Chapter Summaries

Venti asked Lin Feng to help address Mondstadt’s worsening security problems, and Lin Feng proposed official cooperation between Sumeru and Mondstadt. Meanwhile, Nahida anxiously awaited Lin Feng’s return, wondering about his rapid growth and her own standing, before he found her searching the Akasha for information about them both.

• Venti explained that Treasure Hoarders and Eremite bandits had fled to Mondstadt while the Knights of Favonius were understaffed, and asked Lin Feng for help.
• Lin Feng agreed to consider official cooperation between Sumeru and Mondstadt so the Matra could help the Knights capture the wandering Eremites.
• Nahida waited in the Sanctuary of Surasthana, fretting over Lin Feng’s growing powers and wondering whether Sumeru’s people favored his statues over hers.
• Lin Feng arrived at the Sacred Tree with Azhdaha and explained that they would visit the Dendro Dragon to seek guidance and arrange its desert territory.
• Lin Feng entered the work area and found Nahida intensely searching the Akasha for information about herself and him.

Nahida wondered why the public saw her as approachable while viewing Lin Feng as dignified, and Lin Feng explained how their different ways of governing complemented each other. He introduced Azhdaha to Nahida, then brought the group to meet Apep, who welcomed the long-awaited reunion of Elemental Dragons.

• Nahida studied public opinions in the Akasha and asked Lin Feng why people described her as cute and approachable but saw him as dignified and powerful.
• Lin Feng explained that his rare public appearances and association with laws and punishment gave him a more distant image, while Nahida’s frequent contact with citizens made her familiar and well liked.
• Nahida asked about Azhdaha, and Lin Feng explained the Geo Dragon’s ancient history and how he had used Dendro Authority to repair Azhdaha’s mental damage from time’s erosion.
• Lin Feng brought Nahida and the other guests to the desert, where they saw Aaru Village’s growing integration with the rainforest residents.
• Nahida guided the group to Apep’s secluded oasis, where the recovered Dendro Dragon sensed their arrival and raised its head to greet the Elemental Dragons.

Lin Feng prepared to awaken the Authority of Geo in the ley lines while Apep discussed Abyssal Power and agreed to meet Azhdaha. As the awakening began, Lin Feng connected with the will of the earth, and Teyvat’s land answered with a vast, harmonious rhythm.

• Lin Feng checked on Apep’s retainers, and Apep explained that they were recovering after it abandoned Abyssal Power.
• Apep told Lin Feng that Abyssal Power might help break the limits of complete Elemental Archon Authorities, but warned that another war could devastate Teyvat.
• Apep agreed to meet Azhdaha, and Lin Feng asked Apep to contain any dangerous effects during his awakening.
• Lin Feng built an awakening space in the ley lines and began joining Azhdaha’s Geo Dragon origin and the borrowed Gnosis with the Authority of Geo.
• Lin Feng sensed the earth’s rhythm, and a tremor spread through Teyvat as the land welcomed the return of its missing law.

Neuvillette sensed that the Geo Authority had returned in Sumeru and wondered whether another complete Elemental Dragon had appeared, while Azhdaha and Apep discussed the ancient dragons’ decline. Neuvillette prepared to consult Furina before seeking the source of the aura, and Apep concluded that Lin Feng might be the turning point their kind needed.

• The awakening of Lin Feng’s Geo Authority revived mineral veins across Teyvat, and miners in The Chasm found ore exposed in an area they had believed exhausted.
• Neuvillette sensed a complete Geo Authority in Sumeru, verified the power beneath the earth, and considered whether the age of ancient dragons had returned.
• A staff member told Neuvillette that Fontaine’s autonomous mechanisms had malfunctioned again, and he agreed to investigate with Furina.
• Neuvillette collected a visit request from a Snezhnaya Fatui Harbinger and decided to inform the Hydro Archon before seeking the source of the dragon aura.
• Azhdaha met Apep, who learned that erosion had nearly stripped Azhdaha of his sanity and lamented how the Heavenly Principles had destroyed the dragons’ civilization and intelligence.
• Apep feared that the Elemental Dragon race would vanish as an intelligent civilization, but accepted that even dragon-like descendants remained kin and hoped the outsider from beyond the world could bring change.

