Chapter Summaries

Lin Feng practiced precise Cryo control, then created a hidden dragon-shaped trial to help Andrius recover. In Mondstadt, he gave Lumine and Paimon a map of Ley Line sites and pointed them toward Andrius’s trial as a source of materials.

• Lin Feng repeatedly froze and thawed a Dendrobium, testing the Cryo technique Andrius had taught him.
• Venti admitted he had forgotten to pass along the Traveler’s message, and Lin Feng told him to send Lumine and Paimon to the inn.
• Lin Feng sealed some of his Cryo-Anemo Authority and divine power into a dragon-shaped trial beside Andrius’s resting place.
• At Angel’s Share, Lin Feng marked several Ley Line Outcrops on a map for Lumine and Paimon so they could find powerful monsters and gather materials.
• Lin Feng identified the Wolvendom marker as Andrius’s trial and told Lumine it could provide Adeptus materials if she passed.

Lin Feng sent Lumine and Paimon to seek trials and materials around Mondstadt, then spoke with Aether about the Abyss Order’s Hilichurl migration. Aether revealed an Abyss-filled ruin near Mondstadt and asked Lin Feng to create Adeptus abodes to house the growing population.

• Lin Feng told Lumine and Paimon that Andrius could grant a trial and suggested they might receive a Treasure Compass as a reward.
• Paimon asked about Mondstadt’s Cryo Regisvines, and Lin Feng said other elemental plants might appear after his research progressed.
• Lin Feng met Aether, who said Venti had nearly completed the Hilichurl migration and Caribert was guiding the gathered Hilichurls.
• Aether explained that the Order planned to settle the Hilichurls on remote islands but might eventually run out of space.
• Aether told Lin Feng about an Abyss-filled ruin near Mondstadt and asked him to create large Adeptus abodes there to house the Hilichurls.

Lin Feng discussed turning an Abyssal underground ruin into a home for the Abyss Order and promised to investigate it after obtaining an Elemental Authority. He met Caribert through the Consciousness Space, where Caribert marveled at being able to exist beyond memories.

• Aether told Lin Feng that the Order needed living space for its Hilichurl members and described a vast, Abyss-corrupted underground ruin near Mondstadt’s islands.
• Lin Feng proposed renovating the ruin and said he would explore it with Aether after obtaining an important Elemental Authority, then create a large realm for the Order using materials they supplied.
• Lin Feng asked Aether to take him to Caribert, and Aether agreed after Lin Feng explained that Caribert could meet him through memories.
• Aether showed Lin Feng Hilichurls gathered on an island as Caribert’s gentle stories eased their fear, and he described how reunited families had given the Order’s members new hope.
• Lin Feng sensed Caribert’s attempt to reach him through the Loom of Fate and drew him into the Consciousness Space.
• Caribert thanked Lin Feng and marveled that he could feel the grass and air, realizing he was no longer limited to existing within memories.

Lin Feng learned from Caribert that the young man wished for others not to suffer as he had, then promised that wish could come true. Back in Mondstadt, Lin Feng asked Venti for practical Anemo training, and Venti claimed the element’s hidden strength was its ability to make things weak.

• Caribert told Lin Feng that the Abyss Order’s goal of restoring Khaenri’ah had become a substitute for recovering what its members had lost, and shared his wish that others would not suffer as he had.
• Lin Feng promised Caribert that his wish would come true and accepted gifts from the grateful Hilichurls, giving them fruit trees and crop seeds in return.
• Lin Feng returned to Mondstadt and woke Venti, demanding practical training to improve his use of the Anemo Element.
• Venti explained that Lin Feng’s main challenge was balancing different Elemental Authorities and integrating Anemo into his everyday techniques.
• Venti declared that Anemo’s true hidden application was weakness and boasted that he was among Teyvat’s best at making the element weak.

Venti taught Lin Feng how Anemo Element could be diluted across a vast area and used to receive information through the wind. Lin Feng unexpectedly connected to information networks across several nations, leaving Venti stunned that his first attempt had surpassed the Mondstadt network Venti intended to share.

• Venti explained that Anemo Element’s unusual diffusiveness let it spread widely while remaining under its wielder’s control.
• Venti took Lin Feng to Windrise and guided him in diluting Anemo Element until he could sense the winds.
• Lin Feng synchronized with the dispersed power and was overwhelmed by images and voices from Mondstadt, Liyue, Sumeru, and Inazuma.
• Lin Feng realized that the scattered Anemo Element acted as a stealthy information receiver rather than a direct scout.
• Venti revealed that he had shared only Mondstadt’s information network and questioned how Lin Feng had connected to several nations.

Lin Feng rapidly improved his Anemo control with Venti’s guidance and Andrius’s training, then discovered that his information-gathering technique could also let him borrow far greater power. The chapter ended with Venti explaining how spreading Anemo across Teyvat could temporarily extend Lin Feng’s strength far beyond its normal limits.

