Chapter Summaries

As the Crux Fleet sailed through Inazuma’s storms, Kazuha reflected on the Vision Hunt Decree and his friend’s death while Beidou invited him to visit Mondstadt. In Mondstadt, Lin Feng introduced the revived King of Trees to Venti, who agreed to guide them after being lured awake with wine.

• The Crux Fleet navigated Inazuma’s thunderstorms safely under Kazuha’s guidance while its sailors complained about the Kanjou Commission’s oppressive rules and taxes.
• Beidou asked Kazuha about the Shogun and the Fatui, and Kazuha recalled Inazuma’s worsening oppression and his friend’s death after a Duel Before the Throne.
• Beidou invited Kazuha to visit Mondstadt for the Windblume Festival, and he wondered whether the God of Anemo could answer his questions about his friend.
• Lin Feng found Venti sleeping drunk near Mondstadt’s Fountain Plaza and woke him by offering two bottles of wine.
• Venti recognized the King of Trees and learned that Nahida and the King of Trees now shared Sumeru’s responsibilities.

Lumine and Paimon registered for the Dragonspine Treasure Hunt, while Lin Feng explained his plan to redirect Dragonspine’s ley lines and separate it from Mondstadt. They reunited with Venti, Zhongli, Hu Tao, and others at Good Hunter, where Hu Tao invited them to join the meal.

• Lumine and Paimon registered with Katheryne for the Snow Mountain Treasure Hunt and agreed to look for rare flowers for her on Dragonspine.
• Venti asked whether Lin Feng’s Treasure Chest lure would attract Lumine and Paimon, and Lin Feng said the expedition had greater significance than the bait.
• Lin Feng explained that he planned to redirect Dragonspine’s accumulated cold and sever the mountain from Mondstadt’s ley lines, though he was unsure how the Heavenly Principles would respond.
• Venti dismissed the likelihood that anyone would challenge Lin Feng, then joined him at the table where Hu Tao, Zhongli, and the others were waiting.
• Paimon and Lumine spotted the group at Good Hunter, and Hu Tao invited them to eat; Lumine agreed so they could thank Venti and Zhongli for helping them meet the gods.

Hu Tao treated Lumine, Paimon, and their companions to a feast, and Paimon recommended Windblume Festival destinations, including Dragonspine. Lumine asked Lin Feng about Albedo’s commission to watch for someone identical to him; Lin Feng reassured her and left her focused on the competition, while he reflected on Dragonspine’s ancient history and the Heavenly Principles.

• Hu Tao ordered Good Hunter to keep serving food and paid for the feast, while Paimon and Lumine thanked Zhongli and Venti for helping them meet the gods.
• Azhdaha changed the conversation to Mondstadt sightseeing, and Paimon recommended Dragonspine, the Akademiya’s branch campus, and Springvale as the festival’s three venues.
• Hu Tao proposed visiting Dragonspine with Zhongli and the great sage, while Paimon announced that she and Lumine would compete and promised a feast if they won.
• Lin Feng asked Hu Tao to show Nahida and King of Trees around, then Lumine told him Albedo had commissioned her to look for someone identical to him in Dragonspine.
• Lin Feng said the matter related to Albedo’s origins but was unlikely to affect Lumine, and he encouraged her to focus on the competition and look for ancient documents.
• Lin Feng reflected on Sal Vindagnyr, the Skyfrost Nail, Durin’s blood, and the possibility that the Heavenly Principles had sacrificed individuals to preserve humanity as a whole.

Jean and Lisa discussed Mondstadt’s preparations for the Windblume Festival and the arrival of the Crux Fleet and The Knave, while Lisa made Jean take a break. Barbara visited Lin Feng with desserts and met Nahida and King of Trees, leaving Lin Feng worried that their care was turning him into a useless adult.

