Chapter Summaries

While Lin Feng waited in Apep’s territory for the elemental balance to settle, he shared a meal with the others and spoke with Nahida in the Sand Garden. Nahida encouraged him to rest as he learned to control his greatly increased ability to create elements, leaving him to stay in the oasis for a few more days.

• Lin Feng and the others ate breakfast by the oasis while Zhongli cooked and Venti offered Lin Feng Dandelion Wine.
• Lin Feng visited Nahida in the Sand Garden and offered to recreate its environment in his teapot realm if she liked it.
• Lin Feng explained that his enhanced power let him create elements, but its uncontrolled output drew elements toward him and required time to suppress.
• Nahida reassured Lin Feng that resting for a few more days would help him progress, and he sat beside her to keep her company.

Neuvillette attended a dragon gathering and learned that Lin Feng planned to gather the elemental laws and repair Teyvat, giving dragons a future. The banquet ended with the dragons reassured, while Venti was caught after stealing two tables’ worth of wine.

• Neuvillette explored Apep’s rainforest territory and realized its vishaps were intelligent, unlike the degraded vishaps of Fontaine.
• Neuvillette arrived at the dragon gathering and found a lively banquet attended by dragons and their followers.
• Lin Feng told Apep and the other dragons that he would gather the elemental laws and use them to repair Teyvat’s unstable laws.
• Apep assured Lin Feng that dragons would accept his leadership and trust his judgment if their future brought conflict with humans.
• The dragons left the banquet reassured about Lin Feng’s plans, while Venti was caught with wine he had stolen from the gathering.

Lin Feng discussed Mondstadt’s coming changes with Venti, then saw Neuvillette off at the desert’s edge and learned more about the Primordial Sea’s All-Devouring Narwhal. He promised that if the whale threatened to leave Teyvat with the sea’s power, he would destroy it.

• Lin Feng made Venti acknowledge his stolen-wine debt and asked how he planned to explain the coming changes to Mondstadt, but Venti had no answer yet.
• Two days later, Lin Feng accompanied Neuvillette to the desert’s edge and heard that Neuvillette had enjoyed Sumeru and its Vanarana water.
• Lin Feng asked Neuvillette about the monster consuming the Primordial Sea, and Neuvillette explained that he could not locate it or destroy it while it remained connected to the sea.
• Neuvillette said he had sealed parts of the Primordial Sea and would try to stop the whale if it left Teyvat, asking Lin Feng to help.
• Lin Feng assured Neuvillette that the whale would not survive if it tried to take the Primordial Sea’s power beyond the world.

Neuvillette told Lin Feng that Furina might seek a private meeting with him in Fontaine and invited him to share his collection of purified water. At an evening gathering in Sumeru, Lin Feng spent time with Venti, Zhongli, and Nahida before asking Nahida to accompany him to Irminsul for a fresh branch when he returned.

• Neuvillette said Furina was concerned about the prophecy and might invite Lin Feng to Palais Mermonia if she learned of his power.
• Neuvillette invited Lin Feng to Fontaine to sample his collection of purified water, and Lin Feng accepted.
• Venti eagerly ate Guoba's skewers, then discovered that one was made from a Consecrated Scorpion and that its flavor numbed his mouth.
• Lin Feng met Nahida in her dream space, where she showed him unusual dreams she had explored in Sumeru's collective dreamscape.
• Nahida praised Lin Feng's progress toward saving the world, and he admitted he wished he could spend more time resting.
• Lin Feng asked Nahida to join him on his next return to Sumeru and help him take a fresh branch from Irminsul as a gift for the previous Buer.

Lin Feng reassured Nahida that he had nearly cleared the Forbidden Knowledge from the ley lines and could soon begin working to restore Greater Lord Rukkhadevata. As the group flew back toward Mondstadt, Venti recommended that Lin Feng learn Khaenri'ah's Chalk Alchemy before pursuing his research into bodies and the Abyss.

