Recaps

Raiden Ei cleared the crowd away from Chen Li, who then introduced the two-star artifact he had forged and gave it to Cyrene. The artifact, The Story of Being Because of You, could contain and guide doomed possibilities and use their will to survive to sustain them.

• Raiden Ei pulled the gods away from Chen Li, and several of them apologized for crowding him.
• Raiden Ei invited Chen Li to dinner, while Raiden Makoto suggested the others could join if they dared eat Ei’s cooking.
• Sparkle asked Chen Li about the artifact, and he explained that he had forged it using a new method he called the Intimidation Style.
• Chen Li revealed that the artifact was two-star and offered it to Cyrene, who accepted it happily.
• Sparkle read the artifact’s four effects on her livestream, prompting shocked comments about its power and its survival-guide function.

Chen Li explained the Survival Guide’s blank manuscript pages to Cyrene and let her keep the Curio, though he stopped her from using a page for an outrageous idea. Cyrene confirmed that the artifact would automatically contain newly emerging Abyssal power, then remembered something she chose not to discuss while Sparkle’s livestream was running.

• Chen Li explained that the blank manuscript pages could depict possibilities but could not be used for arbitrary fabrications.
• Cyrene tore out a blank page and hinted at writing that she was Amphoreus; Chen Li took the page from her, then returned it.
• Cyrene covered Sparkle’s livestream camera with the page and kissed Chen Li on the cheek before thanking him for the Curio.
• Sparkle revealed that New Penacony already knew Chen Li had forged the Miraculous Artifact and given it to Cyrene.
• Chen Li explained that the Survival Guide would anchor and absorb new Abyssal power after containing a sample, while Cyrene hinted she had remembered something she would not say on livestream.

Hua Hua reached 100 billion followers after livestreaming the defense of New Penacony, while Cyrene planned to use Herta’s Simulated Universe to contain possible futures. Cyrene left to find Herta, secretly marked Chen Li and threatened Sparkle, who was offered 200 Starstones to help set him up; Scylla then asked whether an upgraded Curio would retain its instance function.

• Hua Hua celebrated reaching 100 billion followers, and Chen Li praised her before postponing her visit to Origami University until the next day.
• Cyrene asked how she could contain future possibilities in the Paradise Curio, and Chen Li suggested using Herta’s Simulated Universe to generate possible routes.
• Chen Li told Cyrene to ask Herta about the Herrscher of Corruption’s cultivation, and Cyrene agreed to leave with her Blank Manuscript.
• Cyrene adjusted Chen Li’s collar, left her mark on him, and went to find Herta; after she disappeared, Sparkle received messages threatening her account and offering her 200 Starstones.
• Scylla asked Chen Li whether the Curio [What If] would retain its instance function after upgrading into [The Story of Being Because of You].

Chen Li celebrated the rewards from Cyrene’s five-star review of the curio [The Story of Being Because of You], while Scylla suspected Sparkle had secretly influenced Cyrene. Yakumo Yukari arrived upset that she had lost [What If], and Chen Li tried to interest her in a risky Genius Little Trash artifact, ending by forcing her to look at an axe.

• Chen Li reassured Scylla that Weekly Instances still worked, and Scylla reported that the Human Order Celestial Sphere instance was unpopular with players.
• Chen Li realized he had forgotten to ask Cyrene for a review, then received her five-star Friends Circle post praising [The Story of Being Because of You].
• Scylla suspected Sparkle was a mole as Chen Li celebrated his experience, reputation, and crystal gains from the curio.
• Yakumo Yukari appeared and complained that Chen Li had left her without [What If], her former source of wealth.
• Chen Li offered Yakumo Yukari a risky Genius Little Trash artifact, but when she tried to leave, he grabbed her sleeve and pulled out an axe.

Chen Li introduced the [Editing Life] axe, a Curio that could sever destinies but forced its wielder to bear the karma of the lives it cut. None of the group members accepted it, and Chen Li left its ability to keep two people’s fates entangled undisclosed.

