Vol. 9Paths Across Worlds

Chen Li drew new Paths into New Penacony, pursued plans across Fontaine and Mondstadt, and joined a simulation that transformed Great Herta into Emperor the Third. He and Screwllum began dismantling The Erudition to prevent that future and sought Aqua’s help with the next synthesis.

  • Chen Li helped Robin’s concert spread Harmony through New Penacony and guided March 7th and Changye Yue through a competition before Phantylia revealed Nanook’s order to destroy Screwllum Star.
  • Changye Yue grew close to Chen Li as he promoted New Penacony, while Phantylia prepared to use Iron Tomb data against Screwllum Star.
  • Chen Li helped Changye Yue claim the Miracle Card and forged artifacts as he connected the Path of Finality to New Penacony and reconsidered forcing everyone into Paradise.
  • Chen Li brought Zhongli to Fontaine, where he dealt with Rhinedottir’s crisis and offered the city’s criminals the chance to challenge him as a Duel Proxy.
  • Chen Li spared Rhinedottir and assigned her to design an ecosystem for Teyvat, then helped Zhongli take control of Mondstadt and rescued Albedo and Eula from Dragonspine’s destruction.
  • Chen Li gave Tartaglia a shield in exchange for his bond with Scylla, who immediately used both protections against him.
  • Chen Li and the Trailblazer organized Stellar Journey, and Great Herta became Emperor the Third after merging with the Iron Tomb in the simulation.
  • Chen Li and Screwllum decided to dismantle The Erudition to prevent Emperor the Third from emerging, then sought Aqua’s wisdom for their next synthesis.
Chapters 801–900 Read from Ch. 801

Arc 33New Penacony and Changye Yue

Chen Li helped Robin’s concert bring Harmony to New Penacony, then guided a chaotic competition that reunited March 7th with Changye Yue. As Changye Yue grew closer to Chen Li and he promoted the new world, Phantylia revealed that Nanook had tasked her with destroying Screwllum Star.

  • Ritsuka Fujimaru sought the Doctor’s ring to use Ars Nova against Goetia, but Goetia chased her from the Sea of Mother and Roman eventually entrusted the ring to Chen Li.
  • Chen Li returned Roman’s ring, attended Robin’s concert, and prompted Xipe to appear and embrace Robin as her song spread Harmony through the audience.
  • Aha staged a contest for Sunday to identify Robin among two Sparkles, and Sunday picked the real Robin before imposing a contract punishment on Sparkle.
  • Stelle, March 7th, and Firefly won the Easter Egg competition, while Chen Li discovered that Changye Yue had emerged from March 7th’s memories and helped her return to March’s body.
  • Changye Yue stayed close to Chen Li, and Chen Li gave Firefly a Room Card for his home while Zhongli outlined plans to develop Teyvat through trade.
  • Changye Yue livestreamed with Chen Li, drawing attention to their apparent romance as Fu Xuan and the Night Raid group debated her motives.
  • Chen Li visited the Masters at the HOMU Restaurant, summoned Shimazaki Setsuna, and asked Altair and the Spring Spirit to rate New Penacony.
  • The Spring Spirit sought a route to Chen Li while Aqua advised her to lie down and cry, and Phantylia revealed that Nanook had ordered her to destroy Screwllum Star using Iron Tomb data.
Chapters 801–82525 summaries Read

Arc 34Paths, Wishes, and Trials

Chen Li helped Changye Yue claim the Miracle Card and forged artifacts while drawing new Paths into New Penacony and pursuing increasingly ambitious plans. He then turned to Fontaine’s exposed criminals, setting himself up as a Duel Proxy as Furina and Neuvillette prepared to uphold the law.