• Lin Feng told Nahida that the ley lines had been cleansed enough to make restoring Greater Lord Rukkhadevata possible, and promised to visit Irminsul with her after he improved his body-reconstruction technique.
• Nahida remembered her lonely childhood, and Lin Feng comforted her before promising to bring her and Greater Lord Rukkhadevata to Mondstadt for the Windblume Festival.
• The next morning, Lin Feng and the others departed Sumeru on Dvalin's back, dropping Zhongli and Azhdaha off in Liyue along the way.
• Lin Feng asked Venti whether learning Khaenri'ah's alchemy and the Hexenzirkel's methods would help with creating bodies and studying the Abyss.
• Venti recommended Chalk Alchemy, also called the Art of Khemia, and said Lin Feng's talent with life should help him learn it despite its difficulty and dangers.

After testing Albedo’s elemental amplification device, Lumine gained a huge boost in power and asked Andrius to open the most difficult trial. She was instantly frozen and ejected by a dragon-shaped projection, then sent Paimon into the challenge in her place.

• Lin Feng returned to Mondstadt with Venti on Dvalin and decided to check on Lumine’s training after locating her in Wolvendom.
• Lumine and Paimon tested Albedo’s device with Geo Hypostasis material, and Lumine’s Geo attack grew into a towering crystal forest.
• Lumine asked Andrius for the highest-difficulty trial, and he activated a projection of Lin Feng while she wore the device charged with Anemo material.
• The dragon projection froze Lumine as soon as it noticed her, ejecting her from the trial before she could begin fighting.
• Lumine blamed Paimon’s overconfidence for raising the stakes and shoved her guide into the trial instead.

After Lumine, Paimon, and Xiangling recovered from Andrius’s trial, Albedo apologized for misjudging Lumine’s abilities after the Amplification Device revealed unexpectedly high performance. Lin Feng then spoke with Albedo about alchemy and offered him a chance to help recreate a deceased Adeptus’s body and shape controllable Abyss creatures, and Albedo agreed to participate.

• Paimon, Lumine, and Xiangling sat by a campfire after the trial, and Xiangling expressed interest in seeing Andrius before he returned to sleep.
• Lin Feng watched the group recover and decided to accompany Lumine and Paimon to meet Albedo the next day.
• Albedo reviewed the Amplification Device report, admitted his earlier assessment of Lumine was incorrect, and apologized for the test’s misleading conclusion.
• Lin Feng arrived at Albedo’s workshop after Lumine and Paimon prepared to leave, then discussed Albedo’s incomplete body and his interest in Life Alchemy.
• Lin Feng offered Albedo a chance to help recreate a deceased Mondstadt Adeptus’s body and safely create controllable Abyss creatures, and Albedo agreed.

Lin Feng studied Albedo’s notes on soul mapping and body creation, then left with lesson materials to master before returning the next day. Outside the Knights of Favonius, Lumine and Paimon spotted a disguised girl approaching him, and her fall revealed a familiar pair of golden twin-tails.

• Albedo showed Lin Feng his research on soul mapping and explained the risks and limits of body shaping, but Lin Feng promised that research around him would not be taboo.
• Lin Feng took Albedo’s annotated teaching materials and said he would finish learning them before their meeting the next day.
• As he left, Lin Feng reviewed Albedo’s alchemy and recognized the value of its methods for shaping bodies around souls.
• Lumine and Paimon waited outside the Knights of Favonius to invite Lin Feng to a meal in thanks for his help.
• Lumine noticed a furtive, Hydro-scented girl approaching Lin Feng, and the girl tripped, losing her hat and revealing golden twin-tails.

Barbara met Lin Feng near the Knights of Favonius headquarters to thank him on Jean’s behalf, and he helped her avoid recognition from her fans. At Lumine’s home, Paimon drank Barbara’s extra-spicy morning pick-me-up by mistake and turned bright red.