• Yakumo Yukari and Scylla each touched [Sin of Pride] and dropped it after its effects overwhelmed them, while Sparkle recoiled after hearing its voice.
• Chen Li revealed the Curio’s effects: it could sever someone’s predetermined fate, but its wielder needed the resolve to bear that life and would accumulate its karmic weight.
• Furina refused the axe after the effects recalled the burden of her five-hundred-year performance, and Chen Li explained that its mirrored blade showed a person’s unhappiest memories.
• Chen Li tried to persuade Yakumo Yukari, Scylla, and Sparkle to take the axe, but all three refused.
• Amiya asked whether severing and bearing someone’s life would keep them from leaving Chen Li; Chen Li said the Curio could no longer do that, and the Doctor watched Amiya suspiciously.
• Chen Li continued pitching the axe as a way to sever restraints such as Nanook’s connection to the Void, while concealing that severing only part of someone’s life could keep two fates entangled.

Chen Li considered who should wield a Curio that gained power by bearing and severing lives, then prepared to test it with Homura Akemi in the magical girl world. Doctor began planning a Miracle Defense Battle there, but grew alarmed after learning the available allies were Homura and many Kyubeys and that the enemies were only weak by Chen Li’s standards.

• Chen Li dismissed Furina’s concerns about the Curio’s cost, and Zhongli declined it because he already had [Covenant Gold Coin].
• Pixie suggested Homura Akemi as a suitable Curio user, while Chen Li also named Phainon and Undying Path as possibilities.
• Chen Li told Doctor that they would plant a Miracle Cocoon in the magical girl world the next day and explained his plan to test whether covering Terra Continent with King’s Land reduced planting difficulty.
• Doctor eagerly offered to make enhancement modules for Homura Akemi, but Chen Li revealed that the other acquaintances he could bring were Kyubeys.
• Doctor worried about facing the Miracle Defense Battle with Homura and Kyubeys, then asked which Friends Circle members he could borrow, and Chen Li said he could choose anyone.

Doctor and Chen Li discussed how to counter The Law of Cycles, then Chen Li brought Homura Akemi a way to use [Judgment of All Things] against Madoka Kaname’s fate. Homura accepted the artifact after wrestling with the risks of changing Madoka’s destiny, but Chen Li’s axe plan left her furious.

• Doctor chose the Amber King to fight, but Chen Li warned that Kliper might not defeat The Law of Cycles and her galaxy-destroying elephant vehicle.
• Doctor proposed using Fu Xuan’s character card, but Chen Li said she would not want to reveal it and suggested Byakuyasha might be able to help instead.
• Chen Li summoned Homura Akemi and asked her to use [Editing Life] to kill Madoka Kaname, prompting Homura to reject his plan and demand a more dignified solution.
• Chen Li gave Homura the axe, and its effect panel showed her a way to address Madoka’s fate with [Judgment of All Things].
• Homura recalled Byakuyasha’s warnings that Madoka might choose to become The Law of Cycles and that their past world resets could bind Madoka and Kyubey together.
• Homura decided to use [Judgment of All Things] despite its temporary effect and the cost of grafting Madoka’s karma onto someone else.

Chen Li gave Homura Akemi the Falling Sakura Divine Axe, a Curio that let her shoulder other people’s lives, so she could save Madoka Kaname. After Homura bound the axe, she gave Chen Li the Bond Artifact [Shoulder It], whose power meant he could end up helping her bear the burdens she took on.

• Homura Akemi accepted Chen Li’s axe and resolved to use it to save Madoka Kaname.
• Chen Li dismissed Homura Akemi’s offer to let someone else bind the axe and bound it to her, earning 301 crystals.
• Homura Akemi offered Chen Li a good review, then gave him the Bond Artifact [Shoulder It].
• Chen Li read that [Shoulder It] shared Homura Akemi’s gains with him and let him help bear her karmic burden.
• Pixie teased Chen Li that he had failed to consider whether he could shoulder Homura Akemi’s burdens, leaving him stunned by the nesting-doll implication.

After the Miracle Cocoon was planted on Teyvat, Chen Li reassured Homura Akemi that he would carry most of the karmic burden she had agreed to share. Homura learned from Yakumo Yukari that her Bond Artifact had exposed feelings she had not meant to confess, then fled through a Teleportation Gate to her world.