• Lisa brought coffee to Jean and found her working through a mountain of festival applications and security approvals.
• Jean explained that Mondstadt was preparing to host the Crux Fleet and The Knave, while Lisa urged her to rest and brought out desserts Barbara had sent.
• Barbara brought more desserts to Lin Feng and imagined that his Sumeru friends might be young women who loved sweets.
• Barbara met Nahida and King of Trees, mistook their appearance for that of little girls, and watched them serve tea and snacks with practiced ease.
• Lin Feng reflected that he had grown used to being cared for by Nahida and King of Trees and worried he was becoming a useless adult.

Barbara said goodbye to Lin Feng and his guests, while the King of Trees and Nahida chose to stay in his dreamlike abode and began renovating its bare, mismatched interior. Two days later, the Windblume Festival opened in Mondstadt, where Kaedehara Kazuha sensed a strange passerby and powerful currents of wind around the city.

• Barbara thanked Nahida and the King of Trees for their hospitality, then left with Lin Feng to return to the church.
• After Barbara departed, the King of Trees decided to stay in Lin Feng’s layered abode with Nahida, partly to keep her promise not to leave Nahida again.
• The King of Trees and Nahida saw Lin Feng’s minimalist dream space and discovered that his decorating style was a jumble of mismatched pieces.
• Two days later, Beidou and the Crux Fleet arrived in Mondstadt for the Windblume Festival, and Haizhong praised the city’s relaxed atmosphere.
• Kaedehara Kazuha sensed a passerby whose eyes felt like a red moon, then perceived powerful currents of wind surrounding Mondstadt.

Arlecchino warned Shaplow that Mondstadt and its Anemo god were not harmless as the House of the Hearth prepared to retrieve its estranged children. Meanwhile, Lin Feng admired the renovated realm with King of Trees and Nahida, then agreed to join Lumine and Paimon’s Windblume Festival outing to Springvale.

• Arlecchino sent Nanteuil and Fjoll to wait at the market while she took Shaplow to meet the Acting Grand Master, warning him to be cautious of Mondstadt’s god and other powerful beings.
• King of Trees and Nahida showed Lin Feng the starry, flower-filled realm they had renovated, and Nahida urged him to care more about his living space.
• Lumine and Paimon visited Lin Feng to invite him to tour the Windblume Festival, and Paimon was confused when she mistook King of Trees for Nahida.
• Paimon proposed visiting Springvale’s food stalls, and Lin Feng agreed to explore the area with her and Lumine.

Arlecchino asked Jean and Kaeya to let some former House of the Hearth agents settle in Mondstadt, but the Knights refused and planned to return the prisoners to her. Meanwhile, Nanteuil and Fjoll tried to arrange their escape to Sumeru and were caught by Arlecchino as Lin Feng's group approached.

• Lin Feng and his companions found Venti in Mondstadt during the Windblume Festival.
• Arlecchino explained that she wanted to take back some House of the Hearth children and let others live as ordinary people in Mondstadt, but Jean and Kaeya rejected the proposal.
• Arlecchino left after revealing that her written proposal was only blank paper, while Jean prepared to hand over the prisoners on her list.
• Nanteuil and Fjoll hid by the road and discussed staging a robbery so they could be captured and sent to Sumeru.
• Nanteuil and Fjoll spotted Lin Feng's approaching group, then Arlecchino appeared behind them and questioned their plan.

Lin Feng’s group was ambushed by Lawrence Clan members who activated modified Ruin Guards, but Amber, Eula, Nahida, Zhongli, and Lumine helped stop the attack. After Eula promised the clan members would be punished and the group continued to Springvale, Paimon became eager to buy the peddler’s supposed strength-boosting holy water.

• Arlecchino caught Fjoll and Nanteuil disobeying orders, sent them back to accept punishment, and warned them about other would-be kidnappers.
• Two Lawrence Clan members activated modified Ruin Guards, believing they were helping restore their family’s glory, but the machines turned on them.
• Amber and Eula arrived in time to intercept the missiles, while Nahida and Zhongli helped disable the Ruin Guards and Lumine joined the defense.
• Eula refused to shield her relatives and promised they would be punished, while also offering compensation to Lin Feng’s group.
• At Springvale, Paimon eagerly considered buying Hopkins’ Holy Water after the peddler claimed it would boost her strength.