• Barbara tripped while carrying a gift for Lin Feng, and he caught her with a cushion of air before accepting it.
• Barbara joined Lin Feng, Lumine, and Paimon, who learned she was the Cathedral of Favonius’s popular idol and that Alice had inspired her career.
• Lin Feng let Barbara remove her disguise without attracting attention and offered to make her an alchemical item to help her avoid her fans.
• Lumine hosted Barbara for a meal, and Paimon spotted a drink in Barbara’s gift box and eagerly took a large gulp.
• Barbara realized Paimon had drunk her extra-spicy morning pick-me-up, and Paimon turned red from head to toe.

After helping Paimon recover from a spicy drink, Lin Feng discussed Rice Ball’s growth with Lumine and Paimon, then met Aether, who gave him Khaenri'ah alchemy documents and recommended the Spiral Abyss as a place to study. Lin Feng agreed to visit the Abyss Order’s ruins and see what had become of the islands.

• Lin Feng gave Paimon chilled Coconut Milk and treated her after Barbara accidentally served her a sweet-and-spicy drink.
• After lunch, Lin Feng reassured Paimon that Rice Ball’s sleepiness was normal and suggested Natlan’s dragons might become suitable companions by the time they arrived.
• Lumine sensed someone watching her and briefly felt that Aether was nearby, but dismissed it as an illusion.
• At Mondstadt’s gates, Aether told Lin Feng he was still avoiding a reunion with Lumine and asked him to look after her.
• Aether gave Lin Feng documents on Khaenri'ah alchemy and explained that the Abyss Order collected ancient texts, including through a member named Enjou in Inazuma.
• Aether recommended that Lin Feng study in the Spiral Abyss, and Lin Feng agreed to go there with him.

Lin Feng entered the Abyss ruins beneath Musk Reef and discovered that its weakening of the Heavenly Principles’ laws let his power surge freely. After accidentally evolving the first floor’s life into godlike Slime Dragons, he agreed to descend with Aether to learn how Abyssal Power could free him further from the world’s rules.

• Lin Feng and Aether arrived on Musk Reef, where Aether explained that the Abyss Order had discovered the ruins beneath the sea through Caribert’s perception of concentrated Abyssal Power.
• Aether led Lin Feng through the underwater entrance and explained how the ruins’ layered structure and unusual Ley Lines had preserved a thriving ecosystem near the surface.
• On the first floor, Lin Feng felt his power surge as the world’s rules weakened, accidentally transforming nearby Dendro Slimes and other life into enormous, powerful creatures.
• Lin Feng discovered he could command the floor’s life and elements, then evolved the Slimes into godlike, multi-element Slime Dragons before calming the disturbance.
• Aether offered to teach Lin Feng how Abyssal Power could isolate him from the Heavenly Principles’ laws, and Lin Feng agreed to descend after settling the creatures and calming his power.

Lin Feng and Aether descended through the Abyssal ruin, where the monsters recognized Lin Feng and bowed instead of attacking. After sealing the passage below the eleventh floor, Lin Feng chose to study Khaenri'ah's alchemy using the cooperative Abyssal creatures, while Aether left to inform the Abyss Order.

• Aether explained that deeper floors contained increasingly powerful monsters formed from Abyssal Power and speculated that the Abyss was tempting someone to ascend.
• The projected monsters bowed to Lin Feng as he approached, and they continued to submit to him on every floor they explored.
• Lin Feng and Aether reached the eleventh floor, where Lin Feng sealed the route deeper into the ruin.
• Aether told Lin Feng that the Abyss appeared to favor him and might be inviting him to join it, but Lin Feng suspected a trap and declined to pursue it.
• Lin Feng created a Void Realm Power shield and decided to use the nonattacking monsters as specimens for studying souls and Khaenri'ah's alchemy.
• Aether left to notify the Abyss Order, and Lin Feng dragged several Elemental Hypostasis over to begin practicing.