Neuvillette told Furina that the Geo Sovereign had reclaimed its Authority and requested leave to meet his kin, forcing Furina to choose between the danger of the Sovereigns and a coming Fatui meeting. After Neuvillette departed, Furina and Focalors both worried that the upheaval could disrupt their plans to avert Fontaine’s prophecy.

• Neuvillette told Furina that the Geo Sovereign had reclaimed its Authority and that other Elemental Dragons might soon return.
• Neuvillette requested leave to meet his kin, arguing that the Sovereigns posed a greater danger than the Fatui Harbinger.
• Furina approved Neuvillette’s leave and postponed the meeting with the Fatui, while ordering him to return as soon as possible.
• After Neuvillette left, Furina worried that the Sovereigns could disrupt her plan to save Fontaine and wondered whether they might help her.
• Focalors sensed the second return of a Sovereign Authority and questioned whether her plan could still succeed as she began monitoring Neuvillette’s journey.

Neuvillette crossed Sumeru’s desert to investigate the aura of his kin and met Apep and Azhdaha, whose anger he accidentally provoked by mistaking them for vishaps. A surge of power interrupted their confrontation, and Neuvillette realized that an even greater being—the King of Dragons—was present.

• Neuvillette entered the desert, sensing unusual beings and traces of Primordial Water as he followed the aura of his kin.
• Mihir told Rashal to deliver Zarvan’s message to the Akademiya and seek help from the God of Dendro about the approaching Scorching Truth Phenomenon, but Rashal chose to sleep first.
• Apep sensed Neuvillette approaching and took Azhdaha to intercept him, suspecting he was a young Elemental Dragon affected by the usurper’s rules.
• Neuvillette mistook Apep and Azhdaha for Dragonheirs or vishaps, angering them as they prepared to teach him a lesson.
• A tremendous elemental fluctuation interrupted the confrontation, and Neuvillette recognized the presence of the King of Dragons.

Lin Feng awakened the Geo Authority and discovered that it let him draw immense elemental power from Teyvat’s ley lines, briefly approaching the status of the Dragon King. After Neuvillette concluded that the Dragon King had returned, Lin Feng emerged and denied being one, leaving the others confused.

• Lin Feng combined his Elemental Authorities, briefly sensed the Dragon King’s status, and inferred that holding more than half of the Authorities could qualify him for the title.
• Lin Feng used the Geo Authority through the ley lines to summon temporary powers of six elements and realized the land itself was granting him exceptional support.
• While Lin Feng prepared to leave his underground refuge, Azhdaha and Apep explained to Neuvillette why dragonkind had been hidden or weakened under the current rules.
• Neuvillette concluded that the returning Dragon King was helping the dragons and held little hostility toward humanity, confusing Azhdaha and Apep.
• Lin Feng emerged and asked why Neuvillette had called him the Dragon King.

Lin Feng explained his goals and views on Teyvat’s laws to Neuvillette, who recognized him as the dragons’ best hope for restoring their world. Apep then tested Lin Feng’s newly awakened Geo and Dendro Authorities, but halted his attack after sensing that its power could devastate the desert.

• Lin Feng reassured Neuvillette that he did not intend to make war on Fontaine and said he wanted to repair Teyvat’s flawed elemental laws.
• Neuvillette concluded that Lin Feng could lead the remaining Elemental Dragons and restore the laws that had damaged their kind.
• Apep asked Lin Feng to demonstrate the combined power of his Geo and Dendro Authorities and led him to an open area.
• Lin Feng drew power from the ley lines and gathered six elements into a massive Stone Spear.
• Apep sensed the attack’s overwhelming force and urged Lin Feng to stop before he blasted another gap into the desert.
• Apep judged that Lin Feng’s overlapping Authorities could resist the laws controlled by the Shadows and suppress beings who shared the usurper’s power.

