the Chi Dragon Cub to travel with Lumine, then Hu Tao arrived and forced him to help promote Wangshu Inn's services.
• Lin Feng entered the dream space to train in controlling the Authority of Geo while Hu Tao and Zhongli approached the Adventurers' Guild.
• Paimon celebrated hunting monsters with Rice Ball, who had shielded her and helped defeat them.
• Hu Tao spotted Lumine and Paimon and sent Zhongli to pitch them Wangshu Inn's discounted funeral packages.
• Lumine and Paimon rejected Zhongli's offer, and Zhongli left relieved after asking them not to take the pitch to heart.
• Lin Feng laughed at Zhongli's awkward sales pitch, then followed Lumine and Paimon into Wanmin Restaurant to check on Guoba.

Lin Feng shared a meal with Lumine, Paimon, Rice Ball, Xiao Bai, Xiangling, and Guoba at Wanmin Restaurant, then offered to arrange a portable realm to solve Lumine’s supply-storage problem. He asked only that Lumine and Paimon take it around Liyue’s distant sea regions and let him stay inside for a while.

• Paimon offered to treat Lin Feng and Xiao Bai after she and Rice Ball earned Mora by defeating monsters, and Rice Ball befriended Guoba at Wanmin Restaurant.
• Lin Feng explained that Guoba was Xiangling’s companion and praised Xiangling’s cooking as better than Chef Mao’s.
• Xiangling served the meal and discussed Lin Feng’s powerful seasonings, while Lin Feng examined Guoba and judged that its lost memories and power could be restored after he obtained the Authority of Geo.
• Lumine worried that carrying enough food for Paimon and Rice Ball would be difficult, and Lin Feng offered to help create a portable realm with an Adeptus.
• Lin Feng asked Lumine and Paimon to take the completed realm around Liyue’s distant sea regions and let him stay inside for a while, offering the arrangement otherwise for free.

Madam Ping gave Lumine and Paimon the completed Serenitea Pot, while Lin Feng finished Zhongli’s intensive training and prepared to lure out Osial’s remaining sea-beast follower before Lantern Rite. The hidden Bathysmal Vishap sensed that it had been targeted but continued toward the place where Osial’s aura had appeared.

• Madam Ping handed Lumine the enhanced Serenitea Pot and explained how to enter and leave its subspace.
• Lumine and Paimon entered the pot to explore, while Rice Ball stayed behind and received food from Madam Ping.
• Lin Feng completed Zhongli’s training and decided to use himself as bait to draw out Bathysmal Vishap before Lantern Rite.
• Lin Feng invited Zhongli to walk through Liyue Harbor and thanked him for helping with his training.
• Bathysmal Vishap sensed an unseen threat, dismissed the feeling, and continued toward the place where Osial’s aura had appeared.

Bathysmal Vishap followed Osial’s faint aura toward Guyun Stone Forest, hoping to find a way to free its mate. Paimon’s pendant led Lumine, Paimon, and Rice Ball into a sea ambush, but an unfamiliar figure rescued them and trapped Bathysmal Vishap, leaving it unable to escape.

• Bathysmal Vishap sensed Osial’s aura and changed course toward its source, believing it might offer a chance to free its mate.
• Lumine and Paimon drifted across the sea while Paimon explained that Lin Feng had given her a Lucky Pendant.
• Paimon spotted lights beneath their boat, and a vortex pulled Lumine, Paimon, and Rice Ball underwater.
• Bathysmal Vishap tried to swallow the group, but Rice Ball blasted it with Hydro Element Power.
• An unfamiliar figure appeared, pulled Lumine, Paimon, and Rice Ball to the surface, and froze the surrounding Elemental Power, preventing Bathysmal Vishap from fleeing.

Lin Feng captured Bathysmal Vishap and brought it to Zhongli for his final sealing assessment. When Zhongli awakened Osial, Osial emerged to find two figures bearing Morax’s Geo Authority.

• Lin Feng used Aether, Lumine, and Paimon as bait to catch and seal Bathysmal Vishap, while Lumine and Paimon decided to seek luck by worshipping a Statue of The Seven.
• Lin Feng returned to the ship, agreed to treat Aether, Lumine, and Paimon to a meal, then brought the sealed Bathysmal Vishap to Zhongli.
• Zhongli praised Lin Feng’s sealing skills, and they began Lin Feng’s final practical assessment at Guyun Stone Forest.
• Zhongli awakened Osial from its seal, and Osial escaped expecting to exploit a chance to flee.
• Osial saw two figures surrounded by the Geo Element and recognized both as Morax.

Lin Feng demonstrated his improved control of Geo by overwhelming Osial and forcing it back toward its seal. Zhongli praised Lin Feng’s assessment, while Osial redirected its remaining power toward Liyue Harbor, and Zhongli chose not to stop the attack.

• Lin Feng used resonant Stone Spears to overpower Osial, whose Hydro attacks steadily lost ground.
• The Signora escorted Tartaglia out of prison, warned him about his unauthorized actions, and heard him vow not to be captured again.
• Tartaglia spotted Lumine but chose not to approach her, admitting he was not ready to face her power.
• Lumine sensed she was being watched and refused Paimon’s suggestion to revisit Guyun Stone Forest, fearing another Adeptus might be unsealed.
• Osial abandoned its resistance to the seal and sent a Hydro Meteor Shower toward Liyue Harbor.
• Zhongli called Lin Feng’s assessment perfect, said he could prepare to activate Geo Authority, and decided Osial’s attack did not need to be stopped.

Osial’s final attack failed against Lin Feng’s complete Dendro Elemental Authority, and Zhongli negotiated with Osial about joining the forces protecting Teyvat. Osial agreed to lend Zhongli part of his Authority and consider signing a Contract, while Zhongli described Lin Feng as a possible creator of a new era.

• Osial unleashed a final attack, but Lin Feng’s Dendro barrier absorbed it and protected Liyue Harbor, prompting Osial to return to the seal in despair.
• Zhongli left Lin Feng to rest after his practical assessment and entered the seal to negotiate with Osial.
• Zhongli explained that the old conflicts had passed, five of the Seven Archons had vanished, and Teyvat faced serious dangers.
• Zhongli offered to release Osial if he lent some of his Authority and agreed to help humanity in crises under a Contract, and he returned Bathysmal Vishap’s seal as a sign of sincerity.
• Osial agreed to lend his Authority in return for Zhongli sparing Bathysmal Vishap, but asked for time to decide whether to sign the Contract.
• When Osial asked who Lin Feng was, Zhongli said he did not know but believed Lin Feng could create a new era and become the world’s hope.

Lin Feng learned why Zhongli wanted Osial as an ally: its oceanic power could protect Liyue and deter threats that human navies could not handle. In Mondstadt, Venti checked on Dvalin, then decided to invite Lin Feng and others to visit and strengthen Mondstadt’s deterrence.

• Zhongli gave Lin Feng a trace of Osial’s Hydro Authority after Osial accepted his conditions.
• Zhongli explained that Teyvat’s weak naval forces could not safely fight powerful sea beings, and that Osial could become a major threat if it escaped and hid in another nation’s waters.
• Lin Feng recognized the value of Osial’s Vortex Authority, thanked Zhongli, and returned with him to Liyue Harbor before planning to head to Sumeru.
• Venti checked Dvalin’s Anemo barrier and found that the dragon was still recovering and had not responded.
• Venti regretted not inviting Lin Feng to Mondstadt sooner and resolved to bring him and others there after Liyue’s affairs were settled.
• Venti decided to strengthen Mondstadt’s deterrence after reflecting on the troublesome factions that had arrived there.