Aether visited Lin Feng’s laboratory on Musk Reef and learned how his accelerated study of alchemy had produced a failed seven-element Hypostasis, which Lin Feng completed using his Elemental Authority. Meanwhile, Albedo prepared to introduce Sucrose and Timaeus to a mysterious Akademiya research collaborator arriving in Mondstadt.

• Aether explored the calmer Abyssal creatures on the tenth floor before finding Lin Feng’s chaotic experiments on the eleventh.
• Lin Feng explained that the Consciousness Space and Akashic Network had accelerated his alchemy studies, and described his failed attempt to assemble seven Elemental Hypostases into one creature.
• Lin Feng used his Elemental Authority to form the missing colorless cube and completed the powerful elemental creature, then took Aether away from the eleventh floor.
• Aether worried that the creature might be recorded by the ley lines and potentially form naturally elsewhere, but dismissed the possibility and left with Lin Feng.
• In Mondstadt, Albedo gathered Sucrose and Timaeus in his laboratory to meet a high-ranking Akademiya research collaborator, whose arrival Timaeus eagerly anticipated.

Lin Feng demonstrated his extraordinary Life Alchemy and showed Albedo how the Akasha could accelerate learning before introducing him to Andrius. Their discussion was interrupted when Nahida urgently reported that the Akademiya had received an Electro Gnosis from Inazuma.

• Sucrose nervously met Lin Feng, who gave her and Timaeus improved Mist Flower Corollas as gifts.
• Albedo questioned Lin Feng about his rapid alchemical progress, and Lin Feng explained that the Akasha let many participants study for far longer than one night.
• Lin Feng brought Albedo to Wolvendom, where Albedo experienced accelerated learning and then met Andrius.
• Nahida sent Lin Feng an urgent message that the Akademiya had received an unknown package from Inazuma containing an Electro Gnosis.

Lin Feng received the Electro Gnosis Yae Miko had sent to Sumeru and learned that her apparent offer to establish an Akademiya branch in Inazuma was really a request to change the Sakoku Decree and persuade Ei. He agreed that he could not intervene by publicly defeating another nation's god and caught a mysterious “little kitty” watching from a tree.

• Lin Feng recalled how Ei had entrusted the Electro Gnosis to Yae Miko and decided to return to Sumeru after informing Albedo.
• Yae Miko worried about Inazuma's worsening troubles and hoped the Gnosis and her letter would reach the right person.
• Lin Feng found the Gnosis in a dessert box at the Sanctuary of Surasthana and identified Yae Miko as its sender.
• Lin Feng and Nahida examined the four Gnoses, and Lin Feng read Yae Miko's proposal to build an Akademiya branch campus in Inazuma City.
• Lin Feng explained that the real request was to change Ei's mind about the Sakoku Decree, but said he could not publicly defeat her on behalf of Sumeru.
• Lin Feng sensed a presence outside and scooped a “little kitty” down from a tree branch.

Lin Feng caught and pampered Kirara in the Sanctuary of Surasthana, using her delivery to send Yae Guuji a message about cooperation. He then discussed having the Traveler provoke the Electro Archon into confronting herself and considered a plan to resolve Inazuma’s lingering conflicts.

• Lin Feng recognized Kirara in her cat form, petted her despite Nahida’s warning, and fed her dried fish.
• Lin Feng secretly enhanced Kirara with a Vision-like gift before letting her go, and Nahida realized he had used the courier to signal Yae Guuji.
• Lin Feng promised Nahida he was researching a way to let her travel freely and confirmed that Yae Guuji would understand his message through Kirara.
• Nahida asked who would act openly in Inazuma, and Lin Feng chose the Traveler to stir up events and draw the secluded Electro Archon out.
• Lin Feng considered using the lingering effects of the Black Tide to resolve Inazuma’s internal conflict, awaken the Electro Archon, and help people return from the shadows.