• Chen Li adjusted the burden-sharing ratio so he would carry ninety percent and Homura Akemi ten percent, while the Pixie objected to the karmic weight falling on the Miraculous Forging Guide.
• At the Natlan celebration, Chen Li found Homura apart from the crowd and comforted her about bearing other people's lives, then showed her the Bond Artifact she had given him.
• Homura Akemi asked Yakumo Yukari how to give out more Bond Artifacts, and Yakumo explained that Homura's gift revealed unusually high affection for Chen Li.
• Homura Akemi asked Yakumo to keep the gift secret, but Chen Li had already disappeared; Homura returned to her world through a Teleportation Gate, and Yakumo searched for someone to gossip with.

At the bonfire feast, Chen Li recruited Alice to rebuild and manage a protective boundary around Teyvat. He also restored Nicole Reeyn’s lost voice, leaving the former Hexenzirkel companion overwhelmed with gratitude.

• Yakumo Yukari wondered whether Chen Li had fled, while Chen Li stayed behind and met Alice after Scylla brought her to him.
• Alice asked Chen Li about Teyvat’s future, and he hired her to build an air wall and manage it, offering contribution points and Starstones as payment.
• Chen Li gave Alice a King’s Vassal Jade Talisman and a Wish Seed, and they sealed their employment agreement with a handshake.
• Alice introduced Nicole Reeyn, who could only speak telepathically because her voice had been taken.
• Chen Li snapped his fingers and restored Nicole’s voice, and she thanked him as Alice celebrated her friend’s recovery.

Chen Li recruited Nicole as the Paradise Alliance’s chief recorder, and she insisted on staying close to document him and the Alliance. Their first exchange over her historical record turned into a comic dispute about her calling him lecherous, and Chen Li defended her right to record even unflattering truths.

• Nicole thanked Chen Li, and he offered her work recording Teyvat’s history and the Paradise Alliance’s future expansion into new worlds.
• Nicole agreed to become the Alliance’s chief recorder and asked to stay beside Chen Li during the banquet so she could observe him and the Alliance.
• Chen Li welcomed Nicole aboard, gave her a King’s Vassal Jade Talisman, and watched her begin writing in an old book.
• Nicole refused to let Chen Li read her record, so Scylla checked it and helped Nicole revise her description of Chen Li as a man who liked beautiful girls into “lecherous.”
• Chen Li objected to the description but said Nicole could record negative truths about him, raising a gold coin as he explained that history should not be biased.

Chen Li made a contract with Nicole Reeyn to mark uncertain historical records, then discovered her objective note-taking could turn Sparkle’s lies into damaging accounts of his life. He decided to introduce Nicole to Yao Guang, the Paradise Alliance leader, and redirect her attention toward recording the alliance’s leadership.

• Chen Li proposed that Nicole state when her historical records were uncertain, and Nicole accepted the Covenant Gold Coin contract.
• Nicole followed Chen Li to the bonfire feast, where Sparkle handed phones to Natlan warriors and taught them to use New Penacony’s short-video platform.
• After Chen Li grabbed Sparkle, she pretended he was her abusive father and told Nicole a fabricated story, which Nicole recorded as suspected violence and child labor.
• Chen Li confirmed that he was not Sparkle’s father, but then began hitting her after she continued provoking him, and Nicole recorded that physical conflict had been verified.
• Worried about Nicole documenting more embarrassing incidents, Chen Li led her to meet Yao Guang and introduced her as the Paradise Alliance’s chief recorder.

At the victory celebration, Nicole’s outrageous notes prompted Chen Li to leave Yao Guang alone for an interview, while he spread a miraculous feast across Teyvat. Chen Li then considered giving Furina the Power of the Three Moons and moved to dissolve Venti’s contract.