After awakening additional Authorities, Lin Feng learned from Apep that their power made him capable of resisting the Four Shades, then accepted Neuvillette’s gift of the Hydro Dragon’s Authority. He offered to send Furina a gift for self-defense before Neuvillette returned to Fontaine, leaving the gift’s nature and Furina’s response unresolved.

• Apep explained that the Four Shades’ powers had limits and that Lin Feng’s fused Authorities made him nearly immune to a lone Shadow.
• Lin Feng visited Nahida and reassured her when she could not detect the difference in his strength after awakening.
• Lin Feng decided to stay in Sumeru for a few days, then return to Liyue and bring Nahida to the Lantern Rite.
• Neuvillette gave Lin Feng a drop carrying the Hydro Dragon’s Authority and said he needed to return to Fontaine within two days.
• After learning Neuvillette would accompany a Fatui Harbinger’s visit, Lin Feng offered to give Furina a gift for self-defense on behalf of Sumeru and Fontaine.

Lin Feng crafted a self-defense scepter for Furina and praised her leadership to Neuvillette. After arranging cooperation between Sumeru’s Akademiya and Fontaine’s Academy of Sciences, he sent the gift with a blessing for Furina’s steadfast will.

• Lin Feng decided Furina needed protection amid the growing danger in Fontaine and crafted her a Hydro-element scepter with power comparable to an Adeptus and a safeguard against an Archon-level attack.
• Neuvillette wondered why Lin Feng had made the scepter so powerful and asked whether he had met Furina; Lin Feng said he had not and explained that he admired her and Fontaine’s achievements.
• Lin Feng praised Furina’s governance and proposed technological cooperation between the Akademiya and Fontaine’s Academy of Sciences, including help rebuilding the damaged institution.
• Lin Feng handed the boxed scepter to Neuvillette to deliver to Furina and asked him to convey that power was only the most basic measure of a deity and that he hoped the gift would honor her diamond-bright will.

After repairing Sumeru’s ley lines, Lin Feng discussed the world’s uncertain future with Nahida and explained that he was gathering power so he could protect Teyvat’s people—even by escaping with them if necessary. He then shared what he had learned of the King of Trees and promised Nahida a chance to live free of her divine duties before creating a moonlit oasis for them to rest in.

• Lin Feng and Nahida discussed Neuvillette’s departure, Fontaine’s unusual relationship with dragons, and the planned cooperation between Sumeru and Fontaine.
• Nahida asked what threat made Lin Feng pursue power beyond what the gods seemed to need, and Lin Feng admitted he did not know what crisis might come.
• Lin Feng explained that gathering the Seven Great Authorities would give him the option to build a refuge and take Teyvat’s living beings away if the world faced an unbeatable calamity.
• Lin Feng told Nahida that Sumeru’s ley-line memories showed the King of Trees once watching the moon alone, and promised to create a new divine body and seat so Nahida could eventually leave her duties.
• Lin Feng expanded the oasis into a towering flowering tree with a moon-facing swing, then settled down to rest with Nahida.

Neuvillette returned to Fontaine and reassured Furina that Lin Feng, a powerful Sumeru ruler who held two complete Sovereign Authorities, did not threaten humans or Fontaine. After Neuvillette revealed Lin Feng’s gift could grant mortals Adeptus-level power, Furina’s eyes lit up with desire.

• Lin Feng woke beside Xiao Bai and Nahida, then reflected on letting Nahida enjoy a carefree childhood before growing up.
• Neuvillette returned to Fontaine, watched Lyney and Lynette perform magic at Romaritime Harbor, and continued to Palais Mermonia with a gift from Lin Feng.
• Furina learned from Neuvillette that his kin were genuine Elemental Dragons and that Lin Feng held two complete Sovereign Authorities while remaining friendly toward humans and Fontaine.
• Neuvillette identified Lin Feng as one of Sumeru’s rulers, the God of Authority, Flora, Commerce, and All Spirits, and explained his immense power.
• Neuvillette told Furina that Lin Feng’s gift could grant a mortal the power of an ordinary Adeptus and protect them from one Archon-level attack, and Furina eagerly focused on its first benefit.