Lin Feng, Nahida, and Barbara enjoyed the Windblume Festival before hearing Old Finch’s sad story about the fairy Calypsa, who had vanished after he fell in love with her. Moved by his devotion, Nahida offered to find Calypsa, while Lin Feng agreed that the pair should decide their own future if they meet again.

• Hopkins tried to sell fake holy water, but after learning Klee had bought some as gifts for Albedo and Jean, he suffered a series of mishaps and learned slimes had invaded his granary.
• Lin Feng took Nahida and King of Trees around the festival, where they won Windwheel Asters and divided the flowers among themselves as gifts.
• Lin Feng and Nahida joined Barbara and listened as Old Finch recounted his childhood friendship with the spring fairy Calypsa and how she disappeared after he gave her flowers.
• Old Finch explained that he had waited for Calypsa for decades and still hoped she might remember him, then gave the group polished stone accessories he had made as a child.
• Nahida offered to use Old Finch’s lingering mark to find Calypsa, and Lin Feng supported reuniting them while leaving their decision afterward to them.

Lin Feng and Nahida helped the aged Finch reunite with Calypsa, the Hydro Eidolon who had left him decades earlier. After they met again and confessed their feelings, the King of Trees reassured Nahida that their long lives gave them plenty of time to understand and cherish love.

• Lin Feng promised Finch that his friends could find Calypsa, and Finch asked to see her once more.
• Lin Feng sent the Aranara to search Liyue’s waterways, and they found Calypsa hiding in a lake near Sal Terrae.
• Calypsa feared that Finch had suffered because she left, then recognized the stone he had kept and agreed to go with the Aranara.
• The Aranara brought Finch to Calypsa, and the two reunited, apologized, and shared a kiss.
• The King of Trees and Nahida discussed the differences between human and elemental lifespans, and he told her they had plenty of time to love.

After helping the Aranara reunite Calypsa and Finch, Lin Feng and Nahida joined Springvale’s Windblume festivities, and Nahida reflected on how long lives could mean enduring companionship rather than endless loss. The next day, Lumine and Paimon prepared for a Dragonspine expedition competition while Lin Feng was away on urgent work.

• Lin Feng explained to Barbara that Aranara had helped him find Calypsa, and Barbara guessed that he was Divine Kin.
• Lin Feng, Nahida, and the King of Trees accepted thanks from Calypsa and Finch, then joined the fox-catching festivities in the forest with Paimon.
• On the way back to their lodging, Nahida said she was glad that she and her companions had long lives and would not have to endure long separations.
• The next day, Nahida told Paimon that Lin Feng had urgent work and might appear on Dragonspine as Lumine and Paimon prepared for the expedition competition.

Lin Feng revived the Frostbearing Tree and arranged for it to shelter Dragonspine’s surviving wildlife, then investigated the Skyfrost Nail as Lumine and Paimon discovered his trap chest. The chapter ended with Lumine and Paimon torn between taking the valuable chest and avoiding its warned Abyssal Aura.

• Yuxia explained the Dragonspine expedition’s rules and started the treasure-hunt competition as Lumine and Paimon rushed ahead.
• Lin Feng spoke with the revived Frostbearing Tree, asked it to shelter Dragonspine’s surviving creatures, and accepted its life-force fruit.
• Lin Feng gathered the Skyfrost Nail fragments and began examining the reassembled pillar before sensing that Lumine and Paimon had found his hidden domain.
• Lumine and Paimon entered the domain and found a valuable chest beside a warning that opening it would attract Abyssal monsters.
• Paimon and Lumine hesitated over whether to open the chest despite the warning.