• Nicole misread Chen Li and Yao Guang’s relationships in her official notes, and Chen Li assigned her to record Yao Guang instead.
• Chen Li vanished from the banquet, then used the Miracle Cocoon to cover Teyvat’s land and roads with a tablecloth and summon food from all seven nations.
• Venti found Chen Li and asked him to dissolve their contract, then noticed the three moon-power beads Chen Li had taken from Dottore.
• Chen Li and Venti discussed giving the Power of the Three Moons to Furina so she could evolve her spirits, and Venti pointed Chen Li toward her ship.
• Chen Li walked past Venti as a flash of blade light swept by, leaving Venti frozen and looking after him.

Chen Li went to the Cangcheng warship to find Furina while Istaroth secretly set up a scheme in Ronova’s room. Ronova, affected by the potion Istaroth added to her bath, pulled Chen Li inside and tried to kiss him, but he broke free and told her to calm down.

• Naberius told Chen Li that Furina was staying on the warship’s third floor, then asked about his plans for Teyvat’s future.
• Istaroth switched the nameplate on Ronova’s door to Furina’s and slipped a potion into Ronova’s bath while advising her to pursue Chen Li.
• Chen Li found Ronova instead of Furina and was surprised to see her open the door.
• Ronova pulled Chen Li into her room, pinned him against the wall, and told him to kiss her.
• Chen Li avoided the kiss, freed himself, and urged Ronova to calm down.

Ronova, Istaroth, and Naberius tried to draw Chen Li into an intimate encounter, but Raiden Ei arrived and joined them after Naberius persuaded her. Raiden Makoto then began instructing Ei in a suggestive culinary lesson as the gathered Archons watched Chen Li.

• Ronova confessed her desire for Chen Li, while Istaroth emerged from the bathroom and Naberius entered and sealed the room with vines.
• Naberius encouraged Ronova to kiss Chen Li, but Raiden Ei broke through the door and confronted the group after learning from Venti that Chen Li was in danger.
• Naberius persuaded Raiden Ei to join them, and Ei called Raiden Makoto into the room for help.
• Raiden Makoto began teaching Ei a suggestive lesson about preparing food, unbuttoned Chen Li's shirt, and lowered herself in front of him as the others watched.

Yao Guang warned Nicole to keep her history of Chen Li objective and to postpone apologizing, while Scylla headed to Furina’s room to check on her exhausted Master. Scylla opened the door and entered a room filled with a heavy scent and suggestive sounds.

• Nicole recorded the feast and the Paradise Alliance’s achievements accurately, and Yao Guang confronted her about her earlier biased account of Chen Li.
• Nicole admitted her curiosity about Chen Li and considered apologizing, but Yao Guang told her to wait until morning because Chen Li was resting.
• Yao Guang noticed romantic-luck signs above Nicole and Scylla, then stopped Nicole from visiting Chen Li while he was exhausted.
• Scylla told Yao Guang she planned to find Chen Li and give him a massage, then went to Furina’s room aboard the Xianzhou Cangcheng.
• Scylla found no answer at Furina’s door, noticed a strange fragrance and withered vines, and entered to hear panting and whispers.

After the gods exhausted themselves in Istaroth’s time-stretched room, Chen Li woke to find them recovering and prepared to make Raiden Ei a meal. The ruined kitchen thwarted his plan, and Raiden Ei realized her lightning had damaged it during the previous night.

• Scylla reentered the room, sealed the door with a Curio, and joined Istaroth and the others around Chen Li.
• Chen Li woke the next morning to find Naberius, Ronova, Raiden Makoto, Raiden Ei, Istaroth, and Scylla exhausted from the night before.
• Scylla tried to eat a Senzu Bean and fight again, but Chen Li took it and persuaded her to rest before their trip to the Magical Girl world.
• Raiden Ei asked Chen Li to make her noodles, and he agreed before heading to the attached kitchen.
• Chen Li returned with a scorched, torn apron and told Raiden Ei the kitchen was broken, prompting her to realize she had damaged it with lightning.

Chen Li left his damaged room to borrow Naberius's kitchen, where he found Furina and gave her a Power of March bracelet before making her breakfast. After leaving Furina to train with it, he encountered Nicole, who apologized for her misleading records, and warned her about the punishment he might have given her.