After leaving Sumeru, Lin Feng returned to Mondstadt, borrowed Albedo’s Golden Wolflord, and used his Abyssal power to make it submit and command its pack. He then headed back to Mondstadt City to find Venti and discuss Aether’s planned audience with the God of Anemo.

• Kirara recovered beneath the Sacred Tree, found the pouch of special dried fish Lin Feng had left for her, and decided to hide the details of her delivery to Lady Guuji.
• Lin Feng told Nahida that he would prepare for a possible trip to Inazuma after returning to Mondstadt, and Nahida agreed to wait for him.
• Lin Feng returned to Wolvendom and found Albedo painting Andrius’s portrait while they waited for him.
• Lin Feng asked Albedo to lend him the Golden Wolflord, and Albedo handed it over after explaining that his research was finished and it could no longer be controlled by its original methods.
• Lin Feng released the Golden Wolflord and made it submit by revealing his Abyssal power, then empowered it and sent it back to gather its pack.
• Lin Feng returned to Mondstadt City to find Venti and discuss how Aether could meet the God of Anemo.

Lin Feng spoke with Venti about the Windblume Festival and the Travelers’ offerings, while Lumine and Paimon sought another way to meet the God of Anemo. Venti offered to help them summon Dvalin for a hefty wine payment, and Lin Feng decided he would make Venti pay it back through extra work.

• Venti visited Lin Feng and explained that he planned to meet the Travelers at the Windblume Festival after they had left wine offerings at Windrise for long enough.
• Lumine and Paimon grew frustrated that the God of Anemo kept taking their offerings without appearing, so they decided to seek Dvalin and ask it to convey their request.
• After performing at Angel's Share, Venti heard the Travelers wanted to summon Dvalin and asked him for advice on what the dragon liked.
• Venti claimed an ancient poem and a large wine offering would draw Dvalin to them, and Lumine and Paimon eagerly agreed to buy the wine.
• Lin Feng realized Venti was exploiting the Travelers and resolved to reclaim the wine's cost by making Venti work longer.

Kirara returned to Inazuma after delivering a message from Lin Feng, and Yae Miko learned that the Sumerian gods had arranged an operation involving an Akademiya agent and a disguised visit. In Mondstadt, Lin Feng continued studying alchemy before confronting the drunken Venti, who offered to guide the Travelers to Inazuma to avoid being kicked to Dvalin.

• Kirara reached the Grand Narukami Shrine and told Yae Miko that the gods in Sumeru had fed her while she overheard their conversation.
• Yae Miko questioned Kirara's claim that the gods had not noticed her, then let her choose a reward and examined the message from Lin Feng.
• Yae Miko learned that an Akademiya agent would expose the obvious problems before Lin Feng visited Inazuma disguised as an ordinary person to discuss the final plan.
• Lin Feng studied Khaenri'ahn alchemy and focused on observation and measurement techniques for creating an Adeptus body.
• Lin Feng found Venti drunk outside his room and prepared to kick him, but Venti offered to guide Aether and Lumine to Inazuma for free.

Lin Feng explained why Inazuma needed outside help, then joined Lumine, Paimon, and Barbara for breakfast and discussed Windblume Festival customs. After giving Barbara an alchemical pendant to help her avoid her fans, he told Lumine and Paimon that Dvalin had recently been active near Dragonspine, setting them up to search for him there.

• Lin Feng told Venti that Inazuma's decrees and weakened forces had left it unable to resolve its problems without outside help.
• Lin Feng noticed Mondstadt's Windblume preparations and joined Lumine, Paimon, and Barbara for breakfast, where Barbara explained the festival's customs of giving flowers.
• Lin Feng gave Barbara a pendant that could help conceal her presence, and Barbara accepted it in exchange for finding him good desserts.
• Paimon asked about Dvalin, and Lin Feng said Akademiya reports placed him near Dragonspine, clearing the surrounding hills before the Windblume Festival.