• Venti was shocked to learn Lin Feng had dispersed less than half the power he had drawn from Venti, Andrius, and Decarabian, and recommended that he continue resonating with the Anemo Element.
• After several days of training, Andrius praised Lin Feng’s rapid progress, then left Wolvendom to deal with Rift Hounds threatening its wolf pack.
• Lin Feng questioned Venti about the usefulness of gathering vast amounts of information, and Venti admitted he had neglected to teach him how to filter it.
• Venti explained that Lin Feng could limit incoming information by country, region, species, and importance, reducing the mental burden.
• Venti revealed that spreading Anemo power could act as a fulcrum, allowing Lin Feng to temporarily borrow several times his usual strength across an immense range.

Venti and Lin Feng joined the ceremony marking the start of the Akademiya branch campus construction, while Paimon and Lumine arrived and found Lin Feng speaking with Katheryne. The construction team prepared to plant two Sacred Tree seeds and pray for the blessings of Lesser Lord Kusanali and Lord Sage.

• Venti and Lin Feng decided to attend the ceremony after Hewitt reminded them that it was beginning.
• Paimon and Lumine rushed from Windwail Highland to Mondstadt after learning about the ceremony, then watched Akademiya machinery clear the construction site.
• Paimon and Lumine found Lin Feng talking with Katheryne and learned that he was a high-ranking Adventurer.
• Nahida, borrowing Katheryne's body, said goodbye to Lin Feng and promised that Sumeru would welcome him back whenever he needed rest.
• The Haravatam construction team confirmed the Sacred Tree seeds were positioned correctly and prepared to begin the ritual prayers.

Sumeru’s two Dendro Archons joined their powers to grow two enormous Sacred Trees that formed the foundation for the Akademiya’s Mondstadt branch campus. After the ceremony, Lin Feng invited Nahida to explore Mondstadt, where Lumine and Paimon returned to turn in a commission.

• Nahida and the other Dendro Archon sent paired spirals of light toward the buried seeds as the ritual began.
• The seeds grew into two spiraling Sacred Trees whose interwoven branches formed circular platforms for the future campus.
• Lumine and Paimon admired the trees, and Paimon suggested picking their flowers and leaves before Lumine warned her against it.
• Lin Feng and Nahida discussed Kaveh’s design and agreed to explore Mondstadt so Nahida could observe its adventurers.
• Lumine and Paimon returned to Katheryne to turn in a commission, catching Nahida’s attention.

Lin Feng took Nahida from Mondstadt to meet the Dragon of the East Wind and enjoy a flight, while Lumine and Paimon discussed making an elemental power amplification device. The chapter ended as Lin Feng and Nahida approached Dragonspine’s storm barrier aboard Dvalin.

• Nahida declined to assess Lumine and Paimon's monster materials while on vacation, and Lin Feng suggested they make an elemental power amplification device with Albedo's help.
• Lin Feng explained that the device could be strengthened with powerful beings' materials, and Paimon enthusiastically agreed to the plan before asking for flowers and leaves to taste.
• Nahida asked Lin Feng to introduce her to something enjoyable in Mondstadt, so he brought her to meet Dvalin and ride on the dragon's back.
• Nahida questioned why Mondstadt's Elemental Dragon called Lin Feng 'Your Excellency,' and Lin Feng attributed his rapport with dragons to coincidence and shared goals.
• Dvalin flew toward Dragonspine, where a towering tornado storm blocked the way, and Lin Feng channeled his power into the dragon as they approached.

Lin Feng and Nahida toured Mondstadt with Dvalin, who shattered the supernatural storm over Dragonspine, then returned to the mountain to watch an aurora together. As Lin Feng recounted his time in Mondstadt, Nahida treasured the moment and wished she would never wake if it was only a dream.

• Yuxia and the adventurers at Dragonspine witnessed Dvalin break through the mountain’s storm with Lin Feng’s help, clearing the sky.
• Lin Feng explained to Nahida that the storm came from power leaking from the Skyfrost Nail and that bypassing normal entry had provoked a backlash.
• Lin Feng and Nahida toured Mondstadt’s scenery on Dvalin’s back throughout the day before returning to Dragonspine at night.
• Lin Feng and Nahida camped on the mountain and watched a brilliant aurora spread across the sky.
• Lin Feng told Nahida the story of his time in Mondstadt as vines and flowers grew around them, and Nahida wished she would never wake if the moment was a dream.

Lin Feng visited the Adventurers' Guild, spoke with Paimon about Albedo's return, and later found Venti drinking with Kaeya. Venti hinted at Mondstadt's hidden danger, then agreed to help Lin Feng train after Dvalin reported that Lin Feng's Anemo control had improved.