• Chen Li entered Naberius's room to use its kitchen and found Furina sleeping there, then used the Horse Talisman to clear the potion-induced thoughts sparked by his lingering scent.
• Furina explained that she had stayed in Naberius's room because her own room was locked, and Chen Li gave her a Power of March bracelet to keep her from investigating Naberius's absence.
• Chen Li cooked noodles for Furina, who ate them happily, then told her to learn how to use the bracelet and ask Arlecchino about evolving her Pixie.
• Nicole met Chen Li in the hallway and apologized for putting baseless assumptions in her records because she had wanted to attract his attention.
• Chen Li told Nicole he had known she was provoking him and joked that he would have spanked her like Sparkle; Nicole reacted nervously.

Chen Li finished the exhausting battle with the gods and disciples, then answered the Doctor’s summons aboard the Xianzhou Cangcheng. The Doctor revealed a Miracle Defense Battle strategy using eleven Kyubeys to let Homura Akemi repeatedly unleash her ultimate, and Chen Li praised her ingenuity.

• Nicole begged Chen Li to punish her, then fled in embarrassment after Furina overheard her.
• Chen Li returned to Ronova’s room, where the exhausted gods and disciples asked for noodles after their second round.
• Chen Li restored the food, told everyone to rest, and left after noticing their shame at realizing he might still be a minor.
• Doctor summoned Chen Li to the Xianzhou Cangcheng and announced she had devised a way for ordinary Homura Akemi to defeat The Law of Cycles.
• Doctor explained that eleven Kyubeys with the Unyielding Bond could repeatedly restore Homura Akemi’s Skill Points, and proposed an enhancement that increased her attack whenever a Kyubey died.

Chen Li used the Miracle Card [Observer] to erase the Doctor’s sleepless night and restore her energy, then gave her the strategy she had devised to defeat The Law of Cycles. After Sparkle learned how the card worked, Chen Li warned that its refund effect could force her to return more than she had received.

• Chen Li explained how Homura Akemi could exploit surrendering and transformation rules to defeat The Law of Cycles, and the Doctor regretted not knowing sooner.
• Chen Li used [Observer] to revoke the Doctor’s command authority, resetting her exhausted state, then reassigned her to lead the Miracle Defense Battle and taught her the strategy she had created.
• The Doctor called Kyubey to prepare the Unyielding module, while Pixie pointed out that Chen Li had used the Doctor’s ideas after resetting her memory of the work.
• Chen Li spotted Sparkle hiding nearby, and she admitted she had seen what happened before approaching him out of curiosity.
• Chen Li explained that [Observer], which he called Minor Refund, could reclaim donations, then suggested that Sparkle might owe him two artifacts even if her skill had only given her one.

Chen Li forced Sparkle to surrender the memory card containing his secrets, then gave her admission to Origami University and sealed a Covenant Gold Coin contract about his past gifts. Nicole later asked to borrow a time-traveling Curio, but Chen Li warned her that his history could not be changed and said he was preparing a general amnesty for the angel race.

• Chen Li intimidated Sparkle into handing over her memory card and swallowed it, destroying her collected evidence about him.
• Sparkle obtained an Origami University admission envelope and made Chen Li use a Covenant Gold Coin to guarantee that his past gifts could not be reclaimed.
• Sparkle decided she would never accept another gift from Chen Li, then pretended to cry over his treatment of her when Nicole arrived.
• Nicole asked to borrow Chen Li's [Phenomenal Record] Curio, and Chen Li warned her that she could not change any history involving him.
• Nicole said she wanted to save the angel race, and Chen Li told her he was preparing a general amnesty; Nicole thanked him and bowed.

Chen Li told Nicole he would restore the angels’ taken possessions, transform the innocent into humans, and free the Night God, while explaining the Miracle Cocoon’s powers and rewards to Sparkle. As Chen Li prepared to notify the Miracle Defense Battle participants, Furina arrived with Arlecchino, and Sparkle misunderstood Chen Li’s remark about feeding Furina.