Furina accepted Lin Feng’s scepter after it recognized her as its rightful user, granting her power on the level of a god and confirming her identity as Fontaine’s Hydro Archon. As Fontaine witnessed the display, Furina broke down in tears of relief and thanked her unseen supporter.

• Neuvillette delivered the gift and explained that Lin Feng had praised Furina’s governance and intended the scepter as a personal gift to her.
• Furina hesitated to open the gift, fearing that she would fail the identity verification and have her efforts denied.
• Furina touched the verification area, and the gift box dissolved as the scepter recognized her and transmitted Lin Feng’s message and instructions.
• Hydro Element surged from Palais Mermonia across Court of Fontaine, and residents watched in astonishment as Furina displayed her power.
• Focalors saw Furina crying, left her a blessing, and vanished into the mirror.
• Furina struggled to stop crying, accepted that she no longer had to live in fear, and thanked her unseen supporter for the scepter.

Furina explored the powers of the scepter gifted to her while drafting a Sumeru-Fontaine cooperation proposal. She left for her performance after handing the draft to Neuvillette, who abandoned his plans to attend and began arranging its review.

• Furina decided the scepter had been made specifically for her and drafted a bilateral cooperation proposal to repay its giver’s goodwill.
• Neuvillette dealt with sensational tabloid rumors about the elemental vortex and considered whether to regulate the newspapers.
• Furina discovered that the scepter had linked its power to her, enhancing her body and letting her wield Hydro without relying on the artifact.
• Furina received a reminder about her Opera Epiclese performance, collected the proposal, and handed it to Neuvillette as urgent work before leaving.
• Neuvillette gave up on attending the performance and took the proposal to find Oudinists who could help refine it.

Furina’s improved vigilance left two Fatui observers baffled as they watched her perform, while Lin Feng reflected on the protection he had given her. After discussing his next search for Anemo power and promising to investigate Elemental Dragons, Lin Feng unexpectedly took Nahida with him to Liyue ahead of Lantern Rite.

• Furina’s performance enthralled the Opera Epiclese audience, while two Fatui agents wondered whether she had deliberately misled their predecessors about her awareness of surveillance.
• Lin Feng considered how the scepter’s power could protect Furina and decided that Mondstadt should be a straightforward place to gather Anemo power.
• Nahida offered to help Lin Feng find information about the Elemental Dragons through Irminsul once it was accessible again.
• Lin Feng told Nahida he was returning to Liyue after his elemental aftereffects had settled, and she wished him well.
• Lin Feng surprised Nahida by inviting her to join him in Liyue for Lantern Rite and teleported them there together.

Lumine learned about Lantern Rite traditions and reflected on her search for her brother and her gratitude to Lin Feng, then ran into his group in Chihu Rock. In Fontaine, Arlecchino accepted a dangerous mission and ordered Lyney and Lynette to stay out of it, while vowing to confront those who had tried to use the mission against her.

• Paimon explained Lantern Rite and the customs of releasing Xiao Lanterns, prompting Lumine to think of her brother and how difficult it would be to meet Rex Lapis.
• Lumine decided to prepare a proper Lantern Rite gift for Lin Feng in thanks for his help, then joked about making Paimon emergency food.
• Paimon spotted Lin Feng strolling with several unfamiliar people, and Lumine agreed to approach the group and ask for clues about the gods.
• Lyney and Lynette warned Arlecchino that the Chief Justice had returned and that powerful energy near the Hydro Archon's room undermined their earlier assumptions.
• Arlecchino took full responsibility for the uncertain mission and ordered Lyney and Lynette to remain in Fontaine until further orders.
• Arlecchino accepted the mission as a Fatui Harbinger and vowed to repay the Snezhnayan officials and colleagues who had tried to make her abandon it.