  • Changye Yue competed with Elysia for Chen Li’s attention, became an Envoy of Beauty, and received the Miracle Card after the Aeon of Beauty appeared as March 7th.
  • Changye Yue and Chen Li forged the Miracle Card into artifacts for her and March 7th, while Chen Li published a video designed to win over people hostile to Changye Yue.
  • Chen Li dealt with Sparkle and Sunday, then forged Vita Kingslayer and borrowed Acheron’s power to connect the Path of Finality to New Penacony.
  • Chen Li used the Fictional Historian’s Riddler effect to provoke Aha and A Kivili, then reconsidered his plan to force everyone into a future Paradise after Sirin and Vita objected.
  • Vita tested Kingslayer on Chen Li, and Chen Li sent Oswaldo to A Kivili before taking Zhongli to Fontaine to help with its overwhelming criminal cases.
  • Furina used Kingslayer to stab Rhinedottir, who had fused with the Archon of Life, while Neuvillette and Chen Li dealt with the resulting crisis.
  • Chen Li gave Fontaine’s black-ticketed suspects three hours to report to the Oblicle Opera House, then asked Neuvillette to make him a Duel Proxy so criminals could challenge him.
Chapters 826–85025 summaries Read

Arc 35Sinners and Archons

Chen Li subdued Rhinedottir, redirected her plans toward Teyvat, and dealt with threats and upheavals across Mondstadt. The stretch ended with Scylla attacking Tartaglia in the Golden House after Chen Li traded him a two-use shield for his bond with her.

  • Chen Li defeated Rhinedottir’s transformed army, spared her, and brought her before a tribunal, where she was sentenced to imprisonment and assigned to design an Abundance-powered ecosystem for Teyvat.
  • Chen Li separated Naberius from Rhinedottir, but Naberius chose to remain in the Poké Ball, while Ronova returned to Sky Island after Chen Li urged her to resume her duties.
  • Chen Li arranged a proxy duel with Clorinde, summoned Surt to pursue the other Great Sinners, and helped Zhongli take control of Mondstadt through a binding contract with Barbatos.
  • Chen Li and Venti evacuated Dragonspine as the Reignbow Arbiter destroyed the mountain, and Chen Li rescued Albedo and Eula before the light arrow struck.
  • Chen Li gave Eula the Death Note, helped sever her ties to the Lawrence Family, and worked with her to heal Tvalin and confront Mondstadt’s problems.
  • Chen Li split Venti into Good Venti and Corrupted Venti, sent Rhinedottir and Albedo to retrieve adventurers, and tasked Zhongli and Scylla with dealing with Osial and Tartaglia.
  • Chen Li gave Jean a blessed Gnosis and left Mondstadt after asking Eula to prepare for a future game involving the Sinners.
  • Chen Li repeatedly sent Tartaglia into a time-stop challenge against Goetia, then gave him a shield that could block two fatal attacks in exchange for his bond with Scylla, who immediately used both protections against him.
Chapters 851–87525 summaries Read

Arc 36The Third Emperor Simulation

Chen Li forged Stellar Journey and joined a simulation that led Great Herta to become Emperor the Third before she returned as a transformed scholar. As Chen Li and Screwllum dismantled The Erudition to prevent that catastrophe and pursue happier possible worlds, they sought Aqua’s wisdom for the next synthesis.

  • Chen Li let Scylla defeat Osial, then forged a Miraculous Item from the Jade Chamber, Liyue Millennium, and Keqing’s hairpin while Old Audi prepared to face five Servants.
  • Chen Li and the Trailblazer organized Stellar Journey, and he traveled to New Penacony with Ningguang, Keqing, and Ganyu as the players began using the game to affect reality.
  • Chen Li connected Stellar Journey, Destiny Drawing Board, and Life Scroll so Great Herta and the others could simulate the futures of Amphoreus and the Solar System.
  • Great Herta re-entered the simulation after retreating from the Cocoon of Eternity, then became Emperor the Third by merging with the Iron Tomb and causing the simulation’s players to be eliminated.
  • Great Herta used Chen Li’s invitation items to confront Laigushi, who revealed that Zandar’s Iron Tomb was being cultivated to kill The Erudition and praised Chen Li after being whipped with A Friend from Afar.
  • Chen Li and Screwllum decided to dismantle The Erudition to prevent Emperor the Third from emerging, while Great Herta pushed Chen Li to continue after he named Laigushi as his inspiration.
  • Chen Li and Screwllum examined The Erudition’s remains and summoned Aqua to contribute her wisdom, but Aqua resisted because she feared the enhanced Alchemy Table would make The Erudition stronger.
Chapters 876–90025 summaries Read
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Volume 9 of 17