• Chen Li offered to return the angels’ possessions and turn them into humans, while condemning angels burdened with serious sins to death.
• Nicole explained that some seelies retained their consciousness, and Chen Li said he would free the Night God from her slumber as part of a general amnesty.
• Chen Li explained that Miracle Defense Battle participants could become Miracle Walkers and gain influence over the Miracle Cocoon, exciting Sparkle.
• Chen Li prepared to notify the battle participants so he could distribute the Cocoon’s authority and lift the angels’ seal.
• Furina arrived at the dining hall with Arlecchino, and Sparkle misinterpreted Chen Li saying he had fed Furina that morning before Furina clarified he had made her noodles.

Furina’s bond with Arlecchino reached the point where Arlecchino could fuse with a Crimson Moon Moon Marrow, and Chen Li upgraded it into a three-star version. Chen Li then contacted the Snezhnayan Empress to arrange for Columbina to join them, leaving Arlecchino’s Harbinger seat reserved.

• Furina’s bracelet offered Arlecchino a Crimson Moon Moon Marrow after their intimacy increased, and Chen Li approved the gift.
• Chen Li combined nine Crimson Moon Moon Marrows into a three-star Moon Marrow, which Arlecchino accepted and used to awaken her Crimson Moon bloodline.
• Furina revealed that she had challenged a Fontaine Local Legend and insisted that her loss had only been a bad day.
• Arlecchino considered Columbina as a candidate for the Moon Marrow, so Chen Li called the Snezhnayan Empress and asked to have Columbina sent to him instead of Nod-Krai.
• The Snezhnayan Empress agreed to keep Arlecchino’s Harbinger seat open and arrange for Columbina to go to them, while Chen Li said Arlecchino would find her.

Chen Li arranged for Arlecchino to recruit Sandrone and discussed helping Furina raise Columbina’s affection so she could evolve. He then proposed that the Three Moon Gods manage Teyvat, learned how Zibai could be revived, and distributed Miracle Cocoon permissions to the gathering, while six expected attendees remained absent on leave.

• Chen Li told the Snezhnayan Empress to have Arlecchino recruit Puppet Sandrone and explore installing Moon Marrow in her, while Arlecchino took Slap Gloves and went to find Sandrone.
• Furina asked Chen Li to help Columbina evolve, and he agreed to try after reminding her that Columbina needed to consent to becoming her Pokémon.
• Venti suggested reviving the Three Moon Goddesses, but Chen Li said he intended to have them manage Teyvat; Venti agreed to have Columbina revive them through Resurrection Card ads.
• Zhongli revealed that Zibai’s three corpse gods remained and could be reunited to resurrect her, so Chen Li decided to revive her while granting amnesty to the angel race.
• Sparkle asked Zhongli to identify her Servants, but he refused because he had promised to keep their identities secret.
• Furina and Mavuika arrived, Chen Li said six others had requested leave, and he handed Miracle Cocoon permission envelopes to Furina, Furina, Venti, Zhongli, and Mavuika.

Chen Li approved the Miracle Cocoon’s report pardoning the angel race and resurrecting White Horse Immortal Zibai, after teasing Sparkle about her share of Miracle Cocoon authority. Across Teyvat, Seelies began returning to human form, Natlan’s Night God started to awaken, and Zibai’s Three Corpse Gods appeared in a beam of light.

• Chen Li teased Sparkle by claiming she could not receive Miracle Cocoon authority, then told her the authority would be halved when used in another world; Sparkle stormed off toward Origami University with a Light Cone for Cyrene.
• Cyrene told Chen Li she would prepare a grand welcome for Sparkle, while Chen Li explained to Furina that he had withheld authority because of Sparkle’s intentions.
• Chen Li told Furina, Venti, and Zhongli that he would approve their Miracle Cocoon reports and explained how Boundary Stones could complement the Cocoon’s aid.
• Chen Li approved the Miracle Cocoon report pardoning the angel race’s crimes and requesting Zibai’s resurrection.
• Seelies throughout Teyvat transformed into human women, while the Night God began awakening as the Boundary Stones took over Natlan’s ley-line regulation.
• A dazzling beam appeared in Liyue around the Three Corpse Gods left behind by Zibai.