Nahida explored Liyue with Lin Feng, who promised to handle Sumeru’s affairs while she enjoyed the Lantern Rite. After Lumine and Paimon joined the group, they revealed that Lumine was struggling to find a god who could help locate her brother.

• Nahida admired Liyue’s streets and stalls, and Lin Feng reassured her that he would manage Sumeru’s affairs during her visit.
• Zhongli welcomed Nahida to Liyue, while Venti began offering his advice on relaxing before the others’ disapproving looks stopped him.
• Lin Feng and Venti joked about Venti leaving Dvalin to do the work of reshaping Mondstadt, until Lumine and Paimon arrived.
• Venti and Kun Yan told Lumine and Paimon how Lin Feng had rescued them, and Kun Yan encouraged them to enjoy the Lantern Rite.
• Paimon explained that Lumine wanted to ask a god about her brother but had found the gods of Teyvat difficult to track down.

Lin Feng and Zhongli pointed Lumine and Paimon toward Wangshu Inn, where they could seek the Adeptus known as the Conqueror of Demons and ask him to contact Rex Lapis. After Lumine and Paimon left with a message inviting the Adeptus to the Lantern Rite, Lin Feng planned to take Nahida to the seaside and retrieve a stone connected to Guoba’s return.

• Paimon lamented that Lumine had been unable to find the gods, so Lin Feng suggested seeking an Adeptus who might be able to contact Rex Lapis.
• Lin Feng identified the Conqueror of Demons as a Yaksha who might be found at Wangshu Inn, and Zhongli offered to help Lumine and Paimon approach him.
• Zhongli gave Lumine an ancient Wangshu Inn token and instructed her to offer lightly flavored dishes on the inn’s rooftop after nightfall.
• Zhongli asked Lumine and Paimon to invite the Conqueror of Demons to Liyue Harbor for the Lantern Rite, and they agreed before setting out for Wangshu Inn.
• Venti proposed a contest to see who could hide their identity the longest, but Lin Feng declined and left to take Nahida to the seaside and retrieve a stone connected to Guoba.

Lin Feng and Nahida searched Liyue’s shallow waters for Guoba’s statue, while Arlecchino investigated the Hydro Archon and received news that she had slipped out of Fontaine alone. Arlecchino suspected the departure was a trap and decided to pursue her.

• Lin Feng brought Nahida to the beach near Liyue Harbor to search for Guoba’s statue, explaining that he could use his control of the elements to search the surrounding sea.
• Lin Feng told Nahida about Guoba’s closeness to ordinary people and her cooking skills, inspiring Nahida to join the search eagerly.
• Arlecchino reviewed Fatui reports that offered conflicting assessments of the Hydro Archon’s strength and considered investigating her personally.
• Arlecchino decided to treat the Hydro Archon as a dangerous and calculating opponent, then learned that she had secretly left the Court of Fontaine after catching her watchers.
• Arlecchino suspected the Hydro Archon had deliberately lured her out and set off to pursue her.

Furina sneaked out to explore Fontaine’s underwater world and seek revenge on a giant Armored Crab, while Arlecchino secretly followed her. When the crab attacked, Furina decided to use the scepter’s power to defend herself.

• Furina slipped away from the Palais Mermonia and traveled to Elynas, resolving to train with her new divine power before pursuing her revenge on the giant crab.
• Furina formed a water-repelling barrier and entered the sea, unaware that Arlecchino was watching and followed her underwater.
• Furina marveled at the underwater life and discovered she could breathe and move comfortably in the sea.
• The Armored Crab recognized Furina as prey and attacked while she was struggling to search for it.
• Furina panicked at the crab’s sudden appearance, then decided to use her scepter’s power as Arlecchino considered whether to rescue her.