• Lin Feng finished registering Katheryne's vacation and observed how the Adventurers' Guild operated.
• Lin Feng met Paimon, who invited him to eat and told him Albedo would return to Mondstadt in a few days.
• Kaeya told Venti that Mondstadt had rapidly changed, with threats suppressed and an Akademiya branch campus beginning construction.
• Venti cryptically warned Kaeya that Mondstadt's prosperity rested on unstable foundations, leaving Kaeya frustrated and more convinced that Venti knew secrets.
• Lin Feng complained about Venti's riddles, and Venti said Dvalin had noticed Lin Feng's Anemo power was being amplified more strongly.
• Venti agreed to work overtime with Lin Feng on his Anemo training.

Xiangling reunited with Lumine and Paimon in Wolvendom while searching for unusual ingredients, then joined them as they headed toward the territory’s lord. When a King of Rift Hounds attacked, the Northwind Wolf King appeared and froze the beasts, leaving Lumine facing the powerful opponent she had come to challenge.

• Venti agreed to continue training Lin Feng, noting that his rapid progress might soon let Venti retire.
• Lumine and Paimon encountered Xiangling in Wolvendom after Guoba helped subdue a Rift Hound she had mistaken for an ingredient.
• Xiangling gave up on trying to taste Mondstadt’s dragon, Dvalin, and decided to accompany Lumine and Paimon to meet Wolvendom’s lord.
• A golden King of Rift Hounds emerged from a rift and threatened Lumine, Paimon, and Xiangling.
• The Northwind Wolf King froze the golden Rift Hound and the other wolf, then addressed the travelers as trialists.

Lumine and Rice Ball faced Andrius in Wolvendom's trial, where he tested their combat skills and later challenged them to attack directly. Lumine endured his strike and created an opening for Rice Ball's combined Geo-and-water beam, earning Andrius's acknowledgment that they had won.

• Andrius welcomed the trial takers after the hounds of the Rift were defeated and invited them to the arena at Wolvendom's center.
• Lumine and Rice Ball struggled against Andrius's skilled attacks while he assessed Lumine's reliance on instinct and praised her defensive counters.
• Andrius dismissed his protective barrier and challenged Lumine and Rice Ball to defeat him in a direct exchange of attacks.
• Lumine fought Andrius at close range, repeatedly interrupting his attacks and eventually baiting his wind blade without using a shield.
• Lumine endured Andrius's strike, allowing Rice Ball to gather her Geo power and hit him with a dual-element beam.
• Andrius praised their strategy and declared that Lumine and Rice Ball had won the trial.

Lumine and Rice Ball defeated Andrius in his trial and received materials infused with his Authority, while Andrius asked them to deliver frozen beasts to the person who had guided them. In Mondstadt, Albedo agreed to develop a monster-core-powered Elemental amplification device, and Lin Feng revealed that he was leaving on an urgent journey.

• Lumine and Rice Ball passed Andrius's trial, and Andrius gave them ice crystals and an azure claw as rewards.
• Andrius asked Lumine and her companions to bring the frozen King Beast and Rift Hounds to their contact for research.
• Lumine and Paimon asked Albedo to make a device that could amplify all seven elements, and he proposed using powerful monster cores through Life Alchemy.
• Lin Feng appeared unnoticed in Albedo's workshop, praised his skill, and declined the chance to commission a tool because he was leaving Mondstadt soon.
• Lin Feng told Lumine and Paimon that he planned to take Dvalin and Venti through Liyue to Sumeru the next day.

Albedo examined the rare Adeptus materials Lin Feng brought and agreed to study the Rift Hound King, while Lin Feng explained to Venti why he wanted to learn Life Alchemy. Lin Feng and Venti set off for Liyue, where Hu Tao welcomed them by leaving the cooking to Zhongli.

• Lumine and Paimon gave Albedo their collected Elite Monster materials and the law-bearing Adeptus fragments.
• Albedo proposed using portions of the Adeptus materials to enhance an amplification device and discussed the Rift Hound King with Lin Feng.
• Lin Feng told Venti he wanted to learn Life Alchemy to create bodies suited to souls and prepare for beings whose bodies or souls were incomplete.
• Venti said Zhongli and Azhdaha would accompany Lin Feng for his awakening, and Lin Feng departed for Liyue with Venti and the others.
• At Bubu Pharmacy, Hu Tao prepared a reunion meal for Lin Feng and Venti, then left Zhongli to finish cooking when he warned she might exhaust herself.

Lin Feng, Venti, and Zhongli visited Guili Plains, where Dvalin met Azhdaha and shared how he had gained his power. Zhongli proposed establishing an Amurta branch campus there to expand education in Liyue, and Lin Feng agreed to arrange the follow-up after their Sumeru trip.