Lumine opened Lin Feng’s Abyssal Aura-laden Treasure Chest and won the Dragonspine exploration challenge with Paimon, though she worried about the bracelet’s hidden cost. Lin Feng began restoring Ukko’s sanity and cleared Dragonspine’s storms, while Lumine prepared to travel to Inazuma with the mysterious aura still around her.

• Lumine decided the Treasure Chest’s risks were acceptable, opened it, and found a large hoard of Mora and Elemental Gems alongside a reusable defensive teleportation bracelet.
• Lin Feng confirmed that Lumine had taken the Abyssal blessing, then delivered White Tree’s memories and a trace of his power to Ukko to help restore his sanity.
• Lin Feng activated the Skyfrost Nail and cleared Dragonspine’s storms so the people of Mondstadt could explore the mountain more easily.
• Hu Tao and Zhongli visited the Dragonspine activity area, while Xiangling greeted Beidou and mentioned the Crux’s new member, Kaedehara Kazuha.
• The organizers announced Lumine and Paimon as champions after they found more Treasure Chest marks than all the other contestants combined.
• Lumine asked whether anyone could sense a strange aura around her, then concluded she had likely gained the Treasure Chest’s rewards without consequence.

Lumine and Paimon celebrated their championship, met Beidou, and continued preparing for Lumine’s search for her brother. Meanwhile, two House of the Hearth agents tried to seek protection in Mondstadt, but Lin Feng identified their hidden pursuer as Lady Arlecchino.

• Xiangling introduced Lumine and Paimon to Beidou, who invited them to join the Crux Fleet, and Hu Tao excitedly called Zhongli over to meet Beidou.
• Lumine reflected on the powerful bracelet from the Treasure Chest and planned to ask the God of Anemo for clues about her brother, while Paimon encouraged her to keep searching.
• Fjoll and Nanteuil went to the Akademiya office to seek protection from the House of the Hearth, but black flames suddenly ignited and extinguished on them, making them collapse.
• Lin Feng connected the pair’s Fatui identities to the incident and confronted the person watching from nearby, naming her Lady Arlecchino, the Knave.

Lin Feng negotiated with Arlecchino to let suitable House of the Hearth orphans resettle in Sumeru, while learning that the Fatui had deeply infiltrated Inazuma. He left reconsidering his plans as the Abyssal Calamity gained more possible targets.

• Lin Feng confronted Arlecchino and questioned why she had let two House of the Hearth members enter the Akademiya hall before triggering her confidentiality measures.
• Arlecchino explained that she wanted to give the two children a chance to leave the House of the Hearth and asked the Akademiya to take in suitable orphans.
• Lin Feng agreed to shelter the children in Sumeru if they underwent memory examinations, and Arlecchino accepted the terms.
• Arlecchino told Lin Feng that Fatui forces, Childe, and the Signora were in Inazuma, while other Harbingers' operations and two colluding commissions had further weakened the nation.
• Lin Feng addressed Arlecchino as Miss Peruere, then left and reconsidered his plans after hearing about Inazuma.

Lumine and Paimon offered Sweet Flowers as Mondstadt’s Windblume, and Barbatos answered by announcing the end of the bitter cold and inviting everyone to witness Mondstadt’s final snowfall. The chapter ended as the festival’s ceremony ushered in the coming change to Mondstadt.

• Lin Feng reassured the Akademiya intern that she had handled the summoned House of the Hearth agents properly and said he would leave further questioning to Cyno.
• Lin Feng and Venti discussed how to disperse the excess cold from Mondstadt’s ley lines, and Venti proposed blowing some of it toward Inazuma.
• Lumine and Paimon chose Sweet Flowers as their Windblume after considering the many flowers recommended to them.
• Jean assured Lumine and Paimon that the Windblume had no fixed answer, and they placed Sweet Flowers on the altar before Barbatos’s statue.
• Barbatos accepted their offering, defined the Windblume as a spirit of freedom and resistance, and announced Mondstadt’s final snowfall and the end of its bitter cold.

Lin Feng and Venti began separating Mondstadt’s ley lines, causing snow to fall during the Windblume Festival and prompting the Shogun and Yae Miko to take note of the changes. Yae Miko prepared to enlist the Yashiro Commission to receive a Special Envoy she hoped could draw Ei out of the Plane of Euthymia.

• Venti appeared above Mondstadt and invited its people and visitors to witness the division of the world, while Lin Feng announced he would carry it out.
• Lumine and Paimon searched for the Sage before Lin Feng manifested a vast sea of elemental power and began adjusting Mondstadt’s ley lines.
• Lin Feng formed an incomplete seven-element dragon shape, shielded Mondstadt, and began extracting cold from its ley lines as Venti helped manage the remaining chill.
• Snow fell across Mondstadt and drifted toward Inazuma, where the Shogun recorded the unexplained event as a variable without responding.
• At the Grand Narukami Shrine, Yae Miko reflected on Inazuma’s worsening situation and prepared a letter asking the Yashiro Commission to receive the incoming Special Envoy.

Lin Feng completed the ley-line severance that removed Mondstadt’s buried ice and snow, while Barbatos gave up his cherished freedom to protect the city-state. The next day, Jean explained the crisis to the public, and Lumine and Paimon reflected on Mondstadt’s diligence as they anticipated meeting the God of Anemo.

• Kaeya and Jean realized Mondstadt was unprepared for extreme cold as Barbatos drove the snowfall toward the sea.
• Dainsleif confronted Aether about the mark that let Lin Feng’s Treasure-Hunting Weasel find him, while Aether waited for the ley-line work to finish.
• Lin Feng sent a golden power down upon Dragonspine, drawing the cold there and severing its ley lines from Mondstadt.
• Lin Feng announced that Mondstadt’s ice and snow would never return and took the Gnosis after completing the commission.
• Jean addressed the people the next day, explaining Mondstadt’s history and promising changes to the Windblume Festival and the statue in the square.
• Lumine and Paimon discussed the diligence of Mondstadt’s people and looked forward to visiting the God of Anemo.

Venti told Lumine and Paimon that Lumine’s brother had once been in Mondstadt, but his trail was now hidden by the Abyss. He advised them to visit Inazuma, where the Electro Archon was also an ancient god.

• Lin Feng spoke with King of Trees about Venti’s meeting with Lumine and Paimon and his upcoming journey to Inazuma.
• Venti met Lumine and Paimon at the Temple of the Thousand Winds and revealed that he had been present as the wind all along.
• Lumine sensed the wind through Venti’s perspective and learned that her brother had visited Mondstadt but was no longer there.
• Venti said the brother’s trail was concealed by another power and that he appeared connected to the Abyss, though he believed he remained in Teyvat.
• Lumine asked which nation’s god might know more ancient history, and Venti recommended visiting Inazuma to meet its old Electro Archon.

Lumine and Paimon learned that the Raiden Shogun might know about the Abyss and decided to travel to Inazuma to investigate Aether’s connection to Khaenri’ah. Lin Feng arranged for them to enter as Akademiya Special Envoys, while preparing to involve a friend who liked Cloud-Gathering Octopus.

• The God of Anemo told Lumine and Paimon that the Raiden Shogun was an ancient, powerful twin of the original Electro Archon, then described the mysterious Lord Sage as a figure whose significance exceeded that of a deity.
• The God of Anemo jokingly suggested that Lumine offer Paimon as a gift to the Lord Sage before his signal abruptly disappeared.
• Lumine told Paimon that Khaenri’ah was her only clue about Aether, and they chose Inazuma as their next destination because of its Abyssal contamination and history with the Calamity of Darkness.
• Paimon and Lumine asked Lin Feng to arrange an official role for their journey, and he offered them an Akademiya social-survey mission as Special Envoys to Inazuma.
• Lin Feng told them the Yashiro Commission would receive them, then took their leftover Cloud-Gathering Octopus for a friend who supposedly liked it.