• Lin Feng and Venti ate Hu Tao’s unusual breakfast at Bubu Pharmacy, and Lin Feng’s praise delighted her.
• Lin Feng apologized to Zhongli for taking up his leave, but Zhongli welcomed the chance to help him gather another Sovereign Authority.
• Zhongli explained that Azhdaha was helping him govern Liyue, then led Lin Feng and Venti to Guili Plains, where they found Azhdaha overseeing the region’s development.
• Dvalin met Azhdaha, who was astonished by Dvalin’s powerful, nearly complete Anemo Archon Authority, and Dvalin began sharing his experiences.
• Zhongli proposed an Amurta branch campus at Guili Plains to broaden education in Liyue, and Lin Feng agreed to put the plan in motion after their trip.

Nafis learned that Liyue had approved land and construction materials for an Amurta branch campus, and he sent Tighnari to supervise it. Lin Feng welcomed Dvalin and the other guests into his garden-like space, while Neuvillette learned of the Anemo Dragon’s recovery and decided to travel to Sumeru to witness the awakening of its Archon Authority himself.

• Nafis received news that Liyue had approved land and materials for an Amurta branch campus, then decided to send Tighnari to oversee construction.
• Lin Feng brought Dvalin, Zhongli, and Azhdaha into the Sanctuary of Surasthana’s garden-like space, where Zhongli and Azhdaha admired his Adeptus Art of Abode.
• Nahida spoke with Lin Feng about the plants Hu Tao had given him and learned that Dvalin stayed in dragon form because its Inherited Memory did not preserve the skill of human transformation.
• Lin Feng explained that Elemental Dragons differed in their interest and ability to take human form, and wondered how Dvalin and the arriving Hydro Dragon would get along.
• Neuvillette completed a leave request after learning that an Anemo Dragon had recovered and that its Archon Authority had awakened, then decided to go to Sumeru and confirm it with his own eyes.

Neuvillette left Fontaine on vacation while Furina took on more governmental work and considered how to secure Lin Feng’s help against the prophecy. In Apep’s territory, Lin Feng learned how Elemental Dragon forms reflected their power before preparing to awaken another Authority, with Apep and the gathered reinforcements ready to contain the aftereffects.

• Neuvillette received leave from Furina and left Fontaine, reflecting on her growing involvement in government and his uneasy prospect of meeting other Elemental Dragons in the desert.
• Furina set aside Poisson’s planning documents and decided to consider what she could offer Lin Feng in exchange for his help.
• At Apep’s territory, Apep assessed Dvalin and explained to Lin Feng how great Authority shaped an Elemental Dragon’s form.
• Lin Feng asked whether Nibelungen had possessed the equivalent of seven Elemental Archon Authorities, and Apep said it could not judge Lin Feng’s status or give a definite answer.
• Apep organized the gathered forces to contain the external effects of Lin Feng’s awakening as Lin Feng prepared to guide the Anemo Element and combine three Authorities.

Lin Feng completed an awakening by merging three great Authorities, with Teyvat’s elemental laws supporting him against the usurper’s power. As the storm cleared, he caught a phantom crown, while Yae Miko and Kukulkan considered how the upheaval might affect their struggles.

• Dvalin carried Lin Feng into the Anemo vortex and then circled nearby, helping weaken the gathering storm.
• Apep sensed the world’s laws supporting Lin Feng’s awakening and prepared to stop anyone who might interfere.
• Lin Feng absorbed the world’s information and pushed through the conflict between the elemental laws and the usurper’s power.
• Yae Miko worried over Ei’s decrees and considered seeking help from someone strong enough to defeat her.
• Kukulkan reflected on Natlan’s fate and his brother Xukutel’s hopes before the Evil Dragon’s flames struck him.
• Lin Feng dispersed the storm, opened his eyes beneath clear sunlight, and caught a phantom crown.

Lin Feng tested his newly awakened Anemo Authority and discovered that his Geo and Anemo Authorities could gather other elements, giving him a temporary, incomplete form of Dragon Sovereign Authority. Apep explained that the crown on his head was the embryonic crown of the Primordial Dragon, a symbol of the world's original ruler, and that Teyvat's remaining laws had chosen him.

• Lin Feng found that each new Archon Authority amplified the output of all the elements he already possessed, and his Anemo Authority let him gather water, fire, lightning, and ice through communication.
• Lin Feng combined the elements gathered by his Geo and Anemo Authorities and realized that his crown let him temporarily wield power approaching that of a Dragon Sovereign.
• Apep sensed the crown's aura and recognized it as the crown of the Primordial Dragon, the original heart of the world and symbol of the King of Dragons.
• Apep told Lin Feng that the crown represented dominion over the world's native laws, including the power to suppress or strip away other beings' Elemental Authorities.
• Apep explained that the Primordial One had altered the world, weakened dragonkind, and created a false system of gods, while Lin Feng's awakening would bring the world's favor back to him.